Journey to the West, or Xi You Ji, is a very famous Chinese TV play. It is about the great trip of Tang Seng, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie and Sha Seng. The stories come from a book of the same name by Wu Cheng’en in the Ming Dynasty（朝）.
The TV play was the first of its kind in China. The production team（制作团队）spent about six years, from 1982 to 1988, making it. The production team met with many problems. At that time, they only had very simple tools（工具）. Still, they tried their best to make the TV play well. They spent two months visiting over 60 places across China to find the best places for different stories. They needed the wire stunt（威亚） to help characters “fly”, but no one knew how to do it. They flew to Hong Kong to learn the technique（技术）.
Through the production team’s hard work, the TV play was first on in China in 1986. It quickly became very popular. About nine people in ten watched it. So far Chinese channels have repeated（重播） the TV play more than 3, 000 times. Now, it is still popular with Chinese people. When people talk about “summer vacation”, lots of them think of the TV play. People in other countries also love it.
1. To show that the production team went through a difficult time, the writer ________.| A．tells a story | B．asks a question | C．shows his ideas | D．gives some examples |
| A．It’s long. | B．It is very popular. |
| C．It is only for young kids. | D．It is best to watch on vacation. |
| A．A famous TV play | B．A hard-working team |
| C．How to make a TV show | D．What to learn from Journey to the West |
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Reality TV is a type of programme. It means that real-life people, not actors, are followed and filmed in a real situation, or game.
Reality TV is very popular in the UK. At their best, these programmes give us a good look into the lives of different people in Britain. At their worse, they are a very cheap way to make programmes and sometimes involve people behaving very badly.
Here’s a selection of some of the UK’s reality shows.
Shattered
A group of young people live in a house for a week and must stay awake. Each day there are tests to see how well they can work even though they are totally tired out. They must leave the house if they fall asleep. Viewers vote on those who stay in the house and text their comments (评论) every day.
Come to Dine with Me
Each week four people prepare dinner in their homes for the other competitors. Each competitor then gives the cook a grade out of 10 for the food and entertainment (娱乐). The winner gets a $1,000 cash prize. Sometimes the food is terrible and the competitors are very rude to each other.
World’s Strictest Parents
Badly-behaved British teens are sent abroad to live with a super strict family for a week. The teenagers have to follow the rules of their host family and go to the local school. After seven days the teenagers return home and their parents tell us if their behaviour is better. There is often a lot of crying and shouting in this show but it can be pretty funny too.
1. Which statement about Reality TV is NOT true?
| A．Real-life people are in it. |
| B．We can see a real situation in it. |
| C．It usually costs less money to make Reality TV. |
| D．Anybody can be in Reality TV. |
| A．you are too tired to sleep |
| B．you fall sleep |
| C．the viewers dislike you |
| D．you can’t get on well with others |
| A．It’s broadcast once a week. |
| B．Competitors usually don’t have good behaviour. |
| C．Competitors taste the food and give it a grade. |
| D．There are altogether four people in the programme each time. |
| A．The host parents are too strict with the teens. |
| B．Some teens dislike their host family’s rules. |
| C．Some teens wouldn’t like to live with their host family. |
| D．Badly-behaved teens can behave better after a week with a super strict family. |
| Time | Programs |
| 8:30 am | Elmo’s World Do you know that different kinds of cats live in different places? It’s true! And there’s a lot more to learn as Elmo and his friends tell about the cats! |
| 9:20 am | Play School Join the play school team to learn English while singing songs, listening to stories, and learn to make things with Big Ted, Jemima on this children’s show. |
| 12:00 am | ABC News News from all over the world. |
| 2:10 pm | Finding Nemo A cartoon movie about how the little fish called Nemo travels through the sea to find his father. |
| 4:00 pm | Travel Around the World Do you want to know how people live in different countries? Do you want to make friends with foreign kids? Come to join Wubbzy’s trip. |
1. . _______ will take you to see how people live in different countries.
| A．Elmo | B．Nemo | C．Wubbzy |
| A．8:30 am | B．2:10 pm | C．12:00 am |
| A．sing songs |
| B．draw pictures |
| C．listen to stories |
| A．Elmo’s World |
| B．Play School |
| C．Travel Around the World |
| A．boy | B．girl | C．fish |
【推荐3】Do you know about a cultural TV show named Readers? It is a popular TV show in China. Do you want to know more about this TV show?
