Li Bai was born in 701. He was also given the name “Taibai”. The name meant “Venus” in ancient Chinese. Legend says that before Li Bai was born, his mother dreamt that Venus fell into her arms. Some people believed that Li Bai was a god. When Li Bai was five years old, his family settled（定居）in a town in today’s Sichuan Province.
·Making Iron into a Needle
There is a legend about Li Bai. He was not a very hard-working student when he young. He often skipped school（逃学）.
One day when he was walking by the river, he saw an old woman. She was working on a large piece of iron. He asked, “What are you doing” She said, “I’m making a needle. ”
“But how can you make a large piece of iron into a needle?” She replied, “I must work hard every day.”
Li Bai suddenly understood the importance of hard work, and he started to work hard at school.
· Friendship（友谊）with Meng Haoran
When Li Bai travelled to Xiangyang in Hubei, he went to visit a famous poet called Meng Haoran. He was twelve years older than Li Bai, but they became friends. They both loved travelling to beautiful mountains and rivers. When Meng Haoran left for today’s Yangzhou, Li Bai wrote a poem about it, Seeing Meng Haoran off at Yellow Crane Tower.
Basic information about Li Bai | ·He was born in 701. ·He was also called ·His family lived in today’s Sichuan Province when he was |
Two stories about Li Bai | Making Iron into a Needle ·One day when he was walking by the river, he saw a(n) ·After the communication, he understood it was important to work |
| Friendship with Meng Haoran ·Meng Haoran is twelve years older than Li Bai, but they became friends because they have the same ·The poem named Seeing Meng Haoran off at Yellow Crane Tower shows the friendship between the two poets. |
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【推荐1】As the saying goes, “①Read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles”, traveling is a very common thing in modern society. Almost everyone can go on a trip at any time as long as they want to, in fact, centuries ago, some famous people already traveled around China and they got a lot from exploration (探险).
Xu Xiake, a geographer and writer in Ming dynasty, spent more than thirty years on the road four hundred years ago. With his mother’s encouragement, Xu Xiake traveled around China. He met with many difficulties on the road. But he never stopped traveling and writing. Xu Xiake was on the road all his life, and his travel notes covered as much as his knowledge. His 600,000-word travel notes finally came out in 1776, about 135 years after his death. China Tourism Day is set on May 19th, the date when he started The Travels of Xu Xiake.
Marco Polo, a businessman born in 1254 in Italy, is known as a travel king in the west. In 1271, Marco Polo with his father and uncle set foot on the road to China. It took him four years. Along the way, he met bad weathers, a shortage of food and water and so on.
They reached Shangdu in Inner Mongolia in 1275. Kublai Khan gave them a warm welcome there and took them to Dadu.
Macro Polo’s hard journey created one of the world’s first best sellers ②The Travels of Macro Polo. Medieval (中世纪的) readers fell in love with Polo’s wonderful descriptions of faraway lands and got to know China and Middle Asia.
1. 把①处划线句子译成汉语。2. 从文章中找出“Marco Polo, his father and uncle began the journey to China.”的同义句。
3. 根据上下文猜测②处：“The Travels of Macro Polo” may be ________.
| A．a book | B．a picture | C．a story |
5. 根据短文内容完成下面时间轴。
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【推荐2】阅读下面的语篇材料，根据所读内容，完成下列各题。
On the Tower at Youzhou
Where are the great men of the past?
And where are those of future years?
The sky and earth forever last;
Here and now I alone shed tears (流泪).
Traveling not only opens our eyes but also gives us a chance to think and express our feelings. On the Tower at Youzhou, written by Chen Zi’ang （661—702）in the Tang Dynasty, is an example.
At that time, Chen was upset in his army career (生涯) under the rule of Empress Wu Zetian. He climbed to the top of Youzhou Tower and was amazed by the view of the earth and sky. He couldn’t help wondering where the great men of the past and future are.
Compared to the universe, the poet felt that people are small and unimportant. What lasts forever is the vast earth and sky. Nobody can be free from death. Even so, Chen still wanted to serve his country and people in his short life. But the rulers didn’t see his talents, so Chen felt frustrated and shed tears alone.
With the sincere feelings that fit the setting, Chen created a moving, sad scene in the poem. It is sad but not discouraging (令人气馁的). His language is simple but carries deep meanings. That’s why the poem is still popular now.
