Hundreds of years ago many people thought birds were holy.They believed birds were messengers of God.Birds’ songs meant peace and joy.Birds’ bright and colourful feathers meant beauty and happiness to people.
In the eyes of Native American, birds’ feathers are a symbol of friendship.If a person shows kindness to another person, he may get a feather as a present from the other one.To them, the eagle feather is the best to show friendship.Native American people believe the eagle is the leader of all birds.It flies the highest and sees the furthest of all birds.If they give an eagle feather to someone, they mean their friendship is very precious.
Native Americans are good at making friendship feathers.They usually put beads and leather on feathers to make them more beautiful.A friendship feather is usually 27 centimetres long.
1.Hundreds of years ago, many people think ______ were messengers of God ?
A. a feather. B. eagles. C. friends. D. birds.
2.A person might get _______ as a present if he treated other people well.
A. an eagle B. a feather C. a bead D. leather
3.What’s the title of the passage?
A. A symbol of friendship B. Birds
C. Friendship feather D. Feather
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The young emperor who was in control of China at that time had a dream one night. In the dream his dead father told him a lovely fisherwoman wearing a long dress who lived by Jingbo Lake would become his wife. After that,the emperor sent some people to look for that woman. At last they found her in the place which his father told him. Then she became the emperor’s wife bringing her beautiful Qipao with her. Manchu women all liked Qipao and soon it became popular across China. Now it's also well known all over the world. Not only Chinese women but also women from foreign countries such as Indonesia are interested in wearing it. This kind of traditional dress is made of either silk or cotton. And anyway, it becomes one of the symbols of China.
1.When did the Cheongsam start?
A. It started in the late 17th century.
B. It started it in the Ming Dynasty.
C. It started in the early 17th century.
D. It started in 1900s
2.According to the passage, this kind of traditional dress can be made of _______.
A. silk B. cotton C. silk or cotton D. cotton or paper
3.What’s the best title for the passage?
A. The History of the Cheongsam B. The Fisherwomen’s Clothes
C. How to Make Cheongsam D. The Emperor and His Wife
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He________ busy this week but he ________ free next week.
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根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词,每空一词。
I like to do DIY in my free time.I think d1. DIY is very good for us.I can do lots of things by m2. and I often help my mum with the h3..Last month, I even helped my dad d4. our house.My dad was very happy that I could do s5. for him.
Some of my friends who like to do DIY want me to tell them how to improve t6. skills.As I see it, there are three w7. to do this.Firstly, they can improve the skills through r8. some books about DIY.Secondly, they can search th Internet for some u9. information they need.Thirdly, k10. on practising.The more you practise, the better your DIY skills will be.
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Can I use your phone? Mine doesn’t _______ .
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假如你是李华,你们学校要举办传统文化节活动,你打算邀请交换生 Tom 参加,请
用英语写一封电子邮件,告诉他活动时间和具体地点,安排了哪些活动以及需要他做什
么准备。
提示词语: invite, hall, Beijing Opera, information, question, search
提示问题: ● When and where will you hold the Traditional Culture Festival?
● What activities will you have?
● What do you advise Tom to prepare for it?
Dear Tom,
How is it going?
There’ll be a Traditional Culture Festival in our school.
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If there is anything that I can do, please let me know.
Yours,
Li Hua
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