We learn to read at a young age. Our first experience of reading is probably our parents’ reading storybooks out to us. Do you remember those bedtime stories? We read fun and interesting facts about animals, plants and the world. We ask why and how. In books, we find answers. Textbooks are along with us all through education. We learn to read, then read to learn, and keep reading to get knowledge and grow with the world. We get information from different sources (来源) only through reading. Just everything around us can become knowledge, only through reading.
Because reading is useful, it’s better to have the habit of reading right from childhood. Do you know what role bedtime stories play in children’s life? Research says that they keep children away from the feeling of worry, and this is good for their health. So parents should bring them good books and help them understand the real joys they hold.
Usually, reading makes us read more in the lifelong pursuit (追求) of knowledge. The more you read, the stronger your mind is. The more you read, the more creative you become. Reading improves your understanding and increases your abilities. It gives you knowledge and makes you more confident. The more you read, the better you become.
Why is reading important? | |
| We learn to read at a young age. | Our parents read storybooks to us. We read for facts, reasons, methods and answers. We keep reading to |
| Reading is useful. | Bedtime stories stop children from feeling Good books help children understand the real |
| Reading encourages development. | Reading makes us more strong-minded, Reading improves our understanding and |
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When you want to make your mind rich, what do you do? 1
But today, few Chinese people like to read. In 2012, Chinese people read an average of 4.39 books. Things are different in many other countries. A US person reads 21 books a year and a Japanese reads 17.
Reading is important for today’s young people. Then what can we do to have good reading habits?
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If you can’t read for a long time, this way is helpful. 10 minutes on the way to and from school, 10 minutes waiting for friends, 15 minutes before going to sleep. That is 45 minutes a day, about five hours a week in all.
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Your list can be the best-selling books on famous websites like The New York Times or dangdang.com or the books your teacher asks you to read.
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Talk about the books you read with your friends and family. The more fun you get from books, the more books you will read.
A. Read in short time.
B. Make your own reading list.
C. Reading books is a good way!
D. Share your reading with others.
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5. Do you like reading books? Why or why not?（理由不少于5个单词）
Although many people read online, books have not gone out of fashion. In Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai, lucky passengers may find books somewhere on the underground.
The Fair, an online publishing company, has put 10,000 books on the underground, planes and taxis to make people more interested in reading. This project is called “Mobook”.
“Mobook” gets its idea from “Books on the Underground”, a community project in London. The purpose of “Books on the Underground” is to encourage people to read more. Zhang Wei, the CEO of the Fair also wanted to do something in China. He sent an e-mail to Ms Cordelia Oxley, the leader of “Books on the Underground”, describing his plan and explaining the rules of “Mobook”. The leader replied to him in just two hours, saying that she thought the idea was great and she would offer help if needed.
But “Mobook” project is a little different from that in London. It has its own online system. People who want to donate books must give their information online. QR code stickers (二维码标签) are then sent to their addresses. The book owners should stick them on the books before donating books and reader can know where the books are from with the help of QR codes.
“Mobook” is a hot topic. Now thousands of bookworms have already taken part in the project. Zhang Wei said, “I am happy to see more and more people share their views (观点) about the books online and enjoy the happiness that reading brings to them.”
根据上面短文的内容回答问题。
1. How many books has the Fair put on the underground, planes and taxis?
2. What’s the purpose of “Books on the Underground”?
3. Did Ms Cordelia Oxley support Zhang Wei?
4. Where should the book owners stick the QR code stickers?
5. According to Zhang Wei, how can people share their views about the books?
【推荐3】We can easily and cheaply get all the wisdom of the ages and all the stories that have delighted mankind for centuries are easily and cheaply available to all of us within the covers of books. The most unlucky people in the world are those who have never discovered how satisfying it is to read good books.
Reading is the pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and quickness make you a good reader. Reading is fun, not because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work. Your own imagination works along with the author’s or even goes beyond his. Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusions, and your ideas develop as you understand his.
Every book stands by itself, like a one—family house, but books in a library are like houses in a city. Although they are separate, together they all add up to something. They are connected with each other and with other cities. Books influence each other; they link the past, the present and the future and have their own generations, like families. Wherever you start reading, you connect yourself with one of the families or ideas, and in the long run, you not only find out about the world and the people in it but also you find out about yourself, too.
Reading can only be fun if you expect it to be. If you read books somebody tells you “you ought” to read, you probably won’t have fun. But if you put down a book you don’t like and try another till you find one that means something to you, and then relax yourself with it, you will almost certainly have a good time and if you become, as a result of reading, better, wiser, kinder, or more gentle, you won’t have suffered during the process.
1. Who are the most unfortunate people according to the passage?2. What makes a person a good reader?
3. When do your ideas develop in reading?
4. What is the result of reading?
5. How can you make your reading fun?
6. What’s the writer’s purpose of writing this article?
【推荐1】There are many different kinds of disasters around the world. As an adult (成年人), you know what to do during a disaster, but what about children? Some adults think it would probably never happen to them, so they don’t teach their children what to do. Before it’s too late, here are ways to help you prepare your children for a disaster.
Educate(教育): It is always good to let your children know about a possible disaster. This doesn’t mean children have to live in fear. When you teach them about a disaster, keep the conversations(对话) positive(积极的) and short by telling them there is a solution(解决办法) to the disaster.
Prepare: Always be prepared—that is the best advice(建议) for children. For example, when you prepare for bad weather, get the things you need, like candles(蜡烛), radios, food, water and medicine(药). Teach your children what they will need in a disaster.
Plan: You should always have a plan for you and your children for any danger. Write out something for your children to read.
Practice: When you get the correct safety(安全) tools and work out the right plan, you should practise the plan with your children every few months. Practising will help them if the real danger comes.
