① Have you ever heard of Pi Day? You may think it is all about having pies.
That’s only partly right. Pi Day is actually about maths! Every year on March 14th, maths lovers and scientists celebrate Pi Day to honour the special number π(3. 14159…).
②____ ▲_______. It was founded in 1988 by Larry Shaw. He worked at the Exploratorium, a museum of science and technology. He linked (联系) March 14th with n and celebrated his very first Pi Day with a pie party. Later, the celebration became a yearly tradition at the museum and more visitors joined in. In November 2019, Pi Day was designated (指定) as the International Day of Mathematics by UNESCO, an international organisation.
③ There are many kinds of celebrations of Pi Day. Some people choose to memorise as many digits (数字)as they can, while some take part in a Pi parade, enjoying delicious pies and dancing to music.
Besides, people use a writing style called Pilish to celebrate Pi Day. In a Pilish sentence, the number of letters in each word matches the digit of π. The first word has three letters, the second has one letter, the third has four letters, and so on. An engineer, Michacl Keith, even wrote a book called Not a Wake by using Pilish
④ Pi Day is a day of discovery and joy, reminding us of the importance and beauty of mathematics in our lives. Let’s celebrate the mathematical wonder of π!
1. Who is most likely to be interested in Pi Day?| A．A maths lover. | B．A food lover. | C．A music writer. | D．A film writer. |
| A．Pi Day is celebrated in different ways |
| B．Pi Day is celebrated all over the world |
| C．Pi Day is a young international festival |
| D．Pi Day is a time to make delicious pies |
| A．Now, I get an award. | B．Now, I have a dream. |
| C．Now, we buy a chair. | D．Now, we wash an apple. |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
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【推荐1】① Climate change has a lot to do with sports.
② Climate change is the change in the world’s temperatures and weather. Temperatures are rising. This may cause more severe（恶劣）weather like heavy rainstorms and hurricanes（飓风）. Moreover, ocean levels are rising. This could cause flooding（水灾）.
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③ All of this affects sports in many ways. Rising temperatures mean shorter winters. There will be less snow. This is harmful to winter sports, such as skiing.
④ The Winter Olympics are in February. But the places that host the Games are getting warmer. Researchers looked at 20 places that hosted the games before. By 2050, nine of them will be too warm for winter sports.
⑤ Some golf courses are near the ocean. Rising sea levels may flood them.
⑥ Some climate change results are happening now. The 2020 summer’s Olympics took place in Tokyo, Japan. It was too hot for some events. They had to be moved farther north. Tennis players at the 2020 Australian Open were also affected. Smoke from nearby wildfires caused some matches to be canceled.
⁕ A Carbon-Neutral Sports Stadium
⑦ Some people are trying to do something about the problem.
⑧ The Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle is new. It’s the first sports stadium（体育场）that promises to be “carbon-neutral（碳中和）”. This means that it won’t pollute the environment.
⑨ The owners will use renewable energy, which won’t run out. One example is wind energy. And most of the food at the field comes from local farmers. Sometimes they have too much food. So, they give it away to food banks. Besides, the stadium will give up using single-use plastics by 2024.
⑩ Climate change is a big problem. It will take teamwork to make things better.
1. Some events of the 2020 summer’s Olympics in Japan got moved further north because ________.| A．the stadium was flooded | B．sea levels were rising |
| C．there was less snow | D．it was getting too hot in Tokyo |
| A．How Climate Change Affects Sports | B．When Climate Change Will Affect Sports |
| C．Why Sports Players Are Affected | D．How many Sports Players Are Affected |
| A．a half | B．a quarter | C．2 thirds | D．3 fifths |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．Climate change is hurting sports around the world and people can do nothing to stop it. |
| B．Climate change causes many problems for sports, but people can work together to fight it. |
| C．Climate change will go away soon and people can continue playing sports as usual. |
| D．Climate change only has small effects on sports so people should not be so worried. |
Astronauts living in space have the same hygiene（卫生）needs as people do on Earth.
Besides morning routine（常规）and eating in space, astronauts perform many tasks. They must check the machines, update computer equipment（设备）, and so on.
What’s more, living in space is not just all work and no play.
| A．They get lots of difficult training before going to space. |
| B．Almost everyone has a question or two about living in space. |
| C．Astronauts eat three meals a day: breakfast, lunch and dinner. |
| D．A popular way for them to relax is looking out of the window. |
| E．When they wake up, they wash their hair and brush their teeth. |
| F．You may want to learn how astronauts travel into space and come back again. |
| G．At the same time, the control center on Earth sends messages to the astronauts. |
A smile shows that a person is happy. For example.a person may smile when he or she is pleased with a grade on a test. Or a person might smile if a friend tells a funny joke. People Smile for many different reasons. But smiles are more than just a way for people to show that they are happy.
First, it is easier to smile than to show unhappiness. In fact, it only takes 17 muscles（肌肉）to smile. On the other hand, it takes 43 muscles to show unhappiness.
