The most valuable memory of my childhood is about a round table. This table was not just a piece of furniture (家具) but a symbol of reunion (团聚) and joy.
When I was little, our whole family would gather around a round table for dinner on the traditional festivals. Adults would sit and talk about their work and plans, while children would run around the table, playing hide-and-seek.
When I got a bit older, my aunt brought back her boyfriend and my grandma joyfully added another seat to the round table. It seemed a little bit more crowded, but we all felt closer to this new family member.
When I was twelve, my grandpa passed away because of cancer but when the family reunited again, his chair, his bowl and his chopsticks remained the same. Although his seat was empty, but it made us feel like that he had never left us.
We all have a table like this in our homes because it is a symbol of the reunion of our families. But as a matter of fact, in China, almost everything can be solved over a round table. The wedding ceremony between a loving couple, mourning (哀悼) for the dead, the talk between business partners can all happen on a same round table. So I start to wonder what is this round table to us.
The food on the table may change with time. The people sitting beside it may come and go. The reasons why we come together may be different, but the meaning behind it remains, year after year, the same. And that is our tolerance (包容) of different people, our willingness to learn from different culture and artistic forms, our care and love and respect for not only our family, but also for the community, our nation and even the whole world.
The round table has been a symbol of the Chinese culture. It was, it is and will always be.
1. How does the writer share his memories about a round table?| A．By telling a story. | B．By giving examples. |
| C．By comparing differences. | D．By explaining the result. |
| A．Because the family forgot to remove these things. |
| B．Because the family wanted to avoid his absence. |
| C．Because the family didn’t want others to take his seat. |
| D．Because the family had such a tradition to have dinner. |
| A．The wedding ceremony. | B．The business meeting. |
| C．The mourning for the dead. | D．The International sporting event. |
| A．Practical Use of the Round Table in China. |
| B．The Hidden Meaning of the Round Table. |
| C．Childhood Memories Around the Round Table. |
| D．The Importance of Family Reunion in China. |
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【推荐1】Hello, I’m Tom Smith. I’m in No. 6 Middle School. This is my room. Look! Three nice pictures are on the desk. In the first picture, you can see two girls. The girl in purple is my sister Cindy. She likes to watch English movies（看英文电影）in the evening. Can you see the girl in a yellow jacket? Oh, she is my cousin Helen. She has five nice hats. But she lost two hats in the library. If you find them, please call her at 98767867.
My aunt Alice and uncle Frank are in the next picture. Alice is an English teacher in my school. She is a good teacher. She is nice and always helps her students. Frank is a teacher, too. He is in Beijing now.
In the last picture, you can find a boy and a girl. They are my good friends Eric and Gina. Eric is a tidy boy. His things are always in the right place（合适的地方）. Gina and I are in the same（相同的）school. I always go to school with her at 7:00 in the morning.
1. What is Tom’s family name?| A．Green | B．Brown | C．Smith | D．Miller |
| A．She has three nice hats now. | B．Her telephone number is 98767876. |
| C．Her last name is Smith. | D．She is in a purple jacket. |
| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Six. | D．Seven. |
| A．Five people are in Tom’s family. | B．Alice is a teacher in Cindy’s school. |
| C．Eric is Tom’s brother. | D．Gina is a student in No.6 Middle School. |
| A．My Family | B．My Room | C．My Three Photos | D．My Good Friends |
Tina is an English girl. Now she lives in Henan with her mom. She likes Chinese very much.
Today the new school year begins(开始).
| A．Tina goes to school today. |
| B．She is seven years old. |
| C．Tina likes her very much. |
| D．It’s a new and nice school. |
| E．Her classmates like her, too. |
【推荐3】One evening an old man was sitting quietly outside his home, enjoying the beautiful sunset. His grandson ran home with anger on his face. “What is wrong?” his grandfather asked. The boy rested his head on the old man’s shoulder. “My friend didn’t play with me today. He played with the older boys and left me alone. I hate him!”
