Basketball, running and swimming are popular events (项目) at the Olympics. But there are also some events that are not as popular. Some are even very strange. Let’s see if you have any knowledge about the following events.
| Tug-of-war This event started in 1900 and left the Olympics in 1920. The team wins if they pull the rope past a certain point first. Interestingly, more than one team from a country can enter in this event. This makes it possible for one country to win several medals. |
| Rope climbing It first appeared as an Olympic sport in 1896. The climber who spends the shortest time reaching the top is the winner. The rope used to be 15 meters long. Years later, it was shortened to 8 meters for some reason. After 1932, there was no rope climbing in the Olympics. |
| Race walking In race walking, walkers have to win the race by walking. To make sure that they do not run, race walkers must have one foot on the ground at all times. Race walking has been an Olympic sport since 1904. Men enter in 20-kilometer and 50-kilometer races; women only race 20 kilometers. |
| A．Rope climbing. | B．Basketball. |
| C．Tug-of-war | D．Race walking. |
| A．7 | B．8 | C．15 | D．23 |
| A．One country can only enter one team in tug-of-war. |
| B．Rope climbing first appeared in the 1932 Olympics. |
| C．Women in race walking can enter in the 50-kilometer race. |
| D．Race walking is still an event at the Olympic Games today. |
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【推荐1】SHORT STORY Writing Competition
Are you good at writing a story? Come and take part in the Short Story Writing Competition.
| Place (名次) | the 1st | the 2nd | the 3rd to the 6th |
| Award (奖品) | 3 dictionaries and 20 books | 2 dictionaries and 10 books | 1 dictionary and 5 books |
●The competition is only for the students in Grand Middle School.
●Please write a story of 300-450 words.
●Pictures are also welcome with your story.
●You must send your story to yezinanfei@163.com from June 13th to 25th.
●You will know your place on July 10th. We’ll send it to you by e-mail. Call Mr. Stone at 847-20345 if you have questions.
1. What can a student get if he/she gets the 5th place? ________| A．2 dictionaries and 15 books. |
| B．2 dictionaries and 10 books. |
| C．1 dictionary and 10 books. |
| D．1 dictionary and 5 books. |
| A．June 13th. | B．June 15th. |
| C．June 18th. | D．June 25th. |
| A．They can e-mail Mrs. Stone. |
| B．They can call 820-47345. |
| C．They can come to the school. |
| D．They can call Mr. Stone. |
| A．A short funny story. |
| B．A story writing competition. |
| C．How to write a short story. |
| D．How to join a story telling club. |
Molly’s Sale Molly’s is having a big Children’s Day sale. All kinds of toys and sports things. Clothing: sweaters, shirts, coats... Books: storybooks, picture books... School things: different kinds of pens, pencils... All the things are sold at half price. | Ball Competition For teenagers:13—19 years old. Basketball, Tennis, Ping-pong. Call Mr Johnson. Before June 20. Tel: 6758564. Ball House, 21 Hilltop Street. |
Skate Club All are welcomed. Every weekend. 12 First Street. Just $3 an hour. Please bring your own skates(滑冰鞋). | New Film—The Wandering Earth Ticket Price Adults: $30. Children aged 5 to 17: $10. Time:14:00—17:00 (February 5th—25th). Wanda Cinema, Ziqi Road. |
| A．Ball House | B．Molly’s Sale | C．Skate Club | D．Wanda Cinema |
| A．$30. | B．$40. | C．$50. | D．$60. |
| A．on Monday | B．on Wednesday | C．on Friday | D．on Saturday |
【推荐3】
Storytelling Competition(比赛) SATURDAY, MAY 7, 2022 Happy Learning Center, 20 Main Street Competition 1 4~6 years old (9:00 a.m.~10:30 a.m.) Competition 2 7~9 years old (10:30 a.m.~12:00 p.m.) Competition 3 10~12 years old (2:00 p.m.~3:30 p.m.) Competition 4 13~15 years old (3:30 p.m.~5:00 p.m.) Rules (规则)： ▲You can tell only one story. ▲You can’t carry any books or paper with you. ▲You need to finish your story in 3-5 minutes. ▲You can tell any kind of story, but it must be interesting. Prizes (奖品)： ★First place (one child): a watch ★Second place (two children): a schoolbag ★Third place (three children): a pencil box For more information, you can: Visit our website www.scj.org/page/storytelling. Call Miss Jones at 4936-6635. Email Tom at storytelling hlcsm@hotmail.com. Come to see us on weekdays. |
| A．5-year-old Bob. | B．8-year-old Peter. |
| C．11-year-old Jack. | D．14-year-old Tim. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Six. |
| A．Interesting stories are welcome. |
| B．Children can spend ten minutes on their story. |
| C．You can get more information by calling Tom. |
| D．You can get more information by seeing them on Sunday. |
