1 . As we all know, sugar painting has a very long history. It always plays a necessary role in our childhood which is a traditional Chinese form of folk art, and it used hot, liquid sugar to create figures. This delicious snack was the most popular among the children in the past.
In and around the southwestern part of China, one can often find folk artists producing sugar paintings with liquid sugar along the streets, in the parks and around the schools.
The artists sit before a table on which there is a board in the middle. On the side of the table is another board painted with different kinds of pictures in a circle such as a dragon, bird, dog and so on.
After paying about 5 jiao, or 1 to 2 yuan, the customers, usually kids, can choose one from the pictures for the sugar painting artist to make with sugar.
Before painting, the painter cooks white sugar to get liquid sugar for sugar painting. Then, the liquid sugar falls down from a big spoon as a thin line onto the board and after a short while an “animal” appears. At last the painter puts a wooden stick on the painting and gives it to the customer. Most kids would be excited to see the sweet art shining in gold under the sun.
As a special art for producing pictures of sugar, sugar painting is very different from common painting. First, since the hot liquid sugar could be hard if it cools, the painter has to produce his/her work very quickly. So the painter has to draw a continuous line into a picture of an animal. To learn the whole thing, the painter has to do some practice of common painting in the first place.
1. The underlined word “liquid” in Paragraph 1 means “________” in Chinese.| A．奶油的 | B．陈年的 | C．液体的 | D．固体的 |
| A．Teachers | B．Artists | C．Parents | D．Children |
| A．do practice of common painting | B．cook to get the liquid sugar |
| C．put a stick on the sugar painting | D．draw an animal on the board |
| A．A cultural introduction. | B．A weather report. |
| C．A travel guide. | D．A sugar advertisement. |
| A．A Sweet Art—Sugar Painting | B．How to Make Sugar Paintings |
| C．Customers’ Favorite Paintings | D．An Art in the Southwest of China |
2 . If you want to be a better reader, what should you know about the speed of reading?
Some people read very quickly and others read very slowly. But which one is better?
The quick reader may be a good reader when he reads a storybook 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.
Knowing why you are reading or what you are reading can help you to know whether (是否) you need to read quickly or slowly. Some things should be read slowly. You must read these things slowly all the time to understand and remember everything important. Example (例子) are instructions for making or doing something. Also, math books, science and even some storybooks are full of important information. However, some things should be read quickly. Examples are picture-books for enjoyment, letters from friends, and some quick news from newspapers.
In some of your reading, you must change your speed from fast to slow and slow to fast. You will need to read some pages quickly and then slow down and do more carefully reading when you come to important ideas. So, knowing when to change your reading speed is one important symbol of being a good reader.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。1. The underlined (划线的) word “speed” means ________.
| A．时间 | B．耗时 | C．速度 | D．材料 |
| A．a quick reader reads everything quickly and can never slow down |
| B．a slow reader always spends too much time in reading |
| C．a quick reader and a slow reader both like reading storybooks |
| D．both a quick reader and a slow reader are not really good readers |
| A．letters from friends | B．news from newspapers |
| C．picture-books for fun | D．instructions for doing something |
| A．Reading everything quickly is a good reader. |
| B．A slow reader isn’t a good reader. |
| C．Sometimes you must change your speed when you read. |
| D．You must always change your speed from fast to slow. |
| A．How to Be a Good Reader | B．How to Read Quickly |
| C．Reading Slowly Is Better | D．Reading Is a Good Hobby |
Self-disciplined（自律的）people are not all excellent people. But nearly all excellent people are self-disciplined people. Some of them read every day. Some of them never get late. The real difference between an elite（精英）person and an ordinary person is that an elite person can manage his or her time well. That’s where the success comes from. What people call self-management is in fact self-discipline.
One example is staying healthy. Never underestimate（低估）someone who is in good shape. Anyone who has ever tried to lose weight knows that it’s not easy. It’s even harder to avoid putting weight back on. If someone is in good shape, it means that this person is good at managing themselves and their time. Whether it is natural or acquired（后天的）, it is a great skill. It also shows that this person is able to keep persevering and can balance long term-goals with short-term goals. So if someone is in good shape, he or she is far more than just healthy.
How can you learn self-management? First of all, set a goal and write down your reasons for wanting to achieve it. Create a list of all the things you need to do to achieve this goal and start to work on them one at a time. With self-discipline, small things in life will no longer trouble you. Only through self-discipline can you truly own your future.
