The Orange Isle fireworks show(橘洲焰火表演)on weekends is one of the must-sees in Changsha. Nine fireworks shows will be arranged(安排)for 2018. The first fireworks show will be displayed at 20:30-20:50 on January 1, 2018.

The Schedule is as follows:

January 1 - New Year’s Day 元旦

February 15-Spring Festival Eve 除夕夜

March 2-Lantern Festival 元宵节

May 1-Labor’s Day 劳动节

June 18-Dragon Boat Festival 端午节

July 1-Bitrhday of the CPC 建党节

August 1-Army Day 建军节

September 24-Mid-dutumn Festival 中秋节

October 1-National Day

The best places for viewing(观赏)

Du Fu Pavilion(杜甫江阁)Siyangfangzun Square(四羊方尊广场)The top of Yuelu Mountain(岳麓山顶)

The best ways to get there

Take Changsha Subway Line 2(地铁2号线)and then walk to Du Fu Pavilion.

Take the bus to Siyangfangzun Square, including No. 6 buses and No. 8 buses.

Take Changsha Subway Line 2 and then walk up to the top of Yuelu Mountain or take the bus there, such as No. 1 buses and No. 202 buess.

1.In 2018, you can see ______ fireworks shows in Changsha.

A.7 B.8 C.9

2.When can you watch the fireworks show?

A.At 20:00 on January 1 B.At 20:20 on January 1 C.At 20:35 on January 1

3.According to the passage, which is NOT the best places to see the fireworks show?

A.Orange Isle B.Du Fu Pavilion C.The top of Yuelu Mountain

4.The underlined phrases National Day means ______.

A.清明节 B.教师节 C.国庆节

5.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A.We can take the bus to Du Fu Pavilion

B.We can take the subway to Siyangfangzun Square

C.We can take the subway or the bus to Yuelu Mountain.

Passage 1

The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both at home and abroad.

United Kingdom

Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002. Every new year, people get together and have a lot of activities. They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema.

United States

The Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US,They welcome the traditional new year by attending an evening party. It's a good a chance for people to make new friends and share the same culture and values.

Australia

The Chinese new year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Many people come to Sydney's Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne They enjoy fireworks, lion dances and dragon boat races. The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non-Chinese.

1.Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in_________.

A.1980 B.1988 C.2002 D.2012

2.At the Spring Festival, Chinese in the US attend an evening party to

A.know more about Americans

B.share different cultures and values

C.say hello to the traditional new year

D.discuss their future living and working

3.Which activity is NOT mentioned for Chinese in Australia at the Spring Festival?

A.Firework B.Beijing Opera C.Lion dances D.Dragon boat races

4.From the passage, we can know that_________

A.all parts of the world celebrate the Spring Festival.

B.celebrations for the Spring Festival last a few days in foreign countries.

C.Chinese abroad welcome the Spring Festival in Chinatown with families.

D.Chinese across the world have a strong feeling to keep their own tradition.

On April Fool's Day, it's always fun to get someone a surprise with hoaxes. Here are two interesting hoaxes for you to enjoy.

Story 1:The Left?handed Whopper

1998:Burger King published (出版) a full page advertisement in USA Today. They announced they had invented a new kind of hamburger,a Left-handed Whopper. The hamburgers were specially designed for the thirty-two million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement,the new hamburgers included the same ingredients (成分) as the common hamburgers,but all the Left-handed Whoppers were rotated (旋转) 180 degrees to suit left-handed customers. Though the following day Burger King announced that the Left-handed Whopper was a hoax,thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to order the new hamburgers.

Story 2:Instant Color TV

1962:In 1962 there was only one TV channel in Sweden, and it played in black and white. The TV station's technical expert (技术专家),Kjell Stensson, appeared on the news to announce that thanks to a new skill, people could change their black and white TV sets into color reception (接收). All they had to do was hanging a nylon sock over their TV screens. Stensson was so convincing that thousands of people were taken in. But when they put the socks over the screens,the TV programs were still played in black and white.

1.The first hoax happened in ________.

A.England B.Australia C.America D.Sweden

2.In 1998,there were ________ in America.

A.32 million disabled people B.32 million left-handed people

C.180 million disabled people D.180 million left-handed people

3.There was only one ________ in Sweden in 1962.

A.TV channel B.TV program C.TV set D.TV expert

4.In the second story,the Swedes were told to hang a ________ over their TV screens to get color reception.

A.color coat B.color sock C.nylon coat D.nylon sock

5.The underlined phrase “were taken in” means “________”.

A.believed the hoax B.were brought C.forgot the story D.were interested

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