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As an old Chinese saying goes, Spring Festival comes right after the Laba Festival, so get ready for a bowl of porridge while looking forward to the long-awaited family get-together.

Today, people across China are celebrating the Laba Festival. It is a traditional Chinese festival. It’s on the eighth day of the 12th lunar month. What does this festival mean to Chinese people? OK, It just tells people to prepare for celebrating the coming New Year’s Day and for wanderers to return home to get together with their family.

Long long ago, Laba Festival was a day of thanks for a good harvest. On this day, people usually eat Laba porridge, a porridge with eight kinds of mixed grains(谷物). Many temples today have the tradition of giving out Laba porridge to the public. The sweet, red porridge is believed to bring luck and joy.

The festival is also the day for people to put garlic in vinegar(醋). The garlic turns green, and this Laba garlic will be eaten with dumplings on Chinese New Year’s Day. While in the past, It was used to let people remember to pay back the money they had borrowed, as Laba is near the end of the year and ‘garlic’ (suàn, in Chinese) sounds the same as ‘calculate’(suàn, ).

Customs are quite different across the country. People in Qianxian, east China’s Anhui Province, will eat the Laba tofu a few days before. In Xining City, northwest China’s Qinghai Province, people will eat porridge with beef and mutton.

1The Laba Festival is on _________.

A. The eighth day of December

B. The eighth day of January

C. The eighth day of the twelfth month

D. The eighth day of the twelfth lunar month

2The underlined word “wanderers” probably means _________.

A. 奇迹 B. 怀疑者 C. 流浪者 D. 离家者

3The writer does NOT tell us that _________ about Laba Festival.

A. Laba Festival is the start for people to prepare for the coming New Year

B. Laba Festival means it’s time to think about returning home

C. the festival was a day of thanks for a good harvest in the old days

D. customs about Laba Festival are almost the same across the country

4What can we learn from Paragraph 4 according to this passage?

A. The garlic will turn green and be eaten with noodles.

B. Laba garlic will be eaten before Laba Festival.

C. People usually put garlic in vinegar on New Year’s Day.

D. ‘garlic’ sounds the same as ‘calculate’ in Chinese.

5What’s the best title for the passage?

A. The Laba Festival.

B. The beginning of Laba Festival.

C. The customs of Laba Festival.

D. Laba Festival is different in different parts of China.

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The first time I went to Grand Canyon National Park, I knew I wanted to work there as a park ranger. Park rangers protect the parks’ animals, plants, land, buildings, and people.

Now, as a park ranger for Grand Canyon National Park, I share the science, history and beauty of this park with thousands of visitors from around the world.

National parks are like outdoor museums. Park rangers have all kinds of jobs, depending on where they work and what they studied during college. I teach school field trips, work at visitor centers and help people stay safe during their visit.

My favorite part of my job is showing children their first look at the Grand Canyon during school field trips. Children are often amazed at the canyon’s size and colors. Sometimes, they think it looks like a painting.

Being a park ranger requires a lot of energy. I walk several miles and talk with hundreds of people each day. Nearly 5 million people visit Grand Canyon National Park every year. Park rangers must enjoy working with people and speaking in front of groups.

Park rangers must also be prepared for any situation. Recently, I broke up a traffic jam (堵塞) caused by a huge elk (麋鹿) standing in the road. Elk can become dangerous when they get scared, so I asked visitors to stop their cars and take pictures from far away. Believe it or not, I also help protect people from squirrels (松鼠). It is not allowed to feed wild animals in national parks. But sometimes, visitors try to feed squirrels.

根据材料内容简要回答下列问题。

1When did the writer want to be a park ranger?

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2What does the writer think of national parks?

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3What does the writer like to do best during her job?

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4Why does a park ranger need a lot of energy?

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5What’s the writer’s purpose of writing the last paragraph?

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