A long time ago in China lived the Jade Emperor(玉皇大帝). It was his birthday. All the animals arrived. The Emperor decided to have a race to give a name to each year of the Chinese Zodiac(生肖)。
The rat and the cat couldn’t swim very well.
“Can you take us across the river ?” they ask ox.
“Yes, jump and quick!”
Ox swam across the river. Then the rat pushed the cat into the water and jumped onto land.
“Well done, Rat! The first year will be Year of the Rat and the second will be the Year of the Ox.”
“Look! Here’s the tiger. He’s very tired. The third year will be the Year of the Tiger.”
“The rabbit can’t swim but he’s very clever. The fourth year will be the Year of the Rabbit.”
“Why are you late, Dragon? You can fly!”
“I had to make some rain for thirsty people to drink.”
“Well done! The fifth year is the Year of the Dragon.”
“What’s this? I can hear a horse. No, it’s a snake. So the snake has the sixth year.”
“Well done! It is good to see you working together! The goat is the eighth, the monkey is the ninth and the rooster is the tenth.”
“sorry I’m late. The water is clean and I needed a bath.”
“The eleventh is the Year of the Dog.”
“You are the last.”
“Yes, I had to eat and sleep on the way.”
“The last is the Year of the pig.”
And that is how the Emperor chose the animals for Chinese Zodiac.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。【小题1】Whose birthday was it?
A. The rat’s B. The cat’s
C. The ox’s D. The Jade Emperor’s【小题2】Who took the rat and the cat across the river?
A. The ox B. The tiger
C. The rabbit D. The dragon【小题3】Who was the seventh?
A. The horse B. The snake
C. The goat D. The monkey【小题4】Who was the last one?
A. The rat B. The dog
C. The pig D. The cat【小题5】Who gave a name to each year of the Chinese Zodiac?
A. The rat B. The cat
C. The ox D. The Jade Emperor
The golden rule: Watch the other people. Do as they do!
阅读以上节选自学校国际文化周活动中的海报，根据其内容回答下列各个小题。What time do western people usually have dinner?
| A．About midday. |
| B．At 5:00 in the afternoon. |
| C．Around 7 p.m. or even later. |
| D．Before 7:00 in the afternoon. |
Most food in the West is eaten with ______________.
| A．spoons | B．chopsticks |
| C．fingers | D．knives and forks |
What will a host probably say to a guest at the start of a meal?
| A．“Can I help you?” | B．“Eat slowly!” |
| C．“Help yourself!” | D．“Could you serve me?” |
When might people want to say, “I’m sorry, I can’t eat this.”?
| A．If they’ve been given something they don’t like. |
| B．If they are full. |
| C．If the hosts keep offering a lot of food to them. |
| D．If they are not hungry. |
Which of the following is helpful when you’re in the West according to the poster?
| A．You can leave as soon as you’ve finished eating. |
| B．If you don’t know what to do, just watch the others and do as they do. |
| C．You can’t eat chicken legs with your fingers. |
| D．The fork is held in your right hand and the knife in your left. |
Are you a happy person most of the time? Or do you easily get angry sometimes? Everyone has a different temperament (脾气). It is usually be1ieved that both genes (基因) and environment may affect people's temperaments in different ways. But now scientists have found that the season of birth also plays a role.
Scientists from Budapest, Hungary, studied 400 university students. In the study, the students needed to finish a questionnaire (问卷). The purpose of it was to find out which of four kinds of temperaments they most had. From the questionnaire, scientists found that the students always answered something like "My mood often changes for no reason" and "I love to deal with new projects, even if it is risky". These answers were then matched with their birthdays.
They discovered that people born in summer easily change between sad and happy moods compared to people born in winter. Those who always feel positive are mostly born in spring and summer.
The study also found that those born in autumn less probably had a mood of depression which may easily drive them to cry, while those born in winter were not easier to be angry.
Scientists said that this was probably because the seasons had an influence on certain chemicals in the human body. And the chemicals are important to control people's moods even in adult life.
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"It seems that when you are born may increase or decrease your chance of developing certain mood disorders (紊乱)," lead scientist Xenia Gonda told The Telegraph.What probably can't affect people's temperaments according to Paragraph 1?
A Genes. B. Ages.
C. Seasons. D. Environment.What does the under1ined word " depression " most probably mean?
| A．Sadness. | B．Happiness. |
| C．Surprise. | D．Excitement. |
Which of the following sentences is NOT true from the passage?
A People born in summer change their moods more easily.
B.The season of birth has an influence on humans' moods.
C. There were 400 middle school students taking part in the study.
D. The answers to the questionnaire were matched with their birthdays .What will the writer most Probably write about on _____________ ?
| A．How many kinds of moods thee are. |
| B．What can change the human body most. |
| C．How the certain chemicals affect the moods. |
| D．Whether the students will continue their study. |
What's the best title of this passage?
| A．Seasons and Moods |
| B．The Influence of Genes |
| C．Moods and Health |
| D．The Importance of Birthplaces |
For ten weeks, in a great house on the island of St Thomas , John C. Lilly tried to teach a six-year-old dolphin to speak English Margaret Howe, an experiment (试验) helper, would live day and night with Peter, a dolphin. And they would eat, bathe, sleep and play together from Sunday to Friday, with only Saturdays off for Margaret. She lived her 1ife in swimming clothes -- with a coat on colder evenings --- and cut her hair short so that she could get on with Peter more easily.
