If the rose can be said to be a special flower, then the apple can be said to be a special fruit. It is very important in American culture. American stories speak of Johnny Appleseed, who went throughout America collecting apple seeds and planting apple trees. He had a great love for nature and went through fields and farms adding richness and beauty to the country.
One of the first sayings taught to school children is, “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” This short saying encourages children to eat fresh fruit to keep healthy. If someone always says good words to a person, people will call him an “apple polisher”. This, however, is not a good name. If someone is very dear to us, we say that he or she is the “apple of our eye”.
Most people believe that the fruit which Eve gave to Adam was an apple, even though the Bible(圣经) never says so. The apple, therefore, is a deep part of the language and stories of America.
An apple is also delicious. Apples can be cooked in many ways, used as a dessert, and made into sweet juice.
In many parts of the country during the harvest season, a popular activity is to go into an apple garden to pick apples. Washington, D. C. and New York are both famous for their apples.
Finally, when it’s time to take a vacation to American cities, one can always visit New York, which is “the biggest apple” of all the American cities.
1. What does the underlined phrase “apple polisher” mean?
| A．Something for cutting apples. |
| B．A person who likes to please others. |
| C．A person who is dealing with fruits. |
| D．A machine for cleaning apples quickly. |
| A．cooking | B．medicine | C．shopping | D．health |
| A．Apples are medicine. |
| B．Apples are the most important food. |
| C．New York is famous for its big apples. |
| D．The Bible says Adam was given an apple. |
| A．stories about the apple |
| B．apples in American culture |
| C．some famous sayings of the apple |
| D．big cities that is famous for apples |
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【推荐1】Some animals can easily find their way home after a long journey. How do they make it? Scientific research shows that they are born with certain unusual abilities for direction.
A certain kind of ants, for example, can count their steps to avoid getting lost. They can go as far as 110 metres and bring food home. These ants live in the open desert (沙漠), so they have nothing to guide them along the way. It’s like someone walking six kilometres through a dark forest.
Some fish have an unbelievable sense of smell. They can smell even a single drop of their home water in a large sea area. Some sea birds have a similar ability. They are able to make a smell map of their flying area.
Some animals can sense the earth’s magnetic field (磁场), while humans can’t. This magnetic field guides a certain kind of fish when the swim a long way to a place and then back. How can this kind of fish do that? It is still a mystery. Scientists have no good answers yet.
However, animals with such unusual abilities still have difficulty dealing with environmental changes caused by human activities. For example, many birds depend on stars for direction, but they get lost easily a night when city lights are kept on all night. To solve this problem, we can simply turn off some lights at night. Clearly, one small act of humans may mean a lot to animals.
1. How does the writer start the passage?| A．By having a discussion. | B．By telling a story. |
| C．By describing a scene. | D．By giving a fact. |
| A．By imagining the way. | B．By counting their steps. |
| C．By bringing food together. | D．By walking through a forest. |
| A．Secret. | B．Choice. | C．Reason. | D．Feeling. |
| A．To help animals. | B．To travel at night. |
| C．To keep city lights on. | D．To develop unusual abilities. |
| A．Birds’ Sense of Light. | B．Fish’s Sense of Smell. |
| C．Animals’ Sense of Direction. | D．Animals’ Sense of Magnetic Field. |
【推荐2】No matter what country they are held in, state banquets (国宴) are grand (盛大的) and mysterious. They are dinners hosted by the government to welcome guests from other countries.
What was the menu like? Here is one according to China Daily. It is usually a great mix of delicate (精致的) Chinese food and popular Western dishes. There were five hot dishes. Kung Pao Chicken caught the eyes of the guests because it is also popular in Chinese restaurants in the US. Coconut-flavored Chicken Soup (椰香鸡豆花) showed how Chinese food had developed, while Stewed Beef Steak in Tomato Sauce (番煎牛肉) and Seafood Chowder (奶汁煽海鲜) were more Western.
China’s state banquets are usually held in the Great Hall of the People, reported CCTV. The banquet hall there can hold 5,000 people at one time. The dishes served at state banquets show cooking styles from all over China.
To make the dishes right for guests from different countries, Chinese chefs have been improving their skills over the years. Besides flavor, they also consider a guest’s “tastes, age and state of health”.
There are very strict hygienic requirements (卫生要求) for China’s state banquets, reported CCTV. For example, a chef must change gloves at least 20 times for each dish, as well as follow six steps to wash his or her hands.
