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Problems	Causes	Advice
Feel stressed	Too much homework. Don’t have enough time for their hobbies.	Make a plan for study and hobbies. Find time to relax.
Get short-sighted	Too much homework. Bad study habits.	Do eye exercises of read in a proper way.
Get fat	Spend too much money on snacks. Don’t like to do exercise.	Use your money to do something meaningful. Do exercise every day.

1. If you ________, you may need to make a plan for study and hobbies.

A．feel stressed

B．get short-sighted

C．get fat

2. Which can’t we get from the material?

A．If Sally reads in a wrong way, she may get short-sighted.

B．If Sam eats too many snacks, he may get fat.

C．Saving money is meaningful.

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1. Job A needs somebody who can ________.

A．work 40 hours a week	B．write creative articles
C．communicate well with others	D．provide free products to test

2. To be a trainee hairdresser, you need not ________.

A．sweep the floor	B．work on Sunday
C．bring drinks to customers	D．wash hair for customers

3. If you want to be well paid, you’ll have to ________ in Wowee Magazine.

A．take part in different kinds of events	B．have valuable work experience
C．write more articles for the magazine	D．have your articles read by more people

【推荐3】Chinese dishes highlight(增色) Beijing Winter Olympics. Many foreign Winter Olympic players have gone crazy about Chinese food.

Jiaozi Julia Marino has tried lots of different foods in Beijing. But when she was asked in an interview what her favourite meal was in the Olympic Village, Julia answered quickly, “My favourite food is jiaozi.I’ve probably had about 200 jiaozi since I came here.”	Red bean bun Snowboarder Jenise Spiteri, from Malta, is another big fan of Chinese food especially the red bean bun. “It’s my favourite food that I have in the Olympics Village,” said Jenise. “I started eating them on the first day and then breakfast,lunch and dinner.” She has become   the “red bean bun girl” in China.
Spicy hotchpotch(麻辣烫) Jutta Leerdam, a 23-year-old speed skating player, from the Netherlands, posted her favourite spicy hotchpotchon the Internet. “This is the famous Chinese snack spicy hotchpotch in the Olympic village. It is healthier than hamburgers and fries.”	Rice German figure(花样) skater Nicole Schott said one of her favourite foods in the Olympic village was rice. “It is different from all of our European rice,”she said. “That’s actually what I eat every day although I have brought foods from home.”

根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
1. What’s Julia Marino’s favourite food?

A．Jiaozi.

B．Red bean bun.

C．Spicy hotchpotch.

2. Who is called the “red bean bun girl”?

A．Julia.

B．Jenise.

C．Jutta.

3. When was Jutta Leerdam born?

A．In 1989.

B．In 1999.

C．In 2012.

4. What can we know according to the passage?

A．The four foreign players all didn’t lived in the Olympic village.

B．Nicole is a figure skater from the Netherlands.

C．Jutta thought hamburgers weren’t as healthy as hotchpotch.

5. Where does the passage probably come from?

A．A story book.

B．A newspaper.

C．A science book.

【推荐1】What do you think will happen when the traditional culture meets modern technology? Yes, the words become lively characters at once. How happy it is to enjoy these Chinese cartoons!

Ma Liang is a poor boy who loves painting. He always uses his magic brush to fight against the bad people in the village. The cartoon The Magic Brush came out in 1955.

A group of tadpoles (蝌蚪) are born. They try to find their mother that they have never seen. The story is very easy, but it needs complex technology to show the artistic style (风格) of ink (水墨) painting. Little Tadpole Looking for Mom came out in 1961 first.

The Monkey King: Uproar in Heaven (1961-1964) is China’s first color cartoon. It is from the Chinese novel Journey to the West. It’s successful. Not only we but also many westerners like the monkey Sun Wukong.

To beat two bad persons, an old man grows 7 calabashes (葫芦), and they change into 7 boys. They try their best to beat the bad. Calabash Brothers (1986) is a masterpiece (杰作) of Chinese paper-cutting art.

1. ________ shows the artistic style of ink painting.

A．The Magic Brush

B．Little Tadpole looking for Mom

C．Calabash Brothers

2. The underlined word “complex” in the passage means “________” in Chinese.

A．重复的

B．复杂的

C．冗长的

3. Which is True according to the passage?

A．The story of China’s first color cartoon is from a Chinese novel.

B．Ma Liang fights against the villagers with his brush.

C．Little Tadpole Looking for Mom came out in 1964.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Sun Wukong is a well-known character all over the world.

B．The Magic Brush is the newest cartoon among the four cartoons.

C．All the four cartoons are based on Chinese folk stories. (民间故事)

5. In which part of the newspaper can we read the passage?

A．Teaching

B．Science

C．Culture

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1. The picture above is a(n) ________.

A．advertisement

B．comic strip

C．novel

D．news

2. Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A．Frenchmen don’t use knives when eating.

B．Chinese like to open everything in front of everyone.

C．Chinese think twice before doing things.

D．British people are always optimistic (乐观的).

3. The pictures above mainly show the differences in ________ between the West and China.

A．clothes styles	B．cultures and customs
C．living conditions	D．communication habits

【推荐3】Do you remember the funny Popeye the sailor (水手)? He wears the sailor’s uniform, takes a pipe (烟斗) in the mouth and loves to eat spinach (菠菜).

Of all the famous cartoon characters, Popeye is at the top. It encourages lots of young people to eat spinach to become as strong as Popeye.

The character Popeye first appeared in the newspaper in 1929. And in 1933, it appeared on the big screen. A survey in 1938 showed that Popeye was the most popular Hollywood cartoon character. Almost everyone loves this superhero. Kids love him because he is strong. Young people love him because he loves his girlfriend Olive. For old people, Popeye is a brave and kind man, and he always helps poor people.

1. What is Popeye like?

A．He is tall.	B．He loves eating.
C．He is funny and kind.	D．He always works.

2. What does the underlined word “encourages” mean in Chinese?

A．请示

B．强迫

C．鼓吹

D．鼓励

3. When did the character Popeye first appear?

A．In 1929.

B．In 1933.

C．In 1938.

D．In 1939.

4. Why do old people love Popeye?

A．Because he is strong.	B．Because he loves his girlfriend.
C．Because he is a sailor.	D．Because he is kind and brave.

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Popeye works at sea.	B．Popeye always helps young people.
C．Popeye first appeared in a movie.	D．Popeye is the strongest cartoon character.