People in different countries speak different languages. But is there a language that can be understood by everyone in the world? Emojis might be the first truly universal (通用的）language.
Emojis are a kind of special language. Pictures are used to put meaning across. A group called the Unicode Consortium is in charge of choosing official emojis. (A) It has added new emojis every year since 2014. These new emojis do not come out of nowhere. (B)They show what people think about, like and care about.
Emojis can be used to represent (代表) different groups of people. In 2015, emoji faces with different skin tones(肤色) were added. In 2016, different jobs were added, such as doctor, police officer and painter along with female versions of these jobs. This year, emojis of disabled people were added including emojis of blind people and people in wheelchairs.
But there is also more to emojis. They can also refer to pop culture and new cultural trends.
New emojis in 2019 have included several animals, such as sloths (树懒) and flamingos (火烈鸟). These animals are not very common, but are known to many people. For example, sloths have become popular thanks to the 2016 film Zootopia. Many fashion designers have included flamingos in their designs in recent years. This animal makes people feel like they’re on a tropical vacation.
(C)It seems that emojis are a mirror of the world we live in. It will be interesting to see how they change and grow in the years to come.
1. 写出(A)处划线单词指代的内容2. 把(B)处划句翻译成汉语：
3. 把(C)处划线句子翻译成汉语：
4. 列出2019年新增的表情符号：
5. 写出文章中的关键词：
Think about what is happening in many families: kids come home, throw away their schoolbags, jump onto the sofa, get lost in the world of the small screen, and become couch potatoes. Kids get addicted to (沉迷于) screens and games, suffer from myopia (近视), and become lazy thinkers. Now, parents need to take responsibility for family education to help shape the future for their children.
On Jan 1, the Law on Family Education Promotion (《家庭教育促进法》), the first of its kind in China, came into effect. It was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on Oct 23, 2021. The law says that parents or other guardians of minors (未成年人的监护人) should be responsible for family education. (A) They are encouraged to educate their children properly—morally, physically, and psychologically (心理上).
The law bans (禁止) parents and guardians from placing too much pressure on their children. Parents and guardians should carefully organize time for minors to study, rest, play, and exercise, and make sure minors don’t become addicted to the internet. The law also says that parents or other guardians should not use violence (暴力) to discipline (管束) their children. They should not discriminate (歧视) against youth according to their gender or physical condition. For example, (B) some parents might value boys more than girls or discriminate against disabled children.
The law also gives special mention to children of migrant workers (外出务工人员) in rural (农村的) areas. (C) They may be left alone while their parents go to work in cities. It asks local governments to keep a close eye on such families and help the parents get jobs locally so that they can be responsible for their children’s education.
1. 写出(A)处画线单词指代的内容。2. 把文中(B)处画线句子翻译成汉语。
3. 把文中(C)处画线句子翻译成汉语。
4. 找出文中提到的孩子沉迷于电子设备导致的两个问题。
5. 简要概括本文大意。
The best way to deal with an emergency is to avoid one if you can. Part Four of our ongoing series (系列片) on crime prevention focuses on protecting your home against burglary (入室盗窃). Sticky Fingers, an experienced burglar now serving a 6-year prison sentence (监禁), agreed to talk to our reporter.
Reporter: Sticky, what do you look for before burglarizing a house?
Fingers: Well, first, I make sure no one is home and no one is watching. I nose around neighborhoods where people don’t seem to know each other very well. That way, I won’t be noticed. Next, I try to find a house where the people are on holiday and not likely to return soon. I do this by looking for houses with no lights on in the evening. Then I look at doorways. They’re a sure giveaway (暴露). When newspapers, mail, and deliveries are piled up, I can tell that people have been away for days. I can even count how many days from the number of newspapers.
Reporter: How do you break into a house?
Fingers: Well, usually it’s easy and effortless. Lots of times people leave a window open, or doors and windows unlocked. Then I just slip in, when I have to break in, I look for a patio (露台) door on the first floor. They usually have weak locks and you can break them easily. I watch out for dogs, though. If I hear a dog barking, I go somewhere else.
