1 . Susan is reading something about how to keep healthy on the Internet.
Good Sleep
Good health needs good sleep. Go to bed before you’re tired. Don’t eat or read in bed. Go to bed at the same time before midnight and get up early in the morning at the same time every day. For more information, please visit www.sleeping.com.
Stay Away from Flu (远离流感)
The cold or flu virus (病毒) can live on our hands for a long time. So often wash all parts of your hands with soap and water. For more ways to prevent (阻止) the spread of the flu, please call Health Line at 1800-848-1313.
Oral Health (口腔卫生)
Brush your teeth twice a day and visit the dentist at least once a year. The oral examination is not only for the health of teeth, but for the whole body. For more information, please visit www.mydr.com.cn.
Fit for Life
Studies show that physical activity is very important. Try to do exercise for 30 minutes a day, 5 days or more a week. For more information, please call Health Line at 1800-438-2000.
1. If you want to get a good sleep, you’d better ________.| A．go to bed at different time | B．go to sleep at midnight |
| C．go to bed before you’re tired | D．eat something or read in bed |
| A．to clean your fingers often | B．to wash all parts of your hands |
| C．to get up early every morning | D．to brush your teeth twice a day |
| A．At least once a year. | B．At most once a year. |
| C．At least once a week. | D．At most twice a month. |
| A．call at 1800-848-1313 | B．call at 1800-438-2000 |
| C．visit www.mydr.com.cn | D．visit www.sleeping.com |
| A．To advise how to eat healthily. | B．To give the ways to exercise. |
| C．To show why we should exercise. | D．To tell us how to keep healthy. |
2 . China is a country with 56 nationalities (民族). Does each nationality celebrate New Year in the same way? Let’s see some of them.
Dai people in Yunnan Province usually celebrate the Water Festival, also their new year, from April 13th to April 15th. They take part in many interesting activities like the dragon boat racing, fireworks shows and other performances on the first day. And the most popular event—water splashing (泼洒) will be on the second day.
Tibetan New Year called Losar falls on the first day of the first month of the Tibetan calendar (late January or early February). The word Losar is a Tibetan word for New Tibetan people Year. People visit temples (寺庙) to make offerings and give gifts to monks (僧人).
Han People has the largest population in China. The new year starts with the New Moon on the first day of the new year and ends on the full moon 15 days later. New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day are a time for Han people family reunion. People get together to enjoy a big family meal, watch TV, play mahjong and so on until the next morning.
1. The Water Festival _________.| A．lasts for four days | B．is celebrated by Han people |
| C．isn’t so interesting | D．is also Dai People’s new year |
| A．Have dragon boat races. | B．Throw water to each other. |
| C．Make firework shows. | D．Perform different kinds of dances. |
| A．In January or February. | B．In April or May. |
| C．In June or July. | D．In October or November. |
| A．Han people have family reunion only on New Year’s Eve. |
| B．Han people give gifts to monks in the new year. |
| C．Han people’s new year starts with the New Moon. |
| D．Han people often visit the temples on the New Year’s Day. |
| A．How do Dai people celebrate the Water Festival? |
| B．How do Han people celebrate the New Year’s Day? |
| C．How do Tibetan people celebrate Losar? |
| D．How do different nationalities celebrate New Year? |
Do you like chicken soup? Do you know how to make delicious chicken soup? Let me tell you!
Chicken soup is a kind of traditional Chinese food. It is very delicious and it’s good for our health. And I think it is easy to cook. If you follow my steps, you can enjoy the delicious chicken soup.
First, you need a saucepan (炖锅). Clean the saucepan and pour eight big bowls of water into the saucepan. Heat it as you do other things for cooking. You will need some chicken, carrots, salt and pepper. Cut up the chicken and carrots. When the water boils, put the chicken into the saucepan. Wait for 20 minutes and add the carrots. Simmer (煨炖) for one hour, and then add salt and pepper.
Finally, pour out chicken soup into bowls. Don’t eat at once. Because it’s too hot! You can enjoy it five minutes later.
1. Chicken soup is bad for our health.2. We need a saucepan to make chicken soup.
3. It will only take us 20 minutes to cook chicken soup.
4. We can enjoy it at once when we pour out chicken soup into bowls.
5. The passage (文章) may come from a food magazine.
4 . Although English is not as old as Chinese, it is spoken by many people around the world every day. English speakers are always making new words and we should be able to know where most words come from.
