Every year there is the Spring Festival in China. Usually it is in January or February. It’s the most important festival in China. So before it comes, everyone has to prepare things. They buy beef, pork, chicken, fruit and many other things. And they often make a special kind of food called “dumplings”. It means “come together” in Chinese. On the day before the festival, parents buy new clothes for their children and children also buy presents for their parents. On the festival eve, all the family members come back to their home. This is a happy moment. They sing, dance and play cards. When they enjoy the meal, they give each other the best wishes for the coming year.
They all have a good time.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。（5分）
1.Which is the most important festival in China? .
A．Mid-autumn Festival B．Spring Festival
C．Children’s Day D．May Day
2.The Chinese usually have their Spring Festival in .
A．January or February B．February or March
C．September or October D．December or January
3. What’s the special kind of food for the Spring Festival in China? .
A．Pork B．Fish C．Dumplings D．Noodles
4. The food “dumplings” mean “ ”.
A．be delicious B．be hungry C．come together D．come back
5. When they are having dinner on the festival eve, the Chinese
A．sing, dance and play cards B．buy each other presents
C．never drinks D．give each other the best wishes
At midnight (半夜) Mr. King coughed again. He got up and took some medicine. Before he lay down again, he smoked. And he couldn't go to sleep any longer. He found the medicine book and began to read it. He was afraid he had lung cancer(肺癌). He seemed to see death was waiting for him. Tears (眼泪)ran down his face. He didn’t see his wife was standing by him.
“What’s wrong with you, dear?”asked the woman.
“Nothing,” the old man answered and covered his face with his hands. The old woman opened the book and understood at once. She said, “You must stop smoking right now. ”
“I began to smoke when I was nine, you know. How can I do that?”
“But I think health is more important. ”
Mr. King coughed again and his wife said, “Go to see a doctor tomorrow. He will be able to help you, I think. ”
The doctor told Mr. King to have an X-ray examination（X光检查）of his lungs(肺). And then he looked at the X-ray carefully for a long time.
“Tell me the truth, doctor. ” said Mr. King, “Do you see any shadows (阴影) in my lungs?”
“No, I don’t see anything. ”
“Yes?” the old man said happily. “Really?”
“Yes. Your lungs are turning black. How can I see any shadows?”
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。（5分）
1.Mr. King got up to cough because he smoked too much.
2.Mr. King wasn’t afraid of death.
3.The doctor told Mr. King to have an X-ray examination because he wanted to look more carefully at Mr. King’ s lungs.
4.The doctor found some shadows in Mr. King’s lungs.
5.There was nothing serious with Mr. King.
Mr. Smith had two sons . One is seven years old, and the other is five. One morning during the holidays, when he was cleaning the car, his younger son came and asked him for some money for sweets.
“Sweets are bad for your teeth,” Mr. Smith said. “Take these two oranges instead(代替), and give one to your elder brother,” One of the oranges is quite a lot bigger than the other one , and as the small boy liked oranges very much, he kept that one for himself, and gave his brother the smaller one.
When the elder boy saw that his younger brother had a much larger orange than his own ,he said to him, “It’s selfish(自私的)to take the bigger one for yourself. If(如果) father had given me the oranges, I ’d have given you the bigger one. ”
“I know you would,” answered his younger brother. ” That’s why I took it. ”
根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。（5分）
1.Mr Smith gave his son some money for sweets.
2.The sweets are good for boys’teeth.
3.The younger boy bought some sweets for himself.
4.The younger boy gave the bigger orange to his brother.
5.The elder boy is not selfish.
完型填空。
You asked about places to go and things to do in our town. The Downtown Mall is always 1 .
It’s a 2 place in the oldest part of town. There are some good stores and restaurants there. 3 , Trendy Clothing Store is in Downtown Mall. It’s a fun place to shop, and it has the 4 quality clothes. The shop assistants(售货员) are friendly 5 people. My favorite 6 in town is Nick’s Restaurant. It is close to my house. It’s cheap and the hamburgers there are great. I like Dragon City Restaurant, 7 . You can eat wonderful noodles there and the beef noodles are the most delicious! You must try the dumplings there, too. But it’s more expensive than Nick’s. The Big Cinema is the best cinema in town. It has the biggest screen and the most 8 seats. The Del Ray Complex is also a good place to see movies. It doesn’t have the 9 movies, but the tickets are the cheapest.
Anyway, there are lots of things to do and to see here. Come for a 10 soon!
1. A．ugly B．fun C．dull D．boring
2. A．fishing B．skating C．reading D．shopping
3. A．So that B．For example C．Such as D．In fact
4. A．better B．best C．worse D．worst
5. A．of B．for C．to D．at
6. A．school B．restaurant C．hospital D．park
7. A．too B．also C．either D．neither
8. A．dangerous B．comfortable C．important D．boring
9. A．older B．newer C．newest D．oldest
10. A．visit B．see C．walk D．dinner
Could you please the dishes?
A．to do B．do C．to make D．makes
There an English party this evening.
A．is going to be B．are going to be
C．is going to have D．are going to have
