| I don’t really like social media. It seems that everyone is always trying to show off their perfect lives on it. When in real life, we all have shortcomings. I also think social media can take us away from real-life experiences and other important things. When I’m not on social media, I find it easy to engage with the world around me. Alex |
| I love social media! It is a great way to stay connected with friends and family, especially those who live far away. I love being able to share photos about my life with them and see what they are up to as well. Social media has also allowed me to connect with like-minded people and discover new things. John |
| I have a love-hate relationship with social media. On the one hand, I enjoy using it to keep up with new events, follow my favorite celebrities (名人) and discover new products or ideas. But on the other hand, I think it’s easy to spend too much time on social media and compare myself to others. We may also give away our personal information when we use some apps. All in all, social media has its benefits (益处), but we need to be mindful of how we use it. Sarah |
| A．融入 | B．结合 |
| C．找到 | D．运用 |
| A．She doesn’t like social media at all. |
| B．She enjoys spending time on it but she is careful using it. |
| C．She loves communicating with people who share the similar thoughts. |
| D．She finds it easy to know about the world. |
| A．By providing examples. | B．By expressing different ideas. |
| C．By making comparisons. | D．By following the time order. |
| A．Opinions on social media. | B．Types of social media. |
| C．Advantages of social media. | D．Disadvantages of social media. |
Good morning, boys and girls. Today I’ll talk about going online.
We know that there are too many net bars around us. The Internet can make our lives interesting and enjoyable. Many of us like going online very much because we can learn how to use the computer. We can learn English and read some newspapers and magazines to know more around us. It can make us clever in playing computer games. Also, when we send e﹣mails to our friends, they can get them at once. It can help us contact people from all over the world.
But some students spend too much time in playing computer games and some stay in the net bars all day and all night. Some girls even get to have boyfriends or some boys get to have girlfriends online. They write too many letters to each other. It takes them too much time to chat online so they do worse in their lessons and they don’t study well any more. I think we mustn’t get online when it is time for us to study. We can do it in summer or winter holidays. I think we should get online with our teachers or parents.
At the same time, if we have lots of free time, we can do some activities after school. We usually have activities from 4:50 to 5:50 in the afternoon. You can play basketball or football. We also have some interest groups in school, such as drawing, singing and dancing. We can go to the English corner on Monday afternoon. We hope we can spend more time on our subjects or on such activities that we can learn a lot from and less time on the Internet.
| A speech about going online | |
| Advantages (优点) | ● Make our lives interesting and make us ● Learn how to use the computer and can get more information. ●Send e-mails to our friends ● Help us get in touch with people from all over the world. |
| Disadvantages (缺点) | ● It ● Some students write too many letters to each other and spend too much time |
| Advice | ● Do it in summer or winter holidays. ● Do some |
3 . The keys to keeping a healthy weight (体重) are regular (规律的) exercise and good eating habits. It may sound difficult to try to work them into our lives, but in fact, the best way is by making small changes. Here’s the information you need to make healthy habits easy.
Teens (青少年) should get 60 minutes or more of physical activity a day. Notice the word “activity”: as long as you’re getting your body moving, any kind of exercise will do. What’s important is that each week you get the right balance (平衡) of activity, including aerobic, strength building, and stretching exercises. Make exercise a habit by doing some of them every day.
On days when you don’t have football practice or a PE lesson, 60 minutes a day of activity seems like a lot of time for busy students. The good news is that it’s OK to take shorter “exercise breaks” during the day. So get up 15 minutes early and do some stretching. Fast walk for 15 minutes at lunch. Walk or bike home after school.
Eating well doesn’t mean dieting (节食) over and over again. In fact, studies have shown that dieting often doesn’t work—and diets may have the reverse effect, with dieters putting on more weight than before they started.
One reason diets don’t work is because they can make people think of foods as “good” or “bad”, but the truth is, everything is OK in moderation (适量地). Dieters are also more likely to “give up” some foods; we may end up longing for these foods while our bodies don’t get enough (足够的) important nutrients (营养). Teens should eat all kinds of food, and there’s nothing wrong with a treat occasionally. A candy bar somehow tastes more special if we treat ourselves from time to time, not every day.
Try to come up with ways to fit exercise and healthy eating into your life in a way that works for you. We’re all different. Your best friend might like gym time better, while you enjoy walks with your dog in the park. Knowing what’s right for you will make staying at a healthy weight a lot easier!
1. We can work healthy exercise and eating habits into our lives by ________.| A．not giving up easily | B．making small changes | C．learning from our friends |
| A．Teens should go on a diet to get to a healthy weight. |
| B．The key to healthy eating is to give up foods with sugar. |
| C．Teens can get enough physical activity by taking “exercise breaks”. |
| A．sometimes | B．never | C．always |
| A．To tell why teens should play more sports. |
| B．To ask teens to go on diets from time to time. |
| C．To introduce how to make healthy habits easy. |
4 . Li Meixi is a 12-year-old girl from Chengdu, Sichuan. When she sees fashionable people on the street, she tries to keep away from them. “I am afraid that they think I’m out of fashion,” said Li. This is called fashion anxiety（焦虑）. It is a hot topic online. These days, many people feel worried about their clothes.
