1 . Now Chinese movies have become one of the favorites among the young people in Malawi (马拉维). Many people can enjoy them in video show halls, homes and through the Internet.
Luis Ndalama, 38, is a businessman who has been doing a videodisc (影碟) business for over 15 years. He told Xinhua News Agency (新华社) his customers have been watching Chinese movies for a long time. However, because they didn’t understand Chinese, many of them used to have difficulties in following the movies. “But with time, we have seen many Chinese movies with subtitles (字幕), and this helps many of my customers to understand them even better.” Ndalama said.
In an interview with Xinhua, many young people were able to explain things they learned from movies about China. “It’s always fun watching Chinese movies. At first it was very hard to understand them. Because everything about them and us was different in terms (词语) of language, food, dressing, dances and many other cultural values. But now, there are a lot of things that I know about China through movies. For example, I know about Kung Fu, the Great wall, food like Biang Biang noodles and many other interesting things about China,” Kham a said.
1. What can we say about the young people in Malawi?| A．They are interested in making movies. |
| B．They show great interest in Chinese movies. |
| C．They prefer to do business with Chinese people. |
| D．They think it difficult to communicate in Chinese. |
| A．Customers. | B．Movies. | C．Subtitles. | D．Interviews. |
| A．Chinese movies are popular in the world. |
| B．More and more people start to study in China. |
| C．Chinese movies help foreigners learn about Chinese culture. |
| D．Lots of foreign people were interviewed by Xinhua Agency. |
2 . Do you want to go on a road trip with your friends? Do you know what to do? If you don’t know, there are some tips for you.
First, find out why you want to go. And make sure it’s a good reason (原因). Road trips take a lot of time and money. But with a good reason to go, nothing can stop you! These reasons include (包括) trying to find yourself, having fun with your friends, or just travelling the places you didn’t visit before.
Second, plan who’s coming. If you want to come with someone, write down their names. After you finish your plan, ask those people about the trip. Here are some questions you should think about: Can you trust (信任) them? Will they be able to help you?
Third, plan your destination. Write down the places in your country that you want to go to. You can even mark (标记) them on a map with color pens.
Finally, think of the transportation (交通运输) you’ll take. Make sure the transportation you take has enough room for everyone.
1. How does the writer start this passage?| A．By telling a story. | B．By giving numbers. |
| C．By asking questions. | D．By giving examples (例子). |
| A．Trying to find yourself. | B．Having fun with your friends. |
| C．Taking a lot of time and money. | D．Travelling the places you didn’t visit before. |
| A．假期 | B．路线 | C．中转站 | D．目的地 |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．When to Make a Plan for Your Road Trip |
| B．How to Go on a Road Trip with Your Friends |
| C．How to Enjoy Your Holiday with Your Friends |
| D．Why It’s Important to Plan Well Before You Travel |
3 . Wu Zeyin, 11, comes from Hubei, China. Seven years ago, he moved to Botswana with his family.
During the past years, Wu found that the number of fruits and vegetables in Botswana was very small. And some of them were not good. The carrots were small and the tomatoes were green. But the price was very high. And he learned that Botswana had to buy many fruits and vegetables from other countries to meet the needs of its people. Wu wanted to do something to help.
In 2023, he made an app for agriculture (农业). It is called Farm Assistant. The app supports (支持) eight vegetables, like tomatoes, potatoes, cabbages and radishes. With the help of the app, farmers can know the vegetable’s planting time, watering needs, ripening (成熟) time and selling price.
Wu said, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
1. How old was Wu when he moved to Botswana?| A．Seven. | B．Four. | C．Eleven. | D．Nine. |
| A．app | B．fruit | C．fish | D．vegetable |
①watering needs ②selling price ③planting ways ④ripening time
| A．①②③ | B．②③④ | C．①②④ | D．①③④ |
| A．To ask us to travel in Botswana. | B．To teach us how to plant vegetables. |
| C．To introduce a Chinese boy and his app. | D．To show some vegetables in different countries. |
4 . Making a good job choice is almost as good as choosing a good life. So choosing a job is one of the most important decisions to make in life.
