When we moved to Canada, my son, Craig, was one year younger than most of the children in the neighborhood. When school started and the other children went to school during the day, he was very unhappy (不高兴的) because there were not any children to play with him. And we told Craig that he could not go to school until the next year. He was even sadder.
The next year, he was so excited (兴奋的) to know that he could go to school. We bought him something for school, such as clothes, a school bag and pens.
On that day, my wife sent him to school. When he got on the bus, my wife’s eyes were full of tears(眼泪). That night, he told us stories of that day at school, his teachers, his new friends and the subjects he learned.
The next morning, it was hard for me to wake Craig up. I went into the room and woke him many times. Finally, I said, “Get up my son. You have to go to school.” He stood up at once(立刻) and said in surprise, “again
Answer the following questions according to what you read.
1. Why was Craig unhappy?
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【推荐1】Hello, my name is Jenny. I’m a 15-year-old student in England. Every day, my brother Bill and I go to school at seven o’clock. We have breakfast at home, and then walk (步行) to school. At school, we learn English and French. Of course, we also learn reading, writing, science and math. I love sports. I usually play volleyball. Bill’s favorite sport is baseball. School finishes at 3:30 in the afternoon. Bill and I walk back home. We need to finish our homework first. Then we have dinner with parents. For dinner, we usually have meat, potatoes and carrots. Potatoes are my favorite food. After dinner, I often watch TV with my father. Bill often plays computer games. My mother does some housework (家务活).
1、2题简略回答问题； 3、4题完成句子；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. When do Bill and Jenny go to school?
2. What do they usually have for dinner?
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4. Jenny often
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【推荐2】Mrs. Read is an American housewife. Now she is talking about her children: five-year-old daughter, Ella, has to clean up her toys and her bedroom. And she needs to help do the dishes and help clean the table after supper. She also helps Daddy look after our pet; she can get water and food for the dog, for example. She told me she wanted to mop (用拖把拖) the floor, but I'm not ready to get her to do it. If she is good and does all that she needs to do for the week, she gets 5 dollars and a movie.
My three-year-old daughter, Anna, has to clean up her toys, her bedroom, and any mess(混乱) that she makes. If she is good and does all that she needs to do for the week, she gets 3 dollars and a movie.
My two-year-old son, Steve, doesn’t do chores yet. He will not be so “lucky” next year. I am going to teach him to do some housework from now on.
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1. Do all the children of Mrs. Read have to do chores?2. What will Mrs. Read give Anna if she does all that she needs to do for the week?
3. What do the two daughters both have to do?
4. What does “it” in the first paragraph refer to(指的是)?
5. When will Mrs. Read let her little son do chores?
【推荐3】It’s 3:20 pm on Sunday. Zhang Ning and her family are doing different things. What are they doing? Let’s get to know now.
This is Zhang Ning’s grandpa. He is retired(退休). Every day he gets up early to play taijiquan with other old men in the park. He loves reading books and going on the Internet. Now he is reading a book at home.
This is Zhang Ning’s father Zhang Haitao. He is a doctor in a hospital. He starts work at 8:00 am every day. He has got a car. It’s his favourite. He often drives his family to go out at weekends. Now he is washing his car.
This is Zhang Ning’s mother Wang Yun. She works in a school and she’s a Chinese teacher. She loves her students. She loves doing the housework and cooking. Now she is in the kitchen. She is cooking for her family.
This is Zhang Ning. She is a student in Class Four, Grade Seven. She likes art and history very much. She is good at playing the piano. She goes to piano lessons every Saturday. Now she’s practising the piano at home.
1. How many people are there in Zhang Ning’s family now?2. What is her father’s favourite thing?
3. What does her grandpa do every day?
4. How often does Zhang Ning have piano lessons?
5. What’s the passage about?
“More young people should have science lessons at school and university(大学).” Hazel Wallace, a Science teacher from London, said at a meeting for university students last weekend. “Science can change the world and make people live better. We need more people who want to teach science.”
But there was bad news from Dr. Benson, a university Science teacher. “There’s a real problem with Science teaching in schools. About 35%physics(物理) teachers in schools don’t have a physical degree(物理学学位). Not enough people are studying Science at university and this means that there are not enough science teachers.”
Mrs. Wallace didn’t agree. “It’s true that the number of Science pupils fell between 2000 and 2010,” she said. “But now the numbers are going up again. The number of students who study science lessons at school is much higher now than it was in 2010.”
Dr. Benson thought that numbers were still too low, “We should interest 12-16 years old in studying Science. There’s still a problem with science lessons in UK classrooms. Some of them are too difficult or boring for students. As for teachers, old ways of teaching have to change. We must change the way most young people think about Science. Science can also be fun. Students can take part in more science activities at school. ”
1. Who was the meeting for?2. Why are there not enough science teachers?
3. What is the best age to get interest in studying Science?
4. What’s the problem with science lessons in UK classrooms?
5. Do you agree with the young people’s idea about Science in the passage? Why or why not?
【推荐2】Can you cook? If so, what are your specialty dishes?