Sometimes, however, no one may really know where a word comes from. Did you ever think about why hamburgers are called hamburgers, some men went to America from Europe. They came from a big city in Germany called Hamburg. They did not speak good English, but they are good at making food.
When some Americans saw them eating round pieces of beef, they asked the Germans what it was. The Germans did not understand the question and answered, “We came from Hamburg. “One of these Americans owned a restaurant and had an idea. He cooked some round pieces of the beef like what the men from Hamburg sold in many countries around the world.
Whether this story is true or not, it certainly is interesting. Knowing why some words have a certain meaning is interesting, too. The reason may be found in any large English dictionary.
1. According to the passage, ________.| A．English is as old as Chinese |
| B．English speakers are always making new words |
| C．English has more speakers than Chinese |
| D．we should know where new words come from in Chinese |
| A．a kind of food | B．a round piece of beef | C．the name of a village | D．a city in Germany |
| A．enjoyable | B．believable | C．valuable | D．usable |
| A．Where all the new words come from. |
| B．Where those Germans came from. |
| C．The reason why some words have a certain meaning. |
| D．The reason why English is spoken around the world. |
| A．Learning is a lifelong journey. | B．How we can learn English well. |
| C．Knowledge comes from questioning. | D．Knowing where words come from is fun. |
5 . Good manners mean politeness. Politeness can be seen in our daily lives, such as in one’s way of dressing, speaking and standing. Everyone should pay enough attention to his manners all the time. A man with good manners is welcomed everywhere and can make friends easily. On the other hand, a man with bad manners is thought to be rude and nobody wants to be friends with him. He would feel lonely and unhappy.
If you want to be a person with good manners, you will learn to use some useful expressions, such as “Please”, “Excuse me” and “Sorry” on different occasions. Also,where help is needed, you should be happy to lend a hand.
Like customs (风俗), good manners maybe different from country to country. Good manners in one country may not be good manners in another country. In order to behave like a person with good manners in different places, it is necessary for one to learn about cultures of other countries.
1. In the passage, a person’s good manners can be seen from the following EXCEPT ________.| A．dressing | B．speaking | C．standing | D．sleeping |
| A．be welcomed here and there | B．make friends easily |
| C．be rude | D．enjoy himself all the time |
| A．机会 | B．次数 | C．场合 | D．地点 |
| A．Good manners can make us lonely and unhappy. |
| B．People with good manners say “Sorry” all the time. |
| C．People with good manners are happy to help others. |
| D．Good manners are the same all over the word. |
| A．How to be careful in our daily lives. | B．How to make friend easily. |
| C．How to say useful expressions. | D．How to be a person with good manners. |
Birthdays are celebrated all over the world. Some traditions are rather similar from one country to another: candles, cakes and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are some:
Argentina (阿根廷): In Argentina, as in many Latin American countries, one of the most important birthday parties is a girl’s fifteenth. When girls reach the age, they can have a huge party and dance first with their fathers, and then the boys at the party.
China: The birthday child receives presents from others. Friends and family members are invited to dinner, and noodles are served to wish the birthday child a long life.
Holland (荷兰): The birthday child receives an especially large present. The family also put flowers or balloons on the birthday child’s chair to make it beautiful.
India: Indian children usually wear white to school. However, the birthday child wears colored clothes to school and gives out chocolates to everyone in the class. His/ Her best friend helps do this.
Japan: The birthday child wears new clothes to mark the special time. Certainly, birthdays are more important than others, especially the third and seventh birthdays for girls and the fifth for boys.
1. In Argentina, when the children reach fifteen, they can have a huge party and dance with their fathers, and then the boys at the party.2. Chinese children always eat noodles to wish a long life on their birthdays.
3. A birthday child usually wears white to school in India.
4. In Japan, only the third and the seventh birthdays are important for kids.
5. The passage is mainly about similar birthday traditions in some countries.
Folk music is a kind of popular music. It comes from the people of any country. Folk singers sing songs from centuries ago, and they also write songs. They want to express their feelings about new things in the world today.
The word “folk” means “people”. Folk songs tell stories about people. For example, the songs tell about their jobs and work, their friends and their life. They also express ideas such as love and war. The words in the songs are an important part of the music.
In the United States and Europe, folk music became very popular during the 1960s. Fans listened to folk singers performing at concerts. The singer told stories, sang and played the guitar.
Fans listened to the music and often sang along with the performer. Some of the folk singers during this time were the Peter, Paul and Mary, Pete Seeger.
