In many places the weather changes during the year. These changes are called seasons. In the north and south there are four seasons in a year. At the North and South Pole, there are only two seasons. In tropical(热带) places near the Earths equator(赤道), there are two seasons: a wet season and a dry season. Each season brings changes. They are important for plants and animals that live in different parts of the world.
Spring starts when the day and night are the same length. The weather gets warmer and sunnier. Trees and plants start to grow. Many animals have their babies in spring.
Summer begins on the longest day of the year. In the north this is on June 21 or 22. Summer is usually the warmest and sunniest time of the year. Fruit grows faster on trees and plants. Young animals grow bigger and stronger.
Autumn starts when the day and night are the same length again. During autumn, the leaves change color and fall down from the trees. Some animals collect food before winter comes.
Winter begins on the shortest day of the year. In the north this is on December 21 or 22. The weather is colder and in some places there is lots of snow. Plants and trees stop growing. Some animals, like bats and bears, find places to hide and sleep. This is called hibernation.
1. Many animals ________ in spring.| A．collect food | B．change color | C．have babies | D．stop growing |
| A．spring | B．summer | C．autumn | D．winter |
| A．冬眠 | B．迁徙 | C．储藏 | D．寒冷 |
| A．Spring and summer | B．Spring and autumn |
| C．Summer and autumn | D．Autumn and winter |
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【推荐1】What is this white Stuff （东西）like little feathers which is falling from the sky?
Their shapes are very pretty.
Where does the snow come from?
If we take some snow and squeeze （挤压） it hard, all the little flakes or crystals will stick together in a ball.
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| A．We call it snow. |
| B．It comes from the clouds. |
| C．Snow, then, is made water. |
| D．It is great fun to throw these snowballs at one another. |
| E．Each little snowflake is in the shape of a star with six points. |
【推荐2】A report about air pollution in Beijing has been at dangerous levels for the past few days. The capital has been “weak” in smog for several days. The thick smog has also raised people’s concern(关注) about the effect the pollution will have on their health.
Li Shuang’s daughter got the flu last week. She is waiting to see a doctor at the Beijing Children’s Hospital. But Li is worried that the smog will make the kid’s illness even worse. Li Shuang said, “Beijing has been covered by the foggy weather for quite a while. The TV is keeping talking about the air pollution. I tried not to take my daughter outdoors to avoid the pollution. But she still got ill, I have to take her to the doctor.”
Like Li Shuang’s daughter, the number of respiratory(呼吸的) patients in Beijing is rising over the past weekend. Many kids are getting treatment. Li Yunting, an engineer at Beijing Municipal Environmental Monitoring Center, said, “Now PM2.5 particles(颗粒) in Beijing have reached a high level in the past few days.”
PM2.5 particles are small enough to go into human lungs, causing serious health problems. The local government has advised children and the elderly to avoid outdoor activities if possible. Because of this, there are no PE classes in many schools of Beijing now.
1. It’s reported that the weather in Beijing now is ________.| A．foggy | B．sunny | C．snowy |
| A．O₃ | B．H₂O | C．PM2.5 particles |
| A．水汽 | B．烟雾 | C．沙尘 |
| A．People should avoid outdoor activities on foggy days. |
| B．The number of the respiratory patients has been reducing. |
| C．There aren’t any PE classes in many schools because of the smog. |
| A．air pollution | B．noise pollution | C．water pollution |
【推荐3】Floods, droughts（干旱）, storms, hot days…extreme（极端的）weather is becoming more and more common all over the world.
This is caused by greenhouse gas emissions（温室气体排放）from human activities, reported China Daily.
This summer, big storms hit areas of Europe. At least 13 people died in Austria, France and Italy by Aug 19. In Portugal and Spain, huge wildfires have forced thousands to leave their homes.
In the US, more than 80 percent of the west is in drought, up from just 20 percent in 2021. Three-quarters of farmers in these areas have stopped growing food.
In China, the heat has hit the south since June. The duration（持续时间）of this year`s high temperatures will break the 62-day record in 2013, becoming the longest heat wave in 61 years.
