The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days. There is a lot to do.
On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favorite dish on this day is dumplings. Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their homes. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck. It makes the house ready for good luck.
The color red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy color and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate their homes with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of “hong bao”. It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones hong bao. They think it brings good luck.
The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So don’t say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people. For instance, you'd better not say any bad words like “death”. Don’t break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out.
Also, don’t borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.
1.What do most people do on the eve of the Spring Festival?
A.Family members gather for a big meal. B.Friends eat dumplings together.
C.They borrow money from friends. D.They give each other “hong bao”.
2.Which of the following things is Not supposed to happen during the Spring Festival?
A.Returning money before the Spring Festival.
B.Saying words that have to do with death.
C.Wearing red clothes.
D.Decorating houses with red paper.
3.The underlined phrase “running out” probably means “______”.
A.进来 B.打碎 C.耗尽 D.离开
4.We can tell from the story that the Spring Festival is ____.
A.a time of harvest and fun B.celebrated for one whole month
C.only celebrated in China D.a time for families to get together
My friend’s grandfather came to America from a farm in Thailand. After arriving in New York, he went into a cafeteria(自助餐厅) in Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order. Of course nobody did. Finally, a woman with a big plate full of food came up to him. She sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.
“Start out at that end,” she said, “Just go along the line and choose what you want. At the other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”
“I soon learned that’s how everything works in America,” the grandfather told my friend later, “Life’s a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want as long as you want to pay the price. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”
1.My friend’s grandfather came from ______ .
A.Manhattan B.Thailand
C.New York D.China
2.The grandfather went into a cafeteria to__________.
A.wait for someone. B.meet my friend .
C.get something to eat. D.buy something.
3.What should we do to get food in a cafeteria?
A.Wait for the waiter. B.Ask someone for help.
C.Sit down at an empty table. D.Get it ourselves.
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注意：1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错 误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）,并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
First released on Jan. 21, 2011, WeChat is very popular for students and its user have reached up to 300 million at present. It is aimed at promote instant communication among people with voice messaging, text messaging, photo sharing, etc. Beside, it provides a chance for the users to share their wonderful stories in the life and make many new friends. Personal, I think WeChat make life easier because we can save money used the Internet-based application and the multimedia communication enables us to share more with our friends. However, we should spend too much time on it, that may bring negative effects on our life and study if we become WeChat-addicted.
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Mac was cycling along a road. With a heavy camp bag, he wasn't moving very fast. Suddenly he heard loud breathing behind him. 1. ( look) to his side, he was 2. ( terrify) to find it wasn't a dog but a wolf that was running after him. He reached 3. the spray in the bag. With one hand on the handlebar, he fired it. A bright red color covered the wolf and it fell back shaking its head. But a minute 4.(late) it was by his side again. He sprayed 5. second time, the wolf falling back again but only to quickly restart 6. (it) attack. The wolf was getting closer. Mac waved and yelled at passing 7.( motorist) but meanwhile rode hard. He knew clearly he must be careful not to slow down. 8.( fortunate) , Paul and Becky were driving along the same road when they spotted the scene. They drove toward Mac. When the car was in front of him, Mac jumped off the bike and dashed for the back door. Paul 9.( open) the door so as to let Mac in. It was quite a while 10. Mac became calm and thanked them.
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
It started four years ago. My wife would see a ________ man near where she worked. It was the week before Christmas and she said she wanted to purchase a new coat for him because his coat was ________.We don’t have a lot of ________.We are really a step away from being homeless in rags most months but we try to ________ when we can.
We talked and found a way to get some money together to ________ him a coat. I ________ that since we were giving a coat to him, we should look at what else he might ________.We decided to fill a ________ with some useful ________ things—a toothbrush, soap, clothes, a hat, gloves and some food. A small gift and Christmas card was put in it as well.
We haven’t had money to exchange ________ for birthdays or Christmas for many years, too. It feels wonderful to have someone ________ you at Christmas but I’ve always been a little ________ when friends ask “What did you get for Christmas?” It always makes my wife feel bad that she can’t ________ to give me anything and I feel the same. So I would ________ and say she bought me this thing or that. But that year we could say we ________ something to others instead and that’s ________ what happened.
People asked and we said what we did. They also wanted to help the following ________ and we made ten more backpacks the following Christmas, and this year we really ________ the gifts.
I still can’t afford to buy my wife some gifts to ________ on Christmas day, but the ________ we feel makes up for it ten times!
1.A.sick B.homeless C.generous D.energetic
2.A.loose B.large C.shabby D.tight
3.A.money B.power C.time D.trouble
4.A.recover B.bargain C.escape D.help
5.A.buy B.make C.show D.lend
6.A.commanded B.warned C.regretted D.insisted
7.A.ignore B.need C.dislike D.store
8.A.backpack B.room C.suitcase D.car
9.A.left B.external C.daily D.cheap
10.A.principles B.gifts C.opinions D.congratulations
11.A.rely on B.turn to C.think of D.stand for
12.A.embarrassed B.contradictory C.pleased D.content
13.A.expect B.reject C.wait D.afford
14.A.admit B.lie C.debate D.disagree
15.A.compared B.exposed C.presented D.sold
16.A.exactly B.hardly C.finally D.briefly
17.A.season B.month C.day D.year
18.A.removed B.replaced C.added D.decorated
19.A.wear B.open C.eat D.judge
20.A.peace B.sorrow C.attitude D.joy
