What should you do if there’s an earthquake at school? How can you protect yourself when you are caught in a stampede (踩踏)? March 25 this year provides you with a good chance to learn about safety.
This day is called the National Day of Education on the Safety of Elementary and Middle School Students (NDESEMSS) (全国中小学生安全教育日). The theme of the day this year is to give students more knowledge about safety and make sure their lives safe.
A survey done by the China Youth and Children Research Center showed that school accidents kill more elementary and middle school students than anything else. The main accidents come from stampedes, earthquakes, fires and sports injuries (伤害).
What can we do to keep ourselves safe? Staying calm (镇静) is the first and most important rule when facing accidents. But different accidents have different self-protection advice.
A stampede is possible anywhere. The larger a human crowd gets, the more likely stampedes become. When students around you begin to push, stand still and try to hold onto something, or stay in a corner until the crowd leaves. If you fall down in a moving crowd, cover your head with both hands. Lean to one side, curl up your body and bend your legs.
Earthquakes are common natural disasters (灾难). When you feel the ground shake, drop down, take cover under a desk and hold on. You should stay indoors until the shaking stops. If you are outdoors, don’t stay near buildings, trees or power lines.
When there’s a fire, follow the teachers’ instructions, leave the classroom quickly and use a piece of cloth to cover your mouth and nose so that you don’t breathe in smoke.
1. What’s the theme of NDESEMSS this year?| A．To give students more knowledge about safety and make sure their lives safe. |
| B．To give students more knowledge about health and make sure they eat healthily. |
| C．To give students more knowledge about science and make their study better. |
| D．To give students more knowledge about accidents and make them run away. |
| A．Stand there. | B．Keep calm. | C．Cry loudly. | D．Run away. |
| A．Car accidents kill the most elementary and middle school students of all accidents. |
| B．When there’s a fire, you should use cloth to cover your mouth and nose. |
| C．If you fall down in a moving crowd, you can do nothing but wait there. |
| D．When an earthquake happens, you should stay near buildings or trees. |
| A．Smoking disadvantages. | B．The changes of fires. | C．The reasons of accidents. | D．Sports injuries. |
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【推荐1】That day, my friend Mel and I stood at the foot of the l1,240-foot Mount Hood at the age of 16.
We started at 3 a.m. It’s safer to start winter climbs at night when there’s no sunlight so the snow is frozen hard (冻硬的). It was cold but we had warm clothes. Along the way, we met two other climbers and continued on together.
After 5 hours, we reached Devil’s Kitchen, a point at about 10,000 feet. Then the wind got stronger and the other climbers turned back, but Mel and I went ahead. We were well prepared for the climb.
At around 9 a.m., we reached Ice Step. Suddenly, I heard the ice under my foot break. In a second, I fell backward. I could hear Mel calling me as I rolled (翻滚) down the mountain. I stuck out my arms and legs, trying to catch anything. Luckily, I came to a stop on a ground just above Devil’s Kitchen. I’d fallen 600 feet. My face was bloodied from cuts. I checked my body, my head, neck and arms...
For the most part, I was fine, except that there was a bad pain in my left leg. I couldn’t move.
As Mel made her way down, I shouted for help, and other climbers came. They called the rescue team (救援队) and stayed with me. I lay on the ice in pain before the rescuers reached me and pulled me down the mountain to West Hospital. The doctors said it would be a year before I could climb again, but I was back 6 months later.
The experience made me grow as a person. Going through that at such a young age helped me realize that nothing could keep me from doing my favorite thing in the world.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Why did they start climbing at night?
| A．Because they wanted to save time. |
| B．Because they had enough warm clothes. |
| C．Because they agreed to meet two other climbers. |
| D．Because they were safer climbing on hard snow. |
①The face. ②The neck. ③The arm. ④The leg.
| A．①③ | B．②④ | C．①④ | D．②③ |
| A．Mel. | B．The doctors. | C．Other climbers. | D．The rescue team. |
| A．Ice Step. | B．River Hood. | C．West Hospital. | D．Devil’s Kitchen. |
| A．Price of a climb | B．Growth from a fall | C．Luck on the way | D．Fear in the mountains |
【推荐2】There was a car accident at 3:30 yesterday afternoon. Some policemen arrived there. They found four witnesses (目击者) in the street. The policemen asked them some questions. Here are their answers.
