【推荐3】Almost every Chinese person can recite the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work （谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦）. ” But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.

A CCTV programme, News One Plus One, reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.

Do we have too much food? No, according to the UN World Food Programme, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2010, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.

Chinese people are well known for being hospitable （好客的）and generous（慷慨的）. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food on the table.

Fortunately, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. Last November, Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Nanjing, got fired （开除）because she took some leftover food home for her son. Many people stood by her side and agreed that it was not right to waste food.

What should we do in our daily life to waste less food? Here are some advice:

a. Do not order （点）too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as what you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.

b. Don’t be too picky（挑剔的）about food. Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it.

c. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.

d. Don’t leave any food in your bowls while you finish having meals.

1. According to News One Plus One, Chinese people ________.

A．save enough food to feed 200 million people for a year

B．throw away lots of food every year

C．get enough food to feed millions of people every year

D．have to feed 200 million hungry people every year

2. From the third paragraph, we know that ________.

A．we have too much food to feed people in the world

B．there were 925 million people in developing countries

C．because of hunger, six million children die every year

D．there are only a few people getting hungry every year

3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “leftover” in Chinese?

A．美味的

B．吃剩的

C．遗留的

D．不受人喜欢的

4. What should we do to save food in our daily life?

A．We should order much food in a restaurant to show we9re hospitable and generous.

B．Eat some food that your body needs although it doesn’t taste great.

C．We should not eat vegetables and fruit.

D．We should only keep an eye on the food we like.

5. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Eat all the food you order.

B．Leave some food in your bowls while finishing meals.

C．Don’t be picky about food.

D．Don’t waste food.

【推荐1】Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it.
In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world’s favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.
Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA, they eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham(火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The beef is inside a kind of cake hamburgers. They are delicious. They are also popular in England and Australia.
1. Italians like to eat ___________.

A．fish

B．pizza

C．hot food

2. Fish and chips are very popular in ________.

A．England

B．Australia

C．the USA

3. In different countries people eat ________ food.

A．different

B．the same

C．hot

4. The hamburger does not have any _________ in it.

A．beef

B．pork

C．chips

5. Hamburger is a kind of __________.

A．meat

B．drink

C．food

【推荐2】In my hometown(家乡), many people have four meals a day. They are breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner.

People usually have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. Some people like to have eggs, bread and milk. Some people drink tea or coffee.

Lunch comes at about 1:00 p.m. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and the dinner is about half past seven. They have soup(汤), and then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some bananas, apples and oranges. But not all people eat like that. Some of them have a big lunch at noon.

1. What does the underlined word “meals” mean in Chinese?

A．早餐

B．午餐

C．晚餐

D．饭餐

2. Some people don’t have __________ for their breakfast.

A．eggs

B．bread

C．soup

D．milk

3. What time do people have lunch?

A．At 11: 00

B．At 12: 00

C．At any time

D．At 13: 00

4. Which one is RIGHT？

A．People drink tea or coffee for breakfast.	B．People have breakfast at any time.
C．People have three meals a day.	D．People eat bananas and apples for breakfast.

5. In some families, a big lunch comes __________.

A．on Saturday

B．at noon

C．on Sunday

D．in the afternoon

【推荐3】

Besides chopsticks vs. knives and forks, there are more differences between Chinese and western dinning.

Cooking methods

While westerners boil, fry roast and bake, Chinese use more methods of cooking, like frying, stewing, boiling and steaming. Besides, Chinese cooks cut everything into small pieces, so people don't need knives to cut it but just pick up their food with chopsticks. Westerners cook food in big pieces and serve it with knives and forks for cutting it up.

Ingredients and spices

Chinese dishes use many ingredients seldom seen in western cooking, like animal feet, ears, tongues and so on. Chinese usually use animal or peanut oil to fry food; westerners use more butter and olive oil. Chinese cooks like to add spices when cooking, like ginger, pepper, garlic, etc. Western cooks usually use pepper powder, mustard（芥末）, and tomato ketchup（番茄酱）, etc.

Serving the dishes

On the western table, vegetable soup or salad is usually served as the starter, then the main course includes beef, chicken or fish. After the main course, normally some sweet food is served, which can be ice cream, cakes, fruits, etc.

