Dear Anne,
How are you? I had great fun last Wednesday,__1.__12th,2013. It was a traditional Chinese festival called Dragon Boat Festival that day.
This festival is in memory of Qu Yuan, one of __2.__greatest Chinese poets. He killed himself by jumping into the Miluo River on May 5th of the lunar calendar(阴历) ，278 BC. People there rowed the boats to ___3.___him. But it was too late. They were very sad and then threw rice into the ___4.__to feed the fishes so that they would stay away from his body.
___5.___ then on, every year on this day, people enjoy ___6.___ Zongzi which is made of rice with meat, eggs and so on. In the past we ate it only ___7.___a year, but now we regarded it as our daily food. We can have it any time we like.
Have you ever ___8.___the dragon boat race on TV? It is another important part of this festival. Several teams row their dragon-shaped boats as ___9.___as they can. The first team to reach the finish line wins.
If you have a plan to visit China next year, would ___10.___like to spend this festival with us?
Best wishes,
Xiao Qiang
配对阅读 左栏是五位病人的健康问题，右栏是七位专科医生的简介。请根据五位病人的健康问题为他们选出最合适的专科医生诊病，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
1.Bob is often late for school because he always gets up late. This makes his teacher mad. He needs to buy something to wake him up in the morning.
2.Tim likes listening to music when he is free. And he has to send e-mails to his customers(顾客）every day. He wants to buy something that can help him.
3.Summer has come. Tony is fat and he can’t sleep well on such hot days. This troubles him a lot. He’d like to buy something to make him feel cool.
4.Alice often washes her hair late at night. It is often wet when she goes to bed. She is going to buy something that can dry her hair in a short time.
5.Susan is a housewife. She has to do the washing for her family every day. She gets tired of it. She is in need of a product to do it for her.
A.This electric product can make you cool during the hot days. It can help you change the temperature and control the humidity(湿度） of your room.
B.You can do many things with this product, such as sending e-mails, playing games, getting on line and so on. You can also listen to the music with it when you want to relax.
C.This electric product is useful to all of us. People often have one at home. It is often put up on the wall. If you want to know the time, just take a look at it.
D. This can help you wash your dirty clothes and dry them. What you need to do is to return it on and later hang the clothes on the line. With this electric product, life will be a lot easier for you.
E. Each family needs this product. You can use it to store meat, vegetables, fruits, drinks and medicine. It can keep them cool and fresh so that they will not go bad easily on hot days.
F. It is a very helpful product which tells you the time. It can wake you up with a piece of music any time you want, but you have to set the time first.
G. When you wash your hair, you need this product. It can make your wet hair dry in a minute. It can also be used for drying your wet clothes or some other wet things.
In nature, you may see many insects (昆虫）and animals of different colors. Have you ever wondered why?
Locusts are super delicious food for birds,but it is not always an easy job for birds to catch them.It is neither because locusts are good jumpers or runners nor because they are smarter than their enemies. The reason is that the colors of locusts change with the colors of crops(庄稼). When crops are young,locusts look green. But when autumn comes, locusts change to the yellow and brown color as crops do.
Brown bears,tigers and other animals move quietly through forests. They can’t be seen easily by their enemies. This is because they have colors similar to the trees. For the same reason, polar bears that live on a land of snow and ice are white. Butterflies and bees living among the flowers are colorful like flowers. Soil insects are mostly dark-colored and they live under the soil(土壤） in a dark and wet environment. However, insects with colors different from plants can easily be found and eaten by others. So in order to survive,they have to hide themselves in the daytime and appear only at night.
Have you ever noticed some even stranger acts? The ink fish in the sea can send out some very black ink when it faces danger. As the ink spreads over , its enemies will find themselves suddenly in a dark world. At the same time the ink fish immediately swims away. That is how it keeps itself safe though it is not strong at all.
1.It is not easy for birds to catch locusts because____________.
