Be careful on April 1st! When your classmates say "Your shoes untied（解开的）!", it may not be true. And if you find your alarm clock is set back an hour, this may be a joke too.
April Fool's Day（愚人节）is a traditional festival. On that day people play harmless（无害的） jokes on others and then shout, "April Fool!" It's a "for-fun-only" day, so people don't buy gifts or get the day off work or school.
April Fool's Day started in France in the 16th century（世纪）. At that time, New Year's Day was between March 25th and April 1st. When New Year's Day changed to January 1st in the mid-1560s, some people still celebrate it on April 1st. Others played jokes on them and called them "April Fools".
Each country celebrates April Fool's Day differently. In France, it is called "April Fish". The Frenchmen fool their friends by sticking (粘) paper fish to their friends' backs. When someone finds out this joke, they shout, "April Fish!" In England, it is bad luck to play an April Fool's joke on someone in the afternoon. Americans play small tricks on friends and strangers alike.April Fool's Day started in ___________ in the sixteenth century.
| A．the USA | B．England | C．China | D．France |
When was New Year's Day about five hundred years ago in France?
| A．On March 25th. |
| B．Between April 1st and April 25th. |
| C．Between March 25th and April 1st. |
| D．On April 1st. |
“April Fool's Day” is called “April Fish” because the French ___________.
| A．must eat fish for dinner on that day |
| B．like eating fish very much |
| C．fool their friends by sticking paper fish to their friend's backs |
| D．like to give their friends fish as a treat |
One day in March ,1964, Alaska began to shake . There was a great earthquake .It was the biggest earthquake the country ever had .
Shops and houses fell down . One street dropped 30 feet. One island rose about 11 metres into the air . Parts of the sea bottom became dry land . People felt the earthquake hundreds of kilometers away .
Each year there are many earthquakes . Most of them are small . They happen in different parts of the world . We are not sure what makes them . But if you are near , you can see the earth move . You may see a big crack (裂缝) in the ground . Sometimes the land drops on one side of the crack . There is a new hill . The old world has a new shape (形状).
根据短文判断下列句子正(T)误(F).The strongest earthquake in Alaska happened in April 1967.
The word“earthquake”in the story means a strong shaking or moving of the ground .
The story wants to tell us earthquakes changed the land .
From the story we know earthquakes happen in small countries .
From this story we can see earthquakes often do a lot of harm .
A young man was in love with a beautiful girl .One day the girl said to him ,“It is my birthday tomorrow ”. “Oh ”，said the young man ,“I’ll send you roses, and one rose for each year of your life.”
The same evening he went to the flower shop . As he knew the girl was twenty－two years old, he paid for twenty－two roses and asked the shop assistant to send them to the girl the next day .
The assistant of the flower shop knew the young man very well as he often bought flowers in his shop before . When the young man left the shop , the assistant thought ,“The young man is very kind to me .He often comes to buy my flowers . In return I’ll send ten more roses.”
He did so . The next morning thirty－two roses were sent to the girl . When the young man came to see her , she didn’t want to speak to him . And he never knew why she was so angry with him .The young man wanted to send his girl friend_____roses for her birthday.
| A．10 | B．22 | C．32 | D．many |
________sent the roses to the girl .
| A．The young man | B．The assistant |
| C．Another young man | D．We don’t know who |
The young girl received the roses________
| A．the same evening | B．a day before her birthday |
| C．a week later | D．on her birthday |
The assistant wanted to _______.
| A．make the girl angry | B．sell more roses |
| C．make the young man glad | D．get more money |
From this story we know that__________
| A．roses should be sent for one’s birthday |
| B．one may do something wrong even out of kindness |
| C． some girls don’t like roses |
| D． young people often buy roses |
When you discuss about eating out with your friend, first of all, you must make it clear who will pay for the meal.If somebody suggests having lunch with his friend, he might simply say something like this "I'm afraid it'll have to be some place nearby ,as I have little money." The other person may say. "OK. I'll meet you at Mcdonald's." This means he has agreed that the two will go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may say "Oh, no. I want to take you for lunch at Johnson's " This means the person is to pay the bill（帐单）for both of them. Although the other person is pleased with the invitation, there is one reason why he shouldn't accept it by simply saying "Thank you."
