According to the traditional Chinese lunar calendar, for every 19 years there will be seven leap months. There are some traditions during leap month in China, which are different in different places.
In some part of Central China’s Henan Province, daughters will prepare wild goose-shaped pastries for their parents before the leap month comes, wishing for happiness and luck. In some parts of East China’s Shandong Province, the married daughters will send fish made by dough to their parents, which means “wealth”. And they will also send dough-made toads to wish their parents good health.
People living near Wuyi Mountain in East China’s Fujian Province have the tradition of drinking tea during the leap month, and only women can attend. Women in the village take turns holding the tea party, and they drink tea while talking to one another.
Just like other festivals, a get-together dinner is very important among the traditions of the leap month. When leap month comes, parents will invite the married daughter to return home and have dinner together, wishing for happiness and good luck.
1. How often does the leap month happen?| A．Every 19 years. | B．Every 7 years. |
| C．Every 2 to 3 years. | D．Every year. |
| A．A goose-shaped pastry. | B．A get-together dinner. |
| C．A dough-made toad. | D．A dough-made fish. |
| A．The married son. | B．The married daughter. |
| C．The married grandson. | D．The married granddaughter. |
| A．Culture. | B．Language. | C．Environment. | D．Travel. |
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【推荐1】Xie Hongxing, 40, was an inheritor (传承人) of bamboo weaving art (编织工艺). Recently, he has become popular online by building a miniature (缩微模型) of the Tiangong space station out of bamboo.
Xie was born and grew up in Wuyi Mountain. On Douyin, a popular short-video platform, Xie surprised many people because he cut bamboo into pieces quickly with a knife. He said it took him 46 days to finish his miniature space station. Xie began to learn bamboo weaving when he was young. “I found bamboo weaving is so attractive to me. With my thinking, I can make anything,” he said. Xie tries his best to pass on the skill. He built a bamboo weaving museum so that visitors can watch and take photos of his works there. At his workshop in the Wuyi Mountain, people can learn how to make earrings and bracelets (手镯), as well as buy some hand-made works.
Xie has more than 27, 000 fans on Douyin and most of them were born after 1990 or 2000. By making use of his ancient bamboo weaving skills, Xie hopes that more young people will fall in love with the art and find the beauty of traditional treasure.
1. Why has Xie Hongxing been popular online recently?| A．Because he has posted a great number of short videos on Douyin. |
| B．Because he built a bamboo weaving museum in Wuyi Mountain. |
| C．Because he helped China build the Tiangong space station in space. |
| D．Because he made a minature of Tiangong space station with bamboo. |
| A．By making videos full of fun and happiness. | B．By expressing his love to bamboo weaving. |
| C．By showing his skills in bamboo weaving. | D．By working hard in the weaving training. |
| A．Attractive and creative. | B．Difficult but interesting. |
| C．Time-wasting and boring. | D．Easy but out of date. |
| A．He is good at making short videos and posting them online. |
| B．He tries his best to pass on the traditional culture and skills. |
| C．He dreams of building Tiangong space station in the future. |
| D．He wants to attract more people to buy his hand-made works. |
| A．From a travel book. | B．From a story book. |
| C．From a fashion magazine. | D．From a newspaper. |
| 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．Traditional festivals play an important part in Chinese cultural heritage. There are a large number of traditional festivals in China. They carry rich information about the life of Chinese people. |
| D．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. |
| E．Chinese painting is one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world. The artists paint on rice paper or thin silk with brushes. |
| F．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). |
| G．The twenty-four solar terms have a history of thousands of years in China. They are still useful today in people’s life. |
【推荐3】When I was in Chengdu, I saw teahouses everywhere on the streets. There is a saying, “China has the best teahouses in the world and Chengdu has the best teahouses in China.”
The service (服务) in the teahouses is really friendly. When you go into a teahouse, the waiters (服务员) or waitresses greet you with smiles on their faces and with teapots and cups in their hands. After you sit down, they set the cups on the table and pour the tea into the cups.
People who go to the teahouses are not really thirsty. They pay 20 yuan to go to a teahouse and sit there all day long to chat with each other. These days, more and more people go to teahouses for business talks. Some teahouses also have performances (表演), such as storytelling and Sichuan Opera.
