These days, China has a new rule for its young gamers（people who play games）. Minors, children under 18 years old, can only play games between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Fridays and weekends. So, if you are under 18 years old, you can only enjoy three hours of playing games a week. You can also play during the same time on holidays. When signing into（注册）play, gamers need to use their real names and national ID numbers（身份证号）.
China is the world’s largest video gaming market（市场）. About 63% of Chinese minors often play video games. And most of them play more than 1 hour a day. Playing games too much is bad for health, especially for their eyes.
Put down your phone now. Go outside, jump and run!
1. If you are twelve years old, can you enjoy four hours of playing games a week?2. When can minors play games on Fridays and weekends?
3. What do gamers need to do when signing into play?
4. Do you think the new rule is good or bad? Why?
2 . How terrible it would be if there was fire! Today is November 9. It’s time for us to learn a lot more about fire, especially what to do if we are caught in a fire：
1 Shout out
If you smell smoke or see fire, shout out “Fire”！Shout as loudly as you can, because people may be asleep.
2 Call 119
Never try to put out the fire yourself, even if it is a very small one! Get help from your parents or call 119.
3 Keep down close to the floor
If there is a lot of smoke in your room, keep down close to the floor.
4 Test the door
Test the door before you open it. If the door is cool, open it carefully. If the door is hot, do not open it！Try to find a different way out.
5 Get out
If you can, get out of your home as soon as possible.
6 Don’t use the lift
Never use the lift during the fire. It may also go wrong.
7 Don’t go back
Never go back into a burning building！
1. The passage is mainly about ________.| A．how to look after yourself when on fire |
| B．what to do when you are caught in a fire |
| C．when to leave the burning place |
| D．why to call 119 when it is on fire |
| A．Call for help as quickly as you can. |
| B．Wake your parents up fast. |
| C．Shout out “Fire!” as loudly as you can. |
| D．Run as fast as you can. |
| A．Because taking the lift is so slow. |
| B．Because the fire can burn you. |
| C．Because the lift may keep you safe. |
| D．Because the lift may not work. |
| A．find a better way out |
| B．notice the fire clearly |
| C．call for a much quicker help |
| D．see if it is closed |
| A．not go back |
| B．keep down close to the floor |
| C．not get out |
| D．try your best to get it |
3 . A lot of sports persons did an excellent job during the Tokyo Olympics. What makes it a success? Some excellent sportsmen and their coaches share advice from their experiences.
| Missy Franklin, swimming | Never forget being nervous is an unbelievable thing. It shows that you really care about what you are doing. Do not fear your nerves. Accept them and turn them into your own superpower. And then no one can stop you! |
| Brad Guzan, soccer | You have to accept difficulty and know that it won’t last. I try to use it as a chance to improve. You train harder and practise different skills of the game. Hard times make you stronger as a player and as a person. |
| Quan Hongchan, diving | “Born in a farming family, the 14-year-old diving girl, faced the hardship bravely,” her coach said. “Hard work pays off. Her perfect diving performance amazed the world. Besides, an Al training system also helped her train.” |
| Liu Yang, gymnastics | When training for a competition, train hard with your attention. The best results come from being fully prepared. That’s true for a competition or for getting ready to take a test. During the whole training, do not forget to have fun. |
| Su Bingtian, 100 m race | You won’t know if you can be better or not until you really get there. Now I’ve run faster than before, so I am sure that there is still room for improvement if I improve my speed in the final meters of races. I don’t really agree that this was already the best score for Asian-born runners. |
| A．Missy Franklin. | B．Quan Hongchan. | C．Liu Yang. | D．Su Bingtian. |
| A．Prepared well and have fun. | B．Train hard and be confident. |
| C．AI training system and attitude. | D．Work hard and do not fear nerves. |
| A．being nervous means you have superpower |
| B．practising skills makes you better than before |
| C．starting training at an early age leads to success |
| D．a better score is possible for Asian-born runners |
Xi’an celebrated the first-ever China Hanfu Day on April 18, 2017. There were catwalks shows and traditional music concerts which were held by people wearing traditional Chinese clothing. Hanfu fans from all over China gathered there to take photos and put them online for a Hanfu photo competition.
