Wukong, Tiangong, Tianwen… Do you know where the names of Chinese space programs come from?
Wukong, the Dark Matter Particle Explorer satellite (暗物质粒子探测卫星), is named after Chinese superhero Monkey King. According to Journey to the West, Monkey King has a pair of sharp eyes which can tell the difference between good and evil. The Wukong satellite is just as sharp-eyed as Monkey King to help scientists search for dark matter in space.
The name of the space station, Tiangong, means “Heavenly Palace”. In Chinese myths(神话), this is the home of Tian Di. Now Tiangong Space Station is a home for Chinese astronauts in space. And China welcomes foreign astronauts to Tiangong so that they can work together.
Tianwen, China’s Mars missions (任务), gets its name from the poem Tianwen by Qu Yuan. Qu Yuan is a well-known poet from ancient China. In Tianwen, he had the questions about the sky, stars, nature, myths and the real world, showing his hunger (渴望) for truth. Perhaps the Tianwen missions will end up answering some of Qu Yuan’s questions.
If you look into more names of Chinese space programs, you will find that they all have beautiful meanings. We, the Chinese people, have a long-cherished (珍藏已久的) space dream. So the naming of Chinese space programs is taken very seriously.
1. What is the Wukong satellite used for?2. Does China welcome foreign astronauts to Tiangong Space Station to work?
3. Where is the name of China’s Mars missions from?
4. Why do we take the naming of Chinese space programs seriously?
5. What does the passage mainly talk about?
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Just say a date and she can tell you what happened on that day. This is not a scene from a TV series. Rebecca Sharrock, from Australia, has a super memory. She remembers every single detail (细节) of her life and can recite all the Harry Potter books from memory
“I still remember my mum placing me in the car and taking a picture of me when I was 12 days old,” Rebecca said. “That’s my earliest memory.” She has kept everything in her brain since then. She can tell us what she did what the weather was like, and so on, on any given day. It is quite amazing, isn’t it?
But to Rebecca, this superpower is a headache at school. “I’m not very quick at processing things. There is always so much going through my mind,” she explained. At night, Rebecca has to sleep with the radio and a soft light on. If it’s too dark or quiet, her mind will be filled with all these memories and she can’t fall asleep. As a child, she also used to recite the Harry Potter books when she got nervous. So now she can recite every one of the books by heart.
About 80 people around the world are said to have a super memory. Rebecca is one of them. In medical science, this is called hyperthymesia. Before these people were born, certain parts of their brains had gotten changed somehow. Scientists have done lots of research on hyperthymesia. However, they still know little about this special neurological (神经系统) condition.
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3. Rebecca has to sleep with the radio and a soft light on at night because
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China’s second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, has given the country’s first-ever video lecture from space. The whole lecture lasted about 40 minutes.
Speaking to students through a live video, from the Tiangong-I space laboratory. Ms. Wang used spinning tops (旋转的陀螺), a ball and some water to explain physics in zero-gravity (失重), with the help of a fellow astronaut.
Ms. Wang used different experiments to demonstrate (证明) the concepts (概念)of weight and mass (质量) in space. Towards the end of the class, Ms. Wang made a film (薄膜) of water using a metal ring. She then turned the film of water into a water ball by pouring more water onto it.
Around 330 primary and secondary school students watched the lecture from a special classroom in Beijing, where they could also ask Ms. Wang questions through a live video.
From time to time, the students greeted her lecture with warm applause (掌声). When answering a student’s question, Ms. Wang described what she could see in space.
“The stars we see are much brighter, but they do not twinkle (闪烁),” she said, “The sky we see isn’t blue, but black. And every day, we can see the sun rise 16 times because we circle the Earth every 90 minutes.”
About 60 million students and teachers around China also watched the lecture live on TV.
1. Wang’s lecture lasted2. Wang used different experiments to demonstrate the concepts of
3. Towards the end of the lecture, Wang Yaping made a film of water so as to
4. Wang described
5. The purpose of the passage is to encourage us to
【推荐3】Imagine you are walking through deep snow. As you walk, you leave footprints where you’ve been. That’s what happens when using technology, such as computers, mobile phones and tablets. You leave your digital footprint and it will never disappear.
Here are reasons why your digital footprint should matter to you.
How people see you
Of course, you have nothing to hide, but if people get information about you, they might judge you from the information you have left online. For example, you make a bad joke online. Years later, it’s found by the university you are applying to, and they don’t think it’s funny. Maybe they decide you are not the “right” kind of person for them,
Your private information
Not everything can be shared with everyone. For example, you might share your school reports with your parents, but keep them secret to your e-friends. If you share them on the Internet, they will not be a secret anymore. Therefore, to protect your privacy(隐私), remember to put out less information online.
Keeping your money safe
There are plenty of people looking at information about you, and some of them want to steal from you. So you shouldn’t write bank details, card numbers or passwords in emails or text messages.
Overall, the message is: No one can go online without leaving his digital footprint—but with care, you can control it.
