1 . What kind of chores do you usually do around the house? Maybe you clean your room, wash the dishes or sweep the floor. All these are indoor chores.
But in many places, especially in rural areas in the US, kids have different outdoor chores during different seasons.
In fall, the most common outdoor chore is sweeping leaves. Trees lose their leaves in fall. It is up to each family to put the leaves in big trash bags.
After a heavy snowfall in winter, children help clear snow in the front yard. Otherwise, it may be hard for family to leave their homes.
Spring and summer bring lots of rain and sun, which makes the grass in people’s yards grow tall. It is common for kids to mow (割草) their yards to keep them fresh and neat.
Doing all these chores might sound like a lot of work. Most families give their kids a little bit of money for doing them. People who don’t have children might even pay neighborhood kids to do it.
1. How many indoor chores are mentioned in Paragraph 1?| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．washing cars | B．walking dogs | C．sweeping leaves | D．mowing yards |
| A．they like to keep their yards clean and neat | B．grass won’t grow if snow is on it |
| C．it is a traditional winter outdoor activity | D．the snow might get in their way |
| A．ways of getting money in the US | B．different outdoor chores in the US |
| C．activities in different seasons in the US | D．why people in the US have yards |
2 . Tea is tasty and good for you. It is also one of the most popular drinks around the world. But what is tea? And why is it so popular?
All tea comes from tea leaves but tea is not always the same. There are many kinds of tea. You can drink black tea, green tea, white tea or fruit tea. Each type of tea has a different taste and a different colour.
The history of tea begins in Asia. In China, Korea and Japan, tea is still very important today. In Japan, it can take many hours to prepare and drink tea with your guests. In Malaysia (马来西亚), a popular drink at breakfast is teh tarik (‘pulled tea’). They say it tastes good with bread.
Tourists in Malaysia like watching the tea sellers make ‘pulled tea’. The tea sellers pour hot water on black tea. After five minutes, they add sugar and milk. Then they ‘pull’ the tea—they pour the tea from one cup to another many times.
In many countries, you must have a special kettle (壶) to make tea. People in different countries also like to add different things to their tea. For example, Russians use a special kettle called a samovar. They like drinking tea with lemon. Sometimes, they also drink tea with some sugar.
In Turkey, tea comes in a special thing called a Caydanlik. It has two kettles: one for the water and one for the tea. Drink Turkish tea with some sugar.
The British usually eat biscuits with their tea. In Japan, they like...
All in all, different countries have their own tea culture. If you go traveling, you can enjoy it.
1. Tea, a drink with a long history, first appeared in ________.| A．Europe | B．America | C．Asia | D．Africa |
| A．Russia. | B．Japan. | C．The UK. | D．Turkey. |
| A．It is made of the green tea. |
| B．It tastes good with biscuits. |
| C．People usually drink it for breakfast. |
| D．To make it, you need to pour the tea from one kettle to another. |
| A．The History of Tea | B．Different Tea Kettles |
| C．The Types of Tea Leaves | D．Tea in Different Countries |
| A．express his own idea of the topic | B．show his special taste in Japanese tea |
| C．attract readers’ interest in further reading | D．tell us he knows noting about Japanese tea |
3 . My name is Jin Lin. I am thirteen. My birthday is on October 3rd. I am a student at No.1 Middle School. My school life is very colorful because there are many kinds of activities (活动) for us this term. On September 21st, we have a soccer game in the afternoon. Our School Day is on October 15th. Our parents can come to our school and see how we study. We have more activities in November, such as the book sale on November 12th , the English Day on 23rd. Besides these, we have an exciting Sports Day on December 16th. Among all the activities, I like the English Day and the Sports Day best because English is my favorite subject (学科) and I like playing sports.
This is a busy and interesting term. I really love my school life.
根据短文内容回答问题，每小题答题词数不超过8个。
1. How old is Jin Lin?
2. When is her birthday?
3. What is her favorite subject?
4. How many activities are mentioned (被提到) in the passage?
5. What does she think of this term?
4 . AI (人工智能) makes our lives easier and better. Let’s see the amazing AI.
Cool driverless bus
A bus door opens and you get on. Wait! Where is the driver? Here is a new kind of driverless bus called Apolong. It has 14 seats and doesn’t need a driver. The bus follows traffic rules. It stops as soon as it sees a stop light.
Your close friend
Hi, everyone. I’m Xiaobing, a chatbot (聊天机器人). I speak like a 17-year-old girl. If you feel lonely, you can talk with me. I’m talented at singing, writing poems and telling stories. I want to be your friend!
World’s first AI anchor (主播)
Hey, look! The famous Chinese anchor Qiu Hao is reporting the news for us. But, is “he” really Qiu Hao? The answer is “no”. This is the world’s first AI anchor. It looks and speaks just like a real person. It can work 24 hours and doesn’t make any mistakes. You might see it on TV soon.
