There is a story about the moon cake．During the Yuan dynasty, China was ruled by the Mongolian people． Leaders from the preceding Song dynasty were unhappy about being ruled by foreigners, so they began to organize a secret rebellion． The leaders of the rebellion, knowing that the Moon Festival was drawing near, ordered the making of special cakes． Baked into each cake was a message containing the outline of the attack． On the night of the Moon Festival, the rebels successfully attacked and overthrew the government． Today, these cakes are eaten to commemorate（纪念）this legend and are called Moon Cakes．
For generations, moon cakes have been made with sweet fillings of nuts, mashed red beans, lotus-seed paste or Chinese dates, wrapped in pastry． Sometimes a cooked egg yolk can be found in the middle of this rich tasting dessert． Some people have compared moon cakes to the plum puddings and fruit cakes which are served in the English holiday seasons．
Nowadays, there are hundreds of varieties of moon cakes on sale a month before the arrival of the Moon Festival．
1.According to this passage, people eat moon cakes on the Moon Festival because___________ .
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A．it is a tradition |
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B．moon cakes are tasty |
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C．moon cakes look like the moon |
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D．people want to remember the rebellion against the Mongolian rulers |
2.The leaders ordered the special cakes to be made in order to _________________
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A．prize the rebels |
B．celebrate the holiday |
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C．plan the attack |
D．carry the message secretly |
3.Why did those leaders want to overthrow the government? __________________ .
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A．Because they wanted to rule the country． |
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B．Because they were unhappy that China was ruled by the Mongolian． |
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C．Because they were from the preceding Song dynasty． |
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D．Because they wanted to celebrate the Moon Festival in their way． |
4.Which of the following statements is WRONG? __________________ .
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A．China was once ruled by the Mongolian people during the Yuan dynasty． |
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B．Moon cakes were originally made to carry a message． |
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C．All moon cakes have a cooked egg yolk in them． |
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D．A variety of moon cakes can be bought a month before the Moon Festival now． |
5.The best title for the passage is “_______”．
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A．The origin of moon cakes |
B．Moon cakes and the Moon Festival |
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C．Moon Festival |
D．How the Moon Festival came into being |
完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. ------ Eleanor Roosevelt
My home is a place of great beauty and agricultural richness, as well as of war and natural disasters. When I was only fourteen years old, I was filled with __36__ in spite of the terrible surroundings. The families living here, who tried to make their living from the land, __37__ great losses.
For the __38__ I felt sorry especially, but I __39__ to be hopeless. I decided that where I was, I could do __40__ to help them. I began knocking on every door and saying to each person who __41__ my knock, “I know that you are __42__ and give the birds that come to your yard a little __43__. Please consider me your bird. Give me only a handful of rice each week when I come to your __44__. I will take it to the temple where it can be given to the __45__ children.”
No one seemed to __46__ giving me a handful of rice, even __47__ they had little themselves. On Sunday, I would go to the __48__ and give my handfuls of rice to the monks to __49__ to the children.
One day, I came to a house that had __50__ to give. I told my story and asked if I could be their bird. The woman called her daughters, and __51__ gave me fifty cents, as well as the handful of rice! I began to ask for __52__ and rice from the other “bird feeders”, and they gave them to me. Everyone was happy to be helping those who were suffering, even __53__ only this small way. The temple was soon able to help everyone who came to it for food and clothing.
“Consider me your bird.” My __54__ idea had not stopped the war, but anyway, it was __55__ some peace.
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In the USA, Columbus Day is_______ the _____ of Christopher Columbus in the New World.
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A．in the memory of; arrival |
B．in memory of; arrival |
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C．in the memory of; arriving |
D．in memory of; arriving |
Recent pressure at work may________ his behavior.
A. accounts for B. pay for C. stand for D leave for
The money is to be used ________the poor.
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A．for the benefit to |
B．for the benefit of |
C．for benefit of |
D．to the benefit of |
There are________ products to be sold in the factory store. Which is not correct in the following?
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A．a large number of |
B．quantities of |
C．a large amount of |
D．a great many |