For middle and primary school students, being able to cook will become a must in the near future. They will also need to learn how to plant vegetables, raise poultry(家禽)and maintain home appliances(家电)under new requirements for labor education. Starting from the 2022 fall semester, students in primary and middle schools take courses on labor skills at least once a week.
The new standards outline three types of labor tasks. The first refers to everyday chores, including cleaning, organizing, cooking, and using and maintaining home appliances. Next is productive labor, including agriculture, making traditional handicrafts, and applying new technologies such as 3D printing and laser cutting. The third type is service work, which includes volunteer work.
According to the MOE(教育部), labor education must be strengthened to help students cultivate social values and develop an interest in labor.
Here’s a sample list of household labor duties in the curriculum.
1. First and second graders: wiping tables, washing vegetables, doing the dishes, learning to grow plants or raise small animals.
2. Third and fourth graders: mopping the floor, cleaning windows, knowing how to make cold dishes and use home appliances.
3. Fifth and sixth graders: tidying up, mastering the skills of cooking two or three common dishes, such as fried eggs, or scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
4. Middle school students: cooking three or four dishes independently, learning how to make one or two kinds of traditional handicrafts, experiencing industrial labor and volunteer work.
Liu Fang, a mother of 6-year-old twins in Beijing, is a strong supporter of labor education. For the past year, she has trained her daughters to do household chores and make simple dishes for the family.
“The main idea is to let them share responsibility(责任)as family members and become independent as early as they can.” said Liu, “Through such education, my twins have found fun in doing chores and are more independent.”
1. How often should students in primary and middle schools take courses on labor skills from this autumn?2. List three types of labor tasks that the new standards outline.
3. Why must labor education be strengthened according to the MOE?
4. How many dishes should middle school students learn to cook?
5. What does Liu Fang think of the new curriculum standard for labor education, meaningful or doubtful?
Most of us have never thought about building an educational toy by ourselves. If we need a learning toy or something, we simply go to the nearest store and buy it. However, things are not as easy in third world countries. With families even having no food to put on the table, buying toys, especially the educational ones, is the last thing on the parents’ minds.
So how can one get these kids interested in science? This was a question that worried the Indian engineer Arvind Gupta so much that he decided to give up a good job and spend his life making toys from things that people no longer want or need!
Mr. Gupta began teaching in the 1970s. While still an engineering student at the Indian College of Technology, he volunteered to teach the children who could not afford to go to school. Upon graduation, he found a good job at India’s Tata Motors and spent the next five years designing cars.
But he soon realized that this was not something he wanted to do for the rest of his life. So he took a year’s training course and took part in the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Program whose aim was to make science fun and exciting for poor children using available materials.
Mr. Gupta found the whole project so satisfying that he decided to leave his high-paying job and focus his attention on designing educational toys that were not only cheap and easy to build, but are also full of scientific principles(科学原理), so that children could get interested in this interesting subject.
When the Internet started becoming a more widespread learning tool, Mr. Gupta created a Toys from Trash website and also recorded over 250 YouTube videos.
Today, over 50,000 children and teachers visit the website daily to download the videos for the toy creations based on cool science. Some young children have become so inspired (鼓舞)that they have even won international science competitions with the help of his creations.
Making educational toys from rubbish
| Reasons | ●Most people never thought about building educational toys. ●Usually people go to the nearest store to buy educational toys in ●To some families, food is more ●We should help children to get interested in science. |
| About Mr. Gupta | ●Finding a good job and spending five years designing cars after ●Deciding to give up a good job and spending his life making special toys ● ●Taking a year’s training course to learn to make science fun and exciting for poor children ●Focusing his attention on designing educational toys |
| About the website | ●A Toys from Trash is a website with over 250 YouTube videos ●Many children visit the website and they are ●With the help of his creations, children have even won international science competitions |
【推荐1】One evening, an old cock(公鸡) is in a tall tree. A fox(狐狸) comes to the tree and looks at the cock. “Hello, Mr. Cock. I have something to tell you.” says the fox. “Oh?” says the cock, “What is it?” “All the animals are good friends now. Let’s be friends, too. Please come here and have dinner with me.” says the fox. “OK!” says the cock, “I’m very glad.” Then he says to the fox, “Look! There is something over there.” “What can you see?” asks the fox. “Oh, I see some animals. They will come here.” “Animals?” “Yes, oh, they’re dogs.” “What? Dogs?” asks the fox. “Well ... we … I have to go now, Goodbye.” “They’re just dogs. And dogs are our friends now. You don’t need to go home."
“Yes. But they don’t know that now,” “I see. I see.” says the cock. There are smiles(微笑) on its face.
1. Where is the cock?2. Does the cock have dinner with the fox?
3. Is the fox afraid of dogs?
4. What does the fox really want to do to the cock?
5. What do you think of the cock?
【推荐2】Music shows are very popular around the world. And some shows, like Matilda and Harry Potter, have child actors (演员). So what is their life (生活) like?
Child actors need to study, but this doesn’t mean (意味着) they go to school. Because they work at night, often until late. It’s difficult for them to go to school every day. So they often study at home. Many child actors in New York study at an online (网上的) school. Let’s ask some child actors in a New York show about it!