1. Nearly all excellent people are good at ________.| A．playing sports | B．self-management | C．loving music | D．learning dancing |
| A．He is a person that dislikes sports. | B．He is a person that likes meat. |
| C．He is an outgoing person. | D．He is a person that has principles. |
| A．坚定不移的 | B．懒惰的 | C．易变的 | D．顽固不化的 |
| A．Everyone has own life goal. | B．Managing ourselves is natural not acquired. |
| C．Self-discipline can help you truly own your future. | D．We can’t achieve our goals in the future. |
| A．How to keep healthy | B．How to learn self-management |
| C．How to read books | D．How to achieve own goals |
4 . “Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” This is an old English saying. It means that when we go to bed early, we can get up early the next morning. Then we will become healthy. We will also become rich and clever.
This is true. To be healthy, we must have enough sleep. Experts(专家) say that adults should get seven to eight hours of sleep a night. Teenagers need nine to ten hours. And school-aged children may need more than ten hours of sleep. Children who do not have enough sleep can’t do their work very well. They won’t be wise and they may not become wealthy!
We also need exercise. Walking, running, swimming and playing games are all exercise. Exercise keeps us strong. It also helps the blood to move around the body. This is very important. Our blood takes the nutrition(营养) from food to all parts of our body.
The head also needs blood. So exercise that moves the blood to our head helps us think better!
1. If we get up early and go to bed early, we’ll ________.| A．become weak | B．have more time | C．be healthy | D．have more work to do |
| A．Adults | B．Teenagers | C．Experts | D．School-aged children |
| A．can’t study well | B．will be wise | C．will be wealthy | D．will be active in class |
| A．he is strong enough | B．it helps make him healthy |
| C．he has a lot of homework to do | D．it can bring him much blood |
| A．Exercise helps the blood to move. | B．Exercise is good for a person’s head. |
| C．If we have enough blood, we’ll be wise. | D．It’s good for us to get up early and go to bed early. |
5 . We have noticed our life becoming a little easier these days. Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free WiFi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.
The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010.Gernally, a smart city is a city that uses digital(数字的) technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our life convenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.
In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. They can examine water waste and leakage(泄露) and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.
Santander in Spain also gives us a look at the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone quickly shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the APP near a supermarket provides immediate information on special offers.
1. A smart city improves city planning, save money and resources and makes our life convenient by ______.| A．using a robot. | B．the government. | C．using digital technologies. | D．working hard |
| A．An English Company first raised the idea of a smart city. |
| B．Digital technologies are used in smart cities. |
| C．A smart city is mainly made up of free WiFi and phones. |
| D．A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being. |
| A．cleaning water. | B．supplying water. | C．saving water. | D．producing water. |
| A．health care. | B．business. | C．traffic controlling. | D．public transportation. |
| A．Digital technologies help improve city planning. |
| B．Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter. |
| C．Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander. |
| D．Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities. |
6 . It’s reported that much attention has already been turning to the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics（残奥会）in Tokyo, and reporters indicate that facial recognition（人脸识别） will be used as a security method at these games.
The Japan Times reported that the technology would be used when athletes, officials and reporters enter the sports centers. The number of people that will be screened(识别) with facial recognition could be up to between 300,00 and 50,000,according to the report.
The organizing committee（委员会）tested the technology at the Japanese group’s living places during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They achieved some success though people were complaining the long waits. They hope to solve the long waits and other problems over the 2 years ahead of the Tokyo Games, which will start in late July 2020.
NEC, the company dealing with the technology, also tested out their products at two Brazil airports during the 2016 Olympics and is behind many other similar projects, including technology used by the Chicago Police.
Facial recognition is becoming more and more popular and the Olympics are just the latest field to use them for security purposes. Other examples of using or planning to sue facial recognition technology include robot police in China, bridges in New York city, and more widespread uses by the FBI.
1. What's the meaning of the underlined word “indicate” in paragraph 1?| A．估算 | B．测试 | C．表明 | D．识别 |
| A．Officials. | B．Athletes. | C．Reporters | D．Audiences. |
| A．Tokyo. | B．New York. | C．Rio de Janeiro. | D．Sydney. |
| A．China uses facial recognition at its two airports. |
| B．The Olympics is the first field to use facial recognition. |
| C．Facial recognition has been tested in the 2016 Summer Olympics. |
| D．The long wait is the only problem they need to solve. |
| A．300,00 and 50,000 people will be in the 2020 Summer Olympics. |
| B．Facial recognition will be used in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. |
| C．Facial recognition is becoming more and more popular only in China. |
| D．All people know and like Facial recognition. |
7 . Have you heard about paper-cutting? Paper-cutting is an important art form in China. Paper-cuts were used for many purposes, and everything can become the theme(主题)of paper-cuts, from people to the things that can be found in everyday life such as birds, flowers and animals.
