题目内容
When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of “Good luck!” from a friend can be helpful. But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do?
In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer.
Have you heard the saying “When you wish upon a star”? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn’t happen very often. The saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky, and so if you make a wish, it will come true.
Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit’s foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so they carry a part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all. However, as the funny saying goes, “Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit!”
People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following year—they will need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole year of good luck!
1.______ is mentioned (提到) in the oldest good luck tradition.
A. A rabbit’s foot B. A falling leaf
C. A cheerful wish from friends D. A shooting star
2.From Paragraph 3, we know that _______.
A. we can often see shooting stars
B. people can see a shooting star on a rainy night
C. your wish may come true if you see a shooting star
D. people believe that it’s unlucky to see a shooting star
3.The British try to catch 12 falling leaves because _______.
A. the leaves fall in autumn B. there are so many leaves to catch
C. the leaves can bring them a lucky month D. they want to have a whole year of good luck
4.In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “them” refers to ______.
A. trees B. people C. leaves D. years
5.The passage is mainly about ______.
A. how to wish upon a star B. things that bring good luck
C. British people love leaves D. which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest
K.L. Rothey, 71, from the United States, a retired lawyer (退休律师)
Rothey has given himself the Chinese name of Luqi or “roadside beggar (乞丐)”. In his eyes, beggars are doing important work—collecting rubbish. What they do is not dirty.
Rothey first visited China in 1984 and soon he became interested in Chinese culture. Married to a Chinese woman, he lived in Huangshi. Many people know him because he often shows up in the street collecting rubbish. “Huangshi is my home so I hope it becomes cleaner and more beautiful,” says Rothey. He has also organized volunteers to collect rubbish in other cities, including Wuhan.
Jill Robinson, 50, from Britain, founder (创立者) and CEO of Animals Asia Foundation.
She has been working for nearly 20 years to stop people from getting the bile (胆汁) from moon bears.She began working for the International Fund for Animal Welfare in Hong Kong in the mid-1980s. A business trip to a bear farm in 1993 changed her life. She saw so many moon bears killed by people. She said she would be back to set them free.
In 1998, she set up the Animal Foundation. In July 2000, the foundation agreed to free 500 farmed moon bears. In 2002, the Moon Bear Rescue (救援) Center was set up in Chengdu.
“As much as we save them, they save us. These bears save us every day and they teach us to be better people,” Robinson says.
Name | K.L.Rothey | Jill Robinson |
Nationality (国籍) | 1. | Britain |
Age | 71 Years old | 50 years old |
Events | He first visited China in 1984 and became interested in Chinese culture. He often 2. rubbish in the street in Huangshi. He has also organized volunteers to collect rubbish in other cities. | She began working for the international Fund for Animal Welfare in the mid-1980s. A 3.trip to a bear farm changed her life in 1993. In 4., the Moon Bear Rescue Center was set up in Chengdu. |
The two passages are about two foreigners who have helped to 5.Chinese lives with their contributions (贡献). We should learn from them. | ||