1 . 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. |
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.
4 . 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. |
5 . 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. |
Do you hear of the Old Tea Forest of Jingmai Mountain? The mountain is in the city of Pu’er, Yunnan province. On September 17, 2023, this cultural landscape (文化景观) was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List (《世界遗产名录》). It includes nine villages, three old tea planting places and three forests.
In the tenth century, the ancestors (祖先) of the Blang (布朗族) people came to the mountain. They discovered wild tea trees and started to produce tea from them. Later, the Dai and some other ethnic groups (民族) also came to live here with their colorful cultures. These cultures added something more to Jingmai.
Here, the locals hold important festivals. The Shankang Festival of the Blang people, for example, honors their “tea ancestors.” Another example is the Water Festival of the Dai people. During these festivals, they give their thanks to the tea trees. They also make good wishes for the tea forests.
In Blang culture, every tea tree is said to have a spirit (灵魂). For this reason, the Blang people there do not use pesticides (杀虫剂) on their tea trees. They use natural ways to get good tea.
In this place, the mountain nurtures (养育) tea, and tea nurtures people. Tea is an important part of the locals’ lives. They are thankful for the gifts from nature!
1. Jingmai Mountain is in Yunnan.2. The ancestors of the Dai people came to the mountain in the 10th century.
3. During the festivals, people there only give their thanks to the tea trees.
4. The Blang people think every tea tree has a spirit in their culture.
5. The passage tells us something about the Old Tea Forest of Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er.
Travel study—a new way to spend your holiday. Have you ever heard about it?
When you have a travel study, you can see Big Ben, Sydney Opera House, the Statue of Liberty and so many other places. During the travel study, you may go traveling by yourself, or with your family or your friends.
When you travel, you are in a different culture every day. You will be served with different new food and make new friends. You read all these from books in the past, but now it is real and you are part of it. Besides, you may also learn other cultures from your new friends because they are from different countries.
Maybe you already have foreign teachers in your school to teach you English. But he or she will not stay to speak English with you all the time, right? During the travel study, you have to speak it every day and almost everywhere because you are in an English-speaking country!
It also gives you a chance to live alone. That will teach you how to live. “What should I do if I lose my way in a foreign country?” “How can I buy what I want with my poor English?” You have to be clever and find answers for yourself.
In short, you can get a lot from the travel study.
1. Your parents are not allowed to be with you during the travel study.2. Enjoying different cultures is an important part of the travel study.
3. Foreign teachers can stay with you and teach you English all the time.
4. Travel study is a good chance to learn to deal with challenges in a new environment.
5. The writer mainly talks about the advantages of travel study.
8 . Everyone has a family name. But do you know where family names come from? The English writer David McKee tells us in his new book—What is in a family name?
Some family names come from the places of their homes. If a man lives on or next to a hill, his family name may be Hill. In England, people’s name s may be Wood, Lake, because they live next to the wood or lake.
Family name s may come from people’s jobs. If a man is a cook, he may be “Cook”. “Butcher” (屠户) is a man to sell meat. “Farmer” is a man who works on a farm.
Many people get their family names from their fathers’ given names. From the name “Jackson”, we can know that he is the son of Jack. So, when you meet a man with a strange (奇怪的) family name, don’t be surprised.
1. English people often have ________ ways to get their family names.| A．one | B．two | C．four | D．three |
| A．cooks in a restaurant | B．works on a farm | C．lives next to the lake | D．sells meat |
| A．Hill. | B．Butcher. | C．Wood. | D．Lake. |
| A．害怕的 | B．高兴的 | C．惊慌的 | D．惊讶的 |
| A．How do People Get the Baby Name? |
| B．Where do Family Names Come from? |
| C．Who is David McKee? |
| D．How M any Family Names do English People Have? |
9 . It’s hard to make friends if you stay at home all the time. Get out of the house and do things that will put you in touch with other people. It’s easier to make friends when you have similar interests.
Don’t be afraid to show people what you are good at. Talk about things you like and do best. People will be interested in you if there is something interesting about you.
Look at people in the eyes when you talk to them. That way, they’ll find it easier to talk to you.
Be a good listener. Let people talk about themselves before talking about “me, me, me”.
Try to make friends with the kind of people you really like, not just with those who are easy to meet. Be friendly with a lot of people. That way, you will have a bigger group to choose from and have more chances for making friends.
1. We should _________ if we want to have more friends.| A．stay at home | B．surf the Internet |
| C．make telephone calls | D．get in touch with other people |
| A．in front of them | B．at the floor |
| C．at the sky | D．at them in the eyes |
| A．talk about “me, me, me” |
| B．only show people what you are good at |
| C．be friendly with a lot of people |
| D．just make friends with who are easy to meet |
| A．People should talk about themselves when they talk to other people. |
| B．It’s hard to make friends if you stay at home all the time. |
| C．Don’t be afraid to show people what you are really good at. |
| D．Please look at people in the eyes when you talk to them. |
| A．how to study better | B．how to make more friends |
| C．how to show yourself | D．how to be a good listener |
10 . In ancient China, willow branches (柳枝) were often used as a gift to friends and family members who would leave. Do you know why willow branches are a symbol of saying goodbye?
One reason is that willow trees are strong. They can live in any soil, wet or dry, north or south.
Because of this special feature, when saying goodbye to loved ones, giving a willow branch is a way to tell them you hope they will easily get used to their new living environment.
Another reason is that, in Chinese, the pronunciation for the willow tree “柳” is similar to the character “留”. So giving a willow branch in ancient China was like asking the others to stay, even though you know that they must leave.
It’s said that this custom became popular during the Han Dynasty. At that time, Baqiao, a bridge in Chang’an, today’s Xi’an, was a common place to say goodbye. People often stopped there and handed willow branches to people who were going to depart.
Willow branches, as a symbol of saying goodbye, were often mentioned in poems, especially at the time of the Tang and Song dynasties.
1. Who were willow branches often used as a gift to in ancient China?| A．One’s parents who would stay. |
| B．One’s friends and family members who would leave. |
| C．One’s love who would come back after being away for a long time. |
| D．One’s friends who would get married. |
| A．magic | B．beautiful | C．strong | D．special |
| A．asking the others to stay | B．asking the others for help |
| C．wishing the others to leave | D．wishing the others can be successful |
| A．返回 | B．离开 | C．相遇 | D．分手 |
| A．A kind of strong tree—Willow trees. | B．A common place to say goodbye—Baqiao. |
| C．A symbol of saying goodbye—Willow branches. | D．A meaningful custom—plant Willow trees. |
