1 . Every spring, there are sports meets at many middle schools. When students on the playground crowd(围) into a circle and shout loudly, “One, two, one, two.” Do you know what game it is? It is tug of war.
Tug of war is a team sport between two teams at each end of a rope(绳). It first came into being in China 2400 years ago. It is very popular in China and in many other countries. But in other countries, their tug-of-war match is a little different from ours. They have eight men for each team, while we may have the match between two sides with equal(相等的) number of men or women players. Of course, they are usually tall, strong and heavy.
For a tug-of-war match, we need a long thick rope. Each team stands at one end of the rope, holding it. There’s a white line in the middle of the field. Then they try to pull(拉)the center of the rope to each of their own sides. The winning team is the one that pull the other over the line.
Tug of war was once an Olympic sporting event. It lasted until 1920. Although(尽管)it isn’t an Olympic sport now, people in many countries like playing it very much.
1. Which of the following is the picture of “tug of war”?A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．has eight men or women players |
| B．has men players equal in number to the other side |
| C．has eight men players |
| D．plays it in the same way as in our country |
| A．tug of war is very popular among people |
| B．many people like tug of war games |
| C．how to win Olympic sport |
| D．how to play tug of war |
| A．Chinese people invented it. |
| B．It was once an Olympic sporting event. |
| C．We need at least 8 players when we play it. |
| D．It is a team sport between two teams at each end of a rope. |
| A．A Popular Team Sport—Tug of War |
| B．An Olympic Sporting Event |
| C．History of Sport Meets |
| D．Rules of Sport Meets |
2 . A long time ago, somebody gave Paris the name “City of Light”, and for years, artists have tried to put the light and colors of Paris into pictures.
The River Seine which winds through the center of Paris is a favorite scene because it’s a peaceful place in the heart of the busy city. Old men spend hours fishing from the banks of the river. They don’t catch many fish, but they don’t mind. They enjoy just being by the river. Many people spend hours walking along the river or relaxing under the old trees. It’s so pleasant to buy some cheese, some wine and a long loaf(条) of French bread and then have a picnic here on a sunny day. Sometimes you see an unusual sight, like a man padding a kayak(小艇) down the river. A bridge crosses the river to the Latin Quarter, which is the home of many artists and writers.
根据短文内容，正确（T），错误（F）。1. Because of its peace and beauty, Paris was named “City of Light.”
2. France is famous for the River Seine.
3. Old men want to go fishing along the river to spend their time.
4. In order to relax, all people spend much time walking along the River Seine.
5. A kayak is a kind of boat.
Respect what you are eating
We all love food. But when you can’t finish your meal, how do you feel? You might think that wasting a little bit of food isn’t a big deal.
But when a whole school started to save food in their cafeteria（食堂）, there was a big change. At Hengyang No. 1 Middle School in Hunan Province, students are told to take no more food than they need. “There used to be 100 kg of food waste every day. But now, the amount（数量）of waste is down by 75 percent, ” the cafeteria’s manager told Hunan Evening Paper.
In China, people waste 35 million tons of food each year. That is enough to feed the whole country of South Korea for a year.
Food waste is a big problem around the world. According to the United Nations, there are 820 million people living in hunger（饥饿）today. But every year, the world waste 1. 3 billion tons of food. That’s one-third of all the food we have.
1. Students in Hengyang No. 1 Middle School are not allowed to waste food.2. The food waste has dropped by three quarters in their school now.
3. Food waste is a big problem only in China.
4. People waste so much food because there’s no hunger now.
5. The purpose of the passage is to ask people to stop wasting food.
I am an Inuit boy named Kayla. Inuit are the people who live in cold Arctic (北极的) lands. In my language, Inuit means “the people”. Some people used to call my people Eskimos. We wish to be called Inuit.
I live with my mother, father and two brothers. We live at the most northern part of the world. It is made up of the Arctic Ocean and the land all around it. For months the sea is covered with thick ice. The land is covered with snow and ice most of the year, too.
Winter is long and very cold. It lasts from October to March. It is dark twenty-four hours a day. The sun does not come up to warm the water and land. When the north winds blow, it is even colder. There are days when the temperature is 50°F below zero. My family is prepared. We wear watertight (防水鞋). We put on many layers (层) of clothes. Outside we always wear a thick warm jacket that has fur inside. I’m not afraid of the cold winters. I guess I’m just used to them.
My family and I look forward to each summer. So much happens in a short time. The temperature usually stays around 50°F. During the summer the sun shines all day and night. This is why the Arctic is called the “land of the midnight sun”.
1. Kayla is a boy who lives in cold Arctic lands, the most northern part of the world.2. There are four people in Kayla’s family.
