Everyone bathes in a different way. Most Americans never take a bath. They soap and rinse (冲洗) off under the shower. The English always take a bath. First, they sit in a bathtub full of warm water. Then they soap themselves, and finally they rinse off the soap, all in the same water. The Japanese on the other hand, first wash with soap in the shower. Then they go and sit in a bathtub full of warm water for twenty minutes or more. Later, others in the family use the same water to sit and relax in. The Thai (泰国人) do not get into a shower or a bathtub.
They stand in a room or an area of a house where there is a big jar (罐子) full of water. With a bowl they pour water from the jar on themselves so that other people do not see their bodies. The Thai always wear a long piece of cloth called a pasin around their bodies. They wear this when they are bathing.
Everyone gets clean in a different way. We know that washing is good and healthy for us. But this was not true in the past. Up to 1800, most Americans did not bathe because they thought it was bad for them.
Bathing Habits in Different Countries
People | Bathing habits |
Americans | More than two Now most of them take a |
English people | They always take a bath. They sit in a |
Japanese | First they take a shower and then a |
the Thai | They |
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【推荐1】If your birthday is coming, what kind of gifts would you expect? Or what will you buy for your friends’ birthdays? Mostly the giving of gifts and the culture are connected closely. Coming from the US, I have found gift-giving to be quite different in China compared to my home country. One example is the timing of when to open a gift. In the US, the person who gives the gift (let’s call them the “gifter”) will often want to see the person who gets the gift (let’s call them the “giftee”) immediately open the present. They want to see their reaction (反应) of excitement and joy. In China, however, it’s more polite to open the gifts after they come back home later.
Another aspect (方面) I’ve found different is the openness and directness of giving money. Although people in the US might give money to their children, it is usually doing very secretly with the money put in a card and not discussed out loud. In China, the practice is much more open in a flashy red envelope. Finally, the monetary value (金钱观) of the gift can play a big role in China in ways that are different from the US. An expensive gift in the US is usually greeted with great excitement. But in China, it can make the giftee feel awkward (尴尬的) due to a sense of having to return the favor (恩惠) in the future to the gifter.
So, the next time you give a gift to somebody, remember that culture and meaning are part of every action we take.
1. Is the writer from the US?2. When do Chinese people usually open the gifts?
3. What are the differences in gift-giving between China and the US?
4. Is it a burden (负担) if you receive expensive gifts on your birthday? Why or why not? (at least 2 reasons)
【推荐2】阅读下面短文，根据其内容完成后面的各项任务。
Many people in the United States celebrate Christmas Day on December 25.
Christmas Day is just like our Spring Festival. People celebrate Christmas Day with a traditional family dinner. Many people decorate (装饰) their homes and gardens with lights, Christmas trees. People eat a special meal, such as turkey (火鸡）and a lot of other festival foods. Children often get a lot of gifts from their parents and friends. Shops are red and green. There are so many Christmas cards, Christmas hats, Christmas toys and many colorful things. So they looks very beautiful. We can give a toy to our friends: 我们花费许多的钱。
Christmas is coming, and it also means a new year will come. Let’s study harder to welcome the new year!
1. 将文中画线的汉语句子翻译成英语。2. 回答问题：
What do children get from their parents and friends?
3. 将文中画线的英语句子翻译成汉语。
4. 回答问题：
What does the underlined word “they” refer to (指的是)？
5. 从文中找出与下面所给句子意思相同的句子。
We can give our friends a toy.
When a thought has found words
Poetry is the forgotten child of literature. Few people read it for pleasure. In Western high schools, poetry is seldom taught because it is considered to be out of date and have little to do with the life of today’s students.
In China, however, poetry is still an important part of the curriculum (课程) . Recently, the Ministry of Education has increased the number of ancient Chinese poems for students to memorize and recite, from 14 to 72. Why is it important to learn poems?
First of all, poetry is a necessary part of learning traditional Chinese culture. It is a path to understanding your history and your society. It is also the key to understanding the thoughts and feelings that are common to everyone but we may be unable to express—the joy of Li Bai dancing with the moon, for example. Everyone has feelings of joy, love, loneliness, sadness and even anger, and a good poem can help us put those feelings into words and bring us self-understanding.
Poems can also express beauty. In a few short lines, even something common can become beautiful. Here is a poem called “Fog” by Carl Sandberg: The fog comes/on silent haunches (弓腰)/and then moves on. Yes, fog does move smoothly, silently and like a cat, and Sandberg catches that feeling and image, and makes it beautiful.
Of course, to really enjoy poetry, it has to be read aloud. After all, a poem is really just a song without music. Most ancient poetry, like Homer’s Epics and China’s Book of Songs, was spoken for hundreds of years before it was written.
The American poet Robert Frost said, “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” You are lucky that you now have seventy-two poems to learn!
