Friendship Day is a great day for celebrating friendship. It falls on the first Sunday of August every year. Celebrating the festival was firstly started by the US in 1935. But now this doesn’t only happen in the US. People in other countries are interested in it, too.
3.The idea of spending the day with friends was spread all over the world. With more and more countries joining in the celebrations. Friendship Day soon became an international festival.
Between 1935 and 1997, Friendship Day didn’t have a symbol, like Santa Claus for Christmas. However, in 1997, the United Nations named Winnie the pooh as the word’s Ambassador (大使) of Friendship.
The traditional celebrations include activities such as meeting with friends and exchanging (交换) cards, flowers and gifts. Some people may have parties with their friends. Some may have lunch or dinner together. Others may hang out or go to the movies with friends on this special day. These are popular among all age groups from teenagers to old people.
Although Friendship Day and its celebrations may have changed over the years, the basic idea behind the festival remains the same. 4. People enjoy the moment they spend together and express love and care for their friends.
1、2小题根据短文内容简要回答问题；3、4小题将短文中划线的句子译成汉语；5请给短文拟一个适当的标题。
1. When is Friendship Day?
2. Who is the word’s Ambassador of Friendship?
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【推荐1】I’m Robert. 1.I’m having a lot of fun in New York with my family. Yesterday morning, we went to Central Park. In the afternoon, we visited the Statue of Liberty. And tomorrow we will visit the Brooklyn Bridge.
Today we went to a special festival. All my family enjoyed it. Dad liked it because it was free to go in! There were many interesting activities. That’s why I liked it. We tried on spacesuits（航天服）and we made some model planes. Mom’s favorite was the clocks and she bought a beautiful one at the shop.
2.在节日上有许多来自不同国家的年轻人。I met a boy called Alex. He comes from Australia and he is good at making robots. He even started his company to sell them! I also want to start my own company, but Mom says I need to finish school first.
The festival gave me lots of ideas for my science homework. I could do something about electricity or ice, but I think I’ll write about robots because I’m interested in robots now.
根据短文内容简要回答下列问题。
1. Where will Robert and his parents go tomorrow?
2. Why did Robert like the festival?
3. What did Robert’s mother buy in the shop?
把短文中划线句子翻译成中文或英文。
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【推荐2】More and more young people from China begin to celebrate（庆祝）Father’s Day. They send fathers present, or invite them for a nice dinner. But do you know how Father’s Day started?
While Mrs. Dodd, from America, was listening to a talk about Mother’s Day in a church （教堂）in 1909, she had an ides of having Father’s Day to honor（纪念）her father, William Smart. Mr Smart used to be a soldier(军人). His wife died when she gave birth to her sixth child. Mr Smart had to raise his six children alone. They lived a hard life. After Mrs. Dodd grew up, she wanted to thank her father for what he had done for them. She wrote a letter to a church and asked for the third Sunday in June to be Father’s Day. The church agreed with her.
The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1910 in Washington. Children made special desserts and did other things to make their fathers happy.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. What do the young people usually do to celebrate Father’s Day in China?
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2. Was Mrs. Dodd’s life hard when she was young?
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3. Why did Mrs. Dodd want to have Father’s Day?
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4. Did Mrs. Dodd write a letter to a church or to the president?
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5. When was the first Father’s Day celebrated in America?
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Many Chinese liked to travel abroad or across cities on vacation, but now camping has become more and more popular with them because of COVID-19.
A report by online travel website Tongcheng Travel showed that during the recent National Day holiday, camping-related searches rose a lot compared with that in September. Forests and islands were two most popular key words.
Li Nan, 31, from Zhejiang, went camping with her friends in the mountains during the holiday. “We liked to visit museums or travel to other cities. But now we just go camping and we find it’s relaxing,” Li told China Daily. She said camping is a good way to get closer to nature and enjoy sports and activities outside.
