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Learning in the Field
A fun farming class took place in the fields! On Sept 15, Grade 7 students from Jinan No.34 Middle School, Shandong, went on a field trip. They learned about farming, reported Qilu News. At the grain base (粮食基地), teachers talked about grains with students and answered their questions. The students saw millet and soybeans (小米和大豆). They touched the wheat (小麦) and learned that people usually harvest (收获) the wheat at the end of September.
Young Reporters Put on a Show at School
Students at Johnson Middle School in US, are reporting their school’s news in their own news program. The students take turns to make the program. They set up a green screen, sit down and give their classmates the headlines (新闻提要) of the day. They include (包括) what’s going on in the school and news about future events. They share the lunch menu of the day. “The kids come in excitement. They love being on the news and sharing the news with other kids. They are eager (渴望) to know what’s happening around them.” said B.J. Burke, the school teacher.
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On Nov 8, students from Nanjing Foreign Language School have a special class. During the class, they have a hands-on experience of making folk clothes. The students took on the challenge (挑战) making their own bags through tie-dyeing (扎染). It is a dyeing skill to make blue calico (印花布). The dye and the cotton material (材料) used to make blue calico all come from nature. “Tie-dyeing is a magical art. Everyone does it a bit differently, and you never know exactly how it will look in the end.” said Ma Qianyu, a grade 8 student, happy with her work. The students will later go to Nanjing Museum to get more knowledge about life in Jiangsu and the folk customs there.
1. In which section of the newspaper can we read the news?| A．CULTURE. |
| B．SCHOOL. |
| C．HISTORY. |
| D．ART. |
| A．what real soybeans look like |
| B．how soybeans grow |
| C．how grains turn into snacks (小吃) |
| D．when people harvest the wheat |
| A．Get Close to Nature |
| B．Tie-dye Fun in School |
| C．Long History of Jiangsu |
| D．A Visit to Nanjing Museum |
| A．is connected to (与……有关联) their real life |
| B．makes them famous |
| C．can help develop their acting skills |
| D．helps them make good friends |
| A．Only Grade 7 students in Jinan No.34 Middle School can learn in the fields. |
| B．Ma Qianyu might have fun in the special class. |
| C．Students at Johnson Middle School don’t like their school lunch. |
| D．Students buy the dye and the cotton material (材料) from clothes stores. |
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Caring about fish A three-minute film made by Andrew Older, a 13-year-old student from the US, recently won an award at the One Earth Young Filmmakers Asian Contest. He used maps to show how invasive (入侵的) goby fish came to the local river and how they are making the water too crowded (拥挤的) for other fish. “Through this film festival, I hope to share my worry for fish. I also want to learn more about how it affects the environment (环境).” he told the local newspaper.  __________________ People throw trash (垃圾) on the beach and even into the ocean. The trash has become the “home” of hermit crabs (寄居蟹). These “trash shells” can bring danger to hermit crabs. It usually has bright colors, so predators (捕食者) can find hermit crabs more easily. The crabs could also find it difficult to get out of the bottles or the tires and starve to death (饿死).Would you wear your hair?  People wear wool sweaters in winter. But did you ever think of making a sweater with your own hair? A Dutch company did it. It also makes coats and other clothing with human hair. The company makes these clothes to save the environment. According to the company, European landfills (垃圾填埋场) receive 72 million kilograms of human hair waste every year. Making it into clothes is more friendly to our Earth. |
1. In which SECTION of the newspaper can we read the news?
| A．ANIMALS | B．SCIENCE | C．WORLD | D．ENVIRONMENT |
| A．can be made into clothes | B．saves the environment |
| C．is bad for the Earth | D．all goes to the landfills |
| A．Dangerous ocean trash | B．Terrible “home” for crabs |
| C．Trash brings danger to crabs | D．Crabs are in danger |
| A．cutting her hair short | B．making a sweater out of trash |
| C．wearing a sweater made of hair | D．working at a Dutch company |
| A．Their homes become too crowded. | B．More kinds of animals live with them. |
| C．Predators can find them more easily | D．They have no food to eat. |
3 . On February 21, 2023, giant (巨大的) panda Xiang Xiang left Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo in Japan to fly back to China, her home country. Next she will be sent (送去) to Bifengxia Giant Panda Base, the homeland (家乡) of giant pandas.
Xiang Xiang was born (出生) at Ueno Zoo in June 2017. She was the child of two giant pandas Shin Shin and Ri Ri from China. She planned (计划) to come back to China at the end of December, 2020, but the plan was delayed (推迟) many times because of her popularity (受欢迎) in Japan and the COVID-19.
Now Xiang Xiang is five years and eight months old and reached her breeding maturity (繁殖成熟期). She needs to find a good husband (丈夫) and have babies in China.