回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过6个词。
1. When do you leave digital footprint?【推荐1】2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. The Chinese Zodiac (中国生肖) has twelve animals, which come in the order of Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Goat, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. And the Year of the Rabbit is the fourth year in a 12-year cycle.
The rabbit plays an important role in traditional Chinese culture. Ancient Chinese believed that there was a rabbit living on the moon. And they could see it on the shiny full moon at the Mid-Autumn Festival. It was grinding (磨碎) medicine there. People believed it could bring health to them. So the rabbit, especially the one with white hair, is a symbol of a long life. The success of the Apollo Program proved the rabbit had never lived on the moon, but its lucky meaning has never disappeared.
Besides, Chinese people also regard the rabbit as a typical example of quickness and cleverness. There are many idioms describing its quickness and cleverness. Here are some examples: Wu Fei Tu Zou: time travels so fast, just like how the crow (the sun) and the rabbit (the moon) travel every day. It shows time flies.
Dong Ruo Tuo Tu: Be able to move as quickly and easily as a rabbit that has broken loose. It is used to describe quick movements.
Jiao Tu San Ku: A clever rabbit always has several places to hide. It can protect the rabbit from being found by its enemies.
The rabbit is really an animal with many cultural meanings, isn’t it?
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1. Chinese people believe that the rabbit with white hair is a symbol of
2. The idioms above describe how
3. What does the idiom Wu Fei Tu Zou tell us?
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Here comes 2023, the Year of the Rabbit! Chinese people think rabbits are clever and agile (敏捷的). There are many Chinese idioms (习语) about rabbits. For example, people often say dongruo tuotu (动若脱兔) to praise (夸奖) people for their agile moves (行动). They also say jiaotu sanku (狡兔三窟) to praise clever people. That’s because a clever rabbit always has many holes(洞). This makes it difficult for people to find it.
In Chinese culture (文化), the rabbit stands for (代表) the moon. People in the past think a rabbit lives on the moon. We call the rabbit the Jade Rabbit or the Moon Rabbit. It’s the pet of the moon goddess (仙女)—Chang’e. It makes medicine by grinding herbs (捣草药).
Why do people in the past like rabbits very much? Because rabbits can have a lot of babies in a short time. They think having more children could bring them luck and happiness.
So maybe the Year of the Rabbit can bring you some good luck, too!
1. What do Chinese people think of rabbits?2. Why is it difficult for people to find rabbits?
3. Where does the Moon Rabbit live according to (根据) the people in the past?
4. Who is the moon goddess in Chinese culture?
5. Do people in the past think having more children will bring them luck and happiness?
Noodles are an important and traditional kind of food in Chinese dishes. There are all kinds of Chinese noodles, and they are in different shapes (形状) with different kinds of food ingredients (食材). They are an important part of the main foods in China. Not only are noodles delicious and easy to cook, but also they are a symbol of long life.
Chinese-style noodles are also an important kind of food of the East Asian countries which are close to China such as Korea, Japan, Thailand and Vietnam. Chinese noodles make a big difference to the people’s eating habits in these countries. And the people in these foreign countries use the traditional Chinese ways to cook noodles. Behind different cooking ways of the Chinese noodles is the wisdom (智慧) of the Chinese people.
The ways to call the Chinese noodles are different in different parts of China. China is so large and there are many dialects (方言) of Chinese. People in different places like using their own dialects to call the noodles in their hometowns. People always use pinyin (拼音) to call the names of each kind of noodles. In Chinese pinyin, the noodles are called “mian” “fen”. “Mian” means that the noodles are made from wheat (小麦) and “fen” is the flour (面粉) in English. However, in Hong Kong and some places in Guangdong Province, the people call the noodles in Cantonese (广东话). What’s more, the people in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and some other Southeast Asian countries use Hokkien (闽南语) to call the noodles.
Noodles play such an important role in the Chinese food culture. Let’s enjoy a bowl of delicious long noodles on our birthdays and get good luck.
1. Are noodles an important kind of food in Japan?2. What do people in different places like using to call the noodles in their hometowns?
3. How do you like the noodles in your hometown? Why?
【推荐1】The Lake District National Park is in the north of England. It is the size of 2, 292km2 and it’s the biggest of England’s national park. Most visitors like to walk around the lakes or climb up into the mountains. The highest mountain in England is in the Lake District National Park. On a clear day, you can see a long way from the top of the mountain. Walkers have to be careful because the weather can change suddenly especially in the mountains. The Lake District is also popular with many artists who like to paint the beautiful countryside.
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| The Lake District National Park—the | |
| Where it is | In the |
| How large it is | 2, 292 |
| What most visitors like | Walking around the lakes or |
| Who the Lake District is also popular with | Many |
Courage(勇气) is the ability to be brave in different kinds of situations（情形） in our life. Here and there, now and then, everyone needs courage to do something well. Courage may make you confident(自信) of your success. If you have courage, you won’t show fear in face of anything difficult or dangerous. With courage, you may still smile even if you are badly ill and know you are at the end of your life. How can we build up our courage?
