All around the world, people drink tea. But in different countries, people have very different ideas about drinking tea.
In China, for example, people always serve (提供) the tea when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at home or in teahouses. They like to drink plain tea (素茶) best.
Tea is very important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called the “tea ceremony (仪式)”. It is very old and full of meaning. People do everything in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.
Another tea drinking country is England, and the late afternoon is people’s “teatime”. Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The British usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk and sugar. They also eat cakes, chocolate and a few candies at teatime.
In the United States people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. It is fast and easy to use tea bags to make tea. In summer, many Americans drink “iced tea”.
1. When do people serve the tea in China?2. Is there a special room for serving tea in Japanese homes?
3. Who drink tea with milk and sugar, the British or the Japanese?
4. How do Americans usually make their tea?
5. What does the writer mainly tell us in the passage?
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Hello, my name is Pete. I’m from Vietnam, but I am not in Vietnam now, I’m in England with my family. What do the English have every day?
In the morning, the English have a big breakfast with bread, sausages, eggs, tomatoes, beans and tea. I don’t like eating meat (肉) or eggs in the morning, ▲ . I have noodles for breakfast. I have Xoi, too, a kind (种类) of food from Vietnam. They are balls of rice with beans.
For lunch, the English like eating sandwiches. The sandwich is two slices of bread with meat, cheese or eggs between them. And these sandwiches are cold. The English people’s favourite is ham sandwiches.
Dinner is very important to the English and it is usually at 6:00 pm. After having some juice or soup first, the English eat lots of meat, like fish, chicken and beef, with some vegetables.
1. 根据短文内容，从下面选出最合适的一句话填在 ▲ 处，使前后文意义连贯，将句子代号写在答题卡上。| A．but my mom asks me to eat them |
| B．so I don’t have the English breakfast |
3. 请将文中划线句子 For lunch, the English like eating sandwiches. 翻译成汉语。
4. 根据短文内容填空。
From what Pete says, we can know that Vietnam is a country’s (国家的)
5. Do you like English people’s eating habits? Why?
In many English homes people have four meals a day. That is breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner.
People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge, eggs or bread. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First, they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some fruit like bananas, apples or oranges. But not all English people would like to eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all the meals are very simple.
1. 完成句子： Many English people have2. 简略回答问题: What do English people have for breakfast?
3. 简略回答问题: Do English people have afternoon tea from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.?
4. 找出并写下全文的主题句。
5. 将文中画线句子译成汉语。
【推荐3】In North America, people are always in a hurry. Children have special lessons or sports activities after school. Parents often work late and don’t get home until 7 or 8 o’clock at night. More than 50% of women have full-time jobs. And many people do part-time jobs.
When a family want to eat a meal together, they don’t have enough time to prepare the food. That is why fast food is so popular in North America. People spend about 40% of their money buying fast food.
Fast food is the food such as pizza, sandwiches and fried chicken. People can buy fast food from a restaurant chain like Pizza Hut, McDonald's and KFC. Fast food saves work and time, but it's usually junk food.
Fast food is popular in many countries.
American fast food companies now have restaurants all over the world. But not everyone is happy about the spread of North American fast food. Some people in Italy want to fight against（反对）it. They don’t want any more fast food chains to open in their country. They also want to fight against the spread of fast food around the world.
1、2、3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下“They are too busy to prepare the food.”一句的同义句；5题将文中划线句子译成汉语。
1. What is fast food?
2. What does the word “They” refer to（指代）in the last paragraph?
3. What do children do after school in North America?
4. They are too busy to prepare the food.
5.
【推荐1】According to new study, putting preschoolers (学龄前儿童) in bed by 8 p.m. could reduce (减少) their chances of becoming overweight or obese (肥胖) later in life by half. Preschoolers are children around the age of 4 or 5.
The researchers from Ohio State University wrote their findings in the Journal of Pediatrics (儿科杂志). They have found that young children who go to bed after 9 p.m. are twice as likely (可能的) to be obese later in life. The lead author of the study is Sarah Anderson. She says that it’s very important for parents to create bedtime routine (睡眠习惯) for their children.
Researchers chose 977 children for the study. These children are part of larger project called the Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. The project follows healthy babies born in 1991 in ten U.S. cities. In order to have a clearer picture of the results. Researchers then divided the children into three groups:
those who went to bed by 8 p.m. or earlier
those who went to bed between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m.
those whose bedtimes were after 9 p.m.
When these children turned 15 years old the researchers looked at the results of the study. Of those with the earliest bedtimes, only one out of ten was obese. Of those who went to bed between 8 and 9 at night, 16 percent of the children became obese. And out of those with the latest bedtimes, 23 percent of the children became obese.
“Having a usual bedtime routine can lower children’s risk of becoming overweight. Besides, as usual, early bedtime is also likely to have positive influences on behavior and social development,” said Professor Anderson.
Answer the questions according to the passage.
1. Where were the researchers from?
2. How many children were chosen for the research?
3. Why did the researchers divide the children into three groups?
4. When did the researchers look at the results?
5. What does the research tell us?
【推荐2】Researchers say that nearly two thirds of children don’t get enough sleep, and this can make them more nervous and slower at school. So how long should young people sleep each night? The answer is between 8 and 10 hours. If you don’t get enough sleep at night, you’ll have less energy (能量) the next day.
