1 . Around the world, people have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. Traditional foods also show a new year of good luck and good health.
An English Christmas dinner has a meal of turkey, and it also includes pies and plum puddings (李子布丁). In Germany, Christmas is celebrated with bread, cookies and cakes, which are made like Christmas trees. In France, Christmas dessert is a cake filled with butter cream.
In southern parts of India, there is a three-day festival in mid-January called Pongal. It includes rice and a dish of rice cooked with sugar that is shared with families and friends.
Japan celebrates New Year with a seven-day festival. It begins from January (1)st. Food is prepared before the festival so people don’t need to cook during the festival. On New Year's Day, various dishes called Osechi Ryori (御节料理) are served—each dish is a wish for the New Year.
In most Asian countries, the New Year begins with the first full moon of the first Chinese Lunar (阴历的) month. Each place has its special food to welcome the coming year. People in China prepare their food ahead of time to avoid the possibility that using a knife during New Year's time might "cut luck". Foods with lucky names are popular, such as fish, which sounds like "surplus(剩余)".
1. What do you learn from the passage?| A．People have different traditional foods to celebrate different festivals. |
| B．New Year begins from January 10th in Japan. |
| C．In France, Christmas dessert is a cake filled with butter. |
| D．Traditional foods only show a new of good luck. |
| A．Christmas | B．Pongal | C．New Year | D．Lantern Festival |
| A．turkey | B．dessert | C．Osechi Ryori | D．dumplings |
| A．different | B．same | C．expensive | D．few |
| A．必须性 | B．必然性 | C．可变性 | D．可能性 |
2 . Very few people enjoy doing chores around the house.1.However, we all know that they must be done. Kids living in the age of Washington helped their family do chores every day. 2.The chores for kids today are quite different from those in the past. Here (A)_________(be) some of the things kids needed to do:
1. Helped wash the clothes
2. Gathering the eggs that the chickens laid
3. Working in the kitchen and garden
4. Helping take care of younger children
5. Getting water for cooking, doing dishes and washing
6. Bring in firewood to cook and keep the home warm
7. Visiting sick family members or neighbors to bring them things they needed or cheer them up.
8. Feeding the chickens or milking the cows.
9. Going shopping at the market or store
10. Sewing(缝) clothes such as socks.
Today, children do not need to do so many chores. They just do some simple things and (B)有很多时间来玩和学习。
1. 将文中画线的句子翻译成中文。2. 将文中画线的句子翻译成中文。
3. 用(A)处所给的正确形式填空，补全句子。
4. 将(B)处的短语翻译成英语。
5. 回答问题。How many kinds of chores that kids needed to do are mentioned(提到)in the passage?
3 . Breaking Bad Eating-Habits
Have you heard the expression "You are what you eat"? Well, do you like who you are'' If not, break some bad eating habits and feel better about yourself.
Bad habit 1:_________
Many packaged(＝ in small bags)foods, such as frozen(冰冻的)dumplings, rice rolls and instant noodles(方便面)have lots of fat and calories(热量).
The solution: Read the instructions to find the healthiest foods that are low in salt and high in fiber (纤维）. Also check to make sure they have ingredients such as vegetables and grains. When possible, use packaged foods as part of a "home—cooked" meal. For example frozen(冰冻的)dumplings with fresh vegetables are better than dumplings alone.
Bad habit 2:_________
People without breakfast don't have enough energy they need to get through the morning. Eating breakfast improves your concentration, memory and mood.
The solution: Always keep a kind of quick foods like yogurt. Or have a standing order at breakfast place.
Bad habit 3:_________
It takes your body at least 20 minutes to "tell" your brain that you are full. So fast eaters usually eat more than people who eat slowly.
The solution: Try to slow down. Try eating at least some of your meals without TV, hand phones or computers. Use a plate or bowl when you eat.
Bad habit 4:_________
Healthy snacks between meals are fine.But when you snack instead of having real meals, you will not eat your meals regularly. Plus, snack foods such as chips and sweets aren't very satisfying. That makes it easy to overeat.
