When visiting Yunnan, you’ll find the 18 oddities in Yunnan (云南十八怪). For example, “girls wear flowers in all seasons” and “three mosquitoes (蚊子) make up a dish”. Maybe you’ve never heard of these expressions (表达) before. Now more and more people fall in love with the delicious flower dishes in Yunnan.
The people in Yunnan have been eating flowers for a long time. After the Spring Festival, March is always the best time to eat the flowers. One popular kind of flower is Tangli Flowers (棠梨花), which can be picked in the mountains. The flower sellers say it is very hard to pick two kilos of these flowers each time. They have to climb up to the tall trees and pick up the flowers carefully. Have you ever tried Tangli Flowers? They taste a little sweet!
The other kind is Jinque Flowers (金雀花). This kind of flower is also used as helpful medicine when people don’t want to eat anything! My grandma can cook Jinque Flowers very well. She says it’s a traditional way to cook Jinque Flowers with eggs. How delicious and healthy!
1. Two kinds of popular flowers are mentioned in this passage.2. In Yunnan, it is the best time to eat the flowers during the Spring Festival.
3. It’s not easy to pick Tangli Flowers because they are in the mountains.
4. If you don’t feel like eating any food, Jinque Flowers can help you.
5. The passage is mainly about the delicious flower dishes in Yunnan.
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【推荐1】October 16 is World Food Day. The UN started the day in 1979. It is used to remind people not to waste food and to ask people to fight hunger（饥饿）.
A big member of people in the world still don't have enough to eat. Food shortage（匮乏） is a big problem in the world. Right now, there are more than 1000 million hungry people in the world according to the UN, Many children go to sleep, hungry and 15 million of them die of hunger each year.
There are several reasons why there are food shortages. First, there have been more droughts （干旱） and floods recently. Also, a growing population makes feeding everyone more difficult.
Another several reasons is food waste . Most people don't realize how much food they throw away every day. On avenge（平均）, person throws away 50 kilos of food every year. According to the UN, more than 1/3 of all food produced in the word goes to waste each year. The amount （数量） of food wasted in Europe can feed 200 million people and the food wasted in Lain America can feed 300 million a year.
So think twice next time you want to throw away food. If you try to avoid wasting food, you could save some food and help hungry children. Only order as much food as you can eat at a restaurant. If you can't eat all you order, take the rest home. Don't be too picky about food so that you don't leave any on your plate. Keep eye on what food you have at home. Don't buy or cook too much.
1. What does the underlined word "It" in Paragraph 1 refer to（指代）?| A．Food shortage. | B．The UN. |
| C．The year 1979. | D．World Food Day. |
| A．10 million. | B．15 million. |
| C．20 million. | D．30 million. |
| A．Food waste is serious in the world. |
| B．The population is growing fast in the world. |
| C．There are more hungry people in Lain America. |
| D．Half of all food produced in the world is wasted. |
| A．Buy too much food at a time. | B．Order a lot of food at the restaurant. |
| C．Throw away the food you don't like. | D．Cook proper amount of food for each meal. |
| A．Let's save food to fight hunger | B．Give out food to hungry people |
| C．Fight against droughts and floods. | D．Prevent children from getting hungry |
【推荐2】China covers large areas and has the most people. Different living habits are always an interesting topic (话题) in the country. These days, another difference between southern Chinese and northern Chinese became a hot one: the way to shop at markets.
People from southern China say that they always buy some vegetables for just one or two meals. It is normal for them to buy one potato or a little beef at a time.
However, one may be laughed at if he does this in the north. Instead, buying vegetables and meat enough for a week is usual. Also, you can buy a small amount (数量) of fruit, such as an apple or pear each time in the south. Shop owners even help you peel and cut them. But shop owners in the north hardly offer such service. And they sell many fruits in baskets and boxes.
The difference could be due to the different weather. Food can be kept for a long time in the north as it is usually cold and dry there. Many northern Chinese have the habit of storing food, especially for the long winter. But the hot and wet weather in the south makes southern Chinese buy just enough food for one meal or one day, or the food may go bad.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?| A．Chinese people speak in different ways. | B．Chinese people compete in different areas. |
| C．Chinese people have different markets. | D．Chinese people have different living habits. |
| A．By selling an apple or pear each time. | B．By peeling fruits. |
| C．By cutting fruits. | D．By using baskets and boxes. |
| A．Able to | B．Good for | C．Instead of | D．Because of |
| A．Because the weather is hot and wet. |
| B．Because the weather is cold and dry. |
| C．Because others may laugh at them. |
| D．Because they must offer the shop owner some help. |
| A．People and Weather in China | B．Different Fruits and Vegetables in China |
| C．Different Shopping Habits in China | D．Difference between North and South China |
Welcome to China. Now I want to introduce Chinese meals to you.
