题目列表(包括答案和解析)
选择适当的词填空,将其代码填在答题纸的横线上(每空1分,共10分)
A.celebrate B.presents C.hospital D.birthday E.holiday F.Christmas G.tell H.love I.give J.was born |
Why do people 1.________ Christmas? In western countries, it is the biggest 2.________ of the year. People enjoy parties, decorations, music and fun. When many people think of Christmas, they think of Santa Claus, Christmas trees, and 3.________. But Christmas is much more than that. It celebrates a very special person’s 4.________.
A long time ago, a baby boy 5.________. His name was Jesus. He wasn’t born in a nice 6.________. He was born in a stable(马槽)! Jesus was a special baby. He came to the world to bring 7.________, peace and joy. He came to 8.________ people about God. At his birth, angels sang. Later, wise men brought him gifts. Today we 9.________ gifts to each other at 10.________ because of the wise men.
选择可替换划线部分的选项。
【小题1】When is your birthday?
A. age B. date of birth C. day
【小题2】How old is he?
A. How is he B. How old is she C. What’s his age
【小题3】What time does she play basketball?
A. Where B. When C. What
【小题4】I often have lunch at 12:00.
A. eat B. eats C. has
【小题5】She is 9 years old.
A. She is 8 years old B. Her age is 9 C. I am 9 years old
A blind schoolgirl has become the youngest interpreter (口译员) when she is only ten years
Alexia Sloane is from Cambridge. She was told by the doctor she had a brain tumour (脑癌) when she was on holiday "with her parents in France. After that the two-year-old girl became blind.
Though the little girl can't see anything, she has great talent for languages and at the age of 10 she is already fluent (流利的) in English, French, Spanish and Chinese-and is learning German.
Now her dream of working as an interpreter has come true. East of England MEP (欧盟议员) Robert Sturdy invited her to the European Parliament (议会). "Usually a person who enters the European Parliament should be 14 at least. So it was amazing for Alexia to work there at the age of 10. " said Alexia's mother Isabelle. Alexia can speak three languages since birth. As her mum is hah" French and half Spanish and her dad Richard is English. " She has always been very good at languages and shown an interest from a very young age. " added Isabelle, who also has a four-year-old daughter Melissa.
Alexia has dreamed of becoming an interpreter since she was six and chose to go to the European Parliament as her prize when she won the Young Achiever Community Award of the Year (年度青年成就奖). She asked if she could learn from the interpreters and HEP Robert Sturdy agreed to take her along as his guest. " It was fantastic and I decided to become an interpreter, "said Alexia. "Nothing can stop me. "
1.How old is the youngest interpreter according to the passage?
A.4. B.6. C.10. D.14.
2.When did Alexia Sloane become blind?
A.When she was born.
B.After she had a brain tumour.
C.After she became an interpreter.
D.When she was on holiday with her parents.
3.Who offered Alexia the chance of working as an interpreter?
A.Richard. B.Isabelle. C.Melissa. D.Robert Sturdy.
4.What is right about Alexia Sloane?
A.She can speak five language fluently.
B.She is a talented language learner.
C.She is the only child in the family.
D.She went to France on holiday after she won the award.
5.What do you think is the meaning of the sentence "Nothing can stop me. "?
A.Never give up. B.Believe in yourself.
C.Nothing is impossible. D.Failure is the mother of success.
阅读下列短文,根据短文内容填写表格,每空限填一词。
The world we live in is full of amazing things. Do you know the following things?
★Chocolate tastes nice but it may make the little dog die.
★We may sleep for eight hours at a time but a snail (蜗牛) may sleep for three years.
★Our ears and nose become bigger when we grow up but eyes keep the same after a person is born.
★You may think a bear walks slowly. In fact, it can run as fast as a horse.
★Cats won’t die if they fall off very high places because they can turn themselves up the right way.
★The largest animal on the earth is the blue whale (鲸). It weighs about 80 tons (吨)—more than 24 elephants.
★Most animals will die soon if they lose the head. But a cockroach (蟑螂) can live for nine or ten days when they have no head.
★Not all birds can fly. About forty kinds of birds can’t fly, like the penguin (企鹅) and the ostrich (鸵鸟).
Some (1) ________ things in the world |
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(2) _______ |
It’s nice but you can’t give it to little (3) _______, because it can kill them. |
Snails |
They can sleep as (4) _______ as three years. |
Our eyes |
The size of the eyes doesn’t (5) ________ from birth. |
Bears |
They can run very (6) _______ like a horse. |
Cats |
After (7) _______ off very high places, they can stay alive. |
Blue whales |
They are the largest animal and a blue whale’s (8) _______ is about 80 tons. |
Cockroaches |
They can live for nine or ten days (9) _______ the head. |
Birds |
Most birds are good at (10) _______ but some can’t. |
The Christmas Eve meal is very important in most European countries. While other Christian families around the world celebrate this great meal with different kinds of meat, it is a tradition for Italians to eat seven different kinds of fish. Such a meal is called the “Feast of the Seven Fishes”. It’s also considered traditional that there may be nine, eleven, or even thirteen fishes for the meal. This kind of celebration is held to remember the birth of the baby Jesus.
The Feast of the Seven Fishes was held just by southern Italians as a custom at first, but today Italians all over the world hold it. Although the Feast of the Seven Fishes has been regarded as an Italian custom, no one definitely knows the meaning of it. There are lots of explanations for it. Some people believe that seven fishes are served because it took God seven days to create the world. Other explanations mention the Seven Hills of Rome.
For the Feast of the Seven Fishes, it’s not certain that which kinds of fish should be served. At the Feast of the Seven Fishes, the meal usually begins with antipasto (开胃食物) and ends with delicious desserts.
The Feast of the Seven Fishes has been a tradition since ancient times, and it will continue or even change as life changes. However, for Italians all over the world, the cultural meaning of the tradition is more important than anything else.
1. Italian families celebrate the Christmas Eve meal with different kinds of ______.
A. meat????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. fish????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. desserts????????????? ????????????? D. antipasto
2.Where did the Feast of the Seven Fishes begin?
A. In Northern Italy.????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? B. In Rome.????????????? ?????????????
C. In Southern Italy.????????????? ????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. In England.
3.The Feast of the Seven Fishes is held to remember ______.
A. the day when God created the world
B. the Seven Hills of Rome
C. seven Christmas Eve meals????????????? ?????????????
D. the birth of the baby Jesus
4.The underlined word “definitely” means “_______” in Chinese.
A. 快速地????????????? ????????????? B. 确切地????????????? ????????????? C. 温柔地????????????? ????????????? D. 逐渐地
5.Which of the following is NOT true about the Feast of the Seven Fishes?
A. It began from ancient times.
B. The number of the fish for it has already changed now.
C. There are clear requirements for the kinds of fish for it.
D. To Italians, the cultural meaning of it is more important than anything else.
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