题目内容
Every country has its traditional festivals. The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring. Though there are some sayings about its origin, all agree that the word Nian, which in modern Chinese means “year”, was originally the name of a beast that started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year.
One story goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would take in a great many people at one time. People were very afraid. One day, an old man came to their help and said he would stop all this. He said to Nian, “I hear that you are very strong, but can you eat up all the beasts on earth instead of people who are too weak to be your enemies?” “Yes,” Nian agreed with him and went to kill many of the beasts on earth. People were very happy because those beasts also did bad things to people and killed their farm animals from time to time.
After that, the old man, who was a god, rode on the beast Nian and left. Nian was gone, and other beasts also went into forests; people began to enjoy their happy life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper-cuts on their windows and doors at each year’s end to drive Nian away, because red is the color the beast felt most afraid of.
From then on, every year at the beginning of spring, people prepare to “Guo Nian”. The word “Guo Nian” means “go through the Nian safely”. Putting up red paper-cuts to drive Nian away and making dumplings for a better new year are still an every-year doing by the Chinese people. However, people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, they just feel the color and the food make the New Year very enjoyable.
【小题1】How did the old man stop Nian from eating people?
A.By putting red paper-cuts on windows. |
B.By eating up beasts. |
C.By talking to him. |
D.By riding on him. |
A.Because Nian liked the color red. |
B.Because the color red could kill Nian. |
C.Because the old man like the color red. |
D.Because Nian was afraid of the color red. |
A.The Origin of the Chinese New Year |
B.The Old Man and the Beast Nian |
C.How to Go Through the Nian safely |
D.What Nian Was Like |
A.Nian can eat up all the beasts on earth at one time. |
B.Nian is a tall beast that likes to eat farm animals. |
C.Nian is afraid of red paper-cuts. |
D.Nian doesn’t like to use his own mind. |
【小题1】C
【小题2】D
【小题3】A
【小题4】C
解析
Americans think that travel is good for you. Some even think it can help to solve one of the country ’ s worst problems ~: crime (犯罪).
Crime worries a lot of people. Every year, the number of crimes is up and up. And many criminals (罪犯)are young. They often come from sad homes, with only one parent or no parents at all.
There are many young criminals in prison,but prison doesn ’ t change them. Six or seven in ten will go back to crime when they come out of prison.
One man ,Bob Burton, thought of a new idea. In the old days, young men had to live a difficult life on the road. They learned to be strong and brave, and to help their friends to be strong and brave, and to help their friends in time of danger. This helped them grow into men. So Bob Burton started “Vision Quest. “ He takes young criminals on a long ,long journey with horses and wagons (马车), 3,000 miles through seven states. They are on the road for more than a year.
The young people in Vision Quest all have bad problems. Most of them have already spent time in prison. This is their last chance.
It's hard work on the road. The day starts before the sun comes up. The boys and girls have to feed the horses. Some of them have never loved anyone before but they love their horses. That love can help them to live a new life.
Not all the young people on Vision Quest will leave crime behind them. Three or four in ten will one day be in prison again. Bob Burton is right. Travel can be good for you. Even today, Americans still say, “ Go west, young men. ”
【小题1】In the last paragraph “leave crime behind them" means .
A.no longer do a crime | B.leave people who do a crime |
C.don't do all the crimes | D.leave criminals behind |
A.Because he can help to solve crime. |
B.Because three or four is better than six or seven. |
C.Because the young criminals have a hard life on the road. |
D.Because he can stop crime in the country. |
A.getting up before the sun rises can help out of crime |
B.we can hardly find a person who has no love for anybody or anything |
C.travelling can help all criminals out of prison |
D.young people can do anything freely |
A.young people have bad problems |
B.young people grow tall very fast |
C.young people often help their friends in time of danger |
D.all of the above |
A.if they go west they can have a travel |
B.in the west there is a prison |
C.there they have to live a hard life to grow into men |
D.prison doesn't change them |
Americans think that travel is good for you. Some even think it can help to solve one of the country ’ s worst problems ~: crime (犯罪).
Crime worries a lot of people. Every year, the number of crimes is up and up. And many criminals (罪犯)are young. They often come from sad homes, with only one parent or no parents at all.
There are many young criminals in prison,but prison doesn ’ t change them. Six or seven in ten will go back to crime when they come out of prison.
One man ,Bob Burton, thought of a new idea. In the old days, young men had to live a difficult life on the road. They learned to be strong and brave, and to help their friends to be strong and brave, and to help their friends in time of danger. This helped them grow into men. So Bob Burton started “Vision Quest. “ He takes young criminals on a long ,long journey with horses and wagons (马车), 3,000 miles through seven states. They are on the road for more than a year.
The young people in Vision Quest all have bad problems. Most of them have already spent time in prison. This is their last chance.
It's hard work on the road. The day starts before the sun comes up. The boys and girls have to feed the horses. Some of them have never loved anyone before but they love their horses. That love can help them to live a new life.
Not all the young people on Vision Quest will leave crime behind them. Three or four in ten will one day be in prison again. Bob Burton is right. Travel can be good for you. Even today, Americans still say, “ Go west, young men. ”
1.In the last paragraph “leave crime behind them" means .
A.no longer do a crime |
B.leave people who do a crime |
C.don't do all the crimes |
D.leave criminals behind |
2.Why is Bob Burton right?
A.Because he can help to solve crime. |
B.Because three or four is better than six or seven. |
C.Because the young criminals have a hard life on the road. |
D.Because he can stop crime in the country. |
3.Form the passage we may infer that .
A.getting up before the sun rises can help out of crime |
B.we can hardly find a person who has no love for anybody or anything |
C.travelling can help all criminals out of prison |
D.young people can do anything freely |
4. On “ Vision Quest" .
A.young people have bad problems |
B.young people grow tall very fast |
C.young people often help their friends in time of danger |
D.all of the above |
5.Americans still say, "Go west, young men. ”because .
A.if they go west they can have a travel |
B.in the west there is a prison |
C.there they have to live a hard life to grow into men |
D.prison doesn't change them |
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