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Gift giving is different from culture to culture and person to person.
When giving gifts, sometimes color is important. For example, for many Chinese people around the world, red is a lucky color, and people often like to pack gifts in this color. However, did you know that in Korea ，red is a color of death. That is why you should not pack gifts in this color if you are giving a gift to a Korean person.
What about western countries? In western countries, the color of packing paper is not really important. But color does matter when giving flowers，especially roses．You should not give red roses to a western person you don't know very well because they are a symbol (象征) of love．You could give yellow roses instead as these are a symbol of friendship．You could also send pink roses as gifts to say thank you．
What other things should you remember when giving gifts to someone from a different culture? Well，one thing you should keep in mind is the person’s religion (宗教)．When choosing a gift for a Muslim (回教徒的)or Jewish (犹太族的)friend，you should never get food including pork or things made from pigskin．Another thing that you should not get for a Muslim person is alcohol(酒)．
根据短文内容简要回答下列问题In which country do people think red is the color of death?
How could we show our friendship to the western friends?
Can we give a Muslim friend a bottle of alcohol as a gift ?
How many colors are mentioned (提到) in this passage?
What’s the main idea of this passage?
句子翻译．阅读下面的短文，把画线部分的句子翻译成英文或中文．
What do you think of your Chinese？ Is it good or bad？ 66． 如果你认为自己擅长汉语，你可以参加一个比赛．The competition is Chinese Characters Dictation Competition． 67． The competition has been popular among teenagers since last summer．
Today teenagers are using computers and smart phones． 68． Many of them lose themselves in digital products such as electronic dictionaries and computers to help with their study． Overuse of these tools will make students too lazy to think and write． 69． 有些学生甚至忘记了如何手写汉字． Teachers and parents are very worried about it． What can they do？
Such worries have brought about the popular TV show， Chinese Characters Dictation Competition， where middle school students stand on the stage to write down Chinese characters． 70． Over two hundred students from forty﹣six schools competed．
Chen Keyu， a Grade 8boy beat the other competitors． Can you be the next winner？
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Your body is special﹣no two people in the world are alike． Although you are different from everyone else， you have exactly the same body parts as the people around you， doing different jobs that keep all of us alive．
What is inside my head？
Your head houses the most valuable part of your body﹣your brain． As you are reading， your eyes send pictures to your brain which makes meaning from what you see． Your brain helps you to remember and think， and make sure your body is doing what it should．
What is my skin for？
Your skin covers your body． In most parts of your body， the skin is just as thick as half a centimeter． If you have your skin cut， it will have a quick cure and stop viruses（病毒）from entering your body． Your skin also helps you feel the heat and coldness of the environment around you． Hair grows from inside the skin． When you feel hot， extra heat comes out through your skin． As a result， your body temperature drops．
How do I move？
Muscles（肌肉）are found in most parts of your body． They work with your bones to help you a lot﹣whenever you cry or smile， eat or speak， walk or dance， etc．
Why do I breathe？
Your body needs to take in oxygen from the air and give out the unwanted carbon dioxide in the body． When you breathe， air comes through your nose and mouth into your lungs where oxygen flows to different parts of your body．
What does my heart do？
Your heart is a very special muscle． It is slightly bigger than your fist（拳头）and grows bigger as you do． If you place your hand on your heart， you will feel your heart beating which forces blood to move around your body．
46． Which part of your body helps you to remember and think？
A． Head．
B． Heart．
C． Skin．
47． The underlined word "houses" in the passage probably means ．
A． creates
B． stores
C． builds
48． If you have no skin covering your body， what would happen？
A． Our body can be guarded by our hair．
B． Viruses can't enter our body easily．
C． We can't feel the changes in temperature．
49． What is true fact about your body？
A． Your heart is not the same size from birth．
B． We take in carbon dioxide to stay alive．
C． Our muscles stop working when we nod．
50． Which is the best title for this passage？
A． What Your Body Needs
B． How Your Body Works
C． When Your Body Moves
Zombies（僵尸） are real! You meet them every day on the sidewalk． They walk slowly， with their heads down and they will not look at you． They are living in a different world， a world of the mobile phone!
