All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have different ideas about drinking tea.
In China, for example, tea is always served when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at home or in tea houses. They prefer their tea without putting any other thing in it.
Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony. It is very old and full of meanings. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.
Another tea-drinking country is England. In England, the late afternoon is "tea time". Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with cream and sugar. They also eat cakes or cookies at tea time.
In the USA, people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea, "Ice Tea". Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans（易拉罐）.
根据短文内容，选出最佳选项。
1. Tea is popular __________.
| A．all over the world | B．only in the USA |
| C．only in English-speaking countries | D．only in Asian countries |
| A．in a special ceremony | B．with cakes or cookies |
| C．when they get together | D．from cans in tea houses |
| A．drink tea without anything in it |
| B．drink tea with cream and sugar |
| C．drink tea for breakfast |
| D．drink tea in a special room |
| A．in winter | B．in England | C．in late afternoons | D．in the USA |
| A．Chinese tea | B．the importance of tea |
| C．the tea time in England | D．different ways of drinking tea in different countries |
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【推荐1】Babies love chocolate and sometimes they also eat the paper around it. My cat enjoys a meal of good, thick paper, old letters, for example. She doesn’t like old newspapers very much. Of course, the best paper comes from wood. Wood comes from trees, and trees are plants. Vegetables and fruits are plants, too, and we eat a lot of them. So can we also eat wood and paper?
Scientists say, “All food comes in some way from plants.” Well, is that true? Animals eat grass and grow fat. Then we eat their meat. Little fish eat little sea-plants, and then bigger fish swim along and eat them. Chickens eat bits of grass and give us eggs. So what food does not come from plants in some way?
Scientists can do fantastic things with plants. They can make food just like meat and cheese. And they can make it without (没有) the help of animals. It’s very good food, too. They say, “We make our paper from wood. We can also make food from wood in the future. The next thing is not very difficult and expensive.” What is the next thing? Perhaps it is food from paper.
So please keep your old books and letters. One day, they may be on your plate, if what scientists say may come true.
1. We can learn from the passage that ________.| A．sometimes babies eat the paper around chocolate |
| B．cats like to eat newspaper |
| C．making paper from wood is very difficult |
| D．scientists can make food like meat and cheese from paper now |
| A．fish and chickens | B．wood and paper | C．meat and cheese | D．few kinds of food |
| A．there are always good stories in them | B．we can make food from them so on |
| C．we can read them at breakfast | D．we can feed cats with them |
| A．塑料 | B．木材 | C．水泥 | D．陶瓷 |
| A．Plants Animals and Food | B．Food from Plants |
| C．Keep Your Books and Letters | D．What Can We Make with Old Paper |
【推荐2】Spring is the season when plants start to grow freely from the ground. In China, wild spring greens are traditionally thought of as a healthy food. They are still common in many dishes today.
| Chinese toon shoots (香椿芽) Toon shoots are usually the best just before guyu, the sixth of the 24 solar terms (节气). Guyu means that spring is almost to end. This is when the leaves are very tender (嫩的). It is often cooked with eggs to balance the sometimes strong tastes of the leaves. It can also be prepared with tofu. |
| Indian aster (马兰头) The meaning of Indian aster is to make a horse turn its head. It is said that its tender-taste could make a horse stop moving on. Perhaps because of the name, the green has become a goodbye gift, cooked when one wants to wish a friend a safe journey, according to the website The World of Chinese. The vegetable is usually boiled in water, cut and mixed with tofu and sesame oil. |
| Shepherd’s purse (荠菜) Shepherd’s purse is a green herb (草本植物) with an unusual smell. It grows early in spring and can be eaten both cooked and uncooked. It tastes a little but bitter (苦的) and sweet and can be used in dumplings and wonton or cooked in soup. In traditional Chinese medicine, it is used to improve eyesight, deal with high blood pressure and stop bleeding. |
| Luhao (芦蒿) Taken as a symbol of spring, luhao was thought highly of by a famous Chinese poet. He said, “When the land is green and luhao is everywhere, spring has truly arrived.” Before or during guyu, luhao is very tender and is usually cooked with meat. It tastes light and can be simply cooked with ginger, spring onion and a little chilli. |
| Tips for eating wild vegetables | ※ Do not eat wild vegetables you don’t know. ※ Do not eat polluted wild vegetables. ※ Do not eat wild vegetables which have been kept for a long time. Eat them fresh after picking them. ※ Do not take wild vegetables as a main course. |
| A．To look more colorful. | B．To make it taste sweet. |
| C．To balance the strong taste. | D．To make it healthy to people. |
| A．Both of them can be mixed with tofu. |
