In July, 2021, China introduced the “double reduction(双减)” policy. It hopes to reduce schoolwork burden (负担) on primary and junior high school students. The policy calls for reducing homework and after-school classes. 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. After-school training institutions (校外培训机构) are not allowed to offer extra education courses or advanced (超前的) teaching on weekends, holidays or during winter and summer vacations. One month has passed since the new semester began. How do students feel about this new policy?
“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, students have enough time to process new knowledge now. “Our teachers are also giving us more chances to do experiments and learn from real life,” said Shen. “For example, we went to research earthworms (蚯蚓) in a field during a biology class. This is a much better way to learn things than just hitting the books.”
For 13-year-old Zhang Hangming from Tianjin, the best thing about “double reduction” is the increased time in after-school activities. “We can now spend more time taking part in clubs and activities, such as dancing, volleyball and drama. I have joined a group called ‘leadership development’ where I can learn all kinds of skills beyond schoolwork,” said Zhang.
Both Shen and Zhang find there are fewer exams now. But they think it’s not necessarily a good thing. “Exams push me to study harder. Each exam shows my progress as well as my weak points,” Zhang said.
Shen also pointed out that when burden is lightened, self-discipline (自律) becomes the key. “Some students now spend more time having fun when homework is finished early. But if you use all the free time to relax, you might fall behind other students,” he said.
1. The “double reduction (双减)” policy aims to ________.| A．make vacations longer for students | B．reduce the pressure put on teachers |
| C．reduce students’ schoolwork burden | D．help students become more competitive |
| A．Homework is not allowed for primary students. |
| B．Junior high schools should reduce their homework. |
| C．All after-school training institutions are asked to close. |
| D．After-school training institutions should offer advanced teaching. |
| A．They have less homework and fewer exams now. |
| B．They can spend more time in after-school activities. |
| C．They think the best thing is to have fewer exams now. |
| D．They have more chances to learn knowledge from real life. |
| A．Students should learn to be self-discipline. |
| B．Students should use all the free time to relax. |
| C．Exams aren’t necessary because they only show students’ weak points. |
| D．Students should spend more time having fun after finishing homework. |
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【推荐1】Have you grown taller and stronger? On Sept 3, the Ministry of Education brought out the results of the eighth national health survey for students from elementary school(小学) through college and university. The survey comes out every five years. This year’s survey showed Chinese students’ overall(总的) health and fitness(健康与体质) have improved since 2014.
Among all age groups, the rate(比率) for middle school students in good health saw the biggest rise, up by 5.1 percentage points from 2014 to 2019. Their height, weight and bust sizes(胸围) have all increased(增长). For example, the height of boys and girls increased 1.69 cm and 0.97 cm respectively(各自地) in the age group of 13 to 15.
There was also a rise in speed and lung capacity(肺活量) among teenagers aged 13 to 15. The lung capacity of boys increased 209.7 ml, and that of girls increased 187.2 ml. Girls’ running in the 800m race improved by 4.49 seconds, while boys improved by 6.50 seconds in the 1,000m race.
Wang Dengfeng, from the Ministry of Education said that a series of education policies(政策) led to the improvement. These policies have helped students get more physical exercise, he said.
1. What do numbers in Paragraph 2 show?| A．There are more fat students now than in 2013. | B．Young students are as tall as grown-ups. |
| C．Students’ health has improved. | D．Children from 2014-2019 were born heavier. |
| A．Boys were more healthier than girls. | B．Both boys and girls did better at them than before. |
| C．Girls made greater progress in speed than boys. | D．Girls were getting closer to boys in lung capacity. |
| A．When educational policies are made. | B．How physical exercise improves students’ health. |
| C．Who made the policies. | D．Why students are becoming healthier. |
| A．a novel | B．a notice | C．a newspaper | D．a play |
【推荐2】It is true that people with better education are usually able to get better paying jobs. In other words, they have more chances to choose a good job while people with little or no education don’t. It seems that the purpose of education is to make people get jobs. But this isn’t accepted by all people.
Some people may think that a person should spend the best years of his life to get education only for a way of living. This was probably one of the earliest reasons of education. In fact, if education is just a way of making a living, people don’t need to spend so much time in school. People can get education for a living in a short time. Subjects like history and geography need not be taught to everyone. Even language and mathematics need not be taught in detail(详细地), either. Here it is clear that education is much more than teaching a man to get a way of living.
Education is well-rounded and it is mainly for improving a man. It is not only to teach him to speak, read and write, but also to develop his creative (有创造力的) thinking and other abilities. After that, it is to make him a wise man and thankfully enjoy the achievements (成果) of human. Education is to make a man lead 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 main reason.
