In Britain．Boxing Day is usually celebrated on December 26th，which is the following day after Christmas Day．However，strictly speaking．Boxing Day is the first weekday after Christmas．Like Christmas Day．Boxing Day sing a public holiday．This means it’s a non﹣working day in the whole of Britain．When Boxing Day falls on a Saturday or Sunday，the following Monday is the public holiday．

The exact origin（起源）of the holiday is unclear．One of the thoughts is that during the Middle Ages，when great sailing ships were setting off to discover new land，a Christmas Box was placed by a priest （神父）on each ship．Those sailors who wanted to ensure a safe return would drop money into the box．It wassealed upand kept on board until the ship came home safely．Then the box was handed over to the priest in the exchange for the saying of a Mass of thanks for the success of the sailing．The priest wouldn’t open it to share the contents with the poor until Christmas．

One more thought is about the“Alms Box”placed in every church on Christmas Day．Worshippers （做礼拜的人）put gifts for the poor into it．These boxes were always opened the day after Christmas，that is why that day became know as Boxing Day．

Today，many businesses，organizations and families try to keep the traditional spirit of Boxing Day alive by donating（捐赠）their time，services and money to aid Food Banks，providing gifts for the poor，or helping families in need．Besides，spending time with family and shopping are popular Boxing Day activities now．

1.If Christmas Day is on a Saturday，Boxing Day will be celebrated on ．

A．December 25thB．December 26thC．December 27thD．December 28th

2.Sailors dropped money into the Christmas Box in order to

A．save the poor

B．pay for the priest

C．discover new land

D．pray for sailing safely

3.What does the underlined phrase“sealed up“mean？

A．密封 B．悬挂 C．归还 D．传递

4.The following activities can show the traditional spirit of Boxing Day EXCEPT ．

A．offering gifts to the poor

B．supporting families in need

C．spending time with family

D．giving money to aid Food Banks

5.The purpose of the passage is ．

A．to praise the kindness of priests

B．to introduce the origins of Boxing Day

C．to call on people to help the poor

D．to compare Boxing Day with Christmas Day．

Pollution inside homes and other buildings kills more than 4 million people each year．Many people die as a result of breathing smoke or from cooking over wood﹣powered of coal﹣powered stoves．

One way to reduce the number of deaths is through cooking equipment powered by the sun．Crosby Menzies，a solar power expert in a South African company，described his latest solar cooker called the“Sol.4”，”It is four square meters of mirrors，six to eight meters in length．It is quite a large cooler．”

The“Sol.4”works by reflecting （反射）light from the sun off large mirrors．The mirrors direct （把…对准）the light at a cooking pan．Then the light heats the pan with solar energy．Within two minutes，the pan is hot enough to cook sausages and onions．In just four minutes，water can be boiled．That is as fast as cooking with natural gas or electricity．

The cooker is also much“friendlier”than other models because people do not have to stand in the sun to use it．And people can prepare meals without having to collect firewood or spend money on coal．Suchindividualswould be less likely to have breathing illnesses from harmful smoke．

At present，the cooker only works when the sun is shining．But engineers are working on a way to make it work without sunlight．

Each cooker costs about $2000，which is a large amount of money for most Africans．To solve that problem，Crosby Menzies has crated a non﹣governmental organization called solar Cookers for Africa．It plans to raise money through donations to provide poor people with solar cooking equipment．

1.This passage is mainly about ．

A．solar cookers

B．smoke pollution

C．solar power experts

D．breathing illnesses

2.The“Sol﹣4”is mainly used to ．

A．shorten the time of cooking

B．reduce the cost of making cookers

C．raise money through donations to help African people

D．reduce the number of deaths caused by harmful smoke．

3.The underlined word“individuals“most probably means“ ”

