Dancing is popular all over the world. Most people dance in theaters, in parks or in their own living rooms. However, Yang Liu, a 24-year-old girl from Guizhou, dances at an unusual place. Her stage is a single bamboo pole on the water. Yang is a performer of bamboo drifting (独竹漂). It is a traditional skill in the girl’s hometown. In ancient times, the local people crossed the rivers by riding on a bamboo pole. Now, bamboo drifting has developed into a folk sport.
Yang started to learn the technique from her grandmother at the age of seven. As she was in poor health as a child, her grandmother wanted her to become stronger through this sport. Yang threw herself into practicing bamboo drifting all year round, even in the winter cold and summer heat. She fell into the water again and again, but the girl didn’t give up. She always got back onto the pole and tried again. She practiced hard every day. Finally, she was able to keep her balance on the pole. However, Yang didn’t just stop there. She decided to live out her dream of becoming a dancer on a bamboo pole. The girl practiced many different kinds of movements on the pole. She failed countless times, but she never stopped trying.
Her hard work finally paid off. Now Yang has made a name for herself as a dancer on a bamboo pole. Her videos of dancing on a single bamboo pole are very popular on the Internet. Through Yang’s dances, many people now know about bamboo drifting. They have discovered the beauty of this traditional skill.
“I hope that more people can know about bamboo drifting and enjoy it,” said Yang.
1. Yang Liu often dances ________.| A．in a new theater | B．in a very big park | C．on a single bamboo pole on the water |
| A．lyrics | B．drama | C．skill |
| A．on the radio | B．on the Internet | C．from a newspaper |
| A．Yang has become an artist of bamboo drifting. |
| B．Yang learned bamboo drifting from her grandfather. |
| C．Yang has practiced bamboo drifting for seven years. |
| A．hard-working and strong | B．outgoing and beautiful | C．friendly and serious |
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【推荐1】A black cat crosses your path? That’s bad luck. Walk under a ladder (梯子)? That’s bad luck, too. Break a mirror-seven years of bad luck! Kill a bee? You got it...bad luck!
But not everything brings bad luck. Some things bring good luck, too. For example, if you carry a rabbit’s foot with you at all times that will bring you good luck. Of course, nowadays, lucky rabbit’s feet aren’t made of real rabbit’s feet. An acorn (橡子) in your pocket is good luck, too. If you make a wish when you see a shooting star cross the sky, the wish will come true.
If you throw rice on a just-married couple, they will have many children. If you catch a falling leaf on the first day of autumn, you will have good luck all year. If you blow out all the candles on your birthday cake in one blow, you will get whatever you want.
Are any of these things true? You may have blown out all the candles on your birthday cake in one blow last year, but did you get everything you wanted? Probably not. If you walk under a ladder and a bucket of paint falls on your head-that’s pretty bad luck. But if some candy or fruit falls, that’s good luck.
In fact, good luck and bad luck are only “superstitions (迷信). Millions of people all over the world believe in superstitions, especially good luck ones. But remember, no amount of acorns is going to save you if you make your decisions because of silly superstitions.
1. Which of the following brings good luck?| A．Walking under a ladder. | B．Breaking a mirror. |
| C．Carrying a rabbit’s foot. | D．Killing some bees. |
| A．giving examples | B．using numbers | C．listing reasons | D．telling a story |
| A．You will soon have a baby. | B．Your wish will come true. |
| C．The couple will have many babies. | D．The couple will get everything they wanted. |
| A．Acorns have nothing to do with good luck. |
| B．A large amount of acorns are always going to save you. |
| C．Many people around the world believe in superstitions. |
| D．We should not make decisions because of superstitions. |
【推荐2】Research has showed the importance of physical activities for students in a school environment. So many schools are now encouraging students to take part in some healthy forms of exercise.
Physical education is an important part of healthy living for people of all age groups, especially those going to school. This is because school life is full of stress.
Except that, in today’s world, many school children eat unhealthy foods. These may include soft drinks, pizzas, a burgers. Eating these foods often can increase school children’s body weight.
