【推荐1】Riding a Mobike on the street, you might hear some people speaking Chinese aloud. Turning to the right, you see a Sichuan-style restaurant. After walking into a store, you see that Huawei smartphones are on sale.

But you’re not in China—you’re in Manchester in Britain. In fact, you might see similar things in many other cities. Chinese products have been going global.

Chinese food has been enjoyed in Western countries for a long time. To meet local people’s tastes, Chinese restaurants have made some changes to the dishes.

“One example is the meat,” said Yin Hang, who is studying at the University of Wollongong in Australia.

“We like to eat meat with the bone in, but people here don’t. Chinese restaurants provide big pieces of meat without bones, even for fish.”

Some Chinese brands are also becoming more popular. In many cities in Europe, stores sell TCL televisions, Haier fridges and Lenovo computers, reported Reuters.

More than half of US-owned drones (无人机) are Chinese models, according to China Daily. They’re not simply made in China, but designed and developed in the country.

In he past, most Western people thought Chinese products were cheap and unreliable. But things have changed greatly. “Made in China” has become cool and more people trust Chinese brands.

For example, Huawei, one of China’s major smartphone makers, overtook Apple in global smartphone sales for the first time in June and July, behind only Samsung, reported by Consulting (咨询) Firm Counterpoint Research.

“They are beautiful and offer some unique features (特点) American phones don’t have,” CNN once said about Chinese smartphones.

1. The author wrote the first two paragraphs to show that ________.

A．Mobikes are also popular in other countries

B．technology has changed people’s lives

C．Chinese people live in every corner of the world

D．Chinese products are going global

2. What do Chinese restaurants do to meet foreigners’ tastes?

A．They cut the prices of the dishes.

B．They provide big pieces of meat with bones.

C．They make some changes to the dishes.

D．They only buy meat and vegetables from China.

3. According to Reuters, ________.

A．Chinese food is popular in Western countries

B．some Chinese brands are popular in the world

C．many US drones are designed and made in China

D．Western people do not trust Chinese brands

4. How many news agencies (机构) are mentioned in the story?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

5. What’s the best title for this passage?

A．Chinese food and products get more popular abroad.

B．Chinese like to eat meat without bones.

C．“Made in China” is welcomed all over the world.

D．Apple has lost large ground to Huawei in the world.

【推荐2】

	Hi, I’m looking for some help with my son’s watch that was made by the ToyTech company. Am I sending messages the right place?	Nancy
Trent	Yes. Thank you for sending messages to Toy Tech’s customer service online chat. My name is Trent, and I’d be glad to help you. Can you describe the problem to me please?
	We bought the toy watch last week, and it has already stopped working. I’d like a new one for it if you can’t help me fix it.	Nancy
Trent	I’m going to pass you over to the product support department. Please hold on a moment while I find someone. Please don’t close our chat window.
Tim	Hi Nancy, this is Tim at Toy Tech’s product support.
Trent	Nancy, I’m going to leave this chat now, and Tim will take over helping you.
Tim	Trent has told me a bit about the problems you’re experiencing. I’m more than happy to help you. Can you tell me what you see when you press the power button for ten seconds?
	I did that, and nothing is happening. And I know that it’s fully-charged.	Nancy
Tim	I have a few more ideas to try but it will take around 20-30 minutes. Are you OK with that? If not, I can email you a list of ideas for you to try when you do have more time, and if none of them works, you can call us again.
	I think I better get the list. I have to go pick up my son from school soon. Thank you for your help.	Nancy

1. Why did Trent leave the conversation?

A．Because they had someone else to help Nancy.

B．Because he could not understand Nancy’s problem.

C．Because he had no time to deal with Nancy’s problem.

D．Because he was not willing to help Nancy.

2. Why did Nancy send this message?

A．She wants to get the watch at a lower price.

B．She wants to learn how to use the watch.

C．She wants a watch that works.

D．She wants to get the money back.

3. Where can we most probably see this text?

A．In a newspaper.	B．In a magazine.
C．In a phone.	D．In a book.

【推荐3】Mr. Lin has a store. It’s next to No. 5 Middle School. It sells maps, books, pens, pencils, clothes and some other things. The things in his store are not expensive (昂贵的).

Boys and girls like to go to his store. They like Mr. Lin because he is very nice.

Mr. Lin likes the boys and girls, too. Mr. Lin has a “lost and found” box in his store. Look! A baseball, a ruler and some books are in the box. This box helps some boys and girls find their lost things. A sofa is in Mr. Lin’s store, too. Boys and girls can sit there and read books after school. They can ask Mr. Lin questions about these books and he always helps them to find the answers.