American customs are much the same as those in other parts of the world. American women used to expect men to pay for all the meals. But today, some of them like to. However, if a woman is asked to attend a dinner or a dance outside, the invitaton itself means "Come as my guest". So, as you see, it is a polite thing to make the situation clear at the very beginning.is first of all when you discuss about eating out with your friend.
| A．What to eat | B．Where to eat |
| C．Who will pay for the meal | D．When to eat |
If your friend doesn't want to pay for the meal, he may say.
| A．I'm afraid it will have to be some place nearby |
| B．Come as my guest |
| C．Oh, no. I want to take you for lunch at Johnson's |
| D．I don't want to go anywhere |
What does "go Dutch" mean? It means.
| A．go to Dutch |
| B．travel in Dutch |
| C．each person pays for himself |
| D．one person pays the bill for both of them |
American women used to .
| A．pay for the meal themselves |
| B．ask men to pay for all the meals |
| C．go Dutch |
| D．eat nothing |
Which of the following is the best title?
| A．Eating out | B．American customs |
| C．Where to eat | D．Who pays the bill |
.What can you know from Sign(1)?
| A．We can’t smoke here | B．We can’t skate here |
| C．We can’t wash clothes here | D．We can do shopping here |
. From sign (1)we also know we can not______ here.
| A．stay for long | B．fish |
| C．throw dirty things | D．go boating |
From Sign ( 2 )we know we can _________here.
| A．play computer games | B．stay ovenight |
| C．have something to eat | D．have a good sleep |
Sign (2)means________.
| A．food can’t be eaten right away |
| B．the cold sandwiches are for home cooking |
| C．the lost keys may be found here |
| D．you can take your food away |
Sign(3)means you can______here.
| A．have breakfast on Saturday |
| B．have dinner at 10:00 P .M . on Monday |
| C．have dinner every day |
| D．have something at 10:30 P . M . on Tuesday |
Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf is a Chinese animated television series about a group of goats living on Green Grassland and a clumsy wolf who wants to hunt them. It is aired on over 40 local TV stations including Hong Kong’s TVB, BTV Animation Channel and CCTV. The following are the main characters and their characteristics.
| Characters |
Characteristics |
 Slowy |
Slowy is an adult goat, serving as the elder and head of the lamb village. His character design is somewhat based on Albert Einstein, with wild frizzy hair, a mustache, and a pair of glasses. He is a scientist and develops machines to protect their school though he is slower than a snail and uses a walking stick. In addition, when he thinks too hard, his head will begin to grow leaves. |
 Weslie |
Weslie is the main character of the series. He wears a blue ribbon around his neck with a bell. Weslie is positive, observant, clever and always supportive of his friends. He takes a leadership role in his class and among his peers and is Slowy’s assistant. And in general, he is often the first to feel danger and see through Wolffy’s plans. |
 Paddi |
Paddi hates working and likes to sleep. He is often the first caught by Wolffy. Paddi is the cleverest goat of all of them too, although this is seldom seen because of his laziness. He is sometimes a bit selfish. He is also one of the most popular characters. |
 Wolffy |
Wolffy always wears an orange cap with a yellow patch and has a scar under his eye. He always thinks of clever plans to catch the goats, but he usually ends up being defeated. His failures to catch goats are met with angry scolding and violence from his wife, such as being hit over the head with a frying pan. Even so, his love for Wolnie never disappears. Sometimes he is seen as a respectable cartoon figure because of his faithfulness to his wife and his effort to catch goats. |
 Wolnie |
Wolnie is Wolffy’s wife, who is always dressed in a red robe with black and white trims. She always hits him with her frying pan whenever his plans fail; however, she does love her husband. She is actually very smart and while her husband can think of strange inventions to catch goats, her simple ideas are the ons that are actually successful. |
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。The animated television series is aired on TV stations EXCEPT_________.
| A．Hong Kong’s TVB | B．BTV Animation Channel |
| C．CCTV | D．A TV station in outer space |
How many goats are mentioned in the form?
| A．4 | B．2 | C．3 | D．5 |
Slowy has wild frizzy hair, a mustache, and a pair of spectacles. The character design is somewhat based on _________.
A. the inventor Edison B. the scientist Albert Einstein
B. the thinker Confucious D. the leader Mao ZedongWhat do you think of Woffy?
| A．His plans always fail, so he is foolish. |
| B．He is always scolded and hit by his wife, so he will leave the castle soon. |
| C．He wears a red cap with a yellow patch and has a scar under his eye. |
| D．He is seen as a respectable cartoon figure by people because of his faithfulness to his wife and his effort to catch goats. |
Which of the following is wrong according to the information in the form?
| A．Weslie is positive, observant, clever but selfish. |
| B．Weslie is often the first to feel danger and see through Wolffy’s plans. |
| C．Paddi hates working and likes to sleep, but he is the most intelligent goat of all of them. |
| D．Though Wolnie often shouts at and hits her husband with her frying pan whenever his plans fail, she does love her husband. |