Dong Qing, the host of the TV show Readers, asks many famous people of all ages to tell their interesting stories. Also, they can read everything, like books, letters and so on. Many people like to watch the show. They begin to enjoy reading aloud at home. Reading and reading aloud are getting popular in our daily life.
Readers is popular because it also brings people back to the old habit: reading. Reading can tell us stories of every country in the world. It can also give us all kinds of knowledge and make us clever. From books, we can know what happened thousands of years ago and what is happening in every part of the world now. And many beautiful stories for children are interesting and full of wisdom(智慧).
Reading books is a good way of spending our free time. Many great men like reading very much. “Reading should be like singing and talking,” said Dong Qing. “We can tell our true feelings by reading aloud.” Dong Qing is busy, but she spends much time reading even late at night every day.
Boys and girls, come and join us to read together.
1. Readers is a popular ________ around China this year.| A．TV show | B．sports game | C．phone | D．trip |
| A．sing new songs | B．sing new songs and dance |
| C．read something | D．tell stories and read something |
| A．娱乐 | B．知识 | C．品质 | D．天赋 |
| A．The TV show Readers is popular in the world. |
| B．Famous people only read books in the TV show. |
| C．We can know what Dong Qing thinks of reading. |
| D．We can know how often Chinese people read books. |
| A．A famous host | B．A good habit | C．An interesting story | D．A popular TV show |
【推荐1】Are you shy sometimes? The answer from 16-year-old Liu Yuexian is “Yes”. “When my teacher asked me to come to the blackboard, I was too nervous to work out the problem,” said Liu. “I thought everyone was looking at me.”
Do you feel the same as Liu? Experts have found that more than 80 percent of middle school students feel afraid to be the center of attention (关注). Shyness means feeling frightened when you’re around other people. Some kids are born shy. Some become shy later because of their life experiences. It’s OK if it takes you a while to feel yourself again when you go to a new place or meet new people.
In fact, everybody gets a little shy sometimes. It’s just a case of how much. Most people have red faces and talk in broken sentences when they get shy. But some become so shy that they won’t go to a restaurant because they are too nervous to order and pay for their food. Some are afraid of meeting new people, so they seldom (很少) go outside. This kind of shyness can be bad for a person.
If shyness doesn’t stop you from doing something you want to do, being shy isn’t a very big problem. Some experts say shy people are smarter because they think more and talk less. Shy people are also good at working with others because they think more for other people. You see, being shy isn’t all bad. But remember not to let good chances pass you by just because of it. If you have to sing a song at a birthday party or practice spoken English in front of others, just do it! There’s nothing to be afraid of.
1. What does the underlined word “frightened” mean?| A．兴奋的 | B．害怕的 | C．勇敢的 | D．自信的 |
| A．Shyness can’t stop you from doing something you want to do. |
| B．Being shy isn’t a very big problem. |
| C．If shyness stops you from doing something you want to do, it is bad for you. |
| D．All kinds of shyness are good for you. |
| A．Because they are good at working. |
| B．Because they think more and talk less. |
| C．Because they can speak in front of others. |
| D．Because they think less and talk more. |
| A．Liu Yuexian is always the center of attention in her school. |
| B．People are shy only because of their life experience. |
| C．Shy people only think about themselves. |
| D．It’s normal to take a while to feel yourself in a new place. |
| A．Shyness is bad for everyone. |
| B．Shyness is good for everyone. |
| C．Shyness is not all bad and we should be brave. |
| D．We should practice spoken English by ourselves. |
【推荐2】There's much to see under the sea , but you need to remember that light behaves differently in water than in air . The objects appear closer to you than they exactly are . You might find yourself reaching out to touch something and completely missing it.
