Do you like to eat mooncakes? Do you know that the history of mooncakes is related to two wars?
In the Tang dynasty, there was an emperor named Li Shimin. Once, his army won a war and returned on the Mid-Autumn Festival. While Li was celebrating with his army, a Tibetan trader (西藏商人) gave him some round cakes as a gift. Li was happy and sent these cakes to his soldiers. After that, these round cakes became popular. Many people ate them during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Later, the cakes were named as “mooncakes.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was the first emperor of the Ming dynasty. He ended the Yuan dynasty through an uprising (起义). When he organized the uprising, it was difficult to send messages secretly (秘密地). One of his friends came up with an idea. He gave mooncakes with a note hidden inside of them to other people. The note read, “Uprising on the fifteenth night of the eighth lunar (农历的) month.” After the successful uprising, Zhu gave mooncakes as gifts to his people. It became a custom to eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival from then on.
1. Which day is mentioned in the passage above?| A．The first day of the first lunar month. | B．The fifteenth day of the eighth month. |
| C．The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month. | D．The second day of the second lunar month. |
| A．How Mid-Autumn Festival comes. | B．How to spend Mid-Autumn Festival. |
| C．The history of the wars. | D．The history of mooncakes. |
| A．custom | B．geography | C．science | D．comic |
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Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens or those who have a lot of money. Why?
Actually happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it.
If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.
| A．Happiness is not the same as money. |
| B．When it closes, it also opens. |
| C．All of these are your happiness. |
| D．Because those rich people can also feel lonely and nervous. |
| E．When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you. |
| F．If you have enough money, you will be happy. |
| G．Different people have different worries. |
【推荐2】At the beginning of 2020, pangolins come into the eyes of people with the Covid-19. Scientists find that they may be the middle host of the Covid-19. What are pangolins? If you never hear of them, you’re not alone.
Pangolins live on the earth for over 40, 000, 000 years. And there are 8 different kinds of pangolins around the world, 4 in Asia and the others in Africa. Most of them live on the ground, but some can climb trees. They go out at night and sleep during the day. When they meet dangers, their hard coats get closed to make themselves look like a ball.
As we all know, pangolins are our friends. They eat over 70 kinds of ants. Every year a pangolin can eat 7, 000, 000 harmful ants. This helps protect our forests. When pangolins find one family of ants, they just eat a half and leave the other half to live. How kind the little animals are!
The pangolin is a kind of animals in danger. Some people eat pangolins as delicious food. Also, people use them in Chinese medicine. In the last 10 years, 1, 000, 000 pangolins have been on sale in the black market. About every 5 minutes one pangolin has to leave its homeland, because some bad people want to catch the pangolin. What gloomy news! We should do something to stop that.
1. From the passage, we know that pangolins ______.| A．look like little balls | B．are helpful for forests |
| C．enjoy living on the ground | D．make people get the Covid-19 |
| A．hot | B．sad | C．welcome | D．interesting |
| A．Our friends-Pangolins | B．Kind Animals-Pangolins |
| C．The Dangerous Pangolins | D．The Most Useful Animal |
【推荐3】Did you sleep all day on March 21?
Why do we need sleep?
| A．Nobody can answer this question well. |
| B．Different people need different amounts of sleep. |
| C．Albert Einstein said he needed to sleep for at least ten hours a night. |
| D．There are so many people that do not care about their sleep. |
| E．You should have done so because it was World Sleeping Day. |
【推荐1】The dragon is a great animal in Chinese culture. It brings the wind and rain. It is said that every year on the second day of the second lunar (阴历) month, the dragon wakes up from its winter sleep and raises its head. Because of this, the day is called “Dragon Heads-raising Day” (Longtaitou). This year, it falls on March 14th.
Old people believed that after Longtaitou, there would be more rain. And rain is very important to farming. So Longtaitou was the start of spring and farming.
People have many ways to celebrate the festival. The most popular one is to have a haircut. Mary people believe that a haircut during the first lunar month may bring bad luck to your uncles—mainly your mother’s brothers. They hope getting a haircut on Longtaitou keeps them away from bad luck.
Among Chinese people’s festival traditions, there is always a place for food. During the Longtaitou festival, people eat food named after dragons. Noodles are called dragon’s beard (longxu). Dumplings are dragon’s ears (long’er). And spring roll (春卷) are dragon’s skin (longlin).
People also hold activities like dragon dancing on the day. In some places in Shandong province, people make dragon lanterns (灯笼) too. Small reed (芦苇) boats go down the rivers and carry the lanterns, which stand for people’s best wishes and good luck.
