Chinese has a history of thousands of years. But Pinyin doesn't. It tells people how to pronounce (发音) Chinese characters. This year, Pinyin turns 63 years old.
In 1958, Chinese linguist (语言学家) Zhou Youguang and his team made Pinyin. Before that, Chinese people used many other ways to show how to pronounce Chinese words. But these ways are not as easy to use as Pinyin. Because of Pinyin, more people learn how to read.
Pinyin is a big part of our daily life. We learn to speak Putonghua with the help of Pinyin. We write Chinese characters (汉字) on computers by using Pinyin.
Pinyin is young. But it is now very popular outside China. It is becoming a bridge between China and the world. Many people around the world start to learn Chinese by learning Pinyin. You might say “nihao” to mean “hello” to a foreign friend.
People are using Pinyin more often than before. For example, fewer foreigners use “dumplings”. They like to use “jiaozi”. And “mantou” is for “steamed-bun”. The Oxford English Dictionary has more than 100 Chinese words in Pinyin, such as zhongguomeng for “Chinese dream”, and wanggou for “online shopping”．
1. Chinese people began to use Pinyin ________.| A．hundreds of years ago |
| B．thousands of years ago |
| C．63 years ago |
| D．a few years ago |
| A．why people started using Pinyin |
| B．how people began using Pinyin |
| C．why Pinyin is a big part of our life |
| D．what will happen to Pinyin |
| A．helps foreigners learn Pinyin |
| B．is more popular in China |
| C．has more Chinese characters than before |
| D．has more Pinyin than before |
| A．Pinyin helps foreigners learn Chinese. |
| B．Pinyin has hundreds of English words. |
| C．Pinyin is as old as Chinese words. |
| D．Pinyin is as easy as English words. |
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【推荐1】Do you find it hard to describe a person? Don’t worry. These characters from famous books will help you.
Persevering Meaning: A persevering person never gives up his or her dream in spite of (尽管) difficulties. Example: In the book The Old Man and the Sea, the old fisherman Santiago doesn’t catch any fish in 84 days, but he doesn’t give up. Finally he succeeds in catching a big marlin. |  |
Adventurous Meaning: An adventurous person is brave and willing to take risks. Example: In the book The Wizard of Oz, the girl Dorothy takes the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion to the Land of Oz. Their journey is full of adventure. | |
Isolated Meaning: If someone is isolated, he is used to living alone. Example: In the book Heidi, Uncle Alp lives alone in the mountains before the lovely girl Heidi comes here. Others don’t like to meet and speak to him. |
| A．The marlin is Santiago’s pet. |
| B．Dorothy is brave enough to take adventure. |
| C．Heidi is too shy to speak to Uncle Alp. |
| A．To show a way to learn words. |
| B．To share some famous books. |
| C．To give examples on personalities. |
| A．Pronunciation | B．Grammar | C．Vocabulary |
【推荐2】Do you know that “OK” has a birthday? It’s on March 23. And this year, the word “OK” will be 181 years old.
“OK” is widely spoken all over the world, New York Daily News reported.
It was first introduced to the world in the Boston Morning Post on March 23, 1839. It read “o.k— oll correct (all correct).” It was only a joke at that time. But later “OK” became widely used in documents and telegraphs（电报）. People used it to say that all was well.
Today, we use it almost every day. “How about 2 o’clock? OK?” “OK.” The word “OK” is easy to say and write. It is also clear enough for people to understand.
It also has neutrality（中性）that other words don’t have. You may say something is great, while other people may say it isn’t. But with “OK”, everyone usually agrees.
There are different ways of spelling “OK”: okay, ok, and O.K. for example. But they all sound the same. However, “OK” is the most widely used spelling and is often used in writing. People sometimes use “okay” when writing because it looks more like a real word.
“OK” is so useful that it’s known around the world. You may not know the language of someone who’s talking to you, but saying “OK” with gestures（手势）helps you to understand each other.
1. “OK” was first introduced to the world in a ________ on March 23, 1839.| A．document | B．telegraph | C．letter | D．newspaper |
| A．O.K. | B．okay | C．OK | D．ok |
| A．The most often-used English word. | B．Do you know how to use “OK”? |
| C．“OK” to celebrate its 181st birthday. | D．“OK” helps us understand each other. |
Chinese is mainly divided into 13 dialects (方言) and these dialects can be further divided into many kinds of local dialects. Putonghua (or Mandarin) is spoken by over 70% of the population in China. And it is one of the 6 official languages of the United Nations. Within these large dialect groups, there are small groups. Many of them are difficult to understand. In Fujian, for example, people living 10 kilometers away from one another can be speaking different Min dialects.
Putonghua is the mother dialect of Chinese living in the northern China and Sichuan province. It is called Guoyu in some parts of China, like Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It is known in English as Mandarin Chinese or Standard Chinese.
