HAVE you noticed that the moon is becoming rounder and brighter day after day? That’s because Sept 8 is the Mid-Autumn Festival.
For Chinese people, a full moon means that family members can get together on that day. On the Mid-Autumn Festival, people get together and enjoy the round moon . They also send wishes for family members not with them.
There are many stories about the moon to make the tradition more interesting. In China, Chang’e flying to the moon is a well-known legend(传说). Hou Yi and Chang’e were husband and wife in old times. At the time, there were 10 suns in the sky. Hou yi, a brave man, shot (射) down nine suns. People see Hou Yi as a great hero.
Besides China, many other countries have beautiful stories about the moon. In Greek legend (希腊传说), Artemis is the goddess of the moon. She takes care of the hunt (狩猎) and wild animals. Artemis also looks after young children and women in childbirth (分娩).
In India, the god of the moon is Soma. He has four hands and rides through the sky in a chariot (战车). If a baby is born on a full moon day, Indian people believe he or she is lucky. Paragraph 2 tells us that _____.
| A．the Mid-Autumn Festival is a day for family members to get together. |
| B．the Mid-Autumn Festival has a short history |
| C．Chinese people like to look at the moon |
| D．family members are not that important for Chinese people |
From the Chang’e story, we can learn the following EXCEPT _____.
| A．Hou Yi and Chang’e were husband and wife |
| B．there were 10 suns in the sky at that time |
| C．Hou Yi shot down nine suns |
| D．Hou Yi and Chang’e both flew to the moon |
According to the article, Artemis _____.
| A．is the goddess of the moon in Greek myth |
| B．is the goddess of the moon in Indian myth |
| C．has four hands and rides through the sky on a chariot |
| D．had a baby who was born on a full moon day |
What does the article mainly talk about?
| A．How Chinese people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. |
| B．The story about Hou Yi and Chang’e. |
| C．Stories about the moon in different countries. |
| D．Who the god or goddess of the moon is in different countries. |
Mr. King is a tall and strong man. He teaches P.E. in a middle school. He wears a long beard(胡子) and takes good care of it.
It was Sunday yesterday. There was a big football match of the year on the playground in the centre of the city. Mr. King likes the game very much and of course he was going to watch it. With his friends’ help he got a ticket a few days ago. After breakfast he hurried to the bus stop, but a lot of people were waiting there. A bus came and he got on. There were many people in it and it was difficult for them to put their feet. He had to grip（抓住）the back of a chair. At the next stop(停车站) a boy got on the bus. He was short and couldn’t grip(抓) anything. Suddenly the bus stopped and the boy nearly fell to the floor. He looked around and saw Mr. King’s beard and gripped it. The man found it at once and called out, “Let go off（松开）my beard, boy!” “Are you going to get off, sir?” asked the boy.Mr. King is a .
| A．player | B．runner | C．teacher | D．driver |
Mr. King was going to watch the match because .
| A．he teaches P.E. in a middle school |
| B．he likes football very much |
| C．he had already got a ticket |
| D．he didn’t go to work yesterday |
It was difficult for Mr. King to stand because .
| A．he had drunk too much |
| B．the bus was too small |
| C．he got on the bus too late |
| D．it was very crowded in the bus |
Mr. King went to watch the match _________.
| A．on foot | B．by bike | C．by bus | D．by train |
Mr. King was afraid, so he shouted at him.
| A．the boy would pull the chair down |
| B．the boy would hurt his beard |
| C．the boy could be hurt again |
| D．the boy would borrow his ticket |
Red is used in many American expressions. It can be used to show happiness, as in the expression “a red-letter day”. This is a day when something special happens. The expression is probably based on church customs. For almost 600 years, church calendars have been marked with red to show special holy(神圣的)days. Today’s calendars are still marked that way with the dates of holidays and special days printed in red.
The expression “a red-letter day”is often heard in daily life. “A red-letter day” is a day that people are especially happy. It may be a day that you have waited for a long time, a wedding day, for example. Or it may be a day with a happy surprise. You might tell a friend that yesterday was a red-letter day, because you won some money in the lottery.
“Rolling out the red carpet” is another commonly heard expression. It describes an especially warm welcome of any kind. A city may “roll out the carpet ”for its baseball team, when the team arrives home after winning a championship. A group of supporters go to the air port to the greet the team. The red-carpet welcome includes a lot of cheering by thousands of fans, a parade, music and speech of praise by local statesmen.
