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     1    . And it’s     2     to do chores by parents.
	Most parents believe	3     is a way of giving children responsibility.
	Some good reasons	To feel good and     4    .
	Feelings	We should realize the     5     of doing chores.

2 . Do you know how to do goose step (正步走)? Can you make your quilt look like a piece of tofu? You can learn all these skills in military raining (军训). Schools in other countries also have military training programs for students. What do they usually do? Let’s take a look.

South Korea

In South Korea, men between the ages of 20 and 30 must serve in the army (服役). They usually serve for two years. Children also have military training in primary school. They have different kinds of activities, such as hiking and walking through mountains at night. Sometimes, the activities are very hard. For example, students need to exercise in the snow with no shirts on.

The US

US schools don’t ask students to do military training. If children take an interest in the military, they can join military camps. The government also holds activities for children to experience military life. Children learn how to work in a team and work out hard problems themselves. For example, a group has to climb over a high wall. If even one person falls down, the whole group needs to do it again. So everyone must help each other and finish the task together.

Russia

In Russia, boys between the ages of 15 and 16 have to take part in a five-day military training program. They learn skills like shooting (射击), parachute jumping (跳伞) and cooking outside. Students also learn military history. Recently, Russia has encouraged all schoolchildren from 14 to 18 to try military training.

Complete the chart according to the passage with not more than two words for each blank.

Military Training in Different Countries
South Korea	★Elementary school students have different activities. Some of them are very hard. For example, students might exercise in the snow     1     wearing shirts.
The US	★Children can join military camps if they are     2     in the military. ★Children can learn how to work in a team and     3     hard problems. They need to help each other to finish tasks together.
Russia	★Boys between 15 and 16 need to do military training for     4    . ★They learn shooting, parachute jumping, cooking and military     5    . Russia also encouraged schoolchildren from 14 to 18 to have military training.

3 . In Canada, when you see a group of students wearing funny hats or summer T-shirts in winter, don’t get a surprise. Maybe they are enjoying their School Spirit Week.

School Spirit Week is a time for students to show their personalities and class cultures. It is a school festival. Students from primary schools to high schools can hold it in any week of a year. And students’ family and friends can go to the special festival, too.

School Spirit Week usually has a central theme. According to the theme, students wear special clothes and decorate (装饰) their classrooms. Every year, there is a different theme. And the themes for young kids are usually very simple.

Each theme has games, competitions and parties. Students can choose different activities by themselves and they always have fun.

School Spirit Week asks students to use their creativity to make their own clothes. For example, in a fashion (时装) week, students can wear different clothes made of anything on each day. Monday may be funny, followed by Shirt Day on Tuesday and Jeans Day on Wednesday. Thursday can be Sports Shoes Day, followed by School Uniform Day on Friday.

Do you want to have a look at the wonderful photos of the festival? Click (点击) “READ” you will see them.

Judge the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
1. School Spirit Week is a time for students to show their love for Canadian culture.
2. Paragraph 3 tells us the activities of School Spirit Week.
3. The themes of School Spirit Week are the same every year.
4. School Spirit Week can help make the students creative.
5. This passage is mainly about an interesting school festival.

4 . A teacher gives young students some advice on how to deal with danger.

If you are in a traffic accident

If a car hits you, you should remember the car number. If it is a bicycle, try to telephone your parents before you let the rider go. This is because you don’t know how seriously you are hurt.

If it is raining hard and there is lightning （闪电）

Don’t stay in high places and stay away from trees.

When there is a fire

Get away as fast as you can. Put wet things on your body and try to find an exit （出口）. Don’t take the lift.

If someone is drowning（溺水）

If you can’t swim, don’t get into water. Just cry out for help.

Remember that danger is never as far away as you think. Take care of yourself all the time.

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

Students’ Safety
Danger	1     to do
In a traffic accident	If hit by a car, remember the car number. If hit by a bicycle,     2     your parents.
Raining with lightning	Stay at     3     places and keep away from trees.
Fire	Don’t take the lift and find an exit as fast as     4     . Put wet things on your body.
Drowning	If you can’t swim, just shout “    5    !”

5 . Most of us probably don’t like doing housework. And most of us think that cleaning the bathroom or cooking dinner for the family makes us tired. However, the fact is that someone has to do it. Most of the time, our parents have to do the housework. Is it really fair?

Doing housework is really not as bad as it sounds. If we all do our part, it will seem less annoying (烦人的). Why should your mother have to wash your dirty clothes? You are able to take care of yourself. Doing some housework will show that you are becoming more and more independent.

Some of us may think that we are too busy to do housework. But most parents work all day and are then expected to keep a clean house! Dividing housework among the whole family will make everyone’s job much easier.

Please remember: Learning to do housework can provide you with valuable skills for the future.

Judge the following sentences true(T) or false(F) according to the passage.
1. Most of us think that doing chores is boring.
2. It is really fair for our parents to do the housework.
3. Doing some housework will make us less independent.
4. It is easy to divide housework among the whole family.
5. Learning to do housework can offer valuable skills to us.

7 . The Ministry of Education (教育部) announced a notice in 2021 that restricts (限制) primary and middle school students from carrying mobile phones to school.

