1 . With a habit of drinking coffee on weekends while doing schoolwork, Wu Zibo, a 17-year-old student from Beijing No.4 High School, wanted to order a cup of Moutai-flavored latte (茅台味拿铁). “I wonder how my father’s favorite Chinese liquor (白酒) would taste with my favorite coffee.” Wu said.
The collaboration (合) between Moutai and Luckin Coffee has interested many people. It sold 5.42 million cups and made 100 million yuan just on Sept 4, the first day it came out, China Daily reported.
Moutai has tried many ways in the past few years to be more creative, such as by bringing out Moutai ice cream. “This creative collaboration lets Moutai make its brand younger.” Li Honghui, a marketing director (市场总监) for drinks said. “Through collaborations, brands can share what they need, make the market bigger, and bring more creative things to buyers.” added Li.
In 2023, China’s collaboration market will grow to over 100 billion yuan and may reach 300 billion yuan by 2025. However, wrong collaborations may have undesirable results and even hurt brands.
“The key to making a collaboration work is about how good the products are. The brands should not just pay attention to getting the public excited.” said Li.
1. What does Wu Zibo like drinking when he does schoolwork on weekends?| A．Moutai. | B．Coffee. | C．Chinese liquor. | D．Chinese tea. |
| A．Moutai is one of the most popular drinks among Chinese people. |
| B．Many people have started to be interested in coffee. |
| C．The new coffee is too expensive to buy. |
| D．The Moutai-flavored coffee is very popular. |
| A．不想要的 | B．不拥挤的 | C．不礼貌的 | D．不健康的 |
| A．All brands should team up with each other. |
| B．Moutai interests younger buyers through the new coffee. |
| C．Moutai will get more than Luckin Coffee through their collaboration. |
| D．All collaborations will bring a bigger and better market share. |
| A．The use of Moutai liquor | B．Brands collaboration |
| C．Toys teaming up | D．A new hot coffee shop |
| A China’s cities are sinking. Nearly half of the big cities in China are sinking, putting local people in harm’s way in the coming decades, according to a new report by more than 50 scientists at Chinese research institutes. The land is getting lower as the ocean gets higher. That means tens of millions of people are already at risk, and that could grow to hundreds of millions by 2060 if China’s cities continue to grow in population and subside (下陷) at the same time. | B ? After a week of talks in Canada, leaders from 170 countries are nearing a deal on a global agreement to cut plastic waste. But environmentalists say the plastic industry is still standing in the way, since the amount of plastic production is still unbelievably large. Countries are trying to come up with creative solutions and the agreement needs to be supported by every country. |
| C New heat forecast tool is coming. Climate (气候) change has made heat risks more dangerous across the world. Luckily, a new heat warning system called HeatRisk was developed to keep track of dangerous heat. It gives people an understanding of when heat goes from uncomfortable to dangerous. | D Europe meets more heat risks. Heat-related deaths in Europe have increased by about 30% in the last 20 years. Europe is heating up about twice as quickly as the Earth as a whole, and that heat is killing large numbers of people during the summer months. |
1. In which column can you find the four passages above?
| A．Education. | B．Climate. | C．Science. |
①Problems ②Solutions
| A．AB-①; CD-② | B．AC-①; BD-② | C．AD-①; BC-② |
| A．Countries are close to reaching agreements on plastic waste. |
| B．Environmentalists are fighting against industry. |
| C．Plastic production is rising quickly. |
| A．Years. | B．Risks. | C．Cities. |
| A．The population of China’s big cities near the sea will grow. |
| B．With the help of the HeatRisk, people can avoid the harm by heat. |
| C．The reason why Europe meets higher heat risks wasn’t mentioned. |
3 . 
Pornpawee Sangchalin, a fan of traditional Chinese hanfu with more than 210,000 followers on social media, is among thousands of young people in Thailand who have learned Mandarin (普通话) and love Chinese culture.
