【推荐1】根据短文内容，判断正误（正确“T”，错误“F”），并将所选答案涂到答题卡的相应位置上。

Let’s learn something about the 2022 Men’s World Cup

What is the World Cup? The World Cup is an international football competition that takes place every four years. It is one of the most popular competitions in the world.

The first World Cup event was held (举办) in 1930 and it has only been canceled (取消) twice in the history of the competition—in 1942 and 1946, because of the Second World War (战争). The World Cup can take place anywhere in the world . In 2018 the host country was Russia, in 2014 it was Brazil, in 2010 it was South Africa, and this year, in 2022, the host country was the State of Qatar. There were 32 national teams participating (参与). It was the first time that a country in the Middle East was hosting the World Cup and only the second time that a country in Asia was hosting the competition.

1. The host country was the State of Qatar in 2022.
2. The next World Cup will be held in 2026.
3. Thirty-one countries took part in the World Cup in 2022.
4. Qatar was the first country to host the World Cup in Asia.
5. People did not hold the World Cup in 1942 and 1946.

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People call the Chinese diving（跳水）team a “dream team”. It has been a world-class team since the days of Fu Mingxia back in the early1990s. It still has a bright future these days with Quan Hongchan, 14, a new diving star.

Quan was the youngest member of the Chinese team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, but she wowed the world by getting perfect 10s three times to win the women’s 10-meter dive. This surprised not only the whole team, but also Quan herself. “I’ve never thought of beating a few world champions（冠军）in the match,” Quan said. “I just saw the competition as training. To be brave and just go jumping.”

People thought Quan was born with great talent in diving, but Quan didn’t think so. “I just dived every day. Each day, I needed to practice about seven hours, and some days I practiced for 10 hours,” she told China Daily. And she remembered how it felt when she started to learn diving at the age of 7. “It was so much fun,” she said. However, it takes more than just interest for a beginner to become successful. “If I stop training for a day or two, I feel scared when I get back on the 10-meter board. A diver needs to practice every day and try her best every day,” she added.

In fact, Quan was born in a poor family in Guangdong in 2007. Her mother was badly ill and she worried about her very much. She decided to do all her best for her mother even when she was at an early age, which touched people all around China.

1. What does the word wowed in Para. 2 mean?

A．Surprised.

B．Interested.

C．Worried.

D．Scared.

2. How did Quan Hongchan become successful?

A．She was born with great talent in diving.

B．She started diving when she was at the age of 7.

C．She took great interest in diving as a beginner.

D．She practiced diving and tried her best every day.

3. Who has something in common with Quan Hongchan?

A．Laura is really interested in taking photos.

B．Tom always has new ideas to work out the problems.

C．Sarah practices dancing day and night to join the competition.

D．Linda is so clever that she learns lots of skills by herself quickly.

4. The purpose of the passage is to _________.

A．teach us to dive like Quan Hongchan

B．tell us the story about Quan Hongchan

C．let us know about Chinese diving team

D．show us how to be a successful diving star

【推荐1】Bamboo is a wonderful plant for many people around the world.     1     People make tables, clothes, medical instruments with it. Pandas may eat bamboo every day, but people can also eat it.

    2     Some bamboo grows so quickly that people say they can watch it grow. The speed of depends on the type of bamboo, the earth and the season. Normal bamboo grows 3—10cm a day. It usually grows in tropical (热带的) areas.     3     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 used 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.     4     Also, bamboo is still used to make 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.     5     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.

A．You can still visit it today.

B．There are over 1,000 uses for it.

C．However, none worked very well.

D．Bamboo is light because it is empty inside.

E．It can also be found in other parts of the world.

F．The fastest growing plant in the world is bamboo.

【推荐2】When people hear the word "stress", they usually think of something bad.     1    . To begin with, people may feel stressed when there is something important to do.

For example, some students are stressed before a big test. The stress might make them feel nervous,     2    . This type of stress can help people work efficiently（高效地） to meet their goals. Another way stress benefits us is keeping us healthy. Scientists who study stress learnt a little stress could make the immune system（免疫系统） stronger.     3    .

    4    If you see a car coming around the corner too fast, you might experience stress. This stress sends a message telling your brain about the danger, allowing your body to respond quickly. You may not be able to jump out of the car’s way soon enough without the stress.

    5    .But the right amount of stress makes us more efficient, healthier and safer.

A．The final way that stress benefits us is by helping us respond to danger.

B．but it also makes them focused.

C．However, stress can have several benefits for the body and mind.

D．Of course, too much stress is bad for our bodies and minds.

E．As we know, stress is useless.

F．When your body learns to respond（反应）to some stress, it's able to protect you better from getting ill.

G．We know that stress is the best thing.

【推荐1】Water’s the most basic building block (构成要素) of life. Just over half of our body is made up of water. We always think that we’ll always have clean water to drink. But in many parts of the world, clean water is more valuable than gold. People get sick and die every day because they don’t have enough clean drinking water. What can we do to solve this problem?

A teenager named Marcus Deans might have the answer. He has invented NOGOS, a cheap and easy-to-make water filter (过滤器). One day, the 17-year-old Canadian saw a picture of an African child drinking dirty water. He then decided to find a solution.

But it wasn’t easy at first Deans was just 12 years old when he started working on his filter. Not many people were ready to take him seriously.

