The traditional holiday is the most important...

The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both home and abroad.

United Kingdom

Celebrations for Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002. Every new year, people get together and have a lot of activities. They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema.

United States

Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year. It is a good chance for people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture and values.

Australia

The Chinese new year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Many people come to Sydney's Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne. They enjoy fireworks,　 lion dances,　 dragon boat races and many other traditional activities.　 The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non-Chinese.

Singapore

The family dinner on new year's eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past. Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition.

1.Celebrations for Spring Festival in the UK started in　 .

A. 1890　　　　　　 B. 1980　　　　　　 C. 2000　　　　　　 D. 2002

2.At Spring Festival, American Chinese join in a large evening party to.

A. say hello to the new year

B. refuse a good chance

C. tell others they are alone

D. share different cultures

3.Chinese in Australia enjoy the following activities except .

A. fireworks　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. lion dances

C. bridges　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. dragon boat races

4.In Singapore, Chinese families don't hold the new year dinner at a restaurant but at

home because .

A. they were born in Singapore

B. they moved there from other places

C. the restaurant is far away

D. they want to keep Chinese tradition

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Wolves are important animals in the traditions and stories of most Native American tribes. To Native Americans, wolves often represent bravery. The animals also are signs of strength, loyalty, and success at hunting. Other cultures--such as the ancient Celtic and Nordic peoples-also placed high value on wolves.

However, from the wolves in horror films to the wolves in children’s stories, wolves get a bum rap(不公正的惩罚) in both literature and English expressions.

To begin with, there is the term lone wolf. The lone wolf isn’t a bad person. But they like to do things on their own. However, the term can mean something less than desirable. Lone wolf makes you think the person doesn’t want to be around people because he or she dislikes them.

Now, let’s move on to the home.

Parents might criticize their children for wolfing down their food. In other words, the child eats very quickly and without care. And if someone says a child was raised by wolves, that child has bad manners and is behaving like a wild animal. A wolf at the door means someone to whom you owe money is waiting just outside your door.

By the way, there are two popular wolf-related expressions that come from Aesop, the ancient Greek storyteller.

The first is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. A wolf in sheep’s clothing describes someone who acts and looks nice on the outside but is bad on the inside.

Aesop’s other wolf fable also involves a shepherd, but not a hardworking one. He is known as the boy who cried wolf. People who cry wolf are not trusted. People are so familiar with this story, you simply have to say cry wolf for them to know what you mean.

1.According to the passage, which group of people may think wolves are bad animals?

A. The ancient Nordic people　　 B. The ancient Celtic people

C. Native Americans　　 D. The English people

2.Which of the following can describe a person who often acts alone?

A. A wild wolf　　 B. A lone wolf

C. A wolf at the door　　 D. A wolf in sheep’s clothing

3.What may you probably mean by saying someone cries wolf?

A. The person is selfish　　 B. The person is a liar

C. The person is stubborn　　 D. The person is a troublemaker

4.What is the passage mainly about?

A. Stories about wolves

B. The research on wolves

C. Expressions about wolves

D. The cultural differences about wolves

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The most important holiday in spring, especially for Christians, is Easter. This Christian holiday is not on the same date every year，but it’s always on a 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 colored 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’ resurrection（复活）from the dead. Most people color Easter eggs. Some people hide them. 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 (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 hit 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 colorful eggs.

1.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

2.To celebrate Easter, people ___________.

A．go shopping, hide colored eggs and children hunt for them

B．give Easter baskets filled candy and goodies to one another

C．buy new clothes, hide colored eggs and children look for them around the house

D．both B and C

3.For Christians the more important thing to do on Easter is________.

A．going to church to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection

B．buying new clothes

C．eating delicious food and paint color eggs

D．exchange beautiful gifts each other

4.People from different cultures have different ideas about Easter egg _________.

A．In both American and Belgium, children hunt for Easter eggs hidden in rooms and in bushes

B．In Belgium, the hidden eggs are thought to have fallen from doorbells

C．In American, children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny

D．In America, the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from doorbells

5.In some places of Austria, children sing from door to door for_______.

A．blesses                               B．Easter eggs

C．candy and goodies                      D．Easter bunny

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The most important holiday in spring, especially for Christians, is Easter. This Christian holiday is not on the same date every year，but it’s always on a 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 colored 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’ resurrection（复活）from the dead. Most people color Ester eggs. Some people hide them. 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 (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 hit 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 colorful eggs.

1.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

2.To celebrate Easter, people ___________.

