At midnight on New Year’s Eve, people in Rome(羅馬) throw out(扔掉) all the things they don’t want. The streets are full of _______ chairs, beds, clothes, and other things. In Madrid(馬德里), Spain, New Year _______ quietly. People go to the main squares, each holding _______ grapes. _______ the clock strikes(敲擊) twelve, people start to eat the grapes — one grape for good luck in each month of the new year.

In Tokyo, people eat _______ on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next _______, some Japanese climb Mount Fuji(富士山). They _______ the first sunrise of the new year.

In China, people eat _______. Usually they _______ a coin(硬幣) in a dumpling. If someone eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he or she will be ________ in the year. Of course, they don’t eat the coin.

【1】A.badB.newC.oldD.beautiful

【2】A.lastsB.is comingC.goesD.comes

【3】A.oneB.sixC.nineD.twelve

【4】A.UntilB.WhenC.ButD.So

【5】A.noodlesB.dumplingsC.applesD.sweet dumplings

【6】A.eveningB.afternoonC.noonD.morning

【7】A.lookB.findC.enjoyD.love

【8】A.noodlesB.dumplingsC.grapesD.sweet dumplings

【9】A.makeB.bringC.putD.take

【10】A.happyB.niceC.smartD.lucky

A.The boy begin to clean the room with his sister.

B.In the Spring Festival, the children often get lucky money.

C.How is weather like in spring there?

D.You’d better not read a book in the sun.

—I really enjoy reading _______ stories at night.

A.interests; interestingB.interests; interest

C.interest; interestingD.interesting; interest

—Yes, Mo Yan. He is _____ famous(著名的) writer in China.

A.a; aB.a; theC.the; theD.the; a

All the students at the beach party were members of the English Club. Before they began to swim or to play games, Miss Green wanted them to learn some new w 【1】. She taught them how to s【2】 beach, sea and waves（波浪）in English. The students read the new words again and again.

After the English lesson, the students s【3】playing volleyball. Miss Green helped them to keep scores in English. The students made some mistakes, but they enjoyed t【4】about their numbers in English.

At a later time, they swam in the sea. Most of them didn’t swim far because it could be d【5】 to do so. Miss Green watched them very c【6】. When it was time for l【7】, everyone had a good t 【8】. While they were eating, Miss Green asked each member of the club a question in English. They were all glad to a 【9】the question. Everyone thought it was interesting to learn English and they thanked Miss Green for being s 【10】a nice teacher.

【1】The police________ (look for sth. carefully) the whole city but didn’t find the young man.

【2】About eight________ (世紀(jì)) ago, an Italian man called Marco Polo visited China.

【3】On 10 May, Lin Tao was at home________ (獨(dú)自). suddenly, he heard someone calling his name.

【4】A reporter from Jiangsu Satellite TV was so ________ (not afraid) that he saved the girl from the river quickly.

【5】Alice tried to work out the Maths problem, but she ________. She was unhappy.

【1】Kate swims the fastest in her class. (同義句轉(zhuǎn)換)

Kate swims faster than ________ ________student in her class.

【2】She gave me a violin as the birthday present two days ago. (對劃線部分提問)

________ ________she give you as the birthday present two days ago.

【3】The old man could swim across the river when he was young. (改成一般疑問句)

________the old man ________across the river when he was young?

【4】He put 100 yuan into the box once a week. (對劃線部分提問)

How ________ ________he put 100 yuan into the box?

【5】Daniel got a letter from his parents last Sunday. (同義句轉(zhuǎn)換)

Daniel ________ ________his parents last Sunday.

—________. They often use them to play games.

A.I think so.B.Believe it or not.C.No problem.D.I don’t agree.

A.a littleB.littleC.fewD.a few

—3,100 yuan.

A.does; takeB.did; payC.does; spendD.did; cost