Extreme weather events are not only killing people and destroying homes. They also drive more people into hunger. Millions in East Africa have little food to eat today, according to the World Health Organization. For four years, there wasn`t enough rain during its rainy seasons and the land was too dry to grow food.
Extreme weather has also made 218 of the known 375 infectious diseases（传染病）more serious, including malaria（疟疾）, cholera（霍乱）and anthrax（炭疽）, according to the journal Nature Climate Change. As viruses try to adapt to（适应）higher temperatures, they become stronger and harder to kill.
1. What do we know from the China Daily report?| A．The world sees less extreme weather than before. |
| B．Most extreme weather conditions happen in summer. |
| C．Human activity has caused more extreme weather. |
| D．There is no way to stop extreme weather from happening. |
| A．Which country suffers from extreme weather the most. |
| B．How many people died from extreme weather. |
| C．Causes of different types of extreme weather. |
| D．The effects of extreme weather in different areas. |
| A．Because wildfires destroyed their crops. | B．Because it didn`t rain at all this year. |
| C．Because the land is too dry to farm. | D．Because extreme weather killed many farmers. |
| A．It weakens people`s health. | B．It causes viruses to become stronger. |
| C．It offers more food to viruses and serious diseases. | D．It increases the number of infectious diseases. |
| A．How extreme weather happens. |
| B．What we can do to have less extreme weather. |
| C．The countries that are not affected by extreme weather. |
| D．The groups who get benefits from extreme weather. |
【推荐1】Suppose you are going to a hotel with your family. You’d probably expect to find a room with a bed, a TV, and a bathroom. What might you find in an insect hotel？
Insect hotels don’t have beds or TVs, but they do offer ideal “homes” for insects. They can be as small as a backpack (背包) or as large as a car.
The idea of creating insect hotels began in Germany. The people there noticed that many insects are in danger of becoming extinct because humans are changing their environment. They decided to create an environment that would protect insects and help them do their work.
They found that
Insects are helpful in many ways. Some eat other insects that bite or sting us. Some carry pollen between flowers, which helps plants make seeds (种子).
Hotels for insects may be new, but beehives (蜂箱) are not. Humans have been creating homes for honeybees for more than 3,000 years. This hobby is called beekeeping. Beekeeping helps both bees and people. Bees make honey which we like to eat. They also carry pollen (花粉) between flowers.
Insects help people in many ways, from controlling pests to helping plants grow. Making insect hotels and beehives are two ways we can help these animals grow strong.
1. What might you not find in an insect hotel?| A．Beds and TVs. | B．Big rooms as cars. |
| C．Some materials like leaves. | D．Different sections. |
| A．Active. | B．Creative. | C．Excited. | D．Disappeared. |
| A．insects like to live on leaves |
| B．some insects often eat other insects |
| C．insects like the same kind of environment |
| D．different insects prefer different environments |
| A．Beekeeping is only helpful to bees. |
| B．Insect hotels are always very small. |
| C．Insect hotels can help insects grow strong. |
| D．The idea of creating insect hotels began in Canada. |
【推荐2】If music makes you smarter and exercise helps you to think, surely exercising to music can turn you into an intelligent person.
A team of scientists from Ohio State University did experiments on 33 volunteers who were getting better from heart disease following operation. They found that people who exercised while listening to Italian musician Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” did much better on language ability tests than without music. It is also used in medical fields for patients who have bad head hurts because of its moderate tempo (舒缓的节奏).
“Exercise seems to cause positive changes in the nervous system and these changes may improve the learning ability of people with heart disease,” said the psychologist Charles Emery, who led the study. “And listening to music is thought to enhance understanding. We just wanted to put the two results together,” he added.
The volunteers said they felt better emotionally and physically after working out with or without the music. But their improvement on the test doubled after listening to music during exercise. Scientists have proved that music can be good for health, education and well-being. It helps reduce stress and sadness, encourages relaxation or sleep, wakes up the body and improves memory and thoughts.
