Have you ever studied abroad? If you come to Australia as a foreign high school student, you can have a lot of fun there, especially on holidays.
There are many festivals in Australia. The most important one is Christmas. Since it is a long holiday, most foreign students in Australia love to fly back to their home countries to spend the time with their families and friends, but a few students still stay in Australia during the holiday to get part-time jobs. It is quite easy to find a part-time job at Christmas.
Students often take part in another major social activity. They go to the beach to have fun in the sunshine. The summer in Australia is from December to February, so going to the beach in December is very popular among Australians.
Easter in March is another important holiday in the year. It actually combines "Good Friday" and "Easter Monday". Almost every shop closes on Good Friday. And people usually go to see Easter Show.
The Chinese new year is not a public holiday in Australia, so every Chinese student still has to go to school to study and do his or her normal duties.
小题1:                   is the most important festival in Australia.
A.EasterB.ChristmasC.The Spring FestivalD.New Year’s Day
小题2: Most foreign students in Australia often                   during the Christmas holiday.
A.get a part-time job in the restaurants
B.go to the beach to have fun in the sunshine
C.fly back to their homeland to stay with their parents
D.go to school to study
小题3:                 in December is very popular among Australians.
A.Skiing on an iced lake
B.Hiking in the mountains
C.Studying in a school library
D.Going to the beach to enjoy the sunshine
小题4: From the passage we can see that                       .
A.all the foreign students in Australia will go home during Christmas
B.people in Australia usually go to see Easter Show in March.
C.it’s hard to find a part-time job at Christmas
D.Chinese students in an Australian school needn’t go to school when Spring Festival comes
小题5:Which is the best title for this passage?
A.Christmas time in Australia
B.The holidays in Australia
C.Enjoy your visit to Australia
D.Have you ever studied in Australia?
The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both at home and abroad.
United Kingdom
Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002. Every new year, people get together and have a lot of activities. They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema.
United States
The Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year. It is a good chance for people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture and values.
Australia
The Chinese new year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Many people come to Sydney’s Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne. They enjoy fireworks, lion dances, dragon boat and many other traditional activities. The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non-Chinese.
Singapore
The family dinner on new year’s eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past. Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition.
小题1: Celebrations for the Spring Festival in the UK started in ___________.
A.1890B.1980C.2000D.2002
小题2: At the Spring Festival, American Chinese join in a large evening party to _________.
A.say hello to the traditional new year
B.refuse a good chance
C.tell others they are alone
D.share different cultures
小题3:. Chinese in Australia enjoy the following activities except _________.
A.fireworksB.lion dances
C.trick or treatD.dragon boat races
小题4: In Singapore, Chinese families don’t hold the new year dinner at a restaurant but at home because___________.
A.they want to keep Chinese tradition
B.the restaurant is far away
C.they moved there from other places
D.they were born in Singapore
小题5: After reading the passage above, we might say__________.
A.all parts of the world celebrate the Spring Festival
B.the Chinese new year is celebrated only in China
C.celebrations for the Spring Festival are just held in four foreign countries
D.Chinese across the world have a strong feeling towards the Spring Festival
An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this, “I’m afraid it’ll have to be someplace cheap, as I have little money.” The other person may say, “OK, I’ll meet you at McDonald’s.”
This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, “Oh, no, I want to take you to lunch at Smith’s,” or “I want you to try the Chinese dumplings there. They are great.” This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards this person, you can go with him and you needn’t pay for the meal. You may just say, “Thank you. That would be very nice.”
American custom(风俗) about who pays for dates(约会) are much the same as in other parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a university girl or a woman in business world will usually pay her way during the date. If a man asks her for a dance outside the working hours, it means “Come, as my guest(客人).” So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make the question clear at the very beginning.
小题1:The passage mainly tells us ________.
A.how to eat out
B.where to eat out
C.what to eat out
D.who pays for the meal in different situation
小题2:The underlined phrase “go Dutch” in this passage means “________” in Chinese.
A.去订餐B.共同就餐 C.去饭店D.各自付款
小题3:Sometimes your friend takes you to lunch. It means _________.
A.he’s going to pay for your meal
B.he’s going to lend some money to you
C.he can’t understand you
D.he’ll be angry with you
小题4:In America, some girls and women _________ now.
A.ask men to pay for their clothes
B.try to pay for their own meals
C.never have anything outside
D.try to pay for the men’s meals
小题5:We can infer(推断) if a man asks a woman for a dance outside the working hours _________.
A.the man will pay for it
B.the woman will pay for it
C.they will go Dutch
D.another person will pay for them
First, welcome to West Lake! I am glad to serve all of you.
Today you come here, you are sure to be attracted by its beauty. Hangzhou is famous for West Lake which is a famous fresh water lake, It lies in central Hangzhou, in Zhejiang Province of eastern China.
Traditionally, there are ten best-known spots on the West Lake. They are called Ten Scenes of West Lake by Qianlong Emperor. The West Lake is divided by three causeways called Su Di, Bai Di, and Yanggong Di. First I want to tell you the history of Bai Di.
In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Zhen yuan era(785-804), poet Bai Juyi came to Hangzhou as a governor(官员,总督). He realized that the farmland nearby depended on the water of West Lake, but the old dyke(堤防)had collapsed(倒塌), the water of West Lake had dried out, and the local farmers suffered drought. He ordered the construction(修建)of a causeway of a stronger and taller dyke to solve the drought problem. The lives of local people improved over the following years. Then Bai Juyi had more free time to enjoy the beauty of West Lake. He visited West Lake almost every day. This causeway was later named after Bai Di in Bai Juyi's honor.
Next is Su Di. Spring Dawn on the Su Causeway is considered as the first of ten scenes. It was built by Su Dongpo, the great poet, during the Noah Song Dynasty. It is very beautiful in spring.
小题1:West Lake lies       .
A.in central HangzhouB.in eastern Hangzhou
C.in northern HangzhouD.in western Hangzhou
小题2:The West Lake has      causeways.
A.twoB.threeC.fiveD.ten
小题3:Spring Dawn on the Su Causeway is listed as the      of Ten Scenes of West Lake.
A.firstB.secondC.thirdD.fourth
小题4:The above words are probably for        .
A.studentsB.teachersC.singersD.tourists
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