In your spare time, do you help your parents with chores around the house? Can you cook for your family?
In order to stress (强调) the importance of hard-working spirit education among students of different ages, the Communist Party of China Central Committee recently released (发布) a guideline(指导纲要).
The guideline calls for students to respect labor work. Students should learn basic life skills and form good working habits through such education.
The government has been trying to stress the importance of hard-working spirit education. But this has been overlooked (忽视) in recent years. Many teenagers do not value the importance of working hard and aren’t interested in doing so.
According to a study of nearly 3,000 students that was done by Ningbo Evening Neus in March, only 22% of students help with everyday chores around the house. Schools and families play an important role in teaching students about the value of working hard, the guideline says.
Primary and middle schools should provide students with hard-working spirit classes every week, according to the guideline. Schools can also hold activities to give students real-world work experience. For example, schools can teach children how to plant trees on Tree-Planting Day.
As children’s first teachers, parents should also encourage children to learn how to do chores at home. Students should master one or two life skills every year. These skills can include cooking, washing their own clothes and tidying their rooms.
1. The guideline was released recently in order to ________.| A．stress the importance of hard-working spirit education |
| B．ask students to work hard at English and other subjects |
| C．teach students how to help their parents do chores at home |
| D．help students of different ages solve life problems |
| A．the government | B．hard-working spirit education |
| C．basic life skills | D．the recently released guideline |
| A．About two thirds of students help with housework at home. |
| B．Students should master at least three life skills every year. |
| C．Schools should provide students with hard-working spirit classes every day |
| D．Parents should also encourage children to learn how to do chores at home. |
| A．Spirit of Hard-working Education | B．How to Value the Experience |
| C．The Importance of All Subjects | D．How to Do Everyday Chores |
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Over half of the children surveyed said they had been bullied（欺负）by a sibling, and one in three said they had been hit, kicked or pushed by a sibling, others complained of name-calling and having their belongings stolen.
Other reasons for only children being much happier include not having to compete（竞争）for parents’ attention or share bedrooms with a sibling, said Gundi Knies, a researcher on the project.
Dr. Ruth Koppard, a child psychologist, said, “In an average home, the more children, the less privacy for each child. Some love sharing a bedroom with a sibling but they would rather choose to do it than have to do it”.
Homes with just one child make up nearly half of all families in Britain.
The study, to be published on Friday, questioned 2,500 young people. It also found that seven out of 10 teenagers are “very satisfied” with their lives.
1. The underlined word “sibling” means_____.
| A．兄弟或姐妹 | B．兄弟 | C．姐妹 | D．独生子女 |
| A．they won’t be bullied， hit， kicked or pushed by a sibling |
| B．they needn’t worry about name-calling and having their belongings stolen |
| C．they needn’t compete for parents’ attention or share bedrooms with a sibling. |
| D．they can get what they want， and more love from their parents |
| A．researcher | B．teacher | C．child psychologist | D．doctor |
| A．50% | B．30% | C．70% | D．10% |
| A．why the families don’t want to have more than one child. |
| B．the reasons why only children are happier than those with brothers or sisters. |
| C．sibling rivalry can have a serious effect on a child’s emotion. |
| D．homes with just one child make up nearly half of all families in Britain. |
【推荐2】A recent study from a team of South Korea suggests that eating together has many good effects on children and teenagers while frequently eating alone may cause bad eating habits and poor food choices. People who eat alone more than twice a week have a greater risk of high blood pressure(高血压).
For children and teenagers，it is not only about preventing bad outcomes，but also about bringing benefits.
In 2014, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) looked at data from nearly three quarters of the world's countries. They found that students who share a main meal with their families are less likely to skip school(逃学) and to take drugs and alcohol.
In the report, titled The Importance of Family Dinners, researchers say that teens who have frequent family dinners are more likely to say their parents know a lot about what's going on in their lives.
Another study from the University of Montreal finds that children who eat with their families experience long-term physical and mental health benefits. These children are physically in better shape and drink fewer sugary soft drinks. These children also seem to have better social skills and are less violent. One of the researchers, Pagani, says that mealtimes with parents possibly provide young children with firsthand social events, which helps them have better communication skills.
