What the word now calls football, or soccer in the United States, began with the ancient Chinese game of cuju. In the 19th century, the British set up a set of rules and the modern game was born.
Many reasons put the football fun base at about 3.5 billion and nearly 250 million players take part in the game all over the world. The 2018 Word Cup was watched by 3.57 billion people. Cricket(板球) is the next most played and watched sport, but its audience is smaller. Other popular sports such as basketball, baseball, and tennis don’t even come close.
Football is popular for many reasons, but basicly, the biggest one may be this: It’s a simple game. Even if one doesn’t have much knowledge of its rules, he can understand the basics by watching it for the first time. What’s more, football can be played anywhere with anything, like a ball or a can. Besides, “You don’t need to be rich to play soccer,” says one historian. “You just need a flat space and a ball.”
It is this special simplicity that makes football the most popular sport in Africa, where people even in poor areas play the game with handmade balls. Football is the love of everyone there and more than once the game has been a great help. In Ivory Const, for example, immigrants(移民) and Muslims(穆斯林) faced inequality for years. Yet many of the country’s best football players are from Muslim and immigrant families. As a result, the national team has become a symbol of unity.
All over Africa, football is popular with parents and teachers for another reason: it keeps young people, especially boys, in school and out of trouble. “Most clubs here don’t allow boys to play if they don’t go to school,” explains a teacher in Ghana. “Soccer helps to make young people responsible(有责任心的) in society. For us, soccer is also a tool for hope.”
1. What does “it’s a simple game” underlined in Para. 3 mean?① It is affordable for anyone. ② It is easy to master the skills.
③ Its necessary equipment(设备) is simple. ④ Its basic rules are easily understood.
| A．① ② ③ | B．① ③ ④ | C．① ② ④ | D．② ③ ④ |
| A．Football helps to improve peace and harmony. |
| B．Football is a sport for people from any religion(宗教). |
| C．Ivory Coast is broken by different groups of people. |
| D．Ivory Coast is home to many best football players. |
| A．It helps young people fit into society. | B．It makes children able to get better grades. |
| C．It encourages boys to join study clubs. | D．It makes sure young men get more educated. |
| A．Cuju, an ancient Chinese game | B．My favourite sport game |
| C．What makes football so popular | D．Why is football the hope of Africa |
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I’m the father of a five-year-old boy. “Daddy, where are you going?” Dave asks me when I’m putting on my running shoes on a cold Sunday morning. “Go running,” I say. “Why?” he asks me in surprise. He is only three, “Joe, why do you go running?” I don’t know
The truth is that just before you run,
Running is difficult. You need to persist (坚持).
| A．Running is also easy to do |
| B．but something lets me go |
| C．it’s still difficult to explain to someone why you run |
| D．then why not try something new |
| E．and it’s easy for me to do the other things |
 Time: 11-12am. 7th March Place: coffee Quest. 64 The Willows. Free. Anyone who loves books is welcome. |  Time: Join us 2-4pm.3rd March Place: Sunnyside Hall.112 Main Street. All children welcome Free. |
 LEARN TO COOK AND BAKE WITH ANNE Time: 3-5 pm. end 16th March. Place: Sunnyside kitchen, 3A Green Street iutoandsmm Halt. All ages welcome $10 for food. |  At 6-8pm every Tuesday and Thursday in March. Location: Sally’s Dance Studio.32Admiral Road. All ages welcome. Cost: $100 per month / $15 per class. |
1. All activities(活动)are________.
| A．in March | B．about food |
| C．in the same street | D．only for students |
| A．Talk about the best writers. | B．Have fun dancing. |
| C．Eat a free lunch in Sunnyside Hall. | D．Drink coffee with Anne. |
| A．how to read | B．how to cook |
| C．how to dance | D．how to study |
| A．$100 per week | B．$10 per class |
| C．$15 per month | D．$15 per class |
【推荐3】Emmoni Lopez, a girl from Chicago, used to take dance lessons while her older brothers wrested (摔跤). But it turned out that she liked wrestling better. She has been practicing in a wrestling club for the last three years.
Lopez is not alone. A growing number of girls in the US are taking up wrestling. Officials with youth organizations in Chicago and the Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation (IKWF) said they’ve seen more girls taking part in the sport in recent years.
Between the 2015—16 and 2017—18 seasons, the number of girls who joined the IKWF grew from 363 to 503. There’s a competition just for girls at the end of each year.
