Do you love street food? I’m sure you do! What makes the food sweet? Sugar, of course! Do you know anything about sugar? Most sugar comes from sugar cane (甘蔗). This kind of plant is very tall.
How do we make sugar from sugar cane?
First, farmers cut the top of the plant and put part of the plant in the earth. This will grow into more sugar cane.
Next, workers make the sugar cane into big machines. One machine washes the cane. One machine cuts and turns the cane over and over. And one machine gets the sweet juice from the cane.
Then, workers make the juice hot and it becomes thick (浓稠的). The thick juice is called syrup (糖浆). Workers put the syrup into the crystallization tank (结晶罐). It turns to crystals (晶体). We need one more machine to dry the crystals. Now we have sugar.
Sugar can be brown or white. It can also be in different sizes. Then the sugar can go to the sweet factory (工厂). There workers use it to make sweets.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。（每小题答案不超过六个单词）
1. Where do most sugar come from?
2. What is the thick juice called?
3. How many machines do workers need to make sugar?
4. Is sugar in the same size?
5. Why do people send the sugar to the sweet factory?
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【推荐1】A Pioneer for all People
Though he was one of China’s most famous scientists, Yuan Longping considered himself a farmer, because he worked the land to do his research.
Known as “Father of Hybrid Rice (杂交水稻)”, Dr. Yuan graduated from Southwest Agricultural (农业的) College in 1953. From then on, finding ways to grow more rice was his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for rice. At that time, hunger was a serious problem in many parts of the countryside. Dr. Yuan searched for a way to get more rice with the same size of the fields. In 1974, he became an agricultural pioneer in the world to grow rice that has high production and that is called super hybrid rice. In the 1980s, he went around the world and gave advice about growing rice to farmers in other countries. In 2004, he won the World Food Prize for his work.
Dr. Yuan was quite satisfied with his life. He would much rather keep time for his hobbies. He enjoyed playing the violin, swimming and reading. And he gave millions of yuan to some researchers to help them with research in farming.
Long ago Dr. Yuan had a dream about rice plants as tall as sorghum (高粱). With his hard work, he grew the rice that could feed more people. President Xi Jinping praised him for his great contributions (贡献) to China’s food safety and world corn development.
1. Why did Dr. Yuan consider himself a farmer?2. What was Dr. Yuan’s life goal?
3. When did Dr. Yuan win the World Food Prize?
4. How did Dr. Yuan help researchers with their research in farming?
5. What did Dr. Yuan make contributions to according to President Xi Jinping?
Hot pot（火锅）is many Chinese people’s favourite food and Liu Yang is one of them.
Three days ago, Liu Yang got to England. There he had three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes. Yesterday he was very excited because he heard that there was going to be a meal of hot pot to welcome the new students.
He went into the room and sat next to an American girl. To his surprise, he saw potatoes and bread in front of him. Where was the hot pot?
When the girl saw Liu Yang was very surprised, she told him that hotpot is NOT hot pot. China has hot pot in two words but in England hotpot is one word.
Hotpot is made of（由……制成）meat, potatoes and onions. People put them in a heavy pot and then put it in the oven（烤箱）with a low heat. It is easy to cook.
Hotpot tastes fine, but Liu Yang still misses hot pot, two words.
1. What is many Chinese people’s favourite food?It is
2. When did Liu Yang get to England?
Liu Yang got to England
3. Why was Liu Yang very excited yesterday?
Because he heard that there was going to be a meal of hot pot to
4. Which country has hot pot in two words?
5. How does the hotpot taste according to the passage?
It tastes
Nancy often goes shopping with her mother. Nancy is very happy. She can buy many things (东西) she likes.
They can buy many things like oranges, bananas, apples, milk, different kinds of juice and some other foods. But Nancy wants to buy two boxes of chocolates, too. She likes them very much. Her mother asks her to buy a box of brown chocolates. “No,” Nancy says, “I want a box of white chocolates.”
“Why?” asks her mother.
