The popular TV series Meet Yourself (有风的地方) show the beauty of some intangible cultural heritages (非物质文化遗产) in Dali, Yunnan province. Let’s take a look at a few things.
Wood carving (木雕)
Jianchuan wood carving has a history of over 1,000 years. It has rich culture meanings. The carving usually uses patterns like flowers, plants and dragons. This type of wood carving is widely used in people’s buildings. Each piece of wood carving carries great efforts from the masters.
Tie-dyeing (扎染)
Tie-dyeing is an old dyeing skill. It started as early as in the Tang Dynasty for a small part of people. But now, tie-dyeing has modern things on clothing and bags, selling at home and abroad.
Flower cake
Flower cake is no doubt the most popular snack of Yunnan province. It has a history of more than 300 years. Even the Qing Dynasty emperor Qianlong was its big fan. The most special part of the cake is that it has flowers in the cake.
These traditional skills not only stand for Chinese wisdom, but also add colors to our modern lives.
1. Jianchuan wood carving has rich culture meanings.2. We can know that tie-dyeing isn’t an old dyeing skill.
3. The flower cake has a history of more than 3,000 years.
4. These traditional skills only stand for Chinese wisdom.
5. The passage mainly introduces some intangible cultural heritages in Dali.
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【推荐1】There are lots of fun-filled ethnic (少数民族的) festivals in our country. Let’s take a look at some of them.
| Ethnic Festivals | Introductions |
| March Fair of Bai People | The March Fair is the most important festival for the Bai people living in Dali, Yunnan. It starts from the 15th day of the 3rd lunar month and lasts about 7 days. During the festival, people in and around Dali come together for trade. What’s more, they race horses, dance to and sing traditional songs. |
| Torch Festival of Yi People | In Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, Yi people celebrate the Torch (火把) Festival. It usually takes place from the 24th to the 26th day of the 6th lunar month every year. As part of the festival, every family needs to light a torch. The idea is that these torches will drive away bad luck. In the center of town, there is always a bonfire (篝火). People of all ages sing and dance around it. |
| Water Festival of Dai People | The Water Festival is the New Year for the Dai people living in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan. It lasts 3 days in April. During the festival, Dai people wear their festival suits to dance and throw water at each other (they believe it could bring happiness and good luck). The wetter you get, the luckier you will be. |
Interested in these Chinese festivals? Go and experience them yourself.
1. Where can you experience all the three ethnic festivals above?| A．In Guizhou. | B．In Yunnan. | C．In Sichuan. | D．In Guangdong. |
| A．All of them last three days. | B．The Torch Festival. |
| C．The March Fair. | D．The Water Festival. |
| A．Science and technology. | B．Around China. |
| C．Healthy Life. | D．Animal World. |
【推荐2】On April 19th, a pottery(陶器) exhibition was held at Wuhan Optical Valley Experimental School. Many pieces of pottery in different sizes were shown at the school. Some were a bit broken, but all of them were beautiful works of art created by the students.
At the end of last year, the school started a project that called on teachers to collect disused or broken pieces of pottery from the countryside. So far, they have collected about 3,000 pieces.
“Pottery used to play an important role in the daily lives of Chinese people,” the school head Ma Guoxin told the reporter. “By pottery painting, the students can improve themselves in many ways. They can better understand the history of the pottery, put their creativity into the pottery and show the love for life and beauty.”
Students turned the pottery into different works of art. They were all encouraged to paint pictures on the pottery, even though some students didn’t know how to paint. In March, the school held a pottery painting competition. Wang Zixuan, a student from Grade Eight, with little knowledge of painting, painted a beautiful night scenery on a piece of pottery. It was so nice that many students loved it.
Almost every classroom has colored pieces of pottery. They are either used as flowerpots or pen containers(笔筒). The school has also set up several art corners to show the pottery. For example, the students have put some pottery on bookcases outside of a lecture hall. It has become an enjoyable place for students to rest and read.
1. According to the passage, ________ were encouraged to paint the pottery.| A．the students who painted very well | B．the students who didn’t get good grades |
| C．the students who didn’t know how to paint | D．all the students in the school |
| A．The school has collected about 2,000 pieces of pottery so far. |
| B．Wang Zixuan was a student from Grade Seven. |
| C．We can’t find some colored pottery in some of their classrooms. |
| D．The students enjoy resting and reading at the art corners. |
| A．Sports news. | B．Traditional art. |
| C．Healthy living. | D．Popular music. |
【推荐3】Tuntou is a village in Gaocheng District of Shijiazhuang City. Every October, the villagers here start to make red lanterns for the Spring Festival. Lanterns are an important part of Chinese New Year celebrations. After October, lantern makers in the village become much busier because orders roll in one after another.
