The winter holiday is usually a good time to sleep in. But Gao Yuqi, a 14-year-old boy from Anhui, got up at 7:00 am to run at least 2 kilometers every day during the holiday. In fact, this exercise was part of this homework.
Gao was not alone. Many schools across the country required students to exercise during the winter holiday. Part of the reason is that physical education test scores are now worth more on the senior high school entrance examination. And the score is now worth up to 60 points.
Because of this, Gao’s school now asks students to run when the weather is nice, and exercise indoors if it is bad. Students have to post (公布) exercise photos in their classes’ QQ groups. At the Golden Apple Jincheng No. 1 Middle School in Chengdu, students have daily exercise plans. For example, they have to skip rope (跳绳) for two minutes and do three sets of sit-ups (仰卧起坐) each day. Their parents sign of (签名) on their plans when they finish exercising.
This has been a big challenge for many students, but has also helped to make exercise a bigger part of their lives. Many students like Gao used to hate running, but now they are able to run for over half an hour every day. They fell in love with exercise during the holiday.
1. How many kilometers did Gao Yuqi run every day during the holiday?| A．At least one kilometer. | B．At least two kilometers. | C．At least three kilometers. |
| A．To call their teachers. |
| B．To put their plans online. |
| C．To post exercise photos in their classes’ QQ groups. |
| A．Skipping rope. | B．Swimming. | C．Sit-up. |
| A．Exercising is becoming part of students’ homework. |
| B．Exercising is a big challenge for many students. |
| C．Physical education test scores are important now. |
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Do you like walking? Walking plays an important role in both people’s physical and mental health.
On one hand, it is an effective way to burn our calories, so we can stay in shape. On the other hand, walking can release our stress, reduce anxiety. But do we really need to walk 10,000 steps a day?
The answer is no. This goal was created by a Japanese company that invented a pedometer (计步器). Research shows that walking 8,000 to 10,000 steps a day is best for people under 60, while walking 6,000 to 8,000 steps a day is best for people over 60.
This is because older people need fewer steps to get the same benefits. And the speed of the walk is not significant, what is significant is the total number of steps walked. If you can’t walk quickly, increasing your daily steps can also be beneficial.
Although walking 10,000 steps a day may not be necessary, keeping a suitable level of physical activity is very important for staying healthy. Walking a few thousand steps a day or doing other forms of exercise can bring health benefits. For example, biking, jumping rope, swimming, playing basketball, and so on are all good ways to exercise.
1. Who had better walk 8,000 to 10,000 steps every day?| A．People under 40. | B．People under 60. |
| C．People over 60 | D．People over 80. |
| A．Impossible. | B．Useless. | C．Terrible. | D．Important. |
| A．We need to walk as many steps as possible |
| B．We need to walk as quickly as possible every day |
| C．Walking isn’t the only way to keep healthy. |
| D．Elderly people are not advised to swim. |
【推荐2】Do you want to be healthy? Now I will give you some advice.
I think you should have a good eating habit. You should eat some healthy food. There is a lot of healthy food. You can eat more bananas, oranges and tomatoes, because they are good for our health. Don’t eat junk food. It’s bad for our health. Healthy food can make you happy and strong.
Exercising is very important. You should exercise every day. You can go to school on foot. You can also play basketball three or four times a week.
The most important thing is that we must remember “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy and clever.” It means we should go to bed early and get up early next morning. By doing this you will be in good health.
1. ________ are healthy food.| A．Junk food and bananas | B．Hamburgers, fried chips and tomatoes |
| C．Bananas, oranges and tomatoes | D．Chocolate and fried chicken |
| A．tired and happy | B．tired and thin | C．thin and strong | D．happy and strong |
| A．not play basketball | B．go to school by bus |
| C．go to school on foot | D．not play football |
| A．get up | B．go to bed | C．exercise | D．sleep |
| A．Go to bed early. | B．Get up early next morning. |
| C．Eat junk food. | D．A and B. |
【推荐3】Do you want to be in good health? Try to do the following things! You can become stronger.
Drink eight cups of water every day. Water helps your body in many ways. If you feel thirsty, just have a cup of water.
Don't forget to eat your breakfast. Breakfast gives you everything your body needs for the morning, so do not forget your breakfast.
Get enough calcium(钙). Your bones need it. Milk has more calcium. You may also drink soya milk.
Go for a walk every day after meals. Walking is good exercise, and people need exercise for good health. It's better to walk after meals.
