To:[email protected] From: [email protected]

Subject: Autumn! Date: 15/09/2016 8:00 p.m.

Hello,Mary!

Today is the Mid?Autumn Festival.We will watch the moon tonight,and look for Chang'e.We usually eat mooncakes.They are round,like the moon.

National Day is also in autumn,on October 1st.My mother and father are usually free for three days! We will do many things together.I like going to the National Day celebration.

But the best thing in autumn is my birthday.It's in October.I will be fourteen years old.Goodbye.

Yours,

Sun Jiale

To:[email protected] From: [email protected]

Subject: ________! Date:15/09/2016 9:12 p.m.

Dear Sun Jiale,

Thank you for your e?mail! I love autumn,too.In Canada,we have an autumn holiday called Thanksgiving Day.Family members always celebrate it together.I will go to my grandmother and grandfather's house.My uncles,aunts and their children will be there,too.

Canadian Thanksgiving Day is in early October.In the USA,they celebrate Thanksgiving Day in late November.

Have a good time on your birthday,Jiale! On my birthday,I have a cake with candles.Everyone sings the song “Happy birthday”.Then I blow out the candles! Will you have a cake for your birthday?

Your friend,

Mary

1.Sun Jiale's birthday is ________.

A. on September 29th B. in September

C. before September 29th D. after September 29th

2.Americans celebrate Thanksgiving Day ________.

A. in early October B. in early November

C. in late October D. in late November

3.Canadians usually ________ on Thanksgiving Day.

A. eat cakes B. stay together

C. watch the moon D. sing a song

4.The subject of Mary's e?mail is“________”.

A. Your birthday B. My birthday

C. Thanksgiving Day D. National Day

5.What must Mary and Sun Jiale use when they write to each other?

A. Pens. B. Paper.

C. Computers. D. Telephones.

Ⅴ.根据短文内容完成下列各题

The Lantern Festival has been part of Chinese New Year celebrations since the Han Dynasty (206BC—221 AD).It is usually held on the 15th day of the first month of the lunar calendar,and it marks the end of New Year festivities

The lanterns

The lanterns come in all shapes and sizes.Some are created in the form of animals,insects,flowers,people or even machines or buildings.Others show something about popular stories and traditional values.

Lantern riddles (cai deng mi)

Part of the Lantern Festival tradition involves a game to guess riddles attached to the lanterns.In the old days the riddles were about the Chinese classics,some big events or famous persons.

Special food

Like most Chinese festivals,the Lantern Festival has its own special food,called “tang yuan”.These are round,glutinous rice (糯米) dumplings with sweet or spicy fillings.The dumplings are said to symbolize both the first full moon and family unity.

Entertainment

People in different places enjoy all kinds of entertainments on that day like watching drumming and dragon or lion dancing,__59__are all traditional forms of festival entertainment.

根据短文内容回答问题

1.When is the Lantern Festival usually held every year?

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2.在文中找出一个与画线单词“festivities”同义的单词

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3.将 “The lanterns come in all shapes and sizes.”

翻译成中文________________________________________

4.在最后一段的空白处填入一个单词

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5.给文章拟一个恰当的题目

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