8. A.big　　 　　　B.bigger　　　 　C.the bigger　　 D.the biggest

7. A.founder　　　 B.finder　　 　　C.owner　　　 D.winner

6. A.name　　 　　B.death　　　 　C.birth　　 　　　D.festival

5. A.time　　 　　B.week　　　 　　C.month　　　 D.day

4. A.early　　 　　B.much　　　 　　C.safely　　　 D.always

3. A.thought　　　 B.thanked　　 　C.stood　　 　D.looked

2. A.as　　　 B.for　　　　 C.in　　 　　　　D.on

1. A.is　　　es　　　 C.goes　　 　　D.keeps

10. A.happy　　　 B.happyly　 　　C.happily　　　 D.happly

(福建初三英语奥赛模拟题)

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The Christmas season is an important time in the United States . It starts from Thanksgiving Day to New Year’s Day . Thanksgiving Day always __1___ on the fourth Thursday in November , it it kept in the US __2___ a holiday on which God is __3___ for the crops which have been __4___ gathered in . New Year’s Day is always one ___5__ after Christmas . Christmas Day , December 25 , celebrates the ___6__ of Jesus Christ , the ___7__ of the Christmas religion . It is __8___ and the best-loved holiday season . Many people give parties at their homes or attend functions at hotels or __9___ . Dancing and drinking go on __10___ midnight , when people carefully ___11__ the last ___12__ minutes of the old year and ___13__ welcome the New Year with firecrackers , gunshots and the ’pops’ of champagne bottles . The morning after is usually a lazy one since most people __14___ recover from the effects of __15__ too much . On New Year’s Day there are many university championship football games . They are ___16__ by a large __17___ of Americans on TV . Most people go back to work __18___ January 2^nd , __19___ students prepare for the next __20___ to begin .

9. A.more loud　　 B.louder　 　　　C.loudlier　　　 D.loudly