— Are you surprised at the ending of the play?
— No, I 　　　the book, so I know the story from beginning to end.

Almost all cultures celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another in some way. Different cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year in different ways, and at different times on the calendar.
In Western countries, people usually celebrate New Year at midnight on December 31st-January 1st. People may go to parties, sometimes dressed in formal（正式的）clothes, and the may drink champagne（香槟）at midnight. During the first minutes of the new year, people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead. But some cultures prefer to celebrate the new year by waking up early to watch the sun rise. They welcome the new wear with the first light of the sunrise.
Many cultures also do special things to get rid of（摆脱）bad luck at the beginning of a new year. For example, in Ecuador, families make a big doll from old clothes. The doll is filled with old newspapers and firecrackers. At midnight, these dolls are burned to show the bad things from the past year are gone and the new year can start afresh（重新）. Other common traditions to keep away bad luck in a new year include throwing things into rivers or the ocean, or saying special things on the first day of the new year.
Other New Year traditions are followed to bring good luck in the new year. One widespread Spanish tradition for good luck is to eat grapes on New Year’s Day. The more grapes a person eats, the more good luck the person will have in the tear. In France, people eat pancakes for good luck at New Year. In the United States, some people eat black-eyed peas for good luck-but to get good luck for a whole year you have to eat 365 of them!
【小题1】 The reading is mainly about_____.

We sometimes call the lion “the king of the jungle (丛林)” because it is stronger and more dangerous than other animals. It can run faster than many animals and it can hunt (捕猎) the best. It is the highest animal in the   21  food chain (食物链).[

         In the sea, the shark is one of the animals at the  22  of the food chain. It can swim faster than most other sea animals, and it can use its big teeth to eat them.

         What is at the top of the world’s food chain?  23  are! We are not the biggest or fastest, but we are the   24  We could not run faster than cheetahs (猎豹),  so we  25  cars and now we can move the fastest. We could not  26   better than lions, so we invented guns (枪). Now we can hunt the best.

People’s inventions are clever, but they can be dangerous, too. For example, people invented  27 , and now they make the air and rivers dirty. This can make   28  changes. Dirty rivers kill fish.  Then bears cannot eat the fish and the bears die. If we kill one part of the food chain,   29   also die. Remember that we are a part of the food chain, so we are in danger too! If we protect animals, we are protecting   30  ! We should and we could do something for the world!

1.A. land          B. sea         C. mountain       D. desert

2.A. front                  B. end         C. top                   D. beginning

3.A. People      B. Lions      C. Sharks               D. Cheetahs

4.A. strongest                     B. cleverest              

C. most special                        D. most important

5.A. used            B. had           C. made                 D. invented

6.A. fight             B. escape     C. kill                       D. catch

7.A. hotels          B. schools    C. factories           D. hospitals

8.A. great           B. terrible    C. wonderful    D. complete

9.A. one part  B. another part      C. other parts         D. the other parts

10.A. ourself  B. yourselves C. themselves D. ourselves

1.Where can you probably find the passage？

A. At the end of a magazine.                   B. At the top of a map

C. At the beginning of a book.                  D. At the bottom of a guidebook.

2.The underlined word “prediction” probably means ____________.

A. the place you are going to visit

B. the vocabulary you find in a notebook

C. the time you have spent in reading

D. the thing you think is going to happen.

3.In the Review Units you can _________.

A. watch the videos at home

B. discover many interesting topics

C. practice reading skills and vocabulary

D. enjoy the photos, charts and maps