Stretch for five minutes after sitting for one or two hours. Stretching your arms and legs is good for your body.
Use your brain(大脑) every day. For example, you can do stand crossword puzzle or read a new book.
Have a rest for about twenty minutes when you are tired. You may do something different to have a break. For example, stand up and walk. Or sit down to listen to music.
1. How many things does this passage mention(提及) for you to do if you want to keep healthy?| A．Five. | B．Six. | C．Seven. | D．Eight. |
| A．Breakfast. | B．Lunch. | C．Dessert (甜点). | D．Dinner. |
| A．锻炼 | B．跳跃 | C．跑步 | D．伸展 |
| A．Reading a new book can improve our brain. |
| B．We can only drink eight cups of water every day. |
| C．We should stretch for fifteen minutes after two hours. |
| D．Have a rest for about five minutes when you are tired. |
【推荐1】Nowadays, the food that you buy comes from many different countries. Have a look in your fridge and fruit bowl, and check the origins (来源) of the food. Perhaps there are apples from California or potatoes from Egypt. You will probably be surprised how far food travels to get to your plate. This journey, from “field to plate”, is called “food miles”. A food mile is the distance that food travels from the farmer’s field to the person who buys the food. Nowadays, food often travels thousands of miles to get to the consumer (消费者). Why is this, and what are the effects (影响) of these long distances?
Traditionally, farmers sold their food in the local market, so the food didn’t have to travel very far. The consumers also did not travel very far because they went to their local market to buy the food. Now, because of modern technology, food comes from all over the world. We do not have to wait for spring or summer to buy strawberries or tomatoes. They are available in winter if we want.
Some countries have to import (进口) most of their food. This is because they have difficult climates. The United Arab Emirates (UAE), for example, get 85% of its food from other countries.
I believe these miles are worrying for some reasons. First of all, because food travels such long distances, we need more planes, trucks and ships to move the food. This means we use more oil or petrol, so there is more pollution and more global (全球的) warming. Besides, food that travels a long way is not fresh and usually not very tasty. Tomatoes, for example, are picked early and stored for their long journeys. For this reason, they are usually tasteless when they get to the consumer. Local food has a better taste, and it also reduces (makes sth. less) the amount of global pollution. We need to buy more local food.
提示词：distance距离； climates气候； petrol汽油
1. What is called “food miles” according to this passage?
| A．The origins of the food. | B．The effects of long distances. |
| C．The journey from field to plate. | D．The disadvantages of imported food. |
| A．easy to get | B．not busy |
| C．willing to talk | D．impossible to get |
| A．long distances | B．difficult climates |
| C．fresh and tasty food | D．modern technology |
| A．buy more local food | B．increase international trade |
| C．travel long distances | D．use imported food |
| A．how local food travels from field to plate |
| B．where different kinds of food come from |
| C．how some countries import their food |
| D．what “food miles” is and its effects |
【推荐2】If you’re working to become better or hoping to make a change, you’ll probably hear your family and friends say “go big or go home”. They think you should set high expectations(期待). But is it really good?
Having high expectations could be good. It can motivate you. When you have high expectations for something, you’ll probably try your best to make them come true. For example, if you believe that you can get an A in a test, you will probably spend a lot of time working on it. Also, when you start meeting your expectations, you’ll set even higher expectations for yourself. Besides, having high expectations on yourself doesn’t only do you good. It will make a difference to others.
But if your expectations are too high to realize, it can be bad. Having high expectations can sometimes lead to mind problems, such as worry and unhappiness. The findings of a study showed that some students were under serious stress(压力) because they wanted to be perfect. Great expectations can also let you down. This is especially true when you set expectations on other people whose actions you cannot control. For example, if you’re feeling alone and you call up your friends, you surely expect them to make you feel better. When this fails to happen, you will feel down and unsatisfied with your friends. To avoid this situation, you should set your expectations realistically(切合实际地).
It is hard to manage expectations, but the main thing is to set a more realistic and achievable expectation.
1. What do your family and friends want you to do when they say “go big or go home”?| A．To cheer others up. | B．To go home at once. |
| C．To set high expectations. | D．To spend a lot of time with them. |
| A．beat | B．encourage | C．surprise | D．warn |
| A．Their family didn’t support them. | B．Their study results were terrible. |
| C．Their friends didn’t care about them. | D．Their expectations are too high to realize. |
| A．By controlling their actions. | B．By calling up your friends. |
| C．By making others feel better. | D．By setting your expectations realistically. |
| A．Right views on Setting Expectations |
| B．Serious Problems in Achieving Expectations |
| C．Possible Reasons for Meeting Expectations |
| D．Valuable Advice on Realizing Expectations |
【推荐3】In many South Asian cities, cars and motorbikes crowd the streets. Drivers beep horns before they hit the brakes. Traffic is a mess.
