1 . How to fight against COVID-19(新冠病毒)? We choose some books to help you. The books were translated into 13 languages, including Japanese, French and Russian. They are convenient for readers to enjoy.
 | Virus, Virus, You Cannot Scare Me! (Writer: Mu Xiangzhen) The book makes parents and children be able to learn—in a fun way—about how viruses（病毒）spread and what people can do to protect themselves. It tells children not to fear about viruses. Besides, it also introduces the idea of getting well with nature, and hopes children can protect wild life and the natural environment. |
 | A Special Spring Festival (Writer: Gao Jing) This book pictures children’s special Spring Festival in China during the outbreak of COVID-19. It tells a story of a common family in China. It tries to answer the child’s question “Why can’t I be allowed to play outside?” It tells the child what COVID-19 is, how it spreads, and how we can protect ourselves from it. The pictures show love between family members, friends and everyone. |
 | Ten Tips to Fight Monsters (Writer: Dong Ruihan) Dad leaves 10 tips to help us fight the virus. Who will win the war? The story will gently teach children how to prevent the disease (疾病)in a language that they can easily understand. It will help kids remain calm in the hard time, and encourage them to help family members to prevent the disease. |
 | A Brief History of Viruses for Children (Writer: Changsha White-flag Dolphin Children’s Book Workshop) This storybook tells the beginning of the virus, so the readers can understand the history of the virus easily. The book sets up a “Ten Questions about COVID-19” section, which explains the knowledge of COVID-19(including how it spreads), helping children readers to understand the virus basing on (基于)reason and science. |
1. All the four books are about ________.
| A．children’s daily activities | B．ten questions about COVID-19 |
| C．fighting against COVID-19 | D．love between family members, friends and everyone |
| A．Virus, Virus, You Cannot Scare Me! | B．A Special Spring Festival. |
| C．Ten Tips to Fight Monsters. | D．A Brief History of Viruses for Children. |
| A．Mu Xiangzhen. | B．Gao Jing. |
| C．Dong Ruihan. | D．Changsha Whiteflag Dolphin Children's Book Workshop. |
①Virus, Virus, You Cannot Scare Me! ②A Special Spring Festival
③Ten Tips to Fight Monsters ④ A Brief History of Viruses for Children
| A．①②③ | B．①②④ | C．①③④ | D．②③④ |
| A．The books were translated into many languages. |
| B．Children can do something to protect themselves. |
| C．We can understand the virus basing on reason and science. |
| D．We have won the war against COVID-19 completely. |
There are many different ways to travel to Paris from London. One of the quickest and most popular ways is by train. From Waterloo Railway Station, you can travel all the way to Paris. The journey takes about three hours. The train, called the Eurostar, is very modern, and the seats are comfortable.
You can also travel to France by ship. First, you go to Dover, on the coast, by bus from London. The bus stops at the Ferry Terminal Seven in Dover. You can buy your tickets there. Passengers travelling by car can drive on to theferry, too.
Another way to travel to Paris is by plane. There are several airports with international flights to Paris and other cities in France. You can travel to London Airport by bus or subway.
Some people even go by taxi but this is a very expensive way to travel!
1. The most popular way to Paris is _______.| A．by ship | B．by plane | C．by train |
| A．quick | B．expensive | C．comfortable |
| A．汽车站 | B．港口 | C．火车站 |
| A．Five. | B．Six. | C．Seven. |
| A．different ways traveling from London to Paris |
| B．international flights from London to Paris |
| C．buses stopping at Ferry Terminal Seven in Dover |
Very often people who travel to the United States forget to tip（付小费）.It is usual to tip porters who help carry your bags，taxi drivers and waiters. Waiters expect to get a 15% tip on the cost of your meal. Taxi drivers expect about the same amount.
In England，make sure to stand in line even if there are only two of you. It’s important to respect lines there. It’s a good idea to talk about the weather. It’s a favorite subject of conversation with the British.
In Spain，it’s a good idea to have a light meal in the afternoon if someone invites you for dinner. People have dinner very late，and restaurants do not generally open until after 9 pm.
In Arab countries，men kiss one another on the cheek（脸颊）. Your host may welcome you with a kiss on both cheeks. It is polite for you to do the same.
In Japan，people usually give personal or business cards to each other when they meet for the first time. When a person gives you a card，don’t put it into your pocket right away. The person expects you to read it.
Don’t forget to be careful of your body language to express something In conversation. A kind of body language that is acceptable in one culture may be impolite in another.
1. When you travel to the USA，you don’t need to tip .
| A．porters | B．waiters | C．bus drivers | D．taxi drivers |
| A．Love me，love my dog |
| B．He who laughs last laughs best |
| C．When in Rome，do as the Romans do |
| D．Where there is a will，there is a way |
| A．搬运工 | B．清洁工 | C．接线员 | D．售票员 |
| A．In Spain，People usually have dinner very early |
| B．In England，It’s a not polite to talk about the weather |
| C．In Arab countries，men kiss one another on the cheek |
| D．In Japan you should not read the business card as soon as you get it. |
| A．How to Tip | B．Body Language |
| C．When to Have Dinner | D．Advice to International Travelers |
4 . Bike-sharing has swept across China, with an increasing number of people choosing bike riding instead of driving. The bike that the service company provides has GPS or Bluetooth on it, and those bikes can be easily unlocked with a smart phone and left anywhere in public. Bike-sharing allows people to borrow a bike from one place and return it at another place easily.
