1 . When you think of the sea, you may not think of Xinjiang or Inner Mongolia. But recently, the “seafood” produced in these places has become popular, especially after Japan put nuclear-contaminated water（核污染水）into the sea, reported China Daily.
In Nilka county in Xinjiang, about 6, 000 tons of rainbow trout（虹鳟鱼）will be produced this year. Rainbow trout belongs to the same family as salmon（鲑鱼）, which is a kind of well-known seafood. It tastes like salmon too.
Why do farmers there choose to grow fish? The weather in some parts of Xinjiang is seldom hot, and the rivers are fed by meltwater（融水）from the Tianshan Mountains. Water deeper than 6 meters always stays at 10 C. As the meltwater is very clean and cold, it's a “comfortable” home for fish, Li Chunyu, a worker at a fish company in Xinjiang, told China Daily.
To make sure the river stays clean, the company uses machines to clean fish waste in the water. They also use net cages that are good for the environment. The nets are about 51 meters wide and lie 25 meters deep in the river.
Meanwhile, in Inner Mongolia, whiteleg shrimp（南美白对虾）grows well. Saline soil（盐碱土）covers a large part of the desert where few plants are able to grow. Farmers used to put water from the Yellow River onto the farmland to wash away the salt. This was a waste of salty water. Scientists then decided to create “seawater” with the salty water by adding in some other components（成分）. Whiteleg shrimps can live well in this kind of water. They taste no different from the same kind of shrimp that grows in the sea.
1. Rainbow trout comfortably live in_____________.| A．any open water area | B．warm and clean rivers |
| C．salty and warm oceans | D．cold and clean rivers |
| A．Xinjiang’s seafood is much tastier | B．the ocean environment is polluted |
| C．people find a new ocean in Xinjiang | D．Xinjiang produces all kinds of seafood |
①cleans the water with machines ②grows fish in fixed water areas
③grows one kind of fish once a year ④cuts down the fish production
| A．①② | B．③④ | C．①②③ | D．②③④ |
| A．To show the importance of rivers to a country. |
| B．To introduce the safety of eating seafood. |
| C．To compare it with common whiteleg shrimp. |
| D．To show another “seafood” grown without using the sea. |
| A．Life will not be different without seafood. |
| B．Japan shouldn’t let out nuclear-contaminated water. |
| C．China won’t be short of fishery products. |
| D．Xinjiang is rich in natural resources. |
2 . If you put your history notes under your pillow and sleep on them the night before an exam, will you do any better in the exam? Most of us have hoped this might help. However, knowledge（知识）can’t go through the pillow into your brain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t learn while you are asleep.
Scientists aren’t exactly sure how it works, but they have discovered that the brain can learn things during sleeping hours.
In one experiment（实验）, scientists gave English speakers some Chinese words to learn. Then, they divide them into three groups. The scientists played（播放）the Chinese words for people in Group I while they were asleeep, without telling these English speakers what they were doing. The sound was low. So it didn’t wake them up, and only the newly learned words were used.
Another group listened to the same words while they were awake. The scientists found the people in Group I were better able to identify and speak out the words later. This was true only for the words that were played while they slept. The third group listened to words when they walked. The walkers didn’t have the same success remembering the words as the sleeping group.
The scientists later found that people had more slow wave（慢波的）brain activity all over the night. They said that more slow waves made people have a better memory for the new words.
1. When did the scientists play Chinese words for people in Group I in the experiment?| A．Before they went for a walk. | B．Before they went to bed. |
| C．When they were asleep. | D．When they were having dinner. |
| A．share | B．tell | C．hide | D．reach |
| A．results | B．reasons | C．data（数据） | D．purpose（目的） |
| A．Scientists think people can’t learn during sleeping hours. |
| B．English speakers enjoy learning Chinese words. |
| C．Slow-wave brain activity can help people have a good sleep. |
| D．People in Group 3 didn’t remember the words as well as those in Group 1. |
| A．A history textbook. | B．A science magazine. | C．A travel newspaper. | D．A modern novel. |
3 . English names and Chinese names are very different (不同的), but its easy (容易) for us to know. Many English people have three names — a first name (or a given name), a middle name and a last name (or a family name). My name is James Allen Green. James is my first name. Allen is my middle name. Green is my last name. We don’t use (使用) Mr., Mrs., Ms. or Miss before (在……之前) the first names. We use them before the family names. We can call James Allan Green Mr. Green, but we can’t call him Mr. James or Mr. Allan. People always call James Jim. Jim is short for James, because it’s easy to call.
But in China, the names are different. My name is Han Mei. “Han” is my family name, and “Mei” is my given name. We can use Mr., Mrs., Ms. or Miss before “Han”. We don’t use them before “Mei”.
1. Many English people usually have ________ names.| A．3 | B．2 | C．1 | D．4 |
| A．before the given name | B．before the family name | C．before the middle name | D．before the first name |
| A．George | B．Walker | C．Bush | D．Mr. Bush |
| A．first | B．last | C．easy | D．different |
| A．English names | B．Chinese names | C．English names and Chinese names | D．The family names |
4 . What’s the Silk Road? In history, it was an important international trade route（商路） between China and the Mediterranean（地中海）. The Silk Road began in the Western Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 2000 years.
