Welcome to Canada! Canada is the world’s second largest country. It has an area of about 9.98 million square kilometers. It’s on the north of the United States. Its capital is Ottawa. It has two official (官方的) languages. They are English and French. Most people in Quebec speak French.
There are about 38 million people in Canada. Most Canadians live in or near cities.
Canada is beautiful. It has many different landscapes (景色). For example, there are big open areas, large cities, amazing glaciers (冰川), forests, lakes and mountains. The national tree is the maple (枫树) and the national animal is the beaver (河狸). They are both important to Canada.
The weather is quite different across the country. In winter, snow is everywhere. The west coast of Canada is warmer than the east coast.
1. What are the two official languages in Canada?| A．English and German. | B．English and French. |
| C．French and German. | D．English and Japanese. |
| A．About 9.98 million. | B．About 30 million. | C．About 38 million. | D．About 40 million. |
| A．It’s hotter. | B．It’s colder. | C．It’s cooler. | D．It’s warmer. |
| A．Animals. | B．Travel. | C．Shopping. | D．Sports. |
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【推荐1】Yesterday our class went to a school trip. We visited the Art Museum of Tsinghua University and it was really exciting. We took the subway to the museum and spent the whole (整个的) day in it. I saw many great paintings and learned a lot about art there. When I left, I took a leaflet (传单) on the museum for my best friend Linda. She’s good at painting. I think she must be interested in the museum.
| Art Museum of Tsinghua University Ticket price: Free! Opening hours: 9:00 a.m. ~ 5:00 p.m. Tuesday ~ Sunday Closed(关闭的) on Monday Restaurant nearby: Quan Jude; Jiangnanfur; Richang House The Hotel nearby: Hejia Hotel Address: Tsinghua University, 1 Qinghuayuan, Haidian District, Beijing, China Website: http://artmuseum.tsinghua.edu.cn/ |
| A．By subway. | B．By train. | C．By bike. | D．On foot. |
| A．Because the leaflet was beautiful. |
| B．Because the writer needed it to do homework. |
| C．Because the writer’s friend may be interested it. |
| D．Because the writer wanted his parents to go to the museum. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．Quan Jude. | B．Jiangnanfu. | C．Richang House. | D．Hejia Hotel. |
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June 25, 2022 Dear Wang Ying, Summer holiday is coming. We will go on a trip in Gansu. Many students and teachers will take part in the trip. We’ll travel to Jiayuguan first. We’ll visit the Great Wall there. Then we’ll go to Dunhuang. We’ll walk along the Old Silk Road. It must be a special experience to us. After that, we’ll travel to Lanzhou. It’s the capital city of Gansu. It is a beautiful city now. We’ll walk on the Zhongshan Bridge. On July 2, we’ll go back to Baiyin. Would you like to go traveling with us? Sincerely, Liu Ping |
1. Who will go on the trip?
| A．All the students and parents. | B．Many students and parents. |
| C．All the students and teachers. | D．Many students and teachers. |
| A．The Old Silk Road. | B．The Old City. |
| C．The Great Wall. | D．The Zhongshan Bridge. |
| A．special experience | B．beautiful dream |
| C．different experience | D．wonderful plan |
| A．June 25 | B．July 2 |
| C．July 12 | D．July 25 |
| A．Ask Wang Ying for some advice. | B．Ask Wang Ying to make a plan. |
| C．Ask Wang Ying to travel with her. | D．Ask Wang Ying to write a letter. |
One of the advantages of travel is discovery. Whether you’re in a new culture or wandering (闲逛) the streets of a foreign city, you’re finding new things to see and experience. Part of that discovery is in what you learn about yourself.
Here are some of those ways:
The chance to reinvent yourself
At home, people can see you in a certain way and pigeonhole (主观划分某人为) you into a character type.
You’ve just traveled across a country, tried a new language and haggled (讨价还价) over prices in a market. They’re all things you didn’t know you could do before.
