In some Latin American (拉丁美洲) countries, people eat twelve grapes at 12 o"clock on New Year"s
Eve-one grape for good luck in each month of the new year.
In china, people always eat dumplings. Some people make dumplings with a coin (硬币) in them. Everyone
wants to find the coin for luck and money in the new year. Of course they don"t eat the coin.
Japanese eat noodles on New Year"s Day and their birthdays. Because they all look forward to good luck
and long life (生命).
B. money
C. long life
D. good luck
B. twelve
C. 365
D. 24
B. noodles
C. a coin
D. an egg
B. the USA
C. China
D. the UK
B. One grape is for good luck in each hour of the New Year"s Day.
C. Chinese people make dumplings with coins.
D. Both Chinese and Japanese people eat noodles on their birthdays.
In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the film-maker Walt Disney. He had an
unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney"s cartoon films (动画片) for children. When Walt Disney
heard Nash"s voice, he said,"Stop! That"s our duck!"
The duck was the new famous Donald Duck, who first appeared (出现) in the film. The wise little duck
Donald lived in a old houseboat and wore his sailor (海员) jacket and hat. Later that year he became a star
after an eight minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience (观众) liked him because he was lazy and
greedy (贪婪), and because he lost his temper (脾气)very quickly. And they loved his voice, when he became
angry with Mickey"s eight nephews (侄儿). Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse himself,
probably because he wasn"t goody-goody like Mickey.
In the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s Donald and his friends Mickey, Coody and Pluto made hundreds of Disney
cartoons. He also made educational (教育的) films about the place of the USA in the world, and safely in the
home. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared (消失)… there were no more new cartoons.
Clarence Nash died in February, 1985. But today"s children can still see the old cartoons on television and
hear that famous voice.
B. Clarence Nash
C. Walt Disney
D. Donald Duck
B. In 1934
C. In 1966
D. In 1985
B. A famous duck in the world.
C. A person who produced films.
D. The man who gave Donald Duck"s voice.
B. he was a film-maker
C. he went to see Walt Disney
D. he had a strange voice
B. At the cinema
C. On television
D. In USA
people had a new type of (2) t_______, the steam locomotive. An English (3) e_______ drove the first steam
locomotive on a road, but it exploded. In 1804, a locomotive (4) c_______ about seventy passengers a short
(5) d_______ on some iron rails. It was the first railway. In the 1830s, countries all over the world started to
build railways. (6) A_______ fifty years, railways covered most countries. Many train stations were built to
make it (7) e_______ for passengers to get on and off the trains. Early trains had a top (8) s_______ of 50
kilometers per hour. (9) T_______ trains are much faster. They (10) t_______ at about 240 kilometers an hour.
The fastest trains can go 380 kilometers an hour.
Many people were surprised when they found that the Internet was set up in the 1960s. At that time,
computers were large and expensive. Computers didn"t work well. If one computer in network Broken down,
then the whole network stopped. So a new network system had to be set up. It should be good enough to be
used by many different computers. If one part of the network was not working information could be send
through another part. In this way the computer network system would keep on working all the time.
At first, the Internet was only used by the government, but in the early 1970s universities, hospitals and
banks were allowed to use it, too. However, computers were still very expensive and the Internet was
difficult to use. By the start of the 1990s, computers became cheaper and easier to use. Scientists had also
developed software (软件) that made "surfing the Internet" more convenient.
Now it is easy to get online and it is said that millions of people use the Internet every day. Computers
are becoming much cheaper and smaller. The invention of the laptop makes people be able to use computers
everywhere. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among students and other young people. The Internet
has now become a very important part of people"s life.
( )2. In computers were expensive and not convenient enough to use at the beginning.
( )3. In the early 1970s only the government used the network.
( )4. Sending e-mail is more and more popular among old people.
( )5. Now the Internet is connected with people"s life.
Year comes with the first day of the First Moon between January 21 and February 19. People prepare for the
holiday for fifteen days.
Finally, at midnight it is New Year"s Day or the first day of the First Moon. Chun Jie. People close the
shops and the streets are empty. Everyone locks the doors and stays at home.
It is an important time for the family. The younger people bow to the older people. The Chinese call this
Kou Tou or kowtow. This means "to touch the ground with the forehead". Then the young people wish the
older people a happy New Year. The older people give children gifts or money in red envelops. The family
then goes to sleep.
In the morning people dress in their best clothes. Some people stay at home, others to out to play a New
Year call. They"re very polite and don"t use bad words. It"s the most important day of the year.
B. National Day
C. the Chinese New Year
D. Christmas Day
B. on the last day of a year
C. between January 21 and February 19
D. on January 24th
B. close the shops
C. stay at home
D. Both B and C
B. show respect (尊敬)
C. ask for money
D. apologize (道歉)
B. The Chinese New Year is an important time for the family.
C. People dress is their best clothes on New Year"s Day.
D. It"s polite to use bad words on New Year"s Day.
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Those thumbs-up (翘拇指) will w 2 millions of people to Shanghai from around the world.
It"s Haibao, the mascot of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. "It"s very c 3 ," said Gu Hui, a school kid.
"I want a big toy l 4 the mascot."
Haibao looks like the Chinese character "人", which m 5 people or a human being. The name comes
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Shanghai, which l 7 beside the sea.
Haibao was designed by two a 8 , one from the mainland and the other from Taiwan. The design is about
people living together in the c 9 . The designers want it to fit in with the theme of the Shanghai Exposition
"Better City, B 10 Life."
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