| Can it be recycled? | Types of Plastic |
| √ |   This is the plastic that you often see on supermarket shelves! It’s used to make plastic water bottles and biscuit boxes. |
| √ |   HDPE is a stronger type of plastic. It is what milk bottles are made of. |
| × |   LDPE is a very soft plastic which is not easily broken. It is what shopping bags are made of. |
| × |   This plastic is often seen in our daily life. You’ll probably have seen it as those cheap white cups you get hot drinks in, or as takeaway food packaging. |
| A．PET | B．HDPE | C．LDPE |
| A．Milk bottles. | B．Hot drink white cups. | C．Drinking water bottles. |
Life in 2050
What will life be like in the year 2050? No one knows, but of course it will be very different from it today. Here are some predictions:
Firstly, people will work fewer hours, and robots will do hand and dangerous work instead, so people will have more free time for sports and travelling.
Secondly, cars will run faster, and computers will control the speed instead of people. So there won’t be any accidents.
Thirdly, people will be able to live in the sea, away from the crowded and noisy cities on land. Lastly, water will have become one of our most serious problems because there could be serious shortage（短缺）. Some scientists predict that water could be the cause of war if we don’t act now.
1. The life in 2050 will not be the same as it today.2. People will be freer to do shopping and travelling.
3. Cars can run fast with the control of the computers.
4. It’s crowded and noisy to live on land now.
5. We will have enough water in the future.
Snow leopards (雪豹) are big cats. But now they are in danger. We should try to save them. Let’s learn more about snow leopards.
Snow leopards are usually from some countries such as Mongolia, China and India. They live in the mountains and their mountain homes are very cold.
People can hardly see them in the wild (野外), but we can know about 600 snow leopards live in zoos around the world. It is said that there are about 6,000 snow leopards living in the wild.
The snow leopard is a large animal. Adult snow leopards are between 60 and 120 pounds. They are about two feet tall at the shoulder. From head to tail (尾巴), they are six to seven and a half feet long.
The snow leopard has a long tail and its tail is useful. It can help the snow leopard keep balance. In winter, the snow leopard wraps (用……围住) its tail around its body to keep warm. Its long tail is like a scarf.
1. Where are snow leopards usually from?2. Can we often see snow leopards in the wild?
3. How many snow leopards are there around the world?
4. How heavy are adult snow leopards?
5. Why is the snow leopard’s tail useful?
4 . Can you speak English? Maybe you know a lot of English words. You can read, speak and understand English, but there is another kind of language—the language of the body. All over the world, people “talk”, with their hands, their heads, and their eyes. When Japanese people meet, they bow. When Indians meet, they put their hands together. When British and American people meet someone for the first time, they shake hands. They do not usually shake hands with their friends. Women sometimes kiss their women friends, and men kiss women friends on the cheek(脸颊). When a man meets a man friend. he just smiles, and says “Hello”. Men do not kiss each other, or hold hands. Even fathers and sons do not often kiss each other.
1. From the passage we know it is important to ________.| A．know English words | B．read and write English | C．know body language |
| A．they bow | B．they shake hands | C．they put their hands together |
| A．kiss women friends on the cheek | B．smile to men friends | C．kiss men friends |
| A．shakes hands | B．says “Hello” | C．says “How do you do” |
| A．Read English with friends in class. | B．Wave hands to stop a taxi. | C．Talk with a man. |
5 . Beijing Opera is our national opera. It has a history from 1790. Its music and singing came from Anhui and Hubei. There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Beijing Opera is full of famous stories(脸部的) paintings, wonderful gestures (姿态) and fighting. Some of the stories are from history books, but many of them are from famous novels. The people in the stories usually can’t agree with each other. They became angry, unhappy, sand and lonely. Sometimes they are frightened and worried. Then they find a way to make peace 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.
1. Beijing Opera’s ________ came from Anhui and Hubei.
| A．music and singing |
| B．acting and fighting |
| C．music and acting |
| A．Angry. | B．Sad. | C．Happy. |
| A．Newspaper. | B．Famous novels. | C．Magazines. |
| A．There are three main roles in Beijing Opera. |
| B．Beijing Opera isn’t a part of Chinese culture. |
| C．More and more young people are interested in Beijing Opera nowadays. |
6 . When you are learning a language, listening, speaking and writing are important, you can not only learn some new words, but also learn how to use them.When you read a passage, it gives you a good example for writing. Here are some good reading tips.
Firstly, try to read at the right level (水平). Read something that you can understand. If it is too hard for you, it is not interesting.
Secondly, try to understand the new words. If there are four or five new words on a page, don’t use a dictionary. Instead, try to guess their meaning as you read. Mark(作标记) them with a pencil. Then look them up in a dictionary when you finish reading, and write them in your own vocabulary book. Try to remember them.
Thirdly, try to read for a short time once a day. Fifteen minutes or half an hour every day is better than two hours every Sunday. For example, you can read before you go to bed, or after you get up or at lunchtime.
