1 . The Longtaitou Festival, also known as the Eryue’er Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival. It is on the second day of the second month of the Chinese calendar. This year it falls on February 21st. As an old saying goes, “Er yue er, long tai tou.” It means on the second day of the second month, the dragon lifts his head.
Ancient people believed that after this day, the rain would increase because the rain—bringing Dragon King woke up from his winter sleep. So it marks the start of spring and farming.
There are many ways to celebrate the festival. The most famous tradition is to have a haircut. It is said that a haircut during the first lunar month may bring bad luck to the mother’s brothers. So many people have their hair cut on the Longtaitou Festival.
Also people eat special food on that day. People in Fujian Province eat tofu balls during the festival. They often make tofu and vegetable balls to pray for family and business. Eating chengyao cakes on this day is a tradition in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. It is said that if you eat chengyao cakes on Longtaitou, your waist (腰) won’t hurt the whole year. People in parts of Shandong Province eat fried beans to celebrate the festival.
Other foods, like noodles, dumplings, spring rolls and popcorn, are all named after dragon. Noodles are called dragons’ beard (long xu), dumplings are dragons’ears (long er), spring rolls are dragons scales (long lin), and popcorn is called dragon seeds (long zi). It’s said that eating these foods on this day can bring good luck.
判断正误（正确“T”，错误“F”）1. The Longtaitou Festival is a traditional festival in the world.
2. The Longtaitou Festival of 2023 falls on February 21st.
3. The Eryue’er Festival marks the start of spring and farming.
4. Eating chengyao cakes on Longtaitou is a tradition in Yangzhou.
5. The passage is mainly about the Eryue’er Festival.
2 . Nowadays, people show all kinds of things on the Internet—good food, nice clothes, wonderful vacations and so on. Now showing the number of steps is becoming popular, too. Why?
People are finding it important to be in good health. To keep healthy, many people go to work on foot. When they start walking, they open the step counter app in their phones to record (记录) how many steps they walk that day. After a day’s walk, some people show the number on WeChat or Weibo. This can make them learn from each other and keep exercising.
“This helps me to exercise much and keep a good habit,” Miss Liu said. “I can also talk about how to keep healthy with my friends on WeChat. We are in the same group to encourage (鼓励) each other to keep exercising.”
Mr. Wu likes to exercise. But in the past he was kind of lazy and didn’t want to exercise every day. “After I use the step counter app, everything is different. It’s great to exercise with my friends. Sometimes there are prizes for those who walk more steps. I really like it.” he said.
Walking is a relaxing and useful way to exercise. Both the old and the young like it. Recording the steps helps people develop (养成) a good habit of walking and showing the number can make people more interested in walking. But don’t take the number too seriously.
1. What is becoming popular on the Internet now?| A．Showing the number of steps. | B．Showing wonderful vacations. |
| C．Showing good food and nice clothes. | D．Showing lovely pets. |
| A．备忘录 | B．计步器 | C．计时器 | D．体重器 |
| A．More people go to work on foot to save money. |
| B．Miss Liu and Mr. Wu like to exercise with their friends. |
| C．People usually show the number of steps in the morning. |
| D．Walking isn’t a useful way to exercise. |
| A．It can make people relaxed. | B．It can make people stop driving cars. |
| C．It can make people develop a good habit. | D．It’s useless. |
| A．It is important to be healthy. | B．People who walk more steps get prizes. |
| C．Walking is the best way to exercise. | D．The use of the step counter app. |
Hainan Chicken Rice is a delicious rice. It is one of the specials of Hainan. People in Hainan often eat it. It is one of the 50 best specials in the word.
There are many ways to cook Hainan Chicken Rice. When cooking Hainan Chicken rice, some people cook rice with oil（油）. Some people use Chinese green onions to make it hot. Some people use great vegetables to make it look good.
People in Hainan usually use White-cut Chicken for this dish. The chicken is soft. And it tastes delicious. They think this kind of Hainan Chicken Rice is the best.
When eating Hainan Chicken Rice, you should drink a bowl of soup. There are some eggs or tomatoes in the soup. They make the soup look beautiful and taste good.
1. Hainan Chicken Rice is the special of Hainan.2. There is only one way to cook Hainan Chicken Rice.
3. We can use Chinese green onions to make Hainan Chicken Rice hot.
4. Great vegetables can’t make Hainan Chicken Rice look good.
5. Eggs or tomatoes make the soup taste good.
4 . Imagine this: you and your friend are on a video call. He or she picks up a book, and you feel like you’re holding the book as well. You can shake hands or give your friend a high five, even though you’re apart.
A pair of special gloves might make this a reality. Researchers at the University of New South Wales, Australia, have made gloves that can recreate the sense of touch. They call this haptic device（触觉装置）a “soft skin stretch device” (SSD).
The SSD works like this: One user’s gloves create 3D force signals when they touch something. The signals are sent to the other user’s gloves, which vibrate（震动）to create the same force that the first user is experiencing. This allows the second user to experience the same sense of touch.
