1 . Some parents think children should do chores. But some don’t agree with them.
According to a report, 18-month-old children can help with chores. When people say to those children, “Just look at the paper”, they will pick it up. Some parents think childhood (童年) is just for playing: so they don’t ask their children to do chores. Other parents have a different opinion, but they still give their children no chores. They say, “I know it’s not right, but I do chores more quickly by myself!”
Most parents believe that chores are a way of giving children responsibility (责任), anyway. Children learn to help, share and care about others by doing chores.
Well, I think there are some other very good reasons for children to do chores.
★To feel good: Doing chores helps children understand that they’re part of the team. They feel happier when they do something meaningful for the family.
★To learn skills: Children will learn how to cook, clean and do other things in the house. These life skills will serve them well throughout their lives.
All in all, it’s good for children to grow up by doing chores. So start to help your parents with chores.
根据短文完成表格，每个空格不要超过两个单词。Opinions | Not doing chores | Parents think childhood is just for And it’s |
| Most parents believe | ||
| Some good reasons | To feel good and | |
| Feelings | We should realize the |
2 . Christmas Day is as important as China’s Spring Festival in Western countries. It started about 2,000 years ago. It falls on December 25th. It’s a special day to celebrate the birth of Jesus, the only son of God (上帝).
Christmas is popular with people because it’s a chance (机会) to enjoy themselves with family and friends. A main traditional dish in England is goose (鹅). But when the first travelers from England arrived in North America in 1620, they didn’t have any goose, even no food to eat. So they had to eat turkey. Turkey could be found everywhere at that time. So now people in America still eat turkey instead of goose as a traditional dish for Christmas dinner.
Complete the chart according to the passage with not more than two words for each blank.
| Christmas Day—an | |
| The date (日期) of the festival | On |
| About 2,000 years ago | |
| Why people celebrate the festival | To celebrate the birth of Jesus To have |
| What is the traditional food on that day | In England: goose For travelers from England: turkey For |
3 . Do you want to go to the movies? Town Cinema is the best movie theater to go to. It’s the closest to home. What about the long waiting time to get movie tickets? Don’t worry. There are a lot of people working there. You can buy tickets the most quickly at Town Cinema. Screen City is the most popular one near here and it has the best sound. There’s another one not far from here. What’s it called? It’s called Movie World. It has the biggest screens and the most comfortable seats.
What’s the best clothes store in Green City? Miller’s is the best. It has the best clothes and you can buy clothes the most cheaply there. What about the other stores? Well, Blue Moon is in a fun part of town, but it’s the most expensive. And Dream Clothes is worse than Blue Moon. It has the worst service in town. It’s the worst store.
What about radio stations? 107.9 FM is the best. The DJs choose songs the most carefully. They always play the most interesting music. What about the other radio stations? Well, 970 AM is pretty bad. It has the worst music. 97.9 FM is the most popular. It plays the most beautiful songs.
Choose the best choice from A、B or C according to the passage.
1. The most popular movie theater is ________.
| A．Town Cinema | B．Movie World | C．Screen City |
| A．The best radio station |
| B．The best clothes store |
| C．The best movie theater |
| A．97.9 FM | B．970 AM | C．107.9 FM |
| A．Town Cinema | B．Movie World | C．Screen City |
| A．as expensive as | B．more expensive than | C．less expensive than |
4 . Harbin’s Center Street is the longest pedestrian street (步行街) in Asia. It was built in 1898. The old street has a long history until now. The Center Street begins from Harbin Flood Control Memorial Tower (防洪纪念塔). Its width (宽度) is 21.34 meters and its length (长度) is as long as 1,450 meters. It is the best street in Harbin. It is famous for the architectures or European style (欧式建筑). And the street has so many shops that lots of visitors come to visit it. If you come to visit Harbin, you’d better not miss it.
Complete the chart according to the passage with only word for each blank.
The | |
| The year of being built | In 1898 |
| The | From Harbin Flood Control Memorial Tower |
| The width | 21.34 |
| The length | 1,450 meters |
| The reason of people to visit it | Being |
| With a | |
5 . Robots seem to be getting cleverer and cleverer. Here are four examples.
| Budgee ☆He was created by Five Elements Robotics. ☆With two wheels and a little basket, he can carry things for you while you’re at the shops. | Paro ☆He was made by Takanori Shibata. ☆He is used on patients (病人) in hospitals. ☆He can learn a name and even show feelings such as surprise, happiness and sadness. |
| Rover ☆He was created by a team at Sydney University. ☆He is used to make cows move together from a field to a dairy (牛奶场). | Simon ☆He was developed (研制) by the Georgia Institute of Technology. ☆He can clean up offices. ☆In tests, he could tell whether someone was paying attention to (关注) him or not. |
1. Which robot can help you when you are shopping?
| A．Budgee. | B．Simon. | C．Paro. |
| A．can tell whether others pay attention to him |
| B．was created by Five Elements Robotics |
| C．is used on patients in hospitals |
| A．Show feelings. | B．Clean offices. | C．Move cows. |
| A．a farm | B．a company | C．a supermarket |
| A．A tourist map. | B．A medical dictionary. | C．A science magazine. |
| A. Seven-day holidays on Jinsha Island, lovely beach with golden sands and deep blue sea. Sailing and some other water sports as well as dancing. B. Comfortable coach tours around five cities in East China. Six days out of normal holiday season, seeing local culture. C. Relax yourselves for a four-day holiday in Guilin. Stay in Lijiang Hotel. Taste delicious Guilin rice noodles. A tour on Lijiang River by boat. D. Holiday flats in Sanya in summer season by the sea, near shops and restaurants. E. One week holidays in Mudanjiang. Skating, skiing and other winter sports. F. Working holidays on a farm in Guizhou for one to three weeks, if prepared to work with the farmers, rooms, food and trips are all free. You only pay for the low cost of traffic. |
7 . We make decisions every day. Everything we say and do is the result of a decision. Sometimes it’s not easy to make the right decision. If you have a big decision to make, you may feel afraid. But there are some simple things you can do to make yourself less worried. Keep reading to learn more about how to make decisions.
