In the United States, every year, Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday of November. Because
 Canada is north of the United States, and is colder. The harvest comes earlier in the year. In Canada,
 people have Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday in October.
    The harvest brings a lot of food to the people. On Thanksgiving Day people in Canada and America like
  to have a big meal with their friends and family just like Chinese people do at Mid-Autumn Festival.
 Many Canadians and Americans put flowers,vegetables and fruits around their homes to say"Thank you"
 for the harvest.
    At a Thanksgiving Day dinner, many Canadians and Americans will eat turkey, potatoes, and
 pumpkins pie. These are food like the food of many years ago. They are saying Thank you" for the harvest
  that comes every year.

1. Which country has the Thanksgiving Day like the United States?

    A. Japan.        
    B. China.
    C. Canada.      
    D. Korea.

2. In the United States,Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday of _____.

    A. January        
    B. May
    C. November      
    D. December

3. Canada has Thanksgiving earlier in the year because_____.

    A. they 1ike flowers      
    B. the harvest come earlier
    C. they have a big meal  
    D. they want to be different

4. The harvest brings _____ to people. 

    A. flowers    
    B. turkeys
    C. food      
    D. pumpkins

5. What do people usually say on Thanksgiving Day for the harvest?

    A. Good morning.    
    B. I'm hungry.
    C. Hello.            
    D. Thank you.

     January 1 st is New Year's Day．People all over the world celebrate it．On New Year' s Day there is a one-day
holiday in most countries．The real celebrations for New Year always happen on the night before-on New Year's
Eve．There are a lot of interesting customs in the West,and there are a lot of differences from country to country．
     In China,the Spring Festival is a family get-together．And so is Christmas   in many-western countries．  But
New Year for some families is a time to get together with their friends,too．Many people have parties to welcome
New Year．At these parties,there are all kinds of food and drink,and people often sing and dance for the coming
of New Year．
   On New Year's Eve when midnight comes,people often say"Happy New Year"to each other．Champagne(香檳
酒)is a   favourite  drink for New Year．  In many western  countries  fireworks   are let off  (燃放)  at midnight to
celebrate the New Year． 

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容判斷正(T)誤(F)  
(     )1．People usually celebrate New Year on January 1 st．
(     )2．People like to drink Champagne on New Year's day．
(     )3．In most countries there is a long holiday for people．
(     )4．Many people celebrate New Year with their friends．
(     )5．All the country celebrate New Year in the same way．

     The Dragon Boat festival is known as dragon-boat racing(龍舟賽)．Dragon-boat racing is the most popular
activity during the festival,especially(尤其)in South China．A dragon boat looks like a dragon,and is painted in
red,white,yellow or black．Usually, a dragon boat is 20 to 40 metres long,and needs 20 people to row．Boatmen
row the boat in cadence (節(jié)奏) with the drumbeats(鼓點(diǎn)) ,as the captain  (船長)  in the front of the boat waves a
small flag to help coordinate(使動作協(xié)調(diào))the rowing．
     Dragon-boat  racing   is   quite a spectacle (奇  觀)．Now   it becomes  a  popular activity  in  South  China．
International(國際的)dragon-boat racing is held in Guangzhou and Hong Kong every year．

1．The Dragon Boat festival is on       ． 

A．1st day of January            
B．15th day of January
C．5th day of April              
D．5th day of May

2．What is the most popular activity during the Dragon Boat Festival?     

A．Dragon-Boat racing          
B．trick or treat
C．Pumpkin lantern            
D．Eat rice dumplings

3．A Dragon boat is       to       metres long and needs        people to row．     

A．20；30；20    
B．20；40；20    
C．10；40；20      
D．2；40；10

4．If you want to watch international dragon-boat racing, you can go         .

A．Guangxi and Guangzhou        
B．Guangzhou and Fujian
C．Guangzhou and Hong Kong      
D．Hong Kong and Guan.

5．This passage is about       ．

A．the dragon Boat Festival    
B．Dragon-boat racing
C．how to row the boat        
D．South China

     Halloween is a s 1 festival in our country．We celebrate it on O 2 31 st．On that day,we usually play an
interesting game-trick or t 3 ．We knock on many doors and s 4  the three words．Usually we g 5 some candy.
If people don't give us a treat,we can play a t 6 on them．It's fun．
    The second part is costumes and masks．We often d 7 up．Some children paint their faces,too．People
can't tell who is who．Isn't it w 8 ? This year 1 will w 9 a Pikachu costume．
    And I can't forget the big party．We have the party at home．Sometimes we have many friends together．
We have h  10 drinks and chocolates．But we have no mooncakes．We all have great fun at the party．
     It's a pity(遺憾)that children in China don't celebrate Halloween．Would you like to celebrate it with us
next year?

