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China National Botanical Garden

It was opened in Beijing on 18 April, 2022. And an eye-catching logo catches a lot of attention.

What are the TWO plants in its LOGO?

The logo has two rare (稀有的) plants—ginkgo (银杏) and dawn redwood. It shows the importance of plant protection. Ginkgo and dawn redwood are protected plants in China. They are known as the oldest living tree species in the world.

Some of the ginkgo trees in the Garden are more than 1, 000 years old. Dawn redwood trees were first found in Hubei Province in 1941 and were brought to Beijing in the early 1970s.

How can we visit it?

It plans to collect more than 30, 000 kinds of plants. With an area of about 600 hectares (公顷), it has two parts: the South Garden and the North Garden.

If you want to pay a visit to it, here is some useful information.

Opening hours
·South Garden：8:00—16:00 (all year round)
·North Garden：6:00—20:00 (March 16—November 15)

6:30—18:00(November 16 March 15)

Ticket information

For visiting both the South and North Gardens:

▲The full price for adults is 10 yuan.
▲Children aged 6 and under can go to the Garden for free.
▲Children aged between 6 and 18 and full-time university students can pay at half price with their student cards.

To get more information, please scan the WeChat QR code.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Why might the logo have two rare plants?

A．To catch a lot of attention.

B．To show the importance of plant protection.

C．To introduce the two oldest living tree species.

D．To show there are many rare plants in the Garden.

2. What can we learn about the China National Botanical Garden?

A．It is in Hubei Province.	B．It has only two rare plants.
C．It has 30,000 kinds of plants.	D．It is made up of two gardens.

3. Where can you go if you want to visit the National Botanical Garden?

A．the North Garden at 6 a.m. in January.

B．the South Garden at 8 p.m. in October.

C．the North Garden at 7 p.m. in December.

D．the South Garden at 9 a.m. in July.

4. How much should be paid if parents are going to the Garden with their 5-year-old child?

A．20 yuan.

B．30 yuan.

C．35 yuan.

D．40 yuan.

5. Where can you probably read this article?

A．In a history book.	B．In a travel magazine.
C．In a science report.	D．In a sports newspaper.

【推荐3】
Antibiotic Cream（消炎药膏）
uses: cream to treat pain and infection（感染）from small burn on skin.
1. Where can we use the cream on our bodies?

A．In eyes.

B．On skin.

C．On teeth.

D．On hair.

2. We should visit              if we have serious burns.

A．a dentist

B．a reporter

C．a doctor

D．a nurse

3. How many times a day do we put the cream on the burn at least?

A．Two

B．Three

C．Four.

D．Five.

4. Which of the following statements about the Antibiotic Cream is true?

A．It is only used on face	B．It can be eaten as food.
C．It is best for pregnant women.	D．It must be kept at room temperature.

【推荐1】Summer camp programs at Washington museums

Washington has a wide variety of museums. Many of these world-class museums have special programs for children. The following museums take this a step, further and offer summer camp programs to educate and entertain kids during the summer months. Apply early because these camps can fill up fast.

National Building Museum-Artful Architecture Summer Camp July 5-August 12, 2021. Ages 8-11. One-and two-week sessions. Campers can enjoy design challenges, field trips and more while experiencing architecture and design. (202)272-2448.

Tudor Place-Georgetown Summer History Weeks 2021 dates to be announced. Ages 4-10. Nine am-noon. Children experience a wide variety of indoor and outdoor activities that bring 175 years of American history to life and teach about the natural environment. Children help prepare snacks and drinks of times past, try on period clothing, explore the historic garden, plant their own garden, play historic games, paint watercolor landscapes, and much more. (202) 965-0400.

National Archives-Genealogy Camp 2021 dates to be announced. Ages 12-and-up. Ever wondered about your family's roots and who is on your family tree? This hands-on weeklong camp will introduce the basics of genealogy research. Discover how to use the resources of the National Archives to look into your past. (202) 337-2288.

International Spy Museum-Spy Camp August 1-5 and 8-12, 2021, 9 am-3 pm. Spy Camp is designed for ages 10 to 13 and filled with top secret activities that will put spy skills to the test. Children will learn from real spies, and hit the streets to run training missions. Develop a disguise (伪装) for cover, make and break codes, develop escape techniques, create and use spy equipment, discover the science behind you and more. (202) 654-0930.

1. A child interested in escape skills should join             .

A．Artful Architecture Summer Camp	B．Georgetown Summer History Weeks
C．Genealogy Camp	D．Spy Camp

2. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the article?

A．Those who want to learn about their family history could call (202)337-2288 for further information.

B．Children can take part in these summer camps in different cities.

C．As for some camps, the opening date isn't known yet.

D．Children who take part should be at least 4 years old.

3. What can be concluded about these summer camp programs?

A．They last for one or two weeks.

B．They all provide outdoor activities.

C．It is advised to sign up early for the programs.

D．The purpose of these summer camps is mainly to help children get higher marks at school.