A．cookers B．mirrors C．people D．experts

4.Which of the following about the“Sol﹣4”is TRUE？

A．It is six to eight square meters of mirrors．

B．It can work in any weather condition now

C．It can also heat the pan by lighting firewood

D．It is more environment﹣friendly than other cookers．

5.From the passage，we can infer that ．

A．the“Sol﹣4”will be designed in a smaller size

B．more African can use the solar cookers in the future

C．the“Sol﹣4”is the first product of the south African company

D．the African government will provide poor people with solar cookers．

What can you make with pieces of paper？Look at Chen Yiyan’s works!The 14﹣year﹣old has Origami（折纸） talent at Hangzhou Entel Foreign Language School．Zhejiang．1. But he wasn’t born with this talent．

When Chen was a fourth﹣grader，he found his brother’s paper﹣folding book．2. Following the 50steps shown in the book，he made his first work，a paper peacock，within two hours．Since then，he has read many books about Origami and practices in his spare time．So far，his“fantasy world“has man members，such as monsters and robots．And he made his favorite work last year．3.

Chen used to fold （折叠）paper himself until he met Chen Changnan，an eighth﹣grader at his school，who also loves Origami．They set up a paper﹣folding club last year．With support from school，they host a paper﹣folding class every Wednesday afternoon．The club soon attracted people．Now it has more tan 20 members．4. On February 14th．The club also held a speech for the kids in wenzhou Children’s Library．

“It’s really exciting to develop my hobby and share it with others at the same time．”said Chen，“I hope more and more people get to know Origami and love this art．”

5.The passage mainly tells us ．

A．a paper﹣folding club

B．how to fold paper

C．a student with Origami talent

D．how to develop hobbies．

词汇，用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空．

1.She took lots of beautiful during her stay in Europe．

2.Tom，believing in is the first step on the road to success．

3.Tomorrow will be ．How about going to Mount Gu for a picnic？

4.The teacher kept the use of the idiom to me until I understood it．

5.He was facing a difficult between staying with his family or working in Tibet．

完成句子，根据中文意思完成英语句子，每个空格填一个单词．

1.瞧！有一些女孩在树下跳舞．

Look!There some girls under the tree．

2.别吃太多垃圾食品，这对我们的健康有害．

Don’t too much junk food．It is for our health．

3.除非我拿到驾照，否则我不能开我父亲的车．

I can’t drive my car I get my driving licence．

4.这个男孩很聪明，他能很快解出这道数学题．

The boy is enough to work out the math problem ．

5.屠呦呦成为第一位获得诺贝尔奖的中国女性．

Tu Youyou became the first woman that the Nobel Prize．

短文填词，阅读下面短文，根据中文首字母、音标或语境的提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的单词，要求所填的单词意义准确，拼写正确．

In New York City public school，176 different languages are spoken 1.a more than one million students．For 160000 children，English is not their first language．New York’s Department of Education makes learning 2.b for these students by providing dual﹣language （双语）programs．Students are taught in two languages，English and 3.a one，such as French，German or Japanese，Math，social studies，science and all other regular courses are taught in both languages．And they learn about the 4. /'k?lt??（r）/of the other country．

Milady Baez，a headmaster，says these dual﹣language programs will help children succeed in the future．”The jobs of the future 5. /n'kwat?（r）/that our students know more than one language．They’re going to travel 6. （在国外）and communicate with people from all over the world．This will open doors for them．”

Shuya Zhang 7. （教）a dual﹣language class．She says，”America started economic relationships with China．Lots of factories were 8.b ．companies moved to China．They need people with both language skills．”

Anna，a Russian girl came to America 9. she was two years old．She says the Russian．English program keeps her connected to her heritage and her parents happy．

Nowadays，more and more 10. （外国人）come to China．Perhaps in the future your school will also provide them with the dual=language program．

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参考词汇：cheat in the exam； fall behind （落后）

Hello，everyone!It’s a great honor to give a speech here．．

That’s all．Thank you for listening!

I’m much too busy now. Could you give me a hand, please?

A. help me B. push me

C. let me have a rest D. do anything for me

Tom failed in this math exam.

A. succeeded B. finished

C. passed D. didn’t pass

The mother takes pride in her son’s excellent achievements.

A. is angry with B. is proud of

C. is mad at D. is dissatisfied with