For my job, there are three important things that I will consider:
The first one is that I must work in an area I like. It’s the most important to me. Someone once said if you find a job that you enjoy, then you won’t have to work another day. I would like to work in an area where I can be more creative. I would like to be the most valuable member there. All this is possible only if I like what I do.
The second one is that the area of my work must lead me to solve some new and hard problems. I would like to stay in the same area for a long time. So the work must provide enough problems. I enjoy trying my best for the whole progress. More than just working to live. Of course, I would also like to be well remunerated for my hard work, so I can lead a comfortable life with this hard-won money. Then I can provide the best for my family.
The third important thing is that I would like to work in an area that would help other people. The work in my mind is in fields such as the army, training or management. In such areas, I can help to develop the abilities of others and bring out their best. It would be a most satisfying job to help young people to become the best that they can be.
I accept the idea that no one should make a choice of a job suddenly or quickly. He should decide what he wants to be in the long run. Then, he should decide how he works towards it. He should study the proper courses, read the books and speak to knowledgeable persons in that field before making a job choice. A good choice will most probably lead to a better life.
1. What can a good job choice probably help people do according to the passage?| A．Solve fewer problems. |
| B．Provide more time. |
| C．Meet knowledgeable persons. |
| D．Choose a good life. |
| A．Because it can make him more creative. |
| B．Because it can provide the best for his family. |
| C．Because he has chances to help others. |
| D．Because he has chances to study proper courses. |
| A．Trained. | B．Praised. | C．Accepted. | D．Paid. |
| A．Become a knowledgeable person. |
| B．Join the army to become a better person. |
| C．Make preparations to find a satisfying job. |
| D．Help young people to choose an interesting job. |
| A．My Job Choice | B．My Favourite Job |
| C．My Comfortable Life | D．My Sense of Satisfaction |
5 . Space tourism (太空旅游业) is no longer a thing of science fiction. There are lots of companies planning to send people into space in the next few years. Space X is one of the most famous companies offering trips to space. So far, it has had over 100 customers. And in April, 2022, it sent 4 people into space. Now what can space tourists do while in space? Here are some examples:
| See the Earth from Space Seeing the Earth from a distance has always been a dream.It gives most people a sense of both achievement and wonder,just like people climb the highest mountain and dive the deepest sea on the earth. | Stay in a Space Hotel Hotels are directly connected with tourism, right? So if there’s space tourism, there might also be space hotels up soon. Orion Span has been planning to send tourists to stay in their “space hotel”. |
| Eat in Space Eating is not easy in space. Even drinking water is difficult. Oh, a quick fact! You aren’t allowed to burp (打嗝) in space! Bubbles will come out of your mouth and it might be dangerous to leave them around. | Visit the Moon and Other Planets Space tourism companies are racing to launch (发射) the first tourist flight to the moon. Although there might be a long way to go before common people can step on the moon, we will probably see it in our life-time. And who knows. |
With the industry rapidly developing, space tourism is around the corner, and it might come much faster than we think. Who knows what the future might be like? Will you be the next person to travel to space?
1. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?| A．Space. | B．Space X. | C．Space tourism. | D．A thing of science fiction. |
| A．By taking examples. |
| B．By telling a story. |
| C．By having a discussion. |
| D．By interviewing space tourism companies. |
| A．People won’t climb the highest mountain in the future. |
| B．Space hotels will be offered for the tourists during space trip. |
| C．People will not allowed to eat in space for their safety. |
| D．Common people can never step on the moon in the future. |
| A．To explain the importance of Space tourism. |
| B．To explain the danger of eating in space. |
| C．To introduce the future of space travel. |
| D．To introduce the challenges in building hotels on the moon. |
6 . Imagine (想象) that your body is like a factory. It takes in “materials (材料)” and puts out “goods”. If you start with poor materials, it’s likely that your goods won’t be very good. But if you use better materials, your goods will come out much better.
