1 . We make decisions every day. Everything we say and do is the result of a decision. Sometimes it’s not easy to make the right decision. If you have a big decision to make, you may feel afraid. But there are some simple things you can do to make yourself less worried. Keep reading to learn more about how to make decisions.
Write about your fears (畏惧). It may help you know about them and make a better decision. Start by writing about the decision you need to make. Describe or list everything that you are worried about.
Think about the worst situation. Once you write about the decision you need to make and why you have fears, take it a step further (深远). Try to think about the worst result for every possible choice.
Think about whether the decision you make will last for a long time. Once you think about anything that could go wrong think about whether you can change the decision later on. Most decisions can be changed, so don’t be afraid to make a wrong decision.
Judge the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.1. The writer thinks it’s always easy to make decisions.
2. The writer thinks writing about your fears can help you learn about those fears.
3. The writer advises readers not to think the worst result.
4. The writer thinks it’s important to make right decisions at first, because it’s hard to change them later.
5. This passage mainly gives us some advice on making decisions.
2 . The Internet is in our life every day. What can we do on the Internet? Here are some useful things that we can do on the Internet.
Education
Someone says having books is necessary when we want to study. It’s not true. We can find almost everything that we want by using the Internet. Many e-books are available, so you can read them online. There are different kinds of educational websites (网站) which make learning a fun activity. A teacher can teach students who live in different places at the same time on the Internet.
Travel all over the world
Internet is useful for travelers. People can read everything about different places in the world. What’s more, in fact, Google Earth makes you visit places that you can go to in difficult parts of world.
Entertainment (娱乐)
Do you like music? You can find and download (下载) any song from the Internet. Are you interested in movies? You can watch any movie online or download and watch it later.
Shopping
Now shopping online is becoming more and more popular and easier in our lives. From food to sports and from clothes to school things and so on, we can buy anything that we want.
Judge the following statements true (T)or false (F) according to the passage.1. We can do some useful things on the Internet.
2. We can find only some pictures that we want by using the Internet.
3. Internet is less useful for travelers from the passage (文章).
4. If you’re interested in movies, you can watch any movie online.
5. Shopping online is becoming more and more popular and easier in our lives.
| A．Put vegetables and meat into a bowl with hot soup and then pour rice noodles into it. This food also has a touching ancient story. A man studied hard. His wife brought food for him every day, but she found that the food was cold after crossing the bridge. So she used a pot to keep the chicken soup on the top of it to keep it warm. |
| B．There is a special food in Hunan. It is famous around China. After deep-fried at a high temperature, the tofu is dark in color, fresh and spicy. It is of stinky smell but delicious taste that makes people just want more. It becomes more and more popular around China. |
| C．This kind of food is one of the most delicious dishes all over the world. Most visitors who come to Beijing will never forget to have a try. It is easy to eat the food. At first, the cook will show you the whole duck. And then he will cut it into pieces. Usually the duck is served together with special pancakes, green onions and sweet sauce. |
| D．You can add the bread pieces into the mutton soup. Then you can enjoy the soup in a very cold weather. It can make us feel warm if you have a try. This special is so cheap that most of people can afford it. When you walk around the city, you can easily find the special. |
| E．The hot water in the pot is a symbol of the special. After boiling the water, you can pour vegetables, meat and anything you like into the pot. When you enjoy the food, you can sit around the round table. It is a good time to share feelings and bring people together. |
| F．You should mix up the sugar and butter in a medium bowl. Then you can add the eggs, one at a time. Next, you can add the vanilla extract, flour and baking powder to it and mix well. Finally you should add the milk. Then pour it into the prepared pan. |
4 . Beijing Opera is famous to us. It has a history from 1790. Its music and singing come from Anhui and Hebei. There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Beijing Opera is full of famous stories, beautiful facial(脸部的) paintings, wonderful clothes and fighting. Some of the stories are mainly from history books, but many of them are from famous novels(小说). The people in the stories usually can’t agree with each other. They became angry, unhappy, sad and lonely. Sometimes they are frightened and worried. Then they find a way to get on well with each other. Everyone is usually happy in the end.