But the streets of Kathmandu have gone quiet. It is a ban that has brought some silence to the streets.
Kathmandu is Nepal's capital city. To make it quiet, the traffic police started fining drivers who beeped their horns. Drivers could still beep when necessary, but that was it.
Within weeks, the city streets grew quieter.
"In all of South Asia, this is one of the most successful efforts by the traffic police," said a senior officer. "This is our pride."
Kathmandu has almost no working traffic lights. Instead, about 1,300 traffic officers direct traffic. The ban has not only cut down on noise, but also made the roads safer. Drivers are more careful now. They use their brakes instead of beeping. Even taxi drivers like the change. "It makes our boring job fun," said Krishna Manandhar. "It is totally different."
The traffic officers are very proud of their success. They have started planning new efforts. They want to fix the city's streetlights. They want to make sure all school buses are painted yellow. They want to cut down on drunk driving. They want to have car-free zones in the city.
The beeping ban is now being tested in smaller cities. Nepal hopes to make the whole country horn-free one day.
1. The meaning of the underlined word "ban" is probably similar to "________".| A．order | B．aim | C．situation | D．area |
| A．Driving more carefully |
| B．The ban of beeping horns |
| C．Beeping horns when necessary |
| D．Cutting down on noise |
| A．there will be cars without horns |
| B．all the city streets will probably be quiet |
| C．cars won't be allowed to drive in smaller cities |
| D．traffic police won't probably appear in the streets. |
| A．Nepal's capital city | B．Nepal's car drivers |
| C．Nepal's traffic situation | D．Nepal's traffic police |
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education so they will be able to make more money in the future. This was probably one of the earliest purposes of education. In fact, if education is just a way to make a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. They can get education for a living in a short time. Not everyone needs to learn the subjects like history and geography. And people don’t have to learn math and languages so carefully. So it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
So what is education for? Education is well-rounded and it should improve a man in many ways. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements of human. Education is to make a man live a better life. Educated people are expected to be able to listen to good music, read good books, watch plays and most of all, take an interest in the world.
I would agree that making a good living is an important reason for education, but certainly not the most important or the only reason.
1. The earliest education was probably to __________.
| A．teach a man to think creatively | B．teach people to read good books |
| C．improve a man in many ways | D．help people make more money |
| A．圆满的 | B．崭新的 | C．全面的 | D．公平的 |
| A．write good books by themselves | B．learn all the subjects very well |
| C．take an interest in the world | D．lead a richer life than others |
| A．making a living is not the only purpose of education. |
| B．people can get education in a short time. |
| C．people should study hard to get better paying jobs. |
| D．all subjects are very important for a way of living. |
Who can help you? Maybe you think your parents, teachers or others can help you. But in fact, all these people only help you to help yourself.
There have been many great men in history. They had few people to help them. They could not get good education, either. But they tried their best to learn and never gave up. One famous teacher in England once told his students, “I can not make you great men, but I can help you make men of yourselves.”
However, some young people do nothing and they depend on others. If these young people can see their weak points(弱点) and change their ways, they can be successful. They are nothing now, and will be nothing in the future, unless they take the advice of their parents and teachers, and most importantly, depend on themselves.
1. Why did many great men in history succeed at last? Because ________.| A．they got good education | B．they worked hard and never gave up |
| C．they had many good friends in the life. | D．their families could help them |
| A．do everything for his students | B．make his students become great |
| C．give the best education to students | D．help his students make men of themselves |
| A．Young people can ask their parents and friends for help. |
| B．Young people should make up many good friends. |
| C．Young people should work hard and depend on themselves. |
| D．Young people must not give up success. |
| A．Others’ Help Is Important | B．Depending On Yourself |
| C．How To Be Famous | D．Teachers Are Important |
On a school day, 60 students at Xishan Primary School in Shunde, Guangdong, are learning how to make corn soup in an after-school cooking class. Working in groups of four or five, the little cooks take their jobs very seriously. Soon, they are showing off their own delicious dishes.
