On December 21 this year, the day is Winter Solstice（冬至）. It is an important day in China. What is special on the day? The answer is that the daytime lasts（持续） the shortest and the night lasts the longest of the year in the northern hemisphere（北半球）. Its Chinese name “dongzhi” means that winter comes and the days get colder.
In China, it is tradition（传统） to eat dumplings（饺子）on this day. This tradition comes from a famous doctor named Zhang ZhongJing. On a cold winter day, Zhang sees people have frostbite（冻伤） on their ears. To help them, he makes a kind of food in the shape（形状）of an ear, just like the dumplings we eat today. After eating the food, people feel very warm and their frostbite go away. From then on, people start to eat dumplings on Winter Solstice.
Now, Winter Solstice gives family a chance to get together and share their happiness.
1. From the passage, people usually eat dumplings ________.| A．on the shortest night in the northern hemisphere | B．on December 21 every year |
| C．on Winter Solstice | D．on the longest day in the northern hemisphere |
| A．Zhang Zhongjing eats dumplings because of his frostbite |
| B．People have frostbite just like dumplings |
| C．After Winter Solstice, the days get colder |
| D．The tradition of Winter Solstice comes from warm（温暖的） place |
| A．families to get together | B．people to make food |
| C．families to eat moon cakes | D．people to have a trip in northern hemisphere |
| A．承担 | B．分享 | C．遭受 | D．理解 |
| A．the places of eating dumpling | B．the story of the famous doctor Zhang ZhongJing |
| C．the days of cold winter | D．the introduction（介绍）of Winter Solstice |
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【推荐1】We have been used to wearing masks (口罩) in public since February. About 300 million masks are used and then thrown away every day in China. Where do these masks go? You might think they just go in a rubbish bin. But that’s just the first stop on the masks’ journey.
After the masks are thrown into the bins, rubbish trucks empty the bins and take the rubbish to landfills (垃圾场). Next, the masks will be taken to rubbish incinerators (焚化炉) and burned. Burning masks might not seem to be very good for the environment. Won’t it cause pollution?
The answer is “no”, according to China Daily. The main material of most masks is polypropylene (聚丙烯). It’s non-toxic (无毒的). After burning, it changes into water and CO2.
In fact, burning the masks can bring some benefits (益处). The process of burning the rubbish can produce electricity. Burning one ton of rubbish can produce more than 400 kilowatt hours (度) of electricity. Some people make a prediction that there will be 162,000 tons of used masks in China this year. Burning all of them can produce more than 64 million kilowatt hours of electricity. This is enough to make an electric car drive about 370 million km, which is 9,250 times as long as the earth’s equator.
At last, the slag (残渣) from burning masks can be recycled to make bricks (砖块) or fill the roads.
1. How many masks are used and then thrown away every day in China?| A．More than 64 million. | B．About 300 million. |
| C．About 370 million. | D．About 9,250 million. |
| A．electricity factories | B．rubbish bins | C．rubbish trucks | D．landfills |
| A．plastic | B．polypropylene | C．water | D．CO2 |
| A．People are not used to wearing masks in public. |
| B．Burning masks won’t cause pollution. |
| C．There are 162,000 tons of used masks every month in China. |
| D．The process of burning the masks can produce electricity and bricks. |
| A．How do We Burn Used Masks? | B．Where do the Used Masks Go? |
| C．How do People Produce Electricity? | D．Why do We Throw Away Used Masks? |
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1. Why are planes usually white?
①Damage can be found easily. ② White can protect planes from sunlight.
③White planes look clean. ④White planes can stand out during night.
| A．①②③ | B．①②④ | C．①③④ | D．②③④ |
| A．Green. | B．Orange. | C．Blue. | D．Black. |
| A．https://kids.weather.com/ | B．https://wonderwhy.org/ |
| C．https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/ | D．https://www.bedtimestory.com/ |
【推荐3】Do you like bananas? They taste good and you can have them without washing. However, British scientists say that the fruit may die out by 2050.
One reason for this is climate change. Scientists at the University of Exeter collected data(数据)from 27 countries that produce 86% of the world's bananas. They found that climate change made people harvest more bananas.
However, if temperatures keep going higher, this advantage will disappear. Some countries, like India, the world's biggest producer of bananas, will produce(生产)fewer bananas. By 2050, the fruit may die out.
Shouldn't bananas grow more easily if it's hotter outside? In fact, the perfect temperature for growing bananas is between 24℃ and 32℃. If temperatures get too high, they will stop growing.
Diseases are another danger to bananas. Unlike other crops, all banana plants have the same genotype(基因型). In other words, if a disease is able to kill one plant, it could kill them all.
One serious disease is called Panama. It spreads easily. It has spread across South Asia, Africa, Middle East, and Australia. If one banana plantation(种植园)develop the disease, it will take 30 years until it is able to grow bananas again. Scientists haven't found a good way to deal with this disease till now.
