How time flies! The summer of 2020 is coming. As the days get hotter, we can stay inside and turn on an air conditioning (空调) to stay comfortable. But do you know how people in ancient China used different ways to avoid the heat in summer?
Starting from the Qin Dynasty, royal (皇家的) and rich families began to store ice during winter. As summer began, they used ice to cool their homes. People would put a container (容器) with many ice cubes (冰块) inside of it in their rooms. Servants would fan (用扇子扇) the containers to create cool air.
But common people couldn’t store ice. So they liked to spend hot days near wells (井) better than in other places. Some people would keep their food in empty wells. The wells would keep the food cool and fresh, just like a refrigerator.
There are some other ways for the Chinese ancient people to cool themselves. They also made their own summer drinks, such as well water and drinks made from herbs (草药). According to a report, Kublai Khan (忽必烈) — emperor of the Yuan Dynasty — liked drinking milk with ice and sweet candy. Some people believe that it was the world’s first ice cream.
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| Royal and rich families: | They stored ice in winter. They used ice for Servants fanned the containers to make cool air. |
| Common people: | They To keep food cool and fresh, people put it in empty wells. |
| Some other ways for the Chinese ancient people to cool | Chinese people made summer drinks from well water or herbs. It is |
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(a)根据以上内容，从方框中选出与每段相匹配的信息。
A. Say something good.
B. How to tell others bad news.
C. Use a soft friendly voice.
D. Prepare your listener for the news.
E. Try to give a reason.
(b)根据以上内容，补全下面表格，每空填一词。
Start the conversation with something
Use
Try to explain why things go
Use a soft friendly
Being healthy means a person eats well, gets a lot of exercise, and has a healthy weight. Here are some rules for a kid who wants to be healthy. Try your best to follow the rules.
Eat All Kinds of Food
You may have your favorite food, but the best choice is to eat all kinds of food. If you eat different food, you are able to get the things your body needs.
Drink Water and Milk
When you’re really thirsty, cold water is the best. And there’s a reason some schools offer milk. Kids need calcium to build strong body, and milk is a great choice.
Listen to Your Body
When you’re eating, notice how your body feels and whether（是否）your stomach feels comfortably full. Sometimes people eat too much because they don’t notice when they need to stop eating. Eating too much can make you feel uncomfortable.
Limit（限制）Screen Time
What’s screen time? It’s the amount of time you spend watching TV, playing video games and using the computer. The more time spend on these sitting-down activities, the less time for active exercise.
| Rules for Being Healthy | |
| Eat All Kind of Food | If you eat |
| Drink Water and Milk | Cold water is the best when you’re really thirsty. Milk helps build |
| Listen to Your Body | Stop eating when your stomach feel |
| Spend less time watching TV, playing | |
【推荐3】Holidays are a wonderful time to spend with friends and family, eating and sharing stories. And if you are celebrating at home, waiting at airports or spending time on trains, buses or cars, you can learn English. Here are some ideas to improve your English over the holidays.
Podcast (播客)
Listening to the podcast will help to understand spoken English and keep you knowing the information. If you finish a program, tell someone what you have learned—tell them about an interesting story in English.
Conversation (对话)
When traveling, it is not unusual to see people from other countries who are also waiting or visiting a new place. If you hear someone asking for information in English, you should help them in English. A friendly conversation is usually welcome as travelers share their experiences.
Writing about your day
Writing about your day is a great way to practice your writing English. Using English to describe how you spent your holiday will help you to put new words to use and make you remember them longer.
I hope you will enjoy your travels this year, as we have spent much time at home in the past two years.
1. What is the main idea of the passage? (不超过10个单词)2. How many ways of learning English does the writer tell us? What are they?
3. According the passage, what should you do to practice your witting English?
4. Why does the writer hope you will enjoy your travels this year?
5. Give another idea to improve your English. (文中提到的除外)
【推荐1】In China, there are 24 solar terms（节气）in a year. And there are six of them in winter. They are beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice（冬至），lesser cold（小寒）and greater cold.
Beginning of winter usually falls on November 7th or 8th. After beginning of winter, most parts of the country can start to expect cold weather. On this day, after a year of hard work, people are happy to have a rest and spend time with family. The northern China celebrates beginning of winter as the “Small Spring Festival”. People usually have dumplings and mutton soup on that day.
Light snow usually falls on November 22nd or 23rd and heavy snow usually falls on December 7th or 8th. When winter solstice comes, it brings the shortest days of the year and the longest nights. Many places around the country can expect the coldest weather yet. People often start counting “nine cold periods” starting from winter solstice. Every cold period has nine days. People believe that after 81 cold days, spring will come.
Greater cold comes after lesser cold. The field is covered with snow. And all the people in China are ready to welcome the Spring Festival after it. Of course, a new round of solar terms will start.
