Do you go to the movies during the holidays? What do you eat there? Popcorn (爆米花)? Yes, of course! More and more Chinese youth now like to eat popcorn when they watch movies at the theater.

    However, it may be the Americans who love popcorn the most. Americans do fun things with their popcorn. They like to put butter on their popcorn. But that's not all; they also like other kinds of things like chocolate, and even cheese! Americans like to eat popcorn as a snack (小吃). These days, there are a lot of "low -fat" kinds of popcorn in US shops to keep people healthy.

    Americans started eating popcorn in movie theaters in the 1930s. Before this, they couldn't because movies were silent (无声的) and popcorn made too much noise. When movies got noisier, people could eat noisier food.

    Next time you eat popcorn, why not try to eat it American style.

1.Young people like to eat          at the cinema.

    A. popcorn         B. chocolate       C. sweets          D. cheese

2.Americans couldn't eat popcorn in cinemas before 1930s because         .

    A. popcorn at that time wasn't healthy

    B. people were too poor to buy popcorn

    C. other foods were more popular than popcorn

    D. movies were silent and popcorn made noise

3.What is the best title for the passage?

    A. The holiday's coming, pop some corn!

    B. The movie's starting, pop some corn!

    C. The holiday's coming, eat some snacks!

D. The movie's starting, eat some snacks!

Many people learn English from English movies. However, some people watch hundreds of     , they still have problems understanding what the actors say! The main reason for this is that they    watch it with the purpose(目的) of learning English.
       you want to learn English from English movies, you should follow the following steps(步骤)，or you may waste your time and learn      .
Step 1:Watch a movie with Chinese subtitles(字幕) for the     time. Your eyes and ears should work all the time. And try to       the main idea of the movie.
Step 2: Watch it again, still with subtitles. But now try your best to look at    less often, and      as much as possible. Look at the subtitles       only when you really don’t understand.
Step 3: Watch it without subtitles. It sounds      , but after enough      during the first two steps, you’ll find it easier to watch movies in       .
But don’t go to the last step too quickly         it could make you feel bad. However, if you go to watch it when you’re ready, you may        that watching a movie in English is a piece of cake for     .

They watch TV__________.

I have been keeping 41 pets at home: mice, turtles and rabbits. But golden hanmsters are my favorite. I am always surprised by 42 cute they can be.

It was summer when I first 43 two golden hamsters. They 44 brown, about the size of my hand. When I 45 by, they were cracking melon seeds (嗑瓜子). They did that as 46 as any human! I was so amused (逗乐) that I bought them at once.

The only one who was not happy to see the newcomers was my 47 . She thought 48 would make our home dirty all the time. So I made a 49 for them on the balcony (阳台).

Hamsters always want people to look at them. They try to get noticed by raising the front part of their body, 50 they watch you come and go until you stop and talk to them. Watch out when they start to roller-turn in their cage (笼子). They won’t stop 51 you have tears of laugher!

Hamsters are 52 than you think. One morning several months ago, I found one missing. The side of the cage was much 53 than the hamster and the cage had a lid. How did the little one climb up, open the lid and 54 ? I thought hard. But I’ve 55 found an answer.

1. A. one        B. different         C. three        D. same

2.A. how        B. how a          C. what         D. what a

3. A. carry       B. saw            C. gave         D. left

4. A. are         B. was            C. were        D. is

5. A. pass        B. past            C. passing      D. passed

6. A. soon        B. well           C. possible      D. better

7.. A. father       B. brother         C. mother      D. teacher

8. A. they        B. them           C. their         D. theirs

9. A. school      B. factory         C. shop         D. home

10. A. so         B. then            C. just         D. next

11. A. if          B. as             C. until        D. whether

12. A. smart      B. smarts          C. smarter      D. smartest

13. A. tall         B. taller          C. tallest       D. most tallest

14.. A. run at       B. run away       C. run to       D. run out of

15.. A. ever        B. already         C. sometimes   D. never

Traditional Chinese festivals are now getting their own logos(标识).Here’re logos for China’s seven important traditional festivals.

1.Mid-Autumn Festival is ________ in the Chinese calendar.

  A. on 15th of August                    B. on 7th of July

  C. on 15th of January                   D. on 5th of May

2.What do Chinese people eat at Dragon Boat Festival?

  A. Dumplings.                         B. Moon cakes.

  C. Rice dumplings.                     D. Sweet dumplings.

3.Chinese version of Valentine’s Day is ________.

  A. Lantern Festival                     B. the Night of Sevens

  C. Spring Festival                      D. Tomb-Sweeping Festival

4.At Tomb-Sweeping Festival, people go to the graves in memory of ________.

  A. Qu Yuan          B. the elderly      C. Chang’e          D. the dead

5.At Double Ninth Festival, what do people usually do?

  A. They watch lanterns.                 B. They pay respect to old people.

  C. They visit their relatives.              D. They get together to tell stories.