Flowers are the best symbol of spring. The peach blossom (桃花) is one of those seasonal flowers. It usually blooms (开花) in March and April. You can enjoy the beautiful peach blossoms in almost any place of China, east or west, south or north. But if you want to find something special, you may go to Nyingchi in Tibet. There you can see a sea of pink at the foot of snow-covered mountains under a blue sky.
The peach blossom, with its beauty, has won the hearts of visitors as well as many Chinese poets and writers. From China’s first book of poetry, the Classic of Poetry, to the many poems of the Tang Dynasty, the peach blossom is usually connected to beautiful young ladies. As one famous poem goes, “In this house on this day last year a pink face vied; In beauty with the pink peach blossom side by side.” The peach blossom makes people think of the flush on a shy woman’s face.
Because of this, the peach blossom is always connected to romance in China. Chinese people often say “to have peach blossom luck”. It means being lucky in love. And if your eyes are in the shape of peach petals(花瓣), you have a pair of “peach blossom eyes”. And you probably have peach blossom luck.
1.What is the peach blossom connected to, according to old Chinese poems?
A. Happy little kids. B. Handsome young men.
C. Pretty young ladies. D. Smart old people.
2.The underlined word flush in Paragraph 2 may mean ____________.
A. 胎记 B. 微笑 C. 红晕 D. 害怕
3.Chinese people believe if someone has a pair of “peach blossom eyes”, he/she may ________.
A. have a good health. B. be lucky in love.
C. have a fun day. D. know the flower well.
4.What is the main idea of the story?
A. Where to enjoy peach blossoms. B. How to have peach blossom luck.
C. An introduction of peach blossoms. D. Poems of peach blossoms.
Have you ever tried making music with glasses or bottles filled with water? I bet your favorite band hasn’t. Experiment with your own special sounds by turning glasses of water into instruments, make some cool music and find out how it works.
What you’ll need:
Five or more drinking glasses or glass bottles. Water. Wooden stick such as a pencil. If possible, you’d better do it in a small but empty room with a long table in.
Instructions:
Line the glasses up next to each other and fill them with different amounts of water. The first should have just a little water while the last should be almost full, and the ones in between should have slightly more than the first.
Hit the glass with the least amount of water and watch the sound, then hit the glass with the most water, which makes the higher sound?
Hit the other glasses and see what noise they make. See if you can get a tune going by hitting the glasses in a certain order.
What’s happening?
Each of the glasses will have a different tone when you hit with the pencil. The glass with the most water will have the lowest tone while the glass with the least water will have the highest. Small vibrations (震动) are made when you hit the glass, and this creates sound waves which travel through the water. More water means slower vibrations and a deeper tone.
1.What’s needed in the experiment according to the passage?
A. Five bottles of water. B. Seven drinking glasses
C. A big and empty room. D. A pencil and a wooden stick.
2.According to the passage , the purpose of the experiment is to get __________.
A. a tone. B. a tune. C. some vibrations. D. some water
3.Which glass can have the lowest tone when you hit it in the experiment?
A. The one with no water. B. The one with the most water.
C. The one with the least water. D. The one with half of the water.
4.Where is the passage the most likely to come from?
A. A Travelling Guide B. A Child Novel
C. A Fashion Magazine D. A Music Textbook.
A
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The other day, I had to take an evening train to Bibury, where I’d found a new job. That afternoon I took a ______ to the flat that I then shared with my friend Monica. I ______ a brown bag. There were several important documents including my train ticket inside. The driver was friendly and we began to chat. I told him ______ about the new job.
When I arrived home, I saw several friends who had come to say goodbye waving from our flat’s balcony. I quickly paid the driver and ______ out to meet them. A few hours later, I realized I’d left my bag in the taxi. My documents were all now ______, besides the train ticket, but I decided to catch the train anyway.
The conductor made me pay for a ______ ticket in the train. During the journey, I couldn’t stop thinking about my bag. When the train made a long ______ at a station, I got off and called Monica from a public telephone. “You won’t believe it!” Monica shouted, “Your driver came home with the bag. In fact, he even ______ it from getting stolen.”
After ______ me off, the driver had picked up another ______ who started walking off with my bag. The driver remembered ______ that she didn’t have any bag when she got in. He stopped the woman, got my ______ back and returned to our apartment building the next day and searched for a young woman who was moving to Bibury for a new job. A neighbour directed ______ to Monica. When Monica thanked and ______ him some money as a reward, he refused. ______ Monica insisted he should take the fare to the flat and back, and he finally accepted that.
We often talk about hard-nosed drivers who ruin our day. But the good news is that there’re many honest ones, too.
1.A. bus B. taxi C. train D. subway
2.A. bought B. found C. carried D. borrowed
3.A. excitedly B. carefully C. specially D. quickly
4.A. turned B. rushed C. walked D. climbed
5.A. broken B. thrown C. lost D. stolen
6.A. cheap B. fresh C. free D. same
7.A. trip B. fall C. start D. stop
8.A. brought B. caught C. saved D. hid
9.A. throwing B. putting C. pushing D. dropping
10.A. driver B. passenger C. conductor D. thief
11.A. clearly B. wisely C. angrily D. successfully
12.A. money B. bag C. ticket D. job
13.A. her B. him C. me D. them
14.A. posted B. raised C. gave D. sent
15.A. Because B. So C. Although D. But
--- What about going to Marco Polo Flowers Ocean Theme Park this Sunday, Cathy?
--- ________! We’ll have a lot of fun there.
A. Good luck B. Never mind C. Sounds great D. Certainly not
I wonder ________ as the ads has promised.
A. does the air-cleaner really work B. the air -cleaner really works
C. that the air-cleaner really works D. if the air-cleaner really works
