Have you ever asked yourself this question, “Which books I need to read? Fiction or Non-Fiction?” To help you answer this question, I would like to explain the differences between the two kinds of books.
A fiction book is something not happened in real life. It can be a novel, a fairy tale, a short story or a play. Fiction writers are usually good at imagining. For example, they always try to tell you something through a story; they make readers think about their ideas. They usually write about love, family or life in their books. When you read fiction, you see the world through a character’s eyes. Looking at the world from a different way helps you get opinions about things around you.
Non-fiction books usually talk about a truth or an opinion about real things. It mainly includes informational books, biographies (传记), research, or history. Non-fiction helps readers get knowledge (知识) about the world. This knowledge is helpful for reading fiction books. Also, reading non-fiction helps readers understand problems and find ways to solve them. You can also learn useful lessons from successful people in the book.
①Reading is a very good habit. ②Both kinds of books help you learn more about yourself and the world. They bring you a lot of happiness.
1. What do fiction writers usually write about in their books?2. What else can we know from the passage?
3. Which books do you want to read, fiction books or non-fiction books? Give your reasons.
4. 请将文中下划线句子①翻译成中文。
5. 请将文中下划线句子②翻译成中文。
2 . Hi! I’m Tina Smith and I’m thirteen years old. I live in Quebec with my parents, two little brothers, Peter and Mike, and a clever dog Blacky.
The city we live in is really beautiful. In winter it often snows and you can see the snow in the streets and on the houses. When the temperature（气温）is lower than thirty-five degrees（度数）below zero we don’t go to school but stay at home. It is very, very cold! Sometimes there are heavy snowstorms and you can’t see anything. There are often very cold winds and it is difficult to stay in the streets for a long time. That’s why we wear warm coats, hats and scarves not to freeze（冻结）.
I like winter when the weather isn’t very cold. Then we go outdoors, make snowmen, play snowballs, skate or ski. But sometimes I hope to live in a warm country.
任务—根据短文回答下面问题。
1. How many people are there in Tina’s family?
2. When do the students in Quebec have to stay at home?
3. Why can’t people sometimes see anything in winter?
任务二：划线句子翻译成中文。
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3 . Amazing China(《厉害了，我的国》)is a 90-minute documentary. It records the country’s great developments over the past seven years. The film hit China’s big screen on March 2,2018 and it soon became the country’s most popular documentary.
Amazing China introduces some of the most important developments that China has made since 2012. In the documentary, we can see the world’s largest radio telescope FAST. It took China five years, from 2011 to 2016, to build the telescope in the mountains of Guizhou Province. People called it Tianyan, which means “the eye of heaven” in Chinese. The documentary also shows us the world’s largest maritime drilling rig Blue Whale 2, and the development of 5G mobile technology.
Amazing China also records the stories of normal people, such as engineers who do building work, grass-roots officials who help poor people become rich, and workers who try to make use of new technology in their factories.
“This documentary not only shows what China has achieved,but also tells us about the hard-working people who made these achievements,” said Li Jianwen, a moviegoer in Qingdao, Shandong Province.
1. What is Amazing China mainly about?| A．The changes of people’s life. |
| B．China’s great developments. |
| C．The development of documentaries. |
| D．A new film of China. |
| A．A radio telescope. | B．A maritime drilling rig. |
| C．A 5G mobile. | D．A spaceship. |
| A．Amazing China was the most popular documentary in China in2018. |
| B．Blue Whale 2 is in Guizhou Province. |
| C．The people in the film are not hard-working. |
| D．Li Jianwen is proud of our country’s achievements. |
