At the center of the Hanukkah celebrations is a candle stick (called a Menorah) that holds nine candles. On the first night of Hanukkah the first candle is lit, and each day this candle is used to light another candle, until on the eighth day, the last day, all the candles are lit. During Hanukkah, people go to the synagogue (犹太教堂) to pray and to remember the miracle (奇迹) of the holy oil. Hanukkah is a time for family and friends to come together. People exchange gifts and greeting cards, and children go to parties. Parents often give their children money at Hanukkah. Potato cakes, called latkes, are a traditional Hanukkah food. Hanukkah is a relatively minor holiday in the Jewish year, however, the Hanukkah story tells of Jewish culture surviving in a non-Jewish world.
1. For how many days does Hanukkah last?
| A．7 | B．8 | C．9 | D．10 |
| A．the emperor didn't let them eat traditional food or wear traditional clothes |
| B．the emperor didn't allow them to follow their own tradition and religions |
| C．the emperor didn't let them celebrate their own festivals |
| D．the emperor didn't allow them to keep the sacred 1ight burning |
| A．The war that they fought 2,000 years ago. |
| B．The God that they honored best. |
| C．The miracle of the holy oil that happened 2,000 years ago. |
| D．The church they built 2,000 years ago. |
| A．send each other postcards | B．go to parties together |
| C．get together | D．light candles together |
| A．the history of Hanukkah and how it is celebrated |
| B．why Jewish people celebrate Hanukkah |
| C．why Jewish people protect their traditions |
| D．the miracle of the holy oil in the Jewish temple |
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【推荐1】Every year in the U.S.，people celebrate April 12 as the National Drop Everything and Read Day.It is a day to celebrate books and reading. And it’s also the birthday of the writer Beverly Cleary.
Beverly Cleary is a famous writer of children’s books.Some of her most famous books are Ramona the Pest，The Mouse and the Motorcycle，Henry Huggins and Dear Mr.Henshaw.
Ms. Cleary was slow to learn to read herself. She was born in 1916，and found the cooks of the time not interesting. Later on，Ms.Cleary because a librarian. One day，a student asked her where he could find books about children like himself.She got to know there weren’t many books about ordinary（普通的）children，and she set out to write them.
Ms. Cleary wrote until she was 83，writing over 40 books in all. This April 12，she turned 103.More than 91 million（百万）copies of her books have been sold，and the stories have been translated（翻译）into many different language.
One of Ms. Cleary’s most famous characters（人物）is Ramona Quimby，also known as Ramona the Pest. In the book Ramona Quimby，Age 8，Ramona talks about a reading activity in her class called “Drop Everything and Read（D.E.A.R）.”During D.E.A.R.，students can go wherever they want in a classroom and read whatever they choose to read.
After that，people celebrate D.E.A.R. Day on Ms.Cleary’s birthday，and use Ramona to promote（宣传、推广）it.As time goes on，D.E.A.R. Day turns into D.E.A.R. month. Now，in some classrooms，D.E.A.R.has become a daily activity.
1. What do people in the U.S. do on April 12 every year?| A．They promote Ramona the Pest | B．They celebrate Ms. Cleary’s birthday. |
| C．They celebrate books and reading. | D．They do nothing but read books. |
| A．83. | B．91. | C．99. | D．103. |
| A．there were not such books | B．a student asked her to do so |
| C．she wanted to become famous | D．she was a good librarian |
| A．D.E.A.R. Day is Ramona’s birthday. |
| B．D.E.A.R. is from one of Ms.Cleary’s books. |
| C．D.E.A.R Day has a history of 8 years. |
| D．students only read Ms.Cleary’s books on 12 April. |
There are a lot of activities that have inspired the idea of Father's Day. One of these was the start of the Mother's Day tradition in the first ten years of the 20th century. Another was a memorial service held in 1908 for a large group of men. They were killed in a mining accident in Monograph, West Virginia in December 1907 and many of them were fathers.
A woman called Sonora Smart Dodd was an important person in the establishment of Father's Day. Her father had to take care of six children by himself after the death of their mother. It was very hard for him at that time. Sonora was inspired by the work of Anna Jarvis, who had successfully brought about Mother's Day celebrations. Sonora felt that her father should be remembered for what he had done. The first time Father's Day was held in June was in 1910.Father's Day was officially recognized as a holiday in 1972 by President Nixon.
1. Many people give ________ to their fathers on Father's Day.
| A．paper | B．help | C．cards or gifts | D．money |
| A．打动 | B．启发 | C．坚持 | D．设置 |
| A．She wanted more people to know her father. |
| B．She did it in memory of her father who had died. |
| C．She thought her father was an important person. |
| D．She thought what her father had done should be remembered. |
| A．Many fathers died in a mining accident in 1907. |
| B．Sonora Smart Dodd's mother died when she was young. |
| C．Anna Jarvis helped to establish Father's Day. |
| D．Father's Day became a holiday in 1972. |
| A．What people do on Father's Day. |
| B．The history of Father's Day in the United States. |
| C．Who Father's Day is for. |
| D．What Sonora Smart Dodd did for the establishment of Father's Day. |
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