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UNIT 1 FESTIVALS AND CELEBRATIONS
课时分层作业(一)
Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1.Your success is really worth (congratulate).
2.His university was aware of the (significant) of his work.
3.After the house is built,how much will it cost (decorate)?
4.With all the work (do),he was allowed to dress up to go to the samba.
5.In the evening,we (gather) around the fireplace and talked about our experiences.
6.One (advantage) of living here is the lack of safe places for the children to play.
7.We should pay more attention to our (agriculture) development.
8.Your performance will be excellent if you develop a habit of (reflect) on how you learn.
9.It is beyond (believe)that his aunt,an 80-year-old lady,can sing and dance so wonderfully.
10.The national park has a large collection of wildlife, (range) from butterflies to elephants.
Ⅱ.阅读理解
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Chinese New Year has been welcomed in Britain with its biggest ever program of events and celebrations.
From London's Trafalgar Square to major cities across Britain,tens of thousands of British people have joined Chinese communities to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.In Manchester there was a Dragon Parade(舞龙表演),led by a very impressive 54-meter long dragon,ending in Chinatown where there was traditional Chinese entertainment, more than 6,000 lanterns,street food villages and a fireworks show.Celebrations also took place in Liverpool, Birmingham, Durham, Edinburgh, Leeds and Newcastle.
Academic Dr Wu Kegang said that the Chinese New Year event in Britain “is now bigger than ever and it is growing every year”.When Wu arrived in Britain 26 years ago from Guangdong,the first thing he noticed was that Chinese New Year was celebrated mainly in towns and cities with big Chinese communities.“You would go to London Chinatown and join your countrymen to celebrate, or to Chinatowns in places like Liverpool and Manchester for events almost only held for Chinese people,” Wu reca