What does this mean in real life? It means get enough sleep, eating healthy food, and exercise. You might not think about this much as a student, but believe me — as you get older, it becomes very important.
It’s good to start building a better “factory” at a young age. Getting into the habit of living healthily can help you in many ways. If you get enough sleep (not too little, not too much), you’ll be able to focus (集中精力) better on your studies. Eating health y food helps your body grow strong and fight against sickness. And exercise can help you stay fit both physically and mentally (精神上).
This sounds like a lot to do. So start small—try to go to bed at the same time each night and wake up at the same time as well. Find time to eat an apple each day—they say “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Try to exercise each day, even if it’s only for 10 minutes. Doing these little things will help you build a great “factory”.
1. What does the writer want to show in Paragraph 1?| A．How to run a factory. |
| B．Which materials are better to use. |
| C．Materials are important for the quality (质量) of goods. |
| D．Factories can’t use poor materials. |
| A．Getting enough sleep. | B．Eating health y food. |
| C．Exercising to stay fit | D．Sleeping until (直到) late morning. |
| A．it’s good for us to build a factory |
| B．it is OK for us to eat some junk food |
| C．exercise can help us focus on our studies |
| D．enough sleep (not too little, not too much) is good for our health |
| A．疾病 | B．厌恶 | C．失望 | D．悲伤 |
| A．It is not easy to start good habits. |
| B．Improve our life by doing small things. |
| C．Youth (年轻) is the best time to dream big. |
| D．It is best to live a real life. |
7 . Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is a beautiful place with sweet fruit as well as kind people. They can sing and dance beautifully. And the food in Xinjiang is also famous. Let’s have a look!
 | As the saying goes,“One can go without eating meat for three days, but can’t live one day without naan.”Naan is a traditional food with a history of over 2,000 years inXinjiang. People usually cook it in a clay oven (泥炉). The shape of the food is round. People think it can bring good luck to them. They like to share the food with others because they want to share good luck. |
 | It’s a famous dish and you can find it all over the country. A cook called Li Shilin created dapanji in the 1980s. At that time, people enjoyed the taste of the dish, but they thought a small plate wasn’t enough. This is why Li decided to cook a whole chicken one day, and put it in a big plate for his guests. The dish tastes really good. |
 | Xinjiang Hand-pulled Noodles, also known as latiaozi, are a kind of popular Xinjiang food. People introduced the cooking way of noodles to Xinjiang from other parts of northwest China. The locals add mutton and all kinds of vegetables to the dish. The cooking of the noodles attracts lots of people's interest and they all like to watch it, especially pulling noodles. |
1. What can we learn from the saying in the first form?
| A．People in Xinjiang eat naan to keep healthy. |
| B．Meat is the most important food in Xinjiang. |
| C．Naan is very important for people in Xinjiang. |
| D．People in Xinjiang need to eat meat every day. |
| A．make more money | B．save more time |
| C．meet the need of his guests | D．meet the need of his family |
| A．It’s easy. | B．It’s difficult. | C．It’s boring. | D．It’s interesting. |
| A．In a cook book. | B．In a travel guide. |
| C．In a history book. | D．In a science magazine. |
8 . The Tianchi Meteorological Station is one of China’s best weather stations. It was really difficult to set up and develop this station.
The Tianchi station is at an altitude (海拔) of about 2,620 meters and is about 150 meters away from Tianchi Lake on the top of Changbai Mountain. Weather workers there not only enjoy wonderful sights, but also work under terrible weather conditions.
The average temperature there is -7.3℃ with the lowest of -44.0℃. Every year, there are strong winds in about 269 days with some up to 74 kilometers per hour. Snow can be seen in about 250 days. And there are 56 days of thunderstorms.
The station was set up in 1958 to improve weather information collection. These days, workers also need to pay attention to the effects of climate change and protect the wildlife in Changbai Mountain. Workers stay at the station from June to September. In other months, they check the equipment to keep everything in working order.
