Havoc in Heaven
One of the most famous cartoons in China is called Havoc in Heaven.
Havoc in Heaven was created in the 1960s by the Wan brothers. It tells the story of the Monkey King. The cartoon shows many Chinese characteristics. For example, it was made from hand-drawn Chinese pictures, and some of the sound effects are from Beijing Opera. This cartoon has won many awards at home and abroad, and has influenced cartoons throughout Asia since it was produced.
1. When was Havoc in Heaven created?2. Who created it?
3. Who is the main character of the story?
4. How were the pictures drawn, by hand or by computer?
5. Where are some of the sound effects from?
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Did you know that bread is one of the earliest human inventions?
Bread is a food made of flour and water. Other ingredients and shapes can also be found. Scientists have learned that humans have been eating bread in some form or another for 30,000 years.
Archaeologists(考古学家) have discovered pictures of bakeries(面包房) and bread in ancient Egyptian(埃及的) archaeological sites. It is believed that bread bakeries and home-bakers used the same skills. In fact, because they had no potatoes or rice, bread was the most important in the ancient Egyptians’ diet.
Egyptians used a grain much similar to wheat for their bread. The grain was broken by hand into flour on stone. The flour was mixed with water and salt. It was placed in a pot and baked in a clay oven. This Egyptian bread was a flatbread. Indian naan, similar to pizza, is a good example of flatbread eaten today. However, around 300 BC, Egyptian bakers added to their bread an important ingredient: yeast (酵母). It makes bread rise. Most breads today are made using those four basic ingredients: flour, yeast, salt, and water.
Bread production today is more complicated, which needs more time, patience and hard work. Yes, you can still bake your own bread at home with store—bought flour and yeast. You can also buy bread made at small bakeries. But the bread you see in grocery stores is made in large factories.
1. How long have humans had bread according to the passage?2. Why was bread so important for ancient Egyptians?
3. How did Egyptians break grain in ancient times?
4. When did Egyptian bakers add yeast to their bread?
5. Does the writer think today’s bread production becomes easier than before?
There are long rivers, and there are famous rivers. The Nile is the world’s longest and most famous river. It runs 6,650 kilometers. Crocodiles and hippos live in its waters. Pyramids built by Egyptians rise along its banks.
The main branch of the Nile, the White Nile, starts just about Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest fresh-water lake, in east central Africa. Then it flows to the north. At Sudan’s capital, another great river called the Blue Nile joins the White Nile. Together, they form on every powerful river. Then it goes through Egypt’s famous Nile Valley before reaching the Mediterranean Sea.
Ancient Egypt, the first great African civilization, started along the banks of the Nile more than 5,000 years ago. Ancient Egypt ruled the Nile Valley for thousands of years. Great pyramids and temples were built on the banks and we can still visit them today.
Without the rich farmland along the banks of Nile, there might be no ancient Egyptian civilization. Every year, the Nile flooded its banks. The flood waters covered the banks with a rich soil. The Nile’s banks were easy to farm and produce crops.
The Nile also made a perfect highway for boats. The river runs north, but the wind on the river blows south. To go south, boaters put up sail to catch the wind. To go north, they took the sails down. Ancient people traded along the river for hundreds of miles.
The Nile—the longest and most famous river in the world | |
| Where does the Nile flow? | *The white Nile is the main branch of the Nile. It starts above Lake Victoria and then *The Blue Nile joins the White Nile at the *Then the Nile goes through the Nile Valley. Finally |
| The Nile’s long and rich banks. | *Ancient Egypt started along the banks of the Nile more than 5,000 years ago. Its people built pyramids and temples we can still visit today. *Every year the Nile flooded its banks. The floodwater covered the banks with a rich soil. Rich farmland *The Nile made a perfect highway for boats. To go south, boaters put up sails to catch the wind. To go north, they took the sails down. Ancient people |
【推荐3】Water is very important for people, animals and plants. Water is needed to many things in daily life, like taking a shower, drinking, washing clothes, making meals and so on. We can’t live without water. But now water has become less and less because people waste water and pollute water. If we continue (继续) to do things like this, we shall destroy (毁坏) ourselves. So we should do something to improve (改善) the environment quickly. We shouldn’t throw rubbish into the rivers. We should pay attention to environmental protection. So we should act quickly in order to save the water. We can use less water when we wash something. We can also plant trees, clean the banks of the river, water the plants by using used water. Turn off the shower while we are washing hair and so on.
