The oil paper umbrella is a traditional Chinese handicraft（手工艺品）. It has a history of over 1,000 years in China．In early Tang Dynasty, it was introduced to Japan and Korea, so it was called the “Tang Umbrella”. Later oil paper umbrellas were spread to other Asian countries, such as Vietnam, Thailand and Laos, and each had its own style. However, as steel-ribbed（钢骨的）umbrellas appeared in the last century, the hand-made oil paper umbrellas became less used in daily life. They were turned into decorative artifacts（装饰性工艺品）.
Yuhang in Hangzhou is known for making oil paper umbrellas for more than 230 years. They are mainly made of skin paper（皮纸）, bamboo, a coating of Tung oil（桐油）. They need to take more than 70 steps to make, including making bamboo ribs, pesting papers（糊纸）and painting patterns（图案）. It takes at least a week to make per umbrella. In 2008, these umbrellas were added to Intangible Cultural Heritage List（非物质文化遗产名录）of China.
A young man called Liu Weixue learned the traditional art of making Yuhang oil paper umbrellas from his grandfather. “I want to bring the art to life.” Liu said. He improved the umbrellas to win the hearts of young people. As the traditional paper was easy to break, he started to use a kind of thicker paper. In a test, his umbrellas were opened and closed for 1,000 times without breaking. He used a kind of lighter bamboo to make the umbrellas weigh less.
Now Liu hopes the art can be passed on. He goes to local schools to teach students. He also goes to events in different places to promote（推广）the art.
1. What is the main idea of paragraph 1?| A．The history of oil paper umbrellas. | B．The styles of oil paper umbrellas. |
| C．The design of oil paper umbrellas. | D．The ways of using oil paper umbrellas. |
| A．Wool,bamboo and a coating of Tung oil. | B．Plastic,bamboo and a coating of Tung oil. |
| C．Skin paper,bamboo and a coating of Tung oil. | D．Leather,bamboo and a coating of Tung oil. |
| A．Because he couldn’t find a better job. | B．Because he wanted to bring the art to life. |
| C．Because young people liked the fashion. | D．Because his grandfather told him to learn. |
| A．Culture. | B．Medicine. | C．Music. | D．Sports. |
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Tourist maps, for example, have signs to show places of interest in an area. When tourists read these maps, it is easy for them to find where to go and what to see in a place and it is easy for them to go and find their ways to these places. | Distribution maps(分布图) use colors or signs to show facts about an area. For example, where different languages are spoken, how many people live in an area, how cold and hot some places are, or if a place is short of water. |
Road maps show large areas so that people can plan long journeys. Different types of roads are given different numbers. For example, if you want to go to Wood Green, you just follow No. 621 Road and keep looking at the road signs. | Some maps, such as railway maps, use straight lines to show everything. This is easy for people to read. Trains are fast. People don’t have to think about small places they go past. They just need to know the two ends of their trips. |
| A．personal blog |
| B．weather report |
| C．classical novel |
| D．geography magazine |
| A．signs | B．lines |
| C．numbers | D．colours |
| A．tourist | B．railway |
| C．road | D．the distribution |
【推荐2】On cold winter mornings, it can be difficult to come out from the blanket (毛毯). But according to researchers in Germany, there may be a reason why we find it hard to get up on winter days.
No, it’s not laziness—it could be because we need more sleep during the cold months. A team of scientists studied the sleeping habits of almost 200 people. During the study, the participants (参与者) had been asked to go to sleep at the same time as usual, but they were told not to use alarms. The participants were tested for several days each month over a year.
The results showed that people got more REM sleep in winter than in spring—about 30 minutes more on average. REM, which means rapid eye movement, is important for brain development. Dreams usually happen during REM sleep. And we’re more likely to remember these dreams.
There are different stages of our sleep, and REM usually starts 60 to 90 minutes after we go to sleep. However, we leave this stage several times, and most of our REM sleep actually happens in the second half of the night. The body tries to get as much REM sleep as it needs—so if you’re getting more, then it’s for a good reason, say experts.
All those who took part in the German study had sleep problems, and similar studies will need to be done on people who don’t have problems sleeping, say the researchers.
However, they think their results might show it could be a good idea for us to change our sleeping habits at different times of year.
