根据句意和提示完成单词，使句子语法正确，意义通顺。

1．The house with a garden is so expensive that they can't a_________ it．

2．December is the t_________ month of a year．

3．Zhai Zhigang，Liu Boming and Jing Haipeng are our country's great h_________．

4．It is known that the Yellow River is the second l_________ river in China．

5．Chinese Medicine is very popular in many w_________ countries like the USA and England．

6．When I came into his home，he had finished _________（阅读）the news report．

7．The problem is not very difficult，you can work it out _________（容易）．

8．There are _________（百）of people in the market．

9．Singing English songs made me more _________（有趣的）in learning English．

10．I think the man with sunglasses is the _________（受欢迎的）of all．

阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。

Dragon-boat Festival（端午节）

Dragon-boat Festival also called the Duanwu Festival，is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar．For thousands of years，the festival has been marked by eating Zong Zi and racing dragon boats．To hold the dragon-boat races is in memory of Qu Yuan，one of the greatest poets（诗人）in China．

QU Yuan was born in Zigui of Hubei Province over 2,200 years ago．Qu Yuan was an honest minister（大臣）of the State of Chu，during the Warring States Period（475—221BC）（战国时期）．He was upright and wise．He wanted to bring his country peace and make the State more stronger，but the country was in the hands of bad officials，he failed．At last，he was very discouraged．（1）the Miluo River，throwing，he，into，himself，life，by，his，ended．（2）据说当时人们从船上跳下去试图救他。But it was too late．Also，they were very sad and they threw rice into the water to feed Qu Yuan's spirit．

（3）Now we read his poem Li Sao which was filled with deep love for his country．We can see the dragon-boat races and have a kind of Chinese food named Zong Zi to eat during the Dragon-boat Festival．

1．What are the two important things on the Dragon-boat Festival?

2．把（1）划线部分的单词组成句子。

3．将文中（2）处的汉语句子译成英语。

4．把文中（3）处的划线部分译成汉语。

5．List the words that can describe the qualities（品质）of Qu Yuan．（at least 3）

阅读下面的短文，用括号中所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词。

You may know the song Happy Birthday very well．But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl．And now she ___1___（become）a very rich woman．

When she was a child，she was poor．Once she ___2___（invite）to her friends' birthday party．She was very pleased but sad because she had not enough money to buy presents for them．“The party ___3___（come）soon．Now I have little money．” Tears ran down her face．

Later that night she was in bed，thinking about the presents when the door opened and in came her grandma，“What ___4___（happen）?” her grandma asked．Hearing the girl's story，she said，“___5___（not worry），I think I ___6___（help）you．How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to…” What a beautiful song! They sang and sang．Suddenly she woke up．It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and ___7___（sing）it to her friends at the party．

When she sang the song at the party the next day，her little friends were very happy．“How wonderfully she ___8___（sing）! We ___9___（not hear）such a song before．Thank you for ___10___（give）us the special present．” said one of them．And they learnt to sing it together．Later the girl became well known in America．

I am good at _______.

A．swim         B．to swim       C．swiming           D．swimming

My hair is ______ longer than yours.

A．very           B．too         C．much         D．quite

Thank you ______ me about it.

A．to tell          B．for telling            C．tells        D．on telling

Can you finish _____ the book in a week?

A．read           B．to read        C．reading         D．reads

Stop ______! Please listen to the teacher carefully.

A．talk            B．talks          C．to talk         D．talking

China is becoming ______ and _______.

A．strong, stronger     B．stronger, strong    C．strong, strong      D．stronger, stronger

I don’t hear the song clearly. Please turn _____ the radio.

A．on        B．off        C．up         D．down