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Some birthday customs are quite similar in many parts of the world---- birthday candles(蜡烛), birthday games，and birthday cakes. But some customs are more specific to certain countries. Here are some children talking about their customs.
Linda: I am fourteen. I come from Aruba阿鲁巴岛（拉丁美洲）（荷属安的列斯群岛中的大岛）. In our country, Children take something special to school for their classmates and all teachers. Each teacher gives the birthday child a small gift like a pencil, an eraser or a postcard. The birthday child is also allowed to wear special clothes instead of the school uniform.
Lucy: I am one year older than Linda. Denmark（丹麦） is my country. A flag is flown outside a window to show that someone who lives in that house is having a birthday. Presents are placed around the child's bed while they are sleeping so they will see them at once when they wake up.
Tom: I am as old as Linda. I am from Brazil. The birthday child receives a pull on the earlobe(耳垂) for each year in my country. The birthday person also gives the first slice of cake to his/her most special friend or relative, usually mom or dad.
根据短文，完成下面表格，每空不超过4个单词，并将其答案写在答题卡中相应题号的横线上。
Names | Countries | Ages | Special customs |
Linda | Aruba | Fourteen | Each teacher receives something special from 1.________ and gives him or her a small gift. |
Lucy | Denmark | 2._______ | If you see 3._______ flying outside a window, you may know someone in that house is having a birthday |
Tom | 4.______ | Fourteen | The first slice of the birthday cake is usually given to Mom or Dad. |
My little brother sat in the corner of the living room, a pen in one hand and my father’s book in the other.
As my father walked into the room, my brother knew that he had done something wrong. I could see that he had scribbled (胡写乱画) in the book with a pen. Now, he and I both waited for our father’s punishment.
My father picked up his book and looked at it carefully. My father was a teacher. For him, books were very important, and yet he loved his children. Instead of punishing my brother, he took the pen from my brother’s hand, and then wrote in the book himself: John’s work, 1959, age 2. I’m very thankful to you for scribbling in my book.
“Wow,” I thought. “Is this punishment?”
The years and the books came and went. We always knew our parents loved us. From time to time we would open the book, look at the scribbles and read my father’s expression of love. My father taught us how important it is when our lives are touched by little hands. He also taught us about what is really important in life: people, not things.
Now I am a father too. Unlike my father, I don’t wait for my daughters to take books from my bookshelf and scribble in them. I take one down and give it to my children to scribble. As I look at their artwork (艺术作品), I think about my father and the lessons he taught me.
1. What did the writer think when his father came into the room?
A. His father would buy a book for John.
B. John’s artwork was beautiful.
C. His father didn’t love his children.
D. John would be punished by his father.
2.What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. Having children is a wonderful experience in one’s life.
B. Everyone’s life is important and exciting.
C. Children should be touched by their parents often.
D. Everyone should have a child.
3. From the passage we know that ________.
A. the writer was two years old in1959
B. the writer’s father worked in a hospital
C. the writer is now a father who has daughters
D. the writer didn’t allow his brother to touch his book
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A. A Lovely Boy B. The Last Lesson
C. A Letter from My Father D. A Lesson in Love
A group of students at Sunshine School are holding a charity sale to raise money to help their classmate Lisa. Lisa had cerebral palsy (大脑性瘫痪) when she was a baby. People who have cerebral palsy have trouble walking. Although Lisa has to use a wheelchair (轮椅) to help her get around, she never gives up.
“Lisa has the chance of standing up, but she needs an operation (手术),” Lisa’s doctor said.
“I never thought that I could stand up one day. Actually the news is surprising for me. However, when I see my parents are worried about the cost of the operation, I am sad. I don’t mind if I can’t stand up,” Lisa said. “Now my classmates and some other kind people are helping me. I am really thankful.”
“While helping Lisa, we can also learn a lot. We have learned how to cook cookies (曲奇饼) and how to sell them,” Betty, one of Lisa’s classmates said. “Now we know making money is not easy, so we won’t waste money anymore.”
Alex, a boy in Lisa’s class, told a reporter that they could raise about $100 every day. “We have raised about $2,100 so far. We hope we will raise more money for Lisa’s operation,” he said.
1.What problem does Lisa have?
A. She can’t speak.
B. She can’t stand up.
C. She has to stay in bed every day.
D. She can’t walk because of a traffic accident.
2.What do you know from Lisa’s words?
