The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world.The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both home and abroad.

United Kingdom

　　 Celebrations for Spring Festival in the UK started in 1980, with the first evening party held in 2002.Every new year, people get together and have a lot of activities.They sing songs, dance to music, share photos with friends or enjoy films in a cinema.

United States

　　 Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US.They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year.It is a good chance for people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture and values.

Australia

　　 The Chinese New Year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia.Many people come to Sydney's Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne.They enjoy fireworks, lion dances, dragon boat races and many other traditional activities.The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and non?Chinese.

Singapore

　　 The family dinner on New Year's Eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China.They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past.Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together.They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition.

(　　)6.Celebrations for Spring Festival in the UK started in ________.

　 A.1890　　　 B.1980　　　　　　 C.2000　　　　　 D.2002

(　　)7.At Spring Festival, American Chinese join in a large evening party to ________.

　 A.say hello to the new year　　　　 B.refuse a good chance

C.tell others they are alone　　　　 D.share different cultures

(　　)8.Chinese in Australia enjoy the following activities except ________.

　 A.fireworks　　　　　　　　　　　 B.lion dances

C.bridges　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D.dragon boat races

(　　)9.In Singapore, Chinese families don't hold the New Year dinner at a restaurant but at home because ________.

A.they were born in Singapore　　　 B.they moved there from other places

C.the restaurant is far away　　　　　 D.they want to keep Chinese tradition

(　　)10.After reading the passage above, we might say ________.

A.all parts of the world celebrate Spring Festival

B.the Chinese New Year is celebrated only in China

C.celebrations for Spring Festival are just held in four foreign countries

D.Chinese across the world have a strong feeling towards Spring Festival

The Internet, mobile phones and Ipads are part of our lives now. Technology is greatly affecting all ways of our lives, from the ways we work to the ways we play. And it even causes a number of social problems such as cloning humans.
　　We have had lots of technology and it has changed our lives a lot. There is no doubt that humans will continue to use more and more technology. Here are some examples of modern technology that will change our ideas and will affect our lives greatly.
　　Global positioning system (GPS) (全球定位系统)
　　It’s a system that uses radio signals from satellites to show exact(精确地) information. It tells you where the user is on the earth in all weather conditions. It’s made up of three parts: satellites, control equipments (设备) on land and receivers.
　　Space Technology
　　Russian and American scientists have worked together for the international Space Station (ISS) for a long time. They hope the ISS will provide a long-lasting lab. Such a lab will bring humans limitless(无限的) advantages. It’s even hoped that one day space technology will take humans to their new houses in space.
Underwater Robot
Hercules is a kind of underwater robot with some high technology equipments. It will be used to search for ancient ships which were destroyed into the deep sea during their journey long ago.
The world is changing so quickly that it’s hard for us to catch up with all the new inventions because they seem to come out every month. It’s important for us to learn about new technology and the role that it plays in our lives. So we should be willing to accept modern technology, or we will fall behind the times.
【小题1】______ can tell you where the user is on the earth exactly.

A．Satellites	B．Receivers
C．Global Positioning System	D．Underwater Robot

【小题2】According to the passage, which is NOT true about the ISS?

A．It has carried people to other planets.

B．It will provide a long-lasting lab for us.

C．Russian and American are working for it.

D．Humans will get a lot of advantages from it.

【小题3】Hercules is used to ______.

A．save lives in the sea	B．take picture in the sea
C．repair the broken ships	D．look for the ancient ships in the sea

【小题4】From the passage, we know that ______.

A．the use of GPS is affected by the weather conditions

B．it’s very important for us to learn about new technology

C．it’s easy for us to catch up with all the new inventions

D．technology brings us many advantages such as cloning humans

【小题5】What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To help us study some new technology.

B．To tell us technology is changing the world.

C．To help solve the problems that technology causes.

D．To remind us the advantages of technology are limitless.

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　　Mr Green had a new telephone number. 1 he got it, it was the number of a shop. The shop now had a new number, but a lot of women did not know 2 , so they 3 telephoned the old one.

　　At first, Mr and Mrs Green always said, “We are 4 . You have called 5 number. The shop has a new one now.” But women still continued to call them to 6 things. So after 7 , Mr and Mrs Green began to answer them like this: “good morning, madam, what do you want us to send you today?” They thought, “Perhaps they will 8 to us when they don't 9 their things.” But this didn't help them, because now women began to telephone them more and more, and to say 10 , “Where are my things? They have not come yet! Why haven't you sent them yet.”

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