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Do you need an excuse for a celebration, because Christmas and your birthday are still a few months away?If it is true in your life, why don't you 1 celebrating your half－birthday－the day falls exactly six months either before or after your 2 date of birth．If you were born on the 27th of January, 3 , you could have an excuse for a 4 on Wednesday the 27th of July(if you count the months) 5 on Friday the 29th of July(if you count the days)．
Half－birthday is often celebrated when the real birthday may be overshadowed(使…失色)by some important festivals, 6 Christmas．So half－birthday celebrations are more 7 in June or July．In the US, half－birthdays are often 8 for children, whose real birthdays don't fall in the school year, so giving the chance to celebrate at school with their friends and teacher．
In fact, half－birthday has become popular 9 the world only with the popularity(流行)of Harry Potter, 10 it has been known for many years．Harry's friends try to cheer him up by celebrating his half－birthday on January 29th．
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Swimming is very popular
（流行的，受欢迎的）. People like to swim in summer because water makes them feel cool. If you like swimming and swim in an improper place, it may be dangerous. These years, many people died when they were enjoying themselves in the water, and most of them were students. Some people are not careful in swimminG．They often think they can swim so well that nothing dangerous will happen（发生）to them in the water. Summer is here again. If you go swimming, don't forget that good swimmers have died in water. They died not because they could not swim but because they were not careful. Don't get into the water when you are alone（单独地）. Don't get into the water if there is a “NO SWIMMING”sign. If you remember these, swimming will be safe.(1) People like to swim in summer because __________.
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．they feel cool in the waterB
．they feel free in the waterC
．swimming makes them strongD
．swimming makes them popular(2) Swimming may not be safe if __________.
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．it is popular enoughB
．you like swimming very muchC
．it makes people excitedD
．you swim in dangerous places(3) These years many died in the water when they were swimming happily.
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．old peopleB
．young peopleC
．womenD
．men(4) Some swimmers die in water because __________.
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．they swim so wellB
．they are not strong enoughC
．they are not carefulD
．they can't swim well(5) The writer
（作者）wants to tell us that __________.[
]A
．swimming is a good sportB
．we should not go swimming in summerC
．we must be careful in swimmingD
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（流行）. But the Chinese don't call it soccer, we call it football. There are eleven players （运动员） in a team. And the ball is round. Only the goalkeeper （守门员） plays the ball with hands. The other players can't play the ball with hands.In the USA, soccer is not very popular. They like playing American football more than playing soccer. There are also eleven players in a team. The ball is not round. All the players can play the ball with hands and feet
（脚）. And the goal （球门） is bigger than the goal of soccer games. American football is quite different from soccer.(1) The football in China is really called ____.
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A ．football |
B ．American football |
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C ．soccer |
D ．Chinese football |
(2) There are ____ players in an American football team.
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A ．10 |
B ．11 |
C ．12 |
D ．We don't know |
(3) How many players in a team can play soccer with feet?
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A ．11 |
B ．10 |
C ．12 |
D ．We don't know |
(4) How many players can play American football with hands?
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A ．Only one |
B ．Eleven |
C ．Ten |
D ．Twelve |
The group's song “If You're Gone” came out in 2000,and it's popular. Weeks ago, it was No. 4 on Billboard's Chart (流行音乐公告牌).
Lead singer Bob Thomas said that's what happens to a lot of their songs.
“They are never so popular when they come out. It's always like this and a year later I turn on the radio and I still hear it on the radio and I'm like. ‘Aw, this is great,’” Thomas said to a newspaper. “Then we get a call six months later saying that the song's starting to do really well.”
Thomas said the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks(9 · 11事件)changed the way people listen to the radio.
“They want to hear about songs about feelings or they want to hear about songs that are just fun just because they're tired now,” he said．
1．From the reading we learn that Matchbox Twenty is ________. ( )
A．a popular song
B．a singer
C．a singing group
D．a song writer
2．“that's what happens to a lot of their songs”means ________. ( )
A．their songs are popular all the time
B．some of their songs don't do well at the beginning
C．a lot of their songs are not popular at all
D．something always happens to their songs
3．Bob Thomas ________. ( )
A．changed the way people listen to the radio
B．wrote a song for a newspaper
C．once said something to a newsreporter
D．came out to sing in 2000
4．Now songs about ________ are popular. ( )
A．the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks
B．people's feelings
C．the year of 2000
D．Billboard Chart
5．Which of the following is right? ( )
A．People don't like to listen to the radio now.
B．Songs that are just fun are welcomed now.
C．Popular songs all came out in 2000．
D．Bob Thomas also works at a newspaper.
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