1 . France is well known for its fine art, tasty food and romantic scenery. About 75 million visitors come here every year.
France is the largest country in Western Europe. It has a population of over 66 million. The country is home to many famous places of interest, like the River Seine as well as the Eiffel Tower.
Many visitors also come for the country’s art. Sculptor Auguste Rodin and painter Claude Monet once created their great works here. If you visit France today, it is not a surprise to meet street artists in the city or come across a singer in the subway.
No visit to Paris is complete without a trip to Louvre, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. Inside, there are 35,000 works of art, such as the painting Mona Lisa by Da Vinci and the statue David by Michelangelo. It would take nine months to enjoy all the pieces. Besides, French food is world-famous. Bread is very important in France. The best known French bread is called a baguette. They are long, delicious and taste salty. Snails are also a must-have here. French people eat 40,000 tons of snails every year!
But France is not always good. Paris, the city of light, may also show its dark side to visitors. Chinese visitors feel sorry about the crowded subway in Paris.
据短文内容，请用完整句子回答下列问题
1. What’s France famous for?
2. What’s the population of France?
3. How long does it take to enjoy all the pieces in Louvre?
4. How many snails do French people eat every year?
5. Why do Chinese visitors feel sorry about the subway in Paris?
2 . To be successful, do volunteer first
Perhaps you’ve walked past homeless people who are living on the streets. Or maybe you’ve come across stray dogs (流浪狗) and wished you could give them a home. So what can you do to help these people and animals? The answer is volunteering. Volunteering means spending some of your free time, your energy or your talent in helping others.
Dec.5 is International Volunteer Day. The United Nations (联合国) announced the special day in 1985. It calls for more and more people around the world to volunteer to help those in need.
People volunteer to help others in many ways. (A) free, away, traditional, to, give, your, is, time, the, way. Volunteers visit homes of old people and orphans (孤儿). Compared to traditional volunteering, skill-based (以技能为基础的) volunteering asks for certain professional knowledge or special training. For example, in China many children volunteer to become narrators in museums. They receive history and communication lessons before so that they can tell the stories behind a masterpiece (名作) to visitors. Besides, a person can volunteer to protect the environment, such as volunteering to plant trees and clear rubbish.
Although volunteering takes up our time, it shows our care for others. (B) When people benefit from your help, you will find your life becomes more meaningful and happier.
1. What do volunteers mean?Volunteers are those people
2. 将(A)处的单词连成一个陈述句。
3. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “narrator”?
4. 将(B)处划线句子翻译成汉语
5. What volunteer work can you do?（至少写出2条）
3 . What will you eat for lunch today? In some countries, lunchtime often means soup time! There are many kinds of soups served around the world. Some are as thin and clear as water. Some are as thick as stews. Others are full of noodles!
Soup is just one thing that can be eaten for lunch. What you eat for lunch may be different from the lunch of someone who lives in another country. Let’s take a look around the world to see what kids are eating for lunch.
Mexico
Many children in Mexico eat tortillas for lunch. Most tortillas are made from ground corn, but sometimes wheat in used. Tortillas are usually flat and round, but they can also be made into other shapes. Taco shells are made from corn tortillas and filled with beans or meat. Tasty sauces, called salsas, are often added to tacos. These sauces are made from tomatoes, onions, hot peppers and spices.
Russia
Winters in Russia are very cold. Maybe that’s why many Russian children eat soup for lunch. Two of their favourites are cabbage soup and beef soup.
Many Russian soups also include potatoes. Potatoes are an important crop in Russia. They make soups thick. Eating thick soups can help keep people warm and can fill them up, so hunger is no problem!
South Korea
Meals in Korea are made up of many dishes. No matter what else is served, there is always rice. Kimchi is also always on the table. Kimchi is pickled（腌制的）meat or vegetables. Korean children mix together many dishes and flavors at meals. It’s common for their food to be hot and spicy.
Thailand
Lunch in Thailand often includes noodles. There are many ways to serve noodles. One popular dish is made with thin rice noodles, tofu and shrimp. Another favourite way to eat rice noodles is with meat, vegetables and thick gravy.
| What’s for | ||
| Introduction | Kids in different countries may not eat the same food for lunch. | |
| Food for lunch in different countries | Mexico | Taco shells are made from corn tortillas and |
| Russia | Eating thick soups can help keep people | |
| South Korea | Many dishes and flavors are | |
| Thailand | People cook or eat rice noodles with different | |
4 . Many people would like to watch sport matches. First, you need to know about audience manners.
Most sporting arenas have rules for audience written on the back of the tickets. Read your ticket carefully before you arrive. Try to reach your seat half an hour before the start of the event and don’t leave when a game is in progress. When you leave, remember to take away your soft drink bottles and other rubbish.
During exciting games, try to control yourself. Don’t criticize the performance of players and coaches. Be careful with your words. Since some may cause anger among other people in the Audience.
Clapping is a special form of body language you can use to communicate with players, but you should do it properly. When player find appear, clap your hands together to welcome them, but don’t go on for too long. After an excellent performance, clap warmly. If someone fails, your clapping will help encourage them.
