The 3lst FISU World University Games (世界大学生运动会) began on July 28 and closed on Aug 8 in Chengdu, Sichuan. It drew in 6,500 athletes (运动员) from 113 countries and regions (地区). Team China won 178 medals (奖牌), including 103 gold medals, to top the table, reported Xinhua. The event has seen many young athletes bring out their best, including runner Xia Yuyu and hurdler (跨栏选手) Wu Yanni. |
On Aug 6, the Chinese pop group TFBoys had a concert in Xi’an, Shanxi, to celebrate their 10th anniversary (纪念日). According to local data (数据), the city made 416 million yuan from tourists who came. But there were some problems too. Before the concert, some fans stormed (强冲) the concert gate and some had conflicts (冲突) with the organizers. |
1. How long did The 3lst FISU World University last?
| A．For 11 days. | B．For 12 days. | C．For13 days. | D．For 14 days. |
| A．178. | B．281. | C．103. | D．113. |
| A．In Chengdu, Sichuan. | B．In Xi’an, Sichuan. |
| C．In Xi’an, Shanxi. | D．In Chengdu, Shanxi. |
| A．on a movie poster | B．in a storybook |
| C．in a travel guide | D．in a newspaper |
2 . Students at New Point School enjoyed their breakfast today, for it broke a 24-hour fast (节食) for charity. During the fast, they could not eat any food at all, and they could only drink water, tea and clear fruit juice. The students all volunteered to go without food for one day to raise money for UN projects to help the poor in Africa. Because of dry weather, many farmers in Africa have not been able to grow food this year, and people are now going hungry and even dying.
Mr James Wood, their English teacher, said, “The students came up with the idea themselves after seeing photos of hungry children. They organized the whole thing. I’m very proud of them.”
“Twenty-four hours did not feel like a very long time. Next year, I might even double the amount of time, I spend fasting. Then I can raise twice as much money!” said Jane Austin, a student, “It’s so wrong for us to have lots of food while many people in the world are going hungry. We need to help those in need.”
The students collected over $ 2,400 from the fast. They were happy with the total amount. “It’s amazing! People are so kind, and they want to help others,” said Alan Long, another student.
1. What is the best title of the text?| A．UN projects | B．An amazing activity |
| C．Students go hungry for charity | D．Students enjoy their breakfast |
| A．An hour | B．20 hours | C．24 hours | D．48 hours |
| A．Because they have no money. | B．Because no one helps them. |
| C．Because they are lazy. | D．Because there is no rain. |
| A．To collect over $2,400. |
| B．To have lots of food. |
| C．To give her food to those who are very hungry. |
| D．To double the amount of time she spends fasting. |
3 . On August 5, 2021, Quan Hongchan, a 14-year-old Chinese player, made history at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. In the women’s 10-meter platform final (10米跳台决赛), she got full marks in three of her five dives (跳水) and won first place.
As the youngest player of the Chinese team in Tokyo, Quan did better than her 16-year-old teammate Chen Yuxi who won second place, and Melissa Wu of Australia won third place. In the final, Quan hardly made ripples (涟漪) in the water and got 466.2 points, the best result ever in the game.
Quan has a cute face and looks like a small boy. “I was a little nervous at first,” she said to the reporters after the game. “I don’t think there are differences between joining in the Olympics and joining in the national championships (全国锦标赛). I just tried to show my dives as my teacher told me to.”
Quan was born and grew up in a village of Zhanjiang, Guangdong. In 2017, her mother was injured (受伤的). “My mom is sick now. I really want to make more money to help her,” Quan said.
Almost in one night, Quan became a star around the world. Her three excellent dives surprised everyone. Li Xiaopeng, who was an Olympic gymnastics champion, wrote on Weibo “I might make bigger ripples by putting a coin (硬币) in a cup of water than her dives.”
1. What does the first paragraph NOT show us?| A．How old Quan is. | B．How many points Quan got. |
| C．When Quan won first place in Tokyo. | D．How many dives Quan showed in the final. |
| A．Quan Hongchan is two years older than her teammate Chen Yuxi. |
| B．Quan Hongchan is younger than any other Chinese player in Tokyo. |
| C．Quan Hongchan wants to make more money to help her father. |
| D．Quan Hongchan likes the Olympics better than the national championships. |
| A．To show Quan Hongcha’s wonderful dives. |
| B．To show Quan Hongchan’s interest in diving. |
| C．To discuss the way of making small nipples. |
| D．To show the difference between him and Quan Hongchan. |
| A．Culture. | B．Science. | C．Sports. | D．Health. |
4 . What do you usually do in your free time? Do you watch short videos on some apps? According to the China Internet Network Information Center, the number of short video users reached 773 million (百万) in March, 2020. That is, about 86% of all Chinese Internet users are watching or making short videos, or both! If you say short videos are only popular in China, you are wrong. TikTok has more than 800 million users around the world.