阅读短文，根据英文释义及首字母提示拼写单词。
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阅读短文, 完成同义句转换，每空一词。
3. And all the people in China are ready to welcome the Spring Festival after it.
And all
根据短文内容回答问题。
4. How many solar terms are there in winter?
5. Which part of China celebrates beginning of winter as the “Small Spring Festival”？
6. What does “it” in the third paragraph refer to?
Welcome to China. We’ll invite you to eat the real Chinese food-dumplings. Now let’s talk about them. OK?
A lot of people in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of dumplings. Some have meat and vegetables in them, while others have sugar, eggs and so on. I like dumplings with vegetables and pork better than any other kind.
Usually, people make dumplings at home. If you have no time to make them, you can buy them from any supermarket. Then you take them home and eat them with vinegar.
The Spring Festival is very important in China. When it comes, we make dumplings and usually put a coin in one of the dumplings. If one eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he will be lucky in the year.
Many foreigners have problems making dumplings, so they usually go to Chinese restaurants to eat dumplings, not make them at home.
Do you like dumplings? What kinds of dumplings do you like?
1. Are there many different kinds of dumplings in China?2. What do Chinese people put in one of the dumplings for good luck when the Spring Festival comes?
3. If foreigners want to have dumplings, where do they usually go to eat them?
4. Do you like eating dumplings? Why or why not?
The Double Ninth Festival is a special day for the old in China. It started long ago. The festival is on lunar September 9th. It is held to show love and respect to the old.
Respecting the old is a tradition in China. That’s because Chinese know that the old have more knowledge and experience. There are many ways for Chinese people to show their respect. When an old person enters a room, everyone stands up. People are introduced from the oldest to the youngest. When we give a book to an old person, we should use our both hands. The young always offer their seats to the old on a crowded subway or bus.
In western countries, however, the old seldom think they are old. They are called “seniors” instead of “the old”. They’d rather do everything themselves. Even after retirement (退休), they take up hobbies, part-time jobs and new activities to keep their bodies working well. And of course among westerners, seniors are respected, too. Usually, seniors don’t have to buy tickets for trains or buses. They get discounts (折扣) in stores and restaurants.
But western seniors don’t often live with their children. For holidays, the young usually meet at their grandparents’ or parents’ home. They give seniors a great smile and a warm hug to show their respect. All of them feel warm and happy.
1. When is the Double Ninth Festival?2. Why is respecting the old a tradition in China?
3. How many ways for Chinese people to show their respect are mentioned in the passage?
4. Where can western seniors get discounts?
5. How do the young in western countries show their respect to seniors?
It seems that food deliverymen (送餐员) are always in a rush. They wear blue, red or yellow helmets and many of them don’t follow the traffic rules. They drive on the wrong side of the road and run red lights. They use mobile phones while driving.
However, not everything goes well with food deliverymen. Food deliverymen have many traffic accidents every year. They get hurt or even die in the accidents. What a terrible thing it is!
What makes deliverymen take such risks? The strict rules of the food delivery service companies and the anxious customers (焦虑的顾客) may be the answer. Many companies will fine a deliveryman up to 2000 yuan if he fails to deliver an order on time, reported by China Daily. Fines also go to those who get bad reviews (评价) from customers.
To solve the problem, food delivery service companies need to improve their incentive systems (激励制度), noted CRI Online. Some cities are also taking action. Shanghai has asked companies to train their deliverymen on traffic rules and safety. Now in Shenzhen, if a deliveryman gets caught breaking the traffic rules more than twice, then he will be banned from driving food service delivery vehicles for a whole year.
1~2题完成句子； 3~5题简略回答问题。1. Food deliverymen
2. The company will fine a deliveryman who gets bad reviews from customers or
3. How many reasons are there to take risks of breaking the traffic rules for deliverymen?
4. How long can’t a deliveryman drive food service delivery vehicles in Shenzhen if he gets caught breaking the traffic rules more than twice?
5. If your order is late, will you give bad reviews to the deliveryman? Why?
【推荐2】Do you know the project — Ning-Ning Cooperation(宁宁合作) ? The first “Ning” means Nanjing and the second one is Xining. It is set up to help Xining in education, medical care and so on. Nanjing is a city which lies to the southeast of Xining. It’s about 2000 kilometers away from Xining. Although it is far, moving stories never stop happening.
A girl named Feifei got serious heart problems. The doctor said she was in great danger. It was impossible to save her because of the high sea level (海拔) in Xining. Her family got into the dark when the bad news came. Luckily, they got great help from Nanjing Children’ s Hospital. The excellent doctors tried their best to save the girl. ①They gave her successful treatment(治疗). The responsible nurses also took good care of her. Soon Feifei got better. What’s more, the whole treatment was free. Feifei’s family needn’t pay for it because of this project.
②What a(an) ________ and ________ project it is! Thumb up(点赞) for our country, for Nanjing and for the project!
1. 请在文中找出与 “ All her families were heartbroken when hearing the terrible news.” 意义相近的句子。2. 请根据文意，找出①句中下划线单词所指代的内容。
3. 请根据文意，判断右图中“Nanjing”方位是否正确，正确填T，错误填F。
4. 请根据文意，在②句空白处填入合适的单词，使句意完整，符合逻辑，每空一词。
What a(an)
5. 请根据文意，为本文拟一个标题(不超过五个词)。
【推荐3】Do you ever experienced disappointment when things don’t go your way? It’s a sadness that fills the space between what you want to happen and how things turn out.
