1 . Strawberries are soft and get hurt easily by light pressure (压力). It can make them out of shape. Nowadays, there are many young people just like strawberries. They easily break down when they face difficulties. They don’t know what to do when they are in trouble. They have a common name—“strawberry kids”.
Why are many students so easy to break down? Parents and schools are the main reasons. Parents do almost everything for them in their daily life, while schools care more about their grades instead of developing their personality (个性).
Liu Yue, 13, is from Hainan. His mom hardly criticizes (批评) him and he always feels good about himself. When a teacher criticized him strictly, he was so down and would cry after school. Even more, he didn’t want to go to school next day.
Students should do something to make themselves mentally (心理上) strong. A doctor said, “When you are in trouble, don’t ask for help too quickly. You should try to deal with problems first by yourself. I also advise you to take part in outdoor activities and social activities so that they can make you mentally strong.”
Growing up is not always happy. Pains also go along with it. The most important thing is to face the pains bravely and learn from them.
1. “Strawberry kids” refer to ________.A． | B． | C． |
| A．teachers criticize them strictly |
| B．kids pay more attention to their marks |
| C．parents and schools don’t help them grow up in the right way |
① need help from friends immediately ② try to do some exercise
③ go camping with friends ④keep away from the pains ⑥ clean up in the park
| A．①②⑤ | B．②③④ | C．②③⑤ |
| A．telling stories | B．giving an example | C．asking questions |
| A．Strawberry kids should spend more time on their study. |
| B．It is important for strawberry kids to solve problems with the help of friends and parents. |
| C．Strawberry kids need to learn a lesson from their experiences. |
2 . Ink wash painting (水墨画), Peking Opera and paper cutting are popular in China. In fact, Chinese cartoon makers began to work on these traditional art styles in cartoons many years ago.
| Little Tadpole Looking for Mummy, 1960. This is the first ink wash painting cartoon in China. The cartoon makers drew all the animals and plants with ink and brush (画笔). It’s only about 15 minutes long, but it took lots of work. |
| The Legend of Sealed Book, 1983. It borrows other arts. The characters used makeup (妆容) in Peking Opera to help show their differences. “It shows Chinese artists’ ideas in cartoons.” said the film maker. |
| Pigsy Eats Watermelon, 1958. Zhu Bajie finds some watermelons but he doesn’t bring the fruit back to his hungry friends. Cartoon makers cut the character Zhu Bajie with colored paper. |
| The Story of Afanti, 1979. In this cartoon, all the “actors” and “actresses” are puppets (木偶). They are made of wood and cloth, but they look just like real people. |
1. How long is the history of ink wash painting cartoon?
| A．More than 60 years. | B．More than 40 years. | C．More than 50 years. |
| A．The Legend of Sealed Book | B．Pigsy Eats Watermelon | C．The Story of Afanti |
| A．Little Tadpole Looking for Mummy took much work. |
| B．Artists used paper cutting in Pigsy Eats Watermelon. |
| C．The characters in The Story of Afanti were made of wood and ink. |
| A．History fans | B．Cartoon lovers | C．Paper makers |
| A．art | B．music | C．history |
3 . Everyone needs friends. How do you find real friendship and keep it?
The American writer Sally Seaman tells young students some smart ways to find friends. Sally says finding friendship is just like planting (种) a tree. You plant it and look after it to make it grow.
What makes a good friend? It’s not because a person has money or good looks. A good friend should be friendly and patient. For example, if you have a bad day, a good friend should listen to your complaints (抱怨) and do his or her best to help you.
But things can’t always be happy. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him or her.
These steps (措施) can make you be friends again: say sorry to him or her; tell him or her how you are feeling; explain why you did this or that.
Remember that friendship is the most important thing in your life.
1. Sally wants to tell students the way to ________.| A．find friends | B．plant trees | C．get happy |
| A．be lovely and cool | B．be friendly and patient | C．have lots of money |
| A．talk to | B．never say a word to | C．have dinner with |
| A．four | B．three | C．two |
| A．Teenagers (青少年) and Friendship |
| B．The Good Friends Around You |
| C．Finding and Keeping Friendship |
4 . There are many beach towns around the coast. We think Balboa has the most fun. It’s good to start on Harbor Blvd and drive into Newport Beach. As you drive west from Harbor Blvd to Newport Beach, you will see many bike rental (租赁) companies and kite shops along the way.
In winter, driving to the Balboa Pier (码头) area, you need to turn right at the traffic light; there is a parking ground. Then walk there and read the sign (标志). It provides some information about the history of the area.
