When we talk about archaeology (考古学), we usually picture a group of people digging in the dirt. They put together the things they collect and find out the stories behind them.
These are all things archaeologists do. According to Encyclopedia Britannia (《大英百科全书》), archaeology is the study of things that people made, used, and left behind. Its goal is to understand what people of the past were like and how they lived. For example, archaeologists study tombs, city ruins and cultural relics (文物). They try to find out how ancient people made tools, why they moved around, and what customs were like in their times.
But what about dinosaurs (恐龙) and fossils (化石)? Do archaeologists study these as well? Actually, that is a misunderstanding. It is paleontologists who study ancient animals. Although “paleontology” and “archaeology” both mean the study of old things, archaeologists just study ancient humans. There is another common misunderstanding about archaeology. Many people think archaeologists only try to find beautiful relics that they can keep for themselves.
First, professional archaeologists do not keep, buy or sell any relics, according to the Kentucky Heritage Council. And second, “archaeologists care about the stories behind the relics more than the relics themselves,” Liu Huiyun, an archaeology student at Peking University, told TEENS. For example, even burned grain can be valuable to archaeologists. I can show them what ancient people ate.
Archaeology work could be difficult and dirty sometimes, but it truly is meaningful and important work, as it brings light to the unknown past.
1. How does the writer explain “archaeology” in the first paragraph?By describing a
2. What are paleontologists?
Paleontologists are people who
3. How many misunderstandings about archaeology are mentioned in the article?
There are
4. What do archaeologists care more about?
They care more about
5. What does the writer think about archaeology work?
It’s
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Like many other young boys, I don’t know what I wanted to be when I was a middle school student. My mother advised(建议) me to be a pianist. However could not stand spending all of my time in front of a piano. My father wanted me to be a teacher like him, but it seemed that I was not interested in it.
I had my own goal(目标) after I went to high school. I got a part-time job at the school radio station and I found it interesting. I liked to discuss school life and my favorite music with my classmates on the radio. I kept on doing this job during the next seven years. When I left the college, I got a full-time job at our local(当地的) radio station. My career(职业生涯) started. My program is successful and I have lots of fans. I enjoy my job and my life now.
1. Why didn’t the writer follow his mother’s advice?2. What does the writer’s father do?
3. When did the writer get a part-time job at the school radio station?
4. What did the writer discuss with his classmates on the radio?
5. Does the writer enjoy his life now?
In our daily life, sometimes we are too busy to cook meals by ourselves. Then we often order take-out food on the mobile phone. The delivery men (快递员) play an important part in delivering food for us. They try to send the food to us as soon as possible. Sometimes it is dangerous for them to ride their scooter (摩托车) on the street. When the weather is very bad, it will be even harder. But do you know anything else about them?
A delivery man is called Yan Xiangxin. He was born in 1997 in Yunnan. He became a delivery man in Hangzhou less than one year. On June 8th, it was the evening busy hour, but the traffic lights at a crossroads didn’t work. He saw this and quickly ran to a safe place in the middle of the road. He led (指引) all the cars in order to go through the crossing. Later he said his company always had traffic training for them, so it was easy for him to do that.
On August 12, Hai Yafeng, a 27-year-old delivery man was on his way home. He heard a baby crying. He found the baby in the garbage can (垃圾桶) on the roadside. He called 120 and called the police in a minute. After that, Hai Yafeng still worried about the baby. He bought milk and went to the hospital to visit the baby. He said it was his duty to help people and save people.
There are many delivery men in our life. They aren’t rich, but many of them are friendly, kind and helpful.
1. Who delivers the take-out food for us?2. Where did Yan Xiangxin work?
3. Why was it easy for Yan Xiangxin to solve the traffic problem?
4. Did Hai Yafeng call the police when he saw the baby?
5. What did Hai Yafeng say about helping people?
Can you speak English well? Do you want to teach foreigners (外国人) Chinese? Are you free at weekends? We need a Chinese teacher for our new English teacher Mrs Smith. She is an old lady from Australia. She is interested in Chinese.