Planning and organizing skills
What’s the best way to take so I see all the main places of interest? What’s the best plan to get to the next city and back so I don’t miss my flight? How should I organize my itinerary (行程)?
| A．Becoming sure of yourself |
| B．Travel is about making choices |
| C．It can also change you in ways you might never have expected |
| D．Trips don’t always go according to plan |
| E．Travel can give you a chance to explore other sides of your personality |
| F．With travel, comes challenges. |
【推荐1】Can you speak English? Maybe you know a lot of English words. You can read, speak and understand English, but there is another kind of language—the language of the body. All over the world, people “talk”, with their hands, their heads, and their eyes. When Japanese people meet, they bow. When Indians meet, they put their hands together. When British and American people meet someone for the first time, they shake hands. They do not usually shake hands with their friends. Women sometimes kiss their women friends, and men kiss women friends on the cheek(脸颊). When a man meets a man friend. he just smiles, and says “Hello”. Men do not kiss each other, or hold hands. Even fathers and sons do not often kiss each other.
1. From the passage we know it is important to ________.| A．know English words | B．read and write English | C．know body language |
| A．they bow | B．they shake hands | C．they put their hands together |
| A．kiss women friends on the cheek | B．smile to men friends | C．kiss men friends |
| A．shakes hands | B．says “Hello” | C．says “How do you do” |
| A．Read English with friends in class. | B．Wave hands to stop a taxi. | C．Talk with a man. |
【推荐2】American people like to say “thank you” when others help them or say something kind to them. People of many countries do so, too. It’s a very good habit.
You should say “thank you” when someone passes you the salt on the table, when someone walking ahead of you keeps the door open for you, when someone says you have done your work well, or you have bought a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful. “Thank you” is used not only between friends, but also between parents and children, brothers and sisters.
“Excuse me” is another short sentence they use. When you hear someone say so behind you, you know that somebody wants to walk past you without touching you. It’s not polite to break others when they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them say “excuse me,” first, and then begin talking. You should also do so when you begin to cough or make any noise before others.
Let’s learn to say “thank you” and “excuse me”.
1. You should say “thank you” when ________.| A．you say something kind to others | B．you help others |
| C．someone helps you | D．you need others to help you |
| A．cough | B．make some noises | C．go first | D．all of the above |
| A．Thank you | B．That’s very kind of you |
| C．Excuse me | D．I’m sorry |
【推荐3】People use languages to communicate. Any language has its ways to express people’s minds. One of the ways in common is the use of idioms. An idiom is a group of words. It has a special meaning that is different from the usual meaning. For example, under the weather is an idiom meaning ill. So when people say “I’m under the weather," they are saying that they’re not feeling well. Another example, in all weathers means in all kinds of weather. So, “There are homeless people sleeping on the streets in all weathers" tells us that homeless people sleep on the streets no matter whether it is cold or hot.
Different languages may have different ways to make idioms. For people who are learning a foreign language, idioms could cause misunderstandings and bring them endless headaches. On the other hand, if things are done right, idioms can also be a fun way of looking into a new culture and understanding how the people think and talk.
Metaphor (比喻) is often used in idioms. Let’s read the following two examples:
● It makes my blood boil (煮沸) when people litter.
● The night was dark and quiet; my blood ran cold when I heard a strange noise outside at dark night.
In neither situation above, our blood can reach the point so high or so low in temperature. Yet, with the situations the two sentences created, it is not difficult to work out the unhappy feelings of really angry in the first example and very afraid in the second.
Of course, not all idioms are this easy to understand. When we come to idioms of a foreign language, a good dictionary of idioms is always suggested.
1. This passage tells us something about __________ in the English language.| A．grammar | B．writing | C．reading | D．idioms |
| A．I’m under the weather | B．I’m there in all weathers |
| C．You’ve made my blood boil | D．My blood runs cold |
| A．We should look it up in a good idiom dictionary. |
| B．We should try to express our minds with it. |
| C．We should find an interesting way to learn it. |
| D．We should create situations to guess its meaning. |
【推荐1】Britain Today
Food
British people like good food, and more than half of them go to a restaurant every month. Fast food is also very popular— 30% of all adults have a hamburger every three months, but
46% have fish and chips!
