The Dragon Boat Festival is a folk festival which has a history of more than two thousand years. It is also named Chongwu Festival. There are many activities on the day.
| The dragon boat race is an important competition during the festival. People held dragon boat races in the river to remember the poet, Qu Yuan. Now, the dragon boat race is a traditional activity for Chinese people. |
| During the Dragon Boat Festival, children usually wear sweet-smelling bags to avoid bad things. In some areas of China, a sweet-smelling bag is also used as a symbol of love between lovers. |
| A long time ago, a married daughter would return to her parents' home during the Dragon Boat Festival. So the Dragon Boat Festival is also called Girls' Day. |
| Eating rice dumplings is also a custom for Chinese people. The rice dumpling is a kind of food with different designs and styles. For thousands of years, the custom of eating rice dumplings has been popular in China and has spread to Korea, Japan and countries in Southeast Asia. |
1.What should Chinese do during the Dragon Boat Festival?
① Take part in a dragon boat race. ② Wear bags that have pleasant smells.
③ Eat delicious dumplings. ④ Throw water at each other.
A.①② B.②③ C.①④
2.Why do people hold dragon boat races?
A.To admire a famous scientist. B.To have good luck. C.To remember Qu Yuan.
3.Why is the Dragon Boat Festival also called Girls’ Day?
A.A daughter can wear a sweet-smelling bag.
B.A daughter who is married can return to her parents’ home.
C.Girls have lots of housework to do during the Dragon Boat Festival.
4.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.A sweet-smelling bag can be used as a symbol of love.
B.People usually hold dragon boat races in the sea.
C.People have celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival for more than two thousand years.
5.What can you know about rice dumplings?
A.They can express love between lovers.
B.They are eaten to avoid bad things.
C.They have different designs and styles.
As a middle school student, I want to buy an iPod that can help me improve my spoken English. I don’t want my parents to buy it for me, so I have to look for a job. One day I stopped at the zoo. The zoo director said he had an interesting job. Their gorilla (大猩猩) was ill and sent to the animal hospital. But the visitors would be disappointed because they couldn’t see the gorilla. So my job was wearing a gorilla suit sitting in the cage for 4 hours at a time. It sounded good to me, so I told him I would.
The next day I went to the zoo, put on the gorilla suit and climbed into the cage. Soon some children walked to see me. I held the rope and swang (摇摆) across the cage. The children seemed to be very happy to see it.
In the next cage there was a lion and he was becoming angry at my actions and began to shake his cage. Suddenly I dropped right into the lion’s cage! I was afraid and shouted, “Help me, help me! I’m not who you think I am!”
Just as I shouted, the lion jumped on my back and knocked me to the ground. Then he said in a low voice in my ear, “Shut up, or both of us will be fired (被解雇).”
1.The writer ________.
A.is a university student
B.wants his parents to buy an iPod for him
C.wants to buy an iPod to improve his spoken English
2.The visitors would be disappointed if they couldn’t ________.
A.see the gorilla B.talk with the lion C.see the lion
3.What is the writer’s job in the zoo?
A.Playing with the children.
B.Making the director happy.
C.Dressing up as a gorilla and staying in the cage.
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A.The lion was angry because of the writer’s actions.
B.The lion knocked the writer to the ground and bit him.
C.The lion said something in a low voice in the writer’s ear.
5.Where can we read this passage?
A.In a sports magazine. B.On a story website. C.In a science book.
Every year when Mother’s Day cards show up in the stores, I remember my mother. She never cared much for_______.I could just send a card or give her a call, and she’d be very happy.
A few months later after her death, I was in a store_______out a Mother’s Day card when suddenly I realized I had_______one to send it to.
Each Mother’s Day, I choose a different theme (主题) to remember her. This time, it’s some of the things she said. For example:
When I asked her not to send my_______brother to a boarding school, she said, “They’ll teach him to read Braille (盲文)._______he wants to have a life, he has to learn to read.”
When I_______that she ought to get a life, she replied, “I work five days a_______, clean my house on Saturday, go to church on Sunday. I don’t need a life. I need help.”
When we fell on hard times, she said, “Life is a_______. Sometimes you give, other times you take. Either way, it’s all the same one. But try to remember how hard it is to take, because one day, you will do the giving.”
My mother was really a_______woman. I remember my mother. And some day, when I’m gone, I hope my children will remember me.
But in the meantime, I’ll be__________to get a card or answer a phone call.
1.A.gifts B.children C.education
2.A.finding B.picking C.giving
3.A.no B.some C.another
4.A.mad B.deaf C.blind
5.A.If B.While C.After
6.A.ordered B.agreed C.suggested
7.A.year B.month C.week
8.A.bank B.museum C.station
9.A.lazy B.smart C.stupid
10.A.sorry B.glad C.afraid
Do you know________there will be a soccer match on CCTV5 tonight?
A.that B.if C.where
The river is very deep and I’ve warned Jack ________ in it.
A.not to swim B.to not swim C.swim not to
Jack felt really sad after his uncle ________.
A.died B.death C.dead
