Traditional Chinese festivals are now getting their own logos(标识).Here’re logos for China’s seven important traditional festivals.
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Chunjie, Spring Festival, China’s lunar new year, is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. People usually get together, watch fireworks and the lion dance, eat dumplings and put on new clothes. They pay New Year calls to their relatives and friends. Children usually get red packets. |
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Yuanxiao, Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first month in the Chinese calendar. People watch lanterns and eat sweet dumplings. |
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Qixi, the Night of Sevens is on the seventh day of the seventh month in the Chinese calendar. It’s Chinese version(版本)of Valentine’s Day(情人节). |
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Qingming, Tomb-Sweeping Festival is around April 5.People from home and abroad go to the graves(墓)of the dead in memory of(纪念)them. |
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Zhongqiu, Mid-Autumn Festival, is on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. Families enjoy moon cakes and tell the story of Chang’e. |
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Duanwu, Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar. People eat rice dumplings and remember the poet Qu Yuan. |
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Chongyang, Double Ninth Festival is on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar. It’s the date to pay respect(尊敬)to the old. |
Mid-Autumn Festival is ________ in the Chinese calendar.
| A．on 15th of August | B．on 7th of July |
| C．on 15th of January | D．on 5th of May |
What do Chinese people eat at Dragon Boat Festival?
| A．Dumplings. | B．Moon cakes. |
| C．Rice dumplings. | D．Sweet dumplings. |
Chinese version of Valentine’s Day is ________.
| A．Lantern Festival | B．the Night of Sevens |
| C．Spring Festival | D．Tomb-Sweeping Festival |
At Tomb-Sweeping Festival, people go to the graves in memory of ________.
| A．Qu Yuan | B．the elderly | C．Chang’e | D．the dead |
At Double Ninth Festival, what do people usually do?
| A．They watch lanterns. | B．They pay respect to old people. |
| C．They visit their relatives. | D．They get together to tell stories. |
A 50-year-old American officer came back to his school. The teacher asked him to give a talk to the small boys and girls there. The talk was about the love of their great country. All the little ones were sitting in a large meeting-room. The old officer went up and began speaking. He said , " Boys and girls . I studied in this school forty years ago. When I was your age, we were not as happy as you are today. Think about it and answer me, why are you so happy now?"
No sound came from the children. The old man waited for a long time. Then a short boy in the front put up his small dirty hand. "Good boy! Please answer me, dear." said the officer.
With a big smile on his face, the boy stood up and said, "If you speak long enough, we won't have Maths and biology lessons this morning."The old man came back to school_______.
| A．to listen to a talk | B．to have lessons |
| C．to give a talk | D．to see his children |
The officer studied in this school when he was_______.
| A．fifty | B．ten |
| C．twenty | D．thirty |
The children were thought to be_______ before.
| A．as good as | B．as well as |
| C．as happy as | D．much happier than |
The short boy in the front_______.
| A．didn't understand the question but answered it |
| B．told the truth |
| C．wanted to make others laugh |
| D．wanted to make the officer angry |
After reading the last part of the story, we know the_______.
| A．the short boy liked the talk very much |
| B．all the children liked the talk |
| C．the short boy didn't like to study his lessons |
| D．some of the children liked to listen to a funny story |
A farmer was put in prison(监狱). One day, he got a letter from his wife.
“I am worried about our farm,” she wrote. “It’s time to plant potatoes, but I can’t do all the digging(挖) by myself.”
The farmer thought over and then had an idea. He wrote to his wife, “Don’t dig the fields. This is where my gold(金子) is. Don’t plant potatoes until I come home.”
A few days later, the farmer got another letter from his wife. It said, “Two days ago, about ten prison guards(监狱看守) came to our fields. It looked as if they were looking for something. They have dug our field.”
