Bamboo is a wonderful plant for many people around the world. There are over 1,000 uses for it. People make tables, clothes, medicine, and musical instruments with it. Pandas may eat bamboo every day, and people can also eat it.
The fastest growing plant in the world is bamboo. Some bamboo grows so quickly that people say they can watch it grow. The speed of growth depends on the type of bamboo, the earth and the season. Normal bamboo grows 3—10 cm a day. It usually grows in tropical (热带的) areas. It can also be found in other parts of the world. Bamboo plants are found in Asia, Australia, parts of Africa, and South America.
One of the world’s oldest building materials is bamboo. Like today, people use it because it’s very strong. They use it to build houses, boats, and bridges. The Chinese made a bamboo bridge over the Min River in Sichuan, China almost 1,000 years ago. You can still visit it today. Also, bamboo is still used to build houses today, especially in China and Philippines.
As a part of history, bamboo is very important. The great scientist Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb (灯泡), but he made it perfect. He wanted the material inside to burn for a long period of time. He tried over 1,000 different types of materials. However, none worked very well. One day, he tried to use a piece of bamboo and the light bulb lit up for over a thousand hours. This invention helped other scientists to make the modern light bulb we use today.
根据短文内容，请用完整句子回答下列问题。
1. How many uses are there for bamboo?
2. Which plant is the fastest growing plant in the world?
3. What does the speed of growth depend on?
4. Why do people use bamboo today?
5. How long did the light bulb light up when Edison used a piece of bamboo to burn?
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【推荐1】About 2300 years ago, the area around Chengdu had bad floods (洪水) in spring every year. Flood water from the mountains flowed (流动) down the Minjiang River and covered the land. Luckily, the Qin governor (太守), Li Bing, was a water engineer. The king of Qin provided the money and asked the governor to solve the problem.
The usual method to avoid flooding is to build a wall across the river, called a dam. Special openings in the dam allow the flow of water to be controlled. However, the king had also asked Li Bing to make sure that ships could still use the river. This was necessary because the king needed to send food to his army. So Li Bing studied the situation and came up with a plan—a plan that still works today!
Helped by his son, and tens of thousands of workers from the area, Li Bing built a man-made island in the middle of the river. This island was shaped like a fish and it divided the water into an inner and an outer river. The inner river was deeper than but not as wide as the outer river. It took four years to build the island.
Li Bing also cut a new channel (运河) through Mount Yulei. This channel would take water away to irrigate (灌溉) the land in the flat farmland below. The rock of the mountain was very hard and difficult to cut. Li Bing used fire to heat the rock and then water to cool it quickly. This made the rock break into smaller pieces which could be carried away more easily. Cutting the channel took eight years!
After Li Bing’s work was finished, there were no more floods, and the Dujiangyan irrigation system (灌溉系统) allowed the farmers to grow more and more food. The river flowed naturally, and because there was no dam, ships and fish could pass freely. Sichuan became the most productive area in China, as it still is today. Today, scientists and visitors from all over the world come to look at this wonderful example of engineering. This work and the name of Li Bing live on.
1. What was Li Bing’s job?（答题词数不超过11个）2. Why did the king ask Li Bing to make sure that ships could still use the river?（答题词数不超过10个）
3. How long did it take Li Bing to cut a new channel?（答题词数不超过5个）
4. What does the writer think of the Dujiangyan irrigation system?（答题词数不超过12个）
【推荐2】A name, which lets you look forward to, lets you daydream, and lets you have a very deep memory is Tsinghua University.
Tsinghua University is one of the most famous universities in China, and it lies in the northwestern part of Beijing—the capital city of China. It was built on the site (位置) Of “Tsinghua Yuan” in 1911.
Now the whole campus (校园) can be divided into east parts and west parts. It has a very comfortable campus environment. Walking in Tsinghua University, you can enjoy buildings of both Chinese and Western styles.
Tsinghua University is also one of the state “Project 211” universities. And it is a mational key university with science, history, education, medicine and so on. The university’s motto (校训) “Self-discipline and Social Commitment (自强不息，厚德载物) ” has been encouraging lots of Tsinghua teachers and students to work for the great development of China.
Please remember the name—Tsinghua University, because it is a place which will make you proud of yourself in all your life.
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Tsinghua University— | |
| The position of Tsinghua University | In the |
| The | Of both Chinese and Western styles |
| The motto of Tsinghua University | “Self-discipline and |
| The | It is a place which will make you proud of yourself in all your life. |
Chinatown is the name given to an area in the middle of London. It is a large Chinese community (社区) with a lot of Chinese restaurants, Chinese supermarkets and shops.
