People communicate in many different ways. The most common way is by talking with others. Besides talking, we can also use body languages. Sign language is a kind of body language. Let’s know more about it.
Sign language is popular among dumb people who are unable to speak or don’t want to speak. If you want to communicate with a foreigner, but you can’t speak his language and he can’t speak Chinese, what can you do? Maybe you can communicate by making signs. Now let’s learn some signs Indians often use.
When they are hungry, they move their right hands back and forth (向前) in front of their stomachs.
When they mean “Let’s eat”, they put their right hands and move them up and down in front of their mouths.
When they have had enough, they part their thumbs and first fingers, and move their hands from their chests to chins.
If they have a stomach ache, they put both hands on their stomachs, and move them back and forth.
1. The most common way to communicate is ________.| A．by calling others | B．by talking with others |
| C．by using body language | D．by using signs |
| A．blind | B．deaf | C．disabled | D．ill |
| A．move your left hand up and down in front of your mouth |
| B．put your right hand in front of your mouth |
| C．move your right hand back and forth in front of your stomach |
| D．move your right hand from your chest to chin |
| A．he has a stomach ache | B．there’s something wrong with his legs |
| C．he is too tired to walk | D．he wants to sit down and have a rest |
| A．Getting to Know Sign Language | B．The Most Common Way to Communicate |
| C．The Importance of Using Hands | D．Indians And Their Hands |
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【推荐1】Some people can’t hear. These people have a special way of talking. They can’t talk with their mouths, but they use their hands to talk. This is called “signing”. There are two main ways to sign. First, you can spell out each letter in a word. Here is the word love.
Spelling words takes a long time. There is another faster way to sign. You can show a whole （整个的） word with one sign. To sign some words, you should keep your hands still, which means you can’t move your hands. （Look at the signs for love and ball below.） To sign other words, you need to move your hands. For example, you wave （挥动） your hands.
Signing is lots of fun. Anyone can learn. You can learn from a book. You can learn from a teacher. You can learn from a friend who uses signing every day.
1. Some people who can’t hear have a special way of talking with their ________.| A．ears | B．eyes | C．mouths | D．hands |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．移动的 | B．灵活的 | C．静止的 | D．弯曲的 |
| A．everyone can learn signing | B．nobody can learn signing well |
| C．only people who can’t hear can learn signing | D．we can’t learn signing from our teachers |
| A．Spell with Your Mouth | B．Learn from Your Teacher |
| C．Move with Your Hands | D．Talk with Your Hands |
【推荐2】People communicate in many different ways. The most common way is by talking with others. Except for talking, we can also use body languages. When we use body languages, we need to use body to show what we mean. Sign language is a kind of body language. Let’s see more about it.
Sign language is popular among dumb people who are unable to speak or don’t want to speak. If you want to communicate with a foreigner, but you can’t speak his language and he can’t speak Chinese, what can you do? Maybe you can communicate by making signs. Now let’s learn some signs Indians often use.
★When they are hungry, they move their right hands back and forth in front of their stomachs.
★When they mean “Let’s eat”, they put their right hands and move them up and down in front of their mouths.
★When they have had enough, they part their thumbs and first fingers, and move their hands from their chests to chins.
★If they have a stomach ache, they put both hands on their stomachs, and move them back and forth.
1. The most common way to communicate is ________.| A．by calling others | B．by talking with others |
| C．by using body languages | D．by using signs |
| A．聋的 | B．哑的 | C．瞎的 | D．病的 |
| A．he has a stomach ache | B．there’s something wrong with his leg |
| C．he is too tired to walk | D．he wants to sit down and have a rest |
| A．Getting To Know Sign Language | B．The Most Common Way To Communicate |
| C．The Importance Of Using Hands | D．Indians And Their Hands |
【推荐3】BODY language is the quiet, secret and most powerful language of all! It is said that our body movements communicate about 50 per cent of what we really mean while words themselves only express 7 per cent. So, while your mouth is closed, just what is your body saying...
