1 . The Lantern Festival, also called Shangyuan Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival. It falls on the fifteenth day of the first Chinese lunar (农历) month. It marks the last day of the traditional Chinese New Year celebrations. It usually falls on some day in February or March.
The Lantern Festival came from ancient times. People got together in the field holding torches (火把) to keep bad animals away. They wished for a good harvest. As time went by, it became a festival for people to get together.
Eating tangyuan is an important tradition of the Lantern Festival. Tangyuan is also known as “yuanxiao”. Tangyuan looks like small balls made of rice flour with sesame, peanuts or something else. People eat tangyuan during the Lantern Festival because eating it shows reunion (团圆) and happiness for the family.
Enjoying lantern lights and solving lantern riddles (谜) have been important and popular activities during the Lantern Festival since the Song Dynasty. People usually hang big or small red lanterns all over the houses, parks, streets and some other public places. They write some riddles whose answers usually contain (含有) good luck and people’s wishes on paper and stick them on the hanging lanterns. If visitors have answers to the riddles, they can pull the paper out and go to the lantern owners to check their answers. If they are right, they will get gifts.
It is very important for Chinese people to spend the Lantern Festival with their family members. So many people choose to return to their work after this festival.
1. People used ________ to keep bad animals away in ancient times.| A．stones | B．torches |
| C．knives | D．sticks |
| A．Because it tastes kind of sweet. |
| B．Because it looks like small balls. |
| C．Because it’s made of rice flour with sesame and peanuts. |
| D．Because it shows reunion and happiness for the family. |
| A．eating tangyuan |
| B．enjoying lantern lights |
| C．solving lantern riddles |
| D．buying gifts for visitors |
| A．Culture. | B．Environment. |
| C．Technology. | D．Health. |
| A．A Food Festival |
| B．An Important Celebration |
| C．The Lantern Festival |
| D．The Family Reunion |
3 . How to Have a Meaningful Vacation
提示：
假期即将到来，你会做什么？你认为怎样度过才是有意义的？请以“How to Have a Meaningful Vacation”为题，用英语写一篇短文，谈谈你会如何度过一个有意义的假期。
要求：
1. 抄写题目，用英语写一篇不少于60词的短文；
2. 语言流畅，内容连贯，书写规范，卷面整洁；
3. 文中不能使用你的真实姓名和校名，否则以零分计；
4. 短文必须写在答题卡上，如在试题卷上作答，一律不得分。
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提示：妈妈是我们生命中最重要的人之一，她的样貌和对我们的关爱已深深地刻进我们的脑海。请以“My Mother”为题，用英语写一篇短文，描述她的样貌、喜好以及你对她的爱和祝福。要求：
1. 抄写题目，短文不少于50词；
2. 语言流畅，内容连贯，书写规范，卷面整洁；
3. 文中不能使用你的真实姓名和校名，否则以零分计；
4. 短文必须写在答题卡上，如在试题卷上作答，一律不得分。
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8 . It was a fine Sunday. Peter and his mother were at home. Peter woke up late and lay on the bed playing video games. And he ate
In the evening, Peter’s mother gave a bowl of
“It’s the same soup, Peter,” said his mother
| A．too much | B．too many | C．much too | D．much |
| A．get dressed | B．get lost | C．get up | D．get back |
| A．breakfast | B．lunch | C．dinner | D．candies |
| A．bad | B．terrible | C．good | D．clean |
| A．to buy | B．to sell | C．to draw | D．to have |
| A．it | B．them | C．him | D．her |
| A．studied | B．played | C．walked | D．worked |
| A．And | B．But | C．So | D．Or |
| A．rice | B．chicken | C．noodles | D．soup |
| A．with | B．on | C．in | D．of |
10 . A new study has found that light pollution is making the night sky brighter and the stars dimmer (暗淡).
The study examined data (数据) from more than 50,000 star watchers across the world. It found that man-made lighting is making the night sky about 10 percent brighter each year.
Data for the study was collected from 2011 to 2022. The research findings recently were written in a book. The result was a much faster rate of change than scientists had guessed in the past.
“We are losing, year by year, the chance to see the stars,” said Fabio Falchi. He is a physicist at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. He was not a researcher in the study.
“If you can still see the dimmest stars, you are in a very dark place.” Falchi said. “But if you see only the brightest ones, you are in a very light-polluted place.”
As cities expand (扩大) and put up more lights, a “sky glow” is created in the sky. “Sky glow” is a word scientists use to describe light that becomes more intense (强烈的).
The research team gave an example to make the result clear. If a child is born where 250 stars can be seen on a clear night, by the time that child turns 18, only 100 stars will be seen.
1. What kind of pollution is the passage talking about? ________| A．Waste pollution. |
| B．Land pollution. |
| C．Noise pollution. |
| D．Light pollution. |
| A．For about eight years. |
| B．For about ten years. |
| C．For about twelve years. |
| D．For about fourteen years. |
| A．He is a researcher in the study. |
| B．He is a physicist at a university. |
| C．He is an environmental protector. |
| D．He is a star watcher. |
| A．The study examined data from over 50,000 star watchers across the world. |
| B．The research findings recently were written in a book. |
| C．Fabio Falchi thinks we are losing chances to see the stars year by year. |
| D．If you can see only the brightest stars, you are in a very dark place. |
| A．light pollution is bad for the environment |
| B．man-made lighting is making the night sky more beautiful |
| C．“sky glow” is a word that scientists use to describe dim light |
| D．children can only see 100 stars when they grow up |
