In some foreign(外国) countries, some people don't like the number 13. They don't think 13 is a lucky number. For example, they don't like to live on the thirteenth floor.
My friend Jack has got the same idea. He doesn't like the number 13, either(也). Today, he asks some friends to dinner. When all of his friends arrive, he asks them to sit around the dinner table. He begins to count the people in his mind while they are having the delicious food. Suddenly, he cries out, "Oh, there are thirteen people here!" Everybody's face turns white except Mr Brown. He says slowly with a smile on his face, "Don't worry, my dear friends! We have fourteen people here. My wife Mrs Brown will have a baby in a few weeks. She's in the family way now. "
All of them become happy again.
"Congratulations(祝贺)!" they say to Mrs and Mr Brown. They enjoy the nice food and have a good time that evening.
1.Why don’t foreign people like the number 13?
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2.Does Jack like the number 13?
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3.Where does Jack ask his friends to sit?
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4.How many people are there in fact(实际上), thirteen or fourteen?
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5.Why are they happy again?
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American school begin in September after a long summer holiday. 1.The first term(学期) is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. 2. Most children are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish middle school. Middle school students study only four or five subjects each term. They usually go to the same class every day. 3. After class they do many interesting things. After middle school , many students go to college (上大学). They can go to a small one or a large one. 4. So many college students work after class to get the money for their studies.
A.They usually have to give a lot of money.
B.Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old.
C.American students like studying Chinese very much.
D.And they have homework for every class.
E.There are two terms in a school year.
We call the Chinese New Year the Spring Festival. There is a name for each Chinese year. We may call it the year of the sheep, the year of the monkey or the year of the dog. And this year is the year of the rabbit.
Before New Year’s Day, people are busy shopping and cleaning their houses. On New Year’s Eve, there is a big family dinner. After dinner, all the family stay up late to welcome the New Year. On the first day of the New Year, people put on their new clothes and go to visit their friends and relatives(亲戚). They say “good luck” and some other greetings to each other. People usually have a very good time during the festival.
1.We can find every Chinese year is given ___________ name.
A.an animal B.a plant(植物) C.a family D.a full
2.On New Year’s Day, people say “___________” to each other when they meet
A.Merry Christmas B.Good luck
C.Happy New Year D.Both B and C
3.The best title for this passage (本文的最佳题目)is ____________
A.Good luck B.The Spring festival
C.Big Dinner D.The New Year’s Eve
It is time to go home now. I am on a bus on a rainy day, and a woman with a dog gets on the bus. It is a big dog and its feet are not clean.
I don’t want the dog to sit next to me. But the woman says to the conductor（售票员）, “oh, I pay for my dog. Can he sit here like the other people?”
The conductor looks at the dog and says, “yes, madam. But like other people, he must put his feet under the chair.”
1.I am going home .
A.by bike B.by bus C.by car D.by jeep
2.The meaning（意思） of the conductor’s words is .
A.the dog’s feet are like the other people
B.the dog must like a man
C.the dog must not sit on the chair
D.the dog can sit here
3.I don’t want the dog to sit next to me, because .
A.the dog is not too big B.the dog is not clean
C.the dog has no ticket D.the dog isn’t mine
Li Ming is a schoolboy. He is twelve. He lives in Shanghai. He studies in No. 11 Middle School. He gets up at half past five every day. He reads English and Chinese in the morning. He has breakfast at seven. After that, he goes to school with his friends. They have four classes in the morning and two in the afternoon. In the evening he does his homework at home. But he often watches TV on Saturday evening. Li Ming likes drawing. He draws better than his sister. He likes reading story-books. Now he is reading an English book in the room.
1.Li Ming is a ___________
A.student B.girl C.teacher D.doctor
2.Li Ming gets up ________every day.
A.at seven B.early C.at six D.very late
3.Li Ming has _______classes at school every day.
A.four B.five C.three D.six
4.Li Ming likes_______________
A.English and Chinese B.playing football
C.watching TV D.drawing and reading
Hello, I am John. I come from England. This is my home in China. I've got a small room. It is clean and bright(明亮的). There's a desk, two chairs and a bed in the room. The door is here. The window is there. I have a computer on the desk. There are some books and a bag on the desk, too. The chairs are next to the desk. The bed is near the window. Under the bed there are two pairs of shoes and a ball.
1.John is in now.
A.England B.China C.America D.Japan.
2.There is on the desk.
A.a book B.a television C.a computer D.a chair
3.His shoes are .
A.on the desk B.under the chairs
C.under the bed D.in the bag