The solution: To get more energy, allow yourself two healthy snacks a day. Choose snacks that will make you feel full. Try fruit, yogurt or nuts.
As we all know, bad habits can be broken. Take the first step toward a healthier eating routine——start following these tips today!
1. 给文中的横线处选择合适的标题,并将其字母代号填写在下面的横线上.A. You are a fast eater. B. You often don't eat breakfast.
C. All your meals come in packages. D. You have too many snacks.
Bad habit 1:
Bad habit 2:
Bad habit 3:
Bad habit 4:
2. 根据文章内容完成句子。
No eating breakfast is bad influence on your
3. Why do fast eaters usually eat more than people who eat slowly?
4. 根据文章内容填空，每空一词。
Do you like who you are? if not, you should start
4 . There are many charity(慈善机构) shops in England.They are owned and run by Oxfam and other charities.Sometimes all their money goes to help cure(治疗) a disease like lung cancer.Some other charities use their money to help homeless people.
A charity shop sells many things.For example, you can find clothes, china(瓷器) and books there.(A)These second hand items are given to the shops by people who don’t need them anymore. A family might give old clothes that they wear no more or books that they no longer read to a charity shop. The charity shop doesn't pay for them.
The charity shop then sells these goods at a very low price.People often go to these shops to find a bargain.Of course most things in the shops are not very interesting, but books and clothes in these shops can be very cheap and very good.
The money gained from selling these things is then used by the charity to help people in need.For example, Oxfam uses its money to help poor people all over the world, especially in Africa, he provides medical treatment and food for them.It also uses its money to make people know the sufferings(困难)of the poor around the world so that it can receive more donations(捐赠物) to help more people.
1. 找出与The charity doesn’t give your any money if you give them the shoes that don’t need them anymore.意思相近或者相同的句子。—————————————————————————————
2. 将(A)处划线的句子These second hand items are given to the shops by people who don’t need them any more.翻译为汉语。
3. What does the underlined word“bargain”mean in Chinese?
| A．商品 | B．便宜货 | C．赠品 | D．替代品 |
5 . Many people would like to watch sport matches. First,you need to know about audience（观众）manners.
Most sporting arenas(竞技场) 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 (批评) 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 players first 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 players need to keep their attention. Various(不同的) sports have various rules for the audience.
Enjoying artistic gymnastics (体操) needs silence. But lots of cheering can really help basketball and football players. 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 rules and related culture of each event.
Title: Good Audience Manners
| Topic | Rules |
| Sporting arenas | Read your tickets carefully. Arrive and Take your rubbish away. |
| Exciting games | Pay attention to your words in order not to make other people |
| Use it properly. | |
| Artistic gymnastics | |
| Basketball and football | You should |
| Snooker and table tennis | You should not take photos. |
| Shooting centers | You aren't |
| How to be a good audience | By |
6 . Every morning my father buys a newspaper on his way to work. Every evening my mother looks through magazines at home. And every night, I look at the posters with photos of Lee MinHo on my bedroom wall before I go to sleep. Can we imagine life without paper or print?
Paper was first created about 2,000 years ago, and has been made from silk, cotton, bamboo, and since the 19th century from wood. People leaned to write words on paper to make a book. But in those days, books could only be produced one at a time by hand, As a result, they were expensive and rare (稀有的), And because there weren't many books, few people learned to read.
Then printing was invented in China. When printing was developed greatly at the beginning of the 11th century, books could be produced more quickly and cheaply. As a result, more people learned to read. After that, knowledge and ideas spread quickly.
Today information can be received online, downloaded from the Internet rather than found in books, and information can be kept on CDROMs or machines such as MP3 players.
Computers are already used in classrooms, and newspapers and magazines can already be read online. So will books be replaced(替代) by computers one day? No, I don't think the Lee MinHo poster on my bedroom wall will ever be replaced by a computer two meters high!