Many users like short videos. They say the videos not only make them relax, but also teach them useful skills (技能). “I love watching Lao Qiao’s short videos on my phone,” Francis, one of the short video users, says. “Lao Qiao is a famous cook and his videos are my favorite ones. From his videos, people can learn how to make Shanxi noodles in no time at all.”However, quite a few people think short videos are not that good. “There are many other ways to relax, like watching movies, reading books and playing sports,” they say. “All of them are more meaningful to people.”
What’s more, if people start watching the short videos, they can hardly stop. There are always new ones waiting for them, so they always spend hours on them. Some educators say people should not spend much time on short videos. “Most of them are just for fun,” they say. “They don’t teach people to think or to improve themselves. It’s not good for the people, and not good for society (社会), either.”
1. From the first paragraph, we know that ________.| A．children around the world like watching short videos |
| B．people spend much time watching short videos |
| C．short videos are popular around the world |
| D．TikTok is the first short video app in China |
| A．describe how much he loves using his phone |
| B．tell readers how he learns to make videos |
| C．ask readers to watch Lao Qiao’s short videos |
| D．show people can learn something through short videos |
| A．movies and books | B．other ways to relax |
| C．useful skills | D．short videos |
| A．Make full use of short videos to have fun. |
| B．Try not to spend much time on short videos. |
| C．Make some short videos about life by ourselves. |
| D．Use short videos to do something meaningful for society. |
5 . Many Chinese know Zhong Nanshan as the hero who beat SARS in 2003. People share his pictures and words online, saying they believe every word Zhong says. He has given Chinese people confidence in winning this fight.
A great doctor
Zhong grew up in a family of doctors. His goal has always been to save as many lives as possible. In 2003, when SARS hit China, he volunteered to treat patients. After months of hard work, his treatment plan for SARS was used by China and then the whole world. It saved thousands of lives. As Zhong once said, “The hospitals are our battlefield (战场). When we’re needed, we should charge forward.”
Back to the front line
17 years later, the 84-year old Zhong is once again leading an expert team to deal with the COVID-19. Although this new virus is more dangerous to old people, Zhong worries little about his own safety.
On Jan. 18, he took a high speed train from Guangzhou to Wuhan. Two days later, he became the first expert to tell the public that the virus could go from person to person. On Jan 29, he and his team spent over four hours online checking five patients. The next day, he chose a treatment plan. Under his lead, his team developed a rapid test kit (试剂盒) for the disease that can show results within 15 minutes.
As People’s Daily wrote, “Zhong Nanshan shows his professionalism (专业性) as a doctor, courage as a soldier, and sense of duty as the backbone (脊梁) of our nation.”
1. The underlined part “charge forward” means “________” in Chinese in the passage.| A．退缩不前 | B．甘愿牺牲 | C．自我保护 | D．冲锋向前 |
| A．To study serious cases. |
| B．To save more people. |
| C．To let the world know more about China. |
| D．To learn from his parents. |
| A．He said that the virus could go among humans. |
| B．He said that it was not serious. |
| C．He said that it was only dangerous to old people. |
| D．He said that it could go from animals to humans. |
① A professional doctor.
② A clever traveler.
③ The backbone of our nation.
④ A brave soldier.
| A．①②③ | B．②③④ | C．①③④ | D．①②④ |
6 . There was a fire in the mall(商场) at about 1:40 a.m. A reporter interviewed some people about it this morning.
Reporter: What were you doing when the fire broke out?
| I was preparing a report when I got the phone call from Jim. I quickly drove to the mall. The firefighters were putting out the fire when I got there. They arrived several minutes before me. Tom The manager(经理) of the mall |
| I was on duty last night. I smelled a terrible taste. When I got up, I saw smoke coming from the window of the mall. I called 911 and our manager at once. And they both arrived quickly. Jim The watchman(看守人) of the mall |
| We drove to the mall as soon as we got the phone call at about 1:47 a.m. We arrived at about 1:55 a.m. and soon put it out. No one died or got hurt in the fire. It’s dry these days. We think all the families and companies should be more careful. Jeff A firefighter(消防员) |
1. When did the fire break out?
| A．At about 1:40 a.m. | B．At about 1:47 a.m. | C．At about 1:55 p.m. | D．At about 2:07 p.m. |
| A．He was working. | B．He was calling 911. |
| C．He was driving to the mall. | D．He was preparing a report. |
| A．Tom. | B．Jim. | C．Jeff. | D．The reporter. |
| A．The cause. | B．The place. | C．The time. | D．The death number. |
| A．Tom arrived at the mall first. | B．The reporter was working when the fire broke out. |
| C．Jeff said it was dry those days. | D．Jim helped the firefighters put out the fire. |
7 . Sunday 9 pm—Channel 13
There are millions of children in the world but there aren't many children like Aisha or Rick. On tonight's programme, we talk to two Britain's gifted (有天赋的) children about their daily life.