A．go shopping, hide colored eggs and children hunt for them

B．give Easter baskets filled candy and goodies to one another

C．buy new clothes, hide colored eggs and children look for them around the house

D．both B and C

3.For Christians the more important thing to do on Easter is________.

A．going to church to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection  B．buying new clothes

C．eating delicious food and paint color eggs     D．exchange beautiful gifts each other

4.In some places of Austria, children sing from door to door for_______.

A．blesses           B．Easter eggs        C．candy and goodies   D．Easter bunny

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The most important holiday in spring, especially for Christians, is Easter. This Christian holiday is not on the same date every year，but it’s always on a 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 colored 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’ resurrection（复活）from the dead. Most people color Ester eggs. Some people hide them. 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 (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 hit 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 colorful eggs.

56. 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

57. To celebrate Easter, people ___________.

A. go shopping, hide colored eggs and children hunt for them

B. give Easter baskets filled candy and goodies to one another

C. buy new clothes, hide colored eggs and children look for them around the house

D. both B and C

58. For Christians the more important thing to do on Easter is________.

A. going to church to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection

B. buying new clothes

C. eating delicious food and paint color eggs

D. exchange beautiful gifts each other

59. People from different cultures have different ideas about Easter egg _________.

A. In both American and Belgium, children hunt for Easter eggs hidden in rooms and in bushes

B. In Belgium, the hidden eggs are thought to have fallen from doorbells

C. In American, children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny

D. In America, the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from doorbells

60. In some places of Austria, children sing from door to door for_______.

A. blesses      B. Easter eggs     C. candy and goodies     D. Easter bunny

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Learning Chinese could be one of the most important decisions you ever make. Chinese is becoming the language to learn in the 21st century. With the world’s largest population and a rapidly growing middle class, China stands to become the engine of the world’s economy in the coming years. This will make learning Chinese very important for people in many industries, or for those of us who wish to visit China or learn from its culture and history.

There is an ongoing effort to modernize the writing system and standardize the language. An increasing number of people learning Chinese are learning the Mandarin, so unless you absolutely need to learn another dialect (such as Cantonese), be sure you are studying Mandarin.

For native English speakers Chinese is one of the most difficult and most different languages to learn. The vocabulary is wholly unfamiliar and unlike anything we know. In addition, in the Chinese tone system, words are spoken in rising or falling tones, which help to distinguish between them. Furthermore, there is the Chinese writing system--- a collection of thousands of individual ideograms (表意文字), or symbols, which represent a word or an idea. These ideograms have no phonetic value---that is to say, we can’t tell how the word is pronounced by how it is written. There is a method to present written Chinese in a phonetic script called pinyin. If you are learning Chinese, you’ll be working with this pinyin system, but the beauty of the traditional writing system shouldn’t be passed up. All these factors make learning Chinese difficult for us. Yet, for a determined learner, there’s always a way to overcome it.

1.Learning Chinese is becoming more and more important, because ______.

A. Chinese engines are very welcome

B. China has the world’s largest population

C. there are more and more rich people in China

D. China has become important to the world economy

2.From the text we can learn that ___________.

A. the author thinks Chinese is as difficult as English

B. the author is interested in the Chinese language and its culture

C. foreign languages can play a great role in industrial development

D. as long as the pinyin system is learned well, one can learn Chinese well

3.The last paragraph mainly tells us about ____________.

A. the difficulties of learning Chinese

B. the advantages of learning Chinese

C. the Chinese tone system

D. the Chinese writing system

4.What would be probably written following this text?

A. The sources of Chinese characters.

B. The importance of learning Chinese.

C. The advice on how to learn Chinese.

D. The difficulties of learning other languages.

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The 4th of July is the most important holiday in the United States, for it reminds us of the famous day in 1776. When the Americans declared their independence, congress made the declaration in Philadelphia, and that night in the city there were joyful celebrations which soon became nationwide. Even since, the 4th of July has been marked in the American calendar as Independence Day, and there are parades and festivities of all kinds.

The Declaration of Independence drawn up by Thomas Jefferson is one of the most important documents ever published, and it dropped like a bombshell（ 意外事件） on the western world. Here is a sentence which shook the ruling classes of Europe, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed ( 赋予)by their Creator with certain unalienable(不可剥夺的) rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

1. When did the Americans declare their independence?

A. The fourth of July, 1776..        B. The fourth of June, 1794.

C. The first of July, 1767.          D. The first of June, 1756

2. By whom was The Declaration of Independence drawn up?

A. George Washington.          B. Benjamin Franklin.

C. Thomas Jefferson            D. Abraham Lincoln.

3. Which of the following most generally summarizes the Declaration of Independence?

A. Equality.                 B. Liberty

C. The pursuit of happiness.    D. All of the above.

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The most important holiday in spring， especially for Christians （基督徒）,is Easter. This Christian holiday is not on the same date every year， but it’s always on a 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 colored 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’ resurrection （复活） from the dead.