1. People with little education usually ______.| A．spend a long time in school | B．have a good chance to get a job |
| C．spend the best years to choose jobs | D．have fewer chances to get a good job |
| A．make a man lead a better life | B．make people get a way of living |
| C．teach a man to write and think | D．teach people to read good books |
| A．圆满的 | B．崭新的 | C．全面的 | D．公平的 |
| A．take an interest in the whole world |
| B．develop their abilities to make plays |
| C．accept education as a way of living |
| D．learn subjects like language and math |
| A．people can get education in a short time |
| B．education should make a man improve |
| C．people should be able to get better paying jobs |
| D．all subjects are so important for a way of living |
【推荐3】Japanese students are in school for 240 days a year. They even go to school on Saturdays. The school starts in April and ends next March.
In Japanese schools, some students wear school uniforms, and others wear everyday clothes. Many students wear yellow hats when they walk to and from school, because yellow hats make it easy for the divers to see them. The hats can stop accidents（事故）.
They learn math, reading science and social studies. They also learn to use computers and speak English. The teachers are very strict with them and students there work very hard. But they still have fun spending time with their friends during the lunchtime at school.
Japanese students do many activities. They go on field trip（实地考察）. They learn music and art. School clubs are part of their life. They not only study hard, but also do lots of other things, such as cleaning the school and helping others.
1. Students in Japan are in school for about ________ months a year.| A．24 | B．240 | C．16 | D．8 |
| A．they like yellow |
| B．their teachers ask them to wear |
| C．it’s easy for the drivers to see them |
| D．they need to keep warm |
| A．math | B．cooking | C．science | D．reading |
| A．愉快的 | B．幽默的 | C．严格的 | D．冷漠的 |
| A．School Subjects in Japan |
| B．Japanese Teachers |
| C．Students’ Life in Japan |
| D．Yellow Hats in Japan |
It’s a long-awaited day for China. The navy now has its first aircraft carrier(航空母舰), Liaoning.
It’s a unique experience to get to know the life in the carrier. The carrier is just like a small city on the sea. It has all the functions for daily life. There are 4 words to sum up its characters: big, small, much and high. The carrier Liaoning is such a huge one that the total length of the whole corridor（过道）could reach over 20 kilometers. But the living space for the sailors（水手）is quite small. That’s because the carrier is designed for researching purposes, rather than comfortable living. Over 1,000 sailors, both men and women, are living onboard. They are arranged among over 3,000 tiny rooms below the deck. For visitors, it’s so easy to get lost. So the first thing the new sailors have to learn is their way around. The number of female sailors is much less than that of the males, taking about 5 percent of the total. But they play a key role in carrying out some special missions.
Also, you will be surprised by the high level of education of today’s sailors. The captain said that over 90 percent of the sailors are college graduates. Six hold Doctor’s Degrees and 45 have a Master’s. The whole team is young but vigorous（朝气蓬勃的）. The complex work on the carrier requires high management abilities for the commanders onboard(在船上).
1. Why do we visitors get lost easily inside the carrier?
| A．Because they don’t have a map. |
| B．Because the living space is quite small. |
| C．Because there are too many corridors for rooms. |
| D．Because the corridor inside the carrier is too long. |
| A．The aircraft carrier is high since it is just like a small city. |
| B．Most of the soldiers received good education. |
| C．The expense（花费）to run a carrier is high. |
| D．The high-level of their training. |
| A．Liaoning is our country’s first aircraft carrier. |
| B．Most of the sailors on the carrier are college graduates. |
| C．There are far fewer women sailors than men sailors on the carrier. |
| D．It is comfortable for the sailors to live in the carrier. |
【推荐2】China had the largest population in the world in the past, but it doesn’t now. Too few newborns (新生儿) will also bring serious problems. So the government wants young couples (夫妻) to give birth to more babies.
Babies born as the second or third child in a family were about 54% of new births in China in 2022. Babies born as the second child were about 39% of new births in 2022, compared with 41.1% in 2021. The percentage (百分比) of babies born as the third child rose by 0.5 percentage points year-on-year (同比) to 15% last year.
The policies about birth have changed a lot in recent years. In 2013, if either of the parents was an only child, they could give birth to two children. And in 2015 all couples could give birth to two children. In May 2021, all couples could give birth to three children at most. Newborns as the second or third child are rising from about 30% in 2013 to about 50% now. But the number of newborns has kept falling at the same time. In 2022, there were 9.56 million newborns, down from 10.62 million in 2021. It was the first time that the number of newborns in China was under 10 million. China’s population dropped by 850,000 in 2022.
1. What can we know from the first paragraph?| A．China has the largest population. |
| B．The number of newborns is getting smaller. |
| C．Young couples want to give birth to more children now. |
| D．A lot of babies are born in China every year. |
| A．In 2013. | B．In 2015. | C．In 2021. | D．In 2022. |
| A．The number of babies born as the first child is getting smaller. |
| B．China’s population will get larger. |
| C．Smaller population will help China a lot. |
| D．More and more people don’t want to get married. |
The new two-child policy should give a huge economic(经济) push for China and prevent China from becoming an ageing society. China’s labor(劳动力) force peaked at 940 million in 2012. This fell to 930 million in 2014 and is expected to fall by 29 million by 2020. Predictions are that there will be an average of 2.5 million extra newborns per year. This will provide more workers and an extra $11.8 billion in annual GDP. The new policy will affect around 100 million people.
