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　　You may have seen many pumpkins (南瓜) in TV recently since Halloween came on Oct 31. Lanterns made of pumpkins, also known as jack﹣o'﹣lanterns, are often seen during Halloween (万圣节). Many people in the U. S. like to make them and put them in front of their houses. People hollow out (挖空) a pumpkin, draw a face on one side and (1)      a candle inside to make the pumpkin bright. The lanterns can look funny or scary.
　　This is not the only way pumpkins are (2)      of American culture. During the Thanksgiving holiday, pumpkin pie is a (3)      food. It is made from pumpkins and has some delicious spices to give it a nice taste. People often put some cream on top of it before (4)      it. It is one of my favorite things to eat during Thanksgiving holidays.

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　　There is (1)       "pumpkin chucking". It's a competition where people build machines to throw pumpkins through the air. The person whose pumpkin flies the (2)      wins the competition. The world record for pumpkin chucking was (3)      in Utah(犹他州)i n 2010. The distance for that world record was about 1. 69 kilometers!
　　Finally, have you ever heard pumpkin growing contests? Farmers try to (4)      the biggest pumpkins they can. The person who has the biggest pumpkin will win the first prize.

38．　　Most people cannot choose their jobs. They only have their jobs forced upon them.
　　This may be because they haven't enough training for any other job, or because of economic situation, or because they live in a place where there is a limited choice of jobs, or because their fathers and grandfathers have always followed a certain occupation. The Indian born of farmer parents in a village has, for example, few opportunities of becoming anything but a farmer.
　　But if one is lucky enough to be able to choose the job one is going to do, how should one make one's choice?One's choice clearly depends on what one wants to get out of one's job.
　　Some people believe that nobody can do a job well if they do not enjoy it. But this is probably true only of certain types of work. And there are those who have an ability for turning their job into something that is an enjoyable way of earning their living but who do not really do their work well. Some doctors, for example, who become rich and famous men are in fact not owning humanity (A14)which is necessary in their job, and may even not be especially skilled at their job. So are some lawyers. Perhaps many of the best doctors, lawyers, and teachers spend their lives working so hard for others that do not have time to become rich and famous. One must decide, when choosing a job, whether one wants to do a job for its own sake (为工作本身) or for the rewards (报酬)it offers.

39．The World Stage (舞台)
　　Today people everywhere enjoy watching movies and television. Before movies and television, people didn't have lots of amusements. (1)      they did things at home, or they went to theaters to see plays and performances. Watching performances on stage didn't stop being popular.
　　There were theaters in Greece more than 2, 000 years ago. Most Greek cities had a theater. Greek plays were funny or sad, but all of them taught important lessons about life. In those times, all the actors were men or boys, and there was a chorus with people singing. Greek plays are still popular today. Every summer people enjoy watching them in (2)      theaters, so they don't feel hot.
　　William Shakespeare made the theater popular in England about 400 years ago. Shakespeare Wrote many plays. People laughed and cried when they watched them in the 1600s, and they still do today. Nowadays you can see his plays in theaters all over the world in many different (3)       including Chinese, Japanese , German and so on. One of his most famous plays is Romeo and Juliet.
Music and dance are also popular stage performances. In Spain, people love watching performances of flamenco(吉卜赛)Flamenco comes from Southern Spain. It (4)      hundreds of years ago when people moved to Spain from the East. Usually there's a guitar, and men and women dance. "Palnieros" clap(击掌 ) in a special way with the dancers. Flamenco music and dance are very attractive. Together, the music and dance tell a story.
In Vietnam, people enjoy watching an interesting kind of theater called Ma Roi Nuoc. There aren't any actors — only puppets. The puppets are on a stage filled with water. People from the Red River Delta began this kind of (5)       in the 11^thcentury, but people still watch them today. They're magic.
Stage performances made us happy (6)       history and they continue to make us smile or cry although the TV and movies are a lot of fun.

40．Unusual Festivals
　　Every country has his own festivals to celebrate different things. Some festivals are more interesting than others because they're unusual — and a lot more fun!Here are just a few unusual festivals around the world.
　　Holi, the festival of colours, takes place every year in India, Nepal, and other parts of the world.
　　Holi celebrates the e(1)      of winter and the arrival of spring. It's also a celebration of good over evil. During the festival, people throw coloured powder (粉末)and water at each other. Stores and offices close, and the streets fill with e(2)      crowds. It's one of the most colourful festivals in the world.
　　The only colour during another famous festival is red. "La Tomatina" takes place in Bunol, Spain, in August. People come from all over the world for a big food f(3)      . La Tomatina, you see, is the festival of throwing tomatoes!All over the country, people run through the streets throwing red tomatoes at each other. The streets get very messy, but everyone has a good time.
　　A(4)      strange and cold festival takes place every May or June in Peru. People celebrate with music and dance on top of a glacier!The festival 1(5)      for three days, and people walk out carrying torches (火把)to finish the festival.
　　Finally, how about a festival with animals?On the last weekend in November, people in Lopburi, Thailand, i(6)       some unusual guests to dinner at the Monkey Buffet Festival. Hundreds of monkeys come to the buffet, where they feast (享受) on fruit, nuts and vegetables. It's a great tourist attraction, and people from all over the world to watch it.
　　Unusual or not, festivals have one thing in common all over the world. They bring people t(7)      , and they give them a reason to celebrate and have fun.

41．　　Frank and his friends used to go camping every summer, and once something happened which he wasn't able to explain.
　　They were camping in a place above a river. After arriving, they all rushed down to the river and had a swim. Standing by the river, they noticed that it was surrounded (包围) by cliffs. If someone wanted to reach the river, he had to walk past their camp. Several days later, their camping leader had to be away for a day. That afternoon, they had supper early. They were sitting round the fire, eating and talking, when an old man walked past and went down towards the river. They all felt that this man looked very frightening. Each of them kept silent and said nothing.
　　They ate very slowly, taking as long as possible. After finishing, they collected their plates together so that they could take them to the river where they always washed them. But no one moved towards the river. Then all shouting at once, they began talking about the man who had walked past them. They agreed that how strange he looked and they wondered what he was doing by the river. They knew that he could only return by passing through their camp.
　　An hour passed. Then one of the boys suggested they should creep down by the river so that they could see what the man was doing. Moving very slowly and keeping in the shadow, they crept down (躁手躁脚) to wards the bank. One boy climbed a tree and he could see everything clearly. He called to them that there was no one there, so they ran down to the bank, looking everywhere carefully. They could not understand where the man had gone.
　　When it got dark, they went back to their camp feeling unbelievable. They told the leader what had happened in the evening. Smiling, he suggested they go and look again. They did, but there was no one there.

42．Write at least 60 words on the topic: A/An…I'd like to share(以"我想分享")
为题, 写一篇不少于60个词的短文, 标点符号不占格.
在学习和生活中, 你有什么值得与他人分享的?比如可以谈谈你看过的书、电影或一次难忘的经历等等, 同时能让别人从中获益什么或者受到何种启发.
注意:
(1)在答题纸上将题目补充完整.
(2)短文中不得出现真实人名、校名及其它相关信息, 否则不予给分.