Reading comprehension(阅读理解)

　　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

假设你是Li　Ming，目前在英国参加Homestay夏令营，住在Mrs.　Wiliam家。现在，你需要完成培训老师布置的作业：用英语描述你的房东或房东太太。

    要点如下：

    1.外貌特征（自己发挥）；

    2.和蔼友善，与你相处融洽；

    3.经常照顾你的日常生活，如：洗衣等；

    4.对中国的历史文化很感兴趣；

    5.补充一至两点其他的看法。

    注意：

    1.词数60-80，文章开头已给出，不记入总词数；

    2.文中不要提及你真实的校名和人名。

    参考词汇：

    friendly　adj.　友善的 culture　n.　文化 get　along　with　与……相处

假设你是Li　Ming，目前在英国参加Homestay夏令营，住在Mrs.　Wiliam家。现在，你需要完成培训老师布置的作业：用英语描述你的房东或房东太太。
要点如下：
1.外貌特征（自己发挥）；
2.和蔼友善，与你相处融洽；
3.经常照顾你的日常生活，如：洗衣等；
4.对中国的历史文化很感兴趣；
5.补充一至两点其他的看法。
注意：
1.词数60-80，文章开头已给出，不记入总词数；
2.文中不要提及你真实的校名和人名。
参考词汇：
friendly　adj.　友善的 culture　n.　文化 get　along　with　与……相处