| It’s a cartoon image (形象) of a panda wearing a spacesuit. It looks like a winter sports athlete from the future. “Bing” means “ice” in Chinese, which is a symbol of winter sports. “Dwen” suggests health. “Dwen Dwen” gives the image a more friendly feel. Altogether, “Bing Dwen Dwen” shows the spirit of the Olympics, including a strong mind and a healthy body. |
| It looks like a red lantern hanging on homes and streets to celebrate Chinese New Year. On its head are paper cuts of pigeons (鸽子) in the shape of the Temple of Heaven. “Shuey” means “snow” in Chinese. “Rhon Rhon” are two different Chinese characters with the same pronunciation. The mascot, “Shuey Rhon Rhon”, symbolizes (象征) communication among different cultures. |
1. What does the “Bing Dwen Dwen” symbolize? ______
| A．The strong mind and a healthy body. |
| B．The friendliness of the Olympics. |
| C．Athletes from different cultures. |
| D．Communication among different cultures. |
| A．a pigeon | B．a panda | C．a lantern | D．a spacesuit |
| A．stress the importance of health |
| B．show ways of communication |
| C．celebrate China’s Spring Festival |
| D．introduce traditional Chinese culture |
If you like dancing, you may know breaking (霹雳舞). It’s glad to hear this news. “Breaking will be an Olympic sport at the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics. ” IOC (国际奥委会) said on Dec. 7, 2020. It will be the latest modern sport at the Olympics.
IOC President Thomas Bach said, “We made the decision because we hope that more younger people will watch the event. This sport will be popular among the young. ”
Breaking, or breakdancing, was born in New York City, US, in the early 1970s. It quickly became popular among young people in big cities across the country. Today, it continues to be a popular street dance style, with millions of dancers around the world. And there will be more people joining in it in the future.
The Paris Olympics will have 16 boys and 16 girls competing in one-on-one battles. The dancer with the greatest skill will be the winner. The dancers also need to be creative.
IOC is paying attention to young people to make them pass down the spirit of the Olympics.
Besides, skateboarding, surfing and sport climbing became new events at the Tokyo Olympics.
1. Breaking will be the latest modern sport at the Olympics.2. IOC hopes that more and more old people will watch the event.
3. Breaking became popular in New York City, US, in the early 1970s.
4. The dancer with the greatest skill will be the winner but he/she don’t need to be creative.
5. The passage mainly tells us something about breakdancing.
【推荐3】Do you know the two lovely mascots? You may know the five “Fuwa” dolls from the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. On September 17, 2019, the two lovely mascots first showed on TV. Now, let’s see who they are.
Look at the panda! It looks like an astronaut. It wears an ice shell and looks fat, so we call it “Bing Dwen Dwen”. White is the color of ice and snow. “Bing Dwen Dwen” likes ice sports very much and is good at them. That’s why it is the mascot of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
Do you think the red mascot looks like a lantern? The lantern’s name is “Shuey Rhon Rhon”. When the Chinese New Year comes, people always make or buy red lanterns. Red is the color of hope and good luck, so people think their dreams will come true in the new year. “Shuey Rhon Rhon” can give players hope and help them do well in the 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games.
Many people in different countries like the two mascots very much, and they show their love for them on the Internet.
1. What does the underlined word “mascot” mean in the passage?| A．A song of the Olympic Games. | B．A sport of the Olympic Games. |
| C．A symbol of the Olympic Games. | D．A sign of the Olympic Games. . |
| A．“Fuwa” dolls | B．Bing Dwen Dwen |
| C．An astronaut | D．Shuey Rhon Rhon |
| A．Because it is easy to make red lanterns. |
| B．Because “Shuey Rhon Rhon” is a mascot. |
| C．Because people think red lanterns are very lovely. |
| D．Because people think red lanterns can bring good luck. |
| A．“Bing Dwen Dwen” can skate very well. |
| B．“Shuey Rhon Rhon” likes ice sports and is good at them. |
| C．The two lovely mascots first showed on TV on September. |
| D．Everybody likes the two mascots and shows his love on the Internet. |
【推荐1】Do you remember the sitcom (情景喜剧) Home With Kids (《家有儿女》)? We can see the main (主要的) actors and actresses from Home With Kids in the 2020 Spring Festival Gala (春晚) of Beijing TV Station. It is 15 years since it was on TV. This sitcom tells us many interesting stories between parents and children. Liu Mei and Xia Donghai have three children, one daughter and two sons. Let’s have a look at the cast of characters (演员表).
