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Last week Lu visited England. He stayed with my grandmother. He said it was a strange visit. “I don’t understand, but I  16 your grandmother a lot. When I arrived, I gave her a   17 from Suzhou. She looked in it and asked me to take it back. Then I saw a red spider(蜘蛛) on the table so I killed it for her and she seemed very   18 . Do English people like spiders?”
“Later we went shopping. Someone was painting a shop   19 , so there was a ladder. Grandmother  20 me walking under it and said I must walk around it. I liked the shops and bought a smart   21 for my father and some new shoes for myself. When we got back, I put the shoes on the table and opened the umbrella to wonder   22 it was all right. Your grandmother came in and   23 !”
“Then I broke a small   24 in the bathroom. Your grandmother’s face went white. I felt very sorry. When I left I gave   25 grandmother some flowers. She counted and there were 13. She   26 it. I think she was happy I was going.”
I   27 to Lu, “My grandmother follows the old customs(习俗). You must not give someone an empty purse   28 they will have no money. You must not kill a “money spider” or the same will happen. It is very unlucky to walk under a ladder and to put new shoes on the table. A(n)  29 umbrella in a house means someone will die. Breaking a mirror brings seven years’ bad luck, and 13 is   30 a very unlucky number. You were really making my grandmother very afraid. ”

【小题1】

A．affected B．loved C．frightened D．encouraged

【小题2】

A．pen B．purse C．dress D．handbag

【小题3】

A．honest B．humorous C．happy D．unhappy

【小题4】

A．back B．right C．front D．left

【小题5】

A．stopped B．kept C．insisted D．suggested

【小题6】

A．wallet B．umbrella C．flower D．shirt

【小题7】

A．why B．that C．if D．where

【小题8】

A．laughed B．screamed C．clapped D．cheered

【小题9】

A．bowl B．bottle C．plate D．mirror

【小题10】

A．my B．your C．her D．our

【小题11】

A．didn’t like B．liked C．enjoyed D．smelt

【小题12】

A．shouted B．talked C．told D．explained

【小题13】

A．but B．for C．or D．so

【小题14】 A open    B. closed           C. new             D. old

【小题15】

A．hardly B．never C．seldom D．also

Canberra is the capital of Australia. It is a modern and lively city with a population of over 345,000.


【小题1】How far is Canberra from Sydney?

A．25 km

B．238 km

C．345 km

D．507 km

【小题2】The word “Canberra”means__________.

A．the largest city

B．beautiful man-made lake

C．the old capital city

D．a place for friends to get together.

【小题3】Canberra Flower Festival is a festival to ________

A．ride bikes	B．visit universities
C．welcome the spring	D．walk around the lake

Do you know how to play a game called “Musical Chairs”? It is easy to play and most people enjoy it. All you need are some chairs, some people and some way of making music. You may use a piano or any other musical instrument, if someone can play it. You may use a tape recorder. You can even use a radio.

Put the chairs in a line. The chairs may be put in twos, back to back. A better way is to have the chairs in one row with each chair facing in the opposite direction to the chair next to it.

The game is easy. When the music starts, the players walk round the chairs. Everyone goes in the same direction, of course, they should walk in time to the music. If the music is fast they should walk quickly. If the music is slow, they should walk slowly.

The person playing music cannot see the people in the game. When the music stops, the players try to sit on the chairs. If a person cannot find a chair to sit on, he drops out. Then, before the music starts again, one chair must be taken away. When the music stops again, one more player will be out.

At last, there will be two players and one chair. The one who sits on the chair when the music stops is the winner.

1. If ten people are playing musical chairs, you must begin with _______.

A．nine chairs                            B．ten chairs

C．eleven chairs                           D．one chair

2. Which of the following is not suitable for playing musical chairs? _______.

A．A piano                               B．A radio

C．A tape recorder                        D．A telephone

3. The chairs should be put _______.

A．with the desks                          B．before the winner

C．all over the room                       D．in a line

4. When the music starts, the players must _______.

A．run about the room                     B．get down

C．walk around the chairs                   D．sit on the chairs

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．The game “Musical Chairs” is not difficult to learn.

B．The last one can sit on the last chair.

C．The one who sits on the chair when the music stops is the winner.

D．If the person plays music, he cannot be the winner

 

Canberra is the capital of Australia. It is a modern and lively city with a population of over 345 000.

History Canberra is the eighth largest city in Australia. It is 238 km from Sydney and 507 km from Melbourne. Melbourne was once the capital of Australia. Sydney people also wanted to make their city the capital. It was difficult for the government to make the decision. Then in 1911, the government chose a place to build the new capital. It was between Sydney and Melbourne, the two largest cities in Australia. It took more than 14 years to build the city. In 1927, the city was set up. It became the capital and was named Canberra. “ Canberra” means “a place for friends to get together”.

Culture Canberra is a beautiful city with trees and flowers everywhere. There’s a Flower Festival in September each year. People can enjoy all kinds of beautiful flowers and welcome the spring to arrive. A man-made lake --- Lake Burley Griffin is in the center of the city. It’s about 25 km long. People like to ride bikes, walk or run around the lake. In Canberra, there’re many famous universities like the Australian National University and the University of Canberra. The National Library and the National Museum of Australia are also famous places that people like to visit.

【小题1】How far is Canberra from Sydney ?

A．25 km.

B．238 km.

C．345km.

D．507 km.

【小题2】The word “ Canberra” means ____________.

A．the largest city	B．a beautiful man-made lake
C．the old capital city	D．a place for friends to get together

【小题3】Canberra Flower Festival is a festival to ____________.

A．ride bikes	B．visit universities
C．welcome the spring	D．walk around the lake

Once a small boy lived on a farm which seemed so far away from everywhere.
He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to help his father on the farm. During sunrise he would .a break and climb up on the fence(篱笆)along the side of the farm. He could see a house with golden windows. “If they could afford golden windows, then there must be other nice things inside the house.” He imagined how great it would be to live there. Then he promised himself, “Some day 1 will go there and see this wonderful place.”
One morning, his father would go to the town and told him to stay at home for a rest. Knowing that this was his chance, he took a sandwich and headed across the field towards the house with the golden windows.
As the afternoon went on, he began to know how wrong he was. The house was much farther than he had expected. As he went near the house, he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad need of a painting. A small girl very close to his age came out of the poor house and stood by the broken fence. He asked her if she had seen the house with the golden windows. The girl said, “Sure, I know.” and invited him to sit on the porch (门廊).As he sat there, he looked back from where he just came. There he saw the sunset turned the windows of his house to gold! Now he understood that everyone had his own house with golden windows.
【小题1】During his break every morning, the small boy would _________.

A．fix the fence

B．eat sandwiches

C．climb up on the fence

D．walk around the farm

【小题2】One morning, when knowing he would stay alone, the boy thought it was a chance for him to_________.

A．go to the town

B．play on the field

C．go to see the house

D．make the golden windows

【小题3】What did the boy find when he got there?

A．Nobody lived in the poor house.

B．No golden windows were in the house.

C．The house was so old as he expected.

D．The house was nearer than he thought.

【小题4】The story tells us that people sometimes may have the thought________ .

A．Like father, like son

B．Love me, love my dog

C．Every dog has its day

D．The grass is greener somewhere else