3. In Kayla’s hometown, winter lasts from October to March without sunshine.
4. Kayla is afraid of the cold winters when the temperature is 50°F below zero.
5. The passage mainly tells us something about Kayla’s family life.
5 . The colorful clothes we wear today are made by machines. But what did ancient people do if they wanted to wear something colorful? Tie-dye（扎染）was a way to do this.
More than 1,000 years ago, the Bai people in Yunnan used tie-dye to dye their clothes. Then this skill became so popular that people gave tie-dye clothes to the emperor as gifts.
To tie-dye, you need to first use tools to tie, sew（缝制）, or clip（夹住）your cloth（布料）. The folded cloth is then put in dye. The Bai people usually make blue dye from a plant.
As the cloth is folded, some parts become dark blue, while other parts have a lighter color. When you unfold the cloth, you will see beautiful patterns.
In the 1960s, tie-dye became a fashion trend in the US. People tie-dyed T-shirts and jeans in imaginative ways. Many children in the US still learn tie-dye in their art classes.
At a recent famous fashion show, an Italian designer surprised people with tie-dye dresses, is like an experiment（实验）. People cannot imagine the patterns of the cloth if they don’t see them. It’s a surprise, the designer said. There is no doubt that the tie-dye trend has never really gone away.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误（F）。1. Tie-dye is a way to make clothes colorful.
2. To tie-dye, people put the unfolded cloth in dye.
3. The Bai people usually use a plant to make blue dye.
4. Tie-dye is no longer popular with common people.
5. When we tie-dye, we have no idea what the patterns look like until we see them.
6 . How will life be in the future? In 2117, it is said that almost everything will be different from what it is now. First of all, people will be able to control the weather. For places where there is a need water, people can simply make some rainy days. They can make it sunny next day if they want to go out. Secondly, computers will help people do every kind of work. For example, there is no need to cook by yourself. Computers can do it for you. Also, students will not go to school because computers can teach them everything they want to learn at home.
One thing, however, will be still the same in the future. That is “love”. In a word where everything is changing so fast around us, isn’t it good to know that there is still something we can hold on to? In the future, people will still get together on important days like Christmas or Chinese New Year to show their love to each other. After all, people always need “love” to remind them of how lucky they are to be in this world.
1. People can control the weather in 100 years.2. Students will not study on the computer at home.
3. People will get together on important days.
4. This passage tells us nothing will be the same in the future.
5. The writer thinks that the future life is unexpected (不可预料的) and no one can predict (预言) it.
7 . Having a healthy eating habit is not only important to children but also to their parents. When parents have unhealthy eating habits, their children usually do, too. After all, children eat the same way as their parents. When parents eat healthy food, the children will learn to enjoy it, too. Then they’ll form good eating habits.
However, some parents aren’t clear about what kind of food is healthy and what kind of food isn’t helpful for their health. So, for these parents, they should learn more about healthy food.
The main food groups are these: fish and chicken, milk and juice, bread and rice, fruit and vegetables. The last group is fat and sugar. Doctors advise that parents should give their children the following healthier kinds of foods. They’re fish and chicken, milk and juice, bread and rice, fruit and vegetables.
In fact, knowing what to eat is very useful for people in life. We know that the food we eat affects（影响）us in different ways. For example, fruit and vegetables can really keep people away from many different diseases. Besides, animal fat can cause lots of diseases. We can change our eating habits now and enjoy a healthy life.
1. Parents’ eating habits are important to their children.2. Children had better not eat too much fat or sugar according to the passage.
3. Good eating habits develop only when we’re young.
4. People who eat more fruit and vegetables must live longer.
5. The passage mainly talks about the importance of a healthy eating habit.
8 . A new emoji is getting popular among both Chinese and Western WeChat users—but for different reasons.
The “666” emoji recently came out on WeChat. It shows a smirking(得意的) face that holds up the Chinese hand sign for “6” with the number “666” shown next to it.
Most Chinese people know that this emoji is supposed to have a positive meaning. After all, the Chinese character for “six” is pronounced the same way as liu(溜), which means “smooth” as in “things are going smoothly”. There’s also the proverb liuliu dashun(六六大顺). It is used to give good wishes to one’s friends or relatives.
But in some Western countries, “666” has a very different meaning—a religious(宗教的) one. It is said to be the “Mark of the Beast”, a symbol that the devil(恶魔) forces people to wear in order to show their loyalty(忠诚) to him.
That’s why some people consider this number to be a symbol of darkness and rebellion(反叛). It is especially popular among heavy metal bands(重金属乐队) and their fans. But we all know that the devil isn’t real. No one really takes it seriously in modern times.