A report shows that children sleep less because they have TVs and computers in their rooms, and busy parents don’t read to their younger children at night any more. The traditional “bedtime story” (催眠故事) helps children to relax and fall asleep peacefully.
Children with TVs and computers in their bedrooms are more likely to sleep badly, and to get less than eight hours’ sleep. Even losing one hour’s sleep a night can mean that children do worse than usual at school.
British scientists think that your brain (大脑) keeps working while you’re asleep. To show that they are right, they have done an experiment (实验). They gave two groups of people a problem to work out. One group went to sleep, and the other group stayed awake. You want to know the result? The people who slept worked out the answer more quickly. Researchers explained that their brains were trying to find the answer while the people were asleep. So, make sure you get enough sleep tonight, and you’ll be at your best tomorrow!
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. How long should the young sleep every night?
2. What does the writer think of the tradition “bedtime story”?
3. What is the result of losing one hour’s sleep a night for the children?
4. In the last paragraph(段落), what does the experiment show us?
5. What does the passage mainly try to tell us?
【推荐3】Team spirit means the willingness of people to work together and help each other as part of a team. With this spirit, people try hard to make their team the best of all. Everyone has experienced team spirit one way or another, whether they were part of a team or saw a group of people cheer for their favorite player or team.
There are different kinds of team spirit. One kind is the connection between a team of people because they must help each other and work together in reaching a particular goal (具体的目标). Another kind is when a group of people support a person or a team. People’s natural love for and pride in their country is one more kind, when a whole nation cheer for its country in competitions. Team spirit can also be seen in the workplace or in some activities, especially in some sports that call for teamwork, such as basketball, football and so on.
Team spirit creates various good results. It creates friendship and trust between people who may not get along when they don’t have such team spirit. On the other hand, there may also be bad effects. Too great team spirit may cause arguments (争执；争吵) or even fights with other team members.
Some people don’t understand team spirit properly. They think team spirit means having to become an official member of an organization, a team or a fan club. In fact, team spirit can be built anywhere—among friends, workmates or even between two people sitting next to each other. You don’t have to be wearing the team spirit clothes. Anyone can show team spirit just by showing support for the goal.
1. What is team spirit?It’s
2. Compared to the kinds mentioned in the passage, which team spirit do you have in your groupwork in class at school?
It is the
3. Which paragraph talks about the two sides of the coin of the subject?
It is paragraph
4. According to the passage, where can team spirit be built?
It can be built
5. Why do you think team spirit is important?
It helps us
【推荐1】Different countries have different customs. When you are in different countries, you should follow their customs. Very often people who travel to the United States forget to tip (付小费). It is usual to tip porters who help carry your bags, taxi drivers and waiters. Waiters expect to get a 15% tip on the cost of your meal. Taxi drivers expect the same amount.
In England, make sure to stand in line even if there are only two of you. It’s important to respect lines there. It’s a good idea to talk about the weather. It’s a favourite subject of conversation with the British.
In Spain, it’s a good idea to have a light meal in the afternoon if someone invites you for dinner. People have dinner very late, and restaurants do not generally open until after 9 p. m.
In Saudi Arabia (沙特阿拉伯), men kiss each other on the cheek (脸颊). Your host may welcome you with a kiss on both cheeks. It is polite of you to do the same.
In Japan, people usually give personal or business cards to each other when they meet for the first time. When a person gives you a card, don’t put it into your pocket right away. The person expects you to read it first.
Don’t forget to be careful of your body languages to express something in conversation. After all, body languages mean differently in different countries. A kind of body language that is acceptable (可接受的) in one culture may be impolite in another.
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过8个词。
1. How many countries are mentioned in the passage?
2. In which country do people think it’s important to stand in line?
3. When can people have dinner in Spain?
4. What should you do first when you receive n personal or business card in Japan?
5. Why should people be careful of their body languages in conversation?
Wang Fei，a Chinese student，and Mary，an American student studying Chinese in China，were in a supermarket．They saw a young man walking down the stairs．In his hurry，he missed the last two steps and fell onto the ground．He tried to stand up while people around him laughed．Luckily，he seemed to be OK．
Mary found Wang Fei smiling a little and was not happy about it. “Tell me, Fei, how could people laugh when someone fell like that? Why didn’t they go up and ask him if he was hurt?”
Wang Fei said, “Because they knew he wasn’t hurt too much.”
“But I still don’t understand．A fall is a fall．In my culture, people would never laugh!”
This is an example．The Chinese and the westerner will think and act differently when seeing such a thing．Chinese people are used to laughing or smiling．Very often the person who is in embarrassing（困窘的）situation would also laugh or smile to get out of it．However，if someone gets hurt seriously，it will not be a laughing matter any more．People will help him or her instead．
But，in that case，a westerner will rush over and help the person get up．If a westerner falls，he or she，like a Chinese person，may try to make a joke if he or she is not hurt．If two close friends are walking together，and one falls but clearly isn't hurt，a common joke is to say “Have a nice trip”．
So different people have different habits and different countries have different cultures
1. Wang Fei and Mary think and act in the same way if they see a young man falling down, don’t they?________________________________________________________________________________
2. Why didn't people go up and ask the young man if he was hurt?
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3. What do Chinese people often do when they find themselves in embarrassing situation?