“I won’t bite my fingers (咬着手指) when I eat them at night (晚上),” Nancy says.
1. Nancy often goes shopping with2. Nancy can buy many things like oranges,
3. Nancy likes
4. Nancy’s mother asks her to buy a box of
5. Do you like chocolates?
【推荐1】Did you sleep well on March 21? Well, you should have done because it was World Sleeping Day. This is one day of the year when people around the world care about their sleep and ask themselves a lot of questions about sleep. Why do we need sleep?
Nobody can give a perfect answer to this question. However, tests have shown that lack（缺少） of sleep over about four weeks leads to a strong drop in body temperature, great weight loss and finally sickness.
Different people need different amounts of sleep. Eight hours a night is considered the average amount of sleep. For teenagers, the least numbers of sleeping hours advised by doctors are: ten hours for primary school students, nine for junior highs and eight for senior highs.
Some people seem to get along just fine with very little sleep at night. American scientist Thomas Edison said that sleep was a waste of time. He did, however, he took a break during the day. On the other hand, Albert Einstein, another great scientist, said he needed at least ten hours’ sleep a night.
1. According to the passage, March 21 is called2. Tests have shown that lack of sleep more than
3. Senior school students need
4. The third paragraph and the fourth paragraph mainly tell us that
5. Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein are both
【推荐2】Have you ever walked into a room and felt relaxed? It could be because the walls painted blue, a calm and peaceful color.
( A ) Sometimes colors can affect our feelings and moods. Some colors can make us feel calm and peaceful even when something drives you crazy. Blue is one of these. Wearing blue clothes or sleeping in a blue room is good for our mind and body, because this color gives us good feelings.
Blue is also the color of sadness, so you may say “I’m feeling blue” when you’re feeling (1)_________. White is another calm color. You should wear white clothes if you’re feeling nervous. It can give you really great courage. White is also the color of purity(纯洁). Many women like to be in white on their wedding days. ( B)绿色是大自然的颜色。It can give us more energy when we are feeling tired.
( C ) Some colors can make you feel warm. These colors can give you a happy feeling. People who live in cold weather use warm colors in their homes like orange and yellow instead of white and blue.
Orange shows joy. It can bring you pleasure and cheer you up when you are disappointed. Yellow is the color of the sun, so it can remind you of a warm, sunny day. And it is also the color of wisdom(智慧). Some people prefer to choose this color (2)________ than choose others when they study for exams. For example, they may use yellow school things. Red is one of the strong colors. Wearing red often makes us active and powerful.
In short, we can try out different colors if we are suffering from something that makes us uncomfortable and aren’t feeling our best.
阅读短文，根据题目要求完成下列任务。1. 根据句意，在文中(1)、(2)两处各填上一个适当的词。
(1)
2. 完成( A )处画线句子的同义句。
3. 将文中( B )处画线句子翻译成英语。
4. 将文中( C )处画线句子翻译成汉语。
5. 根据短文内容回答问题。
What does orange show?
【推荐3】Paper cutting is one of the traditional folk arts in China. It is a kind of popular folk arts and has been popular for about 1500 years. Let’s learn about paper cutting.
Wonderful meanings
Paper cutting has some wonderful meanings. In our mind, paper cuttings can always bring us happiness and good luck. At the Spring Festival, people put up a”Fu”on doors or windows. At a wedding, people also put up “Xi”.
The largest paper cutting in the world
The largest paper cutting was made by Gao Xiaodong from Shanxi. It has an area of about 456 square meters. It is as large as a basketball court (场地).
Why are most paper cuttings red?
Red means hope and good luck in Chinese traditional culture. So we can still see red everywhere in China now. The walls of old palaces are red. Lanterns are red. Weddings are always full of red things, too.
Black paper cuttings in Shanzhou
It’s true that most paper cuttings are red. But paper cuttings in Shanzhou, Henan Province are black. Black is the best color there. Shanzhou is a dry place. The local people make black paper cuttings to wish for rain.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. How long has paper cutting been popular?