Clapping is not welcome, however, while player need to keep their attention. Various sports have various rules for the audience.
Enjoying artistic gymnastics requires silence. But lots of cheering can really help basketball and football player. When you watch snooker and table tennis matches, flash photography is not allowed. Mobile phones are not allowed in shooting centers.
To be a good audience, you should take time to learn the game-particular mules and related endure of each event.
阅读短文，填写信息。（每空一词）
Title： Good Audience
Topic | Rules | |
| Before games | Sporting arenas | Read your tickets carefully. Reach and leave there in time. Take your rubbish away when you leave. |
| During games | Exciting games | Pay attention to your behavior and |
| Do it properly. | ||
| Artistic gymnastics | Keep silent. | |
| Basketball and football | You should | |
| Snooker and table tennis | You should not take photos. | |
| Shooting centers | Don’t | |
| Conclusion | How to be a good audience | To learn the game particular rules and culture. |
5 . Have you heard of the word “hygge? It’s a Danish（丹麦的）word as well as a Danish lifestyle. There is no English word for the exact meaning of “hygge”, according to Oxford Dictionaries. It might be translated to coziness（惬意）in English, but it is more than that.
Enjoying beautiful music or having a movie night is hygge Lighting candles or making real tea in china cups—that’s hygge too. There’s nothing more hygge than sitting around a table with your family or friends, discussing the big and small things in life. (A)This lifestyle focuses on the idea of making simple daily activities special or meaningful.
(B)is, winter, a, Danish, for, people, hygge, the, fighting, way, of, cold. But it doesn’t have to be the only thing to do in the cold season. In Denmark, there can be up to 17 hours of darkness per day in winter, and the average temperature is around 0℃. As a result, people spend plenty of time indoors and focus on home entertaining.
Now the idea of hygee is travelling abroad and becoming a trend in some parts of the world too. In the UK and the US, there are more and more hygge-themed cookbooks and lifestyle guides, as well as Danish restaurants, cafes and bars. “The rest of the world seems to be slowly waking up to what Danes have been wise to for ages.” Helen Russell, author of The Year of Living Danishly, said.
1. 将（A）处句子翻译成汉语。2. 将（B）处词汇连成一个完整的句子。
3. 判断正（T）误（F）
According to Helen Russell, people in many countries have accepted the Danish lifestyle.
4. List one example of hygge in your life.（列出一个你生活中有关hygge的例子，不得引用原文）
5. 请给短文拟一个恰当的英文标题。（不超过7个词）
In some countries, lunch time often means soup time! However, soup is just one thing that can be eaten for lunch. What you eat for lunch may be different from the lunch of someone who lives in another country. Let’s see together!
Mexico: Tasting Tortillas (薄玉米饼)
Many children in Mexico eat tortillas for lunch. Most tortillas are made from ground corn. But sometimes wheat flour (面粉) is used. Do you know the shapes of tortillas? Tortillas are usually flat and round, but they can also be made into other shapes. Delicious sauces, called salsas, are often added totacos (玉米卷). These sauces are made from tomatoes, onions and hot peppers.
Russia: Sipping Soup
Winters in Russia are very cold. Maybe that’s why many Russian children eat soup for lunch. Two of their favorites are cabbage soup and beet (甜菜) soup. Many Russian soups also include potatoes. They are an important crop in Russia. They make soups thick and rich. Eating thick soups can help keep people warm and can fill them up, so hunger is not a problem.
South Korea: Passing the Pickles (泡菜)
Meals in Korea are made up of many dishes. No matter what else is served, there is always rice. Kimchi (泡菜) is also always on the table. Kimchi is a kind of meat or vegetable. Korean children mix together many dishes at meals. It’s common for their food to be hot and spicy (辣的).
These are what kids are eating for lunch around the world.
The title: | ||
Mexico | Tasting Tortillas | ◆ They are made from ground corn. ◆ They can be made into other shapes ◆ Delicious sauces (salsas) are often added to tacos. |
Russia | Sipping Soup | ◆ Cabbage soup and beet soup are the most ◆ Many Russian soups also include potatoes, making soups thick and rich. ◆ Thick soups help people keep warm and feel |
South Korea | Passing the Pickles | ◆ Many dishes, like rice and Kimchi make up of Korean meals. ◆ Hot and spicy food is |
7 . Over 30 percent of all food goes to waste, according to The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization（联合国粮农组织）. Supermarkets throw away food that is not sold before its sell-by date, while families throw away food that they can’t finish eating.
The world’s first food bank was founded in the US in 1967. Some people and stores donated （捐赠）extra food to the bank. People could take the food home there if they didn’t have money to buy any for themselves. In Shanghai, there is a “shared fridge” in some communities. It is free for everyone to take food from it.
A UK company called The Real Junk Food Project says that food that has passed its sell-by date is still safe to eat. They collect this food from supermarkets and sell it in cafes. You only have to pay as much as you feel is necessary. If you don’t want to spend money, you can volunteer at the cafes instead.
What else can we do to stop food waste? The answer is simply buying less food.