Red is also used in some expressions that are not happy. “Red-handed ” is an example. To be caught “red-handed” is to be found in an act of wrong doing. The evidence is clear. You are guilty. Today we use the expression “ to be caught red-handed ”in situation(情况)that are not serious. For example, a mother might say she caught her son red-handed, taking cookies out of the cookie jar.
Some American Expressions with __
Be used for_happiness |
a red -letter day |
a day that people are happy a day with a ___ |
| rolling out the red carpet |
describes an especially warm___ |
|
Be used in_ |
to be caught red-hanged |
to be found doing a wrong action can’t be used in a serious situation |
My friend’s grandfather came to America from Eastern Europe. After being processed (移民入境检查) at Ellis Island, he went into a cafeteria (自助餐厅) in Lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at a table and waited for someone to take his order. But nobody came to him. Later a woman with a plate full of food sat down opposite him and told him how a cafeteria worked.
“Start out at the end,” she said. “Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end he’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”
“I soon learned that’s how everything works in America,” the grandfather told my friend. “Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you are willing to pay the money. You can even get success, but you’ll never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself.”
| A．Poland. | B．Australia. | C．Canada. | D．Japan |
| A．get help form your friends | B．try to get it by yourself |
| C．know how a cafeteria works | D．get up again if you fail |
| A．The old man sat down opposite the woman so that she could take his order. |
| B．The old woman sat down opposite the old man so that she could serve him. |
| C．Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she told him how to get something to eat in the cafeteria. |
| D．Although the woman didn’t know the old man, she decided to pay the bill for him. |
| A．The food served in the cafeteria. |
| B．The success one wants to get. |
| C．The bill one has to pay in the cafeteria. |
| D．The plate used in the cafeteria. |
| A．From Eastern Europe to America |
| B．Eating in an American Cafeteria |
| C．How to Eat in a Cafeteria |
| D．Life Is Like a Cafeteria in America |
A driver stopped his car on a street side to have a rest. As he lay down in the seat and closed his eyes, a man came up and knocked at the window to ask the time. The driver opened his eyes and looked at his watch. “It’s 8 a.m.,” he said. Then he went to sleep again.
But soon he woke up because a second person was knocking at the window. “Sir, do you have the time?” he asked. The driver looked at his watch again, and told the man it was 8:30 a.m..
At this rate (照此下去), he could not have a good rest, so he wrote a short note and put it up on the window for all to see. It said, “I don’t have the time.”
Again the man lay down in the seat for his sleep. A few minutes later, a third person came along and began knocking at the window. “Hey, sir,” he said, “it’s a quarter to nine.”
| A．didn’t know the time | B．lost his watch | C．saw his friend | D．was very tired |
| A．a few minutes later | B．half an hour later |
| C．forty-five minutes later | D．the next morning |
| A．had a very good rest |
| B．was woken up again very soon |
| C．really forgot the time |
| D．made a phone call to the third person |
| A．ask the time | B．have a sleep | C．tell him the time | D．ask for help |
| A．the driver didn’t have his own house |
| B．the first two persons liked the driver’s watch |
| C．the third person was kind and friendly |
| D．the driver had a good sleep last night |
This is my family. My father’s name is Mr. White. He is 35 years old. His birthday is October twenty-third. He likes football. He likes vegetables, but he doesn’t like meat. My mother’s name is Mrs. White. She is 34 years old. Her birthday is July fourth. She doesn’t like to watch TV, but she likes to play on the computer. She likes ice cream and all the fruits: apples, oranges, bananas, but she doesn’t like mangoes. My name is George. I’m thirteen years old. My birthday is May fifth. I like all vegetables and fruits. And I like Chinese food and ice cream, but I don’t like hamburgers, because mom says hamburgers are not good.
| A．Mr. White | B．Mrs. White | C．George | D．George’s sister |
| A．to watch TV | B．to go shopping |
| C．to watch movies | D．to play on the computer |
| A．his mother says hamburgers are not good |
| B．his father doesn’t like hamburgers |
| C．he likes Chinese food |
| D．he likes all the fruits |
| A．35 years old | B．34 years old | C．33 years old | D．23 years old |
| A．December sixth | B．July fourth |
| C．May fifth | D．October twenty-third |