In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer.
Have you heard the saying “when you wish upon a star”? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn't happen very often. The saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky, and so if you make a wish, it will come true.
Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit's foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so they carry a part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about which of the rabbit's feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all. However, as the funny saying goes, "Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit!"
People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following year ,theywill need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole year of good luck!

1. 1.

   ??_______is mentioned in the oldest good luck tradition.

   1. A.
      A rabbit's foot
   2. B.
      A falling leaf
   3. C.
      A cheerful wish from friends
   4. D.
      A shooting star
2. 2.

   From Paragraph3, we know that ???????????_______ .   

   1. A.
      shooting stars can often be seen
   2. B.
      people can see a shooting star on a rainy night
   3. C.
      your wish may come true if you see a shooting star
   4. D.
      people believe that it's unlucky to see a shooting star
3. 3.

   British people try to catch 12 falling leaves because     .

   1. A.
      the leaves fall in autumn
   2. B.
      there are so many leaves to catch
   3. C.
      the leaves can bring them a lucky month
   4. D.
      they want to have a whole year of good luck
4. 4.

   In paragraph5, the underlined word "they" refers to"(指)      ".

   1. A.
      trees
   2. B.
      people
   3. C.
      leaves
   4. D.
      years
5. 5.

   The passage is mainly about     .

   1. A.
      how to wish upon a star
   2. B.
      things that bring good luck
   3. C.
      British people love leaves
   4. D.
      which of the rabbit's feet is the luckiest

When you look at the sky at night, the moon looks bigger than the stars. Actually, the moon is much smaller than the stars and the sun. It’s much smaller than the earth. But the moon is much closer to us than any star. That is why it looks so big. If you hold a coin close to your eye, it looks big. If you look at it across the moon, it looks small.
The moon moves around the earth. It makes one trip in about four weeks. The moon looks flat to us. But it is a round ball, like the earth.
People once thought the moon had fire on it. They thought the fire made it bright. Now we know the moon is like a mirror. It gets its light from the sun.
Our sunlight comes from the sun, too. What is the sun? The sun is a star. The stars we can see have their own light. There are many big stars we cannot see. Their light had burned out. Others are still bright, but they are so far away that we cannot see them. The sun looks bigger and much brighter than other stars because it is the nearest of all stars. The sun and the other stars we see are very hot, but the air around us saves us from the heat of the sun.
The sun gives us light and warmth. It makes plants grow and turns leaves green. It makes life possible on our earth. It is a life giving star.
【小题1】 It takes _______ for the moon to go around the earth.

On sunny days we can see the sun in the sky. It looks like a hot and bright plate. But it is a ball. It is much bigger and hotter than any fire. And it is much brighter than all the lights in the world.

The sun is a star but it looks much bigger and brighter than any other star. Many stars are much bigger than the sun. The sun is much nearer to us, so it looks much bigger.

At night we can see the moon and many stars. The moon is a round ball. It is much smaller than the stars. The stars are much farther away from us; so thy look much smaller than the moon. The moon has no light of its own. When the sun shines on it, it looks bright. When the moon is full. It looks very beautiful.

1.Why does the sun look bigger than any other star?

A. Because it is bigger than any other star.

B. Because it is hotter than any other star.

C. Because it is brighter than any other star.

D. Because it is nearer to us.

2. Which is the nearest to us?

A. The moon. B. The sun. C. The stars.

3.Why do the stars look smaller than the moon?

A. Because the stars are smaller than the moon.

B. Because the stars are nearer to us.

C. Because the stars are farther away from us.

D. Because the stars are bigger than the moon.

4. Why does the moon look bright?

A. Because it is bright.

B. Because it has light of its own.

C. Because the stars shine on it.

D. Because the sun shines on it.

5.Which one is not right?

A. The sun looks like a bright plate.

B. Many stars are bigger than the sun.

C. The moon is smaller than the stars.

D. The moon has light of it’s own.