In the past, Chinese buyers liked foreign brands better, thinking that products made by American or European companies are of higher quality than Chinese ones. But now that is no longer the case.
“Chinese people born before 1985 generally think that foreign bands are better than Chinese ones”, William Li told Business Insider during a recent interview on CCTV 9. But for those who were born after 1985, it is a different picture.
“When I first went to the United Kingdom in 1997, I thought that the difference between China and Europe was quite big.” Li said. “But for those born in the 1990s, when they visit Europe or the US, they do not think there is a big difference.”
The change in thinking among Chinese buyers is showing up in many markets in China where western companies controlled before. A study by Credit Suisse which came out in March found that more and more young Chinese buyers are showing a home brand bias.
More than 90% of young Chinese buyers would prefer to buy home brands, according to the study. At the same time, home companies producing food, drinks, or personal care products raised their share (份额) of the market by 33% over the last ten years to nearly 70%.
“Chinese buyers, especially the younger ones, don’t just believe that foreign brands are better. Right now, Chinese buyers think China is good and ‘Made in China’ is not bad at all”, Charlie Chen, head of China buyer research at Credit Suisse, told South China Morning Post in March.
The Chinese smart phone market is controlled by home companies Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi. Apple is the only foreign brand in the top five, but it has lost large ground to the home brands in recent years. Its market share is believed to go down to 37% from a 2015 high of 54%.
1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?| A．More and more foreigners go to buy Chinese products. |
| B．Older Chinese people don’t like foreign products anymore. |
| C．More and more Chinese buyers prefer Chinese product. |
| D．Huawei is Top One in the world smartphone market. |
| A．Apple had a market share of 54% in 2015. |
| B．More than 90% of young Chinese buyers prefer home brands. |
| C．Chinese people born before 1985 think Chinese brands aren’t as good as foreign ones. |
| D．Some Chinese people think American or European brands are of higher quality. |
(①=para.1 ②=para.2 ③=para.3 ④=para.4 ⑤=para.5 ⑥=para.6 ⑦=para.7)
| A．①;②③;④⑤⑥⑦ | B．①;②③④;⑤⑥⑦ |
| C．①②;③④⑤;⑥⑦ | D．①②;③④;⑤⑥⑦ |
| A．Young Chinese are crazy for foreign brands. |
| B．Chinese products get more popular at home. |
| C．‘Made in China’ is welcomed all over the world. |
| D．The Chinese smartphone market is controlled by home companies. |
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【推荐1】Here are the posts in a chat room on the Internet. In this chat room, parents are talking about some of the problems they have with their children.
Question |
Marisa | Is it ever OK to lie(说谎) to a child? My 10-year-old son plays soccer. He’s not very good at it, but he loves it. Yesterday he played very badly but happily. When he finished the game, he asked, “Did I play well?” I said, “Yes! You’re a great soccer player!” Did I do the right thing? |
Reply (回复) |
HBay212 | Yes, you did the right thing. Sometimes you have to tell lies that are not bad. It’s necessary to tell white lies in life. Your purpose was to make him feel good. Now he’s ready to play soccer again. |
Bernie | I don’t think there is ever a good reason to lie to our children. Parents are children’s examples. We should tell the truth in order to teach our children. If you keep hiding truth from them, they will not trust you or respect you. Honesty(诚实) is the first step to build a good relationship between parents and children. | |
Parviz | Parents should be honest to their children, but they don’t have to tell the whole truth. Next time when your son asks, “Did I play well?” you can say, “What do you think?” Then your son can tell you what he thinks. That way, everything you say is true, and you won’t tell the truth that hurts him. |
| A．In the classroom. | B．In an online chat room. |
| C．In a meeting room. | D．At a party. |
| A．Two people. | B．Four people. | C．Three people. | D．All the people. |
| A．To be honest is the first step to a good parent-child relationship. |
| B．Telling a lie may make parents miss a good chance to teach their children. |
| C．It’s a good way for parents to be honest to their children, but try not to hurt them. |
| D．Parents should never lie to their children. |
Adolescence (青春期) is a difficult time for teenagers. It takes place when you are aged between thirteen and nineteen.
Firstly, your parents will feel much better if you let them know that you still love and value them. Remember that they have forever lost the little child you once were. They may not say so, but they are probably feeling a sense of loss.
