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     In the United States, every year, Thanks-giving Day is on the fourth Thursday in November. Because Canada is on the north of the United States, and is colder, the harvest comes earlier(更早) in the year. In Canada, people have Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday in October.
      The harvest brings a lot of food to the people. On Thanksgiving Day people in Canada and America like to have a big meal with their friends and family just like Chinese people do at Mid-autumn festival. Many Canadians and Americans put flowers, vegetables and fruits around their homes to say “Thank you” for the harvest. At a Thanksgiving Day dinner, many Canadians and Americans will eat turkey, potatoes, and pumpkin pie. These are food like the food of many years ago. They are saying “Thank you” for the harvest that comes every year.
(1)、____________ celebrates the Thanksgiving Day like the U.S.A. .

A、China  B、Canada  C、Korea D、Japan
(2)、In Canada, Thanksgiving Day is  __________________.

A、on the fourth Thursday in November B、on the second Monday in October C、on the second Thursday in November D、on the fourth Monday in October
(3)、At a Thanksgiving Day dinner, many Canadians and Americans will eat_____________.

A、chicken, potatoes, and pumpkin pie. B、turkey, tomatoes, and pumpkin pie. C、turkey, potatoes, and apple pie D、turkey, potatoes, and pumpkin pie.
(4)、Why people celebrate the Thanksgiving Day?

A、Because people want to have a big meal. B、Because people want to eat turkey, potatoes and pumping pie C、Because people want to get together with their friends and family. D、Because people want to say “Thank you” for the harvest.
(5)、Which of the following is TRUE?

A、Canada has Thanksgiving earlier in the year because the harvest comes earlier B、The harvest doesn't bring a lot of food to the people. C、Canada is on the south of the United States. D、People are saying “Hello” for the harvest on Thanks-giving Day.
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Recently, Chinese netizens (网民) enjoy themselves on “growing and stealing crops” on the Internet. This is a game called “Happy Farms”. Now more and more people are joining in the game, and getting addicted. Some of them are even found playing the game at work. Because of this, some players have been fired by their bosses. Lovers have broken up, but none of them can stop Happy Farms from becoming more popular.
Here we interviewed some young netizens and let's see what their opinions were.
Nongmin: Playing happy Farms at work, that's terrible! A clerk was fired because she was online playing it at work.
King: I find that all the dreams of having houses and fields, which are very hard to get in real life, are very easy to be realized in the games. I think I know the reason why the game is so popular.
Kaixin: We have to know how to control ourselves. We should keep our minds on study. Games are just games. I prefer to play sports with my classmates when I am free.
Kitty: I like Happy Farms. My high-pressure work makes me feel like I can't breathe. I wish I could have a real house and farm, but it seems so far away. I have to turn to virtual(虚拟) nature for my own house and farm.
People often get tired from work or study, so they go to their own farms, take care of their crops and pull out weeds. It is really delightful to forget about the pressure. But some players work from morning to night to “grow and steal crops”. They lose themselves in the game and show no interest in anything else. It is really terrible.

 阅读理解

Do you have trouble trying to create the next big idea?

Sometimes the answer isn't to just force an idea out of your mind.

Instead, you might want to try sitting back, relaxing and letting your mind wander(走神). Yes, you heard that correctly. If you are in need of a new idea, try daydreaming.

Daydreams allow your mind to run freely and even increase productivity in some cases. Daydreaming develops creativity which is why you have an ah-ha moment and sudden insight(领悟) about a situation. Daydreaming allows you to uncover thoughts and ideas you did not realize you even had and get the thoughts hidden under the surface.

Researchers from the University of California, Santa Barbara, found a connection between daydreaming and creative problem-solving. Their study includes making participants first do an "unusual-use task". They had to try to come up with as many different ways to use an object as they could.

Then, the participants choose to do one of the following four things before doing the "unusual-use task" again; complete a difficult task, complete an easy task, take a 12-minute break, or skip a 12-minute break and move right on to the task exercise again.

Surprisingly, the group that performed best was the one that completed the easy task. Many participants reported that they were daydreaming while performing the easy task. So the researchers believed that this daydreaming might have helped unlock their creativity.