When things go wrong, you’ll feel disappointed. You can be disappointed about things you have the power to change, like failing a test or missing something because you’re late. You can also feel disappointed about something that’s out of your control—for example, when a trip get cancelled because of bad weather.
Nobody likes feeling disappointed but sometimes it can be good for you. Not always getting what you want helps you overcome challenges and try harder next time. It can also help you understand your feelings better, because being disappointed shows that you care about something.
It can even lead to new opportunities(机会). With every disappointment comes opportunity.
Maybe disappointment can open up something even better for you.
________ | Before creating her Peter Rabbit book series, writer Beatrix Potter had a passion for science and made hundreds of drawings of mushrooms. In the 1890s she wanted to study at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London. However, women were not allowed to do this at the time, so Potter decided to focus on writing and became one of the world’s best-loved writers instead. |
“Don’t bottle up how you’re feeling.” says Laverne Antrobus, who is a child psychologist an expert in thoughts and feelings. “Talk to friends and family, because sad and angry feelings can be easier to manage when you talk about them. Thinking about happy moments can help and if you’ve missed out on something like a school trip, try planning an activity with your friends another time.” When you’re disappointed, it might feel like the worst thing in the world, but remember that it will get better soon.
1. What is disappointment?2. Why do people feel disappointed?
3. Why is the writer Beatrix Potter and her book mentioned in the text?
4. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
5. Follow the example and list two ways to deal with disappointment according to Laverne Antrobus.
①Don’t bottle up how you’re feeling
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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 Nong 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.
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These days, a new kind of coffee is getting very hot. Luckin, a coffee shop, created a Moutai-flavored coffee (茅台味拿铁). Many young people wonder how their grandpa’s favorite Chinese liquor (白酒) would taste with their favorite coffee.
The amazing coffee has interested many people. It is reported that 5.42 million cups were sold on the first day when it came out.
In fact, Moutai has tried many ways to be more popular in recent years such as by making Moutai ice cream, canvas (帆布) bags, and the Moutai-flavored coffee. And these creative ideas help Moutai become popular among young people.“By working together, brands can bring more new things to them.” said Li Honghui, a marketing director (市场总监）for drinks.
However, sometimes it is not as good as it is hoped. In Shanghai, people could get an LV canvas bag (帆布包) by buying at least two books in a Manner Coffee shop. But they would cost 580 yuan. People were not happy with it, and the activity stopped early. So wrong collaborations(合作) may cause bad results and even hurt brands itself.
“The key for brands to working well is about how good the products are. The brands should not just focus on getting the public excited, They should pay much attention to making good products.” said Li.
1. What’s in the Moutai-flavored coffee?Coffee and
2. How many ways has Moutai tried to make it popular?
It has tried
3. What may wrong collaborations cause?
Wrong collaborations may cause
4. What does the underlined word “they”mean in Paragraph 4?
It means
5. What can we know about Moutai-flavored coffee?
It is very
【推荐3】①The British are well known for lots of tea that they drink. The average (平均的) person in the UK drinks around 1.9 kg of tea every year. That’s around 876 cups of tea. Tea is widely drunk by different people. Actually, most of tea is grown in China and India. So, how did it become an important part of British culture?
②Tea arrived in London in the 1600s, brought by British ships exploring (探索) the world. They happened to discover the drink in China. It didn’t take long for green tea to become available in Britain. However, it was only available to the richer.
③At the beginning of the 1700s, the tea arriving in Britain increased gradually. Black tea arrived at this time. ________ They soon found that it mixed really well with a little milk and sugar, giving the drink a special British characteristic (特色).
④In the 1800s, tea was still a product enjoyed only by wealthy people. At this time, they began to have afternoon tea. This includes drinking tea with a snack around 4 pm to avoid feeling hungry between lunch and dinner. It is a tradition till today but has become less popular in recent times.
⑤In the late 1800s, the price of tea decreased rapidly as more tea began to arrive on ships from India and China. Tearooms-shops where you could buy and drink tea started to come out across the country. People enjoyed drinking tea and socializing (社交) in these places. At the start of the 20th century, the British began to make tea in their homes whenever they felt like it.
1. Which sentence can be put in the ________?
| A．People in Britain thought it tasted more delicious than other tea. |
| B．At first, people drank this tea exactly as it was drunk in China. |
| C．It was invented in China as a way to keep tea fresh when it was transported far away. |
| some (A) f | Tea is very popular in Britain. Actually, most of tea is planted in China and India. |
| In the 1600s, tea was brought to Britain. | |
| In the 1800s, afternoon tea with a snack could (B) |
3. According to the context (上下文), what’s the Chinese meaning of the word “decreased”?
4. Which is the right structure of this passage?
(①=Paragraph 1 ②=Paragraph 2,)
A． | B． | C． |
