Students at a primary school in Fuzhou, Fujian province, are _________ to clean the school toilets to help them develop good habits. But some parents are strongly _________ the idea. They can’t see the advantage of students doing such chores.

They think that the school should _________ students with a proper education, not the chance to be school cleaners.

In fact, _________, schools and society play an equally（同等）important role in developing the character of students. It is good for schools to give students such tasks, because _________ of the students will do them at home. Their parents want them to do homework only.

In recent years, some parents will make mountains out of molehills （小题大做） when students are asked to do chores at school. Some complain about the teachers if their kids get _________ at school；some even challenge the school’s teaching methods and management. _________, many primary schools, especially those in big cities, do not let students join in _________ activities during breaks, fearing that they might get hurt. This is bad for students’ overall development.

What the primary school in Fuzhou is doing is worth _________. Doing chores can put a sense of _________ into students’ minds and teach them the spirit of rules as well as teamwork. Also, it can make students’ in-school experiences more meaningful.

11.

A．required

B．caused

C．offered

D．reminded

12.

A．for

B．with

C．against

D．from

13.

A．give

B．offer

C．provide

D．connect

14.

A．friends

B．teachers

C．students

D．parents

15.

A．all

B．few

C．some

D．little

16.

A．damaged

B．hurt

C．painful

D．destroyed

17.

A．However

B．Besides

C．As a result

D．So that

18.

A．inside

B．outdoor

C．safe

D．helpless

19.

A．producing

B．preventing

C．protecting

D．praising

20.

A．respect

B．pride

C．responsibility

D．relaxation

Bing Dwen Dwen is the mascot（吉祥物）for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming popular all over the world. Here is some information about this cute mascot.

The time it became the mascot

In 2019

The designer

Cao Xue

How the idea came out

It came from the traditional Chinese snack bingtanghulu. However, a simple snack couldn’t stand for a country by itself. Cao’s team tried many animals and plants and finally decided on a panda. “We don’t need to explain anything to, have it understood across different cultures,” said Cao.

What it looks like

The helmet（头盔）made of ice makes the mascot look fashionable. It looks like a spaceman. It waves its hands with two red hearts to show its kindness and love. The colorful lines around its head stand for both the ice tracks（冰道）and the fast 5 G signals. Bing Dwen Dwen wears a full body “shell”（壳）made of ice. It looks like an astronaut in a space suit, showing a perfect mix of winter sports and modern technology.

21. Bing Dwen Dwen became the mascot in ________ .

A．2019

B．2020

C．2021

D．2022

22. The idea of Bing Dwen Dwen was from ________ .

A．a panda

B．bingtanghulu

C．a plant

D．an astronaut

23. Cao Xue’s team decided on a panda because ________ .

A．they wanted to introduce it

B．it is special and can introduce itself

C．it is fashionable

D．it is black and white

24. The two red hearts of Bing Dwen Dwen are ________ .

A．on its head

B．on its feet

C．on its hands

D．on its helmet

25. The passage mainly talks about ________ .

A．the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

B．the skiing sports

C．a designer of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

D．the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics

At the age of 16, Einstein always played with a group of mischievous（顽皮捣蛋的）kids. Because he was so busy playing, he didn’t study enough and failed his final exam.

One morning, when Einstein was holding a fishing rod（钓鱼竿）and was about to go fishing with his friends, his father stopped him and said calmly, “Einstein, you spent so much time playing that you failed your exam. I’m worried about your future.”

“What are you worried about? Jack and Robert also failed, but don’t they sill get to go fishing?”

“My boy, you can’t think like that,” his dad said.

“There is a story that people tell in our hometown. I will tell it to you now.”

“There were two cats playing on a roof. One cat got caught off guard and fell down the chimney （烟囱）while holding the other cat. When the two cats climbed out of the chimney, one of the cats had soot（烟灰）on his face, while the other cat’s face was clean. Seeing the dirty cat, the clean cat thought its face must be dirty, so it quickly ran to the river and washed its face. The dirty cat saw the clean cat and thought its face was also clean, so it just swaggered down the street.”

“Einstein, no one can be your ‘mirror’. You have to think for yourself. If you just do what everyone else does, you will never learn.”

Hearing this, Einstein put down his fishing rod and returned to his room. He decided to pay more attention to his studies and less attention to what his friends were doing. This allowed him to be successful.