1. If temperatures keep going higher, maybe _____________________.| A．more countries will begin to grow bananas | B．bananas will harvest better in most countries |
| C．there won't be any bananas in the future | D．bananas will be more delicious than before |
| A．The taste of bananas. | B．People's love for bananas |
| C．The dying out of bananas in the future. | D．The advantages of eating bananas. |
| A．24℃ and31℃. | B．24℃ and 32℃. | C．24℃ and 33℃. | D．24℃ and 34℃ |
| A．give some advice on growing bananas | B．tell us why bananas may die out |
| C．show how hard to grow bananas | D．tell us the environment of bananas' growing |
【推荐1】Shaolin Temple is in Henan Province, China. It was founded in the 5th century. It is well-known for its Chinese martial arts (武术) and Shaolin kung fu.
Do you know where Shaolin kung fu comes from?
In the year 527, an Indian monk named Bodhidharma (菩提达摩) went to Shaolin Temple. He found the monks there were weak so he decided to teach them kung fu to keep their bodies strong.
At the end of Sui Dynasty, some Shaolin monks helped Li Shimin win a war. In return for that, he gave a lot of land to the temple. After that, the Shaolin Temple and Shaolin kung fu became famous all over China.
Not all emperors liked kung fu. During the Qing Dynasty, the emperors stopped Shaolin monks from studying Shaolin kung fu, so many monks had to leave the temple for different places. During that time, they saw many new kinds of kung fu and studied them. At last all these new ideas changed Shaolin kung fu a lot. But until now, Shaolin kung fu is still the largest and most famous kung fu in China. It is said that all kung fu comes from Shaolin and Shaolin kung fu is the best.
1. When was Shaolin Temple founded?| A．It was founded in the 5th century. |
| B．It was rebuilt. |
| C．It had the most visitors in the year 2010. |
| D．It had its 600th birthday. |
| A．To make them strong. | B．To make kung fu popular. |
| C．To get money. | D．To help them fight. |
| A．the importance of Shaolin Temple |
| B．an Indian monk coming to Shaolin Temple |
| C．some monks there helping Li Shimin win a war |
| D．an emperor giving a lot of money to the temple |
| A．All emperors liked Shaolin kung fu. |
| B．The monks improved Shaolin kung fu a lot after leaving the temple. |
| C．Now Chinese people don’t like Shaolin kung fu. |
| D．Shaolin monks didn’t want people to know about their kung fu. |
| A．how to practice Shaolin kung fu |
| B．the history of Shaolin kung fu |
| C．why Li Shimin won the war |
| D．where the name of Shaolin kung fu came from |
【推荐2】Beijing opera is one of the oldest operas in the world. It started hundreds of years ago. In Beijing opera, people sing, act, dance and even use acrobatics（杂技）to tell stories. Everything the actors wear, say and do has special meanings.
Costurnes（服装）are important in Beijing opera. The colors and style of each costurne tell a story. Who are the good and the bad people in the story? Who are rich and who are poor? The costurnes will tell you a lot about the characters.
In the past, all Beijing opera roles were played by men. Men who played women’s roles wore special shoes to help them walk like ladies. Today, women perform in Beijing opera, but they still practice wearing the shoes.
A character’ s make-up（化妆）also tells us about him or her. Red, yellow, white, black, purple, green and silver are the main colors used for make-up. Red shows that a character is brave. Black shows that a character gets angry easily.
As a traditional form of Chinese culture, Beijing opera has become more and more popular all over the world.
1. People sing, act, dance and even use acrobatics to tell stories in Beijing opera.2. In Beijing opera, the colors and style of each costurne are not important.
3. Men usually wear special shoes to walk like ladies when they played women’s roles.
4. Black and red show that a character gets angry easily.
5. From the passage, we can learn more about Beijing Opera.
Mr. Li is sixty years old. He makes and sells sugar paintings on Beijing Road. He has made sugar paintings for more than thirty years. He said that sugar painting is a traditional skill in China, which has a long history. Sugar paintings are beautiful and can be eaten. They can be made into many different kinds of patterns, such as a dog, pig, rabbit, horse, monkey, dragon and so on. Most of Mr. Li's sugar paintings cost five yuan, but the dragon is harder to draw. The patterns are so lively that they attract many children and adults. The customers can choose the patterns by themselves. They just need to tell Mr. Li which patterns they want, and Mr. Li will make the patterns for them. It just takes a few minutes for him to finish a painting, so the customers can get their sugar paintings quickly.
Before Mr. Li makes the paintings, he needs to melt（熔化）the sugar in a pot. After the sugar has become liquid（液体）, he uses the liquid to draw. After he finishes the painting, he puts a thin stick on it. Finally, he sells the sugar painting to the customers.