Since last September, the school has set up after-school classes for students, with cooking classes being the most popular, said Xinhua. It comes after the “double reduction policy（双减政策）”. The policy aims to lower down the schoolwork burden（负担）on primary and junior high school students. According to the policy, children below the third grade will not have homework anymore. It should take no more than 90 minutes for junior high school students to finish their homework.
Great progress has made through the policy so far. Almost all primary and middle school now offer two-hour after-school services on weekdays. More than 90 percent of students can finish their written homework in the set time. “Our homework is clearly less than before,” said 13-year-old Shen Yuzhe from Beijing. “We are not encouraged to buy workbooks anymore. The exercises are mainly from the textbook.” According to Shen, teachers are teaching at a much slower speed, which gives students enough time to process new information.
1. The students from Xishan Primary School learn how to make corn soup at school.2. The “double reduction policy” aims to lower down the schoolwork burden on teachers.
3. According to the policy, children below the third grade will not have homework to do.
4. All the students can finish their homework in the set time.
5. Shen Yuzhe`s teachers are teaching at a faster speed to give more new information.
【推荐1】“Oxfam” is the short form for the Oxford Committee for Famine Relief (全国饥荒救济委员会). It is an international organization to help the poor all over the world. It was started in 1942 in England during the Second World War to provide relief to war victims in Europe. When the war was over, Oxfam continued its work, sending materials and money to the poor throughout Europe. Since then, Oxfams have been founded in 12 countries, such as Oxfam America, Oxfam Canada, Oxfam Hong Kong and so on.
Twenty-eight years later, a group of volunteers started Oxfam America. It was first in Washington, DC, then in 1973 Oxfam America moved to Boston. In England, Oxfam organizes many charity activities every year to raise money. It also runs many charity shops. The shops receive things donated by people and sell them to those who need them. The money from the sales will be used to help the homeless and the poor in different parts of the world.
Oxfam Hong Kong is a member of Oxfam International. Every year Oxfam Hong Kong organizes Trailwalker to collect money for the poor in Hong Kong and some other areas in the world.
1. Why was Oxfam first started in England in 1942?| A．Because World War II happened there. | B．Because there were too many people. |
| C．Because Oxfam America moved to Boston. | D．Because Oxfam Hong Kong was started. |
| A．找到 | B．成立 | C．赞助 | D．施与 |
| A．In 1941. | B．In 1942. | C．In 1970. | D．In 1973. |
| A．organizing many charity activities | B．running many charity shops |
| C．organizing Trailwalker once a year | D．helping the poor with the money from the sales |
| A．Oxfam America | B．Oxfam Canada | C．Oxfam Hong Kong | D．Oxfam’s history |
| Improve your spoken English | ||
| Improve your vocabulary(词汇量) Spending time with native （本国的）English speakers will help you in a natural way. | With enough practice you’re able to speak English well.  | Carry an English dictionary Carrying an English dictionary with you at all times can be very useful, whether it’s a real book or a phone app. |
| Speak a little English every day Don’t wait until you “feel more comfortable” speaking English. You should push yourself outside and start speaking English today. | Work on your pronunciation Correct (正确的)and clear pronunciation is very important. Listen carefully to native English speakers and do your best to copy them. |
1. You can speak English well if you practice often.
2. You can’t speak English until you “feel more comfortable”.
3. You should improve your vocabulary if you want to speak English well.
4. As an English learner, you needn’t worry about your pronunciation.
5. The English dictionary you can use must be a phone app.
What’s so special about that? Well, we have a Leap Year every four years. And it has 366 days, not the usual (通常的) 365. In a Leap Year, we have 29 days in February, while in a usual year we have only 28 days.
Why do we have a Leap Year? We have a Leap Year so we can keep the calendar (日历) in step with the seasons. The calendar is a kind of clock for the year. But how long is a year? A calendar year is 365 days. But a true year is 365 days, 5 hours, 48 minutes and 46 seconds long. That’s the time it takes the earth to go around the sun. So every four years we have one more day, and we put it at the end of February, the shortest month of a year. Then we have a Leap Year.
1. How often can we have a Leap Year?
| A．Every year |
| B．Every February |
| C．Every four years |
| A．for the year |
| B．for Leap Year |
| C．for the usual year |
| A．a day |
| B．a year |
| C．a little longer |
| D．than 365 days |
| A．February | B．March |
| C．May | D．June |
| A．32 | B．16 | C．8 | D．4 |