The event encourages young Chinese people to wear and take part in Hanfu, the traditional clothing of the Han ethnic group(汉族).
The organizers said, “Traditional culture is the lifeblood of China. We hope young Chinese people can wear our traditional clothing during festivals to show China’s unusual culture to the world. This will also make them understand the culture better and feel proud of being a Chinese.” The event invited people to post their pictures in traditional clothes. By April 22nd, 2018, it had already got over 155 million page views, with thousands of people sharing their pictures.
Historically, Hanfu has influenced many of the neighboring cultural clothing including the Japanese Kimono and Korean Hanbok. However, Hanfu started to fade(衰弱) when Manchu people took control of China. Luckily, there has been a rise in popularity over recent years. According to Hanfu Information(HI), a Hanfu promotion(宣传) group, over 21,000 sets of Hanfu were sold online earlier in 2018. Another online survey by HI in 2017 showed that over 88% of people believe that wearing Hanfu is a good way to learn about Chinese culture.
1. When and where was the first-ever China Hanfu Day held?2. What did Hanfu fans do on the first-ever China Hanfu Day? (at least give one example)
3. How many page views had the event got by April 22nd, 2018?
4. What has Hanfu influenced historically?
5. What will you do for Chinese traditional culture?
5 . The flu is a common illness. Children usually catch the flu in winter months. It can pass from one person to another very quickly. Sometimes the flu is just like a common cold. In fact, it can cause serious illnesses. But don’t worry. Most people can be all right without any problems.
Symptoms(症状):·a headache ·a cough ·a fever
What to do: If you get the flu:
·Have a rest. ·Drink more hot water. ·Take temperature often.
·feeling tired ·a sore throat
When the following happens to you, you must go to the hospital right away.
Your illness gets worse.
You have a bad cough or a bad headache,
You have problems breathing.
1. Children in China may usually catch the flu in ________.
| A．April | B．June | C．August | D．December |
| A．have a rest | B．take temperature often | C．exercise more | D．drink more hot water |
| A．your illness gets better | B．you have a bad cough |
| C．you have problems breathing | D．you have a bad headache |
Antarctica Desert | Antarctica is a continent (大陆) of ice. There is hardly any rain in Antarctica, so the Antarctic Desert becomes the driest desert in the world. It is also the world’s largest desert by area. |
Sahara Desert | The Sahara Desert is the hottest of all the deserts on the earth. It covers most parts of North Africa and is similar in size to the land area of the USA. The word “sahara” in Arabic mean s “desert”. |
Arabian Desert | The Arabian Desert is in Asia on the Arabian peninsula. It covers almost the entire Arabian Peninsula. The sand here has a red-orange color and the surface of the Arabian Desert is covered mainly by sand hills, some gravel plains (砾石平原) and rocky plains. |
Mojave Desert | The Mojave Desert is in the USA. It is the driest desert on the North American continent. Death Valley, one of the hottest areas in the world, is in the Mojave Desert. Mojave comes from the Spanish word for “beside the water”. |
| A．The Antarctica Desert. |
| B．The Sahara Desert. |
| C．The Arabian Desert. |
| D．The Mojave Desert. |
| A．It is the hottest desert in the world. |
| B．It is the largest desert in the world. |
| C．It is the coldest desert in the world. |
| D．It is the driest desert on the North American continent. |
| A．Red. | B．Orange. | C．Red-orange. | D．Red-yellow. |
7 . There are many modern ways of shopping in America today. Do you know all of them?
One popular way is catalogue shopping (目录购物). There are catalogues for almost anything you need—like clothes, toys, computers, things to cook with and so on.
Another ways is shopping by TV. It began around 1986. About 5% to 8% of the Americans now shop by TV. People say that it is easy. TV shopping is late at night, so people can go shopping happily after a day’s work.
