The Dragon Boat Festival is a folk festival which has a history of more than two thousand years. It is also named Chongwu Festival. There are many activities on the day.
 Dragon boat race |
The dragon boat race is an important competition during the festival. People held dragon boat races in the river to remember the poet, Qu Yuan. Now, the dragon boat race is a traditional activity for Chinese people. |
 Wearing sweet-smelling bags |
During the Dragon Boat Festival, children usually wear sweet-smelling bags to avoid(避免) bad things. In some areas of China, a sweet-smelling bag is also used as a symbol of love between lovers. |
 Girls’ Day |
A long time ago, a married daughter would return to her parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival. So the Dragon Boat Festival is also called Girls’ Day. |
 Eating rice dumplings |
Eating rice dumplings is also a custom for Chinese people. The rice dumpling is a kind of food with different designs and styles. For thousands of years, the custom of eating rice dumplings has been popular in China and has spread to Korea, Japan and countries in Southeast Asia. |
What do Chinese do during the Dragon Boat Festival?
| A．Take part in a dragon boat race. |
| B．Wear bags that have terrible smells. |
| C．Eat delicious noodles. |
| D．Throw water at each other. |
In order to_____, people hold dragon boat races.
| A．admire a famous scientist |
| B．have good luck |
| C．remember Qu Yuan |
| D．celebrate the harvest(收获) |
Rice dumplings_________.
| A．can express love between lovers. |
| B．are eaten to avoid bad things. |
| C．have different designs and styles. |
| D．are only eaten in China. |
Ten-year-old Obama was one of the only three black students at his school in Honolulu, Hawaii. The young boy didn't look the same as most other students. White girls wanted to touch his hair. A white boy asked him whether his father ate people. "I lied to them that my father was a Kenyan prince, but I kept asking myself who I was," said Obama.
However, 37 years later, the boy made history. Barack Obama became the first black president in U.S. history.
Obama was born on August 4, 1961. His father is a black African and his mother is a white American. This unusual background made him want to know who he was. With the help of his friends, Obama finally went to college. His hard work made him a star at Harvard University, a famous university in Massachusetts. Later, he became the third black senator(议员 ) in U. S. history.
While he was competing for U.S.president, Obama talked about his background. He called for a United States of America, but not a white America or a black America. Obama's success is a historic victory. It made Martin Luther King's dream come true. That is: A man should not be judged（判断） by the color of his skin, but by the content of his character.
Title: The life story of Barack Obama
____________ On August 4, 1961
Parents His father is a black from _________ while his mother is a white from America.
At the age of 10 The number of black students at his school is just ________
He looked __________ most other students.
In college He got lots of ____________ from his friends.
He grew popular among the students because of _________
Later He became __________ in the U.S. history.
_________ He called for a United States of America.
He won the _______ for the U.S. president.
He ________ Martin Luther King's dream.
Have you ever complained about why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your studies sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and smile all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll find that the whole world smiles to you.
While in school, sometimes you are tired of your Lessons, but have you ever noticed the happy smile on your teacher's face when you did a good job?
One day it is fine. Just before you want to go out, it suddenly starts to rain Maybe you would feel very sad and start complaining about the weather. But dear friends, why don't you sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature offers you? And with the timely rain, crops in the fiel ds will grow better and better and farmers will have a good harvest(丰收).
Although everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do, sometimes failure can't be avoided. I think failure is not terrible, and the terrible thing is that we're afraid of it and give up hope. When we face failure, we must be confident in ourselves, draw a useful lesson from it and try our best to finish what we have decided to do. As a popular saying goes, "Failure is the mother of success."
Attitude decides everything. With an optimistic (乐观的 ) attitude, life is easy and pleasant. Let's smile to whatever we meet and the whole world will smile to us.People sometimes complain .
A. the sky is always dark
B. their studies are not successful
C. life is tiringAccording to the passage, in school, .
A. the students don't like their lessons
B. the teachers will be happy if the students do good jobs
C. the teachers don't like their teachingIf there is a timely rain, .
A. you want to go out
B. you can listen to a concert
C. crops in the fields will grow betterWhen we face failure, we .
A. must be confident in ourselves.
B. should give up hope
C. shouldn't face itThe best title of this passage is _______.
A. Complaining about Life
B. Failure is the Mother of Success
C. Smile and the World Smiles to You
The police do many things for us. They help keep our things and us safe. They help keep cars moving safely. They help people out of trouble when these people are in danger. They catch bad people, like criminals to make our society safe. They take care of people who are hurt. Then they see these people get to a doctor.
