Compared with other European countries, lifestyle in Italy is slower and more relaxing in its own way. Italians love to chat over a cup of coffee, go out for a walk in the middle of the day, and enjoy long lunches and dinners.
Family is important to Italians. They can’t think of spending a day without asking about their parents or children, and a weekend without a family lunch or dinner. Italians living outside their country also miss their family a lot.
Italians like simple life. Their days start and end with a cup of coffee. A cup of coffee after every meal is a must. Italians love to spend time over a hot cup of coffee and even hotter conversation with friends. Topics are usually about family, football and politics(政治).
Sport is a very important part in the lives of many Italians. Football is their favorite sport. There are hundreds of football clubs with top soccer teams in Italy. Also, many top players from all over the world play in Italy. Volleyball is also popular and so is rugby(橄欖球), with the top rugby team playing for the European Challenge Cup.
Every Italian province, city, town and street has a historical(歷史的) even that took place there and the Italian calendar is filled with national holidays that they love to celebrate(慶祝).
【小題1】We can learn from the first paragraph that ________.

A．most European countries have slow and relaxing lifestyles

B．the lifestyle in Italy isn’t much like that of the other countries in Europe

C．Italians enjoy chatting over a cup of tea and long dinners

D．Italians love to walk in the middle of the night

【小題2】 What does the writer want to tell us in the second paragraph？

A．Friends are very important to Europeans.

B．Italians can’t spend a day without their parents.

C．Italians will never go to another country because they will miss their children.

D．Family is more important to Italians than any other thins.

【小題3】 Which of the following sports is loved most by Italians?

A．Football.

B．Basketball.

C．Volleyball.

D．Rugby.

【小題4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Italians love to spend national holidays, but there aren’t so many.

B．Italians never talk about politics with their family.

C．Italians like drinking coffee after every meal.

D．Soccer is not very popular in Italy.

【小題5】What’s the passage mainly about?

A．Italian family.

B．Italian life.

C．Italian sport.

D．Italian history.

You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl. And she became very rich after that.

When she was a child, she was poor. Once, she was invited to her friend’s birthday party. She was pleased but sad because she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift for her.

“The party is coming soon, but now I have little money.” Tears ran down her face.

Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in.“ What happened? ” her grandma asked. Hearing the girl’s story, she said, “Don’t worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to …”What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party.

When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. “How wonderfully you sing! We haven’t heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you for giving me the special gift.” said her friend. And they learnt to sing it together. Later the girl became well-known in America.

1.The song Happy Birthday was written by                     .

   A. an American girl

B. an American girl’s grandma

   C. an American boy

D. an American girl’s friend

2.The girl was sad because                      .

   A. she didn’t want to go to the party.

B. she would be busy that day.

   C. she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift.

D. she wasn’t invited to the party.

3.What gift did she give her friend?                    

A. A flower.          B. A toy.           C. An interesting book.  D. A song.

4.What did her friends think of the song?  It was                  .

A. boring             B. beautiful        C. exciting               D. interesting

5.Which of the following is TRUE?

   A. The girl was still poor after writing the song .

   B. The girl sang the song with her grandpa in her dream.

   C. The girl’s friends had heard the song before. 

   D. The girl became famous because of the song.

 

This is a song millions of Americans will hear this New Year’s Eve. It is called Auld Lang Syne (《友誼地久天長》)。 It is the traditional music played during the New Year’s celebration. Auld Lang Syne is an old Scottish poem. It tells about the need to remember old friends.
The words “Auld Lang Syne” mean “old long since”. No one knows who wrote the poem first. However, a version (版本) by Scottish poet Robert Burns was published（出版）in 1796. The words and the music we know today first appeared in a songbook three years later.
The song is played in the United States mainly on New Year’s Eve. The version you are hearing today is by the Washington Saxophone Quartet. As we end our program with Auld Lang Syne, I would like to wish all our radio friends a very Happy New Year! This is Buddy Thomas.
【小題1】This passage is from ___________.

A．a(chǎn) newspaper

B．a(chǎn) magazine

C．a(chǎn) TV program

D．a(chǎn) radio program

【小題2】Who is introducing Auld Lang Syne to us ?

A．Robert Burns	B．the Washington Saxophone Quartet
C．Buddy Thomas	D．The passage doesn’t tell us.

【小題3】The words and the music of Auld Lang Syne we know today first appeared _________.

A．in 1790

B．in 1793

C．in 1796

D．in 1799

單詞拼寫

1.If you can swim a        the river, I’ll be waiting for you on the other side.

2.She took part in helping people in the Wenchuan Earthquake. She would never forget this unusual      .

3.I like c      with my friends online very much.

4.In Lily’s paper there are f           mistakes than in Jack’s.

5.I read my essay a          in class and everyone can hear me clearly.

6.His speech was boring, but he did not r           it.

7.He is good at thinking. I think he can answer the question in a d            way.

8.Would you mind not w          your time?

9.Don’t stay up late, or you will feel s             in class during the day.

10.He joined the army(軍隊) five years ago, so he has been a s              for five years.

 

As I was finishing the seventh grade, my school met some financial(財務(wù)的) problems. The school made the classes bigger, so there would be fewer    1.    (教師).

Sadly, I found out that    2.    (無一人) of my close friends were in any of my new classes. Also, my new classmates were quite different f  3.     my old ones. I began to feel lonely.

Soon I got to    4.    (知道) that people in other groups made new friends in their new classes. They    5.    (似乎) very happy with their new friends.

I thought that i  6.     was time for me to make new friends. I noticed that people with many friends were very    7.    (積極的). They often talked to others first, while I was t 8.     frightened to talk to others and hoped other people would talk to me first.

So I decided to c  9.   . Once I realized that, I found that making friends is very easy i  10.     you can respect(尊重) others and talk to them first. Now I feel a lot happier because I have more friends.