根据短文内容, 判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。
1. Mr. Lin’s store is in No. 5 Middle School.
2. The boys and girls like Mr. Lin because he is nice.
3. A basketball, a pen and some maps are in the “lost and found” box.
4. The boys and girls can read books in the store after school.
5. Boys and girls can get the answers about the books from Mr. Lin.

【推荐2】When you want to invite friends to a party, you’d better send them invitations. This is a good way to show your respect (尊重). Here are some ways of inviting friends to your party.

Mailed invitation

The most traditional way to invite your friends is to mail invitations. You need to write down all the information about the party, such as the party time, place, clothes to wear, things to bring, phone number and so on.

Online invitation

You can also invite friends to a party through the Internet. You can buy some online invitations put pictures and videos in the online invitations and then e-mail them to your friends.

Phone call

If you want to save more time, you can just make a phone call. In this way, you can tell them more about your party. And you can hear if they are interested in the party.

In person (亲自)

A personal invitation can let you talk to your friends about the party and know their interests when you talk to the friends, you may forget some important information. So, you’d better prepare invitation for them, too.

1. The most traditional way to invite friends is to ________.

A．send emails	B．mail invitations
C．make phone call	D．write letters on the Internet

2. From the third paragraph, we can know ________.

A．how to mail invitations to friends	B．how to hold a party for friends
C．how to write party information	D．how to send online invitations

3. The underlined word “them” in the last paragraph refers to (指代) ________.

A．invitations	B．friends’ interests
C．your friends	D．pictures

4. What is the best title?

A．How to Hold Parties	B．How to Make Friends
C．The Important Information	D．Some Ways to Invite Friends

【推荐3】Curiosity and chance combined to result in some famous accidental inventions around the world.

Gunpowder

Chinese alchemists had tried for centuries to invent something that could make people live forever. Many experiments used a chemical called saltpeter. In the year 850 A.D., a group of alchemists mixed saltpeter with sulfur and charcoal. The mixture burst into flames. The explosion injured the alchemists. It also burned down the house they’d been working in. The Sung Dynasty soon used the new powder in the wars. Chinese soldiers shot ‘flying fire’—arrows（箭）with small tubes filled with gunpowder—at enemies. Gunpowder did the exact opposite of making people live forever. Today, it’s still the basis for most weapons.

Penicillin

Scottish bacteriologist Alexander Fleming made an unexpected discovery in 1928. He’d been experimenting with a plate of bacteria（细菌）. One day, he discovered that it had been made dirty by mold（霉菌）. He also noticed that the bacteria around the mold had died. More experiments showed that the mold killed many of the bacteria that made people sick. Fleming had accidentally discovered one of the first antibiotics（抗生素）! He named his discovery penicillin, for the mold that had led to the discovery. Two other scientists, Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain, created a new version of penicillin. It was used to treat people. The three men won the 1945 Nobel Prize for their life-saving work.

Hook-and-Loop Fasteners（魔术贴）

Swiss engineer George de Mestral went hunting one day in 1941. His pants were covered in burs（刺果）by the time he returned home. He was curious about how the burs stuck to his clothes. When he examined one under a microscope, he saw that the bur had tiny hooks that caught in the loops of cloth. He decided to design a fastener that could do the same thing. At first, nobody took his two-piece ‘hook-and-loop’ fastener seriously. NASA, however, realized its value. It was perfect for holding objects in place during gravity-free space flights. Since the 1960s, clothing companies have been using Velcro（a French word meaning “Hook-and-Loop”）, too.

1. The underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 means gunpowder___________.

A．did harm to people’s health

B．seemed to be useful medicine

C．could be used to make weapons

D．ended people’s lives in the wars

2. From the passage, we know___________ is widely used in our daily life.

A．gunpowder

B．weapon

C．penicillin

D．Velcro

3. According to the passage, which of the following statement is true?

A．Penicillin saved lots of lives.

B．Chinese alchemists were killed in the explosion.

C．All inventions are the results of curiosity.

D．NASA refused to use Velcro at first.

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Hopeful Inventions	B．Surprising Inventions
C．Dangerous Inventions	D．Useless Inventions

【推荐2】Chinese buyers used to prize foreign brands, thinking that products made by American or European companies are of higher quality than Chinese ones. Increasingly, that’s no longer the case, “Chinese people born before 1985 generally think that foreign brands are better than Chinese ones,” billionaire William Li told Business Insider during a recent interview on CCTV 9. But for those who were born after 1985, it is a different picture.

“When I first went to the United Kingdom in 1997, I thought that the difference between China and Europe was quite big,” Li said, “But for those born in the 1990s, when they visit Europe or the US, they do not think there is a big distinction.”

The change in thinking among Chinese buyers is showing up in many markets in China. A study by Credit Suisse found that young Chinese buyers were increasingly showing a home brand bias.