Secondly, try to agree with your family rules. You may feel these are unnecessary, but your parents’ main concern (顾虑) is just to keep you safe.
| A．Finally, it’s all about communication! |
| B．All these changes are perfectly normal. |
| C．Your parents will expect you to behave responsibly. |
| D．Once you have agreed with the rules, try to stick to them. |
| E．As your body changes, you also begin to think and feel differently. |
Many students suffer from stress in their daily life.
You may wonder whether stress is a serious matter. The answer is “Yes”.
Be positive.
One way to cancel out stress is through positive thinking.
Learn to relax.
Take up a hobby.
Learn to paint, take up skating, or start playing a musical instrument. When you are busy with a hobby, you leave all your worries behind.
Stress is your body’s enemy. Taking regular exercise, eating a healthy diet and getting enough sleep are all the things that can help you.
Laugh
Sometimes laughter is the best medicine for stress. Seeing a funny film or telling jokes with friends will often cheer you up when you are low.
| A．It’s good for their health. |
| B．Take care of your body. |
| C．You should always look on the bright side of life. |
| D．You should be aware that stress is a risk to your health. |
| E．They are under stress because their lives are not balanced. |
| F．Force yourself to take a break from your studies and your worries about exams. |
【推荐1】The Chinese government has ended its one-child policy and let families have more children.
The government announced the plan on Thursday after high level political meetings in Beijing.
Jiang Quanbao, a teacher and population expert, explained what Chinese families thought of the new policy. “Many young couples in the cities don’t want to have more children because of the high cost of living,” he said. “People in the countryside are more interested.
By 2020, the population of China was 1.4 billion people. Among them, about 800 million have jobs. But the labor market population will drop in 30 years.
Maybe ending the one-child policy is the answer.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。
| A．That is to say, there won’t be enough labors in China by the year 2050. |
| B．In 2013, if one of some couples was an only child, |
| C．But some of them have already had two or more children. |
| D．What was the change in the policy for? |
| E．China began to carry out the one-child policy in 1980. |
【推荐2】A Survey About Two-child Policy
| Li Qiang （age:27） | I drive a bus in Wuhan. I would like to have two children. One child will feel lonely. Two kids can help each other and share the happiness and sadness. |
| Liu Mei （age:13） | I’m a middle school student from Nanjing. I don’t want my parents to have another child. If they have another child, they will pay more attention to him. I think I can’t get on well with him. |
| Grandma Li （age:65） | I live with my third daughter. I want all my four children to have a second child each. After the second baby grows up, he’ll be able to look after his old parents together with his elder brother or sister. |
| Wang Yun （age:30） | Hello, my husband and I are both doctors. We have a 3-year-old daughter named Anne. We don’t want a second child. We have no time to care for another child. And the cost of raising a child is so high that we can’t afford it. |
| A．None. | B．One. | C．Two. | D．Three. |
| A．She is a student from Nanjing. | B．She is fourteen. |
| C．She wants a little brother or sister. | D．Her parents don’t want another child. |
| A．Li Qiang | B．Liu Mei | C．Grandma Li | D．Wang Yun |
| A．his husband doesn’t like another child at all |
| B．they think two children are too noisy. |
| C．Anne doesn’t like to have a little brother or sister |
| D．she has no time to care for another child and can’t afford the cost |
| A．Li Qiang drives a bus in Wuhan. | B．Liu Mei studies in a middle school. |
| C．Grandma Li has four children. | D．Wang Yun and his husband are in the same hospital. |
【推荐3】People of Sommaroy, an island in northern Norway where the sun doesn’t set for a full 69 days during the summer, want to make timekeeping obsolete, making this island the world’s first time-free zone.
On this island, the sun doesn’t rise from November to January. The people of Sommaroy try to make the most of summer, when the sun stays up in the sky from May 18 right through to July 26. During this time, it’s common to see people doing all kinds of things at late hours of the “night”—like doing the household chores, swimming or playing ball games in their yards.
Now the people of Sommaroy want to officially declare (宣布) their island is a time-free zone. It may seem like a joke, but locals are taking it seriously, and it’s true that Sommaroy has received a tourism boost (增长) after the plan was announced. Islanders gathered at a town hall meeting to sign a petition (请愿书) for a time free-zone on June 13, 2019. Islanders of Sommaroy plan to make school and working hours more flexible (灵活的). Fishing and tourism are the main industries on this island with a population of little more than 300 people.
When visitors cross the bridge to the island from the mainland, they aren’t greeted with love locks like on similar bridges worldwide. The bridge is covered with watches, as people prepare for entry to the land where time is forgotten.