We Chinese people have three meals every day. We have breakfast at about 7:00. We have eggs, bread, noodles, milk, or other food for breakfast.
Lunch is a big meal in China. We always have lunch at about 12:00. Students have lunch at schools. Workers have lunch in their factories. We have rice, vegetables, meat, soup, or other food for lunch.
We always have dinner at home at about 5:00 p.m. We have rice, vegetables, fish and meat. The dinner is usually big,too.
Chinese food is very nice. Please remember to eat some Chinese food when you come to China. I hope you will like it. Can you tell me something about the food in your country?
Yours,
Li Ming
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1. Who will receive(收到) this letter?
| A．My dear friend. | B．Li Ming. | C．Danny. | D．We don’t know. |
| A．Danny. | B．A friend. | C．A Chinese. | D．An American. |
| A．Breakfast. | B．Breakfast and lunch. | C．Lunch and dinner. | D．Breakfast and dinner. |
| A．Breakfast. | B．Lunch. | C．Dinner. | D．None. |
| A．博物馆 | B．电影院 | C．工厂 | D．政府 |
【推荐1】At night, look up at the sky. How many stars do you see? If you live in the country, bright stars will fill the sky. If you live in the city, on the other hand, you might not see any stars. What’s happening? Bright lights from the city are lighting the sky, making the stars unseen. This is light pollution.
Light can also come into city homes, like an uninvited guest. Sometimes, a visitor to a big city can’t sleep because of the bright sign outside his or her window. Darkness helps us sleep. Without darkness, we lie awake and lose sleep, which may lead to serious health problems.
Living things need darkness. It’s part of the natural 24-hour cycle. Trees and plants that are too close to artificial light grow in strange ways and die quickly. Animals become puzzled（困惑的）when light and dark are changed. For example, night animals might think it’s day when it’s actually night.
Finally, using too many lights wastes energy and money. The huge lights for all-night parking lots are too bright and unnecessary. Every city spends millions of dollars to light its thousands of buildings and streets, and much of this lighting is just to make the city look beautiful, rather than to serve a certain purpose.
True, we feel safer in the light, but our eyes are able to see a little in darkness. And we don’t need to light the whole city just to create a beautiful night view. We should try to turn the lights off to save the earth and all the living things from its pollution.
1. What’s the main idea of the passage?| A．Living things need darkness. | B．Light pollution is around us. |
| C．How to avoid light pollution. | D．Lights are uninvited guests. |
| A．real | B．natural | C．weak | D．man-made |
| A．It’s unnecessary to use huge light for all-night parking lots. |
| B．We can’t see any stars in the sky in the city at night. |
| C．Visitors to a big city lie awake and lose sleep because of darkness. |
| D．Trees and plants grow strangely and die quickly in the day. |
【推荐2】Traffic lights are red, yellow and green. They are very important signals (信号). Traffic lights are usually placed at busy street corners to help control traffic. Sometimes, they are on streets near schools and shops, too. Most young children are taught what each of the colored lights means, so everybody can stay safe.
The first traffic signals were used for trains. The signals were put alongside railway tracks (轨道). The color red was used to mean “stop” because it warned people of danger. A red light was also the easiest color to see from a distance. Train drivers could see the red “stop” light ahead and had enough time to slow down and stop their trains. A green light was used to mean “take care” and a white light meant “go”.
However, there were many dangerous accidents on the train tracks. Some train drivers sometimes thought a star shining in the night sky was a white light that meant “go” by mistake. So the signals were swapped. The “go” light was changed to green and the “take care” light was changed to white.
During these times, people travelled by train or in carts pulled by horses. Years later, when cars were built, people began to drive them because they could travel much faster than horses. However, the road rules for drivers were not very clear and many people were hurt crossing the roads. Yellow warning signs had to be placed beside the roads to remind drivers to take care and allow people to cross safely.
Today, towns and cities all over the world have traffic lights. Red and green lights match the signals used on the railways. Yellow lights are easy to see, so they are used to warn drivers that they should slow down and prepare to stop.
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1. People place traffic lights at busy street corners to ________.
| A．control traffic | B．stop traffic | C．catch the people against traffic rules |
| A．It reminded people of traffic rules. |
| B．It helped trains run smoothly. |
| C．It gave people a warning of danger. |
| A．Designed. | B．Exchanged. | C．Suggested. |
| A．The advantages of traffic lights. |
| B．The history of traffic lights. |
| C．The importance of traffic lights. |
【推荐3】Many people believe the glare(炫目的光) from snow causes snow-blindness. Yet, with dark glasses or not, they may have headaches and watering eyes, and even snow-blindness after several hours of snow light.
