1 . Which is better: Peking or Tsinghua University? I often hear this question asked in China. It reminds me of a question I often hear at home: Who invented the pavlova （巴甫洛娃蛋糕）: Australia or New Zealand?
Growing up in Australia, I’d often eat pavlova when we celebrate a festival or when friends come over for dinner. This cake which is topped with cream and fruit not only looks beautiful but tastes amazing too. It’s no wonder that both Australians and New Zealanders see it as their own. So whose is it really?
Two patriotic（爱国的） pavlova fans, New Zealander Andrew Wood and Australian Annabelle Utrecth decided to write a book to find out pavlova’s real origin（起源）. At first, they met online and argued about it! Then, they met face to face and spent almost seven years looking through thousands of old cookbooks, newspapers and even paintings together. They learned that its history goes back more than 200 years to German-speaking areas in Europe. Today’s cooking form dates back to the US in the 1860s. The first pavlova invention story goes back to 1926 in New Zealand and to 1935 in Australia.
Based on this, the Oxford English Dictionary credits （归功于） the first written record of the recipe to New Zealand, but lists pavlova’s origin as being both Australia and New Zealand.
1. What can we see on the top of the Pavlova cake?2. Why did the two pavlova fans write a book?
3. How did Wood and Utrecth work together during the seven years?
4. When does the first pavlova invention story go back to in New Zealand?
5. Where is Pavlova cake the most popular today?
Moving into a new home in a new neighborhood is an exciting experience. Here are three tips to help you become a good neighbor that everyone likes quickly.
★ Taking care of what belongs to you.
Perhaps one of the most important things you can do as a good neighbor is to keep your home tidy, clean, and in good repair. People seem to take pride in keeping everything on their street fresh and in order. By keeping the outside of your home in great shape, you will help to improve the look and feel of the whole area.
★ Caring about the neighborhood’s appearance.
Would you like to take the whole appearance of the neighborhood seriously? Will you pick up the waste paper thrown out from a passing car when taking a walk in the neighborhood? This small act will let your neighbors know that you really care about the area.
★ Being helpful and respecting others.
A good neighbor is also one who likes to help out in small ways. If a neighbor is going to be out of town, offer to collect mail and newspapers. If a neighbor feels unwell, help to do the daily shopping. Let them know that you are there to help in any way, while still respecting the privacy(隐私) of your neighbors.
Being a good neighbor is more or less about proper and understanding behavior. By following the basic rules, you will quickly make it.
Title： | |
Taking care of what belongs to you. | ★Try to keep your home tidy, clean, and in good repair. ★People like living on a street where everything is ★Help to improve the look and feel of the whole area. |
| ★Take the whole appearance of the neighborhood seriously. ★You can help keep the environment in the neighborhood clean by ★Small act shows how much you care about the neighborhood. | |
Being helpful and respecting others. | ★Help to collect mail and newspapers for the neighbors who’re not in. ★Help to do the daily shopping for the neighbors who feels sick. ★Never forget to |
3 . When you have a problem with your homework, what do you do? Many people used to put a picture of the homework online to find answers. Not any more.
On Dec 13, the Ministry of Education said that homework help apps, which allow students to get answers by taking photos and uploading them online, will be removed or deleted online. “These apps may make students lazy, get in the way of their independent (独立的)thinking and go against the law of education and teaching.” the ministry said.
That’s bad news for some online tutoring (辅导)apps, because they already have many users. For example, the Zuoyebang app had more than 100 million users in 2020. And at the end of 2019, about 8.6 billion search records had been made in the Xiaoyuan Souti app. It solved at least 23.47 million questions each day, reported Global Times.
Many teachers believe these homework help apps are not helping students but hurting their learning ability and habits. “They finish their homework quickly and correctly, but score poorly in exams,” An English teacher Yan Yuening told Global Times.
________ Some parents also use them to help children with their homework. “It’s already a challenge for me to solve my son’s math questions,” a parent told online newspaper Sixth Tone. “Now he’s in the eighth grade. Checking his homework is the biggest problem for me now. What should I do without these apps?”
1. Students put pictures of their homework online to ________.| A．get answers quickly | B．share with classmates |
| C．learn more knowledge | D．have more information |
| A．more hard-working | B．smarter and more talented |
| C．follow the education law | D．unable to think independently |
| A．Students | B．Users | C．Teachers | D．Parents |
| A．Without doubt, it’s a great way to solve the problems. |
| B．However, students are not the only users of such apps. |
| C．That’s why so many students search for answers online. |
| D．Students will study better and better without these apps. |
| A．Some online tutoring apps already have a lot of users. |
| B．Students will have to do their homework by themselves. |
| C．Few parents have trouble with their children’s homework. |
| D．There will be more helpful homework help apps appearing. |
4 . The earth is an amazing place where different kinds of animals and plants live. There are many beautiful national parks around the world.
