1 . Beijing Opera is famous to us. It has a history from 1790. Its music and singing come from Anhui and Hebei. There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Beijing Opera is full of famous stories, beautiful facial(脸部的) paintings, wonderful clothes and fighting. Some of the stories are mainly from history books, but many of them are from famous novels(小说). The people in the stories usually can’t agree with each other. They became angry, unhappy, sad and lonely. Sometimes they are frightened and worried. Then they find a way to get on well with each other. Everyone is usually happy in the end.

Beijing Opera is an important part of Chinese culture. In the past, it was popular with old people while young people didn’t like it. But now, more and more young people are becoming interested in it. At the same time,more people around the world are learning about Beijing Opera.

Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to the passage.
1. How long is the history of Beijing Opera until 2025?

A．Less than 220 years.

B．More than 220 years.

C．230 years.

2. Beijing Opera’s music and singing came from _______.

A．Anhui and Hubei

B．Beijing

C．Henan and Hubei

3. People usually feel _______ at the end of the stories in Beijing Opera.

A．angry

B．happy

C．sad

4. There are many of the stores manly from _______.

A．newspaper

B．magazines

C．history books and famous novels

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．There are three main roles in Beijing Opera.

B．Beijing Opera isn’t a part of Chinese culture.

C．More and more people are interested in Beijing Opera nowadays.

2 . The traditional Chinese lunar calendar(阴历) divides the year into 24 solar terms(节气). Lichun, the first of the 24 solar terms, lifts the curtain(窗帘) of spring. After that everything turns green and is filled with energy. People clearly see that the daytime is becoming longer and the weather is becoming warmer. Here are some things you might not know about Lichun.

As a solar term, Lichun entered people’s lives in the Spring and Autumn period. At that time, there were eight solar terms. According to some experts, the 24 solar terms were used for the first time in books during the Western Han Dynasty, when people set Lichun as the Spring Festival.

Wearing fabric swallows(织成的燕子) is a custom in some areas in Shaanxi. Every Lichun, people like to wear a swallow made of colorful silk on their chests(胸部). The swallow is a sign of spring and a symbol of success, wealth and happiness.

In China, it is said that the egg can be set upright on the first day of Lichun. It is believed that if someone can make the egg stand on the first day of Lichun, he will have good luck in the future.

In many parts of China, people follow the custom of “biting the spring” on the first day of Lichun. They eat spring pancakes, spring rolls(春卷) and so on.

Complete the chart according to the passage with only one word for each blank.

Lichun
Facts	It is the    1    of the 24 solar terms of the year. Everything turns green and is    2    of energy. The daytime is becoming longer and the weather is becoming warmer.
3	It appeared in the Spring and Autumn period. It was    4    as the Spring Festival during the Western Han Dynasty.
Customs	People like to wear a swallow made of colorful silk on their chests. If someone can set the egg upright, he will be    5    . People eat spring pancakes, spring rolls and so on.

3 . Match the information according to what you read.

1     Lucy is often late for school because she always gets up late. She needs to buy something to wake her up in the morning.     2     Bob likes listening to music when he is free. And he has to send e-mails to his customers(顾客）every day. He wants to buy something that can help him.     3     Summer has come. Peter is heavy and he can’t sleep well on such hot days. He’d like to buy something to make him feel cool.     4     Jenny often washes her hair late at night. It is often wet when she goes to bed. She needs to buy something to dry her hair.     5     Mrs. Brown is a housewife. She has so many chores to do. She has to wash clothes for her family every day, so she needs a product to do it for her.

A. This electric（电子的） product can make you cool during hot days. It can help you change the temperature and control the humidity(湿度). B. This can help you wash your dirty clothes and dry them. You just need to turn it on and later hang the clothes on the line. C. You can do many things with this product, such as sending e-mails, playing games, getting on line and listening to music. D. Each family needs it to keep meat, vegetables, fruits and drinks cool and fresh on hot days. E. It is a very helpful product which tells you the time. It can wake you up at any time you want. F. When you wash your hair, you need this product to make wet hair dry right away.

