23、根据短文意思，用所给词语的适当形式填空。

Health is very important, it means everything, so we should   1     （ take ）good care of ourselves. But one day, Mrs. Zhao  2   （ meet ） a problem. She    3    

（ feel ）both weak and tired .She was  4  （ worry ） about her health .When she worked in the garden, she   5   （have）to sit down and rest every 5 minutes . So she went to see a doctor. After   6    （ look ） her over ,the doctor said that she was only fat. There  7   （be） nothing serious. If she wanted to be   8  （thin） than before, she’d better take     9    （much） exercise , eat vegetables ,   10     （ little ） meat .

21、Being safe in your everyday life needs knowledge. If you remember the following information, your life will be much safer.

Always notice the environment around you. You shouldn’t walk alone outside. Make sure where the public phones are .If anything dangerous happens, you can find them easily.

   Your bag should be carried towards the front of your body instead of putting it on your back. When a bus is full of people, it is easy enough for a thief to take away the thing in the bay on your back .

If you are followed by someone you don’t know, cross the street and go to the other way, let the person understand that you know he or she is after you .Next, don’t go home at once. You are safer in the street than you are alone in your home or in a lift.

   If you have to take a bus to a place far away, try to get to the stop a few minutes earlier before the bus leaves. This stops other people from studying you. On the bus , don’t sit alone . Sit behind the driver or with other people. Don’t sleep.

（  ）1.Which of the following is NOT safe when you are out?

A．Go home alone late at night.             B．Make sure where the public phones are.

C．Don’t get to the bus stop too early .      D．Always notice the environment around you.

（  ）2.You’d better put your bag _______ when there are too many people on a bus.

A．on your back    B．beside you    C．in front of you     D．behind the driver

（  ）3.When you are followed by someone on your way home, you should _   _ to make yourself safe.

A．run home

B．Turn back and walk towards him or her at once

C．cross the street and go to the other way

D．find a lift and go in

（  ）4.When you take a bus alone, it’s safe for you __________.

A．to sit behind the driver or with other people , but not to sleep

B．to talk with the driver

C．to call your friends

D．to get off the bus at once

（  ）5.What can you learn from the text ?

A．How to notice the environment around you   

B．How to be safe in your everyday life  

C．How to cross the street.

D．How to use the pubic phones.

20、The Lunar Calendar（阴历）

    Modern Chinese use the solar calendar（阳历）as English people do . But at the same time, they use their own lunar calendar. Each lunar year is given the name of one of these animals : the rat , the ox , the tiger , the hare , the dragon , the snake , the horse , the goat , the monkey , the chicken , the dog and the pig . This list lasts for 12 years and then starts again.

    Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moon. And the full moon comes on the 15th day of the month. The New Year always starts between January 21 and February 20. On the last day of the lunar year, there is a big family dinner. All members of the family except married daughters try to be present at this meal, even of they have to travel many miles to reach the home of their parents. Old quarrels are forgotten, and everybody is happy. After the dinner, the children keep awake to welcome the New Year.

    The New Year celebrations last for 15 days, from the new moon to the full moon. On the first day, children and unmarried people go to visit their elders .

1. If next year is the year of the dragon, what was the name of last year?

   A．It was the year of tiger.             B．It was the year of the hare.

   C．It was the year of snake.            D．It was the year of the ox.

2. Suppose that next Chinese New Year’s Day is on 15th February, when will people have their big family dinner?

A．On February 15                              B．On February 16 

C．On February 14                              D．On February 17

3. The family usually have their big family dinner at the home of ________.

   A．the married son                              B．the married daughter

   C．the unmarried son                        D．the parents

4. People celebrate the New Year ________.

A．for 15 days  

B．from the new moon to the full moon in the first month of the lunar year

C．from January 21 to February 20

D．both A and B

5. From this selection we know that each Chinese month is measured by ______.

  A．the sun’s revolutions（旋转）        B．the moon’s revolutions

  C．the earth’s revolutions               D．both the earth’s and moon’s revolutions

18、----Do you know if he          to see us ?

----I think he will come if he           free.

A．come；is       B．comes；will be      C．will come；is        D．will come；will be 

17、-----If I go to see my friends, I’ll bring them some flowers .

-----               .

A．So will I         B．So I will          C．So do I        D．So I do

16、There            a basketball match this afternoon.

A．will be           B . will have              C．are going to be          D．is going to have

15、The teacher told us that we            any classes next week.

A．are have                           B．were going to have

C．were have                        D．weren’t going to have