1 . Tom has a happy family. There are some rules in his family.
Keep healthy
Being healthy is important. Tom’s family play sports for one hour every day. Tom is in the school swimming club. And his parents run every morning.
Evening time is family time
They can’t watch TV or play computer games after dinner. The family usually sit (坐) on the sofa and talk. Tom always talks about his school and friends. Sometimes they take a walk together.
Always say “I love you” and “Thank you”
Tom says “I love you” to his parents in the morning before he goes to school, and in the evening before he goes to bed. His parents say it to him, too. When Tom helps his mother, she says “Thank you”. They show their love and thanks all the time (一直).
1. What club does Tom join?A.The swimming club. |
B.The running club. |
C.The tennis club. |
A.plays computer games |
B.talks with his parents |
C.takes a walk with his parents |
A.Before he gets up. |
B.At breakfast. |
C.Before he goes to bed. |
A.Tom’s father doesn’t exercise every day. |
B.Tom can’t watch TV at home in the afternoon. |
C.Tom always says “I love you” at home. |
A.exercise and being healthy |
B.how to talk with your parents |
C.some rules in a happy family |
2 . China has accepted western fashion and technology as it has developed these years, but a lot of young people are turning to the past for their clothes choices and putting on traditional “hanfu”.
As the government encourages the renaissance (复兴) of traditional culture, hanfu is getting more and more popular with teenagers. Every year, we can enjoy different hanfu shows around the cities. These shows bring us back to the Han dynasty (朝代). We learn more about the history, culture and beauty from them.
Hanfu hasn’t been in the same style since the Han dynasty. However, this kind of clothes has something in common. They all have large soft robes (袍子), with sleeves that hang down to the knees, so the hands can’t be seen.
In modern China, the hanfu lovers are from history fans, cartoon fans to clothes fans.
“Clothes are the basic part of culture, so both the traditional clothes and modern clothes play the same role in culture,” said Zhang Jun, a famous reporter. “If the people and the country do not even understand our traditional clothes or don’t wear them, how can we talk about other important parts of our culture?”
1. What clothes does the passage talk about?A. | B. | C. |
A.China has accepted western fashion |
B.China has accepted western technology |
C.the government encourages traditional culture |
A.History fans. | B.Clothes fans. | C.AI fans. |
A.衣领 | B.衣袖 | C.拉链 |
A.clothes are not the part of culture |
B.it’s not necessary for us to wear hanfu |
C.clothes help us understand our culture better |
3 . Look at the pictures. Can you guess what they are used for? Are they toys? Well, if you think so, think again. These cute “rabbits” are actually huabobo. It has been a popular traditional food in Shandong Province for more than 300 years.
Usually, huabobo is four or even six times bigger than mantou. It has become a necessary part of some important events. Local women use tools like knives, scissors and pens to shape the dough (生而团) into ducks, dragons, peaches, etc, before having them steamed. Then they color them. Their bright and beautiful colors are generally considered to express good wishes.
For example, huabobo in the shapes of rabbits and tigers is usually given to children to express the wish that a boy will be as strong as a tiger and a girl as lovely and clever as a white rabbit. And huabobo in the shape of man darin duck (鸳鸯) represents the wish that a newly-married couple will live happily together to an old age.
Huabobo is normally sweet in taste. The way to make huabobo has been passed down from generation to generation in Shandong Province.
Huabobo tastes good, but most huabobo shops only serve it locally. That detail caught the attention of Zang Chaiyuan, a 25-year-old girl from Yantai. She wanted to introduce huabobo to more people.
Zang’s love for huabobo has also led her to create new shapes. She also uses natural fruit and vegetable juice to color huabobo. What’s more, she has found a way to store huabobo for over two months, making it more convenient to send it to other cities.
Using her creative works, Zang has managed to breathe new life into the traditional huabobo, allowing more young people to understand and taste this traditional food.
1. What are the steps in making huabobo? Which is the missing part?A.serve it. | B.steam it. | C.cut up the dough. |
A. | B. | C. |
A.Young people don’t like it anymore. |
B.It is used more widely than mantou. |
C.Now it’s easy for non-locals to taste it. |
A.She makes huabobo more child-friendly. |
B.She improves the way she sends huabobo. |
C.She helps keep this traditional food alive. |
A. | B. | C. |
4 . ①Do you help your parents with chores around the house? Can you cook for your family?
②To stress the importance of hard-working spirit education (劳动教育) among students of different ages, the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council recently released (发布) a guideline.
③The guideline calls for students to respect work. Students should learn basic life skills and form good work habits through such education.