Gaocheng is known for making and selling traditional palace lanterns. The history of Gaocheng palace lanterns dates back to the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Bai Junping, a 69-year-old in Tuntou, is one of the lantern makers. “Everyone here can make red lanterns,” he said. “During the past years, the lantern making business in Tuntou has developed fast with the help of online shopping platforms (平台), I need to make better ones.”
The village sells lanterns both at home and abroad. Actually, they can produce about 100 million pairs of lanterns every year.
To spread its lantern culture, the village even built a palace lantern museum. Now, more than 200 kinds of lanterns are shown there. Tourists can experience the local lantern culture and learn how to make palace lanterns by hand.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
1. After October, lantern makers in the village become much busier because lots of people want to buy lanterns.
2. The lantern makers of Gaocheng began to make lanterns in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
3. Bai Junping keeps improving his skills to make more lanterns.
4. The village can produce about 200 million lanterns every year.
5. The village built a palace lantern museum to record the history of lantern.
【推荐1】Are You Right Handed or Left Handed?
Which hand do you use when write? About 8 to 15 percent of people are left handed. They often have to use tools that are designed for right-handed people. So it is difficult for left-handers to use most tools. If you are right handed, try this experiment: Take a knife with your left hand and try cutting a potato into pieces. Don’t be surprised if you feel awkward(别扭的).
In the past, people thought it was strange to use the left hand. Young students looked down upon their left-handed classmates. Some children were even punished for using their left hand to write. But these days parents and teachers have accepted that. In almost every school in the world, left-handed students can use their left hand to write.
What causes people to be left handed or right handed? Experts have searched long and hard on this. They conclude(得出结论) that left-handed people are left handed for the same reason that right-handed people are right handed. One out of every ten people just is a left-hander. It’s simply like the color of our eyes—some people have brown eyes, while some others have black eyes.
However, many researchers think that left-handers and right-handers are different in some aspects. Right-handers are more talkative and outgoing than left-handers. Many right-handed people understand spoken words better. For example, after they listen to directions to a supermarket, they can find it easily. Right-handers are good at organizing people, too. They are also better basketball guards. Just ask Yao Ming.
Research shows that left-handers are creative and artistic. Many famous performers, like Jim Carrey and Paul McCartney, are left handed. Many left-handers learn better visually(在视觉方面). In art, both Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo were left handed. In music, Ludwig van Beethoven was left handed. In science, you find Newton and Einstein. The left-handed people are also really good at tennis and other single sports.
If you prefer one hand, but you are still good at writing with the other, you are mixed. Research shows mixed-handers can remember everyday things better than other people. What did you eat for lunch two weeks ago? If you’re mixed handed, you can probably remember.
But most human beings(人类) use their right hands better and this makes life difficult for the left-handed ones. We live in a right-handed world.
1. If right-handers cut up potatoes with their left hand, they will ________.| A．get hurt | B．give up cutting | C．feel awkward | D．change their tools |
| A．Causes of being left handed. | B．Encouragement to left-handers |
| C．Punishment for using the left hand. | D．Changes in opinions on left-handers. |
| A．are good organizers | B．learn better visually |
| C．are better at single sports | D．give clear directions to others |
| A．may be more talkative and outgoing | B．might remember everyday things better |
| C．are ordinary people like right-handers | D．no longer need to use right-handed tools |
| A．they can't use their right hands at all | B．most people use their right hands better |
| C．they can't use both of their hands | D．they can't use their left hands |
【推荐2】I come from Holland (荷兰). In our country, there are plenty of windmills. There are more than 2,000 windmills in Holland. These windmills make electricity (电) for the country.
It is a small country in Europe. About 20% of its land comes from the sea. The population of Holland is only 16,000,000.
The weather is very nice, so the flowers can grow very well. Maybe you like roses, kapoks or lilies. However, the tulip is a symbol (标志) of the country. People celebrate Tulip Festival every year. There are a lot of cows in this country. You can enjoy good milk and cheese here.
You can go everywhere by train, taxi, underground or ship. They are fast and convenient. People here also love to ride bikes. Riding a bike is free and relaxing.
What do children do when they pass their exam? They often hang a schoolbag and a national flag at the gate! Come and have a good time in Holland!
1. What is the Chinese meaning of the underlined划线的 word “windmills”?| A．磨坊 | B．风铃 | C．风铃草 | D．风车 |
| A．The mountain | B．The island |
| C．The sea | D．The mainland |
| A．Tulip | B．Rose | C．Kapok | D．Lily |
| A．3 | B．4 | C．5 | D．6 |
| A．Because they love the school. |
| B．Because they love the country. |
| C．Because their schoolbags are new. |
| D．Because they pass the exam. |
【推荐3】We all know that Taiwan is considered as Treasure Island(宝岛)of China. The scenery there is very beautiful. Recently we have been connected closely with each other.