Share more, throw less | |
Food | Over 30 percent of all food goes to waste. Supermarkets throw away food that has Families throw away food that they can’t finish eating. |
Food bank. | It was created in the US in 1967. People who couldn’t Shanghai communities have shared fridges. |
Pay as you | The Real Junk Food Project collects that food that is not sold before its sell-by date. People can get food by volunteering at the cafes |
| Buy less. | That’s the least people can do. |
8 . After appearing as a special event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 2014 Nanjing Youth Olympic Games, Wushu, widely known as Chinese Kungfu, will make its first appearance as an official (官方的) sport at the 4th Youth Olympic Games in 2022.
It’s a long-awaited breakthrough（期待已久的突破）for the International Wushu Federation (协会) (IWF), which made applications to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 2001, 2008 and 2011, but failed. The first two applications were refused at the very beginning. The third application made it to the final voting for taking part in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games but missed out once again.
Over the years, both the International Wushu Federation and Chinese Wushu Association (CWA) have done a lot to make improvement with strong support from the State General Administration of Sport of China (中国体育总局). The Administration not only offers technical (技术的) support, often sending experts or teachers to help their Wushu training camps, but also generously provides a great deal of Wushu equipment (设备) for free.
Every year, many local Wushu groups are sent abroad to put on Wushu shows, trying to improve the influence of Wushu in foreign countries. Through their continuous efforts. Wushu has become widely popular across the world, especially among young Wushu fans. Studies show that, today, about 120 million people are attracted to Wushu around the world.
China got Wushu accepted as an official Olympic event successfully in January, 2020, which helps to make it more international quickly.
A total of 48 athletes from across the world will compete in four Wushu events: men’s and women’s Changquan and men’s and women’s Taijiquan.
News: Wushu Is Included in Youth Olympics | |
News lead | ●Wushu will |
News body | ●Efforts made to spread Wushu and enter it for the Olympic Games: ＊IWF made applications to IOC three times but didn’t ＊In order to improve the situation, IWF and CWA have done a lot with the technical support and ＊Through continuous efforts like putting on Wushu ＊Wushu was accepted as an official Olympic event successfully in January, 2020. ＊48 athletes from across the world will join in the |
Think I Can: How to Push Yourself to Success
“Because I can” is magic. It pushes us past our comfort zones（舒适区域）. It gives us a reason to do the things that we think we can’t. Here are a few ways to use this positive thinking in your own life.
Be More Active
Whether it is to go home or go to work, climb the stairs instead of taking the lift. Whether it is to go shopping or watch a film, ride a bike instead of driving a car. Break the “I’m tired” or “It is too hard” or “It is too far” cycle. Increasing your activity level will be good for you.
Try Something New
It is easy for us to make excuses for why we shouldn’t try something new. Maybe you think it is out of your comfort zone. Maybe it seems too difficult. Or maybe, it is just inconvenient（不方便的）. Remember that you can try something new. It will help you to move past something bad and discover something new about yourself and possible new interests.
Increase Your Willpower（意志力）
Saying “No” to our favorites can be challenging. However, developing strong willpower, whether it is in response（反应）to our favorite chocolate cake or to over shopping, is something that we can all benefit from. Next time you want to do something you might regret, you have the will power to say “No”.
Speak Up
Often, we meet something that troubles us or makes us unhappy. We have a voice “because I can” in our minds. Talking with your loved ones, such as your parents and friends about how you feel, what you need and what you are thinking about can help you get on well with them and form deeper relationships.
Title: How to Push Yourself to | |
| Be More Active | Increasing your activity level will be good for you, such as |
| Try Something New | It is easy for you to make a/an |
| Increase Your Willpower | You have to Next time you want to do something you might regret, remember you can say “No”. |
| Speak Up | Say “because I can” |
10 . Nowadays, WeChat is becoming more and more popular in the world. No matter where we are, on the light train, in a coffee shop, even in the street, we always find people using WeChat around us.
According to some people, there are lots of reasons for the popularity of WeChat. First of all, it is easy to use. You can log in to it with your phone number and start a conversation by tapping the Speak button. In addition, WeChat is a wonderful platform for people to share a great deal of information. Meanwhile, using WeChat, you can also have group chats, pay, play online games, send lucky money or find new friends nearby to talk to.
On the other hand, some people argue that although WeChat benefits us a lot, it has some drawbacks. When using WeChat, people may forget time and some may even get addicted(上瘾) to it, which will affect their study or work. At the same time, spending too much time on the screen does affect eye health, which may cause trouble. Worse still, people may give away their personal information while using it, which may lead to crime.
As far as I know, everyone should use, WeChat within limits. I insist that we shouldn’t spend too much time on it. And it’s very important for us to protect ourselves when we use it.
WeChat—the most popular way of | ||
| Passage outline | Supporting details | |
| Introduction | Wherever you go, you can find people using WeChat around you. | |
Main body | *You can use it *You can share plenty of information on the platform. *You can also have group chats, pay, play online games, send lucky money and so on. | |
| Disadvantages | When people use it *they may forget time. *they may even lose themselves in it. *they may have *they may give away their personal information. | |
| Conclusion | It’s | |
