Every country has its favorite food. Italians(意大利人) like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it.
In England, the most popular(最受欢迎的) kinds of food are fish and chips. But the world’s most popular food may be American fast food. In New York, Moscow, Paris and even in some big cities in China, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.
Chinese food is also very popular in the world. Why? It has different tastes and is usually very delicious. Dumplings are the best.
1. What do Italians like to eat? (no more than 5 words)2. Do Japanese often cook the fish before they eat it? (no more than 3 words)
3. What is the most popular food in the UK? (no more than 3 words)
4. List two kinds of fast food. (列举两种快餐食品)
5. Why is Chinese food very popular in the world? (no more than 10 words)
2 . 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.
In China, for example, tea is always served(提供) when people get together. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at homes or in teahouses. They prefer(更喜欢) green tea, with nothing else in it.
Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called a tea ceremony(仪式). It is very old and full of meaning. People must do everything in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.
Another tea-drinking country is England. In England, the late afternoon is “teatime”. Almost (几乎) everyone has a cup of tea then. The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and little sandwiches at teatime.
In the United States people drink tea mostly for breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. Tea bags are faster and easier(更快捷更容易) than making tea in teapots. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea—“iced tea”. Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans, like soda.
1. Tea is popular ________.| A．in Asian countries | B．only in English-speaking countries |
| C．only in the USA | D．all around the world |
| A．in a special ceremony | B．only in teahouses | C．when they get together | D．for breakfast |
| A．drink green tea | B．eat cakes and cookies with their tea |
| C．have tea with dinner | D．drink their tea in a special room |
| A．in winter | B．for breakfast | C．in England | D．in the USA |
| A．Chinese tea | B．different ways of drinking tea |
| C．teatime in England | D．why tea is important |
3 . Everyone worries about some things in the life. But how do you deal with your worries? Whether (是否) your worries are big or small, you can take these three ways to deal with your worries.
(1) Try to find out what you are worried about
Sometimes, you will know what you are worried about. Other times, you might not. Try to find it out first. If you can’t, you can ask for help.
(2) Think of ways to make it better
There is always something you can do to help you feel less worried. Sitting there worrying is no fun and it cannot help you. Grades at school are often top worries for kids. If you’re worried about grades, you can ask yourself these questions:
Why are grades important? What do grades mean to me? How do I get ready for class? Do I go over (复习) my notes even when there is no test? Do I have a good place to do my homework? Have I tried different ways of studying?
If your worry is about a fight with a friend, you might write down all the things you could do. For example, write a note to him or her, invite him or her to a basketball game, and say sorry to him or her.
(3) Ask for help
When you’re worried, you can ask your parents, friends or teachers for help.
1. When you don’t know what you are worried about, ________.| A．you should try to find it out | B．you can’t ask for help |
| C．you don’t need to think of ways | D．you can sit there worrying |
| A．Why are grades important? | B．What do grades mean to me? |
| C．How do I get ready for class? | D．Why don’t my friends like me? |
| A．Make a new friend. | B．Don’t talk to him or her any more. |
| C．Have another fight with him or her. | D．Invite him or her to a basketball game. |
| A．who is often worried | B．when people are worried |
| C．how to deal with our worries | D．what kind of worries people have |
4 . Every day, you may go to school by school bus. But, do you have lessons on the bus? On a small farm in Mexico （墨西哥）, there are no schools. A bus is the school. The driver of the bus is the teacher. It’s a school bus, but it doesn’t take the children to school. It just goes round from place to place, and sometimes it comes to this farm. The bus will stay here for three months. The farmers call it a school on wheels（轮子）. Every time when the bus comes, the farmers will come, running to it, shouting and laughing. They warmly（热情地）welcome the school bus.
When the bus is on the farm, in the morning, the teacher teaches the small children. In the afternoon, the bigger children come to have their lessons because they must work in the morning. At night, the fathers and mothers come to school. They want to learn, too. How the farmers hope that some day they can have a real school!
1. The driver of the bus is ________.| A．the teacher | B．the student | C．the farmer | D．the school. |
| A．take the children to school | B．stay at a place for a whole year |
| C．go around from place to place | D．take the fathers and mothers to school |
| A．they have to work | B．they can’t get up early |
| C．they have to do their homework | D．the teacher wants to teach the small children first |
| A．A School Bus | B．A Small Farm | C．A Real School | D．A School on Wheels |
5 . When you are learning a language, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading can also be very helpful. When you read, 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 meanings as you read. Mark (标记) them with a pencil. Then look them up in a dictionary when you finish reading, and write them down 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 lunch time.
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. The underlined word “tips” in the passage means “________” in Chinese.| A．末端 | B．小费 | C．建议 |
| A．Five. | B．Four. | C．Three. |
| A．stop reading | B．guess the meanings at first | C．look them up right away |
| A．Reading a lot can help you write better. |
| B．It is useful for you to read for long once a day. |
| C．When you read, you can only learn some new words. |
6 . The Spring Festival is celebrated not only in China but also in other parts of the world. The traditional holiday is the most important to Chinese both at home and abroad.
