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People all know that December 25th is Christmas for Americans and other westerners. Yet not all the people know Boxing Day.

   Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated on December 26th, or the first weekday after Christmas. And it is a festival only for those service persons such as postmen, newspaper boys, milkmen, etc. On that day, families traditionally give Christmas boxes to those service workers. It is a custom , but nobody is certain how it was originated (起源).

   A popular legend tells the story. There was once a rich lady called Chatter in England. One morning many, many years ago, it snowed very heavily. Chatter was waiting anxiously for a very important letter from her boyfriend. Then a post boy came and gave her the letter. She was so pleased that she gave him a box with presents. Later on, more and more people followed her example. As time went by , giving boxes with presents to service persons became a custom in Great Britain . Later the custom spread (传播) to the British Commonwealth and America . In the United States , some people give their employees (雇员) money instead of boxes nowadays .

(    ) 46. Boxing Day is celebrated ______.

A. on December 25th                                    B. on December 26th  

C. on the first weekday after Christmas          D. B or C

(    ) 47. “The first weekday” refers to _____ .

A. Monday     B. Sunday      C. Saturday      D. Friday

(    ) 48. _____ on Boxing Day.

A. Those service persons would box each other.

B. Service workers would give boxes to each other.

C. The employers (雇主) receive boxes from service workers.

D. Service workers receive boxes from the employers.

(    ) 49. According to a popular legend story, Boxing Day originated from _____.

A. America      B. Australia      C. England      D. British Commonwealth

(    ) 50. On Boxing Day in the United States nowadays, ______.

A. all the service workers receive money instead of boxes from their employers.

B. people give the service workers boxes only.

C. some people give money to the service workers, others still give boxes.

D. people don’t give boxes or money to the service workers.

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【小题1】Mom told the girl’s father “we can get through anything” in order to _________.
A．show she is strongB．encourage him
C．prove her abilityD．make memories
【小题2】The best title of the passage is “________________”.
A．A Mom and Her GirlB．Shopping in Wal-Mart
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Today the Great Wall has become a place of interest. Not only Chinese people but also people from all over the world come to visit it.
【小题1】The Great Wall is the biggest of all walls in _______.

A．ChinaB．Europe（欧洲）C．the worldD．Asia (亚洲)
【小题2】How long is the Great Wall ?
A．It’s less than six hundred kilometers.
B．It’s more than six million kilometers.
C．It’s six thousand kilometers.
D．It’s over six thousand kilometers.
【小题3】It took ________ men _________ years old to build the Great Wall.
A．millions, millionsB．hundreds of, hundreds of
C．millions of, hundredsD．hundreds of, millions of
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A．by people all over the world
B．without any modern machines
C．with some other countries’ help
D．by all Chinese Kings.

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【小题1】Tom,           (not stay) out too late.
【小题2】_______ your uncle ______ (clean) his car every week?
【小题3】Tom with his brother _________ (chat) with each other on the Internet now.
【小题4】I usually spend thirty minutes            (read) English in the morning.
【小题5】Is it important for us           (drink) lots of water every day.
【小题6】There      (not be) any calories in water. So you can drink it without getting fat.
【小题7】People all like the game ________ (call)‘trick or treat’in the USA.
【小题8】Players need lots of energy ________ (run) every day.oo
【小题9】The boss often makes his workers ________ (work) for 12 hours.
【小题10】Look! The boy           (have) a comic book in his hand.

Basketball is a very popular game      the USA. People all 1ike it. Most(绝大多数的) people can       it. A basketball is a round and big ball. It’s       and      than a football. It’s heaviest of all the balls. There are       players in each team. Basketball is quite popular in China       . Children often take a       to school and play it after school. In China some girls can play basketball        than boys. NBA games are very        in the world. Many people like        them on TV.

1.A.in        B. on          C. from      D.to

2.A. have  B. play       C. watch    D. take

3.A. big     B. biger     C. bigger   D. biggest

4.A. heavy         B. heavier C. heaviest         D. the heaviest

5.A. two    B. four       C. five        D. eleven

6.A. again B. also       C. so D. too

7.A. basketball  B. football          C. volleyball      D. soccer

8.A. good  B. well       C. better   D. best

9.A. famous       B. interesting    C. boring   D. good

10.A. watching  B. seeing   C. looking D. playing

 

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Now there are more than 1,000 laughter clubs around the world. A laughter club is a place where you can go to laugh in your way for happiness and good health. Steve Wilson, the man who took laughter clubs to America, said, “We laugh with each other, but never at each other. At first, the laughter exercise feels a bit false. But soon the laughter becomes real.”

Laughter is very important when we communicate with other people. It helps us make friends and understand each other better. We can laugh with people all over the world. It is the same in any language. So never be afraid to laugh. It’s good for your health.

Fill in the blanks according to the passage. Only one word for each blank.

Laughing can make us happy and (76)      .The first laughter club (77)      opened in 1995. Now there are (78)      1,000 laughter clubs all over the world. We can go to a laughter club to laugh for our health, but remember (79)      to laugh at each other. Laughter is an international language. It is (80)      to each other’s understanding. Let’s laugh with people around us.

 

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