Every year at our school, we have a special day called International Day (国际日). It is for students to learn about different cultures (文化) from different countries. On this day, each class must tell other classes about a different country. Of course you will see many dances and different foods.

If you visit the classroom of Japan, you can play the games Japanese children play. You also have some special Japanese foods. In the classroom of Mexico (墨西哥), there are tomalleys (龙虾肝) and chips to eat.

In the afternoon, all the students, teachers and parents watch the dances. There are lots of dances.

These dances are beautiful. People enjoy the shows.

I enjoy International Day very much.

1.‘International Day’ is a special festival in ___________.

A. Japan B. Mexico C. America D. our school

2.When can we watch dances?

A. In the morning. B. In the afternoon.

C. In the evening. D. All day.

3.Which is the special food in Mexico?

A. Tomalleys and chips. B. Turkey.

C. Pizza. D. Pumpkin pie.

4.What’s the best title (题目) for the passage?

A. Dancing Day B. International Day

C. Food Day D. Game Day

The lion says that he is on his death bed. So he asks all the animals to come and listen to his last wishes.

The cat comes to the lion’s cave(洞穴). He stands there and goes in. Then a sheep goes in. Before she comes out, a rabbit goes in to hear the last wishes of the king of animals.

But soon the lion looks well again, and goes out of his cave. He sees a fox(狐狸) waiting outside. “Why don’t you come in?” asks the lion to the fox.

“I beg your pardon,” says the fox, “I see many animals go into your cave, but nobody comes out.

Before they come out again, I will wait outside.”

1.What’s the meaning of “on his death bed” in Chinese?

A. 高枕无忧 B. 快死了 C. 卧床休息 D. 伤心欲绝

2.Why doesn’t the fox go into the cave? A. He knows the lion’s last wishes.

B. He can’t walk any more.

C. He knows the lion may eat the animal.

D. He is waiting for his turn.

3.Why does the lion ask the animals to listen to his last wishes?

A.He wants to say something.

B.He likes to play tricks on others.

C..He wants to eat them.

D.He likes the animals very much.

4.What do you think of the fox?

A. Helpful. B. Polite. C. Lovely. D. Clever.

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1.Who can be a volunteer?

A. Children. B. Old women.

C. Anyone aged 12-70. D. Parents.

2.What do volunteers want to get when they help others?

A. Money. B. Computers.

C. Everything. D. Nothing.

3.Carlos Domingo does volunteer work with __________.

A. animal lovers B. children

C. her parents D. older people

4.We can read this passage ___________.

A. in a newspaper B. in a storybook

C.in a picture book D. in a textbook

词汇应用

根据句子意思,用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。(每空一词)

1.My design ____________a pair of blue jeans. (包括)

2.There are many nice ____________ on Wangyue Road in Yangzhou. (餐馆)

3.The price of the dress is too__________(贵), so I don’t want to buy it.

4.Thank you for __________ my birthday, I’m so happy.（庆祝）

5.We all know that it’s good for our _________（健康）to exercise every day.

6.I like this pair of boots, can I try __________on? (it)

7.Children always have lots of fun __________ (let) off fireworks at the Spring Festival.8.They are those __________ bags . (child )

9.We go on a picnic ______________ a month. (two)

10.Which of the three books do you like __________? (well)

阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填写表格。(每空限填一词)

Hi! Do you know the three children? They are in a happy family. Xiao Xue is a helpful girl. She is beautiful. She likes studying. She studies very hard. She gets up early and finishes her breakfast quickly .Then she rides her bike to school . Liu Xing is a little lazy. He gets up late and then washes his face, brushes his teeth in a hurry. Then he goes to the bus stop without breakfast. He usually plays basketball after school. In the evening, he seldom (很少)does homework. He goes to bed late. Xiao Yu is a lovely boy. He gets up very slowly and then he usually takes a shower(淋浴)at home before breakfast. After that, he goes to school in his father’s car. He likes watching TV in the evening.

缺词填空，根据短文内容和所给首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）

Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday of N 1.________ . It's one of the most i 2.________ American festivals .

In my family, we always go to my grandmother's house on Thanksgiving Day. All my aunts, uncles

and cousins come t _3.________. We sometimes i 4.________ some friends to join us. Everyone is glad to meet o5.________ people. The w 6._______ are busy helping my grandmother cook . The men sit down to watch

football m 7.________ on TV. At about four o'clock we have d 8.________ . After that, we talk or play gamesuntil it is t 9.________ to go home. We don’t want to 1eave because Thanksgiving Day is one of the few days of the year when all the family m 10.________ see each other.

根据所给汉语完成下列句子，词数不限

1.这部影片很受年轻人的欢迎。

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2.我们可以用零花钱帮助贫困地区的儿童。

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3.你能把你的粉红色的连衣裙借给我吗？

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4.我计划每天多吃水果和蔬菜。__________________________________________________________________________

5.白色能搭配其它任何一种颜色。

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写作

101. 寒假将至，请根据以下提示用英语向同学们介绍你自己的寒假计划(My plan for the winter

holiday) 。

My plan for the winter holiday

要求：

1. 词数 100 个左右。开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

2. 所写短文必须包括以上要点，省略处适当发挥使短文通顺流畅。

3. 文中不得出现真实的人名、校名、地名等相关信息。

Winter holiday is coming. Now I want to say something about my plan for the winter holiday.

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That will be fun in the winter holiday! I can’t wait!

词汇，根据首字母和所给单词提示，用适当的单词完成句子

1.He is d________ because he didn’t pass the exam.

2.The teacher came into the classroom with a big s________.

3.He feels n________ when the teacher asks him a question.

4.No one can u________ what he’s saying.

5.It’s u________ to feel sad when unhappy things happen to us.

6.We had an English t________ yesterday.

7.Let’s show him we are p____ of him.

8.How are you f ____ today?

9.The headmaster will give a s________ this afternoon.

10.What s____ to be the problem?

11.He does his homework as ________ (careful) as his sister.

12.When I went back home, I saw a snake ________ (lie) across the road.

13.Lucy enjoys ________ (tell) jokes, she is very funny..

14.We lost the game again. It gave us a ____( sense) of disappointment.

15.I’m ________ (worry) about Jack because he doesn’t study hard.

Jack always spends much money on books,_____ he’s not rich.

A. so that B. only if C. ever since D. even though