Gabbi says, “I watch the lessons, and I can talk to the teachers online. I also have a ‘learning helper’—my mom! She helps me study and do my homework. Now, I’m studying six subjects.”
“It’s not easy,” says Daya. “There is a show most afternoons and one every night, so it’s difficult to do all the work the teachers give us and get good marks. I am not in every show. Two other girls play the same part as me, and that way we all have time for schoolwork and other things —I’m taking dancing and singing lessons. The other girls aren’t doing that, but they love playing computer games and reading.”
Online learning is also good because child actors sometimes move around. Daya says, “My play isn’t showing in New York now. We’re touring (巡演) the US and Canada, and we’re studying for school tests. We stay in each city for a week, in a hotel. It’s a great life! We love it!”
1. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 refer to (指的是)? _________| A．The child. | B．The actor. | C．The show. | D．The study. |
| A．She goes to school. |
| B．She studies online. |
| C．Her mum teaches her. |
| D．She studies by herself. |
| A．Easy and fine. |
| B．Difficult but great. |
| C．Busy and boring. |
| D．Interesting and free. |
I am a 14-year-old boy. My friend is Li Ming. We often go to the movies when we are free. However, we like different movies.
My favorite movie star is Wu Jing. He is a great actor. He looks handsome. He had a film called the Battle at Lake Changjin《长津湖》recently. It’s a wonderful war film. And it is very popular these days. I think it’s moving (感人的).
But Li Ming likes Shen Teng best. He thinks his movies are fun. He will laugh loudly when he watches them. One of Shen Teng’s movies is Crazy Alien (《疯狂的外星人》). But I don’t think it’s great. In fact, it’s boring. What’ s more, Li Ming also likes watching Beijing Opera(京剧). He even hopes to be a Beijing Opera artist. I don’t like Beijing Opera very much, but my father likes it a lot. He often tells me, “Beijing Opera is a symbol (n.象征) of traditional Chinese culture (文化). We should learn and develop it.”
1. Who is the writer’s favorite movie star?2. What does the writer think of the Battle at Lake Changjin?
3. Why does Li Ming like Shen Teng?
4. Does the writer like watching the movie Crazy Alien?
5. What does Beijing Opera symbolize (v.象征)?
【推荐1】Once upon a time, there was a king. He only had one leg and one eye, but he was very smart and kind. Everyone lived a happy and healthy life because of the king. One day, the king was walking through the palace hallway and saw the paintings of ancestors(祖先). He thought that one day his children would also walk in the same hallway and remember all the ancestors through these paintings. He wanted his children to remember him, too. So he invited many famous artists to his palace.
All of the artists began to think about the king’s physical disabilities(生理缺陷). How could his painting be made very beautiful? It was not possible. They weren’t sure what his painting would be like. So one by one, they all started to politely refuse to make a painting of the king.
But suddenly one artist raised his hand and said he would make a very nice painting of the king. The king became happy hearing that. Then the artist started painting. After a long time, the painting was ready.
When the artist showed the painting, everyone was shocked. In the painting, the king was sitting on a horse, on the one-leg side, holding his bow(弓箭)and aiming(瞄准)something with his one eye closed. The king was very happy and gave him lots of money.
As we all know, no one is perfect. So we should try to focus on(关注)others’ advantages instead of their disadvantages. Just take an optimistic view(乐观的观点)of the event. Everyone can do a good job.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. What did the king see in the palace hallway?
2. Why did the king invite artists to draw a painting of him?
3. Was it an easy job or a hard job to draw a painting of the king?
4. How did the king like the painting?
5. What can we learn from the artist?
【推荐2】Nicole is seven years old. Last week, her parents gave her a guitar. She practiced playing the guitar in her bedroom.
She played the guitar all the time because she liked playing the guitar very much. She played it day and night. Her parents told her not to play it any more. It was too noisy. She promised not to play it at night. In fact, she still played it all the time.
Her parents complained (抱怨), her sister complained and the neighbors complained. “OK, OK!” Nicole said, “I will be a good girl. I will do it more quietly.” But this didn’t help much. No one could work, no one could rest, and no one could sleep.
One day, Nicole came home and found her parents and her sisters were waiting for her. She saw a violin and a piano in the living room. Nicole was very surprised! “Wow!” she said, “What are these?” “Well,” her father answered, “we see that we can’t beat you, so we decide to join you.”
根据短文内容，回答下列问题(每小题的答案不超过6个单词)
1. When did Nicole get her guitar?
2. Where did Nicole practise playing the guitar?
3. Why did Nicole practise playing the guitar all the time?
4. Did Nicole stop playing the guitar at night?
5. What did Nicole see in the living room?
Did you know that tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident? Many people believe that tea was first drunk about 5,000 years ago. It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink. One day Shen None was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. It produced a nice smell so he tasted the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.
A few thousand years later, Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, mentioned Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing . The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea. It also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.
It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. In England, tea didn’t appear until around 1660, but in less than 100 years, it had become the national drink. The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture. The Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea.
1. The way that tea was invented (in two words):2. The person who invented tea:
3. List three countries that tea was spread to in the passage:
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4. What the book Cha Jing talks about:
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5. The role of the tea trade played:
