Chinese people call the Spring Festival“Nian”. But do you know that Nian
was once the name of a monster(妖怪)?
　　A long time ago, the monster Nian lived in the mountains. It ate
animals. But in winter, it could not find food. So it came to villages and
ate a lot of people. People were so afraid of Nian that they locked their
doors before evening came during the winter. One day, an old man came to a
village. He told people there that Nian was afraid of three things——the
color red, fire and noise. He told people to play drums and gongs, make
big fires and set off fireworks(放鞭炮)to make Nian go away.
　　On a moonless, cold night, Nian went to the village again. As soon as it
opened its big mouth, people made loud noises and made fires. Nian was
really afraid and ran away. wherever it went, there was noise and fire.
When Nian was tired and could not run anymore, people killed the monster.
　　After that, on the coldest day of winter, people beat drums and gongs,
and set off fireworks to celebrate the death of the monster of Nian. They
put up red lanterns and have a big dinner without sleeping during the
night.
　　In the morning people greet each other happily. So now we have the
Spring Festival.
【小题1】 From the story, Nian seemed to be       long, long ago.
A exciting    B  interesting    C boring   D terrible
【小题2】 The monster Nian ate people in winter because it          .
A  wanted to make people afraid    B  had no food to eat
C  celebrated the Spring Festival    D liked to eat people in a village
【小题3】Nian was afraid of          .
A red    B fire   C noise    D  A, B and C
【小题4】 The monster Nian wasn’t killed until          .
A it had eaten all the animals  B  the old man came to a village
C it was too tired to run away  D people knew what it was afraid of
【小题5】 What is the best title for the passage?
A How the Spring Festival Came  B What People did During Nian
C How People Celebrated Nian  D What the Spring Festival was 

从A、B、C、D中选出与句中划线部分意义最接近的词语。

May I leave early?　　　　　　　　   

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A. go away　　B. go to　　C. come to　　D. go from

When he got to the bus stop, there were already many people there. They were standing in line. The bus was late. Tom didn’t want to wait in this queue. He went to the front and stood there. One of the people said to him, “You mustn’t jump the queue, boy.”

With a red face Tom said sorry and went to the end of the line. Soon the bus came. All the people got on the bus.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案:

1.This story happened on ______.

A. Monday　　　　　　    B.Sunday　　　　　　　　　　  C.Saturday　　　　　　　　   D.Tuesday

2.Tom went to see his ______.

A. mother　　　　　　　　　　    B.aunt　　　　　　　　　　　　  C.uncle　　　　　　　　　　    D.father

3.The hospital ______ from his home.

A. was near　　　　　　   B.wasn’t far　　　　　　　　 C.was behind　　　　　　    D.was very far

4.Tom went to the hospital ______.

A. by bus　　　　　　　　  B.by car　　　　　　    C.by bike　　    D.on foot

5.Tom wanted to ______ when he got to the bus stop.

A. go away　　　　　　   B.leave　　　　　　　　  C.jump the queue　　　　  D.go to the end