1. Which country is Xiang Xiang’ homeland?| A．Japan. | B．China. | C．America. |
| A．In Tokyo. | B．In Sichuan. | C．In Bifengxia. |
| A．In June, 2017. | B．In December, 2020. | C．In February, 2023. |
| A．Her age. | B．The COVID-19. | C．Her popularity. |
| A．People in Japan don’t like Xiang Xiang at all. |
| B．Xiang Xiang will fly to Japan again next year. |
| C．Xiang Xiang needs a good husband and have babies. |
4 . In most schools, all the students have to wear school uniforms when they are at school. But not every student likes the school uniform.
Li Jia, a 13-year-old girl from No. 9 Middle School, said, “I don’t like my school uniform at all. It is too ugly. I think young girls should wear some colorful clothes. But I have to wear it every day.”
However, Su Yang, also a middle school student from No. 9 Middle School, has different opinions. He said, “I like my school uniform. It is very beautiful. It is a symbol of my school and I like my school very much.”
Mr. Chen, a teacher, told the reporter (记者), “It’s good for the students to wear uniforms. In the past, my daughter needed to buy lots of clothes. But now, she seldom (很少) asks me to buy clothes for her because she has to wear the school uniform.”
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1. Most middle school students must wear the school uniform because _______.| A．their parents ask them to do so | B．the uniforms are beautiful |
| C．they don’t have money to buy other clothes | D．it’s the school rule |
| A．She doesn’t like the uniform because it is colorful. |
| B．She is an ugly girl. |
| C．She doesn’t like her school uniform at all. |
| D．She never wears her uniform. |
| A．Mr. Chen is a musician. | B．Li Jia is 14 years old. |
| C．Su Yang likes the school uniforms. | D．The students are from No. 10 Middle School. |
| A．uniforms | B．ideas | C．rules | D．grades |
| A．a storybook | B．a guidebook | C．an ad | D．a school magazine |
| Junk e-mail (垃圾邮件) A new UK study shows that around the world, junk e-mail uses 33 billion kilowatt hours (kwh,度) each year. That is enough energy to power 2.4 million homes. E-mail users spend nearly 80 percent of their energy in deleting (删除) junk e-mail and looking for useful e-mails. |
| Biking to work A few months ago, France starts to pay people to bike to work. About 20 companies (公司) join it. They pay their workers 0.25 euros (2 yuan) every kilometer if they bike to work. Several other European countries, such as Germany and the UK, have nearly the same project. They ask people to bike to stay healthy, save (节约) energy and reduce (减少) air pollution. |
| Football schools China is to build 20, 000 football schools around the country in three years. It is to fight obesity(肥胖) and make China’s national football team better. All students at these football schools will have one football class each day. They will also have football matches. |
| A．24 | B．33 | C．80 | D．20 |
| A．To have football matches. | B．To fight obesity. |
| C．To make China’s basketball team better. | D．To have football classes each day. |
| A．A newspaper. | B．A story book. |
| C．A fashion (时尚) magazine. | D．A book about history. |
There is a piece of surprising news for farmers on a farm in Florida. A robot will arrive at the farm next week. It is a big robot. It is 30 feet wide, 12 feet long and 14 feet tall. It has 16 arms. The robot is going to pick crops on the farm. It is really useful. It can pick all through the night, weigh things better and pack boxes more quickly.
The farmers are talking about the robot these days. They worry that robots will take their jobs. In fact, robots can do most jobs in 30 years. They can work as drivers, doctors and reporters in the near future. But they also make new jobs. What are the new jobs? We don’t know now.
1. Where are the farmers from?2. When will the robot arrive at the farm?
3. How tall is the robot?
4. What is the robot going to pick on the farm?
5. How do the farmers feel these days?
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1.和父母乘飞机去惠州旅游；
2.游览惠州市几个著名景点，如高榜山（Gaobang Mountain）；惠州西湖（Huizhou West Lake）；双月湾（Double-Moon Bay）
3.旅游活动：拍照、吃美食、购物。
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7 . Remember the story called The Thirsty Crow（口渴的乌鸦）? A smart thirsty crow succeeds in getting water by dropping stones in a bottle. A piece of news in Sweden turns out the story is true.
The news says a Swedish company called Corvid Cleaning is training wild crows to pick up cigarette butts（烟蒂）from the streets of Södertälje, a city not far from Stockholm.
Trash is bad for the environment in many ways. For example, animals (both on land and in the ocean) often mistake trash for food and eat it. Sometimes they even die because of that. Cigarettes are one of the most dangerous forms of trash.
________ Through a machine. The crows are trained to put the cigarette butts into the machine. If the machine makes sure the thing is a cigarette butt after scanning（扫描）it, the crows will get food from it as a reward（回报）. Sounds interesting, right?
According to Christian Günther-Hanssen, the founder of the company, with crows’ help, they don’t need to spend so much on the cigarette butts cleanup. “Crows are known to be one of the smartest animals in the world. They’re easier to teach. At the same time, there’s a lower risk of them eating any trash by mistake,” Christian said.
