1 . On February 4, 2022, the Winter Olympic Games was held in Beijing, making (C) it the first city to host (主办) both the Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. The Winter Olympic Games had three competition areas in Beijing, Yanqing, and Zhangjiakou, with a total of 25 competition venues (场馆). Let’s take a look at several venues in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympic Games.
The National Stadium (体育场)
Also known (A)
The Ice Cube
For the Winter Olympics, (D)we changed the Water Cube into the Ice Cube for the curling
Capital Indoor Stadium
Capital Indoor Stadium was built in 1968. It has held several important sporting events. During the Winter Olympics, Capital Indoor Stadium hosted the figure skating (花样滑冰) and short track speed skating competitions.
Wukesong Sports Center
Wukesong Sports Center is very large. It can hold 18,000 people. It served as the main indoor stadium for ice hockey (冰球) at the 2022 Winter Games together with the National Indoor Stadium.
1. 在文中(A)和(B)的空白处填入适当的词：
2. 在文中划线(C) it 指代的是：
3. 将文中划线部分(D)改写为：the Water Cube
4. 从文中找出两个体育场名称的名词或名词短语:
5. 从文中找出能说本文中心大意的单词或短语：
2 . What will our life be like in the future? I think life in the future will be more comfortable and easier.
First, children will have better education. In the future, children won’t have to go to school because they can study at home. They will learn everything at home through the online teaching. The online teaching will be free, so every child, poor or rich, will have a chance to study.
Second, people’s health will improve. New medicine will help people live a healthier life. So people will live longer. They will live to be 150 years old.
Third, people will not worry about the housing problem. People will build houses under the sea. Also, there will be many flying houses. They won’t fall down from the sky so it will be safe for people to live. Some people will even live on other planets.
Fourth, nobody will be hungry. People will grow a lot of new kinds of crops(庄稼) that can provide enough food for everyone.
Fifth, robots will do all the dangerous jobs. For example, they will put out the terrible fire. They will go to the space station. They will also work as scientists to explore the deep sea.
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| Better education | Children will study at home through |
| Healthier life | People will live to be 150 years old. |
| No worry about the housing problem | People will |
| No hunger | People will grow many |
| All kinds of | They will do all the dangerous jobs instead of people. |
3 . Save the Sharks
Many have heard of shark fin soup.This famous and expensive dish is especially popular in southern China. But do you realize that you’re killing a whole shark each time you enjoy a bowl of shark fin soup?
When people catch sharks, they cut off their fins and throw the shark back into the ocean. This is not only cruel, but also harmful to the environment. Without a fin, a shark can no longer swim and slowly dies. Sharks are at the top of the food chain in the ocean’s ecosystem. If their numbers drop too low, it will bring danger to all ocean life. Many believe that sharks can never be endangered because they are the strongest in their food chain. But in fact, around 70 million sharks are caught and traded in this industry every year. The numbers of some kinds of sharks have fallen by over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years.
Environmental protection groups around the world, such as WildAid and the WWF, are teaching the public about “finning”. They have even asked governments to develop laws to stop the sale of shark fins. So far, no scientific studies have shown that shark fins are good for health, so why eat them? Help save the sharks !
Thefacts about | shark fin soup | You A shark will die slowly if it |
| Endangered sharks | If the number of sharks drops too low, it will bring danger to ocean life. The numbers of some kinds of sharks have fallen by over | |
| Help save the sharks | Two |
4 . There are many traditional Chinese festivals. Among them, the Spring Festival, the Tomb-Sweeping Day, the Dragon Boat festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival are the main ones. The fifteenth day of the eighth lunar (农历的) month every year, people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
In ancient China, festival time was mostly related to the moon’s movement. The moon symbolizes (象征) softness and brightness, and brings joy to people.
The moon is the most beautiful of the year on Mid-Autumn Festival. Autumn is aharvestseason. There are good harvests across China. The crops (庄稼) that the farmers get makes them very happy.
On the Mid-Autumn night, families will get together, admire the moon, taste the mooncakes and enjoy the happy family reunion (团聚). The Mid-Autumn Festival has lasted for over thousands of years and formed a tradition of life.
“As the bright moon rises above the sea, everyone far away enjoy the same moment.” “When will the moon be clear and bright? Holding a cup of wine, and I ask the blue sky.” The two poems express people’s expectations of perfection (对完美的期望).
“Looking up, I find the moon bright. Bowing, in homesickness, I’m drowned.” The full moon on the Mid-Autumn night makes people miss their family and loved ones.