The United States army has now found out that glare from snow does not cause snow-blindness in army in a snow-covered country. Rather, a man’s eyes often find nothing to focus on(聚集) in a broad space of snow-covered area. So his long fixed look continually moves and jumps backward and forward over the whole landscape in search of something to look at. Finding something, hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching and the eyeballs become tired and the eye muscles(肌肉) ache. As tears continued increasing, they make eyes difficult to see clearly, and the result is total, even though for a short time, snow-blindness.
Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming(克服) this problem. Scouts(侦察兵) ahead of the army are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape. Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight, dark-colored objects ahead on which they can focus too. The men flowing can then see something. Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to see, stop searching the snow-blanketed landscape. By focusing their attention on one object at a time, the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snow-blind or lost. In this way the problem of crossing a continuous white land is overcome.
1. What is the first paragraph mainly about？| A．The whiteness from snow. | B．Snow light and snow blindness. |
| C．The need for dark glasses. | D．Headaches and watering eyes. |
| A．by covering the eyeballs with more and more tears |
| B．by walking ahead and keep looking around |
| C．by making up for the discomfort of one’s eyes |
| D．by providing the eyes with something to focus on |
| A．Snow-blindness: what it is and whom it influence |
| B．Snow-blindness: what it is and how nature helps |
| C．Snow-blindness: how it forms and how to solve it |
| D．Snow-blindness: how it forms and whom it hurts |
| A．Solving the problem of snow-blindness is important in army. |
| B．Snow-blindness was once a big problem but could be cured easily. |
| C．The glare from snow is considered as the main cause of snow-blindness. |
| D．Armies around the world pay attention to the problems of snow-blindness. |
【推荐1】There are many festivals(节日) at our school. This month is October. In October, there is a sports festival. We have a basketball game and a volleyball game during (在...之间) the festival. In the middle of this month, we have an English test(测试) during the English festival. October the nineteenth is the day for a school trip, we go to Beijing with the teachers. On the last day of this month, there is a music festival. On that day we can enjoy beautiful songs, dances and piano music. It is really wonderful. Next month, there is an art festival. Students often display(展示) their pictures.
1. How many festivals are there in October?| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
| A．October 15th | B．October 5th | C．October 31st | D．November 15th |
| A．October 15th | B．October 30th | C．October 31st | D．November 1st |
| A．A volleyball game | B．A school trip | C．An English test | D．An art festival |
| A．We can see many pictures during the art festival. |
| B．Students enjoy the piano music during the music festival. |
| C．Students go to Beijing on October 19th. |
| D．There are many festivals in November. |
 Name: Messi Birthday: June 24th, 1987 Birthplace: Argentina (阿根廷) Team: Barcelona FC,Spain(西班牙) Height: 1.70 metres Weight(体重)：70 kg Scores: 50 goals(进球) in the last season |
1. The poster（海报）is about a ______．
| A．football match | B．basketball match |
| C．football player | D．basketball player |
| A．In Spain． | B．In Argentina． |
| C．In Brazil． | D．In Barcelona． |
| A．27． | B．28． | C．29． | D．30． |
【推荐3】Everything that humans hear is in the form of waves(波). Just as the eye sees light waves in the form of colors, the ear hears sound waves in the form of noises. The ear and the eye turn these different waves into signals that the brain(大脑) can make sense of.
The ears and brain have an amazing ability to recognize(识别) particular sounds. For example, a mother often can tell when her baby is crying even if there are other crying babies in the same room. This is because the sound of her baby’s cry has special meaning to her and the brain has recorded its importance.
The ability to recognize sounds improves with experiences. As the brain receives information about sounds from day to day, it stores the information in its memory. When the brain hears new sounds, it gives meaning to them based on the information already in the memory. This is why certain words or songs can make a person happy. Often it is not the words or songs themselves that cause this feeling. The sounds are connected to happy memories for that person.
Another hearing process controlled by the brain is to decide where a sound is coming from. One ear is usually closer to the source(来源) of a sound than the other ear is. Sound waves are stronger when they reach the ear that is closer. They also reach the closer ear first. The brain recognizes these differences and uses them to decide the location of the source of the sound.
1. Which of the following shows the normal hearing process of a mother hearing her baby crying?a. The ears receive the sound waves.
b. The mother recognizes her baby’s cry.
c. The baby’s turn the sound waves into signals.
d. The baby’s cry travels in the form of sound waves.
e. The brain connects the signals to the information in the memory.
| A．d-a-c-b-e | B．d-a-c-e-b |
| C．a-d-c-b-e | D．a-d-c-e-b |
| A．lifestyle | B．personality |
| C．experiences | D．hobbies |
| A．Because certain words or songs can make a person happy. |
| B．Because a person has the ability to recognize the sounds |
| C．Because the certain sounds are connected to happy memories for that person. |
| D．Because the person feel the song is special |
| A．where the source of a sound is |
| B．how loud a sound is |
| C．when a sound starts to appear |
| D．what makes a sound |
| A．Human Brain’s Amazing Facts |
| B．Human Hearing Characteristics |
| C．How To Improve Hearing |
| D．How Do Humans Hear |
Try to think about this: you sit down and begin to eat a tomato. Suddenly, the tomato starts to scream! This thing would never really happen. But a new study shows that plants make sounds when they are stressed.
