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The Spring Festival is the biggest festival for Chinese people all around the world. The celebration usually lasts for 15 days or so. There is a lot to do.

On the eve of the Spring Festival, family members get together and have big meals. Their favorites dish on this day is dumplings. Days before the Spring Festival, families will clean their houses. People think cleaning sweeps away bad luck . It makes the house read good luck.

The colour red is everywhere during the Spring Festival. People think red is a happy colour and will bring them a bright future. People wear red, too. They decorate their houses with pieces of red paper. Kids get a lot of "hongbao". It is a red paper bag with money in it. Usually, older people give younger ones "hongbao" They think it brings good luck. The Spring Festival is the time to make everybody happy. So don't say any bad words or do anything that will bring unhappiness to other people.

For instance, you'd better not say any bad words like "death". Don't break anything. People think that it means your luck is running out. Also, don't borrow or lend money on these days. If you have borrowed money, return it before the Spring Festival.

1. What do most people do on the eve of the Spring

Festival?

A. Family members gather for a big meal.

B. Friends eat dumplings together.

C. They borrow money from friends.

D. They give each other "hongbao".

2. Which of the following things is NOT supposed to happen during the Spring Festival?

A. Returning money before the Spring Festival.

B. Saying words that have something to do with"death".

C . Wearing red clothes.

D. Decorating houses with red paper.

3. The underlined phrase "running out" probably means"__________ "

A．进来 B．打碎

C．耗尽 D．离开

4. We can tell from the passage that the Spring Festival

is ___________.

A. a time of harvest and fun

B. celebrated for a whole month

C. a time to see Santa Claus

D. a time for Chinese families to get together

B

The most important holiday in Sping , especially for Christians [ 基督教 ], is Easter .This Christian holiday Is not on the same date every year , but it is always on Sunday . It can be any Sunday . It can be any Sunday Between March 22 and April 25 . Many people celebrate Easter by

buying new Clothes . Children celebrate by hunting for coloured eggs that their parents have hidden around the house. People also give Easter baskets filled with candy and other goodies to one another to celebrate the day.

But the holiday is more than new clothes and good things to eat. On Easter, many people go to church to celebrate Jesus' coming to life from the dead.

Most people colour Easter eggs. Some people hidethem. Others just eat them . But no matter what one does with Easter eggs , they are an important Easter tradition throughout the Western world.

People from many different cultures celebrate Easter. In both America and Belgium, children look for Easter eggs hidden on lawns and in bushes . In America , children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny (复活节兔子) . But in Belgium , the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from church Bells . In Bulgaria (保加利亚) , red Easter eggs are lucky in churches; Bulgarian families also crash these Easter eggs together to see whose is the strongest. The winner looks forward to good fortune that year. Still dozens of other Easter traditions exist . In parts of Austria , for example , children sing from door to door and are rewarded with colourful eggs.

Easter comes __________.

A．on the same date every year

B. on Sunday on March 22

C. on Sunday on April 25

D. on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25

6. To celebrate Easter, people_________. .

A. go shopping, hide coloured eggs and children hunt

for them

B. give Easter baskets filled with candy and goodies

to one another.

C. buy new clothes,-hide coloured eggs and children

look for them around the house

D. both B and C

7. For Christians the more important thing to do on

Easter is _________ .

A. buying new clothes

B. going to church to celebrate Jesus' coming to

life from the dead .

C. eating delicious food and painting eggs

D. exchanging beautiful gifts with each other

8. The underlined word "crash" in Para. 4 could best

be replaced by " _________ ".

A bring B. hit C. come D. go

C

We couldn't forget the historic and exciting moment on Oct.11,2012 when the first Chinese Nobel laureate, Mo Yan, won the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature ( 文学). Minutes after the award was announced ,millions of Chinese expressed their pleasure and pride for Mo Yan on the Internet . So a Chinese getting the Nobel Prize for Literature did really increase the national pride. On Dec . 11 (Monday) in Sweden Mo was given the Nobel diploma (证书) , medal and a document proving the prize amount. In his speech at the ceremony, Mo said receiving the prize felt like a fairy tale , but of course it was true that literature was useless compared with science ,but its greatest use was “it being useless".