Popular AI artist
This beautiful painting was at an auction (拍卖) in 2020. The painting is worth about 3,000,000 yuan! But it is not a work by a famous painter, such as Vincent van Gogh. It was painted by an AI arts. Three Frenchmen created the Al artist. It studied over 15,000 paintings. In this way, it learned to paint.
1. The fact about Apolong is that ________.| A．the bus door can’t open itself | B．it stops as soon as it sees a stop light |
| C．there are 24 seats in it | D．it doesn’t follow the traffic rules |
| A．go out to play with you | B．talk with you if you feel lonely |
| C．sing | D．be your friend |
| A．was at an auction in 2019 |
| B．is worth about 3,000,000 yuan at an auction |
| C．is a work painted by Vincent van Gogh |
| D．was studied by three French artists over 15,000 times |
| A．AI makes our lives harder and worse. |
| B．This new kind of driverless bus also needs a driver to control it. |
| C．Xiaobing is a 17-year-old girl. |
| D．The AI anchor can work 24 hours and doesn’t make any mistakes. |
5 . Do you have good ideas to use your old clothes? There are many things to do with your old clothes. First, you can give your old clothes to others. They may not fit you anymore, but they may fit someone else. You can also change them into other things. For example, you can make a pair of old jeans into a skirt or an old shirt into a handbag.
We can also use many other old things to make new clothes. Old unwanted things are called waste. Here are two fashion designers’ ideas(设计师的想法) about how they make new things from waste.
Hailey says, “My friends and I use plastic (塑料) waste to make clothes. We use around four plastic bottles to make one T-shirt. The T-shirts are very comfortable.”
Ken says, “There are so many cars in the world, and every car has four wheels. The rubber(橡胶) part of the wheel is called a tyre. I make handbags and wallets from the tyres. They are great! They are very strong and very fashionable.”
What are you waiting for? Buy some fashion made from waste today.
1. How many ways to do with our old clothes are there in the first paragraph?| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．old clothes | B．a pair of jeans | C．other things | D．some people |
| A．Give waste to our friends. | B．Sell waste for money. |
| C．Make new things from waste. | D．Collect waste for hobbies. |
| A．T-shirts and handbags. | B．Cars and wallets. |
| C．Plastic bottles and cars. | D．Handbags and wallets. |
| A．Fashion From Waste | B．Tips On Buying Clothes |
| C．Ways To Make Handbags | D．Ideas About Fashion Designers |
The Silk Road is known all over the world. The Silk Road went from China to Eastern Europe. It went along the north of China, India, and Persia and ended up in Eastern Europe near today’s Turkey and the Mediterranean Sea.
It was called the Silk Road because one of the major products traded was silk cloth from China. Chinese silk was soft and of high quality. So people throughout Asia and Europe loved it very much. The Chinese sold silk for thousands of years. Even the Romans called China the “land of silk”.
Besides silk, the Chinese also sold tea, salt, sugar, porcelain (陶瓷) and spices. Most of the goods were expensive. This was because it was a long trip and traders didn’t have a lot of room for goods. They bought goods like cotton, ivory, wool, gold and silver.
Traders traveled in large caravans (商队). They would have many guards with them. Traveling in a big group like a caravan helped protect themselves. Most of the road was through dry land, so camels were popular animals for transport.
Although there was some trade between China and the rest of the world for some time, the silk trade developed quickly during the Han Dynasty which ruled from 202 B.C. to 220 A.D. Later, under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, trade in China along the Silk Road was fully developed.
The Silk Road was important. It not only helped develop trade between different countries, but also helped make ideas, cultures and inventions spread across the world.
Some information about the Silk Road | |
| Where | The Silk Road went from china to Eastern Europe. |
| Why | It was called the Silk Road |
| What | |
| How | Traders help to protect themselves |
| When | The silk trade developed quickly during the Han dynasty and was |
| How Important! | It not only helped develop trade between different countries, but also helped make ideas, cultures and inventions |
The COVID-19 epidemic (新冠疫情) is still spreading rapidly throughout the world. Luckily, it is under control in China with the efforts of our government and all the people. However, we should still be careful in our daily life. There’re some rules for us to follow.
Get vaccinated (打疫苗)
Since there’s still no special medicine to treat COVID-19, the vaccine (疫苗) is the most important way to prevent it. The government is providing available vaccine for everyone in our country. If you’re over 18 years old and in good health, you can get vaccinated near your community. What’s more, it is free!
Wear masks (口罩)
People have been ① ____________ to wearing masks since the epidemic broke out. It is summer now, maybe wearing masks in hot weather makes you feel uncomfortable. However, it is still a good way to stop the virus (病毒) from spreading among people.
So whenever you go out, don’t forget to put on your mask. You may look cooler with a mask on!