1. The poem was written in2. According to Chen Zi’ang,
3. The English word “
4. The writer thinks the language in the poem is
5. If I have a chance to meet Chen Zi’ang, I’d like to say “
Do you know this place of interest? It is Guqin Platform (古琴台) in Hubei. It is in memory of (为了纪念) Yu Boya.
Yu Boya is good at music and he is famous for playing the qin. But he is always unhappy because he thinks no one can understand his music.
On the night of one Mid-Autumn Festival, Yu is playing the qin on a boat. When he finishes playing it, he hears someone’s words, “I can feel high mountains and running water in your music.” It comes from a young man, Zhong Ziqi. Yu invites him to the boat, and talks about music with him. He is quite surprised at Zhong’s deep understanding, and he thinks Zhong is his “zhi yin”.
When Zhong leaves the world, Yu breaks his qin. Nobody will understand his music, Yu thinks.
From then on, when people meet a true friend, they say they meet a “zhi yin”.
1. What is Yu Boya famous for? (不超过10个词)2. When do Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi meet? (不超过10个词)
3. What is “zhi yin” according to (根据) the story? (不超过5个词)
When I came back with the coffee, there was someone sitting in the next seat. It was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and his hair was coloured bright red at the front. He had started to eat my chocolate!
Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn’t want to have any trouble. I just looked down at the front page of the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me closely. Then he took a second piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. （B）Still I didn’t say anything to him. When he took a third piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, “Well, I shall have the last piece.” And I got (C) it.
The boy gave me a strange look, then stood up. As he left he shouted out, “There’s something wrong with that woman!” Everyone looked at me, but I did not want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept quiet. I did not realize that I had made mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to leave. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate (D) _______ the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy’s!
1. 将划线部分A 译成英语 _________________________________________________
2. 将划线部分B 改写为 Still I _________ __________ to him.
3. 文中能替代划线部分C 的短语是 _____________________
4. 在D的空白处填入一个适当的词语 ______________
5. 文中描写男孩目光神情的词语是 _________________________
【推荐2】Every teenager has a hero who has a great influence on his or her life. Have a guess who my hero is? Ding Liren. Read the article and find out who he is!
On April 30th, 2023, 31-year-old Ding Liren won the men’s 2023 World Chess Championship (国际棋联世界冠军赛). The victory is not only a dream come true for him, but also generations of Chinese players past and present. It means China holds both the men’s and women’s world titles.
Ding was born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang. He started to play chess at the age of four. He showed great talents in chess. He has won several champions (冠军) of different ages since he was five years old. In 2009, 17-year-old Ding became the youngest chess grandmaster (大师) in China.
Without doubt, Ding’s success lay in his hard work as well. It’s common for him to practice the game for many hours a day without moving. He said in an interview, “I think I’ve done everything that I can in chess, and I have put all that I have into the game. I enjoy the pleasure chess brings me. Time passes quickly when I am playing chess.”
Ding Liren got the chance to join in the World Chess Championship when Carlsson, the current chess king (现任棋王) gave up the game. Ding said to himself “Although it seems impossible to win. This may be the only chance in my life, I will take it.” In the end, he turned the chance into a historic breakthrough (历史性突破) in Chinese men’s chess.
Thanks to Ding, more young people become interested in chess and the game also gets more attention and support from the society and the government.
1. Was Ding Liren born in Wenzhou, Zhejiang?
2. How old was Ding Liren when he became the world chess champion?
3. According to the passage, what made Ding successful?
4. Do you think teenagers need a hero in their hearts? Why or why not?
In 1987, Jennifer Jones became the first Black dancer to join the Rockettes, a famous dance company best known for its Radio City Christmas Spectacular. With her new picture book, on the line: My Story of Becoming the First African American Rockette, she hopes to inspire a new generation of dancers.
Jones is at the age of 56 this year. She grew up in Randolph, New Jersey. When her love for dance began in primary school, she did not see many performers who looked like her. An important moment in her life came when her parents took her to New York City to see the Broadway musical The Wiz. In the show, all the performers are black people. “My parents showed me that we can be Black and dance on such a stage,” Jones told the magazine.