In some cities, we can see more and more people riding this kind of sharing-bikes. It’s very convenient to use the bikes if you have a smart phone. First, you have to download such an APP on your smart phone. Then what you need to do is to find a nearest bike through the APP, scan the QR code on the bike or connect your phone with the bike over a Bluetooth wireless connection. You will find the bike can be unlocked itself. Then you can enjoy your trip. What’s more, the greatest advantage of bike-sharing is that you can easily find one and never worry about where to park it. The cost of riding depends on the time that you spend. Normally, every hour you ride, you need to pay one yuan. It doesn’t cost so much, does it?
At the same time, some people park the bikes in their own homes. Besides, some people don’t value the bikes. Now service companies are trying to solve the problem like being stolen.
Technology and science have changed our social lifestyles. We have to say bike-sharing brings us more convenience without doubt. And we also hope that people can not only enjoy it but also put it to good use.
1. From the first paragraph, we know ________.| A．bike-sharing is invented in China | B．sharing-bikes are used by some people |
| C．most people in cities don’t drive | D．sharing-bikes can be borrowed anywhere |
| A．浏览 | B．扫描 | C．审视 | D．细查 |
| A．have a smart phone and download an APP |
| B．download an APP and pay for the trip |
| C．unlock the bike and download an APP |
| D．find a nearest bike and borrow it from anyone |
| A．Bike-sharing is very cheap. | B．Sharing-bikes may be stolen. |
| C．Sharing-bikes are easy to unlock. | D．Bike-sharing is a kind of green transport. |
| A．science textbook | B．tourist guide | C．website news report | D．restaurant menu |
5 . Can you imagine walking in, sitting next to a stranger and asking for the latest news or putting a recent novel down next to someone's coffee and asking for their opinion before giving yours?
But more than 300 years ago, this kind of behaviour was encouraged in thousands of coffeehouses all over London. In 1712, the Starbucks site(位置) today was occupied(占据) by Button's coffeehouse Inside, poets, writers and members of the public gathered around long wooden tables drinking, thinking, writing and discussing literature into the night. On the wall, near where the Starbucks community notice board now stands, was the white marble(大理石) head of a lion with wide-open mouth. The public was invited to feed it with letters and stories. The best of the lion's digest(文摘) were published in a weekly edition of Joseph Addison's Guardian newspaper, named “the roaring of the lion”.
Today, few people know Button's. It's just one of London's forgotten coffeehouses.
London's first coffeehouse was opened by a Greek named Pasque Rosee in 1652. While a servant for a British merchant in Turkey, Rosee developed a taste for the exotic(异国情调的) Turkish drink and decided to import(进口) it to London. People from all walks of life came to his business to meet, greet, drink, think, write, and joke.
1. Where was the white marble lion head?| A．In the backyard of the Starbucks. |
| B．On the Button's long wooden tables. |
| C．In Joseph Addison's Guardian newspaper. |
| D．On the wall of Button's coffeehouse. |
| A．Every day | B．Every week. | C．Every month | D．Every year |
| A．Turkish coffee. | B．Black coffee. | C．White coffee | D．Sweet coffee. |
| A．People could hardly found a coffeehouse in 1712 in London. |
| B．Starbucks， Button's and Rosee's were famous coffeehouses of London in 1700s. |
| C．Button's was usually noisy and crowded at night 300 hundred years ago. |
| D．Only businessmen enjoyed the exotic coffee at Pasque Rosee's. |
6 . Like you，plants need good things like food，water，and minerals in order to grow. Usually they get these important nutrients(营养) from the rich soil(土壤) in which they're planted. But there's another way to grow plants that doesn't use soil. It's called hydrogenic gardening.
“Hydrogenic” means “working with water. ” In a hydrogenic garden，plants grow with their roots in water， not in dirt. The water is filled with special food for the plants that gardeners have carefully measured and prepared.
Hydrogenic plants grow quickly. In ordinary gardens，plants need time and energy to grow long roots that search the soil for food and water. In a hydrogenic garden，plants can use their energy to grow tall instead. And because there is no soil， there are no weeds and few insect pests(害虫). Gardeners don't need to spray(喷洒) plants with dangerous chemicals. Both the plants and the environment stay healthy.
Scientists hope that，one day，hydrogenic gardens may be able to help hungry people all over the world grow enough food-even in countries that have bad soil，or weather that is too hot，too cold，or too dry. And astronauts hope to take hydrogenic gardens with them to the spaceship they fly to Mars，so that they will always have fresh vegetables，and the fun of growing a garden without dirt.