1. What is the most likely reason that the writer likes the sweater?
A. The girl picked the color of the yarn.
B. The girl got it at the age of three.
C. The girl's grandma made it.D. The mother cat uses it for the babies now.
2. What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. The girl liked small sweaters.
B. The girl became too big for the sweater.
C. The girl's grandma made a small sweater.D. The girl's sweater became smaller than before.
3. We can read the passage in a book about ______.
A. animals            
B. history        
C. time          
D. poetry

下面是中國古典名著《西游記》中的幾幅插圖,請將圖片與相應(yīng)的英文描述配對.

(      )1. Monkey King helped Xuan Zang travel to the west with Pigsy and Sandy.
(      )2. Ru Lai put the monkey under Wuxing Mountain.
(      )3. Five hundred years later, Monkey King was set free by a Tang monk, Xuan Zang.
(      )4. Monkey King was born from a magic stone(石頭).
(      )5. Monkey King was excited to get the gold iron bar.

    On Christmas Eve (平安夜), Simon usually has a party with his family in his house. They buy a
Christmas tree and decorate (裝飾) it with flowers, toys, lights and cards. After they finish, it looks very
beautiful. Then they have a big Christmas dinner. There is turkey, hot drinks and much other Christmas
food on the table. After dinner, they sit under the Christmas tree and sing songs happily. They all have a
lot of fun.

1. Where do they have the party?

A. In Simon's home.
B. At school.
C. In a shop.
D. In Simon's classroom.

2. You may see _____ in the Christmas tree.

A. some pencils
B. some money
C. a teddy bear
D. boys and girls

3. The underline word 'light' probably means (指的是) _____ here.

A. 光
B. 燈
C. 輕的
D. 淺色

4. After they finish, it looks very beautiful. Here 'it' means _____.

A. Simon's house
B. the Christmas tree
C. the flower
D. the turkey

5. What do they do under the Christmas tree?

A. They have Christmas dinner.
B. They look for presents.
C. They play'trick or treat'.
D. They sing songs.

1. At_______, we play a game called "trick or treat". 2. My favourite festival is______ because I like to eat mooncakes. 3. People will play with different kinds of lanterns of different shapes and eat "Yuanxiao" at_______. 4. _______is the fourth Thursday of November. It started in 1621 in the USA. 5. _______is the most important festival in western countries. It falls on December 25th. 6. _______is on October 1st in China. Now every year on this day we have seven days off. 7. On_______, some people play tricks on each other. 8. September 10th is_______. On that day teachers can get many best wishes from their students. 9. -What do you eat at_______? -We can eat rice dumplings. 10. _______is the most important traditional festival in China. It usually comes in February.

     Be careful on April 1st! When your classmates say "Your shoe’s untied!", it may not be true. And if
you find your alarm clock is set back an hour, this may be a joke, too. April Fool’s Day is a traditional
occasion. On that day people play harmless jokes on others and then shout, "April Fool!"It’s a
"for-fun-only" day, so people don’t buy gifts or get the day off work or school. April Fool’s Day started
in France in the 16th century. At that time, New Year’s Day was between March 25th and April 1st.
When New Year’s Day changes to January 1st in the mid-1560s, some people still celebrate it on April
1st. Others played jokes on them and called them "April Fools". Each country celebrates April Fool’s
Day differently. In France, it is called "April Fish". The French fool their friends by sticking paper fish to
their friends’ backs. When someone finds out this joke, they shout, "April Fish!"In Eng-land, it is bad luck
to play an April Fool’s joke on someone after midday. Americans play small tricks on friends and
strangers alike. :

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容判斷下列句子正（T）誤（F）。

(     )1. People think Americans started the April Fool’s Day.
(     )2. New Year’s Day was on January 1st five hundred years ago.
(     )3. People are late for work on April 1st.
(     )4. People don’t get the day off work or school.
(     )5. A stranger may play jokes on you in America on April Fool’s Day.