【推荐1】

Do you know people had three names: their family name, given name and courtesy name (字) in ancient (古代的) China? Let me introduce them to you.

Take famous poet Li Bai as an example. His family name is Li, his given name is Bai, and his courtesy name is Taibai.

People use their given names when they are with their family or friends. And your elders like your grandparents and parents call your given name at home. But in the workplace, people use their courtesy names.

Men get their courtesy names when they are 20 years old. Women get their courtesy names after they get married (结婚).

People’s courtesy names have something to do with their given names. For example, Zhuge Liang’s given name is Liang. It means “bright”. His courtesy name is Kongming. And the meaning is “very bright”.

1. The three names of ancient Chinese people are ________.
①Family name   ②Middle name   ③Given name   ④Courtesy name

A．①②③

B．①②④

C．①③④

D．②③④

2. Li Bai’s courtesy name is ________.

A．Li

B．Bai

C．Li Bai

D．Taibai

3. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refers to ________.

A．people’s courtesy names	B．people’s given names
C．Zhuge Liang’s given name	D．Zhuge Liang’s courtesy name

4. We can learn from the passage that ________.

A．parents call kids their family name at home

B．people use courtesy names at work

C．women get their courtesy names when they are 20

D．courtesy names have no relation (关系) with given names

5. The main idea (主要大意) of the passage is ________.

A．three parts of ancient names	B．the development (发展) of names
C．the famous poet Li Bai	D．the ancient names and the modern (现代的) names

【推荐2】Sam, a foreign student at Communication University of China, often shares his experiences of Chinese culture on his vlog.

In one video, for example, Sam shared how he had learned the Chinese word “dongxi”, he translated each part separately into “east west”. And he introduced one theory about how “dongxi” came to mean “things”. He told people that all marketplaces in ancient Chinese cities were set up along a single road that ran from east to west. So when you would say “qu mai dongxi”, you’d be saying, “Tm going to buy things.”

Some other videos show his reading Chinese poems and performing kung fu in Chinese traditional custom, which are quite welcome among his 40, 000 followers.

“Many of my followers are learning Chinese,” Sam said. “But sadly, they know little about Chinese culture and the country.”

Like many foreigners, Sam once believed that all Chinese could perform kung fu, flying onto roofs and walking over walls. He thought the country was not that developed. But after he got a scholarship (奖学金) to study in China in 2019, his view changed. “China has entered a new period, but many people’s impressions of China are still stuck in the 1970s,” Sam said. “That’s why I started to shoot vlogs to share Chinese culture in 2019.”

Until now, Sam has posted more than 40 Chinese culture vlogs online. But making these vlogs is not easy. Take reading the poem Second Farewell to Cambridge by Xu Zhimo as an example.

“I can understand and read every word in the poem,” Sam said. “But to touch readers, I need to use proper feelings while reading.” So he needed to look for much background information and make his feelings suit each part of the poem.

Though shooting these vlogs takes lots of time, the young man feels proud that his vlogs have inspired many people. Sam said that he wanted to continue bridging the differences between two cultures. “This goal may not be achieved easily, but I will spare no efforts to do my part.”

1. What made Sam shoot vlogs?

A．His dream to be a big vlogger.

B．His interest in Chinese culture.

C．His hunger for new technology.

D．His wish to show the real China.

2. What does the underlined word “stuck” mean in paragraph 5?

A．remained

B．returned

C．suggested

D．succeeded

3. The poem Second Farewell to Cambridge is mentioned to __________.

A．meet the followers’ needs	B．express Sam’s love for poems
C．show Sam’s efforts at vlog-making	D．give an example of Chinese culture

【推荐3】Bi Sheng was born in Song Dynasty. He lived in a small village which lies in Huanggang today.     1     He was the world’s first inventor of the printing. It is about 400 years earlier than the printing in Germany. The printing is also called the movable type printing (活字印刷). But how did it work in the past?

First of all, the clay was made into movable types. Then words were engraved (雕刻) carefully onto the types.     2     Next, the workers brushed ink onto the movable types. Finally the types could be used for printing. They could be used again and again for different books.

    3     With the help of it, Chinese culture spread around the world more quickly. At the same time, the movable type printing was widely used in the world at that time.     4    

The movable type printing, the compass (指南针), gunpowder and the paper-making are called four great inventions of China.     5    

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。

A．The movable type printing plays an important role in Chinese culture.

