1 . Do you love or hate April Fool’s Day? Here are a few answers:

	I don’t like April Fool’s Day. It makes me a bit nervous. I keep thinking someone is about to play a boring trick on me. When twelve o’clock passes, I feel relieved (放心的) that it’s finished for another year.
I love April Fool’s Day. I love playing tricks on people, and I don’t mind if people play tricks on me. It’s one day of the year you can be silly and have a laugh. You have to be quite sensible (理智的) for the other 364 days of the year, so I look forward to April 1st.
	April Fool’s Day is a great idea. It’s easy to forget the date, and I always believe everything I read in the newspapers or watch on the TV news, including the big national tricks. They always make me laugh afterward (后来).
I hate April Fool’s Day. Last year, people at work changed the sugar for salt, so we all put salt in our coffee! Then some joker in the office decided he wanted a day off, and he did something to the computers so they wouldn’t work. It just wasn’t funny! I had lots to do, and we all had to stop working and solve the problem.

1. How does Johnny feel before 12 o’clock on April Fool’s Day?

A．Bored.

B．Surprised.

C．Happy.

D．Nervous.

2. _______ thinks it is OK if people play tricks on him or her on April Fool’s Day.

A．Johnny

B．Melisa

C．Louise

D．Mark

3. What do we know about Louise?

A．She often forgets things.

B．She likes April Fool’s Day.

C．She doesn’t read newspapers.

D．She sometimes doesn’t understand others’ jokes.

4. Why did Mark mention his experience on last year’s April Fool’s Day?

A．To explain why he hates the day.

B．To show how he usually celebrates the day.

C．To give readers advice on April Fool’s Day tricks.

D．To help readers understand the importance of the day.

5. In which part of a website can we probably find the material?

A．Culture.

B．History.

C．Science.

D．Education.

2 . At 8:30 My parents and I are taking the bus to my grandparents’ house. Today is Thanksgiving Day. Everybody wants to be with his family on Thanksgiving Day.

At 9:45 At my grandparents’ home, my grandmother is cooking turkey and fish. My grandfather is making some fruit salad and ice-cream.

At 10:20 We are watching TV in the living room. The doorbell (门铃) is ringing. My uncle, aunt and cousin are outside the door. My uncle is taking some apple pies and my aunt is taking some fried potatoes. My parents and I bring some cakes here, too. There are so many good things to eat!

At 12:10 We are all sitting at the table. Before the meal, we all spend about one minute giving our thanks to people or good things.

At 13:40 My mother and my aunt are washing the dishes. My father and my uncle are watching TV and my grandparents are playing with a ball with my cousin and me. Everybody has fun. It is really a good Thanksgiving Day.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. The writer’s grandfather is making ________ at 9:45.

A．

B．

C．

2. When does the writer’s uncle get to his grandparents’ house?

A．At 8:30.

B．At 9:45.

C．At 10:20.

3. What can’t they eat?

A．Fish.

B．Hamburgers.

C．Fried potatoes.

4. How many people are there eating together?

A．Six.

B．Seven.

C．Eight.

3 . 请你认真听下面一段有关莉萨的短文。听短文两遍后，请你根据表格内容提示，记录相关信息，完成表格（每空一词）。

Mother’s Day
Lucy	She is good at     1    . She is making a     2     for her mother.
Andy	He is choosing some     3     for his mother.
Lisa	She wants to cook a     4     for her mother. Her     5     is helping her.

4 .

Festivals	Dates	Countries
Chinese New Year	January or February	China
Thanksgiving Day	The fourth Thursday in November	Western countries
Boy’s Day	May 5th	Japan
Halloween	October 31st	Western countries
Christmas	December 25th	Western countries

1. Thanksgiving Day often comes on ________.

A．the second Thursday in October	B．the third Thursday in December
C．the fourth Thursday in November	D．the first Thursday in August

2. Of all the festivals above (上述的), ________ comes last in a year.

A．Christmas

B．Boy’s Day

C．Halloween

D．Chinese New Year

3. There are ________ festivals in the Western countries in the table.

A．2

B．3

C．4

D．1

5 . The Mid-Autumn Festival in China and Thanksgiving in America are different but share some similarities. Let’s take a look.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. At first, people regarded this day as a harvest (收获) festival, since fruits and vegetables had been collected from the fields. Now it is a time for family reunion (团圆). To celebrate the festival, Chinese people place all kinds of food at tables in their yards. When it gets dark, all the family members sit around the table, admire the full moon and eat mooncakes to remember friends and relatives. Song Dynasty poet Su Shi once wrote, “So let us wish that man will live long as he can! Though miles apart, we’ll share the beauty she displays.”

Thanksgiving is on the fourth Thursday of November. But the first Thanksgiving was in December, 1621. The first English people, who took a ship to America, invited the American Indians to have a big meal to thank them for their help. The festival began then. Today, people usually have a family meal on Thanksgiving. They eat delicious food such as pumpkins, corn and a big turkey. There’s a tradition about turkeys. Each turkey has a V-shaped bone. People call it a wishbone. After cooking, two people each take one end of the bone. They make a wish and pull (拉) outwards. The one who gets the larger part will get good luck.

1. At first, the Mid-Autumn Festival was a day to ________.

A．celebrate good harvest

B．celebrate family reunion

C．collect fruits and vegetables

2. Which is the Chinese of Su Shi’s poem underlined in the reading?

A．举头望明月，低头思故乡。

B．但愿人长久，千里共婵娟。

C．举杯邀明月，对影成三人。

3. Which picture shows the tradition about the wishbone?

A．

B．

C．

4. What can we learn about Thanksgiving from the passage?
①The time        ②Traditions        ③Popularity       ④Food

A．①②④

B．②③④

C．①②③

5. What’s the common theme of the two festivals?

A．Care for families.

