How do you feel about onions?
As for the start of the festival, there is a story. In 1405, there was a big fire in Bern, Switzerland. The fire burned (燃烧) the city and many people died.
During the Zibelemarit, people have a lot of fun things to do.
| A．There are railways in Bern |
| B．Some people think they smell bad |
| C．Everyone is pleased to help others |
| D．They can eat things made with onions |
| E．It is held on the fourth Monday in November |
| F．Farmers from another city Freiburg hurried to help |
| G．Almost all the onions in the world came from this town |
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【推荐1】Last week, City Daily did a survey about “How do Chinese people celebrate the Spring Festival?” and “How do Americans celebrate Christmas?”. About 500 Chinese people and 300 Americans took part in the online survey. Here are the results.
Such a survey can be naturally connected with the importance of the Spring Festival for Chinese people, but what results in these differences? To my understanding, at least two reasons can explain this result. For one thing, Chinese people have a strong sense of family, which enables many people to celebrate the Spring Festival together with family members or relatives.
For another, compared with before, some people are richer, and they have more freedom, during the vacation. So, many people choose to celebrate this holiday by travelling. As for Americans, they prefer travelling. In fact, Americans like travelling on vacations, not only Christmas. Americans like exercising. There are no parks with fitness equipment (健身器材) in the US. So, they pay money to go to the gym.
1. _________ Chinese people visit relatives and friends during the Spring Festival.| A．265 | B．135 | C．80 | D．20 |
| A．prefer to travel |
| B．want to exercise |
| C．they can afford to travel, and they have days-off |
| D．they think travelling is more exciting than visiting relatives and friends |
| A．the survey in done in the school |
| B．Chinese have a strong sense of family. |
| C．there are enough fitness equipment in the US parks. |
| D．Americans prefer Christmas rather than the Spring Festival. |
【推荐2】The four children are from different countries, but they all like Chinese festivals.
| I am Danny, 12. I am from Russia. My favorite Chinese festival is the Dragon Boat Festival. At this festival I can see different dragon boats. I can eat zongzi. It is very delicious. |
| I am Jenny, 12. I am from the US. My favorite Chinese festival is the Mid-Autumn Festival. My parents like this festival too. At this festival my mother makes delicious yuebing with beans and sugar. My father sings about the moon. He sings very well. |
| I am Tom, 13. I am from Australia. Spring Festival is my favorite Chinese festival. At this festival we have a special family dinner. And we eat jiaozi with meat and carrots. |
| I am Simon, 14. I am from England. The Lantern Festival is my favorite Chinese festival. It is after Spring Festival. I eat yuanxiao, make lanterns and learn dragon dances. |
1. How old is Danny?
| A．11. | B．12. |
| C．13. | D．14. |
| A．England. | B．America. |
| C．Australia. | D．Russia. |
| A．Danny. | B．Jenny. |
| C．Tom. | D．Simon. |
| A．Yuebing. | B．Zongzi. |
| C．Jiaozi. | D．Yuanxiao. |
| A．Danny likes eating zongzi. |
| B．Jenny's mother sings very well. |
| C．Simon sometimes teaches dragon dances. |
| D．Tom's parents like the Mid-Autumn Festival. |
Li Junzhe, 15, Huaihua, Hunan Province (省) My friends and I will travel to Beijing right after the exam. We planned to go by ourselves but were turned down by our parents. They said we were too young to travel alone. They said they would go with us. I'm okay with it because I've already traveled by myself.
Zhu Hangian, 15, Dexing, Jiangxi Province What am I going to do this summer? Of course I'll go to see the Great Wall! But before that, I will watch movies. Because of the big exam, I haven't seen any movies for a long time. I will watch whatever is in the cinema! As for the Great Wall, I can't wait to see the beautiful views.
Dong Xu, 14, Dalian, Liaoning Province I will, no doubt, play computer games for days after the big exam. My mother never let me during the past few years. I can't imagine how exciting it will be. Also my friends and I will go to see the Great Wall.