根据短文内容回答下列问题。
1. What is very important for people, animals and plants?
2. Why has water become less and less now?
3. Can we continue to throw rubbish into the rivers?
4. What should we do in order to save water?
5. How should we plant trees to save water?
【推荐1】The Spirit of Chinese Young Volunteers
We are spreading the popularity of Chinese tradition of being kind and helpful.
To spread the traditional virtues(传统美德) of Chinese culture, many schools in China are having all kinds of volunteer activities. Students from Taiyuan No. 2 High School spend at least 4 hours each week helping others.
Lily is an animal lover and wants to be a doctor in the animal hospital. She works in an animal hospital every Sunday morning. She thinks it can help her to get her future dream job. She says, “It is hard to work here, but I want to learn more about what to do for the sick animals. I get a strong feeling of satisfaction when I see the look of joy on the owners’ faces after they see their pets get better.”
Alice is a girl who loves books a lot. She could read on her own at the age of 4. Last year, she made a decision to try out for a volunteer after-school reading program. She still works there once a week to help the kids to read. “I love to be here because I can do what I love to do and help others at the same time.”
1. How long do the students from Taiyuan No. 2 High School give up each week to help others?2. Why does Lily work in an animal hospital?
3. When does Lily get a strong feeling of satisfaction?
4. What is Alice’s hobby?
5. How often does Alice work for the after-school reading program?
6. What’s the spirit of Chinese young volunteers?
【推荐2】The world is full of amazing treasures. Many treasures have been discovered and kept for people to enjoy and used to learn about the past, but some have been lost forever. Yet there are some treasures that have no monetary（货币的）value at all. These could be photographs or videos precious（珍贵的）to a family, a collection of something valued by its owner, or a little gift passed down from generation to generation.
Whatever the treasure is, it needs to be cared for. It needs to be kept safe because a treasure is something of value, something that can touch our lives.
Discovering treasures takes a lot of time and work. But some treasures were found by chance. The terracotta warriors were among them.
How did people find them? One day in 1974, workers were digging a well in China when they hit what they at first thought was a rock. When they looked closer, they found it was a warrior’s head made out of a kind of clay called terracotta. As the workers dug farther, they found the statue of a whole warrior in full uniform. They kept digging and found more life size statues, all in uniform. Archaeologists（考古学家）heard about the discovery, and they began to dig, too. They discovered long rows of soldiers. Some of the soldiers were on foot and others were with horses and chariots（战车）. To their surprise, no two looked the same.
The workers and archaeologists had discovered the amazing treasure. These terracotta warriors had been buried since more than 2,000 years ago. Today they provide a look into an important part of China’s history.
1、2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下第四段的主题句；5题将画线句子译成汉语。
1. Treasures could be anything like precious
2. We should
3. How long were these terracotta warriors buried?
4.
5.
注意：第1-4题不超过6个单词，第5题字数不限。
During Chinese New Year, it was a great surprise for people to find that a 40-metre-long balloon loong (“loong” sounds the same as the Chinese word for “dragon”) flew through a large place in Hong Kong. A lot of people went there to see the balloon loong and take photos of it.
On January 24, the Guinness World Records officially (官方地) believed it was the largest balloon loong in the world. It is 41.77 metres long and is made up of 38,000 balloons.
