①People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. In the English language, there are many meanings using the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.
②For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest (抗议) and say “Do not bad mouth me”. Another situation is that you thought someone said something bad about you, and you ask him. He might say, “Do not put words in my mouth!” Sometimes, people tell the person something they didn’t mean to tell. The speaker might say, “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.” In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.
③Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say. When this happens, the friend might say. “You take the words right out of my mouth!”
④Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person “was born with a silver spoon (银匙) in his mouth.” This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives from hand to mouth. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.
1. “Do not put words in my mouth” has the same meaning to “________”.| A．I did not say that | B．Please don’t ask me |
| C．That’s too dirty | D．I am full |
| A．Friendly | B．rich | C．strong | D．cute |
| A．English people say bad things very often. |
| B．People use their mouths to do lots of things. |
| C．The rich have different mouths from the poor. |
| D．The word “mouth” has different meanings in English. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
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English speakers use idioms (习语) all the time. You can hear them in conversations, read them in articles, or hear them in films and songs. You don’t need to use them yourself, but it’s important for you to understand them.
If you “have a bone to pick with someone”, you have problem and you need to discuss it with someone. What’s more, you need to find a way to work it out.
If you “get up on the wrong side of the bed”, you wake up in a bad mood, often because you haven’t slept well. Be careful of this situation. It might make your work worse or you could shout at others more easily.
If some people “go bananas”, they become very excited, or extremely (极其) happy or angry. This idiom probably got its name from what monkeys usually do when seeing bananas.
If you tell someone to “take something with a pinch of salt”, you’re telling him or her not to believe everything that others say.
If some people try to “pull the wool over your eyes”, they try to stop you seeing, knowing or finding out something, often by tricking you or lying to you.
| A．Or it might get you into trouble |
| B．You should try to find out what they are really like |
| C．It’s for reminding him or her to be careful of certain people |
| D．Here are some common idioms for you |
| E．Try to control this terrible feeling as well as possible |
| F．It means how to get along well with others |
【推荐2】People use languages to communicate. Any language has its ways to express people’s minds. One of the ways in common is the use of idioms. An idiom is a group of words. It has a special meaning that is different from the usual meaning. For example, “under the weather” is an idiom meaning ill. So when people say “I’m under the weather”, they are saying that they’re not feeling well. Another example, “in all weathers” means “in all kinds of weather”. So, “There are homeless people sleeping on the streets in all weathers” tells us that homeless people sleep on the streets no matter whether it is cold or hot.
Different languages may have different ways to make idioms. For people who are learning a foreign language, idioms could cause misunderstandings and bring them endless headaches. On the other hand, if things are done right, idioms can also be a fun way of looking into a new culture and understanding how the people think and talk.
Metaphor (比喻) is often used in idioms. Let’s read the following two examples:
●It makes my blood boil (煮沸) when people litter (乱扔).
●The night was dark and quiet; my blood ran cold when I heard a strange noise outside at dark night.
In neither situation above, our blood can reach the point so high or so low in temperature. Yet, with the situations the two sentences created, it is not difficult to work out the unhappy feelings of really angry in the first example and very afraid in the second.
Of course, not all idioms are this easy to understand. When we come to idioms of a foreign language, a good dictionary of idioms is always suggested.
1. This passage tells us something about ________ in the English language.| A．grammar | B．writing | C．reading | D．idioms |
| A．I’m under the weather | B．I’m there in all weathers |
| C．You’ve made my blood boil | D．My blood runs cold |
| A．We should look it up in a good idiom dictionary. |
| B．We should try to express our minds with it. |
| C．We should find an interesting way to learn it. |
| D．We should create situations to guess its meaning. |
| A．Positive. | B．Negative. | C．Neutral (中立的). | D．We don’t know. |
| A．history | B．language | C．health | D．nature |
There are many English proverbs (谚语) about “home”. Here are some of the best.
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This proverb comes from the song Home Sweet Home. It simply means home is always the best place.
“The longest way round is the shortest way home.”
Though this proverb also has the word “home”,
“Home is where the heart is.”
Home doesn’t have to be the building that you live in. It is where you most want to be.
| A．So slow down, slow is fast |
| B．it is necessary to do everything as fast as we can |
| C．Most people have their “home” in their mind |
| D．There’s no place like home |
| E．Where there is a will, there is a way |
| F．Maybe it’s not that comfortable |
| G．its meaning is not about “home” but about working and studying skills |
Most of us have spent time at a museum, looking at and learning about the things there. But how many of us have ever thought about how these objects are kept in good condition?
Every year, museums put a lot of money and effort into keeping their objects in good condition.
However, even if the conditions are correct, some things still can ruin( 毁坏) a valuable object—insects. Often they enter the museum inside the object itself.
Museum experts say that the older the objects are, the more the insects seem to be attracted(吸引) to them. That’s a problem because these things can’t easily be repaired.
| A．They say that at the moment it’s just an experiment(实验). |
| B．They may also be brought in by accident on visitors’ clothes. |
| C．Visitors’ clothes also has an influence on the objects in the museum. |
| D．But now one museum in the USA has decided to try something new. |
| E．As a result, museums will try almost anything to prevent insects from harming their collections. |
| F．They make sure the temperature and light levels are always just right, and that the air isn’t too wet. |
Life cycle of a butterfly
Have you ever seen a baby butterfly? If you have seen a caterpillar（毛虫）, then you have!
This is called the larva stage（幼虫阶段）. Now let’s learn about the life cycle of butterflies.
