任务型阅读。 Children all over the world like to celebrate their birthdays. America
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They usually celebrate with a party. They invite their friends to their birthday parties. The party may
not be held on the right date of their birthday if it comes on a school day. It may be held on the weekend
instead.
Today two kinds of parties are the most popular. One is held at home. Parents decorate the house
beautiful with balloons and coloured paper. They prepare a special birthday meal. The children play games.
The other kind is held away from home. Some are at a special restaurant. The children eat pizza and ice
cream. The waiters, who serve the food, also sing and tell jokes to the children. Other parties may be held
at a park, or at a movie theatre, or in some other places. Every birthday party has a cake with candles on it.
There is one candle for each year of a birthday boy"s or girl"s age. When the candles are lighted (点燃),
everyone sings the special birthday song: HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
As Americans grow older, their birthday parties change. In fact, many people stop having them. They
say they would like to forget how old they are. Yet they do like to keep the happy birthday parties of their
childhood in mind.
1. All ___________ in the world like ___________ their birthdays.
2. ___________ children usually ___________ to their birthday parties.
3. Today ___________ parties are the most popular. They are usually held __________.
4. There"s ___________ for every birthday party. Everyone sings _________ at the party.
5. As Americans __________. Many of them stop having their birthday parties because they don"t
want to_________.
答案
2. American, invite their friends
3. two kinds of, at home or away / far from home
4. a cake with candles on it, the special birthday song
5. grow older, remember their ages / how old they are
举一反三
like (1) _____. And it is certain that the day they like most is Saturday. Saturday is the (2) _____ of the
workweek, and it is the beginning of the weekend. Life is (3) _____ at weekends. Most Americans take care
of their houses, cars or gardens. They (4) _____ the feeling that time seems to move more slowly. The
workweek is for things you have to do, but the (5) _____ is for things you want to do. Some people may get
in a car and go for a (6) _____ in the country. They like to take part in outdoor activities. They (7) _____ go
to a public eating or a film on Saturday night. The (8) _____ of weekends is a recent invention (近期的发明).
In the 1879s, rich people began to speak of (9) _____ weekends in the country visiting friends. For most
people, however, the workday was six days (10) _____.
| ( )1. A. most ( )2. A. end ( )3. A. terrible ( )4. A. hate ( )5. A. weekend ( )6. A. walk ( )7. A. must ( )8. A. day ( )9. A. costing ( )10. A. long | B. least B. beginning B. hard B. enjoy B. weekday B. dance B. should B. idea B. spending B. short | C. more C. middle C. different C. remember C. week C. drive C. need C. programme C. paying C. early | D. less D. starting D. same D. forget D. workweek D. run D. might D. knowledge D. taking D. late |
| 阅读下列短文，根据要求完成下列问题。 | |||
| Dear Mike, We got your letter yesterday. Yes, we can visit you at Christmas. We thought to spend (度) Christmas at home, but now we are going to be with you. Jack will not be in school then. The weather in Chicago is cold, but is doesn"t matter. Sometimes we like the snow. We got our plane tickets. We will get to your city on the 18th. We will stay with you for two weeks. Is that all right with you? We"ll take our favourite recipes (食谱), so we can have a nice Christmas dinner. See you soon. Love Mom and Dad | |||
| 根据短文内容用适当的单词完成下面句子(每空一词)。 1. This letter is from Mike"s . 2. In Chicago, it is now. 3. Mike"s parents will go to his city by . 4. His parents will come back on 31st. 5. Mike and his parents will a nice dinner on Christmas Day. | |||
| 根据短文内容及首字母提示，补全空格内单词，使短文完整、通顺。 | |||
| The Greenwood Boys are a group of (1)p singers. At present, they are visiting all parts of the country. They will (2)a here tomorrow. They are coming by (3)t and (4)m of the young people in the town will meet them at the station. Tomorrow evening they will sing at the Workers" Club. The Greenwood Boys will (5)s for five days. (6)D this time, they will give five (7)p . As (8)u , the police will have a difficult time. They will try to (9)k order. It is (10)a the same on these occasions (场合). | |||
| 阅读理解。 | |||
A School Report  | |||
| 1. After reading this, we know this is ______. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. a studying plan B. a teaching plan C. a school report D. a working plan | |||
| 2. Which of the following is not mentioned in the form? | |||
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| A. P.E. B. Music C. Mathematics D. History | |||
| 3. Edward"s best subject is ______. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. Science B. English C. Geography D. French | |||
| 4. Edward is NOT so good at ______. | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. maths and history B. science and geography C. history and French D. music and English | |||
| 5. According to the form, which of the following sentences is true? | |||
| [ ] | |||
| A. Edward can"t sing songs very well. B. School will begin again on May 6th. C. Edward can do better if he works hard next term. D. Edward doesn"t do well in science. | |||
| 任务型阅读： 阅读下列短文，按要求完成下列各题。 | |||
| My name is Jack. I am twelve years old. I have many friends. Lots of them are my age. My best friend is Ben. He is one year older than me. He lives near me. We go to the same (相同的) school. Ben and I are in Class One. The others are in Class Two. Ben helps me with my maths homework because he is clever at it. I help him with his English because I am good at it. Ben is 1.65 metres tall and I am 1.60 metres tall. Ben is fat because he doesn"t like sports. We have black hair and brown eyes, but Ben"s hair is longer than mine. Every day, I, and, like sports, exercise. Every evening we play computer games. Ben usually wins. | |||
| 1. How old are lots of Jack"s friends? (回答问题) 2. Which class is Jack in? (回答问题) 3. 根据短文内容填词：Jack and Ben often help with their lessons. 4. 将第一处画线部分译成汉语： 5. 将第二处画线部分组成正确的句子： |