Different countries have different customs in giving presents. In China you must never give a clock to a Chinese person, because the pronunciation of the word for “clock” in Chinese is similar to the pronunciation of “death”.Also, don’t wrap (用……包裹) a present in white, black, or blue paper, because they are the colours for funerals (葬礼).Don’t give a knife, because something sharp can cut a friendship.

In Russia if you give flowers as presents, you have to give an odd number of them (One, Three, five, etc.) because even numbers of flowers are for funerals.

In Germany if you are invited to dinner, flowers are good presents to take to your dinner hostess (女主人), but don’t take her red roses because it means you are in love with her. Don’t take thirteen of anything because it’s an unlucky number. Don’t take an even number of anything, either. Don’t wrap your presents in white, brown, or black paper.

1.According to the passage, ________ must never be given to Chinese people as presents.

A. flowers B. clothes C. food D. clocks

2.People don’t wrap presents in black or white paper in________.

A. Germany B. China C. both China and Germany D. both China and Russia

3.What does the underlined word “even” mean in Chinese in the passage?

A. 奇数的 B. 偶数的 C. 甚至 D. 平坦的

4.What presents can you take to your dinner hostess in Germany?

A. Thirteen of something.

B. Flowers except red roses.

C. An even number of something.

D. Something wrapped in brown paper.

5.Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Foreigners’ Presents

B. Giving Flowers as Presents

C. Different Customs in Giving Presents

D. Don’t Give Thirteen of Anything as Presents

Fifth-grader Kayla Martel loves basketball. But her school doesn’t have a girls’ team. So for the past four years, Kayla has played on the boys’ team at St. John the Apostle School in Clark, New Jersey. That hadn’t been a problem until earlier this year. The team was told that it either had to ask Kayla and another girl to leave the team or end its season early.

The team, called the Chargers, plays in a league (联赛) that didn’t allow mixed teams after fourth grade. When the league leader found out that there were girls in the team, he gave the coaches (教练) bad news. The team could keep playing but only without the girls.

Keisha Martel, Kayla’s mom, is one of the Chargers’ coaches. She asked the team to take a vote (投票), knowing it would be difficult for the kids to choose.

“They all said, ‘It doesn’t matter. We’re a team and we’re sticking together (团结一致),’” said Keisha.

The Chargers wasn’t allowed to play for a few weeks, but then the league reversed its decision. The team, girls included, played the rest of the season. They even made it to the championship (锦标赛) game — and won!

Kayla has some advice for other teams. “Make sure you are family — you have each other’s back,” she says.

1.How many girls played for the Chargers?

A. Two. B. Three. C. Four. D. Five.

2.What was the bad news the Chargers’ coaches got?

A. Some of them had to leave their jobs.

B. The team had to keep playing without the girls.

C. The team couldn’t play in the league anymore.

D. There would be no basketball team at the school.

3.What does Kayla’s mom do?

A. She is the league leader.

B. She is a basketball coach.

C. She is a teacher at Kayla’s school.

D. She is the headmaster of Kayla’s school.

4.The underlined word “reversed” is closest in meaning to “_______”.

A. forgot B. supported C. changed D. made

5.What’s Kayla’s advice for other teams?

A. They should practice more.

B. Team members should support each other.

C. They should not be afraid of making mistakes.

D. Team members and coaches should trust each other.

Sigmund Freud was a world-famous doctor of Vienna(维也纳). He was also a man full of humor(幽默). Once, at his 70th birthday party, a friend asked Freud if he could put his work into several words. “ Well,” said Freud, “ We take the sick out of their trouble and return them to the common suffering .”

As a devoted (忠实的) son, Freud often visited his old mother. His mother usually spent her summers in a small mountain town in Austria (奥地利). The King Josef usually spent his summers there, too. One day in the summer, a band was playing a lively tune (曲子) when Freud’s mother was sitting at the window and watching the people singing and dancing on Main Street. The old woman had a poor memory. She heard the band playing but forgot it was the King’s birthday. Freud was visiting his mother on her 95th birthday. He told his mother, “Mum, the band is playing for your birthday.” She believed him and had a wonderful day .

1.Freud was a famous ____ of _____ .

A. doctor; Austria B. general; Vienna C. King; Austria D. doctor ; Australia

2.From what Freud said at his 70th birthday party , we can see that he was ______.

A. a brave man B. a sick man C. a devoted man D. a man full of humour

3.One day Freud came to the small mountain town for ______ .

A. for his holiday B. the King Josef’s birthday

C. his mother’s birthday D. his 70th birthday

4.Which of the four sentences is wrong ?

A. Freud’s mother birthday and the King’s birthday were on the same day .

B. Freud’s mother was so old that her memory was very bad.

C. She knew that the band was playing for the King .

D. Freud’s mother and the King Josef usually spent their summers in the same place.

5.Freud’s mother felt very happy on her 95th birthday because _____.

A. the King Josef himself came to celebrate (庆贺) her birthday

B. the people of the town came out to celebrate her birthday

C. she heard the band playing a lively tune so wonderfully

D. she believed that the band was playing for her birthday

On a sunny day, Mother Hen is playing with her chickens on the grass. Later, they are hungry, so Mother Hen takes her children out to look for food. She finds a few grains of wheat(几粒麦子). So she asks her children to plant(种植) them in the garden. But none(没有一个) of her children wants to do it. Mother Hen has to do it herself.

A few months later, they get a lot of wheat. She asks her children, “Who would like to take wheat to the shop and get some flour?” But her children don’t want to do it. So she takes the wheat to the shop and brings the flour home.

After getting home, she asks “Who will make some bread with the flour?” They all say, “I’m not free”. When she makes the bread, she says to her chickens, “Who wants to eat the bread?” “I will,” they all say. “No, you can’t. You don’t want to do anything before I make the bread. You must know ‘No pain, no gain.’” She doesn’t give any bread to her children.

1.Why do Mother Hen and her children want to look for food?

A. Because they have nothing to do.

B. Because Mother Hen doesn’t want her children to work.

C. Because they want to play out.

D. Because they are hungry.

2.______ take(s) the wheat to the shop.

A. Mother Hen B. The chickens

C. Mother Hen and her chickens D. One of Mother Hen’s children

3.The underlined (划线) word “flour” means “______” in Chinese.

A. 饲料 B. 大豆 C. 面粉 D. 玉米

4.Why doesn’t Mother Hen give any bread to her children?

A. Because they aren’t at home. B. Because she doesn’t like them.

C. Because they don’t want to eat it D. Because they don’t do anything.

5.What’s the best title (标题) for the passage?

A. The bread B. No pain, no gain

C. The wheat D. Mother Hen

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