As a heavy metal fan who is also interested in Chinese culture, I like the new emoji for many reasons. I can send it to either my Chinese or Western friends and get different reactions. This makes it flexible(灵活的) and fun to use. Just don’t be surprised if you get a strange reaction from a Westerner if you send it to them!
1. What does the “666” emoji mean in China?| A．Happy. | B．Clever. | C．Rich. | D．Smooth. |
| A．Darkness. | B．Rebellion. | C．Darkness and rebellion. | D．Good wishes. |
| A．To give good wishes to one’s friends or relatives. | B．To disagree with one’s opinion. |
| C．To express the feeling of surprise. | D．To express bad luck. |
| A．The “666” emoji is not popular among Western users. |
| B．Heavy metal bands and their fans like this emoji. |
| C．When Chinese and Western friends receive the “666” emoji, they will have the same reaction. |
| D．Many people think that the devil is real. |
| A．He dislikes it. | B．He can’t stand it. | C．He likes it. | D．It is terrible. |
9 . New research shows that office workers and other people who sit a lot must exercise for one hour a day. If they do that, they will increase their chances of living longer. Doctors have been telling us for a long time that sitting all day will shorten（缩短）our life.
Researchers now say that sitting in a chair all day is as dangerous as smoking or being overweight to our health. Research on over one million adults found that sitting for at least eight hours a day could increase the risk of dying early by up to 60 percent. However, there is good news for those who sit at a desk all day. An hour’s “brisk（轻快的）exercise” each day can cancel out（抵消）the risk of an early death linked to（与……有关联）sitting all day.
The research was published in time for people to read before the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Researchers hope this will encourage people to exercise more. They said being inactive increases the risk of getting heart disease, diabetes（糖尿病）and cancer. Watching TV all day is one of the worst things, because this means we get no exercise and are likely to eat unhealthy snacks. One researcher said office workers should find opportunities to get out of their seat more often. Professor UIf Eklund advised people to take a five-minute break every hour—go to the next office, go upstairs to the coffee machine or go to the printer. He added, “Build physical activity into your everyday life.”
1. If office workers and other people who sit a lot exercise for one hour a day, they will ________.| A．have more chances to live longer | B．not have chances to live longer |
| C．have to die early | D．get heart diseases |
| A．smoking | B．getting heart disease | C．dying early | D．being overweight |
| A．活跃的 | B．不活跃的 | C．寻常的 | D．不寻常的 |
| A．It will shorten our life if we sit for a long time all day. |
| B．Watching TV all day is one of the worst things. |
| C．Office workers shouldn’t get out of their seat more often. |
| D．Sitting in a chair all day is as dangerous as smoking or being overweight to our health. |
| A．How to Prevent Diseases | B．The Office Rules |
| C．Smoking is Harmful to Health | D．The Dangers of Sitting for Too Long |
10 . Computers help humans with a lot of things, from searching information to math. Now, they may be able to help us in more complex (复杂的) ways. Recent research has showed a new computer program that can recognize human emotions (情感) , simply based on how they type.
Researchers from the Islamic University of Technology in Bangladesh asked a group of people to type two paragraphs from Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice in Wonderland. The participants (参与者) then chose an emotional state they felt while typing. Moods tested were joy, fear, anger, sadness, disgust (反感) , shame and guilt (内疚).
Then the researchers put the text into the computer to study. Surprisingly, the computer was right 70 percent of the time in telling the participants’ emotional states. The most correct emotions it guessed correctly were joy (87 percent) and anger (81 percent). The least accurate emotion the computer guessed was sadness (60 percent).
However, the computer program is limited in what it can do. But scientists believe that it will help humans in the future.
“If we could build any system that is intelligent enough to communicate with humans that involved emotions... then using machines could be more effective and friendly,” the researchers wrote in study. For example, when looking for a movie online, perhaps a computer program could make suggestions for films that would match your mood.
And as the researchers said, this type of computer program could also help humans in a number of ways. First, with online teaching, emotionally intelligent computers could change its teaching style or content (内容) to help students learn better. Second, with online chatting, doctors could be able to tell the emotion of a patient.
1. What did the researchers ask the people to do?| A．To search information. | B．To work out math problems. |
| C．To make a computer program. | D．To type paragraphs from the novel. |
| A．Three. | B．Five. | C．Seven. | D．Nine. |
| A．Sadness | B．Fear | C．Anger | D．Joy |
| A．Change the teaching style. | B．Learn better. |
| C．Tell a patient’s feeling. | D．Keep healthy. |
| A．Human body feels computer. | B．Computer feels human body. |
| C．Human emotions feel computer. | D．Computer feels human emotions. |