Physical education at school helps in preventing school children from putting on weight. Physical exercise and activities will help them burn off more calories(卡路里). If these calories are not burned off, they will be stored as fat. By doing physical exercises students use their calories to get energy.
At the same time, such activities play an important role in the healthy growth and development of bones(骨骼). Exercise such as jumping are especially important for school children as such activities produce a force onto the bone that helps in prove its power and growth.
A physically active student will also have a healthy heart. Research shows that kids who perform aerobic(有氧的) exercises, two to three times a week for at least twenty minutes, have a healthier heart compared with those who don’t take part in physical education. Some of the healthy aerobic exercises are: playing basketball and soccer.
1. What are schools encouraging their students to do in Paragraph 1?| A．Keep body and mind healthy. |
| B．Do research on healthy exercise. |
| C．Perform physical activities actively. |
| D．Pay more attention to school education. |
| A．Parents. | B．Students. | C．Teachers. | D．Customers. |
| A．①② | B．②③ | C．③④ | D．④⑤ |
| A．Physical activities are good for students in many ways. |
| B．It’s not easy for students to receive physical education. |
| C．Students should have more time to receive knowledge and education. |
| D．Those who don’t join in physical activities can’t keep fit. |
| A．A study on physical education |
| B．Exercising more to keep healthy |
| C．Taking healthy aerobic exercise |
| D．Different kinds of physical activities |
Are the lives of city kids the same as those in villages? In many ways, they are very different. But what are the differences?
Hu Peng of Wuhan and four friends decided to find them out. Earlier this month, they lived for a week in Caidian, a village near Wuhan. Hu and his friends went door to door in Caidian and asked the kids there lots of questions. They wanted to learn more about village kids’ everyday lives, so they asked these questions like —Do your parents teach you how to do housework? How much money do you usually spend on dinner? What would you do if a thief (小偷) came into your house? They also asked 150 city kids the same questions.What’s the Difference?
Last week the team gave a report to their class. There are lots of differences between children’s lives in cities and those in villages. The biggest difference is independence. Hu’s team said that 60 percent of city kids couldn’t do much housework, but 90 percent of village kids could care for themselves.
City kids told Hu they cared about school a lot, and they had no time for washing clothes or making their beds. Village kids said they helped their parents with housework a lot. They cooked, did some cleaning and fed animals. Hu’s team also found that village kids had less pocket money (零花钱). Many never used computers. They played in rivers or on mountains. Some didn’t really like to make new friends.
Hu and his friends said their trip gave them more self-confidence (自信) because they were doing something by themselves. But
1. How many city kids went to learn about village kids’ everyday lives?
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．had no time for their study |
| B．didn’t care much about school |
| C．helped their parents with housework a lot |
| D．had much pocket money |
| A．friends | B．Time |
| C．self-confidence | D．independence |
| A．their trip | B．their report |
| C．village kids | D．city kids |
| A．visiting schools in the village |
| B．questioning village kids and city kids |
| C．watching village kids’ everyday lives |
| D．questioning village kids’ parents |
【推荐1】Tomorrow is Garfield’s birthday. He first appeared in a comic strip on June 19,1978. Garfield is famous all over the world. You can read lots of Garfield books in many languages. People sell Garfield products in lots of countries.
Jim Davis is Garfield’s creator. Jim was born on July 28,1945 in Indiana. He grew up on a farm. Jim and his brother Dave helped with the farm work. They had 25 cats. They always made sure there was plenty of food for the cats.
As a boy, Jim was not very well. When he had to spend time resting, he drew pictures. He added words to his pictures to make them funny.
After college Jim worked for a few years at an advertising company. In 1969, he got a job to help a cartoonist. Jim noticed that there were many comic strips about dogs but few about cats. He thought that was strange because there were many cat lovers in the world.
He remembered the 25 farm cats. They gave him ideas for a cat comic strip. In the comic strip, Garfield became the central character in daily difficult experiences with Jon, his owner, and other characters. He is lazy, funny and hungry.
