题目内容
Halloween falls on October 31st. It is one of the most favourite holidays for children in the USA. People dress up in costumes (化妆服装) like a witch (巫婆), a ghost (鬼)or a skeleton (枯髅). The children go to houses to say “Trick or treat!” Long ago, if a child was not good, he or she would get a trick like having a stone in his or her bag instead of some candy. Nowdays, no one gets tricks. All the children receive lots and lots of candy. Parties are also popular in the evening. People go to parties in costumes and play different games. People also like listening to ghost stories and watching scary (恐怖的) movies.【小题1】
What do you know about Halloween?【小题2】
How do people celebrate Halloween?【小题3】
Who go to houses to say “Trick or treat!”【小题4】
Which do children receive nowadays, stone or candy?【小题5】
What else do people do besides going to parties and playing different games?
【小题1】It’s one of the most favorite holidays for children in the USA.
【小题2】They dress up in costumes like a witch, a ghost or a skeleton.
【小题3】The children.
【小题4】Candy
【小题5】They like listening to ghost stories and watching scary movies.
解析试题分析:这篇短文主要介绍了万圣节是在十月三十一日,这是美国孩子最喜欢的节日。
【小题1】回答问题。根据短文第一句Halloween falls on October 31st. It is one of the most favourite holidays for children in the USA可知万圣节是美国孩子最喜欢的节日。故答案是It’s one of the most favorite holidays for children in the USA.。
【小题2】回答问题。根据问题人们怎样庆祝万圣节?根据文中People dress up in costumes (化妆服装) like a witch (巫婆), a ghost (鬼)or a skeleton (枯髅),故答案填They dress up in costumes like a witch, a ghost or a skeleton.
【小题3】回答问题。根据问题谁去房子里说恶作剧,根据文中children go to houses to say “Trick or treat!”。故答案是The children。
【小题4】回答问题。根据文中All the children receive lots and lots of candy可知孩子们收到的是糖果,故答案Candy
【小题5】回答问题。根据问题除了参加聚会做不同的游戏人们还做什么事情?从原文可知People also like listening to ghost stories and watching scary (恐怖的) movies.,故答案是They like listening to ghost stories and watching scary movies.
考点:历史类短文阅读。
These days picture news is very popular with young people. Here are some chosen from the Internet by Jack. Read on to find out which one you like best.
★ SPRING is coming, together with butterflies(蝴蝶)! On March 31,the Natural History Museum in London, UK, had a butterfly show. Children came over and played with these beautiful creatures. They also got to know how butterflies grow up. Colorful butterflies flew freely at the show. They sometimes landed on visitors. Look! A large blue butterfly sits on the nose of the girl.
★Earlier in April 2014, Sanlian Taofen Bookstore became the first 24-hour bookstore in Beijing. It hopes to encourage more people to read books.
“We welcome everyone who loves to read books at any time.” The general manager of the store told China Youth Daily.
Although many people can now buy books online, many readers still like the feeling in bookstores. They can touch the books and smell the print.
★ This year, many children in the UK will have a new language to study: Chinese.
Starting in 2014, students aged 7-11 in the UK need to study one of seven foreign languages. They can choose from French, German, Spanish, Italian, Latin, Greek(希腊语) and Chinese.
The British government is offering to train a group of Chinese-language teachers. They will teach Chinese to more than 3,000 primary school students.
China and the UK work together in many fields. So it’s important that the future generation(一代人) can speak Chinese.
【小题1】What could children get from visiting the butterfly show?
A.Beautiful creatures. | B.Pleasure and knowledge. |
C.Colorful butterflies. | D.Care by the visitors. |
A.You can read in the bookstore only during the daytime. |
B.Sanlian Taofen Bookstore opens 24 hours a day. |
C.Reading online is more enjoyable than reading in bookstores. |
D.Many people read in bookstores in order to save money. |
A.Primary schools in the UK | B.Chinese teachers in the UK |
C.Chinese comes to the UK | D.Foreign languages in the UK |
a. b.
c. d.
A.Picture a → Third news | B.Picture b → First news |
C.Picture c → Second news | D.Picture d →Second news |
In some parts of China, school children have to cook for themselves. But now, with the help of donations, this becomes a history forever.
At the donation ceremony in southwest China's Lishan Primary School in Yunnan province, kids gathered at playground to receive something new to them -- a kitchen system. Gu Dongjun was the donor of the new system. She wanted the children to grow up healthily.” I hope the kids can eat clean and hot food,” she said.
Lishan Primary School has more than 500students. Half of them live at school, and have to cook for themselves in the open air. They have been picturing their dream kitchen since they knew they would no longer have to cook outside.