The old man hugged the boy. “I know how you feel.” he said. “In my long life I experienced anger and hatred (仇恨) , too, because someone did bad things to me.” He touched the boy’s hair gently. “But hatred and anger make you tired. Do you know why?” The boy shook his head.
“It’s because there is a terrible fight going on inside every one of us, between two wolves, “ said the grandfather.
“Two wolves?” asked the boy. He thought two wolves fighting inside him sounded strange.
“Yes, two wolves, “said his grandfather.
“One wolf is full of anger, hatred, jealousy (妒忌) and lies. He fights against everyone because his anger stops him from thinking.”
“The other wolf is calm and lives in harmony with (与……和谐相处) everything around him. He is full of peace, love, hope and joy. He only fights when it is the right thing to do and he always fights properly.”
The old man looked into his grandson’s eyes. “It is not easy to live with these two wolves fighting inside us.”
“Which wolf will win, Grandfather?” asked the boy.
The old man smiled, “The one that I feed the most.”
1. The boy was angry because ________.| A．his friend didn’t play with him |
| B．he couldn’t find his friend |
| C．his friend lied to him |
| D．his friend lost his toy car |
| A．They live in harmony with each other. |
| B．They represent different emotions (情感). |
| C．They live outside people’s homes. |
| D．They always make people angry. |
| A．You need to feed the wolves when they are hungry. |
| B．The wolves eat real food and get stronger. |
| C．The wolves decide whether you are angry or not. |
| D．It’s up to you to choose between anger and peace. |
| A．funny | B．wise | C．strong | D．cruel |
A mother held her new baby and very slowly rocked him back and forth (来回地), back and forth, back and forth. And while she held him, she sang:
I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always,
As long as I’m living, my baby you’ll be.
The little boy grew. Then he was two years old, and he ran all around the house. He pulled all the books off. And he took his mother’s watch and put it in the toilet. Sometimes his mother would say, “This kid is making me CRAZY!” But at night, when he was really asleep, she picked him up and rocked him back and forth, back and forth.
He grew until he was nine years old. And he never wanted to come in for dinner, he never wanted to take a bath, and when grandma visited, he always said bad words. Sometimes his mother wanted to sell him to the zoo!
The boy grew. He grew until he was a teenager. He had strange friends and he wore strange clothes and he listened to strange music. Sometimes the mother felt like she was in a zoo!
That teenager grew. He grew until he was a grown-up man. He left home and got a house in the city.
Well, that mother, she got older. She got older and older and older. One day she called up her son and said, “You’d better come to see me because I’m very old and sick.”
So her son came to see her. When he came in the door she tried to sing the song:
I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always,
But she couldn’t finish because she was too old and sick.
The son went to his mother. He held her in his arms very slowly rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. And he sang this song:
I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always,
As long as I’m living, my Mommy you’ll be.
1. This story is about ________.| A．mother and son | B．father and son | C．mother and daughter | D．father and daughter |
| A．Yes, she was. | B．Yes, she wasn’t. | C．No, she was. | D．No, she wasn’t. |
| A．make much trouble | B．have good manners |
| C．showed love properly | D．showed gift in sports |
| A．既然 | B．只要 | C．虽然 | D．像……一样长 |
| A．The boy had strange friends when he was a teenager. |
| B．The boy didn’t live with his mother when he grew up. |
| C．The son returned to show his love for his mom in the end. |
| D．The boy’s mother sold him to the zoo when he was nine years old. |
【推荐2】One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. Three times Della counted(数) it. One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas. She didn’t have enough money for a gift for her husband, Jim. She sat down and cried.
Jim and Della had two things that they were both proud of. One was Jim’s gold watch from his father and his grandfather. The other was Della’s beautiful hair. It reached below knee like a waterfall.
Della put on her clothes and went to the street. She stopped at a store. The sign in front of the store read “Hair Goods”.“Will you buy my hair?” asked Della. “Twenty dollars,” the woman said.