Sports
British people don’t do a lot of sports. Only 17% of people go swimming every week, about 9% go cycling and 8% play golf—and only 6% of people play football( but 32% go to watch it ).
Cinema and TV
Films are very popular in Britain, and about 60% of people between 15 and 24 go to the cinema every month. At home, men watch TV for about three hours every day — two quarters more than women.
Holidays
British people love going on holiday, and have 56 million holidays every year. Most of these holidays aren’t in the UK—27% are in Spain,10% are in the USA, and 9% are in France. Maybe this is because the weather in Britain isn’t very good!
1. Which food could be more popular among British adults, a hamburger or fish and chips?| A．A hamburger. | B．Fish and chips. |
| C．Both. | D．Neither. |
| A．A | B．B | C．C | D．D |
| A．men | B．women |
| C．old people | D．young people |
| A．Three hours. | B．Three hours and a half |
| C．Two hours | D．Two hours and a half |
| A．Spain | B．France | C．America | D．Australia |
【推荐2】China is a country in East Asia. It is large in more than one way. More than 1.4 billion people live here. That’s about a fifth of all the people on the Earth! And China is the third largest country by total area in the world. It covers about 3.7 million square miles.
This large country has many different kinds of land. It has some very low areas of land. In fact, the second lowest point on the Earth is in China. It is Aydingkol Lake in the Turpan Basin(吐鲁番盆地). Other parts of China have mountains. For example, part of the Himalaya mountains is in the west part of the country. This area has some of the highest mountains in the world.
The snow in the mountains is a source(源头) of many rivers. In fact, the snow makes two of China’s most important rivers. They are the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. The Yellow River is China’s second longest river. It is very special to the Chinese people as it was the birthplace of Chinese civilization(文明). The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia and the third longest river in the world!
There are thousands of rivers in China. But there is still desert in the country. And rainforests are also in some areas of the country. So visitors can enjoy different landscapes(风景) in this country!
1. We can learn from the first paragraph EXCEPT ________.| A．how many people there are in China | B．how large China is in size |
| C．which is the largest country in the world | D．where China is in Asia |
| A．The Nile | B．The Yangtze River | C．Aydingkol Lake | D．The Yellow River |
| A．A diary. | B．A geography magazine. | C．A storybook. | D．A notice. |
【推荐3】Here is some information about the UK.
The capital of the UK is London. London has some of the best museums in the world. Every year, many tourists visit its museums and some other famous places. In London, Big Ben, the Tower of London, the British Museum, Buckingham Palace and the London Eye are very popular places for visitor.
Another famous British city is Liverpool. The Beatles came from Liverpool. Liverpool is also famous for its football club.
British food is based on beef, pork, chicken and fish. British people love fish and chips, but they enjoy Indian, Chinese and Japanese food, too.
The UK is a tea-drinking nation. British people like strong and dark tea, with a lot of milk.They have afternoon tea between 4 and 5 o’clock. This hour is called “teatime”.
1. How many popular places in London are mentioned in the second paragraph?| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Six. | D．Seven. |
| A．Because they came from Liverpool. | B．Because they came from London. | C．Because they loved British food. | D．Because they loved drinking tea. |
| A．Between 3 and 4 o’clock. | B．Between 4 and 5 o’clock. | C．Between 2 and 3 o’clock. | D．Between 5 and 6 o’clock. |
| A．the capital of the UK | B．British food | C．afternoon tea | D．the weather |
| A．Countries and Cities | B．Food and Drinks | C．Health and Life | D．School and Family |
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In our lives we can see more and more robots in different places. They are helpful and do lots of things. They can not only work indoors, but also outdoors. They can even do tasks that nobody wants to do.
One special robot can help in fast food restaurants. At first, the robot only made burgers. But workers thought it could do more. Now, the robot can make many kinds of food like French fries and fried onions. It works faster than people because it can do more tasks at the same time. So it saves a lot of time and work. Also, the robot knows exactly when the food is ready. Workers are happy that they don’t have to do them, especially at night.
