| Mike, Canada I spent three months with my host family in China. It was a lifetime experience. I was able to experience Chinese living and culture, from basic Tai Chi to Beijing Opera. I even visited a famous traditional Chinese medicine hospital. Now I have a better understanding of Chinese culture. |
| Joanna, Australia I stayed with my host family for five months. My host mother is a Chinese teacher and she is really warm-hearted. With her help, my Chinese has improved a lot. And I have got used to a new culture. My favorite part of the experience was sharing my feelings in China with her. |
| Bill, America My host mother is a wonderful cook! She makes me all kinds of traditional Chinese dishes. They are tasty and I like them very much, Just like me, my host parents love to learn about different cultures.They often ask me questions about life in America. |
| Cindy, Germany Recently I took part in a program to study Chinese. I lived with a host family in China for six months. My host sister is a really hardworking student. It was amazing to see how she made progress in English. And a close relationship has developed between us. |
1. Mike visited a traditional Chinese medicine school.
2. Joanna had a six-month stay with her host family in china.
3. Both Bill and his host parents like learning about different cultures.
4. Cindy feels amazed to see how she herself made progress in Chine.
5. All of the four students enjoyed themselves in China.
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At the age of eleven, Yang Kang lost his sight because of a rare disease. However, he considers himself lucky—he has a guide dog.
Yang divides his time between living in Beijing with his wife and running a piano studio(工作室) in his hometown, Tangshan. His weekly journey consists of a high-speed train ride, two bus rides and three subway transfers(转乘) through crowded stations. This would be impossible for a blind person, but Yang has Dick, a four-year-old Labrador(拉布拉多犬). The dog guides him every step of the way.
Guide dogs are rare in China. According to CCTV, there are only 200 dogs in service. The country, however, has eight million completely blind people. Yang first learned about guide dogs in 2008. At the opening of the Beijing Paralympic Games(北京残奥会), a Golden Retriever(金毛寻回犬) led Ping Yali, a partially blind long jumper, into the stadium to pass on the torch. Yang spent three years researching and making phone calls. Finally, he found out where to apply for a guide dog—a training center in Dalian.
Most of the puppies to be trained are Golden Retrievers or Labradors. They are gentle by nature. The puppies are first sent to foster families(寄养家庭) to learn to live with humans. After about a year, they return to the training center for one year of professional training. Along the way, about 60 percent of the dogs are disqualified(不合格的). A puppy must leave, for example, if it is too energetic, shows anger or suffers from car sickness. After passing all the tests, a qualified guide dog is matched with an owner. It then receives another 40 days of special training before following the owner to its new home. Yang waited five years before he got Dick.
Over the past several years, a few smaller guide dog training centers have opened in China. Guide dogs have also become more accepted by the public. Still, Yang said Dick had been turned down by bus drivers, hotels and restaurants. He wasn’t discouraged, however. Instead, he treated every refusal as an opportunity to let one more person learn about guide dogs.
1. Which of the following can be put in________?| A．It’s not cheap to train a guide dog. |
| B．All kinds of dogs can be guide dogs. |
| C．Many foster families have guide dogs. |
| D．Training a guide dog is a lengthy process. |
| A．He makes a living in the capital city. |
| B．He only meets his wife on weekends. |
| C．In spite of his disability, he has a strong will. |
| D．He lost his sight because of a subway accident. |
| A．Ping Yali passed on the torch at the Beijing Olympic Games |
| B．a qualified guide dog needs several rounds of training |
| C．people need much money to apply for a guide dog |
| D．a guide dog should be energetic and emotional |
| A．Mr. Yang and His “Eyes” | B．Hard Road to See You |
| C．How to Train a Guide Dog | D．Guide Dogs Are Needed |
| A．To expect more people to care for guide dogs. |
| B．To help the blind turn impossible into possible. |
| C．To advise the disabled to depend on themselves. |
| D．To tell readers that dogs are human’s great helpers. |
A woman is having some trouble(患病) with her eyes, so she goes to see the doctor. He is a new doctor and doesn’t know her, so he asks some questions and one of them is, “How old are you?”
The woman says, “I don’t know, doctor, but let me think about it.” She thinks for a few minutes and then says, “Yes, I know now, doctor! When I marry(结婚), I am eighteen years old, and my husband is thirty. Now my husband is sixty. And that is twice(两倍) thirty. So I am twice eighteen. That’s thirty-six, isn’t it?”
