【推荐1】“May we all be blessed with longevity. Though miles apart, we are still able to share the beauty of the moon together(但愿人长久,千里共婵娟).” wrote Su Shi, a poet during the Song Dynasty, in his well-known poem to his younger brother Su Zhe.

The moon is at its brightest on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar(阴历). On this day, people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

In ancient China, that day was a harvest(收获)festival because crops were harvested during that period.

Just like Thanksgiving in western countries, families also try to get together for the Mid-Autumn Festival in China. Usually, no matter how far away or how busy they are, people will try to return home for the celebration.

The Mid-Autumn Festival has its own special food just as other traditional Chinese holidays. People eat mooncakes with fillings such as sugar and eggs. The round shape of the cake makes it look like the full moon. The full moon and mooncakes stand for family reunion(团聚).

On that night, with the beautiful moon in the sky, people enjoy the full moon, eat mooncakes, share the stories and express the best wishes for the family members and friends who live afar.

1. Who did Su Shi write the poem for in Paragraph One?
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2. Why was the Mid-Autumn Festival a harvest festival in ancient China?
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3. Do Thanksgiving and the Mid-Autumn Festival have anything in common?
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4. What do the full moon and mooncakes stand for?
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5. How do people spend the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival?（List at least two activities）
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【推荐2】请阅读下面非连续性文本，按要求完成所给任务。

You may have heard the saying “the Yangtze River is China’s mother river.” It is almost 6,400 kilometers long. As the world’s third longest river, it covers one-fifth of China’s land area. The Yangtze River Economic Zone (长江经济带) includes eleven provinces and cities, making up about forty percent of China’s total population and GDP.

On December 26, China passed the Yangtze River Protection Law, which came into force on March 1, 2021. It is the first law to protect a waterway in China.

The mother river is in great need of protection because something is wrong with it. For example, because of overfishing and water pollution, the river’s Chinese paddlefish (白鲟) has died out there. There’s also desertified (荒漠化的) land and soil pollution near the river.

According to the law, fishing will not be allowed in all of the Yangtze’s natural waterways, including its major tributaries (支流) and lakes. Those who are caught fishing will be fined 50,000 to 500,000 yuan.

For many fishermen whose families have worked on the river for many years, a long ban (禁令) on fishing has changed their lives in a good way.

Zheng Laigen, a 44-year-old former fisherman from Tongling in Anhui, moved to land after living on a boat all his life. Now, using what he knows about fish and other water animals, he owns a farm with about 13 hectares (公顷) of ponds (池塘) where he grows crabs, shrimp and fish. His new business did well last year, earning about 300,000 yuan.

Zheng’s story is different from Zhu Changhong’s, who is also from Tongling. Zhu and his wife still live by the river but do things differently. With support of local officials, Zhu and his wife joined a team that cleans up trash and looks for finless porpoises (无鳍鼠海豚), an animal that lives in the river. This work pays them 5,000 yuan each month.

Digging sand will be strictly limited in the river. Many companies are digging sand along the river. However, this has led to lower water levels on the river, which has caused the river’s water to decline (下降). Companies and factories along the river need to focus on green development. If their activities do harm to the waterways, they will be moved away, the law says.

1. Is the Yangtze River important to China?
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2. When did the Yangtze River Protection Law come into force?
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3. What is caused by overfishing and water pollution?
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4. Do the lives of fishermen get better or worse after the ban on fishing? How many examples are given in the passage?
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5. What should companies and factories along the river do according to the fishing ban?
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6. Do you pay attention to protecting the environment in your daily life? What do you usually do?
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【推荐3】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

In recent years, Chinese online novels have become popular at home and abroad. 1 Sixteen works have now found their place on the bookshelves of the British Library. The British Library is one of the world’s largest libraries. It chooses books based on their cultural value and their popularity among readers. This is the first time that Chinese online novels have entered the collection of the British Library. The 16 books cover a variety of topics. They’re considered as some of the best Chinese online novels from the past 20 years.

2 His work Great Power, Heavy Industry is among the 16 novels that were added to the British Library. The novel tells the story of how China’s manufacturing industry (制造业) has been able to grow so strong since the 1980s. “This may help foreign readers get to know China better,” Qicheng said.

3 “Many may think that all online novels are fast-food love stories,” one of them said. “It’s time for their value to be recognized. Perhaps in a few years, we’ll have some foreign fans who have grown up reading Chinese novels.”

4 In 2021, nearly half of foreign readers said that they were willing to pay for Chinese works. There are, however, still challenges ahead. The greatest one is in the area of translation. There have been more English books translated into Chinese than the other way around. Making Chinese books available is only a first step. Good translations will be the key to the future of Chinese online novels.

A. This fan might just end up being right.
B. And their popularity continues to grow.
C. The news came as “a surprise” to Qicheng.
D. Fans of Chinese online novels were excited about the news.
E. Foreign readers have different opinions about Chinese works.
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2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
5. In your opinion, the news shows that _________________. (回答字数在20-30内)

【推荐1】阅读下文并回答问题。

Did you ever see a donation（捐赠）box in your neighbourhood? Did you ever put your old clothes into the donation box? If not, you can have a try now, because the clothes donation is becoming more popular especially at the end of the year.

“I often pick out some of my clothes which are out of style after going shopping. Then I’ll put them into the donation box.” Miss Wang, a smart young woman says.

“That seems like a good idea. Some clothes in the box are quite new. People can either wear them or use them to make things such as handbags and pencil cases.” Mrs. Lee, an old woman says, sometimes I like to look through the box for some nice clothes.”

However, there are some problems. Recently, a CQTV reporter did a survey（调查）. Here are the results:

*The box is full of clothes in a short time. There is no more room for people to give away clothes.

*Some people sell the clothes in the donation box for making money instead of（而不是）wearing them.

*Some neighbourhood doesn’t set the box in right places, so there are few clothes in it.

In order to make the donation box work well, our city is trying to help out in different efficient（有效的）ways. Clothes donation will be better-organized and it’ll be better for people in need to take the clothes away.

1. Does Miss Wang often put her clothes out of style into the donation box?
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2. What can people do with the clothes in the donation box?
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3. Please write down 2 ways to make clothes donation box work well.
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【推荐2】根据短文内容完成表格，每空一词。

We need animals. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. We should try to help save animals.

Some people think zoos are good places. The zoos give animals comfortable and safe living places. If animals get hurt or ill, people will take care of them. The zoo is a place to know rules in the wild world. We can be much closer to nature. We can know more about animals in zoos by watching, listening and even smelling instead of just looking at pictures in books.

Some people don’t think animals feel happy in zoos. Animals like pandas, wolves and bears usually live in the wild They play and find food on their own. They are strong and happy in the wild. If they are in zoos, food is enough and rooms are comfortable. They do not need to do their best to find food to eat or places to stay. They just walk around, sleep day and night, but they are not free at all.

I think we should build national parks as wildlife nature reserves (保护区) and encourage farmers to leave reserves. If we do nothing, animals will get fewer and fewer.

1     save animals
In zoos	Zoos     2     animals with comfortable and safe living places. Animals feel     3     in zoos.
In the wild	Animals play and find food on their own. Animals are strong and happy. They’ re     4    .
Conclusion	I think we’re     5     to build national parks to protect animals.