Do you know how to play a game called “Musical Chairs”? It is easy to play the game. Most children enjoy it. You need some benches (板凳), some persons and some ways of making music. You may use a piano or any other musical instruments if you want to play it. You may use a music player, too, such as MP3 player or recorder.
Put the benches in a row. The benches may be put in twos, back to back. A better way is to have the benches in row with each bench facing in the opposite direction (相反的方向) to the bench next to it.
The game is easy. When the music starts, you can walk round the benches. Everyone goes in the same direction. If the music is fast, you should walk quickly. If the music is slow, you should walk slowly.
The person playing music can not see the people in the game. When the music stops, one of you tries to sit in the benches. If you can not find a bench to sit in, you have to drop out (退出). Then, before the music starts again, you must take one bench away. When the music stops again, one more actor will be out.
At last, there will be two players and one bench. When the music stops, if you sit in the bench, you are the winner (获胜者).
根据材料内容，将下列表格补充完整（每空一词）
About “Musical Chairs” | |
| You need | Some persons, some You may use a music |
| When the music starts | You should walk round the benches in the |
| When the music stops | You will be out when you |
| At last | There will be two players and |
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【推荐1】Recently, an Internet game has become popular among young office workers and students. On the Internet people can "farm" on a piece of "land" and "grow", "sell" or even" steal" "vegetables", "flowers" and "fruits". They can make some e﹣money and buy more "seeds", "pets" and even "houses". Of course, all those are not true!
I interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions.
A parent says she doesn't quite understand why they are so mad about the game. Maybe they are just not confident enough to face the real world.
Many junior high school children say they enjoy putting some "bugs" in their friends' "gardens" and they've become closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing.
Most young office workers think their work is too much for them and wish to relax for a while. Besides,it gives them the exciting experience of being a "thief".
But almost all the teachers say it's just a waste of time. Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they cannot pay attention to their study.
根据短文内容,回答下列问题.
1. Has the Internet game become popular?
2. Who enjoy the game better, young people or old people?
3. Why do junior high school students like playing the game?
4. Why do teachers dislike the game?
5. What is the writers purpose of telling us that?
【推荐2】Long time ago, Chinese children didn’t have mobile phones, iPads or computers, but they had a great time playing some interesting games. Different children, different games. Let’s take a look.
● Stone（石头）balls
In the Qing Dynasty, boys got together and played a stone ball with feet around their neighbourhood in the northern part of China, and they played it in winter to keep warm. Children usually cut the stone into a smaller one, the same size as an egg. When it began, all of them would rush to kick the ball, and did their best to keep the ball around themselves and not to lose it to others.
●Hide-and-seek
Hide-and-seek was popular all over China in ancient times. Many people enjoyed playing it. There were two ways to play: keeping a child’s eyes closed when others ran around to make fun of him or, more often, some children hiding and one child trying to find them.
● Watching shadow plays（皮影戏）
Shadow play is one of the oldest operas in China. It started over two thousand years ago and became more popular in the Tang and Song Dynasties. At that time, it brought fun to the people like the modern films and TV. It usually told the stories about the heroes and other famous people in history, even about the wars. The players usually used the puppets(木偶) behind a piece of cloth through the light, telling stories to the music. In the Qing Dynasty, shadow play art came to its top.
● Playing diabolo（空竹）
Diabolo (also called “the Chinese yo-yo”) is always made of wood or bamboo and has nothing inside. Playing diabolo was a very interesting game among young children in North China in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The players could do different tricks to play the diabolo, up and down, left to right with two sticks and a string(绳子)in their hands. It often made a loud sound after its high-speed rotating(高速运转). They used their whole body to exercise when playing, so everyone liked it very much at that time.
Children’s games in | ||
Four | Stone balls | Children ran |
Hide-and-seek | There were two ways to play: ★One of them ★ Some children | |
Watching shadow plays | ★It has a ★The players used puppets to tell | |
Playing diabolo | ★ People made diabolo ★ They took this exercise with their whole body and played different tricks with the sound, and that’s | |
Conclusion | Children had their | |
Building blocks（积木）are still one of the most popular traditional toys today. Children are interested in their design（设计）. Most traditional toy building blocks were first made of wood. Today, wooden building blocks are still used. (A) _________ now there are several other types of building blocks to choose from, like plastic（塑料的）building blocks.
