Indonesians love to celebrate. They believe that celebrating and eating together brings good luck. Let’s party Indonesia-style.
Would you be surprised to find a New Year’s Day in March? Indonesians on the island of Bali are getting ready to ring in Nyepi, their New Year. It falls in March or April on the night of the new moon and is a symbol of a fresh start for the people and the island of Bali. On the eve of Nyepi, families and friends get together in the market. They carry a huge monster which is made of wood and other materials around the village three times. After that, people set it on fire, hoping to drive out evil (邪恶的) spirits.
After Nyepi, a Turun tanah ceremony begins in honor of a child’s first steps. At the Turun Tanah, parents invite friends and family to a party to introduce the baby. They put different objects such as a bracelet (手镯), pen, mirror or toy computer around their baby. If the baby picks up a pen, he or she may be a writer. A child who picks up a gold bracelet may be rich.
While Turun tanah celebrates the future of a family. Galungan celebrates its past. Ancestors who have died return ‘home’ during this ten-day celebration. And living relatives do their best to make them happy. Tall bamboo poles line the street. People attend the ceremonies and visit their family and village temples. Actors and dancers give performances that tell stories of good fighting against evil.
A year of festivals has come to an end. Don’t worry: next year, Indonesia will be buzzing (发出嗡嗡声) again with celebrations, so welcome to the party!
(1). What’s the theme (主题) of the passage?
| A． |
Celebrations. |
B． |
Feelings. |
C． |
Family. |
D． |
Health. |
(2). What do people do during Galungan? Check and choose the right answer.
①Watch performances. ②Discuss new babies’ future.
③Visit their family and village temples. ④Put the bamboo poles along the street.
⑤Carry a huge monster around the village.
| A． |
①②⑤ |
B． |
①③④ |
C． |
②③④ |
D． |
③④⑤ |
(3). Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A． |
The baby who picks up a pen may be a writer. |
| B． |
Nyepi usually comes after Turun tanah in Bali. |
| C． |
New Year’s Day in Indonesia begins in February. |
| D． |
People fire bamboo poles to drive away the monster. |
(4). Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?
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B． |
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C． |
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D． |
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(5). What is the writer’s purpose according to the passage?
| A． |
To welcome us to the festivals. |
B． |
To show us how to treat the ancestors. |
| C． |
To tell us how to hold the party. |
D． |
To teach us how to fight against the evil. |
We all know who Benjamin Franklin was. He was a very famous American statesman. He was also the first man to discover electricity. Franklin liked to study and to learn about new things. One day he heard from a friend that something black in colour holds the heat better than something white in colour. Franklin wanted to find out if this was true or not.
There was snow on the ground at the time. So he put two large pieces of cloth over the snow. One piece of cloth was black in colour, the other piece was white. Then he waited until the sun began to shine. After several hours he looked under the pieces of cloth and saw that the snow under the black cloth melted(融化) much faster than the snow under the white cloth. This proved to him that the black cloth held the heat better than the white cloth.
Soon after this, people began to wear white hats and white clothes during the summer because they were cooler.
Judge the following statements True (T) or False (F)Benjamin Franklin was only a scientist.
One day a friend of his told him something about the relation(关系) between colour and heat.
Something black in colour holds heat better than something white in colour.
This story happened in summer.
People wear white clothes in summer because they know it is cooler.
1.Our school is in the south of New York City. It’s not big but it’s clean and beautiful.
2.As we go into the school ,we can see there is a playground to our left and a small garden to our right. In the center of the school is our teaching building. When we go into the teaching building, we can see the Head Teacher’s Room on the left and the offices on the right. There are thirty-five classrooms and library in our school. The library has books on every subject.
3.We have to wear uniforms to school. Boys wear white shirts,blue trousers,black shoesand white scoks.Girls in Grade1-3 wear white shirts and blue skirts and girls in Grades4-6 wear white shirts and brown skirts.
4.Our head teacher teaches us maths. He is a very strict man. If we don’t obey the school rules, _______. But he is also very friendly. When we have problems, he always tries to help us.
5. Our other teachetrs teach us English, history and science. They are friendly, too. They gave us interesting lessons, check our homework carefully and often help us.
6.I like our school very much.在文中找出与下面所给句子意思最相近的一句话。
Our teaching building is in the middle of the school._____________________________________将第2段中画线的句子译成汉语。______________________________________________
回答问题
If Mary is in Grade 5 in the school, what color is her uniform skirt?________________________在第四段空线处填入一个适当的句子，使全句完整。______________________________
回答问题：
What does Paragraph 5 mainly talk about?_____________________________________
Practising yoga is a helpful, popular way to keep fit. It has many followers around the world. There are many kinds of yoga. You may have heard of “hot yoga” before. Now, in India, a new kind of yoga, water yoga, is becoming more and more popular among the local people.
