1 . Chopsticks are a pair of small equal-length sticks, usually made of wood, used for eating Asian food. It is believed that the first chopsticks were developed in China. Chopsticks play an important role in Chinese food culture. Chinese chopsticks are usually 9 to 10 inches long. They are round on the eating end which means heaven (天), and the other end is square which means earth (地). The appearance (出现) of chopsticks said goodbye to those days when our Chinese ancestors had to use their hands to eat.
Besides, the use of chopsticks has also been a part of Chinese food culture. There are some taboos that you must pay great attention to when you use chopsticks. Firstly, don’t use them to hit your bowl or plate. Secondly, never use them to point at others. Thirdly, don’t put them in different food without taking something. Fourthly, don’t cross the chopsticks on the table. And lastly don’t leave your chopsticks standing in the rice. Chinese people do this only when they honour the dead.
Nowadays, chopsticks have many new usages. For example, you can buy a pair as a gift to your friends and relatives. In Chinese, it reads “kuaizi”, which means having sons soon, so a newly-married couple will be very happy to accept it as their wedding gift.
1. In which country are chopsticks mainly used?| A．France. | B．China. | C．Australia. | D．America. |
| A．Hands. | B．Chopsticks. | C．Spoons. | D．Forks. |
| A．用途 | B．禁忌 | C．说明 | D．指南 |
| A．The round end means earth, while the other square end means heaven. |
| B．You can use the chopsticks to point at others when you are angry. |
| C．Chopsticks can be used as gifts. |
| D．Chinese chopsticks are usually 9 to 10 meters long. |
| A．The introduction of chopsticks. |
| B．The history of chopsticks. |
| C．The ways to use chopsticks. |
| D．The develop of chopsticks. |
Clothing is an important part of any culture. Chinese culture is more than 5,000 years old, so the traditional Chinese clothing also has a long history.
Hanfu
Hanfu is the traditional clothing of the Han people. It first appeared in China more than 3,000 years ago. But it disappeared with the beginning of the Qing Dynasty. Now more and more young people start to enjoy wearing it.
Zhongshan suit
Zhongshan suit is the traditional Chinese clothing named after Sun Yat-sen. It is also known to foreigners. It first appeared in the 1920s.
Tangzhuang
Tangzhuang is a type of traditional Chinese costume. It got the name from the overseas Chinese. The Tang Dynasty was famous in the world, so at that time the overseas Chinese were called “Tang people”, and their clothes were called “Tangzhuang”.
Qipao
Qipao is a traditional Chinese dress. It first appeared in China in the 1920s. Qipao is usually made of silk, and Chinese women like to wear it because it can show their beauty.
1. The traditional Chinese clothing has a long history of more than 5,000 years.2. Tangzhuang got its name from the overseas Chinese.
3. Both Zhongshan suit and Qipao first appeared in the 1920s.
4. If a Chinese woman wants to show her beauty, she can wear Qipao.
5. This passage mainly talks about five kinds of traditional Chinese clothing.
3 . If you like to put on your earphones (耳机) and listen to your favorite music, your parents must have told you that “Turn that down before you go deaf!” Well, they have a point: loud noise from your earphones can hurt your hearing. It may cause hearing loss. Hearing loss means a person can’t hear clearly any more. For some people, that even means not being able to hear at all.
If the noise around you is so loud that you have to shout to make other people hear you, you may get your ears hurt. Temporary (暂时的) hearing loss can happen after you listen to some loud noise for 15 minutes. If you have temporary hearing loss, you won’t be able to hear as well as you did before. Luckily, these signs will usually go away and your hearing is likely to return to normal. But if someone listens to loud noise for too long every day, permanent (永久的) hearing loss can happen. This means the person’s hearing won’t be as good as it was before. That’s why some factory workers need to wear ear protection. Listening to loud music a lot can cause ear damage, especially if you use earphones.
However, you can help keep your hearing good, if you’re going to a concert and you know the music is going to be loud, consider wearing earplugs to protect your ears from the noise.
1. What should we do if we like to listen to music with earphones?| A．We should share it with others. | B．We should enjoy it often. |
| C．We should turn down the music. | D．We should sing with the music. |
| A．ten minutes | B．fifteen minutes | C．twenty minutes | D．half an hour |
| A．They need to wear ear protection. | B．They need to wear sunglasses. |
| C．They need to wear special shoes. | D．They need to wear earphones. |
| A．耳廓 | B．耳机 | C．耳环 | D．耳塞 |
| A．Try to ask parents to listen to loud music with their children. | B．Try to ask children to listen to loud music on earphones. |
| C．Try to ask children not to listen to loud music on earphones. | D．Try to ask parents not to let children listen to music. |
4 . In different countries and different cultures, people celebrate their birthdays in different ways.
At China’s birthday party, family and friends eat long noodles to wish a long life.
It is an old custom that many people in Spain will be pulled（拉耳朵） on their birthdays, once for a year.