Jim Davis has received many awards for his work. Twice he was given the Best Humor Strip Cartoonist of the Year Award. He has won two Emmys（艾美奖）and other honors.
1. What’s the date today according to the passage?
| A．June 18. | B．June 19. | C．July 28. | D．July 29. |
| A．24 | B．25 | C．26 | D．33 |
| A．Jim. | B．Jon. | C．Dave. | D．Garfield. |
| A．Jim Davis created Garfield. |
| B．You can get Garfield products in all countries of the world. |
| C．The cats in his family were useful to Jim’s creation. |
| D．There were few comic strips about cats until Jim created Garfield. |
| A．to tell us to watch more comic strips |
| B．to show us how to become a cartoonist. |
| C．to tell us some information about Jim Davis |
| D．to prove Garfield is the most popular cartoon character |
At that time people in Paris liked the Hungarian（匈牙利的）pianist Franz Liszt.
One night，at a concert, Liszt went to the piano and people shouted. As all the lights in the concert were turned off, a wonderful piano concert started. The music was so good that the listeners were all greatly interested. They kept praising(不停地赞扬) the pianist and thought that Liszt had reached something new in playing the piano.
Suddenly, all the lights were turned on again as the music came to an end. And there stood a young man instead of the famous Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt.
Liszt planned all this. As the lights went out, Liszt left his chair and let Chopin take his place. So with the help of Liszt and his own talent(天赋)，Chopin soon became famous.
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1. Chopin was______.
| A．the greatest musician in the world |
| B．a famous Polish(波兰的)pianist |
| C．a famous Paris pianist |
| D．one of the greatest musicians in Hungary |
| A．after all lights were turned on |
| B．when Liszt sat down at the piano |
| C．after the lights were turned off |
| D．when Chopin went to the piano |
| A．before he came to the concert |
| B．Because he was a student of Liszt’s |
| C．because people in Paris liked him very much |
| D．since he played so well at the concert |
| A．Chopin could be famous because of his own talent and the help from Liszt |
| B．Liszt planned to make Chopin famous |
| C．Liszt was Chopin’s teacher |
| D．one could be famous only with the help of a famous pianist |
【推荐3】“Art is long, life is short,” read a statement (声明) on March 28 when Japanese composer and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto passed away at the age of 71.
Sakamoto showed great interest in music when he was a little boy. He began studying composition at 11 and majored (主修) in music in college. He was always attracted by the sounds around him. When he was a high school student in Tokyo, he would ride the train and enjoyed himself by listening to the sounds it made.
In 1978, he formed a music group called Yellow Magic Orchestra (黄色魔术交响乐团). He made songs that influenced early hip-hop and techno.
But what made Sakamoto world-famous was his film music. In 1983, he composed the music for the movie Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence and acted in it as well. His film score for The Last Emperor, in 1987, won him an Oscar, a Grammy, and a Golden Globe.
Sakamoto always paid close attention to the real world and human society. In 2020, he gave a free music show for Wuhan people who were fighting the pandemic. He used Chinese-style instruments such as gongs (锣) and cymbals (钹) made in Wuhan to bring people strength and courage.
He also spoke against nuclear power (核能) following the 2011 Fukushima disaster. When visiting the disaster area, he found a water-damaged (损坏的) piano. He repaired it and made it into a work of art by adding sensors (感应器) to the keys. The instrument then became a machine that made sounds from seismic data (地震数据) collected from around the world. This was his way of reminding people to never forget the disaster.
1. What did Sakamoto’s experience on the train want to show us?| A．He was very interested in music. | B．He could compose with noises. |
| C．He liked to take trains to travel. | D．He could be easily distracted (分心的). |
| A．His music group. | B．His music for films |
| C．Hip-hop and techno music | D．His actions against nuclear power |
| A．To remember the disease | B．To introduce his music |
| C．To learn Chinese traditional instruments | D．To inspire people in Wuhan |
| A．Terrible. | B．Busy. | C．Meaningful. | D．Common. |
