There are a lot of holidays for Chinese people, such as National Day, May Day, etc. However, Chinese people look on Spring Festival   46   their most important one of all. Spring Festival is a traditional festival in China. It’s a festival for families to get   47  . And it’s also my favorite festival, especially   48   I was a child. Because in those days my life was very   49  . When the Spring Festival came, I could have plenty of delicious food to eat. Also I could   50   a very long holiday and have a good rest. On that day I could   51   beautiful clothes. And the most important thing is that I could receive much New Year’s gift   52   . So every year, I expected the Spring Festival would come soon. When I   53   up, it’s no longer as important   54   me as before. For our country has developed a lot. Our life is   55   than before. It’s like that I’m having spring festival every day!

46. A. for                                          B. as                                          C. at

47. A. down                                      B. up                                         C. together

48. A. when                                      B. if                                          C. unless

49. A. rich                                        B. poor                                      C. real

50. A. find                                        B. enjoy                                     C. need

51. A. buy                                         B. see                                        C. wear

52. A. money                                           B. paper                                     C. coin

53. A. look                                        B. get                                        C. grow

54. A. to                                                  B. of                                          C. on

55. A. worse                                     B. better                                           C. shorter

Alex was a rich（富有的）young man．He often went out to dinner with friends．He usually went to the restaurant next to his home, but the waiters there did not like him．Alex liked showing off（卖弄）and he always made fun（取笑）of the waiters．He often asked them difficult questions and then gave them the answers．He thought it was funny．

    One day he took a beautiful girl to the restaurant．Her name was Betty．Alex asked her，“What do you want to eat?’ She opened the menu and looked at everything and then said，“Don’t  those fish look good?“

    Alex looked at them and said，“Yes，they do．I know a lot about fish．”Then he turned to the waiter and said，“Waiter，aren’t these fish French?”

    “I don't know．”answered the waiter．“They didn’t talk to me about it．”

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

1．From the story, we know that

    A．Alex was always kind to others             B．Alex often played jokes on the waiters

    C．Alex and the waiters were friends           D．Alex liked eating French fish

2．Why didn't the waiters like Alex?

    A．Because Alex liked girls very much.

    B．Because Alex was a rich young man.

    C．Became Alex asked them difficult questions

    D．Because Alex didn't like the food.

3．What does the underlined word “them” refer to（指的是）?

      A．Girls．                B．Waiters                C．Questions．         D．Fish．

4．Alex wanted his friends to think he____________．

      A．was rich              B．knew a lot            C．was a good cook    D．was strict

5．What can we know from the story?

      A．The fish could speak French．                 B．The waiter could speak French．

      C．The fish were French．                              D．The waiter didn’t like Alex’s questions．

Jack was a fourteen-year-old boy. He thought he was a young man but his parents didn’t think so. They told him, “When you can help others, you’ll be a real young man.’’

( 1 )One morning, Jack’s parents gave him some money to buy food at a store. He saw an old man there. The man looked very sad because he lost his money and had nothing to eat.Jack took the man to the nearest restaurant.( 2 ) He asked the waiter to bring him some food and a cup of coffee. The old man was so hungry and he ate up(吃完 )all the food very quickly. After, the old man thanked him a lot. Jack was very happy when the old man said he was a very good young man.At last, the young man was surprised the food was free because that day was the birthday of the boss( 老板 ).

71. How old was Jack?

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72.Why did the old man look sad？

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73.Did Jack pay for the food at last?

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74. 把文中画线（1）的句子译成汉语。

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75. 把文中画线（2）的句子译成汉语。

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