2. What do people do at the Spring Festival from the passage?
3. Who made the largest paper cutting in the world?
4. Why are most paper cuttings red?
5. Where are the black paper cuttings made?
It can be very dangerous if there is a flood (洪水). It can happen with no notice and can usually wash trees and cars away, even break buildings. What should you do when the flood comes? Please read carefully the following information.
Stay away from rivers and bridges, because floods can cause rivers to move quickly and bridges to fall down.
Listen to emergency broadcasts (急救广播) for further information. If it asks you to move somewhere else, do so.
If you are staying inside a car, get out when the water begins to flood the car itself. Then move to the top of it.
If you have to stay in a building at the time of a flood, move to the highest floor. Only move to the roof (屋顶) if necessary. Once there, ask for help and let others know where you are (such as drawing SOS on the roof).
Don’t touch power lines (电线), because they are broken during strong storms and floods. A fallen power line can cause water near to become dangerous. If someone touches it, he will die.
1. Why should we stay away from rivers and bridges when the flood comes? (不超过15个词)2. What should you do first if you are in a building at the time of a flood? (不超过10个词)
3. When might power lines become broken? (不超过10个词)
【推荐2】请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题(每小题答案不超过6个单词)。
Your schooldays should be some of the best and happiest days of your life. How can you get the most from them?
Be active (积极的) at school. Don’t say things are difficult or boring. Take interest in school life and your school subjects. Join in lots of activities. Put up your hand quickly in class. Have a smile on your face every day.
Keep fit. If you don’t eat a good breakfast, you will be thinking about food in class. If you go to bed late and don’t have enough sleep, you will be sleepy in class. Play enough sports every day to keep your body strong.
Face problems properly (恰当地). Do not say you will do things tomorrow. Everyone fails some exams, loses some matches or has bad days. And you needn’t worry or take small problems too seriously. Don’t forget to ask for help if you can’t solve your problems. You are young, and no one thinks you must do everything quite well!
Make the best of the weekends. Don’t waste time lying in bed on Saturday or Sunday morning. Go and play sports, get together with friends in the park to relax, learn to play the piano, or help someone with problems. If you don’t want to go out, there are also a lot of things to do, such as reading a book, speaking English as much as you can or helping with the housework.
Follow these pieces of advice, and you will have a happy school life!
1. Who do you think will get some help after reading the passage?2. How many pieces of advice does the writer give us about how to have a good school life?
3. What will happen in class if you go to bed late or don’t have enough sleep?
4. Is playing enough sports good for our health?
5. What do you think of your school life? (请自拟一句话回答)
【推荐3】It’s said that in some parts of the world, people are still hungry. So what can we do to help them? Here are some suggestions.
Cook food from the fridge
Start with the fresh food. If you have some food in the fridge, use it first. Make a meal with what you have instead of running out to the supermarket for something else.
Learn to read the labels(标签)
“Best-before” and “ use-by” dates are more important. Learn to know the different periods of foods and know how to cook them in a proper way. For example, black bananas are proper for baking, fresh vegetables are good in soups, and bread that is not fresh can be turned into small pieces.
Use the freezer(冷冻室)
The freezer can keep foods fresh until you are ready to cook them, and store the cooked foods until you’re ready to eat them. It’s also the best place for the remaining food. Mark the date of the foods nearby, so it’s easy to find the foods you need to eat first and you will never leave them there for too long
Shop with a list
Make a list before shopping so that you know exactly what to buy. Doing this helps reduce food waste because it’s possible to buy too much of a certain food and then forget to eat or cook it later.
Some suggestions to keep more food on the table | |
Why | Some people are facing the problem of |
How | Cook food from the fridge It’s a good idea to use the food that you have first, especially the fresh food in the fridge. |
Learn to read the labels Know “Best-before” and “ use-by” dates of food. know the different periods of foods and how to cook them | |
Use the freezer | |
Shop with a list If you want to know what to buy exactly, you can | |
In ancient China, people called a man of great virtue (美德) a gentleman. In the world of flowers, plum blossoms (梅花), orchids (兰花), bamboo and chrysanthemums (菊) are known as “the Four Gentlemen” in China because these plants’ natural characters have something in common with human virtues.
