Last month, students of Junior 2 from Beijing Chaoyang Foreign Language School took a special test. They took it by traveling.
The students stayed in Nanjing and Yangzhou for five days. Their teachers gave each student a list of questions to answer during the trip. The questions were also the students’ mid-term test for history and geography. There were questions like: How long is the Beijing-Shanghai Railway? Why did the six dynasties choose Nanjing as their capital?
“I never had so much fun with an exam,” said Guo Fei, a 14-year-old student. “We learned a lot.” The students learned much more than just the answers to the questions. They also visited the Nanjing Massacre Museum(南京大屠杀纪念馆). The students did not get to sleep on the train to Nanjing. Usually the kids would sleep on a train journey, but this time they all had seats. “The seats are not the same as our chairs at home,” said Dong Hao. “I know most workers travel in this way. That must be very hard!” The students also learned how to take care of themselves. They wash clothes and make the beds by themselves. “I learned a lot of skills,” said Huang Yuan. “I never knew I could do so many things.”
1. The test was special for the students because they2. The students stayed in Nanjing and Yangzhou for
3. The questions were used for the students’ mid-term test for
4. The students
5. The students went to Nanjing by
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【推荐1】I have come to realize that life is a journey. Whether we choose to keep moving around or we choose to stay in one place, we are on a journey. That journey is not an easy one because every day it makes us face new problems in new ways. When I was a little boy, I liked moving around. I always looked forward to the next trip or the next holiday. Maybe it is because I lived in a small and boring town. How I wanted the school holidays and how I could go to the coast! I went there with my friends and cousins, and we had so much fun. I also met some people and sometimes we would travel together exploring (探索) different towns and beach side place.
When I finished high school, I kept moving. In my first year out of school, I traveled with a friend. We visited seventeen countries in Europe, working different jobs as we went. What an adventure (冒险) we had! No one could keep us still! When one place or one job became boring, we went off. If we didn’t like the people we were staying with, we said goodbye. In this way I went to three different universities to study and lived in five different towns.
All this carried on for many years until I got married and had my own family. Now having a family is a different thing because you cannot choose who they are as you want. When you stay in the same place with the same persons, you start a whole new journey. That is the journey of facing your mistakes and trying make them right. Rather than walk away and meet someone new when you make a mistake, you have to say that you are sorry and try again. When the ones you love hurt you, you may feel angry or unhappy. But instead of making the decision to leave, you have to try to tell them how you feel and forgive (宽恕) them.
Then you will stay in the same town, choosing one place to live and one job to remain in. There again you are challenged to face life, doing things such as paying your bills and trying hard to get along well with your boss. You have to keep on at your job when you feel like giving it up and traveling again.
So rather than move around on different trips, you are on a new journey. This journey of staying still is just as important as all the travels in the world.
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Let’s Have City Walking
How can you learn about a city? Maybe you can try city walking.
In city walking, there are many kinds of themes (主题) for city walkers, such as old buildings, delicious food, famous places and so on. Along the way, they always take photos, listen to the guide and join in fun activities (活动).
The idea of city walking is growing in China. Xiao Xiao has her own city walking workshop in Changsha, Hunan. There are over 30 city walking themes like old buildings, films, food and communities (社区) in her workshop. She says that people show great interest in these themes. And more than 3, 000 people join in her city walking activities since 2019.
Zhang Xiaoxin is a newcomer to Changsha. She joins in city walking about old communities in Changsha. She learns more about the daily lives of people in Changsha. “I can see so many kinds of chili peppers in the food market. The young and the old are exercising at a community playground. I think Changsha is really a lively city, ” she says. Along the walk, Zhang and her teammates also have a fun activity—take photos and match them with the sounds of the city.
City walking is not just a way to travel but can be a part of our daily lives. “It is a new way to have fun in a city. I think everyone should have a try, ” Xiao says. “Just start to watch everything around you whenever you walk, from your school or working place to your home. You’ll always find something interesting. ”
1. What do city walkers always do along the way?2. How many city walking themes are there in Xiao Xiao’s workshop?
3. What does Zhang Xiaoxin think of Changsha?
4. What do you think of city walking? Please use some information in the passage to support (支持) you.
【推荐3】Winter may be the great time to travel to Europe.
Why not travel in winter? Hotels and 1. air tickets are cheaper. Hot summer and crowded people are never in your mind and there are plenty of activities:
▲Attend cultural events: operas, theaters, and music concerts.
▲Have fun in the snow: skiing and snowboarding.
▲Visit Christmas markets.
▲Enjoy winter food!
How can you afford all these?—2. Save money!
In fact, if you think you can’t afford to travel in winter, take a look at the price of the plane. It can only take you a half or a third of the price of a summer flight to get to Europe in winter. Also, hotels usually offer a discount(打折)in winter as well.
