阅读理解
The Spring Festival is the Chinese New Year’s Day. It usually comes in January or February. Everyone in China likes it very much. All the families have a big dinner to celebrate(庆祝) it. Children like the Spring Festival best because they can get presents such as nice food, new clothes and red packets from their grandparents, their parents, their uncles and aunts. People eat dumplings on the Spring Festival. Chinese think eating dumplings can bring them money in the new year.
1. The Spring Festival comes in ______.

A．January	B．February
C．March	D．A or B

2. Chinese people ______ to celebrate Chinese New Year.

A．have a big dinner	B．have a party
C．watch TV	D．stay at home

3. Who doesn’t give children red packets?

A．Parents.	B．Cousins.
C．Grandparents.	D．Uncles.

4. People eat _______ in the Spring Festival.

A．rice dumplings	B．mooncakes
C．dumplings	D．turkey

5. According to the passage, which of the following sentences is WRONG?

A．All the Chinese like the Spring Festival.

B．Children are the happiest (最开心的) during the Spring Festival.

C．Chinese think eating dumplings can make people rich.

D．People all over the world celebrate the Chinese New Year.

December 25th is Christmas Day. In most countries, it is the most important day in the year. All the people come back to their homes to have the day with their parents or their children. On Christmas Day bells ring everywhere. The ringing bells tell people Christmas is coming. People sing and dance day and night. They have a good time.

Most families buy a Christmas tree for their children. And there are some presents hanging from the tree here and there. People also put presents in children’s stockings（长筒袜）. In many places, Father Christmas himself brings presents to them, He is a kind man and in red clothes. There is a big bag on his back. In it there are a lot of presents.

Christmas is also a day when people enjoy all kinds of food. But some poor people have no homes and have no food to eat. They die of cold and hunger on Christmas Day.

根据短文内容判断句子正（A）误（B）。
6. Christmas is a very important day in some countries in a year.
7. Many people have a good time on Christmas Day.
8. Father Christmas wears red clothes.
9. There are a lot of Christmas trees in Father Christmas’ bag.
10. Some poor people die on Christmas Day because they have no homes and no food.

短文还原
It’s Sunday morning.     11    There are a lot of people in the park.    12    A dog is running after them. Four women are sitting there. They are talking. Two girls are playing with a big ball near them.     13    They are watching the children. There is a river there. Many young people are dancing near it. There is a boat on the river.     14    He is fishing.     15    We are having a good time, too.
选择合适的句子补全短文

A. Some children are running. B. And an old man is sitting in the boat. C. Everyone in the park is having a good time. D. My mother and I are going to the park. E.Three old men are standing under a big tree.

综合填空
David Braden from England invented a small computer. It is as     16    b____ as your thumb(拇指).It is only ＄25.It’s such a small computer ,it can’t     17    w_____ by itself. The computer needs touch     18    s______(显示屏) to help it work. And it also needs a     19    k______ to type. Though you can’t use the computer to play     20    g_____, it can do some     21    j_____ like the computers do .The students can use them to send     22    e______, study from the Internet. It isn’t    23    e______. So it will be a good friend to the poor students. You can buy the computers as early as next year. With the    24    h______ of the computer, the students can know    25    m_____ about the world and study well.

Do you know Roma people？They were called Gypsies (吉普赛人) by Europeans. Because they thought they came from Egypt (a country in Africa)．About a thousand years ago, the Roma people left their homeland. They are known as nomads because for hundreds of years many of them have lived in large groups that travel from place to place. They have no real homeland.

Today, the Roma are now living all over the world.　　1　　(他们保留了他们的语言和风俗) For example, it’s important for Roma to marry other Roma. It's also a custom for parents to choose the person their children will marry. Roma people get married when they are young, sometimes even as young as 14.

Romany is the HYPERLINK "http://www.21cnjy.com/"language of the Roma people, which was written down only recently. Because the Roma are nomadic and have moved all over the world, their language has developed in many different ways. It is sometimes hard for Roma in one part of the world to understand Roma from another part.

Roma music is famous all over the world, because many Roma throughout history have been musicians. Their music has influenced many other kinds of music, like classical and jazz.

Roma don't usually assimilate (同化) into host countries. Over many centuries, governments have forbidden them to marry each other, travel or wear their traditional bright clothes. They have their gold taken away from them—treasures (财富) from their parents and grandparents. They have been taken as slaves (奴隶),and have been forced to change their names.

But today, the Roma are finding ways to live in peace with others while keeping the treasures of their culture.“There's a will within us to continue to live as a people,”says George Kaslov，whose family arrived in New York from Russia a hundred years ago.“All the other ethnic (种族) groups who came to America assimilate gradually with time going；they lose their customs and language. But not the Roma. We hold out.”

26. Why were Roma people called Gypsies (吉普赛人) by Europeans?
_________________________
27. 把文中括号部分翻译成英语。_______________________________________________.
28. 把文中划线部分翻译成汉语.________________________________________________.
29. Do Roma people have no real homeland?________________________
30. 选出文章的最佳标题______

A．Brave Roma Travelers

B．Famous Roma Music

C．The Roma：Past and Present

D．Changing Countries，Changing Cultures

31. 写作
根据所学知识写一则不少于50词的正在游览某地的明信片
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