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Dragon –Boat Festival is also called the DuanWu Festival. (1)It is celebrated on the _____day of _____ according to the Chinese calendar．Here is something about Dragon-Boat Festival.

For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by eating Zong Zi and racing dragon boats .People hold the dragon-boat races in order to remember Qu Yuan , one of the greatest poets(诗人)in China．

Qu Yuan was born in Zigui of Hubei Province over 2,200 years ago．Qu Yuan was an honest minister(大臣)of the State of Chu，during the Warring States Period(475-22 l BC)(战国时期)．He was upright and wise. He wanted to bring his country peace and make the country stronger, but the country was in the hands of bad officials，he failed．At last，he was very discouraged. He ended his life by throwing himself into the Miluo River. It was said that people jumped from boats into the river and tried to save him. But it was too late. They were very sad. They threw rice into the water to feed Qu Yuan’s spirit.

(2)Now we read his poem Li Sao which was full of deep love for his country．We can see the dragon-boat races and have a kind of Chinese food named Zong Zi to eat during the Dragon-boat Festival．

1.在（1）句的空白处填入合适的词，使上下文完整。_____  _____

2.Why do we hold the dragon-boat races? _________________________________.

3.把(2) 处划线部分译成汉语。

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4.在文中找出与下列句子意思相近的句子：He jumped into the Miluo River and died.  ________________________________________

5.找出或写出文章中最能表达该文中心的句子。

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We have been in Australia for three days. We’re having a1.g_____ time here. Australia is the sixth largest country in the world. There is so2.m _____ to see that it is impossible for me to tell you everything. Sydney is a beautiful city. There are many big3.t _____ and beautiful flowers around the houses and they 4.l ____really beautiful. There are also some special5.a_____ in Australia, such as kangaroos and koalas. They are really lovely.

????????????? During the past three days we’ve visited many6.p_____of interest around Sydney.? I’d like to spend more time here.? But we will7.f_____ to another city, Cairns, to see coral beds (珊瑚礁) tomorrow.? It is said that words cannot8.d_____? the beauty of the colourful corals. Many famous cartoon films were made there. Now we are9.b ______? packing our bags so that we will not lose time when we leave.? We can enjoy 10.o______ in Cairns this time tomorrow, I’m looking forward to going there!

首字母填空（10小题*1=10分）

My friend is a taxi driver. He has been a taxi driver for ten years. It’s a nice job m 1. of the time. He can meet a lot of people. He always works at night because there is too much t  2.  during the day. He usually goes home between two o’clock in the morning. There are some very s3.  things, which often happen at night.

One day my friend was t4.  a woman back home from a party at three o’clock in the morning. She has her little dog with here. When they got to her house, she found she had lost her key. So my friend waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in t 5.  the window. My friend waited and waited. After half an hour of honking（鸣汽车喇叭）he d 6.  to find out what was going on. He t7.  the dog to a tree and started to climb in.At that moment some policemen came. They thought my friend was a t 8. . L 9. , the woman came downstairs. She must have gone to sleep and f 10.  about my friend and the dog.

首字母填空（10小题*1=10分）

Cinderella is a p___1.___ but poor girl. Her stepmother(继母) treats her very badly.  She makes her do all of the h___2.__ day and night. She doesn’t tell her father about the sad thing because she loves her father and doesn’t want him to w___3.___ about her.

Oneday, a prince (王子) in the country i___4.___ all the young girls to his birthday party. But she only hasdirty and old c___5.___, so she cries and cries. Suddenly a fairy（仙女）comes and helps her go to the party. However, the fairy tells her that she has to come back b___6.___ 12 o’clock. During the dancing party, she and the prince dance t___7.__ very well. 

When the bell rings at 12 o’clock, she goes back home very quickly but l___8.___ one glass shoe in the palace. Then the prince takes the glass shoe and asks f__9.___ door to door around the country to look for the girl who wears it. F___10.___ he finds Cinderella and marries(娶) her. They live a happy life ever after.