Yellowstone National Park is not only the pride of America, but also the safe homes to plants and animals. It has more hot springs than any other place in the world. What’s more, it has everything you want from a park: waterfalls（瀑布）, lakes, forests, grasslands and lots of animals!
The Lake District is England’s largest national park. As its name you can tell, the park is home to Wastwater—the deepest lake in England at 74 meters. The Lake District is also a great place for hikers and bikers. If you love water sports, you can also enjoy boating, sailing and windsurfing（风帆冲浪）here.
China’s Giant Panda National Park protects more than 1,600 wild giant pandas. They are almost 20 percent of the giant pandas in China. Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park is China’s main area where these two kinds of rare animals only live.
Royal National Park in Australia is the second largest one in the whole world. It was built in 1879. The amazing cliffs（悬崖）, quiet beaches, old rain forests, and many kinds of plants, birds and animals make it become so many people’s perfect holiday place around the world.
1. The passage introduces some famous ________ in the world.| A．great countries | B．national parks | C．wild animals | D．exciting sports |
| A．America | B．England | C．China | D．Australia |
| A．mountain climbers | B．hot spring lovers | C．rare animal lovers | D．hikers and bikers |
| A．giant pandas | B．quiet beaches | C．rain forests | D．amazing cliffs |
| A．story book | B．movie poster | C．nature magazine | D．sports newspaper |
5 . The Internet is a great place to meet new people and find information. However, it’s important to pay attention to the information you share and the people you communicate with online. Here is some advice on how to stay safe.
Think before you post
It’s fun to share photos with your friends, but don’t post photos of yourself where strangers can see them. Check your privacy settings. Make sure that only your friends can see your information or photos.
Protect your personal information
We use passwords to enter a lot of websites, and we often need to register (注册) at those sites, using personal information. But be careful! There are people online who want to steal your personal information. So, make sure you don’t share your passwords with anyone. What’s more, choose passwords carefully and change them often.
Think twice before you communicate with strangers
There are a lot of great people communicating on the Internet. However, some people online are not so nice. If you receive e-mails from someone you don’t know, think carefully before you reply. And if someone invites you to meet somewhere, tell your parents about it before you make a decision.
Be careful when you open attachments
Someone you won’t know might send you an e-mail with an attachment (附件) that has a computer virus (病毒). A virus can cause all kinds of trouble. It can stop your computer from working. Or it might make it work very slowly. So never open a file(文件) or message from someone you don’t know! Be safe by hitting “Delete” instead.
So have fun when you use the Internet. But remember to stay safe!
| Some advice on how to stay safe online | |
| Think before you post | Check your privacy settings. Make sure |
| Don’t tell your passwords to others. Choose passwords carefully and | |
| Think twice before you communicate with strangers | Think carefully before you |
| Be careful when you open attachments | Be careful of a computer virus. Delete a file or message from someone you don’t know |
6 . Mars (火星) is a planet. It is the fourth planet from the sun and is more than 200 million kilometers from it. That is a very long way. Mars is also a very long way away from the earth but sometimes you can see it clearly at night. Most stars are white. Mars is a bit red.
It is not a very big planet. It is about half the size of the earth. The earth has one moon. Mars has two moons. They are called Photos and Deimos.
Long ago, the only way to study Mars was just to look at it. People with good eyes could see somethings but not everything.
Later on, it was easier, because scientists had telescopes. They could see Mars more clearly. They learned much more about Mars this way.
In the 20th century things got even better. First of all we had spacecraft(宇宙飞船). They flew close to Mars and sent back information. Then, they sent spacecraft to fly in orbit (轨道) around Mars. Finally, spacecraft landed on Mars. Maybe one day a man will walk on Mars.
A man named Jamie works for NASA with the team sending a spacecraft to Mars. “We landed a rover(探测车)on Mars” he says. “It is called Curiosity.”
What is a rover? It is a machine that looks like a car. It can move about on Mars. It has cameras to take photos and it sends them back to the earth. It can study the rocks and air of Mars. It sends all this information back to the earth.
1. The underlined word telescopes means ________.| A．放大镜 | B．望远镜 | C．摄像机 | D．显微镜 |
| A．Mars has only one moon. | B．It is much larger than the earth. |
| C．We can see the Mars is a little white at night. | D．It is over 200 million kilometers from the sun. |
| A．Good eyes | B．Telescopes | C．Spacecraft | D．Rover |
| A．move about on Mars like a car | B．study the forests and water of Mars |
| C．send all the information back to the earth | D．take photos by cameras and send them back to the earth |
| A．a poster | B．a dictionary | C．a weather report | D．a science magazine |
7 . There are a lot of things you can do to help your family members and friends. Even little things can brighten someone else’s day.
