Get up early, you’ll be late for school．...

— How are you going to the Summer Palace?

— We’re going there       bike．

A．forB．atC．ofD．by

Jim, would you please show       your new pencil-box?

A．IB．meC．myD．mine

书面表达（共1小题）

假如你叫李华，你们学校正在举行课外阅读活动。请你根据以下提示，给你的美国笔友Daniel写一封邮件，告诉他你认为读书对于中学生来说重要吗，你经常读什么样的书，以及通过阅读你获得了什么。

提示词语：think, Chinese, English, interesting, learn, understand, enjoy

Dear Daniel,
    How is it going? At my school we’re holding some reading activities.

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    What kind of books do you often read?

    Yours,

   Li Hua

阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Chinese Culture

While China is almost the same size as the US in area, it is home to about 1.3 billion people. It has a special culture with a very long history.

Chinese Food

Food plays an important role for Chinese families. Different foods have special meanings. The most obvious(明显的) difference is that Chinese people eat their meals with chopsticks. One of the main foods in Chinese culture is rice. Tea is a favorite drink and it is popular in the market.

Chinese New Year

The Chinese calendar(日历) is called a lunar(阴历的) calendar. It is not the same as the one used in the US. New Year’s Day is in late winter. It is also called the Spring Festival. It has a big celebration of letting go of the old and bringing in the new. It has special foods and traditions. For example, sweeping the floor before New Year’s Day sweeps away all the old year’s bad luck.

Chinese Zodiac(生肖)

The Chinese zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao, follows a twelve-year cycle(循环). Each year is named for an animal. These animal signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. For example, the year that begins in 2016 is the Year of the Monkey.

Chinese Language

Chinese is a complex(复杂的) language. Chinese writing developed almost 4,000 years ago and may even be older. Chinese writing has thousands of characters. A character represents(代表) a word and also a meaning. Unlike English, there are no spaces in Chinese writing. Besides Standard Chinese, or Putonghua, Chinese people speak six other forms of the language, and there are many kinds of dialects(方言).

1.Is tea a favorite drink in China?

2.What is the Chinese calendar called?

3.How many years of cycle does the Chinese zodiac follow?

4.What does a Chinese character represent?

5.What does the passage mainly tell us about Chinese culture?

阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

The New Year

One New-year morning, Edward’s father gave him two dollars. He left the house happily. He wanted to buy some books. On the street, he saw a poor family, the father, mother and three children.   1.  , and they were shivering(颤抖).

“Happy New Year!” Edward said to the man.   2.  . He couldn’t understand English. But he pointed to his mouth. It seemed he was saying, “We have nothing to eat.”

Edward understood.  3.  , and he gave one dollar to the man, and the other to his wife.

Their eyes were full of gratitude(感激)! They said something in their language. It probably meant, “Thanks a lot.”

When Edward came home, his father asked what books he had bought.

“ 4.  ,” said Edward, “I gave my money to some poor people. They seemed to be very hungry. I can buy my books until next New Year.”

“My dear boy,” said his father, “Here are some books.   5. . I saw you give the money to the poor family. Be ready to help the poor and every year will be a happy New Year to you.”