On the Chinese table, the cold dishes and drinking are first. After that, kinds of meat and vegetable dishes are served, to be followed by soup. Then Chinese usually have rice, noodles or dumplings as main course. At last, Chinese like having fresh fruit such as watermelons and pears after meal. That can make one feel fresh and cool in his mouth and stomach.

Placing the dishes

In western dinner, dishes are served in each person's own plate. So each person uses a big plate. In China, dishes are served at the middle of the table for all to share, and each person uses a small plate in front of him or her to hold the food.

1. How many differences are mentioned between Chinese and Western dinning?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six.

2. As western cooks, they don't ____________________.

A．cut bones into pieces and cook

B．use olive oil to fry the whole fish

C．use mustard and tomato ketchup in cooking

D．serve the dishes in each person's own plate

3. What's the right order of serving the dishes in western dinner?

A．Vegetable soup, beef or fish, cake or fruit.

B．Cold dishes, meat dishes, noodles, fruit

C．Salad, vegetable dishes, soup, fruit.

D．Cold dishes, chicken, vegetable soup, ice cream.

4. Which statement is NOT true about the main course?

A．The main course is served before fruits both in China and West.

B．The western main course includes beef, chicken or fish.

C．Meat and vegetable dishes are the main course in China.

D．Chinese have rice, noodles or dumplings as main course.

5. What's the main idea of the passage?

A．China has more cooking methods than western countries.

B．Chinese dinning is different from Western dinning in some ways.

C．Chinese dinning is healthier than that in western countries.

D．Chinese dishes are more popular than western dishes.

【推荐1】Since its birth in 1953, the Xinhua Dictionary has been used as an encyclopedia (百科全书) by people across China. More than 600 million copies have been sold.

When the dictionary was first published, the name Xinhua meant the hope of a country reborn. In 1949, about 80 percent of China’s population was illiterate (文盲). However, Xinhua Dictionary succeeded in opening up knowledge to millions of Chinese people. “I had no education when I was little. The dictionary helped me get into high school,” said a woman in her 50s.

Over the past 50 years, the dictionary has been corrected many times. “鲟” was once explained as “suitable to be eaten”. Later dictionaries made it clear that it was “an animal in danger”. Recent dictionaries have included many new words. Popular expressions like “初心” and “点赞” have also been added to the dictionary.

In a way, Xinhua Dictionary has not only explained words, but also shaped the way Chinese people think. “When children write about a spring trip, they describe the sky as ‘cloudless for ten thousand miles’and they ‘sing and dance’on the way,” read a 2010 report. “Both sentences are based on examples in the Xinhua Dictionary.”

1. How long is the history of Xinhua Dictionary?

A．50 years.

B．53 years.

C．71 years.

D．83 years.

2. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．What is in new Xinhua Dictionary.

B．How Xinhua Dictionary keeps up with the times.

C．Why Xinhua Dictionary has been corrected many times.

D．When some new expressions were put into Xinhua Dictionary.

3. What’s the purpose of the last paragraph?

A．To show the effect of Xinhua Dictionary on Chinese people’s thinking.

B．To tell us Xinhua Dictionary controls primary school articles.

C．To explain the two sentences that are used most in China.

D．To prove Chinese people prefer to copy each other’s articles.

【推荐2】

In ancient China, people’s names had three parts: their family name, given name and courtesy name (字). Why did ancient Chinese have more than one name?

Take Li Bai, a famous Tang Dynasty poet as an example. His family name was Li, his given name was Bai, and his courtesy name was Taibai.

People used their given name when they were among family members. But in a famous Tang Dynasty poet social (社交的) life, they called each other by their courtesy names to show respect (尊重).

Men would get their courtesy name when they turned 20. It was a symbol of adulthood (成年). Women would get their courtesy name after getting married (结婚).

One’s courtesy name often had something to do with one’s given name. For example, Mencius’ name was Meng Ke (孟轲). His courtesy name was Ziyu (子舆). Both Ke and Ziyu mean “carriage (马车)”. Zhuge Liang’s given name was Liang (亮), which means “bright”. His courtesy name was Kongming (孔明), and it means “very bright”.