Wilson Pang is a balloon artist and he has over ten years of experience. He always wanted to make a balloon loong in the past. In Chinese stories, loongs can bring rain and rain is good for both plants and animals.
Since 2024 is the Year of the Loong, Pang worked with a team of 60 people. The team was made up of balloon artists and students. They started making the balloon loong on January 20 and they worked day and night. “The loong has a special meaning for the Chinese people, so we must work as carefully as we can,” Pang said. To Pang, the hardest part was making the eyes. He made more than ten times before they were right. He spent much time and work on the balloon loong.
Pang’s new experience shows confidence in Chinese culture. As a Chinese, he wants to use balloons to show the beauty of Chinese culture to the whole world. He works hard to make his “Balloon Dream” come true.
1. Where did people find the 40-metre-long balloon loong?2. What date did Pang and his team start to make the balloon loong?
3. How many balloons are there in the balloon loong?
4. What was the hardest part to Wilson Pang when making the balloon loong?
5. What spirit (精神) can we learn from Pang’s story ?
Tai Chi is a form of Chinese martial arts (武术). Lots of people are crazy about it. Among them is Ye Yongxiang.
Ye, in fact, is a talented Tai Chi master. She started online videos to teach Tai Chi on “Mixiong TV” in February, 2017. She hopes to share the traditional martial art with people around the world.
Ye is known in China’s online community as the Tai Chi Goddess. Her Weibo now has more than 70,000 followers, and her online lessons have made thousands of young people fall in love with the ancient martial art.
Ye was born in the mid-1980s in Shanghai. She started learning Tai Chi from her mother, a professional martial artist, when she was just three years old. Her first Tai Chi performance took place when she was six. And she began formal (正式的) training at the age of eight.
After graduating from a top sports university in Shanghai, Ye worked as a Tai Chi coach. In 2014, she competed in the Hong Kong Wushu championship (冠军赛). After winning gold medals (金牌) in all of the three Tai Chi events, Ye bacame China’s youngest Tai Chi master.
For Ye, her wish is to spread the Tai Chi culture, and she also hopes to bring it to modern society.
1. When did Ye Yongxiang appear on “Mixiong TV” to teach Tai Chi?2. Are Ye Yongxiang’s online lessons very popular?
3. Who did Ye Yongxiang first learn Tai Chi from?
4. How many gold medals did Ye Yongxiang win at the Hong Kong Wushu championship?
5. What does Ye Yongxiang hope to do?
Being sick at school is not fun at all. It means missing classes and social events. It also means that you have to catch on work. Here are a few tips on how you can keep healthy at school.
Wash your hands. It is the easiest way to prevent you from catching a cold from roommates and friends. You should wash hands before eating. You should use clean running water to wash them. Remember to rub them for at least twenty seconds. You’d better carry a small bottle of hand sanitizer.
Drink water. Some young people love to drink coffee. But I advise you to drink water instead of coffee. There are many kinds of drinks, but water is the healthiest. You can carry a water bottle in your backpack and fill it with water regularly.
Don’t stay up. Staying up late and getting up early for class the next day works for about one night. The quickest way to run down your body is not to provide it with enough food, water and sleep.
Carry some healthy snacks. Sometimes you are too busy to have meals. You’d better carry some healthy snacks so that you can eat them when you are hungry. They can satisfy you before your next meal.
1题完成句子：2、3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句，5题将文中划线句子译成汉语。
1. To run down your body, you’d better not provide it with enough
2. What should you use to wash your hands?
3. What can you carry in your backpack?
4.
5.
Known as China’s national opera, Beijing Opera mixes many art forms. It has nothing in common with the opera of the West.
Beijing Opera is a mix of singing, dialogue, acrobatics (杂质), kung fu, etc. Actors wear beautiful costurmes and perform to music produced by traditional musical instruments. They include Erhu, Huqin, Pipa, Sheng and other instruments.
In Beijing Opera there are four types of roles: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Sheng are the leading male actors who play the role of scholars, officials, etc. Sheng can be divided into the old, the young and the kung fu experts.