Wash your hands
Wash your hands as often as possible. especially when you get home from school or work, or return from any other public places, the first thing you should do is to turn on the tap (水龙头), pick up the soap and wash your hands completely.
Keep safe social distance
You’d better not go to crowded places. The summer vacation is beginning. If you have to go to the stores, movies, parties, supermarkets, etc, besides wearing masks, remember to keep social distance, ②____________ getting too close to other people.
And anyway, take good care of yourself and live a safe and happy life!
任务一：请根据短文内容，分别写出①、②处所缺词语 (每空一词)。
1. ①
2. 任务二：阅读短文，找出与下面句子意思相近的句子。
If you wear a mask, you may look cooler!
任务三：请把上文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
3.
任务四：请根据短文内容回答下列问题。
4. Must we pay for the vaccine?
5. What’s the main idea about the passage?
Linda is an English girl, but she’s in Beijing ① her grandparents and his parents now. She’s a middle school student. She has some good friends at school. Her friends ask her some questions about her life in England. The following are their questions and her answers.
●What do you eat for breakfast?
I have milk and eggs. They’re my favorite food for breakfast. I think they’re healthy. I don’t like porridge.
●Do you eat lunch at school?
Yes. I usually eat beef and rice at school. Sometimes I eat salad for lunch. I don’t like eating hamburgers. They’re not ② for my health.
●What fruit do you like?
I like bananas, apples very much. I eat fruit every day. Fruit is important to me. But my grandparents don’t like fruit at all.
●Do you play sports every day?
Yes, I do. I play ping pong with my friends every day. I think it’s interesting and relaxing. Sometimes I play volleyball, but it’s difficult for me. If you want to be healthy, you need to do sports and eat healthy food.
●What are your favorite subject and teacher?
I am interested in math in England. But now I like Chinese and Chinese teacher Mr. Wang best. I can know some things from Mr. Wang and his Chinese classes. Mr. Wang is fun. He can tell some interesting stories. And he can also do Chinese Kungfu.
Linda’s friends are happy to know something about her.
任务一：请根据短文内容，分别写出①、②处所缺单词（每空一词）。
1. ①
任务二：阅读短文，在文中找出与下面句子意思相近的句子。
2. She studies in a middle school.
任务三：请把上文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
3.
任务四：请根据短文内容回答下列问题。
4. How many questions do Linda’s friends ask her in the passage?
5. What can Mr. Wang do?
9 . If you come to China, there are many places of interest to see and there is also a lot of delicious food to enjoy. Many of them are very popular. But I think the real Chinese food is dumplings.
Everyone in China likes dumplings very much, and there are many different kinds of them. I like dumplings with vegetables and pork better than other kind.
Usually people make dumplings at home. If you have no time to make them, you can buy them from supermarkets. Then you take them home and enjoy them with vinegar (醋).
The Spring Festival is very important in China. When it comes, we make dumplings. Usually we put a coin (硬币) in a dumpling. If one eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he or she will be lucky in the year.
In the old days, people were poor and they could not eat dumplings often. But now things have changed.
Welcome to China, and we’ll invite you to eat the real Chinese food—dumplings.
1. According to the writer, the real Chinese food is _______.| A．moon cakes | B．rice dumplings | C．dumplings | D．noodles |
| A．meat | B．seafood | C．vegetables and pork | D．carrots |
| A．The Spring Festival. | B．The dumpling. | C．The coin. | D．The egg. |
| A．穷的 | B．富裕的 | C．开心的 | D．无聊的 |
| A．We Chinese like eating dumplings very much. |
| B．If someone eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he or she will be lucky. |
| C．There are many kinds (种类) of dumplings in China. |
| D．In the old days, people could only eat dumplings because they were poor. |
10 .
FOCUS ON CHINA GLOBAL TIMES DECMBER 18. 2021  More and more Chinese people like take-away food. They are usually busy with work and don’t have time to cook meals after work. There are many different kinds, such as fried chicken, hamburgers, fish and chips. They are all delicious. People usually order takeout on the Internet. Then the delivery guys take it to their workplaces or their homes. Chinese people usually have a big meal on weekends. The family get together and go out eating. Some people like to stay at home. They cook for themselves. They like watching TV or talking about funny things while eating. |
| A．by bike | B．on the Internet | C．on weekends | D．on the way home |
| A．eat take-away food | B．go out eating |
| C．have a big meal together | D．cook for their friends at home |
| A．People are busy on weekdays so they have take-away food |
| B．The delivery guys like eating take-away food |
| C．The take -away food is not good |
| D．Chinese people always eat take-away food on weekends |
| A．from Headlines | B．from the section of FOCUS ON FOOD |
| C．about delicious food in China | D．from GLOBAL TIMES |
| A．Fewer and fewer Chinese people like take-away food. |
| B．All the families get together and have dinner at home. |
| C．People only take take -away food to their homes by themselves. |
| D．Some people like watching TV or talking while eating on weekends. |