Unlike others, she has been teaching Mandarin in a different way, making learning more enjoyable. “I use both traditional and modern learning ways such as computer word games in my teaching,” she said.
On TikTok and Instagram, Pornpawee posts short videos on different topics about Mandarin learning, Chinese culture and fashion trends. Her videos, which show her dressed up in traditional Chinese hanfu, make them stand out compared with many others online.
“Mandarin is like a key, helping me to open the door to understand China. The more I learn about China, the deeper my love grows for the country, including its food, history, culture and people,” she said.
Having studied Chinese language and culture at the Huachiew Chalermprakiet University in Thailand, 35-year-old Pornpawee has been teaching Mandarin for more than 10 years. However, she developed a liking for the language at the age of 13. When she was in senior high school, Pornpawee made an important decision: she decided to pursue Mandarin instead of science.
In recent years, she said more young people in Thailand are trying to learn more about China through social media, movies and TV dramas.
“My followers on social media have kept increasing and some local schools have invited me to hold special Mandarin classes for students. In the class, I was inspired (启发) by students whose questions drove me to learn more about China,” she said.
1. How does Pornpawee Sangchalin make her teaching different?| A．By posting short videos on social media. |
| B．By wearing traditional Chinese hanfu. |
| C．By using traditional and modern learning ways. |
| D．By having much more followers on social media. |
| A．It makes her popular on social media. |
| B．It makes her understand China more deeply. |
| C．It makes her love traditional Chinese hanfu. |
| D．It makes her interested in Chinese food. |
| A．In a newspaper. | B．In a fashion magazine. |
| C．In a travel guide. | D．In a science report. |
4 .
Conversation with WHALE
Some scientists teamed up and spoke to a humpback (座头鲸) whale named Twain. Their conversation took place after the scientists sent a “communication call” into the ocean off the coast of Alaska. The same call was made for 36 times over a 20-minute period. Each time, Twain called back. Professor McCowan told the Business Insider website that her research could make it easier to talk to aliens and better understand what an alien intelligence might be like. __________________
With around 10 million cows and 26 million sheep, New Zealand is a major exporter (出口国) of farm animals and meat. The emissions (气体排放) from the animals, called methane (甲烷), are 80 times more harmful than CO2. The New Zealand government decides to get farmers to pay for it to help fight climate change. The plan is to use the money from the tax (税款) to offer farmers with new technology. A decision about the new tax could be made in November this year. Sharks help to find seagrass forest
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1. In which SECTION of the newspaper can we read the news?
| A．Science. | B．Sports. | C．Nature. | D．Custom. |
| A．Humpbacks. | B．Aliens. | C．Whales. | D．Sharks. |
| A．Farm animals help fight climate change! | B．Stop emission in New Zealand! |
| C．New Zealand wants to tax farm animals! | D．Methane is harmful! |
| A．helps clean sea water | B．easily be found |
| C．be put into the sharks’ fins | D．shoot videos |
| A．Friendly. | B．Important. | C．Special. | D．Interesting. |
5 . A group of students and teachers from the U.S recently attended a study tour to Hebei. The students from Muscatine High School are part of a China program that will invite 50,000 American youths to China within five years for exchanges and study. They are the second group from the school. North China’s Hebei Province and the U.S. state of Iowa signed their sister-state relationship in 1983.
On Sunday, Ann Castle, along with 31 classmates and eight teachers, took part in a study tour in Hebei from April 19 to 22, 2024. The students from both schools formed one-on-one friendly partnerships.
Ann Castle visited the home of Zhang Xinyi, a senior student at Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School. Before this, Ann Castle kept herself in learning Chinese Wushu, watching traditional Chinese dances in a park, and trying popular Chinese food. In Zhang’s bedroom, the two girls found many common topics of interest. Pipa, a traditional Chinese musical instrument particularly attracted Castle’s attention. “This instrument has been in China for 2,000 years. It’s similar to a guitar but a bit harder to learn,” Zhang told her. After Castle expressed her willing to have a try, Zhang helped her put on the pipa fingernails and shared some playing techniques. Soon, the sound of pipa filled the room. They also tasted tea and desserts, looked through family photo albums, and shared stories about their families. Everything looked so beautiful. “They’ve been very warm-hearted and friendly. It’s been an unforgettable experience,” said Castle.