In the past, the road started in Chang’an （now Xi’an） and ended in Eastern Europe near the Mediterranean. It was about 6500 kilometers long and went across 1/4 of the world.
The Silk Road got its name in the 19th century because Chinese silk was famous, and the traders also carried China’s porcelain（瓷器） and other things to the West. And glass, gems and food like carrots from the West came to China.
The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world. It was more than an international trade route. Lots of arts and science of other countries came to China through the Silk Road. In this way, languages and culture influenced each other. Today, China is trying to make the dream of the Belt and Road come true.
1. When did the Silk Road begin?| A．In the 18th century. | B．In the 19th century. |
| C．In the Eastern Han Dynasty. | D．In the Western Han Dynasty. |
| A．It was about 6500 meters long. | B．It went across 1/3 of the world. |
| C．It went across 1/4 of the world. | D．It was about 5000 kilometers long. |
①silk
②glass
③porcelain
| A．①② | B．①③ | C．②③ | D．①②③ |
| A．The Silk Road was only an international trade route in the past. |
| B．China is trying to sell everything to other countries through the road now. |
| C．The Silk Road got its name because traders carried silk along this road. |
| D．Through the Silk Road, traders only brought the food of other countries to China. |
| A．In a history book. | B．In an art magazine. |
| C．In a health book. | D．In a PE magazine. |
5 . “Made in China” is popular now—and it’s a fashionable one.
The story of Chinese fashion began in 2011 when Feiyue and Huili, the two Chinese sports shoe brands, suddenly got international attention. Their products were seen all over the world. A famous Chinese sportswear brand Li Ning was at the New York Fashion Week in September, 2018. They showed their new designs—sweaters and jackets with Chinese characters.
Shaun Rein, managing director of China Market Research Group, said that the latest Chinese brands no longer catch customers’ eyes by low price. He told CNN, “They are sure that they can go head to head with foreign brands.”
Maybe it is because China’s young people are now more confident about their own culture. They don’t show immediate interest in Western culture any more.
“Today’s young people in China are crazy about Chinese cultural elements,” Jin Qu, the manager of a clothing shopping website, said at a cultural festival in 2018. “They like these elements printed on their clothes, even the brand picture of Laoganma in China, which was once seen as outside of fashion. But now young people are proud of these Chinese symbols.”
In fact, many stars in the West now are interested in Chinese cultural elements in fashion. Rihanna, a US singer, for example, wore a Chinese red dress to the 2015 Met Gala in New York. The dress was designed and made by Chinese designer Guo Pei.
“We have to move from making to creating,” Chinese-American designer Aric Chen once told The New York Times. “We want to replace the words ‘Made in China’ with ‘Designed in China’.”
1. The new designs of a famous Chinese sportswear brand in September, 2018 were _________.| A．sweaters and jackets with Chinese characters |
| B．sweaters and jackets with English words |
| C．coats and scarves with American symbols |
| D．coats and scarves in Chinese red |
| A．原因 | B．职业 | C．元素 | D．手艺 |
| A．prove Rihanna is a fashionable star |
| B．show people in the West are interested in Chinese cultural elements |
| C．show Rihanna is different from other singers |
| D．introduce Chinese designer, Guo Pei |
| A．Chinese Clothes Brands | B．Sports in China |
| C．Chinese Cultural Festival | D．Designed in China |
| A．newspaper | B．guidebook | C．novel | D．ad |
6 . Traditional Chinese Medicine（TCM）has a long history in curing illnesses and caring for people’s health.
The earliest known written record of TCM is Huangdi Neijing from the third century BC. This classic writing provides the main belief of TCM that remains the basis of its practice today. The belief of TCM is about the balance between yin and yang of the body. The two sides repeat many times in the same order according to season and age to influence people’s health. It is a wonder that TCM doctors could cure patients without machines but only with a physical examination,which has four basic methods of diagnosis（诊断）—observing, listening and smelling, asking, and pulse-taking (脉诊). Observing is watching the looks to know patients’ conditions. Listening and smelling can help to collect messages through hearing the sound and smelling the smell of patients. Asking means asking about symptoms (症状) or signs and the medical history that they use. And pulse-taking is noting the pulse conditions of patients to know the changes inside or reactions of the illness.
In the development of TCM,doctors of different dynasties worked in practice and conclusion. Shennong Bencao Jing, Shanghan Zabin Lun and Bencao Gangmu are all important works for traditional medicine learners.
Nowadays, TCM has become popular all over the world.
判断正误（正确“T”，错误“F”）。1. The earliest known written record of TCM is Bengcao Gangmu.
2. Yin and yang repeat many times in the same order according to season and age to influence people’s health.
3. TCM doctors know the patients’ conditions with the help of machines.
4. Observing is watching the looks to know patients’ conditions.
5. The passage mainly tells us the books about TCM.
On the Loess Plateau (黄土高原), a donkey carries boxes of shadow play tools while five players walk with musical instruments on their backs. They travel through mountains and villages. When it becomes dark, they set up the light and paper screen and start their show.