Then Della looked around the stores for a present for Jim. She found it at last. It was a watch chain (链条). It cost twenty-one dollars.
At seven o’clock, dinner was ready. Della could hear Jim’s steps on the stairs. The door opened and Jim walked in. He stopped inside the door. His eyes were fixed (固定) on Della, and there was an expression (表情) in them that she could not read.
“Jim,” she cried,“don’t look at me that way. I sold my hair to buy you a Christmas gift.” Jim drew a box from his pocket and put it on the table. Della opened it. There was a comb she had always wanted. Now it was hers, but her hair was gone. She smiled and held out Jim’s gift. “I searched all over town to find it. Give me your watch. I want to see how it looks on it.”
Jim didn’t do as she told. Instead, he sat down, put his hands behind his head and smiled.“Della,” he said,“I sold the watch to get the money to buy you the comb.”
1. Della sat down and cried after she counted money because ________ .| A．she was too tired after she counted the money |
| B．the money wasn’t t enough to buy a Christmas gift |
| C．she didn’t know what Christmas gift to buy |
| D．it was too late to buy a Christmas gift |
| A．surprised and sad | B．interested and happy |
| C．tired but surprised | D．tired but happy |
| A．梳子 | B．项链 | C．手镯 | D．披肩 |
| A．Della and Jim had a fight with each other because of the gifts |
| B．Della and Jim sold the gifts to get the money back and lived happily |
| C．Della and Jim kept the gifts and they understood each other more |
| D．they bought another gift for each other and had fun at Christmas |
| Hi Karin, Thanks so much for your support this week. Things have been really difficult with all the revision and everything! Really appreciate(感激) all your help. Let’s get together after the exams! Yours, John |
| Dear Mr. Green, I am writing to say thank you for letting us stay in your house in Australia last month. We were very happy with everything and we thought the house was beautiful. We had a lovely holiday in Sydney. We really enjoyed exploring (探索) the town and the local area. We will use the “Love A Flat” website again to find a house to live in when we plan our next holiday. Thank you again! Yours, Costa |
| Dear Grandma, Thank you very much for the bag you sent me for my birthday. It was really nice of you. I’m going on holiday next month, so I’m planning to take it while I’m away! I hope you’re well. Love, Cindy |
| A．John’s note. | B．Cindy’s note. | C．Costa’s note. | D．Mr. Green’s note. |
| A．Her father. | B．Her mother. | C．Her grandma. | D．Her grandpa. |
| A．Bad. | B．Large. | C．Small. | D．Good. |
| A．Telephone | B．e-mail | C．website | D．TV |
【推荐1】China is a country with many colorful days and festivals. The Dragon Head Raising Day —Longtaitou is one of them.
This special day is on the second day of the second month in the Chinese lunar calendar (农历).It stands for the start of spring and farming. In 2020,the day falls on February 24th.
The dragon is important in Chinese culture. We Chinese people call ourselves the “descendants (传人)of the dragon”.Therefore people celebrate the Dragon Head Raising Day with many customs about dragons.
On the day in ancient times people put ashes (灰)in the kitchen. This was to “lead the dragon into the house”.People believed that with the help of the dragon they could have a good harvest in autumn.
Also people eat special foods on that day. The foods are usually named after dragons. For example people eat “dragon whisker (须)” noodles and dumplings called “dragon teeth”.
Today many customs have faded away (逐渐消失).But one that has remained is the cutting of hair. It was said that a haircut during the first lunar month may bring bad luck to the mother's brothers. So many people have their hair cut on the Dragon Head Raising Day.
