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 |
3 . Battling e-waste
E-waste, the world’s largest and fastest growing type of waste, doesn’t only come from computers but other electronics as well. |
In 2019, the world produced 53.6 million tons of e-waste. |
The world’s e-waste will reach 74.7 million tons by 2030. That’s almost a doubling of e-waste in just 16 years. Today, only 15—20 percent of all e-waste is collected and recycled. |
| Why should we recycle e-waste? E-waste has many valuable things in it, such as gold, silver and copper. One smartphone battery can pollute 600,000 liters of water. |
| What can we do? ·Try to repair your electronics instead of buying new ones. ·Check for recycling organizations and donate your broken electronics. ·Remove (去除) any batteries because they need to be recycled separately. ·Tell others to recycle e-waste. |
| A．2014. | B．2019. | C．2022. | D．2030. |
| A．considering repairing rather than buying electronics. |
| B．recycling batteries together with other parts of electronics. |
| C．donating broken electronics to recycling organizations. |
| D．raising people’s awareness of e-waste recycling. |
| A．an instruction | B．a newspaper | C．a novel | D．a comic book |
We do want help our family, friends and classmates when they’re having a hard time. But how can we help our people out in right ways?
Rachel Miller is a writer and she mentions some ways about that in her book How to Be There for Yourself and Your People.
Keep your focus on your friend.
When a friend comes to you, it’s a good idea to help them forget their terrible experience. But if you want to tell them a similar experience, it’s not always welcome.
If you do feel that your experience might be helpful to hear, Miller’s advice is to let your friend know that you went through something similar, but allow them to decide if they want to hear about it at the moment.
Ask how you can best help your friend.
You may not know what kind of help your friend wants. Just ask! Miller advises to try these questions:
“What’s the best way I can help you right now?”
“Do you need someone to talk to?”
“Would you like my advice?”
“How are you feeling about the hard experience you’re going through?”
A heartfelt “I’m sorry” is a great help.
People may shy away from saying “I’m sorry” to the people in trouble, because you cannot feel the same way as them. But Miller says a real, honest “I’m sorry” can help to make your friend feel heard and accepted. “Sometimes there isn’t a perfect way to make people feel better,” she says. “But what you need to do is to say ‘You’re not alone. I’m with you. I’m so sorry it’s happening to you.’”
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1. It’s not always welcome to share
2. If you don’t know what kind of help your friend wants, what can you do?
3. What can make your friend feel heard and accepted?
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5 . Homework is a problem for students all over the world. As a student, you have a lot of homework to do every day. It’s a main part of a student schooldays.
What kind of homework do you usually do? Students in different countries have different answers.
| South Korea | In South Korea, your homework is in all kinds. Most of the time, you need to remember the e-mail address and send your homework to the mailbox of your teachers. If you are good at making a report or doing PPT, you will find it easy to finish the homework. |
| America | US schools encourage students to discover and think freely. They are usually supposed to do some survey, or hand-made toys. Experiments are totally common at home. That’s why the students in the US are independent(独立的). |
| Russia | Students in Russia have to learn many different subjects, including math, history, science, languages and do some practical work. But the time they spend on their homework is much less than that in China. |
| China | In China, if you want to be better than others, you need to pay more attention to your homework. Most of the school students should finish homework in Chinese, math, English and some more homework which is from their own parents. It usually takes them so much time. That’s why they hardly spend time in developing their hobbies. As for the clubs or experiments, the students in big cities try more than those in the countryside. |
| A．In South Korea. | B．In China. | C．In Russia. | D．In the US. |
| A．America students usually do some toys by hand. |
| B．Chinese students are given more homework by teachers. |
| C．Russian students spend more time on their homework than Chinese ones. |
| D．In South Korea, they find it hard to do PPT. |
| A．The parents’ opinions about homework. | B．Some ways to do homework. |
| C．Different homework in different countries. | D．The teachers’ opinions about homework. |
6 . “How are you?” is a nice question. It’s a friendly way that people in the USA greet each other. But “How are you?” is also a very unusual question. It’s a question that often doesn’t need an answer.
The person who asks “How are you?” hopes to hear the answer “Fine”, even if the person’s friend isn’t fine. The reason is that “How are you?” isn’t really a question and “Fine” isn’t really an answer. They are simply other ways of saying “Hello” or “Hi”.
Sometimes, people don’t say exactly what they mean. For example, when someone asks “Do you agree?”, the other person might think, “No, I disagree. I think you’re wrong.” But it isn’t very polite to disagree so strongly, so the other person might say “I’m not sure.” It’s a nicer way to say that you don’t agree with someone.
People don’t say exactly what they are thinking when they want to finish talking with other people. For example, many talks over the phone finish when one person says “I’ve got to go now.” Often, the person who wants to hang up gives an excuse: “Someone’s at the door.” “Something is burning on the stove.” The excuses might be real or not. Perhaps the person who wants to hang up simply doesn’t want to talk any more, but it isn’t polite to say that. The excuse is more polite, and it doesn’t hurt the other person.
Whether they are greeting each other, talking about an idea, or finishing a talk, people don’t say exactly what they are thinking. It’s an important way that people try to be nice to each other, and it’s part of the game of language.