Several months ago, a group of 19 Taiwanese children flew to Chengdu in order to begin a tour to study pandas. The middle school children were from Chiayi County in southwest Taiwan and were chosen because of their excellent performance at school.
During the visit ,the children saw pandas up close. They were very excited to see so many pandas at a time. The children also traveled to the Mount E'mei scenic area and met local school children.
They said, “The pandas are very cute, and we are all happy.” They also said the children in Chengdu were very friendly to them, and they all liked there. They hope to visit Sichuan again.
1. Taiwan is considered as a ________ island.| A．valuable | B．rich | C．beautiful | D．all above |
| A．Because they came to study there. |
| B．Because they had never been there. |
| C．Because they flew there for a tour to study pandas. |
| D．Because they were from Chiayi County in southwest Taiwan. |
| A．they were interested in it | B．they did well at school |
| C．they were performing different roles | D．they were not from the same country |
| A．to see so many pandas at a time | B．to climb the Mount E'mei |
| C．to see pandas | D．to find pandas very cute |
| A．the middle school students in Taiwan must learn about pandas |
| B．there is a good relationship between the two places |
| C．the children in Chengdu are very friendly |
| D．the students in Taiwan are excellent |
The earliest evidence for human–cat interaction dates back to prehistoric Cyprus(史前塞浦路斯), where the remains of a wild cat and a human — dated 9,500 years old — were found buried together.
A new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has confirmed the first direct evidence of a human–domestic cat relationship among Chinese farmers 5,300 years ago. Researchers studied the bones of cats, dogs, deer and other animals unearthed in an excavation (挖掘) near a village in Central China. By using some ways, scientists showed that the cats were living on a mostly millet(黍)–based diet, just like the domesticated dogs and pigs from the site.
"The most reasonable explanation for a high consumption of millet–based food is that the cats had formed a stable and mutual relationship with humans and could easily feed on rodents (啮齿动物) around human villages, find leftover food or even have been fed by people intentionally," said Hu Yaowu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, whose research focuses on the relationship between humans and domesticated animals.
"It is very interesting for us to find the consumption of millet-based foods by the cats, since this kind of evidence had long been missing.” Hu explains. Since cats usually eat meat, such a diet would be unexpected, unless the cats were being fed by people, the study argues. The researchers also found that one of the cats survived to reach old age, implying that it had a safe place to live and enough to eat.
Why the farmers wanted to keep cats nearby or make them "pets" could be answered by other evidence. Chinese archaeologists found some storage containers were specifically designed to keep out rodents — a vermin (害兽) that cats could certainly have helped with.
The simplified theory is that rats were attracted to the food of farmers, and so were harmful to farmers. Cats were attracted to the rats, and so farmers formed a mutually beneficial relationship with cats, taking care of them in return for pest control.
1. The evidence found in the remains dating back to prehistoric Cyprus means .
| A．human made cats pets as early as 9,500 years ago |
| B．human interacted with cats very early |
| C．cats didn’t appear until prehistoric Cyprus |
| D．when cats became domesticated |
| A．the preventions of pests from grains |
| B．the history of Chinese farming |
| C．the dogs and pigs |
| D．the ways to keep pets |
| A．Cats didn’t feed on meat. |
| B．The cats consumed large amounts of millet–based foods. |
| C．One of the cats survived to reach old age. |
| D．Some storage containers were specifically designed to keep out rodents. |
| A．Helping keep other domesticated animals. |
| B．Not letting cats eat food. |
| C．Supplying meat for human. |
| D．Helping reduce the amount of pests. |
| A．Entertainment | B．Environment |
| C．Human and Science | D．Life and fashion |
1. A __________ in the lost and found box.
| A．red watch | B．blue jacket |
| C．yellow pen | D．white key |
| A．Mrs. Smith | B．David | C．Jack | D．Alan |
| A．in the lost and found box |
| B．in the morning |
| C．in the afternoon |
| D．in the classroom |
| A．yellow pencil | B．blue pencil |
| C．black pencil | D．white pencil |
| A．Mrs. Smith | B．Alan | C．David | D．Jack |
【推荐3】Today Daniel and I took an online tour on the website “Around the World in Eight Hours”, Sydney is on the south-east coast(海滨) of Australia. It is the largest city in Australia. On the website, we saw lots of pictures of Sydney. Sydney is near the sea. There are many beautiful beaches there. We also saw a wonderful building called the Sydney Opera House. It is a theatre and looks like a ship with many sails(帆船). Near the Sydney Opera House is the famous Harbour Bridge. People can climb it. It takes about three hours. It is really cool! Australian seasons are the opposite (对立) of ours. For example, in April, it is autumn in Australia!
