The Spring Festival is the most important traditional festival in China． Chinese people have been celebrating it for centuries． It comes in winter． We usually have a 15﹣day holiday， but in 2020， a disease called COVID﹣19（新型冠状病毒） hit China． We had a longer holiday than before．
As we all know， the Spring Festival is a time to get new． We usually clean and decorate（装饰）our house carefully before it comes． Before the new year， I helped my mother clean the rooms and wash our quilts． My father put up red couplets（春联）on the doors and red paper cutting on the windows． It's said that red is a lucky color in China． In the new year， no matter how far it is， we come back to have a big dinner together with all the family members．However，we didn't visit any relatives and friends because of the sudden illness．I just said "Happy new year，" to my parents． At night， I was glad to talk with my friends on Wechat（微信）． It's exciting for me to get Wechat red packet（微信红包） from my grandparents． My mother likes buying all the products from the supermarket． During this new year， she had to order things on the Internet， so she received many packages（包裹）．
After the Lantern Festival， we couldn't go to school． Instead we studied on computers or pads at home． Our teachers organized online teaching for us， and we were able to have classes through the new way of teaching． During the holiday， how I hoped that I could go to school earlier．
On April 7th， 2020． I went back to school． As I started my new journey， I couldn't forget this special spring festival．
（1）Why did we have a longer holiday this year？
（2）Did the writer's father put red paper cutting on the windows？
（3）Who gave the writer the Wechat red packet？
（4）How did the writer's mother buy products during this spring festival？
（5）What did our teacher organize for us this holiday？
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“Ordinary” was the worst word my mother could find for anything. Whenever she took me out for shopping, I found she wouldn’t take any notice of the shop assistants when they suggested that some dresses were popular. She would say, “We’re not interested in that. Haven’t you got anything a little unusual?” And then the assistants would bring out all the strange colours no one else would buy. And later she and I would argue because I wanted to be ordinary but my mother wanted to be unusual.
“I can’t stand that hairdo (发型),” she said to me when I was in a boy hairstyle, “It’s so terribly ordinary... Not ugly, not unsuitable. But ordinary ...”
“Couldn’t you please wear something else?” I asked one day when she was dressing for Parents’ Day in tight (紧贴的) trousers and a bright pink sweater.
“What’t wrong with it!”
“It’s just that I wish you’d wear something ordinary.” I said, “People won’t laugh at.”
She looked at me angrily, “Are you ashamed of your mother? If you are, Mary, I feel sorry for you.”What did the shop assistants advise Mary’s mother to buy?
| A．Something very popular. | B．Styles they have sold out of. |
| C．Cheap clothes. | D．The most unusual clothes. |
When Mary had her hair cut in a boy hairstyle, her mother ____.
| A．felt happy with it | B．surely disliked it |
| C．told her to change it | D．thought it was unusual |
Why did Mary ask her mother to change her clothes on Parents’ Day?
| A．Because her mother’s clothes were out of style. |
| B．Because she didn’t like a pink sweater at all. |
| C．Because she didn’t like her mother to dress that way. |
| D．Because she didn’t want others to look at her mother. |
What does her mother mean by “ordinary”?
| A．Unusual. | B．Ugly. | C．Common. | D．Popular. |
The underlined word “It” most likely means ____.
| A．the hairdo | B．the dresser | C．the boy | D．the colour |
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| Wonderful Museum Hours Monday – Thursday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Friday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm Saturday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Sunday: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day. The Museum Shop is open during regular museum hours. The Museum Library Monday –Friday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm The Skyliner Restaurant Monday - Saturday: during regular museum hours Sunday: 11:30 am – 5:00 pm Admission Adults:$7.00 The aged and students with ID: $6.00 Wonderful Museum offers a 50% discount to groups of 20 or more. |
Wonderful Museum usually opens ____ except on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
| A．from Monday to Thursday | B．every day |
| C．every day of the week | D．on weekdays |
If a group of 30 students with ID visit Wonderful Museum, how much should they
pay for the admission?
| A．$ 105. | B．$ 90. | C．$ 210. | D．$ 180. |
You can borrow books from the Museum Library ____.
| A．on weekdays | B．at weekends |
| C．from Monday to Saturday | D．at 9:00 am |
If you want to invite your friends to dinner on Friday, you have to reach the Skyliner
Restaurant ____.
| A．after 8:00 pm | B．at 6:00 am | C．after 10:00 pm | D．before 8:00 pm |
Which is the best title for the ad.?
| A．Wonderful Museum—an Exciting Place for Adults |
| B．Welcome to Wonderful Museum for a Long Holiday |
| C．Wonderful Museum—the Best Place to Spend Your Day |
| D．A Wonderful Tourist Place |
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Thomas Edison made more than 1,000 inventions in his life. (A)他的许多发明已经改变了世界。His first invention was a vote recorder (投票记录器) in 1869. This machine allowed people to place a vote by pressing a button instead of saying “Yes” or “No”. (B)H_________, American government officials did not like Edison’s invention because they preferred to call out their votes.