 | Liu Mei is the mother. She is a nurse. She likes doing housework (家务) and she loves all her children. |
 | Xia Donghai is the father. He was a director (导演) of a children’s theatre. He doesn’t like sports or doing housework. |
 | Xia Xue is their daughter. She likes studying. She is a lovely girl. |
 | Liu Xing is their son. He likes sports, but he doesn’t like studying. He is a clever boy. |
 | Xia Yu is the younger son. He went to the USA before. He can speak English well. |
| A．one | B．two | C．three | D．five |
| A．a player (运动员) | B．a student | C．a teacher | D．a nurse |
| A．Liu Mei. | B．Xia Donghai. | C．Xia Xue. | D．Liu Xing. |
| A．Liu Xing | B．Xia Yu | C．Xia Xue | D．Xia Donghai |
| A．Xia Yu can speak English well. | B．Liu Mei doesn’t like doing housework. |
| C．Xia Donghai likes sports. | D．Xia Donghai is an actor. |
【推荐2】Great painters all have their own styles. As soon as we see their paintings, we know who the painter is. Brazilian artist Milton Omena thought about these styles. Then he designed logos (标识) for the world’s most famous painters.
| Vincent van Gogh was a great painter of the Netherlands. He used a lot of yellow and blue in his paintings, such as Sunflowers and Starry night. Omena designed his logo with these two colors and drew some lines similar to Starry night. |
| Leonardo da Vinci was not just an Italian painter. Omena thinks that he was no more a painter than an inventor. Therefore, the logo was Da Vinci’s drawing of a machine instead of his most famous painting, the Mona Lisa. |
| Salvador Dali, a Spanish painter, was famous for painting clocks that look like they are melting (融化). In Dali’s paintings, he often drew things in a strange and unreal way. So Omena made a melting clock part of Dali’s logo. |
| Pablo Picasso was a creator of modern art. His works had different styles in his different lifetime period. He got the title of “the greatest artistic genius (天才) of the 20th century” because of his rich creativity and talent. |
1. What colors are used in the logo of Vincent van Gogh?
| A．Red and blue. | B．Yellow and blue. | C．Red and green. | D．Yellow and green. |
| A．Sunflowers. | B．The Mona Lisa. | C．A machine. | D．Clocks. |
| A．Spain. | B．The Netherlands. | C．Brazil. | D．Italy. |
| A．The styles of great painters are always similar. |
| B．Melting clocks are part of Van Gogh’s paintings. |
| C．Dali drew the painting Starry night. |
| D．Picasso was seen as the greatest artists of the twentieth century. |
| A．A novel. | B．An art magazine. | C．A dictionary. | D．A history book. |
【推荐3】Teeth are important. Strong and healthy teeth help you chew (咀嚼) foods well. They help you speak clearly. And yes, they help you look best. Here are some tips for you to take care of your teeth:
Brush your teeth in a right way.
Brush your teeth at least twice a day—after breakfast and before bedtime. If you can, brush after lunch or after sweet snacks, too. Brush all of your teeth, not just the front ones. Spend time brushing teeth along the sides and back of your mouth. Spend at least three minutes each time you brush. Play a song you like to help pass the time.
Learn how to floss (用牙线清理) your teeth.
Flossing is a very important way to keep your teeth healthy. Food may hide between two teeth. Flossing can help clean it. You’ll need to floss your teeth at least once a day.
Have good eating habits.
You need to be careful about what you eat and drink. Eating sugar is a major (主要的) cause of tooth decay (蛀牙). Eat lots of fruits and vegetables and drink water instead of soda (苏打).
1. How many times at least should we brush our teeth a day?| A．Once. | B．Twice. | C．Three times. | D．Four times. |
| A．Only brush front teeth. |
| B．Not brush teeth before sleeping. |
| C．Spend at most three minutes brushing teeth each time. |
| D．Eat lots of fruits and vegetables and drink water instead of soda. |
| A．How should we brush our teeth? |
| B．How can we floss our teeth? |
| C．What should we do to take care of our teeth? |
| D．What eating habits should we have to take care of our teeth? |