Teachers and students from Shijiazhuang Foreign Language School prepared a welcome concert for the Americans filled with Chinese elements. The American students also learned an ancient Chinese poem, practiced ping pong, made dumplings, planted friendship trees and visited the Great Wall. Colin Millage, a student from America, said having a tree together with his Chinese friend is more than a friendship between them. It is a friendship between the two nations.
“We hoped the students from both countries would have enough opportunity to communicate with and affect each other during the period of just over three days,” said Liu Feng, the headteacher from China. According to Scott Castle, the headteacher from America, several meetings were especially held to choose the exchange students “I have great hope for the future with these kids and the kids they’ve been working with.”
1. You can read the passage from the following ways except ________.A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．50,000. | B．31. | C．32. | D．40. |
| A．Ann Castle has interest in Chinese culture and prepared for the study tour. |
| B．Ann Castle is good at traditional Chinese musical instrument, pipa. |
| C．Ann Castle and Zhang have all the same interests. |
| D．Ann Castle and Zhang have already been good friends for a long time time. |
| A．Every American student has the chance for the study trip to Hebei. |
| B．Both China and the U.S pay attention to the exchange activity. |
| C．The students don’t have enough opportunity to communicate with each other. |
| D．The period of just over three days for the tour is too short for the students. |
6 . New Capital of BBQ
Zibo city in Shandong has unexpectedly become famous on Chinese social media late February for its local barbecue specialty, and this trend continues as the local government takes the chance to promote (推广) tourism and spending. The city has opened 21 bus lines for visitors. To make more people come, it has made a rule: visitors between 18—35 can get a discount (折扣) in some hotels.
The final game of the Guizhou country basketball league (联赛), known as “Village BA”, took place on March 27 and Team Qiandongnan won the Championship Cup. The players were all amateurs (业余选手) and mostly farmers from local villages and nearby cities. Since 2016, the local government has worked hard to build new standard basketball courts to support basketball development.
Program helps countryside Tourism
By using the “Culture and Tourism e-Village” program, which can be found on WeChat, visitors now can enjoy the sightseeing (观光) of villages and towns in Jiangsu on their phones. The program, developed by the local government, has been popularly received by visitors and farmers since it was released. The program will cooperate with more tourism villages in Jiangsu to develop the province’s countryside tourism.
1. In which section (部分) of the newspaper can we read the news?| A．Sports Desk. | B．Science Magic. | C．China Voice. | D．Chinese Food. |
| A．the free bus lines | B．the hotel discount | C．the specialty of BBQ | D．the beautiful view |
| A．The Development of Basketball | B．A Village Basketball League of Its Own |
| C．Villagers’ Love for Basketball | D．The Final Championship Cup |
| A．“Culture and Tourism e-Village” was developed by WeChat |
| B．visitors can enjoy the sightseeing of all the villages on their phones |
| C．more and more provinces will join in the program |
| D．the country tourism of Jiangsu will become better |
| A．They encourage people to travel in the countryside. |
| B．They get the support of local government. |
| C．They have been popularly received by farmers. |
| D．They use social platforms to promote tourism. |
7 . Climate change has been a hot topic for a long time now. Scientists often provide new studies and suggestions for protecting our planet.
Scientists in the US recently invented the whitest paint ever made. The paint can reflect (反射) up to 98 percent of sunlight and cool surfaces by 4.5 C—even in direct sunlight.
The researchers hope that this new paint can help cool down the planet if it is used to paint buildings. “Our paint can help fight against global warming by helping to cool Earth—that’s the cool point,” Professor Ruan Xiulin from Purdue University said. “Producing the whitest white means the paint can reflect the maximum amount of sunlight back to space.”
