Dragons are not real animals, but look like a combination (结合体) of many animals such as snakes, fish and deer. They have two horns (角) and a long moustache (胡须). With fantastic powers, they fly in the sky or swim in the sea. They can make rain, too. The Chinese dragon is a symbol of strength and good luck. The emperors of ancient China loved dragons. Their clothes were covered with pictures of dragons.
We are proud to call ourselves the “descendants of the dragon”. In Chinese, excellent people are often called dragons. A number of Chinese sayings talk about dragons, for example, “Hoping one’s child will become a dragon.” which means hoping he or she will be successful.
It is said that people born in the Year of the Dragon have certain characteristics. They are creative, confident, brave and quick-tempered (易怒的). There are also some traditional festivals about dragons in China, such as Dragon Head-Raising Day and Dragon Boat Festival. We have different kinds of activities to celebrate them. These two festivals come every year, but the Year of the Dragon comes every twelve years. The dragon is very important in Chinese culture. As the “descendants of the dragon”, it is necessary for us to know the opinions on dragons in our culture. It can help us understand why our parents always want us to be “dragons”.
1. The Chinese dragon is a symbol of strength and good luck.2. There are not a number of Chinese sayings about dragons.
3. The people born in the Year of the Dragon are easy-going.
4. The Year of the Dragon comes every twelve years.
5. This passage mainly tells us something about the Mid-Autumn Festival.
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【推荐1】On March 20, 2021, the Sanxingdui site (三星堆遗址) in Guanghan, Sichuan drew the world’s attention. Chinese archaeologists (考古学家) have found more than 500 cultural relics (文物) in six pits (坑) at the site, which dates back over 3,200 years.
The Sanxingdui site, which was first discovered by a farmer in 1929, is believed to be the site of the ancient Shu Kingdom (蜀国). The kingdom was a center of civilization (文明) along the Yangtze River.
In 1986, archaeologists discovered two pits. They believed they were used for large sacrificial ceremonies (祭祀仪式). At that time, over 1,000 relics were found.
The discovery of Sanxingdui raised an important question about the origins (起源) of Chinese civilization. The ancient Shu civilization that built Sanxingdui is believed to be one of the earliest examples of Chinese civilization. The site, along with the Liangzhu and Shijiahe sites along the Yangtze River, shows that the birthplace of Chinese civilization might not have been only along the Yellow River Basin (流域) in north China.
The newly-discovered relics are similar to those found in 1986, and they further support the idea that the pits were used for sacrificial purposes.
New kinds of cultural relics have also been dug up. For example, experts found a kind of ancient bronze jar (青铜罐) that was used for holding water or wine. They also found a jade (玉) relic commonly found at 5,000-year-old Liangzhu Archaeological site in Zhejiang Province.
“These relics show that the Sanxingdui site had a close connection with Central China, but it also marks an ancient civilization in Sichuan with strong creativity,” said Chen Xiandan, a member of the excavation (发掘) project.
1. What do the newly-discovered relics suggest?| A．More than 1,000 relics were found in Sanxingdui since 1986. |
| B．Sanxingdui was found earlier than Liangzhu Archaeological site. |
| C．Sanxingdui is more important than the sites in north China. |
| D．The civilization in the ancient Shu Kingdom was creative. |
| A．The Sanxingdui site is in the city of Guanghan, Sichuan Province. |
| B．Sanxingdui, Liangzhu and Shijiahe sites are along the Yangtze River. |
| C．A Chinese archaeologist discovered the first Sanxingdui relics. |
| D．The Sanxingdui site was built by the ancient Shu civilization. |
| A．Pits. | B．Archaeologists. | C．Ceremonies | D．Relics. |
| A．Along the Yellow River Basin (流域) in north China. |
| B．Along the Yangtze River. |
| C．Around Shu Kingdom along the Yangtze River. |
| D．Along the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. |
| A．Sanxingdui site had a close connection with modern civilization. |
| B．People in Sichuan are very creative and good at finding cultural relics. |
| C．Ancient civilization in Sichuan is full of creativity and it is part of Chinese civilization. |
| D．There will be more new kinds of cultural relics to be dug up. |
【推荐2】Have you ever heard of Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park? It is our own “Amazon”. If you travel there, what can you enjoy?
