The best time trees is in the spring .——青夏教育精英家教网—

Pure Brightness Festival, also known as Tomb-sweeping Day in China, falls on the 4^th or 5^th of April each year. It was started in the Han Dynasty. On this day, whole families, young and old, with flowers visit the graves of their ancestors to pay their respects. Following the custom, tomb sweepers clean and tidy the graves, decorate them with flowers. They burn paper money made for the dead, set off firecrackers and bow before their ancestors’ tombstones. On this day, they don’t cook. Only cold food is served.

However, tomb sweeping is not the only activity during Pure Brightness Festival. This day is also a time for people to enjoy themselves. Other activities include spring outing, flying kites, planting trees, tasting tea and so on. In April, everything in nature takes on a new look. Trees turn green, flowers come out and the sun shines brightly. So it is a good time to be out to appreciate the beauty of nature. People fly kites not only in the daytime but at night. In the dark, some people fly kites with lanterns, which are called “God’s lanterns”. They plant trees because young trees which are planted during this period are easy to grow up. And they enjoy tea because the tea produced around the festival is said to have good quality.

56. The word “tomb” probably means the same as the word “______” in the passage.

A. grave B. tombstone C. ancestor D. custom

57. From the passage we can learn that Pure Brightness Festival in 2014 will be on ______.

A. April 4 B. April 5

C. either April 4 or April 5 D. neither April 4 nor April 5

58. According to the passage, Pure Brightness Festival is ______.

A. a day full of sadness B. Tree Planting Day

C. a combination of sadness and happiness D. a time for people to have fun

59. _____ activities are talked about in the passage above.

A. Two B. Three C. Four D. Five

60. Which of the following do you think is the best title for the passage ?

A. A Special Day B. Pure Brightness Festival in China

C. What the Chinese Do on Tomb-sweeping Day D.A Chinese Traditional Custom

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完形填空 (A)

Which is the best 1 of the year? Spring, of course. Spring is the morning of the year. When spring comes, the 2 is getting warmer and warmer and everything wakes up. Leaves come out on the trees. Flowers and plants come out on the ground. 3 run out of their holes after they have slept all winter. It often rains in spring. But the rain is usually light. The ground is soft from the 4 and warm from the sun. So spring is the best time for planting. People usually plant trees in spring. 5 is Tree Planting Day.

( )⒈A. day B. week C. month D. season

( )⒉A. day B. night C. weather D. sun

( )⒊A. People B. Animals C. Birds D. Fishes

( )⒋A. rain B. snow C. weather D. moon

( )⒌A. January 1 B. March 8 C. March 12 D. May 4

(B) A：Hello! Could I speak to Ann, please?

B：I’m sorry she 6 . This is Ann’s mother. Can I take a message?

A：That’s very 7 of you, Mrs Brown. This is Bill.I’m sorry to tell you that Miss Gao,our English teacher,is ill in hospital.I’d like Ann to go to see her with8 .

B：Sorry to hear that. I’ll let Ann know it. When and where will

you meet?

A：What 9 nine o’clock at the gate of No. 1 People’s Hospital?

B：OK! Let’s make it. I’ll give her the message as soon as she 10 back.

A：Thanks. Bye!

B：That’s all right. Bye!

( )⒍A. is at home B. isn’t out C. isn’t in D. isn’t at school

( )⒎A. kind B. good C. fine D. well

( )⒏A. you B. me C. him D. her

( )⒐A. time B. at C. about D. to

( )⒑A. come B. is coming C. will come D. comes

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阅读理解。

     Do you like to draw and pain? What do you put in your pictures? Are there trees and flowers and
people you know? This is a book about a woman who loved to paint these things.
     Anna Mary Robertson Moses because a well-known painter. She loved to paint things she
remembered from her life on a farm in New York Sate. Anna Mary was a grandmother when she started
painting. She painted when she was 100 years old. Everyone called her Grandma Moses.
     The paintings of Grandma Moses show farmers all year long. In her paintings the farmers plant seeds
in the spring, cut hay in the summer, pick corn in the fall, and get sugar from the trees at the end of
winter. Her paintings show children at work, too. Grandma Moses had to do many chores when she
was a girl. She helped with the smaller children, took care of the animals, made candles and soap, and
hung clothes out to dry. When chores were done, it was time for the people to have fun. The paintings
of Grandma Moses show people having picnics in the summer. They show children riding on big sleds
and playing in the snow in the winter. Many families and friends would get together for holidays. They
played games and waved flags on the Fourth of July. They ate together on Thanksgiving. Grandma
Moses' paintings show these happy times.
     Grandma Moses' gift to us is her memory of the joy of living life every day. By using paint and color,
she shows us how much fun it can be families and friends live and work together.
1. Grandma Moses was best remembered as _______.
A. a grandmother
B. a farmer
C. a painter
D. the oldest woman ever lived
2. Why did Anna start painting when she was already a grandmother?
A. Because she was old and could no longer do labor work.
B. Because she loved to paint people and things that she knew.
C. Because painting could make her live longer.
D. Because people liked her paintings and asked her to paint.
3. The paintings of Grandma Moses show _______
A. the sad lives of American farmers who had to do heavy work all day.
B. people playing in the snow and having picnics in the winter.
C. the happy times when families and friends would get together.
D. the daily life of Americans in the countryside as well as in the cities.
4. On Thanksgiving, Americans usually _______
A. play various games.
B. wave national flags.
C. have a big dinner with their family members and friends.
D. go to the streets to have fun.
5. Grandma Moses was famous mainly because _______
A. she painted when she was 100 years old.
B. her paintings show the joy of family life.
C. she had to do all kinds of chores when she was a girl.
D. she taught herself to become a good painter.

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