1. Why is eating meals alone frequently bad for people's health?| A．Because people will show no interest in food. |
| B．Because people will develop poor eating habits. |
| C．Because people will cat less food than they need. |
| D．Because people will have a risk of high blood pressure. |
| A．skip school | B．drink wine | C．fight with classmates | D．be good with others |
| A．They could enjoy more sweet soft drinks. |
| B．They have better performance in social activities. |
| C．They feel their parents know more about their studies. |
| D．They experience long-term physical and mental health. |
| A．Supportive. | B．Uninterested | C．Worried | D．Doubtful |
| A．Ways to eat together more. | B．Benefits of eating together. |
| C．Chances to have family time. | D．Risks of high blood pressure. |
【推荐3】Do you know how to clean rooms or grow plants? Could you cook by yourself? If not, you will soon. These will all be part of Chinese education starting this fall.
A new standard (标准) for labor (劳动) education recently came out. Students in primary and middle school will have at least one class a week to try and experience different kinds of chores and learn different life skills and even job skills for each grade.
Middle school students need to learn the following skills:
Everyday Chores
Seventh-to-ninth-graders have to clean up their rooms and classrooms.When there’s a travel plan, they should pick their proper clothes and pack a suitcase (行李箱) by themselves. While fifth-and sixth-graders know how to cook two or three common dishes, middle school students need to cook one or two more dishes than them. Making healthy daily eating plan is also necessary to learn. What’s more, they are asked to challenge themselves to look after and fix home appliances, such as washing the air conditioner(空调) and cleaning the washing machine.
Productive Labor
Middle school students have to take part in both local labor, such as planting and fishing, and one or two industrial products (工业产品), like paper-making. Making one or two kinds of traditional handicrafts (手工艺品) such as pottery (陶艺) and wood caving (木工) is in the standard, too.
Service Labor
It’s middle school students’ duty to do one or two kinds of volunteer work like helping put the shared bikes in order and be ready to take part in modern service labor.
This move is to make Chinese students’ life colorful and build their character through labor. Schools and homes are the main positions to achieve the goals of labor education. The standard also calls on families to take part in students’ labor education in order to help students be more independent.
So let us develop labor abilities and spirits on this summer vacation!
1. As a middle school student, what are the following everyday chores you should do?①Clean your classrooms by yourself.
②Pack your personal belongings into the suitcase without your parents’ help.
③Learn to cook two or three common dishes.
④Eat healthy food on the table.
⑤Take care of the washing machine in your house.
| A．①②⑤ | B．①②④ | C．③④⑤ |
| A．电器 | B．家具 | C．厨具 |
| A．To make students’ life colorful and help with service labor. |
| B．To let students live colorfully and build an independent character. |
| C．To develop China’s labor education and call on families to work together. |
| A．By building many schools with lots of labor work all year round. |
| B．By giving the chances of working and living alone to make students independent. |
| C．By setting up at least one Labor class a week at school and letting parents teach life skills at home. |
| A．How New Standard Works in China |
| B．The Development of Labor Education |
| C．Doing Labor to Build Students’ Character |
【推荐1】One teacher praises a student by saying “You’re so smart!” Another teacher says, “You must have worked really hard at this!” Which student does better in school? Studies show that students who hear the words of the second teacher will do better. Those students are learning that their effort is important.
Psychologists（心理学家）looked at what students did after they were given different types of praise. Some students were told that they were good at a task. They didn’t try very hard the next time. Other students were told that they had worked hard at a task. They worked even harder the next time. The first group of students was learning that they had a set amount of skill. They didn’t think they could do any better. This is called a fixed mindset（思维模式）. The second group was learning that they could do better if they kept trying. This is called a growth mindset. People who have a growth mindset believe that the brain can grow; people can do better and learn new skills. If they work hard, they can be successful.
