Of all our festivals the Spring Festival is the most important to us Chinese. Several days before the Lunar(阴历) New Year, we our houses and decorate them. We make everything new and clean and hope that the New Year will
us happiness and good luck. The celebration begins on the eve of the Lunar New Year. The
get together for dinner. If a person is
from his home, he will always try to get home for this big dinner. On the first day of the holiday, we usually get up quite early and exchange New Year’s greeting first. On the
day and the third day, we go to visit relatives and friends. We sit around talking and
all kinds of delicious food. Every family gets something special ready. The celebration
15 days. The 15th night of the first month is called the Lantern Festival. On that day we young people go out to enjoy
and sometimes we dance folk dances far into the night.
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（1）What can we know about the tent？
A． It's pink．
B． It's for boys．
C． It's easy to fit together and take down．
（2）Why is it of great value to eat at Peng Lai Chun Restaurant？
A． Because the food there is cheap and delicious．
B． Because it is very busy．
C． Because all kids can eat at half price on Wednesdays there．
（3）If Susan wants to work as an assistant at Dicken's Books， she ．
A． should call John Hunter at 768﹣3647
B． can earn at most £384 a week
C． A and B
（4）We can't in Golden Shopping Plaza．
A． buy the clothing on sale for under ＄60 before the show
B． see women's swimwear or summer wear
C． see 26 pretty and cool models in the latest fashions
（5）According to the information above， which of the following is NOT true？
A． The assistant at Dicken's Books has to work for 8 hours a day．
B． The holes in the windows of the tent can let the air and bugs in．
C． The Summer Fashion Show starts at 2：00 in the afternoon on Saturday．
There lived an old man in a small town of Germany． He had three sons and they all worked in the same factory where he had worked． After the Second World War began， his sons were all made to join the army and all of them died in the battle（战争）． The old man was heartbroken． He didn't have enough food and often went hungry． Nobody helped him and he didn't know how to go on living．
One cold winter night， the old man couldn't go to sleep． He had been hungry for two days and it was so cold that ice could be seen in his room． He had to get up and began to run in the room until he lay down on the ground． The next morning he had to beg from door to door． He had been to a lot of cities ever since．
Once he came to a village， but the villagers were all poor and couldn't give him anything． He was too hungry to go to another village． He thought over and over and found a way． He came to a police station and called out． "Hitler is a foolish pig!"
Out came a policeman at once． He took the old man into a room， gave him some bread and a cup of tea． Then he said， "Don't say that in our village， sir!"
"I'm sorry， sir，" said the old man，"I don't know it's Hitler's hometown．"
"No， no， sir，" the policeman said in a hurry，"It's the pig's hometown!"
（1）Why was the old man heartbroken？
A． Because he had nothing to support his three sons．
B． Because he was made to join the army．
C． Because all his three sons lost their lives in the war．
（2）Finally， the old man got things to eat by ．
A． asking the villagers for help
B． shouting to the police station
C． begging from door to door
（3）Actually the policeman ．
A． hated Hitler as well as the old man
B． didn't want to help the old man
C． thought the old man was more foolish than pigs
（4）We can infer（推断） that the "village" underlined in the passage is hometown．
A． the old man's
B． the pigs'
C． Hitler's
（5）The passage above is ．
A． a science fiction
B． a funny story
C． a fairy tale
Sometimes it may seem that what you are learning at school will be of no use in the future． It may seem that you're wasting your life away． But you will be surprised to find how much of what you learnt at school is helpful to you one day． Three people were asked what they found useful at school， and their thoughts are shared below．
When I used to ask my teacher how to spell something， she often said， I don't know． Then she would take out the dictionary and look it up． She was not ashamed to say that she didn't know the answer． I learnt two things． You don't have to know _______； and if you don't know how to spell something， just get the dictionary out． Both are very useful lessons!