1. Who has the experience of travelling alone?
| A．Dong Xu | B．Nobody |
| C．Zhu Hangjian | D．Li Junzhe |
| A．watch movies at home |
| B．play computer games |
| C．see films in the cinema |
| D．go to Beijing with his friends |
| A．they will go to see Shanghai Expo |
| B．they all want to see movies |
| C．they will play games for days |
| D．they will travel to Beijing |
【推荐1】For years, caffeine has been the “drug” of choice in many cultures. Caffeine has been considered socially acceptable because it is found in drinks like tea or coffee. People who consume (饮用) a lot of caffeine-based drinks may think they are addicted — depending heavily on it. But if they stop using such drinks, they will experience only slightly uncomfortable symptoms (症状) for a few days. The real addiction may be emotional. Many people claim (声称) they cannot start their day unless they get their “fix” , which is, in many cases, a cup or two of coffee. Even young people who may not touch tea or coffee are still putting caffeine into their bodies when they have energy drinks, which have high amounts of caffeine.
Caffeine is a bitter substance (物质) found in coffee, tea, soft drinks, chocolate, kola nuts, and some medicines. It has many effects on the body, including helping to activate (激活) the central nervous system. This can make you more awake and give you increased energy.
America’s National Institutes of Health says drinking two to four cups of coffee a day is not harmful for most people. But it warns that too much caffeine can make you restless, irritable and worried. It may also cause headaches, abnormal heartbeats and other problems. The NIH says women who are pregnant (怀孕的) or breast-feeding should limit their consumption of caffeine. And it says caffeine may affect how the body reacts to some drugs and vitamins. It suggests talking with a doctor if you have questions.
Would you like a drink of coffee or tea? A mathematical study showed that tea - especially black tea - might be the best choice. The study showed that few people have Type 2 diabetes (糖尿病) in countries where people drink a lot of tea. The study showed that drinking coffee might help reduce the risk of oral or pharyngeal (咽部) cancer, a deadly form of cancer.
1. What does the author intend to express in the first paragraph?| A．Caffeine could make people addicted to it. | B．Caffeine exists in many energy drinks. |
| C．The addiction to caffeine may not be real. | D．Drinking coffee is bad for the health. |
| A．Drinking coffee can help cure oral cancer. | B．Caffeine can help the body absorb (吸收) the vitamins. |
| C．Drinking coffee all day has no effect on most people. | D．Pregnant women should avoid drinking coffee. |
| A．energetic | B．angry | C．calm | D．dull |
| A．favorable | B．objective (客观的) | C．negative (消极的) | D．doubtful |
【推荐2】They can be in different colours and they have different shapes. They can be both red or green, round or sharp, big or small, and more importantly, loved or hated by someone. What can they be? Right, the answer is chilies（辣椒）.
Many of us in China enjoy adding chilies to our food, but do you know that this spicy（辣的）vegetable could also be very dangerous? A 34-year-old US man lost his life in hospital after eating a Carolina Reaper, the spiciest chili. After taking just one bite, the man began to get serious headaches in the following days, reported by BBC News.
In fact, eating spicy food causes stomachache and headache. But if chilies are harmful, why do people like to eat this vegetable? What makes people love chilies so much? The human body is influenced（影响）by natural chemicals（化学物质）that produce “a sense of happiness”, noted by BBC News.
And chilies do good to people in another way. Scientists found that the death rate of those who eat spicy food once or twice a week is 10 percent lower than those who eat it less than once a week. The death rate is 14 percent lower for those who eat spicy food six to seven times a week. This makes people eat more spicy food to make their health better. So don’t worry if you love spicy food. It seems that chilies are really good for us.