Dan, or female (女性的) roles, include the young, the middle-aged, and old women. Additionally, female roles were played by male actors.
Jing are the painted-faced roles, and they represent heroes, statesmen, bad men, etc. The painted faces are symbolic and exaggerated (象征的和夸张的), and are used to represent a character’s personality. For example, wise and brave character would have a purple face.
Chou are basically the clowns (丑角) marked by a small patch of white chalk on their noses. They are sometimes kind-hearted and humorous, but at other times bad or silly.
Symbolism is very important in Beijing Opera. Very few props 道具) are used on stage, the actors must depend on the use of their hands and body movements to express messages. For example, lifting a foot means going through a doorway and walking in a circle around the stage shows a long journey.
Beijing Opera is an important part of the Chinese culture and has become an important art form as a result of the hard work of hundreds of artists over the past two centuries.
1. Does Beijing Opera have anything in common with the opera of the West?2. How many types of roles are there in Beijing opera?
3. Who often played female roles traditionally?
4. How can actors express they travel a long journey in Beijing Opera?
5. How long has Beijing Opera been in history?
Here are some of the most popular Walt Disney characters. Do you know them?
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Mouse is one of the most famous cartoon characters among kids around the world. He first appeared in the cartoon Steamboat Willie. He is popular mainly because he always tries to face any danger though he is like a common man.
Donald Duck
Donald Duck first appeared in the cartoon The Wise Little Hen in 1934. He is a white duck with a yellow-orange bill (喙) and big yellow-orange feet. Donald is known for his bad temper (脾气). He appears in more films than any other Disney character.
Goofy
Goofy is a dog and is one of Mickey Mouse’s best friends. Goofy is often shown as having little or no intelligence. But sometimes, Goofy is shown as a smart dog, though in his special way.
Pluto
Pluto is Mickey Mouse’s pet dog. Different from Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, Pluto is not dressed as a human.
1. Which cartoon did Mickey Mouse appear in first?2. What does Donald Duck look like?
3. What’s the difference between Pluto and the other three characters?
4. Do you like cartoons? Why or why not? Write 30 words or more.
Almost all the children around the world love cartoons. Why?
First, cartoons usually have beautiful pictures in all colors! Children like bright colors and nice pictures because they make them feel comfortable and relaxed.
Second, cartoons usually have funny and wonderful stories. These may bring children more fun and surprise. When their parents are busy with their work, cartoons are with them and become their best friends.
Third, there are many heroes (主角) in cartoons. They are smart, cute, friendly or outgoing. On the other hand, most children want to be the people like the heroes and do as they do.
The most important is that cartoons are easy for children to understand (理解). Children are so young that they can't understand anything too difficult, so they can always expect to learn a lot from cartoons.
1. Why do children like the pictures in cartoons?2. What can the stories in cartoons bring children?
3. Do all the children want to be the people like the heroes?
4. How many reasons are mentioned (提及) in the passage?
How to make a cartoon
First, you need to decide on some basic ideas for a story.
In the second (A) stage, think about the kinds of characters you want and (B) ________they will look like. Now make a rough sketch of the story.
Next, use a computer to draw detailed pictures and add colour. To make the characters and things (C) appear to move, each picture should be made a little different (D) _______ the one before it.
In the next stage, (E) people use a computer program to put the pictures together as a film.
Finally, record the voices and sound effects. (F) 演员们将会为角色配音。Their speech must match the pictures well. Sound effects, such as the noise of the underground, must also be added separately.
After everything has been checked, the cartoon is ready to be played for everyone to enjoy.
1. 写出画线部分 (A) 和 (C) 的同义词：2. 在文中 (B) 和 (D) 空白处填入适当的单词：
3. 将文中画线部分 (E) 改写为：
A computer program
4. 将画线部分 (F) 译成英语：
5. 从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的短语：