For the job, you need to:
Teach her how to speak Chinese.
Tell her some traditional festivals in China.
Work from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm every Saturday afternoon.
Work at Mrs Smith’s office (Room 305 in Kunyu Hotel).
80 yuan each hour
If you want to know more, please call Mrs Lin at 8456789.
1. What is Mrs Lin looking for?2. Where does Mrs Smith come from?
3. How long do you need to work if you get the job?
4. Where will you work if you get the job?
5. If you have something you don’t understand, what should you do?
【推荐1】The world we live in is full of amazing things. Do you know the following things?
★ Chocolate tastes nice but it may make a little dog die.
★ We may sleep for eight hours at a time but a snail（蜗牛）may sleep for three years.
★ Our ears and nose become bigger when we grow up but eyes keep the same after a person is born.
★ You may think a bear walks slowly. In fact, it can run as fast as a horse.
★ Cats won’t die if they fall off very high places because they can turn themselves up the right way.
★ The largest animal on the earth is the blue whale（鲸）. It weighs about 80 tons（吨）—more than 24 elephants.
★ Most animals will die soon if they lose the head. But a cockroach（蟑螂）can live for nine or ten days when they have no head.
★ Not all birds can fly. About forty kinds of birds can’t fly, like the penguin（企鹅）and the ostrich（鸵鸟）.
Some | |
| It’s nice but you can’t give it to little | |
| Snails | They can sleep as long as three |
| Our eyes | The size of the eyes doesn’t |
| Bears | They can run very |
| Cats | After |
| Blue whales | They are the largest animal and a blue whale’s |
| Cockroaches | They can live for nine or ten days |
| Birds | Most birds are good at flying but some |
Giving gifts is a tradition as old as mankind itself. It has always been a part of our society.
When you give a gift to someone, it tells them that they are special to you. We give and receive gifts for many occasions (场合), like birthdays, Mother’s Day, etc. In fact, gift-giving is so necessary to our world that many countries developed interesting traditions around it. Here are some of the most interesting ones.
Japan
When giving a gift in Japan, you should be very careful. It is not good to surprise them, as they will be embarrassed if they cannot immediately return something to the gift giver. The gift is usually given in private, and it is not common to open it immediately.
South Korea
In South Korea, it’s very rude to give or receive a gift using only one hand, especially if it is the left hand. You must always use both hands. Korean New Year’s greeting cards or gifts are never with a mainly red color, as it is used for announcing funerals (宣告葬礼). Also, don’t give gifts that come in sets of four as they stand for death there.
India
When giving a gift in India, you should always use your right hand. Using the left hand is impolite as that hand is considered unclean. If giving money in India, try to give a sum (金额) that ends with 1. Odd numbers (奇数) are seen as very lucky in India. The number 1 is especially lucky as it means a new beginning.
Russia
In Russia, you should never give someone yellow flowers as yellow is the symbol of ending a relationship or betrayal (背叛). As COVID-19 has changed our life greatly, many gift givers choose to send gifts online instead of sending gifts in person.
1. When you give a gift to someone, it tells them that2. In Japan, it’s common to give gifts
3. You can’t use one hand, especially the
4. In India, the number 1 is quite lucky as it means
5. You mustn’t give
Everyone likes living in a clean and comfortable environment. If the environment (环境) is bad, it will affect our body, and we have to stay in bed and rest at home. So the environment is very important to us.
It’s germs (微生物) that makes us ill. There are germs everywhere. They are very small and you can’t find them with your own eyes, but you can see them with a microscope (显微镜), we shall see them in it. Germs can also be found in air and dust (灰尘). If you cut your finger, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs will go into all of your bodies, and you will have pain everywhere.
To keep us healthy, we should try our best to make our environment cleaner and tidier. This needs us to work together.
1. What will happen if the environment is bad?2. Do germs make people ill?
3. Where can germs be found?
4. How will you feel if germs go into the finger that is cut?
5. To keep us healthy, what should we do?
【推荐1】Most people like having a picnic. But what does the word mean? Where does it come from? What is a picnic?