5 . Running is becoming popular these days. Many of us run for health. Doctors say many health problems come from these bad habits: eating and drinking too much, smoking, and not taking enough exercise. Doctors tell us, “Eat and drink less, don’t smoke, and exercise more.”

Running is a good form of exercise because it helps build a strong heart. It also helps most people lose weight. One 68-year-old woman runs three times a week. “I love to eat,” she says. She runs to lose weight.

Running is good for health in other ways, too. Many runners say running keeps colds and other small health problems away. “Running is my doctor,” says one man.

Running can also help people to relax. So today men and women of all ages enjoy running.

Choose the best answer from A、B or C according to what you read.
1. Many people enjoy running because they want to ________.

A．eat much

B．keep healthy

C．run fast

2. Doctors tell us ________.

A．not to smoke

B．not to exercise

C．to drink much

3. The underlined phrase means “________”.

A．be thinner

B．keep healthy

C．keep happy

4. The third paragraph shows ________.

A．running helps people to relax

B．people who like running have many health problems

C．people who like running have fewer health problems

5. The writer mainly tells us ________.

A．how to run

B． how to lose weight

C． running is a good way to keep healthy

6 . Whose house is this? It’s the Greens’ new house in the village. The name of this village is Ken. It’s a little village near the big city. There are two small lakes in Ken, and they live near one of them. They like it very much.

Mrs. Green is usually busy because she does her housework, she cooks the meals, she cleans the house, she washes the clothes, and she does the shopping for the family. Her daughter Ann helps her a little every day. Mr. Green sometimes helps his wife, too.

Many people are now moving from the cities to the villages. A village is like a little town. It’s usually quieter and more friendly, don’t you think so?

Judge the following sentences true ( T ) or false ( F ) according to the passage.
1. The Greens’ new house isn’t in the big city.
2. The Greens live far from one of the lake.
3. Mr. Green never helps his wife.
4. Many people are moving from the villages to the cities.
5. Villages are much quieter than the cities.

7 . Almost every Chinese person can recite the two lines of the famous poem, “Every grain on the plate comes from hard work(谁知盘中餐，粒粒皆辛苦).” But sadly, many of us don’t actually get the real meaning of these lines: Don’t waste food.

A CCTV program, News One Plus One, reported that the food Chinese people throw away every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.

Do we have too much food? Of course not. According to the UN World Food Program, there were 925 million hungry people around the world in 2010, especially in developing countries. Six million children die of hunger every year.

Chinese people are well known for being hospitable(好客的) and generous. Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food on the table.

Luckily, a number of people have realized the importance of saving food. Last November, Li Hong, a waitress in a restaurant in Nanjing, took some leftover food home for her son. Many people praised her.

What should we do in our daily lives to waste less food? Here are some tips:

1. Do not order too much in a restaurant. Only order as much as you want to eat. If you cannot eat all the food you ordered, take the rest of it home.

2. Don’t be too picky(挑剔的) about food. Some food may not taste great, but your body needs it.

3. Keep an eye on what food you have at home. Don’t buy too much, especially for vegetables and fruit.

Choose the best answer from A、B or C according to what you read.
1. How many people were hungry in the world in 2010 according to the UN World Food Program?

A．200 million.

B．Six million.

C．925 million.

2. What does the writer want to show us through Li Hong’s story?

A．Many Chinese restaurants waste a lot of food.

B．Many Chinese people are kind-hearted and ready to help the weak.

C．Many Chinese people don’t agree with the behavior of wasting food.

3. The underlined word “leftover” means ________ in Chinese.

A．过期的

B．剩余的

C．难吃的

4. According to the passage, we shouldn’t waste food because ________.

A．food comes from very hard work

B．there is enough food to feed all the people

C．Chinese are hospitable and generous

5. Which of the following is a good way to save food?

A．Ordering more than you need at a restaurant.

B．Taking restaurant leftovers home.

C．Not knowing what you already have at home when shopping.

8 .     1     Jenny has to do the homework after work. She is so busy that she seldom has time to take care of her 2-year-old son, so she needs an app for him to learn to speak and count.

    2     Sam was given a list of books to read by his teacher, but he has just had an eye operation and needs some apps that can store the books and read them aloud to him.

