One of the biggest festivals for Chinese people is the Mid-Autumn Festival. It is a good chance for Chinese families to get together and enjoy delicious foods. On this special day, everyone eats mooncakes. They play an important role during the festival. Mooncakes are round in shape. They signify family reunions and best wishes. That’s why people in China buy and send mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. There are different kinds of mooncakes. Let’s see some new kinds of mooncakes.
The ice-cream mooncake
The ice-cream mooncake is made of ice-cream. Although the festival is in mid-autumn, the weather often stays a little warm, so many people enjoy eating ice-cream mooncakes — especially kids.
The healthy food mooncake
The healthy food mooncake is good for people’s health. It is made of many healthy ingredients.
The naliang mooncake
This is the newest kind of mooncakes. The naliang mooncake is made of green beans and tea. Both of them have a cooling effect on the body.
根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. Is the Mid-Autumn Festival one of the biggest festivals for Chinese people?
2. How many kinds of mooncakes are mentioned in the passage?
3. According to the passage, what’s the weather often like in mid-autumn?
4. What kind of mooncakes is the newest?
5. What’s the naliang mooncake made of?
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Weeks before Tomb-Sweeping Day on April 4 this year, hundreds of qingtuan were sold each day. The snack was still a must-have for many people.
In southern China, it is a kind of tradition to eat qingtuan in spring. Chinese people started to eat it more than 2,000 years ago. It is made of sticky rice (糯米) and red bean paste (红豆沙)，and is famous for its softness, freshness and sweetness. The secret behind its mouth-watering taste is one of its materials-mugwort leaves (艾蒿叶). The plant is mainly found in the Yangtze River Delta where it has perfect conditions to grow.
People in this area usually put qingtuan on the tombs (墓) of their dead family members to recall the past time. Making qingtuan is also a chance for family members to get together at home. 1.制作这种小吃真的花时间和精力。
Now, qingtuan has already spread its special taste to the northern part of China. 2. Li Yuan (李源), a 30-year-old engineer who grew up in Zhejiang Province, brought qingtuan back to Beijing. “It tastes different in and out of my hometown”, he said. “There’s no place like home.”
People make qingtuan with many different fillings inside, such as apples and bean milk, to meet customers’ tastes. The difference of the taste shows that it’s getting more and more popular across the whole country.
Even though there is warm weather and green leaves in spring, the season wouldn’t be complete without a taste of qingtuan.
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3. what is qingtuan made of?
【推荐2】What would people like to eat on their birthday? The answer would be different in different countries. In many countries, people have birthday cakes with candles. The number of candles is the person’s age. The birthday person must make a wish and blow out the candles. If he or she blows out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true. In the UK, people sometimes put a candy in a birthday cake. The child with the candy is lucky.
In China, it is getting popular to have cake on your birthday. But many people still eat very long noodles for their birthday. They never cut up the noodles because the long noodles are a symbol of long life. In some places, Chinese people also eat eggs on their birthday. They are a symbol of life and good luck.
All of these birthday foods may be different, but the ideas are the same. They bring good luck to the birthday person.
阅读短文，回答下列问题
1. Do people in different countries eat different food on their birthday?
2. If Tom’s mother puts 13 candles on his birthday cake, how old is he this year?
3. How can Tom make his birthday wish come true?
4. Why do people have special foods on their birthday?
5. What do you usually eat on your birthday?
Where does your food come from? How is it made? These days many people worry about food safety. But food safety is not a new worry. In 1906, an American writer wrote The Jungle which is about the dangerous ways that food was prepared.
These days more things are done to make food safe. Laws control where food comes from. They also control how food is managed and prepared. Laws are important. But it’s important to make sure the rules are followed. A good food safety system keeps people safe. It also helps them eat healthy food. Labels (标签) on food give people important information. Then they can make good choices about their food.
Although food safety systems usually work, there can be problems. Sometimes mistakes are made. If a truck carries eggs first and then ice cream. The ice cream could make people sick when the truck isn’t cleaned. Other problems are not mistakes. Sometimes companies break rules to make more money. When this happens, people don’t know if their food is safe. So, we should take actions to make food safer.
| Situation: Nowadays, more and more people worry about food | |
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Problems People make Some companies | Solutions Laws control where food comes from and how food is managed and Labels on food can help people |
【推荐1】In Chengdu, tea culture has developed into the Chengdu-featured (特色的) tea house culture. There is a saying about Chengdu tea houses: You could see more tea houses than sunny days. The tea houses catch so much eyesight because of their many different functions (功能): for fun, relaxing and meetings.
The desks and chairs in the tea houses are often made of bamboo. The teas are usually jasmine (茉莉花) tea, Longjing, and Biluochun. They use northern Gaiwan as tea sets (larger than Gongfu Gaiwan). Gaiwan is made up of three parts: the lid (盖), the cup and the saucer (茶碟). When the tea service master pours water into the Gaiwan, you will see the water falling from the air into Gaiwan, with a lively sound. In a moment, water stops. Then look at the Gaiwan. The water in it is just right at the level of the Gaiwan’s mouth, with a simple drop on the desk.
