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Do you know something about tree rings (年轮)? Do you know they can tell us what the weather was l__1___, sometimes even hundreds of years ago?

A tree will grow well in a climate with lots of sunshine and rainfall. And l__2__ sunshine or rainfall will limit (限制) the growth of a tree. We can see the change of climate by studying the tree rings. For e___3___, to find out the weather of ten years ago, count the rings of a tree from o___4___ to the inside. If the t___5___ ring is far from the eleventh ring, then we are sure that it was sunny and rainy most of that year. If it is near to the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad.

Tree rings are i___6___ not only for studying the history of weather but also for studying the history of man. Long long ago there lived a lot of people at a place in New Mexico. But now you can find only s___7___ there—no trees and no people. What h____8___?

A scientist studied the rings of d___9__ trees there. He found that the people had to leave b__10___ they had cut down all trees to make fires and buildings. As all trees had gone, the people there had to move. 

On New Year’s Eve, people in Italy throw out all the old things. So there are chairs, beds, clothes and plates in the streets. In Spain, the new year comes in more quietly. In the evening people come together to the streets. Each holds(拿着) grapes(葡萄). When twelve o’clock comes, people start eating the grapes.

    In Japan, people eat noodles(面条) on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life(生命). Early the next morning, some families climb Mount Fuji(富士山). There they watch the first sunrise(日出) of the new year.

1. This story is about New Year’s Eve in ________.

A. Italy            B. Spain            C. Japan            D. A,B and C

2.People in Spain welcome New Year by ________ after twelve.

A. eating grapes                   B. eating noodles   

C. throwing the old things          D. watching the sunrise

3.People in both Spain and Japan ________ to bring the New Year.

A. Throwing things away         B. sing and dance

C. eat some food                    D. climb a mountain

4.Japanese climb Mount Fuji to _________.

A. look at the stars                B. look for New Year’s wishes 

C. see the sun coming up            D. have a rest

5. The people in ________ hope to get long life from their New Year’s food.

A. Japan          B.China   C. Spain        D. Italy

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Amanda is an American filmmaker and actress. She came to China three years ago to study Performance at Beijing Film Academy. Last month, she m 【小题1】 to Japan to study Economics at the University of Tokyo. On June 10th, she r  【小题2】  to the USA. She chatted with her parents about the cultural d  【小题3】   between the two countries.
“The people in b 【小题4】  countries are very friendly to f  【小题5】. But they have different cultures. For example, when I spoke Chinese in China, the people there always showed s 【小题6】 on their faces. But when I came to Japan, I found it was o  【小题7】  . Most local people there hoped I could talk with them in Japanese, t  【小题8】  I was not good at it,” she said.
Amanda thought this might have something to d 【小题9】 with the fact that the western group in Japan is o 【小题10】  than the one in China. They have stayed in Japan for a long time. And most of them speak Japanese well. But Westerners in China are still quite a new group. They’re usually treated as guests and tourists.