Autumn festivals Passage 1

　　阅读理解一

　　The Real Chinese Food

　　In China, there're many different kinds of food. Some of them are very popular. The real Chinese food is dumplings. Now let's talk about them,OK?

　　Everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of dumplings. Some have meat and vegetables in them, others have sugar, eggs and so on. I like dumplings with vegetables and pork better than any other kind.

　　Usually people make dumplings at home. If you have no time to make them, you can buy them from any supermarket. Then you take them home and eat them with vinegar.

　　The Spring Festival is very important in China. When it comes, we make dumplings, usually we put a coin in a dumpling. If one eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he will be lucky in the year.

　　In the old days, people couldn't often eat dumplings, because they were very poor. Now our country is becoming stronger and stronger, and our people are richer and richer. We can eat them very often.

　　Now tell me, do you like dumplings?

　　Welcome to China, we'll invite you to eat the real Chinese food dumplings.

　　注释

　　1、sugar n.糖

　　2、and so on等等

　　3、The Spring Festival春节

　　4、coin n.硬币根据短文内容选择正确答案

　　()1In China, the real Chinese food is .

　　A. noodlesB. dumplingsC. mooncakesD. vegetables

　　()2The writer likes dumplings with best.

　　A. meatB. seafood

　　C. vegetables and porkD. vegetables

　　()3You can buy dumplings from the supermarket when.

　　A. you have timeB. you are tired

　　C. you are busyD. you are hungry

　　()4The word"vinegar" in the sentence means .

　　A.糖B.酱油C.辣椒D.醋

　　()5Which of the sentence is NOT true?

　　A. The Chinese like dumplings very much.

　　B. If one eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he will be lucky in the year.

　　C. In the old days, people often eat dumplings because thay are poor.

　　D. Now people are richer and they often eat dumplings.

　　Passage 2阅读理解二

　　Before you go to another country, it is a great help if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.

　　When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say "How do you do?" and shake hands. Usually they do not shake hands after they haven't met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.

　　Last year asgroupsof German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.

　　注释

　　1、custom n.风俗

　　2、hardly adv.几乎不

　　根据短文内容选择正确答案

　　()1It is if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.

　　A. very sadB. very helpfulC. very uselessD.not helpful

　　()2Usually English people don't shake hands.

　　A. when they say"How do you do?"

　　B. when they won't be away for a long time

　　C. after they haven't met for a long time

　　D. when they just meet or say gooddye

　　()3English people usually shake hands when they.

　　A. meet for the first timeB. meet every time

　　C. say goodbye to each otherD. say hello to each other

　　()4Which is right?

　　A. Neither English people nor Germans like shaking hands.

　　B. German people hardly shake hands.

　　C. English people like shaking hands very much.

　　D. German people shake hands as often as possible.

　　()5This story is about .

　　A. customsB. shaking hands

　　C.languagesD. languages and customs

　　Passage 3

　　完形填空

　　In the U.S. Mother's Day is a holiday on the second Sunday in May. It is a 1 when children give their mothers cards, presents and flowers.

　　One of the best ways to celebrate Mother's Day is 2 your mother a day off. Let her 3 a good rest while other members of the family do the housework.

　　Many families begin Mother's Day 4 breakfast in bed. Usually dad and the children will let mum sleep late as they gosintosthe kitchen and get ready 5 her favourite meal. A Mother's Day breakfast can be anything your mum likes.

　　After the food is cooked, keep everything nicely on a plate. 6 to put the bottle with only one flower. With spring here, the children can pick up the nicest flower from the garden outside. When everything 7 ready, carefully carry the plate and mum's favourite books 8 newspapers up to her bedroom. Cards and small presents from the children can be put on the plate before they are given to mum in bed.

　　Many families take mum out 9 her favourite restaurant for a meal. It is a good day to let your mum rest and let her see 10 a wonderful family she has.

