A Christina from Spain

On the last day of the year, the 31st of December, people wait till 12 pm. Everybody must have 12 grapes(葡萄) to eat at midnight. At each sound of the clock, we must eat a group. But we can’t ever finish eating the grapes on time! Usually when people still have some grapes in their mouths, they look at each other and start to laugh. This tradition started in Spain long ago. One year, when there were a lot of grapes, the king of Spain decided to give grapes to everybody to eat on New Year’s Eve.

B Cordon from Britain

On New Year’s Day in Britain, people have parties. At 12 o’clock, the music stops, and we listen to the radio. On the radio we hear Big Ben, the famous clock in London. Then everybody sings a song about friendship and kisses their friends. We say “Happy New Year” to each other. It’s lucky if a tall man with dark hair is the first person to come to the house in the new year. So I go and visit as many friends as I can. They all give me a drink.

C Angela from Brazil

In all cities in Brazil, we have a big party on New Year’s Eve, especially in Rio de Janeiro. People in this city go to the beaches to watch fireworks(焰火).We put flowers in the sea and think about things we want for ourselves or others. We usually wear white clothes for good luck during the New Year.

1.Who has parties on New Year’s Day?

A. People in Spain. B. People in Britain.

C. People in Brazil. D. Both B and C.

2.From the 2nd paragraph, we can infer (推断)that___________.

A. the music stops before midnight.

B. cordon can’t drink much.

C. cordon is a tall man with dark hair.

D. there are no people near Big Ben.

3.On New Year’s Day, Brazilians usually wear white clothes because_________.

A. that reminds them of their happy life

B. they hope that can bring them good luck

C. they think that they look beautiful in white

D. that’s what they have to do during the New Year

4.This article mainly tells us ________________.

A. what people in Britain do on New Year’s Day

B. when and where people have New Year parties

C. why people in different countries like the New Year

D. what people around the world do on New Year’s Day

One Thursday afternoon, when I was in Grade 9, a new boy came into my classroom. He was short and thin. He walked up to the teacher and told her, very seriously, that he was new. His name was Christian. He sat down, took a look at me, and then looked away. I didn’t think he was very nice and I was sure he wasn’t the type I would like to become friends with.

During that year, I didn’t talk to him much, but he smiled at me when our eyes met, always shyly. He never ate lunch with anybody, and he never talked to anybody but me.

But one day I joined those unkind kids who were making fun of him. We made fun of him though I thought it was wrong.

“Haven’t you got any friends?” a kid asked Christian, who had walked past us alone, head down.

“No, he hasn’t got any friends. He’s too stupid and shy,”I said. Then Christian looked up at me with the saddest dog eyes I had over seen. I felt very sorry at that moment.

That night, I couldn’t sleep because I couldn’t get Christian’s face out of my mind. In the weeks that followed, he never met my eyes in class and never smiled at me. It was really hard for me to decide to write him a note asking him to forgive me. But I thought I should.

The next day in class, I wrote him a note telling him how sorry I felt. About five minutes later, I turned and saw tears in his eyes. “You will never realize what your apology(道歉) has meant to me, Jimmly.” he said to me. “I hope we can become friends. ”

We had lunch together that noon and we had the best talk I had ever had. Over the years at high school, we were close friends.

When I think back, I realize that, if I had not apologized, I would never have known what a lovely person Christian was. Apologies can really change your life, so never miss the chance to tell somebody you are sorry.

1.From the passage, we know Christian was a ________ boy.

A. tall and fat B. short and shy

C. short and active D. lovely and fat

2.Jimmly didn’t talk to Christian much at first because ________.

A. he didn’t think Christian was the type he wanted to become friends with

B. Christian wasn’t nice to people around him after he came to the new class

C. Christian made friends with others

D. Christian had the saddest dog eyes

3.Jimmly felt________ after he made fun of Christian with other unkind kids.

A. happy B. interested C. sorry D. bored

4.Jimmly asked Christian to forgive him by ________.

A. sending an e?mail B. wearing a smile

C. eating supper together D. writing a note

5.This article tells us that ________.

A. we should make an apology when we hurt others

B. Jimmly’s apology was unimportant to Christian

C. Christian wasn’t lovely in fact

D. it is impossible to say sorry to others

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