There are two things that make the paint so white. First, it has a large amount of barium sulphate (硫酸钡). Barium sulphate is used to make paper white. Also, the barium sulphate particles (微粒) in the paint are all different sizes, which helps to reflect more light. But exactly how much paint would be needed to help stop climate change? “We guess we would only need to paint l percent of the Earth’s surface with this paint—perhaps an area where no people live that is covered in rocks— and that could help fight the climate change,” Professor Ruan said.
Thankfully, we won’t have to wait much longer to use it. The new whitest white paint could be on the market in about one or two years.
1. What do you know about the whitest paint?| A．It was invented by an Australian scientist. | B．It can cool the surface of the earth to 4.5 C. |
| C．C. It can completely protect us from sunburns. | D．It can reflect up to 98% percent of sunlight. |
| A．Smallest. | B．Whitest. | C．Largest. | D．Darkest. |
| A．On our skin or faces. | B．On the paper |
| C．On buildings or rocks. | D．On the streets. |
| A．Without barium sulphate, the paint can’t help reflect more light. |
| B．The paint will be popular among people in three or four years . |
| C．Painting 1% of the Earth’s surface with this paint will fight the climate change. |
| D．The scientists exactly know how much paint they need to help stop the climate change. |
| A．Climate Change and Its Global Influence |
| B．The Invention of the World’s Whitest Paint |
| C．The Newest Breakthrough in Cooling Technology |
| D．Fighting Climate Change with Reflective Surfaces |
8 . 
“Look! A black-faced spoonbill (黑脸琵鹭)!” shouted Yan Zihan at the Futian Mangrove Ecological Park (红树林生态公园). Yan, a 15-year-old student from Shenzhen, was excited to notice the bird because of its endangered situation.
Yan then wrote a diary in which she imagined herself as a spoonbill. “I’m a black-faced spoonbill,” she wrote. “Flying south from the cold, I found Shenzhen’s mangroves are like a green carpet (地毯) and life here is comfortable.”
“The reason why the spoonbill can have such a comfortable life in Shenzhen is that mangroves provide food and home for these birds,” explained Ye Mouxin, an expert who works in the Futian Mangrove Ecological Park. Mangroves grow in warm coastal areas and play an important role in keeping biodiversity (生物多样性) and protecting coastlines from erosion (侵蚀). Shenzhen has a total of 296.18 hectares (公顷) of mangroves, according to People’s Daily. Recently, the world’s first international mangrove center was set up in the city. The local government has spared no efforts to protect mangroves. For example, during the building of a highway along the coast in the 1990s. instead of destroying the mangroves, it decided to move the highway 260 meters northward, which kept the valuable mangroves at the heart of the city.
However, mangrove protection needs more attention from Shenzhen citizens. To call on more citizens to protect mangrove, the park organizes events such as the spoonbill festival, during which citizens can play games and make picture books about the animals. Additionally, educational activities designed to students in primary and secondary schools in Futian district have been introduced.
As citizens and teenagers immerse (使沉浸于) themselves in the wonders of mangroves, they not only learn about the importance of protection but also discover the joy of exploring nature.
1. How does the writer begin the passage?| A．By describing a scene. | B．By keeping a diary. |
| C．By asking a question. | D．By showing a dialogue. |
| A．Because the weather in Shenzhen is warm |
| B．Because mangroves offer them a green carpet. |
| C．Because mangroves provide them with food and home. |
| D．Because Shenzhen citizens work hard to protect them. |
| A．To show the government tries its best to protect mangroves. |
| B．To stress the importance of protecting mangroves in Shenzhen. |
| C．To explain why the government moved the highway northward. |
| D．To introduce an effective way to protect the black-faced spoonbills. |
| A．To make people live a happy life. | B．To make picture books for kids to read. |
| C．To call on more people to protect mangroves. | D．To offer citizens more chances to play games. |
| A．In a film review. | B．In a travel guide. | C．In a fashion magazine. | D．In a news report. |
Have you seen or been one of those people who throw garbage out of the car window on the roads? Well, if you’re travelling to Karnataka then you’re going to think twice before littering.