Beijing Opera is an important part of Chinese culture. In the past, it was popular with old people while young people didn’t like it. But now, more and more young people are becoming interested in it. At the same time,more people around the world are learning about Beijing Opera.
Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to the passage.
1. How long is the history of Beijing Opera until 2025?
| A．Less than 220 years. | B．More than 220 years. | C．230 years. |
| A．Anhui and Hubei | B．Beijing | C．Henan and Hubei |
| A．angry | B．happy | C．sad |
| A．newspaper | B．magazines | C．history books and famous novels |
| A．There are three main roles in Beijing Opera. |
| B．Beijing Opera isn’t a part of Chinese culture. |
| C．More and more people are interested in Beijing Opera nowadays. |
5 . In Canada, when you see a group of students wearing funny hats or summer T-shirts in winter, don’t get a surprise. Maybe they are enjoying their School Spirit Week.
School Spirit Week is a time for students to show their personalities and class cultures. It is a school festival. Students from primary schools to high schools can hold it in any week of a year. And students’ family and friends can go to the special festival, too.
School Spirit Week usually has a central theme. According to the theme, students wear special clothes and decorate (装饰) their classrooms. Every year, there is a different theme. And the themes for young kids are usually very simple.
Each theme has games, competitions and parties. Students can choose different activities by themselves and they always have fun.
School Spirit Week asks students to use their creativity to make their own clothes. For example, in a fashion (时装) week, students can wear different clothes made of anything on each day. Monday may be funny, followed by Shirt Day on Tuesday and Jeans Day on Wednesday. Thursday can be Sports Shoes Day, followed by School Uniform Day on Friday.
Do you want to have a look at the wonderful photos of the festival? Click (点击) “READ” you will see them.
Judge the following statements true (T) or false (F) according to the passage.
1. School Spirit Week is a time for students to show their love for Canadian culture.
2. Paragraph 3 tells us the activities of School Spirit Week.
3. The themes of School Spirit Week are the same every year.
4. School Spirit Week can help make the students creative.
5. This passage is mainly about an interesting school festival.
As children grow up, they have a birthday every year. But in modern China, a birthday held at the age of 18 has special meaning. It’s the celebration of coming of age (成年).
In ancient China, the coming-of-age ceremony was very important for the young people. According to the book LiJi (《礼记》), it was the symbol of their right (权利) to get married and their duty (义务) to share family responsibilities. Only after the ceremony could the young people be called “adults” .
At the coming-of-age ceremony, after all the guests sat in the right position, the parents would give a short speech. A respected (受尊敬的) elder that was chosen to hold this ceremony would wash hands and do the guan li or ji li in several steps. Then, the child would kneel on the ground and listen to his or her parents’ expectations and words used to educate the child. After showing thanks to guests, he or she could stand next to his or her parents as a real adult.
In modern China, the coming-of-age ceremony in some universities and senior high schools is getting its popularity. Besides a traditional ceremony mentioned above, some young people may wear traditional Chinese clothing or modern clothing and take professional photos to record this special event. Some choose to make a charitable donation (慈善捐赠) such as money or time to a charity or an organization. They also reflect on their achievements to set better plans for their future education, career (职业生涯) or personal development.
Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to the passage.1. After the coming-of-age ceremony, the young people could get married and had to ________ in ancient China.
| A．give a short speech | B．have a birthday party | C．be responsible for their families |
| A．stand upside down | B．go down on one’s knees | C．lie down on one’s back |
| A．A respected elder. | B．Some friends. | C．The parents. |
| A．Take photos. | B．Get married. | C．Make money. |
| A．the book Li Ji | B．modern clothing | C．the coming-of-age ceremony |
7 . Most of us probably don’t like doing housework. And most of us think that cleaning the bathroom or cooking dinner for the family makes us tired. However, the fact is that someone has to do it. Most of the time, our parents have to do the housework. Is it really fair?
Doing housework is really not as bad as it sounds. If we all do our part, it will seem less annoying (烦人的). Why should your mother have to wash your dirty clothes? You are able to take care of yourself. Doing some housework will show that you are becoming more and more independent.
Some of us may think that we are too busy to do housework. But most parents work all day and are then expected to keep a clean house! Dividing housework among the whole family will make everyone’s job much easier.
Please remember: Learning to do housework can provide you with valuable skills for the future.