| B．Both of them are very tender after guyu. |
| C．Both of them are green herbs with usual tastes. |
| D．Both of them can deal with high blood pressure. |
| A．Toon shoots. | B．Shepherd’s purse. | C．Indian aster. | D．Luhao. |
| A．Do not eat the wild vegetables in spring. |
| B．Take the wild vegetables as a main course. |
| C．Store the wild vegetables as long as possible. |
| D．The unknown wild vegetables might be harmful. |
 | Last week, we had a labor class. The teacher left homework for the class, so I asked three of my dad’s friends how to make some wonderful dishes. How was it made? |
 | How was this ice cream sandwich made? This sandwich wasn’t made of bread! It was made of two cookie’s and some ice cream. First, I got a round pot of ice cream and cut it into four pieces. Then I put each piece of ice cream onto a big cookie. Finally, I put another cookie on the top. It was so delicious. —From Uncle Paul |
 | How was this egg made? Well, I used one little trick. Before I put the egg in the pan（锅）, I cut a large onion with a knife. Then I took the largest ring of the onion and added it to the frying（煎）pan. Next, I put the egg into the onion ring to make it into a circle. The last thing I did was to make sure the egg looked happy! —From Uncle Mike |
 | How were these caterpillars（毛毛虫）made? Don‘t worry. These aren't real caterpillars! And they’re perfect if you like healthy snacks. To make a caterpillar, first, put six grapes on a stick and add eyes. Then put the caterpillars in a dish in the fridge. I waited for about an hour and the caterpillars were ready! I took the caterpillars to a picnic and my friends said they were delicious. —From Uncle John |
| A．Because he was interested in cooking. |
| B．Because he wanted to make delicious food for his father. |
| C．Because he wanted to finish his homework for the labor class. |
| A．Cookies and ice cream. | B．Bread and ice cream. | C．Bread and cookies. |
| A．Six. | B．Four. | C．Five. |
| A．In the fridge. | B．In the kitchen. | C．In the box. |
| A．To remind people to save food. |
| B．To teach people how to make some dishes. |
| C．To call on people to share delicious food with others. |
【推荐1】How do you eat your food? Some people use forks and knives. Some use their hands. And some, like the Chinese, use chopsticks.
Chopsticks, or kuaizi in Chinese, are a pair of thin sticks usually made of wood and bamboo. For a long time, the Chinese have been using these tools for their everyday meals. Holding the pair of sticks between the fingers of one hand, they can pick up any piece of food. The food can be big or it can be small. It can be square-shaped, or it can be ound. No matter what the food is like, there is no problem!
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Chopsticks were invented over 3,000 years ago in China and had a common beginning by being used as cooking tools. It is thought that the first chopsticks were used to pick out food from a cooking pot. But as creative cooking tools developed, this changed the material of chopsticks.
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Using chopsticks creates a more demanding (要求高的) eating experience. You cannot get as much food in your mouth at one time as using a fork or spoon. Since it takes longer to eat, people may eat less.
Using chopsticks gives you a tool to eat at any time and anywhere. When no fork or spoon is available and eating with your fingers isn't possible, find any two objects like sticks, place them between your fingers and start eating.
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Avoid sticking the ends of chopsticks into a bowl of food. Placing chopsticks into your food makes it look like an offering to the dead.
Chopsticks are not musical instruments. Using your chopsticks as drumsticks at the table will get you a serious look from your host.
Avoid using your chopsticks to point at people. Use words to get your point across rather than your chopsticks.
1. How did the writer introduce the topic of the passage?| A．By asking and answering a question. | B．By listing some numbers. |
| C．By telling a moving story. | D．By comparing two different products. |
| A．The chopsticks. | B．The forks and knives. | C．The fingers. | D．The Chinese. |
a.The process of making chopsticks.
b.Using chopsticks in ancient China.
c.Advantages of eating with chopsticks.
d.Some rules and manners to follow when using chopsticks.
e.The earliest forms of chopsticks around the world.
| A．①-e ②-d ③-c | B．①-d ②-e ③-b | C．①-b ②-c ③-d | D．①-c ②-d ③-a |
a.What they are made of. b.What they are used for. c.How long the history of them is.
d.What to follow when using them. e.How much a pair is. f.Where they are made in China.
| A．acde. | B．bdef. | C．cdef. | D．abcd. |
| A．To call on people to use chopsticks often. |
| B．To tell people something about chopsticks. |
| C．To compare all eating tools in the world. |
| D．To explain why the Chinese use chopsticks. |
In Ghana, dinner is usually from four in the afternoon to six in the evening. But there are no strict rules about time. Whenever a guest arrives, a family offers food. When you go to a home, the person who receives guests takes you to the living room first. At this time everyone welcomes you. Then you go to the dinning room. There you wash your hands in a bowl of water. All the food is on the table.
