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阅读Extended reading中的材料,选出最佳选项。
1.Why does the author say the family dinner is “precious”?
A.Luo's family meet Luo's parents once a year for reunion.
B.The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China.
C.It's a long journey for Luo's family to return to their home.
D.Many kinds of delicious food for dinner cost a lot of money.
2.What does the author think of Luo's family?
A.It is full of warmness and happiness.
B.The whole family are not happy to be together.
C.The whole family always stay up too late.
D.The parents decorated the room for welcoming Luo's coming.
3.Which of the following is true about Luo's plan for future?
A.He wish their family would separate.
B.They should spend more time with their parents.
C.They will come back to his hometown to live with their parents.
D.Their parents will go to the city to live with them.
4.People set off firecrackers to .
A.celebrate their good fortune
B.celebrate their family's togetherness
C.celebrate their nation's strength
D.all of above
5.Who may be the author of the text?
A.A Chinese journalist.
B.A CCTV reporter.
C.A Luo Yan's foreign friend.
D.Luo Yan's neighbor.
[答案] 1-5 AABDC
earn vt.&vi.赚得;获利;赢得
[例]Instead,she is earning £6,500 a day as a model in New York.
相反,她在纽约当模特一天挣6 500英镑。
[知识拓展]
(1)earn one's/ a living 谋生
earn money 挣钱
earn sb. sth. 使某人获得某物
(2)earning n. 收入,收益
earnings n. 薪水;工资;收入
[即学即练] 单句语法填空/完成句子
①As a matter of fact,earning (earn) much money doesn't mean happiness.
②The company's earnings (earn) have dropped by 5% in the first quarter.
③He earned his (he) living by selling newspapers when he was young.
④He earned/made his/a living by teaching in the past.
过去他以教书谋生。
pass down 使世代相传,流传
[例]Culture,traditions and values are passed down from generation to generation through schools.
文化、传统和价值观念通过学校被代代相传。
[知识拓展]
pass sth. on (to sb. )/pass on sth. (to sb. )
传递/转交某物(给某人)
pass through 通过;经历
pass over 忽略,不注意
pass sth. down 把某物传给后世
pass away 死亡;消失;(时间)消逝
[即学即练] 单句语法填空/完成句子
①The old gen