In China, people talk about “Shuxiang”, which is very interesting. For example, 2006 is a “dog year”, and when a baby is born in this year, we say he or she is a little dog. Shuxiang usually brings people good luck. There are 12 animals below.

 social, having rich feelings, friendly but complaining

 hard, ordered, but keeping old

 brave, confident, but careless

 peaceful, having a good manner, a business head but cold emotion

 active, outgoing, popular but selfish

 fascinating(迷人的), thoughtful, but doubtful

 active, self-confident, wise but proud and angry

 kind, helpful, elegant but sad

 wide, clever, warm, unsatisfied but slick(圆滑的)

 confident, helpful, happy, but dressy

 realistic, loyal(忠诚的), practical

 hard, honest, simple, lucky but careless

6. When a baby is born in 2008, we can say he or she is a little     .

A. pig              B. rat              C. tiger        D. snake

7. If we call a boy a little horse, when was he born?

 A. In 1998.        B. In 2000.     C. In 2002.     D. In 2004.

8. Mr Lu, our English teacher, was born in 1976, a dragon year. Can you choose the right description of his characteristics?

 A. He is a active, self-confident, resourceful but proud and angry

 B. He is kind, helpful, artistic but sad

 C. He is active, outgoing, popular but selfish

 D. He is fascinating, thoughtful but dressy and doubtful

9. If someone is brave, confident but careless, we can guess he was born in a    year.

 A. rat             B. dog          C. horse        D. tiger

10. Which of the following is not true?

 A. In China, when me talk about “Shuxiang”, it means twelve animals.

 B. From the passage, we can know 2010 is a hare year.

 C. Shuxiang perhaps brings you good luck, but we shouldn’t believe it.

 D. A cock year always comes after a monkey year.

 

It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table, staring into space and playing with a piece of bread. He’s not even  16  . Is he ill? No, but he does have a problem. He has nothing to do because the Internet is down.

When he woke up this morning, Tony was feeling   17  . He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend ahead. It would be a weekend like any other great weekend. But that was  18  he turned on his computer and  19  he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.

Every weekend, Tony will go online to email friends, read the news to

20  what’s happening in the world and play a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to kill time. The perfect weekend-online.

Just as Tony is  21  how he can possibly have a normal weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the  22  “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t think about the Internet any more, OK?” Tony makes no answer but sighs. “Go and play chess with Helen!” Tony’s mum  23   .

“Oh, yes! Helen lives just around the corner. We can meet and play chess face to face for a  24  . Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad.” Tony  25  , as he walks to the phone. There is life beyond the Internet after all (毕竟).

1. A. hungry                B. tired                     C. busy                  D. thirsty

2.A. excited                B. bored                C. tired           D. surprised

3.A. after           B. before                   C. until                       D. when

4.A. thought               B. guessed             C. decided                  D. found

5.A. write                   B. draw             C. listen          D. get

6.A. improving            B. wondering         C. checking           D. doing

7.A. bathroom            B. bedroom              C. kitchen              D. study

8.A. requires              B. answeres             C. invites              D. suggests

9.A. chat                    B. time                    C. lesson                D. change

10.A. continues         B. worries                C. smiles               D. reports

 

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