假如你是李华，你的美国笔友Mrs.White要来中国和她的亲属一起过春节。这是她第一次来中国，因此她来信询问你中国春节有哪些习俗。请你给她回一封邮件，介绍一下中国春节的习俗。
注意：1.词数100左右；2开头和结尾已经给出，不计入词数。
Dear Mrs. White,
I’m glad to hear that you are going to China for your winter holiday。Thank you for your letter asking about the customs of the Spring Festival。 Here’s something about it。
Yours,
Li Hua
短文改错 （共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
Now I’d like to introduce our English paper to you. On my opinion, the paper is very imptance to our study and daily life. We can improve our English, especially writing English by reading it and writing. At the same time, it’s a fun and relaxing to read it, it makes our after-class time meaningful and colorful. There is a lot of columns in our paper, such as School News, Teachers’Advice and Students’Voice.Not only it make us learn the important events of our school, but helps ourselves communicate with teachers. However, we can take the advices from our teachers more seriously. In a word, I like our paper very much.
根据括号内的汉语意思，写出所缺单词的正确形式。
1.It’s bad manners to ask others’ （ 工资） if you are not very familiar．
2.I am heartily (感激的) to you help.
3.The （传统的）breakfast in this area includes bread and eggs.
4.In this way, they can better ________(应用) theory to practice．
5.The ________(杀人犯) was arrested and sentenced to death at last.
6.When I mentioned his name, everyong was very________(好奇的).
7.Our government is trying to (解决)the problem.
8.The novel is ________(设置背景)in France in the early 19th century.
9.I’ll just ________(闲逛) around the mall for half an hour．
10.I’d like to (预订)three seats for tonight’s concert.
A dog has a horse. The horse was beautiful and also it had many good qualities. 61 It especially wanted to become the most beautiful horse in the world.
One day the horse said to the god, “You have given me beauty. You have given me other good qualities.62 But how I wish you could make me more beautiful! I would be extremely, extremely grateful if you could make me more beautiful.”
The god said, “I’m more than ready to make you more beautiful. 63 ” Then the horse said, “My neck is too short .If you can make neck a little longer, my upper body will be more beautiful. And if you can make my legs much longer and thinner, then I will look more beautiful in my lower body.”
Then immediately the god made a camel appear in place of the horse. The horse was so sad that it started to cry, “Oh, no, I do not want to become a camel. 64 As a horse, everybody appreciated my good qualities. Nobody will appreciate me as a c I’m more than ready to amel.”
The god said, “This is exactly what you asked for. You have become a camel.
65 if you cry for a longer neck and legs, this is what will happen. Each thing in my creation has its own good qualities. The camel is not as beautiful as you are, but it carries heavy loads and has a great sense of duty.”
A. I’m so grateful to you.
B. Why not remain a horse?
C. I wish you to change me into a horse again.
D. Tell me in what way you want to be changed.
E. But it wanted to be more perfect in every way.
F. Never try to receive more than I have given you
G. I am glad to know that you feel good with yourself now
What kind of pets do people have in your country? Dogs? Cats? How about a duck, hippo(河马) or lion? Here are two cases of animal owners with unusual pets.
Barrie Hayman has a pet duck called Star. Barrie adopted(领养) him after his brothers and sisters stayed away from him at birth. Barrie, a duck breeder, realized the little duck needed special attention. So he began taking Star with him everywhere he went. “I would put him in my pocket while I did my shopping,” said Barrie. Now, at five months, Star is too big for Barrie’s pocket, but the two are still inseparable. They watch sports, together and even share a drink together. Barrie said, “He is a fantastic duck. I’ve never known any like him.” Star even has his own Facebook page, with more than 2,000 Face book friends.
Then there is the case of Tonie and Shirley Joubert in South Africa. They live with their hippo, Jessica. Tonie saved Jessica from floodwaters when she was only a day old. Jessica lives outside their riverside house, but she knows how to open the kitchen door, and often goes there for a snack. Tonie recently said, “I don’t know whether Jessica sees me as a hippo or whether she sees herself as a human.” Shirley is more certain, “Jessica sees herself as our child and I see Jessica as my daughter. I can’t imagine my life without Jessica.” Jessica is free to leave, and often visits wild hippos that live nearby. But she always returns home at night. Jessica’s website notes that she has three hippo boyfriends, but one in particular,Fred, is her favorite. They often go grazing(吃青草) together and Fred has recently moved onto the Joubert’s house as well.
1.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Some websites are set up to protect pets.
B. Some unusual pets are adopted by people
C. People should take good care of their pets
D. Pets sometimes can be very interesting
2.What does the underlined word “inseparable” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Always together B. Always separated
C. Always friendly D. Always healthy
3.Barrie took Star everywhere he went because______.
A. he had never seen a duck like Star
B. he set up a Facebook page for Star
C. he wanted care more about Star
D. he needed Star to drink with him
4.We can learn from the passage that Jessica ______
A.came to Joubert’s home when she was 5 months old
B.loves eating in the Joubert’s kitchen
C. doesn’t see herself as a human being
D.has more than three boyfriends
Thid is a true story of a mother’s sacrifice(牺牲) in an earthquake.
When the rescuer reached the ruins of a young man’s house, they saw her dead body through the cracks. Her pose was somehow strange—she knelt(跪) on the ground like a person who was worshiping(祷告);her body was leaning forward, and her two hands were supported by an object. However, the cold and stiff body told them that she had passed away for sure.
The rescuers left this house and were going to search the next collapsed building. For some reason, the team leader was driven by a strong force to go back to the ruined house. Again, he knelt down to search the little space under the dead body. Suddenly, he screamed with excitement, “A child! There is a child1”
The whole team worked together; carefully they removed the piles of ruined objects around the dead woman. There was a 3-month-old little boy wrapped in a blanket under his mother’s dead body. Obviously, the woman had made great sacrifice in order to save her son. When her house was falling, she used her body to make a cover to protect her son. The little boy was still sleeping peacefully when the team leader picked him up.
A doctor came quickly to examine the little boy. After he opened the blanket, he saw a cellphone inside the blanket.There was a text massage on the screen. It said, “If you can survive, you must remember that I love you.” Everybody that read the massage cried
1.Why did the young woman kneel on the ground?
A. To protect herself from the earthquake
B. To show respect for God
C. To ask God for help
D. To protect her baby
2. After reading the text massage, everyone felt quite ______.
A. shocked B. excited C. moved D. afraid
3.What’s the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?
A. To prove that a cat has nine lives.
B. To show the power of a mother’s love.
C. To express his thanks to the rescuers.
D. To give advice on how to rescue others.