More than 90% of young Chinese buyers prefer to buy home appliance (家用电器) brands, according to the study. Meanwhile, home companies producing food, drinks, or personal care products increased their share of the market by 3.3% over the last ten years to nearly 70%.

“Chinese buyers, especially the younger ones, don’t just believe that foreign brands are better. Right now, Chinese buyers think China is good and that ‘Made in China’ is not bad at all,” Charlie Chen, head of China buyer research at Credit Suisse, told South China Morning Post in March.

The Chinese smartphone market is controlled by home companies. Apple is the only foreign brand in the top five, but it has lost large ground to the home brands in recent years. Its market share is believed to be down to 37% from a 2015 high of 54%.

1. The underlined word “distinction” in Paragraph 2 means “________” in Chinese.

A．平衡

B．不同

C．改善

D．惊喜

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．More foreigners buy Chinese products.	B．Foreign products are expensive.
C．More Chinese buyers prefer Chinese products.	D．Older people don’t like foreign products.

3. Which fact best explains the home brand bias?

A．Apple had a market share of 54% in 2015.	B．Young Chinese buyers prefer home brands.
C．People think foreign brands are better.	D．William Li found a decrease in production.

4. ________ did most of the research for this report.

A．Credit Suisse

B．CCTV9

C．South China Morning Post

D．Business Insider

5. The best title for this passage is ________.

A．Chinese Products Get More Popular at Home	B．Young Chinese Are Crazy for Foreign Brands
C．“Made in China” Is Welcomed in the World	D．Apple Has Lost Large Ground in China

【推荐3】In 1987, a small company named HUAWEI was started in Shenzhen. After more than 30 years’ development, the company has now beaten Apple and become the world’s second-largest maker of smart phones behind Korea’s SAMSUNG. It has also become the world’s largest supplier（供应商）of 5G.

       But recently, HUAWEI faced some difficulties. The US government ordered a ban（禁令）on its sales in America. American officials said HUAWEI gave information that it collected to the Chinese government. At the same time, the US government planned to stop selling parts and services to HUAWEI, which was believed that HUAWEI’s business would be hurt.
       “We have never received such a request（要求）from the Chinese government and we have never tried to get into other systems to collect information. “Ren Zhengfei, HUAWEI’s founder and president said. “The ban from the US would have little influence on our company. HUAWEI has enough ability to deal with the problems.” Ren added.
       Facing the ban of the US, HUAWEI is growing. HUAWEI’s smart phone sales around the world rose 50 percent compared to the year earlier in the first three months of 2019. At the same time, sales from both SAMSUNG and Apple fell. So far, HUAWEI has grown into the world’s largest telecommunications equipment（电信设备）supplier, selling in 170 countries! It may beat SAMSUNG as the largest smart phone maker in the near future.
1. Which company is the largest supplier of 5G in the world? ________

A．HUAWEI.

B．Apple.

C．SAMSUNG.

D．Xiaomi.

2. Why did the US order a ban on HUAWEI? ________

A．Because HUAWEI’s sales in America were growing faster than Apple.

B．Because HUAWEI refused to offer services to the US government.

C．Because HUAWEI became the largest telecommunications equipment supplier.

D．Because it thought HUAWEI collected information for Chinese government.

3. From what Ren Zhengfei said, we can learn that HUAWEI ________ .

A．is deeply influenced by the ban

B．has gone into the system of the US

C．can solve the problems they are facing

D．will be the biggest smart phone company

4. What is the correct structure（结构）of the passage? ________

A．①/②③④

B．①②/③④

C．①/②③/④

D．①②③/④

5. What does the writer want to tell us in the last paragraph? ________

A．HUAWEI will grow slowly.

B．HUAWEI has a bright future.

C．HUAWEI’s sales will be doubled.

D．HUAWEI is the largest smart phone maker.

【推荐1】There are some popular family videos that are being posted on Chinese social media these days. In these videos, a young child calls out to his or her mother or father; the parent comes into the room smiling, turns around and calls out to his or her own parent; the grandparent then comes into the room smiling and calls out to his or her parent, the great-grandparent. This kind of family is called “four generation (四世同堂)” in China.

It started on Douyin and has been popular in social media in other countries. People from all over the world have talked much about the videos and even made their own. The videos also make some people remember their family members who have been dead. “Because of the video, I will visit my grandmother this weekend,” a Twitter user wrote. “I have to say that family love is usually a strong value in China,” wrote Justin. The “four generation” videos not only touched foreign viewers, but also gave them a deeper look into Chinese family values.

In most East Asian cultures, it is common for many generations of a single family to live together. This is called a big family. In most Western countries, most families are small families, or families that are made up of just children and their parents.