Write about your fears (畏惧). It may help you know about them and make a better decision. Start by writing about the decision you need to make. Describe or list everything that you are worried about.
Think about the worst situation. Once you write about the decision you need to make and why you have fears, take it a step further (深远). Try to think about the worst result for every possible choice.
Think about whether the decision you make will last for a long time. Once you think about anything that could go wrong think about whether you can change the decision later on. Most decisions can be changed, so don’t be afraid to make a wrong decision.
Judge the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
1. The writer thinks it’s always easy to make decisions.
2. The writer thinks writing about your fears can help you learn about those fears.
3. The writer advises readers not to think the worst result.
4. The writer thinks it’s important to make right decisions at first, because it’s hard to change them later.
5. This passage mainly gives us some advice on making decisions.
8 . Oct.16 is World Food Day. The UN started the day in 1979 to tell people not to waste (浪费) food and fight hunger (饥饿).
According to the UN, there are more than 1,000 million hungry people in the world.
Many children go to sleep hungry, and 15 million of them die of (死于) hunger each year.
There are some reasons for this. First, there are droughts (干旱) and floods (洪水). Also, there are more and more people in the world. Another big reason is food waste. Most people don’t realize how much food they throw away (扔) every day. Sometimes we cook too much, or we don’t use it before it goes bad. On average (平均来看), a person throws away 510 kg of food every year. Too much food is wasted.
So think twice next time you want to throw away food. By cutting down on food waste, we could help put food on the empty plates of some hungry children. Only order (订餐) as much food as you can eat at a restaurant. If you can’t eat all you order, take it home. Think of what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much. Don’t cook too much.
Complete the chart according to the passage with only one word for each blank.
| Information on World Food Day | |
| The UN’s purpose (目的) to start this day | |
| Facts of food shortage (短缺) | Over 1 ,000 million people are 15 million children die of hunger each year. |
| Droughts and floods More and more people Food waste worldwide | |
| Ways to stop food waste | Only order as Take the food home Be sure not to buy or cook more food at home than you need. |
| Resources wasted | Energy, time and water |
9 . The Internet is in our life every day. What can we do on the Internet? Here are some useful things that we can do on the Internet.
Education
Someone says having books is necessary when we want to study. It’s not true. We can find almost everything that we want by using the Internet. Many e-books are available, so you can read them online. There are different kinds of educational websites (网站) which make learning a fun activity. A teacher can teach students who live in different places at the same time on the Internet.
Travel all over the world
Internet is useful for travelers. People can read everything about different places in the world. What’s more, in fact, Google Earth makes you visit places that you can go to in difficult parts of world.
Entertainment (娱乐)
Do you like music? You can find and download (下载) any song from the Internet. Are you interested in movies? You can watch any movie online or download and watch it later.
Shopping
Now shopping online is becoming more and more popular and easier in our lives. From food to sports and from clothes to school things and so on, we can buy anything that we want.
Judge the following statements true (T)or false (F) according to the passage.
1. We can do some useful things on the Internet.
2. We can find only some pictures that we want by using the Internet.
3. Internet is less useful for travelers from the passage (文章).
4. If you’re interested in movies, you can watch any movie online.
5. Shopping online is becoming more and more popular and easier in our lives.
| A．Put vegetables and meat into a bowl with hot soup and then pour rice noodles into it. This food also has a touching ancient story. A man studied hard. His wife brought food for him every day, but she found that the food was cold after crossing the bridge. So she used a pot to keep the chicken soup on the top of it to keep it warm. |
| B．There is a special food in Hunan. It is famous around China. After deep-fried at a high temperature, the tofu is dark in color, fresh and spicy. It is of stinky smell but delicious taste that makes people just want more. It becomes more and more popular around China. |
| C．This kind of food is one of the most delicious dishes all over the world. Most visitors who come to Beijing will never forget to have a try. It is easy to eat the food. At first, the cook will show you the whole duck. And then he will cut it into pieces. Usually the duck is served together with special pancakes, green onions and sweet sauce. |
| D．You can add the bread pieces into the mutton soup. Then you can enjoy the soup in a very cold weather. It can make us feel warm if you have a try. This special is so cheap that most of people can afford it. When you walk around the city, you can easily find the special. |
| E．The hot water in the pot is a symbol of the special. After boiling the water, you can pour vegetables, meat and anything you like into the pot. When you enjoy the food, you can sit around the round table. It is a good time to share feelings and bring people together. |
| F．You should mix up the sugar and butter in a medium bowl. Then you can add the eggs, one at a time. Next, you can add the vanilla extract, flour and baking powder to it and mix well. Finally you should add the milk. Then pour it into the prepared pan. |
