Halloween was first celebrated over two thousand years ago in Great Britain and Ireland. They celebrated the end of the harvest and beginning of winter with a festival called Samhain（萨温节）. People wore masks and costumes during their celebrations to honor or mimic(模仿) ghosts. After that, holidays were added and changed. November 2nd became All Saints' Day, to honor saints. November 1st became All Souls' Day, or All Hallows' Day, to remember those who had died. Some children may know that is a holiday celebrated in many parts of Mexico. This holiday falls on All Souls' Day. October 31st became All Hallow's Eve, or the evening before All Hallows' Day. The name became shortened to Halloween.
Since Halloween falls near the end of the harvest, many traditional foods are associated with （与……相关联）the fall season, including pumpkins, apples, popcorn, and nuts. Candy "corn" is a nod to the fall harvest as well. There are many symbols on Halloween, such as skeletons （骷髅）, ghosts, black cats, witches, and a full moon.
Today, people still dress up for Halloween. They also give out food to trick-or-treaters, who come to their doors. While many trick-or-treaters receive treats or snacks, some also collect money for charities. Charity is a group that does good things for some people. And Halloween might be a good opportunity to help a charity.
A.Wearing costumes and going trick-or-treating,
B. Bobbing for apples and carving jack-o-lanterns.
C. Eating Moon cakes.
A.In Great Britain and Ireland.
B. In America.
C. In England.
A. November 1st.
B. October 31st.
C.December 1st.
A.Popcorn and nuts B.Chicken C.Apples
A.Trick-or-treat.
B. Dressing up the tree.
C.Eating pumpkin pie.
Bruno was a boy of eight His father worked in a cinema and his mother worked in a shop．He lived not far from his school．He always walked there and walked home．On his way to school, he had to pass a playground．It was very wet after it rained．One day, when he got home, his clothes were all wet．His mother became angry and said,” Don’t play in the water on your way home from school!"
On the next day Bruno came home with wet and dirty（脏的）clothes．His mother became even angrier．"I'll tell your father if you come back wet again," said his mother．"He'll punish（惩罚）You, you know．"
The third day the little boy was dry when he came home．
"You're a good boy today", his mother said happily．"You didn't play in the water．”
"No," the boy said unhappily．"There were too many older boys in the water when I got there this afternoon．There wasn't any room（空地方）for me at all!"Bruno went to school ________ every day．
| A．by bike | B．by bus | C．by car | D．on foot |
The playground was between（在……之间）_______
| A．two classrooms | B．the cinema and shop |
| C．Bruno's house and school | D．the shop and Bruno's school |
The little boy liked to play on the playground __________．
| A．when it snowed |
| B．when there was some water there |
| C．when the children played football there |
| D．when his father was busy with his work |
Bruno was afraid of （害怕） _________the most．
| A．his father | B．his mother | C．his teacher | D．the older boys |
That afternoon, the boy's clothes were dry because _______．
| A．There wasn't any room （空地方） for him to play． |
| B．He didn't go to school that day |
| C．he played in the water carefully |
| D．There were too many older girls in the water |
We can not live a modern life without traveling．The fastest way of traveling is by air．With a plane people can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago．
Traveling by train is slower than by plane, but people can see the country when they are traveling through．Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars．They make even the longest journey（旅途） enjoyable．
Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible．There are large luxury liners（客轮） or river boats．They are not as fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．
Many people like to travel by car．They can make their own timetable．They can travel hundreds of miles or only fifty miles a day, just as their wish．They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel．That is why people choose traveling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business．According to（根据） the passage, the fastest way of traveling is ______________
| A．by car | B．by train | C．by plane | D．by sea |
People can make even the longest journey enjoyable if they take the _________
| A．train | B．plane | C．sea | D．bus |
______ is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday．
| A．Traveling by bike． | B．Traveling by train． |
| C．Traveling by sea． | D．Traveling by car． |
If we travel by car, we can _________
| A．enjoy the longest journey |
| B．travel only fifty miles a day |
| C．make our own timetable |
| D．travel to a very far place in a few minutes |
When people travel on business, they usually take
| A．a boat or a train | B．a car or a boat |
| C．a plane or a car | D．a train or a plane |
The story is about a young student．She worked very hard at her lessons．She worked so hard that she became ill．She couldn't go to sleep at night．But when she got up the next morning, she felt very tired．
So she went to see a doctor．Hearing the student's words, the doctor said, "You are too stressed out．You must eat more yin foods like vegetables and tofu Besides（此外）, you can try to count numbers when you are lying in bed．By the time you count one thousand, you will be asleep（入睡）．I'm sure of it．"
The next day, the student came to see the doctor again．"Well," said the doctor, "How are you feeling today? "The student still looked tired．"Not very well," she said．" I tried to count one , two, three, four．, up to one thousand．But when I counted five hundred and sixty, I felt sleepy．I had to get up and drink some coffee so that（以便）I could go on counting up to one thousand．But then I still couldn't be asleep．Why couldn't the young student go to sleep?