B．They make China own an important and even top position in the history of human civilization (文明).

C．After that the words were chosen and put in right order in a box according to the text.

D．He invented the printing around 1041 AD.

E．As a result, more and more culture communication among countries took place.

【推荐2】Water pollution happens when waste things from many areas are thrown into rivers,lakes and seas．
Agriculture
To get more food，farmers use large amounts of chemicals(化学制品)．When the chemicals are not completely used by the plants，they are washed away by the rainwater into rivers，lakes and seas，which pollute both surface water and underground water．
Industry
Factories and industries oftenreleasepoisonous chemicals into seas，rivers or lakes，which is quite bad for Mother Nature．An example of industrial sea pollution happened in Japan in the 1950s．A local factory had poured waste water with mercury(水银)into the Minamata Bay for 20 years．Tuna fish in the bay took in the mercury and people ate the tuna. Many children were born with birth deformities(畸形)．As a result，people lost their，hearing and sight，and thousands of people died in the end．
Sea transportation
When ships transporting oil get damaged on the way，oil spillage(溢出)happens·One major disaster was the Exxon Valdez oil spill．An oil tanker sink off Alaska in 1989 and leaked(泄漏)oil into the ocean．To save cost，some ships also poured unwanted oil from their engine rooms into the sea，thus polluting the oceans·
Home activities
If the waste from the washing of clothes and dishes are not treated and poured into the sea，they will do harm to the sea life．Some diseases may also spread．Sometimes，rubbish is dumped into the sea．
1. Farmers Use large amounts of chemicals to        ．

A．have more food	B．release poison
C．planting	D．plant more crops

2. From the example in Paragraph 3．we learn that       ．

A．eating tuna fish is sometimes a great danger

B．water pollution is a serious problem in Japan

C．factories and industries should be closed in Japan

D．water pollution can do great harm to people’s health

3. The underlined word“release”probably means       ．

A．释放

B．吸收

C．生产

D．运用

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Industrial water pollution

B．Agriculture water pollution

C．Reasons for water pollution

D．Ways to solve water pollution

【推荐3】Many people like to travel by plane. But I don’t like it because an airport is usually far away from the city. And when you are on a plane, you can’t open the window. You can’t choose the food. Planes are fast, but it still takes hours to get out of the airport and into the city.

I like travelling by train. I think taking the train is fun. Train stations are usually in the city. It takes more time to travel by train, but you can see many interesting things during your trip. And you can walk around and open the window.

I also like cars. You can start your trip when you want to, and you don’t need to get to a train or bus station. Also you can carry many things with you in a car. But sometimes there are too many cars on the road.

1. The underlined word “it” in the first paragraph means “__________”.

A．going to the airport	B．opening the window
C．travelling by plane	D．leaving the city

2. What does the writer think of taking the train?

A．It’s strange.	B．It’s interesting.
C．It’s fast.	D．It’s boring.

3. If you want to carry many things for your trip, you’d better travel by __________.

A．train

B．plane

C．bus

D．car

4. What is the bad thing about travelling by car according to (根据) the writer?

A．It’s too crowded on the road.

B．You can’t stop at a station.

C．It’s hard to drive a car all day.

D．You can’t see many interesting things.

5. The passage talks about __________.

A．why people like travelling

B．the best way of travelling

C．what’s useful in travelling

D．three ways of travelling

【推荐1】I suddenly heard an elephant crying as though frightened. Looking down, I immediately recognized that something was wrong, and ran down to the edge of the near bank. There I saw Mashwe with her three-month-old calf struggling in the fast-rising water, and it was a life-and-death struggle. Her calf was floating and screaming with fear. Mashwe was as near to the far bank as she could get, holding her whole body against the rushing water, and keeping the calf pressed against her huge body. Every now and then the rushing water would sweep the calf away.

There was a sudden rise in the water and the calf was washed clean over the mother’s body and was gone. Mashwe turned quickly to reach it and pressed the calf with her head and trunk(象鼻) against the rocky bank. Then with a huge effort, she picked it up in her trunk and tried until she was able to place it on a narrow shelf of rock.

Just at this moment, she fell back into the river. If she were carried down, it would be certain death. I knew, as well as she did, that there was one spot(地点) where she could get up the bank, but it was on the other side from where she had put her calf.

