Spring is a good time for kite flying -- a po...

Spring is a good time for kite flying -- a popular activity in China. On a sunny day with a good breeze(微风), you'll see hundreds of colorful kites flying in the sky. They have all kinds of shapes like swallows and peaches. Some of the shapes have special meanings. For example, swallows mean good luck and peaches bring you a long life.

The city of Weifang in Shandong is the home of the kite. The city holds an international kite festival in April every year. There are competitions for kite-flying skills and new styles of kites. The most famous is the competition for the "Kite King ". Thousands of kite fans from more than 30 countries visit the city to take part in the competitions, or to just enjoy this colorful event(事件).

The largest kite in the world is a big "octopus (章鱼)". It's about 1,100 square meters, twice as big as a basketball court. Li Jingyang, a kite fan in Jilin, spent eight months making it in 2008.

The kite was invented by Chinese people over 2,000 years ago. According to historical (历史的) record, kites were first used by soldiers to send news to their friends. In the Tang Dynasty, flying kites became a popular game played by everyone.

As it was introduced to the West in the ll00s, the kite brought a great influence(影响) on Western life.

In 1782, the lightning rod (避雷针) was invented with the help of a kite. Modern aircraft came from kites, too. At the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, a board reads: "The earliest man-made aircrafts were the kites and missiles (投射武器) of ancient China."

1. What activity is very popular in spring?

A. Eating peaches.   B. Feeding swallows.    C. Flying kites.        D. Going to competitions.

2. What do people hope for when flying kites shaped like swallows?

A. Good luck.        B. A long life.         C. A lot of money.      D. Good health.

3.Why do thousands of people visit the city of Weifang in April every year?

A. Because they enjoy this colorful event.

B. Because of the beauty of Weifang.

C. Because they have new styles of kites.

D. Because they are the winners of the “Kite King”.

4. When did Chinese people invent the kite?

A. In 2008.      B. In 1782.         C. About 1000 years ago.  D. Over 2000 years ago.

5.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A. The largest kite is three times as big as a basketball court.

B. In the Qing Dynasty, flying kites became a popular game played by everyone.

C. People invented kites to help swallows fly.

D. People got the idea of inventing the lightning rod from kites.

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Spring is a good time for kite flying -- a popular activity in China. On a____day, you’ll see colorful kites____in the sky. They have all kinds of____like swallows and peaches. Some of them have____meanings. For example, swallows mean good luck and peaches bring you a long life.

The city of Weifang in Shandong is the home of the kite. The city____an international kite festival in April every year. There are competitions for kite-flying skills and new styles of kites. The most famous is the____for the “Kite King”. Thousands of kite fans from____30 countries take part in the competitions, or to just enjoy this colorful event.

The____kite in the world is a big “octopus”. It’s about 1,100 square meters,____as big as a basketball court. Li Jingyang, a kite fan in Jilin,___eight months making it in 2008.

The kite was invented by Chinese people over 2,000 years____. According to historical record, kites were first used by soldiers to send news to their friends. In the Tang Dynasty, flying kites became a popular game for everyone.

___it spread to the West in the 1100s, the kite has had a great influence____Western life.

In 1782, the lightning rod (避雷针) was____with the help of a kite. Modern aircraft came from kites, too. At the National Air and Space Museum in Washington DC, a board reads,“The earliest man-made aircrafts were the____and missiles(投射武器) of ancient China.”