In the 1950s, it was a poor area and everything was very cheap. At the same time, the world rice market changed and thousands of farm workers in Hong Kong lost their jobs. They began arriving in London to look for work. They found jobs in the restaurants in this area.
These restaurant workers often worked 17 hours a day and had no time to learn English. As more Chinese arrived, more shops and businesses grew. Wives came and joined their husbands and children came and joined their fathers. The community grew, and Chinatown was born.
In the 1970s and 1980s, British-born Chinese started to have a better education and this brought economic (经济的) success to the area. Many families moved out of Chinatown, and there was more space for businesses. Chinatown soon became a popular place for tourists.
Now everyone knows about London’s Chinatown. During the Chinese New Year, the streets are filled with flags and thousands of Chinese go into the streets. For most of the year, though, Londoners and tourists go there mainly for the food in the Chinese restaurants. The best restaurants are the ones where the Chinese eat.
1. Was Chinatown rich or poor in the 1950s?2. Who came to London to look for jobs in the 1950s?
3. Why didn’t the restaurant workers have time to learn English?
4. When did the British-born Chinese start to have a better education?
5. What is the main idea of this story?
【推荐1】Once upon a time, there was a proud rose. She thought she was the prettiest plant in the garden. But she wasn’t happy about one thing: she had to grow next to a cactus(仙人掌).
Every day, the beautiful rose made fun of the cactus for his looks. She said, “The ugly cactus is full of thorns (刺)!” A sunflower raised her head and asked, “Why do you say that? You have thorns, too.” The rose got angry, “I thought you had good taste! You can’t compare my thorns with the thorns of the cactus.” However, no matter what the red rose said, the cactus always kept quiet.
One hot summer, it was very dry, and there was no water left for the plants. As the rose grew weaker, she saw a bird dip(浸) his mouth into the cactus to drink some water. Though she felt it was difficult to talk with the cactus, she asked the cactus if she could have some water. The kind cactus agreed happily. At that moment, the rose understood that she needed to keep a kind heart. The rose and cactus got through the hot summer together, as friends.
1. How did the rose like the cactus at first? (不超过10个词)2. How did the cactus do when he heard the rose’s bad words? (不超过5个词)
3. What can we learn from the story? (不超过15个词)
There are a lot of plants in the world. Plants are very important. This is because plants can make food for us from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals can get their food by eating plants and other animals. Man gets his food by eating plants and animals, too. So animals and man need plants in order to(为了) live. This is why there are so many plants around us.
There are two kinds of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering plants. Almost all the trees around us are flowering plants. You can know some trees from their flowers and fruit. Non-flowering plants do not grow flowers. You cannot see many non-flowering plants around you.
Look carefully at the plants around you, and you can find there are many kinds of plants. Some plants are large and some are small. Most of them are green. Thanks to the plants around us, we can live on earth.
1. Why are plants very important?2. Can we make food from air, water and sunlight?
3. How many kinds of plants are there according to the passage?
4. What color are most of the plants?
5. What’s the passage mainly about?
Trees are everywhere around us. They provide us with many useful things.
Before trees become helpful, they change a lot as they grow. At 1 to 3 years old, young trees learn how to protect themselves. For example, many trees grow thorns (刺) to warn animals not to go near. Most young trees have large deep green leaves so that they can catch enough sunlight and change it into their food and energy. When trees are 4 years old, they begin to grow very rapidly and become strong enough to face challenges later in life. At the age of 15, trees become young adults. They grow more slowly and begin to produce flowers and fruit.
It is not until the tree is 20 to 25 years old that it becomes a real adult. The tree reaches its largest size. Not only does the adult tree give us natural beauty, but it also cleans up dirt and fights flood. If we give the adult tree proper care, it will continue to live healthily for many years.
| Trees grow in many different places, so they have developed special ways to help themselves live. ●In deserts, trees need to hold on to water. The tree saves water in its trunk. ●In the highlands, trees grow very close to protect them from the strong winds. ●In the rainforests, trees grow up to fifty meters tall to get more sunlight. |
Gradually trees begin to grow older and older and even die. At this time they still have their important place in nature. When a tree becomes hollow (空心的) or part of it becomes dead, it provides a home for small animals.
In many ways, the life of a tree is similar to our own life experience. When we are looking at the life of a tree, we learn that each period of life brings its own form of joy and challenge.
Enjoy every minute of our life and take care of the trees!
1. Please fill in the blanks with a proper word or phrase.2. How does a young tree warn animals not to go near it?
3. When does the tree reach its largest size?
4. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
5. From the words in the box, about people, what can you think of?
6. Do you like the period you are experiencing now? Why?