Each paper-cut brings out the personal ideas of the author(作者). People express traditional culture or their own feelings with different styles of paper-cuts, For example when someone marries, we put up some red paper-cuts on the wall, dressing table or other furniture to express our best wishes.
It is easy to learn paper-cutting but very difficult to make it perfect. We need a long-time practice to learn how to use the scissors and how to paint. More over, we need to learn some cutting skills.
At present, in many parts of China, paper-cutting skill has become a must for women and a symbol of a clever mind.
根据短文内容，判断句子的正误，正确的在答题卡上涂T，错误的涂F。1. Not everything can become the theme of paper-cuts.
2. People express traditional culture or their own feeling with the same paper-cut.
3. It is not easy to make a perfect paper-cut.
4. When we learn paper-cutting, we don’t need to learn cutting skills.
5. Women must learn paper-cutting skills in many places of China.
“Long time no see.”
“Good good study, day day up.”
“I like your smile, but dislike you put your shoes on my face.”
Yes, we call these examples Chinglish, like “people mountain, people sea”.
Chinglish usually means English words with Chinese grammar on street signs or products（商品）. However, many English speaking tourists love them. Tom has been living in Beijing for years. “I think many Chinese people dislike Chinglish. But I love it. It’s quite interesting. I think if the translations（翻译） of English in China are all perfect（完美的）, something will be lost from Chinese culture. So, it is also a part of Chinese culture.”
However, Chinglish will probably become a part of history in future. Beijing has made a plan to correct（改正） Chinglish within five years. “It is so funny to see Chinglish on the signs. And they are a kind of trouble for communication（交流） between the Chinese and foreigners,” a Beijinger said.
However, some people in China like Chinglish. They think that English has “borrowed”(借) a lot from other languages such as German, French and Spanish（西班牙语） in the past, and now as Chinese’s turn.
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出正确选项，并将所选答案填在答题卷的相应位置上。（共5小题；
1. What is Chinglish according to the passage?
| A．The English words easy to pronounce. |
| B．The Chinese words difficult to translate. |
| C．The English words with Chinese grammar. |
| D．The Chinese words with English grammar that foreigners love. |
| A．There are many people. |
| B．People are on the mountain and in the sea. |
| C．All the people are running. |
| D．People are taller and taller. |
| A．It shows Chinese are popular. |
| B．It is hated by all foreign tourists. |
| C．It helps him to learn English well. |
| D．It is also a part of Chinese culture. |
| A．correct Chinglish in future |
| B．change English and Chinese |
| C．help foreigners to learn Chinglish |
| D．put English words into Chinese |
| A．French | B．Chinese |
| C．Spanish | D．German |
9 . I am a boy. I’m thirteen years old. I come from England. I’m a student. I have a round face and small eyes. My nose is big. and my mouth is small. I have a sister. Her name is Amy. She is twelve. She is a student, too. She has a round face, big eyes, a small nose and a amall mouth. We are in the same school, but in different grades.
根据短文内容，判断以下句子的正误。你认为正确的句子请在题前括号内写T，错误的写F.
1. My face is round and my mouth is small.
2. Amy is ten.
3. Amy has big eyes and a small nose.
4. We are in different schools.
5. We are in the same grade.
10 . Every country has its favorite food. Italians like to eat pizza. Indians like to eat hot food. Japanese like to eat fish. Often they don’t cook it.
In England, one of the most popular kinds of food is fish and chips. People usually buy it in a fish and chip shop. They put it in paper bags, and take it home, or to their workplace. Sometimes they eat it in the park or on the road. The world’s favorite food is American fast food. If you go to some important cities in the world, you can find people eating hamburgers and chips.
Fish and chips, and Chinese take-away food are very popular in England. But they are less popular in the USA. The Americans eat take-away food, too, like chicken. But the most popular kind of take-away food is the hamburger. It looks like bread with meat in it. Ham (火腿) is a kind of pork, but the hamburger does not have any pork in it. The hamburgers are also popular in England and Australia.
1. Italians like to eat _______.| A．dumplings | B．pizza | C．hot food | D．fish |
| A．England | B．Australia | C．the USA | D．Canada |
| A．different | B．the same | C．delicious | D．same |
| A．beef | B．pork | C．fish | D．vegetables |
| A．meat | B．drinks | C．food | D．vegetables |