Arms. How you hold your arms shows how open and receptive you are to people you meet. If you keep your arms to the sides of your body or behind your back, this suggests you are not afraid of taking on whatever comes your way. Outgoing people generally use their arms with big movements, while quieter people keep them close to their bodies. If someone upsets you, just cross your arms to show you're unhappy!
Head. When you want to appear confident, keep your head level. If you are monitor in class, you can also take on this position when you want your words to be taken seriously. However, to be friendly in listening or speaking, you must move your head a little to one side.
Legs. Your legs tend to move around a lot more than normal when you are nervous or telling lies. If you are at interviews, try to keep them still!
Posture (姿势). A good posture makes you feel better about yourself. If you are feeling down, you normally don't sit straight, with your shoulders inwards. This makes breathing more difficult, which in turn can make you feel nervous or uncomfortable.
Mouth. When you are thinking, you often purse your lips (噘起嘴). You might also use this position to hold back an angry comment you don't wish to show. However, it will probably still be noticed, and people will know you're not pleased.
1. How many kinds of body language are mentioned in this passage?| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．six |
| A．when someone helps you | B．when someone upsets you |
| C．when someone hits you | D．when someone pleases you |
| A．want others take your words serious C. want to be friendly in listening |
| B．want to be polite D. want to make fun of others |
| A．arm | B．head | C．posture | D．mouth |
| A．Your legs tend to move around more when you are nervous |
| B．A good posture may be of help. |
| C．You may keep your shoulders inwards is you feel down. |
| D．A good posture may can make you feel uncomfortable. |
【推荐1】Don’t throw away your old phones. You are actually throwing away real gold! Smartphones contain many useful things such as gold, silver and copper(铜). People can recycle them to make new electronics(电子器件).
But many people may not know this. In Australia alone there are more than 25 million unused mobile phones lying around, Sydney Morning Herald reported. The gold in these phones can add up to a value of more than $ 80 million (542 million yuan). There are about 2 billion (十亿) smartphone users around the world, who change their phone once every 11 months on average. In China, people generate (产生) 80 million old phones every year, according to New Express Daily.
However, it’s not easy to get the useful things out of the phones. Smartphones have not only useful things, but also harmful materials. Guiyu, a small town in Shantou, Guangdong, is one of the world’s biggest dumping grounds(垃圾倾倒场) for electronic waste, Reuters reported. Many recycling centers in Guiyu simply break the old electronics by hand and don’t think about the pollution it causes. According to a local government report, 81 percent of children in Guiyu are harmed by lead(铅) poisoning.
Veena Sahajwalla, a professor at Australia’s University of New South Wales, has made a mini factory. It makes smartphone recycling cleaner and easier. The mini factory is very small and easy to move around. It breaks the phones and automatically(自动地) removes the useful parts. That way, humans do not get poisoned.
1. What can people do with old phones?| A．Put them away. | B．Make gold rings. | C．Clean the city’s roads. | D．Make new electronics. |
| A．10 million. | B．25 million. | C．80 million. | D．2 billion. |
| A．Guiyu is polluted by electronic waste | B．Guiyu people like to throw away old phones |
| C．Guiyu has the world’s biggest lead factory | D．Guiyu uses machines to recycle electronics |
| A．New electronics made from old ones | B．Find gold in your old phone |
| C．Smartphones in different countries | D．Prevent being harmed by environmental pollution |
【推荐2】My name is David. I have some toys. There is a big shelf in my room. I put my toys on it. Please come to my room and have a look at my toys.
You can see two balls on the first floor of the shelf. One ball is red, and the other is blue.
I have three dolls. Two dolls are red and one is yellow. All of my dolls are on the second floor of the shelf. The yellow doll is between the two red dolls.
I have some models. Look at this model plane. It’s white. I put it on the top of the shelf. I have five model cars. They are on the third floor.
I love my toys. I often play with them when I am free. Do you like my toys?
