阅读理解。Boxing Day When is it? December 26th. Boxing Day takes place on December 2
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| 阅读理解。 |
| Boxing Day When is it? |
December 26th. Boxing Day takes place on December 26th or the following
Monday if December 26th falls on a Saturday or Sunday. Where did it come
from?
Boxing Day began in England, in the middle of the nineteenth century.
Where is Boxing Day celebrated?
Boxing Day is celebrated in Australia, Britain, New Zealand,and Canada.
How is Boxing Day celebrated?
There seems to be two thoughts on the beginning of Boxing Day and why it
is celebrated. One of them is that centuries ago, on the day after Christmas,
bosses would give boxes full of food and fruit, clothing,or money to their
servants (仆人). The presents were much like the bonuses(奖金) people receive
today. These presents, given in boxes,gave the holiday its name," Boxing Day".
Today, Boxing Day is spent with family and friends with lots of food and
share of friendship and love. Government buildings and small businesses are
closed but the malls ( 购物商场) are open and filled with people exchanging
presents or buying cheaper Christmas presents,cards and so on. |
| 1. If December 26th is a Saturday,when Boxing Day will be celebrated? |
A. On December 25th.
B. On December 26th.
C. On December 27th.
D. On December 28th. |
| 2. How many countries does the passage mention celebrate Boxing Day? |
A. Only one.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four. |
| 3. What does the underlined word" them" refer to? |
A. The boxes full of things.
B. The countries which celebrate Boxing Day.
C. Two thoughts on the beginning of Boxing Day and why it is celebrated.
D. The presents that bosses gave their servants. |
| 4. People have a day off on Boxing Day except those who work in _____. |
A. government buildings
B. small companies
C. malls
D. post offices |
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| 阅读理解。 |
Country Festival Date & Traditional Customs Japan Adults Day is on the second Monday in
January. If anyone you know has turned 20 over the past year, celebrate with them. According to
Japanese tradition,they are now old enough to take their place in society as an adult. Germany
Oktoberfest. It is a sixteen-day festival held each year in Munich,during late September to early
October.It is a beer drinking festival and people can also eat traditional food, such as chicken, roast
pork, sausages,cheese noodles,potato pancakes,red cabbage, India Diwali.It is a 5-day Hindu festival,
which takes place on the fifteenth day of Kartika (印度历的8月)every year, Lamps,lights and
candles are lit as a greeting to Goddess (女神) Laksmi. Presents are exchanged and candy,meals are
prepared during Diwali. Thailand Songkran Festival.
Songkran Festival Day is a Thai traditional New Year which starts on April 13th every year and
lasts (持续) for 3 days. Songkran Festival on April 13th is Maha Songkran Day or the day to mark
the end of the old year. April 14th is Wan Nao which is the day after and April 15th is Wan Thaloeng
Sok which the New Year begins. At this time,people from the countries who are working in the city
usually return home to celebrate the festival. |
| 根据表格内容，选择正确答案 。 |
| 1. Which of the following festivals lasts the longest? |
A. Adults Day.
B. Oktoberfest.
C. Diwali.
D. Songkran Festival Day. |
| 2. In Japan, Adults Day is celebrated for people aged . |
A.16
B.18
C.20
D.21 |
| 3. Where is Songkran Festival Day celebrated? |
A. In Japan.
B. In Cermany.
C. In India.
D. In Thailand. |
| 4. Why do people light lamps,lights and candles during Diwali? |
A. To greet Coddess Laksmi.
B. To welcome the coming year.
C. To celebrate the harvest.
D. To mark the end of the old year. |
The World Clown (小丑) Festival opened at People Square in Liuzhou on May 1st. Over 60 clown artists from 10 countries got together there. Clowns with bright hair, red noses, big shoes,big smiles and all kinds of funny movements crowded into Liuzhou. Local people enjoyed clown art from western and the festival had brought huge happiness to the city at the very first day.
Clown artists performed in the morning from 9 a. m. So many clowns lighted up the stage (活动场所) as an excellent world funny event,and the stage was full of people who laughed as clown performed like being in their childhood again.
