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(B) I’m planning to visit Xi’an for my vacation this summer. I’ll fly there on July 28 and stay there until August 6. First I want to see the old city wall. There are many old city walls in Xi’an in the past. But now there are only a few left. They are more than 700 years old. Lots of them were pulled down in the 1960s. People thought they were not useful and they made the traffic heavy and the streets crowded. Some of them were even dangerous. Today, our country is trying to build some of the old city walls again, because they can help us to remember our history. Second, I’m visiting Emperor Qin’s Terra Cotta Warriors (秦始皇兵马俑). It’s very famous in China. And I will take the camera with me. I’m taking photos there. I think my trip will be very interesting and I can’t wait for it. 根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。(5分) ( ) 76. Where is the writer going to visit? A. Dalian. B. Shanghai. C. Xi’an. D. Xuzhou. ( ) 77. How many places is the writer going to visit in Xi’an? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. ( ) 78. How long is the writer staying in Xi’an? A. For a month. B. Less than a week. C. Only three days. D. For about 10 days ( ) 79. Which is NOT the reason for people to pull down the old city walls? A. They made streets crowded. B. They made traffic heavy. C. They were dangerous. D. They were too high. ( ) 80. Which of the following is TRUE? A. There were a few walls in Xi’an in the past. B. Today our country is building the old walls again. C. The writer isn’t taking any photos during his vacations. D. The writer is going to Xi’an by train. (C) Is it traditional to have a birthday like this? Teresa, Madrid, Spain My twenty-first birthday was in April. I was really happy to go out with some friends. They pulled my ear 21 times, once for each year. It’s an old custom(习俗). Some people do it only once, but my friends are very traditional! Sometimes it’s great to follow the custom. I even want them to do that on my sixtieth birthday! Francisco, Paris, France I’m going to be 30 next Friday. In France, when you have a birthday, you often invite people out. I know that in some countries it’s the opposite---people take you out. Lin Xiaohan, Taipei, China Yesterday was my sixteenth birthday. It was a special birthday, so we had a family dinner together. I was happy to get some money from my parents. My mother cooked noodles--- noodles are for a long life. Mr. and Mrs. Brady, Manchester, Britain In Britain, we say, “Life begins at 40”. My husband is going to be 40 at the weekend. It’s a special birthday. I’d like to hold a big party for him with all our friends and family members, but we don’t want him to know that now. It’s going to be a surprise. What am I going to give my husband? I can’t say. That’s a surprise, too. 根据短文内容，判断句子正(T)、误(F)。(5分) ( ) 81. In Britain, it’s a custom to pull people’s ears on their birthday. ( ) 82. When you have a birthday in France, people often take you out. ( ) 83. Lin Xiaohan had some noodles on his sixteenth birthday. ( ) 84. Mrs. Brady is going to give her husband some money for his birthday. ( ) 85. From the passage, we know Mr. Brady knows everything about his birthday party. (D) A man went into a restaurant and sat down at one of the tables. A waiter went up to him and gave him the menu. The man read it carefully, then ordered(点餐) all the most expensive foods and began to enjoy himself. Then a small boy came into the restaurant and sat at the man’s table. The waiter came up and said to the man, “What would your little boy like, sir?” “Oh, just an ice cream, ” the man told him. Then he said to the waiter, “I’m just going out to buy a newspaper.” He left the restaurant. The waiter gave the boy an ice cream. The boy ate it, and then stood up and walked to the door. The waiter ran to him. (责任编辑：admin) |