【正文】 Oh, do you? h。 Over three weekends of hard work, Sally turned her design into a real, working gokart and painted it light blue. Dad asked her to take it for a test drive. Sally agreed.s interesting, he said. Have a try. Just build Blue Lightning as you39。 Well, he said. How about this: you do some research first and then e back to me with a design. Blue LightningIf you want to be happy, you can visit Africa.D.Buying new things can make people happy.B.D.s opinion clearer.To show examples are not enough.C.To explain Africans like sweets.D.C.B.may lead to happiness for a short time（2）Where can we best put But it is not having money that brings happiness. in paragraph 2? A.can make people nervousC. This idea of connecting your happiness to the happiness of others is described as a ubuntu in an African language. There is even a story about a man visiting Africa who asked some kids to race to a nearby tree. My first child to touch the tree would get a sweet treat. Surprising, all the children held hands and ran together. They all touched the tree at the same time. The man asked why they had done this. My children simply said they could only enjoy eating the treat if everyone had one.（1）The writer says that buying things____________. A. ④ ③Instead, it39。But is that really true? Studies have found that money can, in fact, make people happier. A notebook.13．閱讀理解 A newspaper.A dictionary.A diary.D.C.B.The Germans.（2）Where can we see any flowers on Christmas Day? A.C.The Australians. ⒊Go with your family to the local Christmas tree farm to cut down your own or buy a Christmas tree. Pick out a Christmas tree that fits your house.（1）Who may do some reading on Christmas Day? A. ⒈When you hear Christmas songs in public, smile and sing along. ⒉Traditionally on Christmas Eve, the father decorates the tree alone in the morning. The mother spends the morning decorating the home and cooking a small meal. Some choose to serve a salad or a potato salad with some meat. ⒊Ask five people what they think the meaning of Christmas is and record their answers.Germany ⒈Read poems and stories with Australian Christmas themes. Why not try to give the high five to your friends?（1）Give me five is a gesture to ask for money. （2）The gesture give me five is the clapping of hands. （3）When you get good grades in your exam，you give your friends high fives. （4）The gesture started in America according to the story. （5）The Romans raised the right arm without a sword in his hand for the emperor to show their respect to the emperor. 12．閱讀理解 People do it when they meet for the first time or something happy happens. For example, a student has good marks in exams or wins a lottery ticket （彩票）. If a football team wins a game, the players will give high fives to everyone around to celebrate. In the US, give me five or give me the high five is a popular gesture （動作）. You can see it often in films or on TV It means the clapping （拍） of each other39。 If someone says to you: give me five, do not search your pocket to get five yuan! It will make others laugh! The person39。Losing the engine s power is the reason for asking for help.11．根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容判斷正誤。Fixing the engine of a giant ship costs too much.C.s the main idea of the text? A.D.$9996B.$put his hammer away carefully（3）According to the itemized bill, knowing where to tap costreached into his bag secretlyC. . A.D.C.B. Effort （努力） is important, but knowing where to put the effort in your life is more important.（1）How did the owner of the ship feel when the engine broke down? A. Tapping with a hammer $2 So he wrote the old man a note saying, Please send me an itemized （逐條記錄的） bill.s every move. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer （錘子）. He tapped （敲打） something gently. The engine started back up at once. He then put his hammer away carefully. The engine was fixed The engine of a giant ship broke down, so the ship lost its power. The owner of the ship was very worried. The owner of the ship was very worried. He sent for one expert after another, but none of them could figure out （弄清楚） how to fix the engine. Then an old man who had been fixing ships since he was young was brought in.change the screen of MegahonyakuD.sell Megahonyaku to foreign visitorsB.will be sold on December 20thD.may be popular with the policeB.D.C.B.the Japanese can learn other languages easily（2）The third paragraph is mainly about the ________ of Megahonyaku. A.Japanese panies can receive foreigners betterC. needs. Megahonyaku also includes a touch screen that allows users to choose the language they need their speech translated into.（1）Panasonic has produced Megahonyaku so that ________. A. The machine was designed to be used in places like transport stations, airports and places of interest where quick and exact announcements are needed most. Around 30 Japanese organizations, including the police and guides, have been trying out Megahonyaku for about one year, but Panasonic says it will e onto the market on December 20th. Instead of selling these speech translators, Panasonic plans on renting （出租） them out for less than $183 a month on