1. What's the meaning of the underlined word “dirt” in the second paragraph?| A．soil | B．water | C．insect | D．food |
| A．Plants need water and other nutrients to grow. | B．There are no weeds inhydrogenic gardens. |
| C．Hydrogenic plants cannot grow in too hot weather. | D．Astronauts hope to take hydrogenic gardens to space. |
| A．Plant growing. | B．Space farming. | C．Scientific watering. | D．hydrogenic gardening. |
7 . For thousands of years，people farmed the land. They grew fruits and vegetables. They hunted and fished for meat. They
People progressed to making machines powered
Companies built power plants(工厂) to make
People did not realize these activities were
As time passed, people began to
| A．separated | B．washed | C．made | D．mixed |
| A．as | B．for | C．with | D．by |
| A．full | B．proud | C．sick | D．short |
| A．mountains | B．rivers | C．grasslands | D．farms |
| A．metal | B．water | C．electricity | D．oil |
| A．helping | B．harming | C．wasting | D．losing |
| A．clearly | B．hardly | C．quickly | D．slowly |
| A．Before | B．If | C．As | D．Though |
| A．forget | B．see | C．remember | D．get |
| A．them | B．other | C．another | D．others |
How do people find their ways? At first, people did it by looking at the sun, the moon and stars. Later, we started to use the compass（指南针）. Today, there are navigation satellite systems.
A navigation satellite system uses groups of satellites. They send information to a receiver, such as your smart phone. Then they can find where you are.
The earliest navigation system is the Global （全球的） Positioning System（GPS）of the United States. The US has put 24 satellites into space to make sure GPS can locate a person correctly and globally. Russia's GLONASS and European Union's Galileo can also work globally.
The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System （BDS）is China's homegrown navigation system. It was set up in 2000. With it, China became the third country to build a navigation system after the US and Russia.
BeiDou can find you wherever you are. It helps you go faster by finding shortcuts and using correct directions. When you are in trouble and call the police, they will know exactly where you are if you have a smart phone that uses BeiDou.
Today, there are more than 20 BeiDou satellites above our head. And the system is able to offer open services to the Asia﹣Pacific area.
China plans to send more BeiDou 3 satellites into space. BeiDou﹣3's position accuracy（精确度） is less than five meters. By 2020, the BeiDou system will have 35 satellites and begin serving Globally.
1. How did people find their ways at first according to this passage?| A．By looking at the sun, the moon and stars. |
| B．By using the navigation satellite systems. |
| C．By looking at the compass. |
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four |
| A．位于 | B．设置 | C．定位 |
| A．It was set up before GPS. |
| B．It will begin serving globally by 2020. |
| C．There are less than 20 BeiDou satellites today. |
9 . Writing is a much newer invention than talking. Nobody knows when people first began to talk, but so far as we know, they did not begin to write until seven or eight thousand years ago.
In Egypt, Mesopotamia, and China, and later in Palestine and Greece, people began to make marks and pictures with sticks and sharp stones from which others, or they themselves later could see what they had thought.
These early records were the beginning of writing. The first writing was picture writing. Here are some early Chinese picture words. Can you see what they represent （代表）?
Later Chinese writing is less like pictures than the earlier writing was, but we can see the pictures in some of its words. For example：
In picture writing, each picture represents a word; you need a different picture or mark for each word. In present﹣day Chinese writing most of the marks are not pictures of anything, and a reader has to learn how the Chinese write about two thousand of these words before being able to read a newspaper.
With some of these marks you may be able to see what the idea is. For example：
The sun and the moon明Its meanings are："bright" and "open".
A man and two marks仁One of the meanings is "humanity".
1. When did people begin to write?| A．Seven or eight hundred years ago． |
| B．Before people first began to talk． |
| C．Seven or eight thousand years ago． |
A． | B． | C．雨 |
| A．Day and night． |
| B．Bright and open． |
| C．Humanity． |
| A．The history of Chinese writing． |
| B．When Chinese people began to write． |
| C．How the Chinese began to talk． |
Paper cutting is one of the traditional folk arts in China. It is a kind of popular folk arts and has been popular for about 1,500 years. Let's learn about paper cutting.
Wonderful meanings
Paper cutting has some wonderful meanings. In our mind, paper cuttings can always bring us happiness and good luck. At the Spring Festival, people put up "Fu "on doors or windows. At a wedding, people also put up"Xi".
The largest paper cutting in the world
The largest paper cutting was made by Guo Xiaodong. It has an area of about 456 square meters. It is as large as a basketball court.
Why are most paper cuttings red？
In old times, people respected the sun. Red is the color of the sun. We always regardred as the symbol of hope and good luck. Now, we can still see red everywhere in China. The walls of old palaces are red. Lanterns are red. Weddings are always full of red things, too.
Black paper cutting in Shanzhou
It's true that most paper cuttings are red. But paper cuttings in Shanzhou, Henan Province are black. Black is the best color there. Shanzhou is a dry place. The local people make black paper cuttings to wish for rain.
1. What can paper cuttings always bring us in our mind?2. Who made the largest paper cutting?
3. How do the local people in Shanzhou wish for rain?
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