John Ring
Bicester， United Kingdom
In school， you also learn to deal with life in general． Little mistakes can seem to be very serious． Wear the wrong clothes and it seems that everyone is laughing at you． Get too close to a boy too fast and everyone talks about you． You want to go into a hole and die! But the truth is that life goes on． You might feel that what you did "wrong" will never ever be forgotten． However， if you can be brave and keep on， you will find that whatever happened will pass and you will start to enjoy life again．
Lindsey Smith
Boston， United states
We had a class called Guidance and in it we learnt about making good decisions in life． I found it pretty boring and didn't pay much attention． One day the teacher made us guess which appliance（家电）
we should buy first once we had our own homes． The answer was a fridge． I learnt that it was true once I had my own place． The first day I bought some chicken meat． By dinner time it smelled and I couldn't
even eat it! My housemate and I started saving to buy a fridge right away．
Robert Knight
Cape Town， South Africa
（1）Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese．（请将文中划线句子翻译成汉语）
（2）Fill in the blank with one proper word to complete the sentence in John's thought． （请在John
的文段空白处填入一个恰当的词，使句意完整）
（3）Find out the two little "serious" mistakes mentioned by Lindsey．（no more than 15 words）（请找出 Lindsey提到的两个"严重"的小错误，15词以内）
（4）Why is a fridge considered the first choice of appliance by Robert and his teacher？（请根据短文内容回答问题）
（5）What is the text mainly about？（no more than 15 words）（请根据短文内容回答问题，15词以内）
It seems that food deliverymen（送货员） are always in a hurry． They wear blue， red or yellow helmets and many of them don't follow traffic rules． （1） They use mobile phones while driving．
These rude behaviors have caught the public's attention． In the first half of 2017， food deliverymen had 76 traffic accidents in Shanghai， according to Shanghai Public Security Bureau． That means every two and a half days， a food deliveryman will die or get hurt on the road．
（2） The strict rules of the food delivery service companies and the anxious customers may be the answer． Many companies will fine（罚款） a deliveryman up to 2，000 yuan， if he fails to deliver an order on time， reported China Daily． （3）
To solve the problem， food delivery service companies need to improve their incentive systems， noted CRI Online． （4） Shanghai has asked companies to train their deliverymen on traffic rules and safety． Now in Shenzhen， if a deliveryman gets caught breaking traffic rules more than twice， then he will be banned（禁止） from driving food service delivery vehicles for a whole year．
A． Some cities are also taking action．
B． What are the strict rules used for？
C． What makes deliverymen take such risks？
D． Fines also go to those who get bad reviews from customers．
E． They drive on the wrong side of the road and run red lights．
Researchers in the 1960s found bilingual （双语的）people scored higher on intelligence （智力）tests than monolinguals﹣﹣people who speak only one language． The latest studies show that being bilingual does not necessarily make people cleverer， but it probably does make you better at certain skills．
Imagine driving down the highway． There're many things that could attract your attention and you really need to be able to watch all of them． Why would bilingualism make you any better at that？
The answer is that bilingual people are often better at controlling their attention﹣a function （功能）called the executive control system． It's quite possibly the most important system we have because it's where all of your decisions about what to attend to， what to ignore（忽视），what to process are made．
The best method to measure（测量） the executive control system is called the Stroop Test． Suppose you would have the word "blue" written in red， but you have to say the colour red． But "blue" is so eye﹣ catching， and you really want to say"blue"． You need to ignore it so that you can say the colour red． That's the Stroop Test．
Bilingual people continually practice this function． They have to， because both languages are active in their brain at the same time． They need to ignore one to be able to speak in the other． This exercise might help in other ways， too． Researchers say bilingual children are more likely to have friends from different cultures． Bilingual adults are often four to five years later than others in developing Alzheimer's disease．
（1）What did the recent research find about bilingual people？
A． They can safely drive their cars．
B． They can well manage their attention．
C． They can have a better control of imagination．
D． They can easily pick out the colours they want．
（2）What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 4 refer to？
A． Red．
B． Blue．
C． Test．
D． System．
（3）What can we learn from the last paragraph？
A． Bilingualism may do harm to people's health．
B． Bilingualism helps children make more foreign friends．
C． People must practice speaking two languages continually．
D． People use more active words from their mother languages．
（4）What might be the best title for the text？
A． How does the Stroop Test work？
B． What is executive control system？
C． Are monolingual people smarter？
D． Are bilingual people better at some skills？
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