　　注释

　　kitchen n.厨房

　　通读短文选出一个最佳答案

　　()1A. weekB. monthC. dayD. year

　　()2A. givingB. to giveC. givesD. gave

　　()3A. havingB. hasC. haveD. to have

　　()4A. withB. ofC. inD. at

　　()5A. withB. toC. forD. in

　　()6A. Not forgetB. ForgetC. Don't be forgetD. Don't forget

　　()7A. isB. beC. areD. does

　　()8A. andB. orC. butD. no

　　()9A. atB. inC. toD. with

　　()10A. howB. whatC. isD. that

　　Passage 4

　　判断正误

　　Do you like Christmas Day? In most western countries it is the most important day in the year. All the people come back to their homes to have the day with their parents or their children.

　　On Christmas Day bells ring everywhere. The ringing bells tell people: Christmas is coming. People sing and dance day and night. They have a good time.

　　Most families buy a Christmas tree for their children. And there are presents hanging from the tree here and there. People also put presents in their children's stockings. In many places Father Christmas himself brings presents to them. He is a kind old man. He's in red clothes, with a big bag on his back. In the bag there are a lot of presents.

　　Christmas is also a day when people enjoy all kinds of food. But some poor people still have no homes to go back to and have no food to eat. They even die of cold and hunger on Christmas Day. Have you read the story"A Little Match Girl"? She died on the morning of Christmas Day.

　　注释

　　1、match n.火柴

　　2、stocking n.长袜

　　根据文章内容判断正误

　　()1People usually plant Christmas trees in the gardens.

　　()2Christmas Day is a Children's Day.

　　()3Some poor people don't have homes to go back to and don't have food to eat.

　　()4Children like Father Christmas because he brings beautiful things to them.

　　()5"A little Match Girl" was born on the morning of Christmas Day.

　　参考答案

　　Passage 1

　　1、B真正代表中国特色的食品是饺子。

　　2、C作者最爱吃的饺子馅是蔬菜和猪肉的，从文章第二段可以看出。

　　3、C当人们较忙碌的时候可以到超市去买饺子，然后回家煮熟蘸醋吃。

　　4、Dvinegar的汉语意思是"醋"。

　　5、C在旧社会人们不常吃饺子，除非是在过年，那是因为人们当时太穷了。

　　Passage 2

　　1、Ba great help意思相当于helpful说的是：如果你到别的国家，懂得该国语言并了解该国的文化习俗对你是很有帮助的。

　　2、C英国人如果好久没遇见或者彼此分开很长时间，再次相见时不握手，从文章第二段最后一句可以看出。

　　3、A英国人习惯与陌生人第一次见面时握手。

　　4、D德国人见面经常爱握手，见文章第三段。

　　5、A根据文章内容，本文主要讲述风俗习惯问题。

　　Passage 3

　　1、C母亲节指的是一天，故用C。

　　2、B动词不定式作表语，如我们学过的句子：My job is to feed the animals我的工作是喂养动物。

　　3、Clet sb. do sth.只有have是动词原形。

　　4、Abegin with sth.以……开始。

　　5、Cget ready for为……做准备，在此指孩子们为妈妈准备她们最喜欢的食物。

　　6、D祈使句的否定形式以Don't开头。

　　7、Aeverything作主语，相当于第三人称单数，故用is。

　　8、B表示并列，要么挑一些妈妈最爱看的书，要么挑一些爱看的报纸。

　　9、Ctake sb. to把某人带到哪儿，在此指家人把妈妈带到她最喜爱的餐馆吃饭。

　　10、B感叹句，what修饰名词family。

　　Passage 4

　　1、F西方过圣诞节时，经常替孩子们买棵圣诞树，并非在花园里种圣诞树。

　　2、F圣诞节是西方国家一年中最重要的节日，并不只是孩子们的节日。

　　3、T即使是在圣诞节，有些穷人依然无家可回，没有东西可吃。

　　4、T圣诞老人给孩子们带去漂亮的礼物，因此孩子们非常喜欢圣诞老人。

　　5、F《卖火柴的小女孩》是安徒生的著名的童话故事，小女孩由于家里很穷，不得不在平安夜里在大街上卖火柴，于圣诞节早晨冻死在大街上。