1. The Dragon Head Raising Day is one of the ________ festivals.| A．English | B．French | C．Chinese | D．American |
| A．February 24th | B．February 2nd | C．March 4th | D．March 8th |
| A．Because the dragon liked the ashes. |
| B．Because the ashes stood for the harvest. |
| C．Because the ashes led the dragon into the house. |
| D．Because the ashes could bring good luck. |
| A．the cutting of hair | B．the dragon boating |
| C．to eat Zongzi | D．to eat mooncakes |
| A．The Dragon Head Raising Day is on the second day of the second month in the lunar calendar. |
| B．The dragon is important in Chinese culture. |
| C．“Dragon whisker” noodles and “dragon teeth” dumplings are eaten on the Dragon Head Raising Day. |
| D．The Dragon Head Raising Day stands for the start of spring and harvest. |
【推荐2】Dragons(龙) are not real animals, but look like a combination(组合体)of many animals such as snakes, fish and deer. With fantastic powers, they fly in the sky or swim in the sea. They can make rain, too. The Chinese dragon is a symbol of power and good luck. The emperors of ancient China loved dragons. Their clothes were covered with pictures of dragons.
We are proud to call ourselves the “descendants of the dragon”. In Chinese culture, excellent and successful people are often called “dragons”. That’s why Chinese parents always want their children to be “dragons”.
There are also some traditional festivals about dragons in China, such Dragon Head-Raising Day and Dragon Boat Festival. We have different kinds of activities to celebrate them.
1. According to the passage, dragons can do all the following Except .| A．flying in the sky | B．swimming in the sea |
| C．fighting with bad people | D．making rain |
| A．good luck | B．good wishes | C．friendship | D．money |
| A．bad | B．successful | C．friendly | D．laze |
| a Spring Festival listed as UN floating (灵活的) holiday China looks forward to celebrating the Spring Festival with the world. Now it has moved one step closer to this goal because the Spring Festival was recently listed as a UN floating holiday. |
| b Beijing is building a “city of museums” Since 2020, Beijing has made great efforts to build a “city of museum”. Now it is home to 218 museums, with one museum for every 100,000 people in the city. By 2025, the total number is expected to reach 260. |
| c Xinjiang opens its first museum on Great Wall culture Northwest China’s Xinjiang opened its first Great Wall museum, and it is used to help protect and popularize local Great Wall ruins (遗迹). Lying in Yuli County, the Silk Road and Great Wall Culture Museum has an exhibition (展览) area of 2,520 m2. |
| d ▲ Night classes were very popular in the 1980s, when many young Chinese people wanted to learn new skills to make a living. Today, these classes are again winning popularity among young people. They rush to night schools after work to learn art subjects. That has greatly met their cultural needs. |
| e Traditional Tibetan dance rises in Chengdu Guozhuang, which means singing and dancing in a circle, is a traditional Tibetanc (西藏的) dance. Since the 1980s, the number of Tibetans moving to Chengdu has been increasing. They also brought this dance to the city. Today guozhuang dancers can be seen almost everywhere in Chengdu. |
1. On which website can we find these passages most probably?
| A．https: //www.sciencenews.org |
| B．https: //www.chinadaily.com.cn |
| C．https: //www.nationalgeographic.com |
| A．To tell readers how large Beijing is. |
| B．To introduce Beijing’s cultural environment |
| C．To show the achievements of Beijing’s building museums. |
| A．Xinjiang. | B．A Great Wall ruin. | C．The Great Wall museum. |
| A．Importance of learning art |
| B．Problems faced by young Chinese |
| C．Young Chinese rushing to night classes |
| A．Culture & Life. | B．Science & Tech. | C．Health & Sports. |
【推荐1】Everyone has a hero. So do I. My hero is Clara Barton.
Clara Barton was born on Christmas Day in 1821. She was the youngest of the five children in her family.
When Clara was eleven years old, her brother David fell down from a roof. He became very sick. Clara spent the next two years taking care of him. The doctors didn’t think David would get any better. But Clara didn’t want to give up her brother. With her help, her brother finally got better. When Clara was looking after her brother, she found that she really enjoyed taking care of others, so Clara decided to become a nurse and she made it.