You can’t avoid(避免) a disaster but you can lessen(减轻) it if you are prepared and ready for it.
根据上面短文的内容填空。
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4. Practising the plan with your children
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Students learn their lessons in class. They sit in the classroom, listening to the teachers. This is a way of learning. A. ________ is this the only way for students to learn? Of course not. There is another way to learn.
You can learn by oneself. You can teach yourself while you are learning something. For example, if you have questions when you are doing your homework, what can you do? You can look at your book to find the answers. This is a way to teach yourself. And it is not a difficult way.
How do you teach yourself? Here are some steps for you. The first thing you must do is reading. Read something you are interested in. The second is that you must ask yourself questions. The questions are something you don’t know, or you want to know more about. A clever student is usually good at asking questions. The third is to answer the questions by thinking hard.
B. ________ you keep doing like these for a long time, you will study well.
1. 回答问题：What is another way to learn according to the passage（根据文章）?2. 在A、B空白处填入两个恰当的连词：
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3. 请将文中划线句子“The questions are something you don’t know, or you want to know more about.”翻译成中文。
4. 找出与“Thinking hard to answer the questions is the third one.”意思相近的句子。
5. 回答问题：What is a clever student usually good at?
Stanford is a world famous university on the west coast of the U.S. It was built by Stanford and his wife in memory of their only son who died of a strange disease.
Tourists are often surprised at the beauty of Stanford. Among the green trees, buildings with yellow walls and red tops make up a beautiful picture. Many tourists wonder why yellow and red they were chosen. that's because they were the favorites of Mrs.Stanford.
The big church is the most important building in Stanford. It stands at the center. It was built by Mrs.Stanford to remember her husband who devoted(贡献)himself to the university. There,students and teachers can communicate with God and hold great activities, such as concerts and parties.
The tallest building in Stanford is Hoover Tower, which is the land mark of the university. A man named Hoover had done a lot of the university. The things he once used can be seen on the first floor. On the top of the tower, tourists can have a good look at whole campus(校园).
As one of the world top universities.Stanford has many subjects that stand among the top ones in the world. And computer science has been the first for many years. If you want to study computer in a university abroad,maybe it is your best choice.
1. Why did Mr. and Mrs. Stanford build the university?
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2. What color did Mrs.Stanford like best?
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3. What is the most important building in the university?
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4. Where can visitors see the whole campus of Stanford?
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5. What does “it” in the last sentence of the passage refer to(替代)？
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【推荐1】Remember books? With pages. In the old days before computers, to get information, people read books and newspapers. Students spent hours and hours in the library, looking for information in the old books for homework. Now students can find anything on the Internet in seconds. The library was a place where everyone was quiet. Sing along to music? Never! Watch a movie on phone while they are reading? Impossible! But now students can watch videos about their research topic as they write a paper.
Before computers, articles were handwritten. If a student made a mistake, he or she would throw the paper away and start writing all over again. Now? If a student makes a mistake, he or she can just remove or cut it. Students type on their computers and edit (编辑) freely. But they should save (保存) their writing in time on the computer because it may stop working suddenly. Who wants to lose his or her hard work forever?
Communication online is easy and fun. While students are writing, they can discuss with friends in another window. Did you think they were chatting (聊天) with someone in the real same room? No! They’re chatting with everyone in their own room.
Technology helps us get important information in no time. In areas where bad weather is a problem, we can get warnings from our phones. Our local radio or TV station can give information about where to get help or what to do to keep our family and home safe. Technology is our friend!
1. In the old days before computers, people2. How can a student correct his or her mistake while writing on the computer?
3. Why should students save their writing in time on the computer?
4. 找出并写下第四段的主题句。
5. 将文中画线句子翻译成汉语。
【推荐2】Mobile phones (手机) have become a problem for middle schools. Some middle schools in Australia have stopped students from carrying mobile phones during school hours. The mobile phone use among children has become a problem for the school this year. Several children have got mobile phones as Christmas gifts, and more students will want them.
Mary, a teacher, said the mobile phone use is a distraction (干扰) to students during school hours and it also gives teachers so much trouble in their classrooms. Teachers also said that sometimes students might use phone messages to copy during exams. She said some schools tried to stop mobile phones. Some parents felt unhappy because they couldn’t get in touch with their children.
Many teachers said students should not have mobile phones at school, but if there was a good reason, they could leave their phones at the school office. They also said there were many reasons why the students should not have mobile phones at school, they were easy to lose and were a distraction for studies.
Many people say that they understand why parents would want their children to have phones, but they think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.
1. What’s the problem for the school this year?2. Is Mary a teacher or a student?
3. When might students use phone messages to copy?
4. How did some parents feel when some schools tried to stop mobile phones?
5. According to teachers, why shouldn’t the students have mobile phones at school?
Since 2017, short videos have got millions of views online in China.
(1). The short videos have become one of the most popular communication ways in China. Many people create and share short videos on popular video apps (应用程序) like Douyin. You can even add music and special effects to your videos. (2). The videos usually last 15seconds to a few minutes. They show people doing activities like cooking, exercising and singing.
(3). 青少年尤其喜欢这些视频。Because the videos let teenagers see funny and exciting things they don’t usually see. (4). Many teens like to share the fun things they do with others. For example, a famous blogger named Li Ziqi has posted videos showing traditional Chinese culture. This has won her many fans.
However, the videos can also cause trouble. (5). —些学生花太多的时间看它们。They don’t have enough time to study. To deal with this problem, Douyin added a new function (功能) in April, 2018. It locks the app if someone uses the app for over two hours a day. In this way, the apps have been controlled much more strictly since then.
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