根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
1. According to the passage, which city has the best teahouses in China?
| A．Beijing. | B．Chengdu. | C．Shanghai. |
| A．It’s good. | B．It’s bad. | C．It’s tiring. |
| A．恭喜 | B．照看 | C．招呼 |
| A．Every teahouse has performances. |
| B．There are many teahouses in Chengdu. |
| C．Only the waitresses make tea in the teahouses, |
| A．Service in the teahouses. |
| B．Performances in the teahouses. |
| C．Teahouses in Chengdu. |
Vitamins (维他命) help our bodies grow strong and stay healthy. We need vitamins every day and we have to get them from the food we eat. There are two types of vitamins. Some of them live in the fat in our body and stay in our bodies. Others live in the water in our bodies. They don't stay around for long. Which foods do we get our vitamins from? And why do we need them?
Let's start with the fat soluble (可溶的) vitamins. A. D and E.
Vitamin A: There's lots of vitamin A in carrots and yellow fruits like oranges or mangoes but you can also find some in milk and the yellow part of eggs. Vitamin A helps your eyes and skin stay healthy.
Vitamin D: Milk and eggs have also got vitamin D in them and so does fish. When we sit in the sun, our body makes a lot of it naturally. This vitamin is very important for strong bones (骨骼).
Vitamin E: This, on the other hand, helps keep our blood (血液) healthy. You can get vitamin E when you eat nuts and green vegetables.
The water soluble vitamins, B and C are just as important.
Vitamin B: There are many different kinds of vitamin B. Some help give us energy (能量) to move our bodies. Others help make blood. We get the different kinds of vitamin B from different kinds of food. These include potatoes, bananas, bread, rice, chicken, fish, cheese, eggs and green peppers.
Vitamin C: Vitamin C is good for our bones, teeth and even our brains (大脑). We get this vitamin from oranges, peppers, tomatoes and potatoes. Vitamin C also helps us keep other important substances, such as iron in our body.
We should eat a good variety of fruit and vegetables－at least five a day－and lots of other healthy foods like brown bread, milk, eggs and fish. That way, we always get the vitamins we need. And we can also eat some foods that have different vitamins, too. For example, there are three vitamins B in a good bar of dark chocolate!
1. From what foods can we get both vitamins A and D?| A．Milk and eggs. | B．Chicken and fish. |
| C．Oranges and carrots. | D．Tomatoes and bananas. |
| A．A few. | B．A bit of. | C．Lots of. | D．Many kinds of. |
| A．Vitamins B can stay in our bodies for long. | B．All vitamins stay in the water in our bodies. |
| C．Green vegetables help keep our blood healthy. | D．Cheese is good for our bones, teeth and brains. |
China’s Spring Festival blockbuster（大片） “Hi, Mom” beat the 2017 American superhero film “Wonder Woman” at 5.39 billion yuan on Tuesday and made Chinese film director Jia Ling overtake Patty Jenkins to be the world’s highest-grossing female director for a single film.
The achievement was made 54 days after its release on February 12, the first day of Chinese New Year. “Hi, Mom” is currently the second highest-grossing film only after the 2017 action-adventure film “Wolf Warrior 2”, according to China’s movie-ticketing platform. They are the only two domestic-produced films among the top 100 grossing films worldwide.
“Hi, Mom” is the first film directed by Jia Ling, who is a comedian and actress. It stars Jia who was saddened by her mother Li Huanying’s accidental death, magically transported back to 1981 to become a friend of her mother and tried her best to delight and planned a better life for her mother.
“Although the film has a strong individual mark, it causes many people’s empathy,” said professor Tian Huiqun at the School of Arts and Communication of Beijing Normal University. He added that it is hard to copy the film’s success since Jia and the film itself cannot be reproduced.
The success of “Hi, Mom” also became a milestone to mark the growth of “ She power” in the man-dominated film industry in the last ten years. However, some film critics say that the film’s success is just because people are interested in women topics for the time being, and money goes to people’s interest.
“Women creating films is still not an easy task,” Dong Yige, assistant professor in the Department of Global Gender and Sexuality Studies at University at Buffalo, “Why not use female audiences’ power to push the women creation?”
1. Compared to “Wonder Woman”, “Hi, Mom” ________.| A．was more expensive | B．earned more |
| C．was shown earlier | D．has a better ticketing platform. |
| A．It is the world’s highest-grossing film till now. |
| B．The success of this film cannot be copied. |
| C．It has been prepared for ten years. |
| D．It is an action-adventure film |
| A．The brief story of the film. | B．Li Huanying’s accidental death. |
| C．Jia Ling’s going back to 1981. | D．Li Huanying’s life plan. |
| A．An advertisement. | B．A piece of news. |
| C．A film poster. | D．A list of blockbusters. |
| A．Culture. | B．Business. | C．Movie. | D．Technology. |
【推荐3】Teenagers can't afford to buy expensive gifts. So what do you do if you want to give gifts to the important people in your life? In fact, you don't have to spend much money on holiday gifts. There are many cheap ways to do that.