After a few days, Peter was becoming more and more interested in winning her attentions. He threw a ball against her shower towel to get her to play. As time went by, he only wanted to play ball with her and not on his own.
The problem was that, just at the time Peter and Margaret began to get on well just as two best friends, the experiment ended and the lab was closed. After a few weeks, Margaret received the sad news that Peter had killed himse1f by refusing to breathe, and sinking to the bottom of his pool.
Dolphins may not speak English --- but, just like humans, they know all about broken hearts.
Peter is the name of________
| A．a doctor | B．dolphin |
| C．a scientist | D．an experiment helper |
Margaret worked days_____a week during the experiment..
| A．four | B．five | C．six | D．seven |
To live with the dolphin, Margaret couldn't _______.
| A．cut her hair short |
| B．have a common life-like others |
| C．wear swimming c1othes |
| D．eat, bathe and play together with him |
The ending of the story was that _________ .
A. Margaret didn't leave the lab
B. the lab was closed and the dolphin died
C. the dolphin could speak English at last
D. Dr John C. Lilly was satisfied with the experimentFrom this passage, we can learn that __________.
| A．dolphins aren't worth studying |
| B．dolphins can't be humans' good friends |
| C．dolphins can't communicate with humans |
| D．dolphins may have feelings just like humans |
Family traditions are special habits or customs that your family have. For example, in the family of Bill Gates, his parents keep the tradition of reading with children. And what's the tradition in your family?
Ialways the one who chooses where to go. We have visited Qingdao, Xiamen and Beijing.The family of Bill Gates keeps the tradition of ______ with children .
| A．playing | B．reading |
| C．singing | D．traveling |
________bought a film ticket for his mother.
| A．Bill | B．Jack | C．Nick | D．Yu Xin |
Sometimes, Jack's parents _________when the family get together .
| A．cook food | B．talk about interesting things |
| C．meet cousins | D．play games with the children |
Yu Xin has visited some places EXCEPT_________.
| A．Xiamen | B．Hangzhou |
| C．Beijing | D．Qingdao |
The three children are talking about their________ .
| A．school life | B．birthday parties |
| C．holiday plans | D．family traditions |
All boys and girls like good stories. I am sure that all children who read The Ugly Duckling will be glad to know something about the ‘King of Story Tellers’, who wrote it for them. Thousands and thousands of children have read this story, only to ask for it again and again. It has travelled the wide world over, and has been told in every country.
Hans Christian Andersen, the author of “The Ugly Duckling,” was born in Denmark. If you look on a map, you will see this little country in northern Europe. There, in the little village of Odense, he spent his boyhood. His father and mother were very poor. The family lived in two little rooms near the top of a house, where his father worked as a shoemaker.
On the roof was a box filled with earth. In this box his mother planted her vegetables. Little Hans loved to walk with his father in the woods, where he could pick wild flowers and hear the birds sing. His father read to him when his work was done, or told him stories. What his father did helped him open up a new world.
Once, when Hans was still a child, he went into a wheat field with his mother and a number of children, to pick the rest wheat which the reapers(收割机) had left in the field. While they were busy picking only a small amount of wheat for each of them, an angry bailiff(看守者) came rushing into the field, armed with a whip(鞭子). All ran, as fast as they could, away from the angry man. Little Hans was barefoot, and the sharp stalks(茎秆) of the wheat plants which had been cut down, cut his feet so that he could not get away.
Unafraid, the boy faced the angry man and his upraised whip. “How dare you hit me when you know God sees you?” he cried, looking fearlessly into the face of the angry bailiff. The whip came down, but not on little Hans. The bailiff admired the boy’s courage, and praised him for it. He sent him home with gifts, rather than punishments.
While Hans was still a boy, his kind father died. Then Hans and his mother were left alone, to care for each other.
“What will you do, Hans?” the mother asked “Would you like to become a tailor?”
“No, mother,” the boy answered; “I will go to Copenhagen and study. One day I shall write books.”
“But where will the money be found to pay your way?” asked the mother.
“I will work, and God will take care of me,” Hans replied.
So the boy left his native village and walked all the way to Copenhagen, which was very far.What did Hans’ father do in the woods when the work was done?
| A．He gathered wild flowers with Hans. |
| B．He taught Hans to make shoes. |
| C．He read books or told stories to Hans. |
| D．He picked remaining wheat with Hans. |
Why didn’t the bailiff hit Hans?
| A．Because he was afraid of Hans. |
| B．Because he was too angry. |
| C．Because Hans gave him some gifts. |
| D．Because he admired Hans’ courage. |
What do you think the meaning of the underline sentence “Little Hans was barefoot” is?
| A．There was something wrong with Little Hans’ feet. |
| B．Little Hans did not wear shoes. |
| C．Little Hans was a disabled boy. |
| D．Little Hans’ feet were cut by a sharp knife. |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
| A．Little Hans’ father made a living by making shoes . |
| B．Little Hans’ father made a good difference to his life. |
| C．Little Hans is a brave and smart boy. |
| D．Little Hans’ father would pay hiswayto Copenhagen. |
What do you think Hans’ life would be like in Copenhagen?
| A．Hard. | B．Relaxing. |
| C．Colourful. | D．Lonely |
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