1. According to the passage, Li Bai maybe get the name Taibai ________.

A．before he was an adult

B．when he was 20

C．when he get married

2. People often used their ________ when they were with family members.

A．given names

B．family names

C．courtesy names

3. The underlined words “ had something to do with” mean “ ________ ” in Chinese.

A．和……有关

B．和……完全一样

C．和……无关

4. What’s the main (主要的) idea of the passage?

A．Why did ancient Chinese have more than one name?

B．When did ancient Chinese have more than one name?

C．Where did ancient Chinese get more than one name?

【推荐3】Bringing back an old tradition

—Chinese tea culture wins global attention

Do you like to sit together with your family and drink tea after meals? For thousands of years, tea has been a popular drink in China. Now it has also caught the world’s eyes.

On November 29th, the ways of making traditional Chinese tea and the social practices that go with them entered the UN intangible cultural heritage list(非物质文化遗产名录). Since ancient times, Chinese people have been planting, picking, making and drinking tea.

China’s tea culture has a number of social practices. For example, one of them is that a host should welcome guests with boiled tea. Boling tea is another oldest ways of brewing（煮沏）Chinese tea. It started in the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Later, in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), a faster way took its place—steeping（冲泡）. However, the old way is now making a comeback among young people in Beijing and Guangdong—weilu zhucha. It is a kind of relaxing way, coming from Yunnan’s “roasting tea in the fire pond”. A small group of people, at most four or six young people, sit around a stove as they boil tea on it. The tea can be green tea, black tea or fruit tea. The tea is steaming, roasting various snacks beside the teapot, like nuts and sweet potatoes. In this way, people can get a taste of a slower life and feel more relaxed. As one post on the app Xiaohongshu says, “It is very relaxing to drink hot tea, feel the fall breeze, and chat with best friends.”

1. What does the underlined word “practices” mean in Para.3?

A．exercises

B．customs

C．habits

2. In ancient times, a host can serve the guests except ________.

A．boiled tea

B．steeping tea

C．black tea

3. Which province is home to weilu zhucha according to the passage?

A．Beijing.

B．Guangdong.

C．Yunnan.

4. What can we know about weilu zhucha according to the passage?

A．Weilu zhucha gives a new meaning to our life now.

B．Weilu zhucha catches up with a fast-rhythm life now.

C．Weilu zhucha is suitable for many people to sit around.

【推荐1】

You may think you cannot live through summer without air conditioners (空调). But in ancient China, hand fans were almost the only help for people to drive the heat away.

Chinese people started to use hand fans over 2,000 years ago. The fans came in different shapes, such as round and square. They were also made from all kinds of materials (材料). Palm leaf (棕榈叶) fans were cheap and easy to make. Feather fans showed the owner’s high status (地位). Sandalwood fans could send out a sweet smell.

Later, hand fans became far more than just something that could cool you down. They developed into artworks, in which tuanshan and zheshan were the most common.

In the shape of a full moon, tuanshan was usually made of silk. They had beautiful embroidery(刺绣) of birds and flowers on them. Women liked to use them very much. Poets in ancient China often compared a woman’s life to tuanshan, Nalan Xingde wrote during the Qing Dynasty, “If only life were as beautiful as when we first met, why should the autumn wind bother to pity deserted painted fans? ”

However, men, especially the literati (文人), used zheshan. The literati liked them because zheshan were usually made of paper and they could paint and write something on them. It was a way for them to show off their talents in literature (文学), painting and calligraphy (书法). In fact, almost anything can be painted on zheshan.

Today, Chinese people still use these fans. So the next time you use a fan, you may think of the stories behind it.

1. When did Chinese people begin to use hand fans?

A．Over 2000 years ago.

B．During the Qing Dynasty.

C．During the Tang Dynasty.

2. Which is the better lines for the underlined sentence in Chinese?

A．裁作合欢扇，团圆似明月

B．银烛秋光冷画屏，轻罗小扇扑流萤

C．人生若只如初见，何事秋风悲画扇

3. The fourth paragraph tells us ________.

A．tuanshan was important to women

B．tuanshan was usually made of silk

C．tuanshan was popular among the literati

4. What do we know about zheshan?
a. Zheshan were made only for the literati.             b. Most zheshan were made of paper.
c. People could write and paint on them.             d. The literati could paint nothing on them.

A．ab

B．cd

C．bc

5. What can we know according to the passage?

A．Hand fans can help people to drive the heat away.