No matter where you are in Chengdu, in a quiet park or in a busy street, you can see those featured tea houses. People can stay there for half a day, having only a cup of tea and snacks. In the talks of friends and neighbors, the colorful tea culture of Sichuan is fully expressed.
1. Why do the tea houses catch so much eyesight?2. Are the desks and the chairs in the tea houses often made of bamboo or wood?
3. How many kinds of teas are mentioned in this passage?
4. What is Gaiwan made up of?
5. What is the passage mainly about?
Do you know the Tantou New Year Picture? It’s a famous traditional art form in Shaoyang. It is used for the Spring Festival.
The Tantou New Year Picture appeared in the Tang Dynasty first and it has a long history—more than 1,300 years. Since the end of the Ming Dynasty, the Tantou New Year Picture has got its special features (特点)—bright colors, old and exaggerated images (夸张的图像), ordinary materials and special skills. There are more than 20 steps to make the Tantou New Year Picture. All these steps, from making paper by hand to producing the New Year Picture, are finished in one place. This is not usual in our country.
In 1994, the Tantou New Year Picture won the silver medal at the folk arts fair. However, fewer people know the skill well now and most young people are not interested in it. The Tantou New Year Picture is in danger of disappearing in the world. Luckily, the government has taken action to protect and save it.
Tantou New Year Picture | |
History | It appeared in the Tang Dynasty and has a long history—more than |
| Bright colors. Old and exaggerated images. Ordinary materials and special skills. | |
Producing Steps | There are more than 20 steps to make the Tantou New Year Picture. In our country, it is |
Prize | It won the |
Situation | The Tantou New Year Picture is in danger of disappearing, but the government has taken action to |
【推荐3】Every Saturday evening, many people come to an open square in a small town in Xi’an. They want to watch Chen Kun and his friends put on a shadow puppet play（皮影戏）.
Shadow puppets are made of hard leather（皮革）. The leather is cut out in the shape (A) ________ a person.
During a shadow puppet play, Chen stands behind a white screen with lights behind (B) it. The audience sit in front of the screen. Chen and his friends hold the puppets very close (C) ________ the screen so the audience can see the puppets’ shadows clearly. Then they move the puppets around and do the voices of the different characters.
Shadow puppet plays are a traditional Chinese art. (D) Nowadays, shadow puppet plays are not as popular as before. To let more young people learn the skills of shadow puppet plays, Chen provides students with training courses. (E) Shadow puppet plays are quite a hard job, but he still wants to pass this traditional art down.
阅读短文, 根据题目要求完成下列任务。
1. 在文中（A）和（C）的空白处分别填入适当的介词：
2. 文中划线（B）的 “it” 指代的是什么?
3. 请在文中找出一个意为 “表演” 的短语。
4. Translate the underlined sentence（D）into Chinese.
5. 请将（E）改为同义句, 一空一词。
Oceans make up about 71% of the earth’s surface. They’re important to the health of the earth and human beings. However, up to now, just 5% of the ocean has been explored and less than 10% has been mapped using modern technology. If we can send satellites（卫星）millions of miles into space, then why has so little of the ocean been studied?
One reason is that the ocean is not as simple as it seems to be. We’ve always been able to study the ocean’s surface. But we’ve only just started looking into the deep ocean within the past thirty years. Satellites have helped us study the ocean’s surface. If we want to dig deeper, more advanced（高级）technology is needed. But when we reach the deep ocean about 200 meters or more below the ocean’s surface, we will enter complete darkness. At these great depths, it’s very dark and cold and the pressure is deadly.
As you can see, deep sea exploration is difficult. But there is still hope to learn more. Many organizations arc making efforts in ocean exploration. “Scientists arc supported to study unknown and little-known areas”, a spokesman from one organization said. It’s hard to protect our ocean if we know so little about it. And there are many reasons why we should protect it. The main reason is that the ocean produces more than half of the world’s oxygen（氧气）.
1. How much of the ocean has been mapped up to now?2. Are humans looking into the deep ocean nowadays?
3. What is the ocean like at the great depths?
4. Who are supported to study unknown and little-known areas?
5. Why should we protect the ocean according to the passage?
Do you often travel? Do you often stay in a hotel? Most Chinese hotels often provide(提供) guests with disposable(一次性的)thing, like toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers(拖鞋). Many guests like the idea because they don't have to bring their own. But if you travel to Beijing remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables. They want to ask people to use less disposable things.
Many disposable things are made of plastic (塑料). People throw them away after only using them once. It is a waste of natural resources(资源) and is very bad for the environment(环境).Do you know, one Chinese person makes as much as 400 kg of waste a year! Most of that waste comes from disposable things. In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 2, 320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year! Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down(分解). So the less plastic we throw out, the better. So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again.
Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. Try to do these things in your everyday life. Use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again. do not use paper cups. At your school dining room, use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of (代替)disposable ones.
To protect our environment and our home, it is very necessary and important for us to save natural resources.
1. Do most Chinese hotels often provide guests with disposable things, like toothbrushes, toothpaste,shampoo and slippers?2. How long may plastic take to break down?
