1 . You might be surprised to learn that India produces about 800 movies a year, and that number continues to grow. Just as the movie capital of the United States is Hollywood, the movie capital of India is Bombay (孟买), but it is usually called “Bollywood”, a combination (结合) of the words Bombay and Hollywood.
No Bollywood movie is thought complete without a few songs or dances. In fact, music is an important part of Bollywood movies. Even a bad movie can still do well if the music is good. Music directors are sometimes more popular than the film stars. A Bollywood movie has five to six songs with at least three songs to show what the dances mean.
Bollywood may be different from Hollywood in music, but it is very like Hollywood in several ways. If Tom Cruise can hold a gun, so can the Bollywood hero Shahrukh Khan. Bollywood stars are followed by news reporters just as often as Hollywood stars. The personal lives of actors and actresses catch the headlines (头版头条), just as they do in the United States.
The Oscars are a very exciting time of the year for actors and actresses in America. Bollywood has its own form of the Oscars, and they are also very exciting.
1. Bollywood is in ________.| A．the United States | B．China | C．India | D．France |
| A．hero | B．songs and dances | C．news reporters | D．headlines |
| A．songs | B．film stars | C．music directors | D．actors and actresses |
| A．Bollywood comes from the words Bombay and Hollywood. |
| B．Music is very important in Bollywood movies. |
| C．India produces about 800 movies a year. |
| D．The Oscars in India are as exciting as those in America. |
2 . Mid-Autumn Festival, which fell on Sept 10 this year, is one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals. A cultural show “2022 Adventures on Mid-Autumn Festival” staged（上演）by Henan TV led viewers on a journey to the palace of the moon at 7:30 pm, Sept 9! Here are three fantastic programs in it.
 | Missing You like Seeing You, a dance, was from the show. Performers brought the audience a love story between a craftsman and a girl during the Mid-Autumn Festival, while showing the beauty of Jun ware（钧瓷）at the same time. Jun ware, from Yuzhou, Henan, was becoming popular in the Song Dynasty. |
 | Fly up High with the Wind told the story of “Flight Pioneer” Wan Hoo, a scholar（学者）of the Ming Dynasty. He was lost in the “dream of flight”. Space flight is a shared dream of all humans. Follow the performance Adventures of the Mid-Autumn Festival 2022 to feel the romance of this unique festival. |
 | In this song Our Souls Together Heavenward Fly from the performance, children from different countries and races（种族）sang a song as one, expressed reunion and enjoyed the moon together. |
| A．7:30 am, Sept 9 | B．7:30 pm, Sept 10 |
| C．7:30 pm, Sept 9 | D．8:00 am, Sept 10 |
| A．the dream of space flight | B．a love story and the beauty of Jun ware |
| C．friendship among different countries | D．the history of the Mid-Autumn Day |
| A．Wan Hoo was the famous flight pioneer of the Ming Dynasty. |
| B．A cultural show “2022 Adventures on Mid-Autumn Festival” was staged by Hunan TV. |
| C．The song Our Souls Together Heavenward Fly was sung only by Chinese children. |
| D．Jun ware, from Yuzhou, Henan, had become famous in the Song Dynasty. |
China is a country with a very long history and it has pretty rich and valuable culture.
Chinese Food
Food plays an important role in Chinese culture. Different foods have special meanings. The most obvious (明显的) difference is that Chinese people eat their meals with chopsticks. One of the main foods in Chinese culture is rice. Tea is a favorite drink and is popular in the market.
Chinese New Year
The Chinese calendar is called a lunar calendar (阴历). It is not the same as the one used in other countries. New Year’s Day is in late winter. It is also called the Spring Festival. It has a big celebration of letting go of the old and bringing in the new. It has special food and traditions. For example, sweeping the floor before New Year’s Day sweeps away all the old year’s bad luck.
Chinese Zodiac (生肖)
The Chinese zodiac, known as Sheng Xiao, follows a twelve-year cycle (循环). Each year is named after an animal. These animal signs are the rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, cock, dog and pig. For example, the year 2022 is the Year of the Tiger.
Chinese Language
Chinese is a complex (复杂的) language. Chinese writing developed almost 4, 000 years ago and might even be older. Chinese writing has thousands of characters. A character stands for a word and also meaning. Unlike English, there are no spaces in Chinese writing. Besides Standard Chinese, or Putonghua, Chinese people speak six other forms of the language, and there are many kinds of dialects (方言).
1. What is one of the main foods in Chinese culture according to the passage？2. Which season is New Year’s Day in？
3. Is the year 2023 the Year of Rabbit？
4. How long did Chinese writing develop？
5. How many forms of the language do Chinese people speak？
Bing Dwen Dwen is the mascot（吉祥物）for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, becoming popular all over the world. Here is some information about this cute mascot.