1. What were the participants asked to do?| A．Use alarms as usual. | B．Be tested every day. |
| C．Solve their sleep problems. | D．Go to bed at the same time as usual. |
| A．Several days. | B．A month. | C．Over a year. | D．A week. |
| A．We keep this stage all night. |
| B．It starts as soon as we go to sleep. |
| C．Our eyes move slowly during this stage. |
| D．We probably remember the dreams we have during this stage. |
| A．People who like to sleep in winter. | B．People who have sleep problems. |
| C．People who don’t have sleep problems. | D．People who don’t like to sleep in winter. |
| A．We need to sleep more in winter. |
| B．The longer we sleep, the healthier we are. |
| C．More REM sleep is bad for health. |
| D．More people are having sleep problems. |
【推荐3】In many English homes, people eat four meals a day. Breakfast is a very big meal. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge (粥), eggs or bread and drink tea or coffee for breakfast. They have lunch at one o’clock. Lunch is a quick meal for many people. They eat all kinds of salad (沙拉) and sandwiches for lunch.
Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon. Some people have afternoon tea with sandwiches, cakes and a cup of tea. Dinner is at about half past seven. First, they have soup, and then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that, they eat some fruit, like bananas, apples and oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. So their meals are breakfast, dinner, afternoon tea and supper.
The Englishmen often eat take-away food. They buy it at a shop or a restaurant and eat it at home, because they are busy with their work.
1. According to the passage, English people may have__________ for their breakfast.| A．cakes and cola | B．hamburgers and coffee |
| C．tea and bread | D．eggs and fish |
| A．Many English people eat four meals every day. |
| B．At one o’clock, English people usually have lunch. |
| C．All English people eat dinner at about half past seven. |
| D．English people drink tea for breakfast and afternoon tea. |
| A．soup and meat | B．fish and vegetables |
| C．meat and apples | D．porridge and eggs |
| A．快速的 | B．绿色的 | C．外卖的 | D．美味的 |
| A．the time for English people to have meals | B．four meals of English people |
| C．The food for English people | D．English people’s favourite food |
I’m Li Shan from China.
Oh, I love this photo. We are having a big family dinner on the evening before Spring Festival. There’s so much delicious food. I am eating jiaozi,—a kind of dumplings.
In this photo, my parents and I are visiting my uncles and aunts. We are wearing new sweaters and coats. I always get a hongbao.
| A．Christmas is the most important festival in most western countries(西方国家). |
| B．After the dinner, we usually watch Chunwan on TV. |
| C．It means(意思是) lucky money. |
| D．but sometimes it comes in January. |
| E．Here’s the first one! |
| F．We are eating dumplings. |
| G．Spring Festival is very important in my country. |
【推荐2】Though simple and little, chopsticks are a great invention in China. The chopstick is an important symbol of Chinese culture and history. Chopsticks have a long history of more than 3,000 years in China. The recorded history of chopsticks is as early as the Shang Dynasty(商朝).
Chopsticks were pronounced “Zhu(箸)” in ancient China, while it is known today as “Kuaizi”. There are more than 200 kinds of chopsticks according to the material, including wood, bamboo, beautiful stones, animal bones(骨头) and others. Bamboo and wood chopsticks are the most popular ones in Chinese homes.
In Asia, lots of countries use chopsticks. However, Chinese chopsticks are the longest ones in the world because Chinese tables are usually bigger. For chopsticks, there are two sticks of the same shape and size. The two sticks have no relation with each other, but they can work well through fingers. When using chopsticks, there are a few things people should know. Before a meal, people put the chopsticks on the right of the bowls. It’s impolite to beat bowls with chopsticks. What’s more, don’t stir(搅动) food with your chopsticks to find what you want. This will make others feel uncomfortable.
If you are really interested in the chopsticks and want to know more about them, you can visit the Kuaizi Museum in Shanghai. This museum has collected over 1,000 pairs of chopsticks.
1. Why are the chopsticks a great invention in China?| A．It shows Chinese culture and history. |
| B．It is very simple and little in our life. |
| C．It is the most popular object in China. |
| A．重量 | B．环境 | C．原料 |
| A．there are different kinds of chopsticks in China |
| B．Chinese chopsticks are the longest ones in the world |
| C．Chinese usually use wood and bamboo chopsticks |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. |
| A．tell people how to use chopsticks |
| B．introduce a symbol of China — chopsticks |
| C．welcome people to visit a great museum |
【推荐3】The paper money in your wallet has some new friends. China has upgraded the fifth edition (版本) of the renminbi (RMB) . The new money has brighter colors and new security features (防伪特征) .
In fact, China was the first country to use paper money.
For about 1,000 years, paper money has played a big part in our lives. But things have changed in recent years.
Does this mean paper money will go away one day? Maybe. But not for now, according to The New York Times.
So, you may still want to keep some paper money on hand-just in case (以防万一) .