1. Something is wrong with the woman’s ___________.| A．head | B．eyes | C．ears | D．mouth |
| A．ID number | B．address | C．name | D．age |
| A．the doctor’s | B．her husband’s | C．her | D．her son’s |
| A．eighteen | B．thirty |
| C．thirty-six | D．forty- eight |
| A．twelve | B．eighteen |
| C．twenty | D．twenty-four |
【推荐3】“Henry! Knock it off! If you do that one more time, I’m going to throw you out of this boat,” warned Cameron angrily.
“Yeah, right,” said Henry and half-heartedly rowed the boat up the river. Henry and Cameron were chosen to be partners, but they certainly weren’t friends. Cameron looked down on Henry and spent his time at summer camp keeping away from him. Henry never followed the rules, and that drove Cameron crazy.
Cameron hated the fact that the boat ride was at least 5 miles long. Just then Cameron felt some small drops of water again on his neck.
“Henry!” shouted Cameron loudly. “I said to leave me alone.”
“I’m not doing anything!” replied Henry coolly. “If you look up, you will see that Mother Nature is touching you with water.”
Sure enough, when Cameron looked up, he could see light rain coming down. Things got quiet in the boat after that. Before long, the small drops turned into large ones, and thunder and lightning began racing across the sky. Cameron didn’t know what to do. All he remembered was hearing stories about never to be on the water during a lightning storm.
There was nothing in sight. Where could they get shelter? At that moment, Henry took over. He guided Cameron to control the boat towards some small wooden houses up ahead. By the time they reached the houses, they were all wet. Lightning continued to flash and they took shelter in the house.
1. According to the story, Cameron and Henry ________.| A．both enjoyed the boat ride | B．worked together to solve a problem |
| C．were friends with each other | D．knew each other for a long time |
| A．Because Henry rowed the boat half-heartedly. |
| B．Because Henry threw water at Cameron. |
| C．Because Henry always broke the rules. |
| D．Because Henry wasn’t a good helper. |
| A．get help | B．get protection |
| C．get freedom | D．get everything ready |
a. Cameron and Henry were safe in a house.
b. Cameron and Henry rowed the boat carelessly.
c. A light rain became lightning storm. d. Cameron and Henry became partners.
| A．c-b-d-a | B．b-d-c-a | C．b-d-a-c | D．d-b-c-a |
When Pearl Fryar began his gardening on his farmland in South California in 2009, he wanted to achieve something amazing in his 30s--to be the first African American to win the local garden club's "Yard of the Month"award, which was his dream when he was 15.
When his garden was completed in 2016, people from many countries, including Canada, Brazil and even South Africa, flooded to see his creations.
Fryar started by using bushes that were thrown away-plants that looked dead to most people. As an excellent engineer, he worked days in a factory. So, Fryar managed his garden at night. Neighbors got used to seeing one little headlight moving about when Fryar cut and pruned his growing bushes. Fryar created fantastic skills to make plants grow into fantastic shapes: spirals and platforms and arches, reaching up to the sky. "He has a way of ordering plants to do what he wants them to do, using plastic ropes, coat hangers even his wife's old stockings," says a neighbor.
Many professional gardeners were amazed by what Fryar achieved. "The garden itself was created from lack of knowledge," said Fryar in the opening ceremony of his garden on May 1, 2016,"because I didn't know what I should or should not do with plants. For one time in my life, I got paid for my 'ignorance'. "
Fryar's garden now includes about 400 species of plants and 150 different plant sculptures. On his front lawn, four-foot-tall litters filled with bright red plants spell "Diligence, 'Ignorance' and Patience". These are the principles Fryar lives by.
Fryar also welcomes people who can't afford to pay. "You can be somebody,"he tells students who visit the garden. "Show me anyone who works with a passion and patience, and they're going to be successful. "
1. Fryar's garden is in________.| A．the USA | B．Brazil | C．Canada | D．South Africa |
| A．30 | B．15 | C．11 | D．7 |
| A．Fryar worked very hard in his garden all day long. |
| B．Fryar could make the dead plants come back to life. |
| C．Fryar was not professional when he began his gardening. |
| D．Fryar has gathered about 400 plants in his garden till now. |
| A．Because the garden is open for free. |
| B．Because it is managed by an African American. |
| C．Because it's creative with wonderful shapes of plants. |
| D．Because Fryar used ropes, hangers and stockings in his garden. |
【推荐2】Many people like to drink soda pop (苏打汽水) , but they may not know that soda pop has an interesting story.