Most people color them. Some people hide them. 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， red Easter eggs are lucky in churches； Bulgarian families also hit 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 colorful eggs.

1.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

2.To celebrate Easter，people ___________.

A. go shopping， hide colored eggs and children hunt for them

B. give Easter baskets filled candy and goodies to one another

C. buy new clothes， hide colored eggs and children look for them around the house

D. both B and C

3.For Christians the more important thing to do on Easter is________.

A. buying new clothes

B. going to church to celebrate Jesus’ resurrection

C. eating delicious food and paint color eggs

D. exchange beautiful gifts each other

4.People from different cultures have different ideas about Easter egg， _________.

A. In both American and Belgium， children hunt for Easter eggs hidden in rooms and in bushes

B. In American, children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny

C. In Belgium, the hidden eggs are thought to have fallen from doorbells

D. In America, the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from doorbells

5. In some places of Austria, children sing from door to door for_______.

A. blesses　　　　　　　　　　 B. Easter eggs

C. candy and goodies　　　　 D. Easter bunny

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B

Carnival (狂欢节) is the most famous holiday in Brazil. It is not about an important time in history or about a famous person, but it is important for the people because it’s a time of friendship, freedom, and almost a whole week without work. People can have parties or have a rest, and most people choose parties, day after day, night after night. It starts forty days before Easter (复活节). It lasts four days and four nights. It starts on Saturday and finishes on Wednesday. People wear their colourful clothes and go out into the streets or to the clubs. There are also groups of people who make a parade (游行) showing their music and cars. Every year the parade tells a different story. Each city has at least one group like this.

In the south, life returns to normal by Wednesday. However, it is not accepted by the church in the northwest, where Carnival is more common. There people don’t respect its end and continue to have parties until the next Sunday.

I like Carnival, but I don’t agree that the party should keep going on for so many days. Unfortunately, some people aren’t responsible and give it a bad name, and that makes people remember the bad things about this. However, it is the only national holiday that brings together the whole country and its different people and cultures.

1.Why is Carnival important for the people in Brazil?

A. Because it’s a time of friendship and freedom.

B. Because it’s about an important time in history.

C. Because it’s a time of almost a whole month without work.

D. Because it’s a time to remember a famous person.

2.People choose ways to celebrate Carnival EXCEPT_____________.

A. having parties　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. having a rest

C. making a parade　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. going shopping

3.In the following descriptions of Carnival, which one is NOT true?

A. It starts forty days before Easter.

B. It starts on Saturday and finishes on Thursday.

C. There are groups of people who make a parade showing their music and cars.

D. Every year the parade tells a different story.

4.What does the author think of Carnival?

A. The author doesn’t care for Carnival.

B. The author never joins in Carnival.

C. The author does not like Carnival.

D. The author likes Carnival, but he doesn’t agree the party goes on so many days.

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The Spring Festival is one of the most important festivals in China. During the Festival,

Chinese people have many activities. They paste up Spring Festival couplets(舂联) , greeting the New Year and saying ________to the old year. On the first day of the Spring Festival, people ____, wearing new clothes. Nowadays, children get ______ pockets from their parents and their relatives by web chat. It is a good time for people to visit relatives and friends. More importantly, the Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in___________parts of the world.

The Spring Festival was ______ in the UK from 1980. Every new year, people also get together and have lots of activities. They sing songs, dance_______music, share photos with　 friends or watch_________in the cinema. Additionally, the Spring Festival has become a key time

for Chinese living in the US. They________in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year. The Chinese New Year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Thousands of people come to Sydney's Chinatown. They enjoy fireworks(烟花，焰火) and lion dances. The family dinner on New Year's Eve is an important tradition for Chinese________they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They usually hold it at_________because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition.

1.A. yes　　 B. goodbye　　 C. no

2.A. hang up　　 B. hang back　　 C. hang out

3.A. green　　 B. golden　　 C. red

4.A. other　　 B. others　　 C. another

5.A. congratulated　　 B. celebrated　　 C. happened

6.A. on　　 B. in　　 C. to

7.A. TV　　 B. matches　　 C. movies

8.A. put　　 B. join　　 C. live

9.A. if　　 B. weather　　 C. whether

10.A. home　　 B. outdoors　　 C. restaurant

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