People give gifts on many occasions. At weddings(婚礼),people give gifts such as tea sets and tableware (餐具). When someone has a baby, people express their wishes by giving gifts of baby clothes and food.
In western countries, food and drinks are the most traditional gifts for friends. For example, a bottle of champagne is perfect for Christmas. In some Asian countries like China and Japan, tea and wine are common gifts. Greeting cards are excellent gifts for friends and family around the world.
Here are some popular gifts for Christmas and New Year. Let’s have a look.
A message in a bottle—If you want to send a birthday message or a thank- you note, why not write on a piece of paper and put it inside a glass bottle? The person who receives this special gift will remember the words forever.
A Christmas stocking—People will look forward to seeing it each Christmas. It is a very traditional and useful Christmas gift. Many people hang the stocking up in their rooms as a decoration.
A necklace (项链) with a name—This is a special and popular gift among mothers and young people. For example, a mother can put her child’s name on the necklace. It seems that the necklace can bring her child close to her heart.If your friend Lisa has a new baby, you may sent____.
A.school things |
B.tea sets and table ware |
C.baby clothes and food |
D.birthday cards |
From the passage we learn champagne is a kind of____.
A.drink | B.food |
C.card | D.furniture |
____are common gifts in some Asian countries.
A.Excellent books | B.Tea and wine |
C.Greeting cards | D.Thank-you notes |
Mrs. Green likes the necklace with her child’s name because____.
A.it can bring good luck to her |
B.it is a traditional and useful gift |
C.it is a fashionable gift for parents |
D.it may make her child close to her heart |
Please choose the best title for this passage____.
A.Choose a perfect present |
B.How to celebrate New Year |
C.How to celebrate Christmas |
D.The festivals in China |
One day, Allan and his friend Henry went swimming in a river. It was very hot. How happy they were in the river! After they got out of the water, they played games in the sun for a while.
On their way back, Henry saw some flowers. He liked flowers very much and ran into the green field to look at them. Now Allan was walking by himself.
Then he heard Henry calling out, "A snake(蛇)! Help!..."
"What's wrong with you?" asked Allan.
"A snake bit(咬)me in the leg. Come here!"
Allan ran over and saw a small red wound(伤口)on Henry' s leg.
"The snake was in the grass. I didn't see it."
"Sit down quickly"! Allan told Henry.
Allan put his mouth at the little red wound and began to suck(吸)at it. In this way he saved (挽救)Henry's life. "Oh, Allan, it's very kind of you to help me."
"That's all right. We are friends and we must always help each other."It was________ when-Allan and Henry went out.
A.hot | B.cold | C.raining | D.wet |
After swimming, they played in the sun________.
A.the whole morning | B.for 2 hours |
C.long | D.for a while |
On their way home,________ got something wrong with his________.
A.Allan; leg | B.Allan; head |
C.Henry; leg | D.Henry; head |
Henry and Allan are________.
A.workers | B.good friends |
C.brothers | D.farmers |
Which of the following(下面的)is true?
A.Henry went to look at the flowers with Allan. |
B.Allan saved Henry' s life. |
C.Allan saw the snake. |
D.They ran to the hospital at once. |
If we want to deal with the association (社交) between boys and girls properly, here are some "dos and don'ts" for you to follow.
Keep a normal and healthy state of mind. Our schools and classes are made up of boys and girls. It is very nature for the boys and girls to make friends with each other. We should make as many friends as possible. We should keep touch with the other sex (性别) in public instead of in secret.
Don't be too nervous or too shy. If you are a shy person, you can also find a way out. First of all, you can make friend with the students who have the same interest and hobby as you. As both of you have much in common, you may have much to talk about. If you keep doing like that, little by little, you will gladly find you are also as free to express yourself as others.
Don't fall into the ditch of early love. The boys and girls at a adolescence (青春期) are rich in feeling. They are easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love and fall in love with each other at an early age. In my opinion, early love is a green apple that can't be eaten. An apple won't taste sweet until it is full ripe. Boys and girls at middle school are too young to carry the heavy duty of love. Do keep out of early love.The main idea of the passage is to _______.
A.tell students to keep away from early love |
B.give some advice on how to associate between boys and girls |
C.tell students how to make friends |
D.teach boys how to talk with girls |
We should keep touch with the other sex in following ways EXCEPT _______.
A.with a good state of mind | B.in real friendship |
C.in public | D.in secret |
If you are a shy person, you can _______.
A.find friends with the same interest and hobby first |
B.only have a few friends of the same sex |
C.not make friends with the other sex |
D.not fall in love with other students easily |
What does the underlined word "ditch" mean?
A.波浪 | B.泥潭 | C.圈套 | D.迷惑 |
A person at adolescence is _______.
