Emily and Zach are confused! Their parents told them they could choose between Massachusetts and Arizona for their vacation this summer, and they think both states seem pretty amazing.

Emily has always wanted to visit Boston, the capital of Massachusetts. Zach and she both agree that walking along the Freedom Trail would be pretty great. Emily and Zach both love the beach. If they went to Massachusetts, they could spend a few days at the beaches on Cape Cod.

Zach finds learning about Native Americans extremely interesting and has always wanted to travel along the Apache Trail in Arizona. Emily is not as keen on traveling along this trail as Zach, but they both would like to visit Phoenix, the capital, and then travel to Meteor Crater. Zach learned in science class that Meteor Crater is a very huge hole. It was created when a huge object from space fell to Earth.

The only thing that Zach doesn't like in Arizona is the heat. It is very hot in this southwestern state. Massachusetts, on the other hand, is in the northeastern United States. Here, Zach and Emily and their parents could enjoy the nice weather.

How will they decide which state they should visit? That would be great if they could take two trips!

1.What makes Emily and Zach confused?

A.Planning how to travel.

B.Discussing why to take a trip.

C.Deciding when to visit the state of Arizona.

D.Choosing where to spend the summer vacation.

2.What do Emily and Zach think of walking along the Freedom Trail?

A.Very boring. B.Kind of tiring. C.Quite good. D.A little dangerous.

3.Both Emily and Zach .

A.dislike the hot weather in Arizona

B.enjoy spending time at the beaches

C.are interested in traveling along the Apache Trail

D.have always wanted to visit the capital of Massachusetts

4.What's the best title of the passage?

A.A Difficult Choice B.An Amazing Trip

C.A Coming Vacation D.An Important Decision

A group of American students will come to Lingling’s school next Saturday. Lingling is going to introduce Chinese culture to them. She wants to talk about the following things.

In China, the tea drinking habit started from Tang Dynasty (618-907AD). It became a national tradition. Over the centuries, writers and artists wrote many wonderful articles in order to show their love to tea and Chinese tea culture.

One of the best-known writers is Lu Yu.

Traditional Chinese Medicine (also known as TCM) includes a lot of traditional medical methods beginning in China. TCM methods include treatments such as herbal

medicine ( 中 草 药 ). Traditional Chinese medicine is very

scientific through careful study of nature and the human body.

In China, a whole fish means richness. At a party, it is a tradition to serve the whole fish last, pointed towards the most important guest. Fish also has a special meaning because Chinese word for fish, yu, sounds like the word for

richness.

The Chinese zodiac, known as Shengxiao, as follows a twelve-year cycle. Each year is named for an animal. Twelve animals are follows: rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig. For example, the year 2020 is the year of the rat which also marks the

new start of the cycle.

1.The Chinese tea drinking culture started from .

A.the Tang Dynasty B.the Song Dynasty

C.the Ming Dynasty D.the Qing Dynasty

2.A whole fish is a symbol of in China.

A.hopefulness B.happiness C.richness D.kindness

3.The year 2020 is the year of the .

A.pig B.rat C.snake D.monkey

Answer the questions(根据以下内容回答问题)

There was a baby whale named Ella. She lived with other whales in a deep bay. One day, she noticed something large pass overhead. It was as big as a whale. but it wasn't.

Ella was frightened. She had never seen a boat before. Although Ella was scared, she was curious, too. She forced herself to swim to the surface. She saw several faces watching her. In fact, they looked very friendly. In the next few months, Ella lost her fear of boats. People in the boats always enjoyed seeing her.

As time went by, people and boats became a part of her life. Whenever a boat passed overhead, she swam to the top to say hello. One night, Ella saw a lot of fish swimming around the bottom of a ship. Suddenly, she ________________by a fishing net. She fought hard to get free. Finally, she escaped, but part of the net was tangled(缠住)in her mouth and around her tail. Ella was hurt and confused. Slowly and sadly she made her way towards the deep ocean.

Many weeks passed, and the net in her mouth made it hard for her to eat. And every time she struggled for air, the net cut into her tail, But if she didn't get air every half an hour, she would die. Winter was coming, she had to move to warmer waters with others. However, this time she had no choice but to stay in the bay and wait to die.

One morning, to her surprise, the water was filled with boats. When the boats came closer, a person reached into the water. Ella stared at the person's hand. The hand reminded her of something. She began to feel better. Soon many hands touched her. Ella felt them pulling the lines of the net. Moments later, she was free as before! The people were waving their starfish-shaped hands. Ella knew that the hands would always be there in her life.

1.Did Ella see a big whale swim over her head one day?

2.Why did Ella force herself to swim to the surface?

3.Complete the sentence"Suddenly, she ________________by a fishing net." in Paragraph 3.

4.According to the story, what do whales need to do before winter comes?

5.Why did Ella have no choice but to give up the journey?

6.What do you think Ella will do when she meets boats again? Please give your reason(s).

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