Wu dialect is spoken in Shanghai, most of Zhejiang and southern parts of Jiangsu and Anhui. Wu dialect include hundreds of different spoken forms. Hakka or Kejia is widely spoken in Fujian, Taiwan and some countries in Southeast Asia. Min dialect is spoken in Fujian, Taiwan and Southeast Asia. Min group is the most diverse (不同的), with the most different spoken forms used in neighbouring countries. Yue is spoken in Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao, all over Southeast Asia and by many Chinese living abroad.
All these dialects are a symbol of Chinese culture. These dialects are also important parts of Chinese and make Chinese a special language that is different from other languages.
1. There are more than 70 percent of Chinese people speaking Mandarin in China.2. All people living in Fujian speak the same dialect.
3. Wu dialect has the most different spoken forms used in neighbouring countries.
4. If a person lives in Southeast Asia, he may speak Min, Kejia or Yue dialect.
5. This passage mainly talks about symbols of Chinese culture.
Do you know the differences between English names and Chinese names?
Many English people have three names: a first name (a given name), a middle name and a last name (or a family name). Their family name is last. For example, my full name is Jack Allen Black. Jack is my first name. Allen is my middle name. Black is my last name. To many people, the meaning of a name is important. My name is Jack. Jack means jianqiang, and Allen means hexie.
People don’t use their middle names very much. So you can call me Jack Black. We don’t use（使用）Mr., Mrs., Ms. or Miss before（在……之前）the first names. We should（应当）use them before the family names.
But in China, people use Mr., Mrs., Ms. or Miss before their first names, because（因为）the first name is the family name. For example, my Chinese teacher’s name is Shangguan Yun. “Shangguan” is her family name, and “Yun” is her given name. We can call her Miss Shangguan.
1. What is a family name?| A．A first name. | B．A middle name. | C．A last name. |
| A．Zheng Xiaoming. | B．Zheng. | C．Xiaoming. |
| A．Brown | B．Allen | C．Paul |
| A．In English names, the first name is the family name. |
| B．In Chinese names, the first name is the family name. |
| C．In Chinese names, the last name is the family name. |
| A．What’s in a name? | B．Where is your ruler? | C．What’s your name? |
【推荐2】China is a very great country and it has a large population(人口). People from different places have different living habits. Recently, another difference between northerners(北方人) and southerners(南方人) has become a hot one: the way they shop at markets.
The people from south China say they always buy what they need for just one or two meals. It’s normal (正常的) for them to buy half of the Chinese cabbage(白菜), two potatoes, and 1/4 kilo of beef at a time.
However, people may laugh at him or her if a person does this in the north. Instead, buying vegetables and meat enough for a month is usual, reported China Daily.
Also, in the south, people can buy a very small amount (数量) of fruit, such as only one apple or a banana. Shop owners even help you peel (削皮) and cut them.
But in the north, shop owners hardly ever offer (提供) such service(服务). And they sell much fruit in baskets and boxes.
The difference may be because of the different climate (气候). People can keep food for a long time in the north, as it is usually cold and dry there. Many northerners have the habit of buying much food at a time, especially for the long winter. But the hot and wet weather in the south China makes southern Chinese buy just enough food for one meal or one day, or the food can go bad easily.
1. Southerners and northerners buy things so differently because ________.| A．people in the south are poor | B．people in the north are rich |
| C．the climate is so different | D．the way to keep food is different |
| A．Northern | B．Southern | C．All the Chinese | D．English |
| A．the differences between southerners and northerners |
| B．the differences between northerners’ clothes and southerners’ clothes |
| C．the different shopping habits of southerners and northerners |
| D．the different eating habits at southern and northern markets |
| A．We can often buy only an apple in the north. |
| B．We can usually buy only 1/4 kilo of meat in the north and the shop owners welcome us. |
| C．Southerners like buying 50 kilos of cabbage each time. |
| D．We can ask the shop owner to peel an apple and cut it in the south. |
【推荐3】Traditionally, baby boys are dressed in blue and baby girls are dressed in pink. We are taught this as children.
But as you grow up, this idea doesn’t mean much anymore. Take me, for example, I often wear pink or purple shirts. In fact, I’m wearing a pink shirt while I write this story!
While children might make fun of a boy wearing a pink shirt, I believe there really are no rules about what colors a man or woman can wear. That’s how it is in Australia and I’ve found it to be the case in China as well. There are more and more people who are quite happy to wear lots of creative things. Some men in China and Australia pay as much attention to their appearance as women.
But if you think the idea of boys wearing pink is something new, think again. It isn’t original at all. Kassia St Clair, the writer of The Secret Lives of Color, said it was very different in the 19th century. She explains that pink was a color worn by men in the military(军队). Blue, she says, was the color for girls.
