China is a country with a long history. It has great traditional culture, especially Chinese characters. Chinese characters usually have more than one meaning and some of them are very interesting. Here are six ones. We use “pinyin” here because “pinyin” is the Chinese spelling way for the characters. For example, “fu” is the “pinyin” for good luck in Chinese. “pinyin” “fu” is only the phonic part of the character and if you want to know the meaning of good luck “fu”, you must read Chinese character 福 because “fu” also represents(代表) other Chinese characters that sound the same.
“fu” means blessing, good fortune, good luck. Chinese character “fu” is one of the most popular ones used during Chinese New Year. Chinese people often put up “fu” upside down on the front door of a house or an apartment. The upside down “fu” means good luck comes since the character for upside down in Chinese sounds the same as the character for “come”.
“lu” is used to mean official’s a pay in old China. “shou” means long life, age or birthday. “xi” is happiness, The doubled character “xi” means double happiness. It is usually put up everywhere at Chinese weddings. “cai” is weath or money. Chinese often say “ money can make a ghost turn a millstone”. It is to say money really can do a lot of things. But, money can’t buy everything. “he” is an important part of Chinese culture. It means good relations with other people, when you have “he”, things will be a lot easier for you.
The top six lucky Chinese charaters. “fu” “lu” “shou” “xi” “cai” “he”,are particularly loved by Chinese people.
1.We use ______ to show how to read the Chinese characters.
A. “pinyin” B. letters
C. words D. spelling
2.The upside down 福 “fu” means .
A. coming B. good luck comes
C. good fortune D. “fu” is upside down
3.People in China most probably put up the Chinese Characters _______ on the front door at their wedding.
A. upside down “cai” B. upside down “fu”
C. doubled “xi” D. doubled “he”
4.Which of the following in Not true according to the passage?
A. “Cai” is wealth or money
B. “lu” is used to mean offical’s pay in old China
C. “shou” means keeping thin
D. Things will be a lot easier if you have “he”
5.The underlined word “character” means _____ in this passage.
A. 角色 B.特征 C.性格 D.汉字
A special present was given to me when I was 12 years old. It was .
That was the early autumn of my first year at a high school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very , and afraid to make friends anymore.
Every time I heard the other students talking and . I felt my heart break. I couldn’t talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn’t want my parents to worry about me.
Then one morning, my classmates had fun talking with their friends, but I sat my desk as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn’t know who he was. He walked past me and then turned back. He looked at me and, a word, smiled. Suddenly, I felt the touch of and friendly. It made me feel happy, lively and warm.
That smile my life. I started to talk with the other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile my best friend now.
One day. I asked him he smiled and said nothing that morning, but he couldn’t remember smiling at me!
It doesn’t matter all the dark days have gone. Now I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think you are lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.
1.A. a smile B. a problem C. a book D. a card
2.A. happy B. lonely C. clever D. friendly
3.A. laugh B. laughing C. laughed D. to laugh
4.A. happy B. happily C. unhappy D. unhappily
5.A. in B. with C. without D. for
6.A. anything bright B. something sad C. anything sad D. something bright
7.A. changed B. broke C. won D. lost
8.A. become B. has become C. have become D. will become
9.A. why B. that C. who D. when
10.A. but B. so C. because D. although
You without doubt sleep every day, but do you have a dream every night? How much do you know about dreaming? “Sleep are than dream. We all need to dream.” some scientists say.
Dreams take up about one quarter of our sleeping time. People have several dreams every night. Dreams are like short films. They are usually in color. Some dreams are like old films. They come to us over and over again. That because the dreamer is worrying about something. Sometimes dreaming is a way of trying to find an answer.
Some people get about their work from dreams. They may have been thinking about their work all day. These thoughts can carry into dreams.
Sometimes we with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t remember the dream.Dreams can disappear quickly from memory.
__ dreaming can be harmful. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work when we dream. That is why we may have a long sleep and still feel tired.
1.A. important B. less important C. dangerous D. more dangerous
2.A. may be B. maybe C. can’t be D. must do
3.A. bad experience B. bad examples C. new ideas D. new articles
4.A. wake up B. fall asleep C. care about D.drop by
5.A. So many B. Too many C. Much too D. Too much
—What did he ask just now?
-- He wondered _________
A. if they would meet at the school gate.
B. when would they start
C. that they would take some food
D. how they will get there
—Whenever you have difficulties, be sure to call me.
--________________.
A. I have no trouble
B. I am sorry to hear that.
C. I will. Thank you very much.
D. I will think it over.
—The news reported that the rainstorm was in the area last night.
--Yes. ______ bad weather it was !
A. What a B. How a C. What D. How
