The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both at home and abroad.
United Kingdom Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002. Every new year, people get together and have a lot of activities. They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema. |
United States The Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year. It is a good chance for people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture and values. |
Australia The Chinese new year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Many people come to Sydney’s Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne. They enjoy fireworks, lion dances, dragon boat and many other traditional activities. The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non-Chinese. |
Singapore The family dinner on new year’s eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past. Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition. |
1. Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in ___________.
A. 1890 B. 1980 C.2000 D.2002
2. At the Spring Festival, American Chinese join in a large evening party to _________.
A. say hello to the traditional new year
B. refuse a good chance
C. tell others they are alone
D. share different cultures
3.. Chinese in Australia enjoy the following activities except _________.
A. fireworks B. lion dances
C. trick or treat D. dragon boat races
4. In Singapore, Chinese families don’t hold the new year dinner at a restaurant but at home because___________.
A. they want to keep Chinese tradition
B. the restaurant is far away
C. they moved there from other places
D. they were born in Singapore
5. After reading the passage above, we might say__________.
A. all parts of the world celebrate the Spring Festival
B. the Chinese new year is celebrated only in China
C. celebrations for the Spring Festival are just held in four foreign countries
D. Chinese across the world have a strong feeling towards the Spring Festival
No one knows how man learned to make words. Perhaps he began by making sounds like those made by animals. Perhaps he grunted like a pig when he lifted something heavy. Perhaps he made sounds like those he heard all round him—water splashing, bees humming, a stone falling to the ground. Somehow he learned to make words. As the centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.
People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about fifteen hundred different languages in the world. Each contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not need all these. Only a few thousand words are used in everyday life. The words you know are called your vocabulary. You should try to make your vocabulary larger. Read as many books as you can. There are plenty of books written in easy language. Your dictionary is your most useful book.
1. What do we mean by language?
A. Sounds made by man.
B. All the words made by man.
C. Different kinds of sound.
D. The way man learns.
2. Form the passage we know that long long ago________.
A. no one learned how to make sounds or words
B. animals taught man to learn the language
C. man learned the language by lifting heavy things, falling to the ground,and so on
D. man followed a lot of things in nature to make sounds and words
3. What is the number of languages spoken in the world today?
A. 500. B. 5,000. C. 1,500. D. 15,000.
4.In which sentence can the word "contain(s)" be put so that it is a right one?
A. I________ several dictionaries. B. Sea water________ salt.
C. A dog _______ four legs. D. Mr. Smith _____ glasses on his nose.
5. Which of the followings is the best if we want to make our vocabulary larger?
A. To read more books.
B. To use the words in everyday life.
C. To use the words in class.
D. To write the words.
Mr. Clark worked in a newspaper, and he did a lot of important and difficult work, but then he began to forget things, and this made his work very difficult. One day he said to himself, “I’m going to go and see Dr. Martin about this.”
He waited in the doctor’s waiting room with the other patients, and then the nurse said to him, “You can go in and see Dr. Martin now”.
“Oh, doctor,” said Mr. Clark, ‘it’s terrible, I can’t remember anything for longer than half a minute, and it’s making my work very difficult. What can I do? Can you help me?”
The doctor said, “When did this start, Mr. Clark?”
“When did what start?” Mr. Clark said.
1._______ made Mr. Clark work very difficult.
A. Important work B. Working for a long time
C. Forgetting things D. Bad condition
2._______ go to see Dr. Martin.
A. Mr. Clark himself decided to
B. Mr. Clark’s friend advised him to
C. The nurse asked Mr. Clark to
D. The other patient told Mr. Clark to
3.A patient is _______ .
A. a person who will die soon B. a person who is ill
C. a doctor’ s helper D. a doctor’s friend
4.Why did Mr. Clark ask Dr. Martin, “When did what start”?Because he forgot__________.
A. the time B. his illness C. the doctor D. the hospital
5.Which statement is TURE?
A. Mr. Clark didn’t know Mr. Martin before.
B. Mr. Clark should not see the doctor.
C. Mr. Clark could remember things as well as before.
D. Mr. Clark’s illness was serious.
Michael Jackson’s full name is Michael Joseph Jackson. He is one of pop music’s biggest stars. He was born August 29th, 1958 in Indiana, the USA. He is famous the King of Pop.
Michael Jackson is about 50 years old. And he has been a singer for more than 40 years. He started to perform on the stage he was very young. Michael Jackson _ his brother’s pop group in 1964. He quickly became famous. Jackson made his first national TV appearance at the age of 11. Later on, his classical disco Off The Wall 10 million copies. He gave some concerts the tickets always sold out.
But there’s happening to him. He once said, “There is a lot of in my past life.” Despite his private life, people all over the world still enjoy his music. his songs are played, people will think of his dynamic(有力量的) performances. Though Jackson died in June, 2009, his fans said that he would be a great forever.
1.A. on B. in C. at D. to
2.A. with B. for C. to D. as
3.A. because B. when C. if D. since
4.A. attended B. took part in C. joined D. joined in
5.A. went B. sold C. came D. bought
6.A. because B. so C. but D. and
7.A. something unhappy B. unhappy something C. something happy D. happy something
8.A. happy B. happiness C. sad D. sadness
9.A. Whenever B. However[ C. Whatever D. Wherever
10.A. singer B. song C. music D. dance
I think Maths is ________ of all my subjects.
A. much difficult one B. difficult one
C. most difficult one D. the most difficult one
I don’t know if she___________. If she __________, please let me know.
A. comes; comes B. will come; comes
C. comes; will come D. will come; will come