Another special robot can even do tasks that are difficult or dangerous. It is so big that it can carry things of up to 40 kilograms and can reach as high as ten meters, too. It helps workers fix railway lines (维修铁路线路) . That’s because electricity (电) can make some workers in danger and even fall sometimes. The robot can help them solve these problems and makes their lives much safer.
These unusual robots seem to be doing good jobs, but they still need help from people. People control robots with a computer or a remote control (遥控器) and a VR headset (虚拟现实头盔). Scientists say robots can help in more places and play a more important part in the near future.
1. Where does the special robot work indoors?| A．In the museum. | B．At the bus station. | C．In fast food restaurants. |
| A．Burgers. | B．French fries. | C．Fried onions. |
| A．Earthquake. | B．Electricity. | C．Rainstorm. |
| A．There will be fewer robots in our homes to do good jobs. |
| B．There are four ways to order the robots to do all things. |
| C．These special robots can’t work without people’s help. |
| A．The Fastest Robots | B．The Biggest Robots | C．The Unusual Robots |
【推荐2】China is running ahead in 5G. In March, 2019, the Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station became world's first "5G railway station". Now, it takes only 20 seconds to download a long movie there.
We are moving closer and closer to the 5G world. However, the new technology is still strange to most of us. What is 5G, after all? At first, 5G is fast. 5G will be much faster than today's 4G networks!
The first 5G modem (猫，调制解调器) of the IT company Qualcomm supports speeds of up to 5 Gigabytes (千兆字节) per second. Most of us have never experienced anything close to that speed. And we are only talking about the first generation (一代) of 5G modems. Future models are likely to be even faster.
But 5G is not all about speed. Have you ever been to a large event where your data (数据) connection slowed down? That is because 4G networks can only support a certain number of devices (设置) per square meter. 5G networks will be able to do much better. They can support up to a million devices per square kilometer.
Now, you begin to understand why 5G is a huge change over 4G. The technology is not just for the smart phones. It has a strong influence(影响) on every connected device. With 5G, self-driving cars will be able to communicate with the world around them as quickly as possible. Wearables, Pcs and smart home devices will be able to improve as well.
Are you looking forward to that 5G world now?
1. Each of the following is mentioned about 5G EXCEPT________.| A．the first place where 5G is used in the world |
| B．the speed of using 5G to download |
| C．the way of 5G spreading |
| A．using different advice |
| B．comparing 5G with 4G |
| C．some data of 5G networks |
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five |
| A．5G technology is closer and closer to us. |
| B．5G self-driving cars will be cheaper than any other cars. |
| C．IT company Qualcomm produced the first generation of 5G modems. |
| A．What's 5G? | B．How is 5G used? | C．Is 5G good or bad? |
【推荐3】In the United States, every year, Thanksgiving Day is on the fourth Thursday of November. Canada also has the Thanksgiving Day. But because Canada is in the north of the United States, so it is colder and the harvest comes earlier in the year. In Canada, people have Thanksgiving Day on the second Monday of October.
The harvest brings a lot of food to people. On Thanksgiving Day people in Canada and America like to have a big meal with their friends and family just like Chinese people do at Mid-Autumn Festival. Many Canadians and Americans put flowers, vegetables and fruits around their homes.
At a Thanksgiving Day dinner, many Canadians and Americans will eat turkey, potatoes, and pumpkins pie. These are food like the food of many years ago. They are saying “Thank you” for the harvest that comes every year.
1. Which country has the Thanksgiving Day like the United States?| A．Japan | B．China | C．Canada | D．Korea |
| A．January | B．May | C．November | D．December |
| A．they like flowers | B．the harvest comes earlier | C．they have a big meal | D．they want to be different |
| A．flowers | B．turkeys | C．food | D．pumpkins |
| A．Good morning. | B．I’m hungry. | C．Hello. | D．Thank you. |