A. Lisa is very happy with her life.
B. Lisa’s parents don’t wish her to stand up.
C. Lisa is angry with her parents.
D. Lisa’s family doesn’t have enough money to do the operation.
3.How are Lisa’s classmates probably raising money for Lisa?
A. By holding a party.
B. By selling home-made cookies.
C. By collecting waste paper.
D. By asking their parents for money.
4.What can you know from the passage?
A. Lisa is so nervous.
B. Lisa is lucky because many people are helping her.
C. The doctor has no confidence in Lisa’s operation.
D. Lisa’s classmates have made enough money for Lisa’s operation.
Mooncake Box Recycling (回收利用) Activity
People in Beijing throw away about two million mooncake boxes every year. These boxes weigh up to 750 tons and can fill up about a hundred 50-meter-long swimming pools. They are going to become garbage (垃圾).
Let’s have a green Mid-Autumn Festival this year!
Bring your mooncake boxes.
Show that you care!
Date: September 28, 2014 ~ October 14, 2014
Time: 9:00 am ~ 9:00 pm
Collection point: Sunshine Shopping Center
Please keep the mooncake boxes clean.
We will sell all mooncake boxes to recycling companies.
We will hold a tree-planting activity with the money collected.
Save Our Earth (Beijing)
An organization for environmental protection
Telephone: 2123 1234
Website: www.saveourearth.org
E-mail: info@saveourearth.org
1. How many mooncake boxes do people in Beijing throw away every year?
A. About 1,000,000. B. About 1,500,000.
C. About 2,000,000. D. About 1,300,000.
2.How long will the Mooncake Box Recycling Activity last?
A. For one week. B. For half a month.
C. For 17 days. D. For one month.
3.Who will buy the mooncake boxes?
A. Recycling companies.
B. Mooncake factories.
C. Mooncake box companies.
D. Sunshine Shopping Center.
4. Which organization holds this activity?
A. Green Mid-Autumn Festival.
B. Save Our Earth (Beijing).
C. Save Ourselves (Beijing).
D. Save Our Earth (Chengdu).
完形填空,阅读下面的短文，从短文后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可填入空白处的最佳选项。
I started to love running at a young age. I loved to race my father and my sister around the backyard. I wished I could run in the Olympics and win lots of medals.
One day my mother saw ______ for a race in a newspaper. “Would you be interested in _____ part in this race ? ” she asked me, pointing to the advertisement.
“Yes, of course.” I answered.
I _______ the next few days practicing for my big race. My sister set up a table in the backyard so she could ______ me water and time ..
On the day of the race, just before the race , my _______ said to me , “ Don’t use up all your energy at the beginning of the race. You need to have energy _______ you can run much faster at the end. ”
The race _______. Following Dad’s words, I didn’t run as fast as I could. Then the other runners started passing me, which made me feel _______. I began to feel tired, and I started slowing down and breathing _______ .
Just at that moment I heard, “ _______, Kelly! You can do it ! Don’t give up . keep running!” Out of the comer of the corner of my eye I saw Dad running beside me around the outside or the track .
I took a ________ breathe and tried my best to go on running. I didn’t win the race. I came fifth, but I felt like a _________. I had done my best, and I hadn’t given up.
Later, as I thought about the race, I felt thankful that my dad had________ left my side. He always encourages me when I _______ giving up. He runs alongside me through my life. I’ll ________ my dad’s words forever, “Never give up. You can be a winner, even if you lose.”
1.A. a story B. a report C. a piece of news D. an advertisement
2.A. choosing B. entering C. taking D. watching
3.A. spent B. cost C. paid D. took
4.A. buy B. carry C. fill D. offer
5.A. teacher B. mum C. dad D. sister
6.A. because B. so C. since D. but
7.A. began B. finished C. reached D. stopped
8.A. proud B. happy C. nervous D. hopeful
9.A. easier B. harder C. shorter D. longer
10.A. Come down B. Come on C. Come out D. Come back
11.A. deep B. easy C. free D. lazy
12.A. player B. winner C. soldier D. runner
13.A. already B. yet C. once D. never
14.A. look like B. stop C. feel like D. enjoy
15.A. forget B. remember C. talk D. Write
My father spends much money on books,_____he’s not rich.
A. but B. because C. even though D. Unless