Homers: I was walking along the street when the car accident happened. The white car hit the black car and the white car ran away quickly.
Marge: When the car accident happened, I was shopping in the store. I remembered the young man driver of the white car and the car number.
Lisa: I was calling my parents when the car accident happened. I was so nervous and I forgot to write down the car number.
Bart: I was walking my dog along the street. When I saw it, I called the police at once. There were lots of people around the car and they were talking about the car accident.
根据文章内容，判断句子正（T）、误（F）。
1. The policemen asked four witnesses some questions about the car accident this afternoon.
2. Homer was walking along the street when the white car hit the black car.
3. Lisa was nervous when the car accident happened and she called the police at once.
4. Marge remembered that the driver of the white car was a young man.
5. The policemen can get the information about the names of the two drivers from the witnesses.
Every day some people are killed(死) while they are crossing the roads. Most of these people are old people and children. Old people are often killed because they can't see or hear very well. Children are killed because they are not careful. They forget to look and listen before they cross the roads.
A car or a bus can't stop quickly. If a car is going very fast, it will travel many meters before it stops. Some people don't always understand this. They think a car can stop in a few meters. It's difficult to know how fast a car is moving. The only way to cross the roads safely is to look both ways, right and left. Then if the roads are empty(空的), you can cross them.
1. What kind of people are often killed when crossing the road?
| A．Young people. | B．Older people. |
| C．Little children. | D．The old and the children |
| A．they are able to see | B．they are able to hear |
| C．they can see and hear very well | D．they can't see or hear very well |
| A．they like to cross the roads | B．they are careless |
| C．they are careful | D．they can’t see or hear very well |
| A．will not stop | B．will travel a few meters after it stops |
| C．will move many meters before it stops | D．will be easy to stop in a few minutes |
| A．Some people know a traveling car can't stop in a few meters. |
| B．The only way to cross the roads safely is to look right and left of the ways. |
| C．If the roads are busy, you can't cross the roads. |
| D．It's not easy to know how fast a car is traveling. |
Earthquakes usually come without warning. What are we supposed to do when an earthquake happens? An earthquake is dangerous.
Stay calm as the earth begins to shake. Our chances of survival (幸存) in an earthquake go up if we can keep calm.
If we are inside when the earthquake starts, it’s a good idea to get under a table or a bed.
If we are outside, we are supposed to stay in an open area. We should stay away from buildings and trees. If we are in a car, we’d better pull over to a place where there are no trees or tall buildings and stay in the car.
It’s really important to always remember to hope for the best but prepare for the worst.
| A．Staying calm is not easy. |
| B．Check around you and help other people. |
| C．Something strong can protect us from falling objects. |
| D．But there are still things we can do to protect ourselves. |
| E．When the earthquake is over, there is still plenty of danger. |
| F．If we are close to the sea, we should get far away from the water. |
A big sandstorm hit northern China on March 15, 2021. It covered many cities with thick clouds of yellow dust (尘土).
The storm, which came from Mongolia (蒙古国), was the largest sandstorm to hit China in the past 10 years. Many flights and classes were canceled because the visibility (能见度) was lower than 500 meters.
The storm was the result of warm and dry weather in the area, together with the strong winds from Mongolia. “There has been little rainfall so far this spring and the temperature is rising. So now is a worrying time for sandstorms,” said an expert from Beijing.
In recent years, sandstorms haven’t been as common in northern China as before. The land with desertification (荒漠化) has been falling by 7,585 km2 per year in China, and the area of sandy land has been decreasing by 1,284 km2 a year. This is thanks to China’s Three-North Shelter Forest Program (TNSFP, 三北防护林工程) which started in the 1970s. Millions of trees have been planted in northern China to prevent sandstorms and protect the environment.