The crows for the cleaning job are still living in the wild, and they are free to stop the project at any time. If they keep coming back to Corvid Cleaning’s machine with dirty cigarettes, they must be enjoying the food there.
1. From the passage, we know that ________ might have brought problems to Sweden.| A．crows | B．smokers | C．modern machines | D．Christian’s company |
| A．getting much training | B．eating the trash by mistake |
| C．picking up the cigarette butts | D．living in a terrible environment |
| A．How did the company train the crows? |
| B．Where did Christian find so many crows? |
| C．What kind of crow is suit for the cleaning job? |
| D．How did Christian come up with the idea of working with crows? |
| A．Crows are usually good learners. |
| B．Using crows can help save money on cleaning. |
| C．Crows can be easily attracted by the food in the machine. |
| D．The chance of crows taking the cigarette butts as food is lower. |
| A．The crows choose to join or leave the project. |
| B．The crows can exchange cigarette butts for money. |
| C．There is no harm to the crows to do the cleaning job. |
| D．The crows have to collect a certain number of cigarette butts. |
Giant panda Ya Ya was eating bamboo during a farewell (告别) party at Memphis Zoo in the US, on April 8, 2023. She will come back to China at the end of this month. About 500 people went to the party. They said goodbye to Ya Ya, signed (签名) letters, and watched cultural shows at the party.
Ya Ya was born at Beijing Zoo in 2000. She traveled to Memphis Zoo in 2003 as part of a giant panda protection and research program (项目) between China and the US. Along with the female (雌性的) panda, the male panda Le Le also joined the program. The first plan was that the pair would come back together. Sadly, Le Le died in February.
A giant panda can live for about 15 years in the wild. Ya Ya is now old in terms of giant panda years. Although she has a skin disease (皮肤病), the panda is still in good health now. Panda keepers from China are in the US and work with the zoo workers to care for Ya Ya. China is ready to welcome Ya Ya back.
(A news report from Teens, April 12, 2023)
1. What did people do at Ya Ya’s farewell party?2. Why won’t Le Le come back to China with Ya Ya?
3. How long can a giant panda live in the wild?
4. Is Ya Ya in bad health now?
Tim: Today, we are talking about forest fires. Our reporter, Penny Wang, is in Indonesia (印度尼西亚).
Penny: It is now three o’clock in the afternoon, (A) I can’t see the sky. Thick smoke is covering most of South-East Asia. It is causing thousands of people to have eye or breathing problems. Some people may even die.
Tim: (B) don’t firemen put out these fires?
Penny: The firemen can’t put out the fires. They are too big. Only (C) a lot of rain can put them out. But the weather is very dry here and it may not rain for several weeks.
Tim: How did these terrible fires start?
Penny: Many were started by farmers. (D) They clear the land with fires before they plant new crops such as rice. Also, a drought (旱灾) started many months ago, so the land is very dry.
Tim: What other problems are the fires causing?
Penny: Well, (E)它们对人们的健康非常有害. And no tourists are coming here. People don’t want to take a holiday in a bad environment. But the most serious (F) problem is that fire is destroying the forests. They are thousands of years old. As you know, trees are very important to the world and now millions of them are burning. This will cause air pollution in many other places,
1. 在文中(A)和(B)的空白处填入适当的单词：
2. 写出文中画线部分(C)和(F)的同义词或近义词：
3. 将文中画线部分(D)改写为：They
4. 将文中画线部分(E)译成英语：
5. 从文中找出两个描述森林火灾的形容词：
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Learning to sing  Ma Hongtao, 16, Guangxi I’m crazy about music for a long time. At first, I sing badly. Then I find some people singing really well on the singing apps. I want to be like them, so I look for online videos about how to sing well and learn hard. Now every time I hear my own beautiful singing, I can’t tell you how excited I am!  Li Xinyue,13 Sichuan On my trip to Yunnan, I get to know pottery(陶艺) and can’t help falling in love with it. After getting back to Chengdu, I become a middle school student. My life is busy, but I keep on this hobby. Every week, it takes me two hours to make pottery and read about it. Now I am a quite good “potter”. Playing Basketball  Lin Ning,14 Guangdong When l get into junior high school, I’m interested in basketball. So I start training(训练) every Friday. At first, I think it’s too difficult. But I don’t want to give up. Then I ask my P.E. teacher for help and practice more often. Day by day, I’m surprised to find that I’m really powerful(有力量的) in the games. |
| A．ALL ABOUT STUDENTS. | B．SCIENCE STUDY. |
| C．ART WORLD. | D．THE SPORTSDESK. |
| A．enjoy the online shows | B．become an online singer |
| C．tell others he can sing well | D．learn how to sing better |
| A．My Busy Life | B．Falling in Love with Pottery |
| C．A Trip to Yunnan | D．Keeping on the Hobby |
| A．easy and fun | B．important for everyone |
| C．helpful but surprising | D．hard but interesting |
| A．After-school activities. | B．Popular online apps. |
| C．Strong love and hard work. | D．Help from schools and parents. |