But how could daydreaming help the brain come up with creative ways? The answer is something known as "unconscious thought". Even when you are not actively working to solve a problem, it is still in the back of your mind. Your brain is still thinking about the problem, but in a way that you are unaware of.

When you daydream, your mind is allowed to think in ways it normally would not. Because it is free of control, it can create completely new and out-of-the-box ideas.

Great ideas never come easily, but that does not mean you always have to work hard to get them. Feel free to do what you want and let your mind wander.

 阅读理解

When we build a new house, we often buy something beautiful to decorate it. The painting is always the first thing we want to buy. People from all over the world mostly like western paintings. But as a Chinese, I think Chinese paintings are the best.

Chinese paintings are one of the oldest kinds of paintings in the world. Chinese artists first started painting over two thousand years ago, and painters in China are still using many of the same ways today.

Chinese painters usually paint natural scenes(自然景观), animals or people. We can only see buildings in Chinese paintings when they make up a small part of a natural scene.

There are two kinds of traditional Chinese paintings. The first one is the gongbi style. People need a lot of time to make this style of painting, because they paint everything in great detail(细节). This style often uses a lot of colour. Long ago, most painters in China used the gongbi style.

The second style of Chinese painting is the ink-wash painting(水墨画), Painters usually finish ink-wash paintings very quickly and they may not always have much colour. Ink-wash paintings have fewer details, because the painter is trying to show something with just a few brushstrokes(笔画). Most ink-wash artists do not work as painters. They paint as a hobby. But a good ink-wash artist can still become famous.

 阅读下面材料,从方框中所给的 A-E五个选项中选择正确的选项(其中一项是多余选项),将其序号填入各题, 并回答问题。

Do you feel Grade 9 is still far away? The earlier you prepare for it, the easier it will be. Here are some useful suggestions that can help you better prepared.

Stay organized

Why not spend 5-10 minutes making a to- do- list at the beginning of the day? {#blank#}1{#/blank#} You will see clearly on the list about new lessons.

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It's normal for students to have problems. Some students are afraid to ask for help. If you have problems, learn to talk to the people around you—— teachers, friends, parents. They will surely be glad to give you a hand.

Reduce stress

Every day, you will find yourself busy with schoolwork, especially in Grade 9. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} We still need to have fun and reduce stress in healthy ways. You can do exercise or listen to music.

Set your goal

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} When you have a goal, it will be more possible for you to face difficulties bravely. You can ask yourself," Which high school would I like to go?" or" What do I want to be?"

A. Ask for help.

B. It is important to get good grades.

C. However, life shouldn't just be about schoolwork.

D. It will help you organize your time of schoolwork well.

E. Goals can help you understand why you must work hard.

What else can you do to prepare for Grade 9?( about 10 words) {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

 阅读短文,回答问题

Have you ever noticed how,on a rainy night,all other sounds seem to disappear? The sound of the rain drowns (淹没) them out. And even though the sound of the rain goes on all night,it doesn't keep you awake. Rain is a kind of white noise﹣a steady and unchanging sound. 

White noise is made up of sounds from all the frequencies (频率) a human ear can hear,with the sound at each frequency having the same power. It's called "white" because it is like that of white light,which is a mixture of all the light we can see. 

You might think that a mixture of all possible sound frequencies would be terrible,but it's not ﹣ quite the opposite. The reason for this is that white noise covers other sounds. Think of it like the rain:the sound of one drop falling,like from a leaky tap (漏水的龙头),would be very different and hateful. Two drops would be the same. You could even tell three drops apart. But if there were 5 or 10 or 1,000,you couldn't pick out each drop. They'd all mix into a kind of quiet sound and probably lead you to sleep. 

According to a scientific study,white noise can help treat different problems. It can help worried people sleep and help those who have headaches sleep through their pain. It can be very useful for people with attention problems,who have trouble telling background noise and can't focus on something well. White noise can help them pay attention to something. It can even cover the sound of conversations by doctors and others who want to keep privacy. Who would have thought that mixing lots of sounds together would actually turn out to develop peace and quiet? 

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