Next, when you leave the parking ground, turn right at the traffic light. Keep to the right at the Y, no matter (无论) how many roads you see like this shape. Park when you see a stop sign. When you go on your trip, watch for the sign. This will take you to the Balboa boat. The cost is low and the boat takes you to Balboa Island. You can drive around the island.
1. You can travel in Balboa by ________.a. bus b. car c. bike d. ship
| A．a-c-d | B．a-b-c | C．b-c-d |
| A．west | B．east | C．north |
| A．The road that looks like the letter “Y”. |
| B．A place whose short name is “Y”. |
| C．The shape of the car. |
| A．You can park your car anywhere you like in the Balboa Pier area. |
| B．There are many car rental companies on Balboa Island. |
| C．It costs you a little money to go to Balboa Island by boat. |
| A．In a travel magazine. | B．In a weather report. | C．In a storybook. |
5 . Have you ever traveled to the four famous sights of Jiuzhai Valley (九寨沟)? Please look at them.
Peacock Riverbed, summer | At the north end of Five Flower Lake, this is the most colourful lake of Jiuzhai Valley. |
Nuorilang Waterfall (瀑布), autumn | The noise of the Nuorilang Waterfall is wonderful. During the winter the waterfall usually freezes (结冰), creating a large ice wall. |
Shuzheng Lakes, winter | With a drop of about 100 meters, Shuzheng Lakes have 19 lakes of different sizes. It’s one of the most beautiful sights in the park. |
Five Flower Lake, early winter | Five Flower Lake is one of the wonderful sights of Jiuzhai Valley because of its surprising colours. It’s like a photographer’s (摄影师的) heaven and an artist’s dream! |
1. Peacock Riverbed is the ________ lake in Jiuzhai Valley.
| A．most colourful | B．longest | C．most beautiful |
| A．In Peacock Riverbed. | B．In Nuorilang Waterfall. | C．In Shuzheng Lakes. |
| A．Lijiang | B．Jiuzhai Valley | C．Beijing |
| A．Peacock Riverbed. | B．Nuorilang Waterfall. | C．Shuzheng Lakes. |
| A．in a storybook | B．in a movie theater | C．on a travel website (网站) |
6 . AI model Sora surprises the world
Meet Sora, the cool model from OpenAI. It can turn your words into videos like magic (魔法)! Just tell Sora your idea, and watch it make a video right before your eyes.
How good is it?
Videos made by Sora look good on both computers and smartphones. Sora can also make videos with lots of people doing different things with clear details (细节). It also knows how things should look in real life.
How does work?
Sora looks at many videos and learns from them by breaking them into very small pieces. It uses these pieces to make a new video. The new video is gray at first and very messy (乱糟糟的) —you can’t tell what’s in it. Then, Sora fixes the video until it looks good and smooth.
Sora also gets help from ChatGPT. It turns the user’s short sentences into clear instructions (指令). This helps Sora make the video just as you asked.
Is it good enough?
Sora may find “busy” pictures hard to understand. For example, when a person moves, things around them change (变化). Sora may not be able to tell “left” from “right” and mess up a person’s leg moves.
请根据以上短文内容，选择最佳答案。1. Sora is good at ________.
| A．doing magic | B．making long videos | C．making videos from given words |
| A．By breaking videos into pieces. | B．By understanding long instructions. |
| C．By looking up books about making videos. | |
| A．ChatGPT makes videos for Sora. | B．ChatGPT fixes the messy videos. |
| C．ChatGPT helps Sora understand the instructions. | |
| A．Sora | B．ChatGPT | C．Long sentences |
| A．good enough | B．detailed | C．long |
7 . Everyone needs friends. Friends bring us happiness and hope in our lives.
Making friends is a skill, and the first thing is to know how to get on well with others.
If you have trouble in making friends, maybe I can tell you how to do it.
Be humorous. Learn to laugh at yourself. Remember to smile at others.
Respect (尊敬) the others. Everyone has his idea. Learn how to listen to others’ ideas.
Be friendly. If you are friendly to others, they will usually be friendly to you.
Don’t complain (抱怨). Learn to accept what you can’t change, and work hard to change what you can.
Never give up (放弃). Even if you are faced with some closed-minded people, never give up. And try to find someone who will understand you.