The police go around town to see that everything is all right. They get around town in many ways. Some of them walk or go by car. In some big cities, some of the police ride on horses. It is strange to see these animals in the street.
As they go around town, the police help people. Sometimes they fin d lost children. They take the children home. If the police see a fight, they put an end to it right away. Sometimes people will ask the police how they can get to a place in town. The police can always tell the people which way to go. They know all the streets and roads well.
Some police stand at crossings. They are the traffic police. They tell the cars when to go and when to stop. They make sure that the cars do not go too fast. They help children cross the street. They also help people who can't walk too well.
Without the police, our streets would not be safe. Cars might go too fast and hurt people. Lost people might never be found. The police do a good job. We need them. And we should thank them for a job well done.The police do many things for us. They help keep our things and us______.
A. safe B. healthy C. warmHow do some of the police get around in some big cities?
A. By taxi. B. On horses. C. On bus.In th e third paragraph of the text, “put an end to” means"______".
A. cut B. fly C. stopThe text is mainly talking about the _ _of the police.
A. road B. life C. jobWhich of the following sentences is NOT true?
A. The traffic police can show people the directions.
B. Without the police, our life would be dangerous and inconvenient.
C. In fact, the police don't offer so much help for people.
Los Angeles---Thousands of people waited in line on Thursday at Apple Stores, hoping to buy new iPhone.
Cindy Smith, 20, waited in line at Los Angeles Apple Store at 10 pm Wednesday, and wanted to buy her new iPhone before going to work. Stores opened at 7 am. Her old iPhone was broken two months ago, and she waited for the new model. "I can work from it and have fun, she said. Cindy was lucky and she got it, but hundreds of others waited in line on all sides of the shopping mall.
By the end of the day, Apple's latest iPhone was all sold out across the US. "It is working to get more phones. They can't get here soon enough, "said Melissa, Wal-Mart spokeswoman.
Apple spokesman Steve Dowling wouldn't say how quickly stores would get more phones. He said, "We are working hard to get them to everyone as quickly as possible. It will take about a month for stores to get fully stocked. "Apple said it sold 600,000 in early orders.A lot of people waited in line at Los Angeles Apple Stores to buy new iPhone.
Cindy Smith wanted to buy new iPhone because she lost her old one.
Melissa is the Apple spokeswoman.
Steve said they would get more iPhones to people as quickly as they could.
It will take about a week for stores to get fully stocked.
A blind（盲人） boy sat on the street with a hat by his feet. He held up(举起) a sign which said: "I am blind, please help." There were only a few coins (硬币） in the hat. A man walked by. He put a few coins into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by could see the new words. Soon the hat started to fill up（装满）. That afternoon the man who had changed（改变） the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized（认出）his footsteps（脚步）and asked: "Were you the one who changed(改变) my sign this morning? What did you write?" The man said: "I only wrote the truth.（真相） I said what you said but in a different way." His words were "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it." Do you think the first sign and the second sign said the same thing? Of course both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign only told people to put some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they could enjoy the day, but the boy could not enjoy it, because he was blind. The first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign reminded（提醒）people they were lucky that they were not blind. There are at least(至少) two lessons we can learn from this simple story. The first is: Be thankful for what you have. The second is: Be creative. Think differently. There is always a better way. The boy on the street__________.
| A．sold his old hat |
| B．begged（乞求）for money |
| C．was busy collecting（收集）coins |
| D．showed his good handwriting(书法) |
How did the man help the blind boy?
| A．He took the boy's sign away. |
| B．He only gave the boy some money. |
| C．He changed the words on the sign. |
| D．He talked to the blind boy. |
The man is in this story ________.
| A．scary | B．strict |
| C．kind | D．interesting |
The underlined word “creative” means
| A．胜利的 | B．有创新的 |
| C．有同情心的 | D．有幽默感的 |
Which is the best title(题目) for the passage?
| A．Enjoy a sunny day |
| B．A blind boy on the street |
| C．Help the disabled（残疾）people |
| D．Different words make the difference |
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