【推荐1】China is famous for tea. Drinking tea is very popular in China and even all over the world. It’s said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink. A few thousand years later, Lu Yu, “the saint of tea”, mentioned Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing.     1    

Nowadays, according to different processing ways, there are mainly four kinds of Chinese tea. They are green tea, black tea, Oolong tea and scented（有香味的）tea. Without fermentation（发酵）, green tea keeps the original color of the tea.     2     Oolong tea is partially（部分的）fermented. And if fragrant flowers are mixed in the tea during the processing the scented tea will be made.

    3     For example, Anxi and Hangzhou are widely known for their tea. Tea plants are grown on the sides of mountains. When the leaves are ready, they are picked by hand and then are sent for processing. Later, the tea is packed and sent to many different countries and places.

It’s believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries.     4     The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century.

Tea is good for people’s health.     5    

A．In England, tea didn’t appear until about 1660.

B．If the green tea is fermented before baking, it will be black tea.

C．Why isn’t it called red tea in China?

D．The book describes how tea plants were grown and used to make tea.

E．It plays an important role in Chinese social life.

F．Tea is produced in many different areas in China.

【推荐2】Beijing Opera is one of the Chinese traditional drama (戏剧) art forms (形式) and the largest Chinese opera form. Having a history of about 200 years, it is developed from many other drama forms, mostly from the local drama “Huiban”. It was especially popular in south China during the 18th century.

Theatrical (戏剧的) art forms in many other countries do not have singing, dancing and spoken parts together in one single drama. An opera singer, for example, neither dances nor speaks on stage; there are no singing or dancing parts in a modern play; in a dance drama, the dancer doesn’t speak or sing. Traditional Chinese drama, including Beijing Opera, is a kind of entertainment (娱乐). It includes spoken parts, singing and dancing.

Beijing Opera has spread to many other places. Mei Lanfang, one of the most famous performers of all, was the first to introduce Beijing Opera to foreigners and made highly successful tours to foreign countries.

“You will doubt (疑惑) and sometimes be a little bored, but you will be interested gradually (逐渐地). You will be strongly attracted to Beijing Opera, even if you know nothing about the drama background (背景).” This is how one traveler described his first experience in watching Beijing Opera.

Beijing Opera is China’s national opera and it is full of Chinese cultural traditions. Welcome to China and enjoy Beijing Opera!

1. Beijing Opera is ________.

A．unpopular in north China

B．a much larger Chinese opera form

C．a Chinese traditional drama art form

D．only developed from the local drama “Huiban”

2. How many parts does traditional Chinese drama include??

A．1

B．2

C．3

D．4

3. After watching Beijing Opera for the first time, the traveler felt ________.

A．busy

B．nervous

C．interested

D．sad

4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Beijing Opera is a kind of entertainment.

B．Only old people are interested in Beijing Opera.

C．An opera singer neither dances nor speaks on stage usually.

D．Mei Lanfang was the first one to introduce Beijing Opera to foreigners.

5. The main purpose of writing the passage is to ________.

A．ask young people to learn Beijing Opera

B．tell us something about Beijing Opera

C．introduce everything about foreign opera

D．show why Beijing Opera is popular in Europe

【推荐3】There are many countries using chopsticks as tools for picking up food. No country can use chopsticks so meaningfully as China. But chopsticks are not just simple tools. They come with their own special rules and traditions.

People should not make noise with chopsticks. Playing with chopsticks is seen as bad manners, just as making noise with forks and knives in a western country would be rude.

There are also some superstitions (迷信) related to chopsticks. For example, some people believe that chopsticks should not be left standing upright in a bowl. It looks like the incense (香) that Chinese use to honor the dead. Doing it at the dinner table is believed to bring bad luck.

You should not tap chopsticks on the edge of the bowl, as beggars do this to ask for food. Parents may get mad if children do this as they don’t want their children to be as poor as beggars in the future.

Chopsticks can also be a great gift. In Chinese, “chopsticks” reads “kuaizi”, which means to have babies soon. Newlyweds (新婚夫妇) sometimes receive chopsticks as a wedding gift. Skilled craftsmen (工匠) paint beautiful images on chopsticks to make them look like fine artworks.

You may have already forgotten the days when you had to learn how to use chopsticks. Though every Chinese kid struggles with them for some time, chopsticks will be the best company (陪伴) in their long lives.

根据文章内容，判断句子正(T)、误(F)。
1. Only Chinese use chopsticks when they have something to eat.
2. Making noise with chopsticks at the dinner table is regarded as bad manners.
3. If you want more food, you’d better tap your chopsticks on the edge of the bowl.
4. Giving away chopsticks to newlyweds as a wedding gift is showing a good wish for them.
5. It is not very easy for kids to learn how to use chopsticks.

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，根据其内容判断句子的正误。正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”。

When we think of paper, we think of newspapers and books. But there are many other uses.

Only half of the world’s paper is used for books and newspapers.

Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Maybe you see homeless men asleep on lots of newspapers. In Finland, it is sometimes -40°C in winter. The farmers wear paper boots(靴子) in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.

Each year, more and more things are made of paper. We have paper cups and dishes for a long time. But now we hear that chairs, tables, and even beds can be made of paper. With paper boots and shoes, you can wear paper hats, paper dresses, and paper raincoats. After you use them, you can just throw them away and buy new ones.

The newest use of paper may be paper houses. These are not small houses for children to play in, but real, big houses for people to live in. You can buy a house with three rooms for about 500 dollars. You can “build” it by yourself in some hours, and you can use it for only five years.

1. The farmers in Finland wear paper boots in winter to keep warm. _______
2. First we have paper cups and dishes and then we have paper beds. _______
3. You can use paper dresses again and again because they are strong. _______
4. The paper house is so big that people can live in it all the time. _______
5. The best title for the passage should be “The importance of paper”. _______

【推荐3】

Can trees talk? Yes, but not in words. Scientists have reasons to believe that trees do communicate with each other.

Not long ago, researchers learned some surprising things. First a willow tree which was attacked in the woods by caterpillars(毛虫) changed the chemistry of its leaves and made them taste so terrible that the caterpillars got tired of the leaves and stopped eating them. Then even more surprising, the tree sent out a special smell—a signal causing its neighbors to change the chemistry of their own leaves and make them less tasty.

Communication, of course, doesn’t need to be in words. We can talk to each other by smiling, raising our shoulders and moving our hands. We know that birds and animals use a whole vocabulary of songs, sounds and movements. Bees dance their signals, flying in certain patterns that tell other bees where to find nectar (花蜜). So why shouldn’t trees have ways of sending messages?

1. What do we know about the caterpillars?

A．They don’t eat the leaves lying on the ground.

B．They don’t eat the leaves with an unpleasant taste.

C．They don’t eat the leaves with an unfamiliar shape.

2. What did the willow tree do to protect itself?

A．It grew more branches.

B．It communicated with birds and bees.

C．It changed the chemistry of its leaves.

3. What might the underlined word “vocabulary” mean in Chinese?

A．系统

B．词汇

C．动作

4. How do bees communicate with each other?

A．By making special movements.

B．By touching one another.

C．By smelling one another.

5. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Animals and plants have their ways of communication.

B．Trees have similar ways of communication with bees.

C．Neither plants nor animals are able to communicate.