February 14th, Valentine’s Day(情人节), is a complicated but interesting day. First of all, Valentine’s Day is not a holiday from work. No one gets a day off. In many countries it is observed by sending cards to your friends and candy or flowers to your husband or wife if you’re married, or to your boyfriend or girlfriend if you’re not married. In Japan, some girls even give their fathers chocolates.
Why is this holiday for people in love called Valentine’s Day?
One explanation comes from a Christian man whose name was something like “Valentine”. He lived at a time when the Roman Emperor refused to allow any Roman soldiers to get married for any reason. Many couples came to Valentine to be married. So he would secretly marry them in a Christian ceremony. He was discovered and put in prison by the Emperor. One tradition says that he wrote notes to his friends by marking on leaves and then throwing them out of the window of his prison. The leaves were shaped like a heart. Valentine was killed on February 14th and Valentine’s Day recalls his tragic death.
On Valentine’s Day, American elementary school children make or buy Valentine cards, write the name of a classmate on them, and take them to school and put them in a special Valentine’s Day box. And then on that day the box is opened, the cards are taken out and given out.
1.Which of the following is true about Valentine’s Day?
A. It is observed by sending flowers to one’s husband or wife.
B. Children in Japan give their fathers chocolates.
C. It is a legal holiday in many countries.
D. People send candy to each other.
2.The man called Valentine was put in prison because ________.
A. He secretly got married in a Christian ceremony
B. He helped people get married when love was not allowed
C. He helped Roman soldiers get married
D. He wanted to kill the Roman Emperor
3.So he would secretly marry them in a Christian ceremony. “marry” is closest in meaning to ________.
A. Which priest is going to marry them? B. She has married off all her daughters.
C. I’m glad Hubert married a girl of spirit. D. At present she doesn’t intend to marry.
4.People celebrate Valentine’s Day _________.
A. to take a day off B. in memory of Valentine
C. to show their love D. both B and C
5.American school children don’t _______ on Valentine’s Day.
A. buy Valentine cards B. make cards for their teachers
C. give each other Valentine cards D. put their cards in a Valentine’s Day box
Lantern Festival（元宵节）
Lantern Festival is a China's traditional festival. It is celebrated ________ the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year.
Lantern Festival is one of ________ holidays in China. Several days before Lantern Festival, people begin to make lantern. Lanterns are made in the shape of different animals, vegetables, fruits and many other things. While ________ lanterns, people usually write riddles(谜语) on lanterns. On the eve of Lantern Festival, all the lanterns are hung up .
On Lantern Festival people go outside to have a look at the lanterns and ______ the riddles on the lanterns. Everything is very interesting and everyone is very happy.
The Mid-Autumn Day (中秋节)
August 15th in Chinese Lunar Calendar (阴历年) is the Mid-Autumn Day. It is one of the most important traditional festivals in China.
On that day people usually go back home to have family reunion (团聚). Each family will have the members get together to have a big dinner. The most popular food is mooncakes. They are round and ______the moon.
The moon is the brightest on the Mid-Autumn night. People________favorite fruits and deserts in their yard. People eat the delicious food while they ______ a beautiful full moon in the sky. At this time, some old people would like to tell many past events and tell the children a story about the Chang’e and the rabbit. The children really ______ that there was a rabbit on the moon . They want to go to the moon and have a look _______.
________great festival!
1.A. at B. in C. on D. for
2.A. big B. bigger C. the biggest D. biggest
3.A. making B. make C. doing D. to do
4.A. look B. read C. look for D. guess
5.A. look B. seems C. look like D. sounds like
6.A. call out B. put on C. lay out D. turn on
7.A. were enjoying B. are enjoying C. admired D. were admired
8.A. see B. believe C. hear D. sure
9.A. some days B. sometimes C. in future D. one day
10.A. How B. What C. What a D. How a
（题文）______ honest boy he is! He never tells a lie.
A. How B. What C. How an D. What an
─What did you do on your summer vacation?
─I ______ my grandparents in the countryside.
A. visit B. visited C. have visited D. will visit
The story was_______ funny _______it made everybody laugh.
A. so; as B. as; as C. so; that D. too; to
（题文）--When is Mother’s Day? --It’s ______ the second Sunday of May.
A. in B. on C. during D. at
