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What will you do if you want to show your love to someone? Write it down? Good! Speak it out? Sweet! Use the ILY sign in the picture? Special!

The ILY sign means “I LOVE YOU”. Deaf（聋的）schoolchildren in America used the sign first. Those children couldn’t hear, so they used sign language to talk with each other. They made it with the signs for the letters I, L and Y. The sign was simple to use, so it soon became popular.

Then the ILY sign became famous around the world because of Spider Man. He always used the sign in fights. Now many people use the ILY sign, and singers love to use it more. They use it to show their love to music, and their fans use it to show their love to the singers.

You can use this sign to show your love to anyone, your family, your friends and your favourite stars.

1. It is ________ to use the ILY sign.

A．special

B．good

C．sweet

2. Who used the ILY sign first?

A．Singers.

B．Spider Man.

C．Deaf schoolchildren in America.

3. From the passage we can know ________.

A．the sign is not easy to learn

B．you can show your love with the ILY sign

C．the ILY sign became famous around the world because of singers

【推荐2】In the United States, people greet each other with a handshake in a formal (正式的) introduction. The handshake must be strong.     1     Friends may place hands on the other’s arms or shoulders. Some people, usually women, greet a friend with a hug.

    2     When two people talk to each other, usually stand about two and a half feet away and at an angle. So they are not facing each other directly.     3     They will move back to have their space. If Americans touch another person by accident, they say, “Pardon me.” or “Excuse me.”

Americans like to look at the other person in the eyes when they are talking. If you don’t do so, it means you are bored, hiding something, or not interested.     4     So proper eye contact is necessary.

For Americans, thumbs­up means “yes”, “very good” or “well done”. Thumbs­down means the opposite.     5     It is all right to point at things but not at people with the hand and index finger (食指).

Learning a culture’s body language is sometimes difficult. If you don’t know what to do, the safest thing to do is to smile.

A．Space is important to Americans.

B．But when you stare (盯着看) at someone, it is also not polite.

C．To call a waiter, raise one hand to head level or above.

D．If the handshake is weak, it is a sign of weakness or unfriendliness.

E．Americans get uncomfortable when a person stands too close.

【推荐3】When you travel in a foreign country, it is very important to know the meanings of some gestures(手势). Following the customs will help you.

Gestures	Meanings
	Americans often touch their temples(太阳穴)to say somebody is clever. But this means one is silly to Chinese.
	In America, people do this to say “OK”, but it means somebody will lose his or her job in Japan.
	In China, the thumbs-up sign means good. But in Australia and West Africa, it is a bad sign.
	In America, waving one's hand means goodbye. But South   Americans will not leave when they see this, they will run towards you.

1. How many gestures are mentioned(提到)in the passage?

A．3.

B．4.

C．5.

D．6.

2. In America, people usually wave their hands to say ______ .

A．goodbye

B．hello

C．one is silly

D．one is clever

3. Australian people don't like the ______ sign.

A．thumbs-up	B．hand-waving
C．OK	D．temple-touching

4. The passage shows us ______ .

A．the gestures around the world are almost the same

B．Americans often touch their temples

C．the gestures sometimes have different meanings

D．waving your hand means goodbye everywhere

5. Where can you read the passage?

A．In an Ads.	B．In a science book.
C．In a story book.	D．In the guide book.

【推荐1】Spring is coming! We can see flowers blooming again. The peach blossom (桃花) is one of those flowers. It usually blooms in March and April.

If you want to see peach blossoms, you can go to Pinggu in Beijing, Nanhui in Shanghai or Longquan in Chengdu. But the most special place to go is Nyingchi (林芝) in Tibet. Under the blue sky, white snow covers the mountains. At the foot of the mountains, there are many pink peach blossoms.

Chinese people love peach blossoms. Many people write poems about this flower. People usually compare (把……比作) the peach blossom to beautiful young women. One famous line says: “In this house on this day last year a pink face vied (竞争), in beauty with the pink peach blossom side by side (去年今日此门中，人面桃花相映红)” It means that the peach blossom is like the blush (红晕) on a woman’s face.

Chinese people also say “to have peach blossom luck (走桃花运)”. It means being lucky in love. Some people’s eyes are the shape of peach petals (花瓣).

We call these eyes “taohuayan (桃花眼)”. These people may have “peach blossom luck”.

1. When does peach blossom usually bloom?

A．February and March.	B．March and April.
C．April and May.	D．February and April.

2. Which place is not mentioned to see peach blossoms?

A．Pinggu in Beijing.	B．Nanhui in Shanghai.
C．Longquan in Chengdu.	D．Taohuayuan in Hunan.

3. What does people usually compare the peach blossom to?

A．girls.

B．young men.

C．young women.

D．children.

4. What does Paragraph 3 tell us?

A．Where can people see peach blossoms.	B．People’s love for peach blossom.
C．What beautiful young women look like.	D．How to have peach blossom luck.

5. Where can we probably read this passage?

A．In a movie magazine.	B．In a sports magazine.
C．In a science magazine.	D．In a travel magazine.

【推荐2】Butterflies are some of the most beautiful insects in the world. However, what interests the scientists most is not their fascinating looks, but how they sense nature. They use their senses of sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste to find food, lay eggs in good places and avoid hungry enemies.