The story began with mineral water (矿泉水). In many places, people thought washing with mineral water was good for their health. Some said drinking mineral water was also good for people. Some mineral water had bubbles (气泡) in it . So people learnt to make bubble water to put CO2 into water to make the water bubbly. The called the bubbly water “soda water”.
Later, people put juice or some other things to make soda water taste good. Many drugstores (药房) or ice cream shop sold soda water. Now people can buy soda pop in almost every food store. Some people call it “pop”, some say “soda” and other people call it “soda pop”.
At first people made soda pop because they thought it was good for their health. But in fact, it’s bad for us. For example, drinking too much soda pop make us fat. Well, maybe we should drink less this kind of good tasting water for our health.
1. Why did people in many places drink mineral water?| A．Because they thought it was good for their health. |
| B．Because the thought it was cleaner. |
| C．Because it tasted good. |
| D．Because it was cheap. |
| A．In food stores. | B．In restaurants. |
| C．In ice cream shops. | D．In supermarkets. |
| A．It’s bad for people’s health. | B．It’s only sold in drug store now. |
| C．It doesn’t have any bubbles now. | D．It tastes worse than mineral water. |
| A．soda pop is an old drink. | B．soda pop has different names. |
| C．soda pop has an interesting story. | D．soda pop is popular with many people. |
【推荐3】I'm Steve. I was born (出生) and grew up in South Wales. My favourite place to play was out on the hills. My imagination(想象)had plenty of space(空间) to expand (拓展).
My family moved out of Wales when I was thirteen. I went to a new school. One of my subjects was French. Because I never learned any French, my teacher told me to sit in the corner and write anything I was interested in. At that time, I started writing.
I always love BIG IDEAS, and so I enjoy writing fantastic(离奇的) stories. And I also write horror(恐怖的) stories. I think they are like the old fairytales (童话), and you learn important things.
I am in my forties (四十多) on the outside, but twelve on the inside. I like popular music, Indian and Chinese food, and I enjoy drinking. I live in a small village(农村) with my wife Mary, ducks, cats, sheep and lots of rabbits (兔子). If you'd like to find out more about me and hope to buy my books, go to www. sbowkett. freeserve. co.uk.
1. When he was 13, Steve________.| A．wrote lots of books | B．sold many story books |
| C．moved out of Wales | D．became famous |
| A．learn French | B．expand his imagination | C．listen to stories | D．buy some books |
| A．42 | B．22 | C．32 | D．12 |
| A．cats, sheep and pigs | B．rabbits, pigs and cats |
| C．ducks sheep and rabbits | D．cats, ducks and dogs |
| A．wrote a new book | B．likes eating Japanese and Indian food |
| C．doesn't live in the city | D．lives in a big city with his son |
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Minfu Restaurant Ratings and reviews   Location and contact  1/F Donghua Restaurant. No 32 Dengshikou0.6miles from Forbidden City  +86 106513 5141 | |
 |  Come Early And Avoid The Wait Get here early to avoid a wait. I walked in around 11 am and was seated right away. By the time I left, there was a line. I don’t believe there is really any meal worth a 2-3 hours’ wait. Peking roast duck of course, it was delicious! So glad I came here and it didn't disappoint me! |
 |  Good But Not Worth The Wait Twice we went to this restaurant, but the wait was over 2 hours. The third time, really wanting to try it. Get there early to avoid the long wait（we arrived at 4：00 PM）. The price is very reasonable for a whole duck considering how good the quality is. Highly recommended（推荐）visiting Mingfu if you want to have a memorable roast duck experience. |
 |  Best Roast Duck Ever The roast duck here is the best I have ever had. Several of the other dishes were also excellent, for example, the eggplant rolls. The restaurant was also very helpful in looking for my hat which I left there. But the wait in line is very long（almost 4 hours for us）. Finally, the cost was not expensive for such a high-quality meal. |
1. About ________ customers think the restaurant is very good.
| A．10% | B．25% | C．30% | D．60% |
| A．the waiting time is shorter | B．the price is lower for the meal |
| C．the seats are more comfortable | D．the eggplant rolls are more delicious |
| A．learn about Chinese history | B．visit places of interest in China |
| C．try Chinese traditional food | D．buy Chinese traditional clothes |
【推荐2】We can’t remember clearly when we started to take our mobiles to a dinner table. This happens a lot, especially when we eat out. Once a dish comes, instead of lifting our chopsticks, we take out our mobile phones and take photos of it. Later, we post (发布) the photos onto Weibo or WeChat, waiting to be “liked”. Then we check our mobiles from time to time during the meal, to see whether we get “liked” or not. We just can’t leave our mobiles for only a meal.
