Some people call autumn fall. You can call it either one. Autumn is the time when leaves ( 树 叶 ) change color. They _______beautiful gold, orange and red. It looks like and artist comes along a _______ all the trees.

The air starts to get a little_______ in autumn. We begin to wear_________or sweaters. We go back to school in autumn. Autumn is the time when old friends get back together and talk about what they did on their_______ holidays.

Halloween comes in autumn. We dress up in costumes. Some of them are scary (可怕的), and some of them are funny. We go from door to door and say, “Trick or treat” and people give us candies. We wear masks ( 面 具 ) on our_______, and we have a lot of fun.

The autumn winds start to blow ( 吹). The wind blows the leaves right _______the trees. My friends and I like to have a lot of fun outside before the cold winter comes. We often play football at school. After school, we_________ our bikes through the dry leaves. The_________go flying through the air as we ride through them. The skies get a little cloudier in autumn, and we know that soon there will be snow,________we enjoy the cool autumn weather while we can.

1.A.run B.wait C.brush D.turn

2.A.paints B.cuts C.plants D.waters

3.A.warmer B.hotter C.cooler D.wetter

4.A.skirts B.shorts C.shoes D.jackets

5.A.spring B.summer C.autumn D.winter

6.A.faces B.legs C.hands D.arms

7.A.up B.in C.off D.above

8.A.ride B.drive C.carry D.draw

9.A.trees B.leaves C.flowers D.grass

10.A.and B.because C.so D.or

Papua New Guinea is the eastern part of the island of New Guinea. It has a population of just over eight million. The capital is Port Moresby. The country became independent from Australia in 1975. There are over 800 languages in Papua New Guinea. That's more languages than in any other country in the world.

Papua New Guinea is a land of mountains and rainforests. Most communities have little contact with each other or with the outside world. It's for this reason that so many different languages have developed.

The official (官方的) languages of Papua New Guinea are Tok Pisin, English and Hiri Motu. Although English is an official language, it is only spoken as a first language by a small percentage of the population.

Tok Pisin is spoken by most people. It is an English-based creole. The word “tok” comes from the English word for “talk” and means “word” or “speech”.

“Pisin” means “pidgin”. A pidgin language is one which is a mixture of two other languages, while a creole is a pidgin language that has become the mother language of a community. Tok Pisin started as a pidgin language and became a creole language.

Although the majority (大多数) of Tok Pisin vocabulary (词汇) comes from English, it also includes words from German, Portuguese, Latin and a number of other languages.

Tok Pisin is sometimes used in the first three years of primary school in Papua New Guinea, while English is used in secondary education.

1.How long is the history of Papua New Guinea as an independent country?

A.Over 40 years. B.About 100 years. C.About 200 years. D.Over 800 years.

2.What does Paragraph 2 mainly tell us?

A.Communities in Papua New Guinea. B.The natural beauty of Papua New Guinea.

C.How Papua New Guinea became independent. D.Why Papua New Guinea has so many languages.

3.What's the relationship between creole (a) and pidgin (b)?

A. B. C. D.

4.Tok Pisin words mainly come from _______.

A.Latin B.English C.German D.Portuguese

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