1.A. snowy　　 B. sunny　　 C. cloudy　　 D. rainy

2.A. flying　　 B. jumping　　 C. singing　　 D. climbing

3.A. animals　　 B. fruits　　 C. shapes　　 D. colors

4.A. strange　　 B. special　　 C. surprising　　 D. successful

5.A. holds　　 B. visits　　 C. makes　　 D. joins

6.A. festival　　 B. celebration　　 C. performance　　 D. competition

7.A. rather than　　 B. other than　　 C. more than　　 D. much than

8.A. fattest　　 B. largest　　 C. nicest　　 D. heaviest

9.A. two　　 B. twice　　 C. second　　 D. second time

10.A. cost　　 B. paid　　 C. took　　 D. spent

11.A. later　　 B. since　　 C. ago　　 D. yet

12.A. Before　　 B. Until　　 C. Since　　 D. Though

13.A. on　　 B. to　　 C. for　　 D. at

14.A. discovered　　 B. invented　　 C. introduced　　 D. welcomed

15.A. fireworks　　 B. lanterns　　 C. kites　　 D. wings

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Any time of the day you can devote to exercising is a good time for getting active,but if you want to make a healthy fitness plan, it may be helpful to keep several points in mind and find out the best time to exercise.

First, try to know what kind of person you are. Especially, are you an early bird who always wakes up early in the morning, or a night owl(猫头鹰)who almost never goes to bed before midnight? Once you are generally aware of what your sleep characteristics are,you will understand better when your body needs exercise, either early in the morning,sometime during the day, or later on in the evening.

Second, consider your daily plan. When do you seem to be most busy, and when do you plan your most important tasks? Try to fit in your exercise before or at least around these events if possible, so that you can keep exercising and your life won't be affected(影响)as well.

Third, think about when you feel you have the most energy. For most people, that time is usually in the morning after a good night's rest, or after a long day of work. After a busy or much stressful day, exercising can reduce your working stress from hard work.

Lastly, find out the place you plan to do exercise. Your house provides exercise at any time if you own fitness equipment(设备)，but if there is a gym(健身房)down the street or along the way home from work, it will make it more suitable for you to exercise.

More importantly, you need to make a plan and try sticking to it for one week. If you do so and can get through the exercise without being pulled in another direction, make it a habit. And once you have set up your fitness plan, don't make any great changes to it unless your doctor allows you to.

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I had a good time in the park ________my parents taught me how to fly a kite.

A.if B.but C.or D.because

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_____Spring Festival is _____ good time for expressing wishes and passing joy.

A. /; /　　　　　　　 B. /; a　　　　　　　　 C. The; /　　　　　　　　 D. The; a

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One windy spring day, I noticed young people having fun using the wind to fly their kites. Colorful creations of different shapes and sizes filled the skies like beautiful birds flying and dancing. As the strong winds blew against the kites, a string kept them in control.

Instead of blowing away with the wind, they rose against it to achieve great heights. They shook and pulled, but the restraining (控制的) string and the cumbersome (笨重的) tail kept them in control, facing upward and against the wind. As the kites struggled against the string, they seemed to say, “Let me go! Let me go! I want to be free!” They rose beautifully even when they fought the restriction of the string. Finally, one of the kites succeeded in breaking loose(松散的). “Free at last,” it seemed to say. “Free to fly with the wind.”

Yet freedom(自由) simply put it in the control of an unkind wind. It fell down to the ground and landed in a mass of weeds and string against a dead bush. “Free at last”, free to lie powerlessly in the dirt, to be blown helplessly along the ground, and to stop lifelessly against the first obstacle (障碍物).

How much like kites we sometimes are. The Heaven gives us adversity (逆境) and rules, rules to follow from which we can grow and get strength. Some of us break away from the rules so hard that we never reach the heights we might get to. We keep part of the rules and never rise high enough to get our tails off the ground.

Let us each rise to the great heights, knowing that some of the rules that we may be angry about are in fact the strong force that helps us achieve.

1.Why does the writer write the first paragraph?

A. Because it was the first time that he had seen young people flying kites.

B. Because he wants to share his feelings in nature with the readers.

C. Because he wants to tell the readers how to make beautiful kites.

D. Because he wants to use readers’ similar life experience to understand the article better.

2.By writing the second and third paragraphs, the writer seems to let the readers know__________.

A. anyone who wants no restraints is sure to be a sad end

B. what a pity it is that one kite flew down to the ground

C. man with freedom can’t be like that kite which fell down

D. the unkind wind is the cause of the fallen kite’s failure

3.What does the underlined word “restriction” in the second paragraph probably mean?

