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special celebrations for these birthdays, but each is a time when a person can do new things. That shows
how she is no longer a child and has made the transition to adulthood.
In the United States,after turning sixteen a person can work, get a driver"s license, and leave home.
Sometimes the laws don"t seem to make sense (表明): at eighteen people in the United States can have a vote
and join the army. But people are prohibited (禁止) from going into many nightclubs, buying drinks like beer
or wine until they are twenty-one.
In many Latin American countries, a young woman"s fifteenth birthday is important. At this age, she is no
longer considered to be a girl, but rather a woman. To mark this special day,families with fifteen-year-old
daughters have a celebration. The day begins with the young woman and her family going to church. Later,
there is a party and many guests are invited.
In Japan, boys and girls are considered to be adults at the age of twenty. At this age, they are allowed by
law to vote, drink wine, and smoke. The second Monday in January is a national holiday called "Coming of
Age Day". On this day, twenty-year-olds celebrate by first going to a shrine (神庙) with their families. Later,
they listen to speeches given by city and school leaders. After that, many get together with family late into the
night.
In some countries, birthday celebrations continue throughout adulthood. Some people celebrate their
fortieth and fiftieth birthdays, or the year when they retire, with a big party.
B. 转变
C. 开始
D. 增加
B. Eighteen.
C. Twenty.
D. Twenty-one.
B. In Japan.
C. In the United States.
D. In Europe.
B. Listening to speeches.
C. Going to church.
D. Getting together with family.
B. All over the world, people celebrate their each birthday till they retire.
C. There are special celebrations for 16th, 18th and 21st birthdays in every country.
D. There are special ages and celebrations that show a person is growing older.
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试题【阅读理解。 In the United States, sixteen, eighteen and twenty-one are important a】；主要考察你对社会历史类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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(2) l______ the Spring Festival. When the Spring Festival comes, Li Lei usually (3) h______ his parents clean
their (4) h______ and do some shopping and other housework. On that day everyone in China (5) e______
jiaozi, New Year"s cakes and some other delicious food. Li Lei likes New Year"s cakes, but Lanlan says jiaozi
is nicer than New Year"s cakes. The (6) C______ people eat the New Year"s cakes and jiaozi in their houses.
How (7) h______ they are!
himself into the river and died over 2,000 years ago. Old story has it that people, in order to save Qu Yuan,
beat drums to drive fish away, and threw rice dumplings (zong zi) into the river to keep the fish from eating
his body.
For thousands of years, people have spent the festival by eating zong zi and holding dragon boat races on
the fifth day of the fifth lunar(阴历的) month, especially in the
provinces where there are many rivers and lakes.
The dragon boat races
that many people want to save Qu"s body. Those races are the most exciting part of the festival, with very large crowds of people watching them. The special boats, more than 10 meters
long, have colorful "dragon"heads and tails (尾巴), and
boat carries a team of 20 or 22 players. Every year dragon boat races take place in southeast Asian countries and some western countries, including America,
Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
1. Write out the word
. 2. Write out the word
. 3. Write out the word
. 4. In the underlined sentence find two words that can be read together (连读).
5. In the underlined sentence find a word whose last sound can have incomplete plosion(失去爆破).
二. 根据短文内容填入一个适当的词：
1. The Dragon Boat Festival is the day for people to keep Qu Yuan in their _____.
2. The Dragon Boat Festival has a history of more than two _____ years.
3. Since the Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, can we call it "The Double _____
Festival"?
4. Dragon boat races are mostly held in South China because there are more _____ areas there.
5. Dragon boat races are becoming more and more _____ in the world.
because they are not the same in every country. In England, Mothering Sunday is in March. In America and
Cermany and other countries, it"s one Sunday in May. Fathfer"s Day is in the middle of June. How do you
celebrate Mother"s Day and Father"s Day? Let"s learn something more about it from the following introduction.
| In England, we call Mother"s Day Mothering Sunday, because it"s always on a Sunday. I don"t really know the origin of it but I remember that my mother had a cup of tea early in the morning. And then we would go to church. And at the end of the church service, the children would collect a daffodil (水仙花) and take it back and give ic to our mother who would normally be sitting in the service in the church. And really that"s all we did to celebrate the day. |
| As Ann said, I remember taking cups of tea to my mother. The idea in general is that the washing-up would be done; perhaps some cooking would be done on Mother"s Day. We would try to relieve her of all those jobs to make it a special day for her, so that whenever she looked around, there was something to eat, something to drink, or something to read, or something interesting for her to do. |
| Father"s Day is always in June, a Sunday in the middle of June. On Father"s Day, the idea is to find something fun that the children could do with their father together. I remember going to baseball games. I think that on Father"s Day it"s particularly focused on doing things together because that is supposed to be relaxing and fun for Dad. |
| 阅读短文，根据内容回答问题。 |
Chinatown is the name given to an area in the middle of London. It is just be- tween Leicester Square and |
| 1. Is this Chinatown in the middle of London? ___________________________________ |
| 2. Was the area rich or poor in the 1950s? ___________________________________ |
| 3. Why did the restaurant workers have no time to learn English? ___________________________________ |
| 4. When did British-bom Chinese start to have a better education? ___________________________________ |
| 5. What are the main points about Chinatown in this passage7? ___________________________________ |
| 阅读理解。 |
 The oldest stone buildings in the world are the pyramids. They have stood for nearly 5000 years, and it seems likely that they will continue to stand for thousands of years yet. The most famous of these are the "Step" pyramid and the "Bent" pyramid. Some of the pyramids still look much as they must have done when they were built thousands of years ago. Most of the damage (破坏) has been at the hands of men who were looking for treasure or, more often, for stones to use in modern buildings. The dry climate of Egypt has helped to preserve the pyramids, and their very shape has made them less likely to fall into ruin (废墟). These are good reasons why they can still be seen today, but perhaps the most important is that they were planned to last forever. It is most likely that plans were made for the building of the pyramids because the plans of other large works have fortunately been preserved. But, there are no writings or pictures to show us how the Egyptians planned or built the pyramid themselves. As a result, we are only able to guess at the methods used. However, one thing is certain: there must have been months of careful planning before they could begin to build. The first thing they had to do was to choose a suitable place. You may think this would have been easy with miles and miles of empty desert around, but a pyramid could not be built just anywhere. Certain rules had to be followed, and certain problems had to be overcome. The pyramid had to be on the west side of the Nile, the side on which the sun sets. This was for religious reasons. The pyramid also had to stand well above tho level of the river to protect it against the regular floods. The pyramid could not be too far from the Nile, however, as the stones to build it needed to be carried in boats down the river to the nearest point. Water transport was, of course, much easier than land transport. The builders also had to find a rock base which was not likely to crack under the great weight of the pyramid. Finally, the pyramid had to be near the capital, or better still, near the king"s palace so that he could visit it easily and personally check the progress being made on the final resting place for his body. |
| 1. Most of the damage to the pyramids has been caused by _______. |
| A. stones B. rivers C. weather D. men |
| 2. What"s the meaning of the underlined word preserve? |
| A. Damage. B. Protect. C. Build. D. Cover. |
| 3. What was the first thing people had to do before they could begin to build? |
| A. To follow the rules. B. To draw the pictures. C. To choose the right place. D. To find the workers. |
| 4. To protect a pyramid from floods they could have built it a long way from the Nile, but _______. |
| A. it had to be built on the west side of the river Nile where the sun sets B. it was difficult to find a large enough rock base so far from the fiver C. this would have been impossible because of religious reasons D. this would have made it very difficult to transport the materials |