Three students are talking about the New Year tradition of their own country.

A.Christina from Spain

On the last day of the year, the 31st of December, people wait till 12 p.m. Everybody must have 12 grapes to eat at midnight. At each sound of the clock, we must eat a grape. But we can't ever finish eating the grapes on time! Usually when people still have some grapes in their mouths, they look at each other and start to laugh. This tradition started in Spain long ago. One year, when there were a lot of grapes, the king of Spain decided to give grapes to everybody to eat on New Year's Eve.

B.Cordon from Britain

On New Year's Day in Britain, people have parties. At 12 o'clock, the music stops, and we listen to the radio. On the radio we hear Big Ben, the famous clock in London. Then everybody sings a song about friendship and kisses their friends. We say “Happy New Year” to each other. It's lucky if a tall man with dark hair is the first person to come to the house in the New Year. So I go and visit as many friends as I can. They all give me a drink.

C.Angela from Brazil

In all cities in Brazil, we have a big party on New Year's Eve, especially in Rio de Janeiro. People in this city go to the beaches to watch fireworks (焰火).We put flowers in the sea and think about things we want for ourselves or others. We usually wear white clothes for good luck during the New Year.

1.Which is NOT mentioned (被提到) in the passage?

A. Have 12 grapes to eat. B. Have parties.

C. Give flowers to others. D.Watch fireworks.

2.Who have parties during the New Year?

A. People in Spain. B. People in Britain.

C. People in Brazil D. Both B and C.

3.From the paragraph of “Cordon from Britain”, we know that ________.

A. Cordon can't drink much

B. people hear Big Ben on the radio

C. people sing a song about good luck

D. everybody in Britain goes to watch fireworks

4.On New Year's Day, Brazilians usually wear white clothes because ________.

A. they hope that can bring them good luck

B. that reminds them of their happy life

C. they think that they look beautiful in white

D. that's what they have to do during the New Year

5.This article mainly tells us________.

A. what people in Britain do on New Year's Day

B. when and where people have New Year parties

C. what people in different countries do on New Year's Day

D. why people around the world like the New Year

Almost every child in cities have chances to go to school, but not all children in village areso lucky.

There is a girl called Xiao Lian. She is ten years old and lives in a small village. When she was seven, she wanted to go to school. But she could not, because her family was too poor to payfor school fees for her study, so her parents had to keep her at home. Instead of studying, Xiao Lian looked after her brother and worked in the field every day. Then Hope Project(希望工程)heard about Xiao Lian. And now she is studying in a school.

Unluckily there are many thousands of children who can not go to school. You can join in Hope Project and help these children. You know all the good work needs money. Hope Project needs your help.

If you give Hope Project 300 yuan each year, it can pay for one child to go to school for a whole year. With more money, Hope Project can build new schools, buy good desks, chairs, blackboards and books. Let’s help the children together and give them a chance to have a good start in life.

1.School fees means _________ in Chinese.

A. 学费 B. 校服 C. 校规 D. 住校费

2.Xiao Lian didn’t go to school when she was seven because _________.

A. her family was very poor

B. she had to look after her brother

C. she studied at home

D. she didn’t like to go school

3.A poor child can go to school for _________with 300 yuan.

A. half a year B. a year

C. a whole month D. nine years

4.Many children _________ need our help.

A. in developed countries B. from rich families

C. in small villages D. in big cities

5.From the passage we know that _________.

A. Xiao Lian’s father worked for Hope Project

B. Xiao Lian joined in Hope Project

C. there are three people in Xiao Lian’s family

D. Hope Project helps poor children to go to school

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