1. What does the writer do before he goes to sleep?| A．He reads books. | B．He reads newspaper. |
| C．He looks through magazines. | D．He looks at the posters on the wall. |
| A．About 2000 years ago. | B．In the 19th century. |
| C．About 1000 years ago. | D．In the 11th century. |
| A．People could not read. | B．People could not write words on paper. |
| C．People could not find silk, cotton or bamboo. | D．People could only produce books one at a time by hand. |
| A．People didn’t want to buy books. | B．Printing was invented in China. |
| C．Knowledge and ideas spread quickly. | D．The Internet was introduced to people soon. |
| A．People won’t need books any more. | B．Books won’t be replaced by computers. |
| C．People prefer to find information in books. | D．Computers have already replaced books. |
7 . It might be fun to use your smartphone, but be careful. Too much screen time may be harmful to your health.
First, it is bad for your eyes. A researcher called Sarah Hinkley says the problem comes from the blue light that the screen gives out. Looking at a smartphone for a long time can cause eye strain（劳损）, headaches and dry eyes. So it is a good idea to take a break every 15 minutes when you are working at a computer or using a smartphone.
Second, screen use can do harm to children’s brains. A new study shows that using screens too much can affect（影响） how children’s brains grow. If children use screens for more than one hour a day, they might have lower levels of white matter in their brains. White matter is a key to the development of language and reading skills. So it is wise to cut down the time of children using all kinds of screens.
Third, using screens too much will affect your sleep. According to a study, about 95% of the people between the ages of 13 and 64 use electronics before bed, especially the young people under 20. Doctors say that the light from those electronics at night may make you excited before you go to bed. Then it’s hard for you to get enough sleep. So you’d better turn off smartphones, TVs, and all other screens an hour before your bedtime.
To keep healthy, doctors and researchers strongly advise that you shouldn’t use screens for long hours.
1. The blue light from your screens can cause ________.| A．eyestrain | B．headaches | C．dry eyes | D．all of the above |
| A．take a break every 15 minutes | B．have lower levels of white matter |
| C．use screens too much before bed | D．are the people from 13 to 64 |
| A．Using smartphones for long hours does harm to your eyes. |
| B．A lot of screen time affects children’s brain growth. |
| C．The light from electronics at night may make you excited. |
| D．People of all ages mustn’t use electronics. |
| A．a science magazine | B．a travel diary | C．a guide book | D．a novel |
| A．The ways to keep healthy. | B．The harm of using screens too much. |
| C．The ways to use screens. | D．The advantages of using screens. |
8 . Once there were many thousands of Gourma Desert (沙漠) elephants in Mali, a country in West Africa. Now, there are fewer than four hundred.
Why did the number of the elephants drop so quickly? On the one hand, the elephants’ main lake, their only water source (来源), dried up. On the other hand, the land which the elephants lived on was overused by humans.
To protect the elephants’ living environment, the Mali Elephant Project (MEP) was started in 2007. MEP met with local people and helped them make rules of using land and water. As a result, the situation became better and there was more food, forest and grassland.
However, from 2012 to 2016, poaching (偷猎) and illegal trade in the elephants increased rapidly. Eighty-three elephants were lost in 2015 alone, and another fifty-one elephant were killed in 2016. “If this situation goes on, all the Gourma elephants will be killed by 2020,” said a member of MEP.
Luckily, the voice of MEP was heard. More organizations (组织) have joined together to educate the local people that trading elephants is against the law. Elephant poaching has dropped to a very low level. The local people have learned to live peacefully with the elephants, one of the wildlife treasures in the world.
1. MEP was started to ________.| A．raise more elephants in Mali | B．stop the main lake from drying up |
| C．discover water source for elephants | D．protect the elephants’ living environment |
| A．公平的 | B．亏损的 | C．非法的 | D．合理的 |
| A．in 2012 | B．in 2015 | C．in 2016 | D．in 2020 |
| A．the number of organizations has dropped | B．there is much less elephant poaching now |
| C．the local people keep the elephants at home | D．the whole world live peacefully with elephants |
| A．the rules of using land and water | B．the education of the local people |
| C．the work of Mali Elephant Project | D．the situation of Gourma Desert elephants |
9 . In your spare time, do you help your parents with chores (杂活) around the house? Can you cook for your family?