The SSD allows you to feel force, vibration and change. “It is like wearing a second skin,” said Thanh Nho Do, one of the researchers who created the gloves.
Haptic technology is already being widely used. For example, the track pads（触控板）in laptops use vibration to make it feel like you’re clicking a real mouse. However, it is difficult to recreate the sense of touch in virtual（虚拟的）environments or outside, according to Mai Thanh Thai, lead researcher of the SSD project. The SSD is special because it has a high level of sensitivity（敏感）even when it is used continuously. This makes it feel more practical.
The SSD could be used in medical practice. Two doctors in different places could work together during an operation（手术）—one touches the patient’s organs（器官）with the SSD while the other doctor feels the same sensation（感觉）and completes the operation.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. What does “SSD” in the story refer to?
| A．A video chat app. | B．A special pair of gloves. | C．A computer hard drive. | D．Winter clothes. |
| A．现实 | B．梦想 | C．虚拟 | D．愿望 |
| A．What the SSD allows users to feel. | B．How the SSD creates signals. |
| C．What the SSD is used for. | D．How the SSD works. |
| A．Because it creates vibrations. | B．Because it works out the senses. |
| C．Because it senses continuous actions. | D．Because it has a high level of sensitivity. |
| A．The SSD aims to improve video calls. |
| B．Haptic devices are hard to use. |
| C．The SSD makes an operation in the different places possible. |
| D．Haptic technology is mostly used in gaming. |
5 . Winter Solstice（冬至）is one of the 24 solar terms in China which falls on December 22nd or 23rd. It is the very day in North Hemisphere（北半球）with the shortest day and the longest night all year round. Right after it, the daytime becomes increasingly longer and the coldest weather starts to spread all the places in the northern part of the globe. We Chinese always call it “jinjiu”, which means once Winter Solstice comes, we will have to meet the coldest time ahead. So it is also regarded as the first day of winter.
Being a traditional holiday as well, Winter Solstice has a history of more than 2,500 years. It started from the Spring and Autumn Period, and became a big event in the Tang and Song Dynasties. On this day, farmers took a rest to enjoy the great harvest（丰收）after a year of hard work. Not only common people, but also the emperors celebrated it to welcome the coming year, so it was seen as an important time as the Spring Festival.
Nowadays, Winter Solstice is mainly celebrated in different eating customs. In the North, it is said that Zhang Zhongjing, a respected doctor of traditional Chinese medicine, made dumplings which were in the shape of ears with fillings of a medical purpose, in order to prevent them from frostbite（冻伤）on ears. In Southern China, however, people prefer sweet dumplings, rice balls and long noodles which carry their good wishes.
1. Winter Solstice is the time when ________.| A．people in the North Hemisphere have the longest day |
| B．people in the South Hemisphere have the longest night |
| C．the coldest weather starts to spread in the north |
| D．the coldest weather starts to spread in the south |
| A．In the Spring and Autumn Period. | B．In the Tang and Song Dynasties. |
| C．In the Ming and Qing Dynasties. | D．In the Three Kingdom Period. |
| A．The word “jinjiu” in Chinese means meeting the last day of winter. |
| B．On Winter Solstice, farmers worked harder for the great harvest. |
| C．Only emperors celebrated Winter Solstice to welcome the coming year. |
| D．Dumplings were invented to prevent people from frostbite on ears. |
| A．culture | B．sport | C．nature | D．health |
| A．the celebration of a holiday | B．a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine |
| C．a Chinese solar term | D．some traditional Chinese food |
| A. In England, seeing a single magpie is thought to bring bad luck. To avoid this bad luck, the local people salute the magpie! B. In Tajikistan, people mustn’t celebrate their birthdays in public places. They can only celebrate them at home. C. Place your hand on the edge of the table while eating with your Russian friends, the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right. D. In the UK if you are a guest, it’s polite to wait until your host starts eating. Never chew with your mouth open. Never talk with food in your mouth. E. In Thailand, a big meal is held for the monkeys living there every year. People do this to thank the monkeys for all the good luck they bring. F. In Canada, people put butter on birthday children’s noses so that they will be too smooth for bad luck to catch them. G. In Thailand restaurants, sharing food is perfectly fine. If you’re with a group, the elder usually order dishes for the table. |
7 . China is a nation of etiquette (礼仪). Chinese people are the most hospitable people in the world. If foreigners visit a Chinese family, they would be surprised at the warmth that they would receive as guests.
When you visit a Chinese family, the host usually makes tea for you. Then he will serve you snacks like biscuits and candies. Someone in the family will also chat with you, never letting you feel lonely.
At the same time, other family members will prepare a meal for you. Chinese people treat their guests with a big meal. They always serve more food than the guest can eat. On the table, the guests must be the first to eat. Perhaps one of the things that surprises a western guest most is that the Chinese host likes to pick food for their guests. However, it won’t happen at western tables.