Somehow, over the following 100 years, this has changed a lot. But whatever the story is today, don’t let it stop you from wearing whatever color you want!
1. Baby boys typically wear ________ clothes.| A．pink | B．purple | C．blue | D．yellow |
| A．a woman | B．a man | C．a Chinese person | D．a soldier |
| A．children can wear clothes in many different colors. | B．pink is only for girls. |
| C．boys cannot wear colorful clothes. | D．people can wear whatever colors they like. |
| A．girls used to wear pink clothes. | B．boys wore pink clothes in the past. |
| C．popular colors have changed over time. | D．boys used to wear blue clothes. |
| A．There are no rules for what colors we should wear. |
| B．It’s uncommon for boys to wear pink clothes. |
| C．Men should act differently from women. |
| D．The difference between boys and girls is important. |
【推荐1】When we think about 2050, it seems that it is far from now and it will be a totally different world. But in fact, it is just about 30 years from now and we can already know what will be possible to have by that time. Now, let’s have a look at some predictions about 2050 together.
First, AI (人工智能) will offer (提供) more jobs in 2050. Many people worry about AI in our lives because they think in the end robots will do all the work and we won’t have jobs. But according to the survey of Forbes, in 2021, AI will create 2.3 million jobs and make only 1.8 million jobs disappear (消失).
Second, space travel will be possible in 2050. According to Business Insider, people can travel in space in 2050. But it will only be for wealthy people, because the travel to space will cost (花费) about 100 million dollars for just one week.
Last, self-driving cars will make driving safer. According to a report by Stanford University, in 2050, self-driving cars will make traffic related (有关联的) deaths less possible and they can also bring changes in our lifestyles, too. We will have more time for ourselves.
1. According to the survey, AI will create ________ jobs.| A．1.8 million | B．2.3 million | C．30 million | D．100 million |
| A．rich | B．healthy | C．successful | D．outgoing |
| A．You can drive it to space. |
| B．You can travel to anywhere you want. |
| C．You will drive it faster than usual cars. |
| D．You will have more free time. |
| A．five | B．four | C．three | D．two |
| A．AI will surely make robots do all the work for humans. |
| B．Life in 50 years will keep the same. |
| C．Space travel may come true in 2050. |
| D．Self-driving cars will make driving less safe. |
【推荐2】I think April Fool’s Day is a very unusual holiday. On April Fool’s Day, you have to watch out for practical jokes. You also can’t trust everything you hear on April 1st. Even some main newspapers will put fake news to fool people. I heard a story about how on April Fool’s Day, a London newspaper printed an article about how aliens landed in England. This caused many people to be afraid and the local police were not very pleased with the newspaper.
It can be interesting to play tricks, but you’d better not to go too far. One April Fool’s Day, I called my mother from the university I attended. I told her that I failed all of my exams and because of this, I wasn’t able to graduate. She was so upset that she started to cry. I felt really bad about making her sad and tried to tell her it was just a joke. After I told her it was only an April Fool’s Day’s joke, she got angry with me that she hung up the phone. I had to call her back and apologize before she would talk to me again.
April Fool’s Day’s jokes can be funny, but you should be careful not to hurt people’s feelings by embarrassing them too much. Before you act, you should always make sure to put yourself in someone else’s shoes and think about how they might feel.
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1. What can’t be trusted on April fool’s day?
| A．Everything you hear. | B．Strangers’ jokes. | C．Friends’ jokes | D．Everything on TV. |
| A．A worker. | B．A student. | C．A teacher. | D．A reporter. |
| A．可怕的 | B．过时的 | C．最新的 | D．虚假的 |
| A．Once aliens landed in England. |
| B．April Fool’s Day is a usual holiday. |
| C．The mother felt worried when she got the call. |
| D．You can do anything to fool your friends on April Fool’s Day. |
| A．Don’t play jokes on your friends. |
| B．It’s bad for newspapers to put fake news. |
| C．Children shouldn’t play jokes on their mothers. |
| D．Don’t go too far when playing jokes on April Fool’s Day. |
Of course, if you want to keep your mind clear and active, you must take a proper rest and study properly. To the teenagers, using their brains in the morning is good for their health.
There are many ways to rest. One is a peaceful rest. Sleep is a peaceful rest. Another is an active rest. For example, take a walk outdoors, do more exercise every day. To change the way of the brains’ activities is also a good way to rest.
In everyday life, to eat some eggs, meat, fresh vegetables and fruitis also good for the brains.
Wish you a wise man and a happy life.