There was not only European feature (特色) but also Liuzhou"s local flavor (风情) in the festival. Songs from Zhuang people.dances from Yao people.events from Miao ,and" big songs" from Dong were performed to create a happy festival with international and national features. The festival finished at May 7th. |
| 1. Where was the festival opened? |
A. In a cinema.
B. In a park.
C. At a square.
D. In a shopping center. |
| 2. How long did the World Clown Festival last? |
A. Four days.
B. Five days,
C. Six days.
D. Seven days. |
| 3. What does the underlined word" movement" mean? |
A. An excellent world funny event.
B. An act of moving the body or parts of the body.
C. A group of people who share the same ideas.
D. A change in what people do or think. . |
| 4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? |
A. More than 60 clown artists from 10 countries came to Liuzhou.
B. People could enjoy not only clown performance but also Peking Opera.
C. Dong people performed " big songs" at the festival.
D. The festival brought much happiness to the local people |
| 阅读理解。 |
The celebration of Thanksgiving will be not perfect without turkey. It gets its name from the turk
turk sounds it makes when frightened. Turkey was at one time being considered as the national symbol
(象征) of America. Benjamin Franklin felt that turkey was the, right choice because it was a good runner
and had good eye.
It is said that pilgrims (清教徒) had a large meal with cooked turkey after their first harvest in the
year 1621.It continued for three days and included ninety Indians.
Queen Elizabeth of 16th century England ate roast goose (烤鹅) during a harvest festival. From
then on, goose became a favorite bird at harvest time in England. However,when the pilgrims arrived in
America, they replaced(用......替换) the roast goose with roast turkey as it was easier to find.
Today,every house cooks turkey as the main dish during the celebration. The festival completes
with the " Turkey Song" . |
| 1. Why did Benjamin Franklin feel that turkey could be considered as the national symbol of America? |
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| 2. How many Indians were there during the large meal served by the pilgrims in 1621? |
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| 3. What does the underlined word "it" refer to in the third paragraph? |
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| 4. What"s the best title of this passage? |
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Mother"s Day is celebrated (庆祝) in the USA.It"s also a holiday in some 1 countries. It"s on the second Sunday
in May. It is a day to thank 2 .On that day mothers usually 3 flowers and cards. On the cards,children will write
"Thanks,Mum" ,"To the best mother in the world", "Best wishes for Mother"s Day" and so on.
Where does the idea for the holiday 4 ?We should thank Miss Anna M. Jarvis. She brought up the idea of having
such a day. She lived in West Virginia.Her mother died 5 May 9,1905.
She 6 her mother. She wrote letters to some important persons. In her letters she asked them to decide a day for
7 mothers. Then Mother"s Day was made on the second Sunday in May by the USA 8 1913.
On Mother"s Day,children give presents to their mothers, 9 the whole family go out and try to do something 10
for their mothers to make them happy. |
( )1. A. the others
( )2. A. fathers
( )3. A.buy
( )4. A. be from
( )5. A. on
( )6. A. didn"t love
( )7. A.both
( )8. A.in
( )9. A.but
( )10.A. nice | B. another
B. teachers
B.get
B.is from
B.in
B. forgot
B.all
B.on
B.or
B. new | C.others
C. mothers
C.send
C. come from
C. at
C. hated (恨)
C.their
C.at
C.than
C.different | D.other
D. parents
D.give
D. came from
D. for
D. had a deep love for
D.every
D.by
D.because
D. important |
| 阅读理解 |
For thousands of years,people used different ways to measure things. Some people measured things by using the
size of their king"s foot or hand. After the king died,they used the new king"s foot, and so on.That wasn"t a very good
way to measure things,because it wasn"t always clear how big or small a thing really was.
People all over the world used the sun and the moon to measure time. However, they all had different numbers of
days in a week and different numbers of hours in a day.
In 1584,a scientist called Simon Stevenius started to think about a set of measures that used the number ten, but no
one was interested in his ideas. About two hundred years later,a group of scientists in France decided to use his ideas.
They thought of ways to measure everything using ten.Some of their ideas weren"t popular.One was a new clock which had ten hours a day. Another was a new calendar(日历) which had ten days a week.
The scientists agreed to use meters to measure length and they worked out how long a meter should be. Then they
decided to call one hundredth of a meter a centimeter and a thousand meters a kilometer. |
| 根据短文内容，回答下面的问题 |
1. What was one of the ways that people used to measure things thousands of years ago according to the passage?
2. How did people measure time in ancient times?
3. Who started to think about a set of measures that used the number ten?
4. When did the French people start to use meters probably?
5. What do people call a thousand meters?
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