How can teachers and parents help students succeed? They can focus mainly on effort and not simply on ability. When students succeed, teachers and parents should praise the actual work rather than intelligence（智力）or talent. When students fail, they should be told how they can do better. Teachers, parents and students need to value effort, not intelligence.
| Beliefs of Fixed and Growth Mindsets | ||
| Fixed Mindset | Growth Mindset | |
 | Things you’re born with that cannot change | Things you can grow and improve with hard work |
 | Something to avoid—could show lack of skill | Something important—leads to success |
 | Things to avoid—in case you aren’t good enough | Things that help you learn |
| A．People with a growth mindset. | B．People with a fixed mindset. |
| C．People who often learn from challenges. | D．People who often learn from mistakes. |
| A．things they’re born with | B．things they need to avoid |
| C．things that help them learn | D．things that stop them improving |
| A．By telling stories. | B．By listing numbers. |
| C．By drawing mind maps. | D．By comparing facts. |
| Dear Miss Hooper, I’m writing to thank you for your help this year. There were lots of lessons, but you made sure I could understand each one. To tell the truth, you’re the best teacher I’ve met. You explain things so clearly, and are also so kind. I really enjoyed every minute of your class. There were so many best parts this year. Whenever we had a class, you made it fun and interesting to everyone. All of your students found learning new things was so easy because of you. I really believe you have a great teaching skill. You should be very proud of the way that you help children learn. Thanks to you, I decide to become a teacher like you when I grow up. I was new to the school this year. I didn’t enjoy school much before. At my old school, I found learning was quite difficult. The last nine months have changed all of that. I’m now confident (自信的) and looking forward to the next school year. I have mixed feelings about school next year. I’m sad that you won’t be my teacher anymore. However, I’m happy that other children will get to share your knowledge (学问). I’m sure that they’ll thank you for your good work. Thank you once again for all of your help. You are really a great teacher and you’ve helped me greatly. I hope that we can share the same classroom again one day. Best wishes, Adam Johnson |
| A．answered questions a lot | B．had fun learning things | C．enjoyed explaining things |
| A．Adam wants to be a teacher like her in the future |
| B．few students found learning new things was very easy |
| C．many teachers at school improved their teaching skills |
| A．was not confident | B．missed Miss Hooper | C．was interested in each lesson |
| A．upset and angry | B．surprised and angry | C．upset but understanding |
| A．ask his teacher for help | B．give advice to his teacher | C．say thanks to his teacher |
Then Mr. Ma gave some examples. One patient, a middle school student from Xi’an, was doing badly in his lessons. He thought his teachers and friends often laughed at him, and he became so nervous and worried that one night he left his home without telling his parents. Another student, a 14-year-old school girl form Shanghai, was very afraid of exams. While she was reading the exam paper, she couldn’t think of anything to write.
A recent report from Jiefang Daily says about 18% of young students in Shanghai have mental problems. They often feel worried and very unhappy. Unluckily many of them won’t go and ask for help. Some think they will look
At the end of the meeting, Mr. Ma offered some good ideas to young people:
●Talk to your parents or teachers often.
●Take part in group activities.
●Try to get on well with the people around you.
●Go to see a doctor if you often feel unhappy.
1. The students who often become worried or have trouble getting on with others may have ______
| A．no parents | B．poor memories | C．mental problems |
| A．studied very hard | B．had exams | C．talked with her parents |
| A．they don’t’ want to tell their secrets to others |
| B．their parents are too busy to look after them. |
| C．doctors can’t help them with the problem |
| A．studying | B．happy | C．not clever |
| A．It’s important for children to live with their parents. |
| B．It’s useful for students to keep quiet in class. |
| C．It’s not necessary for young people to have more group activities. |
ChatGPT is back in the headlines! Open AI, the company behind the popular chatbot, has now introduced a powerful new language model: GPT-4.
On March 14, GPT-4 showed the world how smarter it is than the previous GPT-3.5. One of its best new features is that it can understand pictures. For example, if you show a picture of a phone using the wrong charger (充电器), GPT-4 can tell why the picture looks strange or funny.
But GPT-4’s developments don’t stop there. The new language model can code (用代码编写) classic games like Tetris (俄罗斯方块) in a matter of minutes, and produce the code and layout (布局) for a website based on a hand-made drawing. It can also change the tone (语气) and style based on what you ask it to do. GPT-4 is much easier for students to cheat (作弊) than the older GPT at passing tests, which may worry teachers. According to CNN, GPT-4 did really well on a law school test, with a score in the top 10 percent of test takers. But GPT-3.5 only got a score in the bottom 10 percent.