Objects under water will appear larger than they would on surface , too . Be careful not to tell any stories about the big fish that got away. That fish might not be so big after all ! It's just because sometimes things can seem to be as much as about 33 percent bigger in water!
What's more , in deeper water , colors just don't seem as bright . In fact , it looks as if some colors are missing . Remember the color of an object results from the wavelengths of light that are reflected from its surface . And light is taken in as it moves down through the water.
Swimmers wear wet suits to keep warm underwater . Let's take a bright red,yellow , and blue wet suit as an example . These colors are hard to miss on the surface of water.Watch carefully the changes in color as you descend in the water . The red part now looks almost black because the red light wavelengths , the longest among these three colors , are missing . As you go down deeper, the same thing will happen to the yellow part and in the end to the blue part . Even at a place about 6 to 9 meters underwater , you will look terrible, like a ghost! And you have to wait for your return to the surface to enjoy the bright colors again !
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1. You miss the object underwater when you want to touch it because________.
| A．your eyesight is quite poor | B．you are not quick enough |
| C．it disappears very quickly | D．it is not as close as it seems |
| A．the size | B．the weight | C．the position | D．the color |
| A．上升 | B．漂浮 | C．屏息 | D．下潜 |
| A．A four-meter-long fish looks three meters long underwater |
| B．The wavelengths of red light are longer than those of blue light |
| C．Much water will be taken in by the swimmer deep in the water |
| D．You will see a ghost if you go as deep as 6 to 9 meters into the sea |
| A．The Standand of Color Underwater | B．The Behavior of Light Underwater |
| C．The Brightness of Color Underwater | D．The Direction of Light Underwater |
All life needs sunlight to live on. But only plants can use sunlight directly. Plants are ‘factories’. They make food from sunlight, water and things in the soil (土壤) and air. Plants feed all other living things. Animals can only use the sun’s energy after it has been changed into food by plants. Some animals feed directly on plants, others eat smaller animals. Meat-eating animals are only eating plants indirectly.
What about humans? We are members of many food chains. We eat rice, vegetables, and fruits and so on. We also eat meat and drink milk. But we often break up the food chains. We kill wild animals and also make rivers, lakes and seas polluted. When these rivers, lakes and seas are polluted, the fish in them can not be eaten. If we eat the fish, we will get strange illnesses.
Each form of life is linked (关联的) to all others. Breaking the links puts all life in danger.
1. Which living things can use the sun’s energy directly?
| A．Animals. | B．Plants. |
| C．Animals and plants. | D．All living things. |
| A．Humans. | B．Animals. |
| C．Plants and animals. | D．Humans and wild animals. |
| A．The Sun’s Energy | B．Plants |
| C．Food Chains | D．Living Things |
【推荐1】With the development of science and technology,our daily life is becoming more colorful and more convenient.
The Book-less Library Can you imagine walking into a library and finding all books have turned into computers?The first book-less public library is planned to open in San Antonio,Texas. Computers will take the place of books soon. | Google Glasses Google Glasses are a pair of glasses with a battery（电池）hidden inside the frame（边框）. It can carry out many of the same tasks as smartphones. The glasses have a hidden camera and a tiny screen. They are designed to take hands-free photos or videos of anything people are doing. |
A New Kind of Shirt Hate washing clothes? You’re going to love this kind of shirt made by an American clothing company, Wool & Prince. This shirt can be worn for 100 straight days without washing! The Wool & Prince shirt never needs ironing（熨烫）. | An Underwater Hotel It looks like a spaceship but it is actually a picture of an underwater hotel a company plans to build in the sea. It is about 18 meters below the surface. The whole building is underwater and you can get to it by swimming and diving. |
| A．It can help you see more clearly. |
| B．It can read a book like a man. |
| C．It can take photos and videos. |
| A．The Wool & Prince shirt. |
| B．The Nike T-shirt. |
| C．The traditional shirt. |
| A．By taking a boat. |
| B．By swimming or diving. |
| C．By walking into it. |
【推荐2】Have you ever seen a train that is hung in the air? Such a train has appeared in Chengdu already.