In order to stress (强调) the importance of hard-working spirit education (劳动教育) among students of different ages, the Communist Party of China Central Committee (中共中央) recently released (发布) a guideline (指导纲要).
The guideline calls for students to respect labor work. Students should learn basic life skills and form good working habits through such education.
The government has been trying to stress the importance of hard-working spirit education. But this has been overlooked (忽视) in recent years. Many teenagers do not value the importance of working hard and aren't interested in doing so.
According to a study of nearly 3,000 students that was done by Ningbo Evening News in March, only 22% of students help with everyday chores around the house.
Schools and families play an important role in teaching students about the value of working hard, the guideline says.
Primary and middle schools should provide students with hard-working spirit classes every week, according to the guideline. Schools can also hold activities to give students real-world work experience. For example, schools can teach children how to plant trees on Tree-Planting Day.
As children's first teachers, parents should also encourage children to learn how to do chores at home. Students should master one or two life skills every year. These skills can include cooking, washing their own clothes and tidying their rooms.
1. The guideline was released recently in order to ___________.| A．stress the importance of hard-working spirit education |
| B．ask students to work hard at English and any other subjects |
| C．teach students how to help their parents do chores at home |
| D．help students of different ages solve life problems |
| A．the government | B．hard-working spirit education | C．basic life skills | D．the recently released guideline |
| A．give homework to parents | B．give the guideline to every student |
| C．teach students how to cook in the school | D．provide chances of real-world work for students |
| A．About two thirds of students help with housework at home. |
| B．Students should master at least three life skills every year. |
| C．Schools should provide students with hard-working spirit classes every day. |
| D．Parents should also encourage children to learn how to do chores at home. |
| A．Spirit of Hard-working Education | B．How to Value the Experience |
| C．The Importance of All Subjects | D．How to Do Everyday Chores |
10 . Do you know 5G? It is the fifth generation（代）of mobile network technology. These new networks are coming.
China just issued commercial licenses（发放商用牌照）for 5G on June 6, 2019. This means that China's telecom companies will be able to offer 5G networks for mobile phone users.
Each mobile network generation is faster and more powerful than the one before it. 1G let us talk to each other. 2G let us send messages. 3G gave us data（数据）and the Internet. And 4G made all of these things faster. What's special about 5G?
5G has a very short delay between sending and receiving information. Now, 4G takes about 100 to 200 milliseconds（毫秒）to send and receive data. But 5G will get it down to 1 millisecond or less-this is almost real-time.
'This big change will not only make our mobile Internet faster，but also deeply change our lives. Read on to find out how.
5G + entertainment（娱乐）
5G networks are about 100 times faster than 4G. This means you can download a movie in seconds using 5G.
Also, virtual reality（VR）games will become more popular with 5G. The short delay of 5G will make the games feel even more real.
5G + transport
5C will also bring us safer self-driving cars. These cars can send signals（信号）to each other. They also talk to traffic lights and road sensors（传感器）. 5G will allow cars to react（反应）even faster than human drivers.
5G + smart homes
5G also makes the Internet of things possible. Internet of things is a large network that connects everything to the Internet. Smart homes are part of it.
For example, your toaster can automatically（自动地）start making breakfast after your alarm rings. And if its sensor feels the air becoming dry, a smart sprinkler（洒水器）could water your plants by itself.
1. What's the writer's purpose in writing the third paragraph?| A．To explain 5G is the best of all. |
| B．To share his knowledge about 5G. |
| C．To encourage people to use the new network technology. |
| D．To show the development of mobile network technology. |
| A．卡顿 | B．延时 | C．暂停 | D．掉线 |
| A．Health care | B．Entertainment. | C．Transport. | D．Smart homes. |
| A．Download a movie in minutes. |
| B．Put everything onto the Internet. |
| C．Make self-driving cars safer. |
| D．Make food more easily and faster. |
| A．5G will change our lives in many ways. |
| B．Mobile networks are changing for better. |
| C．5G will make the Internet of things possible. |
| D．5G networks for mobile phone users are coming. |
