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各自度假的信息。阅读下面A、B、C、D、E和F六个假日，为他们每位选定假日，选项中有一项是
多余选项。
long history. People for centuries have burned different colors of candles to attract desired emotions,
material wealth and so on.
_____2. Oliver is going to invite some poor members of his community to spend the festival with him. He has
prepared a big fat goat and he also wants to share it with his friends and family.
_____3. Scott is decorating a very tall tree with many colorful ornaments theses days. He also wants to go to
the church with his parents. He is sure to have a wonderful festival.
_____4. Anna is going to buy some presents for her grandparents. And she has decided to wrap them with
gold paper which she thinks is the lucky color.
_____5. David is a Jewish and he is going to spend about ten days with his family. He has prepared nine
candles and bought many pancakes.
Chinese New Year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It falls on different dates each
year, between January 21 and February 20. Visits to friends and family take place during this celebration. The
color gold is said to bring wealth, and the color red is considered especially lucky. The New Year's Eve dinner
is very large and includes fish, noodles, and dumplings.
B. Christmas
Christmas is celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas in the United States brings together many
customs from other countries and cultures. Around the world, family members help to decorate the tree and
home with bright lights, wreaths, candles, holly, mistletoe, and ornaments. On Christmas Eve, many people go
to church. Also on Christmas Eve, Santa comes from the North Pole in a sleigh to deliver gifts; in Hawaii, it is
said he arrives by boat; in Australia, the jolly man arrives on water skis; and In Ghana, he comes out of the
jungle.
C. Eid Al Adha, the Festival of the Sacrifice
Eid Al Adha is celebrated by Muslims on the 10th day of the month of the lunar calendar (In 2008, it fell on
December 8) to commemorate the willingness of the prophet Ibrahim (or Abraham) to sacrifice his son for
God. Today, Muslims sacrifice an animal-usually a goat or a sheep-as a reminder of Ibrahim's obedience to
God. The meat is shared with family, friends Muslims or non-Muslims, as well as the poor members of the
community.
D. Hanukkah
Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah, a holiday honoring the Maccabees victory over King Antiochus, who
forbade Jews to practice their religion. For eight nights, Hanukkah is celebrated with prayer, the lighting of the
menorah, and food. A menorah has nine candles, a candle for every night, plus a helper candle. Children play
games, sing songs, and exchange gifts. Potato pancakes, known as latkes (土豆饼) in Yiddish, are traditionally
associated with Hanukkah and are served with applesauce and sour cream.
E. Kwanzaa
On December 26, Kwanzaa is celebrated. It is a holiday to commemorate African heritage. Kwanzaa lasts
a week during which participants gather with family and friends to exchange gifts and to light a series of black,
red, and green candles, which symbolize the seven basic values of African American family life that are unity,
self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity, and faith.
F. Three Kings Day
At the end of the Twelve Days of Christmas comes a day called the Epiphany, or Three Kings Day. This
holiday is celebrated as the day the three wise men first saw baby Jesus and brought him gifts. On this day in
Spain, many children get their Christmas presents. In Puerto Rico, before children go to sleep on January 5,
they leave a box with hay under their beds so the kings will leave good presents. In France, a delicious King
cake is baked. Bakers will hide a coin, jewel or little toy inside it.
Google Works Miracles
GOOGLE (www. google. torn) is a daily miracle to millions of people. If the Internet had only this very fast search engine, it would have justified its existence many times over. It is the most popular search engine on the web with a 54% market share, ahead of Ya-hoo! You type almost anything, however un-clear, into the space provided and in a second it has come up with hundreds of references. If knowledge is power, then Google commands the gateway.
Yahoo Becomes Giant
YAHOO (www. yahoo, com) was the first wonder of the web, and in many re-spects, it still is. It started in January 1994 when two California graduate students, Jerry Yang and David Filo, started compiling (编 译) a database of links, mainly for their per-sonal use. But well before the end of the year, it had become recognizable as Yahoo we know today. In the past seven years, Yahoo had grown rapidly, partly through a long string of buy. Yahoo now offers almost eve-rything you could want: e-mails, instant mes-sages, chats, clubs, photo albums and a lot more.
eBay Enables Everyone to Buy and Sell
eBAY (www. ebay. com), which deals with online trading and shopping services, is the most impressive large Internet company where people buy and sell goods and services worldwide. It has, for instance, opened up a global marketplace in which people from Bei-jing, San Francisco, or Moscow can bid (投 标) against each other for products put up for sale by someone in London. The company's online service permits sellers to list items for sale, buyers to bid on items of interest, and eBay users to browse (浏览) through listed items that is available online seven days a week.
