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The Chinese New Year is now known as the Spring Festival because it starts from the beginning of spring. Though there are some sayings about its origin
(起源), all agree that the word Nian, which in modem Chinese means“year”, was originally the name of a beast(野兽)that started to eat people the night before the beginning of a new year.One story goes that the beast Nian had a very big mouth that would eat a great many people at one time. People were very afraid. One day, an old man came to their help and said he would stop all this. To Nian he said,
“I hear that you are very strong, but can you eat up all the beasts on earth instead of people who are too weak to be your enemy(敌人)? ”“Yes,”Nian agreed with him and went to kill many of the beasts on earth. People were very happy because those beasts also did bad things to people and killed their farm animals from time to time.After that, the old man, who was a god
(神), rode on the beast Nian and left. Nian was gone, and other beasts also went into forests; people began to enjoy their happy life. Before the old man left, he had told people to put up red paper-cuts on their windows and doors at each year's end to drive Nian away, because red is the colour the beast felt most afraid of.From then on, every year at the beginning of spring, people
“Guo Nian”. The word“Guo Nian”means“Go through the Nian safely”. Putting up red paper-cuts to drive Nian away and making dumplings for a better new year are still an every-year doing by the Chinese people. However(但是), people today have long forgotten why they are doing all this, they just feel that the colour and the food make the New Year very enjoyable.(1) How did the old man stop Nian from eating people?
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A
.By putting red paper-cuts on windows.B
.By eating up beasts.C
.By talking to him.D
.By riding on him.(2) Why did people put up red paper-cuts instead of those of any other colours?
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A
.Because Nian liked the colour red.B
.Because the colour red could kill Nian.C
.Because the old man liked the colour red.D
.Because Nian was afraid of the colour red.(3) The best title of this passage is ________.
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A
.The Origin of the Chinese New YearB
.The Old Man and the Beast NianC
.How to Go through the Nian SafelyD
.What Nian Was Like(4) Which of the following is TRUE?
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A
.Nian can eat up all the beasts on earth at one time.B
.Nian is a tall beast that likes to eat farm animals.C
.Nian is afraid of paper-cuts.D
.Nian doesn't like to use his own mind.科目:初中英语 来源: 题型:050
Are you sure a cow can dance? Billy has one. It is an evening.Billy is giving a party at his home. All his friends are taking part in it. It is very hot. So many people are dancing outside in the garden. There is a house near the garden. The cows are sleeping there. But one cow can't sleep. She gets up and comes into the garden. She begins to dance. She dances very well. All the people stop dancing and watch her.
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1. Billy _____ in his home.
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A. is giving a lesson B. is giving a party
C. is dancing D. is listening to the music
2. All his friends _______.
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A. are taking part in the party B. are dancing with him
C. are giving a party D. are singing
3. Many people are dancing _______.
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A. out of the garden B. in Billy's house
C. near the garden D. outside in the garden
4. ______ are sleeping in the house near the garden.
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A. The cows B. Bills'
C. All his friends D. Many people
5. One cow gets up and ________.
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A. listens to the music B. begins to dance in the garden
C. watch people dancing D. come out of garden
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Long, long ago the Mouse King had a beautiful daughter. When she was old enough to be married, he called together the oldest and cleverest mice to talk about it.
“My daughter,” He said, “is far too beautiful to marry just anybody. I have decided to marry her to the greatest thing in the world. Now, who shall it be?”
“The sun,” the first mouse said at once, “is the greatest thing in the world. It shines over the whole world.”
“Well, then, I shall marry her to the sun,” said the Mouse King.
“But,” said the second, “a cloud can cover the sun.”
“Then, she must be married to the cloud.”
“But,” said the third, “the rain breaks through the clouds and puts an end to them.”
“That is true. I must marry her to the rain.”
“But,” cried the fourth, “no matter how hard the rain falls, it cannot wash away the trees.”
“Then she must be the tree's wife.”
“But,” shouted the fifth, “a strong wind can blow down the trees.”
“Very true. Then the wind must be her husband.”
“But,” remembered the sixth, “no matter how hard the wind blows, it cannot blow away the earth.”
“Then I must marry her to the earth.”
“But,” called out the seventh, “the earth is covered by the wooden floors of men's houses.”
“Then she shall marry the wooden floor at once.”
“But,” the last said slowly, “no matter how strong the wooden floor is, a mouse can bite his way through it.”
“It is clear that a mouse is the greatest thing in the world,” the happy Mouse King said, with a smile on his face.
And that was why the Mouse King's daughter married a mouse at last.
1. How many mice are mentioned in the passage?
A. Eight
B. Nine
C. Ten
D. Three
2. Which mouse had a beautiful daughter?
A. The old one
B. The cleverest one
C. The first one
D. The Mouse King
3. Who thought the wind should be the daughter's husband?
A. The second mouse
B. The fourth mouse
C. The fifth mouse
D. A and C
4. What was the result?
A. There was no result.
B. All those would be the daughter's husbands.
C. The daughter would be married to a mouse.
D. The daughter would live alone.
5. Why was the result so?
A. Because all the mice agreed.
B. Because all the mice wanted to have a rest.
C. Because the Mouse King thought a mouse was the greatest thing in the world.
D. Because the daughter was glad.
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