The time it became the mascot
In 2019
The designer
Cao Xue
How the idea came out
It came from the traditional Chinese snack bingtanghulu. However, a simple snack couldn’t stand for a country by itself. Cao’s team tried many animals and plants and finally decided on a panda. “We don’t need to explain anything to, have it understood across different cultures,” said Cao.
What it looks like
The helmet（头盔）made of ice makes the mascot look fashionable. It looks like a spaceman. It waves its hands with two red hearts to show its kindness and love. The colorful lines around its head stand for both the ice tracks（冰道）and the fast 5 G signals. Bing Dwen Dwen wears a full body “shell”（壳）made of ice. It looks like an astronaut in a space suit, showing a perfect mix of winter sports and modern technology.
1. Bing Dwen Dwen became the mascot in ________ .| A．2019 | B．2020 | C．2021 | D．2022 |
| A．a panda | B．bingtanghulu | C．a plant | D．an astronaut |
| A．they wanted to introduce it |
| B．it is special and can introduce itself |
| C．it is fashionable |
| D．it is black and white |
| A．on its head | B．on its feet | C．on its hands | D．on its helmet |
| A．the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics |
| B．the skiing sports |
| C．a designer of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics |
| D．the mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics |
5 . Some of you may play Ant Forest. It is a game on Alipay. Users collect “energy” to make their “trees” grow. When the “energy” reaches a certain (某种) level, some organizations will plant a real tree in a desert area of China. To users, it’s an easy work, but it’s extremely (极其地) difficult to plant trees in deserts. However, there are some heroes in the deserts. They have been working hard on controlling the deserts. Bai Chunlan is one of them.
Bai Chunlan is a common farmer, born in 1953. She married when she was 18 years old. She lived in a village. The village was so poor and short of water. One day in 1980, the villagers decided to plant trees to control the desert with ten other families. Early in the morning, they went into the desert to plant trees. At noon, strong sun seemed to burn everything. They didn’t have time to think about themselves, because those young trees needed protection. The next spring, a heavy sandstorm destroyed all the trees. In 1997, her husband (丈夫) died from hard work. Her eldest son died of cancer in 2008. But Bai wasn’t disheartened (灰心丧气). She continued to fight against the desert. So far, only her family has planted more than twenty thousand trees. And now more and more people follow her to take part in the sand controlling.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What kind of game is Ant Forest?
| A．It’s a game that teaches people how to plant trees. |
| B．It’s a game that sells trees on the Internet. |
| C．It’s a game that encourages people to protect the earth. |
| D．It’s a game that teaches people how to save energy. |
| A．Poor. | B．Rich. | C．Quiet. | D．Noisy. |
| A．In 1953. | B．In 1971. | C．In 1980. | D．In 1997. |
| A．A flood. | B．A drought. | C．A big fire. | D．A heavy sandstorm. |
| A．Bai’s husband died because he worked too hard. |
| B．So far, the villagers have planted two thousand trees in their village. |
| C．Their trees were once destroyed by a heavy sandstorm. |
| D．At the beginning, eleven families planted trees in their village. |
6 . Reading a book is helpful. But many people don’t know the ways to read a difficult book. The following steps will help you feel relaxed by the book you read.
Catch the main point. Pay attention to what you can catch, and leave behind what you cannot. You may understand something important through reading. However, there are some ideas that you may not follow. But remember to move on and you will get the main idea of the book.
Give it a first read. You may find that each section of the book needs special attention. However, it’s not good to keep your eyes on every word. It is better to get a general idea of the book, rather than reading the whole book carefully. The faster you read, the better you are at reading.
Give it a second read. This time you’d better read more slowly and more carefully. You should catch more details（详情） of the book. When you read the book for the second time, you would understand much that you did not understand earlier.
Reading a book is not a difficult task any longer if you know how to read a difficult book. It all depends on how you enjoy it. Difficulty lies in the mind, but not in the book. Therefore, don’t be afraid of a difficult book. Try to keep the above reading skills in mind, and you’ll get unexpected results!
1. What is the passage mainly about?| A．How to read a difficult book. | B．Pay attention to what your catch. |
| C．Read the book a second time. | D．It's really difficult to read a book. |
| A．stop reading the book | B．go on reading the book |
| C．read the book a second time | D．ask someone for help |
| A．Read the whole book carefully. | B．Read some sections of the book. |
| C．Try to read the book carefully. | D．Try to get the main idea of the book. |
| A．catch more small parts of the book | B．catch the main idea of the book |
| C．find the new words in the book | D．deal with the difficult sentences |
| A．There is no difficult book. | B．Every book is very interesting. |
| C．Try to use the reading skills. | D．We should buy more books. |
Most students do not enjoy doing housework. Some of them think that cleaning the bathroom or cooking dinner for their family is boring. However, if you try the following ways, you will find that housework is not as boring as you think.
◆ Learn to do small things:
You should learn to do small things, for example, you can do the dishes, sweep the floor or make the bed. Part of growing up is to be able to take care of yourself. Doing some small things around the house shows that you are becoming responsible (有责任感的).
