【正文】 f toasts(干杯，敬酒)，changing clothes，exchanging presents and congratulating each other． Russians can have a lot of fun on New Year39。s Day．December 31st is working day，but January 1st and 2nd are holidays，so it is a tradition for people to stay awake all night on New Year39。s Eve．And even children try not to go to sleep for as long as they can．People go out into the streets at night，light New Year trees and put them all around the town． 閱讀短文，根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容判斷下列句子正(T)誤(F)。 ( ) 1．New year39。s Day is not as important as Christmas in Russia． ( ) 2．Russians usually drink beer or vodka first，and then drink champagne． ( ) 3．Russians usually exchange presents during the New Year party． ( ) 4．New Year holidays usually last from December 30th to January 2nd．( ) 5．Russian New Year is not the same as American Christmas．答案： 1．F 根據(jù)文章第一段的內(nèi)容可知，以前圣誕節(jié)很重要，可是現(xiàn)在新年更重要，所以錯誤。 2．F 根據(jù)第二段內(nèi)容可知，他們先是喝 champagne，后來又習(xí)慣于喝 beer or vodka，確定本句是錯誤的。 3．T 根據(jù)第三段的內(nèi)容可知，在新年人們通常交換禮物，所以本句正確。 4．F 根據(jù)最后一段內(nèi)容可知，12 月還在工作，1 月 1 — 2 號是新年，所以該題是錯誤的。 5．T 根據(jù)第一段的內(nèi)容可以確定本句是正確的。七 Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up，my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house．Walking together，my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I learned lessons from his experiences．He always told me，You should have goals like climbing the mountain． Without the mountainclimbing that we both enjoyed，we couldn39。t have enough time to spend together because my father was very busy．I really got a lot from mountainclimbing．It gave me time to talk with my father and to be in deep thought as well as develop my patience(耐力)． Once we climbed a very high mountain．It was so challenging for me because I was only ten years old．During the first few hours of climbing，I enjoyed the flowers and trees，and the birds39。 singing，but as time passed，I got a pain in both of my legs．I wanted to quit climbing．In fact，I hated it at that moment，but my father said to me，You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the mountain，but you can39。t see it before you reach the top．Only there at the top，can you see all of the nice things，just like in life． At that time，I was too young to understand his words．But later after that，I got new hope and confidence(信心)．I found myself standing at the top of the sky，which was as clear as crystal(水晶)． 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，選擇最佳答案。 ( ) 1．The passage tells us that mountainclimbing was ________ for Father and Son． A．hard B．enjoyable C．painful D．fortable ( ) 2．The word quit in the passage means _______． A．carry on B．put off C．give up D．pick up ( ) 3 Which of the following is similar in meaning to the father39。s words in the second paragraph? A．You will get all you need at the top of the mountain． B．The sky is always as clear as crystal． C．You can find life is full of nice things． D．Never give up halfway． ( ) 4．We can infer(推斷) from the last paragraph that _______． A．the writer was very successful in his life B．the writer didn39。t reach the top of the mountain C．though the writer was young，he could understand his father D．the writer used to stop halfway when he climbed the mountain ( ) 5．The best title for the passage is _______． A．Reaching the Top of the Mountain B．Enjoy the Beautiful Views C．Conversations between Father and SonD．Father and I答案： 1．B 由第一段中 mountainclimbing that we both enjoyed，可知作者和父親都很喜歡登山。 2．C 根據(jù)上文可知，小作者登山一段時間后，腿腳酸痛；和后文的那句話“此時此刻他憎恨登山”可以推斷出，作者想放棄登山活動，所以選 C。 3．D 根據(jù)短文中父親的話可知，只有到達山頂，才能看到最美的人間景色，由此可以確定選 D。 4．A 根據(jù)最后一段的內(nèi)容可以推斷出作者成功地登上了山頂，暗喻他在人生路上也是成功的，所以選 A。 5．A 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容可以確定文章的中心是作者從登山中得到人生的啟示，即題目為 A。八 Do you know China39。s history? Do you know Taiwan? Taiwan is a beautiful island．It39。s in the southeast of China and to the east of Fujian Province．There are many islands in China，but Taiwan is the largest of all．It has an area of about 36000 square kilometers and it has a population of over 32000000．Taiwan is rich in natural resources(資源) and it also