A .locusts are good runners B. locusts can jump very high
C. locusts are smarter than birds D. locusts can change their color
2.According to the passage, most soil insects_________
A.do not have bright colors
B. change their colors with the soil
C. do not live in a dark and wet environment
D. Eat colorful insects like butterflies and bees
3.What’s the meaning of the underlined word”survive” in the passage?
A. 繁殖 B. 产卵 C. 觅食 D. 生存
4.The ink fish_______so that its enemies will not see it?
A. changes its color B. makes the water around it black
C. appears only at night D. hides itself in the sea rocks
5.What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Some insects and animals have different skills.
B. Some insects and animals are clever than we think.
C. Some insects and animals use colors to protect themselves.
D. Some insects and animals can get used to the environment easily.
Wildwood School Library Guide
This will offer you some information about our school library.You can use this guide to help your kids use our library.
Service hours:
3:00 pm—5:30 pm on school days;8:30 am—11：00 am on weekends
On school days,your kids may borrow or return books during opening hours only when his classroom teacher allows him to.At the weekend,our library is open to both you and your kids.
Borrowing
Each student can borrow one or two books at a time:More books can be borrowed only for class reading activities and school research.
Returning:
Books borrowed from the library can be kept for 15 school days. The books must be returned before the due (到期的）date or the kid can not borrow other books.
Damaged(受损的） or Lost Books
When a book is returned in a damaged condition,the kid will have to pay three dollars for the damage.Full price must be paid if a book is lost. We encourage students to carry their library books in plastic bags to protect them from rainy weather.
Please call us at 3362—1323 for more information.
1.Students can borrow more than two books at a time__________.
A.for sending exams B.to do school research
C. for after-school activities D. to read together with their parents
2.________must be paid when a student loses the book he borrows.
A. Three dollars B. Half the price of the book
C.Full price of the book D. Twice the price of the book
3.The students are advised to _________to prevent rain.
A.carry their library books in plastic bags
B. cover their library books with raincoats
C. put their library books into their pockets
D. keep their library books in their classroom
4.This library guide is for_______.
A.teachers from Wildwood
B. workers in Wildwood School Library .
C. visitors to Wildwood School
D. parents of the Wildwood School students
5.Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The library is open for two and a half hours every day.
B. Students parents can go to the school library on weekends.
C. Students can go to the library during opening hours as they like.
D. Students can keep the books that they borrow for fifteen school days.
通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
Tom brought a box of biscuits to a summer camp. He ate a few and placed the rest under his bed. After lunch, he found the box was gone. He went to tell his camp __46__ about it.
The next day, the coach saw a boy eating Tom’s biscuit behind a tree. He __47__ an idea to solve(解决) the problem. He found Tom and said to him, “I know who __48__ your biscuits. Will you help me to teach him a lesson?”
“Well, yes…are you going to punish __49__, sir?” Tom asked. “No, I am not,” the coach explained __50__. “That would only make him hate you. I want you to write to your mother and ask for more __51__.”
Tom received another box of biscuits by mail from his mother a few days later. “Now,” said the coach, “go and __52__them with the boy who stole your biscuits.” Tom didn’t understand the coach’s intention, __53__he still followed his advice.
Half an hour later the coach saw the two boys come up the hill, arm in arm. The boy was trying to ask Tom to __54__his toy robot in payment for (赔偿) the stolen biscuits. And Tom was refusing the gift from his new friend. He said that a few biscuits were not so __55__.
In some situations, forgiveness (原谅) is better than punishment.
1.A.cook B. doctor C. coach D.cleaner
2.A.got on with B.went on with C.came up with D.caught up with
3.A.took away B. ran away C.went away D.threw away
4.A.me B. him C. us D. them
5.A.shyly B. angrily C.excitedly D.patiently
6.A. gifts B. biscuits C. candies D. toys
7.A. share B.choose C.divide D. fill
8.A. if B. but C. since D. though
9.A.steal B.mend C. make D. accept
10.A. cheap B. delicious C. different D.important
The young lady _____is interviewing Lin Zhixuan about the program I am a singer is from 21st Century Talent Net.
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose
