A) 根据所读内容,在文章后第62—71小题的空格里填入恰当的单词。每个空格只填1个单词。
Venice, a city in the northeast of Italy, is famous throughout the world for its buildings and romantic canals (运河). But in February every year, people come to Venice for another reason. The city carnival fills the place with excitement and fun. This year, the celebration runs from February 4 to 21.
Colorful costumes have always played a very important role in the Venetian carnival. The carnival happens at the start of the Christian fasting (斋戒) period of Lent. It was traditionally a time to go a bit crazy with eating, drinking, dancing and dressing up before the fast began. People used masks to hide their social identity so that the nobility(贵族) would look no different from the commoners.
Today the carnival is largely for the tourists. “Venetians don’t dress up for Carnival after the age of 10.” Giuseppina Giudice, who has lived in the city all her life, told the Guardian. “All we see of Carnival is a river of strangers who flow into town to feel ‘Venetian’. They fill it, buy a cheap mask and leave with nothing but photographs of St Mark’s Square.”
Some locals want to bring back the original (最初的) feel of Carnival. In 2009, two social networking groups started organizing their own carnival. Visitors were invited. But there were no expensive tickets or fancy ball dresses---- just an old-fashioned Italian street party. “Tourists are welcome to our party ---- the more we can show them about the real Venice rather than the postcard Venice, the better,” Matteo Secchi, one of the organizers, told the Guardian.
Topic: Carnival in Venice |
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Location |
Venice lies |
This year people |
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Traditions |
﹡It’s a time to go ﹡People always wear colorful costumes and |
﹡Today the festival is largely for every ﹡Some locals want to bring back the original ﹡In 2009, two social networking groups |
I'm Dale.I'm a green and yellow pencil ease.What's this? Oh, it's Helen, a pen.And that's Frank, a ruler.Helen is black and Frank is blue.What's this in English? It's a jacket, a white jacket.Its name is Alice.What color is the key? Oh, it's black.
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。Dale is a ________.
A.pen | B.pencil ease |
C.ruler | D.jacket |
The pencil case is ________.
A.green and yellow | B.yellow |
C.green | D.blue |
The ruler is _______ and the jacket is ________.
A.white; blue | B.black; white |
C.black; blue | D.blue; white |
The _______ and the ________ are black.
A.pen; jacket | B.jacket; key |
C.key; pen | D.pencil ease; ruler |
The jacket is _________.
A.Frank | B.Eric |
C.Helen | D.Alice |
Is this your dictionary? Call John at 597—4393. |
Alan Is that your computer game in the lost and found case? Robert |
Found:Gold ring. Is this your ring? Please call Mary. Phone #235—0285. |
Lost: My school ID card. My name is Steve. Please call 685—6034. |
_______ lost his school ID card.
A.John | B.Robert |
C.Mary | D.Steve |
If you lost your dictionary, you will call John at ______
A.597 - 4393 | B.235 – 0285 |
C.685 - 6034 | D.597 - 0285 |
You can find a _______ in the lost and found case.
A.dictionary | B.computer game![]() |
C.gold ring | D.school ID card |
235 - 0285 is _________ telephone number.
A.John's | B.Alan's |
C.Mary's | D.Steve's |
“lost and found” means _______ in Chinese.
A.失物 | B.拾物 |
C.失物招领 | D.拾金不昧 |
Having Fun “Growing” and “Stealing”?
Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students. People can “farm” on a piece of “land” and “grow”, “sell” or even “steal” “vegetables”, “flowers”, and “fruits” on the Net. They can earn some e-money and buy more “seeds”, “pets”, and even “houses”.
Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions.
Harold: I don’t quite understand why they are so mad about the childish game. Maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.
Allan:I enjoy putting some “bugs” in my friends’ gardens and we’ve become closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it.
Laura:You know, people in the city are longing for the life in the countryside. It reduces my work pressure. Besides, it gives me the exciting experience of being a “thief”.
Ivy:Well, it’s just a waste of time. Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they cannot focus on their study.
根据短文内容,选择正确答案According to the passage, people can’tthings in this game.
A、grow B、borrow C、stealAmong the people Joyce interviewed, likes the game while
dislikes the game.
A、Laura; AllanB、Allan; HaroldC、Harold; IvyFrom Laura’s words, we can guess that she’s most probably.
A、an office worker
B、a farmer
C、a thiefWhich is Not the reason why people like the game?
A、They are longing for country life.
B、They can have fun with friends.
C、They are confident enough to face the real world.Where can you find this passage?
A、In a car magazine.
B、In an advertisement.
C、In a newspaper.
In the UK, most children have lunches at school, but in some schools, parents can choose what their children eat. The children can have a school dinner—a hot, cooked meal; or they can take a packed lunch with them, which usually includes cold food like sandwiches.
Often parents know what their children want, Cathy, a mother of three children, told us, “My children have packed lunches because they say they hate school dinners. So I make three packed lunches every morning.”
However, another mother, Susan, made a different choice. She said. “My daughters have always had school dinners. I think probably get healthier food at school than a few sandwiches I make for them.”
But how healthy are school dinners? Katz, a father, thought poorly of them. He said, “Fizzy drinks were offered and I think there were a lot of chips.”
Jamie Oliver spent a year working in a school kitchen. He was worried about the unhealthy food which included burgers, pizzas and chips. So he tried to cook healthy food such as good stews(炖肉) and curries for the children instead.
So Jamie improved the school dinners, and trained the dinner ladies to cook healthy food in that school. Then he advised the government to improve school food across the country. And it seems that the changes have begun.
Anna, a pupil, told us, “We used to have a fast food window where you got chips and coke, but they stopped that this year. There is a salad restaurant, which is good, so it’s healthier than it was.”How many meals do most children in the UK have at school?
A、One. B、Two. C、Three.would like the children to have the school meals.
A、Cathy B、Susan C、Jamie.Jamie thoughtwere healthy food.
A、stews and curries
B、burgers and pizzas
C、chips and fizzy drinksThe last two paragraphs show that.
A、there’s salad restaurant in every school
B、salad is really healthy food for students
C、schools have begun to cook healthier foodWhat is the best title for this text?
A、Healthy Food
B、Unhealthy Food
C、School Dinners
Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures from their parents. Most students are always told by their parents to study harder and better so that they can have a wonderful life in the future. Though this may be a good idea for those smart students, it can have terrible results for many students who are not gifted enough. Many of them have tried very hard at school but have failed in the exams and have their parents lose hope. Such students feel that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don’t want to go to school any more. They become dropouts(退学者).
It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they don’t help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teachers’ work to help children. To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to those schools opening in the evenings and on weekeds—they only help the students to pass the exams and never teach them any real sense of the world.
Many Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students’ hair to their clothes and the things in their school bags. Child psychologists now think that such strict rules are harmful(有害的) to the feelings of the students. Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others, how to tell right from wrong and how to show love and care for others, even for their parents.How are Japanese students nowadays?
A、They work hard and all of them are happy.
B、Parents give them heavy pressures.
C、Parents can offer a lot of help to their children.The meaning of the underlined word “gifted” in Para 1 means.
A、愚蠢 B、聪明 C、努力According to the passage, it’s necessary to teach students.
A、to show love and care for others
B、how to study better than before
C、how to follow the school rulesWhich of the following is NOT true?
A、Parents in Japan wish their children to make a great life in the future.
B、Parents in Japan think it’s the teachers’ job to educate children.
C、Only strict rules are helpful for students.In Japanese schools, .
A、most of the students become dropouts
B、teachers only teach them how to study better
C、there are rules about many things, like clothing, hairstyle and so on