4many5.6I」"andalonglife.I飞.Ontheday,（一）（2017・福建中考）TheChongyangFestivalisaChinesetraditionalfestival.Itiscelebratedontheninthdayoftheninthlunarmonth.It'salso1.（call）theDoubleNinthFestival.Thefestivalstartedas2.二"hastheWarringStatesPeriod（47〜221BC）.Ithasahistoryofmorethan1，700years.Amongthenumbersfromzerotonine,nineisthe3.（high）oddnumber（奇数）.Peoplebelievethattwo“nines”meetingtogetherstandforalonglife.SoitisaspecialholidayChinesepeopletoshowloveandrespectfortheirelders.Theyhold（kind）ofactivitiesinhonorofoldpeople,wishingthemgoodThefestivalcomesduringthegoldentimeof7.peopletraditionallydrinkchrysanthemum（菊花）wine,eatDouble-NinthCakes8.climbmountains.Theyalsocarryakindofplantnameddogwood.Peopleinancienttimesbelievedthat9.plantcoulddriveawayevil（邪恶的）spiritsandpreventthemfrom10.（catch）anillnessinwinter.（二）（2016・福建福州中考改编）InNewYorkCitypublicschool,176differentlanguagesarespoken1.morethanonemillionstudents.For160,000children,Englishisnottheirfirstlanguage.NewYork'sDepartmentofEducationmakeslearning2.（good）forthesestudentsbyprovidingdual-language（双语）programs.Studentsaretaughtintwolanguages,Englishand3._'11门）：one,suchasFrench,GermanorJapanese,Math,socialstudies,scienceandallotherregularcoursesaretaughtinbothlanguages.Andtheylearnaboutthe4.oftheothercountry.MiladyBaez,aheadmaster,saysthesedual-languageprogramswillhelpchildrensucceedinthefuture.“Thejobsofthefuture5.k；丨〕；thatourstudentsknowmorethanonelanguage.They'regoingtotravel6.（在国外）andcommunicatewithpeoplefromallovertheworld.Thiswillopendoorsforthem.”ShuyaZhang7.（教）adual-languageclass.Shesays,“AmericastartedeconomicrelationshipswithChina.Lotsoffactorieswere8.（build）companiesmovedtoChina.Theyneedpeoplewithbothlanguageskills.”Anna,aRussiangirlcametoAmerica9.shewastwoyearsold.ShesaystheRussian.Englishprogramkeepsherconnectedtoherheritageandherparentshappy.Nowadays,moreandmore10.（foreign）cometoChina.Perhapsinthefutureyourschoolwillalsoprovidethemwiththedual-languageprogram.（三）（2018・浙江舟山中考改编）Haveyoueverheardoffriendshipsamonganimals?AtazooinGermany,anunusualfriendshipdeveloped1.acatandabear.Oneday,some2.（worker）inthezoonoticedablackcatwasinthebear'scage（笼子）,andthetwoanimalswereplayingtogetherpeacefully.Theyweresurprised3.wellthesmallcatseemedtogetalongwiththelargebear.Andlaterthepairandtheir4.friendship5.（become）ahottopicatthezoo.Afterseveralyears,anewcagewas6.(build)forthebear.However,thecatwasstillinthesamecage,soitwalkedaround7.(angry)andcriedtobewiththebear.Thebearkeeperfinallytookpityonthecat8.letitstaywiththebear.Thecatandthebeargot9.(close)thanbefore.10.itmaybenaturalforanimalstohavetheirownideasaboutwhowouldmakeagoodfriend.(四)(2018・浙江金华、丽水中考改编)JosephisateacherinNewYork.Hegiveslessonsto1.(he)studentsaboutAmericanhistory.Buthewasborn2.Kenya,anAfricancountrywherethechildrenleadaverydifferentlife.Forexample,aten-year-oldboymayspend3.1:timeintakingcareofcowsthanstudyingatschool.Thechildrenalsolearnmany4.(skill)likehowtoliveinthewild.Unlikemanyotherchildren,Josephwenttoschool.And5.(lucky),whenhewas15,hecametostudyinAmericaandthen6.(become)ateacher.Josephhaswritten7.bookcalledFacingtheLion.Inthebook,hetalksabouthischildhood.Hethinks8.isveryimportantforAmericanchildrentolearnabouttheculturaldifferencesbetweentheircountry...