GPT-4 will also see greater use as a tool to power other apps and services. For example, the language learning app Duolingo plans to use GPT-4 in their upcoming Duolingo Max function. Users can learn languages by talking with AI. Another app, Be My Eyes, will have a digital assistant (数字助手) to help blind people better understand the world around them. The government of Iceland also plans to use GPT-4 to protect the Icelandic language.
There are still problems with the new language model, however. GPT-4 still struggles to get completely correct answers, especially with newer information after September 2021. GPT-4 also sometimes “hallucinates (产生幻觉)”, meaning that it will insist that wrong information is true.
1. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?| A．GPT-3.5 cannot understand pictures. | B．GPT-4 can create funny pictures. |
| C．GPT-4 can tell if a phone is recharging. | D．GPT-4 can show the result in a fun way. |
| A．games like Tetris are easy to code |
| B．anyone can code games using GPT-4 |
| C．GPT-4 can code games like Tetris quickly |
| D．hand-made drawings help GPT-4 work better |
| A．It can change tones based on a user’s input. |
| B．It may help students cheat on tests easily. |
| C．Students will lose their competitiveness. |
| D．It will take the place of teachers in the future. |
| A．AI can help them make personalized study plans. |
| B．Blind people can communicate through the app. |
| C．They can practice languages by talking with AI. |
| D．They can find many dying languages on the app. |
When you are learning a language, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful. When you read, you can not only learn some new words, but also learn how to use them. When you read a passage, it gives you a good example for writing. Here are some good reading tips.
Firstly, try to read at the right level (水平). Read something that you can understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting.
Secondly, try to understand the new words. If there are four or five new words on a page, don’t use a dictionary. Instead, try to guess their meanings as you read. Mark (作标记) them with a pencil. Then look them up in a dictionary when you finish reading, and write them in your own vocabulary book. Try to remember them.
Thirdly, try to read for a short time once a day. Fifteen minutes or half an hour every day is better than two hours every Sunday. For example, you can read before you go to bed, or after you get up or at lunchtime.
Lastly, read something that interests you. Choose a newspaper, a book or a magazine about a subject that you like. It will be easy enough for you to understand.
1. How many reading tips does the writer give us?| A．Six. | B．Five. | C．Four. |
| A．write them down at once | B．guess the meanings at first | C．stop reading |
| A．you should read something that you like for a short time once a day at least |
| B．only read a magazine about a subject that you like |
| C．reading English for two hours every Sunday is much better |
| A．How to Look up a New Word |
| B．How to Make Reading Better |
| C．How to Remember New Words |
You may have seen many pumpkins in posters and TV shows recently, since Halloweencame on Oct 31st.
Lanterns, made of pumpkins, also known as jack-o-lanterns, are often seen during Halloween. Many people in the US to make them and finally put them in front of their houses. People first need to choose a pumpkin that has at least one smooth side. Cut a hole on the top to make a lid. Hollow out a pumpkin. Draw a design on the side of the pumpkin before carving a face,and then place a candle inside. Make the parking blow.The lanterns can look funny or scary.
This is not the only way in which pumpkins are part of American culture. During the Thanksgiving holiday, pumpkin pie is a common food. It is made from pumpkins and has some delicious spices(香料)to give it a nice taste. People often put some cream on top of it before serving it. It is one of my favorite things to eat during Thanksgiving.
There is also "pumpkin chucking". It's a competition where people build machines to throw pumpkins through the air. The person whose pumpkin flies the farthest wins the competition. The world record for pumpkin chucking was set in Utah in 2010. The distance for that world record was about 1. 69 kilometers.
Finally, there are also pumpkin growing contests. For contests, farmers try to grow the biggest pumpkins they can. The person who has the biggest pumpkin will win the first prize.
1. Which is the correct order for making a jack-o-lantern according to the passage?
a.carve a face b.cut a hold on the cup
c.hollow out a pumpkin d.place a candle inside the pumpkin
| A．b-a-c-d | B．b-c-a-d | C．a-d-c-b | D．c-a-d-b |
| A．cream | B．spice | C．a pumpkin | D．pumpkin pie |
| A．Cutting | B．Setting | C．Throwing | D．Growing |
| A．Two. | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
| A．Let’s play with pumpkins | B．Know about American Culture |
| C．Celebrate Thanksgiving Together | D．Take part in Pumpkin in Contests |