In the meantime, the people of Sommaroy have a full five weeks of daylight before a sunset, pinks their sky once more. It’s time to put away those clocks.
1. The underlined word “obsolete” in the passage probably means ________.| A．延长的 | B．及时的 | C．废弃的 | D．停止的 |
| A．It is a touristy island in northern Norway. |
| B．Fishing may come to our mind when we think of its industries. |
| C．It has a population of little more than 300 people. |
| D．Its summer lasts from November to January there. |
| A．be free of traditional school and working hours |
| B．spend more time catching fish on the ocean |
| C．receive more tourists from all over the world |
| D．do the household chores, swim or play ball games even at night |
| A．Their watches don’t work in Sommaroy. |
| B．They want to forget time and enjoy their trip. |
| C．They find no place to buy love locks on the island. |
| D．They have to do so according to the local law. |
| A．Sommaroy wants to be the world’s first time-free zone. |
| B．Sommaroy’s plan to attract more tourists. |
| C．Sommaroy’s plan to make a change to its tourism. |
| D．The traditional life of the people in Sommaroy. |
【推荐1】Clothes play an important role in our daily lives. They protect us from the strong wind in cold winter and keep us from the high heat in hot summer. They can even make men handsome and women beautiful. They also tell people from different fields. For example, we can tell a soldier form a policeman only by the uniforms they are wearing.
Clothes can show many things about a person. They can stand for a person’s social status, his likes and dislikes, his hopes, dreams and so on. A quiet person, for example, might like to wear dark clothes. An easy-going person, on the other hand, might prefer to wear bright-colored ones. Old people prefer to wear traditional clothes, while young people might like to choose fashionable ones. When a little boy puts on a “soldier’s” uniform, he may want to show that he wishes to become a PLA man when he grows up.
Clothes will continue to develop to satisfy our personal tastes. They will become more comfortable, colorful and fashionable. People will find in the market more clothes they like to show their personalities.
| Word Bank status 地位 fashionable 时尚的 personality 个性 |
| A．protect us from the strong wind in cold winter | B．keep us from the high heat in hot summer |
| C．make men handsome and women beautiful | D．All the above |
| A．by asking them some questions | B．by the uniforms they are wearing |
| C．by the clothes they are wearing | D．by guessing what they are |
| A．wear bright colored clothes | B．wear dark colored clothes |
| C．wear colorful clothes | D．wear fashionable clothes |
| A．traditional clothes | B．uniforms | C．fashionable clothes | D．comfortable clothes |
| A．You are What You Wear | B．Clothes | C．Modern Clothes | D．How to Choose Clothes |
 A. The Sanxingdui Museum If you are an art lover, this place will not let you down. Come and you’ll be surprised by the civilization (文明) of ancient China 3,400 years ago.  B. Hong Kong Science Museum Are you interested in science and physical education? Come here and learn more about human body, exercise and health.  C. Museum of Chinese Writing Here is a must for visitors who plan to explore the development of Chinese characters and the stories behind them since ancient times.  D. The National Museum of China Curious about what China has experienced during the past century? Pay a visit to this museum and you will know much about that!  E. The National Tea Museum of Hangzhou This is the very place for tea lovers. You can not only learn tea culture here but also buy and taste the best tea in the beautiful villages near the museum.  F. Museum of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Hu Qing Yu Tang) Visiting this museum helps you learn more about various medical materials, what they look like, and how to use them in the correct way. |
William Shakespeare is one of the greatest writers in English literature (文学). His plays can be divided into three categories: histories, tragedies (悲剧) and comedies (喜剧). Shakespeare wrote eighteen comedies, although two were lost. These comedies usually have happy endings and a light-hearted tone and style that are quite different from his tragedies.
All of Shakespeare’s comedies have five acts and the most important or exciting point always takes place in the third act. The hero does not appear until other characters have talked about him. Shakespeare had some themes (主题) that he usually wrote about: the fight between good and evil, love’s great effect on people, and the difference between the first appearance and a person’s true personality. Shakespeare also wrote his plays in a certain style. For example, Shakespeare used words in such a clever and humorous way that they had more than one meaning. Some of the characters changed their appearances so that people didn’t know who they were.
Even though the tone is lighter in these plays, comedies in Shakespeare’s day were quite different from modern-day comedies because their purpose was not to make people laugh. Shakespeare’s comedies are very emotional (有感染力的) and often include serious topics to think about.
