A.anniversary
B.celebration
C.ceremony
D.congratuation
Mary Was badly ill,otherwise,she ________ our celebration yesterday.
A.would have attended
B.must have taken part in
C.could join in
D.would attend
It was a big celebration — ______ people gathered at the city square.
A.five thousands
B.five thousand
C.thousands
D.thousand of
What do people do on the second day of the celebration?
A.Invite brothers to visit sisters.
B.Burst crackers.
C.Celebrate the defeat of the demon.
D.Pray to the goddess of prosperity to fulfil their wishes.
【C1】
A.associated
B.generated
C.originated
D.evolved
To: Cisco Systems employees
From: Stella Joyce, Event Planning Committee
Date: Friday, October 18
Subject: the 7th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day
Each year, on System Administrator Appreciation Day, we pause to recognize many contributions that have made by our system administrators during the year. This year's System Administrator Appreciation Day will be held on December 10 and not December 5 as announced earlier. The Event Planning Committee is looking for your help to make this year's celebration the best yet.
We are looking for ways to increase employee involvement in the event. For instance, would you like to help schedule the event program or bring food? Would you have time to set up decorations? Or perhaps you'd be willing to help by wiping off the tables, disposing of garbage, storing leftover food and removing decorations after the event.
An informational session will be held on Thursday, November 24 in room 208. If you would like to volunteer to help out at the 7th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day, please contact Ms. Becky Walls at 504-2961.
If you are unable to attend the meeting but, have ideas you would like to share, please e-mail me at stella@cisco.com.
What is NOT mentioned as an activity for volunteers?
A.Determining the order of events
B.Decorating a room
C.Buying gifts for employees
D.Helping clean up
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Have you heard about Grandparents Week? This important community event began {as; with; in} a one day celebration in 2012 to commemorate National Grandparents Day. In 2014, the ACT Government expanded the program to a whole week to fully {capturing; capture; captures} the true worth of grandparents in all their various forms.
Grandparents Week is an annual event to honor and recognize the valuable contribution grandparents make, and the valuable role they play, in their families and the wider ACT community.
This year's festival includes an exciting range of events, programs and activities for young and old {plus; add; including} those in between! Sing some old time tunes or shake a move on the dance floor. Join a fun game of bowls or table tennis. Play your hand at cards. Attend a Senior Club Open Day. Partake in delicious morning teas. {Whoever; However; Whatever} your vintage there's something for everyone during Grandparents Week!
Does your community group have a great event or activity {out mind; in mind; of mind} for seniors? Would you like to include it as part of the Grandparents Week 2016 program?
Traditionally, it was thought that it could【5】the luck they would have【6】the coming year by【7】they did or ate on the first day of the year. For that reason, it has become common for【8】to celebrate the first few minutes of a【9】new year in the【10】with the family and friends. Parties often last into the middle of the night after the ringing of a new year. It was once believed that the first visitor on New Year's Day would bring【11】good luck or bad luck to the rest of the year. It was particularly lucky if that visitor【12】to be a tall dark-haired man.
Traditional New Year's【13】are also thought to bring luck. People in many parts of the US celebrate the New Year by【14】black-eyed peas and cabbage. Black-eyed peas have been considered good luck in many cultures. Cabbage leaves are considered a【15】of prosperity, being【16】of paper currency. Other traditions of the season include the making of New Year's resolutions. That tradition also【17】back to the early Babylonians. Popular modern resolutions might include the【18】to lose weight or quit smoking.
The song, "Auld Lang Syne", is sung at the【19】of midnight in almost every English-speaking country in the world to bring in the New Year. "Auld Lang Syne" literally【20】"yearning for the old days."
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A.remarked
B.commented
C.observed
D.viewed
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Dancing in the Streets
If there is one thing certain to get Brazilians on their feet,it is the Rio Carnival(狂欢节).
Held in Rio de Janeiro.the country’s biggest city.the carnival began on February 20 when the mayor gave key of the city to Rei Momo—the Lord of Misrule(无序之皇)
On his orders,each year people turn the city into a paradise of dance and music.The
following six days are so fun of parades,street dancing,fantastic clothes and partying(聚会)that
many people forget about eating and sleeping
“It was the passion of the carnival that attracted me to Brazil and made me settle down in
Rio.”said Bob Nadkarni.a British man who has lived in the city for several years For many
Brazilians.the centrepiece of the carnival is samba(桑巴舞),a typical Brazilian dance.Every
year,tens of thousands of visitors and locals show off their passion and energy iu the streets.
following the beat(节拍)of the Latin music.
The climax to this street party is the float(彩车)parade,in which floats decorated with tons
of fresh flowers by various samba schools and local communities move through the city.On the
top of each float stands the candidate for the Drum Queen,who is chosen at the end of the party.
while most people are free to enjoy the celebrations。Rio’s police officers have to keep a
clear head.Following the murder of three offlcers in a gunfight early last week,the Brazilian
Government has tightened security in Rio.The street fighting,robbery and sex crimes that
accompany the carnival are very difficult to police.
Carnivals began in ancient Rome as a celebration at which people fed wild wolves,in honour of the city’s founder who was said to have been raised by a she—wolf.Brazil gave new life to this tradition and so.despite the troubles.the carnival will remain a symbol of the country’s culture.
36 According to the passage.during the Carnival people in Rio did all of the following
EXCEPT
A dancing in the streets.
B putting on colorful clothes
C eating a lot of food.
D holding exciting parades.