China has 56 ethnic groups. Some of them are famous for their special cultures. A documentary shown on Hunan TV tells the stories of eight ethnic groups—Yao, Dongxiang, Naxi, Tu, Qiang, Dai, Oroqen and Uygur ethnic communities. Its name is Amid Lucid Waters and Lush Mountains. ·1· | This Chinese-language documentary has eight episodes (集). Each shows how the people manage challenges to make a difference to their hometown. Sun Lu is a director of the documentary. He says preparations for this show took a whole year. 10 teams visited 11 places to collect the information about different ethnic groups. If you want to know more about their stories, watch the show! ·2· | |
Show Guide | ||
·Episode 1· It introduces the Yao people living in Hunan Province. A woman named Xiang Gu helps spread the traditional medicinal bathing (药浴) of her ethnic group. |
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·Episode 2· Most Dongxiang people are from Gansu Province. They are famous for their special embroidery (刺绣). A group of Dongxiang girls have brought it to the nation and the world. |
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·Episode 3· At the foot of the Haba Snow Mountain, the Naxi people improve their lives by developing mountaineering. Many tourists now like to climb there. |
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·Episode 4· The Tu people mainly live in Qinghai. Their Nadun Festival is from July to September to celebrate the harvest (丰收). The people have done a great job in keeping the tradition. |
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1. What is the documentary mainly about?
| A．56 ethnic groups in China and their cultures. |
| B．Eight peoples’ efforts to improve their hometowns. |
| C．Beautiful mountains and waters in China’s ethnic groups. |
| A．Episode 1. | B．Episode 2. | C．Episode 3. |
①the Nadun Festival ②embroidery ③traditional medicinal bathing
a．Yao b．Dongxiang c．Tu
Which of the following is right?
| A．①-c; ②-b; ③-a | B．①-b; ②-a; ③-c | C．①-c; ②-a; ③-b |
| A．Ann, who is interested in China’s development. |
| B．Mr. Li, who is studying environmental problems. |
| C．Dayu, who wants to improve his English by watching videos. |
| A．The Nadun Festival lasts for over two months. |
| B．It took Sun ten years to produce the documentary. |
| C．The Naxi people develop only by making use of their culture. |
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【推荐1】Do you like watching historical TV shows? Some parents worry that sometimes they are not true. Some teachers think watching them can make some students interested and that they will do more to find out the truth. What do students think of them?
Zhang Jinshuo, 13:
They can help us learn details (细节) of history. For example, from the history book, we may learn about the Three Kingdoms (三国) But by watching Romance at the Three kingdoms, I get to know what happened among them.
Jiang Chenming, 13:
Many students are not interested in history. But they won’t mind watching historical TV shows because of famous actors and exciting stories. So I think it is a good way to increase students’ interest in learning history.
Zhou Muhan, 13:
We don’t have much time to watch historical shows. If we want to know something about history, we can read books. It saves time and we can practice reading at the same time.
Zhao Kai, 13:
In most historical TV shows, there are many love stories. I think it is not good for children. Also, in TV shows, heroes (英雄) are often perfect. That is not real history. So I think that we should read history books to learn the true history.
1. Whose idea is similar to some parents?| A．Zhang Jinshuo’s | B．Jiang Chenming’s | C．Zhou Muhan’s | D．Zhao Kai’s |
| A．提高 | B．降低 | C．保持 | D．扰乱 |
| A．Zhang Jinshuo knows more about Three Kingdoms by watching the shows. |
| B．Jiang Chenming thinks students are interested in famous stars in the shows. |
| C．Zhou Muhan thinks reading history books takes more of our study time. |
| D．In Zhao Kai’s eyes, heroes are not perfect in real history. |
| A．It’s about how students should learn history. |
| B．Its’ about when students can watch TV shows. |
| C．It’s about whether students should read history books. |
| D．It’s about ideas on watching historical TV shows. |
The Simpsons are the most popular family in the world. Every week, many people all over the world stay at home to watch them on TV.
This is a cartoon family of five people: all of them have bad-looking yellow faces and big white eyes. The parents are Marge and Homer. Marge has blue hair. She loves her hair very much. She is always very kind to her family. Homer works in a factory and spends all his free time watching TV and eating donuts (炸面圈). He always eats with his mouth open and he is too fat.
Bart is the oldest child. He always gets low marks. He doesn’t like to do his homework and often makes his parents angry. He likes playing tricks on his sister, Lisa. Lisa is a little younger than Bart and is always top of the class at school. She’s the smartest person in the family. Maggie is the youngest child. She can’t talk or walk but she’s always in good mood (心情). She can only say one word: “Daddy”.
The Sim psons started in 1989 and it’s still very popular now. People of all ages like it because the Simpsons are like a real family. They aren’t perfect (完美的) or beautiful like a lot of families on TV.