In this way, you will have a very satisfying holiday.
阅读短文，完成下列各题。
1. Please translate the underlined phrase into Chinese.
2. Daming likes Christmas. He can ________if he travels to Europe in winter.
| A．ski | B．visit Christmas markets |
4. If a summer flight is 10,000 yuan, Daming will go in winter. He can only offer
5. The passage may come from ________.
| A．a guidebook | B．a textbook |
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This afternoon, China’s Shenzhou-13 crew members Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu livestream (直播) the first science class from the country’s space station. It surprises many students on Earth.
The class starts at 3: 40 p.m. (Beijing Time) and lasts about 45 minutes. 1, 420 primary and middle school students take the class from five classrooms across China.
At the beginning of the class, Wang, the first female taikonaut (女航天员) to enter China’s space station, shows their bedrooms and toilet, a kitchen, and the area where they do scientific experiments (实验). In the kitchen, she shows a microwave, a water dispenser (饮水机) and a mini-refrigerator to the students. To answer a Hong Kong student’s question about water, Wang says the water they drink is recycled (循环). There is no difference in taste between regular and recycled water.
Ye and Wang then tell the students that people can’t walk in space like they do on the ground because of the low gravity (重力).
1. Who livestream the first science class from the country’s space station this afternoon?2. When does the class start?
3. According to the passage, what does Wang Yaping show to the students in the kitchen?
4. Does recycled water taste different from regular water?
5. Why can’t people walk in space like they do on the ground?
【推荐2】For many years, the school students have to finish some homework during their winter and summer holidays. But with the fast development of the Internet, some students have found a new way to deal with their homework recently. Instead of finishing their homework by themselves, they ask the Internet for help.
Since most of the holiday homework is the same from school to school, this makes it possible for some people to sell the homework answers on the Internet. Usually one must pay about 50 to 100 yuan for the answers for one subject of the homework. A survey shows that 90% of the students complain their homework is too much and they don’t want to do it by themselves.
To solve the problem, some schools have stopped using the standard homework and turned to other forms of homework. As for students, they must remember “No pains, no gains”. If today they pay for their homework answers, perhaps one day they will pay more for their laziness.
1. How much is the price for the answers for one subject?2. How do some school students deal with their holiday homework?
3. Will you buy the answers on the Internet if you have much homework? Why or why not?
If you live in the United States, the law says you can’t have a full-time job until you are 16 years old. At 14 or 15, you can work part-time after school or on weekends, and during summer you can work 40 hours each week. Does all that mean that if you are younger than 14, you can’t earn（赚）your own money? Of course not! Kids who are between the ages of 10 and 13 can earn money by doing lots of things.
Valerie, 11, told us that she made money by cleaning up other people’s yards. Lena, 13, makes money by knitting（织）dog sweaters and selling them to her neighbors, and Riesa said she had started taking art classes and showing her work to people. People have asked her to draw pictures for them and they pay her for them. Jasmine,13, writes articles for different magazines!
Earning is learning. By working to earn your own money, you are learning the skills you will need to succeed in life. These skills can include things like getting along with others, using technology（技术）and using your time. Some people think that asking for money is a lot easier than earning it; however, when you make your own money, you don’t have to depend on someone else. The five dollars that you earn will probably make you feel a lot better in your hand than the twenty dollars you ask for.
1. When can kids have full-time jobs?Kids can have full-time jobs at the age of
2. If a boy is 15 years old, when can he work to earn money?
He can work to earn money after school or
3. How does Riesa make money?
Riesa makes money by
4. According to the passage, what skills can kids learn while earning money?
The skills are getting along with others, using technology and
5. What is the advantage（好处）for the young people by working?
They can earn their own money and
Qian Zhongshu was one of the most famous Chinese writers to the western world.Born on November 21,1910 in Wuxi，Jiangsu Province，he grew up with his uncle，who didn't have a son.Qian liked reading books and had a surprising memory (记忆力)．He only needed to read something once before learning it by heart.(1)He showed his good memory at an early age.When he was a small boy，his uncle often took him to tea houses.He liked reading story books in the tea houses.When they returned home，he could repeat the stories to his cousins.Qian went to Tsinghua University in 1929.Although he failed his math test，(2)he entered the university because he was so good at Chinese and English.In Tsinghua University he met his wife Yang Jiang，who is one year younger than him and a famous writer，too.They married in 1935.(3)两年以后，他们的女儿钱瑗出生了。Qian died of illness on December 19,1998.He left many works to the world.His most famous novel，Fortress Besieged (围城)，came out in 1947.It has been translated into (已经被翻译成)more than six foreign languages.
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1. Qian Zhongshu's wife was born in the year of
2. Qian Zhongshu died in the year of
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4. ...he entered the university because he
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Gu Ailing is a freeskier (自由滑雪运动员) with an American father and a Chinese mother. She grew up and still lives in the United States, but in June 2019, she became a Chinese citizen (公民) and chose (选择) to compete (比赛) for China.