Here are some ideas about doityourself gifts to try:
To your mom and dad:
You can clean the room, sing a song or write a letter to your mom and dad. You could also draw a picture if you like that.
To your teachers:
Sometimes students put their pocket money together and buy a teacher a holiday gift. Some kids would like to give their own gifts. You can send a nice card with the words of thanks inside. You might even write down the favorite things you've learned in the teacher's class this year. It will make the teacher feel happy.
The holidays are a good time to think about people who are lonely. Maybe there is someone in your class who doesn't seem to have any friends. Try to do something for this person. It could be giving a Christmas card or just chatting with him or her. It's a small thing, but it could mean a lot to him or her.
1. As teenagers, what can you try to give the important people?| A．Expensive gifts. | B．DIY gifts. |
| C．Much money. | D．Cheap gifts. |
| A．The best ways to improve your grades. |
| B．The names of the students you don't like. |
| C．Something you've learned in the teacher's class. |
| D．The importance of making nice gifts by yourself. |
| A．To your old friends | B．To your new friends |
| C．To the kids with no friends | D．To the kids with no home |
| A．school notice | B．science book |
| C．school newspaper | D．storybook |
I’m Li Shan from China.
Oh, I love this photo. We are having a big family dinner on the evening before Spring Festival. There’s so much delicious food. I am eating jiaozi,—a kind of dumplings.
In this photo, my parents and I are visiting my uncles and aunts. We are wearing new sweaters and coats. I always get a hongbao.
| A．Christmas is the most important festival in most western countries(西方国家). |
| B．After the dinner, we usually watch Chunwan on TV. |
| C．It means(意思是) lucky money. |
| D．but sometimes it comes in January. |
| E．Here’s the first one! |
| F．We are eating dumplings. |
| G．Spring Festival is very important in my country. |
Now more and more foreigners (外国人) are coming to China to work or study.
While eating, the elders will use chopsticks to pick up food for guests as a tradition and ask them to eat more.
After dinner, you should not leave at once. The host usually serves tea and fruit to you at this time.
| A．As a guest, you should accept their goodwill (好意). |
| B．When you are about to leave,the host may still politely ask you to stay. |
| C．It is necessary to bring a gift when you visit friends in China. |
| D．Thank you for coming to my house and I feel quite happy. |
| E．However, they may not know well about Chinese customs. |
| F．My preparations are not enough, and please forgive (原谅) me for my poor treat. |
【推荐3】If you plan to visit other countries, it’s necessary to know some table manners.
EATING MANNERS
Japan: It’s OK to slurp when you eat noodles. Japanese think the noodles taste delicious and you enjoy them.
Russia: You should put the fork in your left hand and knife in your right hand. It’s not polite to rest them on your lap. Keep your elbows off the table. Leave some food on your plate to show that the host has given you enough to eat.
France: Never discuss money or religion over dinner. And eating up everything on your plate is polite in France.
Mexico: In Mexico, dining is more than a meal. It’s a social (社会的) occasion—lunches are seldom quick and suppers can last for hours. You’d better look at the other people’s eyes when dining and say hello to them.
DRINKING MANNERS
America: If you empty a bottle into someone’s glass, it’ll make that person think you want more and the person will buy the next bottle. It’s polite to put the last drops into your own glass.
Australia: In a bar it’s usual to buy a round of drinks for everyone in your group. When it’s your turn, say “It’s my round”. When it’s their round, they will buy it for you. Don’t leave before you’ve bought a round.
Japan: Don’t fill your own glass of wine. Instead, you should pour for others and wait for them to do it for you.
根据材料内容选择正确答案。
1. What does it show when you leave some food on your plate in Russia?
| A．It shows that you don’t like the food. |
| B．It shows that the host is impolite to you. |
| C．It shows that the host has given you enough to eat. |
| D．It shows that the food taste delicious and you enjoy it very much. |
| A．Slurping when you eat noodles. |
| B．Putting your elbows on the table. |
| C．Eating up everything on your plate. |
| D．Talking about how much money they own. |
| A．discuss money and religion in France |
| B．take turns to treat each other in Australia |
| C．keep quiet when eating noodles in Japan |
| D．empty your bottle into someone’s glass in America |
| A．倒 | B．添加 | C．挑选 | D．掺和 |
| A．Eating Manners | B．Foods and Drinks |
| C．Drinking Manners | D．Table Manners in Different Countries |