1. Is the series mainly about how to prevent crime?2. Where are newspapers, mail and deliveries usually piled up?
3. How does Fingers know how long people have been away?
4. Why does Fingers look for a patio door on the 1st floor?
5. What advice can you give to avoid an emergency according to the passage?
4 . In December 2021, people in Shenzhen found that water ran more slowly from their taps. The government said the city was facing its most serious water shortage ever.
Some other cities in the southern part of China, like Chengdu and Guangzhou, are also becoming“thirsty”, The Paper reported. Compared with northern areas, southern areas have more rain and are close to more rivers and lakes. So why are they still short on water?
In big cities like Shenzhen and Guangzhou, populations are growing fast. As a result, people and factories need more and more water. Each person in Shenzhen has less than 200 cubic meters of water each year. It’s 1/12 of the country’s average. According to the United Nations, it is an“absolute water shortage” (极度缺水) when the number is below 500 cubic meters.
Climate change is making the water problem worse. For example, most cities in Guangdong rely on the Dongjiang River as their main source (来源) of water. In 2021, the river was reported to be drying up. Because of climate change, there’s also less snow in the mountains of Tibet. The snow has long been the source of water for many areas in China. Those mountains might provide less water in the future.
There are other reasons for water shortages. For example, water pollution makes it harder to get clean drinking water. Factories and farms don’t use water efficiently (有效地). Some cities have enough rainfall but don’t have big lakes or reservoirs (水库) to store water. The water just goes into the sea.
1. Why does the writer call these cities“thirsty”?| A．Because they have wasted too much water. |
| B．Because they use more water than other cities. |
| C．Because they have few lakes and rivers. |
| D．Because they are short on water. |
| A．meets the UN’s standards |
| B．is higher than the country’s average |
| C．shows that the city’s water problem is serious |
| D．is the same as other parts of China |
| A．depend | B．focus | C．advise | D．reply |
| A．People are using up the water in these rivers. |
| B．The rivers flow through many areas with less rain. |
| C．Mountains in Tibet have less snow. |
| D．Most water goes to the sea before people can get it. |
| A．Water pollution. | B．Wasting water. |
| C．Lack of storing place. | D．Climate change. |
5 . “远山青黛”竟是珍馐美馔，《尚食》呈现中华料理之美
These years we’ve seen a lot of costurne dramas (古装剧) that show common girls growing into princesses while falling in love with princes. Royal Feast 《尚食》 has a similar story, except that the girl, Yao Zijin, is also a skilled cook—(A)this means that all kinds of ancient cuisines (佳肴) are presented on screen.
The 40-episode (集) drama series shows more than 1,000 traditional and creative dishes from the Ming Dynasty. (C)They have become a big selling point for the series. The drama is now aired at home and abroad, including North America, Europe, Singapore and Malaysia. Viewers across the world discuss the dishes on social media. Some joke that they might stop watching late at night to avoid getting hungry before bed.
A food replica (复制品) of poet and artist Wang Wei’s (AD 701-761) landscape painting (山水画) Wang Chuan Tu 《辋川图》 has surprised viewers. A cook in the drama carves (雕刻) vegetables into mountains, buildings and clouds, recreating the painting in a mouthwatering way.
Most of the dishes are inspired by traditional Chinese culture or show our ancestors’ knowledge of the harmonious (和谐的) relationship between people and nature, according to the director Wang Wei. For example, a dish called “24 solar terms (节气) wonton” is based on the Chinese traditional calendar. (B)The wontons have different fillings, which are made only from foods that are in season.
Wang said he had a special team studying ancient cuisine from old books and historians. Then they hired 20 cooks to make these special dishes for a month.
As the famous Chinese saying goes, “To the people, food is heaven.” Chinese people take food as an important part of traditional culture. “We hope this drama will help overseas viewers learn more about China’s cuisine culture,” said Wang.
CHINA DAILY-TEENS
1. 请写出A处汉语意思。2. 请写出B处汉语意思。
3. 请写出C处They指代
4. 请列举出这部电视剧在国外上映的两个国家
5. 请写出本文主题
6 . Zhong Kaitong, a fourth-grader from Guangzhou, enjoyed a fun vacation this summer. Instead of attending English or math training courses, she played badminton and basketball most of the time.
