How to fight against COVID-19 (新冠肺炎)? We choose some books to help you. The books were translated into 13 languages, including Japanese.
 | Virus (病毒), Virus, You Cannot Scare Me! (Writer: Mu Xiangzhen) The book makes parents and children be able to learn—in a fun way—about how viruses go around and what people can do to protect themselves. It tells children not to fear about viruses. Besides, it also introduces the idea of getting well with nature, and hopes children can protect wild life and the natural environment. |
 | A Special Spring Festival (Writer: Gao Jing) This book pictures children’s special Spring Festival in China during the outbreak of COVID-19. It tells a story of a common family in China. It tries to answer the child’s question “Why can’t I be allowed to play outside?” It tells the child what COVID-19 is, how it goes around, and how we can protect ourselves from it. The pictures show love between family members. |
 | Ten Tips to Fight Monsters (Writer: Dong Ruihan) Dad leaves 10 tips to help us fight the virus. Who will win the war? The story will gently teach children how to prevent the disease (疾病) in a language that they can easily understand. It will help kids keep calm in the hard time, and lead them to help family members to prevent the disease. |
 | A Brief History of Viruses for Children (Writer: Changsha White-flag Dolphin Children’s Book Workshop) This storybook tells the beginning of the virus, so the readers can understand the history of the virus easily. The book sets up a “Ten Questions About COVID-19” section, which explains the knowledge of COVID-19 (including how it goes around), helping children readers to understand the virus basing on (基于) reason and science. |
1. A Special Spring Festival doesn’t tell the child ________.
| A．what COVID-19 is | B．how it goes around |
| C．how we can protect ourselves from it | D．how we can beat COVID-19 |
| A．A Special Spring Festival | B．Virus, Virus, You Cannot Scare Me |
| C．Ten Tips to Fight Monsters | D．A Brief History of Viruses for Children |
| A．Mu Xiangzhen | B．Gao Jing |
| C．Dong Ruihan | D．Changsha White-flag Dolphin Children’s Book Workshop |
| A．13 | B．14 | C．12 | D．15 |
| A．Children’s daily activities | B．Ten questions about COVID-19 |
| C．Fighting against COVID-19 | D．Love between family members, friends and everyone |
2 . A person who is very polite to others is said to have good manners. Generally, such a person is respected by people around him. He shows care to others, and does his best to make them comfortable.
As the saying goes, “The first impression (印象) is the best impression.” When we meet a person for the first time, it’s that person’s manners that will impress us. The manners we learn as children stay with us throughout our lives. Good manners are the ones our parents and teachers teach us, and we can make them part of our personality. It’s very important to teach good manners to children when they are young so that they grow up to become polite and pleasant. Childhood is the best time to learn good manners.
Good manners cost us nothing but can help us get many things. They help us win friends and conquer our enemies. They can help make the world a happier place by reducing (减少) arguments and helping people avoid fights. Whether you’re in business, service or education and whatever kind of life you lead, good manners are helpful.
Everyone likes a person who speaks and acts politely and treats others respectfully. Such a person is always ready to understand and to help other people. He also forgets the wrong others do to him.
Value good manners, and teach them to your children from an early age.
1. People with good manners can make others feel ________.| A．worried | B．helpful | C．polite | D．comfortable |
| A．parent | B．teacher | C．child | D．worker |
| A．good manners are worthless |
| B．people with good manners are welcome everywhere |
| C．people with good manners are often forgetful |
| D．people with good manners never fight |
| A．消灭 | B．击毙 | C．征服 | D．树立 |
| A．When to learn good manners | B．What are good manners |
| C．Good manners and children | D．Good manners are important |
3 . Sween Lin has an interesting hobby. She collects stamps. She spends a lot of time on her stamp collection after school hours. She has collected hundreds of stamps from all over the world. They are all in colour.
Sween Lin likes stamps with pictures of animals and birds on them. In this way, she learns the names of many animals and birds. She also borrows books on animals and birds from her school library. She learns many things about them.
Sometimes Sween Lin has many stamps of the same kind. She gives them to her friends. They then give her other stamps in return.
Sween Lin writes to her friends in many countries. She sends them some stamps of her country, in return , they send her some stamps of their countries. Sween Lin’s father also gives her some stamps. He brings them home from his office for her.
Many of Sween Lin’s friends collect other things. Some collect coins and others collect matchboxes. But, all of them say that Sween Lin’s collection is the most interesting of all.