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4. What is a westerner likely to do when he or she sees someone fall down?
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5. What might Mary say to Wang Fei if he fell but clearly was not hurt?
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Americans will usually introduce themselves by their first name and last name (such as “Hello, I'm John Smith.”), or by their first name only (“Hi, I'm John.”). The common response when someone is introduced to you is “Pleased to meet you.” Unless someone is introduced to you with their title(头衔) and last name (such as Mister Smith or Miss Johnson), you should address（称呼） them by their first name. Americans normally address everyone they meet in a social or business setting by their first name. However，you should always address your college professors by their title and last name (such as Professor Jones), unless they ask you to do otherwise.
1. People often
2. Americans will introduce themselves by their
3. If John Smith is your college professor, you can call him “
4. When an American is introduced to you, you should respond, “
5. In our daily life, a man
【推荐1】Do you know how to do goose step (正步走)? Can you make your quilt look like a piece of tofu? You can learn all these skills in military raining (军训). Schools in other countries also have military training programs for students. What do they usually do? Let’s take a look.
South Korea
In South Korea, men between the ages of 20 and 30 must serve in the army (服役). They usually serve for two years. Children also have military training in primary school. They have different kinds of activities, such as hiking and walking through mountains at night. Sometimes, the activities are very hard. For example, students need to exercise in the snow with no shirts on.
The US
US schools don’t ask students to do military training. If children take an interest in the military, they can join military camps. The government also holds activities for children to experience military life. Children learn how to work in a team and work out hard problems themselves. For example, a group has to climb over a high wall. If even one person falls down, the whole group needs to do it again. So everyone must help each other and finish the task together.
Russia
In Russia, boys between the ages of 15 and 16 have to take part in a five-day military training program. They learn skills like shooting (射击), parachute jumping (跳伞) and cooking outside. Students also learn military history. Recently, Russia has encouraged all schoolchildren from 14 to 18 to try military training.
Complete the chart according to the passage with not more than two words for each blank.
Military Training in Different Countries | |
South Korea | ★Elementary school students have different activities. Some of them are very hard. For example, students might exercise in the snow |
The US | ★Children can join military camps if they are ★Children can learn how to work in a team and |
Russia | ★Boys between 15 and 16 need to do military training for ★They learn shooting, parachute jumping, cooking and military |
【推荐2】The Qingming Festival is an important festival in China. It falls in early April every year. The Qingming Festival is a traditional day to visit the cemeteries (墓地), so people also call it the Tomb-Sweeping Day. Chinese people have it to remember their ancestors (祖先).
The Qingming Festival came from the Hanshi Festival during the Spring and Autumn Period. It was for Jie Zitui, a loyal minister of Jin. The festival later became a more general day to remember ancestors in the Tang Dynasty. It became a public holiday in 2008. People have one day off for that day.
Of course, the main activity of the Qingming Festival is tomb sweeping. Generally, people visit their family cemeteries and offer food, flowers and favorite things of the dead. Chinese people also like to fly kites during the Qingming Festival. That’s because people believe that the kite can send their greetings to their ancestors and it can also bring them good luck. Nowadays, many young people do tomb sweeping online, because of their busy work and being far from their hometowns.
1. When is the Qingming Festival every year?2. Why do Chinese people have it?
3. Which festival did the Qingming Festival come from?
4. Where do many young people do tomb sweeping now if they aren’t free?
5. What’s the title of this passage?
Chris is not a traditional explorer(探险者)—he usually works in an office for a large organization．Yet his job can sometimes be just as exciting and dangerous as being an explorer．
Chris works for MSF，an organization also known as Doctors Without Borders(无国界医生)．MSF sends trained doctors all over the world to help people after a war or a disaster．Chris is a doctor room France who has traveled to many places to organize programs that help people．
At the moment，there are over 27，000 trained medical staff taking part in MSF projects and tasks．The organization received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999．All kinds of doctors can volunteer for MSF．They need to be prepared to go almost anywhere in the world and，of course，they should expect difficult conditions．Doctors with experience in tropical(热带的)diseases are especially useful because most of MSF’s work is in Africa．When MSF accepts a doctor for a task，he has to go for at east six months．When doctors have completed a few tasks，they might be sent on an emergency task following a disaster，such as an earthquake．
But why would a doctor leave a comfortable life and a good salary to join MSF？According to Chris，the experience you gain is a great help in your career．Besides，just like the explorers of the past，you need to keep an open mind and learn to mix well with the people you meet．Most importantly，at the end of each task，you have made a real difference to people’s lives．
阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。
1. Does Chris work for a large organization？
2. When does MSF send trained doctors all over the world to help people？
3. How many medical staff are taking part in MSF projects and tasks？
4. What kind of doctors are greatly needed in Africa？
5. According to Chris，why is his work important to other people？
6. Why is an MSF doctor’s job exciting and dangerous？
