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Oldest festivals

Festivals and celebrations of all kinds are held everywhere.The oldest festivals would celebrate the end of the cold weather,planting in spring and harvest(丰收)in autumn.Other celebrations were held when they had food.They thought these festivals would bring a year of plenty.

Festivals of the dead

Some festivals are held to honor or satisfy and please the dead.In Japan the festival is called Obon.They have lamps on and play music because they think this will help the dead back to Earth.In Mexico they have the day of the dead in early November.On this important day,people might eat food in different shapes and offer food,flowers and gifts to the dead.

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Festivals can be held as an honor to famous people.One of these is the Dragon Boat Festival in China,which honors the famous poet,Qu Yuan.Another is Columbus Day in the USA,in memory of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in America.

Harvest festivals

Harvest and Thanksgiving festivals can be very happy events.People are grateful because their food is gathered for the winter.In European countries people usually decorate churches and town halls with flowers and fruit,and get together ,to have meals.In China and Japan there are mid-autumn festivals,when people admire the moon and give gifts of mooncakes.

Spring festivals

The most energetic and important festivals are the ones that look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring.In some Western countries,Easter is an important festival in February which celebrates the return of Jesus and celebrates the coming of spring.In Japan,the Cherry Blossom Festival happens a little later.In China,families get together to eat,drink and have fun at the Spring Festival.

1.Find another word in the first paragraph which has the similar meaning to the underlined word “harvest”._________

2.What are festivals of the dead for?                       _________.

3.What is the topic of the third paragraph?    Festivals to _________.

4.Spring Festivals are held to celebrate       _________ and _________.

5.What's your favorite festival? Why?                     _________.Because _________.

When we talk about intelligence(智力),we do not mean the ability to get good scores on certain kinds of tests or even the ability to do well in school.By intelligence we mean a way of living and behaving(表现),especially in a new situation.If we want to test intelligence,we need to find out how a person acts instead of how much he knows what to do.

    For example,when in a new situation,an intelligent person thinks about the situation,not about himself or what might happen to him.He tries to find out all be can,and then he acts immediately and tries to do something about it.He probably isn’t sure how it will all work out,but at least he tries.And if he cannot make things work out right,he doesn’t feel ashamed(羞愧)that he failed,he just tries to learn from his mistakes.An intelligent person,even if he is very young,has a special outlook(看法)on life,a special feeling about life,and how he fits into it.

    If you look at children,you’ll see great difference between what we call“bright”children and“non-bright”children.They are actually two different kinds of people,not just the same kind with different amount of intelligence.For example,the bright child really wants to find out about life-he tries to get in touch with everything around him.But the unintelligent child keeps more to himself and his own dream-world:he seems to have a wall between him and life in general.

1.According to this passage,intelligence is the ability to__________.

    A.get some high scores on some tests

    B.do well in school

    C.deal with life 

    D.have a lot of book knowledge

2.In a new situation,an intelligent person________.

    A.knows more about what might happen to him

    B.is sure of the result he will get

    C.cares more about himself

    D.keeps his mind on what to do about the situation

3.If an intelligent person failed,he would_______.

    A.try not to feel ashamed

    B.learn from his mistakes

    C.try to find all he could

    D.make sure what result he would get

4.Bright children and non-bright children________.

    A.are two different types of children

    B.are different mainly in their degree of cleverness

    C.have difference only in their way of thinking

D.have different knowledge about the world

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