1. What do the Simpsons look like?| A．They have good-looking noses. | B．They have round blue faces. |
| C．They have short yellow hair. | D．They have big white eyes. |
| A．Watching TV. | B．Doing exercise. |
| C．Cooking donuts. | D．Reading newspapers. |
| A．is quite a smart boy |
| B．is the youngest in his family |
| C．doesn’t work hard at his study |
| D．likes to play tricks on his sister Maggie |
| A．谜语 | B．玩笑 | C．讨教 | D．恶作剧 |
| A．Boring. | B．Successful. | C．Terrible. | D．Perfect. |
【推荐3】The Simpsons are the most popular family in the world. Every week, many people all over the world stay at home to watch them on TV.
This is a cartoon family of five people: all of them have bad-looking yellow faces and big white eyes. The parents are Marge and Homer. Marge has blue hair. She loves her hair very much. She is always very kind to her family. Homer works in a factory and spends all his free time watching TV and eating donuts (炸面圈). He always eats with his mouth open and he is too fat.
Bart is the oldest child. He always gets bad marks. He doesn’t like to do his homework and often makes his parents angry. He likes playing tricks (恶作剧) on his sister, Lisa. Lisa is a little younger than Bart and is always top of the class at school. She’s the smartest person in the family. Maggie is the youngest child. She can’t talk or walk but she’s always in a good mood (心情). She can only say one word: “Daddy”.
The Simpsons started in 1989 and it’s still very popular now. People of all ages like it because the Simpsons are like a real family. They aren’t perfect (完美的) or beautiful like a lot of families on TV.
1. What do the Simpsons look like?| A．They have good-looking noses. |
| B．They have round blue faces. |
| C．They have short yellow hair. |
| D．They have big white eyes. |
| A．Watching TV. |
| B．Doing exercise. |
| C．Cooking donuts. |
| D．Reading newspapers. |
| A．is quite a smart boy |
| B．is the youngest in his family |
| C．doesn’t work hard at his study |
| D．likes to play tricks on his sister Maggie |
【推荐1】It’s said that the Chinese zodiac will show your personality(性格). Now, let’s see what your Chinese zodiac sign(生肖) says about your personality.
 People born in the year of the Rat(鼠) seem to be outgoing, so they are quite popular among their friends. They are so smart that they always think of good ideas. |  People born in the year of the Tiger are independent(独立的). They enjoy being the leader of the common people. Even if they fail, they’ll find a way to get out of the difficult situation in the end. |
 People born in the year of the Ox(牛) have the personality just like an ox. They are hard-working and have a strong sense of responsibility(责任感). |  People born in the year of the Rabbit are quiet and gentle(温柔的). They are always there to listen when their friends get into trouble. And they usually have a good eye for art. |
| A．the Rat | B．the Tiger | C．the Rabbit |
| A．People born in the year of the Tiger never fail. |
| B．People born in the year of the Rat are easy to make friends. |
| C．People born in the year of the Ox work as hard as an ox itself. |
| A．the introduction of four animals |
| B．the story of Chinese zodiac signs |
| C．personalities of people with different zodiac signs |
【推荐2】There are millions of recipes (菜谱) hidden in the boxes and hearts of grandmothers and parents. These family recipes are a special part of our family history. People have passed down some of them from generation (一代人) to generation.
“I realized I couldn’t go home every weekend for my mom’s delicious dishes,” says Shreya. She is about to enter university and has recently started following her mother around the kitchen, taking notes on how to make her special tastes.
But many of us find it difficult to keep the food connection with our busy life. Even if we have time, not many of us take the effort to collect and record the recipes from our grandmothers and parents. We often get a recipe on the phone and take it down quickly on a piece of paper. And we’ll forget it gradually.
Actually, there are simple ways to keep family recipes. You can even add photos to record every detail of your memories about the recipe on the scrapbooks (剪贴簿；粘贴簿). You can also use some popular apps to record family recipes, just scan (扫描) the recipes and record the story behind each of them.
Keeping family recipes is saving and honoring our tradition so that future generations can continue to make family ties stronger. Each time you remember your loved ones, recreate one of the dishes from your collection and let the memories from the good old days comfort (安慰) you.
1. Why does Shreya follow her mother around the kitchen?| A．To clean up the kitchen. | B．To note down recipes. |
| C．To prepare family dinners. | D．To talk about family rules. |
| A．Did the writer make us practise cooking? | B．Did the writer tell us how to cook well? |
| C．Did the writer want us to keep family recipes? | D．Did the writer teach us how to choose a gift for kids? |
| A．Family Recipes: Secrets of Cooking | B．Family Recipes Are at a Crossroads |
| C．Family Recipes: Connections to Interests | D．Family Recipes Are More Than Just Recipes |
【推荐3】Children’s Games in Ancient China
During ancient times, children didn’t have much to enjoy themselves. However, they came up with interesting games to play in their childhood.