Butterflies have large compound(复合的) eyes. No matter where the things are, they can see them without turning their heads.     1     They are more possible to notice a sea of flowers than a single plant. Butterflies do not "see” colors. They are color blind.       2    The light on many flowers guides butterflies to honey.        

How do butterflies smell? Butterflies have a very well-developed sense of smell, but it is not in their noses, since they don't have one. Sense organs (器官)are in their feet, and many other parts of the body.    3    

Do butterflies use their mouths to taste the food they find? Not really. Butterflies' feet have sense organs that can taste the sugar in flower honey. They let the butterflies know if there is something delicious.     4    They feed their babies using a long tube(管道)，and they get all their food from this tube as well.     

Butterflies don't have ears. Instead, they “hear" sounds through their wings by sensing changes in sound vibrations(震动).Butterflies' body is covered with sensory hairs.     5    .For example, the hairs give butterflies information about the wind when they're flying. And where there is rain, the hairs can also tell butterflies.   

The scientists say that butterflies may have senses we don't even know about yet, because their body is very different from ours. Therefore, it is difficult to understand when we use our own human senses to study it.

A．Like most insects, butterflies are very nearsighted.

B．They can let butterflies feel the environment around.

C．So it is not difficult for butterflies to find flower honey.

D．But they can sense sunlight, which tells them the direction.

E．They can help butterflies find their favorite flower honey food.

F．Some female butterflies taste the plants carefully to find places to lay eggs.

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	Firecrackers have a history of more than 2,000 years. It is said that people burnt bamboo joints (竹节) to make it blast (爆炸) to drive away the beast named Nian in ancient China. Firecrackers are still set off during the Spring Festival to stand for hope and luck.
	Kites have quite a long history. The earliest kites were made of wood. Now in China, the three most famous kites are Beijing kite, Tianjin kite and Weifang kite. There’s an international kite festival in Weifang every April.
	During ancient times, the closest thing to watching a movie or TV was watching a shadow play (皮影戏). People control puppets behind the screen while singing with music to tell a story. Shadow play was listed as national intangible cultural heritage (非物质文化遗产) in 2006.

1. Why do people still set off firecrackers during the Spring Festival?

A．To burn bamboo joints.

B．To drive away the beast.

C．To stand for hope and luck.

2. What were the earliest kites made of?

A．Bamboo.

B．Wood.

C．Paper.

3. What can we learn from the chart?

A．Visitors can take part in the kite festival in Weifang every April.

B．Firecrackers have a history of more than 3,000 years.

C．The three games were all listed as national intangible cultural heritage.

【推荐2】On New Year’s Eve, many people eat special food for good luck. In Spain and some Latin American countries, people eat twelve grapes at midnight on New Year’s Eve—one grape for good luck in each month of the new year.

Chinese people eat dumplings. Some dumplings have coins inside. Everyone tries to find the coins for good luck and money in the new year. Of course they don’t eat the coins.

Japanese people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve and on their birthday. It may bring them good luck and long life.

根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)。
1. A lot of people eat special food for good luck on New Year’s Eve.
2. In Spain, people eat a bag of grapes for good luck in the new year.
3. Chinese people like to eat roast duck (烤鸭) on New Year’s Eve.
4. Everyone in China tries to find and eat the coins in the dumplings.
5. Japanese people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve.

【推荐3】Imagine this: you and your friend are on a video call. He or she picks up a book, and you feel like you’re holding the book as well. You can shake hands or give your friend a high five, even though you’re not in the same place.

A pair of special gloves might make this possible. Researchers at the University of New South Wales, Australia, have made gloves that can recreate the sense of touch. They call this haptic device (触觉装置) a “soft skin stretch device” (SSD).

The SSD works like this: One person’s gloves create 3D force signals when they touch something. The signals are sent to the other person’s gloves, which vibrate (震动) to create the same force that the first person is experiencing. This allows the second person to experience the same sense of touch.

The SSD allows you to feel force, vibration and motion (移动). “It is like wearing a second skin,” said Thanh Nho Do, one of the researchers who created the gloves.

Haptic technology is already being widely used. For example, the track-pads (触控板) in laptops use vibration to make it feel like you’re using a real mouse. However, it is difficult to recreate the sense of touch in virual (虚拟的) environments or remotely (远程地), according to Mai Thanh Thai, lead researcher of the SSD project. The SSD is special because it is highly sensitive even when it is used continuously. This makes it feel more real.

The SSD could be used in medical practice. Two doctors in separate places could work together during an operation—one touches the patient’s organs (器官) with the SSD while the other doctor feels the same feelings and completes the actual operation.

1. What does “SSD” refer to?

A．A video chat app.	B．A pair of special gloves.
C．3D force signals.	D．Track-pads in laptops.

2. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．What the SSD allows people to feel.	B．How the SSD creates signals.
C．What the SSD is used for.	D．How the SSD works

3. What makes the SSD feel more real?

A．That it can create vibrations.	B．That it isn’t used remotely.
C．That it is highly sensitive.	D．That it can become a part of people’s skin.

4. What can we know from the passage?

A．The SSD makes remote operations possible.

B．Haptic devices are hard to use at present.

C．The SSD has improved video calls in people’s daily life.

D．Haptic technology is widely used in medical practice.