1. What can we know according to Paragraph 2?| A．Eating the chilies makes people die. | B．Eating chilies sometimes can be dangerous. |
| C．Biting a few chilies always causes headaches. | D．Adding a lot of chilies to the food is usual in America. |
| A．Because chilies can make them happy. | B．Because chilies are a kind of vegetable. |
| C．Because they think chilies are cool to eat. | D．Because chilies will never be bad for their health. |
| A．We should eat spicy food six times a week. |
| B．If we eat more chilies, we will live longer for sure. |
| C．Our body will keep chemicals when eating chilies. |
| D．Eating proper（适当的）spicy food may make us healthier. |
| A．Two sides of eating chilies. | B．A kind of beautiful vegetables. |
| C．The reasons why chilies are loved. | D．The bad results that eating chilies brings. |
Now scientists say the microbes on our hands could be used in a surprising way; fighting crime, According to a recent survey microbes as well as fingerprints(指纹) could be used to indentify the criminal.
Everyone has his own set of microbes on the hands. That is to say, if you and your best friend were able to see and compare all the microbes on your hands, your hands probably would look different. Some microbes only show up on your hands while others live only on your friend's hands.
When you work on a computer you leave the microbes from your hands on the keyboard. The scientists can easily tell the owner of the keyboard by looking at the microbes on it. Even if you don't leave your fingerprints behind, your microbes may give you away.
Noah Fierer, a scientist, says. "You can only clean a fingerprint, but you can't sterilize (使无菌) a surface just by wiping(擦) it off," He says that scientists have a lot more work to do before the microbe is used as a useful tool.
1. According to the passage,_______ could be used to identify the criminal.
| A．fingerprints | B．scientists' hands |
| C．microbes | D．fingerprints and microbes on people's hands |
| A．our hands look similar | B．the microbes will make the keyboard dirty. |
| C．we should compare hands often | D．we have our own sets of microbes. |
| A．just stay on our hands | B．also stay on the keyboard |
| C．will do harm to you | D．will disappear |
| A．fingerprints are no longer useful in fighting crime |
| B．microbes can be found on everyone's hands. |
| C．unlike microbe fingerprints can be cleaned if people wipe them |
| D．the microbe is used as a useful tool |
| A．Microbes May Tell Who You Are | B．Scientists Say Everyone Has Microbes |
| C．Noah Fiercer Does Research Into Microbes | D．Fingerprints Help Catch Criminals |
【推荐1】England
When it’s your birthday, your friends give you the “bumps”. They lift you in the air by your hands and feet and raise you up and down to the floor; one for each year you lived, then another one or two for luck.
Denmark
A flag is flown(飘扬) outside a window to show that someone who lives in that house is having a birthday. Parents place the presents around the child’s bed while he/she is sleeping, so he/she will see gifts at once upon when waking up.
Holland
Special year birthdays such as 5,10,15,20,21 are called “crown” years. The birthday child receives an especially large gift on a crown year birthday. The family also decorates(装饰) the birthday child’s chair at the dining room table with flowers, balloons and so on.
Canada
The birthday child’s nose is greased（涂抹）with butter for good luck. The greased nose makes the child too slippery for bad luck to catch him/her. In some parts of Canada, the birthday person even receives a punch（一拳）for each year he/she is alive and then one for good luck.
Brazil
The birthday child receives a pull on the ear for each year he/she has been alive. The birthday person also gives the first piece of cake to his/her most special friend or relative, usually mom or dad.
South Africa
On the twenty-first birthday, a key made of anything from paper to silver to gold is presented （呈现）by the parents as a sign that the child is ready to unlock the door to their future.
1. If a British friend is raised up and down to the floor 18 times on his birthday, he is most likely（可能的）to be .| A．17 | B．18 | C．19 | D．20 |
| A．giving a pull on the ear | B．having a big family party |
| C．greasing butter on the nose | D．flying a flag outside the window |
| A．Canada and England. | B．Denmark and South Africa. |
| C．Brazil and Holland. | D．Holland and South Africa. |
| A．people in different countries have their own special year birthdays |
| B．people in different countries celebrate their birthday in different ways |
| C．people always have a big birthday party at home in different countries |
| D．people always know a 1-year-old baby’s future from the item he chooses |
【推荐2】Naturally, American schoolchildren love holidays. And they get a lot of them each year.