While I was wondering what I could do next, I heard the sound of a mother’s love. Mashwe had crossed the river and got up the bank and was making her way back as fast as she could, roaring(吼叫) all the time, but to her calf it was music.

1. The moment the author got down to the river bank he saw _______.

A．the calf was about to fall into the river

B．Mashwe was placing the calf on the rock

C．the calf was washed away by the rising water

D．Mashwe was holding the calf against the rushing water

2. How did Mashwe manage to save her calf from the fast-flowing water?

A．By putting it on a safe spot.	B．By pressing it against her body.
C．By taking it away with her.	D．By carrying it on her back.

3. How did the calf feel about the mother elephant’s roaring?

A．It was a great comfort.	B．It was a sign of danger.
C．It was a call for help.	D．It was a musical note.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．A Mother’s Love.	B．A Brave Act.
C．A Deadly River.	D．A Matter of Life and Death.

【推荐2】What would you do if you had an accident in your daily life?
It is important for you to get some knowledge about first aid in your daily life. If a person has an accident, he / she needs medical care before a doctor can be found. When you give first aid, you must know three things:
First, when a person stops breathing (呼吸), open his / her mouth to see if there is food in his / her mouth. Second, if a person cannot breathe, try to start his / her breathing at once, using a mouth-to-mouth way. Third, if a person is hurt badly, try to stop the bleeding (流血) at once. And then take him / her to a doctor, because if a person loses one third of his / her blood, he / she may be in great danger.
Many accidents may happen at home, and everyone should know some first aid to deal with common injuries. When a person ____ by an animal, wash the wound with cold running water before he / she is taken to see a doctor. When a person is burnt, wash and cool the area of the skin under the cold tap for a while, then put a piece of dry clean cloth over the burn. If a person is badly burnt, take him / her to the doctor. If a person cuts his / her finger, clean it and put a piece of clean paper round the cut.
In the future we should learn more about first aid and try to spread (传播) it.
1. How many steps should you pay attention to when you give first aid?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

2. If a person is hurt badly and bleeding, what should you do first?

A．Try to stop the bleeding at once.

B．Wash the wound with cold running water.

C．Try to start his / her breathing at once.

D．Open his / her mouth and see if there is food in his / her mouth.

3. The underlined word “is bitten” means “       ” in Chinese.

A．被打

B．伤害

C．被控制

D．被咬

4. If Jim cuts his finger, what first aid should you give according to the passage?

A．We should wash the cut with cold running water.

B．We should put a piece of dry clean cloth over the cut.

C．We should clean it and put a piece of clean paper round the cut.

D．We should wash and cool the area of the skin under the cold tap for a while.

5. Which can be the BEST title for the passage?

A．How to give first aid	B．How to stop the bleeding
C．How to deal with different cuts	D．How to deal with common injuries

【推荐3】You ought to have fun when you study English. That way, you’ll want to spend more time using the language. One way to do this is to watch amusing TV shows in English.
Chuck is an action comedy TV series about a character named Chuck. One day Chuck receives a classified (机密) e-mail from an old friend who is working at the CIA. The e-mail contains an entire database filled with classified U.S. government information. Chuck is the kind of person who naturally commits large amounts of information to memory, and all of the spy secrets are accidentally embedded in his mind. So Chuck becomes the most important person to the government. As a result, Chuck hides his identity (身份) and works as a computer expert at a store called Buy More. There are two secret agents who protect Chuck from danger. To ensure his safety, they also take undercover jobs as his girlfriend and a store employee.
Without a doubt, watching Chuck is going to provide you with hours of rib-tickling laughter while you learn English.
1. Watching amusing TV shows is a _______ way to study English.

A．useful

B．hard

C．fun

D．quick

2. Two secret agents protect Chuck from danger because ________________.

A．Chuck works at the CIA

B．Chuck is a computer expert

C．Chuck is their friend

D．Chuck knows all of the spy secrets

3. This passage is probably taken from __________ in a newspaper called 21^st Century.

A．Story land	B．Learning Desk
C．Magic World	D．School Time

【推荐1】As a teenager, school was difficult for me. I had a kind of attention disorder, which means I couldn’t direct my attention to what I was doing. So when everyone else in the class was centering their attention on tasks, I could not.

In my first reading class, Mrs. Smith asked us to read a story and then write on it, all finished in 45 minutes. I immediately put up my hand and said, “Mrs. Smith, you see, the doctor said I have attention problems. I might not be able to finish the task.”