1. Why do we need friends according to the passage?| A．Friends can do everything for us. |
| B．Friends can bring us happiness. |
| C．Friends accept our ideas all the time. |
| A．To help others. | B．To smile at others. | C．To get on well with others. |
| A．Opening the door for someone. |
| B．Complaining to others all the time. |
| C．Laughing at ourselves. |
| A．思想保守的 | B．不知天高地厚的 | C．思想开放的 |
| A．Respect others. | B．Complain. | C．Give up. |
8 . Do you like wearing colourful clothes? Today, we can get colourful clothes easily. But how about people in ancient times?
Tie-dye (扎染) is a very old way of dyeing clothes, which has a history of more than 1,000 years. During the Tang and Song periods, people gave tie-dyed clothes to the emperors as gifts. People make dyes by hand, and dyes usually come from plants.
In 2006, the tie-dye skill was added to China’s national intangible cultural heritage (国家非物质文化遗产) list. Anning city in Yunnan is known for tie-dye.
Yang Cheng, 52, is the inheritor (传承人) of tie-dye in Anning, Yunnan. He has learned the old skill of tie-dye. He learned the skill from his mother in the 1980s. And he has passed it down to his daughter.
To tie-dye, you first need to use ropes to tie your cloth together. Then you put the cloth into the dye. As the cloth is folded (折叠) and dyed, some parts become dark colours, while other parts have light colours. When you unfold the cloth, you’ll see beautiful shapes and colours.
Some might worry that machinery dyeing will take the place of tie-dye. But Yang doesn’t think so. “At the end of the day, machines can’t take the place of our creative hands,” Yang said.
1. The writer starts to introduce tie-dye by ______.| A．showing a fact | B．asking a question | C．giving an example |
| A．Soil | B．plants | C．animals |
| A．his grandmother | B．his father | C．his mother |
①Put the cloth into the dye.
②Use ropes to tie the cloth together.
③Get beautiful shapes after unfolding the cloth.
④Some parts become dark, while other parts are light.
| A．②①④③ | B．③④②① | C．④②①③ |
| A．Anning in Hunan is known for its dye. |
| B．Tie-dyed clothes were valuable in the Song Dynasty. |
| C．Machinery dyeing will replace tie-dye in the future. |
9 . Helping your child choose a hobby is very good for him or her. Here is some advice.
Know your child’s interests. If he likes collecting baseball cards, buy him a special scrapbook (剪贴簿). Show them your interests and support (支持) their interests.
Try different hobbies. Introduce (介绍) a new hobby as a birthday or a holiday gift. In trying something quite different, your child may become interested in it or get to know a new thing.
Share a hobby with your child. Spending family time doing fun things can make a healthy and nice relationship (关系).
Don’t push your interests to your child. Don’t show your unhappiness (不快) when they choose something different from what you think of.
Hobbies are a great way for children to learn new things. Help your children to try different interests until they choose one they want to learn more about.
1. What can you do if your child likes collecting baseball cards?| A．Buy him a special scrapbook. |
| B．Give him some baseball cards. |
| C．Play baseball with him. |
| A．teachers | B．students | C．parents |
| A．Knowing your child’s interests |
| B．Trying something different |
| C．Sharing a hobby with your child |
| A．推 | B．拉 | C．强加于 |
| A．Learn more from your hobbies. |
| B．Knowing your child’s interests is important. |
| C．Some tips (建议) that help children choose hobbies. |
10 . The tourists on Trip Advisor choose the top 3 beautiful islands for you.
Maui | Where: Hawaii, the US Size: 1.886 square kilometers (平方公里) Population: over 100,000 Best time to visit: All year round What you can do: Go swimming under the waterfall (瀑布); walk around the white, red and black beach; climb the 3,000-meter high volcano (火山); watch different kinds of sea animals under the sea. |
Santorini | Where: Aegom Sea (爱琴海), Greece (希腊) Size: 96 square kilometers Population: Over 14,000 Bet time to visit: From May to August What you can do: Walk around the black beach; Have a look at some beautiful paintings; Enjoy the night life in Oia Town. |
Jamaica | Where: An island country in the Caribbean (加勒比海). Size: 10,991 square kilometers Population: Over 2.8 million Best time to visit: From November to April What you can do: Watch different kinds of arts; Walk around the long and white beach; Climb the Blue |
1. Which place is the biggest one?
| A．Maui. | B．Santorini. | C．Jamaica. |
| A．ten | B．fifteen | C．twenty |
| A．a beach | B．a mountain | C．beautiful paintings |
| A．the best time to go to Maui is in summer |
| B．visitors can watch sea animals in Santorini |
| C．Jamaica has the biggest population of the three islands |
| A．art | B．travelling | C．swimming |