1. How did the writer begin the text ?| A．By giving examples. | B．By asking a question. |
| C．By telling a story. | D．By showing some poems. |
| A．The way of bringing the crops together. | B．The time to plant something in the field. |
| C．The time of year when the crops are brought together. | D．The time to catch a number of animals or fish. |
| A．What a wonderful time! | B．It’s not just a sign of time. |
| C．You can have a great time. | D．Enjoy yourself with your family. |
| A．One | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．How to Celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. | B．Enjoy Your Day on the Mid-Autumn Festival. |
| C．Popular Poems about the Mid-Autumn Festival | D．A Traditional Chinese Festival—the Mid-Autumn Festival. |
5 . Success is often considered to be the opposite of failure. To teenagers, it is the achievement of a goal or completion of something they really need, such as good grades and the ability to get along well with their classmates. Some schools used to agree with most parents who measured (判定) the success of their children according to grades, but now they pay special attention to moral (道德的) education and character-building to make sure teenagers achieve success in building human relationships.
Schools give chances to students to discover their hidden ability so that they can enjoy some form of success. For example, those good at speaking skills are advised to take part in speech competitions while those interested in arts are expected to perform in front of their classmates. Teenagers also get the pleasure of success when they join their favorite clubs.
Teenagers are often told that success is not easy to achieve and that success lies in hard work. Great efforts have to be put into project work. Doing things much later than planned should be avoided as this will lead to a mountain of work which finally makes them nervous. Another good quality (品质) is a sense of responsibility which makes them remember that a task has to be completed.
Sticking to moral values is the key to success too. Honest teenagers will win the trust of friends leading to good relationships. Self-motivation (自我激励) is another quality to be developed, for self-motivated teenagers will have the strong will and drive to perform a task and finally get to enjoy a sense of achievement.
1. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 1 refer to (指代)?| A．Their classmates. | B．Some schools. | C．Most parents. | D．Their children. |
| A．To get good grades. | B．To improve speaking ability. |
| C．To express their love for arts. | D．To get the pleasure of success. |
| A．Project work makes teenagers nervous. |
| B．Good qualities will lead to a happy life. |
| C．Teenagers are advised to complete tasks in time. |
| D．Taking responsibility will make work much easier. |
| A．Honesty. | B．Self-motivation. | C．Communication. | D．Friends’ trust. |
| A．The Value of Moral Education | B．The Key to Discovering Hidden Ability |
| C．The Meaning of Success to Teenagers | D．The Way to Communicate with Others |
I am a teenager. I want to use the Internet. I know that there are rules about what I should do online. I agree to follow these rules, and my parents agree to help me follow these rules:
1. I will not call or meet anyone alone that I meet online unless my parents say it’s okay.
2. I will not buy or order anything online without my parents’ permission (允许).
3. I will not fill in any form online that asks me for any information about myself or my family without asking my parents first.
4. If someone sends me any pictures or any e-mails using bad language, I will tell my parents.
5. If someone asks me to do something that I am not supposed to do, I will tell my parents.
6. I know that my parents want to make sure I’m safe online, and I will listen to them when they ask me not to do something.
Rules for going online for teenagers | |
| Things teenagers shouldn’t do | 1. Don’t go to call or meet anyone you have met online 2. Although you want to buy something you like, you shouldn’t tell others information about yourself or your family, |
| Things teenagers should do | 3. If someone sends you any pictures or any e-mails using 4. If others online tell you |
| Things parents do | 5. If you break the rules, your parents will be unhappy because they want you to be |
7 . Homework is your teachers’ way of evaluating (评估) how much students understand the lessons in class. As a student, you always have too much homework, but you have to finish it. Here are a few tips to make homework easier to do.
★Make a homework plan. First, write the tasks down in your notebook. If you forget them, please ask the teachers again. Second, use any extra (额外的) time in school to work on your homework.
★Watch where you work. Find a desk at home which doesn’t need to be very large, just big enough to put your school things on it. You’d better not do it before a computer or on your comfortable bed. It’s hard for you to concentrate on (集中精力于) your homework.
★Get to work. When you start your homework at home, do the hardest problems first. Later, when you feel tired, you can do the simple ones. Don’t spend too much time on a difficult problem. You can ask an adult or an elder family member for help, or call or email a classmate for advice.
★Have a rest. Having a 15-minute rest every hour is good for you. After you finish your homework, check it over. Be sure to put it safely away in your backpack. Now you’re free to play outside.