During the Civil War (内战), Clara traveled from one battle to another. She tried her best to help the soldiers (士兵) get back to health. She was very brave. She went right up to the place where the fight was taking place. Many soldiers liked her, and she became known as “the Angel of the Battlefield”.
1. After her brother David became very sick, Clara ________.| A．became very sick | B．didn’t think he would get better |
| C．believed the doctors’ words | D．took very good care of him |
| A．她做到了 | B．她制造了它 | C．她想要它 | D．她害怕它 |
| A．did her job very well | B．didn’t go to the battlefield |
| C．wasn’t liked by the soldiers | D．wasn’t in good health |
| A．that wars are dangerous | B．that nurses are very kind |
| C．something about his or her hero | D．something about Clara Barton’s family |
【推荐2】My hands were shaking as we waited for our turn. It felt like butterflies flying around in my stomach.
Though we had practiced for months, I still felt kind of uneasy.
“Are you ready?” Brittanie asked with a weak smile.
“Of course I am!” I replied, trying to sound confident.
“I guess I’m kind of nervous,” she said quietly.
“Okay, so am I! But we’re on in about 30 seconds!”
As I spoke, I heard the song end and people clapping their hands. “Deep breaths”, I thought to myself, “deep breaths”. Then my dance team lined up and we got onto the stage as if we owned it. In the back of my mind, I heard my teacher say, “Confidence is everything!” as she did when we spent long hours in the studio.
We reached the center of the stage. I showed the judges my biggest smile, trying to hide my nervousness. I noticed that several of the judges wore listless expressions and one of them even seemed unhappy, which added to my discomfort on stage.
A few seconds later, when I heard our familiar song in the speakers, I forgot my nervousness. The dance started with a few simple counts and a more challenging turn followed. To my complete surprise, my turns were perfect. Even my jumps were higher than usual! Our cheerful dance made us excited. Even the judges began dancing in their seats.
The dance ended perfectly. Everyone stood up and cheered! That sense of pride was one of the best feelings I’ve ever had. I left the stage with a smile, knowing that I had performed my best.
1. How did the writer feel before she got onto the stage?| A．Angry. | B．Surprised. | C．Uneasy. | D．Peaceful. |
| A．She tried some new moves. |
| B．She talked to a dance teacher. |
| C．She jumped as high as usual. |
| D．She performed a cheerful dance. |
| A．when we get good grades by working hard |
| B．when we are expecting a letter from a pen pal |
| C．when we make a big mistake in our homework |
| D．when we break the glass before drinking water |
【推荐3】Nyan is a fifteen-year-old boy from India. When he was 4, he began to take a strong interest in helping ORBIS raise money. He wants to help blind children in India see their families and friends.
Nyan's thirteen-year-old sister, Lehka, also wants to help. They have made it a family project to raise enough money to build an eye care center in India. The center will train doctors from poor areas to provide better care for children in the village.
In 2006, for his birthday, Nyan asked his friends to donate to ORBIS instead of bringing presents to his party. He collected $145.
Nyan and Lehka then visited ORBIS in New York and learned about their plan to build 50 eye care centers for children in India by 2012. On World Sight Day, October 11, 2007, Nyan and Lehka began their "Kids for Sight" campaign, to tell children about taking care of their eyes and ask them to join them to help other children.
For their birthdays, Nyan and Lehka again collected $530 and donated it to ORBIS. Nyan says, "No matter who you give to, it will only make the world a better place."
1. Which country does Nyan come from?| A．India. | B．China. | C．America. | D．Japan. |
| A．$675 | B．$1.5 million | C．$145 | D．$530 |
| A．ORBIS. | B．The American government. | C．Nyan and his family. | D．The India government. |
| A．Shy | B．Helpful | C．Funny | D．Careful |
| A．"Kids for sight" Campaign | B．Celebrate your birthday with charity |
| C．How Nyan and Lehka helped blind children | D．ORBIS —an international charity |