In Ghana you usually eat with your fingers. You eat from the same dish as everyone else .But you eat from one side of the dish only. It is not polite to get food from the other side of the dish. After dinner, you wash your hands again in a bowl of water.
Most meals in Ghana have a dish called fufu. People in Ghana make fufu from the powder(粉末) of some plants. Sometimes they cut the fufu with a saw(锯子) because it is very hard. You must chew(咀嚼) fufu well, or you may get sick. You eat fufu with the fingers of your right hand only.
1. From the passage we know that in Ghana ______________.
| A．the rules for dinner time are not strict |
| B．dinner is always at six in the evening |
| C．a family offers food only at four in the afternoon |
| D．people usually invite their guests to dinner late in the evening |
| A．from one side of a dish to the other |
| B．from the other side of the dish |
| C．with their fingers |
| D．with their spoons |
| A．are cooked with the powder of some plants |
| B．have fufu in them |
| C．are too hard to eat |
| D．are not very hard |
| A．cut it with a saw |
| B．use your right hand only |
| C．chew it well |
| D．all of the above |
【推荐3】Breakfast dishes in China are widely different in different areas. Here we introduce some traditional, popular and famous Chinese breakfast foods. These dishes are easily found in streets every morning.
| Soybean Milk and Deep-Fried Dough Sticks (油条） Taste:salty or sweet Price:4 yuan This breakfast set usually appears together. The two parts are the most common breakfast mixtures. Some locals also like to have deep-fried dough sticks with rice porridge (粥). You can eat one as it is or put it in some soybean milk, which has a better taste. |
| Steamed Buns (馒头）Filled with Meat, Soup, or Nothing Taste:salty or sweet Price:2 yuan each; steamed buns filled with soup are more expensive at 18 yuan for 8 buns There is an almost endless variety of tastes, both salty and sweet. They are also very easy for a take-out. |
| Wheat Noodles Taste:salty Price:5-10 yuan In northern China, where wheat (小麦) is more commonly eaten, a bowl of hot wheat noodles is a popular breakfast dish. In Wuhan, hot-and-dry noodles are eaten at breakfast by almost everyone. The people in Lanzhou also enjoyed noodles. |
| Rice Noodles Taste:salty Price:5-10 yuan Rice noodles are more commonly eaten in the south, especially in Guangxi and Yunnan Provinces. In Guilin, Guilin rice noodles are a very famous and popular cheap meal. Local people eat the dish not just for breakfast, but also for lunch or dinner. |
1. What can we learn about from soybean milk and deep-fried dough sticks?
| A．Soybean milk and deep-fried dough sticks are salty. | B．This breakfast set is the most common breakfast mixtures. |
| C．Soybean milk and deep-fried dough sticks are the cheapest. | D．Deep-fried dough sticks with rice porridge aren't traditional Chinese breakfast. |
| A．2 yuan. | B．4 yuan. | C．8 yuan. | D．18 yuan. |
| A．Yunnan. | B．Jiangxi. | C．Guangxi. | D．Gansu. |
| A．Rice noodles. | B．Wheat noodles. |
| C．Steamed buns filled with meat. | D．Soybean milk and deep-fried dough sticks. |
| A．Health and lifestyles. | B．Sports and science. | C．Food and diets. | D．Art and culture. |
【推荐1】Stella magazine asked YouGov, a research center, to interview over 1,000 women in Britain about everything from their eating habits to their relationships and family values, to find out what they really think. Here are some of the results.
Eighty percent of women say that losing their health is their greatest concern (关注点）, followed by putting on weight (52%) and losing their jobs (24%). It seems that British women aren’t too happy with their bodies: twenty-three percent of women are on a diet now and fifty-eight percent have gone on a diet in the past. Only four percent of women do more than seven hours’ exercise per week, while twenty-one percent do no exercise at all.
The biggest challenge for modern women is balancing home and work life (82%), followed by bringing up happy children (56%) and finding time for themselves (52%).
As for their love lives, nine percent of women aged 45-54 met their husbands through the internet, and forty-nine percent of women believe that the best age to get married is between 25 and 29.
And what about the relationships between men and women? Fifty-nine percent think fathers should take more responsibility for their children. These women are also not so pleased with their husbands5 efforts at home: fifty-one percent say they now do over seventy-five percent of the housework. Despite this, over seventy percent of women would prefer to have a male boss than a female.
And their heroes? The woman they most admire is ex-Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher (7%), followed by the Queen (5%).