B．All the hand fans were cheap and easy to make.

C．Hand fans were seen as a symbol of rich people.

【推荐2】Classic Chinese cartoons bring joy to most of us. Last month, three classic Chinese cartoons came out in the cinemas again. Let’s see how old artists put Chinese culture and art into the cartoons to make them classic.

	The Legend of Sealed Book tells the story of the boy Dansheng. He practices great tricks（魔法）from the book to help people. The film uses face painting from the Peking Opera. It helps to show the characters’ personalities（特征）. Lovely Dansheng looks like wawasheng, roles for kids in Peking Opera. A bad person in the story looks like a fool, with a large white part in the center of his face.
	Little Tadpole Looking for Mummy is China’s first ink（墨水）wash cartoon. Artists drew all the animals, plants and rocks with ink and brushes. They learned from the great artist Qi Baishi. Though it’s only about 15 minutes long, it took lots of work. Artists drew everything by hand. One second of the cartoon needed 24 pictures! Fifty-nine years later, the 2020 cartoon series Fog Hills of Five Elements also uses this style.
	Pigsy Eats Watermelon is China’s first paper cutting cartoon. This 15-minute cartoon came out in 1958. Artists cut Zhu Bajie out of colored paper. Then they moved its body parts and let it eat the watermelon. Making a paper cutting cartoon was not easy. The characters’ moves were not easy either. After a lot of work, they tried again and again and finally made it!

1. What may a bad character look like in The Legend of Sealed Book?

A．

B．

C．

D．

2. These three cartoons are mixed with some traditional art forms, EXCEPT ________.

A．paper cutting

B．shadow puppet play

C．Peking Opera

D．ink wash painting

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．The Legend of Sealed Book tells children how to draw face painting.

B．Qi Baishi drew Little Tadpole Looking for Mummy in the form of ink wash.

C．Over 20 thousand pictures were drawn to make Little Tadpole Looking for Mummy.

D．Pigsy Eats Watermelon came out later than Little Tadpole Looking for Mummy.

4. The writer introduces the three classic Chinese cartoons through ________.

A．explaining different Chinese culture and art

B．teaching how to paint classic Chinese cartoons

C．reminding people about the best characters in history

D．showing how difficult people made cartoons in the past

【推荐3】Recently some pictures have gone really popular online. A Chinese girl is reading a newspaper. Mark Zuckerberg wears a pink coat and walks the runway(时装秀伸展台) and so on. These pictures have one thing in common—they are fake, but look like they are real. They are made by AI tools. Can you recognize(识别) whether a picture is human-made or AI-made?

AI tools like Midjourney and DALL-E can create amazing pictures. Simply type in what you want and the picture comes out in minutes. People have never been more worried than today about the spread of fake news.

However, AI tools are not faultless. News medias, including the Washington Post and the Paper gave some tips on telling fake pictures.

One way is to look at hands. AI often draws human hands incorrectly. Sometimes the number of fingers is wrong, and sometimes the shape looks strange. The photos that AI uses to learn often show hands in different ways, so it isn’t sure what a “hand” really looks like.

We can also pay attention to the details(细节). For example, people in an AI-made picture may miss an earring or apart of their glasses. If there’s a text in a picture, such as a poster, the text is usually unreadable.

AI is also terrible at dealing with the background. If there’s a crowd in the picture, people’s faces in the corner are usually unclear—or they don’t have a face at all!

According to Boom, a website that fights against misinformation, people should slow down on clicking the posting button:“Stop, find the source, find trusted reports, rather than let our first impressions lead us.”

1. What do the pictures mentioned in Paragraph 1 have in common?

A．They are sold at a high price.	B．They are made by AI tools.
C．They are becoming valuable.	D．They are drawn by a famous artist.

2. The underlined word “faultless” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________” in the passage.

A．perfect

B．wrong

C．interesting

D．expensive

3. How can we tell if a picture is made by AI?
①By looking at the people’s smile.                    ②By looking into details.
③By checking the background.                              ④By looking at the main characters’ faces.

A．①②

B．①③

C．②③

D．②④

4. Where can we probably read the passage?

A．In a travel guide.	B．In a sports newspaper.
C．In a geography book.	D．In a science magazine.