March, April and May are months full of festivals and events all over the world. Here are some wonderful festivals around the world that happen in spring.
SongKran--Thailand
Dates: 13th-15th, April
In Thailand, it’s time to celebrate the coming monsoon season, which will bring the rain many people have been looking forward to. They celebrate it with a festival called Songkran，when people head out to the streets with water guns to spray(喷，洒）everyone who walks past. If you walk on the streets where the festival is celebrated, prepare to get soaked!
Naghol--Vanuatu
Dates: Every Saturday from April to May
Every year, villagers come together to celebrate the harvest of yams, an important part in the people’s diet in Vanuatu. The festival is most famous for its “land di ving ceremony”. During the ceremony men and boys dive to the ground from high wooden towers with only two thin vines(藤条) attached(附于)to their ankles(脚踝）. The divers’ heads have to lightly touch the ground when they jump---something very dangerous if the vines are not measured（测量）properly.
Cherry Blossom Viewing ---Japan
Dates: The cherry blossom season is different from year to year depending on the weather forecast.
The cherry blossom season has huge importance to the people of Japan, who celebrate the days when the flowers finally blossom. Only a few days later, the petals(花瓣） fall to the ground, like pink snowflakes. This is one of the most beautiful things to see. In Japan, almost everyone has picnics in the parks to view the flowers.
Sinhalese New Year--Sri Lanka
Dates: 13th or 14th, April
Just like in many other countries in South an South East Asia, this is the time when the Sinhalese celebrate the traditional New Year, an ancient celebration which marks the end of the harvest season and is one of two times of the year when the sun is straight above Sri Lanka. There are a lot of delicious foods during the celebration.
1.What does the underlined word “soaked” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. tired B. wet C. crazy D. interested
2.The writer thinks that the “land diving ceremony” can be dangerous for the divers because ___________.
A. the divers may fall onto the ground if the thin vines break
B. the divers may bump into （撞在…上）the wooden tower on the way down
C. the divers’ ankles may get injured if the vines are tied too tightly
D. the divers may injure their heads if the vines aren’t measured properly
3.. We can learn from the passage that__________________.
A. the Cherry Blossom Celebration usually lasts a long time in Japan
B. the Cherry Blossom Celebration is the most important festival in Japan
C. the time for the Cherry Blossom Celebration in Japan can be different yearly
D. people usually stay at home for celebration during the cherry blossom season
Harry is eighteen now. He studies in a middle school. His parents like him very much and hope he can become a famous man. So they often tell him to study hard and they do all for him. They call him at six in the morning. After breakfast his father takes him to school in a car and in the afternoon, as soon as the young man comes back, the supper is ready. Of course, he never washes his clothes or goes to buy something in the shops.
Once Harry’s father was sent to London on business. He would stay there for half a year. Before leaving, he told his wife to take good care of their son. The woman had to get up earlier and did all that her husband did before. And two months later she was so tired that she was ill in bed. Now the young man got into trouble. He couldn’t do any housework. He had to do as his mother told him. Even he didn’t know where to get on the bus!
Yesterday Harry’s mother found his shoes were worn out and told him to buy a new pair in the shop. But he didn’t know how to choose. The woman had a sigh(叹息) and gave him a shoe pattern(鞋样) and told him to buy a pair of shoes himself. It’s Saturday today and Harry doesn’t go to school. With a policeman’s help, he found a shop. The shopkeeper was friendly to him. The man brought a lot of shoes and asked him to choose. When he was trying on a pair, suddenly he remembered something and took them off. The man was surprised and asked, “What’s the matter, young man?”
“I’m sorry. I’ve left the shoe pattern at home!”
1. _______ always does some housework in the morning.
A. Harry’s father B. Harry’s mother C. Harry D. Nobody
2.Harry’s parents do all instead of him because _______.
A. he’s too young B. he has poor health
C. he’s busy with his studies D. they hope he spends all time on studies
3.When the man was in London, _______.
