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Lots of people in the world like listening to folk songs. A folk song is a song that is “from the p 【小题1】 ”. Every c 【小题2】  has folk songs. Usually, they are quiet, simple songs. People often sing them with just a g 【小题3】  of a few other instruments. Some folk songs are so o 【小题4】  that no one knows who wrote them or when they were written. Other folk songs are by songwriters who are interested in people’s l 【小题5】  and experiences. Woody Guthrie was one of those songwriters.
Woody Guthrie was born in a very small town in Oklahoma in 1912. Guthrie first learned to play the guitar from his grandfather in 1917. He soon began to p 【小题6】  with other people in the area. Step by step, people liked his music.
In 1929, the economy was bad. Many people were not working, and there were many poor people. Guthrie began to travel around the country looking for work. Guthrie became interested in singing about people and their p 【小题7】  during this period.
In the winter of 1940, Guthrie decided to go to New York. On his way, he created “This Land is Your Land.” The song talks about places and things people love. The last line of the song says, “This land was made for you and me.” These words tell people that e 【小题8】  is equal.
Woody Guthrie died in 1967, but his music l 【小题9】  on. His music is an important part of American h 【小题10】 and culture. And to this day, people love to sing the folk songs written by him.

Are two holidays not enough? Do you dream of three, or even four? 1.这不再是梦想! Last month, the State Council(国务院) encouraged primary and high schools to give students a spring or autumn break without changing the total number of student vacation days.

Students in China currently only have long holidays in two seasons —summer and winter. These holidays are usually 10 to 12 weeks in total.“If we had spring and autumn breaks, 2.I would have time to taste all four seasons instead of burying (埋) myself in my studies,”Gao Yiran, a 15-year-old boy told China Daily. Seasonal holidays during autumn and spring may be something new in China, but not in other countries.

In the US, students usually have three holidays. Summer holiday is the longest one, and runs from mid-June until early September. Summer camp is one of kids’ favorite places to go to, where they can make new friends and try some new activities. Winter holiday starts from mid-December and ends in early January. Most kids and their parents go to spend time together over the Christmas period. Spring break comes in mid- March and 3.it is usually a 10-day holiday.

Schools in Japan start in April, as most people think that spring is the perfect time for new things. For school children ,summer holiday lasts from July 20 to August 31. Most kids are busy with club activities including sports and dancing. Spring break starts at the end of March and continues till early April. It is a good chance for a short family trip around the city.

阅读短文，按要求完成下面的任务。

任务一　将4.处的中文翻译成英文。

任务二　将5.处斜体部分的英文翻译成中文。

任务三　写出6.处“it”指代的内容。

任务四　7.What do Japanese kids usually do in their spring break?

任务五　8.为该文段拟写一个标题。

  Look! There are thousands of people waiting to buy tickets home in the railway station．Each time when Spring Festival comes，buying tickets of train trip would be very hard．And things seem to be getting worse and worse，although we have greatly increased the mileage(总里程) of railway network and speeded up trains．Why? It’s because too many people want to go back home to spend Spring Festival with their family．Many people become angry with the Ministry(部)of Railways．They wonder why it is hopeless for them to get the tickets from the railway station．Instead，they sometimes can only buy them from ticket scalpers at much higher price．

    The Ministry of Railways estimated(估计) that about 216 million passengers would travel by train during the 40-day peak period(高峰期) during the 2010 Spring Festival holiday．The number of travelers will be 8％higher than that of 2009．This problem even attracted the President Hu Jintao’s attention．He wrote a note to Liu Zhijun，Minister of the Ministry of Railways，asking him to make sure of a “smooth and safe” transportation．Afterwards，officials from the Ministry of Railways said they would try their best not to let any ticket-buyers spend Spring Festival at the railway station．

1. What does the underlined word “scalper” in the first paragraph mean?

        A．代售点            B．售票员           C．票贩               D．赌徒

2. Many people can’t buy the tickets from the railway station，and they sometimes can only buy them from the scalpers         ．

             A．expensively        B．wrongly           C．dangerously        D．hardly

3.How many people took the train trip during the peak period during the 2009 Spring Festival holiday?

         A．About 216 million．                           B．About 172 million．

C．About 200 million．                            D．About 233 million．

4.What does the passage mainly tell us?

         A．People go home much more easily during the Spring Festival．

         B．It is very hard to buy tickets in the railway station during the Spring Festival．

         C．President Hu Jintao cares about the railway building problem．

         D．The Ministry of Railways felt sorry about the problem．