1 . Are young people interested in news? How do they get news? In order to get the answers, a survey was carried out by the US. The survey covered 6,000 Americans. They were between the ages of 16 and 40.
The survey also asked the young people about their favourite types of news. Entertainment (娱乐) and music, at 49%, topped the list. Food and cooking followed closely behind them at 48%. News about the environment and education is also popular among young people.
1. Where was the survey carried out?| A．In China. | B．In Germany. | C．In Japan. | D．In the US. |
| A．1200. | B．2400. | C．4800. | D．6000. |
| A．By watching TV. | B．By listening to the radio. |
| C．By reading news products. | D．By using social media. |
| A．News about entertainment and music. | B．News about food and cooking. |
| C．News about the environment. | D．News about the education. |
| A．A notice. | B．A newspaper. | C．A textbook. | D．A diary. |
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A psychologist (心理学家) said, “It’s difficult to take the first step to stand up. It needs courage.”
Shanghai’s Huanghe Road was famous for its expensive restaurants before. Only rich people could eat there. But things changed in the mid-1990s. The big and bright signs were taken down because of new safety rules. They also stopped selling fried snacks. Then, financial (金融的) problems in Asia made many restaurants closed.
A TV series called Blossoms Shanghai (《繁花》) is about Shanghai in the 1990s.
A guard says the street is very crowded now.
The TV series also reminds people of the past. Huang Jiani remembers when people set off big firecrackers (鞭炮) in the street for the Spring Festival.
| A．The road is quiet as usual. |
| B．People line up early at the Park Hotel to buy famous pastries (油酥点心). |
| C．Some restaurants have prepared free food for tourists. |
| D．Restaurant managers used to light big firecrackers. |
| E．It shows what the city was like when it was growing fast. |
| F．Now, the road is busy again. |
| G．For example, orders for rice soup have increased on Meituan. |
1. What’s the relationship (关系) between the two speakers?
| A．Father and daughter. | B．Mother and son. | C．Brother and sister. |
| A．She can’t stand them. | B．She doesn’t mind them. | C．She likes them very much. |
| A．The news. | B．A sitcom. | C．A talent show. |
| My favorite program | Animal |
| What to show | Animals’ |
| How often and when to watch the program | I watch it |
| Why to watch the program | Because I’m interested in animals and I think the animals look very |
| What to learn from the program | I can learn so much about animals and why we need to save endangered animals. |
6 . Perhaps you’ve already watched or heard about Readers, a TV show that has recently become popular. It invites different people to read aloud on stage, as well as tell the touching stories about them. They can read everything, like poems, novels and letters.
Many people are fans of the show and begin to enjoy reading aloud at home. Now the show gives people a special place to read across China. Reading pavilions (亭子) are now in cities like Shanghai, Hangzhou and Xián.
The pavilion is quite small. Only one person can come into it each time. There is a microphone in it and it records people’s voices. Everyone can read anything they like for three minutes in the pavilion. The show will later pick some of the readers and invite them to read on TV.
People of all ages have come and read in the pavilion. “Reading should be just like singing and talking,” said Dong Qing, the hostess of the show. “We can actually express our deep feelings through reading aloud.”
“Both the TV show and the pavilion are promoting reading among the public,” reported China Youth Daily. Quite a lot of people are more and more interested in reading. In fact, this is also what our country is trying to do now.
1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the first paragraph?| A．Readers is a popular book. |
| B．Only famous stars can read on stage. |
| C．People can read everything on Readers. |
| D．People tell stories for kids on Readers. |
| A．A telephone. | B．A microphone. | C．A tape recorder. | D．A camera. |
| A．To help ordinary people become superstars. |
| B．To help the TV show pick possible readers. |
| C．To teach people how to read aloud. |
| D．To help people express their feelings freely. |
| A．推动 | B．抵制 | C．拒绝 | D．描述 |
| A．people must pay to record their voices in the pavilion |
| B．few people are interested in the reading pavilion |
| C．the TV shows aims to encourage more people to read aloud |
| D．everyone can read for ten minutes in the pavilion |
7 . Many people like to watch TV. There are all kinds of programs on TV. The soap opera is one of them. The soap opera first appeared on the radio in the 1920s. Then it started on TV in the 1940s.
Why do so many people like to watch soap operas on TV, especially young people? What makes soap operas popular? Let’s find it out.
First, what’s happening in the soap opera is very different from our life. Everything is perfect in the play. People don’t need to worry about almost anything. People don’t have money problems.
Second, there are many beautiful girls and handsome boys in the soap opera. They are so cool. They make young people crazy.
Third, the story in the soap opera is usually interesting. It makes people relaxed after a day’s hard work. Even some old people like to watch it, too.
But some people don’t like soap operas. They think they are too slow and too long. Do you like watching soap operas? What do you think of them?
1. The time when the soap opera first appeared on TV:2. The difference between the soap opera and our life:
3. The persons in the soap opera who make young people crazy:
4. The reason why some people don’t like soap operas:
5. Write down another reason why you like or don’t like soap operas:
8 . China has so many beautiful places.
Its name is Aerial China (《航拍中国》). CCTV made it. There are already six episodes (剧集).
In the show, you can see great mountains, big grass lands, colorful blossoms and old city walls. “Every frame of this show would make a great desktop wallpaper,” wrote the Huashang Morning Post.
In the show, the Beiji village in Heilongjiang looks like a place in fairy tales (童话故事).
In the next five to six years, the Aerial China series will show all 34 province-level (省级) places in the country.
| A．It takes CCTV more than one year to make the talk show. |
| B．Each episode shows the beauty of a different place. |
| C．Every one of you may see your hometown in the show! |
| D．Sansha Yongle Blue Hole in the South China Sea is a really surprising place. |
| E．But what do they look like from the air (空中)? |
| F．You may think China is a really beautiful country. |
| G．The village is in the northernmost (最北的) part of China. |
These talent shows give everyone a chance to show their talents. For some lucky people, a lot of people may know them through these shows.
| A．It is their studies. |
| B．Enjoy the experience! |
| C．However, there are also many bad sides. |
| D．Third, some students spend too much money on tickets. |
| E．In my opinion, these shows are social (社会的) activities. |
| F．Today, there are many popular TV talent shows all over China. |
| G．Second, some young people spend too much time on such TV shows. |
10 . Do you know mukbang (吃播)? It is about the eating shows in front of the camera (相机) on the Internet. In the shows, mukbangers eat food and sometimes talk to people who watch their videos.
The eating shows started in South Korea in around 2010 and then became popular all over the world. Why did mukbang start in this country? Actually, South Korea has the culture of eating together, but eating on one’s own is quite common in the country. Watching mukbang can be a way to have someone to eat with. People can connect (联系) with others even though they are at home alone.
However, mukbang has its bad sides. The way mukbangers eat food in some shows isn’t healthy. These bad eating habits can bring serious health problems. Worse still, some mukbangers prepare a lot of food but throw away much food without others knowing during the show or after the show. These mukbangers waste (浪费) a lot of food.
Now, many people criticize such shows. Food waste is a serious problem around the world, and lots of people still don’t have enough food to eat. Our country does a lot of things to solve the problem and asks short-video platforms, such as TikTok and Kuaishou, to take action.
1. Where did mukbang start?| A．In China. | B．In South Korea. | C．In TikTok. |
| A．The bad sides of mukbang. |
| B．Wasting food in some muckbangs. |
| C．Bad eating habits. |
| A．表扬 | B．报道 | C．批评 |
| A．Bad Eating Habits. |
| B．Food Waste Around the World. |
| C．Eating on Camera. |