A new guideline（指导方针）introduced by central authorities（中央政府）on July 24 helped Zhong enjoy some free time during the summer. Aiming to ease（减少）the schoolwork burden（负担）on primary and junior high school students, the guideline calls for reducing homework, improving the quality of education and regulating（规范）after-class activities, Xinhua reported.
According to the guideline, children below the third grade will not have homework anymore. It should take no more than 90 minutes for junior high school students to finish their homework.
Off-campus tutoring institutions（校外培训机构）are not allowed to offer overseas education courses or advanced（超前的）teaching. No subject-based（基于学科的）training will be allowed on weekends, national holidays or during winter and summer vacations.
More than 75 percent of children in Chinese cities from grades 1 to 12 are taking private（私人的）tutoring courses, Global Times reported.
“Parents are worried that if their children start behind, they will stay behind. Some training institutions have taken advantage of（利用）parents’ anxieties（焦虑）to make money,” said Chen Xianzhe, a professor at South China Normal University “ The guideline is meant to calm（安抚） the anxieties of parents and society as a whole.”
“But this does not mean the tutoring courses will completely disappear, since exams still exist（存在）” said Chu Zhaohui, a senior researcher at the National Institute of Education Sciences. One-on-one or one-on-two tutoring might see a rise due to this need.
“Therefore, schools should improve their education quality, take the main responsibility for students’ education and not push them into tutoring courses,” Chu added.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. The aim of the new guideline is to ________.
| A．make vacations longer for students | B．ease the pressure put on teachers |
| C．ease students schoolwork burden | D．help students become more competitive |
| A．All tutoring institutions are asked to close. | B．Homework is not allowed for primary students. |
| C．Tutoring institutions should offer advanced teaching. | D．Junior high schools should reduce their homework. |
| A．sports | B．math | C．computer programming | D．public speaking |
| A．He supports the guideline. | B．He thinks the guideline is useless. |
| C．He is against the guideline. | D．We can’t tell from the story. |
| A．the guideline will stop off-campus tutoring courses | B．schools should be responsible for students’ education |
| C．education will become even more unfair | D．the guideline will end in failure |
A road is just like a bridge between two places. The Silk Road has been a bridge between East and West. But the Silk Road is not a single route! It is a set of trade and cultural transmission routes. From the time Zhang Qian opened up the world-famous Silk Road during the HanDynasty, until the Yuan Dynasty, it enjoyed a history of about 1,600 years.
This ancient road begins at Chang’an (now Xi’an), and it reaches Dunhuang, where it divides into three, the Southern Route, Central Route and Northern Route. And then it ends in Eastern Europe, near the Mediterranean Sea(地中海）. The Silk Road is about 6,500 kilometers long. It goes across one—fourth of the planet. (A) In fact, there is another trade road which is called the “Silk Road on the Sea” in the southwest of China.
The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the World. There was an increasing trade between East and West across the silk Road. Besides (B) it, knowledge about science, arts and technologies were shared as well. The Four Great Inventions of Chinawas introduced to the West and Chinese also knew about the religions of the West. (C) In this way, languages and cultures developed and influenced each other.
Today, places along the Silk Road are great places of interest, such as the Teracotta Army in Xi’ an and Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu.
1. 把（A）处画线句子翻译成汉语。2. 把（C）处画线句子翻译成汉语。
3. 写出（B）处画线单词指代的内容。
4. 在文中找出两个中国的名胜古迹。
5. 用词或短语写出作者想要表达的主题。
8 . PowerPoint Presentations (PPT) are taking the place of writing on the blackboard with chalk. Some day, will robots take the place of human teachers?
In Japan, a robot is going to enter classrooms to help teachers. Last week the Japanese company Honda Motor Co, showed the public its robot at a Tokyo museum. The robot’s name is Asimo. Students will see Asimo in science classes and learn the wonders of science.
Asimo is 1.3 meters tall with a round bend. It can jog, walk upstairs and wave. It can also avoid things on its way and have simple talks with you. Asimo is an experienced worker for human. It has worked as a guide in showrooms. But this will be the first time it works as a teaching assistant (助手) in classrooms!