◆ Divide housework among the family:
In fact, it’s too tiring for one person to do all the housework alone. It’s good to divide housework into different parts. All the family members will do the housework together. Dividing housework among all the family members will make everyone’s job much easier.
◆ Make it fun:
Cooking is one part of housework. Cooking can be very funny if you put your heart into it. If you learn how to cook your favorite food, you will also get a feeling of satisfaction.
1. Most students think doing housework is ________.| A．interesting | B．boring | C．difficult | D．easy |
| A．doing the dishes | B．sweeping the floor | C．making the bed | D．washing clothes |
| A．it is boring | B．it is difficult | C．it is tiring | D．it is not exciting |
| A．满意 | B．担忧 | C．舒适 | D．疲惫 |
| A．Three. | B．Four. | C．Five. | D．Six. |
8 . Governments around the world are pushing for an end to plastic straws（吸管）and bags. More and more businesses are switching（转换）to paper products as an alternative（可供选择的事物）. Paper is considered by many to be better than plastic. However, it is harmful to the environment, too.
Firstly, paper bags and straws are made from trees. Trees, as you know, can reduce carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere（大气）. They can slow down climate change. An increase in the use of paper bags can cause more deforestation（毁林）.
Secondly, the production of paper things requires more energy and water. About 10 percent more energy and four times as much water is used to produce a paper bag than a plastic one. You might say that we can use recycled paper to save that energy and water. This seems to be a good idea. However, it takes even more energy and water to go through the recycling process than to make a new paper bag. Products made from recycled paper are also often short-lived.
Furthermore, paper products are heavier than plastic ones. That means they require more fuel to transport. Seven trucks are needed to transport two million paper bags, while only one truck is needed to transport the same number of plastic bags. The increased weight also leads to a larger amount of waste once the bags are thrown away.
Paper products are actually a loss for both the environment and businesses. They are more expensive than plastic products. A paper straw costs about 5 to 12 cents, while a plastic one usually costs only about 2 cents. The most environment-friendly solution is to avoid single-use things altogether. Products like glass water bottles and steel straws can be used over and over again. They are much better than either paper products or plastic products. Through increasing the use of these items, you can greatly reduce your throwaway waste and truly make our earth a greener place!
1. What can trees do to the environment?| A．They can improve climate quickly. |
| B．They can provide materials for paper products. |
| C．They can cause more deforestation in the end. |
| D．They can make carbon dioxide levels lower in the air. |
| A．paper products are easy to transport |
| B．plastic products are much better than paper ones |
| C．one truck is needed to transport two million plastic bags |
| D．plastic products often lead to a larger amount of a waste |
| A．Recycled paper bags. | B．Steel knives and forks. |
| C．Strong plastic chairs. | D．Single-use cups. |
| A．To push for an end to plastic straws and bags. |
| B．To tell readers the disadvantages of paper products. |
| C．To tell readers the advantages of plastic products. |
| D．To introduce the importance of making our earth a greener place. |
9 . Recently, “cloud tourism” has attracted millions of people in China. “Cloud tourism” refers to a new form of travel that depends on high technologies such as 5G and virtual reality (虚拟现实). During the May Day Holiday, 250 million people took an online tour by livestream (直播) on TikTok (the short video app), Taishan, a popular channel, livestreamed the sunrise at the top of Mount Tai on May 1st and attracted 330, 000 views.
China Daily made a survey of 2, 000 people on cloud tourism. According to the survey results, 74.8% of them said they were willing to take an online tour and 59.7% said they had a good online traveling experience.
“I hate large crowds and long queues (队列), which make me annoyed when visiting museums in person,” said Wang Bo, a museum lover in Beijing. “What’s more, ‘cloud tourism’ helps cut traveling cost and offers more tourist attractions.”
“Cloud tourism” has made huge contributions to the local development and a rise in sales of cultural products after livestreaming shows, according to Xinhua News Agency.
1. What is “cloud tourism”? ________| A．A new app. | B．A new way of travel. | C．A new tourist attraction. | D．A popular channel. |
| A．About 500. | B．About 800. | C．About 1,200. | D．About 1,500. |
| A．Angry. | B．Excited. | C．Relaxed. | D．Useless. |
10 . On New Year’s Eve, people in Italy throw out all the old things. So there are chairs, beds, clothes and plates in the street. In Spain, the new year comes in more quietly. In the evening people come together to the streets. Each holds a bag of grapes. When twelve o’clock comes, people start eating the grapes.
In Japan, people eat noodles on New Year’s Eve. This food is said to bring long life. Early the next morning, some families climb Mount Fuji（富士山）. There they watch the first sunrise of new year.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。1. This story is about New Year’s Eve in Italy, Spain and Japan.
2. People in Spain welcome New Year by eating noodles.
3. People in both Spain and Japan eat some fruits to welcome the New Year.
4. Japanese climb Mount Fuji to look at the stars.
5. The people in Japan wish to get long life from their New Year’s food.
