8.1   a football game when you called. That's why I didn't hear you.

A. watched     B.   was watching

C. have watched   D.   would watch

7. I would have attended your birthday party last night but for the fact that it   at that time.

A. was raining      B. would rain

C. had rained     D. had been raining

6. Lei Jun, co-founder of Xiaomi Technology, along with nine other Chinese business and economic leaders    awarded CCTV's Economic Person of the Year 2013.

A. are     B. were

C. is     D. was

5. ―Haven't seen you for ages! Where have you been?

一I went to Ningxia and     there for one year, teaching as a volunteer.

A. stayed       B. stay

C. had stayed    D.  am staying

B  [20巧•辽宁省实验中学高一下学期期中] Three Kings Day in Mexico

Among the most looked-forward-to holidays by children is Three Kings Day. This celebration takes place on January 6. On this day, children, parents and friends get together in the evening and have a cup of hot chocolate with a rosea de reyes (Three King's Bread). This is a kind of typical bread that has tiny pieces of fruit(orange skins, cherries, etc. ) on top and tiny baby toys inside which symbolize the Baby Jesus.

This holiday has a religious background； however, it is considered a national holiday.

Saint Patrick's Day in Ireland

On the 17th of March every year, Ireland celebrates a special day called Saint Patrick's Day.

People draw shamrocks (-三叶草)or the Irish flag on their faces to look cool.

There are a lot of floats (花车)going through the streets with people on them playing Irish music and doing Irish dancing. Lots of people dress up for a day at the parade or at home. In the evening people go to the pub to listen to Irish music and drink Guinness. There is also a huge firework display on the river which thousands of people go to watch.

Saint Patrick's Day is a great festival and people that have never seen it should go to Ireland to see it.

Semana Santa ： Easter Celebration in Spain

Semana Santa is celebrated all over Spain. Years ago, it was just a religious celebration. Women and men wore black clothing, the men always with a black tie, and everybody was very serious. Today, however, many people who enjoy it also think about having fun.

During this week, religious images are displayed in the streets. These images are made of gold and silver. Forty or fifty men carry each image on their shoulders, always at night.

Many visitors from all over the world come to Spain for Semana Santa and en?joy this celebration.

5. Which of the following is both TRUE of Three Kings Day and Semana Santa?

 A. Both of the festivals have a religious background.

B. Both of the festivals take place in Mexico.

C. People eat a typical bread on both of the festivals.

D. People wear special costumes on both of the festivals.

6. Whicn day does Saint Patrick's Day fall on?

A. January 6.                     B. March 17.

C. May 10.                       D. October 20.

7. On Saint Patrick's Day, you can 

 A. have a cup of hot chocolate in the evening

B. make special bread in the kitchen

C. enjoy a firework display on the river

D. see many religious images in the street

8. What are the religious images in Semana Santa made of?

A. Chocolate and bread.           B.Shamrocks and floats.

  C. Fruit and baby toys.           D.Gold and silver

4. 一How much do you know about the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Nanjing?

―Well, the media     it in a variety of forms.

A. cover         B. will cover

C. have covered    D. covered

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   Thanksgiving Day is a special holiday in the United States and Canada. Families and friends gather to eat and give thanks for their blessing.

Thanksgiving Day is really a harvest festival. This is why it is celebrated in late fall, after the crops are in. But one of the first Thanksgivings in America had nothing to do with a good harvest. On December 4， 1619， the Pil?grims from England landed near what is now Charles City, Virginia. They knelt down and thanked God for their safe journey across the Atlantic.

The first New England Thanksgiving did celebrate a rich harvest. The Pilgrims landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1620. They had a difficult time and the first winter was cruel. Many of the Pilgrims died. But the next year, they had a good harvest. So Governor Bradford declared a three-day feast (盛宴).The Pilgrims in?vited Indian friends to join them for their special feast. Everyone brought food.

   In time, other colonies (殖民地)began to celebrate a day of Thanksgiving. But it took years before there was a national Thanksgiving Day. During the Civil War, Sarah Josepha Hale persuaded Abraham Lincoln to do something about it. He proclaimed (宣布)the last Thursday of November 1863 as a day of Thanksgiving. Today ， Americans celebrate this happy harvest festival on the fourth Thursday in November. Canadians celebrate Thanksgiving Day in much the same way as their American neighbours. But the Canadian Thanksgiving Day falls on the second Monday in October.

1. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated .

A. in spring       B. in summer       C. in autumn        D. in winter

2. The first to celebrate Thanksgiving were .

 A.  some people from England

B.  the American Indians

C.  people in Canada

D.  Governor Bradford and other state governors

3. We can infer from the passage that New England must be .
A. in the USA                       B. in Great Britain

C. in Canada                        D. on some island off the Atlantic

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

 A.  Thanksgiving Day used to be a holiday to celebrate a good harvest.

B.  Abraham Lincoln was not the first to decide on Thanksgiving celebrations.

C.  Thanksgiving Day is celebrated to express the American and Indian people's thanks to God.

D.  There's little difference between the American way and the Canadian way to celebrate Thanksgiving Day.

3. You'd better write down her phone number before you     it.

A. forget        B. are forgetting

C. forgot      D. will forget

2.  We won't start the work until all the preparations     . 

A.    are being made

B.    will be made

C.    have been made

D.    had been made

语法填空[2015 •浙江省台州中学高一期中]

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   Festivals and celebrations of all kinds 1.____ (hold) everywhere since ancient times. Some festivals are held to honour the dead or to satisfy the ancestors, 2.____ might return either to help 3.____to do harm. For Bon Festival, the Japanese should go to clean graves and light incense 4.____memory of their ancestors. They also light lamps in front of houses 5.____they think it will lead the ancestors back to the earth. In Western countries, Halloween is now a children's festival, when they can dress 6____and ask their neighbours for sweets. The most 7____(energy) and important festivals are the 8.____that look forward to the coming of spring. In China, people eat dumplings and give children lucky money 9.____ red paper. It is a time for the family to get together to eat and drink and have fun 10.____each other.