How will Asimo help in class? A teacher explained the way Asimo works to students in last week’s show. Asimo has sensors (感应器) inside its body to keep its balance. The smart Asimo tilted (倾斜) its thought body when it stood on a shaking platform (平台) . Asimo kept it balance. But a wooden person beside Asimo fell.
When you walk, you pass your weight from the heel to the toe. The Japanese teacher explained this with Asimo at the museum. He moved the robot in slow move. Asimo made learning science more interesting for students!
Asimo will soon help teach thousands of primary students and junior high school students in two Japanese cities. Hopefully, robot teachers will arrive at our classrooms in China one day.
1. What company invented Asimo? _____________.| A．PowerPoint | B．Honda Motor |
| C．Tokyo Museum | D．Asimo Company |
| A．Helping a wooden person. | B．Working for human. |
| C．Teaching in China some day. | D．Being on show at a museum. |
| A．take the place of the teachers completely |
| B．work as an experienced teaching assistant |
| C．show the wonders of science |
| D．talk with the students freely |
| A．made the students interested in science. |
| B．will teach all the students in Japan. |
| C．will arrive in China soon. |
| D．will find a new job at the museum. |
| A．Teach like a teacher. | B．Think like human. |
| C．Work like a guide. | D．A.B and C. |
9 . James is a good student and he has lots of friends, but he also has a problem. Some older boys are bullying (欺负) him at school. James is very unhappy and he doesn’t know what to do about it. Here are some suggestions for him and other teenagers in this situation.
Don’t feel worried. It’s not your fault! Being bullied can make you feel very lonely and angry, but you are not alone.
Don’t feel that you have to hide the problem. You should find a person you can trust, and tell him. It might be your teacher, your parents, or even your friend’s parents. After you tell someone, you will get some support and feel some relief.
Speaking to an adult might make you nervous, but here are other things you can do. Some people express their feelings more freely on paper. Write a letter to someone or keep a diary. Include all the facts about what the bullies do, as well as when and where the bullying happens. You can use it as proof (证据) to show what is going on. And it is a wonderful idea to show your letter or diary to a teacher or another responsible adult. Then the bullies will feel very afraid if their names appear in a letter!
Also, don’t show you are sad and don’t try to fight with the bullies. You could get in trouble yourself. Pay no attention to them and just walk away. The bullies will soon stop.
1. Why does James feel unhappy? Because __________ at school.| A．he isn’t a good student | B．he doesn’t have any friends |
| C．he doesn’t know what to do about it | D．some older boys are bullying him |
| A．ignore (忽视) them and just walk away | B．tell a responsible adult what the bullies do by writing a letter |
| C．make the bullies worried by keeping a dairy | D．not show your sadness or fight with the bullies |
| A．nobody will speak to the bullies | B．everybody will feel some relief |
| C．the bullies will not get in trouble | D．the bullies will soon stop |
| A．call the police for help | B．be worried about being bullied |
| C．keep the problem away from your parents | D．hide the proof from a responsible adult |
| A．What to do about being bullied. | B．How to be a good student at school. |
| C．What to write in a diary. | D．How to give suggestions to teenagers. |
Famous Landmarks | |
The Great Wall of China was begun in 214 B.C.. It was built for preventing the enemies. It is the largest building ever built. We can see it from space. |
The Colosseum in Rome was opened in 80 A.D.It was sometimes filled with water for ship battles. |
The Taj Mabal in India was built between 1630 and 1652. It is a grave for the wife of an Indian prince. It attracts lots of visitors every year. |  The Eiffel Tower in Paris was completed in 1889. It was built for the 100th anniversary (周年纪念日) of the French Revolution (革命). |
| A．China | B．France | C．India | D．Italy |
| A．Nearly 80 years. | B．Almost 100 years. |
| C．About 22 years. | D．Around 214 years. |
| A．The Great Wall. | B．The Colosseum. |
| C．The Taj Mahal. | D．The Eiffel Tower. |
| A．the Great Wall is the biggest building ever built |
| B．the Colosseum was opened to the public in 80 B. C. |
| C．the Taj Mahal was built for an Indian prince |
| D．people built the Eiffel Tower to remember Paris |
