【推荐1】_______ Thai people are used to eating rice as a meal. Also, most Thai people do not sit down to eat a proper meal because they usually eat when they are hungry, especially kids and teenagers.

_______ Fashion (时尚) is full of culture. The Tang Costume (唐装) stands for Chinese history and fashion culture. The Tang Costume got its name because China became known to other countries during the Han and Tang Dynasties.

_______ In Australia, people celebrate the New Year from January 1st to January 6th. It is a public holiday and many people love to spend this day with their family and friends.

_______ There are two kinds of schools in England. One is the state school where parents do not pay money. And ninety percent of children go there. The other is the private school where parents pay some money for their children to go.

_______ Whether they’re good manners or not depends on where you are. Some East Africans spit (吐口水) four times as a kind of blessing (祝福). In parts of Polynesia, it is bad to be seen eating. They politely turn their backs to each other when they are eating food.

根据短文内容，从选项中选出每段的主旨大意，其中有一项是多余的。
A. Traditional Chinese Dresses
B. Manners in Different Countries
C. Schools in England
D. The New Year in Australia
E. Eating in Thailand
F. Table manners in China
1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
5. ________
6. 根据短文内容，完成信息卡（每空不超过三个词）。

Ancient and modern cultural customs at home and abroad
1	●Thai people usually eat rice as a meal. ●Most people eat a proper meal without _________.
2	●The origin (起源) of the name of Tang Costume is that China was _________ the world in the Han and Tang Dynasties.
3	●Australian New Year usually _________ for six days. ●Many people spend this day with their family and friends.
4	●In England, ninety percent of children go to _________, because they don’t need money for education.
5	●In parts of Polynesia, it’s impolite to watch others eat. In this case, you should __________ to them.

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，完成相关任务。

Chopsticks are a pair of small equal-length sticks, usually made of wood, used for eating Asian food. It is believed that the first chopsticks were developed in China. Chopsticks play an important role in Chinese food culture. Chinese chopsticks are usually 9 to 10 inches long. They are round on the eating end which means heaven (天), and the other end is square which means earth. The appearance of chopsticks said goodbye to those days when our Chinese ancestors had to use their hands to eat.

①Besides, the use of chopsticks has also been a part of Chinese food culture. There are some taboos (禁忌) that you must pay great attention to when you use chopsticks. Firstly, don’t use them to hit your bowl or plate. Secondly, never use them to point at others. Thirdly, don’t put them in different food without taking something. Fourthly, don’t cross the chopsticks on the table. And lastly don’t leave your chopsticks standing in the rice. Chinese people do this only when they honour the dead.

Nowadays, chopsticks have many new usages. For example, you can buy a pair as a gift to your friends and relatives. In Chinese, it reads “kuaizi”, which means having sons soon, so a newly-married couple will be very happy to accept it as their wedding gift.

1. In which country are chopsticks mainly used?
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2. What did our Chinese ancestors use to eat according to the passage?
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3. Why can’t people leave chopsticks stand in the rice when eating?
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4. 请将文中①处划线部分句子译成汉语。
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5. 请用英语给文章拟一个最佳标题。
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【推荐3】Beijing Opera is our national opera. It came into being after 1790 and has a history of more than 200 years. Its music and singing came from Anhui and Hubei. There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Beijing Opera is full of famous stories, beautiful facial paintings, wonderful gestures and fighting. Some of the stories are from history books, but most are from famous novels (小说). The people in the stories usually can’t agree with each other. They become angry, unhappy, sad and lonely. Sometimes, they are frightened and worried. Then they find a way to make peace with each other (和平相处). Everyone is usually happy in the end.

Beijing Opera is an important part of Chinese culture in China. It used to be popular with old people while young people didn’t like it very much. However, more young people are being interested in it nowadays. And more people from home and abroad (国内外) are learning about Beijing Opera’s special singing, acting and facial paintings.

根据短文内容回答下面问题。
1. When did Beijing Opera come into being?
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2. How many main roles are there in Beijing Opera?
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3. Where are the stories from?
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4. Why do people in the story of Beijing Opera become sad or worried?
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5. Do young people nowadays like Beijing Opera?
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【推荐1】阅读短文，然后根据内容回答问题。

Fire is useful and important to us. You use it to cook meals every day. But if you are not careful, the fire may dangerous anytime. Many people get hurt or die in fires. So knowing how to protect yourself in the fire is very important.

