“Students Home-Stay Program between Malaysia and China” was started recently．

The program is organized（组织）by Malaysia-China Friendship Association and Beijing Foreign Studies University．The students from the two countries who have deep interest in the culture，history and language of the other side will be selected（精选）for exchanging（交换）study in January 2009．

It is hoped that the program can strengthen（加强）the understanding and friendship between the young people of the two countries．

More than 12,000 Chinese students are studying in Malaysia while the Malaysian students in China exceeded（超过）1,300．

1．Which students in the two countries can be selected for the exchanging study?

2．Why is the program organized?

3．How many students from China arc studying in Malaysia?

Every day，it is easy to see advertisements in English all around us．Look at your own bags and clothes，and at the bags and clothes of your classmates．How many different advertisements can you see which use English words?
Often bags and clothes show the name of the company that made them. This is a popular form．A special picture or symbol called a logo(标识语)is sometimes used．Logos appear on many different products(产品)．They are popular because when you see a logo，it is hard to forget that product or company．
It is common to see advertisements on TV and hear them on the radio．Most advertisements are very short．Sometimes the advertisers use a short sentence which is easy for people to say and remember． Nike，for example，has a simple English sentence which is used all around the world：“Just do it．”Advertisements often use funny situations as well．It is simple to remember it．
All advertisements are designed(设计)to make people buy a product．An advertisement for a soft drink，for example，might show a group of young people who are having fun．The young people are al1 drinking the soft drink．Advertisers are saying to you，“Why don’t you buy this drink and be like these people? You can be young and modern.”
You might think that advertisements are not after you，but the next time you buy a soft drink，ask yourself this question：Why am I buying this particular(特别的)product?
【小题1】From the passage，we know that           ．

A．all the advertisements around us are written in English

B．many bags have the name of the company that made them

C．having soft drinks makes a person young and modern

D．advertisements are only after young people

【小题2】A good logo is            ．

A．easy to remember	B．a useful product
C．difficult to understand	D．easy to buy

【小题3】People are most likely to remember an advertisement that is           ．

A．in English

B．long

C．funny

D．famous

【小题4】All advertisements are designed to          ．

A．sell you something you don’t want

B．make you young and modern

C．make you buy the product

D．show you what you need to buy

【小题5】The best title（题目） of this passage may be          ．

A．Advertisements for Bags and Clothes

B．Advertisements on TV and Radio

C．Advertisements About Sports

D．Advertisements Around Us

用方框中所给的单词的适当形式填空，使短文正确、通顺。每词限用一次。

hot   wish   last   hand   know  people   break   other   bring   celebrate

Thailand's most celebrated festival is the Songkran Festival. It starts on April 13 and1._____________for three days. Songkran is a Thai word which means "move" or change places" as it is the day whenthe sun changes its position. It is also2._____________as the "Water

Festival" because people believe that water will wash away the bad luck.

The Thai people3._____________ this festival with water . Everyone gets wet and since it is the4._____________season of the year, the custom is quite enjoyable. Songkran is a Public Spring Cleaning Day , supported by the local5.____________. Anything old or useless must be thrown away or it will6._____________the bad luck to the owner.

During the festival, young people put scented (有香味的)water into the7._____________of elders and parents as a kind of respect. The elders in return8._____________the young people good luck. People also pour water over each9._____________

Thailand is almost completely an agricultural society and this has also been a perfect time to take a10._____________from hard work.

 

根据短文内容．回答下列问题。

More and more young people from China begin to celebrate ( 庆祝 ) Father' s Day. They send fathers presents, or invite them for a nice dinner. But do you know how Father’s Day started?

      While Mrs Dodd, from America, was listening to a talk about Mother' s Day in a church in 1909, she had an idea of having Father's Day to honor(纪念) her father, William Smart. Mr Smart used to be a soldier. His wife died when she gave birth to her sixth child. Mr Smart had to raise his six children alone. They lived a hard life. After Mrs Dodd grew up, she wanted to thank her father for what he had done for them. She wrote a letter to a church and asked for the third Sunday in June to be Father’ s Day. The church agreed with her.

     The first Father' s Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1910 in Washington. Children made special desserts, and did other things to make their fathers happy. In 1924, President(总统) Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father' s Day. People all over the country began to celebrate Father's Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made the third Sunday in June Father’s Day.

     This year, Father's Day was on June 17th. What did you do for your father?

1.What do the young people usually do to celebrate Father’ s Day in China?

                                                              

2.Was Mrs Dodd' s life hard when she was young?

                                                             

3.Why did Mrs Dodd warn to have Father' s Day?

                                                             

4.Did Mrs Dodd write a letter to a church or to the president?

                                                             

5.When was Father's Day celebrated for the first time in America?

                                                             

 

Welcome to the Amazing kids Website! Here you can read about clever children all over the world.

Gina, who is thirteen years old, got first prize in the “Young Look of the Year” competition and is now writing her own recipe (烹饪) book for kids. "I want it to be fun to read and easy enough for children to use," she says. Gina learned by observing （观察） her father, who's also good at cooking, in the kitchen. She wants to encourage other children to cook because "everyone needs to eat, so it's a skill that will always be useful!

Fourteen-year-old Bren used to love running until he had a serious car accident three years ago. He lost part of one leg and didn't even expect to walk again. Now he's an athlete who has recently completed a marathon. "After my accident I wanted to give up," he says. "But now I'm happy to be alive and able to continue running."

Helga has always been good at science, but she thought it was too difficult to become an inventor. Then she heard about an accident that had happened when a car hit a train in her town. "That gave me an idea," says the clever sixteen-year-old girl. It took her over a year to invent a special machine that tells car drivers when a train is coming. One company is already interested in selling it, so it may be in the shops soon!

1.How is Gina trying to encourage other children to cook?

A. By observing her father.

B. By writing a recipe book for kids.

C. By giving them delicious food to eat.

D. By getting first prize in the competition.

2.Why is it surprising that Bren is an athlete?

A. Because he can' t walk. B. Because he lost part of one leg.

C. Because he gave up running. D. Because he used to love running.

3. Which of the following is true about Helga?

A. She saw a car hit a train in her town.

B. She sold special machines to car drivers.

C. She invented a special machine for car drivers.

D. It is impossible for her to become an inventor.

4.Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. Amazing Kids, Special Abilities      B. How to Be a Good Student

C Different People, Different Ideas      D. How to Get Living Skills