Online shopping is interesting to more and more people. Is online shopping the way tomorrow? Now people can use their computers to buy many different things, such as computers flowers, food and clothes. Soon people may be able to shop for anything, anytime and anywhere the world.
根据短文选择正确答案。
1. How many ways of shopping are mentioned (提及) in the passage?
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. |
| A．1986 | B．1998 | C．2000 |
| A．Boring. | B．Easy. | C．Difficult. |
| A．Some | B．Few | C．More and more |
| A．Catalogue shopping | B．TV shopping | C．Modern shopping |
Dear Becky,
How are you? I’m in Tampan with my family. Tampan is a seaside town with lots of beaches. We’re here on holidays but the weather is terrible. It’s raining all the time! There isn’t much to do here when the weather is bad.
It’s a small town. There aren’t any museums or cinemas. Luckily there is a big library. There are quite a lot of books in it. I like reading the books on languages. I think it’s helpful for me to go on a trip to another country.
Our hotel is next to the library. In front of the hotel, there is a big park with a lake and lots of trees. There are a lot of beautiful birds around the lake. They are very lovely.
Behind the park, there is a big supermarket. You can buy things there for 24 hours. The chocolate ice cream there tastes delicious. How is your holiday?
See you next week.
Love from Tom
1. What are Tom and his family doing in Tampan?2. How is the weather in Tampan?
3. Why does Tom like reading books on languages?
4. What are very lovely?
5. Is there a supermarket across from the park?
We sometimes say the lion is “the king of the jungle” because it is stronger and more dangerous than the other animals. Most other animals in the jungle run more slowly than the lion, so it can hunt better. The lion is the top animal in the land food chain.
In the sea, the shark is at the top of the food chain. Most other sea animals swim much more slowly than it. It can also use its big teeth to catch other sea animals and eat them.
What is at the top of the world's food chain? Humans are! We are not the biggest or fastest, but we are the cleverest! We could not catch up with most animals, so we invented cars and now we can move the fastest. We could not fight better than a lion, so we invented guns. Now we can hunt the best.
People’s inventions help a lot, but they can be dangerous, too. For example, many years ago in Inner Mongolia, people used guns to kill a lot of wild wolves.
The wild wolves usually eat wild rabbits. But in recent years, the number of wild rabbits is becoming bigger and bigger because the number of wild wolves is getting smaller and smaller.
The wild rabbits competed for the grass with the sheep and cows. Much of the grassland became desert because the rabbits destroyed (毁坏) it seriously.
Remember that we are a part of the food chain, we are in danger, too! If we protect animals, we are protecting ourselves. Luckily, people have paid much attention to such problems. We will do more things to keep the balance of ecosystem in the future.
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10 . How time flies! What will our life be like in 2035? Can you guess?
In 2035, medical technology is better than ever. Many people can live to be 150.
In 2035, people will wear magic clothes. When you say to your clothes, “Turn red.” It changes from blue to red. Looking into the mirror, you will find you are younger and more beautiful.
In 2035, each family will have a robot. You can ask it to do everything for us at home, so you will be free all day. The robot will look like a person. It can talk with you when you are alone. You won’t know it is a person or a robot when you meet it in the street.
In 2035, you will have a better environment. What a nice city we live in! The air is fresh. The city is smart and clean. More people will be educated. The gap between the rich and the poor will be smaller than before. And everyone is trying their best to make our country better.
In 2035, People will have less time to work and more time to travel around the world. World communication will be more convenient (便利的) and you will have a group of friends from all over the world.
No matter what progress China has made, we should continue to move forward. I think our dream will come true.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C三个选项中，选出最佳的选项。
1. In 2035, we will have ________ than before.
| A．smaller cities | B．more money | C．a better environment |
| A．more | B．a lot of | C．few |
| A．缺口 | B．差距 | C．隔阂 |
| A．few changes will take place in 2035 |
| B．each family will have a robot |
| C．world communication will be less convenient |
| A．Life in 2035 | B．Our daily life | C．The Great changes |