1. Where are David’s two balls?| A．On the first floor of the shelf. | B．On the second floor of the shelf. |
| C．On the third floor of the shelf. | D．On the top of the shelf. |
| A．Red and blue. | B．Red and yellow. | C．White and blue. | D．White and yellow. |
| A．Five. | B．Six. | C．Seven. | D．Eight. |
| A．two balls | B．some dolls | C．model cars | D．model trains |
| A．where David is from | B．how old David is |
| C．how many toys David has | D．which toy David likes best |
【推荐3】If you are in Shanghai and want to throw away a cup of milk tea, be careful. You need to follow these steps: first, pour out any milk tea left into a wet waste bin; second, put the paper wrapper (包装材料) into a recyclable waste bin; third, throw the single-use cup and straw (吸管) into a dry waste bin.
Sounds complex ? You’ll have to get used to it. From July 1 on, people in Shanghai are required to separate their garbage according to strict rules. Many other cities in China are planning to create similar garbage -separating rules.
Why should we separate our garbage? The answer lies in the increasing of waste we are producing. Chinese cities produce over 200 million tons of waste each year, according to Chinese Economic. Most of this waste is buried (填埋), which may pollute water and soil! In addition, we are running out of space.
In fact, more than half of our waste can be recycled. Recyclable garbage can be made into new materials, while wet garbage can be used to make gas, heat and fertilizer (肥料). So in order to recycle better, we need to separate our garbage.
Can’t garbage-processing companies do the separating job for us? They can. But that requires a lot of work and costs lots of money. Things will become much easier if each of us can separate our own garbage. Besides, the hard task of separating might encourage people to produce less waste. Do you still want to buy that milk tea?
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1. The underlined phrase “complex” in the passage means “_______” in Chinese.
| A．复杂的 | B．容易的 | C．高级的 |
| A．similar garbage-separating rules | B．strict garbage- separating rules |
| C．old garbage- separating rules | |
| A．can be used to make gas, heat and fertilizer |
| B．can be buried |
| C．can be made into new materials |
| A．The hard task of separating might encourage people to produce more waste. |
| B．Chinese cities produce over 200 million tons of waste each year. |
| C．The garbage-processing companies can’t do the separating job for us. |
| A．We should separate trash. |
| B．We should not drink milk tea. |
| C．It’s not easy to separate trash. |
【推荐1】Last year, I was invited to attend a party for "Tuesday's Child", an organization that helps children with the AIDS virus. I was asked to attend because I am on a TV show. I went there because I care.
At the party, they had all kinds of small rooms. I went into a special one. In this room, anyone could paint a square. They gave everyone paints in bright, beautiful colors and asked the kids to paint something beautiful. As I looked around at all the squares, I saw the pictures were all bright, except one.
The boy sitting next to me was painting a heart, but it was dark, empty, and lifeless. It lacked the bright colors that other children used.
At first I thought maybe he took the only paint that was left and it just happened to be dark. But when I asked him about it, he said his heart was that color because his own heart felt dark. I asked him why and he told me that he was very sick and his mother was very sick, too. He said that his sickness was not ever going to get better and neither was his mother’s. He looked straight into my eyes and said, "There is nothing anyone can do to help."
I told him I was sorry that he was sick and I could certainly understand why he was so sad. I could even understand why he had made his heart a dark color. But I told him that it isn't true that there is nothing anyone can do to help. Other people may not make him or his mother better but we can do things like giving him or her hugs. Then I hugged him for a long time. I thought my own heart would burst with the love I felt for this sweet little boy. After that, I asked him if he felt any better. He said he did, but he was still sick and nothing would change that. I walked away felling sad.
As I was getting ready to head home, I fell a tug on my jacket. I turned around and the little boy was standing there with a smile on his face. He told me, "My heart is changing colors. It is getting brighter. I think those hugs really work."
On my way home, I felt my own heart had changed into a brighter color.