Aisha Patel is 11. Just like other British 11-year-old children, Aisha usually gets up at seven o'clock. She starts school at nine o'clock and she's never late. But, there's a difference. Aisha's very clever: she has an IQ of 150—a "normal (正常的)" IQ is 100! In her free time, she designs (设计) computer games. She also speaks six languages, plays the cello and paints beautiful pictures. And she has time to meet her friends.
Rick Moore is 10, and he also has an IQ of 150. He plays the piano and he sometimes writes music too—he wants to be a top composer (作曲家). He always gets up very early to play the piano, around half past five in the morning. He wants to play the piano all day, but he can't do that because he goes to school and he has homework—he always does his homework. He often goes to bed at half past eleven.
1. Where are Aisha and Rick from?2. When does Aisha usually get up?
3. How old is Rick?
4. How many languages does Aisha speak?
5. Why can't Rick play the piano all day?
He married Wang Jie in 1991 and has one son.
Nie Haisheng was born in September 1964. He is also a Chinese astronaut selected for the Shenzhou program. He is from Hubei. After graduating from high school he joined the People’s Liberation Army Air Force, and became a fighter pilot. In 1998 he was selected for the astronaut program.
He was one of the three astronauts who were in the final group to train for the Shenzhou 5 fight. Yang Liwei was also picked out for the flight, with Zhai Ahigang.
On September 23,2005 it was reported that Zhai and Nie would be one of the three pairs of astronauts who would be in the final training for Shenzhou 6. But in the end, Fei and Nie were chosen, and Zhai missed his chance to space again.
Nie Haisheng got married to Nie Jielin and has an 11-year-old daughter.
1. When did Nie join the army?
| A．In 1982. | B．In 1998. |
| C．In 1991. | D．After his graduation from high school. |
| A．Zhai Zhigang. | B．Nie Haisheng. |
| C．Yang Liwei. | D．Fei Junlong. |
| A．Three times. | B．Four times. |
| C．Six times. | D．Eight times. |
| A．5. | B．6. | C．7. | D．8. |
| A．Yang Liwei was born in Jiangsu. |
| B．Nie Haisheng has an eleven-year-old daughter. |
| C．Fei Junlong is one year older than Nie Haisheng. |
| D．Zhai Zhigang got married to Nie Jielin and has a son. |
9 . Do teenagers in small villages do chores at home? How about the teenagers in big cities? Here is a survey. We asked 4,000 teenagers in China several questions. Half of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.The others are from small villages. We made a diagram of the result of our survey. Let’s have a look at it.We found out that teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big cities. Maybe it is because they live a harder life. Our advice to parents in big cities is that parents should give their children some chores to do. Doing chores teaches teenagers to take care of themselves.
| Chores | 2000 teenagers in small villages | 2000 teenagers in big cities |
| Take out the trash | 1600 | 1000 |
| Sweep the floor | 1200 | 850 |
| Make the bed | 1400 | 750 |
| Do the dishes | 1100 | 600 |
| Fold the clothes | 900 | 1500 |
| A．1,000 | B．2,000 | C．3,000 | D．4,000 |
| A．take out the trash | B．do the dishes | C．make the bed | D．fold the clothes |
| A．500 | B．1,000 | C．1,500 | D．2,000 |
| A．making the bed | B．taking out the trash |
| C．folding the clothes | D．doing the dishes |
| A．Because they don’t want teenagers in China to do chores at home. |
| B．Because they thought it’ll help teenagers to take good care of themselves to do chores at home. |
| C．Because they wanted to know if teenagers in China do chores at home. |
| D．Because they thought it’s not necessary for teenagers to look after themselves. |
The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay(火炬接力) traveled the longest distance,covered the greatest area and included the largest number of people.On March 25,Olympic Flame(火种) litted(点燃) in Greece.
Route Distance:137,000 km
Time:130 days
Route:March 31,Torch Relay started in Beijing→...London→Paris→San Francisco...→Hongkong...→Beijing.
Torch Length:72cm.
Torch Weight:985 grams
Design:It was based in the shape of a paper scroll(卷) with lucky clouds on it.It stayed lighted(点燃) in bad weather conditions.
阅读上文判断正误，正确写（T），错误（F）
1. The Beijing 2008 Olympic Torch Relay traveled a longer distance than before.
2. .It took more than five months to trvel around the world.
3. The Torch Relay started in the city of Beijing.
4. The torch is 985 cm Long and 72 grams heavy.
5. The torch looks like a paper scroll.Bad weather couldn't stop the torch from burning.