This growing popularity has also made the sale of camping-related tools greater, such as tents, tables and chairs, and sleeping bags. Trip, an online travel agency, said the number of visit for their camping tools on Oct. 1st rose by 90 percent compared with the week before.
However, the need for camping space is greater than that for the tools. “Everywhere is full of people and there is a tent every several meters,” a tourist from Beijing told Global times.
Besides, camping isn’t always good for the local environment. In a camping place in Beijing’s Mountain Shuangfeng, some of the land has become barren (荒芜的) because of too many visitors walking on it. Trash, like bamboo chopsticks and disposable plates (一次性餐盘), could be seen everywhere, reported Xinhua.
The government needs to provide more green space for tourists and call on people to protect the environment while camping, said some environmental researchers.
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Do you know China’s Teeth Care Day? It falls on September 20 every year. It began in 1989. Its aim（目标）is to take good care of people’s teeth.
There are thirty—eight students in Wang Bin’s class, and eleven of them have tooth problems that bring them much trouble.
Mao Kang said, “I had three bad teeth. I spent four hundred yuan on each tooth, and I had to see the dentist five times.”
Liu Juan said, “Something is wrong with my front teeth, I don’t like to open my mouth. My classmates say my teeth look like an old woman’s, I’m sad to hear that. And I can’t speak clearly now.”
Do you have good teeth, my friends? If you want to take care of your teeth, please do these:
◆Brush your teeth at least twice a day. If you can, brush them after every meal.
◆Brush all your teeth, do not just brush the front ones.
◆Brush your teeth slowly and carefully. Spend three minutes or more each time.
◆Do not use your teeth as tools to open bottles. It’s very easy to hurt your teeth to do such jobs.
◆Use soft toothbrushes（牙刷）. Get a new toothbrush every three months.
◆Eating and drinking is also important to your teeth. Eat lots of fruits and vegetables and drink water. Try not drink Coke or other drinks. They’re bad for your teeth.
1. 回答问题。What is the aim of China’s Teeth Care Day?
2. 从文中找出与“Each tooth cost（花费）me four hundred yuan, and I must go to the dentist five times.”意思相同或相近的句子。
3. 回答问题。Why doesn’t Liu Juan like to open her mouth?
4. 回答问题。How often should we brush our teeth?
5. 回答问题。How long should we brush our teeth each time?
6. 根据上下文，完成句子，每空不超过4个词。
To take care of our teeth, we should eat lots of ①
Dylan, a 16-year-old boy, told us that one of the most amazing experiences of his life was the trip to South Africa last summer. Most people would think that he was on a vacation there. But Dylan spent almost the whole ten days of his trip building houses for people there. It was hard and dirty work. We never thought that he would enjoy it, but he loved every minute of it.
Encouraging (鼓励) teenagers to do volunteer work is one of the most important things you can do for them as a parent. And the amazing thing is, once they get a taste of it, teenagers will love to volunteer. And students who do volunteer work do better in school than those who don’t volunteer. In fact, volunteering provides many things for teenagers, including a wonderful experience and a good chance to meet new people.
It’s not difficult to find volunteer jobs for teenagers. They can find them in hospitals, libraries, children’s museums and so on.
1. What did Dylan think of his tip to South Africa? (不超过5个词)2. What did Dylan do in South Africa? (不超过10个词)
3. What can teenagers get from volunteering? (不超过15个词)
Typhoons are some of the worst storms, usually around the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. Most happen in July, August and September.
How does a typhoon happen? When lots of sea water gets hot in the summer sun, it evaporates(蒸发) into the air. This makes the air hotter. When the air gets warm enough, it starts to move higher up into the sky. Then cooler air around it rushes in. It fills the space that is left. After the air gets warmer, it starts to move quickly, making wind. The wind goes in circles(圆圈) and it keeps moving higher in the sky. The warmer the air gets, the quicker the wind moves. And when the wind moves faster than 30 metres a second, a typhoon begins.
A typhoon has two parts. One is called the “eye”. In the eye, the wind does not move so fast.
