2. 复习检测 ––– 朗读短文 Dear Editor I’m a reader of your magazine and I need help. I’m in the eighth grade. I just moved to Beijing with my parents two months ago. Now I’m studying at a new school. I don’t know the school very well and I don’t have any friends here. I’m not sure how to talk to my classmates. Sometimes, I am nervous and I cannot answer their questions. I feel really uncomfortable when they talk to me. I miss my classmates from my old school. I don’t know what I should do. I hope you can give me some advice. Wang Hai

3. 复习检测 ––– 话题简述 1. 万圣节前夜在 10 月 31 日； 2. 在万圣节前夜，孩子们穿上特殊的服装， 戴上面具；许多孩子玩一种游戏，他们敲邻 居家的门，高声喊道： “ 不招待便使坏 ” ；邻 居通常给他们一些糖果； 3. 一些人也用橙色的大南瓜做灯，在南瓜 上刻出眼睛、鼻子和尖牙的形状。

4. Chinese New Year / the Spring Festival

5. Valentine's Day

6. National Day

7. Halloween

8. the Mid-Autumn Festival

9. Thanksgiving Day

10. Teachers’ Day

11. Children often wear new clothes on that day. It’s an important festival in western countries. People often put many decorations on a tree and many presents under it.

12. Christmas

13. Chinese people celebrate it every year. It’s not the most important festival in China, but people often have a boat race to celebrate it. We often eat rice dumplings on that day.

14. the Dragon Boat Festival

15. N___________ S___________ M__________ C___________ D___________ T___________ M___________ N___________ N____________ V____________ F____________ H____________ T____________ C____________ alentine's Day ew Year’s Day pring Festival ay Day hildren’s Day ragon Boat Festival eachers’ Day id-Autumn Festival ational Day hristmas ool’s Day alloween hanksgiving Day

16. Prepositions of time at clock time mealtimes some festivals age days dates parts of the day months seasons years on in 在九点钟 在吃早饭的时候 在圣诞节 在 7 岁的时候 在星期一 在 3 月 17 日 在下午 在春天 在 12 月 在 1998 年

17. 1.When is National Day? On October 1st. At the Dragon Boat Festival. In November. At Christmas. 2.When do we often eat rice dumplings? 3.Which month is Thanksgiving Day in? 4.When can we see Father Christmas?

18. 中考链接 ––– 听力训练 A ( )1.What is Simon’s favourite festival? A. B. C. ( )2.What kind of food are they talking about? A. B. C. ( )3.What will they do? A. B. C. B A C

19. 中考链接 ––– 听力训练 B ( ) 1. How does the moon look in the evening at the Mid-autumn Festival? A. smaller B. rounder C. bigger ( ) 2. What’s Li Lei’s favourite moon cake? A. moon cakes with eggs B. moon cakes with meat C. moon cakes with fruit ( ) 3. When is the Mid-Autumn Festival this year? A. on 22nd September B. on 2nd October C. on 2nd September B C A

21. 中考链接 ––– 听力训练 C ( ) 1. Where will the celebrations be held? A. in Beijing B. in Shanghai C. in New York ( ) 2. What will the celebrations start with? A. fireworks B. lion dance C. traditional Chinese food ( ) 3. When can we enjoy music and dance? A. from 9 p.m. to midnight B. at 8 p.m. C. between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. C B A

22. What do people do at the Spring Festival? Make a conclusion!

23. 姚老师最喜欢的节日是春节。 春节是中国最重要的节日。人们 穿新衣服、看舞狮表演、吃美味 的食物、放烟花。孩子们还可以 拿红包。每个人都喜欢春节。

24. 中考链接 ––– 朗读训练 Article 21 on P 41 They knock on their neighbors’ doors and give them some candy as a ‘treat’. If the children do not get any candy, they can play a trick on their neighbors. Some people also make lanterns out of big orange pumpkins. They cut out the eyes, the nose and the sharp teeth, they put candles in them so the light shines through the eyes, the nose and the teeth.

25. 中考链接 ––– 朗读训练 Article 21 on P 41 They knock on their neighbors’ doors and give them some candy as a ‘treat’. If the children do not get any candy, they can play a trick on their neighbors. Some people also make lanterns out of big orange pumpkins. They cut out the eyes, the nose and the sharp teeth, they put candles in them so the light shines through the eyes, the nose and the teeth.

26. 传统的中国节日 在 9 月或 10 月 讲嫦娥的故事 鸡蛋馅的月饼 看起来更亮更圆 a traditional Chinese festival in September or October look brighter and rounder tell the story of Chang’e moon cakes with eggs

27. 中考链接 ––– 话题简述训练 Topic 11 on P 56 1. 中秋节是一个传统的中国节日, 通常 在 9 月或 10 月到来 ; 当晚, 月亮看起来 更亮更圆 ; 老人们给孩子们讲嫦娥的 故事。 2. 中秋节, 人们常吃月饼 ; 月饼种类很 多, 有肉、蛋或水果馅的 ; 每年此时, 许多家庭都买月饼。