According to Bangalore Mirror, an Indian daily, two youths, who had thrown two packing boxes of pizza in Madiken, Karnataka, were made to travel back 80 km from Madikeri to Coorg (Kodagu) to clean up the garbage.
This happened after the General Secretary of Kodagu Tourism Association (旅游协会) found some pizza boxes thrown on the side of the road. He said “I was keeping a close watch on our station to keep it clean. When I was returning to my home on Friday, at around 2:15 p.m., I saw some pizza packing boxes thrown on the side of the road. I felt like all our work had gone in vain (徒劳). So I decided to open up the packet and luckily found a bill which had the person’s phone number. I called up the person and asked him to return and clean up the garbage.”
He went on to say, “However, the person on the phone said sorry but refused to come back as they were already out of Kodagu. So I called up the local police. They tried to ask the youths to come back, but it didn’t work either.”
Then they put the person’s number shared on the social media. After receiving unknown calls, the youths felt ashamed and finally travelled 80 km to come to pick up the packing boxes at around 3:45 p m. on that day.
Throw garbage carelessly, and this will be what you deserve.
1. What did the two youths throw on the side of the road?2. Where did General Secretary find the phone number of the two youths?
3. Why did the two youths refuse to come back to clean up the garbage?
4. How long did it take from finding the garbage to cleaning it?
5. What made the two youths finally come back?
10 . On June 28, 2023, an excellent woman named Dong Lina made a powerful speech at the graduation ceremony of the Communication University of China, encouraging everyone to realize their dreams. What makes her story even more encouraging is that Dong Lina is the first visually impaired (视障) student in our country, who received a master’s degree (硕士学位) in Broadcasting and Hosting Art.
Born in Dalian, Liaoning Province, Dong Lina went completely blind at the age of 10. Faced with this challenge, she completed her primary and junior high school education at the Dalian School for the Blind and Deaf. In her spare time, she focused on Braille (盲文) books, reading hundreds of them. Afterward, she entered the Dalian Technical School for the Blind to study Chinese massage (按摩), and upon graduation, she worked on it.
In 2006, Dong Lina unexpectedly received an opportunity to study broadcasting and hosting. To realize her dream, she left her job and started a journey to Beijing alone. The first time she attended a broadcast hosting class, Dong Lina was attracted, saying, “I was caught by the powerful voices and fell in love with my major.” From that moment, she put almost all her time into reading Braille and tirelessly practicing pronunciation. In 2010, she won the second prize in a national reading contest. Later, in 2019, she got her bachelor’s degree (学士学位) and continued her educational journey.
On the way to her dream, Dong Lina’s footsteps never stopped. As she expressed in her program, “Lina’s Reading Time”, reading had brought her happiness, and she was thirsty for sharing that joy with more people through the power of sound. She believes that if there’s something people haven’t tried before, they can be the ones to show how it can be done. Dong Lina’s story serves as a light of hope and courage, proving that with resolution and love, any challenge can be overcome.
1. Which part of a newspaper is the passage probably taken from?| A．Study and life. | B．Sports and health. | C．Travel and culture. | D．Science and technology. |
| A．In Beijing. | B．In her hometown. |
| C．At the Dalian Technical School for the Blind. | D．At the Dalian School for the Blind and Deaf. |
| A．Braille. | B．Massage. | C．Education. | D．Graduation. |
a.She received her bachelor's degree.
b.She began to study Chinese massage.
c.She gave up her job and set out to Beijing alone.
d.She studied in the Dalian School for the Blind and Deaf.
e.She competed in a national reading contest and got the second prize.
| A．a-c-d-e-b | B．a-d-e-c-b | C．d-b-c-e-a | D．d-c-e-b-a |
| A．Honest and active. | B．Hard-working and brave. | C．Helpful and quiet. | D．Caring and humorous. |