The plum blossom tree is famous for blossoming (开花) in the dead of winter. Its fine smell fills the air at one of the coldest times of a year, making it difficult to go unnoticed. It stands for inner (内在) beauty and humble display (谦逊表现) under hard conditions. Painting plum blossoms was popular in the Northern Song Dynasty.
Grown in deep mountain valleys (山谷), the orchid is one of the top ten well-known flowers in China. With the smell refreshing people’s minds, and the elegant figures (优雅的外形) swinging slightly in the wind, orchids stand for elegance in Chinese people’s eyes.
The bamboo is thin with the inner empty. It stands for tolerance (耐力) and open-mindedness. It was admired by many ancient poets and painters. Su Shi once wrote down “Rather eat without meat than live without bamboo” in his poem to show his deep love for bamboo.
Planted as early as three thousand years ago, the chrysanthemum is a traditional flower loved by Chinese people. When nearly all the flowers fall, the chrysanthemum blooms in the cold autumn air and foretells (预示) the coming of winter. It stands for the virtue to withstand (经得起) all difficulties.
1. Why are these plants called “the Four Gentlemen” in China?2. What part of speech (词性) is the underlined word “show” in Paragraph 4? A noun or a verb?
3. Which season will come when the chrysanthemum blooms?
4. Write down one of your favorite plants and explain why. (Write 30 words or more.)
The peony (牡丹花) is a famous Chinese traditional flower. It is planted in many places of our country. Among them, Luoyang is considered as the City of Peony. With proper temperature and rain, the city is a suitable place for peony flowers to grow. The number of its kinds has reached over 1,000.
According to historical records, peony planting in Luoyang started from the Sui Dynasty. It became well known in the Northern Song Dynasty. Every April, the Peony Culture Festival is held in Luoyang. Visitors from all the world come to take part in it. Everyone talks about the peony and goes to enjoy its beauty. In the Chinese traditional culture, the peony stands for beauty, happiness and wealth. Since a long time ago, Chinese people have put the pictures of peony into all kinds of works, such as painting, paper cuttings and silk works. Because they want to show best wishes.
Nowadays the peony has become the symbol of Luoyang.
1. Which city is considered as the City of Peony?2. How many kinds of peony are there at present?
3. When did peony planting start in Luoyang?
4. What does peony stand for in the Chinese traditional culture?
5. Why do people like putting the pictures of peony into all kinds of works?
【推荐3】Plant owners know it is difficult to find out what plants need, but it turns out that plants may have been telling you all along. A new study found that when plants are stressed, they make special sounds saying what’s wrong.
Earlier studies had shown that plants shake when under stress. But for years, scientists have doubted whether those shakes become sound waves (声波). By studying tomato plants inside a greenhouse, researchers discovered that it’s true — plants cry out for help through sounds.
“We found that plants usually make sounds when they are under stress and that each plant and each type of stress is connected with a different sound,” a researcher said. Human adults can only hear frequencies (频率) up to 16 kilohertz (千赫). In the study, special microphones we replaced about 10 centimeters from each plant and found sounds at frequencies between 20 and 250 kilohertz. And the more stressed plants were, the more they cried.
“We think that in nature the sounds made by plants are heard by animals nearby and possibly also other plants that can hear the high frequencies,” another researcher said. Humans can also use this information. All they need is the right tools — such as sensors (传感器) that tell growers when plants need watering.
This is especially helpful in farming, as researchers noted that “it can help save up to 50% of the water and increase the production.” This ability gets more important as the world continues to deal with food shortage.
阅读短文，回答下列问题。1. What is the result of the new study?
2. Why can’t humans hear the sounds made by plants?
3. In the search, when did plants cry more?
4. Can humans make use of plant sounds by using the right tools or by watering plants?
5. In which ways can this ability of plant help humans? (List at least two ways)
