Christmas is as important to British people as Spring Festival is to us. Every year on Dec 25, English people gather together to celebrate this holiday. It is the most important family gathering of the whole year.
In the UK, people start preparing for Christmas soon after Halloween — as early as the beginning of November! In every shop window I pass on my way to school, I see Santa decorations (装饰), candy canes (拐杖糖) and presents. The whole of London is getting ready for Christmas.
One tradition in the UK is to have an advent calendar (圣诞倒数日历). It has 24 little flaps (片状小门) that you can open starting from Dec1. There is a tiny gift behind each flap. It can be makeup, chocolate or stationery, depending on what kind of calendar you buy. You can open one flap each day until you get to the last flap on the morning of Dec 25! This tradition began in the mid-19th century in Protestant areas (新教徒地区) in Germany.
Another interesting tradition began in 1954. Every November, London is lit up by thousands of decorative lights. The lights are shaped like the common symbols of Christmas, such as angels, reindeers (驯鹿) and Christmas trees. It is a breathtaking sight from far away and it is wonderful how the colors create an atmosphere of celebration.
In London, we don’t celebrate Christmas for only one day. You can feel the festive mood around the whole city from November until January.
1.British people get ready for Christmas starting from ___________.
A.the beginning of November B.24 days before Christmas
C.the beginning of December D.beginning of Halloween
2.Which of the following traditions began in Germany?
A.Receiving Christmas gifts. B.Eating candy canes.
C.Having an advent calendar. D.Setting up decorative lights.
3.What does the underlined word “breathtaking” mean in paragraph 4?
A.遥远的 B.奇怪的 C.黯淡的 D.惊人的
4.What do we know about Christmas in the UK?
A.The festival mood will last for a long time. B.Many traditions come from Germany.
C.People in London don't celebrate Christmas. D.People will receive 24 gifts during Christmas.
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Nowadays, many children spend hours a day looking at computer screens or other digital (数码的) products. Some eye care doctors say all the screen time has caused more children to have what they call computer vision syndrome (视力综合症).
Nathan Warford is an optometrist in the US. He says he has seen more children having eye problems. “More children come into my office because their parents have noticed that they have headaches (头疼)or red eyes, or because their degree of short-sightedness appears to be increasing (增加)very fast and they’re worried,” he said.
Dr. Warford says part of the problem is that even if their eyes start to feel uncomfortable or they start to get a headache, some children don’t tell their parents, because they don’t want their games or the computer to be taken away. Another part of the problem is that people blink (眨眼睛) less often when they look at the screen.A person who uses a computer or a digital product blinks about a third as much as we normally(正常地) do in everyday life. If eyes can’t stay wet or are too tired, they will not be protected like normal.
1.Why don’t some children tell their parents when their eyes start to feel uncomfortable?
A.They think it is not serious.
B.They don’t want their parents to worry.
C.They want to go to the hospital themselves
D.They want to continue playing computer games.
2.People normally blink about 20 times a minute.How many times do they blink if they use a computer?
A.About 4 times B.About 7 times C.About 11 times D.About 15 times
3.From the passage, we can learn that________ .
A.blinking is good for eyes
B.sleeping late is bad for eyes
C.children should blink as much as possible
D.we shouldn’t look at screens in a dark room
4.What is the passage mainly about?
A.Some ways of protecting children’s eyes.
B.Some information about the latest digital products.
C.Dr. Warford’s experience of working out eye problems.
D.Eye problems in children caused by using digital products.
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1. 这种单车的使用方法(如：APP查看车辆、扫码开锁等);
2. 这种单车的优势;
3. 你对这种单车的看法。
注意：1. 词数不少于80;
2. 开头和结尾已给出, 不计入总词数。
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1.According to the recent report, poor water and low sanitation conditions can cause ______.
A.traffic problems B.forest fires C.many illnesses
2.The key to improving people’s health in developing countries is _______ in Paragraph 1.
A.to get clean water B.to exercise often C.to refuse drugs
3.What can we infer（推断）from Paragraph 2?
A.Hadjara laughed at her father’s foolishness.
B.Hadjara refused to eat dinner that night in order to lose weight.
C.Hadjara’s father understood his daughter’s love and care for him later.
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Where is your ruler? Oh, it’s a pencil box. Is this your ruler? Excuse me.
No, it’s not mine. You’re welcome. It’s on the sofa.
A: Hi, Kate! 1.
B: No, it isn’t. My ruler is green.
A: 2.
B: It’s in my schoolbag.
A: What’s that on the desk?
B: 3.
A: Is it your pencil box?
B: 4. I think it is Mike’s.
A: Where is your pencil box?
B: 5.
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