B．Love for the country.

C．Thanks for others’ help.

6 . 阅读短文，理解大意，从所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案，使短文连贯完整。

As we all know, Father’s Day is becoming more and more popular in the world. And it is usually ________ on the third Sunday of June. That makes the date of Father’s Day ________ every year. This festival gives children a good chance to ________ their fathers for their work and love for the family.

However, in Australia, the ________ for people to celebrate Father’s Day is different from that in other countries. It is celebrated on the first Sunday of September and people ________ different ways to show love and respect (尊敬) for their fathers. Many people will spend the special day with their fathers in the park, at the cinemas, or in other places. Some children will ________ cards to their fathers. And some will buy flowers, chocolate or other things at stores as gifts for their fathers. Although people celebrate the day in different places and ways, the happiness and love can be ________ spread to their fathers.

Father’s Day is not a public holiday in Australia, but it’s on Sunday. Sunday is a day-off (休息日) for many workers, so many ________ and offices are closed on this day. However, some shopping centers, as well as restaurants and entertainment (娱乐) places, may be ________ on Father’s Day. If you are looking for a chance to show your love for your father, Father’s Day will be the ________ time of the whole year.

1.

A．produced

B．celebrated

C．refused

D．requested

2.

A．absent

B．central

C．private

D．different

3.

A．thank

B．land

C．steal

D．lift

4.

A．surface

B．secret

C．time

D．doubt

5.

A．have

B．ring

C．regret

D．heat

6.

A．boil

B．send

C．guard

D．pardon

7.

A．recently

B．perfectly

C．badly

D．cheaply

8.

A．factories

B．gardens

C．bathrooms

D．communities

9.

A．pale

B．sleepy

C．crowded

D．polite

10.

A．smallest

B．biggest

C．worst

D．best

7 . 读下面的文章，请在每个题目下做简单的笔记。

Christmas Day is the most important festival in the USA, Canada, Australia, England and many western countries. The day before the festival, people put a tree in their houses, and in the tree, there are colorful lights and many presents for the family members. People often have a party around the house and they have a very good time.

Thanksgiving Day is a special festival for people in the USA and Canada to thank God (上帝). They eat pumpkins and turkey at the festival.

The most important festival in China is the Spring Festival. People usually have a seven-day holiday to celebrate. Family members get together. They eat dumplings and lots of other nice food. People sit around the table eating and chatting happily. There are also lots of wonderful TV programmes for the festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival is an important festival too. On the evening of the festival, people eat mooncakes and look up at the beautiful moon in the open air. Another important festival is the Dragon Boat Festival. People eat a kind of Chinese food called zongzi (rice dumplings) on that day. In some places, people can watch dragon boat races. In many places, people remember Qu Yuan in some ways.

The birthday of a country is called National Day. Most countries don’t celebrate it on the same day of the year.

1. The main idea of the passage: _________________________________________________
2. List (列举) two festivals mentioned (谈到) in the passage in the western countries:
①________ ②________
3. The most important festival in China: __________________________________________
4. List two activities (活动) people do in the Spring Festival:
①________ ②________
5. Write one of your favorite festivals and the reason why you like it: __________________

8 . May is a beautiful month full of sunshine and flowers. It is also the ________ when we show thanks to our mothers on Mother’s Day.

In my family, the celebration of Mother’s Day is ________ every year. Two years ago, I made a big ________ for my mom and she still remembers all the dishes I cooked that morning. Last year, I ________ some of my old books and I bought her a scarf with the money. She uses it all the time.

I wanted to do ________ special on Mother’s Day this year. In late April, I started to look for different gift ________ on the Internet. It took me about two weeks to get a final idea. ________ , I decided to make several (几个) cards by hand. And then I put the cards and a bag of colorful ________ in a box. Of course, I wrote some words ________ the cards. The words were all about ________ jobs I could help my mom do at home, like doing the dishes and cleaning the floor.

On the night before Mother’s Day, I went into my mom’s room ________ and put the gift on her bed when she was sleeping. When she ________ in the morning, she found the cards. She was very excited about my gift and ________ a lot of time looking at the cards and enjoyed the candies.

Mother’s Day is a happy moment (时光) for me to ________ my mom. I will try to show my love ________ she cares about me so much every day. Mother’s love is the best in my heart.

1.

A．day

B．week

C．month

D．year

2.

A．different

B．boring

C．famous

D．simple

3.

A．model

B．breakfast

C．plan

D．seat

4.

A．made

B．sent

C．gave

D．sold

5.

A．something

B．anything

C．nothing

D．everything

6.

A．ideas

B．times

C．places

D．shapes

7.

A．In fact

B．Of course

C．For example

D．At last

8.

A．chips

B．pies

C．candies

D．chocolates

9.

A．at

B．on

C．of

D．from

10.

A．important

B．popular

C．small

D．hard

11.

A．quietly

B．loudly

C．seriously

D．comfortably

12.

A．stayed up

B．got up

C．grew up

D．woke up

13.

A．enjoyed

B．stopped

C．spent

D．began

14.

A．believe

B．thank

C．help

D．care

15.

A．although

B．and

C．or

D．because

9 . 听对话，回答以下各小题。
1. What festival does Lin Tao like best?

A．Children’s Day.

B．Christmas Day.

C．Chinese New Year.

2. What does Lin Tao eat on that day?

A．Dumplings.

B．Rice dumplings.

C．Chicken.

3. Which festival does Ann like best?

A．Children’s Day.

B．Christmas Day.

C．Halloween.