某国际性英语刊物有一个介绍各国风俗习惯的专栏，请为该专栏写一篇短文，简单介绍中国的农历新年（春节）。包括以下要点：
1.春节是中国人的重要节日；
2.春节是在哪一天（农历：the lunar calendar）；
3.除夕一家人吃团圆饭（have a …feast）；
4.守岁爆竹迎新年（爆竹:firecracker）
5.大年初一亲朋好友拜年；
6.孩子们的压岁钱（lucky money）；
7.狮子舞(lion dances)及其他节目是节日不可缺少的活动内容，要延续三天左右。
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1.Do you know that a worker ant has two _________(胃)in his body?
2.On Peace Day, no fighting or c________ are allowed. People learn and talk about peace.
3.Young people usually have more e______ than the old, so they can work longer.
4.If I had your ______(脑筋), I could do better in my exams.
5.When a soldier meets an officer, the soldier often s______ him.
6.The fridge does not f________ very well; you’d better get it repaired.
7.When the crops are r_____, they are ready to be harvested.
8.O______ vegetables are those that are grown without chemicals.
9.It was a great h_____ to be asked to speak at the conference.
10.Children are taught to believe in the _____(原则) of equal opportunity for everyone.
During the twentieth century there has been a great change in the lives of women. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have seven or eight children, of whom four or five lived till they were five years old and up. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which chance and health made it unusual for her to get paid work. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman’s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until sixty.
This important change in women’s life has only recently begun to have its full effect on women economic (经济的) position. Even a few years ago most girls left school and took a full-time job. However, when they married their school-leaving age is sixteen. Many girls stay at school after that age, and though women marry younger, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Very many more afterwards return to fuller part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage (婚姻), with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life.
1.We are told that in a family about 1900________.
A.few children died before they were five
B.seven or eight children lived to be more than five
C.the youngest child would be fifteen
D.four or five children died when they were five
2.One reason why the woman of today may take a job is that she______.
A.is younger when her children are old enough to look after themselves
B.does not like children herself
C.needn’t worry about food for her children
D.can be free from family duties when she reaches sixty
3.Many girls are now likely to_______.
A.give up their jobs for good after they are married
B.leave school as soon as they can
C.marry so that they can get a job
D.continue working until they are going to have a baby
4.According to the passage, it is now quite usual for women to _______.
A.stay at home after leaving school
B.marry men younger than themselves
C.start working again in life
D.marry while still at school
5.Now a husband probably_________.
A.plays a greater part in looking after children
B.helps his wife by doing much of the housework
C.feels dissatisfied with his part in the family
D.takes a part-time job so that he can help in the home
Most Americans don’t like to get advice from members of their family. When they need advice, they don’t usually ask people they know. Instead, many Americans write letters to newspapers and magazines which advice give on many subjects, including family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, how to buy a house or a car, and so on.
Most newspapers regularly print letters from readers with problems. Along with the letters are answers written by people who are supposed to solve (解决) such problems. Some of these writers are doctors; others are lawyers or educators. But two of the most famous writers of advice are women without special training for this kind of work. One of them answers letters addressed to “Dear Abby”. The other is addressed as “Dear Ann Landers”. Experience is their preparation for giving advice.
There is one writer who has not lived long enough to have much experience. She is a girl named Angel Caveliere, who started writing advice for newspaper readers at the age of ten. Her advice to young readers, now appears regularly in the Philadelphia Bulletin in a column called DEAR ANGEL.
1.For advice Americans usually write to _________.
A.their family members B.there friends
C.Angel Caveliere D.newspapers or magazines
2.“Abby ”and “Ann Landers” are probably________.
A.real names of two women B.two experienced doctors
C.two famous lawyers D.pen names of women
3.Which of the following is likely true according to the passage?
A.Angel Caveliere is loved by many American young readers
B.Angel died young
C.Angel has much more experience than the other writers with special
training
D.Angel is famous for her good knowledge of all the subjects
4.The Philadelphia Bulletin seems to be________.
A.a city in America B.a kind of publication
C.a publishing house D.a school or university
5.The best title for the passage is________.
A.Two Famous Women Writer B.Angel Caveliere and Her Advice
C.Getting Advice from Strangers D.The Strange Americans
Mrs Turner’s telephone number was 3463, and the number of the cinema in town was 3464. People often made mistakes and telephoned her when they actually wanted the cinema.
One evening the telephone rang and Mrs Turner answered it. A tired man’s voice came over the phone, “At what time does your last film begin?”
“I’m sorry,” said Mrs Turner, “but you have the wrong number. This is not the cinema.” “Oh, it began twenty minutes ago?” said the man. “I’m sorry about that. Well, good-bye.” Mrs Turner was very surprised, so she told her husband. He laughed and said, “No, that wasn’t a mistake. The man’s wife wanted to go to the cinema, but he was feeling tired, so he telephoned the cinema. His wife heard him, but she didn’t hear you. Now they will stay at home this evening, and the husband will be happy.”
1.When the tired man telephoned Mrs Turner by mistake, she was _______.
A.angry B.not at all surprised C.pleased D.surprised
2.Mrs Turner was surprised because the tired man _______.
A.wanted the cinema but called a wrong number.
B.said something that had nothing to do with her answer.
C.asked her silly questions that she didn’t know how to answer.
D.was angry with himself for having made the mistake.
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.The Turners lived near the cinema.
B.Both of the Turners didn’t want to go to the cinema.
C.The man didn’t want to go to the cinema with his wife that night.
D.The man’s wife was angry for what her husband had done.
4.The husband would be happy because he_________.
A.made fun of his wife
B.could enjoy himself alone that night
C.could relax (使休息) himself at home
D.could have a good time at home with his wife
5.By this story the writer intends to tell us_______.
A.that it’s tiresome to answer a wrong phone call
B.that wives are easier to be fooled by their husbands
C.nothing but a joke
D.that it’s wrong for husband and wife to fool each other
Have you ever heard your own voice? “Of course,” you say.
Has anyone else ever heard your voice? Again you say, “Of course.”
But that’s not quite true. Nobody else has ever heard your voice-the way you hear it. When you talk, you set up sound waves The air outside your head carries the sound waves to your outer ears. But, of course, the sound of your voice begins inside your head. The bones of your head pick up the sound waves, too. They carry the sound waves straight to your inner ears. You get the sound from the outside and the inside too. Other people get just the sound waves from the outside. That is why they don’t hear your voice the way you do.
1.You ______hear your voice the same way others hear it.
A.can’t B.seldom C.sometimes D.always
2.Sound travels in the form of ______.
A.bones B.air C.waves D.voice
3.When you talk, sound waves are set up inside _______.
A.your inner ears B.your outer ears
C.your head D.your head bones
4.The underlined phrase “pick up ”here means _______.
A.to raise B.to gain C.to select D.to pull
5.The passage is mainly about________.
A.waves in the air B.the way you hear your own voice
C.voice spreading far and wide
D.the different way people hear their voices