Title: When a thought has found words | |
| Passage outline | Detailed information |
| In the | Most people think poetry is |
| China’s recent | Students must memorize and recite more ancient Chinese poems. |
| ● Learning poems makes you ● Poems can be ● Poems can express beauty of | |
| A tip on | |
| Conclusion | Chinese |
【推荐1】Some parents in Qingdao complained because the school chose a PE teacher as the head teacher (班主任).
The local education bureau (教育局) quickly replied. On Friday, at a news conference in Beijing, the spokesman said that teachers in legal (合法的) schools own teaching ability. Teachers teach different subjects and this makes them different. They also expressed the hope that the try of a PE teacher as a head teacher would be understood and accepted by more parents.
That is the correct opinion. All teachers must pass exams and interviews before getting a teaching job. Different teachers are good at different subjects. Head teachers not only teach their own subjects, but also lead other teachers to work as a team and keep classes running smoothly.
The school clearly feels that the experienced PE teacher has the necessary ability of being a head teacher.
At the news conference, the spokesman also said that more attention will be paid to PE lessons, and the subject will be given as much importance as Chinese language or math. In the examinations for high schools, the points for PE lessons will rise to be the same as the so-called main subjects like Chinese language, math, and English.
It is a good move to pay more attention to PE as it is important for children’s health. However, if the policymakers (决策者) increase its points to the same as Chinese language and math, they should do so step by step in order to make parents accept it.
The high school entrance examination will make those students with more potential (潜力) for higher education in the future. Thus, PE is not only important, but also basic to future health. And its importance can also be shown by increasing more PE classes in school.
阅读以上信息, 用恰当的单词完成下面的表格, 每空一词。
Can a PE teacher be a head teacher? | |
| • One PE teacher in Qingdao was chosen to be the head teacher. | |
Reply from the local education bureau | • The local education bureau |
View of the writer | • Teachers of legal schools have the ability to teach students and their |
Voice from the local school | •The PE teacher has the necessary |
Future development about PE | •The points of PE lessons should be increased step by step, or parents will be •PE will be of great help to students’ higher education as well as their future health. |
【推荐2】Transportation means the way to go out. It has greatly changed with the development of society.
Walking was the main way until humans used animals to carry things. More than 5, 000 years ago people made the wheel successfully. This made it possible for animals to pull carts. People can travel faster. They also traveled by water, at first with simple wooden boat.
The steam engine (蒸汽机) was invented in the 1700s. It was an important thing in transportation history and it led the transportation into the modern times. Steam-powered boats and ships could easily travel without wind. On land, inventors used it to drive trains. This made railroads develop fast. The late 1800s saw the first successful bicycles and cars. This made quick and easy transportation possible to more people than ever before. People who bought cars needed more and better roads.
In 1903 Wilbur and Orville Wright flew the world’s first plane. The invention of the jet engine in the1940s made air travel the fastest transportation in history.
The development of transportation has brought problems, however. Traffic jams, accidents and air pollution are becoming more and more serious. Choosing a green way to travel may be a thing we can do for the earth. Let’s do it!
任务A：补全第1—4题的信息。每空限填一词。
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任务B：根据材料信息，完成(1)题。不超过20词。
5. Which transportation will you choose to travel? Why?The Mars rover (探测器) Zhurong has traveled more than 1. 9 km since it first set its wheels on the surface of the planet in May the year before last year. The lastest information was reported by the Chinese space administration.
Since May last year, Zhurong has worked on the surface of Mars for 342 Martian days at a distance of 240 million kilometers from Earth. A Martian day is about 40 minutes longer than a day on Earth.
Zhurong touched down on the Utopia Planita, a huge plain in the northern half of Mars,
on May 15, 2021. Since then, it has collected surface rock samples (样品) and taken pictures while exploring the planet.
Mars is about to enter the winter season, during which night temperatures will drop to -100, with a high probability of sandstorms. Martian winters last about six Earth months. Scientists have made special designs on the Zhurong rover, including low temperature resistance (阻力) , sand resistance, power safety and other features, to make sure that the rover can work safely on the Mars.
The Chinese space administration also reported that lunar (月球) rover Yutu-2, or Jade rabbit-2, has been working for 42 lunar days and moved 1,181 meters on the moon surface.
China’s Chang’e-4 rover with a lander, and Yutu-2 were sent off on December 8, 2018. They made the first-ever soft landing on the Von Karman Crater in the South Pole-Aitken Basin on the far side of the moon on January 3, 2019.
1. When did Zhurong first land the planet?2. How many Earth days has Zhurong worked on Mars since May last year?
3. What did Zhurong do when exploring the planet?
4. Why did scientists make special designs on Zhurong rover?
5. Please ask ONE question about the last paragraph with “What, Who, How…”.