④The government has been trying to stress the importance of hard-working spirit education. But this has been overlooked (忽视) in recent years. Many teens do not value the importance of working hard and are uninterested in doing so.
⑤According to a study of nearly 3,000 students that was done by Hainan Daily News in March, only 22 percent of primary and middle school students help with everyday chores around the house.
⑥“Schools and families play an important role in teaching students about the value of working hard,” the guideline says.
⑦Primary and middle schools should provide students with hard-working spirit classes every week, according to the guideline. Schools can also hold activities to give students real-world work experience. For example, schools can teach children how to plant trees on Tree-Planting Day.
⑧As children’s first teachers, parents should also encourage children to learn how to do chores at home. Students should master one or two life skills every year. These skills can include cooking, washing their own clothes and tidying their rooms.
1. What does the underlined word ‘‘guideline” mean in Chinese?A.导游手册 | B.指导方针 | C.新闻标题 |
A.many teenagers understand the value of working hard |
B.many teenagers often help with everyday chores at home |
C.most of the teenagers show little interest in doing chores |
A.3000. | B.660. | C.2340 |
A.Cooking meals. | B.Washing clothes. | C.Planting trees. |
A. | B. | C. |
5 . The Dragon Boat Festival is a folk festival which has a history of more than two thousand years. It is also named Duanwu Festival. There are many activities on the day.
The dragon boat race is an important competition during the festival. People hold dragon boat races in the river to remember the poet, Qu Yuan. Now, the dragon boat race is a traditional activity for Chinese people.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, children usually wear sweet-smelling bags to avoid bad things. In some areas of China, a sweet-smelling bag is also used as a symbol of love between lovers.
A long time ago, a married daughter would return to her parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival. So the Dragon Boat Festival is also called Girl’s Day.
Eating rice dumplings is also a custom for Chinese people. The rice dumpling is a kind of food with different designs and styles. For thousands of years, the custom of eating rice dumplings has been popular in China and has spread to Korea, Japan and countries in Southeast Asia.
1. The Dragon Boat Festival is called ________.A.Shangyuan Festival | B.Duanwu Festival | C.Zhongzi Festival |
A.Watching dragon boat races. | B.Wearing red bags. | C.Eating rice dumplings. |
A.girls like eating sweet rice dumplings |
B.a married daughter would return to her parents’ home |
C.sweet-smelling bags are girls’ favorite |
A.pick flowers | B.wear sweet-smelling bags | C.eat rice dumplings |
A.I like Dragon Boat Festival best |
B.Dragon Boat Festival in China |
C.The history of Dragon Boat Festival |
The fourth Friday in November is super special, even more exciting than summer holidays or birthdays. Why? Because it’s Black Friday, one of the busiest shopping days when you can find amazing deals on things you love. But what is Black Friday, and why is it so much fun?
It began in the US on the Friday after American Thanksgiving, which falls on the fourth Thursday in November. The first people to use “Black Friday” were the Philadelphia (费城) police in the 1960s. On the day large numbers of people traveled there for Christmas shopping as well as an annual Army-Navy football game. The day was “black” because the police couldn’t take a day off after Thanksgiving, and instead had to work extra hard to control the crowds. It was in Philadelphia that stores first began to use this Friday as a good day for shopping, with some trying to call it “Big Friday”. But later the name “Black Friday” was widely used among people. In the end of the 1980s, it became an important shopping day across the US and, in time, around the world!
While in the past, videos would show crowds of people running into shops and fighting for the best prices, a lot of the buying now takes place online. Many companies now even begin their sales long before Black Friday itself, starting as early as the beginning of November, meaning there’s no need to line up as people did before.
Whether in stores or online, enjoy your Black Friday adventure to find great deals and have fun!
Task 1: Fill in the chart according to the passage. Fill in each blank with no more than 3 words. 1.2.
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Task II: Answer the following questions.
6. When did “Black Friday” become an important shopping day across the US?
7. How many ways of enjoying Black Friday adventure are mentioned in the passage?
8. Do you prefer shopping in the stores to shopping online? Why?
More and more people would like to enjoy a movie or a show in the theater. Everyone wants to have a good time. So we should do well in the theater. Here are the tips.
Arrive early.
Use the restroom before the movie starts.
Don’t stand up when the movie is on. Because other people are watching it carefully. Getting up to use the restroom before the movie is necessary.
This is one of the most important tips you can follow in the theater. Make sure your phone is turned off. The light from your screen may make others feel uncomfortable.
Don’t talk during the movie.