The Chinese family try their best to make you feel at home. As you have done eating, the host usually says, “It seems that you didn’t eat much. Please have more.” Although you tell them you are full, they still put more food in your bowl.
Being warm and hospitable has been an important part of Chinese culture and tradition. As Confucius (孔夫子) said long time ago, “To meet friends from afar (远方). How happy we are!”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. As a guest in a Chinese family, you are usually offered ________ by the host.
| A．coffee | B．juice | C．tea | D．milk |
| A．the guests | B．the host | C．the oldest | D．the youngest |
| A．Because he thinks it’s not polite. | B．Because he thinks it’s not necessary. |
| C．Because he thinks it’s not important. | D．Because he thinks it won’t be happy in western countries. |
| A．lonely | B．at home | C．surprised | D．thankful |
| A．救死扶伤的 | B．艰苦朴素的 | C．热情好客的 | D．善良仁慈的 |
8 . As we know, the time of 5G is coming. There’s a lot of information about 5G. But what is it and what might it bring to our lives?
What is 5G?
5G means the fifth generation mobile networks (网络), a better technology than 4G. And we know, 4G comes after 3G and makes the network run faster than 3G.
When will 5G come to our life?
Before we can all use 5G, there must be a new system for 5G to work. In the USA, some cities will first use 5G. Experts say it will take a few more years or even longer to reach every place. In China, some cities are using 5G now. And more and more cities will join this group. Next year, even in the countryside.
What can 5G do?
Experts say 5G will help to build future “smart cities” with the help of the networks. Such networks will be able to help the police with the traffic (交通) . They can help us know what’s happening in our homes when we are at work. They can even help to make it possible for doctors to have an operation (手术) far away.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. According to the passage, 5G is ________.
| A．a kind of phone |
| B．a kind of computer |
| C．a kind of network |
| D．a kind of APP |
| A．Doctors | B．The networks | C．The police | D．Experts |
①House building ②Traffic ③Home safety ④Medical operations
| A．①②③ |
| B．①③④ |
| C．②③④ |
| D．①②④ |
| A．5G is slower than 4G. |
| B．In China, all cities are using 5G now. |
| C．In three years, the countryside in China won’t have 5G. |
| D．5G will help us a lot in the future. |
| A．health magazine | B．movie report | C．science magazine | D．story book |
9 . When you are in England, you must be very careful in the streets because traffic drives on the left. Before you cross a street, you must look to the right first and then the left.
If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop. Then the people on foot can cross the road carefully. If the traffic lights are green, the traffic can go on, people on foot must not cross. In the morning and in the evening, when people go to or from work, the streets are very busy. Traffic is the most dangerous (危险的) then.
When you go by bus in England, you have to be careful, too. Always remember that traffic moves on the left. So you must be careful. Have a look first, or you will go the wrong way.
In many English cities there are big buses with two floors. You can sit on the second floor. From there you can see the city very well. It’s very interesting.
1. In England the traffic drives ________.| A．in the right | B．on the left | C．on the right | D．in the middle |
| A．leave | B．wait | C．go | D．stop |
| A．look around | B．have a rest | C．not cross the road | D．cross the road carefully |
| A．country | B．street | C．state (州) | D．city |
| A．Traffic in England. | B．Life in England. | C．People in England. | D．Food in England. |
10 . Do you use a phone while walking on the road? Today, more and more people spend too much time watching the phones. We call these people the“Heads-down Tribe (低头族)” and we can see them everywhere.
More traffic accidents are happening because more drivers use phones when driving. So we’ve made some traffic rules to make drivers drive more carefully. For example, heads-down tribe members who use phones when driving in Taiwan will be fined.
Keeping heads down and using phones may cause accidents. Also, some interesting and strange facts happen to the “Heads-down Tribe”. Let’s have a look at the TV report. A man in America kept using his phone on his way home. As a result, he walked into a big lost bear. When he looked up, he was so scared that he turned around and ran away. Another fact is that we often see people in the restaurant eating face to face but focusing on (专注于) the phones. Some of them even have fun communicating with others on the phone.
Phones are helpful tools for modern people. Are they good or not? It depends on how people use them. Let’ s be “healthy” users and try to be the“Heads-up Tribe”.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. If we don’ t want to be the“Heads-down Tribe”, we should _______.
| A．use phones everywhere |
| B．play on the phone when driving |
| C．spend less time on phones |
| D．be “unhealthy” users |
| A．好的 | B．罚款 | C．没收 | D．细小的 |
| A．walk into a lost bear | B．try to be the“Heads-down” Tribe |
| C．keep heads down | D．use phones in a proper way |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．we can see the“Heads-up Tribe” everywhere |
| B．using phones when driving won’t cause accidents |
| C．people often focus on the phones even if they are eating |
| D．phones aren’t helpful tools for modern people |
