24、The Chinese New Year is called the Spring Festival，which is the biggest festival in China．

It usually comes in January or February．Where there are Chinese，there is the Spring Festival．Each Chinese year has a name．We may call it the Year of the Tiger，the Year of the Pig or the Year of the Snake．And the year of 2007 is called the year of the Pig．The year after it is the Mouse Year．

People always spend a month before the festival in preparing for it．People are busy shopping and cleaning their houses．On the eve there is a big family dinner．All the family stay up late to welcome the New Year，watching the CCTV programs or playing cards．On the first day of the Chinese New Year，people put on their new clothes and go to visit their relatives and friends。saying “Happy New Year”，“Good luck” and some other greetings to each other．It often lasts to the Lantern Festival，which is also an important Chinese festival and people usually have sweet dumplings（yuanxiao）．People always have a very good time，especially children．Children can usually get some money for the new year from their parents and the elder relatives．

1．The most important festival in China is _________．

A．the Lantern Festival                                  B．the Spring Festival

C．the New Year                                            D．the October 1st

2．2008 is the _________year．

A．Mouse                 B．Sheep                  C．Tiger                     D．Pig

3．“All the family stay up late to welcome the New Year．” Here “stay up” means _________．

A．to go to sleep                                          B．not to go to bed

C．to stand up                                              D．to have a good rest

4．Which sentence is Right?

A．The Spring Festival is celebrated only by Chinese people in China．

B．People celebrate the Spring Festival all over the world．

C．The Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival, even when they are in foreign countries．

D．People who can speak Chinese celebrate the Spring Festival in the world．

5．What do people say when they meet on the Chinese New Year's Day?

A．They say “Merry Christmas” and “Happy New Year”．

B．They say “Good luck” and “Good night” to each other．

C．They say “Have a nice day” and “Good luck” only to their friends and relatives．

D．They say many greetings，such as “Good luck” to each other．

23、One Friday night，a poor young man stood at a gate of the railway station，playing his violin．Many people put money into the hat lying in front of him．

The next day，the young man came to the gate of the railway station again，and put his hat on the ground．But different from what he always did in the past days，he took out a large piece of paper and laid it on the ground．It said，“Last night，a gentleman named George Sang put an important thing into my hat by mistake．Please come soon，Mr. Sang．”

After about half an hour，a middle--aged man ran to the young man in a hurry and said，“It’s you! You do come here．I know that you’re an honest man and will certainly come here．” The young man asked，“Are you Mr. George Sang? Did you lose anything?” “A lottery（奖券）ticket，” answered the middle--aged man．The young man took out of a lottery ticket and gave it to the man．

The prize of the lottery ticket was $500,000．Yesterday when the middle--aged man knew he won，he was very happy．He took out 50 dollars and put it in the hat．However，the lottery ticket was also thrown in．

Later，someone asked the young man，“You play the violin in the railway station every day to make money．Why didn't you just take the prize of the lottery ticket for yourself?” The young man said，“Although I don't have much money，I live happily．But if I lose honesty．I won't be happy forever．”

1．One Friday night，_________．

A．a poor young man was playing his violin at a gate of the railway station

B．someone took away some money from the hat lying in front of the young man

C．people didn't want to put money into the hat because they didn't like his music

D．people saw a poor young man standing at the railway station

2．Why did a middle-aged man run to the young man in a hurry?

A．Because he was an honest man and would certainly come．

B．Because he wanted to look for his lost lottery ticket．

C．Because he was too sad to find his lottery ticket．

D．Because he got 50 dollars ready to put into the hat．

3．The middle-aged man _________．

A．won the prize of the lottery ticket

B．won $5,000,000 with the lottery ticket

C．had a lot of money to help the poor young man

D．gave 50 dollars to the young man because of his honesty

4．Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．Though the young man didn't have much money，he lived happily．

B．The young man thought that if he lost honesty，he wouldn't be happy forever．

C．People thought the young man sold the man's lottery ticket．

D．Someone asked the young marl why he didn't take the prize of the lottery ticket．

21、找出划线部分发音与其它三个不同的选项。

1．A．calm                     B．ball                      C．wall                       D．call

2．A．loud                      B．house                  C．though                   D．outgoing

3．A．gift                       B．sick                      C．win                     D．wild

4．A．bread                    B．seal                     C．dream                    D．seat

5．A．born                      B．perform               C．for                       D．worst

20、--How much relish is on a slice of bread?

--________．

A．Three slices                              B．About two teaspoons

C．Four relish                                  D．Over two cups

19、--Could you please do the dishes after supper?

--________．I have to fold my clothes first．

A．Yes，sure            B．No，you can't                   C．Sure，help            D．Sorry，I can't

18、Dennis often played ________ football on Sunday morning and played ________ piano on Sunday afternoon．

A．a，a              B．the，the             C．／，the               D．the，／

17、--Well，I'm going to take guitar lessons，I love music．

-- ________．But，I'm going to learn a foreign language．

A．Sounds interesting                            B．Thank you

C．Let me think it                                  D．That's all right

16、-- ________?

--I'm going to take more acting lessons．

A．What are you going to be                             B．How are you going to be an actor

C．Why are you going to be an actor                 D．How are you going to be an engineer