In Western culture, privacy (隐私) and independence (独立) are highly valued. Kids usually move out of the house after they turn eighteen. Many of them borrow money or work part-time jobs in order to pay for college. If they choose to keep living with their parents after growing up, it can be seen as a failure. Although family structures in the East and West may be different, the love between family members is common. That might be why the “four generation” videos have won so many hearts around the world.

1. What does Paragraph 1 mainly talk about?

A．It tells popular families in China.

B．It lists photos of Chinese families.

C．It shows family videos on Chinese media.

D．It introduces some habits of families in China.

2. What can we infer (推断) from Paragraph 2?

A．Foreigners also want to have their own big families.

B．Foreigners would like to move their families to China.

C．Foreigners should do something valuable for Chinese families.

D．Foreigners realize they should love family members and what they have.

3. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．Western people don’t value independence and privacy.

B．It is a failure if people keep living with their parents in China.

C．Many Western kids work part-time jobs to pay for their college.

D．Kids in the West move out of the house before they turn eighteen.

4. What does the writer mainly want to tell us?

A．The family love is common in different countries.

B．“Four generation” is popular in Western countries.

C．Big families are much better than those small ones.

D．People in the West do not have family videos at all.

【推荐2】It’s said that the world is getting smaller with the help of Internet and transportation. People are getting closer to form a “global village” where they live as neighbors, breathe the same air and grow up under the same sky. It’s the age of globalization that affects every aspect of our daily lives, such as entertainment, clothing and food.

Popular culture has become more globalized. People in the US enjoy listening to South African music and reading Japanese comic books. American soap operas are popular in Israel.

India, for example, has a successful movie industry, nicknamed “Bollywood”, which is popular both in India and with the population of Indian people living abroad. Clothing styles have become more uniform as a result of globalization, therefore, national and regional costumes have become less common. There also has been an increasing exchange of foods across the globe. People in England eat Indian curry, while people in Peru enjoy Japanese sushi. Meanwhile, American fast food chains have become common throughout the world. McDonald’s has more than 37, 000 restaurants in over 100 countries. The worldwide development of McDonald’s has become a symbol of globalization. Some menu foods, such as Big Mac, are the same all over the world. Other menu foods are specific to that area. Globalization has brought McDonald’s to billions of people worldwide.

But there are differences. First, the villagers don’t look the same. They have different skin colors and features.Because they are from different cultural groups, they often dress differently. In Japan, women wear kimonos (和服). But in China, many women like wearing the qipao, a type of dress. A country’s existence is dependent on its culture and traditions. Every country has its own customs. People around the world celebrate different festivals. People don’t always live in peace, either. There are wars and disagreement over land, water, energy and even ideas. That’s why people set up the United Nations (UN) to deal with these problems.

1. According to the passage, which of the following statement is NOT the fact that shows the world is getting smaller?

A．We can write emails to greet friends in other countries.

B．It takes only 10 hours to fly from Beijing to London.

C．The number of international cooperation (合作) increases so much.

D．People all over the world are eating more meat and sugar foods.

2. What does the word “aspect” underlined in the first paragraph mean in Chinese?

A．外观

B．方面

C．朝向

D．交流

3. From the passage, we know that a country’s existence depends on ________.

A．clothing styles

B．exchange of foods

C．popular culture

D．traditions

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The passage is talking about a real village of people from different countries.

B．If there are some arguments on environment between two countries, they can be solved with the help of a third country.

C．Women in China wear qipao while in Japan they wear Kimono because of different cultures.

D．People all over Europe will celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival together.

5. The writer mainly wants to tell us that ________.

A．we can share our world as one village	B．we have one world with one dream
C．we are working together to be better	D．different people have different cultures

【推荐3】

YOUNG STORYTELLERS ARE WRITING ONLINE As Chinese online literature becomes popular in other countries, more and more young people overseas (海外) are taking part in writing online literature.
Who are they? ★There were 400,000 online literature writers by October, 2023. ★They live in more than 100 countries and areas. ★42.3% of them were born after the year 2000.		What do they write? ★By October, 2023, 610,000 online novels had been written. ★They include 15 different genres (体裁), such as wuxia, fantasies (幻想作品), and romances (传奇故事).
Online men Literature’s writers Overseas like…		Adventure (历险) novels System (系统) novels weak-to-strong novels
comedy novels revenge (复仇) novels mystery (悬疑) novels		Online women literatures Writers overseas like…

1. The text is about ________.

A．literature writers online	B．storytellers in China
C．young people overseas	D．readers in the world

2. The underlined (划线的) word “They” refers to (指代) “________ ”.

A．Young writers

B．Online novels

C．Different genres

D．Overseas books

3. According to the text, online women writers overseas like ________.

A．adventure novels

B．system novels

C．weak-to-strong novels

D．comedy novels

4. The text may come from ________.

A．a diary

B．a storybook

C．a guidebook

D．a newspaper