In fact, behind fashion anxiety is fashion bullying（霸凌）. Fashion magazines and advertisements（广告）sell the “newest and greatest” trends（趋势）. They tell us what to wear. If we don’t follow the trends, we may worry that people think we’re unfashionable. Also, fashion anxiety comes because we are not confident（自信的）enough.
Ideas about fashion anxiety
Do you have fashion anxiety? What do you think about it? Let’s look at how some teenagers feel.
Liu Jiawei, 14, Songyuan, Jilin
I have fashion anxiety. When I see some people wearing trendy clothes, I dare（敢）not look at them. But this doesn’t bring me much trouble. I still want to buy good-value（性价比高的）clothes. Being suitable is of great importance.
Yin Peixin, 11, Wuhan, Hubei
I love fashion. But my fashion taste is a little more traditional, such as long dresses and skirts. I don’t like fashion trends like green hair and ripped（破洞的）jeans. It’s just so strange to me! I don’t think I have fashion anxiety. But I feel bad for people with fashion anxiety. They shouldn’t be ashamed（羞愧的）of their clothes, because everyone is different—they are special in their own way.
What is fashion?
Fashion is about comfort and feeling good. —Max Azria, US fashion designer
Fashion is everything that goes out of fashion. —Jean Cocteau, French designer
Fashion is not something that is only in dresses. Fashion is in the sky, in the street. Fashion has to do with ideas, the way we live, what is happening. —Coco Chanel, French fashion desigher
In fact, fashion changes every season. Anyone can make it. If you can wear something with confidence, you will be the one starting a trend. Clothes just show what you look like, not who you are. What matters in inner（内心的）beauty.
All about fashion | |
| Introduction to the fashion anxiety | Seeing fashionable people on the street, Li Meixi |
| Fashion bullying | Fashion bullying comes because of the two reasons. We are really We don’t have |
| Ideas about fashion anxiety | Liu Jiawei has fashion anxiety, but he doesn’t feel worried because it’s Yin Peixin doesn’t have fashion anxiety. She finds it |
| Famous | Fashion is about comfort and feeling good. Fashion |
| Conclusion | Fashion is always |
5 . COVID-19 (新冠肺炎) has made our life very different. Some of us improved our hygiene habits (卫生习惯). Others learned how to cook. And more people fell in love with biking.
Yang Xiaomeng lives 11km away from her workplace in Beijing. The 26-year-old girl has been riding to work for the last three months. “I used to take the underground. But now riding a bike seems to be a safer choice,” she said.
Yang finds that biking is more relaxing and enjoyable than taking the crowded underground. “There is more fresh air on the road. It’s also a good way to stay fit. I’ll keep biking as my new habit,” she said.
According to Xinhua, many people turned from the bus or the underground to biking. The number of people on bikes on Beijing’s bike only lane (车道) goes up by 17.6%, for example.
In other cities around the world, biking is also becoming more popular. London closed large parts of city to cars so that people can ride bikes safely. New York, Berlin and Montreal created new, wider bike lanes for people to ride. These cities believe that if there are safer and more comfortable places for biking, more people will ride hikes in the future. This will make the cities greener and cleaner, and their people happier and healthier.
1. Yang Xiaomeng went to work by ________ before COVID-19.| A．bike | B．bus | C．car | D．underground |
| A．is more dangerous than walking | B．is a good way to stay fit |
| C．is faster than taking an underground | D．makes the cities greener and cleaner |
| A．created new, wider bike lanes | B．put more shared bikes on the roads |
| C．closed large parts of the city to cars | D．stopped buses going on the roads |
| A．notice | B．newspaper | C．novel | D．letter |
6 . Is it a celebrity’s （名人）job to be a good role model? Please read the following students’ debate.
Pros（正方） | Cons（反方） |
It’s a celebrity’s job to be a good role model because people usually look up to stars. If a celebrity drinks and smokes, his fans will follow him because they look up to the celebrity so much. If a celebrity’s lifestyle is improper for kids, then their parents should be more careful about what they let their kids see. | A celebrity doesn’t have to try to be a good role model. They are famous because they worked hard at what they love for a living. They should try to make good choices for themselves, not their fans. Lots of stars have to post apology（道歉）letters after being caught doing bad things. It’s good, but if the only reason is to win back their fans, it’s not good. |
I think everyone should try to be a good role model, even if you are not a celebrity! You can still be a role model to your sisters and brothers, a younger neighbor, or anyone. But I think celebrities should be very good, because they are role models for so many people! | Although it is a wonderful thing to be a good role model, that’s not what the celebrities must do. They are famous because they love what they do and are good at it. Being a role model is never in the job. If the celebrity knows they are affecting the young people, they should try hard to set a good example. |
| A．People look up to the celebrities. | B．Everyone should try to be a good role model. |
| C．Celebrities get much love and support from fans. | D．Celebrities are models for many people. |
| A．By working hard at what they love. | B．By setting a good example to others. |
| C．By affecting the young people. | D．By making good choices for themselves. |
| A．It is easy for stars to win back fans. |
| B．Stars may sometimes do something wrong. |
| C．Family members should encourage kids to be stars. |
| D．Even though a celebrity makes mistakes, young people should follow him. |
7 . Not all the people like to work but everyone likes to play. People often call their friends together to play games. All over the world, men and women, and boys and girls enjoy sports.
