After Donald Trump became the 45th American president, a new video of his granddaughter Arabella went popular once again on the Internet. In this video, the little girl wore a qipao, a kind of traditional Chinese dress. She stood in front of a table to recite(背诵)ancient Chinese poems. These poems are familiar(熟悉的)to most Chinese people and they are often recited by Chinese kids. Arabella made the video to remember Chinese Monkey Year, which ended on January 27th, 2017.
Arabella’s family are interested in Chinese culture. They can even make Chinese dumplings and sing Chinese songs. Arabella began to study Chinese when she was 18 months old. Now she can speak very good Chinese. Early in February, 2016, 4-year-old Arabella, recited a Tang Dynasty poem in Chinese. Her mother sent her video online and won lots of “likes” from all over the world.
On Sonia Weibo, many users thought Arabella was a wonderful and surprising girl. “I’m glad to see the little angel (天使) loves Chinese culture,” wrote a user called “orange”.
“At least the video shows that Trump is serious about education and never closes the door to foreign culture,” said another user named “stAU79”.
1. What did Arabella wear in the new video? (根据短文内容回答问题)2. When did Arabella begin to learn Chinese?(根据短文内容回答问题)
3. 从短文中找出与下列句子划线部分意思最相近的词组。
“I’m glad to see the little angel loves Chinese culture,” wrote a user called “orange”.
4. How old is Arabella now? (根据短文内容回答问题)
5. The underlined word “they” refers to
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Robert Swan wanted to be an adventurer（冒险家）when he was 11. He wanted to become the first person to walk to both the North Pole and the South Pole（南极和北极）. People told him he was crazy, but he never gave up his dream.
In January 1986, Swan and his team reached the South Pole for the first time. Just three years later, Swan created a new team to head for the North Pole.
During those two long trips, Swan noticed some terrible things. At the South Pole, the color of his eyes changed because of a kind of ray（光线）. This kind of ray is harmful to both humans and the environment. At the North Pole, the ice started to melt（融化）four months earlier than the usual “melt season”. These two things made Swan realize the poles were in danger. He thought he must do something.
Now he works to help people pay more attention to the environment protection, especially the poles. Swan hopes that he can not only save the two amazing places, but also help protect humans’ health. Because protecting the nature is protecting ourselves.
1. Where did Swan go In January 1986 according to the passage?2. When did Swan go to the North Pole with his team?
3. What did Swan notice at the South Pole?
4. What did Swan notice at the North Pole?
5. What do you think of Robert Swan?
Xiangjiang Middle School encourages the students to have different talents. Mike plays the guitar at school, and Max plays the drums. They both play very well. All the students like to enjoy their music. There are more than 50 clubs in the school, but they want to do something different. One day Mike and Max decided for the school’s first marching（行进）band. But they needed more musical instruments and members.
Mike and Max put up a sign asking anyone who plays a musical instrument to join. Many students were really interested in this. Soon they got a lot of answers.
Sam really wanted to join the band, but he had one huge problem. He could not play any musical instrument. Sophia also wanted to join the band, but she played the harp（竖琴）. The harp is too big. She can’t carry it while playing.
“How can you be in our band?” Mike asked Sophia. “You play the harp sitting down, how can you march?”
All the band members wanted Sophia to play in the band. But they also wanted to march. Where is the way?
Then Max had an idea. He invited Sam and Sophia to join the band. Max asked his father for help. His father is good at creating. He made a big board with four wheels. Then Max asked Sam to ride a bicycle to pull the board with Sophia and her harp on it. Sam could use the bicycle’s bell as a kind of musical instrument.
The band members loved Max’s idea and everyone loved the marching band’s great music.
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4. Sam was able to join the band because he could ride a bicycle to
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Wang Xiangjun is the first blind (失明的) student to take gaokao in Anhui. She went to a music college in Tianjin in 2015. It’s never an easy thing for blind people to do.
Wang was blind when she was born. At the age of eight, she started to learn to play the piano. The first problem for Wang was to find the keys. She had to listen to the melody (旋律) again and again, keep it in mind and then practice playing it over and over again. She worked very hard and played better and better. Music made her confident (自信的) and happy.
“Many kind people have helped me over the past years. I wish to pass (传递) on the love to more blind children by working as a teacher,” said Wang after she finished college in 2019.
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A British man has learned the skills needed to perform Beijing Opera, making the audience (观众) enjoy his lively performance of the Monkey King.
