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         There is a one-day holiday in most countries on New Year's Eve. There are several interesting customs in the West, and there are many differences from country to country.  
         Though Christmas is a family get-together. New Year for some is a time to be with friends too. Parties are most often held to welcome New Year. At such arties, there is food and drink and dancing until the time nears for the coming of New Year.  
         At midnight, people often say “Happy New Year ”to each other. Champagne(香槟酒)is a favorite drink for New Year. In many western countries fireworks(烟火)are let off at midnight ,and many people like to make a noise, possibly to drive away bad spirits(幽灵).  
        One important song is often sung at New year-the Scottish(苏格兰)song of Auld Lang syne (good times long ago.)
1. People usually have great celebrations for New Year on         .   
A. New Year's Day                    
B. the night before New Year's Eve  
C. the night of New Year's Day      
D. the night before New Year's Day
2. In the West, New Year is also a time when.         .   
A. friends get together              
B. friends write to each other  
C. people can have a week's holiday  
D. people came from country to country
3. The word “customs ”in the passage means          .   

A. 习俗                    
B.  聚会            
C. 饮食                  
D. 活动

4.At midnight on New Year's Eve western people often          .  

① hold parties to welcome New Year        
② make a noise to drive away bad spirits  
③ drink with friends or families          
④ say “Happy New Year ”to each other  
⑤ sing an important French song          
⑥ let off fireworks  

A. ①②③④             B. ③④⑤⑥           C. ②③④⑥         D. ①②⑤⑥        
5. This passage mainly talks about

A. western people drink together on New Year's Eve  
B. what western people do on New Year's Day  
C. how western people spend their New Year's Eve
D. western people have a good time on New Year's Day

1.D 2.A 3.A 4.C 5.C
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The Classmates

  Mr Smith moved to another town, and soon he needed a new doctor.So he went to see one.He sat down in the waiting-room and looked round.The doctor's degrees were on the wall.Suddenly Mr Smith remembered.There had been a classmate with the same name in his class at the school, and he had become a doctor!As he went in to see the doctor, he remembered a young, handsome student, and was sad to see how old and grey this man looked.

  He said to him.“Good morning, Doctor.Did you go to King High School?”

  The doctor answered,“Yes, I did.”

  “Were you there from 1942 to 1946?”Mr Smith asked.

  “Yes, I was,”the doctor answered.“How did you know?”Mr Smith laughed and said.“You were in my class”“Oh?”the doctor said and looked at him carefully for a few minutes.“What were you teaching?”

Choose the right answer for each blank:

(1)

Mr smith ________, so he needed a new doctor.

[  ]

A.

visited a town

B.

went to live in another town

C.

went away from a town

D.

arrived in a town

(2)

Mr Smith saw the doctor's degrees ________.

[  ]

A.

on the wall of the doctor's office

B.

on the doctor's desk

C.

on the wall of the waiting room

D.

on the desk in the waiting-room

(3)

Mr Smith suddenly found the doctor's name was the same as one of his ________.

[  ]

A.

classmates

B.

students

C.

friends

D.

workmates

(4)

When Mr Smith met the doctor, he asked him if he once ________.

[  ]

A.

visited King High School

B.

studied in King High School

C.

taught in King High School

D.

worked in King High School

(5)

Who were in King High School from 1942 to 1946?

[  ]

A.

Only the doctor

B.

Only Mr Smith

C.

Both Mr Smith and the doctor

D.

Neither of them

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The seasons in Australia are not like ours. When it is winter in China, it is summer there. Australia is a southern country. It is in the south of the world. June, July and August are the winter months; September, October and November are spring; the summer is in December, January and February; and March, April and May are the autumn months. The north of the country is hotter than the south.

A very large part of this country has no rain at all. The east coast has rain all year, and there are no dry months. The southeast winds blow the whole year. They bring rain from the sea. There is not much rain on the west side. The southeastern part of Australia has summer rain from the southeast winds. They only blow here in summer.

The southwestern part of Australia has winter rain. The west winds blow over the southwest in winter only. In summer, the southwest of the country has no rain. In the north of Australia, there is no rain in winter. The rain comes in summer. The northwest winds bring it.

1.It is ____ in Australia in November.

A.spring

B.summer

C.autumn

D.winter

2. In Australia, it is ____ in the south than in the north.

A.hotter

B.warmer

C.colder

D.cooler

3.The ____ of Australia has the most rain.

A.eastern part

B.southeastern part

C.southern part

D.northern part

4. The southwest of the country has no rain in summer because ____.

A.it is dry there

B.the west winds never blow

C.the northwest winds blow

D.the west winds blow only in winter

5. There is no rain in winter ____ of Australia.

A.in the southeast

B.in the north

C.in the southwest

D.in the south

 

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