1. State banquets are held to ________.| A．show a country’s richness | B．welcome foreign guests |
| C．vote for the best chefs | D．celebrate important festivals |
| A．Hamburgers with Stewed Beef | B．Coconut-flavored Chicken Soup |
| C．Kung Pao Chicken | D．Seafood Chowder |
| A．how old the guests are |
| B．which dishes need high skill to prepare |
| C．what flavors the guests may like |
| D．whether the guests are healthy |
| A．Each time, 5,000 people enjoy the banquet together. |
| B．Dishes for every state banquet are the same. |
| C．They are usually held in the Great Hall of the People. |
| D．Chefs have no time to wash their hands quite often. |
Nowadays, mobile payment（手机支付）becomes more and more popular. WeChat has great mobile payment deals（交易）during the May Day holiday. That means many Chinese use WeChat to buy things during the holiday.
“Compared with last year, daily deals for offline services（线下服务）increased 79 percent during the holiday,” said WeChat after the holiday. According to the payment deals, more people chose public transport like trains, buses and undergrounds during the holiday.
Hong Kong, Macao and Thailand were the top three places where WeChat Pay was most used during the holiday. The usage in Russia, Cambodia and the Philippines also increased a lot.
Mobile payment is becoming more and more popular, and most people don’t take money with them when they go out. They just bring their mobile phones. People can use them to pay in most shops and supermarkets. According to Tencent, the monthly users of WeChat all over the world was 1,098 billion by the end of 2018.
As we all know, WeChat is a really useful app. People can use it to talk with friends, send pictures, buy things, read news and so on. What’s more, it is not only used in China, but also used in many other countries. People hope that this app can become better and better.
1. What were the top three places where WeChat was used during the holiday?| A．Hong Kong, Macao and Cambodia. |
| B．Hong Kong, Macao and Russia. |
| C．Russia, Cambodia and the Philippines. |
| D．Thailand, Macao and Hong Kong. |
| A．Now all people don’t take money when they go out. |
| B．WeChat is only used in China. |
| C．During the Labor Day holiday, more people used public transport. |
| D．By the end of 2018, the daily users of WeChat all over the world was 1,098 billion. |
| A．news. | B．mobile phone. | C．Tencent. | D．WeChat. |
| A．The usage of mobile phones. | B．The popularity of WeChat payment. |
| C．The mobile payment in China. | D．The online payment during the holiday. |
【推荐1】Everyone has a family name. In China, the family name is the first name, but in English countries, the family name is the last name. Do you know how English people get their family names? And what do they mean? English people usually get their family names in these ways.
Some family names are from the places of their homes. If a man lives on or near a hill, his family name may be (可能是) Hill. In England, people’s names may be Wood or Lake because the wood (树林) or the lake is near their house.
Some family names are from a person’s job. If a person is a cook, his family name may be Cook.
Some family names are about people’s characteristics (特点). Family names like Short, Long, and Little are about the build. And names like Black, White and Green are about the skin (皮肤) color.
And many people get their family names from their fathers’ family names. If you hear the name “Jack Benson”, you can know that he is the son of Ben.
1. How many ways can people get their family names?| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 |
| A．身材 | B．建造 | C．肤色 |
| A．He lives near Jackson. | B．He is short and little. | C．He is the son of Jack. |
| A．Family names. | B．Places of homes. | C．Jobs. |
The word was first used in 2004. In the past 12 months, its frequency(出现频率)in the English language has increased by 17, 000 percent. Now, almost everybody knows it.
“Almost every day, I take a photo of myself at school, and save it in my Qzone(QQ空间), ”said Huang Xu, 13, from Hunan. These photos record her happy and sad moments.
Pop stars also take a lot of selfies. Li Chunping, 14, from Harbin, is a big fan of Yang Mi. “She has used many selfies to tell us what’s going on in her personal life, ”said Li.
What makes people love selfies? Some people say it’s narcissism(自恋). “The rise of the selfie is a perfect symbol for our narcissistic culture. We’re crying out: Look at me! ”said US psychiatrist(精神科医生)Carole Lieberman.
But some people don’t see it that way. Young people are using selfies to make friends online, Jonathan Freedland wrote in The Guardian《卫报》. “The usual purpose of taking a selfie is to share online. They express a human need to connect with others, ”wrote Freedland.
Huang Xu agrees with that. “During summer vacation, my classmates and I shared many selfies online. Hair or clothes were not our interests. Through these photos, we got to know each other’s holidays and feelings, ”said Huang Xu.
1. According to the story, a “selfie” is .
| A．a person with a smartphone |
| B．a smartphone which can take photos |
| C．a photo taken by oneself |
| D．an English dictionary |
| A．More than ten years ago. | B．In 2014. |
| C．When smartphones appeared. | D．Nobody knows. |
| A．only famous people enjoy taking selfies |
| B．all people love selfies because of narcissism |
| C．people love to share selfies online |
| D．US psychiatrist Carole Lieberman hates selfies |
| A．Selfies and narcissism |
| B．Selfies and sharing |
| C．Selfies and smartphones |
| D．Selfies, the hottest word in 2004 |
【推荐3】Every country (国家) has its own (自己的) eating habits. In different countries, people love to eat different kinds of food. Here are some examples.