The train is powered by lithium batteries (锂电池) instead of electricity. It is not only energy-saving but also environmentally friendly compared to other trains. Each coach (车厢) will be able to carry up to 120 passengers.
The train has done its test without any problem a short time ago. But further tests will be done to check the train’s ability to turn and climb up the tracks before it can be open to the public.
Chengdu is the first city in our country to build such a train system, and Shanghai will also open one this year. Shanghai started plans for its “Skytrain” in 2015．
The “Skytrain” in Shanghai will run above the ground at a height of around six meters. The columns (柱) which will support the railway will be just 80 cm wide. The columns are so narrow that they could even be built in the green belt in the middle of the road. The train Shanghai plans to use will have just four coaches, and each coach will hold 70 passengers. The train will run at around 30 kilometers per hour. It will be a little slower than the city’s sub way trains, which run between 30 and 40 kilometers per hour.
“Skytrain” would cost about 120 to 150 million yuan to build. Developers said the train system will carry around 15,000 passengers every hour. The space-saving train system would run silently through the city.
1. What test will be done?| A．The train’s largest speed. |
| B．The train’s ability to carry passengers. |
| C．The distance the train can run without stopping. |
| D．The train’s ability to turn and climb up the tracks. |
| A．420 | B．280 | C．120 | D．70 |
① running very fast ②saving energy ③saving space ④ little noise ⑤environmentally friendly ⑥carrying more passengers
| A．②③④⑤ | B．①②③④ | C．③④⑤⑥ | D．①②⑤⑥ |
| A．the cost of building a new kind of train |
| B．the advantages of a new kind of train |
| C．a new kind of train and its development in China |
| D．the number of passengers that different kinds of trains can carry |
【推荐3】Thousands of years ago, in the south of ancient China, there lived Shennong, a man who had an ox head and human body. Seeing that local people were suffering from disease, he built ladders and houses on a high mountain to store hundreds of medical plants. To remember him, people named the place Shennongjia.
The legend (传说) makes Shennongjia in Hubei an inciting place for tourists. Traveling there is a unique experience, as you can see sceneries of the four seasons from different altitudes (海拔). “When the bottom of the mountain is summer, the top is spring and while the foothill is autumn, the top is covered with ice,” local people say of the special climate of Shennongjia.
Shennongjia is also home to 5,000 species of animals and plants. Many animals in danger live there, such as the golden monkey, the clouded leopard and the Asian black bear.
One interesting and mysterious (奇妙的) thing about Shennongjia is its legend of wild men. Some people once claimed that they saw big prints or big-foot creatures. Yet so far, scientists haven't proved it is true and some say they are just bears.
The beautiful place has recently received a newtitle. On July 17,2016, Shennongjia Forestry District was added to United Nations World Heritage list as a natural site. China now has 50 world heritage sites (遗址), second only to Italy in the world.
1. Which of the following is right about Shennong?| A．Shennong had an ox body. | B．Shennong grew medical plants for people. |
| C．Shennong helped the local people. | D．Shennong named the place Shennongjia. |
| A．there are many medical stores along the way |
| B．people can experience four seasons up the mountain |
| C．there are 500 species of animals and plants |
| D．scientists have proved that there are wild men there |
| A．标题 | B．景点 | C．称号 | D．职务 |
| A．Italy. | B．The USA. | C．China. | D．Canada. |
