People celebrate New Year with happiness and joy by exchanging gifts and spending time with their families and friends, but some superstitions(迷信)are followed by many people around the world. Here are some New Year s superstitions.

1. One of the most popular New Year’ s superstitions is that you should kiss your beloved and dear ones at the stroke(报时的钟声)of midnight．It is said that those who fail to do so will have cold relationships with their loved ones for a whole year.

2.The New Year should not begin with unpaid debts. It is always said that all the bills should be paid off before the old year closes.

3.We can’t take anything out of the house on the first day of the year. Actually, some people think it’s okay to remove things from the house so that something else has the chance to be brought in.

4.The first person to enter your home after stroke of midnight will influence your luck in the year. It is believed that this person should ideally be dark – haired, tall, and good – looking. Nobody knows whether it is true or not.

5. According to Chinese traditional custom, we usually don’ t sleep until one or two o’clock in midnight on New Year’ s Eve. There are two meanings. The first, .the old should treasure every second they have in their rest life; the second, the young hope for longer life for there parents.

Liu Wei is very famous in China because he can play the piano with his toes(脚趾).

One day when Liu Wei was only 10 years old, he played a game with some friends He lost both his arms because of electricity(电).

Liu Wei was very sad when both his arms were cut off after the accident. But soon he had to make a choice.

“ For people like me, there were only two choices. One was to give up all the dreams. Which would cause a quick death. The other was to work hard without arms to live an excellent life. “says Liu Wei。

Liu’ s dream was to be a pianist. His excellent life included a show on China’ s Got.Talent(中国达人秀)and a wondenful performance(演奏)playing the beautiful Marriage D ‘amour with his two feet on the piano.

Liu Wei learned to play the piano with his feet. And teaching himself to play the piano with his feet was very hard. Many times he wanted to give it up, but his parents went on encourage him and he wanted to make his parents proud.

Maybe you can not believe that Liu Wei is able to play well only with his toes. The audience(观众) were deeply moved and very excited when they watched his performance.

Answer the following questions according to what you read.

1.Why is Liu Wei very famous in China?

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2.How old was Liu Wei when he lost his arms?

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3.Was Liu Wei very sad when both his arms were cut off?

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4.Who encouraged Liu Wei to play the piano?

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5.How did the audience feel when they watched Liu ’ s performance?

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根据图片的内容，以“Stops Him”，为题，用英语写一篇文，向某英语报社投稿。求如下：(1)简单描述图中发生的事件；

(2)简单分析妈妈的行为对孩子可能产生的不良影响；

(3)指出老人若不被扶起可能出现的后果：

(4)倡议人们彼此信任、互相帮助。

词数：80-100标题和开头已给出，不计入总词数。

参考词汇：lift….up扶起 knock…..down撞倒 trust信任

Mother Stops Him

Here is a picture from a news report,In the picture ,we can see three people.An old woman is lying on the ground.

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—Are you ________ from America?

—No. None of us.

A.both B.either C.all D.any

—Mike, have you got what I’m saying?

—Sorry, Mrs. Black. I can _______ follow you. Would you please say it again more slowly?

A.always B.almost C.nearly D.hardly

—To avoid ________ the same mistake, what should I do?

—You’re supposed to copy the mistake twenty times.

A.making B.to make C.not make D.not making

—Thanks so much for telling me the ways of learning English well.

—________. Keep on and you’ll succeed.

A.That’s for sure B.Never mind

C.No problem D.You’re right

A man was driving when he found a chicken running along the road, beside his car.

He was surprised to see that the chicken was keeping up with him. Looking at his speedometer (速度计), he found that he was doing 50 miles per hour (MPH).

Then he drove at 60 MPH, and the chicken stayed right next to him. He sped up to 75 MPH and it still kept up.

The man then found that the chicken had three legs. Growing even more curious (好奇), he followed the chicken down a road and into a farm. He got out of his car and saw that all the chickens around him had three legs.

He asked the farmer, “What’s up with the three-legged chickens?”

The farmer said, “Well, whenever we have chicken for diner, everyone in the family fights over the legs, but there are only two. I have raised a kind of three-legged chicken. It’s going to make me richer.”

“How do they taste?” the man asked.

The farmer said, “Don’t know yet, I haven’t been able to catch one.”

1.How did the man feel when he saw the chicken keeping up with him?

A.Happy. B.Scared. C.Angry. D.Surprised.

2.What does the underlined “it” refer to (指的是)?

A.The car. B.The chicken.

C.The speedometer. D.The road.

3.Why did the farmer raise the three-legged chicken?

A.Because he wanted to be rich so that he can buy many chicken legs.

B.Because his wife wants to have chicken legs every day.

C.Because everyone in his family fights over the legs while having chicken for dinner.

D.Because everyone in his family hasn’t had chicken legs for a long time.

4.Which following statement is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The farmer knew the three-legged chickens tasted good.

B.The farmer had become richer because of the three-legged chickens.

C.The chickens ran too fast for the farmer to catch.

D.There was only one three-legged chicken on the farm.

书面表达（1题；计15分）

为了解我国中学生的学校生活，透视我国中学教育现象，某国外教育机构在自己的官方网站开辟了以“My school life”为题的发帖栏。请你根据下列思维导图提供的信息，写一篇帖文，介绍自己的学校生活和你的看法。

提示：1、短文应包括导图中的全部信息，条理清楚，行文连贯；

2、短文中不能出现真实的人名和地名；

3、词数不少于80，开关已给出，不计入总词数。

My School Life

I’m a student in a middle school in China.

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—— I can hardly believe my eyes. Is that you, Lucy?

——Yes. It has been almost 20 years______ we were together.

A. Until B. before C. after D. since