The sound of you may disturb (打扰) others.
Clean up your seat.
Wait for the lights open.
Wait until the lights have turned on before standing up. There is still someone watching the screen.
A.Don’t forget to bring your tickets. |
B.If you have to speak, make sure to speak quietly. |
C.It is also safer because you can see the way easily. |
D.Don’t leave empty boxes, bags and bottles (瓶子). |
E.Don’t get into the theater after the movie or the show starts. |
F.Turn off your phones. |
In ancient China, bell and drum towers used to play the role of clocks in telling people the time. The bell sounded at dawn (黎明) and drum at dusk (黄昏). Today, bell and drum towers remain in some time-honored cities like Beijing and Xi’an. The bell and drum towers in Xi’an are symbols of the city’s rich past and are among the largest and best-preserved (保存最完好的) of their kind in China.
The Bell Tower sits at the very center of Xi’an. It is 36 meters high. It was built in 1384 and moved to its present location in 1582. Four busy roads cross just under the tower. Visitors need to use an underground walkway to reach the tower. Inside the tower, there is a small museum that houses a huge bell as well as some handwritten records on the history of the tower.
The Drum Tower is about 200 meters to the northwest of the Bell Tower. It is a small building. It lies next to a busy street where many restaurants and shops are located. It was built 4 years earlier than the Bell Tower. It is also one of the largest drum towers in China, with a height of 34 meters.
There is a square sitting between the Bell Tower and the Drum Tower. It is the best place to watch the two towers. According to the tourists, the two towers are more impressive in the evening as the lights add beauty to them. Don’t miss them when you take a trip to Xi’an!
1. How does the writer begin the passage?A.By showing some facts. | B.By using an old saying. | C.By asking a question. |
A.It was built in 1380. |
B.There is a museum in it. |
C.It is the largest bell tower in China. |
A. | B. | C. |
A.fascinating | B.moving | C.understanding |
A.The history of towers |
B.Famous cities in China |
C.Famous towers in Xi’ an |
9 . American modern music is popular with people. There are three main kinds of modern music in the United States. One of them is country music. It comes from the south of America. Country music is simple and we can relax ourselves when we listen to it. It tells us about the everyday life and the feelings of the people.
The second kind of American modern music is blues (布鲁斯). What can we get from this kind of music? Blue has the meaning of “sadness”. So we can taste the sad feelings in blues. And we can also learn about Black Americans’ life.
The last one is American rock music. It is a new way of music. It first came out in the way of rock and roll in the 1950s. Since then, there have been many ways of rock music: hard rock, soft rock and so on. Many young people like playing this kind of music.
1. How many main kinds of modern music are there in America? (根据短文内容回答问题)2. Where is country music from? (根据短文内容回答问题)
3. When did rock music first come out in the way of rock and roll? (根据短文内容回答问题)
4. 根据短文内容,给下面的句子补充一个单词,使句子意思完整。
Blue has the meaning of “sadness” so we can taste the
5. 根据短文内容,完成句子。
The passage is mainly about
10 . Every Wednesday evening, a group of runners in Chongqing get together and set off on their 5-to-8-kilometer run through the city’s public spaces. But this is not a common run. The runners carry rubbish bags with them. They are a group of rubbish collectors who keep fit while helping clean up their surroundings (周围环境).
“Make running more than just running,” Sogor says, wearing a blue T-shirt with “We Run For Trash (垃圾)” on the back. She says that besides exercising in a fun way, Trash Running is also a way to make new friends and discover hidden places.
Sogor says that in addition to the weekly runs, the group also organize running to mark special days. On Earth Day, for example, they help clean up roads in the Gele Mountains.
There are now many runners in different jobs—office workers, yoga teachers, restaurant owners and so on. The oldest is in their forties, and the youngest is just five years old.
From time to time, the runners draw attention and get a big thumbs-up (竖起大拇指). Sogor said, “What one person can do is small, so we run together to make a better and greater influence.” She said that Trash Running has groups in many cities, including Shanghai, Beijing, Chongqing, Changchun and Wuhan. Over 9,300 people have joined the group and about 4,000 of them are trash runners.
1. Runners in Chongqing get together ________.A.once a week | B.twice a week | C.once a month |
A.making friends |
B.looking for interesting places |
C.running and protecting the environment |
A.the club’s members | B.the club’s needs | C.the club’s activities |
A.Time waits for no man. |
B.One is never too old to learn. |
C.Many hands make light work. |
A.Sogor, a Great Girl | B.We Run for Trash | C.A New Way to Exercise |