-- What day is today?

-- ______

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A. It's on Sunday morning.   B. Christmas.

C. It's July the first.　　  D. It's Friday. 

Each year, we celebrate many holidays here in America.

On January 1, we welcome the coming of a new year like many people in other countries. And we have another four holidays on the first day of a month: April Fool’s Day, May Day, Friendship Day (Aug.1) and Grandparents Day (Sep. 1).

The most important holiday for the young people comes in February. It is Valentine’s Day. Lots of boys give red roses to girls as a present.

People celebrate some holidays for their family members. We say thanks to our mother in May and celebrate Father’s Day in the following month. In November many people return home for Thanksgiving Day, so the whole family can stay together.

There are also some interesting holidays for children. For example, Halloween comes at the end of October. Children often play with pumpkin lanterns and put on all kinds of masks.

Of course, the most important festival is Christmas. After a year of work and study, people can enjoy a long holiday, eat big meals, and visit family and friends.

1.How many holidays do you know on the first day of a month in America?

A. Four.                B. Five.                C. Seven.          D. Ten.

2.What is the most important holiday for the young people?

A. Thanksgiving Day.                 B. Christmas Day.

C. Valentine’s Day.                   D. New Year’s Day.

3.From the reading we know that Father’s Day comes                .

A. in May              B. in April.            C. in June           D. in July

4. Halloween is one of the interesting holidays for   .

A. children            B. mothers           C. girls              D. students

5. Many people return home in November because they want to ___________.

A. enjoy a long holiday            B. stay with their family members

C. eat big meals with friends                 D. spend Thanksgiving Day

Recently，a solar powered（太阳能动力的）plane took to the sky for the first time. It had passed an important test on the way to travel around the world.
The plane took off from an airport in Switzerland（瑞士）at 45km an hour. It slowly rose above the fields and into the sky.
“There has never been an airplane of that kind that could fly — never an airplane so big, so light, using so little energy,” said Bertrand Piccard, a leader of the project.
During the 90-minute flight, the plane did several turns. It climbed nearly 1.6km above the countryside.
Engineers plan to test a night flight before July. Then they will use the results of the tests to build a second plane. They plan to travel around the world in that plane in 2012.
The plane flies at 70 km an hour. That is faster than a bike and slower than a car. Piccard and pilot Andre Borschberg will take the plane around the world. The pilots will keep the plane in the air for up to five days at a time.
“We want to fly it day and night with no fuel (燃料),” Piccard said
【小题1】How long did the first flight of the solar powered plane last？

阅读下面对话，从方框内7个选项中选择5个恰当的句子完成此对话。

A. When did you buy it?

B. It’s much better than before.

C.When does it start?

D. Good idea.

E. I won’t miss it!

F. It will last two days

G. How much are the tickets?

A: Lucy, are you going to the School Science Show?

B: Yes, I plan to.    1. 

A: I saw the poster yesterday. It says the show starts on July 5^th.  2.  

B: Oh, July 5^th and 6^th. It’s the first weekend of July.

A: Yes, and this time it will be open from 10:00 am to 6:00pm.

B: That sounds good. It will give more people the chance to enjoy it.  3. 

A: Only $2 for students. The poster also says there are many new inventions to watch and try this time.

B: Great!  4. 

A: So it is!

B: it must be very exciting.  5.