Besides having national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Presidents’ Day off from school, students get longer breaks in the spring and summer holidays. In fact, kids in the US only go to school for about 180 days a year. To students, holidays are perfect. However, parents think there are advantages and disadvantages.
On one hand, school holidays allow families to spend time together. Many American parents take time off from work during June, July or August to travel with their children on vacation either in the US or a foreign country. On the other hand, schoolchildren get much more time off school than parents get vacation time. This means that parents with young children may have to pay more in babysitting or daycare costs. As well, the long summer holidays mean that students sometimes get bored.
Besides going on trips with their parents, American students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during the holidays. For example, some kids enjoy summer camps and outdoor adventure(冒险) holidays. Such trips are great for adventurous students. They also have a lot to offer students who aren’t usually interested in traditional PE activities. You can do courses in survival(生存) skills, for example. Students learn how to make a camp in the forest, which wild food they can eat and how to find their way back to the center.
Students who are not excited about summer camps and outdoor adventure may take part in courses in computer game design, filmmaking and photography during the holidays. Finally, the traditional school trip to foreign countries is always popular. Students can practise their foreign language skills and experience everyday life in a different culture.
1. What does the underlined word “They” refer to in the third paragraph?| A．Different traditional PE activities. | B．Some kids. | C．Summer camps and outdoor adventure. | D．Parents. |
| A．Both parents and students think school holidays are perfect. |
| B．Parents can take care of their young children during all the holidays. |
| C．Students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during holidays. |
| D．Students don’t like to have school trips to foreign countries during holidays. |
| A．School trips in the US. | B．School holidays in the US. | C．School activities in the US. | D．Outdoor adventure in the US. |
I’m getting really excited about your visit. I hope you are too. I must say, life is really different here. English people do some very strange things!
In the UK, you must drive on the left. I know you’re too young to drive but you have to remember this when you cross (横穿) the road. I nearly got run over the other day! You know in China, if you want a taxi, you can just put your hand out and one stops immediately. Well, here you must go to a special where is a long queue of people waiting. Or you can ring a taxi company to order one. Shopping is difficult on a Sunday. I can’t believe how early the shops close. It seems like you can’t buy anything after six o’clock in the evening.
You asked me about living in an English house. The most difficult thing is using a knife and fork. I can use chopsticks if I want, but I want to the same as other people. Something really surprised me the other day. Mrs. Johnson (my hose mother) hung up (悬挂) her washing in the kitchen (厨房)! I couldn’t believe it. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have a cat, a dog and two rabbits. Well, can you imagine, the other day, all four animals were running around in the kitchen.
Another thing, people drink cold water all the time and they drink tea with milk! They don’t have rice with every meal, and they put carpet all over their house.
Life here is strange, but I’m enjoying it.
Lots of love and see you soon.
Li Ming
1. In the UK, how can you take a taxi?| A．You can go to special company and wait. | B．You can put your hand out and one comes. |
| C．You can call the taxi company to ask for one. | D．You can go to a taxi company to order one. |
| A．10 am on a Saturday | B．8 am on a Sunday |
| C．10 am on a Sunday | D．8 pm on a Sunday |
| A．筷子 | B．刀 | C．叉 | D．碗 |
| A．Mr. And Mrs. Johnson do so many strange things that Li Ming finds it hard to live with them. |
| B．Li Ming wants to use chopsticks because it’s difficult to use a knife and a fork. |
| C．Wu Bin can drive, so Li Ming reminds (提醒) him to drive on the left. |
| D．You may see clothes, or even animals running around in Mrs. Johnson’s kitchen. |