Jones first tried out for the Rockettes in 1987 and became a member of it. She made her first appearance with the company in the 1988 Super Bowl halftime show. Jones said she was very happy to make history with the Rockettes—which had not had a dancer of color in its 62-year history—and to know she was helping to open doors for other Black performers.
In her new book, Jennifer Jones shares her journey into dance history. “What will my story be?” is the question she hopes readers will ask themselves after they read her book. “I want to inspire children to follow their dreams,” she said, “and really go after what they want in life.”
1. What is Jennifer Jones?2. When did Jennifer Jones’ love for dancing start?
3. When did Jennifer Jones become a member of the Rockettes?
4. What does Jennifer Jones share in her new book?
5. What can we learn from Jennifer Jones?
【推荐1】Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through (浏览) magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters (海报) with photos of David Beckham and Yao Ming on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or printing?
About 2, 000 years ago, paper was invented in China. Then people learned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, they could only write books by hand. So, books were expensive and rare (珍贵的) at that time. And because there weren’t many books, few people learned to read.
Then printing was invented in China and it developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century. Then people could print books quickly and cheaply (便宜地). As a result , more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.
Today with the help of the Internet we can connect and share in formation quickly. We can also read newspapers and magazines online. But will the computer replace (替代) books one day? No, I don’t think the poster of Yao Ming on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer of two metres high!
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【推荐2】Andy lived high in the Rocky Mountains. He hunted wild animals there and he also took other men hunting. That was his work.
One day, a letter brought Andy a new job. This job changed both his feeling about animals and his way of hunting. The letter said, “I want to write a story about bighorn sheep. I need pictures to go with my story. Will you get pictures of the sheep for me?”
Andy’s two sons wanted their father to take the job. “We will help you!” they said. Bighorn sheep are very wild. Andy knew it would be hard to get their pictures. “But why not try?” they said. For days, Andy and his sons tried to get their pictures. They did not want the sheep to hear them or see them, so they walked softly. They hid behind rocks, but the sheep always ran away.
Then one day, Andy and his sons walked around a big rock. They met some sheep face to face, but they didn’t run. “Now I know why the sheep run away,” Andy said. “They run because we come up behind them. From now on, we will stay where they can see us.” The next day, Andy saw some sheep right out in the open. He and his sons walked toward them. They did not try to hide, and they did walk slowly. They knew that any fast move would scare them away.
“Don’t look right at the sheep,” Andy said. “Wild animals do not like to be looked at. They will run away.” They looked off to this side and to that side, and they walked closer and closer. And soon they were close enough to get good clear pictures.
They made good friends with the wild sheep—and sent many fine pictures to the writer for his story. Since then, they have never hunted the bighorn sheep again.
1. What’s Andy’s new job?| A．To protect bighorn sheep. | B．To take pictures of bighorn sheep. |
| C．To hunt bighorn sheep. | D．To write a story about bighorn sheep. |
| A．Trying to hide and then following them from behind. |
| B．Running from one side and moving fast towards them. |
| C．Looking directly at them and touching their heads slowly. |
| D．Walking slowly to their faces and staying where they can see us. |
a. Andy received a letter and accepted a new job.
b. Andy and his sons took photos of the bighorn sheep.
c. Andy and his sons walked softly and hid behind the rocks.
d. Andy and his sons met some sheep face to face and they didn’t run away.
| A．a-c-d-b | B．d-c-a-b | C．d-c-b-a | D．a-c-b-d |
【推荐3】Father is always busy with his work. He knows nothing about housework. He never eats if no one cooks for him. One day, mother was ill in bed. Father had to cook by himself. First, he had to go shopping. But he did not know what to buy, so mother wrote all these things on a piece of paper.
1. cake 2. egg 3, tomato 4. fish 5. milk 6. salt 7. chicken
Father went out with the paper in his hand. Half an hour later, he returned home, with a smile on his face. He brought all the things.
ONE cake. TWO eggs, THREE tomatoes, FOUR fish, FIVE bottles of milk, SIX bags of salt and SEVEN fat chickens. Mother felt surprised and didn’t say anything.
1. Does father know anything about housework?2. How was mother that day?
3. How many things has mother written on the piece of paper?
4. How long did it take father to buy all those things?
5. Father is always busy with his work, isn’t he?
6. How did mother feel?
