The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms．Grain Rain（谷雨），as the last term in spring， starts on April 19 and ends on May 4．
Grain Rain comes from the old saying， "Rain brings the growth of hundreds of grains"，which shows that this period of rainfall is very important for the growth of crops．Here's something that you may not know about the Grain Rain．
1． Grain Rain falls between the end of spring and the beginning of summer，and the temperature rises much higher than it does in March． With dry soil and heavy winds， sandstorms may happen more often． |
2． There is an old custom in southern China that people drink tea on the day of Grain Rain． Spring tea during Grain Rain is good for the eyes． It is also said that drinking tea on this day would prevent bad luck． |
3． People in northern China have the tradition to eat the vegetable toona sinensis during Grain Rain． An old Chinese saying goes "loona sinensis before the rain is as tender as silk"． The vegetable is good for the stomach and skin． |
4． The Grain Rain Festival is celebrated by fishing villages in northern China． Grain Rain marks the start of the fishermen's first voyage of the year． The custom dates back to more than 2，000 years ago． |
（1）When Grain Rain ends， stars．
| A． |
summer |
| B． |
spring |
| C． |
fall |
| D． |
winter |
（2）The underlined word "crops" refers to ．
| A． |
flowers in the garden |
| B． |
trees in the forest |
| C． |
fishes in the sea |
| D． |
plants in the field |
（3）The people in southern China on the day of Grain Rain．
| A． |
eat toona sinensis |
| B． |
fly a kite |
| C． |
drink tea |
| D． |
start the first voyage |
（4）We can infer that "toona sinensis" must be a kind of vegetable which ．
| A． |
can bring good luck |
| B． |
is delicious and healthy |
| C． |
grows at the seaside |
| D． |
is a type of medicine |
（5）The right order of the titles from 1 to 4 should be ．
a． Eating toona sinensis
b． Sandstorms happen
c． Grain Rain Festival
d． Drinking tea
| A． |
b﹣d﹣c﹣a |
| B． |
b﹣a﹣d﹣c |
| C． |
b﹣c﹣a﹣d |
| D． |
b﹣d﹣a﹣c |
| Airline 航空公司 |
Flight Number |
Destination 目的地 |
Departure Time 起飞时间 |
Gate |
| Air Canada |
137 |
Beijing |
10.12 a.m. |
24 |
| Japan Airlines |
320 |
Tokyo |
10.30 a.m. |
18 |
| British Airways |
405 |
Paris |
11.00 a.m. |
20 |
| Pan American |
226 |
London |
11.20 a.m. |
12 |
| Pan American |
12 |
Beijing |
11.43 a.m. |
15 |
| Air Canada |
178 |
Tokyo |
12.32 p.m. |
21 |
| CAAC |
289 |
Hong Kong |
12.32 p.m. |
14 |
Flight 289 to Hong Kong leaves at ___________.
| A．11.43 a.m. | B．10.12 a.m. |
| C．12.32 p.m. | D．10.12 a.m. |
A lady wants to take Flight 12 to Beijing, she should go to Gate_______.
| A．14 | B．15 | C．12 | D．18 |
Flight 226 to London is from____________.
| A．Pan American | B．Japan Airlines |
| C．Air Canada | D．CAAC |
It is John’s birthday today. He is five years old. He gets many birthday presents from his family and one of them is a nice big drum .
“Who gives him that drum?” his father asks.
“His grandfather,” answers John’s mother.
John likes his drum very much. He makes a terrible noise with it, but his mother doesn’t say anything about it. His father is not at home. He is working in a school. So he doesn’t hear the noise. But one of the neighbors does not like the noise. So one morning she takes a knife and goes into John’s room. John is making a noise with the drum. She says to him, “Hello, John. Do you know there is something very nice in your drum? Here’s a knife. Open the drum and you can find it.” “OK.”
| A．5 | B．4 | C．15 | D．2 |
| A．His father. | B．His neighbour. |
| C．His mother. | D．His grandfather |
| A．The candy. | B．The present. |
| C．The drum. | D．The knife |
| A．A doctor. | B．A worker. |
| C．A teacher. | D．A engineer |
| A．John’s father. | B．John’s neighbour. |
| C．John’s mother. | D．John |
Mrs. Hunt is sixty years old. She lives in a farmhouse in the country with her dog Bill. Her son Sam is twenty-one years old. At first, he works in a shop in the country and lives with his mother. But now he finds new work in a town and lives there. It’s quite a long way from his mother’s house. She isn’t happy about this. Sam says, “There isn’t any good work for me in the country, mother, and I can get a lot of money in the town and give you some every week.”
One day Mrs. Hunt goes to see her son, and she goes there by train. Sam meets her at the train station. She asks her son, “Why don’t you phone me?”
“But mother, you haven’t a phone.” Sam says.
“No,” she answers, “I haven’t, but you have one!”
| A．shop | B．farmhouse |
| C．town | D．city |
| A．Mrs. Hunt | B．Sam |
| C．Bill | D．Sam’s father |
| A．from his mother | B．in the town |
| C．in the shop | D．in the country |
| A．in her car | B．by bus |
| C．on foot | D．by train |
| A．Yes, he does. | B．No, he doesn’t. |
| C．I think so. | D．Of course. |
请阅读以上广播节目后解答下列各题。
| A．15:30 | B．14:20 |
| C．18:00 | D．19;30 |
| A．in the morning | B．in the afternoon |
| C．in the evening | D．at noon |
| A．动漫世界 | B．人与自然 |
| C．动物世界 | D．环游世界 |
| A．three | B．four |
| C．five | D．six |
| A．FM 97.4 at 20:30 | B．FM 90.0 at 18:00 |
| C．AM 628 at 12:30 | D．FM 90.0 at 20:00 |
Two people sit down to play Go（围棋）. One of the players is an old man. He is now 89 years old. He has spent all of his life playing this game. The other person is a young woman. She has been playing Go for only three years. Before this, the woman was an expert at playing computer games. Now she plays Go the same way she played computer games---by becoming a machine herself.
They will play many games, until they know who the winner is. The woman shows no feelings but thinking about all the possible ways of placing her next stone. The old man, on the other hand, looks at the movements of her hands and of her face. This has always helped him to win.
He wins the first three games. She wins the next game, and the man is surprised. He has never lost to a woman. The old man worries about the way the young woman is playing the game. He can’t read her face, he does not understand her way of playing.
“The way I think about the game”, says the woman, “is that it is steps for getting what I want.” Again, the old man is surprised. For him, the game is a way of life itself, and not a model of life. “There is no more beauty any longer. Everything is science and rules. Everything is about winning. Nothing is about playing,” he says.
They cannot agree with each other, but it is not necessary. “Change is a necessary part of life”, thinks the man. “Playing is as important as winning”, thinks the woman.
They start to play their final game. According to the passage, the Go games are played by .
| A．Two Go beginners | B．two Go lovers |
| C．father and daughter | D．husband and wife |
. Before the woman plays Go, she was
| A．a computer game player | B．a computer science teacher |
| C．a computer engineer | D．a computer store owner |
. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
| A．The old man loses the third game to the woman. |
| B．The old man wins all the games against the woman. |
| C．The woman has her own way of playing Go. |
| D．The woman is very slow in learning how to play Go. |
What is the best title of the passage?
| A．An Old Go Player | B．A Strange Woman |
| C．A Boring Game | D．Winning or Playing |