Ghaffar Pourazar, born in Iran, said he has been a big fan of Bruce Lee since he was a child and is full of interest about China. In 1993, for the first time, he happened to watch Beijing Opera performed in London. Ghaffar said he fell in love with the beautiful voices, colorful costumes, and excellent shows. So after one year, he arrived in China alone and became a student of Beijing Opera at a Beijing school.
The 32-year-old young man had to learn with teenage students every day, starting from the most basic training of the legs and waist (腰). At the time, he was mostly troubled by the dialogue in Beijing Opera. To him, it was the biggest problem. But he never gave up.
Four years later, he began to learn to perform the Monkey King, a traditional character from the Chinese classic story Journey to the West. He said he arrived in the workroom an hour earlier than other performers and also bought books and CDs to better understand the character.
Ghaffar today is not only good at speaking Beijing dialect (方言) but also has built a fame (名声) for Beijing Opera. He once got a top international prize for performing the Monkey King.
To help more people enjoy Beijing Opera, Ghaffar often teaches the traditional art form in schools in the US, Britain and other countries. Also Ghaffar led a group of actors to perform 66 times in a month and a half in the US. He also led a 48-member team to perform in Malaysia. In the past 10 years, he has performed in more than 400 shows.
1. When did Ghaffar watch Beijing Opera for the first time?
Wang Yaping, together with Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu, went into space aboard the Shenzhou XIII on October 16th 2021. The 41-year-old Wang became the first female astronaut（女航天员）to enter Tiangong space station.
Wang’s space dream started in 2003, when China sent its first astronaut Yang Liwei into space. At that time, Wang was a pilot（飞行员）in the Chinese army. After having safe flights for 1,600 hours over nine years, Wang was a strong candidate（候选人）to become an astronaut in 2010. She pushed herself hard, getting the same training as men. “The space environment won’t change because you are a woman,” she told Xinhua. The hardest part is the high-G training. Sitting in a spinning（旋转的）machine, Wang would become blind for a while because her brain was short of blood. “There’s a red button（按钮）,” said Wang. “If you can’t bear it, you can press it to stop.” But Wang never used it. “There is no such red button in my heart.” That strong spirit finally made her dream come true in 2013. She joined the team for the Shenzhou X mission.
Wang said that as astronauts, women have their own advantages（优势）. “Women may be more patient and can better deal with loneliness. Women’s hearts are also easier to adapt（适应）to the weightless environment, making them more suitable for long-term missions.”
Wang Yaping went a long way before becoming the first woman to enter the Tiangong space station. She sets a good example for all women who dream of going to space.
1. Is Wang Yaping the first female astronaut to go into space or to enter Tiangong space station?2. How long has she been a pilot before she became an astronaut?
3. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese. (英译汉)
4. What makes her dream come true?
5. What is the advantage of a women astronaut?
Katie was in big trouble. She was such a sweet girl that a third-grade teacher always dreamed of having a classroom filled with students like Katie. I just couldn’t imagine why she had made her parents so angry.
It seemed that Katie had been running up a lot of charges in the lunchroom. Her parents explained that Katie brought a great homemade lunch each day, and there was no reason for her to buy school lunch. They asked me to help them get to the bottom of this situation. So the next day, I asked Katie to my office.
“Why are you charging lunches, Katie? What happens to your homemade lunch?” I asked.
“I lose it,” She answered.
I leaned back in my chair and said, “I don’t believe you, Katie. Is someone stealing your lunch?”
“No. I just lose it,” she said.
The problem was still unsolved the next week until I noticed a boy in the dining room. He was sitting alone silently at a lunch table. He had messy hair and a thin face, always wearing his oversized coat and looking sad and shy. I thought I would go and sit with him for a while. As I walked towards him, I noticed the lunch bag on the table. The name on the bag said “Katie.” Now I understood what had happened. Later that day, I found Katie and talked to her about it.
Katie asked me not to tell her parents. But I drove to Katie’s house and told them. I had never seen parents so proud of their child. Later, Katie still bought lunch every day at school. And every morning, as she headed out of the door, her mom handed her a delicious homemade lunch.
1. Katie answered “No. I just lose it.” because she ________.| A．has lost her homemade lunch | B．forgot where she left her lunch |
| C．wanted to protect the poor boy | D．didn’t know who took her lunch |
| A．Angry—Surprised—Proud | B．Sad—Angry—Proud |
| C．Sad—Surprised—Worried | D．Angry—Worried—Sad |
| A．A Small Mistake | B．A Lost Lunch |
| C．A Poor Little Boy | D．A Careless Girl |