When the fire happens, the first thing you must do is to find safe routs (路线) to get away quickly. If you are in the taller floors of the building, you can’t use the lift. You should run out along the stairs. From the lower floors of the building, you can jump out through the window if it is necessary.

If you can’t get out of the room, you must be careful of the smoke. In fact, most of the people in fires die from the heavy smoke. Find something wet to cover your nose and mouth. Keep low to the ground, and you will take in less smoke. And you can also open the window, keep your head outside to get fresh air and shout for help.

Remember: Nothing is more important than your life. You must leave everything behind, your money, your pets and so on. After you’re out, don’t go back for anything.

Follow these ways, and you can keep safe in the fire.

1. What do you have to do first when the fire happens?
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2. Can you use the lift in the fire?
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3. What causes most of the people in fires to lose their lives?
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4. What is the most important thing you should remember in the fire according to the passage? What will you do if you are in a fire? (at least 30 words)
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【推荐3】阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。（请注意问题后的词数要求）

[1] The new school year has come. Are you ready to put down your tablets and phones and pick up spatulas and brooms (锅铲和扫帚)?

[2] Labor education will become an important part of schooling. ①_______ to the new curriculum standard (课程标准), primary and middle school students in China will find a new “practical activities” course in their schedule, with at least one class every week. The new course has three types of tasks: everyday chores, including cleaning, organizing, and cooking; productive labor, including traditional handicrafts and experience of new technologies, such as 3D printing; and volunteer work.

[3] ② _______ cooking as an example. The first and second graders will be encouraged to take on basic tasks such as washing and preparing vegetables. The third and ③ _______ graders will be taught to make some cold dishes, boil eggs, and heat up steamed buns, baozi, etc. Students in the fifth grade will learn to cook two to three quick and easy dishes, such as scrambled eggs with tomato and fried eggs. Middle school students will be required to learn to cook three to four main dishes independently for lunch or dinner.

[4] There are undoubtedly many benefits (益处) of learning cooking as a skill. As you learn to cook, you are getting a powerful tool to take control of your own health. You can also create lots of great memories in the kitchen, and feel a sense of achievement. More importantly, learning to cook prepares you for the future. If you can cook, you are able to live a healthier and more independent life.

[5] Parents welcome the cooking courses with open arms. They believe that the courses will provide their children with an opportunity to experience life, develop necessary skills and become well-rounded persons.

[6] When cooking is about to become a compulsory (必修的) courses for primary and middle school students, it is reminded that kitchen safety is more important than labor skills. When primary and middle school students go to the kitchen, safety always comes first.

1. How often will primary and middle school students take “practical activities” course? (No more than 6 words)
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2. What will middle school students learn at school when it comes to cooking? (No more than 15 words)
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3. In parents’ eyes, what is the benefit of teaching children to cook?   (No more than 20 words)
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4. Fill in each blank in the passage with a proper word. (No more than one word for each blank)
①___________   ②____________   ③_______________
5. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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6. Who cooks in your home? What do you think of the “practical activities” course? (No more than 25 words)
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【推荐1】阅读短文，简略回答问题。

There are 24 solar terms（节气）in China, and the Grain Rain（谷雨）is one of them. It falls on April 20th this year.

This solar term is called the Grain Rain because it is known for “rain” that helps the grain grow. From its name, we can guess it means a time of more rain. So if you go out in the next two weeks, you may need to bring an umbrella with you.

But this is a great time for planting crops（庄稼）. If you miss the time for planting during the Grain Rain, you will feel sorry later. So maybe you can try to plant some flowers or vegetables in your garden. When the spring rain falls, farmers begin to grow crops. Farmers often say, “Spring rain is as precious（珍贵的）as oil.” It brings farmers hope for a good year ahead.

There are also many interesting customs during the Grain Rain. In the northern part of China, people like to eat Chinese toon（椿芽）mixed with eggs. The food made during the Grain Rain tastes wonderful and is good for your stomach. In the southern part of China, the tea leaves are picked during the time. They are called Grain Rain tea, which is known for its freshness and sweet smell.

