is New Year's Day．

A．May 1st         B．January 1st     C．March 8th    D．September 10th

Reading comprehension(阅读理解)

Happy New Years

　　Today is March 17th. About two and a half months ago, I said “Happy New Year!” to many of my friends. Just more than a month ago, I said the same thing to some other friends. In about four days, I'll repeat the same wishes to yet another group of friends. I'll do the same thing in July and also in September.

　　“How can that be?” you might be thinking. “Everyone knows that New Year's Day is in January!”

　　You might ask: “When is the New Year's Day exactly?” Different calendars(日历) give different answers to that question.

　　1．January 1st: New Year's Day on the Western/international calendar.

　　2．Between January 10th and February 19th: New Year's Day on the Chinese calendar(China, Korea, and a few other places).

　　3．March 21st: New Year's Day on the traditional Persian(波斯的) calendar(Iran伊朗).

　　4．Mid-July(usually the 16th): New Year's Day on the Islamic(伊斯兰教的) calendar.

　　5．September: New Year's Day on most Eastern Orthodox Church(东正教的) calendars(Central and Eastern Europe．and, usually, on the Jewish(犹太教的) calendar.

　　And these are just the New Year's Days that I know about! Actually, there are probably even more!

Choose the best answer(根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案，用A、B、C或D表示)

1．The first time the writer said, “Happy New Year!” was around January 1st. The second time was on or before ________.

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2．The author will say “Happy New Year” around March 21st to some ________ friends.

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3．The author uses quotation marks(“”) in the second paragraph to show that the words inside the quotation marks are ________.

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4．The New Year's Day on most Eastern Orthodox Church calendars and the New Year's Day on the Jewish calendar are ________.

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A．probably on different dates

B．not always in September

C．probably on the same date

D．always September 1st

5．The Chinese calendar is used ________.

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A．only in China

B．in several different places

C．only in China and Korea

D．in all Asian countries

6．The word “Years” in the title of this short article ________.

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A．suggests that January 1.st is at different times on different calendars

B．is grammatically incorrect and should actually be New Year's

C．suggests that one has to say “Happy New Year!” many, many times in his whole life

D．was used because New Year's Day is at different times on different calendars

阅读理解

12th October

　　Dear Kitty,

　　Thank you for the stamps that you gave me. They are very beautiful. I have put them in my stamp album.(小册子)

　　It will be Halloween on 31st October in Canada. That night, we will dress up as witches(巫婆), ghosts(鬼)and wild animals. We will play a game called“Trick or Treat”. Treat' means giving us sweets or presents. We will go from house to house and say,“Trick or Treat”. If someone does not give us sweets or presents, we will play a trick on him later.

　　That night, many people will put pumpkin(南瓜)lamps in front of their houses. They will make the pumpkins look like ugly faces and put candles in them. We always have fun on Halloween. Last year, I collected plenty of sweets!

　　Do you have Halloween in Hong Kong? Write to me soon.

Love,

Mary

1．When did Mary Brown write the letter?

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A．12th October.	B．31st October.
C．25th December.	D．10th September.

2．What did Kitty give Mary?

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A．Envelopes.	B．Stamps.
C．Sweets.	D．Coats.

3．In Canada, what is the festival on 31st October?

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A．New Year.	B．Christmas.
C．Halloween.	D．Mother's Day.

4．How will the children there dress up that night?

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A．They will dress up as cowboys.

B．They will dress up as black cats.

C．They will dress up as big dogs.

D．They will dress up as witches, ghosts and wild animals.

5．They will play a game that night. What is it called?

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A．Dragon dances．	B．Catching a chick.
C．Trick or Treat.	D．Guess a riddle.

阅读理解

12th October

　　Dear Kitty,

　　Thank you for the stamps that you gave me. They are very beautiful. I have put them in my stamp album.(小册子)

　　It will be Halloween on 31st October in Canada. That night, we will dress up as witches(巫婆), ghosts(鬼)and wild animals. We will play a game called“Trick or Treat”. Treat' means giving us sweets or presents. We will go from house to house and say,“Trick or Treat”. If someone does not give us sweets or presents, we will play a trick on him later.

　　That night, many people will put pumpkin(南瓜)lamps in front of their houses. They will make the pumpkins look like ugly faces and put candles in them. We always have fun on Halloween. Last year, I collected plenty of sweets!

　　Do you have Halloween in Hong Kong? Write to me soon.

Love,

Mary

1．When did Mary Brown write the letter?

[　　]

A．12th October.	B．31st October.
C．25th December.	D．10th September.

2．What did Kitty give Mary?

[　　]

A．Envelopes.	B．Stamps.
C．Sweets.	D．Coats.

3．In Canada, what is the festival on 31st October?

[　　]

A．New Year.	B．Christmas.
C．Halloween.	D．Mother's Day.

4．How will the children there dress up that night?

[　　]

A．They will dress up as cowboys.

B．They will dress up as black cats.

C．They will dress up as big dogs.

D．They will dress up as witches, ghosts and wild animals.

5．They will play a game that night. What is it called?

[　　]

A．Dragon dances．	B．Catching a chick.
C．Trick or Treat.	D．Guess a riddle.