For most people a picnic is a meal they eat outside the home, usually in a park, by a river, or even sitting in a car if the weather is cold and wet. At one time, however, people had picnics at home at their own dinner tables.
The word picnic comes from the French words piquer which means" to pick" or" take” and pique-nipue which means “a small coin". Everyone who came to a picnic brought something to eat. They took or picked small pieces of food from each plate. They had a pique-nique. This kind of meal was popular in Britain. The British used the French words for it but changed the letters to make “picnic”. This is the way we write it today.
In some countries there are big picnics on special days. Lots of people go to parks on these picnics. For most people, however, a picnic is a family party. The family put some food and drinks in a basket, get in the car and go off to a nice place in the country or by the sea.
1. What is a picnic?For most people a picnic is a meal
2. Where does the word picnic come from? It comes from
3. Who used the French words and changed the letters to make “picnic"?
4. Where do people usually go for a picnic on special days? People usually
5. What does the passage mainly talk about? It mainly talks about
【推荐2】Nowadays, a new way is used to decide who are the top students in school. The best students are those who not only get high marks, but also follow the rules and the behavior standards（行为标准）for middle school students. Here are some of the new rules and standards.
Tell the truth. Have you ever copied someone else’s work in an exam? If you have, then don’t do it again! That’s not something an honest student should do. If you have played computer games for two hours in your room, don’t tell your parents you were doing homework.
Learn to be loving and caring. Good students love animals and care for other people.
Learn to work together with others. It would be more fun when more people work together. Did you quarrel（争吵）with your teammates when your basketball team lost? Only working together can make your team stronger. Be friendly to the people you are with. You shouldn’t only think of yourself. You should also think of others.
Be open to new ideas. Have you ever thought that people could live on the moon? Perhaps you’ll discover（发现）another earth someday. Don’t look down on new ideas. Everyone’s ideas are important. You should welcome them, because new ideas make life better for everyone.
Use the Internet carefully. The Internet can be very useful for your studies. Some websites（网站）on the Internet aren’t for kids, so make sure to visit the ones that are good for you. You can use the websites for fun or homework. Can’t you find any good websites for children?
1～2题完成句子；3～5题简略回答问题。
1. To be a top student, you should try to not only
2. Don’t copy
3. Why does the writer think everyone should welcome the new ideas?
4. How many rules and standards to decide the top students?
5. Do you think using the Internet carefully is important for students? Why?
Right now, more than 80 percent of the world’s energy comes from fossil fuel ( 矿物燃料). Fossil fuel is oil, gas and coal (煤). There are many problems with fossil fuel. One problem is that when fossil fuel is burned, it pollutes the air. Another problem is that we’re running out of it. That’s why we need new energy.
A big source (来源) of energy for many countries is nuclear power (核能). Thirty-one countries use nuclear power now. Nuclear power has some advantages. First of all, we won’t run out of nuclear power. Also, nuclear power does not make the dirty. And if a country has nuclear power, it doesn’t need to buy much oil from other countries.
However, there are also a lot of problems that come with nuclear power. For example, nuclear accidents are very serious. In 1986, there was a nuclear accident in Russia. In the next 20 years, about 4,000 people got sick or died because of that. In 2011, there was another very serious nuclear accident in Japan. That was several years ago, but Japan is still trying to clean up the nuclear waste from the accident.
Many people don’t want nuclear power in their countries. They say that it’s not safe. A lot of people in the United States, Russia, France, Japan, India and many other countries hope to use safer and cleaner ways to get electricity. Sometimes they get together to show their strong disagreement with nuclear power.
Though many people hate nuclear power, more and more countries are using it. One reason for this is that the world is using more and more energy, but we just don’t have enough fossil fuel.
1. One problem with fossil fuel is that2. There are
3. The 1986 nuclear accident in Russia made about 4,000 people
4. Many people don’t want nuclear power in their countries because they think that nuclear power isn’t a kind of
5. In your opinion, what’s the best energy in the modern life?