Since the station was set up, many workers have done their part in collecting weather information from Changbai Mountain. Jiao Xiangzhao, 53, is one of them. He has worked there for 24 years. He still remembers his first day of work.“Because of the heavy snow, the car we took had to stop when we were one-third of the way to the station. We took four hours to get to the mountain top with heavy bags,” he said.
Over the past years, conditions have improved a lot. Since 2010, new equipment has been used at the station. In 2016, a new building of 1,000 m² was built. Workers could work more safely there.
Working at the station may be hard but important. Jiao feels happy that he can help change the world for the better through his job.
1. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?| A．The setting up of the weather station. |
| B．The weather conditions at the station. |
| C．The difficulty in working at a high altitude. |
| D．The beautiful sights of Changbai Mountain. |
| A．To report the terrible weather. |
| B．To check the equipment in the mountain. |
| C．To improve the weather information collection. |
| D．To keep wild animals safe in the mountain. |
| A．Easy. | B．Helpful. | C．Safe. | D．Successful. |
9 . One important part of any culture is its customs. Here are 3 customs from around the world.
Point with lips
In Nicaragua in Central America, people feel that pointing with the finger is impolite. So, it’s common to point with the lips instead of the finger there. Wondering just how exactly a person points with his lips? It all starts by puckering up (撅) the lips. Once a person has his duck face on, he can direct his lips forward or side to side to show what he wants to point out. The lip point is often used in conversation to show something that is happening nearby.
Hang out in cemeteries (墓园)
While cemeteries are considered scary places in many countries, this is not the case in Denmark. Many people might prefer to hang out in parks, but locals have turned their cemeteries into places where they meet friends. These cemeteries are very tidy. When the weather begins to warm up, the cemeteries are full of locals. Assistens Kirkegard in the country’s capital provides a perfect example. As you hang out there, you can see many famous people buried there, including Hans Christian Andersen, author of The Ugly Duckling.
Make slurping (啜食) sounds
Most countries around the world have rules about table manners. For western cultures, it is considered impolite to make loud noises while eating. In Japan, however, this action has a completely different meaning. Making slurping sounds when eating noodles in Japan is a way of showing that someone is really enjoying them. Some scientists even believe that eating noodles this way could make them taste better.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?| A．Locals like to meet famous people. |
| B．Only old people like to visit cemeteries. |
| C．Assistens Kirkegard is a famous cemetery. |
| D．Children are not allowed to hang out in cemeteries. |
| A．His action is impolite. | B．He likes his food very much. |
| C．It is common for people to do that. | D．He is expressing his thanks to the cook. |
| A．They are all related to food culture. | B．They all attract many foreigners. |
| C．They all come from the West. | D．They are all surprising. |
10 . As young students, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize. They can also be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in you class. Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream come true?
Andrew Matthews, an Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge. You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of ideas stop you from realizing your dreams.
In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is. Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want every day and your dream will come true faster. You should know that a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.
Also you must never give up your dream. There will be barriers on the way to your dreams. Don’t be afraid of them. They are not that hard. The biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Turn off the TV. Studying will help you get better exam grades. Don’t buy ice-cream. Saving five yuan means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn something more useful and find new hobbies.
1. According to the writer, what may stop you from realizing your dream?| A．Failing your exam. | B．Having many challenges. |
| C．Not being the best. | D．Not believing in yourself. |
| A．Dreams. | B．Subjects. | C．Difficulties. | D．Chances. |
| A．yourself | B．your friends | C．your parents | D．your school |
| A．You should never give up your dream. |
| B．It is not easy to make your dream real. |
| C．You may think you can’t do well in something. |
| D．Having some hobbies can help make your dream come true. |
| A．How to Become a Writer |
| B．How to Realize Your Dream |
| C．Young Students Have Many Dreams |
| D．Small Dreams Make a Big Dream |