Lastly, read something that interests you. Choose a newspaper, a book or a magazine about a subject that you like. It will be easy enough for you to understand.
1. How many reading tips does the writer give us?
| A．Six. | B．Five. | C．Four. |
| A．write them down at once |
| B．guess the meanings at first |
| C．stop reading |
| A．you should read something that you like for a short time once a day at least |
| B．only read a magazine about a subject that you like |
| C．reading English for two hours every Sunday is much better |
| A．How to Look up a New Word |
| B．How to Make Reading Better |
| C．How to Remember New Words |
“Five, four, three, two, one, blast off.” At 0:23 on October 16, 2021, China launched the manned（载人的）spaceship Shenzhou-13, sending three astronauts to its Tiangong space station. About 6.5 hours after the launch, the spaceship docked （对接）with the Tianhe core module of the station. It returned to the earth on April 16,2022 successfully.
The three-person team is the second crew（工作组）to have entered Tiangong. The team is led by China’s first space walker Zhai Zhigang. The other two astronauts are Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu. They lived and worked together at the station for six months. This was China’s longest-ever manned mission.
During their six-month stay, the crew carried out a number of tasks. For example, they needed to do two to three spacewalks to fix equipment in preparation for future construction work. Wang Yaping , the first Chinese woman to perform spacewalk , said “ Apart from the tasks, we also hope to do more space science education. This will bring space closer to the general public. As a result, they will learn more about the astronauts “life in space” .
Denis Simon, at Duke Law in the US, told Xinhua that China’s success in space continues to be impressive（令人赞叹的). “It is now well on its way to being a leader in space exploration”, he said.
1. What is Shenzhou-13?2. When did Shenzhou-13 launch?
3. What are the names of three astronauts in Shenzhou-13?
4. How long did the three astronauts live on the space station?
5. Was Wang Yaping the first Chinese woman to perform spacewalk?
Do you want to know some sports at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022? Here are some interesting ones.
| It is one of the most popular winter sports. There are five events in Figure Skating at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Figure Skating is a sport that combines (结合) skating with dancing. You can enjoy beautiful music and graceful (优雅的) movements in it. |
| It’s a team sport played on ice, which combines ice sports and ball games. There are two Ice Hockey events at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. Let’s look forward to the wonderful games. |
| It originated (起源于) in the United States. It is also called “Snow Surfing”. There are eleven events of Snowboarding at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. If you are looking for excitement and challenges, you won’t want to miss it. |
| It originated in Norway. It is a sport that combines speed, power and skills. It is challenging and joyful to watch. Five Ski Jumping events were held at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022. |
| A．2. | B．4. | C．5. |
| A．Figure Skating. | B．Ice Hockey. | C．Ski Jumping. |
| A．In the United States. | B．In Norway. | C．In Beijing. |
| A．Speed, power and skills. |
| B．Both ice sports and ball games. |
| C．Beautiful music and graceful movements. |
| A．Snowboard Big Air. | B．Ski Jumping. | C．Both A and B. |
Jump rope（跳绳）games have always been popular around the world. Two students from different countries describe how they used to play jump rope.
Chen Qiurong from China
Rubber band （橡皮筋） jumping, which was only for girls, was popular in my primary school. When we got three persons together, we could start our game.
There were four jumping levels: ankle（脚踩）high, knee high, waist（腰）high, and under the shoulders. As the game continued, the level of jumping got higher and higher. More and more girls tried to jump and we competed as teams. The game was interesting, and it taught us to pull together and compete.
Jimena Baquero from Colombia
When I was a little girl, I spent hours playing a very fun jump rope game at school or in my neighborhood. It was a girls’ game and we never got tired of it.
To play the game, we needed three or more people. A player started by jumping the rubber band at ankle height. Then it was raised to the middle of the legs, then to the knees, the hips （臀部）, the waist, the chest, the shoulders, the neck, and the head. In the last level called “heaven”, the band was held up with raised arms. We were so creative and we enjoyed ourselves in a simple way.
Jump rope games | ||
Student | Chen Qiurong | Jimena Baquero |
Country | China | |
The number of players | At least | Three or more |
| Ankles, knees, waist, and under the shoulders | Ankles, the middle of the legs, knees, hips, waist, chest, shoulders, | |
Opinion | It was interesting, and taught us to pull together and | It made us enjoy ourselves in a simple way. |
10 . As we all know, environmental pollution is still serious nowadays. Our group wanted to know how many students knew about each kind of the pollution and we wanted to learn how often they sorted rubbish. So we did a survey among the students in our school. Here are the results of our questionnaire (问卷).
1. The survey is mainly about .
| A．scientific research | B．environmental protection | C．everyday habits |
| A．Air pollution | B．Water pollution | C．Noise pollution |
| A．Air pollution is noticed by a large number of students. |
| B．The students don’t realize the situation of the environment at all. |
| C．Most students take enough action to sort rubbish. |
