Tanghulu, is fruit covered with sugar on a stick, a traditional snack from northern China. It’s also a necessary snack during the Chinese New Year season.Recently, in northern China, people welcome the return of spring by holding the Tanghulu Fair (庙会).
Many Chinese still remember eating Tanghulu when they were young. It is said that the fair has a 500-year-old history. Nowadays, Tanghulu is not only a kind of snack, it is also a sweet memory of our childhood. Every year, a large number of Tanghulu sellers get together to start delicious Tanghulu Competition during the Spring Festival holidays. In the past, this traditional snack only used haws (山楂), but now it also uses grapes, oranges, strawberries and so on. But people like Haw Tanghulu best. They are rich in Vitamin C and E. Do you know how to make Haw Tanghulu? First, wash the large haws clean, dig the seeds (籽) out, and pierce (串) ten haws on a stick. Then they heat the sugar, put the sticks of haws into heated and quickly pull them out. When the sugar on the haws cools down and becomes a candy coat, the Tanghulu is done. Tanghulu is very popular in China, especially in Beijing. It also makes many foreigners want to taste it.
1.Where is Tanghulu from?
It’s from ____________________________________________________________________________________.
2.How do people welcome the return of spring in northern China?
They welcome the return of spring by _____________________________________________________________.
3.Why do the Tanghulu sellers get together during the Spring Festival holiday?
They get together to start _______________________________________________________________________.
4.What kind of Vitamins are rich in Haw Tanghulu?
____________________________________________________________________________________________.
5.What is the passage mainly about?
It is mainly about _____________________________________________________________________________.
完成句子：根据所给汉语意思，用单词或短语完成下列英文句子。
1.我们有大量的时间完成这项工作。
We have ____________________ time to finish the project.
2.尽管有雾，飞机照常起飞。
The plane ____________________ although there was fog.
3.父母应该避让孩子接近火。
Parents should keep their children ____________________ the fire.
4.学生们逐渐习惯了用英语对话。
The students are ____________________ getting used to speaking in English.
5.宇航员是我们的民族英雄，我们仰慕他们。
Astronauts are our ____________________ and we look up to them.
A famous teacher was speaking to the students at our school. He began his lesson by holding up a ￥100 bill. Then he said to the three hundred students, “Who would like this ￥100 bill?” The students began to put up their hands at once.
Then he said, “I am going to give this ￥100 to one of you, but first, let me do this.” He then made the bill into a ball. Then he said, “Who wants it now?” The hands went back into the air.
“Well,” he said, “What if I do this?” and he dropped it on the floor and stepped on it. He picked up the dirty, crumpled bill and said, “Who still wants it?” Hands went back into the air.
“My friends,” he said, “you have learned a valuable lesson today. whatever I did to the money, you still wanted it because it did not go down in value. It was still worth ￥100!”
Many times in our lives, we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on by the chances we take and the things that happen to us. We feel as if we are worth nothing. But remember, no matter what has happened to you, you will never lose your value: you are always valuable to those people who love you. Your value doesn’t come from what you do or whom you know, but WHO YOU ARE.
You are special and valuable. Don’t ever forget it!
1.Even though it was dirty, the money .
A.still went up in value B.was worth nothing
C.didn’t go down in value D.went down in value
2.What do the underlined words “Hands went back into the air” in the second paragraph refer to?
A.The students dropped the bill.
B.The students put down their hands.
C.The students put their hands behind their backs again.
D.The students put up their hands again.
3.What did the teacher want to tell the students?
A.He wanted to make the bill into a ball.
B.He used to drop a bill on the floor and stepped on it.
C.He wanted to make the students know what value was.
D.He is very rich.
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1.Who can be a volunteer according to the passage?
A.Children. B.Old women. C.Anyone aged12-70. D.Young people.
2.Volunteers want to get when they help others.
A.money B.computers C.everything D.nothing
3.Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with .
A.animals B.children C.computers D.older people
4.You may read the passage in a .
A.newspaper B.storybook C.picture book D.textbook
Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge. If you remember the following information, your life will be much safer.
Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn't walk alone outside. Make sure where the public phones are. If anything dangerous happens, you can find them easily.
Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting on your back. When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough for a thief to take away the things in the bag on your back.
If you are followed by someone you don’t know, cross the street and go to the other way, let the person understand that you know he or she is after you. Next, don’t go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift. If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. This stops other people from studying you. On the bus, don’t sit alone. Sit behind the driver or with other people. Don’t sleep.
1.In this passage, how many suggestions are mentioned?
A.Three. B.Four. C.Five. D.Six.
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Don’t go home alone late at night.
B.You’d better put your bag on your back.
C.It’s safe for you to talk with the driver when you take a bus alone.
D.You needn’t notice the environment around you.
3.The best title of the passage is .
A.How to use the public phones B.How to be safe in your everyday life
C.How to cross the street D.How to notice the environment around you
What is your favorite color? Do you like yellow, orange, or red? If you do, you must be an active person who enjoys life. Do you like blue? Then you’re probably quiet, shy, and would rather follow than lead.
Colors do influence our moods (情绪). A yellow room makes most people feel more cheerful and more relaxed than a dark green one, and a red frees brings warmth and cheer to the saddest winter day. On the other hand, black is depressing (使人压抑的). There was a black bride over the Thames River, near London. The number of people who killed themselves on the bridge used to be larger than on any other bridge in the area until it was repainted green.
Light and bright colors make people not only happier but also more active. In the factory, the workers will work better, harder, and have fewer accidents when their machines are painted orange rather than black.
1.An active person may like yellow, orange, or red.
2.Colors do have an effect (影响) on our moods.
3.Most people feel more relaxed in a dark green room than in a yellow one.
4.More people killed themselves on the black bridge because the bridge was too crowded.
5.The workers will work harder when the machines and painted orange in the factory.