Besides, China has a color-graded warming system for sandstorms (as shown in the picture), with red meaning the most serious, followed by orange, yellow, blue and green. Therefore, people would have time to get prepared for the sandstorm.
1. According to the passage, the sandstorm in March ________.| A．covered many cities with rain | B．came from Northern China |
| C．has been the biggest one since 2011 | D．improved the visibility to 500m |
| A．results | B．causes | C．history | D．areas |
| A．going down | B．rising up | C．taking up | D．running out |
| A．red | B．orange | C．yellow | D．blue |
| A．where the serious sandstorms come from |
| B．why people should protect the environment |
| C．how to protect ourselves during sandstorms |
| D．what China has done to fight against sandstorms |
【推荐3】There is a saying that “earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do.” It seems sadly true. Thousands of people died under bricks (砖块) of the damaged (毁坏的) buildings during the recent earthquakes. Is there a way to build earthquake-proof (抗震) buildings? Engineers have some life-saving ideas.
“Lift” the house up
To prevent earthquake waves from going through the building, one way is to “lift” the building’s foundation above the ground. The building can be built on top of pads (垫状物), which are usually made up of steel and rubber. During earthquakes, only the pads move and the building stays steady (平稳的). This can reduce the strength of earthquake waves by 13 to 15 percent, according to the website Bethinking the Future.
Right materials
Earthquake-proof materials must be easy to bend (弯曲) without breaking. Some of these materials include steel, wood and bamboo. In Japan, most traditional houses are built with wood. During earthquakes, wooden buildings bend to avoid building up stress. Steel is one of the main materials of modern tall buildings because it can increase their ductility (延展性).
Dome house
A Japanese company has made dome-shaped houses with styrofoam. Styrofoam is a very light material. The whole house weighs only 80 kilograms. So when earthquakes happen, the house will not hurt people.
Besides, there are many other good ideas on building earthquake-proof buildings. For example, a company in America is developing magnetic field (磁场) technology that can raise houses above ground when earthquakes happen. We hope these ideas can be put in action and more people’s lives can be saved.
1. How does the writer lead into the passage in Paragraph 1?| A．By telling a joke. | B．By using a saying. | C．By asking a question. |
| A．Because they can stop the ground movement. |
| B．Because they can lift up buildings far from the ground. |
| C．Because they can reduce the strength of earthquake waves. |
| A．Bamboo is the most common material used for the houses. |
| B．Most are hard to bend thanks to the use of steel. |
| C．Most are built with wood which is easy to bend without breaking. |
| A．It reduces the weight of the houses. |
| B．It raises the houses above the ground. |
| C．It increases the strength of the houses. |
【推荐1】It’s nice to go swimming on a hot summer day. You can swim in a swimming pool. You can also swim in a lake, a river or a sea.
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*Try to swim in places with a lifeguard (救生员).
*When you swim, don’t push others. Don’t hold them under the water.
*Don’t go into water when you can’t see the bottom (底部).
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| A．If you are in danger, the lifeguard can save you quickly. |
| B．Before you go for a swim, you must remember some rules (规则). |
| C．Don’t swim alone (单独地). |
| D．Learn to swim first. |
| E．It’s very dangerous for children to swim in deep water. |
【推荐2】Denny and Mark went to Sun Mountain with their class last week. The first day was great. Everyone enjoyed snowball fights. The next day was very cold and no one wanted to go out. "I'll not spend the day inside!" said Mark. He and Denny went out together.
By noon the boys went into the forest. They had a walk happily, but they lost their way. Before they could find the way, snow began to fall heavily. They were very afraid.
"We have to stay here," said Denny. "They'll find we aren't there and come for us."
"Looking up at the trees, Mark said, "I read a story once-some people stopped by a heavy snow made a lean-to（单坡屋顶小房）to protect themselves. Will it work?"
"I think so," said Denny, "but we'd better be quick."
The two boys worked quickly to make a lean-to out of branches（树枝）. Then they went inside. It grew dark. A cold wind blew through the lean-to. "I don't want to die here," Mark said in the dark.
