The Double Seventh Festival, also known as the Qixi Festival（七夕）, is a traditional Chinese festival.

Here is a beautiful story ________ it. Long long ago, there was a young man named Niulang（牛郎）. One day, he ________ a beautiful girl— Zhinv（织女）, the Goddess’s seventh daughter. She had just run away from the ________ heaven to look for fun on the earth. Zhinv soon fell in love with Niulang, and they got married without telling the Goddess. They ________ a happy life on the earth and gave birth to two children. Unluckily, the Goddess soon found out the fact and ordered Zhinv to return to heaven. With the help of his magic cow, Niulang flew to heaven with his children to ________ his wife. The Goddess discovered this and was very angry. Taking out her hairpin（发簪）, the Goddess created a wide river in the sky to separate the two ________. From then on, Niulang and Zhinv had to live apart on the two sides of the river. However, their true love protected all the magpies（喜鹊）in the world, ________ once a year tens of thousands of magpies would fly up to heaven to make a bridge（“the bridge of magpies”）for the couple to meet each other. At last, the Goddess allowed ________ to meet each year on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month. That’s ________ the Double Seventh Festival started. Today, it is a great ________ for Chinese young people to express their love.

1.

A．like

B．behind

C．with

2.

A．met

B．told

C．thanked

3.

A．same

B．interesting

C．boring

4.

A．knew

B．lived

C．stayed

5.

A．look for

B．look at

C．look after

6.

A．friends

B．lovers

C．parents

7.

A．so

B．but

C．though

8.

A．him

B．her

C．them

9.

A．where

B．how

C．what

10.

A．day

B．habit

C．lesson

As the saying goes, “A hero is known in the time of misfortune.” Zhong Nanshan is a hero like this. He is a doctor in Guangdong. He saved many people’s lives in 2003. In 2003, SARS（非典）broke out（爆发）in Guangdong. Hundreds of patients even died from the disease. But Zhong was brave enough to fight the disease. Many patients got better. In early 2020, a disease called COVID-19（新冠肺炎）hit Wuhan. It spread quickly. Thousands of Chinese people were infected（感染）. Zhong led his team to Wuhan to fight the illness. Zhong advised people to wear masks, wash hands frequently（频繁地）, stay at home and not to go to crowed places. Zhong likes sports very much. Although he was 85, he could still play basketball. Zhong still treats patients in the hospital and teaches young doctors. He is one of the famous medical scientists in the 21st century. Dr. Zhong Nanshan was the first to tell the public that the virus could be transmitted（传染）from person to person. He is a good doctor in the country men’s eyes and respected by all Chinese people. He always says “I am just a doctor.” But we think he is a hero and a fighter.

16. What does Zhong Nanshan do？

A．A doctor.

B．A nurse.

C．A patient.

D．A policeman.

17. From the passage, we know Zhong Nanshan is a ________ man.

A．unhealthy

B．brave

C．lazy

D．rich

18. Zhong Nanshan gave the following advice EXCEPT （除了） ________.

A．wear masks

B．wash hands frequently

C．don’t go to crowded places

D．eat at restaurants

19. The underlined sentence “A hero is known in the time of misfortune.” probably means ________ according to the passage.

A．英雄所见略同	B．英雄不问出处
C．时势造英雄	D．青出于蓝而胜于蓝

20. From the passage, we know that ________.

A．Zhong Nanshan fought the illness by himself	B．both SARS and COVID-19 broke out in the same city
C．COVID-19 spread a little slowly	D．the virus could be transmitted from person to person

Stonehenge

With a history of about 5,000 years, Stonehenge is one of the world wonders. It's a circle of stones of different heights. The stones used to be about 200 kilometers away. Now people still wonder how these people moved the huge stones without machines' help.

Louvre Museum

No visit to Paris is complete without a trip to Louvre Museum, one of the largest and most famous art museums in the world. About 35,000 works of art from different centuries are on show, of which the Mona Lisa is the best-known.

Mount Qomolangma

Heavy snow, cold wind and thin oxygen (氧气), Mount Qomolangma seems to say no to any climber who dreams about making it to the top of the world. Tenzing and Edmund were the earliest to arrive at the top, but they were up there for just 15 minutes before coming down.

Lake District National Park

In the north of England lies Lake District National Park, which is very beautiful, with hills, lakes and forest. Most tourists enjoy walking around the lakes and climbing mountains. Lake District National Park is also a perfect place to paint the beautiful countryside.

21. People are still wondering how ancient people ________.

A．managed to move the stones	B．made different stones
C．walked 200 kilometers	D．wrote the history of machines

22. We can learn from the passage that ________.

A．Stonehenge has a history of five hundred years

B．Lake District National Park is in the south of England

C．The works of art in Louvre Museum are from the same century

D．Tenzing and Edmund were the first to reach the top of Qomolangma

23. ________ is a great choice to enjoy walking around the lakes.

A．Stonehenge	B．Louvre Museum
C．Mount Qomolangma	D．Lake District National Park

24. The following make it difficult to reach the top of Qomolangma EXCEPT ________.

A．heavy snow

B．large lakes

C．cold wind

D．thin oxygen

25. The passage is probably taken from ________.

A．a diary

B．a news report

C．a travel guide

D．a poem