It was not just Lishan Primary School getting a new kitchen. Another 12 schools in Yunan Province also got new kitchens. Zhou Faming is the headmaster of Panlong Primary School. He said the new system really helped improve the quality of food. China Youth Development Foundation(中国青少年发展基金会)started an activity recently to support 100 schools every year in poor places. And so far 20 schools have already received the new kitchen system.
【小题1】According to the passage, how might the students eat in the past?
A.Clean and hot. |
B.Delicious and warm. |
C.Dirty and cold. |
D.Clean and warm. |
A.They cooked on their own in the open air. |
B.Their mother cooked for them. |
C.The cook cooked for them in the kitchen. |
D.The cook cooked for them in the open air. |
A.Since they had no kitchen. |
B.Since they went to the school. |
C.Since they received a kitchen system. |
D.Since they knew the would have a new kitchen. |
A.Chinese Schools. | B.China Youth Development Foundation. |
C.Feed Students Better | D.How to Cook. |
Now many people like the game Angry Birds. Here is a piece of good news for them—soon there will be a lot of Angry Birds-themed activity parks around the world.
The first two parks opened in Finland last year, and a few other parks are going to open in the UK. However, people still don’t know when and where Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK.
“As a kind of online game, it is popular with people of all ages. It’s really an interesting game. And the parks will be interesting places for everyone around the world.” said Peter Vesterbacka, an officer of Angry Birds Company. He also said, “ We want to make Angry Birds a part of pop culture. We’re just getting started.”
Angry Birds-themed activity parks have many interesting places for children to play. They like them very much. People can see the characters and colors from the game in the park. People can also play the Angry Birds game on large screens in the park. The company wants to invite people to not only play it on the sofa, but to go out, move around and have fun. So everyone will be happy in Angry Birds-themed activity parks.
【小题1】Where did the first two Angry Birds-themed activity parks open?
A. In the UK. B. In Finland. C. In Australia. D. In the USA.
【小题2】Angry Birds is _______.
A.an online game | B.an online movie |
C.a talk show on TV | D.a game show on TV |
A.boring | B.easy | C.interesting | D.difficult |
A.the characters | B.the screens |
C.the interesting games | D.the interesting places |
A.Angry Birds is only popular with young people |
B.Peter Vesterbacka works for Angry Birds Company |
C.there is no screen in Angry Birds-themed activity parks |
D.Angry Birds-themed activity parks will open in the UK in 2015 |
Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place. For example, they often drive their cars 120 to 160 kilometres away just to have dinner with a friend or even fly to London or Paris just to watch a football match. In some states only one person in five lives in a place for more than five years. One may be born in one city, and go to school in another. He may finish his middle school in two or three cities, and then go to college far across the country. When he begins to work, he may possibly move from job to job. Moving from one job to another, which is called “job-hopping”, can be seen in many places in the United States.
Job-hopping does good to workers because every change of a job gives them a chance to get better pay. And job-hopping also gives bosses the chance to get new ideas and skills from him or her.
【小题1】From this passage, we can see Americans often travel to _______________.
A.have dinner with their friends | B.go shopping |
C.watch a football game | D.enjoy themselves |
A.About 20% of the people stay in one place for over five years. |
B.Children have to finish middle school in one place. |
C.People go to the nearest college. |
D.When people begin to work, they don’t move any more. |
A.looking for a job | B.having a job |
C.changing jobs often | D.losing a job |
A.is very popular |
B.helps young people go to college |
C.helps workers in traveling |
D.helps students begin to work |
A.does good only to the workers | B.does good only to the boss |
C.must be stopped | D.is helpful |
Jeans have become one piece of clothing worn by the most people in the world. Everybody wears them, from the farmer to the lawyer and from models to housewives. But why have jeans become so popular?You’ll get many answers. For some people they look cool, for others jeans are just comfortable.
Jeans were first stronger trousers made for farm workers in the states of the American west. In the eastern part of the US jeans were hardly worn at all. They were connected with farm people and the workers. So the rich wouldn’t like to wear them.
It was James Dean and Marlon Brando that made them popular in movies and everyone started to wear them. They were a symbol of the rebellion of young people during the 1950s and 1960s. So these new trousers were not allowed in American schools and sometimes in theatres and cinemas. As time went on,jeans became more acceptable. American people in Europe and Japan often wore them when they were not on duty to show that they were Americans. The trousers showed the world a happier way of life, something that people needed, especially after what they had gone through in World War II.
Jeans had other advantages as well. They didn’t need to be washed as often as other trousers and women didn’t need to iron them. This became more important as more and more women started working and had less time for housework.