Does that sound familiar to you? Do you do that often? If not, how do you feel when others do that when having dinner with you?
A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not so good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this, some researchers did an experiment. Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy the food. As a result, it showed that the more photos they took, the less delicious the food seemed to them. So why not stop taking photos and just enjoy the food in front of you?
Besides the scientific result, there are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. After posting the photos onto the Internet, one will not be able to control himself and check his mobile phone many times. “Does everyone like my photos? I hope a lot of people like them!” It seems that your phone secretly calls your name all the time, even when you are with real people.
So next time when you go out to have dinner with your family or friends, how about not taking photos of food? Let the food be delicious as it is and share your life with people around you. Trust me, it will be a wonderful time.
1. According to the passage, what do people often do when having dinner?| A．People talk about their Weibo or WeChat. |
| B．People learn from each other about how to cook dishes. |
| C．People like taking photos with friends or families. |
| D．People like taking photos of food and posting them before eating. |
| A．陌生的 | B．熟悉的 | C．巧妙的 | D．可怜的 |
| A．The reasons for checking your mobiles. |
| B．The ways of posting the photos onto the Internet. |
| C．The tips (提示) of making others like your photos on Weibo. |
| D．Some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. |
| A．We take out our mobiles and click when a dish comes. |
| B．We check our mobiles from time to time during the meal. |
| C．Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. |
| D．Some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food |
| A．Take photos of food in order to have a wonderful life. |
| B．Take photos of delicious food and share them with others. |
| C．Remember to have dinner with our family and friends at home. |
| D．Enjoy the life with people around us instead of taking photos of food. |
The man said, “I have been working hard during my life and now I just want to eat and sleep without any work.”
The owner of the palace said, “If so, there is nowhere else better than here for you. There is plenty of seafood and delicacies (美味佳肴) in my palace, and you can eat whatever you like without anyone stopping you. And nothing needs to be done by you.” Then, the man settled down (安定) in the palace.
At the beginning, the man felt very happy at the cycle of eating and sleeping. But gradually, he felt a bit lonely and void. So he went to the palace owner and said, “It is very bored to live by just eating and sleeping every day. Now I show no interest in this kind of life any more. Could you help me find a job?”
The owner replied, “Sorry, there is no job here at all.”
After another several months, the man could not go on with the life and went to the palace owner again, “I really can not stand this kind of life any more. If you do not offer me a job, I would prefer to go to hell instead of living here.”
The owner of the palace smiled contemptuously (蔑视地), “Do you think it is heaven here? It is actually hell!”
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。
1. The man saw a really grand palace ______.
| A．on his way home |
| B．on his way to hell |
| C．on his way to heaven |
| D．on his way to another world after his death |
| A．where he had to work hard | B．where he couldn’t eat much food |
| C．where he did nothing but eat or sleep | D．where he had no seafood or delicacies to eat |
| A．活泼的 | B．空虚的 | C．困倦的 | D．激动的 |
| A．Because he was too poor to live. |
| B．Because there were many jobs for him. |
| C．Because he wanted to make more money. |
| D．Because he felt lonely and bored with the life. |
| A．In heaven. | B．In hell. | C．At his home. | D．On the Earth. |
Liu Xiao sheng is 73 years old. During the past summer vacation, he has been teaching children English every day except Sunday for over a month since he retired (退休) .
Before he retired, Liu was a foreign language teacher at a university in Chongqing. In 2012, he brought his family to a cool place in Guizhou to spend the summer. One evening, he saw a neighbor’s child learning English. He asked the child to read him a passage. He found the child had a bad pronunciation. As a teacher, he knew how important pronunciation is to learning the language, so he began to teach the child.