In Lopez’s program, about half of the students joining the club’s free youth wrestling camp this summer are girls, Lopez’s coach Frankie Zepeda said. The club also has an all girls camp.
As Zepeda said, many of the girls become interested in wrestling through their brothers. “They probably just learn to…fight back.” he said.
One of those girls is Yamilet Aguirre, 12. She took up wrestling because she was bored just watching her brother wrestle. “I can have fun doing it,” she said “Girls are just as strong as boys are.” She won the girls’ state championship (冠军) this spring.
Some colleges, such as North Central College, are planning to start girls’ wrestling programs. This will give girls more options (选择) and encourage more of them to take up wrestling.
1. According to the text, Emmoni Lopez decided to practice wrestling because ________.| A．her parents wanted her to wrestle | B．she wanted to learn something new |
| C．she was interested in wrestling | D．she was bored with dance lessons |
| A．There is a girls’ competition every two years. |
| B．More and more girls are joining in wrestling. |
| C．The number of girls taking up the sport has gone down. |
| D．There are more girls than boys playing the sport. |
| A．Introduce wrestling to girls | B．describe how weak girls can be |
| C．encourage girls to watch their brothers wrestle | D．explain why girls enjoy wrestling |
| A．More Girls Take up Wrestling | B．Sports Can Make People healthy |
| C．Interest is the Best Teacher | D．Different Opinions on Sports |
【推荐1】During the day we work, study and play, at night we sleep. Our body rests while we sleep. Students who are tired usually need more sleep. If we want to be strong,
People around the world care about their sleep and ask themselves questions about sleep on March 21. Why?
Why do we need sleep?
Different people need different amounts（数量）of sleep. Eight hours a night is considered the average amount of sleep.
Here are some of the most useful suggestions for a good night’s sleep.
★Go to bed at the same time. ★Use your bed only to sleep.
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★Drink a glass of milk before sleep. ★Stop looking at the mobile phone while you can’t sleep.
All in all, it’s very important for us to have enough sleep at night. Let’s take action now!
| A．Everyone needs enough sleep |
| B．Keep the bedroom dark and quiet. |
| C．Because it is World Sleeping Day. |
| D．We must get plenty of sleep at night |
| E．Primary school students need at least ten hours |
| F．Nobody can give a perfect answer to this question |
When was the last time you heard a “male (男性的)” voice assistant (助手)?
The UNESCO report has looked into the effect of having female voice assistants.
Meanwhile, by naming voice assistants with traditionally female names, like Alexa and Siri, tech companies have also strengthened a certain image of women.
This does matter because they come back to affect how young girls and young women see themselves and the way they have dreams for the future. It’s almost like going back to the image of women that was held in the 1950s or 1960s.
These mistakes happen because technologists do not have the diverse (多元化) teams and diversity of thought.
| A．Unluckily, the embarrassing situation will probably last for a long term. |
| B．For example, in Norwegian (挪威语), Siri means “a beautiful woman who leads you to victory”. |
| C．It says they encourage the idea that women typically hold assistant jobs and that they should be “soft”. |
| D．It’s believed that the problem is a result of the fact that there are not so many women workers in the tech field. |
| E．Chances are never, as most of the AI we’re used to hearing is “female”, like Apple’s Siri or Amazon’s Alexa. |
| F．To deal with the problem, some technologists have been designing a genderless (无性别的) digital voice, reported BBC News. |
The earth has warmed by about l℉(华氏度) over the past 100 years, but why and how? Well, scientists are not quite sure. Maybe the earth gets warmer and warmer on its own. But many scientists say that people are doing many things which makes the earth warmer.
First, greenhouse effect (温室效应) is a very important reason for the change of the earth. People give out too much energy into the air every year. It makes the earth warmer. Climate (气候) change is another important reason. Sometimes it becomes too hot and sometimes too cold. Sometimes there is too much rain and sometimes too little. The change of the climate makes the earth warmer. In turn, the warmth of the earth changes the climate, too.
When the earth becomes warmer, there may be more rain and a rise in sea level. It will affect the growth of plants, animals and people. On a Pacific island, 100 people have to move to higher ground because the sea is rising. These people can no longer live on the coast. Before that, two islands without people went underwater in 1999. Scientists say that the seas can rise by nearly one metre by 2100.
People can affect the earth’s air, land and water. As for us, we can do many things to protect the earth. For example, we can use fridges less. We can tell more people about protecting the earth.