1. Old people believed that Longtaitou was the beginning of ________.| A．spring and farming | B．spring and resting |
| C．summer and farming | D．autumn and harvest |
| A．Because they hope to keep healthy. | B．Because they hope to make much money. |
| C．Because they hope to keep them away from bad luck. | D．Because it may bring more rain. |
| A．dragon’s ears | B．dragon’s beard | C．dragon’s skin | D．dragon’s eyes |
A. Chinese traditional sports and activities are the cultural heritage (文化遗产) of China. Most of them not only are good for health but also have high artistic value. B. Food and drink has a special meaning to Chinese people. Eating does not just mean filling the stomach. What and how to eat is more important. C. The art of paper cutting was first developed in China. Chinese paper cuts have been a traditional form of decoration (装饰) at the Chinese New Year for thousands of years. D. Chinese painting is one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world. The artists paint on rice paper or thin silk with brushes. E. In the past 3, 500 years, China has developed its own form of cultural traditions, values and tastes. Tang poems are said to be the finest of Chinese literature (文学). F. The twenty-four solar terms (节气) have a history of thousands of years in China. They are still useful today in people’s life. |
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| Spring Equinox The 4thterm March 20th~April 5th | Grain in Ear The 9thterm June 5th~June 20th | Beginning of Autumn The 13thterm August 7th~ August22nd | Greater Cold The 24thterm January 20th~ February 2nd |
| Everything begins to grow and flowers come out. Some birds fly back to the north. People always fly kites and go climbing. | It’s a long period of continuous（持续不断）rainy and cloudy weather. Farmers are busy sowing（播种）and working in the fields. | The leaves of trees start to fall, as the saying goes “one leaf falls, autumn arrives.” people can feel that the wind is getting cool. | It is snowy and cold. People wear thick clothes to keep warm. Children often make snowmen and do some winter sports like ice skating. |
| A．fly kites | B．pick up leaves | C．make snowmen |
| A．Sunny and hot. | B．Rainy and cloudy. | C．Snowy and cold. |
| A．Spring Equinox. | B．Grain in Ear. | C．Greater Cold. |
【推荐1】If you have only three minutes to get something that you can take from your home, and the other things are lost forever, what will you take? The following information will help you.
B. O. B. | B. O. B. is short for Bug of Bag (求生背包) . It’s a bag with a collection of things that are needed for life in it. |
Reasons to use A B. O. B. | When disasters (灾难) like earthquakes and heavy rainstorms happen, many people will have to run away from their homes and they may not return for a long time. They need to continue to live without food, water or a shelter in some unexpected situations. |
Things in a B. O. B.
| A sleeping bag, or at least a thin quilt. Drinking water. High-calorie foods, such as chocolate and biscuits. Necessary medicines. Something for making a fire, and a small pot to boil water or cook. A few basic tools like a knife and some ropes. A flashlight. Money. A copy of all your important papers. (Be sure to make a B. O. B, as light as possible.) |
Places to keep a B. O. B | You should put a B. O. B at a place where you can get it at once when disasters happen. Your home, your car, or your office can be a good place to put it. |
A B. O. B. is very helpful to the people in need. You’d better prepare more than one B. O. B. if possible. Then think of the difference a B. O. B. will make if those disasters happen. So prepare one now.
1. A B. O. B. has a collection of things ________ in it.| A．for study | B．for sports | C．for life | D．for traffic |
| A．they have to save many people’s lives |
| B．they have no other useful things to take |
| C．they need to continue to live after disasters happen |
| D．they must make a new home with it |
| A．light | B．huge | C．heavy | D．useful |
| A．at home | B．in the car | C．in the office | D．on the road |
| A．Expensive things should be put in a B. O. B. safely. |
| B．It’s better to prepare more than one B. O. B. if possible. |
| C．People should take a B. O.B. with them everywhere. |
| D．A B. O. B. can make your everyday life different. |
【推荐2】Every country has its own way of cooking. American people have their way of cooking, too.
Most people in the US like fast food, but if you think that American people don’t like cooking, you’re wrong. It’s true that most Americans eat fast food for their breakfast and lunch, but they also think cooking is interesting. Parents see the importance of teaching their children how to cook, and most Americans say that home cooked meals are the best.
Americans have their own way of cooking. For example, baking (烧烤) is the most popular way of cooking in America. Most American families have ovens.
American cooks pay attention to the balance of food. In planning a big meal, they try to cook meat, a few vegetables, some bread and often some sweet food. They also like to make the meal look beautiful. There are many kinds of food of different colors, so the meal is healthy and looks beautiful, too.
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1. What do most Americans have for their breakfast or lunch?
| A．Noodles. | B．Fast food. | C．Porridge. |
| A．Eating at home. | B．Eating happily. | C．Teaching their children how to cook. |
| A．Baking. | B．Cutting. | C．Frying. |
| A．He cooks a lot of meat. |
| B．He cooks meat, vegetables, bread and sweet food for a big meal. |
| C．He makes the food delicious. |
| A．American parents do not like to teach their children to cook. |
| B．American people do not like to cook food at home. |
| C．The meal looks beautiful because the food is in different colors. |
【推荐3】Is human blood (血液) all the same? Of course not. Blood is made up of different parts, such as red blood cells, white blood cells and so on. Two chemical molecules (分子) on the red blood cells make people’s blood different. Scientists mark one molecule “A” and the other molecule “B”.
According to which and how many molecules are on the red blood cells, scientists divide blood into four types: A, B, AB and O. Your blood type will stay the same through the whole life. Scientists have found that people with the same blood type may have things in common.
People with type A: They look peaceful from the outside. But they ask so much of themselves that they may be very nervous inside. They become happy or sad easily. They can easily win people’s trust.
People with type B: They have strong minds. Once they begin a task and make up their minds to do it, they will not give up easily. And they want to do things in their own way.
People with type AB: Maybe they are the strangest among all blood types. They can be both open and shy, noisy and quiet at the same time!
People with type O: They’re open and good at making friends. They always begin tasks but don’t always finish them in the end. They have lots of new ideas and they always strongly believe in themselves.
1. ________ make(s) people’s blood type different.| A．Two chemical molecules on the red blood cells |
| B．Two chemical molecules on the white blood cells |
| C．Their different kinds of personalities |
| D．The number of people’s blood cells |
| A．can be changed when he grows up | B．decides what his job is |
| C．will never change through his life | D．decides what kind of friends he will make |
| A．Type A | B．Type B. | C．Type AB. | D．Type O. |
| A．People’s Personalities Depend on Many Things |
| B．Try to Make Friends with More People |
| C．How to Divide People’s Blood and Personalities |
| D．People’s Blood Types and Different Personalities |