“It was difficult to find help and guidance (指导) with the project at the very start. I was fortunate enough to receive help from lots of inventors from across the globe who offered me suggestions,” he said.

Many people before Deans had tried to find ways to bring water filtration to poor countries. The problem is that their filters were usually too expensive or needed special parts. But Deans’ filter is cheap—it costs just $ 2 to make. And it’s made out of materials like sand and sugar that are easy to find, even in poor parts of the world.

Deans is getting ready to place his NOGOS filter in several developing countries. Probably the people living in those places will be thankful for his hard work.

1. Which description is WRONG about water?

A．More than half of our body is made up of water.

B．There is always enough clean water on the Earth.

C．Clean water is more valuable than gold in many countries.

D．Many people die because of a lack of clean water.

2. What does the underlined word “fortunate” mean in Paragraph 4?

A．Lucky.

B．Rich.

C．Poor.

D．Young.

3. Marcus Deans’ water filter is different from other filters because ________.

A．it uses old technology

B．it’s bigger than other filters

C．it’s easy to make and cheap

D．it can filter water more quickly

4. We know ________ according to the passage.

A．Marcus Deans comes from Africa

B．Deans’ filter is made out of wood

C．many inventors all over the world helped Deans

D．many people believed Deans when he started to invent the filter

5. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Deans will make a lot of money by selling his NOGOS filter.

B．The NOGOS filter is hard to use in developing countries.

C．Deans’ NOGOS filter still needs to be improved.

D．Water filtered by NOGOS is clean enough to drink.

【推荐2】There are always some English sayings that sound fun. “I have to face the music.” is a useful and funny saying in English. When someone says it, it does not mean that he is planning to go to a concertor hear a singer. It is something far less happy, for example, when you are called in by your boss to explain why you made such a stupid mistake.

From time to time, everyone has to “face the music”. As young children, we all remember father’s angry words “I want to talk to you.” “You should be punished!” and that is only because we did not listen to him. What a terrible thing! We students have to “face the music” in the middle or at the end of every term. The result of the exam will decide whether we will “face the music” or not.

The expression is well known to each American, young or old. It is at least 100 years old. Where did it come from? An American writer named James said in 1851 that actors while waiting to go on stage (舞台) first used the expression. After they got their order to go on, they often said, “Time to go to face the music.” That is exactly what they did, as the playing group was just below the stage. An actor might be worried as he moved on to the stage. The audience would be unfriendly if he forgot his lines. However, he had to go out.

Now you can understand, “face the music” comes to mean that you have to face something no matter how unpleasant it might be.

1. What does the writer think of “I have to face the music”?

A．Stupid.

B．Unhappy.

C．Useful.

D．Terrible.

2. When do students need to “face the music”?

A．When they get bad grades in the exams.	B．When they are praised by teachers.
C．When they win a competition.	D．When they go to a concert.

3. Who first used the saying “face the music”?

A．An American boss.

B．The American actors.

C．An American teacher.

D．An American writer.

4. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．What the saying means.	B．When we use the saying.
C．Why people learn the saying.	D．Where the saying came from.

5. What is the best title for the passage?

A．A Stupid Mistake

B．A Funny Stage Line

C．An Unpleasant Concert

D．A Famous English Saying

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Do you know facing changing? The amazing skill in Sichuan Opera is used to express the changing feelings of characters.

There are over 300 kinds of local operas in China. Among them, Sichuan Opera is one of the oldest. As the most important and the most interesting opera form from Southwestern China, it is popular in Sichuan, Chongqing and some areas of Yunan and Guizhou provinces. A large number of Sichuan Opera performers are active throughout Sichuan Province, both in the countryside and in cities.

The opera has three special skills: changing faces, spitting(吐) fire, and rolling lights. Face changing, or “bianlian” in Chinese, is the most famous one. It is an important intangible heritage(非物质文化遗产). Only a few artists have picked up this skill. They know how to change Sichuan Opera masks magically. As they wave their arms and turn their heads, their painted masks change again and again.

Face changing got its start about 300 years ago. In the beginning, opera artists changed the color of their faces during performances by blowing into a bowel of red, black or gold powder(粉末). The powder would stick to their oiled skin quickly. In another way, actors would cover their faces with colored paste hidden in their hands. By the 1920’s, opera artists began using layers(层) of masks made of oiled paper. They could peel one after another in the blink of an eve. At present, the artists use full-face painted silk masks which can be worn in layers.

1. Facing changing in Sichuan Opera tells ________.

A．how the story goes on	B．how the characters feel
C．that the characters are busy	D．that the characters are getting old

2. Opera artists perform face changing while ________.

A．spitting fire	B．doing magic tricks
C．moving parts of their body	D．singing along with the music

3. The last paragraph is mainly about the ________ of facing changing.

A．development

B．importance

C．popularity

D．future

4. What can we learn from the underlined sentence?

A．The artists may hurt their eyes when performing face changing.

B．The artists can perform face changing in different ways.

C．The artists need oiled paper to perform face changing.

D．The artists can perform face changing very quickly.

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Not a lot of artists can perform face changing.

B．Sichuan Opera became popular 300 years ago.

C．Sichuan Opera is less interesting than Beijing Opera.

D．People from the countryside like Sichuan Opera better.