Later, people began to play this kind of music themselves at schools, at parties (盒式录音带) recorded by new folk performers. They can listen to folk music on the radio.
1. Folk music came from the United States.2. The words are not important in folk music.
3. A popular folk singer in the 1960s was Pete Seeger.
4. Fans could sing along with a performer.
5. Today, people play folk music themselves and don’t buy the singer’s disks any more.
Music plays an important role in our daily life. We can hear music when we’re at a store or a restaurant. People call it background music. Recorded background music was first used in shops and restaurants, but it soon became popular in other public places. Now many sports centers, children centers and theaters also like to use background music.
Why do many stores use it? Well, because they want to make customers stay longer. Then customers may buy things if they stay longer. In fact, some background music is soft. However, some background music is too loud. Many customers don’t like any background music. When they hear it, they may get angry and walk out of the shop.
According to a study, 75% of the customers care about the background music when they go into a store. If they like the music, they’ll stay longer and they’ll come to the store again. However, 50% of the customers will leave the store because they don’t like the music. They even say that they may not return to the store again.
So stores should choose a proper ‘sound’ for their customers. The proper background music is a good way to attract (吸引) more customers. Some restaurant owners even say that background music is as important as the taste of the food.
1. The theaters and sports centers were the first to use recorded background music.2. Many stores use background music to make the customers stay longer.
3. 85% of the customers care about the background music when they go into a store.
4. The background music can make the owner’s places look more beautiful.
5. The text mainly talks about background music in shops and restaurants.
9 . When we think about 2050, it seems that it is far from now and it will be a totally different world. But in fact, it is just about 30 years from now and we can already know what will be possible to have by that time. Now, let’s have a look at some predictions about 2050 together.
First, AI (人工智能) will offer (提供) more jobs in 2050. Many people worry about AI in our lives because they think in the end robots will do all the work and we won’t have jobs. But according to the survey of Forbes, in 2021, AI will create 2.3 million jobs and make only 1.8 million jobs disappear (消失).
Second, space travel will be possible in 2050. According to Business Insider, people can travel in space in 2050. But it will only be for wealthy people, because the travel to space will cost (花费) about 100 million dollars for just one week.
Last, self-driving cars will make driving safer. According to a report by Stanford University, in 2050, self-driving cars will make traffic related (有关联的) deaths less possible and they can also bring changes in our lifestyles, too. We will have more time for ourselves.
1. According to the survey, AI will create ________ jobs.| A．1.8 million | B．2.3 million | C．30 million | D．100 million |
| A．rich | B．healthy | C．successful | D．outgoing |
| A．You can drive it to space. |
| B．You can travel to anywhere you want. |
| C．You will drive it faster than usual cars. |
| D．You will have more free time. |
| A．five | B．four | C．three | D．two |
| A．AI will surely make robots do all the work for humans. |
| B．Life in 50 years will keep the same. |
| C．Space travel may come true in 2050. |
| D．Self-driving cars will make driving less safe. |
10 . If you want to be a better reader, what should you know about the speed of reading? Some people read very quickly, while others read very slowly. But which one is better? The quick reader may be a good reader when he reads a story—book for fun. But he may not be able to slow down to read instructions (说明书) carefully. The slow reader may be a good reader. But he may spend too much time reading a story for fun. So the reader who reads everything quickly or the one who reads everything slowly isn’t really a good reader. Here are four things to remember about the speed of reading.
Knowing why you are reading will help you to know whether to read quickly or slowly.
Some things should be read slowly throughout. Examples are instructions for making or doing something. Math books, science books and story books are full of important information. You must read these things slowly to understand and remember every important idea.
Some things should be read quickly throughout. Examples are stories for enjoyment, letters from friends, and some news from newspapers.
In some of your reading, you must change your speed.You will need to read some pages quickly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas.
1. Which of the following is TRUE?| A．Reading instructions must be careful. |
| B．A slow reader is a good reader. |
| C．You must not change your speed. |
| D．Reading everything quickly is a good reader. |
| A．穿过 | B．开始 | C．结束 | D．始终 |
| A．Letters from friends. |
| B．Important information from storybooks. |
| C．News from newspapers. |
| D．Picture books for fun. |
| A．read it at any speed you like | B．read it slowly for important ideas |
| C．change your speed from time to time | D．read it quickly for enjoyment |
| A．How to Read Quickly? | B．Reading Slowly Is Better. |
| C．How to Be a Good Reader? | D．Reading Is a Good Hobby. |
