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　　The Spring Festival is China's biggest traditional(传统的)　holiday．It usually comes in January or February．It is also called“New Year”because it makes the beginning of a lunar(农历)　New Year and the coming of spring．It is celebrated by a big family-reunion dinner．People are very excited and happy．Many people travel hundreds of kilometres to get home for the holiday．And railway stations，bus stations and airports are filled with people hurrying home．Shops and supermarkets are crowded with holiday shoppers．Children are especially happy．They are having their winter vacation；they have many delicious things to eat；they wear new clothes；they fire crackers(爆竹)　and fireworks(烟花)．Besides they get some pocket money from their parents as gifts．

　　The Chinese living in foreign countries also celebrate this big holiday with lion dances，dragon(龙)　dances and other colourful performances．Today even many foreigners have come to like our Spring Festival．

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　　When learning new vocabulary, don't just memorize(记住)a list of words．Instead, try to 　　1　　 five sentences using each new word．Then use the new word as often as you can 　　2　　 day you learn it．This 　　3　　 you will remember new words much longer．

　　Practising sounds, you know, is 　　4　　－the“th”sound for example．Choose words that begin 　　5　　“th”and repeat them over and over again　　6　　 you are comfortable with them．Let's try! This, that, those, them, think, thought, thin, think…

　　Read, read, read－in English, of course!Reading is one of the best ways to increase your vo-cabulary 　　7　　 improve your grammar in a natural way．Be 　　8　　 to choose topics or books you are in-terested in．

　　When someone is talking in English, 　　9　　 the main point．If you hear a word you don't under-stand, ignore(忽略)it and go on listening．If you stop and think about the word, you will 　　10　　 everything else the person is saying．

　　Always remember－Practice makes perfect．

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阅读下面四篇短文,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项．

　　Hip hop or rap (说唱 ） music as it is also called,started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s．But today many countries have their own kind of hip hop music．This kind of music comes from reggae, disco and funk music．Rapping means speaking to the rhythm of the music, and it is an important part of the music．People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems．

　　Would you like to rap in class ? Well actually,hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA．Why ? There is a new school program called “ Flocabulary ”in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects．The words of the songs are just what students are studying．This makes learning easy and fun．Students and teachers are excited about the positive results it has had on exam marks．One teacher said, “ I've used hip hop songs in class, and I have never seen my students so crazy about history ! You can't imagine how well they imagine how well they remember what I teach ! We even try to write our own songs．”

　　Whose idea was Flocabulary?

　　Blake Harrison, a high school student, was the first person to come up with the idea of Flocabulary．The word “ Flocabulary ” comes from the word “ flow ” and “ vocabulary ”．“ Flow ” is a rap word for “ style ”,or the way a rapper says the words of a song．“ Vocabulary ” means the words you have to learn in a language．How did he get the idea ? Well, he realized he could remember the words of a hip hop song very easily．So,why not make lessons into songs ? Today together with Alex Rappaport, a song writer, Blake produces hip hop songs for maths, science and literature (文学 ）．They are now used in schools with great success．

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