Events
Long March exhibit
The Shanghai History Museum is putting on exhibition to remember the Long March(长征) which took place 75 years ago. More than 220 photos and 40 other things are on show. All the exhibition is explained in Chinese. The show will end on November 20.
Time: 10:00 a.m.—4:00 p.m.
Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road
Ticket: 8 yuan for Chinese/15 yuan for foreigners
Thai elephants
Eight elephants from Thailand are an attraction for visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, dancing and blowing a musical instrument. The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 a.m., 3:30 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. and there is an extra show at 1:30 p.m. at weekends. The show will end on November 15.
Address:189 Daduhe Road
Ticket:30—40 yuan
Dancing dolphins
Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, dancing to music, kissing people and doing easy math problems, and seals and sea lions, also performing, have made a large part of the aquarium(水族馆) in Peace Park, which interests children greatly.
Hours: 10:30 a.m., 4:00 p.m., and 7:30 p.m.
Ticket: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children.
【小题1】Where can one see the Long March exhibition?

In every little girl's toy box. there might be a Barbie Doll. Barbie is 50 years old this, year. It was designed(设计)in 1959 by an American businesswoman named Ruth Handler. She and her husband Elliott started the toy company Mattel. She named the new doll after their daughter Barbara. The first Barbie Doll appeared at the toy fair（交易会）New York on March 9th, 1959. This date is used as Barbie's birthday.

    Mattel sold three hundred thousand Barbie Dolls in the first year at a price of three dollars. Today, a fifty-year-old Barbie in good condition might cost more than twenty-seven thousand dollars. Mattel says 90% of the girls in the United States aged from three to ten own at least one Barbie Doll. And girls aged three to six own an average（平均）of about twelve.

 When Mattel created Barbie Dolls half a century ago, they never thought this doll would become a legend. Now Barbie Dolls are famous all over the world. They are sold in one hundred and fifty countries, and every second three Barbie Dolls are sold around the world.

1.Who designed the first Barbie Doll in 1959?

      A. Mattel.          B. Elliott.          C. Barbara.        D. Ruth Handler.

2.A Barbie D011 cost _______dollars in the first year after it appeared.

      A. 3               B. 50             C. 90             D. 27,000

3.What does the underlined word “legend” mean in the passage?

      A.传播            B.传奇            C. 传承          D.传达

4.The writer doesn't tell us _______.

     A. Barbie Dolls are very popular with girls    B. Barbie Dolls sell well around the world

     C. what the first Barbie Doll was based on    D. the doll Barbie was named after Barbara

5.What's the best title of the passage? ______.

      A. Barbie's birthday                     B. Barbie Dolls

      C. A lovely girl named Barbie             D. Why are Barbies popular

 Dictionaries say that “spring fever” is a lazy or restless feeling . People usually have the feeling on the first warm day of spring. Everyone has probably felt it at one time or another . people have talked about it for years.

   Recently, scientists have taken a good look at spring fever. What they found is quite surprising.

   In many places we live in , the winter months often seem dark and dreary. When spring comes late March , the world becomes colorful . The number of daylight hours grows with each passing day. According to many scientists, all the sunlight sets off chemicals in the brain (大脑). The chemicals make our feeling change and bring on spring fever.

1.How do people who have spring fever feel ?

A. active            B. awake           C. energetic       D. restless .

2.Scientists think that ______________ cause(s) spring fever .

A. colors           B. sunlight         C. dark           D. illness

3. According to the passage ,the underlined word “dreary ”means“__________” in Chinese.

A. 沉闷的         B.暖和的           C. 晴朗的        D.明亮的

4.The best title for the passage is ______________ .

A. How to Get Over Spring Fever          B. Spring Fever

C. Darkness in winter                    D. Spring and winter

Are two holidays not enough? Do you dream of three, or even four? 1.这不再是梦想! Last month, the State Council(国务院) encouraged primary and high schools to give students a spring or autumn break without changing the total number of student vacation days.

Students in China currently only have long holidays in two seasons —summer and winter. These holidays are usually 10 to 12 weeks in total.“If we had spring and autumn breaks, 2.I would have time to taste all four seasons instead of burying (埋) myself in my studies,”Gao Yiran, a 15-year-old boy told China Daily. Seasonal holidays during autumn and spring may be something new in China, but not in other countries.

In the US, students usually have three holidays. Summer holiday is the longest one, and runs from mid-June until early September. Summer camp is one of kids’ favorite places to go to, where they can make new friends and try some new activities. Winter holiday starts from mid-December and ends in early January. Most kids and their parents go to spend time together over the Christmas period. Spring break comes in mid- March and 3.it is usually a 10-day holiday.

Schools in Japan start in April, as most people think that spring is the perfect time for new things. For school children ,summer holiday lasts from July 20 to August 31. Most kids are busy with club activities including sports and dancing. Spring break starts at the end of March and continues till early April. It is a good chance for a short family trip around the city.

阅读短文，按要求完成下面的任务。

任务一　将4.处的中文翻译成英文。

任务二　将5.处斜体部分的英文翻译成中文。

任务三　写出6.处“it”指代的内容。

任务四　7.What do Japanese kids usually do in their spring break?

任务五　8.为该文段拟写一个标题。

In the past month，we’ve been holding our breath for news about a Boeing 777 plane,MH 370．
It took off from Kuala Lumpur(吉隆坡)，Malaysia．On March 8．It was heading to Beijing．But about two hours into the flight, the plane went missing．
There were 239 people on the flight，including 154 Chinese．
A total of 12 countries including China and the US have joined the search for the plane．
Did it crash? We know that the weather was clear that day．The pilots didn’t make any distress calls(求救信号)．And as of March l3，experts have not found any broken parts of the plane。
Was it hijacked(劫机)? Two Iranians(伊朗人)used stolen passports to get into the flight．But now they do not appear to be linked to any possible hijacking of the plane，international police agency Interpol(国际刑警组织)official said on March 11．
The search is still going on．It could take months or even years to find out what happened
to the flight．
【小题1】When did MH370 go missing?