综合填空。

　　Which is the best way to learn a language? We know that we all I(1) our own language well when we were children, if we learn a second language i(2) the same way, it won't seem so difficult. How does a small child do? It listens w(3) people say, and it tries to guess what it hears, When it wants s(4) , it has to ask for it. It is u(5) the language, thinking in it and talking in it all the time. If people use a second language all the time, they will learn it q(6) . In school, you learn to read, to write, to hear and to speak; it is the b(7) way to learn all new words through the e(8) . You can read them, s(9) them, and write them d(10) .

选择适当的词填空，将其代码填在答题纸的横线上（每空1分，共10分）

A．celebrate    B．presents    C．hospital    D．birthday   E．holiday F．Christmas   G．tell        H．love       I．give       J．was born

Why do people 1．________ Christmas? In western countries, it is the biggest 2．________ of the year. People enjoy parties, decorations, music and fun. When many people think of Christmas, they think of Santa Claus, Christmas trees, and 3．_shen_______. But Christmas is much more than that. It celebrates a very special person’s 4．________.
A long time ago, a baby boy 5．________. His name was Jesus. He wasn’t born in a nice 6．________. He was born in a stable（马槽）! Jesus was a special baby. He came to the world to bring 7．________, peace and joy. He came to 8．________ people about God. At his birth, angels sang. Later, wise men brought him gifts. Today we 9．________ gifts to each other at 10．________ because of the wise men.

A bag is useful and the word “bag” is useful, too. Here is an interesting phrase（短语）, “to let the cat out of the bag”. In meaning it is the same as “to tell the secret（秘密）”. And there is an old interesting story about it.

　　Long ago, when farmers wanted to sell chickens at the market, they would usually just throw the chickens in cloth (布) bags. But cats were cheaper than chickens at that time, so many farmers would put cats into the cloth bags but not chickens. One day, a woman asked a man for a chicken. The man gave her a cloth bag in which there was a cat.      When the man opened the cloth bag, a big black cat ran out. Not a chicken! The man’s secret was out and everyone knew it.

　　Now when we say someone gives away a secret, we say “he lets the cat out of the bag”. And that is the story where the interesting phrase came from.

1.The underlined word “it” in the passage refers to (指的是)     .

A. the useful bag                 B. the phrase              C. the cat                     D. the chicken

2.The farmers put cats but not chickens in the bags to      when they sold chickens.

A. tell the secret                                                      B. sell the cats

C. get more money                                                  D. keep the cats quiet

3.Which is the best for the blank (空白处) in the passage?

A. The woman was angry to see a cat.                 B. The man put a cat in the bag.

C. The man asked her to see the chicken.         D. The woman wanted to see the chicken.

4.The writer wrote the story to tell us     .

A. the woman was smart                                         B. how farmers sold their cats

C. the phrase is useful                                             D. where the phrase came from

 

—Could you tell me              ?

—In Brazil. It is the first country to hold the Games in South America.

A. where the 2016 Olympic Games will be held      

B. when will the 2016 Olympic Games be held

C. when the 2016 Olympic Games will be held

D. where will the 2016 Olympic Games be held

 

1My bag is different _______ yours, but it is the same _____ hers.

A. with , with   B. with , as    C. from, as    D. from, with