1. What does Grain Rain mean?
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2. How long does the grain Rain last?
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3. When do farmers begin to grow crops?
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4. What is the Chinese meaning of “Spring rain is as precious（珍贵的）as oil.”?
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5. What’s Grain Rain tea famous for?
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【推荐2】请阅读下面短文，根据语篇内容，在方框内的缩写文章中，填入与文章意思最符合的单词，并将答案写在答题卡相应的位置上。每空一词。

Nowadays, wherever we go, we can’t leave our mobile phones behind. When we eat out, once a dish comes, we’d take out our phones and click, rather than lift our chopsticks first. Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or WeChat, waiting to be “liked”. Then we check our phones from time to time during the meal.

A recent study suggests that what we are used to doing is not that good. Spending time taking photos of food makes the food less pleasant. To test this, some people were asked to take photos before they could enjoy food. It turned out that the more photos they took, the less delicious the food seemed to them.

There are also some other bad influences of taking photos of food before meals. After posting the photos onto the Internet, one is unable to control himself and check his phone many times, which makes others uncomfortable. It seems that your phone calls your name secretly all the time, even when you are with real people.

So, when you go out to have dinner with your family or friends next time, how about not taking photos of food? Let the food be delicious and share your life with people around you.

When we eat out, we often take out our phones and take photos rather than     1     the chopsticks when a dish comes. Later, we post the photos onto Weibo or WeChat, waiting to be “liked”. However, the food becomes less pleasant because we spend time taking photos     2     enjoying the food. Besides. there are also some other bad     3     about this behavior. After posting the photos onto the Internet, we are made to check our phones many times, and it makes others     4    . It seems that our phones call us     5     all the time, even when we are with real people. So when we go out to have dinner with our family or friends, we should share delicious food and life with them.

【推荐3】阅读下面的短文，并根据短文后的要求答题。(请注意问题后的词数要求)

【1】It is ①________ to name all Chinese customs in a single article. Even so, in this passage we bring you four Chinese customs that you may not know. Here we go!

【2】Asians usually do not show their feelings openly, also avoiding any unnecessary physical contact (接触). The Chinese see badly that people kiss each other on the cheeks, even if they are women. In ②__________, shaking hands was also frowned (皱眉) upon in the past. For them it is enough to make a small nod when greeting. As the country gradually lets western traditions in, shaking hands is gradually extended(推广).

【3】There are many Chinese customs at lunchtime. The Chinese usually clean their hands before eating. Food manners are also very important. You should never serve yourself a drink, it should be served by someone else. In the meal always use chopsticks and a spoon with a short handle. Chopsticks should never be stuck into food. And when eating, you must put your mouth close to the plate and the chopsticks.

【4】Cities and towns in China have public toilets in the middle of the street, so that everyone can use them. Since space is very important in large Chinese cities, this is saved by creating public restrooms. However, many companies also have their own toilets for their workers.

【5】Many of you will already know the Chinese custom of not opening gifts in ③__________. But that’s not the only important thing to know when giving something to a Chinese person. For example, the Chinese will always refuse your gift up to three times, for simple education. But in the end, they’re wiling to accept it. And remember to receive the gift with both hands.

1. Why do the Chinese usually refuse to kiss each other on the cheeks? (no more than 10 words.)
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2. What are the Chinese customs to for eating? Please give an example. (no more than 10 words.)
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3. What does a Chinese person usually do before he or she accept your gift?   (no more than 12 words.)
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4. Please fill in each blank with only one proper word.
①__________②____________③__________
5. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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6. Do you think which Chinese custom is the most important ? Why?
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【推荐3】阅读下面短文, 根据短文内容完成句子。

Dancing and singing, the Yi people and visitors had fun around the fire during the Torch (火把) Festival in Bijie, Guizhou Province, on August 12th. Every year, the Yi ethnic group (彝族) lights torches to show they look up to the fire.

The early Yi people lived in high and cold places in the mountains. They used fire for light to stay warm and cook food. One Yi ethnic old saying goes, “Everything you eat must ‘see’ fire. ” In the old days, people lit a small fire outside the door before they took animal meat into the home. They put the meat over the fire to drive away bad luck. Fire was also used to light leaves on the ground to make the land rich.

But the festival is more of a social event now. During the festival, both the Yi people and visitors come together. They show and spread their happiness and thanks for a good life. The Yi people also want to get more people to learn about their life.

1. The Torch Festival in Bijie, Guizhou Province is held ____________ every year.
2. The early Yi people lived in high and cold places _______________.
3. To drive away _______________, people lit a small fire and put the meat over it.
4. Fire was also used to light leaves on the ground to make the land ___________.
5. Now, the Torch Festival is more of a ____________.