1. "Tuesday's Child" was ________.| A．the name of a TV show |
| B．the name of a party |
| C．the name of an organization that helps cure the AIDS virus |
| D．the name of an organization that helps children with the AIDS virus |
| A．he is not good at painting | B．he as well as his mother was seriously ill |
| C．his mother was dying | D．he took the only paint that was left |
| A．nothing happened | B．the writer felt her heart had changed brighter |
| C．the boy felt better | D．the boy wasn't sick any more |
| A．be filled | B．come into | C．beat suddenly | D．feel |
| A．Tuesday's Child | B．Bright Heart | C．Heart Trouble | D．The AIDS Virus |
【推荐2】I think that a great friend is a great artist who can change my feeling about life greatly. When I talk about the person who influenced me most, I must think of my best friend quickly.
When I was in my university, one of my classmates sat beside me. His name is Wang Tao. He is my unforgettable friend in my life. He is good at studying, warm-hearted and is always ready to help others.
Wang Tao sets a good example in many parts in my life. I remembered that my maths was mediocre at that time, but he was good at it. He always received high scores. Whenever I had problems, he was patient and polite to answer my maths questions. Slowly, I made great progress in maths. I passed the exam finally. Then we became friends naturally. And now, I still remember his strong will to study.
We know that we live in a society, so we need a lot of friends. There are two kinds of friends. Bad friends may make our life failed, while good ones make our life successful. To me, Wang Tao is a very good friend. I learned a lot from him, and I became more and more excellent. I will never forget him.
1. The writer believes that an excellent friend ________.| A．is a man who works on art | B．can help with maths problems | C．can influence his idea about life |
| A．He likes art very much. | B．He is warm-hearted. | C．He is good at maths. |
| A．well | B．not very good | C．very good |
| A．make more friends |
| B．make fewer bad friends |
| C．make good friends and learn from them |
| A．My university life | B．An unforgettable friend | C．How to make friends |
【推荐3】Chinese food is getting popular and the dumpling is a real Chinese food. It’s believed that Chinese dumplings were first made by Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in China. So Chinese dumplings have a history of over 1, 800 years.
Everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of dumplings. Some have meat and vegetables in them and others have eggs. I like dumplings with beef and vegetables best.
Usually people make dumplings at home. If you have no time to make them, you can buy them in a supermarket. You can also eat dumplings in a restaurant.
The Spring Festival is very important in China. When it comes, families get together to make dumplings at home. We usually put a coin (硬币) in a dumpling. If someone eats a dumpling with the coin in it, he or she will be lucky in the year. Dumplings are also very popular in other Chinese festivals.
Do you want to eat dumplings? Welcome to China and try Chinese dumplings!
1. It’s believed that Zhang Zhongjing first made Chinese dumplings.2. Chinese dumplings have a history of less than 1, 800 years.
3. The writer likes dumplings with beef and vegetables best.
4. If you want to eat dumplings, you can’t buy them in a supermarket.
5. The person who eats the dumpling with the coin in it will be lucky.
【推荐1】A teacher was asking a student a lot of questions, but the student couldn’t answer any of them. The teacher then decided to ask him some very easy questions so that he could get some right answers.
“What was Bunker Hill?” she said. The student thought for some time and then answered, “An airport（机场）？”
“No, it was a battle（战斗）,” the teacher said. She was a little annoyed now, but she was trying not to show it. Then she asked, “Who was the first President（总统）of the United States?”
The student thought for a long time, but didn’t say anything. Then the teacher got much angrier and shouted, “George Washington!” The student got up and began to walk to his seat.
“Come back!” the teacher said. “I didn’t tell you to go.”
“Oh, I’m sorry,” the student said. “I thought you called the next student.”
1. Why did the teacher then decide to ask him some very easy questions? Because ________.| A．the student couldn’t answer all of them |
| B．the teacher liked to ask easy questions |
| C．the teacher wanted him to get some right answers |
| D．the student didn’t think for a long time |
| A．an airport |
| B．the first President |
| C．a battle |
| D．the next student’s name |
| A．surprised | B．afraid |
| C．happy | D．angry |
| A．didn’t know about it |
| B．got angry, too |
| C．didn’t want to say anything |
| D．wanted to go back |
| A．the student in the passage studied very hard |
| B．the teacher liked the student very much |
| C．the student was very bad at history |
| D．the student was very popular at his school |
In fact, we insisted so much that my father had no choice but to agree. “Yes!” he finally said.“This year we will have a Christmas tree.” Our mouths dropped open at the thought of having our own tree. Then Dad said,“I’ll do it myself.”