Children build all kinds of things that they see in everyday life with building blocks. This gives them the chance to learn new things and life skills.
(B) 积木能帮助孩子练习他们的语言技能。Most children talk to each other as they build things with these traditional toys. This type of toy also helps develop the skills that children need in life. As they begin to join groups playing with building blocks, they learn to take turns, share and solve problems with others. However, these are not the only advantages of playing with building blocks.
(C) Building blocks can also help develop children’s skills in math and science. They allow children to work according to the steps of scientific discovery, (D) ________ are first to watch and think, and then to test. Traditional toy building blocks also come in different shapes, colors and sizes. These types of building blocks encourage children to develop skills in dividing things.
(E) Playing with building blocks is not only fun but also very helpful. Maybe that is the reason why building blocks are still popular today.
1. 在短文的(A)，(D)处填入适当的单词。(A)
2. 请将（B）处的句子翻译成英语。
3. 请将（C）处的句子翻译成汉语。
4. 完成画线（E）处的同义句。
Playing with building blocks is
5. 根据短文内容，回答下面的问题。
What were traditional toy building blocks made of?
If you usually get less than 7 hours of sleep, you are probably a short sleeper. Short sleepers have larger arms and legs, compared to normal sleepers. Here are some tips to improve your sleep and health.
★Have a good bedtime habit
It means that you should try to do some activities that help you relax before sleep, and then repeat them each night. This will tell your body that it’s almost time to rest. Some examples of activities include taking a warm shower and reading a few pages of a book.
★Do some exercise
Exercise is one of the best ways to improve your sleep and health. Although exercise is key to a good night’s sleep, doing it too late in the day may cause sleep problems.
★Set your bedroom temperature
Body and bedroom temperatures also have a big influence on sleep quality（质量）, studies have shown that increased body and bedroom temperatures can cause you to have a poor sleep. Around 20℃ seems to be a comfortable temperature for most people.
★Don’t use electronics（电子产品）too close to bedtime
The blue light from your phone, laptop and TV can make your brain think it’s still daytime. So experts suggest stopping using electronics at least an hour before bed.
1. The best title for the passage may be2. Taking a warm shower is one of good
3. Although exercise can help us sleep well at night, we’d better not
4. We will have a
5. Electronics influence our sleep because of
Social media (社交媒体) is now a part of many people's everyday lives. It is reported that about 2,800 million people often use social media. That's almost 40 percent of the world's population. But how much time do we really spend on social media? And what exactly do we spend that time doing?
Research shows that, an average person spends 2.4 hours on social media each day in the world. Research also shows that women use social media more than men. In the United States, for example, women spend around 2 hours more a week than men on social media.
What do most people do on social media? According to one survey, the most common social media activities are visiting friends' pages, reading their news, and commenting (评论) on their posts (帖子). The most popular social media site is Facebook. It has over 2,000 million users. In second place is the Chinese site Qzone, which has around 600 million users worldwide. That's more than Twitter and Instagram.
Social media is still growing. Right now, there are 5 new Facebook users every second. This growth won't stop anytime soon.
1. How many people often use social media according to the passage?2. Who spend more time on social media, Asians or Europeans?
3. What are most people doing on social media?（One example is OK．）
4. Which social media site is the second most popular according to the passage?
5. As students, do you usually use social media on school days? Why?
One of China’s four great inventions was gunpowder (火药). In one old story, a Chinese inventor was looking for a medicine to give him a longer life, but found gunpowder instead. An inventor later put the gunpowder into a piece of bamboo. Then fireworks were born.
At first, fireworks were often used for their noise more than for their light. People thought the noise would drive away bad luck, and so fireworks were used during important festivals to bring good luck. Later, people began to like fireworks for their beautiful light. Until the 19th century, the light from fireworks was usually white or yellow. However, inventors began adding different chemicals (化学物质)to the gunpowder to produce different colours.
Today, most fireworks in the world are still made by hand with gunpowder, paper and glue. This is very dangerous work, for the gunpowder is very easy to set off. However, if the workers take care, they will be safe.
1. Where did the inventor put gunpowder to make fireworks?2. Did people need the noise of fireworks or their light at first?
3. When did fireworks have more colours?
4. What are most fireworks made with?
5. What do workers have to do to be safe?