On the road toward a cashless future, one country is farther ahead than others—Sweden. Sweden plans to become the world’s first cashless country by March 2023.
| A．The earliest paper money was the jiaozi. |
| B．We are sure more and more people prefer to use paper money. |
| C．By then, people will no longer use cash. |
| D．Many countries use high tech to make online shopping not dangerous. |
| E．Making fake (伪造的) money will become even harder. |
| F．There are a few reasons for this. |
| G．In China, paper money is getting less popular. |
For school students, making a homework plan (计划) is important. It can help you do your homework well.
First, be sure to understand what your teachers want you to do. Write it down in your notebook or planner if you need to, and be sure to ask questions about your homework if you really don’t understand. It’s much easier to take a minute to ask the teacher in or after class than to think hard all the night!
Second, use any free time in your classroom to work on your homework. Many schools have study halls. It’s interesting to play with your friends and classmates after class at school, but the more work you do in school, the less you’ll have to do that night.
Third, pace(调整节奏) yourself. If you don’t finish your homework at school, think about how much you have and what else is going on that day, and then plan your time. Most school students have between 1 and 1.5 hours of homework at night. If it’s a day with less homework, you can enjoy yourself more, or you’ll have to say sorry to your game show or movies on TV.
1. There are _________ steps(步骤) to make a homework plan.| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
| A．Between 0.5 and 1 hour. | B．Between 1 and 1.5 hours. |
| C．Between 1.5 and 2 hours. | D．Between 2 and 2.5 hours. |
| A．或者 | B．也不 | C．否则 | D．而且 |
| A．Ask questions about your homework. |
| B．Use any free time in your classroom. |
| C．Write down your homework in the notebook. |
| D．Watch movies if you don’t finish your homework. |
| A．How to make a homework plan. | B．When to do homework better. |
| C．Why to ask the questions in class. | D．How to pace yourself at school. |
【推荐2】Balancing(平衡）your diet(饮食）is important. But how to balance your diet？Let me tell you.
Breakfast is the most important meal of a day. If you don't have time to sit down and have a healthy breakfast, try vegetable juice before you go to school. This is better than coffee.
Eat less salt（盐）. Foods like hot dogs have a lot of salt in them. So eat less or give them up. Stay away from foods with too much fat（脂肪）. You can eat vegetables, fruits, fish and chicken. They are healthy for you. For example, you can eat chicken hamburgers instead of(而不是）beef hamburgers.
Don't often go out for lunch. You can let your mother make lunch at home and take it to school. Also, drink lots of water every day.
Balancing your diet to relax is as important as exercise.
1. What is the most important meal of a day?| A．Breakfast. | B．Lunch. | C．Supper. | D．Afternoon tea. |
| A．Coffee is better than vegetable juice. | B．Hot dogs have less salt. |
| C．Chicken hamburgers have less fat than beef hamburgers. | D．Food with much salt is good for health. |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．Exercise is better than balancing diet. | B．Balancing diet is better than exercise. |
| C．Exercise is the most important. | D．Balancing diet is also very important for people's health. |
| A．Students. | B．Teachers. | C．Parents. | D．Doctors. |
In Mandarin, "I love you" translates as “我爱你”, but the way it's used in China might be a little different, and Chinese are wondering why.
The Global Times reports that two online videos showing children telling their parents "I love you" have been widely spread in China. The first, filmed by an Anhui TV station, shows a number of college students telling their parents they love them. The answers are mixed. "Are you drunk?" asked one parent. In another similar video, a father even said— "I am going to a meeting, so cut the crap."
Even the positive attitudes make it clear that the words are expressed rarely. "I am so happy you called to say that. It is the happiest thing that happened to me in 2014," one parent answered.
However, Chinese families hardly use those words. "The parents' answers show that many Chinese are not good at expressing positive feelings," Xia Xueluan, a Sociologist from Peking University, told the Global Times. "They are used to educating children with negative language."
This isn't the first time that China has done some soul-searching about familial love — last year China Daily asked a lot of people if they said 'I love you' to their parents, lovers, and children. "I have never said 'I love you' to my family, and I don't think I will in the future," one 56-year-old told the paper, "Saying it aloud is embarrassing for me."
Still, that doesn't mean that love can't be expressed. In another article, China Daily spoke to Zhao Mengmeng, a 31-year-old woman who said she had never told her father she loved him face-to-face. Sometimes actions speak louder than words, however — Zhao gave her father, a photo album featuring photographs of them together on every one of her birthdays in June 2012. The pictures were popular online, being forwarded hundreds of thousands of times on Weibo. Her father was very excited when he heard about it.