1. When you make a homework plan, the first thing you should do is ________.| A．to write down the tasks in your notebook | B．to ask your teacher for help |
| C．to work on your homework right now | D．to have a rest first |
| A．before a computer | B．in a big place | C．at a desk | D．on the bed |
| A．spend too much time on it | B．call a classmate for advice |
| C．ask a policeman for help | D．never do it |
| A．check it over | B．make a homework plan |
| C．go out to play | D．put it away in the backpack |
| A．Where to Do Your Homework | B．The Importance of Homework |
| C．The Teachers and Your Homework | D．How to Make Your Homework Easier to Do |
The most popular TV program in the UK last year was a reality show（真人秀）called The Great British Bake Off. Each week, common people compete to make the best cakes and bread within a time limit. The competition takes place in a very large tent in a big garden. There are two judges（评判员）, and each week they choose a Star Baker. They also choose one person who must leave the competition. At the end of ten weeks, there is one winner—the final winner.
The program started in 2010, and nobody expected it to be so popular. People really enjoyed watching the baking, the humorous conversations between the judges and the competitors and the good atmosphere（氛围）on the show. The competitors were all very friendly to each other, and even helped other competitors. This was very different from other reality TV shows. Some people think the show is typically British, with a good sense of humour and friendly people.
Since the show started, baking has become very popular in the UK, and many young people have started baking at home. Shops have sold lots of products for baking, like bowls and food mixers. More than 19 percent of British people bake at least once a week at home now.
1. Where does the competition take place?
2. How long does it take to choose the final winner?
3. Was the show so popular at the beginning?
4. What were the competitors like?
5. When did baking become very popular in the UK?
When most of us leave our heated living rooms to go into the wild, we hope to avoid hungry wild animals with sharp teeth. But for Williams, a wildlife biologist, it’s his job to go near and study these animals.
Below, from his first book called Path of the Puma: The Remarkable Resilience of the Mountain Lion, Williams shared his advice on what to do if you come across（碰到）a mountain lion in the wild.
Go in a group
“Travelling on foot alone in the wild is always something that worries us because you can have that short range encounter with（近距离遭遇）a bear. And with a big cat usually you’re more vulnerable（易受伤害的）alone. Going in groups, three or more, seems to be very safe.”
Don’t run
“Running from these large meat-eating animals is not advised ... If you run, you can excite that predatory response in any predatory animal.”
Fight back if you have to
“If all else fails, fight back to have a chance ... Throw sand or rocks. They have large eyes. They see the world with their large eyes. They can’t hunt without their eyes. Or bear spray（喷雾剂）works on lions too if you can use it because their eyes are so big and it’s going to burn. And it’s easy to hit their eyes. Bear spray’s just a wonderful thing to carry with you.”
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| William shared his advice on what to do if you come across a mountain lion in the wild. | |
Go in a group | Having a short range encounter with a big cat is Going with |
| Don’t run | Williams advises people Running can excite the predatory response in any predatory animal. |
| Fight back if you have to | If you have to, you can fight back with |
10 . Stonehenge—Can Anyone Explain Why It Is There?
Stonehenge, a rock circle, is not only one of Britain’s most famous historical places but also one of its greatest mysteries. Every year it receives more than 750,000 visitors. People like to go to this place especially in June as they want to see the sun rising on the longest day of the year.
For many years, historians believed Stonehenge was a temple where ancient leaders tried to communicate with the gods. However, historian Paul Stoker thinks this can't be true because Stonehenge was built so many centuries ago. “The leader s arrived in England much later,” he points out.
Another popular idea is that Stonehenge might be a kind of calendar. The large stones were put together in a certain way On midsummer’s morning, the sun shines directly into the center of the stones. Other people believe the stones have a medical purpose. They think the stones can prevent illness and keep people healthy. “As you walk there, you can feel the energy from your feet move up your body,” said one visitor. No one is sure what Stonehenge was used for, but most agree that the position of the stones must be for a special purpose. Some think it might be a burial place or a place to honor ancestors. Others think it was built to celebrate a victory over an enemy.
Stonehenge was built slowly over a long period of time. Most historians believe it must be almost 5,000 years old. One of the greatest mysteries is how it was built because the stones are so big and heavy. In 2001, a group of English volunteers tried to build another Stonehenge, but they couldn’t. “We don’t really know who built Stonehenge,” says Paul Stoker. “And perhaps we might never know, but we do know they must have been hard-working-and great planners!”
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