The government wants to improve students’ focus on study and fight addiction (沉迷) to the Internet and games.

According to a 2020 report by the China Internet Network Information Center, China had 175 million Internet users under the age of 18 in 2019. This is worrying, as long-time use of smartphones harms children’s eyesight, cervical vertebrae (颈椎) and even the brain, according to the World Health Organization.

Many schools in Beijing have taken action to restrict students’ phone use at school. According to Zhou Dandan, an English teacher at Beijing No. 20 High School, every classroom in her school has a box to store students’ phones during class.

Li Jisen, a student from Beijing No. 101 Middle School, agrees with the new policy. Li believes that restricting phone use at school is a good way to put the focus back on schoolwork.

However, Liu Yanping, headmaster of First Branch of Beijing National Day School, told South China Morning Post that it’s not wise to take a “one size fits all” (一刀切) method.

Kathy Chen, a parent from Shanghai, allowed her daughter to take her phone to school. Chen said it’s more important to develop kids’ ability to self-manage and develop good habits of phone usage.

Complete the chart according to the passage with not more than two words for each blank.

Notice on phone use on campus (校园)
Target (目标) group	1     and middle school students
The     2	To restrict students from carrying mobile phones to school. To improve students’ focus on study. To prevent students from getting addicted to the Internet and games.     3     students’ eyesight, cervical vertebrae and the brain.
People’s     4	Li Jisen: The rules will help put the focus back on schoolwork. Liu Yanping: We should take a method     5     instead of “one size fits all”. Kathy Chen: It’s more important to help kids develop good habits and the ability to self-manage.

8 . Somebody is calling for help in the water. You want to jump in and save them, but that might put you in danger. What do you do?

Soon this won’t be a problem anymore because a robot swimmer called Swumanoid will be on hand to help.

Scientists from Japan designed this robot to swim like an Olympic athlete (运动员). They mapped a swimmer’s body and looked at how every part of the body moves while swimming. The robot can swim just like a human does.

Swumanoid can swim the backstroke (仰泳) and the front crawl (自由泳) at a speed of 0.64 meters a second, about one-third of the world record speed for these swimming styles, according to the Daily Mail.

Motomu Nakashima, head of the team that designed the robot, hopes that robots like Swumanoid can serve as lifeguards in the future.

Besides saving lives, Swumanoid can also be used in swimming research. It can test water resistance, which makes it move more slowly. And it helps to find out how people swim. The information that is collected could help scientists find ways to improve a swimmer’s skills.

Unlike human swimmers, robots don’t get tired from doing the same stroke (泳姿) again and again, so they do not slow down. Therefore, they can collect information more efficiently (有效地).

But the robot is not yet ready to take the place of human lifeguards. Scientists say there are still certain things that need to be improved, such as its motors (引擎) and waterproofing design (防水设计).

Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to the passage.
1. Swumanoid can swim just like a human does because ________.

A．it was created by an Olympic swimmer

B．it can swim the way real swimmers move

C．it can follow directions according to a map

2. The underlined word “resistance” in the sixth paragraph means ________.

A．阻力

B．压力

C．重力

3. Swumanoid can collect information more efficiently because ________.

A．it can do many types of strokes

B．it can swim as fast as world record-holders

C．it won’t feel tired and never slows down

4. There are ________ uses for the robot swimmers mentioned in the passage.

A．one

B．two

C．three

5. The story is written to ________.

A．show how swimming robots are built

B．describe how lifeguards do their work

C．introduce the swimming robot Swumanoid

10 . You may think you cannot live through summer without air conditioners （空调）. But in ancient China, hand fans were almost the only ones to help people keep cool.

Chinese people started to use hand fans more than 2,000 years ago. The fans came in different shapes, such as round and square. They were also made from all kinds of materials. Palm （棕榈） leaf fans were cheap and easy to make. Feather fans （羽毛扇） showed the owner’s high status （地位）. Sandalwood （檀香） fans could send out sweet smell.

Later, hand fans became far more than just something that could cool you down. They developed into art works, in which Tuanshan （round fans） and Zheshan (folded fans) were the most common.

In the shape of a full moon, Tuanshan were usually made of silk.They had beautiful birds and flowers on them.Women especially those in the imperial palace （皇宫）, liked to use them. Meanwhile, men, especially the literati （文人）, used Zheshan.The literati liked them because Zheshan were usually made of paper and they could paint and write poems on them.It was a way for them to show off their ability in literature, painting and handwriting.Almost anything can be painted on Zheshan.

Today, Chinese people still use these fans.Next time when you are waving a fan, you may think of the stories behind it.

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

Stories and Art of Chinese Fans
History.	1    2000 years.
The number of kinds	There are    2    kinds mentioned in the passage.
3	Palm leaf, feather, sandalwood, silk and paper.
Feathers （特征）	Palm leaf fans were cheap and made     4    . Feather fans showed the owner’s status. Sandalwood fans could send out a sweet smell. Tuanshan were enjoyed by women in the imperial palace. Zheshan were    5    or written with poems in order to show the owners were talented.