The other part is the wall of clouds around the eye. This is where the strongest winds and hardest rain are.
Typhoons are very dangerous. In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan killed around 6,000 people in Philippines. More people were injured(受伤) and some others were missing. What should we do when a typhoon hits?
·Stay inside. Close all the windows and stay away from them.
·Try to bring all of your things inside. Strong winds could even blow away your bikes!
·Listen to the radio or TV for important information.
·If you’re told to go to a safer place, do it right away.
1. When does a typhoon most happen?2. Which part of a typhoon are the strongest winds and hardest rain in?
3. What does Haiyan refer to(指代) in this passage?
4. Why should we bring all of our things inside when a typhoon hits?
5. When a typhoon hits, how can we protect ourselves if we happen to be outside?
Once there was a girl called Iris who really liked playing football with the boys in her class. She was special because she never liked to do the things other girls do.
The boys in her class liked Iris to play with them because she was a better football player.
One day, Iris’ girl friends began to ignore her just because she liked football. Iris felt very grieved, but she couldn’t understand why.
One morning, Iris saw her friend Caroline and decided to talk to her:
“Hi Caroline. Why don’t you want me as your friend? Is it because I like to play football with the boys?”
“Yes, because you look like a boy, you play football or ride a bike with the boys.”
That stupid reason affected Iris, who answered: “I play with the boys because you don’t like playing sport and I do. But I also like to play with you and that should not be an inconvenience”.
Days passed and one morning Caroline and the other girls went over to Iris.
“Iris, we have been thinking about what you said and you’re right. If you like to play football, it doesn’t mean you are a boy, and if you like to be with us, well then we like it too. Our friendship is the most important here, so, we are sorry, and we will ________”.
That’s how Iris’ friends learnt to respect people and also learnt that there are no sports for girls or boys, there are just sports for those who like to play them.
1. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “grieved”?| A．sad | B．bored | C．sorry | D．happy |
| A．Because she doesn’t like to talk with other girls. |
| B．Because she has a good friendship with the boys. |
| C．Because she likes playing football and riding a bike. |
| D．Because she looks like a boy and plays with the boys. |
| A．Iris, a sports girl | B．Iris, a clever girl | C．A girl without friends | D．A girl with a dream |
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【推荐2】Friends are an important part of our lives. We spend time with them, have fun together, and share our opinions, feelings and even secrets. Life would be boring without friends. Friends influence (影响) who we are, help us learn, support (支持) us in good and bad times, and care for us even when we are not happy.
Often, we have many happy moments with our friends. We need someone share things with to make them more enjoyable. Being lonely for long periods of time is not a great feeling. That is why it is important to spend time making friends and maintaining a close friendship.
It is important to have a friend to talk to, whether it is about a sad or happy subject. In good times, it is wonderful to be able to celebrate with someone. It is also important to have someone support you if you have just had an unpleasant experience. Friends are important characters of support.
Friends teach us important lessons. No one person is the same. As time goes by, we learn to respect (尊重) one another’s differences. This acceptance of others’ differences is important as we meet more and more people in our lives, such as new family members, neighbors and new friends.
1、2题完成句子； 3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句：5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
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Everyone needs friends. There is an old saying, “Friends are God’s way of taking care of us.” But how do you find real friendship and keep it? The American writer Sally Seamans tells young students some smart ways to find friends. Sally says finding friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed and take care of it to make it grow. First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It is not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints（抱怨）and do his or her best to help you. To make a friend, you can’t be too shy. You should make each other happy and share your lives. But things can’t always be happy. Even the best friends have fights. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her. When there is no one around, have an honest talk. If he or she doesn’t want to talk, you could write a letter. Sally says there are some steps to be friends again: Tell him or her how you are feeling; say what your friend has done wrong, and explain why you did this or that. Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life.
1. What is a good friend like?2. What should you do to make a friend according to the passage?
3. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
4. How many steps can be done to be friends again?
5. What is the best title for this passage?