"We're not going to die!" said Denny. But he wasn't so sure. Then he heard some shouting. The boys went out of their lean-to just as a few people got here.
"Here you are!" Mr. Jenkins, their headmaster, said excitedly. "We saw the lean-to and thought it might be you," he said. "Are you OK?"
"We're fine," said Mark. Everyone laughed.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案.
1. Students didn't want to go out on the second day because ________________.
| A．they didn't like playing outside | B．they were very tired |
| C．it snowed heavily | D．it was very cold |
| A．Afraid. | B．Surprised. | C．Angry. | D．Wonderful. |
| A．To have a place to cook their dinner. | B．To protect themselves from the snow. |
| C．They wanted to help their classmates. | D．They wanted to sleep in the forest. |
| A．fire | B．shouting | C．lean-to | D．sign |
| A．knowing how to keep yourself out of danger is very important |
| B．shouting for help when you are lost is a good idea |
| C．you can always find your way out of the forest |
| D．being caught in a heavy snow is not so bad |
【推荐3】Smart Steps to Keep Safe
"Social distancing", this is a phrase used to stop the coronavirus from spreading.
Are people listening? Yes and no. As more bars and restaurants close, people will have no choice. There is a good reason to follow this rule. Even people who show no symptoms(症状)may have the virus. They may feel they can mingle with(和……交往)others.
What are the rules?
Social distancing
You should stay six feet away from others. Avoid using public transportation. Experts say that every single contact with others not made will have a big impact. You will keep the virus from spreading.
Older people and people in poor health are in more danger. But young people are not immune(免疫的). They may only have mild symptoms, but they may be carriers. They should not hang around with fragile family members and others. If they do, it may add to the number of people infected.
You can leave your house
It's OK to go outdoors for fresh air and exercise.
Go to the supermarket
Buy as much as you can to reduce the number of trips you will need to make. Pick a time when the store is less crowded. Any surface inside the store may be contaminated. Use a disinfecting wipe to clean the handle of the grocery cart. If you do wear gloves, make sure you do not touch your face until you have taken the gloves off.
Family visits
If anyone in the family is at great risk, sick people should not visit. If everyone is young and healthy, small groups may do so.
What is next?
No one knows how long this crisis will last. An expert said, "we are in unchartered territory."
| A．In any event, phoning and video visits are important. |
| B．The point is not to remain indoors. |
| C．But they are spreading the virus |
| D．Avoid being in close contact with people. |
| E．It means staying away from people. |
| F．You can go to the supermarket with kids. |
| G．Young people are not safe. |
【推荐1】①The Chongyang Festival falls on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. So it is also called the Double Ninth Festival. To celebrate the day, people usually climb mountains and enjoy chrysanthemums (菊花), so the festival is also known as the Height Ascending (登高) Festival or the Chrysanthemum Festival. Nine has the similar pronunciation with “forever” in Chinese. So the Chinese government set the day as the Seniors’ Day in 1989.
②During the Warring States Period, there was the Chongyang Festival. But it was only celebrated in the imperial palace (皇宫). From the Han Dynasty, it began to be popular among the common people. During the Jin Dynasty, there were customs of enjoying chrysanthemums and drinking wines on the day. It was not officially set as a festival until the Tang Dynasty. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, people in the imperial palace ate flower cakes and climbed the mountain to celebrate. Climbing the mountain has been a kind of custom on the Chongyang Festival since the Western Han Dynasty.
③The Chrysanthemum is very popular as the flower means long life, so enjoying chrysanthemums and drinking chrysanthemum tea are also popular. Inserting Zhuyu and sticking chrysanthemums are also traditions to avoid the bad as they have special smells which can repel (驱逐) insects and keep out the cold.
④Eating Chongyang cakes is another tradition on the festival. There is no fixed way of the cake, but the one with nine layers (层) with two sheep on it is the best. Two sheep mean Chongyang. Nine layers show people could do well in everything.