In Denmark, if there is a national flag flying at the door of a family, it marks the birthday of someone in the family. While the birthday child is asleep, the gifts will be quietly placed beside his bed. The first thing the child sees when he wakes up is the gifts.
In Finland, a mother prepares a table for her child the night before her child’s birthday. The table is decorated with flowers, birthday cakes and gifts from relatives and friends in the middle. And the table is put in the child’s bedroom. The next morning, the whole family come to the child’s room and sing the birthday song “Happy birthday to you” to wake up the sleeping child and celebrate for him.
In Australia, the whole family is going to swim in the sea on the day of their child’s birthday. After swimming, the whole family have a picnic on the beach to celebrate their child’s birthday.
Russian children don’t eat birthday cakes on their birthdays, they eat birthday pies instead.
Irish children have the custom of “head hitting on birthday”. Birthday children are carefully picked up head down, gently hit the floor, once for a year. In general, they will be hit once more for good luck.
1. Why do Chinese people eat long noodles on their birthdays?| A．In order to wish a long life. | B．In order to thank their relatives. |
| C．In order to get lucky money. | D．In order to have a good time. |
| A．11 | B．12. | C．13 | D．14. |
| A．The child’s father. | B．The child’s mother. | C．The child’s sister. | D．The child’s friends. |
| A．Birthday cakes. | B．Apple pies. | C．Birthday pies. | D．Fresh fruit. |
| A．In Denmark, people hang a national flag at the door. | B．An Australian family will go swimming in the sea on a child’s birthday. |
| C．Irish children will be picked up head down and gently hit the floor on their birthdays. | D．Russians will sing the birthday song “Happy birthday to you” on their child’s birthday. |
| E． | |
There are over 3000 languages spoken in the world. Of all these languages, English is the most popular. Why has this happened?
In the 19th century, Great Britain became a powerful country. So English became an international language. Since the 1950s, the USA has become more and more powerful. The American computer and Internet industry have taken the leading position. As a result, the Internet has helped English become much more popular in the world.
Nowadays, English is spoken as the mother tongue in many countries, including the United Kingdon, the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Also, in many countries, people speak English as their second language, such as Brazil, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan and India. It is used in many different fields of life. Business people use English at international conferences. Tourists speak English when they go abroad. We can see many English signs in public places. All in all, English plays an important part in our lives.
China has largest population in the world. It has encouraged more people to learn English since the 1970s. Since the 1990s, English leaning has been very popular with Chinese people. Many of them have done well in English and have made great progress in speaking it.
Now, Chinese students are required to learn English and it’s very important for them to study English well.
1. In the world, there are more than 3000 languages.2. Great Britain has become more and more powerful since the 1950s.
3. English has become much more popular with the help of the Internet.
4. People in India speak English as their mother tongue.
5. It’s not very important for Chinese students to study English well.
6 . International Women’s Day has been around since 1911. Today it is celebrated on March 8th around the world and even is a public holiday in some countries. It has a different theme each year. The theme of 2023 is “Digit ALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality(数字包容: 创新和技术推动性别平等)”.
Women play an important role in our society. Carolyn Ruth Bertozzi, an American scientist, created a new field of chemistry that changes healthcare and cancer treatment. Finally she became one of the three winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2022. Zhang Guimei, an educator, founded a high school that offers free education to girls. She has changed the life of thousands of girls and she received the July 1st Medal in 2021.
International Women’s Day is about women’s equality(平等) in all its forms. On this day, people hold all kinds of events, like concerts, to celebrate around the world. Students in schools take part in special lessons to learn about the importance of women in society. In some countries, school children make gifts for their female teachers and women receive small presents from friends or family members.
1. The underlined word “theme” in paragraph 1 means “________” in Chinese.| A．解释 | B．主题 | C．信息 | D．内容 |
| A．women are able to win Nobel Prize | B．women can do better than men |
| C．women are important for our society | D．women are suitable for teachers |
| A．International Women’s Day has a history of over 100 years. |
| B．International Women’s Day is about women’s equality. |
| C．Zhang Guimei has helped thousands of girls. |
| D．Carolyn Ruth Bertozzi won the Nobel Prize in 2021. |
| A．how people celebrate Women’s Day | B．what people do for women |
| C．why people celebrate festivals | D．when people hold concerts |
| A．to be confident and be themselves | B．to learn to be a brave man |
| C．don’t wait for others to help you | D．to always be kind to others |
7 . Honeybees (蜜蜂) are great dancers, but they don’t just dance for fun. Dancing is also their way of communicating. The bee dance is called the “waggle dance” (摇摆舞).
Waggle dance helps bees find food. If a bee finds something to eat, it will start dancing. First, the bee’s position shows other bees which way to go. Second, if the bee shakes a lot, that means the food is far away. Less shaking means the food is closer. Third, if the bee dances for a long time, it means the food is very delicious.
A research team studied honeybee dance moves. The scientists are from the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园). They found out how bees learn the waggle dance. Young bees learn from older bees.