After the metamorphosis is done, they come out of their cocoons. But they are no longer worm-like babies! They are adult butterflies. They have beautiful wings.
| A．Adult butterflies do not live very long. |
| B．Butterflies lay eggs on plants. |
| C．But all of them go through an amazing change! |
| D．Caterpillars then begin the pupa stage（蛹阶段）. |
| E．Butterflies start their lives as worm-like caterpillars. |
The Amazon rainforest is home to millions of different kinds of animals, plants and birds. Most of the world’s fresh water is here and the forest plants clean the Earth’s air every day.
Experts continued recording data from 1991 to 2016 to examine deforestation (砍伐森林): They worked out that 75 percent of the rainforest is now at risk of being unable to recover (恢复).
Deforestation and weather change were the main causes for the reducing of Amazon rainforest. The experts also said that the Amazon will only need a few ten years to change from rainforest into grasslands.
The change of the Amazon rainforest, in some ways caused by global warming will also speed up this process.
| A．The bad change of the Amazon would also have a huge effect on the Earth. |
| B．Some people think too much about themselves and never think about the future. |
| C．And its recovery is becoming more difficult because of global warming. |
| D．But the Amazon rainforest is in a serious situation now. |
| E．The Amazon stores lots of carbon and all of that would be set free into the air. |
| F．What would the world be like without the Amazon rainforest? |
【推荐1】It might be strange to wear clothes made of plastic bottles. But in fact, some clothing companies are already making clothes like these.
The fashion company of Alia Juma’s showed its newest collection at a workshop in Shanghai. Eighteen clothing kinds from the collection were made of recycled plastic bottles. “We realized that billions of water bottles are thrown into oceans every year and it would take hundreds of years to break down. We should use them to improve the environment,” said Alia Juma, the company’s designer. “Five bottles can make a shirt, 10 a dress, and 20 a short coat.”
Many other fashion companies are finding similar ways to save our planet these days. The process is rather simple. First, the plastic bottles are washed and cut into small pieces. Then they are melted (熔化) and shaped into small balls. Then the balls are melted again to form threads (线). People can then use the threads to make different kinds of clothes.
According to Juma, it takes 67,000 bottles to produce 1 ton of threads. This cuts down carbon emissions (碳排放) by 4.2 tons and water use by 6.2 tons compared with the normal way of making threads.
Some people might have wondered about wearing something made of plastic bottles. But in fact, clothes made of plastics can be even better than those made from common materials. Plastic threads can also be made into different materials, such as cotton, silk, or even wool. It seems that this innovation (创新) may lead to a greener future of fashion.
1. Why do fashion companies make clothes with plastics according to the passage?| A．In order to protect our earth. |
| B．In order to make more money. |
| C．In order to recycle plastic bottles. |
| D．In order to make clothes-making more fashionable. |
| A．崩塌 | B．分解 | C．融化 | D．打碎 |
| A．The ways to save our planet. |
| B．The process of making plastic clothes. |
| C．The companies of making plastic clothes. |
| D．The kinds of clothes-making with plastic bottles. |
| A．Plastics can only be used to make clothes. |
| B．People don’t like the clothes made of plastics. |
| C．The future of plastic clothes making is cheaper. |
| D．Plastic clothes making may lead to a new future of fashion. |
Gourds(葫芦) have a history of 7,000 years in China. These special-shaped plants are used for cooking delicious dishes as well as making musical instruments. But today we are talking about the pyrography craft(烙画工艺) on gourds.
The craft originated during the Han Dynasty at first and entered its golden age during the Qing Dynasty. Many cities of China like Tianjin and Beijing are well-known for such gourds. Take the craft from Beijing as an example. As the family’s fourth-generation inheritor(继承人) of Beijing’s gourd-pyrography craft, Niu Chengguo has been working hard on the craft for about 40 years. With his great love for beautiful things, Niu has kept improving his art skills and created many works of art.
“When I was a little boy, I was deeply touched by the lively patterns(图案) on gourds which were created by my grandpa. I began studying how to create the artworks with the help of my grandpa when I was 11 years old.” said Niu.
Niu’s artworks are sold well in many countries. Many of his works have appeared in many cultural exchange(交流) activities. As a result, the gourd-pyrography craft is becoming more popular.
In 2021, Niu started to provide a platform to help visitors enjoy the beauty of the gourd craft. “I just want to make the traditional craft. known and liked by more people,” Niu said.
1. The underlined word “originated” probably means “________” in the text.| A．lost | B．returned | C．stopped | D．appeared |
| A．His grandfather’s. | B．His grandmother’s. | C．His father’s. | D．His mother’s. |
| A．tell the history of gourds |
| B．show how to draw pictures on gourds |
| C．introduce an inheritor of a traditional craft |
| D．explain why gourds are popular |
【推荐3】Team games are much better than games you have to play by yourself. Many people can play together, so you can play with your friends.
In order to (为了) win a team game, the players must work together. That can make it easy to be friends and teach them how to care for other people.
Playing in team games gives you pride (荣誉) in your school or class. It is great to know that you do a lot for your team in the game. So team games help people to learn how to be part of a team, they are just much more fun. And if your side wins, you can feel much better.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。1. Which one is right (正确的) about team games?
| A．It is an adult (成人) game. |
| B．There are two or three people in a game. |
| C．There are many people in a game. |
| A．care for the others | B．care for himself | C．play by himself |
| A．You can feel much better if you know you have done a lot for your team in the game. |
| B．Playing in a team game can give you money. |
| C．It is easy for the players to be friends because they must work together. |