1. According to the passage, what is women’s second greatest concern in Britain?| A．Losing their health. | B．Putting on weight. | C．Losing their jobs. | D．Bringing up children. |
| A．Finding time for themselves is the most difficult for British women. |
| B．Forty-nine percent of women met their husbands through the internet. |
| C．Most British women are satisfied with their husbands’ efforts at home. |
| D．The woman that British women most admire is Margaret Thatcher. |
| A．By telling stories. | B．By listing reasons. | C．By using numbers. | D．By asking questions. |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
【推荐2】Honesty is a good thing. But does Mother Nature agree? Animals can’t talk, but can they lie in other ways?
Animal experts may not call it lying, but they do agree that many animals, from birds to chimpanzees (黑猩猩), behave dishonestly to fool other animals. Why? Dishonesty often helps them survive.
Many kinds of birds are very successful at fooling other animals. For example, a bird called the plover sometimes pretends to be hurt in order to protect its young. When a predator (猎食动物) gets close to its nest, the plover leads the predator away from the nest. How? It pretends to have a broken wing. The predator follows the “hurt” adult, leaving the baby birds safe in the nest.
Another kind of bird, the scrub jay, hides its food so it always has something to eat. Scrub jays are also thieves. They watch where others hide their food and steal it. But clever scrub jays seem to know when a thief is watching them. So they go back later, dig the food, and hide it again somewhere else.
Chimpanzees, or chimps, can also be sneaky. After a fight, the losing chimp will give its hand to the other. When the winning chimp puts out its hand, too, the chimps are friendly again. But an animal expert once saw a losing chimp take the winner’s hand and start fighting again.
Chimps are sneaky in other ways, too. When chimps find food that they love, such as bananas, it is natural for them to cry out. Then other chimps come running. But some clever chimps learn to cry very softly when they find food. That way, other chimps don’t hear them, and they don’t need to share their food.
As children, many of us learn the saying “You can’t fool Mother Nature.” But maybe you can’t trust her, either.
1. Why are some animals dishonest according to the animal experts?| A．To talk. | B．To survive. | C．To tell jokes. |
| A．pretending to be hurt | B．getting closer to its young | C．driving away the adult predator |
| A．chimps are ready to attack others |
| B．chimps are sometimes dishonest |
| C．chimps envy the winners of the fight |
| A．all the animals survive by fooling other animals. |
| B．some chimps lower their cry to keep food away from others. |
| C．the losing chimp won the fight by taking the winner’s hand. |
| A．Do animals lie? | B．How do animals learn to lie? | C．How does honesty help animals survive? |
【推荐3】April 22nd every year marks the beginning of Earth Day, started in the year 1970, it is now celebrated in more than 190 countries each year. Every year, the event is celebrated under a different theme. The theme for 2022 is “Invest（投资）In Our Planet”.
However, Earth Day is not just an event to be celebrated on one specific day. It is primarily a reminder for all to do our rightful duty every day to save our planet. Below, we have made a list of four things you can do to celebrate Earth Day （apart from planting trees）.
Leave your cars at home. Cars, being the greatest source of air pollution, can be left at home this weekend. Ride a bike or walk if your workplace is not that far away from your home.
Be a little dirty. We don’t mean it “that” way. We simply mean to say, don’t take a bath. A day or two without a bath won’t harm you, but it will certainly do a lot of good for our planet. A daily shower isn’t a matter of health; it’s a matter of comfort.
Volunteer yourself. This is one of the best things you can do. It will do you good too. Join other like-minded individuals in a common task, such as planting trees, cleaning a park or simply coming up with ways you can protect mother Earth.
Green-up your home. This is one of the most common things that people do, that is, turn off your lights. However, this is not something you should do just for a day and for only an hour. Turn off all power electricity points whenever they are not in use.
You know what the best way to celebrate Earth Day is? Extend（扩展）your celebrations. That’s right! Do something every day that will improve your surroundings（周围环境）to make the planet a better place to live in. Always remember that every step, every action counts.
1. Earth Day started in ________.| A．1907 | B．2019 | C．1970 | D．2022 |
| A．help people live a healthier life | B．call on people to plant trees |
| C．help protect the environment | D．use less natural resources |
| A．Save water | B．Never take a bath |
| C．Don’t shower on Earth Day | D．Showering daily is bad to health |
| A．going to work on foot | B．doing small things daily |
| C．saving electricity | D．being a volunteer |
| A．a geography text | B．a science report |
| C．an environmental magazine | D．a travel advertisement |
【推荐1】Fighting coronavirus is an experience that will forever be remembered. Now that I've recovered, I'm sharing my story because I want people to take this situation seriously. To turn things around, we have to stay home. We have to fight this battle together — and we have to win.