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
1. Sydney is on the north-east coast of Australia.
2. It takes people about three hours to climb the Harbour Bridge.
3. There are many beautiful beaches in Sydney.
4. The Sydney Opera House is a big ship with many sails.
5. It is always very cold in January in Australia.
【推荐1】The students in the United States think that the winter holiday can be a great time to learn or to do some new things. Here are some ways for you to plan an interesting winter holiday.
Taking time out
The winter holiday can be a great time to do something for the next school year. You can have some time to think about your wish. That’s important for you.
Being a volunteer
Are you thinking about helping others? The winter holiday gives you time to do something for them. Helping others can make you happy. You can also make new friends when working as a volunteer.
Reading
Don’t let your brain(大脑)get lazy. You need to make your brain run. Visit the library or bookstore and find books that are interesting for you. You can learn a lot from books.
Other things
Think about other things you wish to do. Write a book? Study English? Get a job? Make a trip to some interesting places?
Now it’s time to talk to your parents about your holiday plan. Then have a great winter holiday.
1. This passage is for _______.| A．parents | B．visitors | C．students | D．teachers |
| A．Visiting the library will make your holiday boring. |
| B．Writing a book may make your holiday more interesting. |
| C．Making a plan with parents can help your brain work well. |
| D．Working as a volunteer is the best way to make new friends. |
| A．how to learn new things | B．students in the United States |
| C．interesting books and places | D．the plan for the winter holiday |
【推荐2】Computers, smart phones, and other machines are the perfect servants. They always do what they are “told”. We usually “tell” them to do things by using a mouse or keyboard. But what if we could just talk to them normally and tell them what to do in our daily life?
This type of technology, known as voice control or voice recognition（声音识别）, has been shown in films and TV shows since the 1960s. And real-world voice recognition is used for more everyday tasks. You might be familiar with Siri and Alexa, two examples of voice recognition software made by Apple and Amazon. They can be asked to do many things, from setting alarms and playing music to placing online shopping orders and controlling household appliances（家用电器）.
One of the nice things about voice recognition is that it can be used when we’re on the go. When you’re driving a car or walking down the sidewalk, it can be inconvenient or even dangerous to pick up your smart phone and type away on the keyboard. Voice recognition allows you to focus on（专注于）whatever you’re doing at the moment while still doing other tasks. What’s more, people with hearing disabilities can also benefit（获益）, as speech recognition software can be used to “listen” to spoken words and turn them into text that deaf people can read.
1. We usually “tell” computers and smart phones to do things by ______________.| A．other machines | B．the perfect servants |
| C．using a mouse or keyboard | D．talking to the people who are using them |
| A．喜欢的 | B．家里的 | C．真实的 | D．熟悉的 |
| A．set alarms and play music | B．cook some food |
| C．place online shopping orders | D．control household appliances |
| A．Siri and Alexa are made by Apple and Alibaba. |
| B．We can pick up and type on our phones when we’re driving a car. |
| C．The deaf people can’t use voice recognition because they hear nothing. |
| D．Voice recognition can make people do different things at the same time. |
| A．the uses of voice recognition |
| B．the reason why people use voice recognition |
| C．the advantages and disadvantages of voice recognition |
| D．how to use computers, smart phones, and other machines |
【推荐3】Good morning. I'm Emma. I want to introduce（介绍）my room to you.
A yellow bed is in my room. A quilt is on the bed. The quilt is blue. My desk is next to the bed. It's green. A telephone and an alarm clock（闹钟）are on it. The telephone is white，and the alarm clock is red. My books and pencil box are in the desk. What's under the desk？Oh，it's my soccer ball. It's black and white. I also（也）have a bookcase in my room. Many books are in the bookcase and I read（阅读）them in the room every day. My room is nice and I like it very much.
1. What color is Emma's bed？| A．Yellow. | B．Blue. | C．Green. | D．White. |
| A．A computer and an alarm clock | B．A computer and a TV |
| C．A TV and a telephone | D．A telephone and an alarm clock |
| A．On the desk. | B．Under the desk. | C．On the bed. | D．In the bookcase. |
| A．Yes，it does. | B．No，it doesn't. | C．Yes，it is. | D．No，it isn't. |
| A．Emma's family | B．Emma's friends | C．Emma's room | D．Emma's school |