Many people are complaining（抱怨） about these mobile phone zombies because they walk slowly， making it difficult for other people to use the sidewalk． Chongqing and a few other cities have come up with an idea to try to solve the problem． They've divided up sidewalks into lanes（线路）：one lane for mobile﹣zombies and one lane for everyone else． The experiment hasn't worked out too well， since most mobile﹣zombies don't even notice the lanes．
I have another suggestion for the problem． In Shanghai， we have blind paths． They are made of small raised tiles（凸起的瓷砖）that help blind people follow a straight line． Perhaps the same way could be used for mobile﹣zombies． A lane with a rough surface would allow people to concentrate on their mobile phones and still know they are walking in a straight line． Of course， I have a further suggestion． At the end of the lane would be a large hole where all the mobile﹣zombies would disappear into the center of the earth!
Well， I don't think my suggestion is going to be taken， but I don't think special lanes for mobile﹣zombies will work， either． I think it's just a better idea to remind（提醒） people that sidewalks are shared space and they should think of others when they are using their mobile phones．
（1）According to the passage， who are mobile phone zombies？
A． The people who always look here and there on the road．
B． The people who always play with mobile phones on the road．
C． The people who hate using mobile phones when they are walking on the road．
（2）Why has not the lane for mobile﹣zombies in Chongqing worked out well？
A． Because it is too expensive to walk on the lanes．
B． Because there are so few lanes in Chongqing．
C． Because few mobile﹣zombies notice the lanes in fact．
（3）The underlined word "rough" in Paragraph 3means " " in Chinese．
A． 粗糙的
B． 光滑的
C． 漂亮的
（4）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？
A． Shanghai has also built lanes for the mobile﹣zombies．
B． The writer's suggestion for the mobile﹣zombies was taken．
C． Mobile﹣zombies should think of others on the road．
（5）The passage may come from ．
A． a story
B． a newspaper
C． a notice
（Xinhua News）What kind of vehicle will you choose when traveling between provinces？ Many people may like traveling by train because it's safer and cheaper． Now the high﹣speed railways have connected eastern and western China as well as the south and the north．
A new high﹣speed railway opened on Sept． 10th， 2016． It connects Zhengzhou in Henan Province with Xuzhou in Jiangsu Province． With this railway， China's high﹣speed railways are over 20，000kilometers long． It is the world's longest and makes up 60percent of the world's total high﹣speed railway lines．
Besides length， China also does better in speed． China is the only country with trains running at 350kilometers an hour， such as the Beijing﹣Tianjin and Beijing﹣Shanghai high﹣speed railways．
With these surprising numbers， it is easy to forget that China wasn't the first in the high﹣speed rail game． Japan started 50years ago， while Germany did 20years ago． China only began to build its high﹣speed railways 14years ago．
China's high﹣speed railways are developing fast now． Behind it， there is the country's growing need for transportation． According to Xinhua News， China's high﹣speed trains gave 961million trips to people last year．
"The high﹣speed railways not only bridge the distance， but connect people， information and goods．" said Huang Xin， an official from the China Railway Corp．
Yet， China's building of high﹣speed railways is still going on． China plans to have 38，000kilometers of high﹣speed railway by 2025．
36． Why may many people like traveling between provinces by train according to the passage？
37． How long have China's high﹣speed railways been since Sept． 10th， 2016？
38． Which country is the first one to build the highspeed railways？
39． China's building of high﹣speed railways isn't still going on， is it？
40． If you want to go to Beijing for the coming summer holidays， what kind of vehicle will you choose？
A young queen was given a magic box by a wizard（男巫）． The box would bring happiness to the whole country whenever it was opened in a place full of the spirit of generosity（慷慨）．
The queen traveled all over the country， looking for the most generous people． If she collected them all， she would open the magic box． The queen felt disappointed because nothing special happened．
One day when the queen decided to return to her palace， she saw a poor little boy begging． She would like to give the boy some money， but she didn't have any with her． So the boy asked her if she could give him the old box． Then he could sell it for a little money． At first the queen hesitated（犹豫）， because she had been told the box had magical powers． But seeing how poor the boy was， she gave it to him． The boy took the box and opened it．
Immediately， all the most wonderful things one could imagine started flying out of the box and a voice said， "Why look for it in others？ Goodness always starts in yourself．"
While enjoying all the wonders of the magic box， the queen learned to set an example to others， and then became the best queen ever in history．
31． The young queen gave a magic box to a wizard．
32． The queen traveled all over the country to look for the most generous people．
33． From the story， we can learn that people should be generous．
34． According to the story， we can know that the boy and the wizard were good friends．
35． The queen became the best queen ever in history in the story．
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