She looked down at me through her glasses, saying, “You are not different from your classmates, young man.” With her encouragement, I tried. But I didn’t finish the reading when the bell rang. I had to take it home.

In the quietness of my bedroom, the story suddenly all became clear to me. It was about a blind person, Louis Braille. He lived in a time when the blind couldn’t get much education. But Louis didn’t give up. Instead, he invented a reading system of raised dots(点), which opened up a whole new world of knowledge to the blind.

Wasn’t I the “blind” in my class, being made to learn like the “sighted” students? With thoughts running through my head, I found myself deeply attracted in reading and writing. I completed the task in less than 40 minutes. I realized that I was not different from others. I just needed a quieter place. If Louis could find his way out of his problem, why should I ever give up?

I didn’t expect anything when I handed in my paper to Mrs. Smith, so it was quite a surprise when it came back to me the next day with an “A” on it. At the bottom of the paper were these words, “See what you can do when you keep trying?”

1. School was difficult for the writer because ________.

A．he didn’t like the teacher	B．the tasks were too boring to him
C．he got a kind of attention disorder	D．his classmates talked with him in class

2. Mrs. Smith’s words in Paragraph 3 show that ________.

A．she encouraged him

B．she laughed at him

C．she felt sorry for him

D．she was pleased with him

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Never stop reading.

B．Never give up easily.

C．How to be a great teacher.

D．How to learn as a blind.

【推荐2】
Find Which Direction Is South
Do you have a good sense of direction? If not, please take with you a compass. But if you forget to take a compass, you can still find your way.
It’s never a wise idea to believe that the family member who was good at the job of map-reading knows where the family is. You can tell by the troubled look on their faces that nothing on the ground seems to match the map. Never mind. The sun is shining and it’s still morning. If you don’t know the exact time, you can still find out where south is, but you’ll need to be patient.
①Find a straight stick and put it in the ground in a place where you can mark its shadow(a dark shape on a surface that is made when something stands between a light and the surface).
②Try to position the stick as vertically(垂直)as you can. You can check this by making a simple plumb line(铅锤线). You haven’t got one? OK, use a thread(线) from your clothes with a button(纽扣) tied at the end to act as a weight.
③Mark the end of the shadow cast(投射) by the stick.
④Wait about half an hour and mark the end of the shadow again.
⑤Keep doing this until you have made several marks.
⑥The mark nearest the stick will represent the shortest shadow, which is cast at midday, when the sun is highest in the sky and pointing to the exact south.
⑦Pick a point in the distance along the line between the shortest shadow and the stick.
⑧That point is south of where you are.
⑨Now you can turn the map, like you did before, and find which way you should be travelling.
1. To find the direction, we have to be patient probably because ___________.

A．it is not easy to find a proper stick

B．it is not easy to position the stick

C．it takes hours to make the marks

D．it takes hours to mark the map

2. The passage would probably be most helpful to ___________.

A．those who draw maps

B．those who get lost

C．those who make compasses

D．those who do experiments

3. Which of the following pictures best shows the way of finding the direction of south?

A．

B．

C．

D．

4. The writer presents this passage by ___________.

A．telling an interesting story

B．describing an activity in a lively way

C．testing an idea by reasoning

D．introducing a practical method

【推荐3】I am an American schoolgirl. My name is Alice Brown. I’m thirteen. I have two brothers. My brothers and I are all at school. We go to school from Monday to Friday. We don’t have classes on Saturday and Sunday. My parents are teachers. They say “China is great”.

I like reading. My favorite subject is Chinese. My favorite teacher is Miss Zhao. She teaches us Chinese. With Miss Zhao’s help, my Chinese improves a lot. I can speak Chinese very well now. My favorite sport is ping-pong. My favorite school day is Monday because we have two Chinese classes on Monday, Look! I’m reading an interesting Chinese book now!

1. Alice Brown is from _______.

A．the USA

B．England

C．China

D．Canada

2. There are ________   sons in the family.

A．five

B．two

C．three

D．four

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Alice’s family don’t like China.

B．Alice and her brothers don’t go to school on weekends.

C．Alice and her brothers still go to school on weekends.

D．Alice’s parents are both doctors.

4. The word “improves” in the passage (文章) means “________” in Chinese.

A．退步

B．得满分

C．停滞不前

D．提高

5. Alice’s favorite subject is ________.

A．English

B．Chinese

C．music

D．art