The Chinese New Year is the most important festival for the Chinese people. It usually comes in January or February. It takes about 15 days to preare for it.
On the eve of the festival, people close the shops and stay at home. They all get together for a big dinner. They stay up late and enjoy dumplings at midnight for good luck.
In the morning, people dress in their best clothes, and usually the old stay at home, the young go out to pay a New Year Call(拜年). It is an important time for the young. The young people bow(鞠躬）to the old people. The Chinese call this “Ke Tou”. This means “touching the ground with the forehead(额头)”. Then the young people give their best wishes to the old people. The old people give children gifts or lucky money.
They are very polite(礼貌）and do not use bad words on the Spring Festival Day. It’s the most important day of the year.
小题1题选择正确选项；小题2-3题简略回答问题；小题4题将文中画线句子译成汉语；小题5题判断正误（“T”表示正确，“F”表示错误）。
1.“The Chinese New Year”in the passage means ( )
A. Mid-autumn Festival
B. the spring festival
C. Christmas Day
D. the Dragon Boat Festival
2.Do they eat dumplings at midnight for good luck on the eve of the festival?
3.When does the Chinese New Year usually come from?
4.
5.In the morning, the young people give their best wishes to the old people.（ ）
Nancy is an English school girl. She studies in a middle school. She has a little brother. His name is John. John is only four. Nancy likes him very much. Today is Sunday, Nancy wants to do her homework. She takes out her pencil-box and opens it. “Oh, dear! Where’s my pen?” She can’t find her pen. She goes to ask her brother in his bedroom.
“John! I can’t find my pen. Can you see…Oh, what are you doing with my pen?”
“I’m writing to my friend, Peter.” John answers.
“But how can you? You don’t know how to write!”
“It doesn’t matter. Peter can’t read.” John says.
1.How old is Nancy’s brother?
Five. B. Four.
Six. D. Three.
2. can’t find her pen.
Nancy B. Peter
C. John D. Friend
3.Where’s John?
A. In the school.
B. In a shop.
C. In his bedroom.
D. In her father’s car.
4.Which is not right?
A. Nancy finds her pen in John’s room.
B. John can’t write.
C. John is writing with her sister’s pen.
D. Peter can read.
5.John and Peter are .
friends B. English
C. at home D. school girls
Here are my three photos.
This is my friend, Wu Huan. She is a good girl. She is 11 years old. She is in ChongQing with her family. She likes vegetables and chicken. She doesn’t like ice cream or strawberries.
This is me. My name is Chen Ming. I am 12 years old. I am a middle school student in Suzhou. I like eating fruit and vegetables. But I don’t like eggs or carrots.
This is my friend, too. His name is Doudou. He is in Suzhou with me. He likes bones(骨头). He doesn’t like broccoli. He likes playing with balls. He is a nice dog!
1.How many friends does Chen Ming have?
One. B. Two.
C. Three. D. Four.
2.Where is Wu Huan?
A. In Chong Qing.
B. In Suzhou.
C. In Hangzhou.
D. In Wuhan.
3.Dou dou likes.
A.ice cream
B. bones
C. broccoli
D. eggs
4.Which sentence is true?
Wu Huan is 12 years old.
Doudou is Wu Huan friend.
Doudou is a nice boy.
Chen Ming and Wu Huan like vegetables.
5.Which is the best title of the text?
My friend and I.
My family.
My dog and I.
My three photos.
Bruce is an English boy. Now he lives in a big house in Beijing with his parents, but he can’t speak Chinese, he can only speak English. He likes swimming very much, and his house is near a river. He often goes to swim with his friends in the river. There are three people in his family. His father is a bank clerk, his mother is a teacher. It’s Sunday today, Bruce doesn’t go to school. Their parents aren’t at work. They go to the park by bus. Now they are in the park, they enjoy themselves very much.
1.What language does Bruce speak?
French. B. English.
C. Chinese. D. Japanese.
2.What does Bruce like?
A. He likes running.
B. He likes talking.
C. He likes swimming.
D. He likes singing.
3.Where does Bruce live?
A. He lives in a hotel.
B. He lives in a school.
C. He lives in a bank.
D. He lives in a big house.
4.Where is Bruce’s house?
A. Next to a park.
B. In front of a school.
C. Near a river.
D. Behind a park.
5.Where are Bruce and his parents now?
At home. B. At school.
C. In a park. D. On a bus.
My brother likes to collect(收集)sports things. He many sports things.
He likes basketball very much he doesn’t play basketball. He only likes to basketball games on TV. And he likes basketball shoes very much. He has four basketball shoes. And he always wears(穿)these basketball . He has ten ping-pang and two ping-pang bats his box. He has many photos of sports stars. He their names, too.
How your brother? he like any things?
1.A. is B. have C. has D. am
2.A. and B. so C. but D. because
3.A. look B. watch C. see D. be
4.A. pairs B. pair of C. pair D. pairs of
5.A. shoe B. shoes C. shoees D. shoese
6.A. ball B. balles C. balls D. ballse
7.A. in B. for C. about D. at
8.A. buy B. buys C. know D. knows
9.A. about B. for C. on D. much
10.A. Does B. Do C.Is D. Can
I’ll take the shoes.
A. pairs of B. pair of
C. a pair D. a pair of