Ask what you can do to help. Talk to a family or a friend and ask what he most needs help with and offer your services. By offering help before he asks you, you are showing that you care about him.
Listen. Often what people need is simply someone who can listen to them with kindness and without judgment(看法，评论). When someone is telling you about himself, or a hardship(艰难情况) he is going through, don’t only think of your own feelings, thoughts and stories.
Offer to do jobs or chores. When someone is busy, find out what he is too busy to do for himself and help do the chores or job for him. Do something like making a meal and bringing it over to his house during a busy time, so he doesn’t have to worry about feeding himself.
Let them know you’re thinking of them. Sometimes people can feel very lonely. Just send something to let your friend or family member know that you are thinking of him and that he is important to you. It doesn’t have to be a big present. Sometimes small will do.
1. According to the passage, there are ________ things you can do to help your family members and friends.| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．six |
| A．you care about him | B．you’re very clever |
| C．you have free time | D．you don’t have other friends |
| A．make your judgment | B．simply listen to him | C．ask him why he does it | D．think of your own feelings |
| A．You can do lots of things to help your family members and friends. |
| B．Offer to make a meal for your friend so that he doesn’t need to worry about his stomach. |
| C．Listen to your friends’ stories to let them know you are important to them. |
| D．You should send your family members presents to show that you are thinking of them. |
| A．How to help friends and family members | B．How to cheer up friends |
| C．How to overcome loneliness | D．How to form a good habit |
8 . Paper-cutting is a famous folk art with a long history in China. It was used during festivals to decorate gates and windows. After hundreds of years’ development, it has become a very popular way of decoration. The main cutting tools aren’t complex(复杂的): paper and scissors or a knife, but clever and skilled paper-cutting artists. can make very beautiful artworks. Chinese paper-cutting works have these features—“Flower in flower, theme in theme.” This means smaller pictures and stories are hidden in the works. You will be amazed by the wonderful designs when you look at their paper-cutting works carefully. Through Chinese paper-cutting, people express their best wishes.
| Paper-cutting |
| 1. Paper-cutting was used during |
| 2. After hundreds of yeas’ |
| 3.The main cutting tools are |
| 4.This means smaller pictures and stories are |
| 5.If you look at their paper-cutting works |
Reviewing is an important part of study. It helps you remember what you have learned. But do you know how to do it well?
·Find your place.
It’s very important to find a right place. The place should be a comfortable and quiet place. That helps you put all your heart into your review work.
·Take your time.
It’s a good idea to make reviewing part of your study plan. You’d better not review for too long. Make sure that you review for no more than two hours at a time, and that you take breaks every half an hour or so. This will keep you fresh and able to take in information.
·Stay organized.
To stay organized can help you a lot. If you take notes, organize them by subject or time. That way when you prepare for an exam, you can exactly find the right notes to help you.
·Check your progress.
At the end of each review, check your notes carefully. It can help you know how much you have reviewed and understood. You could also record your review progress by using review cards.
1. The passage mainly tells us some advice on2. The right place should be
3. You’d better not review
4. It can be
5. You can
10 . Mobile phones have become popular for both adults and teenagers. Today most of the teenagers own a mobile phone.
Parents have realized that mobile phones are useful for their children as they make the children safer. Teenagers spend most of their time outside and so parents are always worried about their whereabouts (行踪). With mobile phones, parents feel comfortable and they no longer need to wonder if their teenager is going to be late or is having a problem. Teenagers are allowed to call their parents and ask for help if they are in trouble.
But this can also add up costs of their mobile bills. As we know, teenagers enjoy talking on the phone and sending messages to their friends, and parents may end up paying high bills. Another disadvantage is that teenagers lose their mobile phones quite often. So they need to be responsible and use their mobile phones carefully. Most parents agree that though teenagers want to have a mobile phone, they should use them safely.
When children use mobile phones, the following things should be noted:
☆ No mobile phone use should be allowed during class.
☆ No ringing mobile phones or loud ring tones.
☆ Headphones should be offered to the teenagers.
Teenagers use mobile phones. | |
| Advantages | Mobile phones make the children safer. |
| Parents can know | |
| Parents can know if their child is going to be late or is having a problem. | |
| Teenagers can call their parents and ask for help if they are in trouble. | |
| Disadvantages | Using mobile phones |
| Teenagers | |
| Teenagers | |
| No ringing mobile phones or loud ring tones. | |
| Teenagers should use headphones. | |