1. Earth Day is probably set for people to ________ .
| A．learn more about the earth | B．make full use of the earth |
| C．take better care of the earth | D．study the warmth of the earth |
| A．not very clear | B．completely secret | C．well known | D．not given yet |
| A．sea rising | B．climate change |
| C．nature’s unbalance | D．people’s activity |
| A．animals and islands | B．climate and the warmth of the earth |
| C．fridges and animals | D．sea level and the growth of plants |
【推荐1】When you are reading something in English, you may often meet a new word. What’s the best way to know it?
You may look it up in the English-Chinese dictionary. It will tell you something about the word: the pronunciation (发音), the part of speech (词性), the Chinese meaning and also how to use this word. But how can you know where the word is in thousands of English words? How to find it in a dictionary quickly.
First, all the English words are in the alphabetical order. In the dictionary you can first see the words beginning with the letter A, then B, C, D, E... that means, if there are two words “do” and “put”, “do” will be certainly before “put”. Then if there are two words both beginning with the same letter, you may look at the second letter. Then the third, the fourth . . for example, “pat” is before “picture”, “bald” is before “balloon”.
Do you understand how to look up a word in a dictionary?
The dictionary will be your good friend, and we can learn better from it. I hope you’ll use it as often as possible in your English learning.
1. How to know a new word according to this passage?| A．Ask the teacher for help. |
| B．Find it out from a computer. |
| C．Find it out from a Chinese dictionary. |
| D．Find it out from an English-Chinese dictionary. |
| A．The pronunciation. | B．The Chinese meaning. |
| C．How to use the word. | D．How to remember the word. |
| A．字母顺序 | B．拼写顺序 | C．前后顺序 | D．时间顺序 |
| A．How to learn English well. | B．How to buy a good dictionary. |
| C．How to use the dictionary. | D．How to find the letters in the dictionary. |
【推荐2】More and more students are interested in becoming good writers. Then how can they make their dreams come true? The following tips are helpful.
Learn from good writers. Reading lots of books is helpful in your writing. This is because when you are reading, you are learning different skills of English. For example, you are learning new words and sentences to use in your own writing. And at the same time, you are learning how to spell correctly. You are also learning English grammar.
Practice your writing. You can improve your writing, like any other skill, by practicing it. Of course, you have to do many different kinds of writing given by your teachers, but you can try to write other things at least once or twice a week. Here are some ideas:
·Write a diary or a story every day.
·Describe a beautiful place you visited, or an interesting person you met.
·Write about a scary or funny thing that happened to you.
·Join an Internet chat (聊天) room.
1. What can we learn while we are reading?| A．New words and sentences. | B．Spelling. |
| C．English grammar. | D．All of the above. |
| A．Once or twice a year. | B．Once or twice a week. |
| C．Once or twice a month. | D．Every day. |
| A．In a tour guide book. | B．In a school magazine. |
| C．On TV or radio. | D．In a lost and found notice. |
| A．How to write a book. | B．How to be a good writer. |
| C．How to improve your English. | D．How to become a famous writer. |
【推荐3】“All grown-ups were once children but only few of them remember it.” It’s a thoughtful sentence from a famous book, The Little Prince. The book first came out in 1943 and it was written by the French writer, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900-1944).
The main character lives on the planet B612 alone. He leaves his star to travel and meets different kinds of people from other planets such as the King, the drunk, the businessman and so on. During the travel, the young prince discovers that people are all looking for happiness with hardship but they seldom have the ability to achieve it because of their so-called “business”. In the real life, we are often busy with our study and work just like a walking dead body. We grew up and threw away a lot of memories, but thanks to this book we can look back what we have forgotten.
Though it is a children’s book, it’s also written for teenagers and adults. People of all ages can read this book and have their own understanding of it. The story’s true meaning is between the lines said by the fox: “One sees clearly only with the heart. What is important is invisible to the eyes.” Other key messages are also explained by the fox, such as: “You become responsible forever for what you have tamed (驯服).” The fox’s messages are unquestionably the book’s most famous ideas because they deal with human relationships.
It is a book about life and love, and The Little Prince can make people feel warm and fresh.
1. According to the article, many people can’t achieve happiness because _______.| A．people are looking for happiness with hardship |
| B．people are often busy with their study and work |
| C．people don’t have a lot of memories |
| D．people forget they were once young |
| A．Because they tell the true meaning of the story. |
| B．Because they can help you become responsible. |
| C．Because they are explained by the fox. |
| D．Because they speak for children and adults. |
| A．say something about B612 | B．introduce a famous prince |
| C．tell what human should be | D．suggest reading The Little Prince |