Animals
The park is home to Hainan gibbons (长臂猿). They look like monkeys, but have no tails. They eat fruits and leaves from over 130 kinds of plants. In the 1980s, there were fewer than 10 gibbons in the park. In 2022, there were 36 because people protected their homes and planted trees. |
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The park is a “live museum” of plants. It is also the home to 133 kinds of national key protected plants. Cycas hainanensis (海南苏铁) is an example. It has big, feather-like leaves. It grows slowly, but can live as long as 200 years. It probably won’t grow flowers or fruits in North China. But in Hainan, cycas hainanensis over 10 years old blossom (开花) and bear fruits almost every year. |  |
Miao and Li people have lived in the park for generations (世代). Their houses look like upside-down boats. They are built above the ground to keep away animals. Li people make clothes from bark (树皮). Their history of tree bark clothing dates back to about 10,000 years ago. Some people still use bark clothing nowadays. |  |
| A．Less than 10. | B．More than 30. | C．Nearly 130. | D．Only 133. |
| A．It can grow very quickly. | B．It never grows flowers. |
| C．It can live up to 200 years. | D．It has very small leaves. |
| A．To avoid animals. | B．To build houses. | C．To produce boats. | D．To make clothes. |
| A．Art. | B．Travel. | C．Health. | D．Sports. |
2023 is the Year of the Rabbit. Children couldn’t believe their eyes as they watched Wang Chunjing make a lifelike rabbit in just a few minutes.
“As far as I know, there are fewer than 100 people in China who can blow sugar figures,” she said. “It’s not easy to make innovations (创新) in such a folk art.
Every month since 2017, Wang and a group of folk artists visit schools in Harbin to teach students about the art. She said, “
| A．But I will keep trying. |
| B．She tried several jobs in Harbin. |
| C．They moved to Harbin in search of a better life. |
| D．He learned the traditional folk art from my grandfather. |
| E．At that time, she thought her father was like a magician. |
| F．However, 32-year-old Wang was not surprised at their reactions (反应). |
| G．We were very happy to find that the students were interested in this folk art. |
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With “0 sugar (糖)” drinks taking the market by storm, “sugar control” has become one of the most important topics for young people today.
Singapore started to put labels (标签) on every drink recently. The labels are from A to D. A is the most healthy, and D is the least healthy. The ___________sugar and saturated fat (饱和脂肪) a drink has, the less healthy the drink is. D-grade drinks aren’t allowed to be advertised (打广告) by companies to attract customers.
Shanghai is the first city in China to set health tips for sugary drink to deal with health problems because of too much sugar intake. 159 stores in the city begin to put three-coloured (red, orange, green) labels on the drinks. The labels warn (告诫) buyers about different grades of drinks. A green label means customers should read the drink’s nutrition label (营养成分表) before burying it; Orange labels warn customers to limit their added sugar intake; and red labels means you’d better not drink or drink less.
1. Which of the following word can be put in ___________in Paragraph Two?| A．much | B．little | C．more | D．less |
a. Low-fat milk b. Water c. Energy drinks d. Full-fat milk
| A．d-b-a-c | B．a-b-d-c | C．b-a-d-c | D．c-d-a-b |
| A．Because companies always attract customers by advertising. |
| B．Because “sugar control” is one of the most important topics. |
| C．Because there are many milk tea shops. |
| D．Because too much sugar intake leads to health problems. |
| A．If the drink has more than 5% sugar, we should put it in Grade |
| B．Juices are healthy drink. |
| C．Red labels on drinks means the drinks are not healthy. |
| D．There are four Grades about the drinks both in Singapore and in Shanghai. |
| A．To stop people buying drinks. |
| B．To tell people how much sugar is in the drinks. |
| C．To show that there are different kinds of drinks. |
| D．To guide people to choose healthy drinks. |
【推荐2】THE THIRD MONTH OF THE SCHOOL YEAR has now arrived. Have you noticed that when we talk about numbers, we naturally think of the number three?