Believe that you will be successful. Take chances and know that you have your own talents(天资). Besides, your family and friends are always there for you.
Exercise your courage. It is like a muscle(肌肉). The more we use it, the stronger our courage will be.
Know that giving up is not a choice. It’s much easier to give up, and it takes courage to say or do what you think is right, even when other people think you are wrong.
Fight to control your fear(害怕). Courageous people may still be afraid, but the difference is that they can control their fear. They don’t let it hold them back but use it as a reminder of what they can lose if they don’t go on.
Get courage by reading inspiring( 令人鼓舞的) stories of brave people. Abraham Lincoln is one of the people who you may think of.
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| You have your own talents, your family and friends are |
Take every chance to | Our courage will be stronger and stronger if we use it |
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Control your fear | Even the courageous people may be afraid sometimes, but they don’t let fear |
Get courage from the stories of | Abraham Lincoln is a good example. |
【推荐3】What to do in an earthquake
Earthquakes always happen suddenly, so it is difficult to warn people about them.
Usually people have little or no idea about what to do during an earthquake, so here is some advice.
Inside
1. Do not jump out of high buildings.
2. Hide under a table. Stay away from windows and heavy furniture. Keep clear of fires.
3. Leave the building quickly when the ground stops shaking, but do not use the lift.
4. Keep calm, especially when you are with other people. Be brave and be helpful.
Outside
1. Move away from buildings, because parts of a building may fall on you.
2. Do not stand under street lights or under power lines.
3. Stay away from bridges and trees. If you are in a bus or car, stay in it.
4. In the mountains, be careful of falling rocks.
5. On a beach, run away from the sea and move quickly to higher ground.
In short, follow what you learnt in school. You can be safe and you can also help save others.
1. Why don’t so many people know what to do during an earthquake?2. You are in a mountain. What should you do when the earthquake happens?
3. During the earthquake, what things should you stay away from? (答出两条即可)
4. Who is the article written to?
5. What’s the writer’s purpose to write this passage?
Imagine(想象) going camping(野营) for over a week with some of your close friends. You would make sure you have enough food to cook and eat. You should keep your food fresh and good. After finishing your meals, or at the end of your camping trip, you would then collect(收集) your trash(垃圾) just before you ride home.
Astronauts do the same thing when they go to space. Astronauts eat three meals a day, breakfast, lunch and dinner. They prepare(准备) different kinds of foods. They can eat some foods in their natural state(自然形态), such as fruit. Other foods need adding water, such as cheese. Of course, there are cookers(炊具) on a space station to heat food. Astronauts should take care of their space food. Salt is in a liquid(液体的) form. This is because astronauts can’t put salt on their food in space. The salt would fly away. It’s dangerous because it might get into an astronaut’s eyes, mouth or nostrils(鼻孔).
1. What would happen if you put salt on your food in space?2. How do astronauts heat food on the space station?
3. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
4. What’s the same thing does the writer think astronauts do as campers? (At least 2 answers. )
5. Give a proper title to the passage.
Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman astronaut(宇航员) to have worked in space for more than 100 days. On June 11, 2013, Wang Yaping went to space on Shenzhou Ⅹ spaceship with astronauts Nie Haisheng and Zhang Xiaoguang. Wang got the title of “space teacher” then, because she gave science lessons to over 60 million schoolchildren on TV. Wang was sent into China’s space station again on Oct, 16, 2021, on Shenzhou ⅩⅢ spaceship with astronauts Zhai Zhigang and Ye Guangfu. This was Wang’s second trip into space and she completed more tasks, including performing a 6.5-hour-long spacewalk, live science lessons and a work-life balance. On Nov, 7, Wang became the first Chinese woman spacewalker. “I hope all children with space dreams can go to the sea of stars one day,” Wang said.
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| Why Wang is a great astronaut | She has become the |
| In 2013 | |
| How many times Wang has been to space | |
| Why Wang was called “ | Because she gave science lessons to over 60 million schoolchildren on TV |
| What Wang did in space | She |
Space stations are like houses in space for astronauts. They stay in space or in the Earth’s orbit (轨道) (A) a long time. In space, there is much less gravity than on Earth. The astronauts float (B) about and must tie themselves to something before they sleep.
Dirt (尘埃) also floats about (C) can get inside the equipment (设备) and damage the space station, so the astronauts (D) have to be very clean, and have to put their rubbish in special bags. (E) There isn’t any air in space, so the astronauts must wear special suits when they leave the space station. Astronauts cannot spend too long in space，(F) 因为这对他们的健康有害. They must also do special exercises to stay fit (健康的). However, one Russian astronaut stayed on a space station for 437 days!
Perhaps in the future, people will stay for even longer on space stations.
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3. 将文中画线部分(E)改写为：There
4. 将文中画线部分(F)译成英语：
5. 从文中找出空间站所处的两个位置：