Third, smiles have power. Both smiling and laughing can easily and quickly spread from one person to another. If one person smiles, people around him or her want to smile, too. Similarly, when a person laughs, people tend（倾向于）to laugh with him or her.
Finally, smiling and laughing are very good for the body.
| A．Second, smiles are nice. |
| B．Even if you are mad or sad, try smiling. |
| C．You tell a story about smiles. |
| D．So give the muscles in your face a rest and smile! |
| E．If a person is sad, the best thing to do is share a smile or laugh. |
| F．There are other good reasons to smile often. |
| G．When someone “lost face”, he or she smiles to hide it. |
【推荐1】Almost half of all shoppers say they have bought pineapple when shopping for fresh fruit. Besides the great taste and juicy body, what makes this spiky (有尖刺的) fruit so popular?
First of all, it is very healthy. Each 100g of it has only about 50 calories. So this fat-free fruit has fewer calories than both apples and bananas. And don’t throw away that skin! You can use it to make a delicious and heart-healthy tea. All you need to do is boil the skin in some hot water, let it cool, and enjoy it.
Pineapple has an interesting history. It was first found in South America, where it has been planted for centuries. We call it “pineapple” because early travelers from Europe noticed that it looked a little like the pine cone (松果). Do you know it used to be one of the most expensive fruits in the world. In the 1600s, it cost so much money that kings and queens gave it to each other as gifts to show how rich and powerful they were.
This strange-looking fruit has one more surprise for us. It has a chemical (化学成分) called bromelain, which can digest (消化) the cells in your mouth. The light burning you feel on your tongue after eating too much pineapple is, in fact, that the fruit is eating you! So be careful, and remember to enjoy this amazing and healthy fruit properly.
1. Pineapple is considered as a kind of healthy fruit because of its ________.| A．low calories | B．strange look | C．high price | D．long history |
| A．It doesn’t taste good. | B．It is good for our heart. |
| C．It is difficult for us to make. | D．It must be drunk when it is hot. |
| A．show their healthy life | B．show their love for each other |
| C．show their high social position | D．show their influence on the world |
| A．pineapple is high in fat | B．pineapple is juicy and healthy |
| C．pineapple was first grown in South Africa | D．pineapple is still expensive for common people |
| A．Bromelain can hurt our body seriously. | B．Pineapple is in fact a kind of harmful fruit. |
| C．Pineapple is popular with people of all ages. | D．We’d better not eat too much pineapple at a time. |
【推荐2】Do you know when and where to look for rainbows? We hardly ever see them because they need two things together—sunlight (sunshine) and rain. We often can’t tell the color of sunlight with our eyes, but it has all the colors of a rainbow.
A rainbow appears (出现) when raindrops take these colors apart (分离). All these colors move fast at the same speed in the air: 671 million miles an hour. But when sunlight passes through water, it slows down. Some colors go through water faster than others. Red light goes first through water. Orange is almost as fast. Then comes yellow, green and blue. Purple light goes the last. As light meets water, it refracts (折射) and different speed makes different refraction. We can see a rainbow because sunlight makes some changes between the air and water.
A rainbow appears across from the sun. And when you see a rainbow, you can forecast (预测) the weather. If a rainbow appears in the morning, then the sun is in the east or southeast. So the rainbow is in the west or northwest. And weather usually moves from west to east. So maybe the rain is coming in your way. Things are different if you see a rainbow in the afternoon.
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1. When can we see a rainbow?
| A．On sunny and rainy days. | B．On cloudy days. | C．On snowy days. |
| A．光速 | B．速度 | C．空间 |
| A．When to look for a rainbow. |
| B．Where to look for a rainbow. |
| C．What makes a rainbow. |
| A．a rainbow appears across from the sun |
| B．you can see red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple in a rainbow |
| C．you can look for a second rainbow outside the first one |
| A．the sun and the weather move in the same way |
| B．the weather will be good if you see a rainbow in the afternoon |
| C．you can see a rainbow if you look at the sun |
【推荐3】Readers（朗读者）is a popular TV show. It invites different people to read aloud on the stage. The show also tells the moving stories behind those people. They can read everything, like poems, books, and letters. By reading aloud, the words on paper come to life.
Many people are fans of the show. They begin to enjoy reading aloud at home. Now, the show gives people a special place to read across China. It is a reading pavilion（朗读亭）. They are in many cities, including Shanghai, Hangzhou and Xi’an.
The pavilion is very small. Only one person can come into it each time. There is a microphone in it and it records（录制）people’s voices. Everyone can read for three minutes in the pavilion. They can read anything they like. The show will pick some of the readers and invite them to read on TV.
People of all ages read in the pavilion. “Reading should be just like singing and talking” said Dong Qing, the producer of the show. “We can express our true feelings by reading aloud.”