Amazon Makes Buying a New Experience
Amazon (www. amazon. com) started out as an online bookstore, constantly putting up new book . titles it offered for sale. In the late 1990s, Amazon had more than four mil-lion titles after adding CDs, videos, DVDs and games. It continued to add new lines of busi-ness including toys, computer software, elec-tronics, like MP3 players, power tools, home improvement products and online sales. For regular users, Amazon has made itself the shortest possible path between wanting and buying.
(1) What is Google used mainly for?
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A．Commanding the gateway.
B．Searching for information.
C．Storing reference books.
D．Providing extra space.
(2) “Rome is not built in one day. ” but Yahoo is built in one________.
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(3) What goods did Amazon sell when it star-ted its business?
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A．Videos and games.
B．Different books.
C．Power tools.
D．MP3 players.
(4) Which of the following is true?
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A．Buying and selling can only be done through Amazon.
B．If you feed in something unclear, Google will refuse to do the searching.
C．Yahoo owns more market shares than any other company on the web.
D．eBay Company's online service is al-ways there for its users.
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和Anna他们自己或亲人遇到了一些健康问题，正在寻找相关网站获取信息和帮助。第1至5是他们所遇问题的简单介绍。阅读下面六个网站的简介(A，B，C，D，E和F)，选出每个人需要的最佳网站。选项中有一项是多余选项。1．Recently, Tina found herself gaining weight week by week．She can't help eating things even after finishing a large dinner．Some of her clothes have become too tight for her．She is worrying about what will happen to her if it continues．Where can she find some good advice on eating disorders?
2．David is a high school student, who is interested in body piercing(
穿孔)．He really wants to know whether it is a possible way to spread AIDS．Where can he get an answer to this question?3．Victor is a young manager of a big food company．He seems have endless work to do every day．so he feels stressed out when he comes from his office．His wife Helen is worried about his health．So Helen is looking for a good site which offers advice on relaxation or stress relief for her husband．
4．Henry, a native in Spain, has long been upset that his father has been a serious drinker for 20 years．He lost his good job and his wife because of drinking．Once he was nearly killed in an accident after drinking too much．As his only son, Henry cares about his father's health．So he needs some advice on how people can give up drinking．
5．Betty, a German girl, is becoming fatter and fatter these days．She eats whatever she likes．As a result, she eats lots of junk food and few fresh fruits．In other words, she knows little about nutritional and fitness needs．Her mother Anna hopes to find a site in which her daughter can chat with other teenagers about health issues．
A．Learn about the problems of the spreading of HIV in teenagers．This site, prepared by a Harvard researcher, offers teens the chance to ask about AIDS and other issues．You can find information about avoiding the deadly disease, including information on risks associated with makeup for the face and other parts of your body．This site has a long list of hotlines that teens can call．
B．A site created especially for teens with information about your food or diet．There are interactive sections where you can learn about your RDA(Recommended Daily Allowances)or communicate with other teens．There are English, Spanish, and German versions of this site．
C．The site provides you with a lot of tips on how to provide relief for your body and mind, and has many links to sites on yoga, mental health, and lots of other subjects to keep your health both mentally and physically．
D．We are devoted to the prevention and treatment of different eating problems．Edreferral．com provides information and treatment resources for all forms of eating disorder．Our goal is to give assistance for those who suffer a lot so as to get them to start on the road to recovery．It is important for them to seek help! Our site is full of information and we want to help．
E．AL－Anon is a worldwide organization that offer a self-help recovery program for families and friends of alcoholics whether or not the alcoholic seeks help or even recognizes the existence of a drinking problem．Members give and receive comfort and understanding through a mutual exchange of experiences, strength and hope．The information on this site is available in ten different languages, including English and Spanish．
F．Welcome to Healthy Weight Website．Is there an ideal weight we should all try to achieve? The answer is NO! There's no ideal weight that suits everybody．Each person is different and his healthy weight will be determined by different factors．Anyhow．Our healthy eating tips and information on physical activities and nutrition can help you achieve and maintain your healthy weight．