The scientists recorded videos of bees in a laboratory. Then they compared two groups of young bees. The bees were only 10 days old. In one group, young bees could watch older ones dance. These young bees became good dancers. In the other group, young bees could not watch older dancers. These young bees could not dance as well as the first group.
This study changed how scientists think about bees. They used to think all bees could do the waggle dance without having to learn it. Now they know young bees learn it by watching the older ones.
1. ________ is a way of communicating for honeybees.| A．Fighting | B．Flying | C．Speaking | D．Dancing |
| A．the food is closer | B．the food is terrible |
| C．the food is far away | D．the food is delicious |
| A．By recording videos. | B．By learning from older bees. |
| C．By dancing for 10 days. | D．By learning from scientists. |
| A．Scientists compared two groups of young bees. |
| B．Young bees could never dance as well as older bees. |
| C．All bees can do the waggle dance without having to learn it. |
| D．Now scientists still know nothing about how bees learn the waggle dance. |
| A．novel | B．guidebook | C．storybook | D．science magazine |
8 . More and more young Chinese begin to celebrate Father’s Day. They send fathers presents, or invite them for a nice dinner. But do you know how Father’s Day started?
While Mrs. Dodd, from America, was listening to a talk about Mother’s Day in a church in 1909, she had an idea of having Father’s Day to honor (纪念) her father, William Smart. Mr. Smart used to be a soldier. His wife died when she gave birth to her sixth child. Mr. Smart had to raise his six children alone. They lived a hard life, After Mrs. Dodd grew up, she wanted to thank her father for what he had done for them. She wrote a letter to a church and asked for the third Sunday in June to be Father’s Day. The church agreed with her.
The first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19th, 1910 in Washington. Children made special desserts, and did other things to make their fathers happy. In 1924, President (总统) Calvin Coolidge supported the idea of a national Father’s Day. People all over the country began to celebrate Father’s Day. Finally, in 1966, President Lyndon Johnson made the third Sunday in June Father’s Day.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误（F）。
1. People never celebrated Father’s Day in China.
2. Mrs. Dodd is the wife of Mr. Smart.
3. The Father’s Day was first celebrated on June 19th, 1910 in Washington.
4. The church agreed with Mrs. Dodd about her idea of having Father’s Day.
5. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge made the third Sunday in June Father’s Day.
9 . The rockets take astronauts and man-made satellites (卫星) into space. The satellites are used for communication, weather checking and research.But how do satellites stay up without falling down? There are two different forces(力量) influencing the satellites. One of them is the force of gravitation(地心引力), which tries to pull the satellites towards the earth and is like a rope which keeps the satellites from flying away. The other force is created by the turning of the satellite around the earth. This force tries to take the satellite away from the earth. With these two forces, the satellite goes round and round.
Everything that goes up has to come down. It is only a matter of time before a satellite comes back to the earth. As time goes by, the satellite loses its speed, which makes the force pull it towards the earth stronger than the force pulling it away. This makes the satellite fall down to the earth.
根据短文内容。判断下列句子的正（A）误（B）
1. The satellites can’t be used for doing research.
2. There are two same forces that caninfluence the turning of the satellites.
3. The force created by the turning ofthe satellite helps to take the satellite away from the earth.
4. The satellite will lose its speed as time goes by.
5. It’s possible for the satellite to stay in space forever.
10 . A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice is such a city.
Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn't built on land like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city.
Even so, travel isn't difficult. The water ways have always been the best way to get around. There are 177 canals and more than 400 bridges that can guide you to where you want to go. People in Venice move from place to place by boat. They like to enjoy the scenery and cool summer nights while taking boat trips. They can talk to other people as they go along.
Venice grew out of small islands in saltwater lakes when some Italians escaped from a war over 1,500 years ago, and built homes there.
Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Sometimes tourists will have such strange experiences. One moment they walk across the Rialto Bridge, and there's nothing special. But when they come back to the bridge an hour later, it's underwater and everyone is wearing rain shoes.
Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little. Now the city has gone down by about 23 centimetres. Another problem is the rising seawater. The temperature has risen over the years. This has made the ice of the Arctic Ocean(北冰洋) melt(融化) .
Every year, high water hits the city in autumn and winter. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is underwater.
Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower. The Italian government has asked some of Italy's biggest companies to build the MOST project, which is planned to be built under the seawater to stop the rising water. Anyway, this project is helping solve the problem.
1. According to the passage, Venice is ________ of Italy.| A．in the northeast | B．in the west | C．in the southwest | D．in the south |
| A．Taxis and cars | B．The waterways | C．The bridges | D．Boats and rain shoes |
| A．changed into | B．used to be | C．became | D．developed from |
| A．The higher temperature. | B．Overused underground water. |
| C．Too many waterways. | D．The rising seawater. |
| A．the waterways and bridges | B．the MOST project and problems |
| C．the specials and problems | D．the history and scenery |