1. Which is TRUE about Readers?| A．It is the name of a TV show. | B．Only famous people can join it. |
| C．People can only read poems on it. | D．Every readers must tell a true story first. |
| A．A telephone. | B．A tape recorder. | C．A microphone. | D．A camera. |
| A．To find more child stars. | B．To pick good readers to go on the show. |
| C．To teach people how to read aloud. | D．To help old people to live a good life. |
| A．Reading is good for learning to sing. |
| B．Reading can help people talk with others freely. |
| C．Reading aloud is good for our study. |
| D．Reading aloud can help us to show true feelings. |
【推荐1】Everyone knows about New Year and Christmas. But do you know that there are enough holiday to fill every day of the year? Here are just a few we found interesting
World Hello Day
To celebrate this day, say hello to at least ten different people World Hello Day began in the autumn of 1973. Brian and Michael McCormack from Nebraska, the US wondered what they could do to encourage world peace. They felt the best way was getting people to talk with one another. The holiday has been held on the third Sunday of November every year since then.
International Day of the Seal (海豹)
March 22 is the International Day of the Seal. But the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C: and many other zoos and research centers around the world celebrate this holiday on the third weekend of March. The holiday was created to tell people about the dangers seals face from pollution and being caught.
Do It! Day
Are you a procrastinator (拖延者)? Here’s a day to finish all those things you’ve planned to do. Do It! Day is celebrated on the first Wednesday in September. “The whole idea is to feel good about getting things done,” says the founder of Do It! Day, Ethel Cook. Cook hopes everyone will turn their Do It into Did It.
1. Brian and Michael McCormack expected to have.| A．ten friends | B．an interesting holiday |
| C．world peace | D．a new way of talking |
| A．only in some research centers | B．to protect seals from dangers |
| C．on May 22 all over the world | D．to help people know more animals |
| A．peace lovers | B．Ethel Cook |
| C．procrastinators | D．Zoo keepers |
| A．Sports. | B．Culture. | C．Travel. | D．Education. |
【推荐2】We all love festivals. But since culture develops differently in many places, some festivals are, to us, very strange. Let’s take a look at some unique festivals around the world.
| Roswell UFO Festival (New Mexico, the US) The Roswell UFO Festival celebrates the anniversary(周年纪念日) of the “Roswell UFO incident (事件)”— a UFO was said to have crashed nearby. Every year in July, experts, authors, researchers and lecturers come to discuss the incident. The celebrations also include an alien parade (游行), an alien costurme contest, and an alien hot-air balloon ride. |
| Hemingway Days (Florida, the US) This festival has normal stuff like short-story readings and exhibits about the author. But the highlight (最精彩的部分) of the festival is definitely the Hemingway look-alike contest. Imagine walking into a bar and being greeted by 20 middle-aged men who all look alike: short and strong with thick white beards. The festival takes place in mid-July every year. |
| Cheese Rolling Festival (England) It’s recorded that the festival started about 200 years ago. When a round cheese is rolled, competitors run down the hill and try to catch it before it reaches the bottom. As the cheese can reach a speed of 112 kph, people seldom catch the cheese. The first to the bottom wins the cheese. But running down a very steep (陡峭的) hill behind a cheese can be dangerous. |
| A．an alien parade | B．an alien costurme contest |
| C．an alien hot-air balloon ride | D．an alien air crash |
| A．In the 14th century. | B．In the 15th century. |
| C．In the 18th century. | D．In the 19th century. |
| A．There was really a UFO in Roswell several years ago. |
| B．Hemingway was short and strong with thick white beards. |
| C．People run from the bottom to the hilltop in the third festival. |
| D．All the three festivals are celebrated in the US. |
| A．News. | B．Education. | C．Culture. | D．Science. |
【推荐3】As is known to all, “No farmers, no food.” Well, we now have a new day of celebration,the Chinese Farmers’ Harvest (收获) Festival. It’s the first in China created especially for farmers.
“The Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival falls on the Autumnal Equinox (秋分) each year, starting in 2018,” said Han Changfu, the Minister of Agriculture. The Autumnal Equinox is one of the 24 solar terms in the traditional Chinese calendar. In 2018, the Autumnal Equinox fell on September 23, one day before the Mid-Autumn Festival.Itgives people in the city a great chance to travel to the countryside, enjoy the beautiful scenery and celebrate the harvest with farmers. Although climates and crops are different in many parts of China, the harvest time is usually in autumn. This is why the government decided to celebrate this festival on the Autumnal Equinox.
As a major agricultural country, China has the largest number of farmers in the world. And it can produce a large number of agricultural products every year. “I’m sure the festival will become one of the most popular and most important ones around the world,” Han said.
Shen Jianhua, a university professor, says farmers should have a special festival since they have made great contributions to our country. Setting up the festival can improve the position (地位) of farmers, increase their selfesteem (自尊) and create an environment where they are respected and valued.
1. Which day is the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2018?| A．September 24th. | B．September 23rd. | C．The same day as the Autumnal Equinox. |
| A．the country China |
| B．the MidAutumn Festival |
| C．the Chinese Farmers’ Harvest Festival |
| A．it’s neither hot nor cold | B．most crops are harvested | C．farmers want to have a rest |
| A．To respect and value farmers. |
| B．To give farmers more money to make them rich. |
| C．To improve the position of farmers and increase farmers’ selfesteem. |