1. The underlined word “It” in paragraph 2 refers to ________.| A．Jin Dynasty | B．the Chongyang Festival |
| C．the chrysanthemum | D．the wine |
| A．Eating flower cakes. | B．Climbing the mountain. |
| C．Enjoying chrysanthemums and drinking wines. | D．Both A and B. |
| A．Chongyang. | B．Health. | C．Money. | D．Happiness. |
A． | B．  | C． | D． |
【推荐2】WeChat, a China's most-used app, which has nearly a billion users, wants to make itself even more popular by allowing people to find and play games inside the messaging app. Nowadays playing games online is very common, especially among young people and teenagers.
However, online games if misused (滥用的) can have very bad effects on human beings, such as eye sore, back pain and headache. Is there a healthy, funny and practical game?
Yes! 
There it is!
BrainBox World
Play together· Learn together
 Our original BrainBox, designed for you to play with families or friends, will help improve observation and memory skills as well as knowledge of the world we live in. Regularly updated, each country card features capitals, flags and borders, as well as iconic (形象的) and cultural images (图像). Now translated into 24 languages, BrainBox World is a classic family game and a British success story, created and developed in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. | |
Why buy a BrainBox Game? *They are fun to play. *Made from recyclable materials. *Multi-levels mean that adults and children can play together. Contents 71 Cards 1 Rules card 1 Sand timer 1 Dice  | How to play: Aim of the game: Be the player with the most cards after ten minutes. Enjoy yourself, for 2 or more players. 1. Take a card from the BrainBox and turn the timerover. 2. Answer the appropriate questions. 3. If correct, you keep the card. Remember, all the answers to the questions are on the picture side of the cards, so look carefully! |
1. The most-used app in China is ________ according to the passage.
| A．QQ | B．WeChat | C．YouTube | D．AliPay |
| A．eye sore | B．back pain | C．headache | D．toothache |
| A．America | B．China | C．England | D．France |
| A．a sand timer | B．some flags | C．two dices | D．an app |
| A．a novel | B．a storybook | C．a comic | D．a magazine |
Where do the colors of your clothes come from? The answer is dye （染料） . The clothes we wear today are mainly dyed with chemicals （化学物质） . But in the past, people did this by hand-and the dyes often came from plants.
With a history of more than 1,000 years, tie-dye （扎染） is a very old way of dyeing clothes in China. During Tang and Song dynasties （朝代）, this skill became so popular that people gave tie-dyed clothes to the emperor as gifts.
To tie-dye, you first need to use threads （线） to tie your cloth together. Then put the cloth into the dye. As the cloth is folded and dyed, some parts become dark blue, while other parts have a lighter color. When you spread the cloth, you’ll see beautiful patterns.
Yang Cheng, 52, is the inheritor （传承人） of tie-dye in Anning, Yunnan. He learned the skill from his mother in the 1980s. Yang has mastered （掌握） all the old skills of tie-dye. And he has handed them down to his daughter. At the same time, Yang has studied tie-dye in other countries, such as Japan, India and France. He also tries to make some creative designs. Now, Yang teaches tie-dye in schools and communities. More than 100, 000 people have learned from him.
Some might worry that tie-dye will be replaced by machinery dyeing. But Yang is confident. “At the end of the day, machines can’t replace our creative hands,” said Yang.
1. The first paragraph is written to ________.| A．lead into the topic of the passage |
| B．show different kinds of dye |
| C．explain why clothes are colorful |
| D．introduce where dye comes from |
| A．came from plants |
| B．is a skill to make colorful clothes |
| C．first appeared in Tang Dynasty |
| D．could only be used by emperors before |
| A．use different kinds of blue dye |
| B．put different-colored cloth together |
| C．mix both dark and light dye |
| D．fold the cloth before dyeing it |
| A．make him more well-known |
| B．show the bright future of tie-dye |
| C．encourage people to learn tie-dye from him |
| D．introduce more about the development of tie-dye |
| A．A Successful Artist |
| B．Learning is a Lifelong Journey |
| C．Magic Patterns Still Shine Today |
| D．The Way Out for Traditional Culture |