In this way, Liu had his first student soon, more and more people in the village knew the news that a retired university teacher taught students English for free, and more and more children came to learn. At first, Liu taught in his living room, and then moved into the corridor (走廊) for more space. But soon, the corridor was packed with students. One villager volunteered to leave his rice milling (碾米) room so that Liu can use it as a classroom. The village raised money to buy desks, chairs and a blackboard. Later, as the number of students grew, Liu setup a classroom in the courtyard (院子) of a village’s house. He is now known as the “courtyard teacher”.
Every summer, about 40 children come for English learning. This summer, more than 60 turned up. Many of his students are now university students. He said that teaching had become a part of his life.
1. Why did Liu begin to teach the child?| A．Because he was free during the summer. |
| B．Because the child was his neighbor’s child |
| C．Because he wanted to spend time with the child. |
| D．Because he thought the child had a poor pronunciation. |
| A．was hungry for | B．was good for | C．was full of | D．was glad about |
①the corridor ②his living room ③the yard ④the rice milling room
| A．①→②→③→④ | B．②→①→③→④ |
| C．②→①→④→③ | D．④→③→②→① |
| A．Kind. | B．Strict. | C．Creative. | D．Serious. |
| A．Some village children had problems in learning English. |
| B．Some villagers helped the retired English teacher to teach children. |
| C．A retired English teacher helped some village children learn English. |
| D．Some village children in Guizhou learned English during their holidays. |
【推荐2】My name is Ella, and I’m 22. Last year I went to Thailand for two weeks as part of a group of volunteers at an elephant sanctuary—a place where people look after sick and rescued elephants. To be honest, I was worried that the rest of the group might not like to talk with me because they were much older than me. I was also nervous because it was the first time I’d done anything like that. In the end, though, there was no need to worry.
One of our main jobs at the sanctuary was to collect the elephants’ food. Elephants eat huge amounts of grass and banana plants, so collecting this took most of the day. It was really hard work, but it was worth seeing the elephants enjoy their meals. We also helped wash the elephants in the river using big brushes. I found that so much fun, even if I got wetter than the elephants did! The part of the day I most look forward to was the evening. By the light of the moon, we led the elephants on foot into the forest area where they spent the night.
All the volunteers stayed in a small house, so we didn’t have much space. The weather was uncomfortably hot and wet, especially at night. The meals were delicious, which all of us enjoy. After dinner, all the volunteers and workers spent the evenings talking and playing games.
Now that I am back in the UK, I miss my friends there too much. When I look back, I can see how lucky I was to go there. Maybe I’ll go back one day-I certainly will!
1. At first, Ella might worry about ________.| A．staying with the elephants alone | B．the small and crowded living place |
| C．the communication with the other volunteers | D．the long working hours |
| A．Preparing food for the elephants. | B．Feeding the elephants. |
| C．Cleaning the elephants. | D．Walking with the elephants. |
| A．Ella is lucky to see her friends in the UK. | B．The nights there were boring. |
| C．The food they ate was delicious. | D．The weather was generally good. |
| A．We had a wonderful time. We were relaxed and went for exciting elephant rides. |
| B．We fed elephants in a zoo. We were surprised how much food they needed. |
| C．We went sightseeing around Thailand and saw elephants in the beautiful forests. |
| D．We had a great time taking care of some elephants. It will be a fantastic memory. |
【推荐3】Hello, I’m Sha Yi. Do you like the TV program (节目) Amazing Dinner? It’s an interesting program. In it, my friend Yue Yunpeng and I go to someone’s home and have dinner with the family.
Where are we now? We’re in Liu Ying’s home. We meet Liu Ying and her parents here. They’re nice and their rooms are tidy. In the living room, we can see a volleyball under the table. Liu Ying says that is hers. She likes doing sports and she does it every Saturday. It’s very relaxing. What are those in the bookcase? They’re model planes. Liu Ying’s father likes making models.
After a short talk, Liu Ying’s mother asks us to dinner. The food looks great! On the table, we can see rice, chicken and some vegetables. After dinner, we also have some fruit. The food is quite healthy and we all eat very well.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. Amazing Dinner is a(n) ________ TV program.
| A．short | B．difficult | C．boring | D．fun |
| A．Going shopping. | B．Sleeping. | C．Making dinner. | D．Doing sports. |
| A．On the chair. | B．In the bookcase. | C．Under the table. | D．On the sofa. |
| A．Six | B．Five | C．Four | D．Three |
| A．He wants to eat it every day. | B．He doesn’t like the food. |
| C．He thinks it’s healthy. | D．He thinks it’s not easy to make it. |