Scientists have been studying the results of music on understanding since the early 1950s. A study showed that students who listened to Mozart 's violin pieces and exercised went on to get higher marks in an intelligence test. With important exams drawing near, your parents will not probably allow you to listen to music. But perhaps now you have good reasons to argue with them.
1. What does the underlined word “enhance” probably mean? ________.| A．Produce. | B．Provide. | C．Improve. | D．Increase. |
| A．Exercise is used for people with head hurts. |
| B．Music helps volunteers get better from heart disease. |
| C．Scientists often use Mozart's music, for it is not too exciting. |
| D．“The Four Seasons” can be used to help children with speech disorders. |
| A．you are supposed to follow your parents' words |
| B．you have some good reasons about music and exercising |
| C．good marks depend on listening to music and exercising |
| D．exercise to music might help you get higher grades in tests |
| A．music and exercise lead to relaxation or sleep |
| B．33 volunteers work on music in medical fields |
| C．exercising to music makes people healthy and bright |
| D．scientists give suggestions on choosing music to exercise |
【推荐3】The opening day of the 2022 Winter Olympics meets with the “Beginning of Spring”, which is the first of the 24 solar terms(节气) of the year. Let’s learn something about other solar terms.
 | The Spring Equinox is the fourth term of the year. It is a good time to fly kites. In ancient times, people did not have good medical resources. So to hope for health, they wrote their medical problems on paper kite. When the kite was in the air, people would cut off the string to let the paper kite float away, meaning the flying away of diseases. |
 | Clear and Bright is the 5th solar term. It is the only one whose first day is also a traditional Chinese festival, Tomb-Sweeping(扫墓) Day. Flying kites is an activity liked by many Chinese during the day. What makes flying kites during this day special is that people cut the string while the kite is in the sky to let it fly free. It is said that it brings good luck and diseases can be chased away by doing this. |
 | Grain Rain is the last term in spring. This period of rainfall is very important for the growth of crops. There is an old custom in southern China that people drink tea on the day of Grain Rain. Spring tea during Grain Rain is rich in vitamins and amino acids (氨基酸) which can help to remove heat from the body and is good for the eyes. It is also said that drinking tea on this day would prevent bad luck. |
 | Start of Summer is the 7th term of the year. The temperature will rise quickly during this period. In ancient China, people believed a round egg represented a happy life and eating eggs on the day of Start of Summer was a hope for good health. They put leftover tea into boiled water together with eggs and the “tea egg” was created. Today tea egg has become a traditional snack in China. |
① The Spring Equinox ② Clear and Bright ③Grain Rain ④Start of Summer
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．①④ | D．②④ |
| A．Because it can keep the diseases away from our bodies. |
| B．Because it can remove heat from the body and do good to the eyes. |
| C．Because it can bring us a happy life and great wealth. |
| D．Because it can make us get a lot of energy. |
| A．It will be windier and foggier. | B．There will be a lot of rain. |
| C．It will be hotter and hotter. | D．There will be a lot of snow. |
【推荐1】The Yellow River and Confucius (孔子) are two symbols of Chinese culture. Confucius thoughts were born and developed in the Yellow River basin. They both value farming and kindness. When it comes to the Yellow River culture, people have to talk about Confucius. So you decide to introduce Confucius to the world.
Confucius was one of the greatest teachers in ancient China who helped shape Chinese culture. He influenced Chinese education in many ways. But he didn’t usually give lessons by doing most of the talking. His teaching was done more in the form of conversations. In his whole life, about 3000 young people studied under Confucius and they recorded his sayings which were later edited into a book. The book is known as “The Analects” by the world.
Confucius changed his teaching style according to the needs of each student. One day, one of his students, Zi Lu, asked him a question, “When I hear a piece of good news, should I put it into practice at once?” Confucius replied, “You should always first ask someone with more experience.” A few days later, another student named Ran Qiu asked the same question. But Confucius replied, “Yes, put it into practice right away.” A third student heard the two conversations. He asked Confucius why he gave different answers to the two students.