Mo's winning filled the blank left by Chinese literature in the world literary history. At the same time, Monday's Nobel Awards Ceremony set off another buying rush on Mo's works among Chinese readers .

9. Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize for _________ .

A Chemistry B. Literature

C. Peace D. Physics

10 . Which of the following words can best describe Chinese people's feeling when hearing the news?

A． Calm. B. Relaxed.

C. Proud. D. Indifferent.

11. The underlined word "laureate" in Paragraph 1

most probably means _________ .

A．loser B. winner

C. fan D. superstar

12. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. It was hard for Mo Yan to believe he was

awarded the prize.

B. Mo Yan thinks literature is useless.

C. Mo Yan was given the Nobel diploma, medal and

a document.

D. Mo Yan's works were more popular after his

receiving the prize.

D

Habits , whether good or bad , are gradually formed . When a person does a certain thing again , he is driven by some unseen force to do the same thing repeatedly , and then a habit is formed Once a habit is formed , it is difficult , and sometimes impossible, to get rid of . It is therefore very important that we should pay great attention to the formation of habits . Children often form bad habits , some of which remain with them as long as' they live . Older persons also form bad habits lasting as long as they live , and sometimes become ruined by them .

There are other habits which , when formed in early life, are of great help. Many successful men say that much of their success has something to do with certain habits in early life, such as early rising, honesty and so on.

Among the habits which children should not form are laziness , lying , stealing and so on . These are all easily formed habits. Unluckily older persons often form habits which could have been avoided.

We should keep away from all these bad habits , and try to form such habits as will be good for ourselves and others.

13. ________ are formed little by little.

A. Good habits

B. Bad habits

C. Both good habits and bad habits

D. Either good habits or bad habits

14. The underlined word "them" in the first paragraph

refers to "________".

A. bad habits B. good habits

C. bad children D. other persons

15. Why should we pay much attention to the formation

of habits?

A. Because a man can never get rid of a habit.

B. Because we are forced to do them again and again

C. Because habits are of great help to every one of us at present.

D. Because it's hard and sometimes even impossible

to throw away bad habits.

16. According to the passage, early rising _________ .

A．has something to do with success

B. is an easily formed habit

C. is such a habit as should have been avoided

D. is such a habit as won't be kept

E

One day an old woman was travelling alone in the mountains . Suddenly she saw something shining in the stream. When she came close, she found it was a precious stone . She put the stone into her bag and went on with her trip .

The next day the old woman met a young man, who was also a traveler in the mountains .The young man looked very hungry, so the old woman opened her bag to share her food. The hungry traveler saw the precious stone and asked carefully, "The stone is beautiful. Would you like to give it to me?"

"Sure. Why not?" the woman said, and handed the stone to him.

The young man left happily with the stone. He knew it was worth enough to give him security for a lifetime. But a few days later he came back to return the stone to the woman.

I've been thinking," he said. "I know how valuable the stone is, but I give it back and hope that you can give me something even more precious. Give me what you have within your bag."

The woman opened her bag. It was almost empty. She looked at the young man and smiled, “I have nothing special in my bag, but I do have something precious-the joy of giving! "

The young man felt ashamed and left silently.

17. How did the young man find the precious stone?

A. He found it in his food.

B. He dug it out in a valley.

C. He saw it in the old woman's bag.

D. He noticed it shining in the stream.

18. What does the underlined word " security " in

Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Money. B. Worry.

C. Health. D. Trouble.

19. The man returned the stone to the woman because____________.

A. he found the stone was not precious

B. he understood the real meaning of joy

C. he felt embarrassed at taking away the stone

D. he wanted to get something even more precious

20. Which of the following would be the best title the

passage?

A. A Special Stone

B. The Joy of Giving

C. An Old Wo