In Australia, people usually eat a lot of fish, and they eat a lot of rice, too.
In England, people love to eat fried fish (炸鱼) and French fries (炸薯条).
In the USA, people like hamburgers a lot. They know hamburgers are not healthy food, but they really love to eat them.
They like to have cold drinks.
In Canada, people like to eat bread and they think bread is healthy food.
In India, people like to eat hot food. Some people only eat fruit and vegetables because they think green food is good for them. They don’t like to eat meat or fish.
What about you and your family?What food do you like and dislike?
1. What does the underlined word “examples” mean in Chinese? ________| A．习惯 | B．例子 | C．榜样 |
| A．hamburgers | B．fish and rice | C．French fries |
A． | B． | C． |
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. |
| A．In Australia, people don’t eat rice. |
| B．In India, some people only eat fruit and vegetables. |
| C．In Canada, people don’t eat bread. |
You can do pretty much anything you like in Europe. You can go skiing, visit an ancient castle, and admire fine art. Now you have one more choice: you can also have dinner in an underwater restaurant!
The world’s largest underwater restaurant opened in Norway recently. It is named “Under”. The building looks like a huge tube (管道) in the water. More than half of it sits about five meters below sea level. It has room for 40 guests. Guests are able to watch sea animals swimming around through a large window while they are eating. Of course, seafood dishes are served.
Under is so popular that around 7,000 people have already booked a table. And it is fully booked for six months. The designer said the most exciting experience was to see the seabed (海底) scenery in different seasons and weather conditions through the large glass window. Would you like to have dinner there?
1. What new choice can people have in Europe?| A．Go skiing. | B．Visit an ancient castle. |
| C．Enjoy fine art. | D．Dine at an underwater restaurant. |
| A．A large tube. | B．A round ball. | C．A big mushroom. | D．A strange fish. |
| A．5. | B．40. | C．400. | D．7,000. |
| A．Under in Norway is the largest restaurant in the world. |
| B．More than half of the restaurant is five meters below sea level. |
| C．Guests can have a good view of the undersea scenery while eating there. |
| D．The business of the underwater restaurant has been good since its opening. |
| A．People Will Have a New Choice in Europe |
| B．The First Underwater Restaurant in Europe was Named “Under” |
| C．The World’s Largest Underwater Restaurant Opened in Norway |
| D．The Underwater Restaurant in Norway Gets Popular Around the World |
【推荐2】In modern world, most people have at least one time-telling tool with them, such as smart phones, MP5 players and mini computers. Since these small machines are so common, will people stop wearing the 500-year-old watches? Maybe the answer is “yes”. According to a research, most teenagers say it’s unnecessary to wear a watch, they usually use their mobile phones to tell the time.
However, watchmakers say that watches will get popular again when people reach their 20s and 30s. By then, they want to spend money on a creative time-telling tool because they think it’s not enough if a watch can just keep good time, so watchmakers are trying their best to create new kinds of watches. Recently, a new kind of watches has been invented. It can use different color lights to tell the time. This kind of watches makes people talk more about modern watches again.
Also people want their time-telling tools to be beautiful, fashionable and practical(实用的), so watches are designed(设计)to meet the need of almost any personality(个性). Now more and more watches can be used as compasses(指南针), calendars and even USB drives…
All in all, a watch has become more important than the time it tells.
1. Watches will get _________ again when people reach their 20s and 30s.| A．expensive | B．small | C．popular | D．cheap |
| A．different color lights | B．sound | C．pictures | D．music |
| A．compasses | B．calendars | C．USB drives | D．wallets |
| A．Most people want to spend money on mobile phones. |
| B．A watch has become more important than the time it tells. |
| C．Many watchmakers are worried about their products(产品). |
| D．Fewer and fewer people use watches to tell the time. |
【推荐3】Good morning, everyone! Welcome to our school. Now you are students of a middle school. All the things here are new. The life here is a little different. I think you must know what you can do and what you can’t do. It can help you study well and live happily. Here are some rules of our school.
You have to come to school from Monday to Friday. You will learn some important subjects, such as Chinese, math, English and science. Classes begin at 8:00. You have four classes in the morning. You have lunch in the school dining hall. You can’t eat in the classroom. You have two classes in the afternoon. Classes are over at 3:30 and then you can join your favorite clubs to have fun. You can’t play balls or run in the classroom and hallways. You mustn’t break these rules. I really hope you will have a happy life here. Thank you.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Who is the speaker?
| A．A reporter. | B．A doctor. | C．A teacher. | D．A bank clerk. |
| A．nine | B．seven | C．eight | D．six |
| A．some important subjects | B．some school rules |
| C．clubs and school activities | D．interesting school life |
| A．Eat food. | B．Play balls. | C．Run. | D．Learn English. |
| A．违反 | B．反对 | C．误解 | D．纠正 |