| A．She was worried about her lessons． |
| B．She always couldn't finish her homework． |
| C．She worked too hard and became ill． |
| D．Her bed was too small． |
What did the doctor ask the young student to do?
| A．To eat more yin foods and count numbers when she was lying in bed in the evening． |
| B．To exercise more in the morning． |
| C．To do more reading． |
| D．To take some medicine． |
What did the young student do after she felt sleepy?
| A．She fell asleep． | B．She got up to have some coffee． |
| C．She listened to some music． | D．She got up to do some homework． |
What made the girl unable（不能） be asleep during the night after she went to see the doctor?
| A．The doctor's advice | B．The student's lesson． |
| C．The student's illness | D．The coffee． |
If you are a doctor, what will you ask the girl to do?
A．I will ask the girl to do more homework every day．
B．I will ask her to go to bed earlier．
C．I will ask her not to do so much homework
D．Both B and C．
五位中国学生要去美国留学，他们想要找住家。请仔细阅读题中的学生的个人情况说明，并从A至F六个选项中，帮助他们选择最适合的住家.Zhang Chao likes Chinese food. He hopes his host family speak a little Chinese.
Li Wei likes doing sports. He wants to live near a park.
Liu Yong hopes to live near his school---Reading School. He prefers a bed room with a bathroom
Chen Yao wants to live in a big bedroom cheaper than ￡350 a month. She can’t stand pets.
Hu Mei loves pets. She would like a bedroom cheaper than ￡220 a month.
If you want to get a new cell phone number, don’t forget to bring your ID(身份证明) with you .
As of September 1, people have to register(注册) with their ID to buy a new cell phone number. You can show your ID card or hukou, but student ID’s won’t work.
If you already have a cell phone number, it is better to register it before 2013.
The new rules are meant to prevent junk messages and fraud(诈骗) through cell phones.
A cell phone user in China on average received 43.3 messages a week in the first half of this year. According to reports, about 12 of those were junk messages.
In a survey, about 74.5 percent of users said they have received fraudulent(诈骗的) messages.
If all people register their cell phone number with ID information, it will be easier for police to find the people behind those messages.
Situations in other countries
Because cell phone are getting more and more popular, many countries have made stricter cell phone rules.
Countries like India, Japan, Australia, and Singapore all ask users to register their ID information.
Ulrich Mller is a German living in Beijing. “In Germany, you have to show your ID when you buy a cell phone card,” he said. “The rules have been there for a long time. Most people know about it.”
Linda van der Horst is a student at Peking University. She said that in the Netherlands(荷兰)，people have to show ID information and bank account(账户) information to buy a cell phone card.What is the passage mainly about?
| A．How to use a cell phone. | B．How to choose a cell phone. |
| C．New cell phone services. | D．New cell phone rules in China. |
Which of the following can you use to buy a new cell phone number?
| A．Student ID card. | B．Bank account. |
| C．Driving license. | D．ID card. |
If you register your cell phone number with ID information, .
| A．you will receive more junk messages |
| B．the cell phone service company may stop your service |
| C．the police will find the people behind messages |
| D．you can buy a new cell phone |
People received an average of junk messages in a week in the first half of this year.
| A．31.3 | B．12 | C．43.3 | D．55 |
To buy a cell phone card, which country asks people to show their bank account information?
| A．India | B．Japan | C．Australia | D．Netherlands |