The farmer wrote to his wife at once. “Now you can plant our potatoes,” he wrote.The farmer was put in prison ________.
| A．because he had done something wrong |
| B．because he had a lot of gold in the fields |
| C．The writer didn’t say anything about why the farmer was put in prison |
| D．For nothing |
The farmer’s wife was much worried about _____ .
| A．her husband | B．their farm |
| C．planting potatoes | D．herself |
The farmer told his wifefirst.
| A．not to dig the fields |
| B．to dig the fields |
| C．to ask the prison guards for help |
| D．to find the gold in the fields |
Why did the prison guards dig the farmer’s fields? ________.
| A．They wanted to help the farmer |
| B．Their leader ordered them to do so |
| C．The farmer asked them to do so |
| D．They wanted to find out the gold |
Why did the farmer ask his wife to plant potatoes at once? Because _____.
| A．their fields had been dug |
| B．the gold was found out |
| C．the prison guards asked him to do so |
| D．the prison guards were digging the fields |
Mr. Brad wants to see a film. After lunch, he goes to a cinema, buys a ticket(票) and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out again and buys a second ticket and then walks in again.
After a few minutes he comes out again and buys a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that, he comes out a third time and asks for another ticket. But the girl says to him, “Why are you buying all these tickets? Are you meeting your friends in the cinema all the time?” “No, I’m not doing that.” Mr. Brad says, “But a big woman always stops me at the gate of the cinema and she tears(撕) all my tickets.” The girl has a good laugh and says, “One ticket is enough. She is on duty.”After lunch, Mr. Brad __________.
| A．goes shopping |
| B．goes fishing |
| C．goes to the supermarket |
| D．goes to a cinema |
Mr. Brad _____ goes to the cinema after lunch.
| A．himself | B．and his wife |
| C．and his friends | D．a girl |
Mr. Brad comes out of the cinema ______.
| A．once | B．twice |
| C．three times | D．four times |
Mr. Brad buys _____ tickets altogether (一共).
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
The woman tears his tickets because she _____.
| A．likes to do that |
| B．doesn’t like Mr. Brad |
| C．thinks they’re false(假的) tickets |
| D．is checking up(检查) all the tickets |
Steven drives a school bus, but his bus isn’t the same as other school buses because there aren’t any children on it. There are only dogs. Steven’s bus takes dogs to school at 8:00 in the morning and brings them back home at 5:30 in the afternoon. Steven takes the dogs to a dog school. There he teaches the dogs to do many things: sit down, stand up, bring the shoes to the master, keep the master from danger (危险). Many dogs go to Steven’s school—big dogs, small dogs, old dogs, young dogs. Steven says that young dogs can learn more quickly.What do you know about Steven?
| A．He drives children to school. |
| B．He teaches dogs in a school. |
| C．He has a school for young children. |
| D．He teaches children in a school. |
What does Steven teach the dogs to do?
| A．Eat. | B．Sleep. |
| C．Run. | D．Do things for their masters. |
Where do the dogs sleep?
| A．In the school. | B．On the bus. |
| C．In the street. | D．In their own homes. |
Which kind of dogs is easy to teach?
| A．Young dogs. | B．Old dogs. |
| C．Strong dogs | D．Big dogs. |
The best title (标题) for the passage is “_________”.
| A．How to Keep Dogs | B．How to Drive a Bus |
| C．A School for Dogs | D．Taking Children to School |
Paris is a very nice city. Mrs. Curie often goes to Paris and she has a good time there. Mrs. Curie is old and very oblivious, so she sometimes can’t find her way.
Now she sees a man near a bus stop. “I can ask him the way,” she says.
“Excuse me,” she says in French. “But can you tell me the way to Notre Dame de Paris(巴黎圣母院), please?”
But the man doesn’t know French. He is Australian! Then he puts his hand into his coat and takes out a small book. He opens it and finds a phrase(短语). He reads, “I’m sorry. I don’t speak French.”How does Mrs. Curie like Paris?
| A． Not at all. | B．A little. |
| C．Very much. | D．We don’t know. |
Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “oblivious” in this passage?
| A．Hopeful. | B．Beautiful. |
| C．Cheerful. | D．Forgetful. |
Where is the man from?
| A．England. | B．Paris. |
| C．Australia. | D．France. |
From the story we know ____________.
| A．the man is a driver |
| B．the man doesn’t tell Mrs. Curie the way |
| C．Mrs. Curie lives in Paris |
| D．Mrs. Curie and the man are friends |
What language does the man speak when he answers Mrs. Curie?
| A．French. | B．English. |
| C．Russian. | D．Chinese. |