Sports can help people to live happily. They can also help people to keep healthy. When people are playing games, they always move a lot. It is good for their health. Having fun with their friends often makes them happy.
Many people enjoy sports by watching others playing. It can also make them happy and excited. Many people buy tickets to see all kinds of games, but more people like to watch sports games on TV.
What’s your favorite sport? When the weather is hot, do you like swimming? In China, there are beautiful beaches, rivers and lakes across the country. The weather is always so good for swimming.
Enjoy your sports to keep healthy, my friends!
1. What does the underlined word “They” refer to?| A．People. | B．Sports. | C．Friends. | D．Men |
| A．Tired. | B．Nervous. | C．Happy. | D．Bored. |
| A．Because it is tiring to play games. |
| B．Because it can make them happy and excited. |
| C．Because they don’t like playing sports. |
| A．Enjoying sports can keep people healthy. |
| B．The weather in China is good for swimming |
| C．All the people like to play games. |
| D．Not all the people like sports. |
8 . Many children like to go hiking (徒步旅行).Why? Because they can be free from school and their homework. They can enjoy beautiful nature, play with friends or family. If you want to have a happy hike, you must pay attention to (注意) the following:
First, find a good day. Fine weather is the most important for a happy hiking. If the weather is good, you can do a lot of things, like riding horses, going bike riding, swimming in the river, flying kites and playing ball games.
Second, go with the people you like. If you go hiking with the people you don’t like, you will not have a great time. So, find the person who has the same interest as you.
Then, find the right place. Different people have different ideas about the places. For me, I like to go to the beach for a hike. I like to walk along the beach, listening to the sound of the sea and watching children play.
Finally, think of what you need to get ready before going hiking. To have a nice hike, you must have comfortable shoes, enough water and some food. Now you can go hiking.
1. According to the passage, children like to go hiking NOT because they can _________.| A．play with friends or family | B．enjoy beautiful nature |
| C．be free from school and homework | D．eat delicious food |
| A．go to the mountains | B．go to the beach |
| C．go to the city | D．go to the lakes |
| A．going with the people you like | B．finding the right place |
| C．having enough water and some food | D．choosing a fine day |
| A．①②; ③④⑤ | B．①②; ③④; ⑤ | C．①; ②③④; ⑤ | D．①; ②③④⑤ |
9 . My name is Li Ziming. This is a photo of my family. Look! The old man and woman are my grandpa and grandma. My grandpa is eighty years old. The woman in red is my mother. She is a manager at a hotel. The tall man next to my mother is my father. On the left of them are my uncle and aunt. Where am I? Haha, I’m the boy with a cap. We live in a big house with a nice garden. The garden is in front of our house. I often play with my uncle’s daughter. She is in the photo, too. We like playing in the garden.
1. Ziming’s ___________ are in the middle of the photo of Ziming’s family.| A．aunt and uncle | B．mother and father | C．mother and aunt | D．father and uncle |
| A．It’s in front of the house. | B．It’s behind the house. |
| C．It’s next to the park. | D．It’s on the right of the house. |
| A．Five. | B．Six. | C．Seven. | D．Eight. |
10 . Traveling is very interesting. Many people love traveling. There are many ways to travel: by plane, by train, by ship or by car. Everyone has their favorite way.
My favorite way of traveling is by car. I can travel three hundred miles or only fifty miles a day. I can stop at a good restaurant to enjoy a good meal or at a hotel to spend the night. —Greg |
I love traveling by train best! It’s very exciting. It’s the best way to talk with the local (当地的) people and make new friends. Trains even make the longest trip enjoyable. I also like traveling by ship. It is a very great way to spend a vacation. I can go to parties and movies on the ship, and enjoy the blue sky and water. —Eliza |
Planes are my favorite. It’s the fastest way of traveling. I can quickly get to another country. It can save lots of time. Planes have very comfortable seats. I can have something to drink and to eat. I can also read some free magazines and newspapers. —Danny |
| A．by ship | B．by car | C．by train | D．by plane |
| A．Comfortable. | B．Slow. | C．Boring. | D．Exciting. |
| A．his home is near the airport | B．he can make new friends |
| C．it can save lots of time | D．he likes the blue sky |
