Do you love seeing beautiful lanterns (灯笼) outside? The best time to do this is during the Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar (阴历) month. This year it is on March 2, marking the end of Spring Festival celebrations.

Lanterns are a big part of the festival. One story says that the bright lanterns show respect to gods. Another says that people light lanterns to celebrate the disappearance of darkness of winter.

Watching lanterns is a great event. You see lanterns in any sizes and shapes you can imagine, from animals to plants and flowers. To make this activity more fun, people put riddles (谜语) on the lanterns. In some places, people like releasing sky lanterns, which are called Kongming lanterns. A sky lantern is a small hot air balloon made of paper, with an opening at the bottom where there is a small fire source. When the bright lights fly high in the sky, people make wishes.

In old times, the Lantern Festival was also romantic(浪漫). At that time, young girls were not allowed to go out very often except during certain festivals. Therefore, looking at lanterns gave young people a chance to meet each other. A line from Xin Qiji, a poet during the Song Dynasty, shows this: “Restlessly, I searched for her in thousands, hundreds of ways. Suddenly I turned, and there she was in the receding light.”

1.When is the Lantern Festival this year?

A. On January 15th. B. On March 2nd. C. On January 2nd. D. On March 15th.

2.The second paragraph mainly talks about ______ of Lantern Festival.

A. the history B. the culture C. the story D. the date

3.Which of the following about Kongming lanterns is TRUE?

A. They are lanterns with riddles on them. B. They are lanterns in shape of Kongming.

C. People make wishes when flying them. D. They are hot air balloons made of fire.

4.Why was the Lantern Festival romantic in old times?

A. Because it gave young people to meet each other.

B. Because it offered lanterns in different colors.

C. Because the streets were busy and beautiful.

D. Because people could enjoyed beautiful lanterns.

阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题（请注意每小题后面的词数要求）。

It’s a common thing for many people to shop online. But it’s hard to believe that a parrot can manage to shop online.

In London a pet parrot called Buddy made it. The parrot succeeded in shopping online on a voice-controlled smart speaker by imitating(模仿) its owner. The order led to survey because nobody could consider the parrot could be the buyer. After they heard the dialogue with the speaker, they found out that the parrot was the buyer.

“I couldn’t believe it when I realized that Buddy had made an order,” the owner said. A video showed the parrot shouted “Alex” and something else, and the machine replied, “ What do you want to order?” Then the parrot told the machine what it wanted to order.

The owner said, “I laughed out loudly when I knew that the buyer was Buddy.”

1.How does the parrot succeeded in shopping online? (不超过5个单词)

___________________________________________________

2.How did the owner feel at first? (不超过5个单词）

___________________________________________________

3.What’s the story about? (不超过10个单词)

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发明改变了世界，改变了我们的生活。比如，电脑和动车组列车给我们的生活带来了极大的方便。请根据下面的提示，以Inventions为题，写一篇英语短文，介绍一下电脑和动车组列车的用途。（开头已给出，不计入总词数。）

提示词语：multiple unit train 动车组列车

注意：1. 词数80-100；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；

3. 文中不得出现真实的人名、校名和地名；

4. 开头已为你写好，不计入总词数。

Inventions

Inventions are made every day because people want to make life easier. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

There is ________ “o” and ______ “n” in the expression “positive energy”.

A. an; a B. an; an C. an; the D. the; a

— ________ your parents strict ________ you ________ your study?

— Of course．

A. Do; with; with

B. Are; with; in

C. Do; of; in

D. Are; of; with

— Where is Mr. Wu?

— He together with his students __________ singing by the lake .

A. is practising B. are practising C. will practise D. would practise

— Why did so many people get hurt in the earthquake?

— Don’t you know? People when it happened that night.

A. slept B. have slept C. sleep D. were sleeping

— Amy, why are you still in the classroom? School is over for half an hour.

— Because I my task yet. I still need one more hour.

A. didn’t finish B. won’t finish C. haven’t finished D. hadn’t finished

Sandy is used to looking for a while at in the mirror before going out.

A. she B. her C. hers D. herself

— What shall we do now?

— __________ it’s raining hard, let’s stay at home.

A. So B. Since C. Though D. Otherwise