1. When did the one-child policy begin in China?
| A．1979 | B．2012 | C．2015 | D．2017 |
| A．It can increase more new babies. |
| B．It’s a huge economic push in China. |
| C．It makes China became an ageing society. |
| D．It will affect many people. |
| A．山峰 | B．达到顶峰 | C．压力增大 | D．化解危机 |
The first step is to know the information about the team. You can find more information by asking these questions. How many students are there in the soccer team? How many new players do they need? How often do they play soccer?
The second step is to practice. Practice soccer with your friends or your family. Only good players can join the school soccer team. So you need to practice your skill.
The third step is to study hard. If you always get bad grades in the exam, your teachers and parents won’t let you join the soccer team.
The last step is to relax. Don’t be too nervous. You can take a deep breath and keep smiling. Believe in yourself and you can be the best player.
1. Which is not the suitable question according to the second paragraph?
| A．How often do they play soccer? |
| B．Can I join the school team? |
| C．How many students are there in the soccer team? |
| D．How many new players do they need? |
| A．The first step. | B．The second step. |
| C．The third step. | D．The last step. |
| A．your teachers and parents |
| B．your classmates and friends |
| C．your parents and friends |
| D．your teachers and classmates |
| A．锻炼 | B．技能 | C．实践 | D．方法 |
| A．It’s about how to join the school soccer team. |
| B．It’s about how to be a good soccer player. |
| C．It’s about how to get good grades in the exam. |
| D．It’s about how to make more friends at school |
【推荐2】My family makes the best chicken salad. Dad prepares (准备) all of the ingredients and mom makes the relish. There are a few things that make this chicken salad different from other chicken salads. First, we use jam (果酱) in the relish. You can buy any jam, like banana jam or orange jam. But we have bottles of strawberry jam that my mother made, so we use the strawberry jam. Second, we put some green olives (橄榄). Green olives give the salad a nice taste and make a big difference. Now let me tell you how my family makes the salad.
First mix up all of the salad ingredients in a large bowl. The ingredients are chicken, tomatoes, green olives, onions and apples. If you like lettuce, you can also put some. Next, make the relish. Please mix the jam, the juice and the salt. Finally, mix the relish with the salad ingredients.
Do you have a favorite chicken salad recipe? Please tell us about it. You can write to greensalad@yahoo.com .
1. Who make(s) the chicken salad at home?| A．The writer. | B．The writer’s mother. |
| C．The writer’s father. | D．The writer’s father and mother. |
| A．Strawberry jam. | B．Banana jam. | C．Orange jam. | D．All kinds of jams. |
| A．green olives and chicken | B．green olives and a different relish |
| C．lettuce and a different relish | D．chicken and a different relish |
| A．call | B．write an e-mail to | C．visit | D．send a letter to |
| A．the writer’s favorite dish | B．all kinds of fruit salads |
| C．a different chicken fruit salad | D．the writer’s family |
【推荐3】Today, an increasing（增加）number of people are always looking at their mobile phones with their heads down. These people are called the “Heads-down Tribe（低头族）”. Are you a heads-down tribe member? Heads-down tribe members now can be seen everywhere.
More and more traffic accidents are happening because more drivers use mobile phones when they are driving. In order to make drivers pay more attention to driving, some new traffic rules have been made. For example, people who use mobile phones while driving in Taiwan are fined（罚款）. Car drivers and motorcyclists who break the traffic rule will be fined NT $3, 000 and NT $1, 000 respectively（分别地）. As we can see above, using mobile phones may cause accidents and even cost a lot of money. Also, more and more interesting and strange facts happen to the “Heads-down Tribe”. Let’s have a look at an interesting TV report. A man in America kept using his mobile phone on his way home. As a result, he knocked into a big lost bear. When he lifted his eyes from the phone, he was so afraid that he turned around and ran away quickly. Another fact is that we can often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but looking at their own mobile phones. It’s strange that they don’t talk to the ones who sit opposite to them during the meal. Some of them even have fun communicating with others on the phone.
Mobile phones are helpful and necessary tools（工具）for modern life. Are mobile phones good or bad? It depends on how people use them. Let’s be “healthy” users and try to be the “‘Heads-up Tribe”.
1. What is a heads-down tribe?| A．Heads-down tribe member is good at using the Internet. | B．It is a dangerous driver. |
| C．It is always looking at his or her mobile phone. | D．It’s a person who is driving a car. |
| A．摩托车手 | B．手机使用者 | C．低头族 | D．上班族 |
| A．driving a car | B．going to work | C．using his mobile phone | D．talking with others |
| A．Drive your car carefully | B．Use mobile phones properly |
| C．Be a heads﹣down tribe member | D．Don’t use mobile phones. |