3. What should we do after using a plastic bag
4. Do you think we should stop using all the disposable things at once ? Why or why not?
【推荐3】Partying is fun. But if you are invited to a party by a foreigner, what should you wear? Should you bring anything? If so, what? Don’t worry. We are going to give you some tips about partying with foreigners.
First, you should ask if it’s a formal (正式的) or casual party. Then you will know what to wear. 在一个非正式聚会上，带一瓶葡萄酒或一些其他饮料或食物就可以了。 It won’t be polite (礼貌的) to bring someone along with you if you don’t ask your host first. At some formal parties, like a birthday party, a small gift will be enough. Giving money would make the host uncomfortable. Finally never overstay your welcome (因为做客时间太久而不再受欢迎). When it’s getting late, it’s time to thank your host for a wonderful evening and say good night.
根据短文内容，完成下列各题。
1. How many kinds of parties are mentioned (提到) in the passage?
2. Is it polite to bring your friend to a foreigner’s party without asking the host?
3. What should you do when it’s getting late?
4. 将文中画线的英语句子译成汉语。
5. 将文中画线的汉语句子译成英语。
【推荐1】These days, the ways of celebrating the Spring Festival are very different from before. The younger generation (一代) is making the celebrations more colourful.
Xiao Yao is a college student from Guangdong Province. He always has lots of traditions to follow during the Spring Festival, such as hanging lanterns and praying (祈祷) at temples.
Chinese families used to give out lucky money in a red paper envelope to their young and unmarried relatives at the start of a new year for good luck.
However, in recent years, as technology has highly developed, Xiao has taught his family members how to give hongbao filled with lucky money to a group through WeChat wallets on their mobile phones. “The hongbao is often grabbed (抢) by group members in only a few seconds. We compete against one another. It’s fun,” said Xiao. “The world is developing as social needs are changing, and now ideas make traditional festivals creative.”
According to a report by China Youth Daily, having parties and going skating are the most popular activities for the young to celebrate the Spring Festival. While new ideas are appearing, many young people still believe following traditions can make them feel close to the older generation. Li Yu, a college student from Hunan Province, said that putting up couplets (对联) and watching the Spring Festival Gala on television with parents have never been missed. “While accepting new ways, I think traditional cultures are what matter the most, especially during festivals,” she said.
1. Where is Xiao Yao from?2. Who did Chinese families use to give out lucky money to at the start of a new year?
3. How do Xiao’s family members give hongbao now?
4. What are the most popular activities for the young to celebrate the Spring Festival?
5. How many traditions has Li Yu never missed during the Spring Festival?
【推荐2】The Mid-Autumn Festival is an old traditional festival in China. Everybody likes it because it’s a family get-together. You see it is called “the Mid-Autumn Festival”,so it often comes in September or October. It is on the 15th of the 8th lunar(阴历的) month. Now,let’s say something about this interesting festival.
The Mid-Autumn Festival is a very important Chinese festival. A few days before the festival,everyone in the family will help to make the house clean and beautiful. Lanterns will be hung in front of the house.
On the evening there will be a big family dinner. People who work far away from their homes will try to come back. After dinner,people will light the lanterns which are usually red and round. Children will play with their own toy lanterns happily.
At night the moon is usually round and bright. People can enjoy the moon while eating mooncakes which are the special food for this festival. They can look back on the past and look forward to the future together.
1. Why does everybody like the Mid-Autumn Festival?2. When is the Mid-Autumn Festival?
3. What will be hung in front of the house on the Mid-Autumn Festival?
4. What will people do a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival?
5. What are the special food on the Mid-Autumn Festival?
2024 is the Year of the Dragon. Dragons are really important in Chinese culture. Chinese people see them as symbols of power (权力), success and good luck.
The event
For London’s Chinese community (社区), Chinese New Year is a big event. Before Chinese New Year, people make their house clean and tidy, buy new clothes and have their hair cut, to bring good luck for the new year. London has the biggest celebrations (庆典) outside of Asia. Hundreds of people go to watch the parade. It has Chinese acrobats (杂技演员) and traditional lion and dragon dances. The date of Chinese New Year is according to lunar calendars, so it changes every year.
The celebrations
In central London there are fireworks and performances with all kinds of acts and special guests. Chinatown is full of excitement. People decorate the streets with lucky red lanterns (灯笼) and streets are full of art and food stalls (货摊). If you’re thinking of eating in one Chinatown’s wonderful Chinese restaurant, book a table early, because you won’t find one on the night.
Chinese people in Britain
For young Chinese people studying or working in the UK, meeting online is a great way of joining big family celebrations back home. They might make traditional Chinese dumplings for friends in Britain. The celebrations are not as many as back home, but there is still lots of excitement, happiness and good feeling, because people come together to enjoy the celebrations.
1. Why are dragons important in Chinese culture?Because they’re
2. When do people in London’s Chinese community make their house clean and tidy?
They do it
3. Which word means “装饰” in the passage?
The word is “
4. What should you do if you want to have dinner in a great restaurant in Chinatown in Chinese New Year?
I should
5. How do young Chinese people studying or working in the UK join family celebrations?
They join family celebrations by
