Tim is a photographer. He loves to travel and take pictures. ______. Six months ago, Tim and his wife, Candy went to Egypt to visit the Great Pyramids. They are large tombs for the kings. There are about 300,000 rocks in a pyramid. These tombs were not built by aliens or robots. It is said that a pyramid was built by 100,000 workers and it took about 20 years to finish the work. It must be very heavy for workers to carry the rocks. How could they move those big rocks? ______.
They also tried some Egyptian food and went shopping there. They couldn’t wait to be there again. Tim took a lot of pictures for his new books. ______.
1.
A. He has never been to any country
B. He only takes photos of modern buildings
C. He wants to marry a woman, and he wants her to travel with him, too
D. He has been to many countries
2.
A. It is amazing B. It is amazed
C. It just can’t help it D. It’s around the corner
3.
A. He believed that it’s not a big deal to build the pyramids
B. But the new books are not his cup of tea
C. They really had a whale of a time there
D. He didn’t think that he would come back there
(Fen and Woodle are talking about the ghosts.)
Fen: The hat you are making looks like a pumpkin. Oh! I see! You are making it for Halloween!
Woodle: You got it! I will put on the hat ______ my Halloween costume to the party in the school. My students will put on them, too.
Fen: The way you celebrate “ghost festival” is so funny. It seems that you aren’t scared of ghosts.
Woodle: Ha! All of us will become ghosts when we die. Will you feel ______ if I am the ghost?
Fen: Ha! May be I will. Do you know there’s a month we call “the ghost month” in Taiwan?
Woodle: Yes, I heard it before. So will you do anything to celebrate it?
Fen: We won’t celebrate the month. But we’ll prepare many kinds of food for ghosts. And old people always tell us not to go outside in the evening during that month, or ghosts will follow you everywhere.
Woodle: Well, the Halloween party is always held in the evening…
Fen: We really have so different ways of the ghost festival, ______
Woodle: Certainly.
1.A. with B. of C. as D. at
2.A. scared B. scary C. scaring D. scare
3.A. have we? B. do we? C. shall we? D. don’t we?
According to present Taiwan wedding culture, one family cannot marry sisters in a row within 4 months, 6 months or one year. People in Taiwan believe it is taboo, and the taboo will bring bad things to the marriage. Also in Taiwan culture, new marriage couples cannot join others’ wedding or funeral within 4 months, especially for those pregnant women, they should avoid this kind of cases. If you do so, you will have problem to teach your coming baby in the future.
These rules are not from China, but are from people moved from China to Taiwan. People do not follow these rules in China. It is something special in Taiwan and full of wisdom for life experience from ancestors.
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1.What does the word “taboo” mean?
A. Something that people like to do. B. Something that people are afraid to do.
C. A place that people in Taiwan like to visit. D. An activity happens at a wedding.
2.Shu-fen has a five-month baby in her belly, and she wants to join her best friend’s wedding. Her mother in-law is so angry about it. Shu-fen can’t make sense of it. Could you tell her the reason? belly 肚子
A. Her mother in-law is scared that the baby can’t do well when parents or teachers teach him/her.
B. Her mother in-law is scared that her marriage is going to be over.
C. Her mother in-law is scared that they can’t go sailing from China to Taiwan.
D. Her mother in-law is scared that Shu-fen’s sister can’t be married.
3.Which is the best title of the reading?
A. Things that woman can’t do.
B. China rules, Taiwan follows.
C. Marriage in Taiwan.
D. Taiwan special culture.
There are several buns on the dining table. Roger eats one, and he asks his mom _____.
A. for another B. to another C. for the other D. to other
_____ is not easy, is it?
A. An animal wants to live in a city B. To get up early and to study harder
C. Getting up early on cold days D. Make paper umbrellas
Just _____, let’s get to the airport two hours earlier, or we might miss the flight.
A. to play it safe B. for fun C. to wish good luck D. for inviting them
