These days, more and more people begin to look after their health by exercising. What sport should we do then?

● Ping-pong

Wang Bing opened up a ping-pong room. He was very surprised that there were so many people coming on the first day of the new year. He added five more tables, but it still couldn’t meet the need. “I am pleased to see so many people like playing ping-pong. It’s a very good sport for health, ” said Wang Bing.

● Basketball

Xia Wen works in a bookstore. He often goes to play basketball in the middle school near the bookstore. “Although the students are having their summer holidays, to my surprise, the playground is crowded with people,” said Xia Wen.

Of course, there are some other sports that people can do to keep healthy. But it’s certain that people who often exercise can work better.

1.Nowadays, people look after their health by ______.

A．playing ping-pong

B．playing basketball

C．doing exercise

D．working

2.Wang Bing is ______.

A．the worker in the bookstore	B．a ping-pong player
C．a basketball player	D．the boss of the ping-pong room

3.There were too many people in the ping-pong room, so Wang Bing ______.

A．added another five tables	B．bought five chairs
C．said ping-pong was good for health	D．was too surprised to do anything

4.The playground was crowded during the holidays because ______.

A．students still stayed at school	B．people went there to play ping-pong
C．people went there to play basketball	D．students went to school to read books

5.If people want to do their work better, they should ______.

A．play ping-pong often	B．play basketball often
C．have holidays often	D．do exercise often

 

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It is Spring Festival time. It’s a1.   (fun) time to be with our family. What are you going to do? Let’s have a look at the Spring Festival and its fun activities.

The date of the Spring Festival always2.( change). Usually the date falls between the end of January and February 19. This year it falls on February 10. But the celebration3.(usual) starts one week before Spring Festival Eve.

Xiaonian: We usually clean4.(house) on this day. By5.(clean) , we can sweep bad luck away. Another thing we do is decorating our homes with spring couples (春联), paper-cuttings and the upside-down “fu” character.

Did you know all about “nian”? A long time ago, a monster (怪物) called Nian ate people on Spring Festival Eve. But Nian was afraid of loud noises, the color red and fire. So people6.(play) drums and gongs (锣) and set off fireworks. It scared Nian.

From then on, on Spring Festival Eve, people play drums and gongs, set off fireworks and put up red lanterns. We welcome the new year.

 

In the US, the most popular way to welcome the new year is with a big party. Some parties are at private homes. But in recent years, it has become more and more common for Americans to go to a hotel or eating-place on the night of December 31st. There, they can eat a big dinner, drink champagne, and dance to orchestra music.
Most New Year’s parties are usually noisy. People shout and sing. And often, guests blow on small noisemakers when the new year arrives at midnight. This tradition of noise making is believed to start centuries ago. People thought that loud sounds would drive away the bad spirits of the old year.
The biggest, noisiest New Year’s party in the US takes place in Times Square in New York. Thousands of people gather(聚集) there. Some of them ring bells and set fireworks. Others blow whistles of car horns(喇叭). And at twelve o’clock, they begin to cheer as an electric sign in the shape of a red apple lights up on top of a tall building.
The Times Square celebration includes another well-known American tradition. Since 1929, the band of musician Guy Lombardo has given a concert on New Year’s Eve. Guy Lombardo died in 1977. But, Bill Lombardo, has kept the tradition alive with a band concert at a New York city hotel. When the crowds in Times Square start cheering the arrival of the new year, television cameras show the band playing the song Auld Lang Syne.
【小题1】 The most usual way to welcome the new year in the US is ________.

A．to go shopping

B．to meet friends

C．to travel abroad

D．to hold a big party

【小题2】 The biggest New Year’s party in the US is __________.

A．in Central Park

B．in Hollywood

C．in Times Square

D．in Disneyland

【小题3】 In the past, some American people made big noise when the new year arrived ________

A．to express their friendship	B．to drive away the bad spirits
C．to make others more excited	D．to give best wishes to each other

【小题4】In 1929 a concert on New Year’s Eve was given by _________.

A．the band of Guy Lombardo	B．the band of Bill Lombardo
C．the band of Johann Strauss	D．the band of Elvis Aaron Presley

There are 365 days in a year. We sleep 8 hours a day, so we have 122 days for sleeping. Then our work time has 243 days left. But there are 52 weekends in a year. Each weekend is two days. We lose another 104 days a year for work. It takes us about one hour to have breakfast and supper. This comes to 15 days over a year. But we can’t work all that time-we need a holiday. Let’s say we have three weeks’ holiday. We don’t work all day. Four free hours each evening takes up 61 days. We have to remember that we get 2 days’ holiday at Easter, 3 at Christmas and 1 at the New Year. There are also 4 Bank holidays. Take those 10 days away and we have 32 days for work. But then we have one and a half hours’ lunch every day, and half an hour’s coffee break. That comes to 30 days a year. This means that we have only a few days left for work every year!

1.How many days do we sleep in a year? ___days.

A．365              B．122              C．8                D．52

2.We spend 15 days on __________.

A．rest              B．coffee break       C．lunch             D．breakfast and supper

3.Which of the following is true? __________

A．Each weekend is one day.                 B．We have 61 days for free time.

C．We get 3 days’ holiday at Easter           D．Coffee break takes us one hour.

4.According to the passage, we know that we don’t have ______ time to work every year.

A．much too         B．so many           C．too much          D．too many

5.The writer means __________.

A．we should know the numbers              B．a few days for work is enough

C．we need more holidays                   D．time is important and we’d better not waste(浪费) it

 

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The Spring Festival is the Chinese  1 . It usually comes  2 February. Everyone in China  3    the Spring Festival very much. When the Spring Festival comes, Li Lei usually  4 his parents clean their house and do some  5 and other housework.   6 that day everyone in China eats jiaozi, New Year’s cakes and some other  7 food. Li Lei likes New Year’s cake, but Han Meimei says jiaozi is  8 than New Year’s cakes. The Chinese people eat the New Year’s cakes and jiaozi  9 their houses.   10 happy they are!

1.A. Christmas        B. New Year’s Day               C.Mid-Autumn Day

2. A. on              B.at                           C. in

3. A. likes            B. like                         C. liking

4. A.helping          B. help                         C. helps

5. A. shops           B. shoppings                    C. shopping

6.A. At              B. In                          C. On

7. A. much           B. little                        C. delicious

8.A. nice            B. nicer                        C. nicest

9. A. in              B. at                           C. outside

10.A.What          B. How                         C. What a