Mr. Li is old now, but he doesn't want to stop making sugar paintings, because he loves them so much. But now sugar paintings can be made by machines and few people still make sugar paintings by hand. He is afraid that the skill will be lost in the future, so he encourages young people to learn this traditional skill. He says that if someone wants to learn sugar painting, he needs to be interested in it and be patient, because he must practise a lot.
1. What is Mr. Li's job?| A．To design sugar paintings. |
| B．To teach young people to make sugar paintings. |
| C．To make and sell sugar paintings. |
| D．To write articles about sugar paintings. |
| A．Five yuan | B．Five dollars | C．Ten yuan | D．Ten dollars |
| A．Because they are cheap. |
| B．Because they are lucky. |
| C．Because they are sweet. |
| D．Because they are lively. |
| A．It takes a long time for Mr. Li to make a sugar painting. |
| B．There is no need to melt the sugar before making sugar paintings. |
| C．Mr. Li wants to go on making sugar paintings. |
| D．Mr. Li doesn't love sugar painting actually. |
| A．Many people still make sugar paintings by hand. |
| B．Learning sugar painting requires a lot of practice. |
| C．Mr. Li isn't worried about sugar painting's future. |
| D．Mr. Li encourages old people to learn sugar painting. |
【推荐1】Some American students will come to Li Fang’s school next Sunday. She is going to introduce Chinese culture to them. She wants to talk about the following things.
 | Traditional Chinese Medicine (also known as TCM) includes a lot of traditional medical methods beginning in China. TCM methods include treatments with herbal medicine (草药). Traditional Chinese Medicine is very scientific through careful study of nature and the human body. |
 | The Chinese zodiac, known as Shengxiao, follows a twelve-year cycle. Each year is named for an animal. The animals are rat, tiger, rabbit, snake, horse, monkey, rooster, the year 2024 is the Year of Dragon. |
 | In China, a whole fish means richness. At a banquet (宴会), it is a tradition to serve the whole fish at last, which is pointed towards the most important guest. Fish also has a special meaning because the Chinese word for fish, yu, sounds like the word for richness. |
1. Which of the following is the Year of Pig according to the Chinese zodiac? ________
| A．2033. | B．2031. | C．2029. | D．2027. |
| A．At the beginning of the dinner. |
| B．In the middle of the dinner. |
| C．At the end of the dinner. |
| D．Any time through the dinner. |
| A．Traditional Chinese Medicine is called TCM for short. |
| B．Fish served at a banquet means health in China. |
| C．Traditional Chinese Medicine is very difficult. |
| D．The Chinese zodiac is popular with people all over the world. |
【推荐2】Many students have fun with their school life. But many Japanese students are unhappy. They have lots of pressure from their family. Most of Japanese students must study hard at school to please their parents and for future. So it’s tiring and boring for some students.
Japanese students always try their best in school, but sometimes they may fail exams and make their parents lose hope for them. The students may have bigger pressure from both family and the school. So they finally don’t get interested in their schoolwork. In this way, more pressure and problems are waiting for them. That’s really a terrible thing.
To a report, most Japanese parents would like to send their children to different schools on weekends, but it only helps kids to get good grades. They never mind the students’ healthy development（成长）. For example, many school students said they don’t know how to get on well with and how to take care of others. That’s bad for kids’ whole development.
In Japan, many schools usually own their strict rules from hair to clothes. So Japanese students live with great pressure both in school and at home.
1. Japanese school students are unhappy because ________.| A．their parents give them too much pressure | B．they have to work hard on weekends schools |
| C．schools teach them too much knowledge | D．Many Japanese students live a strict life |
| A．themselves | B．parents | C．future | D．Both B and C |
| A．hope | B．interest | C．success | D．development |
| A．grades | B．feelings | C．rules | D．development |
【推荐3】Do you want to be healthy? What can you do to be healthy? Let me tell you.
Play sports every day. Sports can make you be active and healthy. Running, swimming and playing soccer or basketball are all good sports.
Eat fruit and vegetables every day. They are all healthy food. Don’t eat too much junk food every day. It’s not good for your health.
Get enough sleep. You must sleep for eight or nine hours a day. It’s healthy for you. Don’t go to bed too late. And remember to get up early the next morning. Then you can have a good day at school.
Make friends at school. Friends can help you study easily and make you feel happy.
It’s easy to be healthy. And if you do those above, you can make it.
1. How many ways are there in the passage to help us to be healthy?| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
| A．For five or six hours. | B．For seven or eight hours. |
| C．For eight or nine hours. | D．For twelve or thirteen hours. |
| A．Only doing sports can make us healthy. | B．We need parents to help us at school. |
| C．We can eat and sleep more to be healthy. | D．It’s not difficult for us to be healthy. |
| A．When to Go to Bed | B．Why to Make Friends | C．What to Do Every Day | D．How to Be Healthy |