    3     Bob find it difficult to remember all the new words from the English textbook. He wants to make progress in a relaxing way for he thinks it boring to do a lot of word exercises.

    4     Cathy is fun of traveling, she needs an app that can make it easier for her to buy train or airline tickets.

    5     John is going to have a long railway trip. During this trip, he needs something like games to kill the time.

Match the information according to what you read.

A．Word Easy is a fantastic English learning app with world exercises of different levels. Only when you pass a test of a certain level, can you go on to learn words of a higher level.

B．Rail Friend can be the best for helper when you feel it hard to buy the train or airline tickets, you can buy tickets anywhere at any time.

C．World of Tanks Blitz, a free-to-play online dating with over 40 million downloads, brings quick-fire tank fights “A lot of tanks, a lot of people and a lot of fun.” It will be the best choice to kill your time.

D．Himalayas Reading has millions of books including poems, short stories, novels and even fairy tales for children. What’s special about it is that you can use it to download book recording that can be listened to.

E．Vocabulary Hero may help you learn more English words while you’re playing games, so if you have problems remembering the new words when you learn English, use it!

F．Baby Bus is a very good friend for children under three years old. Kids can learn to speak, understand numbers and draw pictures with the help of this app.

9 . In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning, the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later, black clouds come, and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon, the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.

In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter, they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.

When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.

If you don’t take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.

1. Why do people in England often talk about the weather?

A．Because they may have four seasons in one day.

B．Because they often have very good weather.

C．Because the weather is warm just like in spring.

D．Because the sky is sunny all day.

2. From the story we know that when ______ come, there is a heavy rain.

A．sunshine and snow	B．black clouds
C．summer and winter	D．spring and autumn

3. “People can also have summer in winter.” means “it is sometimes too ______ in winter.”

A．warm

B．cool

C．cold

D．rainy

4. In the sunny morning, some English people usually take an umbrella or a raincoat with them because ______.

A．their friends ask them to do so	B．it often rains in England
C．they are going to sell them	D．they are their favorite things

5. The best title (标题) for this passage is ______.

A．Bad Seasons	B．Summer or Winter
C．The Weather in England	D．Strange English People

10 . Black Friday
Thanksgiving is always on a Thursday. The day after it has been known as Black Friday. It is the start of the holiday shopping season, and it has been the busiest shopping day of the year in the US since 2005.
Most stores offer big sales on Black Friday. They open their doors quite early in the morning. They try to attract shoppers with big discounts (打折). Some items (商品)like TVs and cloths are much cheaper than usual. Stores may even lose money on these items. They hope that shoppers will buy gifts for other people while they are in the store.
Black Friday is a great time to go shopping. However, there are problem. The biggest one is that there are not enough low-priced items. Each store may only have a few. These items are in great need, so people stand in long lines to get them. They may wait three to four hours before a store opens. They may be hoping to get a low price on a TV or computer, but not everybody can get one. Some people leave, disappointed.
The situation makes people worried. Some Black Friday events have been crazy. There have been fights over toys among shoppers. Some workers have even been hurt by large crowds. But most Black Friday events are safe and fun. Still, if you plan to go, you will expect large crowds and a bit of pushing.
So where does the name “Black Friday” come from? It was first used in Philadelphia in the 1950s. The police called this day Black Friday because of the heavy traffic it caused. In the 1960s, stores tried to rename the day “Big Friday”. It did not stick. The name “Black Friday” continued to spread across the country. It seems that it is here to stay.
Now people all over the country take part in Black Friday events. It is even spreading to other parts of the world. Stores have held Black Friday events in the UK, Australia, and Brazil since 2012. In Mexico, stores offer a weekend of discounts every year. They call it “El Buen Fin”, which means “the good weekend” in Spanish. I guess people everywhere like to buy things on sale.

1. Is Black Friday the start of the holiday shopping season?
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2. What is the biggest problem with Black Friday?
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3. How long may people have to wait before a store opens?
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4. Where was the name “Black Friday” first used in the 1950s?
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5. Why do people like going shopping on Black Friday?
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