Then Edison started a company with his friend, Franklin Pope. (C) was, morning, night, busy, until, Edison, from, early, late. As a result of hard work, he invented telegraph to print the price of gold and silver. He sold it to Western Union Company for $15,000.
With some of the money Edison started his own company. Next he invented a stock ticker. (D)This machine was used to record the price of stocks (股票) in New York. Western Union paid
Edison $ 40,000 for this invention.
Edison used this money to open a shop in Newark in the state of New Jersey. In 1875, Edison and his family moved to Menlo Park in the same state. There he built his own laboratory. 将(A)处画线部分译成英语：
_________________________________________根据首字母提示，在(B)处填写一个适当的单词：
_________________________________________将(C)处画线部分连词成句：
_________________________________________将(D)处画线部分译成汉语：
_________________________________________回答问题：Which state of America does Menlo Park belong to?
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Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The programme works because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are. The eye-recognition(眼睛识别) programme is tested in shops and banks in the USA, Britain and Italy.
Scientists are working on other systems, such as knowing you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell! And machines can already tell who you are from your voice or your fingerprint(指纹). But eye-recognition will replace other ways of finding out who you are. It is better, because your eyes don’t change as you get older, or get dirty like hands or fingers. And even twins have different eyes, so the programme can be up to 94% correct, depending on how good the technology is. In Britain, it was found that 91% of people said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。Where has the programme for remembering eyes been tested?
| A．Banks and factories. | B．Banks and shops. |
| C．Schools and computers. | D．Schools and shops. |
How does the eye-recognition programme work?
| A．You look at the machine and type a number. | B．You need to speak and then look. |
| C．The machine looks at your face. | D．You look at the machine. |
Which recognition technology is already in use?
| A．Remembering eyes or smell. | B．Remembering fingerprints or voices. |
| C．Remembering faces or voices. | D．Remembering hands or faces. |
What problems could there be with the eye-recognition programme?
| A．Some eyes are the same. | B．Eyes can change. |
| C．It is not always correct. | D．Eyes can get dirty. |
What is the advantage of the eye-recognition programme?
| A．You needn’t remember a number. | B．You needn’t take money with you. |
| C．You don’t need to look at the machine. | D．People think it’s interesting. |
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| Guide to the best hotels in Boswell |
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| Numbers of rooms |
Price |
Things provided |
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| Single |
Double |
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| First Hotel 222 Edward Road Tel. 414-6433 |
120 |
$25 |
$35 |
Air-conditioned (有空调的) rooms with phone, TV and radio. There is a French restaurant, a nightclub, a swimming pool. Close to the city centre. |
| Fairview Hotel 129 North Road Tel. 591-5620 |
50 |
$12 |
$18 |
Close to the airport. Telephones in each room. There is a bar, a restaurant and a swimming pool. |
| Orchard Hotel 233 Edward Road Tel. 641.-6646 |
120 |
$15 |
$20 |
Face First Hotel with a European restaurant, a coffee shop and a nightclub. TV in each room with dry-cleaning service. |
| Osaka Hotel 126 Winning Road Tel. 643.-6646 |
180 |
$30 |
$50 |
Air-conditioned rooms with Japanese and Chinese restaurants, shops, a swimming pool and a big garden. |
根据所给信息提示，选择正确答案。The cheapest room for a couple is _____ in _____.
| A．$35; First Hotel | B．$30; Osaka Hotel |
| C．$18; Fairview Hotel | D．$15; Orchard Hotel |
The number of rooms in Osaka Hotel is _____.
| A．120 | B．50 | C．180 | D．240 |
If a traveller likes to eat French food, the hotel at _____ is the right place for him.
| A．222 Edward Road | B．126 Wining Road | C．233 Edward Road | D．129 North Road |
Which hotel faces Orchard Hotel?
| A．First Hotel. | B．Osaka Hotel. | C．Fairview Hotel. | D．None of the above. |
You’d better call _____ to book a room if you hope to live near the airport.
| A．641-6646 | B．414-6433 | C．643-6646 | D．591-5620 |