In some ways, “three” is a number that has magical powers. You might have found that this number is all around us. Everything has a beginning, a middle, and an end. For example, we eat three meals a day. Traffic lights all over the world use three colors: red, yellow, and green. And there is the rule of three. It is an age-old writing skill. According to this rule, things can always become more satisfying to readers if they come in threes. Have you ever noticed how powerful ads use the rule of three to improve their marketing? Just do it. I’m loving it. Coke is it. These famous slogans(标语) are all three words long.
But what is it about the number three that makes it so magical? Well, it is because our brains enjoy thinking in patterns(规律). If there are no patterns, our brains will create them. And three is the smallest number needed to form a pattern. An audience member will usually only remember three things from a speech. Do you want something in your speech to keep in your audience’s minds? Put it forward to them in groups of three.
If we properly use the rule of three in our daily lives, we can make many things easier. For example, many people like to add lots of tasks to their to-do lists. Experts, however, suggest they should just make three tasks. These top three tasks should be hard enough to be challenging while still being achievable. And the next time you are making New Year’s resolutions, consider listing only three things to work on. The longer your list is, the less likely you are to keep it!
1. How many examples are mentioned in Paragraph 2 to show “three” is all around us?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．The reason why the number three is so magical. |
| B．How to make a speech keep in the audience’s mind. |
| C．The reason why people only remember three things. |
| D．The ways that number three has magical powers. |
| A．Make three tasks as hard as possible. | B．Take three as the lucky number. |
| C．Have only three resolutions to work on. | D．Create three patterns in our brains. |
| A．Famous Slogans. | B．Magical Threes. | C．Small Patterns. | D．Achievable Tasks. |
【推荐3】If parents want their children to have healthy eating habits, they should ask their children to cook. When children learn to cook, they can learn more about healthy food and cooking skills (技能). A school in Liverpool found that more children ate fruit and vegetables after taking cooking classes. And it also found that children aged four to eight years old in cooking clubs improved (提高) their desire to eat and lifestyles (生活方式).
So let children cook and have some cooking classes at school. In the United Kingdom, many schools have cooking classes for students aged 12—16 years old. Students get three hours’ classes before practicing cooking. From 2007, a program called Let’s Get Cooking helped more than 1.7 million children improve their cooking skills through more than 5,000 school cooking clubs.
A few days ago, the program did a survey (调查) among 2,500 of its members. It found that 92% of them used their new skills at home and more than half said they ate more healthily as a result of learning to cook.
1. When children learn to cook, they CANNOT learn about the .| A．cooking skills | B．learning habits | C．eating habits | D．lifestyles |
| A．欲望 | B．技能 | C．弊端 | D．梦想 |
| A．Students in the United Kingdom all had cooking classes in 2007. |
| B．Students take lessons for 12—16 hours before practicing cooking. |
| C．Let’s Get Cooking is a program to improve children’s cooking skills on TV. |
| D．From 2007, over 1.7 million children learned cooking in school cooking clubs in the United Kingdom. |
| A．meaningless | B．relaxing | C．educational | D．boring |
| A．How to cook. | B．Children should learn to cook. |
| C．How to improve cooking skills. | D．How to keep healthy. |
Next week , I’m going to take a trip to San Francisco with my brother and his wife , and there’s a seat in our car for another one . Would you like to go with us ? We’re going to leave on Saturday morning , February 28th . We are going to stay there for a week . All of us enjoy shopping and travelling , so we’d like to stay at a hotel called Pickwick in the middle of the city . You and I can have a double (双人的) room .
It is about 690 kilometers from Long Beach to San Francisco , and it usually takes eight and a half hours to drive there . We’re going to leave at about 6:00 am on Saturday , so we can pick you up there in Ventura at about 8:00 am .
Please let me know if you can come with us .