A. 束缚    B. 放纵    C. 摇摆    D. 牵引

4.In the writer’s opinion, ____________.

A. without restrictions and rules we can make endless progress

B. kites are good examples to those who want to get freedom

C. restrictions are necessary for us human beings

D. we don’t need any freedom at all

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Most people have flown a kite or have seen one fly in strong spring wind. 1. The ancient Chinese were making and flying kites even before they were writing. A long time ago, the Chinese made kites to be used in wars. 2. The kites were fixed so that they made sounds. 3. They thought those strange sounds were made by the god in the sky. The ancient Chinese also flew kites to bring good luck and to make their crops grow rich and tall. 4. Then they would fly the kites over water, letting the hooks(钩子)hang down to catch fish. 5. Some of these kites look like animals or birds, others look like trees or houses.

A. The Chinese use sticks, strings and paper for their kites.

B. Not so many people know that kites were first made in China thousands of years ago.

C. Men who were at war with them would hear these sounds and ran away.

D. They would fly these war kites in the dark.

E. Sometimes they tied long strings(绳子)and hooks to their kites.

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Spring is an inviting season for outdoor activities. But be careful—the warm weather is also a hotbed for viruses(病毒) and disease.

This March, the influenza(流行性感冒) A(H7N9) virus hit Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It was reported that by April 11 at least 35 people had been infected (被感染的) with the H7N9 virus, and nine of them had died.

The influenza A (H7N9) virus is one type of influenza A H7 viruses. Influenza A H7 viruses normally spread among birds.

This is the first time human infections with H7N9 viruses have been reported in China. Earlier reports were about H5N1 and H1N1.

All the three viruses are influenza A viruses but they are not the same. H7N9 and H5N1 are animal influenza viruses that could infect people. However, H1N1 viruses can be divided into two groups. One group can normally infect people and the other normally infects animals. Also, H1N1 can spread from human to human, but H7N9 probably can’t, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Most people infected with H7N9 looked like they had the common flu. Some people had bad pneumonia(肺炎). They suffered from a fever, a cough and shortness of breath.

But don’t be afraid – it is not easy to be infected with the virus. One of the possible reasons is close contact with sick poultry (家禽) waste. People may also be infected through breath, according to National Health and Family Planning Commission.

Here are some tips from the WHO that can protect you from being infected.

Wash your hands with soap and running water before you eat, after you use the toilet, and after touching animals or animal waste.

When coughing or sneezing cover your mouth and nose with a mask(口罩)，tissue(纸巾) or a sleeve.

Get a good rest and do exercises, which will help make your body strong enough to stand up to the virus.

1.What’s the name of the influenza virus that hit Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangsu and Zhejiang this March?

A．It is the H7N9 virus.                      B．It is the H5N1 virus.

C．It is the H1N1 virus.                      D．It is A H7 virus.

2.How many people had died by April 11according to the report?

A．About 35.                             B．About 9.

C．About 44.                             D．Nobody had died.

3.What’s the Chinese meaning for “stand up to” in the last paragraph?

A．起立             B．站着             C．抵抗             D．向上

4.Which is NOT true about protecting us from being infected by animal influenza viruses?

A．Wash our hands with soap and running water before we eat, after we use the toilet, and after touching animals or animal waste.

B．When we cough or sneeze we should cover our mouths and noses with a mask，tissue or a sleeve.

C．We should get a good rest and do exercises to make our bodies strong enough.

D．We should try to eat much and sleep much as possible as we can.

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It’s sunny and windy today. It’s the best time 　　　　　 a kite.

A. to fly　　 B. fly　　 C. flying　　 D. flies

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-How time flies! Three years 　　　　　　 since we came to this school,

-Yes,it　　　　　　 a good memory.

A. have passed; is　　　　 B. has passed: is

C. pass; has been　　　　 D. passed; was

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