Are you ready for the coming festive season? What gifts will you give to make your friends feel special? Here teenagers share their ideas for gifts and look forward to the ones they'll get.

Hu Ziwei, 15, Nanjing Foreign Language School

My class will have a gift exchange party, during which we will put on a small talent show. Many of us had our gifts ready a week ago. I believe that the boys will give magic tools, stationary （文具） or sweets, while girls are likely to give dolls or mobile accessories （挂件）.

The biggest fun about these parties is not knowing from whom you'll receive a gift and who will receive your gifts. The computer will decide everything! Our teacher hopes the activity will help us get to know each other better – you see, we've only known each other for three months. I'm looking forward to my surprise gift!

Liu Wei, 17,Beijing No 8 High School

Although my birthday was in November, I'll get a special birthday gift from my classmates this week. A．collective （集体的） birthday party is scheduled for all the students who had birthdays fall in the last six months.

My classroom has been decorated with colorful ribbons and Christmas balls. Someone told me that there will be a huge birthday cake and that a personalized gift sent with best wishes from other students is being prepared for each birthday student. I'm sure we will treasure this event and I'm so looking forward to the big moment!

Yin Zhaohua, 19, Jixi No 1 High School in Heilongjiang

I'm still enjoying the gifts I received on Christmas Eve. Nowadays traditional greeting cards are being replaced with apples and sweets, which symbolize （象征） hope for the year ahead. I got more than 20 apples this Christmas, which means I sent a similar number of apples out. I think apples are healthier, more environmentally and friendly gifts than cards sent through the post.

Wu Shang, 16, Mianyang High School in Sichuan

These last two weeks have been filled with every kind of exam so the atmosphere（气氛） on campus is not at all like a holiday. I miss the days when I got handwritten cards.

In fact, I haven't received or sent holiday cards since the Internet became popular. It's so fast and easy to send an e-card. Also, text messages are fun and convenient （方便的）. I'll send warm hugs to my best friends on New Year's D．ay to let them know that I'll be always there for them.

1. Where is Yin Zhaohua from?

A．He is from the east of China                   B．He is from the capital of China

C．He is from the north of China                  D．He is from the west of China

2. Before the gift exchange party, Hu Ziwei knows _____________

A．from whom she'll receive a gift           B．who will receive her gifts.

C．what gift she will send to her classmates    D．that she may get a magic tool

3. In Liu Wei’s classroom we can’t see _____________ during the collective birthday party.

A．some colorful ribbons                              B．some Christmas balls

C．a huge birthday cake                               D．some mobile accessories

4. On New Year’s D．ay Wu Shang will _____________.

A．have an important exam                   B．send some handwritten cards

C．meet and hug her best friends warmly       D．send some text messages to her friends

5. From the passage we can infer _____________

A．the kids share the same ideas about gifts  

B．the kids will receive and send expensive gifts

C．apples are sent as gifts to keep young kids healthy

D．the kids are trying to show their wishes in different ways

Simon is a middle school student. He is studying in Grade 7. He usually        at 7:00 o’clock in the morning. But today he gets up at 6:30         helps his grandparents clean their room. After that he goes to buy a big      because it is his grandpa’s birthday. His     is going to be 68 years old.
Simon     two CDs about Beijing Opera(京剧) for his grandpa. He is      his grandpa would like them very much       his grandpa enjoys listening to Beijing Opera.
It takes Simon five          to finish all these things. When he gets home, it’s already        , his mother is making noodles with grandma. They are       and talking about something happily. His grandpa is drinking tea and listening to Beijing Opera.
Simon says, “       to you, grandpa.” Then he cuts the big cake and         grandpa a big piece. Grandpa is very happy and         it.
In the evening, Simon watches TV        his grandparents together after the family let off         . He is a little tired but very happy, because he can make his grandparents happy.

Simon is a middle school student. He is studying in Grade 7. He usually at 7:00 o’clock in the morning. But today he gets up at 6:30 helps his grandparents clean their room. After that he goes to buy a big because it is his grandpa’s birthday. His is going to be 68 years old.

Simon two CDs about Beijing Opera(京剧) for his grandpa. He is his grandpa would like them very much his grandpa enjoys listening to Beijing Opera.

It takes Simon five to finish all these things. When he gets home, it’s already , his mother is making noodles with grandma. They are and talking about something happily. His grandpa is drinking tea and listening to Beijing Opera.

Simon says, “ to you, grandpa.” Then he cuts the big cake and grandpa a big piece. Grandpa is very happy and it.

In the evening, Simon watches TV his grandparents together after the family let off . He is a little tired but very happy, because he can make his grandparents happy.

1.A. goes to school B. gets up C. watches TV D. goes to bed

2.A. and B. but C. or D. when

3.A. flower B. card C. cake D. book

4.A. mother B. father C. grandfather D. grandmother

5.A. sees B. listens to C. watches D. buys

6.A. sure B. sorry C. happy D. sad

7.A. so B. because C. before D. after

8.A. minutes B. hours C. days D. weeks

9.A. morning B. noon C. afternoon D. evening

10.A. coming B. going C. laughing D. crying

11.A. Good morning B. Good afternoon C. Happy New Year D. Happy birthday

12.A. throws B. gives C. puts D. makes

13.A. likes B. enjoys C. cooks D. takes

14.A. with B. for C. to D. around

15.A. CDs B. dumplings C. songs D. fireworks