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浙江省嘉兴市平湖市平湖中学光启班2024年招生考试英语人文素养测试
Piñatas In Mexico, people often have piñatas at their parties. Parents put chocolates and other sweets inside the piñata and hang it on a tree. Children hit the piñata with a stick. It breaks and the sweets fall out onto the ground. | |
Noodles In China, people celebrate weddings with an eight-course meal, because the word eight in Chinese sounds like the word for good luck. The last dish of the meal is always noodles. The noodles are long and thin. You have to eat them in one piece-you can't cut them. In Chinese culture, long noodles are lucky. Long noodles mean you will have a long life. | |
Mother's Day Many people around the world honour their mothers on Mother's Day. In the UK, Mother's Day is celebrated in March or April. Sons and daughters like to give their mother a day to rest, so they might surprise her by cleaning the house or cooking a nice meal for her. They also give her gifts such as flowers or jewellery. Many families take their mother to a restaurant for a meal. | |
New Year's Eve London celebrates New Year's Eve in a big way. Thousands of people go to the River Thames, and then, when it is dark outside, fireworks light up the whole sky and Big Ben, the bell in London's famous clock tower, chimes(鸣响) at midnight. The next day, people will eat a big meal with family and friends, go for a walk or just relax at home. | |
Coming of Age Day In Japan, people celebrate Coming of Age Day on the second Monday in January. On this holiday, Japan congratulates people who have turned 20 years old between 2 April of the past year and 1 April of the current(目前的 year. In Japanese culture, this is the age when teenagers become adults and take on the responsibilities of being an adult. Young women usually wear a Japanese traditional kimono, while young men often wear Western-style suits, and they attend a ceremony in their area. They receive small presents and celebrate with their friends after the ceremony. |
①Giving them a day to rest.
②Chiming the bell at midnight.
③Cooking a nice dinner.
④ Taking them to a restaurant.
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A. Read groups of words. B. Reading well in English is useful C. Leave time to increase your vocabulary. D. You need to set up a period of time to read. E And don't pick a book that is too easy or too difficult. F. You can go back to check words you don't understand later |
Learning how to read in English can be a difficult task. But it's something you'll have to do on your language learning journey. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}These tips are for you!
Choose the right materials.
There are so many choices! To choose the right reading material, you need to decide what your goal is.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Choose books where you understand at least
80% of the material.
Be intentional.
Being intentional means doing something on purpose with a reason in mind.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Save a certain amount time to spend on reading or decide on a certain number of pages you want to read each day.
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Reading can introduce you to new vocabulary words. Many words in English are often used together in almost the same way. Read groups of words, or words that go together. It will help you better understand how to use your new vocabulary.
Don't try to understand everything.
While reading, you need to accept the fact that you might not understand every single word. And that's Ok. It's more important to get the big picture of what you are reading. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
We hope these tips can help improve your reading skills.
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