1. How many Shakespeare’s comedies can people enjoy now?| A．18. | B．16. | C．5. | D．2. |
| A．Copies. | B．Parts. | C．Kinds. | D．Pages. |
| A．At the beginning of the play. |
| B．In the middle of the play. |
| C．After other characters have mentioned (提到) him. |
| D．Near the end of the play. |
| A．All of Shakespeare’s comedies have five acts. |
| B．Shakespeare’s plays were written in a certain style. |
| C．The fight between good and evil is one of the themes Shakespeare wrote about. |
| D．The purpose of Shakespeare’s comedies was to make people laugh. |
| A．American Culture | B．Famous People |
| C．Music World | D．Funny Jokes |
The Northeast Tigers are different from other tigers. The Northeast Tigers can swim very well, but can’t climb the trees. They can hear very well.
The number of(数量) the tigers is smaller and smaller, we should try our best to protect(保护) the tigers.
1. Northeast Tigers can live ________.
| A．only in Heilongjiang Province |
| B．in Jilin Province or Jiangsu Province |
| C．in the northeast of China |
| D．in the southeast of China |
| A．they can play with each other |
| B．they can eat some small animals |
| C．there are many trees in the forests |
| D．people seldom get out and come in the forests |
| A．to eat them for dinners | B．to stay with them |
| C．to run after them to play | D．not to live with them |
| A．追求 | B．追逐 | C．尾随 | D．跑 |
| A．can’t hear very well |
| B．only live in the northeast of China |
| C．are good at swimming and climbing trees |
| D．aren’t the same as other tigers and can’t climb trees |
【推荐2】I took my 9-year-old daughter, Susan and 5-year-old son, Robbie to the shopping centre. As we got there, we saw a big sign that said, “Petting Zoo”. The kids jumped up and asked, “Daddy, can we go?”
Both my wife and I were out of work. However, I said, “Sure”, giving them a quarter each. They went away, leaving only fifty cents left in my pocket.
A petting zoo is made up of a hundred of little baby animals of all kinds. Kids pay their money and stay in the enclosure(围场) pleased with the little animals while their parents shop.
A few minutes later, I saw Susan walking along behind me. I was surprised and asked what was wrong.
She said sadly, “Well, Daddy, a ticket for Petting Zoo costs fifty cents. So I gave Robbie my quarter.” Then she said the most beautiful thing I had ever heard. She repeated the family motto(座右铭), which is “Love is Action!”
I knew clearly no one loves little animals more than Susan. She had watched both my wife and me do and say “Love is Action!” for years, and now she had put it into her lifestyle. It had become part of her, because she knew the whole family motto. It’s not only “Love is Action”; it’s “Love is SACRIFICIAL(牺牲的) Action!” Love always pays a price.
I was moved. We went back to the Petting Zoo. Susan stood with her hands and chin(下巴) resting on the fence and just watched Robbie go crazy petting and feeding the animals. I had fifty cents burning a hole in my pocket. I put my hand into my pocket and took out the money. Sure, I must do that!
1. The underlined part “It” in Paragraph 6 refers to(指) ________.| A．the family motto | B．their lifestyle |
| C．the Petting Zoo | D．the ticket for Petting Zoo |
| A．the writer was strict with the children |
| B．Susan didn’t like playing with pets |
| C．the family lived a hard life |
| D．Robbie didn’t want to play with Susan |
| A．The writer would get angry with Robbie. |
| B．Susan would play happily with the little animals. |
| C．The writer would play together with Susan. |
| D．The writer would buy Susan some candies. |
| A．A Petting Zoo. |
| B．An Attractive Shopping Centre. |
| C．Try Your Best to Help Others. |
| D．Love Is Sacrificial Action! |
Thank you for your letter. I’m glad you like your school.
I go to school from Monday to Friday. We have four classes in the morning and two classes in the afternoon. We have many things to do after class. On Monday and Wednesday afternoon we do sports. On Tuesday afternoon some of us have a singing class and on Thursday afternoon some have a drawing class. On Friday afternoon, we practice speaking English. My Chinese friends like to talk with me in English. They think I am like an English teacher. Isn’t it great?
On Saturdays and Sundays I don’t go to school. Very often I go to the parks and have a good time with my family there.
Yours,
Henry
1. Who is the letter from?
| A．Annie. | B．Henry. |
| C．Lucy. | D．We don’t know. |
| A．six | B．four | C．five | D．two |
| A．on Tuesday and Friday afternoon |
| B．on Tuesday and Friday morning |
| C．on Monday and Wednesday afternoon |
| D．on Monday and Wednesday morning |
