On New Year’s Eve, people in Italy throw out all the old things. So there are chairs , beds, clothes and plates in the street. In Spain, the new year comes in more quietly. In the evening people come together to the streets .Each holds a bag of grapes. When twelve o’clock comes, people start eating the grapes.
In Japan, people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some families climb Mount Fuji. There they watch the first sunrise of the new year.
1.This story is about New Year’s Eve in ______.
A．Italy B．Spain C．Japan D．All of the above
2.People in Spain welcome New Year by _______ after twelve.
A．eating grapes
B．eating noodles
C．throwing the old things
D．watching the sunrise
3.People in both Spain and Japan ______ to welcome the new year.
A．throw things away
B．get together
C．eat some food
D．climb a mountain
4.Japanese climb Mount Fuji to ________ .
A．look at the stars
B．look for New Year’s wishes
C．see the sun coming up
D．have a rest
5.The people in ______ get long life from their New Year’s food.
A．Japan B．China C．Spain D．Italy
阅读短文，根据短文内容判断正误，正确的写A, 错误的写B。
Paul and his wife are driving down a busy street. They stop at a crossing and a car pulls up beside them and it stops too. The driver rolls down his window.
“Excuse me, sir,” he says, “But can you please tell me where the main street is?”
“Sorry, sir,” answers Paul, “But we don’t have Main Street in this city.”
The fellow looks at Paul strangely and then rolls up his window and drives away.
Paul’s wife can’t stop laughing.
“What’s so funny now?” he asks her. She says, “He doesn’t ask you where Main Street is. He wants to know the main street of the city. Every city has a main street, right? Get it?”
“Now I do. But it’s too late.”
1.Paul and his wife meet a driver at a crossing on a busy street.
2.The driver doesn’t know if there is a main street in the city.
3.Paul’s wife can’t stop laughing because her husband doesn’t know the way.
4.There is no main street in this city.
5.Paul understands the driver at last.
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Rick goes to Boston ___1___ a meeting. The meeting is in Prince’s Building on ___2___ Street, and Rick wants to be there on time. However, it is Rick’s first time to visit the city, ___3___ he doesn’t know his way around. When he sees an old couple sitting on a bench, he goes up to ask for ___4___. The couple kindly tell Rick to ___5___ the underground and to get ___6___ at Prince Station. Rick follows their direction, gets off at Prince Station and walks east for two blocks. An hour later, he is disappointed(失望的) to find that he is ___7___ 41st Street, not 44th Street. The ___8___ misheard(听错) him and gave him the ___9___ direction. Another hour later, when a policeman takes him back, he sees the old couple again. They are still ___10___ on the bench, right in front of Prince’s Building.
1. A．of B．for C．at D．in
2. A．4th B．41st C．45th D．44th
3. A．so B．because C．but D．or
4. A．time B．meeting C．direction D．bus
5. A．go B．leave C．get D．take
6. A．on B．off C．to D．up
7. A．up B．down C．on D．to
8. A．man B．woman C．policeman D．old couple
9. A．right B．wrong C．old D．new
10. A．eating B．talking C．playing D．sitting
He is ___________ to go to school now.
A．young enough B．enough young
C．enough old D．old enough
---Would you like some rice?
--- ________, I’d rather have a piece of bread.
A．Yes, please B．No problem C．That’s Ok D．No, thanks
If it ________ fine tomorrow, I will go hiking with you.
A．is B．was C．will be D．isn’t