1. According to the writer of the passage, our brains should be used ____.
| A．hardly | B．seldom |
| C．more often | D．at times |
| A．Sleep is a kind of a good rest. |
| B．Doing morning exercises is a peaceful rest. |
| C．Going out for a rest is an active rest. |
| D．There are different activities for a good rest. |
| A．Illness comes from the fact the brains are used too much. |
| B．Fruits are the most important for the brains. |
| C．The brains will be better if they are used often. |
| D．Sleep is the only way of having a rest. |
| A．How to use your brains | B．How to rest |
| C．How to become a wise man | D．Keep your mind clear |
【推荐1】Hello, everyone! Welcome to today's programme. I will tell you something about some famous places of interest in Xuzhou.
Xuzhou is in the north—west of Jiangsu Province. The original name of Xuzhou is Pengcheng, with 6000—year culture. As a beautiful city with a long history, Xuzhou has many historicalsites and places of interest, including Tombs of Han Dynasty, Yunlong scentic spot(风景区), the Huai Hai Campaign Memorial Tower, Pengzu Park and so on. Guishan Han Tomb is the tomb for Liu Zhu and his wife, the sixth Prince and Princess of Chu State. Everything needed in daily life can till be seen under the ground palace. Yunlong scentic spot is in the south of Xuzhou with a body of water of 5.8 square kilometers, and a land area of 5.6 square kilometers. The lake is surrounded (围绕)by green hills, along the green lake bank, we can enjoy the beautiful scenes of four seasons. As we know Pengzu is from Xuzhou, he is famous for his long life, about 800 years. He is good at cooking. To memory him, Pengzu park was built.
If you come to visit Xuzhou, you can enjoy many kinds of delicious local food, such as Yuanzhi dog meat, fish wrapped in mutton and so on.
Thank you for listening, welcome to Xuzhou!
1. What is this?| A．A notice | B．A letter | C．A radio programme | D．An advertisement |
| A．Four | B．Five | C．Six | D．Seven |
| A．Xuzhou is in the north—east of Jiangsu Province. |
| B．Pengzu Park was built to memory Pengzu. |
| C．Pengcheng is a name of a famous person from Xuzhou. |
| D．Yunlong scentic spot has an area of 5. 8 square kilometers. |
The game is played by two teams. There must be eleven players in each team.
The field must be about 100m long and 73m wide. There are two goals(门)， 7.32m long and 2.44m high.
To score a goal, a player must put the ball into the other team’s goal. They may use their feet, heads or other parts of the body, but they must not touch the ball with their hands. Only one on each team, the goal-keeper(守门员), may use his hands.
Volleyball
This is played on a court 18m long and 9m wide. The net（网）is 2.44m high for men and 2.24m high for women. There are two teams and there are usually six players in each team.
The players try to make the ball hit the ground on the other side of the net. They may use their hands, fists or arms, but they must not catch the ball or hold it while(当---时候) playing.
Basketball
The court must be 26m long and 14m wide. There can be ten players in a team but not more than five players in each team may play at one time. The players must not change until the referee allows（允许）them to leave the court.
To score a point a player must throw the ball into the other team’s basket.
Players may throw the ball, but they must not carry it. A player must not touch another player.
After 20minutes’ play there must be a rest period（阶段）for ten minutes. Then there is another period of 20 minutes before the game ends.
1. How big is a football field?
| A．7.32m long and 2.44m high. |
| B．100m long and 73m wide. |
| C．107.32m long and 75.44m wide. |
| D．26m long and 14m wide. |
| A．catch the ball |
| B．hold the ball |
| C．use their hands, fists or arms |
| D．use their hands |
| A．five | B．ten | C．twenty | D．eleven |
| A．队长 | B．教练 | C．裁判 | D．观众 |
| A．In a football match, only one person can use his hands. |
| B．The volleyball net is 2.44m high for men. |
| C．The basketball team will score when they the ball into the other team’s basket. |
| D．In a basketball match, twenty minutes is a period. |
Cars will run on a solar power (太阳能) and will be much cleaner. They will be much safer. For example, if you are too close to another car or if you are driving dangerously, your car will slow down or stop by itself.
New cities will be built in the sea. Some cities on water will have two floors. People will live on the second floor, the first floor will be used for traffic, shops and factories.
Biotechnology (生物技术) will make food better and healthier. Plants without insects will be developed. The taste of fruit and vegetables will be better and food will be able to keep longer.
Many new ways to cure illness (治愈疾病) will be found. However, some new illness will appear (出现).
1. Solar power cars ________ according to the passage.
| A．will make our air much cleaner |
| B．will run more slowly |
| C．will be more dangerous |
| D．will be heavy |
| A．in the sea | B．in the sky |
| C．in the mountains | D．on land |
| A．medicine | B．toy |
| C．food | D．clothes |
| A．Cars in the future. |
| B．What will our life be like in ten years? |
| C．How to keep food longer? |
| D．Where will people live in the future? |