This is a Daoqing shadow play (道情皮影戏). It is an art mixing Daoqing music and shadow play. The player holds the human characters behind the paper screen and plays a series of stories. The characters are usually made of cow skin.
The stage of the Daoqing shadow play is simple. It’s usually a table covered with a large piece of paper. The light was behind the paper screen. As the shadow player moves his fingers, the characters come to life and their looks, dress and movement can be clearly seen from the other side of the screen. The player is also the lead singer. All the characters are played and voiced by him. It’s not an easy job.
Shi Chenglin is an old shadow player. He says it takes a player ten to twenty years to be good at playing the characters well. He used to have students, but they gave up one by one.
To protect the traditional Chinese folk art, the Museum of Daoqing Shadow Play has been built in Gansu, and many artists are trying to spread it to the stage of China, and of the world.
1. Daoqing shadow play is usually played in the morning.2. The characters in Daoqing shadow play are usually made of silk.
3. The shadow player is also the lead singer.
4. Shi Chenglin’s students gave up learning Daoqing shadow play one by one.
5. This passage mainly talks about a famous Daoqing shadow player.
8 . The Chinese government made new rules about limiting（限制） online gaming for people under the age of 18. Under the rules, children can only play online games for one hour a night on Fridays, Sundays, and public holidays. On these nights, the players must use their real names and birth dates when they set up the game accounts（账号）.
The new rules are trying to protect young people’s health of their body and mind. The government is hoping to stop young people from becoming addicted（沉溺于）to online gaming.
Both parents and teachers warmly welcome the new rules. They are glad that the government has taken action to help control children’s interest in online gaming.
Cao Jie, a teacher and a mother of a high school student in Changsha, was very happy when she heard about the news. She said, lots of students choose to play video games at home and their parents often find it difficult to stop them from surfing online too long.
Limiting the time children spend online is the first step to protect them, but to better deal with the problem of Internet addiction, more attention is needed from families, the government and the whole society.
1. The new rules about limiting online gaming are strict in players’ ________.| A．ages and birth place |
| B．skills and birth place |
| C．ages and playing time |
| D．skills and playing time |
| A．the influence of the new rules |
| B．the purpose（目的） of the new rules |
| C．people’s opinions about the new rules |
| D．companies’ plans about the new rules |
| A．Students don’t like to use phones in schools. |
| B．Both teachers and students warmly welcome the rules. |
| C．Some parents think that online games are bad for students. |
| D．Stopping children from using the Internet for a long time is easy. |
| A．Families. |
| B．Schools. |
| C．The whole society. |
| D．All above. |
| A．He thinks they’re important. |
| B．He believes they’re useless. |
| C．He doesn’t care about them. |
| D．He doesn’t agree with them. |
In the Chinese lunar calendar (农历) there are 24 solar terms (节气) in a year. Start of Summer means the coming of a new season — summer. And it usually begins in May. The temperature rises quickly during this time. Here are three things about how Chinese people celebrate Start of Summer.
Checking one’s weight. The habit of weighing people at Start of Summer is still popular in some places of China today. It’s said that this practice will bring health and good luck to the people weighed.
Eating eggs. In the old days, Chinese people believed a round egg was a symbol of a happy life and eating eggs on the day of Start of Summer was a good wish for good health. People put tea into the boiling water together with eggs to make “tea eggs”. Today it has become a famous snack in many places of China.
Taking care of the heart. According to the Traditional Chinese Medicine, Start of Summer is a key time to protect the heart. When it grows hot, heat can influence health. So people prefer food such as fruit and vegetables.
判断正误（正确“T”，错误“F”）。
1. Start of Summer usually comes in May.
2. People check their weight at Start of Summer because they believe it can bring them health and good luck.
3. In the old days, eating eggs on the day of Start of Summer made Chinese people rich.
4. People eat more fruit and vegetables at Start of Summer to protect their eyes.
5. The passage mainly tells us how Chinese people celebrate Start of Summer.
10 . I’m sorry. I have no idea why your week is bad. I don’t know if you try to tell anyone. But I do know that I’m sorry that you’re hurt, or bored, or lonely or lost.
There is something to make you feel better：go outside or look at the trees or look at a baby photo of yourself.
When you are unhappy, you hope that someone say, “Yeah, that sounds really hard.” But in fact, other people often tell you that you should show smiles and put the sadness in the heart. That’s very bad.
I want you to know you can spill（溢出）your bad day all over the places and wear it on the front of your shirt.
I want you to know that you are still pretty（漂亮的）when you are angry or in bad spirits. I hope your day turns around, and that even if it doesn’t, you can still find a few moments of beauty or happiness.
1. This letter is for the people ________.| A．in good spirits | B．in bad spirits | C．in danger | D．in difficulties |
| A．Go outside. | B．Look at the trees. |
| C．Look at a baby photo of yourself. | D．Above all right. |
| A．show smiles to others | B．spill the bad days |
| C．put the happiness in the heart | D．show sadness |
| A．转身 | B．回复 | C．转圈 | D．好转 |
| A．be happy | B．change yourselves |
| C．deal with bad spirits | D．find the beauty of the life |