1. According to the passage, what should a person say when he disagrees with someone?| A．You are wrong. I disagree. | B．I’m not sure. |
| C．I’m sure I disagree. | D．I don’t agree with you. |
| A．You have to go now. | B．I want to hang up. |
| C．I have to go now. | D．I don’t want to talk any more. |
| A．Giving an excuse to finish talking. |
| B．Hurting someone’s feelings. |
| C．Talking to a person at the door. |
| D．Going to another place. |
| A．Always say what you mean. |
| B．Don’t disagree with people. |
| C．Never say exactly what you’re thinking. |
| D．Be nice to each other. |
Welcome to City Library City Library is open to everyone every day and the library card is free. You can borrow five books, one CD and as many videos as you want at a time—three weeks for books, one week for CDs and videos. | ||
BOOKS picture books for children books in 36 languages stories of all kinds You can enjoy newspapers and magazines in the reading room. You can’t take them out of the library. | VIDEO all kinds of video films TV plays Music videos You can’t watch videos here. You can borrow a video for a week for $1. | AUDIO music( rock, pop, jazz… ) languages tapes(42 main languages in the world ) You can enjoy listening in the special rooms here. All the CDs can be borrowed—Free! |
| A．have to pay one dollar for it | B．needn’t pay for it |
| C．need to borrow five books first | D．can buy it on line |
| A．buy CDs | B．read magazines |
| C．watch the videos | D．both B and C |
| A．take newspapers home | B．borrow CDs from the library |
| C．listen to music at the library | D．borrow a video for seven days |
8 . Sharing means using what we have with others. One small action of sharing may change someone’s world. When we were children, we were too young to understand the true meaning of sharing. We thought only the rich were able to share. As time goes by, we get to know every person is unique (独一无二的). We all have something special. We can share not only our pocket money but also our personal feeling. For instance, we can share our positive altitude with those who are negative or upset. Encourage them to keep going by describing a bright future for them. Once we decide to share with others, we should take action at once. By doing this, we will get more and more pleasure.
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When we were children, we were too young to understand the true meaning of sharing.
When we were children, we
根据短文内容回答问题。
4. What does sharing mean?
5. How can we encourage people who are negative or upset to keep going?
6. May sharing change someone’s world?
9 . Strawberries look nice, but a light pressure can make them out of shape. Nowadays, there are many young people who are just like strawberries. They easily break down when they face difficulties. They don’t know what to do when they are in trouble. They have a common name — strawberry kids.
Why are many students so easy to break down? Parents and schools are a main reason. Parents do almost everything for them in their daily life. while schools care more about their grades instead of developing their personality (个性).
Liu Yue, 13, is from Fujian. His mom hardly criticizes him and he always feels good about himself. When a teacher criticized him strictly, he felt surprised and sad. He began to doubt his ability.
Students should do something to make themselves mentally strong (意志坚强). An expert said, “When you are in trouble, don’t ask for help too quickly. You should try to deal with problems first by yourself. I also advise you to take an active part in sports and social activities. That can make you mentally strong.”
Growing up is not just a happy process. Pains also go along with it. The most important thing is to face the pains bravely and learn from them.
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1. Some students are called “strawberry kids” because they all like to eat some fruit, especially strawberries.
2. When Liu Yue’s mother criticized him strictly, he felt surprised and sad.
3. From the passage, we know that growing up is not only a happy process but also goes along with pains.
4. According to the fourth paragraph, students should ask for help quickly when they are in trouble.
5. The writer advises students to be brave in the face of pains.
Trees are one of the oldest “citizens” (居民) of our Earth. They keep our air clean, reduce noise pollution, improve water quality and provide food and building materials (材料).
Just like us, trees change a lot as they grow. At 1 to 3 years old, young trees learn how to protect themselves. For example, many trees grow thorns (刺) to warn animals not to go near. Most young trees have large deep green leaves so that they can catch enough sunlight and change it into their food and energy.
When trees are 4 years old, they begin to grow very rapidly and become strong enough to face challenges (挑战) later in life. At the age of 15, trees become young adults. They grow more slowly and begin to produce flowers and fruit.
It is not until the tree is 20 to 25 years old that it becomes a real adult. The tree reaches its largest size. The adult tree gives us shade (树荫), oxygen (氧气) and natural beauty; it is also a great place for a tree house, or a place for us to read a book, listen to music and so on. If we give the adult tree proper care, it will go on to live healthily for many years.
Gradually, trees begin to grow older and older and even die. At this time, they still have their important place in nature. When a tree becomes hollow (空心的) or part of it becomes dead, it provides a home to small animals and is a source of food for many other animals.
In many ways, the life of a tree is similar to our own life experience. When we are looking at the life of a tree, we learn about that each period of life brings its own form of joy and challenge. Enjoy every minute of the life of the trees and take care of the trees!
1. What can a tree be used as when it becomes hollow?| A．A home to small animals. | B．Food for all animals. |
| C．Shade and beauty for people. | D．A place for a tree house. |
①Growing very rapidly ②Becoming a real adult
③Having large, deep green leaves
④Growing older and dying ⑤Producing flowers and fruit
| A．②①③④⑤ | B．③⑤①②④ | C．①③⑤②④ | D．③①⑤②④ |
| A．Because our life is becoming better and better. |
| B．Because each period of life brings its own form of joy and challenge. |
| C．Because the life of a tree is similar to our own life experience. |
| D．Because trees give us so much and make our world beautiful. |
| A．The life of a tree | B．The kinds of trees |
| C．The secret of a tree | D．The advantages of a tree |
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| A．①—②③④—⑤⑥ | B．①②—③④—⑤⑥ |
| C．①—②③④⑤—⑥ | D．①②—③④⑤—⑥ |