1. Sween Lin spends a lot of time on her hobby ________.| A．before school | B．during school hours |
| C．after school hours | D．during her holidays |
| A．All of | B．Some of | C．Many of | D．Most of |
| A．her teachers | B．her friends | C．her stamps | D．her father |
| A．keeps them | B．throws them away |
| C．sells them to her friends | D．sends them to her friends |
| A．Matchbox collection. | B．Doing things one likes. |
| C．Keeping coins one likes. | D．Stamp collection. |
4 . All around the world, people drink tea. But tea does not mean the same thing to everyone. In different countries people have very different ideas about drinking tea.
People in China like to drink tea with nothing in it, and they often have it with their friends or by themselves. They have two kinds of tea—green tea and black tea. They may drink tea at any time of the day anywhere. But they don’t drink tea just before they go to bed, for tea makes them awake. In England, people like to drink tea with milk and sugar, and they often have it in the afternoon with their friend. In Japan, people also like drinking tea very much. It is very popular there. They drink tea every day. They have it in different ways from that in China. Some young Japanese girls are good at making tea. They can do it beautifully. In the United States, people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. They usually use tea bags to make their tea. Tea bags are faster and easier than making tea in teapots.
根据短文内容判断下列各句正误。正确的写“A”，错误的写“B”。
1. People in the US like to drink tea with milk and sugar in it.
2. Chinese people like to drink tea without anything in it.
3. In Japan, people often drink tea in the same way as that in China.
4. People drink tea at breakfast or before meals in China.
5. American usually use tea bags to make their tea.
5 . A hobby is something that you do for fun. You do it when you have time, but you don’t get money from doing it. Hobbies are fun, and they are also good for you.
Do you know that people who do puzzles live longer than people who don’t? People who do puzzles can also remember more than people who don’t do puzzles. Even when they are old, people who do puzzles usually have good brains.
Watching funny movies is great for your body. When you laugh for 15 minutes or more, it is just as good for your body as exercising. Laughing exercises keeps the heart healthy.
Going to concerts is also good for the heart. Listening to music can make your heart strong. Going to concerts can even help sick people get better faster.
Children who play with Legos (乐高) are better at thinking than other children. They even talk and read better. Children who play with Legos learn to use their hands to do small things better than children who do not.
Even driving bumper cars (碰碰车) can be healthy. Some children sometimes bump other children when they are angry. It can be a lot of fun to try to stop others from bumping into your car. Bumping others in a fun way can turn anger into laughter.
And speaking of fun, a school in South Africa teaches play. That school found that children who study how to have fun have better grades.
1. Which hobbies are good for children’s study from the passage?①Doing puzzles.
②Listening to music.
③Playing with Legos.
④Driving bumper cars.
⑤Playing.
| A．①③⑤ | B．①②⑤ | C．②③⑤ | D．①③④ |
| A．健康体魄 | B．逻辑思维能力 | C．体力运动 | D．表达能力 |
| A．Having hobbies keeps people busy. |
| B．Driving bumper cars makes children angry. |
| C．Most people get money from doing hobbies. |
| D．Watching funny movies keeps the heart healthy. |
| A．Who needs hobbies. | B．When people do hobbies. |
| C．How people start hobbies. | D．What hobbies bring to people. |
6 . Jane, a reporter, is collecting information for the local newspaper. She is interested in the following things introduced in a magazine.
 Smart Schoolbag A schoolboy aged 11 has invented a schoolbag. It tells you which books to pack. A small computer and a scanner (扫描装置) are fixed in the bag. As each book is put into the bag, it is checked by the scanner. If any book is missing, a message will be shown on the computer screen to remind you. |
 Weather Sweets A university uses a 3D printer to create sweets according to the weather information of a certain day. The shapes of the sweets are influenced by wind speed. The colors of the sweets are decided by temperature. The sweets act as a weather record of the day. |
 Sunrise Bed It’s hard for you to get up in the morning, isn’t it? To help you get up, a company has created a sunrise bed. It wakes you up gently as a sunrise does. Lights built into the bed turn on and start to get brighter and brighter. When the lights are fully on, soft music will begin to play. It will be louder and louder until you turn it off. The company explains, “The gentle light tells your body that it is morning, so it’s easier for you to get up.” |
1. The smart schoolbag can ________.
| A．help you repair computers |
| B．tell you when to pack books |
| C．record the weather of the day |
| D．remind you of the missing books |
| A．pack the books easily into the bag |
| B．find the missing book by a scanner |
| C．create sweets according to the weather |
| D．wake up quickly in the morning |
| A．lights on → music on → lights brighter → music louder |
| B．music on → music louder → lights on → lights brighter |
| C．lights on → lights brighter → music on → music louder |
| D．music on → lights on → music louder → lights brighter |
Thousands of years ago Britain was covered by thick forests, home to many animals which no longer live in the United Kingdom. There were wolves and bears, many different kinds of deer and large wild cows. People who lived in villages were well protected by wooden walls from the animals outside.