Scientists in Israel did the study. During the study, they used microphones to record healthy and stressed tomato—the stressed ones were either unwatered for several days or had their stems (茎) cut. They then used a special method to show the differences.
What did they do? The first two groups made sounds 30 to 50 times every hour. The third group only made the sound once every hour. The scientists said that thirsty plants began making noises before they were clearly dehydrated. And the frequency of sounds reached the highest point after five days with no water, and then dropped as the plants dried up completely. What’s more, the types of sounds the plants made were different according to the cause of their stress. “When plants are not stressed at all, they are very quiet,” Lilach Hadany from the study team told CNN.
Who listened to these sounds? Scientists believed that animals and insects may listen to the sounds. For example, the sound can tell them that the plant is stressed and not good for laying eggs on. When an animal wants to eat plants, it can also use sound to choose which one to eat.
The scientist also listens to other plants such as wheat and corn. They also make more sounds when stressed. The study noted that sound recordings of plants could be useful in agriculture to make sure crops were getting enough water and to give water where it was needed most. Scientists say the study can help farmers in the future. They can better take care of the crops by “hearing” how plants feel.
1. A new study shows that ________.| A．tomatoes often felt stressed | B．Some tomatoes could cry |
| C．plants could make sounds when stressed | D．plants could communicate with people |
| A．Not watered for five days | B．Stems are cut off |
| C．Untouched plants | D．unstressed insects |
| A．lose water | B．make noise | C．give press | D．drop off |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．let farmers listen to plants’ sounds |
| B．teach people how to care for plants |
| C．call for help to save the stressed plants |
| D．tell readers plants can show feeling by sounds |
【推荐2】Plants are a very important kind of life. Plants cover the most land. They can be big or small and come in many colors, but they are not animals. Trees, flowers, grasses and bushes (灌木) are common plants.
How are animals and plants different? Plants usually can’t move. Plants breathe a different kind of air than people and animals do. Plants make their own food from water, sunlight and the soil. Plants can’t talk. Plants don’t think. Plants usually make more plants, or reproduce, with seeds (种子).
How are animals and plants the same? They both have body parts that do jobs. Animals eat food, but plants “eat” sunlight with their leaves and “drink” with their roots (根). Animals grow from babies to adults, and plants grow from seeds to adults (成人).
1. What can plants use to make food?| A．Animals. | B．Rice. | C．Sunlight. | D．Air. |
| A．By using seeds. | B．By using roots. |
| C．By using leaves. | D．By using more sunlight. |
| A．something about plants | B．where plants come from |
| C．how plants grow into adults | D．the differences between animals and plants |
【推荐3】Would it surprise you to learn that, like animals, trees communicate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation?
UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more complex than most of us ever imagined.
Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are competing for survival of the fittest, Simard shows just how wrong he was. In fact, the opposite is true: trees survive through their co-operation and support, passing around necessary nutrition “depending on who needs it”.
Nitrogen (氮) and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi (真菌) networks, making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy. This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons (神经元) in our brains, and when one tree is destroyed, it influences all.
Simard talks about “mother trees”, usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend. She explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation, transporting important minerals to young trees so they may continue to grow. When humans cut down “mother trees” with no awareness of these highly complex “tree societies” or the networks on which they feed, we are reducing the chances of survival for the whole forest.
“We didn’t take any notice of it,” Simard says sadly. “Dying trees move nutrition into the young trees before dying, but we never give them chance.” If we could put across the message to the forestry industry, we could make a huge difference towards our environmental protection efforts for the future.
1. The underlined sentence “the opposite is true” in Paragraph 3 probably means that trees ________.| A．depend on each other | B．protect their own wealth |
| C．compete for survival | D．provide support for dying trees |
| A．know more about the complex “tree societies” |
| B．seem more likely to be cut down by humans |
| C．look the largest in size in the forest |
| D．pass on nutrition to young trees |
| A．how young trees survive | B．how “tree societies” work |
| C．how forestry industry develops | D．how trees grow old |
| A．Old Trees Communicate Like Humans | B．Young Trees Are in Need of Protection |
| C．Trees Are More Fantastic Than You Think | D．Trees Contribute to Our Society |