We followed him around the house as he gathered up the materials he would need, We all sat close to him, carefully watching everything he did. He passed the thread around the first nail on the corner of a box, then back down to the second nail on the box, and up again to the nail, until right there before our eyes a green a Christmas tree began to take shape. He carefully did the same with all of the 50 nails in the box and when he had finished he said,“Now you can decorate it.”
I don’t remember where the decorations came from, but they were red and small and to us they just looked so beautiful and perfect for our tree. When we finished decorating it, we proudly invited all our friends over to see our Christmas tree. We were so happy, not only because it looked so pretty, but because my father had made it himself. It truly was the most beautiful Christmas tree we had ever seen.
Years later, things got better and Dad was able to buy a proper Christmas tree which we would happily decorate. However, my sisters and I will never forget the night when we got our first Christmas tree.
1. What do we know about the writer?
| A．She had lots of friends at school. |
| B．She knew little of her neighbors. |
| C．She lived a hard life when she was young. |
| D．She seldom saw beautiful green trees. |
| A．Excited | B．Tired |
| C．Bored | D．Worried |
| A．why the writer and her sisters went around the house |
| B．what were needed to decorate a beautiful Christmas tree |
| C．how long it took to find materials |
| D．how the Christmas tree was made |
| A．A brave act by a happy family |
| B．A father’s love for his children |
| C．A picture of large families |
| D．An act of kindness |
| A．决定 | B．讨论 |
| C．装饰 | D．词典 |
After a few minutes there is a very weak light in the east, and then I hear a bird singing. It sings very loud and very clear. "That's the robin(知更鸟)," says Jim. A few more birds start singing with the robin and Jim knows the names of them too. Half an hour later, there are more and more birds singing, and it's very loud! Suddenly, all around us the air is full of the sound of birdsong. This is the dawn chorus(晨鸣), and it's beautiful.
"Wow, this is amazing!" I tell Jim, who is smiling. "Is there a dawn chorus every morning?"
"Birds can sing any time of the year but the best time is the end of winter and during the spring. This is when the birds sing most."
"Really? So, why do they sing?" I ask.
"Well, there are two reasons," explains Jim. "Most of the songbirds who sing are males. They want to find a female(雌性)so they sing to show how strong they are. The females listen and choose the best singer! The birds also sing to tell other males to go away. They need their own area; they don't like sharing with another male."
I listen to the birds; the songs seem too much to me. "Do the birds sing a special song in the morning?"
"That's a good question," replied Jim. "The successful birds have many kinds of calls and songs. Sometimes they copy the songs of other birds. This makes it sound like there are many birds in that place already and other males stay away. Also the female likes songs with different notes. Some birds, for example the European wren, have songs that contain over 700 different notes per minute!"
So, how does Jim know so much about birds? Well, he works as a volunteer for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. He is trying to help the birds live in the modern world. "More and more of the birds' habitat disappears every year. The sparrow, for example, was a very common bird in the UK, now it's in danger."
By now the sun is up and the birds are quiet. It's light so they can start looking for food, they need a big breakfast after all that singing.
1. Why does the writer get up early in the morning?
| A．To visit her friend. | B．To drink hot coffee. |
| C．To see different birds. | D．To hear birds sing. |
| A．to call a female's attention | B．to fight with other males |
| C．to find a place to live in | D．to start looking for food |
| A．At first the writer is happy to be up so early in the morning. |
| B．Male birds have their own ways of fooling other birds. |
| C．It's easier for the birds to find food early in the morning. |
| D．Jim has a job with the Royal Society for the Proteciton of Birds. |
| A．the robin's songs | B．the birds' habitat |
| C．why birds sing | D．how to protect birds |