【推荐2】There was a young woman. She was quite proud of growing flowers in her yard. She had been raised by her grandmother, who had taught her to love and care for flowers. So her yard was the most beautiful one in her village.

One day, while looking through a flower, list that she often ordered from, a picture of a plant immediately caught her eyes. She had never seen a flower like it before, "I have to have it," she said to herself, and she ordered it right away.

When it arrived, she found a place to plant it. She planted it at the bottom of a stone wall at the back of the yard. It grew vigorously, with very beautiful green leaves all over it. Day after day, she continued to take good care of it, and she also looked forward to enjoying the flowers, but still there were not any.

One morning, as she stood looking at the plant, she felt sad,.”It grows well, but why don’t I see any flowers?” She wanted to know the reason why her plant had not flowered, but still there was no idea.

However, at this moment, her friendly neighbor invited her to his yard and said, “Thank you so much! You can’t imagine how much I have enjoyed the flowers that you planted.” “Did I plant? Where?”   the young woman was quite surprised. Quickly she walked through the gate into her neighbor’s yard. She saw that on the other side of the wall the plant was full of flowers. She couldn’t believe her eyes.

They were, indeed, the most beautiful flowers she had ever seen. The plant had grown up through the crevices in the wall.

Just because you can’t see the results of your work, it does not mean that there isn’t any fruit.

1. Who taught the young woman to take care of flowers?

A．Her friend.

B．Her mother.

C．Her neighbor.

D．Her grandmother.

2. The underlined word “vigorously”   in Paragraph 3 means           .

A．healthily

B．seriously

C．shyly

D．badly

3. Which is the right order of the following events according to the passage?
       a. The young woman felt sad.
       b. The young woman bought the plant at once.
       c. The young woman saw the plant in a picture.
       d. The young woman went to her neighbor's yard.
       e. T he young woman saw the beautiful real flowers.

A．a-b-c-d-e

B．a-c-e-c-b

C．c-b-a-d-e

D．c-d-e-a-b

4. What's the best title for this passage?

A．How to Plant Flowers.	B．The Other Side of the Wall.
C．Beautiful flowers.	D．In the yard.

【推荐3】Welcome to London and welcome to our Great London Tours.
Great London Tours is the best in London. Our tours take you to all the places you want to see in London. We invite you to see all the beautiful places of interest here on an open top bus. Why are we the best?
* Our friendly guides (导游) know a lot about London. They are always ready to answer all your questions.
* We have information in English, Chinese, Japanese and so on.
* Our buses stop at all the popular tourist attractions. Get on and off our buses where you want!
* Your ticket is good value (物有所值).
* Our buses run 7 days a week from 6 in the morning to 12 at night.
* Our buses come every 10 minutes.
* We give you a FREE trip on the River Thames.
1. People can___to see the places of interest in London according to the passage.

A．take a bus	B．take the underground
C．walk around	D．take a taxi

2. If you just miss a bus, how long will it take you to wait for the next bus?

A．Ten minutes.	B．A quarter of an hour.
C．Half an hour.	D．An hour.

3. What cannot Great London Tours do?

A．Invite you to take an open top bus.

B．Take you to places in London at any time.

C．Answer all your questions.

D．Take you to all places you want to see in London.

4. According to the passage, Great London Tours may be a ___________.

A．school

B．company

C．park

D．museum

【推荐1】The dictionary defines a scrapbook as “an empty book for collecting and preserving photographs, newspaper articles, and other papers”. Today, scrapbooking is also a verb—and a popular new hobby. We talked with Diane. Lucas of Scrapsforever.com.

Reporter:     1    
Diane: When I make a scrapbook page, I take a few of my family photos and put them into a “layout”—a page that uses fancy paper, stickers, drawings, and words to show the theme (主题). For example, this page about my son is called “First Day at School”. When you make a scrapbook, you put words and pictures together to show the important times in your life. It's like a personal history.
Reporter:     2    
Diane: I made my first scrapbook ten years ago, when my father died. When I looked through his desk, I found the most wonderful things — like the cards my parents sent each other, and photos from his Army days. Those were such precious memories. I couldn't throw away anything, so I made two scrapbooks, for my brother and me.
Reporter:     3    
Diane: Oh, yes! We call ourselves “scrapper”, and we love to get together. We often have “crops”, big parties where we all make our scrapbooks. We bring our scissors and papers and our boxes of photos, and we talk while working on new pages. It's time for enjoyment, when friends show pictures and tell stories about our families, and our lives. At the same time, we create a book to keep those memories.
Reporter:     4    
Diane: I think people want to keep their family stories, and display them to other people. When you make a scrapbook, you can pass the stories to your children, and your grandchildren. So many people today want to do that! If you go online, you will find scrapbooking websites from Norway, New Zealand and South Africa. We all have boxes of pictures, and we all want to keep those precious memories. That's the real value of scrapbooking: sharing your family and your story.
Reporter:     5    
Diane: All of our scrapbook paper design sets online are now in PDF form and they are FREE. For us to continue, we need you to do 3 things. Link to our site, & tell your friends about us! And make a donation.