However, all this has changed with the development of the country. Today, the United Kingdom is a country with a big population—68.5 million people live there. If you travel, most of the time you’ll be looking at towns and cities. There are very few wild animals. Britain is one of the few countries in the world that does not have a large meat-eating wild animal.
Some people would like to change such things. Some organizations and nature lovers say that Britain needs to become more natural again. They suggest that trees and plants that grew in the UK before should be allowed to grow again. They even would like to help wild animals such as bears that grew in Britain in ancient times to return and live wild. They call this “rewilding”—making things wild again.
Other people do not agree. They strongly believe that it would be too dangerous to do so. What would happen if the wild animals left their new homes to kill sheep or even attack (攻击) people? Would people still be able to go walking in the mountains which so many people enjoy?
So far there are no wolves or bears in Britain’s forests, but soon there might be!
1. What is the UK’s population?2. Can people see many wild animals while traveling in the UK?
3. What does “rewilding” mean?
4. Why do some people disagree to the idea of rewilding?
5. What do you think of rewilding?
Fire Safety Firefighters want everyone to be safe. They teach families how to avoid fire risks. You can help prevent fires by following fire safety rules You can also stay safe by knowing what to do if a fire starts nearby. | __________________________ ●Never play with matches or lighters. ●Do not touch lit candles. ●Do not cook unless an adult is with you. ●Be careful around irons, stoves, fireplaces ●Never touch electric cords, plugs or outlets. |
| Stop! Drop! Roll! If your clothes catch fire, do these three things right away. Stop! Running and Walking can make fire worse. Drop! Get down on the ground. Cover your face and eyes. Roll! Roll over and over until the flames are out. | |
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| A．How to Stay Safe from Fire |
| B．What to Do when a Fire Happens |
| C．Whom to Turn to in a Fire Risk |
| A．Take off our clothes. |
| B．Shout loudly for help. |
| C．Stop running or walking. |
9 . A group of people asked this question to a group 4-to-8-year-old children. “What does love mean?” The answers were surprising. The children would answer like they did below.
“When my grandmother hurts her knees, she couldn’t bend（弯腰）over and paint her toenails（脚指甲）any more. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands hurt too. That’s love.”
Rebecca, age 8
“Love is when someone hurts you, and you get so mad, but you don’t shout at them, because you know it would hurt their feelings.”
Samantha, age 6
“Love is what makes you smile when you’re tired.”
Terri, age 4
“I let my big sister pick on（捉弄）me because my mom says she only picks on me because she loves me. So I pick on my baby sister because I love her.”
Bethany, age 4
“I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new clothes.”
Lauren ,age 4
“Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.”
Elaine, age 5
1. The passage mainly tells us about ________.| A．what “life” means to children | B．what “family” means to children |
| C．what “friends” means to children | D．what “love” means to children |
| A．Bethany. | B．Rebecca. | C．Elaine. | D．Lauren. |
| A．Rebecca’s grandmother even couldn’t bend over. |
| B．Bethany is willing to be picked on by any other person. |
| C．If Samantha becomes angry, she will not shout at others. |
| D．Lauren prefers to wear her sister’s old clothes. |
Many people enjoy rock climbing. You can do it indoors on special walls or outdoors on real mountains. There are many advantages of rock climbing. It is fun and it also helps people forget their worries.
The most important equipment (装备) to have is good shoes. They need to be half a size smaller than your usual size. The next thing you need is a harness (保护带). This allows you to move freely, and will hold you up if you fall. It’s important to know how to use your equipment. If you are a beginner (初学者), it’s best to have lessons. A climber with experience can help you a lot when you are learning to climb.
Rock climbing is very exciting for people of different ages. Climbers, however, must be careful not to pollute the environment. Sometimes rock climbers leave rubbish on the mountains where they climb. They should take it with them and throw it away. This will let future climbers enjoy a clean environment.
1. Climbers can only enjoy rock climbing on real mountains.2. Rock climbing can make people of different ages feel happy.
3. Rock climbers’ shoes need to be half a size bigger than their usual size.
4. The harness helps rock climbers move freely and will hold them up if they fall.