In the city of Agra, people practice yoga in water. It is more difficult to practice yoga in water than on land. But practicing yoga in water can be good for your flexibility.(灵活性)
Harish, a lawyer, teaches people water yoga for free---- even the poor people can learn from him. “Water yoga can become more popular than other kind of yoga, because the body doesn’t get tired quickly,” he said. ”Everybody can learn to swim, but if they learn yoga at the same time, they will never feel tired.”
“The level of Oxygen(氧气) is very high in water, and you will not have any breathing problem,” he added.
Harish believes that water yoga really helps people to keep away from illness. He mainly trains children. He has classes at the swimming pool of a local sports room regularly. Many children are interested in it and come to learn from him.
“Harish is very good at performing yoga in water,” said Sudhir, a water yoga student. “He is teaching children free of cost and that is a very good thing.”What is Harish?
| A．A teacher | B．A lawyer |
| C． A doctor | D．A swimmer |
The underline phrase for free in the passage means _____
| A．快乐地 | B．自由地 |
| C．免费地 | D．规律地 |
Why is water yoga more popular than others?
A. Because you can learn to swim at the same time.
B. Because you don’t get tired so quickly.
C. Because it can keep people fat
D. Both A and B.There are more _____ than _____ in Harish’s yoga class.
| A．children; adults | B．adults; children |
| C．women; men | D．olds; adults |
What can be the best title of the passage?
| A． Ways to keep fit |
| B． Water yoga in India |
| C． Hot yoga in the world |
| D． Harish and his classes |
World War II lasted from1939 to 1945. Life changed for everybody, including women and children because of the war. Millions of people lost their lives during the war. The Diary of a young girl was a record of that time. The book was written by a girl named Anne Frank.
Anne Frank was born in Germany in June 1929. Because the German Nazis(纳粹) hated the Jew(犹太人) and wanted to kill them, her family had to move to another country. In July 1942, they went into hiding in a secret place in her father’s office. During that difficult time, Anne kept writing diaries until she and her family were discovered by Nazis in August 1944. They were caught and sent to a Nazis camp. The next year, her mother died. In the same year, she and her elder sister died of illness, before the war ended.
After the war, her father collected her diaries and the book The diary of a young girl came out in 1947. It has been read by people all over the world. In her diary, Anne wrote down her thoughts, her feelings, her hopes and her dreams for the future, “I want the diary to be my friend, and I’m going to call this friend KITTY.” “I can’t spend all day complaining because it’s impossible to have any fun!...Every day, I feel the beauty of nature and the goodness of the people around me. With all that, why should I be sad?”
The diary of a young girl has also become a symbol of the greatness of the human spirit. It is called one of the wisest and most moving records on war.In which year did Anne die of illness?
| A．in 1939 | B．in 1942 |
| C．in 1944 | D．in 1945 |
According to the passage, KITTY is _____ .
| A．her diary | B．her elder sister |
| C．her mother | D．her hiding place |
Which of the following is true?
| A．Anne was lazy, sad and complained all day |
| B．The book is mainly about Anne’s school life |
| C．Anne loved life though she was in difficult time. |
| D．The book has been put into nearly 30 languages |
Where did Anne hide?
| A．in her father’s office | B．in a library |
| C．in church | D．on a farm |
From the passage, we can infer(推断) ______?
| A．Anne was born in Germany |
| B．Anne was a Jew |
| C．Anne’s father collected the diaries |
| D．Anne was a Nazis |
My Favourite Sweater
by Bonnie Highsmith Taylor
My favourite sweater grew too small.
I love that sweater best of all.
My grandma made it when I was three.
She made that sweater just for me.
I picked the yarn(纱线), a special blue.
The color of bluebells, wet with dew（露珠）
When I was three I was very small
But now I’m five and much too tall
I have a new jacket now that’s green
So I gave my sweater to our cat Queen.
Queen just had kittens out in the shed (小屋)
My favourite sweater is now their bed. Who is the writer of the poem?
| A．The grandma | B．Miss Taylor |
| C．Mrs Taylor | D．Queen |
The girl in this poem is _____ years old now.
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．6 |
Whose name is Queen?
| A．The girl’s | B．Her grandma’s |
| C．Her mother’s | D．The cat’s |
What color is the girl’s new jacket?
| A． green | B． blue |
| C． red | D． purple |
The word kitten in this poem most probably means ______?
| A．a kind of food | B．a baby cat |
| C．a kind of drink | D．a bed for a baby |
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