A. Harry had to stay at home B. Harry couldn’t find the bus stop
C. Harry fell behind in his class D. Harry wouldn’t go to school
4.We can infer from the passage that _______.
A. Harry wanted his mother to buy shoes for him
B. Harry didn’t believe himself
C. Harry wouldn’t listen to his mother
D. Harry was strong enough to buy shoes for himself
School education is very important and useful. Yet no one can learn everything from school. A teacher, no matter how much he knows, can not teach his students everything they want to know. The teacher’s job is to show his students how to learn. He teaches them how to read and how to think. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students themselves.
It is always more important to know how to study by oneself than to learn some facts or a formula by heart. It is actually quiet easy to learn a certain fact in history or a formula(公式) in mathematics. But it is very difficult to use a formula in working out a maths problem. Great scientist, such as Einstein, Newton and Galileo, didn’t get everything from school. But they were all so successful and invented so many things for men. They worked hard all their lives, wasting not a single moment. They would ask many questions as they read and they did thousands of experiments.
1.According to the passage, a good teacher should be one who is to_________.
A. help his students to gain a good memory.
B. train his students’ ability to learn
C. teach his students everything he knows
D. have his students studying long hours
2.If a student want to learn better, the most important thing for him to do is_______.
A. to learn all the useful facts and formula by heart
B. to do everything as his teacher have said in class
C. to absorb (吸收) as much knowledge from his teacher as possible
D. to think more while he is studying
3.The main reason for the success of the great scientists is that________.
A. the teachers who had taught them were all experienced.
B. they used to work and study without a moment’s rest.
C. they had received more schooling than other people
D. they know how to study and worked hard
4.What’s the good advice the writer gives us?
A. We can learn better without teachers
B. We should do more asking and thinking while studying
C. We should pay enough attention to classroom
D. Book knowledge is of little use
The captain of a ship and a merchant（商人）were friends．The merchant had a young son，who wanted to be a sailor（水手），so the captain took him for voyages in his ．One day when the captain had come from a with a lot of money，the merchant told him that the price of iron（铁） had and suggested that he should buy some with his money．“I’ll it for you in my storehouse _ you return from your next voyage，and perhaps you’ll get money．” But while the captain was away，the price of iron went up _ 60% ，so the merchant sold it and kept the money．When the captain came back，his friend told him that he was very sorry and the mice had all the iron． The captain knew that his friend was lies，but he stayed _and said，“I knew that you had problems mice in your storehouse．” After a few days，the captain started voyage，and when he returned home，he said to the merchant，“I’m very sorry，but _our voyage a bird came down and carried your son away．” The merchant was very and said，“Birds cannot carry boys!” “And can mice eat iron，” answered the captain．The merchant took the captain to a ，who said，“The merchant must the captain the money which he got when he the iron，and then the captain must the merchant’s son back to him．”
1.A. car B. cart C. ship D. plane
2.A. voyage B. travel C. business D. visit
3.A. fallen B. raised C. widened D. risen
4.A. keep B. hide C. hold D. put
5.A. when B. since C. after D. until
6.A. many B. more C. a bit D. less
7.A. on B. in C. to D. by
8.A. dishonest B. honest C. real D. former
9.A. sold B. borrowed C. eaten D. drunk
10.A. talking B. making C. telling D. saying
11.A. friendly B. calm C. quiet D. angry
12.A. about B. in C. on D. with
13.A. another B. next C. the other D. other
14.A. while B. after C. during D. before
15.A. boring B. puzzled C. angry D. afraid
16.A. yet B. neither C. so D. either
17.A. lawyer B. manager C. child D. judge
18.A. return B. give C. offer D. lend
19.A. kept B. bought C. sold D. stole
20.A. bring B. fetch C. carry D. catch
Mr. Smith, _______ of the _____ speech, started to read a novel.
A. tiring; bored B. tired; bored C. tired; boring D. tiring; boring
Sarah，hurry up! I’m afraid you don’t have time to__________.
A. get change B. get changing C. get to change D. get changed