26. What was Einstein’s main problem according to his father?________

A．He was not good at math.

B．He didn’t play often enough.

C．He played with mischievous kids.

D．He didn’t take his final exam.

27. What do we know from the fable （寓言）?________

A．The dirty cat fell into the chimney first.

B．The dirty cat washed its face clean.

C．The clean cat didn’t wash its face.

D．Both cats made the wrong decision.

28. What does the underlined word “swaggered” mean?________

A．quiet

B．confident

C．foolish

D．nervous

29. What lesson did Einstein learn from his father?________

A．Friends are like a mirror of ourselves.

B．Geniuses are one step away from being fools.

C．Don’t look to others when deciding how to behave.

D．There are no shortcuts to success.

30. How did Einstein feel at the end of the story?________

A．Angry about what his father said.

B．Ashamed about what he did.

C．Excited about fishing again.

D．Disappointed by the fable.

回答问题。

China is a country with a very long history and it has pretty rich and valuable culture.

Chinese Food

Food plays an important role in Chinese culture. Different foods have special meanings. The most obvious (明显的) difference is that Chinese people eat their meals with chopsticks. One of the main foods in Chinese culture is rice. Tea is a favorite drink and is popular in the market.

Chinese New Year

The Chinese calendar is called a lunar calendar (阴历). It is not the same as the one used in other countries. New Year’s Day is in late winter. It is also called the Spring Festival. It has a big celebration of letting go of the old and bringing in the new. It has special food and traditions. For example, sweeping the floor before New Year’s Day sweeps away all the old year’s bad luck.

Chinese Zodiac (生肖)

The Chinese zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao, follows a twelve-year cycle (循环). Each year is named after an animal. These animal signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, cock, dog and pig. For example, the year 2022 is the Year of the Tiger.

Chinese Language

Chinese is a complex (复杂的) language. Chinese writing developed almost 4, 000 years ago and might even be older. Chinese writing has thousands of characters. A character stands for a word and also meaning. Unlike English, there are no spaces in Chinese writing. Besides Standard Chinese, or Putonghua, Chinese people speak six other forms of the language, and there are many kinds of dialects (方言).

31. What is one of the main foods in Chinese culture according to the passage？
___________________________________________
32. Which season is New Year’s Day in？
___________________________________________
33. Is the year 2023 the Year of Rabbit？
___________________________________________
34. How long did Chinese writing develop？
___________________________________________
35. How many forms of the language do Chinese people speak？
___________________________________________

In the early morning, Zhang Yukui turns on the loudspeaker and travels through the village of Xiaomaozi in the city of Chifeng, North Chin. “Trash sorting（垃圾分类）is good     41     the nation and the people. Hey, folks, we must sort our trash.”     42     the loudspeaker, the villagers ran out with large bags of sorted trash. “Trash is a good thing and we’re     43     to it now,” said 70-year-old Bi Yuliang.

More than 2,800 km away, in Hudan Village of the southern Chinese resort（度假胜地）island of Hainan, trash sorting is also a hot topic. Yun Tianhong, 80, volunteered to     44     an environmental inspector（检查员）. Every day, he walks around and posts cleaning problems     45     he finds on the village’s WeChat group.

    46     villager working outside once called back at night reminding the family “not to fall behind” after being exposed（曝光） on the chatting group. “Even the kids know they need to sort     47     trash,” said a local villager Yun Cuilan.

Now Hudan Village has become a     48     in rural environmental management and many have come to learn     49     its experience. “We don’t just shout out. We put trash sorting into practice. This is     50     we succeeded,” said Yun Tianlong, a local businessman.

51. 近年来，随着科技发展，电子产品越来越多，学生的汉字书写能力大大降低。假定你是你们学校书法协会的会长，为了让同学们重视书写，减少对电子产品的依赖，多动手记笔记，写日记等，写一封倡议书，内容包括：

（a）汉字书写能力的重要性。
（b）让同学重视书写的策略与建议（至少2点）。
（c）提倡同学养成练书法和写日记的习惯。
参考词汇：calligraphy / handwriting书法
作文要求：
（1）不能照抄原文，不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和考生的真实姓名。
（2）语句连贯，字数80个左右，作文的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear students,

I’m the president of the school calligraphy Association（书法协会）

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Yours,

Li Ming