Year comes with the first day of the First Moon, between January 21 and
February 19. People get ready for the holiday for fifteen days. Finally, at
midnight it is the first day of the First Moon. People close the shops and the
streets are empty. Everyone locks (锁) the doors and stays at home.
It is an important time for the family. The younger people bow (鞠躬)to the
older people. The Chinese people call this “ke tou”. This means "to touch the
ground with forehead (前额)". Then the younger people wish the older people a
happy new year. The older people give children presents or money in red
envelopes. The family then go to sleep.
In the morning, people put on their best clothes. Some people stay at home,
and others go out to visit friends or neighbors. They are very polite and do not
use bad words. It’s the most important day of the year.
B. the Spring Festival
C. Christmas Day
D. the Dragon (龙) Boat Festival
B. twelve days
C. half a month
D. three days
B. hundreds of
C. many
D. few
B. Best wishes!
C. Good morning!
D. A and B
start, take, modern, remain, increase, large, destroy, build, occur, thousand | |||||
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Are you interested in country music? I like it very much! It will take me away for a while after I am | |||||
1.Country music is usually about _______. | |||||
A.everyday life and feelings B.farmers" feelings C.the lives of workers D.workers" feelings | |||||
2.Country music developed _______. | |||||
A.in John Denver"s city B.in the Southern United States C.in the Northem United States D.in the Western United States | |||||
3.People bagan to make country song records _______. | |||||
A.in the 1920s B.in 1920 C.in the 1970s D.in 1970 | |||||
4.Why did Country music become popular in America? | |||||
A.Because city people liked the music. B.Because farmers moved to cities with their music and it continued to change. C.Because country music talked about city people"s lives. D.Because city people liked the country | |||||
5.Who is famous for the song "Take Me Home, Country Roads"? | |||||
A.A farmer in the countryside. B.A person who moved to towns C.John Denver D.Denver John | |||||
In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist, so he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his garden. That was the first photo. The next important date in the history of photography (摄影) was in 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his reading room. He used a new kind of camera in a different way. In his picture you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest thing. This kind of photo was called Daguerreotype. Soon, other people began to use Daguerre"s way. Travelers brought back wonderful photos from all around the world. People took pictures of famous buildings, cities and mountains. In about 1840, photography was developed. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. That was not simple. The photographers had to carry a lot of film and other machines. But this did not stop them, for example, some in the United States worked so hard. Mathew Brady was a famous American photographer. He took many pictures of great people. The pictures were unusual because they were very lifelike (栩栩如生的). Photography also became a kind of art by the end of the 19th century. Some photos were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other art forms. | |||||
1. Who took the first photo? __________________ 2. The Daguerreotype was a kind of photo, wasn"t it? __________________ 3. If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in 1840, what did he have to do? __________________ 4. Why was Mathew Brady famous? __________________ 5. When did photography become a kind of art? __________________ | |||||
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