| The United States The Spring Festival has become a key time for Chinese living or working in the US. They join in a large evening party to welcome the traditional new year. It is a good chance for people to build a circle of friends and feel that they are not alone because they share the same culture and values. |
| Australia The Chinese New Year will be welcomed with three weeks of celebrations across Australia. Many people come to Sydney’s Chinatown or Little Bourke in Melbourne. They enjoy fireworks, lion dances, dragon boat races and many other traditional activities. The celebrations are also a bridge towards better understanding between Chinese and nonChinese. |
| Singapore The family dinner on New Year’s Eve is an important tradition for Chinese whether they were born in Singapore or moved there from China. They place traditional food on a table as an act of remembering their past. Then the whole family enjoy their dinner together. They usually hold it at home because having it in a restaurant takes away the meaning of the tradition. |
| A．say hello to the new year | B．tell others they are alone | C．share different cultures |
| A．they were born in Singapore |
| B．the restaurant is far away |
| C．they want to keep Chinese tradition |
| A．the Chinese New Year is celebrated only in China |
| B．celebrations for the Spring Festival are just held in three foreign countries |
| C．Chinese across the world have a strong feeling towards the Spring Festival |
7 . Long time ago, the Earth mother offered us rich energy. But because of the development of the world industrial economy, the fast increase of population, and the unlimited human desire, our living environment is becoming worse and worse.
Nowadays people have realized the problems. A new lifestyle called low carbon is spreading every corner of our country. The concepts of low carbon are low energy and no waste. It is necessary for everybody to live a low-carbon life.
To live a low-carbon life, we’d better save as much energy as we can. For example, turn off the lights and TV when you don’t use them, use cold water to wash clothes or dishes, use the solar water heater instead of the electrical one.
To live a low-carbon life, we should eat less meat. Being a vegetarian can help reduce one and a half ton of carbon dioxide a year, but keeping animals for food produces even more carbon dioxide than all the cars do in the world.
To live a low-carbon life, we are supposed to do less shopping when we go shopping, we may drive a car or take a bus. On one hand, these transportation pollute the air. On the other hand, most of us always buy some useless things because of some advertisements.
There are many other ways to live a low-carbon life, such as recycling things, planting trees and reusing textbooks. If we can keep it a habit in our daily life, the earth will become a safer planet for us to live on.
1. What does low carbon mean?2. How many kinds of way to live a low-carbon life are mentioned in the passage?
3. What should we eat more to reduce carbon dioxide?
4. Why should we do less shopping?
5. How do you like a low carbon dioxide life? (请自拟一句话作答)
8 . Father’s Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And shopkeepers (店主) found it was a good way to get people to buy presents for their fathers from their shops.
By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though some have Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more counties are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do—buy a Father’s Day present for their fathers. They even tell a wife to buy a Father’s Day present—not for her father but for her husband, even if he is not a father yet. And they tell grandchildren to buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.
The most important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.
1. Father’s Day was started just because ________.| A．there was a Mother’s Day | B．there was a Children’s Day |
| C．people liked their fathers very much | D．fathers were more important |
| A．Very few countries have a Father’s Day. |
| B．Americans never care about Father’s Day, |
| C．Father’s Day has become important in North America. |
| D．Maybe Father’s Day will become popular before long. |
| A．go shopping with their fathers | B．help their fathers do something |
| C．show their love to their fathers | D．get money from their fathers |
| A．people to buy as many presents as possible |
| B．children to buy presents only for their fathers |
| C．women to buy presents only for their husbands |
| D．grandchildren to buy a Father’s Day present only for their grandfathers |
| A．the writer is against Father’s Day |
| B．many countries have a Father’s Day |
| C．shopkeepers can get more money on Father’s Day than usual |
| D．we don’t need to have a Father’s Day |
9 . Chinese New Year in the lunar calendar falls on a different date each year. It usually comes between the middle of January and the end of February. One animal stands for one year. So totally 12 animals stand for 12 years. And this cycle（循环）repeats itself every 12 years.
A Chinese story tells about the 12 animals. Buddha（佛）once invited all animals to the New Year’s celebration, but only 12 animals appeared. To reward their loyalty（奖励他们的忠诚）, Buddha named a year after each animal in the order they arrived: Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig.
In 2022, Chinese New Year celebrates the year of the Tiger. When it’s your year, some people believe that you’re going to get more bad luck. They think there are a few things you can do to keep away from bad luck. One simple thing is that you just wear red. They think that red is a lucky color.
1. In China, when may people celebrate Chinese New Year?| A．On 1st January. | B．On 5th January. | C．On 10th February. | D．On 1st March. |
| A．2023 is the year of the Rabbit. |
| B．Buddha rewarded the 12 animals because of their loyalty. |
| C．You’ll be luckier when it’s your year according to some people. |
| D．Red means a symbol of good luck in Chinese culture. |
| A．Something about Chinese New Year. | B．How to celebrate Chinese New Year. |
| C．Why the Rat comes earlier than the Ox. | D．Red is a lucky color in China. |
10 . Sometimes you have to begin a different life in a new school. Maybe it is not easy to start a new school life, but there is some advice that may help you.
Always be yourself
In a new school you may want to make new friends by changing yourself. This is not a good idea. Changing who you are for other people will only make you feel even worse. Be yourself, and soon you will find friends who you like.
Accept invitations
In a new school you may want to keep in touch with your old friends after school. But that never means you should stay away from your new friends. If some new friends invite you to a party, please accept them happily. This can make you learn about them well.
Talk to your teacher
Remember your new teachers are always there to help you. If you have any trouble, it’s best to have a talk with them. He or she will be glad to listen to you.
Don’t worry too much about moving to a new school. Just be yourself, be cheerful and be friendly.
Very soon you’ll have lots of friends and you’ll have fun again.
| Title: How to | |
| Always being | Don’t try to |
| Never | |
| Talking to your | Don’t |
| Result of following the advice | Don’t be too |