Yours ,
Paul
1. Paul writes the letter to Anton to ______ .
| A．ask him to go on a trip with him |
| B．ask him to do some shopping for him |
| C．tell him where they are going and when they are leaving |
| D．ask him to have dinner together |
| A．it has double rooms |
| B．it is cheap to stay there |
| C．they can enjoy shopping and travelling |
| D．it is beautiful |
| A．开车接上 | B．捡起 | C．拿起 | D．拾起 |
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1. I want to keep thin,it’s time for lunch, so I should _______.
| A．go to 101 Green Road | B．go to the Web Shop |
| C．call 972-431 | D．call-567-291 |
| A．You can eat what you like there. |
| B．You can buy things without going to the shop. |
| C．If you forget things, it can tell you. |
| D．It can help you to wait in line. |
| A．In Russian class. | B．At Computer Age. |
| C．In Web Shop. | D．At Learn Easy System. |
| A．learn how to surf the Internet | B．keep thin and healthy |
| C．feel you are young | D．learn any language |
| A．On TV. | B．On the radio |
| C．In the newspaper. | D．In the textbooks. |
Day 1
I went to New York with my family on vacation. It was sunny and warm. Everything is so great here! People call New York “The city that never sleeps”. Another popular name for it is “the Big Apple”. First we went to the Central Park. It’s really wonderful. Then we went to the Times Square.
Day 2 The last day in New York
First we went to the Empire State Building (帝国大厦), which is 381 meters high. We went right up to the top and looked out across New York. How fantastic it was! After that I bought the biggest hamburger I have ever seen! After lunch we went shopping. Although it is a big city, you can’t get lost because most of the streets have numbers. For example, if you are in Thirty-fourth Street, it’s easy to find Thirty-ninth Street.
1. I went to New York with my friends on vacation.2. First we went to the wonderful Central Park.
3. We went to the Times Square on the second day.
4. The Empire State Building is 381 meters high.
5. After lunch we went shopping.
【推荐1】There are about 80,000,000 mines (地雷) under the ground in more than 60 countries. It is difficult and dangerous to clear these mines. About 50 people including many children were killed or hurt each day. In 2003, APOPO, a Dutch research company that trains the animals, came up with the idea of using rats to search for the mines.
The animal trainers found that a kind of rats from Africa were clever and had a sharp sense of smell. The rats were about 75 cm long and weighed about 1.35kg, light enough to run across a minefield without setting off the mines.
In January 2004, the APOPO started this project. First, the trainers let the 4-week-old baby rats get familiar with humans. A few weeks later, the rats were not afraid of people and the things around them anymore. Then they were trained to connect a click sound with food. After the rats had learned that, the trainers then taught them to tell the difference between the smell of mines and other smells. When the rats could do it, the click was sounded and they were given a bit of banana. The method was called clicker training. "The training isn't easy," said trainer Abdullah Mchomvu. "You have to be patient. Sometimes I get angry, but then again, I tell myself these are animals".
After nine months' training, the rats were taken to a minefield. They ran across the minefield, stopped, sat and searched the ground to tell the domineers (排雷员) that they smelt out a mine. Then the mine was cleared. It had taken two domineers a day to clear a 200 ㎡ minefield, but with the help of two rats they could finish it in two hours.
The rats and the domineers saved thousands of lives, "The rats did this job much better than we expected. So far they have helped to make almost 2,000,000 ㎡of land safe. "They are heroes". Said Bart Weetjens, the head of the APOPO.
1. While training the rats, the trainers have to be ________.| A．clever | B．patient | C．brave | D．serious |
| A．Each day about 50 children were killed or hurt by mines. |
| B．The APOPO started to train the rats in January 2004. |
| C．The trainers gave the rats food after they smelt out a mine. |
| D．The rats and the domineers saved thousands of lives. |
| A．Mines are all over the world and very dangerous. |
| B．Rats are very clever and useful. |
| C．People can train the rats to help them clear mines. |
| D．It is very difficult for people to find out the mines. |
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1. If Joe wanted to buy a ticket for himself，he could buy a ticket at ．
| A．tickets Online | B．Ticket Express |
| C．Disneyland Main Entrance | D．all of above. |
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Bletchley Park Opening Hours: Every day (Christmas & New Year’s Day) Weekdays 9:30 a. m~5 p. m., Weekends 10:30 a. m.~5 p. m. Price: Adults ￡10 Children ( 12-16) ￡6 Children under 12 free Tickets bought online 20% off |
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| A．Every day | B．On Sundays | C．On Saturdays | D．On weekdays |
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| C．At National Railway Museum | D．On the big trains in NRM |
| A．Bletchley Park has the longest daily opening hours |
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| C．An adult can buy a ticket to Bletchley Park online for £8 |
| D．We can visit National Railway Museum at 9:30 |