1. What does the underlined word Mandarin probably mean?
| A．French | B．Japanese | C．English | D．Chinese |
| A．Some parents don’t love their children. |
| B．Parents in China are too busy. |
| C．Most Chinese students rarely express their positive feelings to their parents. |
| D．Children in China are always taught negative language. |
| A．embarrassed | B．excited | C．proud | D．unhappy |
| A．The album is more expensive. |
| B．His father likes the album better. |
| C．She thinks actions speak louder than words sometimes. |
| D．She hates saying "I love you" to her father. |
| A．I Love You | B．A Photo Album |
| C．Two Online Videos | D．Family members |
【推荐1】When Wang Haiyan was young, her favorite toys weren’t Barbie dolls. Instead, she started learning to make shadow puppets(皮影) from her father at 13. Now 43, Wang has spent 30 years practicing and spreading the art.
Shadow puppetry is a form of theater that uses puppets made from leather or paper, accompanied by music and singing. Invented during the Western Han Dynasty, it tells us about folk and historical stories, passing down culture and customs over thousands of years.
Shadow puppetry is all about creating the puppets and performing with them. Wang’s hometown of Hua county (now Huazhou district), Shaanxi, is known as the birthplace of the folk art.
Puppet-makers must follow 24 steps to make the puppets, including washing the leather, carving(雕刻), and painting, according to Wang. Carving is the most difficult part. “We have special carving skill—moving the leather under the knife,” Wang said. “You have to hold the knife still in your right hand and only move the leather in your left hand.” It took Wang three years to master this skill. She used a brick to strengthen her left hand while practicing. “It takes about 3,000 carves to make a shadow puppet. The complicated(复杂的) steps make it hard to hand down the folk art,” she said.
But Wang has found a way to do so. In 2016, she made shadow puppets based on the cartoon series Huyao Xiao Hongniang (《狐妖小红娘》) and gave a lively performance. She used colors like blue and purple that are seldom seen in shadow puppetry and added more sticks to the puppets to make the performance more vivid.
1. What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about?| A．Wang Haiyan used to be fond of Barbie dolls. |
| B．Wang Haiyan learnt making puppets all by herself. |
| C．Wang Haiyan is good at making shadow puppets at an early age. |
| D．Wang Haiyan devotes much time to practicing shadow puppets. |
| A．Carving. | B．Painting. |
| C．Holding the knife. | D．Washing the leather. |
| A．A fairy tale. | B．A newspaper. |
| C．A latest novel. | D．A science magazine. |
| A．No pain, no gain. | B．Do as the Romans do. |
| C．Better late than never. | D．Doing is better than saying. |
【推荐2】Each different part of China has its own special forms of traditional art. These usually try to show the things that are important in life, such as love, happiness, beauty and family. The most common things, from paper to clay to bamboo, are turned into objects of beauty. Here in some information about some of Chinese traditional arts.
Name |
Paper Cutting |
Sky Lantern |
Clay Art |
Kite | |
Inventor | Unknown | Zhuge Kongming | Unknown | Lu Ban | |
Appearing Time | 1,500 years ago | 226 AD | 4,000 years ago | 2,000 years ago | |
Material | Paper | Paper, bamboo | Clay, paper or cotton | Paper, bamboo | |
Main Use | Ancient Times | Remembering ancestors | Asking for help | Being with the dead | Sending information |
Today | Praying | Praying | Decorating | Playing | |
Complexity （制作难易度） | Harder | Hard | Hardest | Harder | |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Eight. |
| A．paper cutting | B．sky lanterns | C．clay arts | D．kites |
| A．Asking for help. | B．Praying. | C．Playing. | D．Sending information. |
| A．500 years later | B．500 years earlier | C．1,500 years earlier | D．2,000 years later |
| A．The inventor of paper cutting is Lu Ban. |
| B．Kites and sky lanterns have different materials. |
| C．People used clay arts to decorate in ancient times. |
| D．Chinese traditional arts show some important things in life. |
As an artist, Pei Haozheng is well-known for paper folding.
He used his skills in his work, Deer with 100 Flowers (花生满鹿), which set a Guinness World Record. It’s a deer with 100 flowers on its antlers (鹿角). Without cuts or glue, he used a piece of paper with side lengths (长度) of 2.22 meters to finish the whole work.
As a child, Pei learned folding from teachers and parents, and later he copied the patterns from books.
As an artist, Pei wants to tell the Chinese story through paper. “For me, paper folding is not just a special skill, but an art that can pass culture and last forever,” said Pei.
| A．Gradually, he was drawn into the paper world. |
| B．Today, Pei cares for the future of paper folding. |
| C．In his eyes, a piece of paper holds great possibilities. |
| D．Pei thinks artistic beauty and exact folding are both important. |
| E．As for the idea for the work, Pei said it came from a Chinese poem. |
