1 . Nature is amazing! Take a close look at the world of insects (昆虫), you’ll discover many unbelievable things. Consider butterflies, for example. They have beautiful, colorful wings, and strong, fantastic flying skills. On summer days, you always see them flying freely over flower gardens and wild fields.
But, did you know how butterflies become the flying insects? It’s one of the amazing wonders of nature. In the beginning, female butterflies lay a small and colorful egg on a leaf or stem (茎) of a plant.
It’s hard to believe that the egg will become something completely different in a few days. It becomes a walking insect. This insect is called caterpillar. It now has legs, eyes and a large body. A new life has begun. The caterpillar can eat, walk and see. But it is still not a butterfly.
Soon, after growing big, the caterpillar makes a cover for itself. It covers itself in the nice protective blanket (保护层) and goes to sleep. This stage is known as the “pupa (蛹)” stage.
After a period of time, the blanket breaks and a wet, weak butterfly appears. It now has six legs, a mouth, eyes and wings. Shortly, the wings fill with blood, and the beautiful, colorful butterfly spreads its wings and flies away.
After a few weeks, this adult butterfly lays her eggs, and the cycle begins all over again.
This is just one example of the wonders of nature. Look around the natural world, and you will learn many truly amazing things.
1. What is NOT mentioned in Paragraph 1?| A．Butterflies are a kind of insect. | B．Butterflies are good at flying. |
| C．Butterflies have colorful wings. | D．Butterflies have a good sense of smell. |
| A．幼虫 | B．雏鸟 | C．飞蛾 | D．蝴蝶 |
① It becomes a pupa. ② It becomes a walking insect.
③ Female butterflies lay an egg. ④ It spreads wings and flies away.
| A．①→②→③→④ | B．①→②→④→③ |
| C．③→②→①→④ | D．③→②→④→① |
| A．It has legs, eyes and a large body. | B．It has legs, eyes and a mouth. |
| C．It has six legs, a mouth, eyes and wings | D．It has legs, eyes, a mouth and a large body. |
| A．One Insect, Different Colors | B．One Insect, Four Lives |
| C．The Kinds of Butterflies | D．The Habits of Butterflies |
Since April 13, 2023, the China-Laos Railway (中老铁路) has started cross-border (跨境的) passenger service. The railway starts in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province, and runs south through Yuxi, Pu’er, Xishuangbanna, and the border town of Mohan in China. Then, it goes through Boten, Luang Prabang, Vang Vieng before reaching Vientiane, the capital of Laos. Now, it takes only 2 hours and 46 minutes to travel from Kunming to Pu’er, 3 hours and 24 minutes from Kunming to Xishuangbanna, 10 hours and 30 minutes from Kunming to Vientiane.
Traveling by China-Laos Railway is an exciting way to enjoy the unusual scenery (风景) and rich cultures along the line. On arriving in Kunming, travelers can visit the Stone Forest, Dianchi Lake and Dounan Flower Market. After getting off at Pu’er Station, tourists can experience the ancient tea-horse road in southern Yunnan and enjoy the tea gardens within half an hour by car. Starting from Xishuangbanna Station, visitors can reach the Wild Elephant Valley and Olive Dam within an hour by car.
If you are going to visit Yunnan and Laos, traveling by China-Laos Railway will be a great choice.
1. The cross-border passenger service of the China-Laos Railway started in February, 2023.2. It takes ten hours and a half to travel from Kunming to Vientiane on the cross-border train.
3. The writer introduces three places to visit in Kunming in Paragraph 2.
4. After getting off at Pu’er Station, tourists can visit the tea gardens.
5. The text comes from a sports magazine.
3 . When you and your family go out for dinner, do you notice how many dishes you usually order? It’s OK if you finish all of them. But if you waste too much food, you need to pay for it.
Last year, China’s top legislature (立法机关) reviewed (审议) a draft law (法律草案) for stopping food waste for the first time. In general, a draft will become law after the top legislature reviews it three times.
According to the draft law, restaurants should tell customers not to order too much. If customers leave too much food uneaten, restaurants can charge (收费) them for food waste. The law also bans (禁止) waiters from encouraging people to order too much food. Some restaurants may use the “N-1” mode for people to order dishes. “N” stands for the number of persons at a table. So if there are six people at your table, you should order just five dishes, which can help people control the amount of dishes in a proper way.
The draft law also asks schools to teach their students to avoid food waste. It also bans TV programs about overeating and overdrinking. Producers of such programs will face a fine of up to 100,000 yuan.
Food waste happens in many places and has long been a big problem around the world. We need to obey the law and refuse to waste food.
1. If customers waste too much food, they ________ .| A．need to pay some money for it | B．need to say sorry about it |
| C．can’t enter the restaurant again | D．can leave the restaurant for free |
| A．7 | B．8 | C．9. | D．10 |
| A．Students should avoid food waste at school. |
| B．Programs about overeating will be allowed on TV. |
| C．Food waste has been a big problem all over the world. |
| D．Waiters can’t encourage people to order too much food. |
| A．a storybook | B．a guidebook | C．an advertisement | D．a newspaper |
| A．Harm of food waste. | B．Importance of healthy food. |
| C．Law to stop food waste. | D．Advantages of stopping food waste. |
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 . “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. |
7 . Helping others is a great thing to do. You can learn new things and have fun. There are many ways of helping others in your community. You can help people,animals or the environment. It can make you feel good too! How can you help？
Charities（慈善机构）are organizations that help others,for example, UNICEF or the World Wildlife Fund. You can help charities by giving your time,giving money or giving things that you own. You can also help people or places you know.
