Every year there is a Spring Festival in China. Usually it is in January or February. It is the most important festival in China. So before it comes， everyone has to prepare things. They buy pork， beef， chicken， fruits and many other things. And they often make a special kind of food—“dumplings”. It means “come together”. On the day before the festival，parents buy new clothes for their children. Children also buy presents for their parents. On the Spring Festival Eve（除夕），all the family members come back to their hometown. This is a happy moment. Some sing and dance，some play cards and others get the dinner ready. When they enjoy the meal，they give each other the best wishes for the coming year. They all have a good time.
1.Which is the most important festival in China?
A. The mid-autumn Festival.
B. The Spring Festival.
C. Children’s Day.
2.When is the Chinese Spring Festival usually celebrated?
A. In March or April.
B. In May or June.
C. In January or February.
3. is the special kind of food for the Spring Festival in China.
A. Chicken B. Dumpling C. Fish
4.What’s the meaning of the food “dumplings” for Chinese people in the Spring Festival?
A. Look up.
B. Help yourself.
C. Come together.
5. The family when they are having dinner together on the Spring Festival Eve.
A. give each other the best wishes
B. buy each other presents
C. sing， dance and play cards
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. 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?”
1.Mr. King got up to .
A. smoke again
B. take some medicine
C. read the medicine book.
2.Mr. King coughed because .
A. he couldn’t go to sleep
B. he was afraid to die
C. he smoked too much
3. , so tears ran down his face.
A. Mr. King thought he had lung cancer
B. Mr. King couldn’t understand the book
C. Mr. King was too sad to go to sleep
4.The doctor told Mr. King to have an X-ray examination because .
A. he was sure the man would soon die
B. he wanted the man to stop smoking right now
C. he wanted to know if there was something wrong with his lugs.
5.Which of the following is true?
A. There was nothing serious with Mr. King.
B. Smoking too much caused Mr. King’s lungs to turn black.
C. The doctor found some shadows in Mr. King’s lungs.
Want to say "hello" from Disneyland? Send a post card!
Beautiful scenes（戏剧）of paradise (乐园), wild animals, silly pictures — you can find them all in one place. Where? On a post card! Have people always sent post cards? No. Before post cards, people liked sealed letters.
The idea for the first decorated (装饰) post card came to John P. Charlton in 1861. He thought a simple card with decorations would be a great way to send a note. Then in the late 1800s, post cards with pictures appeared. By law, people had to write their note on the front ——on the picture! The back was only for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back post card. Then people could write their note on the back left side and put the address on the right. During the early 1900s, the golden age of post cards, picture post cards became a craze of the world. In 1908, Americans alone mailed over 677 million post cards. Today, post cards are the third most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins.
1.We can see some silly pictures on the post cards.
2.Post cards were produced before sealed letters.
3.In 1861, the first decorated post card appeared.
4.Post cards were most popular during the early 1900s.
5.Stamps, coins and post cards are the most popular collections in the world.
完形填空 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案填空。（共10小题，计10分）
A boy was walking in the street a man came over him and him the way___ the station.
The boy was very naughty（顽皮的）. He wanted play a joke on the man. He pointed to__ side of the road and said, “Go down the street until you reach a shop. You can find it on your left.” The man thanked him and went away.
A few minutes _ , the man came back. He said to boy that there was only a bookshop there and he _ find the station.
The boy _ and said, “ _ a map in the bookshop, and you’ll find the way!”
1.A. but B. because C. when
2.A. from B. to C. for
3.A. ask B. asked C. tell
4.A. to B. for C. at
5.A. to do B. to C. show
6.A. another B. the other C. one more
7.A. before B. after C. later
8.A. can’t B. may not C. couldn’t
9.A. cried B. smiled C. run
10.A. Buy B. Carry C. Show
What will they do ?
A. in the future B. in future C. future
— did you go vacation?
— I went to Shanghai.
A. What, for B. When, on C. Where, on
