The Japanese celebrate the New Year on January 1 and it lasts for two weeks. The Japanese New Year, Oshogatsu, is an important time for Japanese people. On New Year’s Day, all the shops, factories and offices are closed.
To keep out evil spirits (恶灵), they hang a rope of straw across the front of their houses. That stands for happiness and good luck. In many Japanese families, people use paper lobsters (龙虾) to decorate their houses on New Year’s Day.
When the New Year begins, the Japanese people begin to laugh. This will bring them good luck in the new year.
On the 2nd of January, each member of the family writes their favorite poem or proverb (谚语) onto a long piece of paper.
There are two festivals to mark the New Year in Japan. They are the Greater and the Lesser. The Greater Festival prayers (祈祷) are given to the dead and friends exchange gifts and visits. The Lesser Festival prayers for good crops are given to the god of the rice.
1.How long does the celebration of New year in Japan last?
A.for a week B.for two weeks C.for three weeks D.for four weeks
2.What do Japanese people use to decorate their houses?
A.flowers B.trees C.paper lobsters D.paper tigers
3.When do Japanese people write their favorite poem or proverb?
A.On January 1 B.On January 2 C.On January 3 D.On January 4
4.How many festivals to mark the New Year in Japan?
A.2 B.3 C.4 D.5
A crow, having stolen a piece of cheese, held it firmly in her mouth and stood in a tree. A fox, who was very hungry, took the following ways to get the cheese for himself.
“How handsome is the crow!” he said. “How beautiful is her shape and how fair her feather! Oh, if her voice were only equal to her beauty, she might rightly be called the queen of birds!”
This he said in a soft voice. The crow, anxious to show that her voice was equal to her other attractions, made a loud caw, and dropped the cheese.
The fox caught it as it fell. “My good crow,” said he, “ your voice is all right, but your brain is not good.”
1.A crow stood ____.
A.on a flower B.in a tree C.on the tree D.in the sky
2.How did the crow feel when she heard what the fox said?
A.happy B.nervous C.anxious D.relaxed
3.The fox got ____from the crow at last.
A.the crow’s feather B.the crow’s voice C.cheese D.a leave
Mount Qomolangma, also known as Mt.Everest, is the world’s highest mountain. In 1960, three Chinese climbers reached the top of Qomolangma from the north side, which______ as the most challenging side of the mountain. They were the first Chinese team to ______ climb Mount Qomolangma’s north side. Fifteen years later, another Chinese expedition team climbed the ______ side again. The movie The Climbers features the two generations of Chinese mountaineers ______ climbed to the top Mount Qomolangma from the dangerous north side in 1960 and 1975.
We can learn ______ more behind the amazing moments in the movie. Wu Jing, one of the leading______ in the movie, said he experienced a bad cold and altitude sickness(高原反应) during filming in Qinghai, but he said that it was important to have ______ experience. “It is important to understand ______ difficult it was for these mountaineers and how they valued the honor to climb the highest mountain,” added Wu. In the movie, there are many moments when people feel like ______. The movie has hit the screens in cinemas across China, North America and the United Kingdom. Many people resonate(共鸣) with The Climbers ______ each one of us is actually a climber in life.
1.A.knows B.is known C.known D.know
2.A.succeed B.successful C.successfully D.success
3.A.east B.south C.west D.north
4.A.which B.who C.where D.whose
5.A.something B.nothing C.anything D.everything
6.A.drivers B.actors C.teachers D.cooks
7.A.such an B.so C.such a D./
8.A.how B.what C.why D.when
9.A.crying B.to cry C.cry D.cries
10.A.but B.so C.and D.because
—Have you ever studied with a group?
—____I’ve learned a lot!
A.Yes, I do. B.No, I don’t. C.Yes, I have. D.No, I haven’t.
Thank you for your telling me______.
A.where the library is B.where is the library
C.where does the library D.where the library does
Columbus is regarded as the first man______ found America in 1492.
A.which B.whom C.who D.that