| Kicking stone balls During the Qing Dynasty, kicking a stone ball around was a popular game in the northern part of China, and it was often played in winter to keep warm. |
| Playing hide-and-seek Hide-and-seek is a traditional game for children, popular around the nation. There are two ways to play: covering a child’s eyes while other kids run around to tease(戏弄) him or, more commonly, others hide and one child must try to find them. |
| Flying kites Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood, instead of paper. The three most famous kites are Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite. Each has its own feature. For example, the bird-shaped kite with long wings is a special kind of the Beijing kite. |
| Watch shadow plays(皮影戏) The closest thing to watch a film during ancient times was going to see a shadow play. The artists control puppets(木偶) behind the screen and tell stories to the music. |
| A．played in summer | B．like flying kites |
| C．invented in Beijing | D．popular in North China |
| A．One plays and others watch. |
| B．Others hide and one tries to find. |
| C．One runs and others try to catch. |
| D．Others run while one covers his eyes. |
| A．Science. | B．Medicine. | C．Entertainment. | D．Technology. |
【推荐1】Whenever we hear the name Leonardo da Vinci, most of us probably think of his famous paintings the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. But do you know that he also did well in many other areas outside of art?
Leonardo da Vinci was considered to be one of the most talented and the cleverest people of all time. He left behind many notebooks full of creative ideas and inventions. They were also full of different subjects that he was studying. He spelt words backwards（朝反方向）and revered（使……反转）each letter. So his notes could only be read through the use of a mirror. This “mirror writing” might have helped protect his ideas from getting stolen by others.
In his notebooks, there were designs for flying machines. It wasn’t until about 400 years later that people learned how to use machines to fly. Leonardo da Vinci drew pictures and designs of war machines, musical instruments and many other things as well.
Besides, he was also interested in the human body. He studied the human body a lot. He described different parts of the body in his notebooks. One of his most famous drawings, the Vitruvian Man, imagines a man with perfect proportions（比例）. Leonardo da Vinci also studied the bodies of horses, cows, frogs, monkeys and other animals.
Leonardo da Vinci believed that science and art were closely connected. In his opinion, the study of science and nature helped shape his work as an artist. Do you agree with him?
1. Which design of the following didn’t Leonardo da Vinci draw according to the passage?| A．War machines. | B．Flying machines. | C．Reversing mirrors. | D．Musical instruments. |
| A．Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks | B．Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings |
| C．Leonardo da Vinci5s ideas | D．Leonardo da Vinci’s designs |
| A．Science and his artworks weren’t closely connected. |
| B．Learning science helped him make better works of art. |
| C．All artists should learn to make scientific inventions. |
| D．The study of nature couldn’t improve his work as an artist. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．To let us know more about the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. |
| B．To show us some of Leonardo da Vinci’s flying machines. |
| C．To let us know more about Leonardo da Vinci. |
| D．To let us help find Leonardo da Vinci’s special notebooks. |
The government will put a tax (税) of 3% on online sales. For example, if QQ users pay 100 yuan for 110 QQ coins, they will have to spend 103 yuan in the future. The extra (额外的) three yuan is tax.
Beijing was the first city to carry out the policy. Online games have to pay the tax, too. A number of players make money by spending a lot of time on the games to gain powers (获得能量), and then selling them.
Experts said that online trade grow fast. There is more than 10 billion yuan of real money in online trade a year in China.
However, the government’s new move has become a hot topic (话题) among Internet users around the country. In a survey by sina.com more than 70% of about 3,000 surveyed were against it. They said that the tax is too much.
But supporters (支持者) said the government’s better management (管理) of the Internet would help it become healthier. They believe the new move would help stop online identity theft (账号偷窃).
1. We can learn from the story that QQ coins are ________.
| A．a kind of game software | B．a special Web money |
| C．some fancy clothes | D．some online pets |
| A．3% | B．10% | C．11% | D．15% |
| A．Shenyang. | B．Shanghai. | C．Guangzhou. | D．Beijing. |
| A．online games don’t have to pay the tax |
| B．many people think the tax is too much |
| C．all the people support (支持) this policy |
| D．the new move will cause online identity theft |
| A．stop online shopping | B．stop online trade |
| C．stop online identity theft | D．stop online spending money |
【推荐3】①On July 1, Shanghai introduced a new garbage sorting policy（垃圾分类政策）. Now let’s learn the garbage sorting and recycling（回收）in other countries around the world.
②Germany（德国）: There are big machines（机器）in supermarkets. You can put bottles in the machines and get money back. You can get one or two yuan per bottle. People like this because they can get money and protect the environment at the same time.
③Japan: A trash truck（垃圾车）comes to people’s doors to pick up their garbage. It plays music when it’s coming. There are eight or more kinds of garbage. If you sort any of them wrong, you will get a notice on your door.
④Indonesia（印度尼西亚）: People can take buses for free if they give plastic bottles（塑料瓶）to bus stations. An hour-long bus ride costs three large bottles.
1. In which country can you get money back if you put bottles in the machines?| A．China. | B．Japan. | C．Germany. | D．Indonesia. |
| A．Some money. | B．Plastic bottles. | C．A notice. | D．Music. |
| A．①﹣②③④ | B．①②﹣③④ | C．①②③﹣④ | D．①﹣②﹣③④ |
| A．A New Garbage Sorting Policy in China |
| B．How to Sort Garbage |
| C．Garbage Sorting and Recycling Around the World |
| D．The importance（重要性）of garbage Sorting |