“Ran Qiu always hesitates (犹豫) in making decisions. This is why I encourage him to move forward,” said the teacher. “Zi Lu, however, always makes decisions too quickly. Therefore, I want him to think twice before he does something.” See? ________. And that was how Confucius taught his students.
1. Which of the following is the cover of The Analects?A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．famous sayings | B．teaching style | C．traveling experience | D．childhood memory |
| A．An educator. | B．A doctor. | C．A scientist. | D．A ruler. |
| A．Different people get different answers | B．Only by discussing can people get answers |
| C．The answers are too hard for people to find | D．Everyone should search for difficult answers |
| A．有教无类 | B．不耻下问 | C．学思结合 | D．因材施教 |
【推荐2】Few words are spoken more often every day on the streets of Britain than “I’m sorry.” This phrase has become such a common response（反应）that it has taken on a lot of meanings.
Saying “Sorry” means to apologize（道歉）. This is simple and easy to understand. We learn it both as a native speaker and as a student of foreign languages.
But in Britain, it takes on another meaning. It is a cultural expression. Imagine this: a man walks down the street, looking down at his phone. A woman is walking in the opposite direction, towards the man. She sees him, but she can’t get out of the way in time. The man knocks into the woman. Who should say sorry? Naturally, the man should say sorry because it was he who wasn’t looking where he was going. Yet in Britain, it is common for both to apologize.
It is known that British people, like most people, do not enjoy fight. So to quickly calm the situation, British people will apologize to each other.
Other times it may sound funny to hear “sorry”. Some of my friends say it at restaurants, as they ask the waiter, “Sorry, but can I order another drink?” It is not to apologize, but just to express that we need the waiter. In Britain, sorry doesn’t always mean exactly what you think.
1. The example in the third paragraph is used to _________.| A．describe a situation that people should avoid |
| B．explain why people should say sorry to each other |
| C．describe how “sorry” has another meaning in Britain |
| D．show how polite British people are |
| A．apologize | B．calm a situation down |
| C．explain what you’re thinking about | D．ask a waiter to bring something |
| A．Traditional British manners. | B．“I’m sorry” is more than just an apology. |
| C．How to best catch others’ attention | D．Finding a way out of a difficult situation. |
| Uncle Sam Do your children enjoy interesting stories, funny games and exciting dances? Uncle Sam will be ready to teach children of all ages all these things at the City Theatre on Saturday morning at 10:00. Free. |
| Walking Tour Forget your worries on Saturday morning. Take a beautiful walk and learn about the local history. Meet at the front entrance of City Hall at 9:30. Wear comfortable shoes! |
| Movie Time Two films will be shown on Saturday afternoon at the Museum Theatre. See March of the Penguins at 1:30. Kung Fu Panda will be at 3:45. For further information, call 4987898. |
| International Picnic Are you tired of eating the same food every day? Come to Central Park on Saturday and enjoy food from all over the world. Delicious and not expensive. Noon to 5:00 pm. |
| Take Me Out to the Ballgame It’s October, and this Saturday night is your last chance to see the Redbirds this year. Get your tickets at the gate. It might be cold. Don’t forget sweaters and jackets. |
| Do You Want to Hear The Zoo? The Zoo, a popular rock group from Australia, will give their first US concert this Saturday night at 8:00 at Rose Hall, City College. |
1. You probably eat Chinese, Italian and Indian food at ________.
| A．City Hall | B．Central Park | C．City Theatre | D．City College |
| A．10:00 am | B．9:30 am | C．3:45 pm | D．8:00 pm |
| A．music group | B．US concert | C．popular park | D．museum theatre |
| A．if you are 8 years old, you have to pay to learn exciting dances |
| B．you can call 4987898 to get a ticket to go to Rose Hall |
| C．you can learn local history on a walking tour on Sunday morning |
| D．the Redbirds’ last match this year will be held outside |
| A．city news | B．weekend activities | C．music week | D．food festival |