Gu Ailing started to learn skiing when she was only three. At the age of nine, she could ski very well and started to win gold medals (金牌) in some important competitions. She also won gold medals for China at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
Gu Ailing is hard-working at school. She is good at her schoolwork. In her free time, Gu Ailing has many hobbies, such as running, riding horses and playing football. She is also interested in art.
Gu Ailing spends her summer vacation in Beijing every year with her mother. She is an outgoing girl and she often plays with Chinese children. “China is a very beautiful country with a lot of nice people, interesting things and delicious food,” Gu said in a video. “It (coming back to Beijing) is like going home.”
1. Are Gu Ailing’s parents both from China?【推荐3】My name is Dave and I’m ten years old. I’m from America（美国）. I like sports very much. I have a great sports collection（收藏）.（A）I have six volleyballs, five soccer balls, seven basketballs and nine baseballs. I also have six tennis bats and four ping-pong bats.（B）我放学后踢足球。Sports are fun and they make me very happy and healthy（健康的）.
1. 将（A）处画线句子翻译成汉语。2. 将（B）处汉语翻译成英语。
判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）。
3. Dave is an English boy.
4. Dave thinks sports are fun.
5. 根据文章回答问题。
Does Dave have ping-pong bats?
Today, we consider zero as a common number. Few of us know zero has an unusual history. Zero is, in fact, very different from other numbers.
At first, there were only the numbers one to nine. Zero first appeared in India about 2,000 years ago. Many other ancient cultures had been marking nothingness. However, the ancient Indians were the first to consider nothingness a number.
Little by little, global communication became more frequent(频繁). Finally, zero was brought out of India. It was accepted as an Arabic numeral. During the 13th century, Arabic numerals were introduced into the West. However, westerners had been used to using Roman numerals (I, II, III, etc.). Arabic numerals were not popular. This was especially true for zero. Since there is no zero in Roman numerals, people found it hard to accept the new number. Dishonest business people could easily turn a “0” into a “6” or a “9”. Some people, therefore, believed zero would cause much trouble. Zero was also considered an unlucky number. That’s because it’s too negative(负面的) and close to the idea of having debts(债务). France and Italy even banned(禁止) the use of zero citywide.
It was not until 15th century that zero and the other Arabic numerals were fully accepted. Business people played an important role. Just thinking about doing calculation(计算)using Roman numerals. You can hardly do any trade, can you?
1. How many numbers were there before zero was invented?2. Were ancient Indians the first to mark nothingness?
3. When were the Arabic numerals introduced into the West?
4. Why was zero considered an unlucky number?
5. What do you think of the invention of zero?
I’m Mrs Green. This summer vacation, I went to London with my son Sam. We first spent four days visiting some famous (著名的) places, such as the London Eye and Buckingham Palace.
On the last day, I was kind of tired and just wanted to stay at the hotel. But Sam wanted to visit the HMS Belfast, a warship (战舰) that joined the Second World War. It is on the River Thames as a museum for people to visit now. It is very famous. Sam read about it in a book. Well, boys always love these things, so I told him I would go with him. It took us about twenty minutes to get to the River Thames from our hotel by subway. After walking for another ten minutes, we finally saw the HMS Belfast. An adult ticket (成人票) was £20. Sam was only 13, so his ticket was half price.The HMS Belfast was really large. Sam was interested in everything there and took lots of photos.
1. What’s the passage about?
2. What famous places are mentioned (被提到) in the passage?
3. What did they do on the last day?
4. How did they get to the museum?
5. How much were their tickets?
【推荐3】Jerry Baldwin was 63 years old. He was manager of a pizza restaurant in America. He lived in an apartment about one mile north of the restaurant. He walked to and from the work. When it was rainy, he took the bus.
Jerry loved gangster（强盗）movies. When a new one came out, he would go to the theatre and watch the new movie three or four times. Jerry would also buy videos at Barney’s Video Store. Jerry had a home collection of over 1, 000 gangster videos. Old ones, new ones, color, black and white, English, Spanish, Japanese-he loved them all. He could tell you the names, the directors, the stars and all the details of the movies. And then he would invite you to his place to watch a gangster film some time. He was a nice man.
Jerry finally decided that he would like to own a gun, just like the gangster. So he saved money for some months. Then he went to a gun store and bought a used revolver（左轮手枪）for $300. While there, he also bought a lot of bullets（子弹）. The following Saturday morning, he went to the gun club for only ten minutes when the accident happened. The gun went off, and the bullet went into Jerry’s right knee.
1. What was Jerry?2. How many kinds of videos did Jerry buy?
3. Why did Jerry want to buy a gun?
4. How much was the gun?
5. What can you learn from the passage?
