1. When a rabbit gives the other rabbits a signal of danger, it _______.

A. runs into its hole

B.　　 stops to move its tail

C.　　 runs with its tail moving up and down

D.　　 stops moving its tail up and down as it runs

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

22銆?span lang=EN-US>A rabbit is running into its hole. You may ask, 鈥淈span lang=EN-US>What happened?鈥滭span lang=EN-US>

　　 Well, when a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away. Its tail moves up and down as it

runs. When other rabbits see this tail moving up and down, they run too. They know that there is

danger. The rabbit has told them something without making a sound. It has given them a signal.

　　 Many other animals use this kind of language. When a bee found some food, it goes back to

his home. It cannot tell the other bees where the food is by speaking to them, but it does a little

dance in the air. This tells the bees where the food is.

　　 Some animals say things by making sounds. A dog barks, for example, when a stranger

comes near. A cat purrs (鍙戝嚭鍛煎櫆鍛煎櫆鐨勫０闊颤span lang=EN-US>)when pleased. Some birds make several different

sounds, each with its own meaning.

　　 But human beings have something that no animals have 鈥掽span lang=EN-US>-- a large number of words about

things, actions, feelings or ideas. We are able to give each other information, to tell or inform other

people what is in our mind or how we feel. By writing words down we can remind ourselves of

the things what have happened, or send messages to people far away. No animals can do this. No

animals has the wonderful power of language.

　　 No one knows how man learned to make words. Somehow he learned to make them. As

centuries went by, he made more and more new words. This is what we mean by language.

　　 People living in different countries made different kinds of words. Today there are about

fifteen hundred different languages in the world. A very large English dictionary, for example,

contains four or five hundred thousand words. But we do not know all these. The words we know

are called vocabulary. We should try to make our vocabulary larger. Read as many books as

possible. When we meet a new word, look it up in the dictionary. A dictionary is the Most useful

book.

4. Halloween is one of the interesting holidays for ___________.

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

3. From the reading we know that Father鈥橖span lang=EN-US>s Day comes ___________.

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

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

A. Thanksgiving Day.　　　　　　 B. Christmas Day.

C. Valentine鈥橖span lang=EN-US>s Day.　　　　　　　 D. New Year鈥橖span lang=EN-US>s Day.

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

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

5. Which of the following is the right order of the ways to make fires that people got to know?

　　　 a. with a match　　　　　　　 b. from the sun

　　　 c. from lightening　　　　　　 d. by rubbing

　　　 e. with an electric fire starter

　　　 A. a, b, c, d, e　　　　　　　　 B. b, c, a, e, d

　　　 C. c, d, b, a, e　　　　　　　　 D. d, a, c, b, e

21銆?span lang=EN-US>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鈥橖span lang=EN-US>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鈥橖span lang=EN-US>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鈥橖span lang=EN-US>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.

4. From the text, we know that _______.

A. electric fire starters are widely used

B.　　 people haven鈥橖span lang=EN-US>t used matches since they had electric fire starters

C.　　 today there are only two ways to make fire

D.　　 some forest fires happen from lightening

3. Matches have been used ________.

A. for about two thousand years

B. for about two hundred years

C.　　 since people began to use fire for cooking

D.　　 since people used the heat from the sun

2. We can also get a fire by ________.

A. making a hole on a big piece of wood

B. putting a smaller stick into the hole

C. turning the stick hard for a while

D. all above together