Many people do the same things on their birthday: They have a big cake with lots of candles(蜡烛), and listen to their friends and family sing“Happy Birthday to You”.① would you like to pay money to sing that song?
Jennifer Nelson is a filmmaker. ②And she used the song“Happy Birthday to You”in her film.③但是她必须为此支付1,500美元。 A company named Warner Music Group said it had the copyright(版权) on the song.
“I never thought the song was owned(拥有) by anyone,”Nelson said in the e-mail to the New York Times.
Some experts(专家) said that nobody knew who wrote“Happy Birthday to You”.They also said there was no way to know ④ people began to sing the song. But they believed(相信) people started to sing it long before the company began to own. ⑤it.在①处填入一个适当的连词使句意完整、上下文通顺:
将②处划线部分译成汉语:
将③处划线部分译成英语:
在④处填入一个适当的疑问句使句意完整、上下文通顺:
文中⑤处划线部分的it指代:
Do you know what the White House is? Perhaps some of you do, while others don’t.
The White House is a house in Washington. The president of the U.S.A. lives in it. It's really white. But do you know why the White House is white? The story happened in 1812. That year England was at war with America. The British army got to Washington and set the president's house on fire. In 1814,in order to hide the marks of the fire,the stone walls of the president's house were painted white and it has been the “White House” ever since.White House is a house for ___________.
A. the American people. B. the soldiers of U.S.A.
C. the presidents of U.S.A. D. the patients of U.S.A.England fought with America in ____________.
A.1810 | B.1812 | C.1814 | D.1916 |
The house is called “White House” because ____________.
A.it's covered with snow |
B.the house is very clean |
C.the stone walls of the house were painted white |
D.they like white color |
The White House was painted white because ____________.
A.the house is old |
B.the house is new |
C.it was once on fire and was with marks |
D.they have enough paint |
“ever since” means ___________.
A.never | B.once | C.from then on | D.before |
Modern Chinese use the solar calendar(阳历)as English people do . But at the same time, they use their own lunar calendar. Each lunar year is given the name of one of these animals : the rat , the ox , the tiger , the hare , the dragon , the snake , the horse , the goat , the monkey , the chicken , the dog and the pig . This list lasts for 12 years and then starts again.
Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moon. And the full moon comes on the 15th day of the month. The New Year always starts between January 21 and February 20. On the last day of the lunar year, there is a big family dinner. All members of the family except married daughters try to be present at this meal, even of they have to travel many miles to reach the home of their parents. Old quarrels are forgotten, and everybody is happy. After the dinner, the children keep awake to welcome the New Year.
The New Year celebrations last for 15 days, from the new moon to the full moon. On the first day, children and unmarried people go to visit their elder If next year is the year of the dragon, what was the name of last year?
A.It was the year of tiger. | B.It was the year of the hare. |
C.It was the year of snake. | D.It was the year of the ox. |
Suppose that next Chinese New Year’s Day is on 15th February, when will people have their big family dinner?
A.On February 15 | B.On February 16 |
C.On February 14 | D.On February 17 |
The family usually have their big family dinner at the home of _______.
A.the married son | B.the married daughter |
C.the unmarried son | D.the parents |
People celebrate the New Year ________.
A.for 15 days |
B.from the new moon to the full moon in the first month of the lunar year |
C.from January 21 to February 20 |
D.both A and B |
From this selection we know that each Chinese month is measured by __.
A.the sun’s revolutions(旋转) |
B.the moon’s revolutions |
C.the earth’s revolutions |
D.both the earth’s and moon’s revolutions |
In many English homes people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge,eggs or bread. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o'clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soups, and then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things, like bananas,apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very necessary.Many English people havemeals a day.
A.two | B.three | C.four | D.three or four |
People may have for their breakfast.
A.tea and eggs | B.porridge,eggs,bread,tea or coffee |
C.tea and coffee | D.bread and eggs |
People have lunch at .
A.any time | B.nine | C.five | D.one |
People don't have for their dinner.
A.porridge | B.bananas and apples |
C.some soup and meat | D.meat and fish |
In many English homes dinner comes .
A.at one o'clock | B.about half past seven | C.at noon | D.at night |
The Grade 3 students at the Clean City School collect empty bottles .In June ,they are going to take them to a recycling () center .They are going to sell the bottles and buy some books for the school library.
Kate has started a graph (图表) to show the number of the bottles they have collected . This is the graph .
Student Bottle Collection
The months of the School Year In October the students collected ______ empty bottles.
A.80 | B.60 | C.40 | D.20 |
The students collected _____ more bottles in December than in January .
A.10 | B.20 | C.30 | D.40 |
Form the graph above ,we know that the students picked up the same number of bottles in ______ and ______ .
A. October ;February | B.September ;April |
C.January ;May | D.November ; March |
Why do the students collect empty bottles ? Because they ______ .
A.want to do something for their school | B.like empty bottles very much |
C.want to play with the bottles | D.want to sell them to buy balls |
How many bottles have they collected in November?
A. 20 | B.40 | C.60 | D.80 |
This is a beautiful park near my home. People like to go to the park after work. Some of them go to the park every day. Look! This is Mr. Smith. He is sitting on a chair and watching the children. Some children are playing the game of hide-and- seek(捉迷藏). Some boys are playing yo-yo. Lucy and Lily are standing under a tree. They are talking. There is a small river in the park. We can see some boats in the river. Some children are sitting in the boats with their fathers and mothers. Listen! A lot of birds are singing in the trees. This is really a nice park. I come here to read English after school every day.______ like to go to the park.
A.Children | B.Fathers and mothers | C.Lucy and Lily | D.People |
Mr. Smith is _______.
A.playing hide-and-seek | B.playing yo-yo |
C.is sitting and watching the children | D.is singing |
Which one is right?
A.Lucy and Lily are playing hide-and-seek with other children. |
B.Lucy and Lily go to the park only on Sunday. |
C.Lucy and Lily are talking under the tree. |
D.Lucy and Lily live far from the park. |
The writer can't see_____ in the park.
A.fish | B.children | C.women | D.men |
What's the writer doing?
A.He is singing. |
B.He is sitting in a boat. |
C.He's playing a game. |
D.He's watching the people in the park. |