Another year is coming!Time to forget the past,have a new start and party!
People started celebrating the New Year about 4,000 years ago in Egypt．But New Year's Day wasn't on January 1st until 46 BC!
During that year,Julius Caesar,the leader of the Roman Empire,made a new calendar．It made January 1st become New Year's Day．
Today people celebrate the day in many different ways．
In the U．S,people have parties on December 31st,New Year's Eve．The biggest party is in Times Square,New York．There,at 11∶59pm,a ball drops slowly down one of the buildings．It hits the ground at 12am,lighting a sign reading“Happy New Year”．It also sets off fireworks．
Denmark has the strangest celebrations．There,on New Year's Eve,people throw plates at their friends' homes as a sign of friendship!
The Spanish also celebrate the New Year strangely．At 12am everybody eats 12 grapes!Why?Because they think the grapes will bring them good luck．
Why don't you try eating some this New Year's Eve?
(1)
People started celebrating the New Year in ________．
[ ]
A．
Rome
B．
Denmark
C．
the US
D．
Egypt
(2)
People celebrate the New Year ________．
[ ]
A．
for thousands of years
B．
in the same way
C．
only in Rome
D．
for Julius Caesar
(3)
People eat ________ to celebrate the New Year in Spain．
[ ]
A．
dumplings
B．
noodles
C．
grapes
D．
cakes
(4)
In ________,people throw plates at their friends' homes on New Year's Eve．
[ ]
A．
Spain
B．
Denmark
C．
Rome
D．
Egypt
(5)
Which one is NOT right about the passage?
[ ]
A．
In the US,people have parties on New Year's Eve．
B．
New Year is the time to forget the past．
C．
In Denmark,people throw the plates to bring them good luck．
Men have always travelled from one place to another．
They did not travel for fun before,but to find new places much better to live in or be away from their neighbours(邻居)．It was not an easy thing．They always walked from their old homes to another new place．But later they found all easier way of travelling．They rode on the back of some animals．They also used the wood to make a small“boat”to travel in the water．
But now people travel for the joy of seeing and experiencing(经历)new things．And travelling has become much easier．People can travel in their own cars,or by train,ship or plane．And it is also safe and comfortable．They can even(甚至)travel to space,but it's much more expensive．
(1)
People in the past travelled for ________．
[ ]
A．
entertainment
B．
their children
C．
a new place
D．
new neighbours
(2)
People in the past travelled ________．
[ ]
A．
on foot
B．
by riding on the back of animals．
C．
By“boat”
D．
all of the above
(3)
Today people travel to ________．
[ ]
A．
live longer
B．
experience new things
C．
be away from their homes
D．
find a new neighbour
(4)
Today travelling is ________ than before．
[ ]
A．
harder
B．
cheaper
C．
easier
D．
slower
(5)
How many ways of travelling are mentioned(提及)in the last paragraph?
Round eyes,round head,round ears,round body!What is this lovely little animal?
He looks like a bear．But he is not a bear．He's a koala．
People in Australia love koalas and take care of them．They have set up places for them to live in safely．No one can kill them for their pretty fur(毛皮)．When a koala is born,he has no fur．And he is not as big as your little toe(脚趾)!The mother koala has a pocket in the front of her body．The baby goes into this warm pocket．There he stays for six months．
The koala could not lire without a special kind of tree．The tree gives him both his home and his food．For most of the day the koala sleeps in the tree．
At night the koala looks for food．He may go miles to find it．He likes only the bark(树皮)and the leaves of the tree．He eats nothing else．And he eats more than two pounds each night!
How lovely the koalas really are!
(1)
People in Australia ________．
[ ]
A．
keep koalas in their homes
B．
put koalas in the tree
C．
set up places for koalas to live in safely
D．
raise baby koalas in their pockets
(2)
After he is born,the baby koala lives in his mother's pocket ________．
[ ]
A．
for sis days
B．
for six months
C．
for a night
D．
all his lire
(3)
What does the mother koala usually do when her baby is born?
[ ]
A．
She takes him in her pocket．
B．
She keeps him on her back．
C．
She makes him cry．
D．
She beats him．
(4)
Koalas cannot live without a special kind of tree because ________．
[ ]
A．
they have to keep cool under the tree
B．
they eat the fruit on the tree
C．
they stay in the tree all the time
D．
they live in the tree and get food from it
(5)
What is the text mainly about?
[ ]
A．
How people in Australia protect koalas．
B．
Lovely koalas in Australia．
C．
Koalas cannot live without a special kind of tree．
In many English homes people eat four meals a day．They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning．They eat porridge(粥)eggs or bread and drink tea or coffee at breakfast．Lunch comes at one o'clock．Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven．First they have soup,then they have meat or fish with vegetables．After they eat some other things,like bananas,apples or oranges．But not all English people eat like that．Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day．Their meals are breakfast,dinner,tea and supper and all these meals are very simple．
(1)
Many English people have ________ meals a day．
[ ]
A．
two
B．
three
C．
four
D．
five
(2)
People may have ________ for their breakfast according to the passage．