Volunteering
Volunteering is when you give your time to help others. It's something which you do not have to do or for which you will not be paid. Some ways of volunteering are：
•visiting old people to talk to them or help them.
•walking dogs at an animal shelter. （避难所）
•cleaning up a park.
Fund raising
Fund raising is when you collect money to help others. Some ways of fund raising are：
•making cakes or biscuits to sell.
•doing a sponsored（赞助）activity. For example,family and friends give you money if you finish a long walk.
Donating
Donating is when you give your things or money to help others. Some ways of donating are：
•giving your old toys or clothes to a charity that helps sick children or poor people.
•giving your old books to a library.
•giving your money to a charity.
So, what can you do to help others?
1. You'll when you help other people.| A．feel uncomfortable | B．have a great job | C．feel good | D．have a hard time |
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
| A．募款活动 | B．慰问活动 | C．志愿活动 | D．捐物活动 |
| A．Cleaning up a park. |
| B．Giving your old computer to a charity. |
| C．Taking care of sick people in hospital. |
| D．Making pancakes or sandwiches to sell. |
| A．Charities. | B．Ways of Volunteering. | C．A Great Thing to Do. | D．Helping Others. |
8 . It might be fun to use your smartphone, but be careful. Too much screen time may be harmful to your health.
First, it is bad for your eyes. A researcher called Sarah Hinkley says the problem comes from the blue light that the screen gives out. Looking at a smartphone for a long time can cause eye strain（劳损）, headaches and dry eyes. So it is a good idea to take a break every 15 minutes when you are working at a computer or using a smartphone.
Second, screen use can do harm to children’s brains. A new study shows that using screens too much can affect（影响） how children’s brains grow. If children use screens for more than one hour a day, they might have lower levels of white matter in their brains. White matter is a key to the development of language and reading skills. So it is wise to cut down the time of children using all kinds of screens.
Third, using screens too much will affect your sleep. According to a study, about 95% of the people between the ages of 13 and 64 use electronics before bed, especially the young people under 20. Doctors say that the light from those electronics at night may make you excited before you go to bed. Then it’s hard for you to get enough sleep. So you’d better turn off smartphones, TVs, and all other screens an hour before your bedtime.
To keep healthy, doctors and researchers strongly advise that you shouldn’t use screens for long hours.
1. The blue light from your screens can cause ________.| A．eyestrain | B．headaches | C．dry eyes | D．all of the above |
| A．take a break every 15 minutes | B．have lower levels of white matter |
| C．use screens too much before bed | D．are the people from 13 to 64 |
| A．Using smartphones for long hours does harm to your eyes. |
| B．A lot of screen time affects children’s brain growth. |
| C．The light from electronics at night may make you excited. |
| D．People of all ages mustn’t use electronics. |
| A．a science magazine | B．a travel diary | C．a guide book | D．a novel |
| A．The ways to keep healthy. | B．The harm of using screens too much. |
| C．The ways to use screens. | D．The advantages of using screens. |
9 . In China, there are 24 solar terms（节气）in a year. And there are six of them in winter. They are beginning of winter, light snow, heavy snow, winter solstice（冬至）, lesser cold(小寒）and greater cold.
Beginning of winter usually falls on November 7th or 8th. After beginning of winter, most parts of the country can start to expect cold weather. On this day, after a year of hard work, people are happy to have a rest and spend time with family. The northern China celebrates beginning of winter as the “Small Spring Festival”. People usually have dumplings and mutton soup on that day.
Light snow usually falls on November 22nd or 23rd and heavy snow usually falls on December 7th or 8th. When winter solstice comes, it brings the shortest days of the year and the longest nights. Many places around the country can expect the coldest weather yet. People often start counting “nine cold periods” starting from winter solstice. Every cold period has nine days. People believe that after 81 cold days, spring will come.
Greater cold comes after lesser cold. The field is covered with snow. And all Chinese are ready to welcome the Spring Festival after it. Of course, a new round of solar terms will start.
1. From the passage, we know that there are six solar terms in winter.2. People in northern China usually have dumplings and mutton soup on beginning of winter.
3. Heavy snow comes before light snow.
4. All Chinese are ready to celebrate the Spring Festival after greater cold.
5. The passage tells us how people celebrate the Spring Festival.
10 . Some people seem to be born happy. Nothing seems to get them down. However, some people seem to have everything going well but they still do not seem to be happy.
Listen to music
Music is good for people.
Have a pet
You may not have a pet of your own, but pets are so good at making people happy.
◆ Stay fit and healthy
Try to keep fit and healthy by exercising every day.
Often it is the small things that make people happy. Being kind and smiling at people in your daily life can make others happy, and at the same time, it will also build happiness for you.
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
| A．Be kind and smile |
| B．Be active and happy |
| C．Exercise can keep you happy. |
| D．There are different kinds of it. |
| E．Many reasons can explain why people like to have pets. |
| F．One thing is for sure that money cannot make a person happy. |
| G．No matter who you are, you can build happiness by doing the following . |