A.complicated (复杂的) in feelings |
B.good at making friends with each other |
C.old enough to fall in love |
D.easy to regard the friendship as a sign of love |
What is the hottest English word of 2013? It’s “selfie”, according to Oxford dictionaries. Selfie is a photo that one takes of oneself, according to the Oxford online dictionary. People usually take selfies with a smartphone(智能手机) and send them to a social media website.
The word was first used in 2002. In the past 12 months, its frequency (出现频率) in the English language has increased by 17,000 percent, said Oxford dictionaries. Now, almost everybody knows it.
“Almost every day, I take a photo of myself at school, and save it in my Qzone (QQ空间),” said Huang Xu, 13, from Hunan. These photos record her happy and sad moments.
Pop stars also take a lot of selfies. Li Chunping, 14, from Harbin, is a big fan of Yang Mi. “She has used many selfies to tell us what’s going on in her personal life,” said Li.
What makes people love selfies? Some people say it’s narcissism (自恋). “The rise of the selfie is a perfect symbol for our narcissistic culture. We’re crying out: Look at me!” said US psychiatrist(精神科医生) Carole Lieberman.
Young people are using selfies to make friends online, Jonathan Freedland wrote in The Guardian. “The usual purpose of taking a selfie is to share online. They express a human need to connect with others,” wrote Freedland.
Huang Xu agrees with that. “During summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Hair or clothes were not our interests. Through these photos, we got to know each other’s holidays and feelings,” said Huang Xu.According to the story, a “selfie” is _____.
A.a person with a smartphone | B.a smartphone which can take photos |
C.a photo taken by oneself | D.an English dictionary |
When was the word “selfie” first used?
A.More than ten years ago | B.In 2013 |
C.When smartphones appeared | D.Nobody knows |
We can tell from the story that _____.
A.only famous people enjoy taking selfies |
B.all people love selfies because of narcissism |
C.people love to share selfies online |
D.US psychiatrist Carole Lieberman hates selfies |
We put the sentence “But some people don’t see it that way” at the beginning of _______.
A.Paragraph 4 | B.Paragraph 5 | C.Paragraph 6 | D.Paragraph 7 |
What is the best title of this passage ?
A.Selfies and narcissism | B.Selfies and sharing |
C.Selfies and smartphones | D.Selfies, the hottest word in 2013 |
He was a single father, raising a 5-year-old boy alone. He worried about his son growing up without a mother to care for him.
One day he went away on business, leaving the child alone. He was worried about the child all the way, not knowing if he had eaten. But his child always told him not to worry. He went home quickly after finishing his work.
When he got home, the child was deep asleep. He was tired out. When he was about to sleep himself, he was surprised to find an overturned bowl of noodles under the quilt. He spanked his sleeping son angrily: "Why are you so naughty, making the quilt dirty? Who will wash it?" It was the first time that he had hit his boy after his wife's death.
"I haven't," the boy explained with tears in his eyes. "This is your supper, Daddy." In order to let his father eat dinner as soon as he got home, the boy cooked two bowls of noodles: one for himself, the other one for his father. He was afraid his father's noodles would get cold, so he placed them under the quilt to keep them hot.
Hearing this, the father hugged his boy tightly without saying a word. According to the passage we know the boy only had _________.
A.a grandfather | B.a mother | C.a father | D.a grandmother |
The single father was always worried about ______.
A.his work | B.his money | C.his son | D.his quilt |
When the father got home , __________________________
A.His son wasn't at home. | B.He was tired out |
C.His son was doing his homework | D.He was very happy. |
When the father knew the truth, _________.
A.He hit his son | B.He was very upset. |
C.He hugged his son tightly. | D.He went outside. |
Which of the following is wrong?
A.The father worried about his son when he was on business. |
B.The child was sleeping when his father got home. |
C.The father often hit his son after his wife’s death. |
D.The child cooked noodles for himself and his father. |
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Microsoft has stopped providing service for Windows XP since April 8,2014. Microsoft has provided support for WindowsXP for the past 12 years. 【1】The computers that use the XP system are not as safe as before.
The "demise"(停用) of Windows XP will have the greatest influence on China because it has about 210 million XP users, who make up about 70.percent of the PC market in the world. Microsoft's decision to "kill" Windows XP, a product with hundreds of millions of users, has a certain purpose to show its strong position in the operating system market.
At the same time, the "death" of XP has created opportunities for China's IT companies to grow and develop. China can break the monopoly(垄断)of international IT giants and protect the internet security(安全) by having information technology and a policy that encourages innovation. 把划线部分翻译成汉语:
根据短文内容回答第2—4题:In which year, Windwos XP started to provid support?
According to the passage,how many XP users are there in the world?
How can China break the monopoly of international IT giants and protect the internet security?
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.How to protect our XP system? |
B.How to change your computer? |
C.Why did Mirosoft stopped providing service for Windows XP |
D.The influenc about the “demise” of Windows XP. |