A．How did you get started?

B．Do you know other people who made scrapbooks?

C．Who has set up scrapbooking websites?

D．How does Scrapsforever.com work?

E．Why is scrapbooking so popular these days?

F．What is scrapbooking?

【推荐2】Xinhua English BEIJING, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) — “Weathering with You”, a Japanese animated (动画) romantic fantasy film is set to hit Chinese theaters on Nov. 1, 2019.

Set in Japan, the film talks about a high school teenager Hodaka Morishima who makes a living on his own in Tokyo for the first time. He works for a local magazine, writing about all the things strange and supernatural but the most interesting thing happening in the unusual weather in Tokyo. It rains every day and seems never come to an end. A young girl named Hina Amano who can control the weather walks into the young man’s life.

Hina has the ability to call out the sun whenever she prays for it. Hodaka suggests that Hina should become a “sunshine girl” — someone who will clear the sky and stop the rain. Things begin looking up for them at first. However, it is common knowledge that power always comes with a heavy price ...

The film, originally titled “Tenki No Ko”, is directed by Makoto Shinkai. Born in 1973, Makoto is best known for directing “Your Name”, Japanese named as Kimi No Na Wa, a high-grossing (高票房) animated film released in 2016. Three years after “Your Name”, Makoto Shinkai returns with his latest work, “Weathering with You”.

“Weathering with You” sold more than 1.1 million tickets, grossing 1.6 billion yen (about US $15.22 million) in its first three days in more than 350 theaters. The film ranked No.1 in its opening weekend and is currently the No.7 highest-earning film of all time in Japan and the highest-grossing film in Japan in 2019.

“Weathering with You” is also Japan’s submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 92^nd Academy Awards (奥斯卡金像奖) — the first animated film that Japan has submitted (递交) in the category since “Mononoke Hime” in 1998.

1. The underlined word “hit” in paragraph one is the closest in meaning to the one in “_______”.

A．A big earthquake hit the city and destroyed many buildings.

B．The popular game Overwatch 2 may hit the market next year.

C．He hit the ball so hard that it flew over their heads and fell into the lake.

D．Just as he was about to fall asleep, he felt a drop of water hit the top of his head.

2. What does the writer mean by the underlined sentence “it is common knowledge that power always comes with a heavy price...”?

A．As a “sunshine girl”, Hina will get a good job.

B．Hodaka can write a lot of strange things about Hina.

C．Living on his (her) own in Tokyo is not so easy.

D．Hina will pay a lot or lose something for her special ability.

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

A．Hodaka used to live with his family before coming to Tokyo.

B．The local magazine asks Hodaka to write only about the strange weather in Tokyo.

C．Makoto directed the animated film “Your Name” when he was 46 years old.

D．People can only see the film “Weathering with You” in one of the 350 theaters.

4. The writer writes the passage in order to _____________.

A．ask more people to go and see the film	B．let people know something about the film
C．introduce the great director Makoto Shinkai	D．tell people that the film has been submitted at the Academy Awards

5. You can find this passage in a (an) ___________.

A．advertisement	B．geography textbook
C．web page	D．fact file

【推荐3】Mobile phone used among school kids has become a problem for middle schools, so one of the rules says that school kids are not allowed to bring mobile phones to school.

It is a good rule because it is hard for school to resist(抵制) the temptation(诱惑) of mobile phones. Mobile phone was a distraction(分心事) to students during school hours and it also brought teachers so much trouble in class before. Sometimes students might usemobile phones to cheat during exams.

However, some parents feel unhappy because they can’t get in touch with (与……联系) their children. Many people say that they understand why these parents would want their children to have phones, but all of them think schools should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones. So in lots of schools, if a student needs to bring a phoneto school, his or her parents will have to write a statement and make sure that the phone is turned off during class. If the student breaks the rules and uses his or her phone during class, the student will be warned.

This is a reasonable rule, isn’t it? Under such a rule, students still have somefreedom(自由), and they learn how to improve self-discipline(自律能力) and live withnew technologies. So rules do not necessarily mean there will be no freedom. In my opinion, freedom is based on(以……为基础) good rules, so students should obey(遵守)the rules.

根据短文, 选择最佳答案
1. School kids in our country have been stopped from carrying mobile phones ________.

A．to school

B．to the hospital

C．to the supermarket

2. What does the underlined(划线的) word “statement” probably mean in Chinese in the passage?

A．请假条

B．说明

C．广告

3. Some parents feel unhappy because they can’t ________ during school hours.

A．use their mobile phones.

B．help the teachers with their work.

C．get in touch with their children.

4. Which sentence is not true according to the passage?

A．All of the school kids can resist the temptation of mobile phones.

B．It’s necessary to stop students from using mobile phones at school.

C．Freedom is based on good rules, so students should obey school rules.

5. The passage tells us that ________.

A．students shouldn’t have mobile phones at school except for(除了) some special reasons.

B．many people can’t understand why parents would want their children to have phones.

C．all students felt unhappy because they couldn’t use their mobile phone to cheat during exams.