I think it started on the night my boyfriend and I went to celebrate his sister-in-law's birthday. We didn't think anything of it at the time, of course. The news was just beginning to report the spread of COVID-19 in America. I was still living my life just as I always had — riding the train to work each day, working long hours, and going out with friends and family.
My boyfriend, Luis, began showing symptoms on Monday, but we thought it was a typical cold. Then it took me down. It began with a low fever. I felt really weak. At this point, coronavirus had begun to take over New York. On Tuesday, the headache started. It was so intense that I had to lie down. By the end of the week, everything hurt. Luis and I went to nearby urgent care. After being examined, I chose to be tested, but I didn't receive my results until a week later. The doctor sent me home with advice to take Tylenol (泰诺, 感冒药) but said there was nothing more he could do for me. On the way home, we bought whatever medicine we could find, for the store had run out of Tylenol.
That Saturday evening was the worst. I had a high fever and I couldn't sleep. I was sweating a lot, and my knees, hips, and back were in terrible pain. I lost my sense of taste and smell. Then I developed stomach pain.
As I lay there, I was terrified that there wouldn't be enough doctors, nurses, or beds to help me. The thought of being alone, and possibly dying alone, in the hospital, weighed heavily on my thoughts, and I feared the uncertainty.
My fever finally broke the following Wednesday. It was such a relief. Two days later, the health department called me with the news that I'd tested positive for COVID-19.
Looking back, I really wish that people had taken this virus more seriously earlier. I wish people understood how severe this is. I'm wearing a mask in public from now on. I'm not taking chances. This was really painful, and we got lucky.
1. What did the author do to fight coronavirus?| A．She stayed at home and got rest. |
| B．She fought alone in the hospital. |
| C．She lived her life just as she always had. |
| D．She took Tylenol as the doctor suggested. |
| A．Surprised. | B．Lucky. | C．Hopeful. | D．Proud. |
| A．To record her unforgettable experience. |
| B．To teach people how to fight coronavirus. |
| C．To celebrate her victory over coronavirus. |
| D．To call on people to take the virus seriously. |
When you see a famous car in the street, maybe you will say. “It’s cool.” You may think “He’s so cool,”when you see your favorite football player.
We all maximize(扩大)the meaning of “cool”. You can use it instead of many words, such as “new” or “surprising”. Here’s an interesting story we can use to show the way the word is used. A teacher asked her student to write about the waterfall(瀑布) they had visited. On the student’s paper was just the one sentence, “It’s so cool.”Maybe he thought it was the best way to show what he saw and felt.
But the story also shows a scarcity(缺乏)of words. Without “cool”, some people have no words to show the same meaning. So it is quite important to keep some credibility(可信性).Can you think of many other words that make your life as colorful as the word “cool”? I can. And I think they are also very cool.
1. In the passage, the underlined word “express” means “_______”.
| A．see | B．show | C．know | D．feel |
| A．interested in | B．angry about |
| C．worried about | D．unhappy with |
| A．pleased with | B．strange to |
| C．worried about | D．unhappy with |
| A．can be used instead of many words |
| B．usually means something interesting |
| C．can make your life colorful |
| D．may not be as cool as it seems |
【推荐3】Hi, my name is Alex. This is my class schedule. I have to get up at about 6:30 every day. First, I have breakfast. Then, I ride my bike to school.
I have four classes in the morning. History is very interesting. Mr. Rudolph is really cool. He knows everything about history. I also like learning math. We get a 15-minute break in the morning. I usually talk to Franklin at that time. We also have lunch together, near the playground. Then we have English. We like the English teacher very much.P.E.is the last in the morning.
The afternoon is very relaxing, because I only have two classes. Music is my favorite. I want to be a singer one day. Drawing is also fun. The teacher Mrs. Lester is so nice.
| Time Class 8:00-8:50 History 9:00-9:50 Math 9:50-10:05 Morning Break 10:10-11:00 English 11:10-12:00 P. E 12:00-12:50 Lunch 1:00-1:50 Drawing 2:00--2:50 Music |
1. How many classes does Alex have every day?
| A．Five. | B．Six. | C．Seven. | D．Eight. |
| A．Because Alex can have lunch with Mr. Rudolph. |
| B．Because Mr. Rudolph is always very nice to Alex. |
| C．Because Alex can talk to Franklin in the history class. |
| D．Because Mr. Rudolph knows everything about history. |
| A．In the food store. | B．In the classroom. |
| C．At his home. | D．Near the playground. |
| A．History. | B．Math. | C．P.E. | D．Music. |