Judge the following sentences true(T) or false(F) according to the passage.
1. Most of us think that doing chores is boring.
2. It is really fair for our parents to do the housework.
3. Doing some housework will make us less independent.
4. It is easy to divide housework among the whole family.
5. Learning to do housework can offer valuable skills to us.
8 . Somebody is calling for help in the water. You want to jump in and save them, but that might put you in danger. What do you do?
Soon this won’t be a problem anymore because a robot swimmer called Swumanoid will be on hand to help.
Scientists from Japan designed this robot to swim like an Olympic athlete (运动员). They mapped a swimmer’s body and looked at how every part of the body moves while swimming. The robot can swim just like a human does.
Swumanoid can swim the backstroke (仰泳) and the front crawl (自由泳) at a speed of 0.64 meters a second, about one-third of the world record speed for these swimming styles, according to the Daily Mail.
Motomu Nakashima, head of the team that designed the robot, hopes that robots like Swumanoid can serve as lifeguards in the future.
Besides saving lives, Swumanoid can also be used in swimming research. It can test water resistance, which makes it move more slowly. And it helps to find out how people swim. The information that is collected could help scientists find ways to improve a swimmer’s skills.
Unlike human swimmers, robots don’t get tired from doing the same stroke (泳姿) again and again, so they do not slow down. Therefore, they can collect information more efficiently (有效地).
But the robot is not yet ready to take the place of human lifeguards. Scientists say there are still certain things that need to be improved, such as its motors (引擎) and waterproofing design (防水设计).
Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to the passage.
1. Swumanoid can swim just like a human does because ________.
| A．it was created by an Olympic swimmer |
| B．it can swim the way real swimmers move |
| C．it can follow directions according to a map |
| A．阻力 | B．压力 | C．重力 |
| A．it can do many types of strokes |
| B．it can swim as fast as world record-holders |
| C．it won’t feel tired and never slows down |
| A．one | B．two | C．three |
| A．show how swimming robots are built |
| B．describe how lifeguards do their work |
| C．introduce the swimming robot Swumanoid |
| A. Stimulus Waves We will teach you all the skills of sailing (航海). You can enjoy the silence of the open sea. You can enjoy local food in small restaurants before sleeping on your boat. B. Sea Breeze Beach Club Enjoy wonderful beaches or take trips to nearby villages! Then make friends at the social activities. All meals and drinks are included in the price! C. Active Fun We offer tennis, swimming, golf and lots more. There’s something for everyone. Lessons are free so you can learn something new, whether you’re 6 years old or 60! Fun for all the family! D. Nature Camp Join in farm life or take a walk through the forest with our friendly guides. For those who prefer to relax, you can just enjoy listening to the sounds of the forest. E. Sea View Hotel Enjoy a week at this wonderful, small hotel in Spain. We organize trips to plays and concerts in the evenings. There’s also a beach where you can sit quietly and relax or read! F. Cultural Tour Get away from the usual tourist places and visit India. You’ll visit seven cities, enjoy time at a beach resort (旅游胜地). You’ll stay with local families and experience daily life with them. |
I like to be quiet, so I want to be a farmer and live in a place with mountains around it.
I want to live in a capital city with a long history because I can find a good job easily and travel a lot after work.
I think Disney Park is great, so I want to get a job in a Disney Park.
I like sports, especially water sports, so I want to get a job in a city with nice beaches.
I want to be a movie star, so I want to live in a city that is famous for its movies.
| A．There are lots of places to have fun in Southern California, especially Hollywood. It is famous for movie making all over the world. |
| B．The weather, the people, even the colors…everything is warm in Hawaii. Hawaii is famous for its beautiful beaches. Thousands of people come to take part in water sports here. |
| C．Orange Tree is a beautiful village. There are tall trees around and some high mountains around it. |
| D．Hong Kong is a big and busy city in Asia. And Hong Kong Disneyland is a great place to go to. |
| E．Lijiang is a beautiful town in the southwest of China. As you enter the old town of Lijiang, you’ll get a deep feeling of long history when you see the stone streets and the old houses. |
| F．Beijing is the capital of China. And it is famous for its beautiful old buildings and the Great Wall. |