Today jeans are an important part of our lives. They are always washed a few times before they are sold to give them a faded look.
【小题1】Jeans first appeared ___________.
A.in eastern America | B.in western America |
C.in Middle America | D.all over America |
A.film stars | B.Jeans makers |
C.young students | D.farmers or workers |
A.奢侈 | B.活力 | C.清纯 | D.反叛 |
A.They could easily be bought anywhere in the world. |
B.They didn’t need to be washed often or ironed. |
C.They had many different styles and colors. |
D.They were comfortable and easy to wash. |
A.Jeans --- Symbol of Wealth |
B.Jeans --- Working Women’s Best Choice |
C.Jeans --- Popular Piece of Clothing in Our Daily Life |
D.Jeans --- Part of the Lives of Farm People and Workers |
Every place offers the possible dangers for getting hurt, even staying at work. We may face dangers like walking into desks or chairs, receiving unexpected cuts from a paper knife and so on. Industrial jobs have similar and more dangers like getting body parts hurt by machines or falling from a height.
No one wants to get hurt. Some accidents are avoidable(可避免的). Most accidents happen because of common things seen every day—an open desk drawer, a chair pulled out too far, water on the floor and so on. We slowly get used to these things we see every day and never think about what they could possibly become in the future.
Think about the following to prevent dangers to yourself and others:
1. If there is something you see and know may become a danger for yourself or others, do something about it. Close a desk drawer, clean up or put a sign over the water, turn off the power before leaving, and so on.
2. Get extra persons’ help and support on a task that is too hard for a single person.
3. Study the situation and think what could possibly happen and change if necessary. Do it before something happens and you won’t have to say some day, “ I should have… How sorry I feel…”
To use an old phrase “ Safety is everyone’s duty.” Looking down on it could lead to being hurt. Keep the rule in mind every day “ Everyone wants to go home in the same condition the came to work in –or better.”
Title:__【小题1】____________ at Work
【小题2】 dangers | There are some dangers like tripping, unexpected 【小题3】 by a paper knife. |
【小题4】 | 1. Most accidents are【小题5】by the common things seen every day. 2. Get used to【小题6】we can see every day and never think about the dangers. |
Safety rules | 1. Turn off the power before you 【小题7】 2. Get extra persons’ help and support if the task is too difficult for you to finish on your【小题8】. 3. Make some 【小题9】 based on the situation. |
Warning | Safety on the job is 【小题10】duty. |
A turkey named Courage gave thanks to President Obama for saving his life on the day before Thanksgiving. Honouring a 62-year-old tradition, the President pardoned(赦免)the bird on Thanksgiving eve.
The tradition of a turkey pardon at Thanksgiving began with President Truman in 1947. Courage comes from Ellsworth, Iowa. The name Courage was chosen by voters (投票人)who took part in a survey posted on the White House website. The lucky turkey walked on the lawn of the Rose Garden and posed for the cameras at the presidential podium(讲台).
The dinner that has become known as the First Thanksgiving was actually a harvest festival celebrated in December of 1621. That’s when English settlers in Plymouth, Massachusetts, gave thanks for the progress they had made after a hard winter in their new country. As America grew, Thanksgiving customs also spread and got bigger. George Washington declared that the first national Thanksgiving would be on November 26, 1789. In the decades to follow, however, people celebrated Thanksgiving locally, with no official date. President Abraham Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November 1863 a national day of Thanksgiving. It stayed that way until 1939, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved it one week earlier. He wanted to lengthen the shopping period before Christmas to encourage gift-buyers and to help businesses. So Congress(议会) ruled that, after 1941, Thanksgiving would be an official federal holiday falling on the fourth Thursday of November.
This year we celebrated Thanksgiving on Thursday, November. Millions of Americans got together to give thanks with friends and family. The lucky turkey, Courage, was one of them. After his pardon, Courage would be sent to Disneyland Resort in California, where he would be the grand assemble of Disney’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.【小题1】
That the turkey Courage was pardoned was decided by ________.
A.George Bush | B.Congress |
C.President Truman | D.the public |
【小题2】
The first Thanksgiving Day was held to ________.A.celebrate the harvest of British settlers |
B.celebrate the progress of Americans |
C.encourage the struggle with British settlers |
D.celebrate the joy of all Americans after a hard winter |
【小题3】
We can infer(推断)from the passage that ________.A.President Obama pardoned a turkey before Thanksgiving because of the economic crisis |
B.the turkey named Courage was pardoned by President Roosevelt before Thanksgiving |
C.the pardoned turkey walked on the lawn of the Rose Garden on Thanksgiving eve |
D.the pardoned turkey will appear in a celebrating parade of Thanksgiving Day |