1 . Poverty (贫困) is a big problem (问题) in the world. But Chinese people have their own ways to do with it. Let’s learn more about the four people.
| Zhang Guimei started the Huaping Senior High School in Lijiang, Yunnan in 2008. It was the first senior school for poor girls in China. The school has sent more than 1800 students to college (大学). |
| Chen Zaiming, an expert (专家), comes from Zhejiang University (大学).He helped the farmers in Jingdong, Yunnan to grow the small mushrooms (小香菌). Last year, 22 families made more than 5 million yuan. |
| Mao Xianglin helped 100 people in Xiazhuang, Chongqi ng to build the road with their hands. They spent seven years to build an eight-kilometre (公里) road. Mao told them to grow oranges. In 2019,269people got rid of (摆脱) poverty. |
| Xia Sen is not rich, but she saves money for donations (捐赠). She gave more than 2 million yuan to help students and schools. The “Xia Sen scholarship (奖学金)” helped 182 students’ college dream come true. |
1. Zhang Guimei started the Huaping Senior High School for ________.
| A．boys | B．girls | C．children | D．women |
| A．seven | B．eight | C．nine | D．ten |
| A．Zhang Guimei | B．Mao Xianglin |
| C．Xia Sen | D．Chen Zaiming |
| A．100 | B．182 | C．269 | D．1800 |
| A．Chen Zaiming is an expert from Nanjing University. |
| B．The Huaping Senior High School has sent more than 180 students to college. |
| C．Mao Xianglin and the farmers build an eight-kilometre road with hands. |
| D．Xia Sen is rich, so she gives money to help students and schools. |
2 . A young girl named Malala, born in 1997 in the northwest of Pakistan, is famous for supporting children and women to get education.
On October 10, 2014, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded (授予) to Malala. She became the youngest winner in the history of Nobel Prize. However, Malala missed the most important event of being announced to be the winner of the prize. At the very moment, she was taking the chemistry lesson in the classroom! After hearing the news, Malala said calmly to the reporter, “I’m proud of getting this prize. Although the unforgettable date means something to me, it’s more important to finish the rest of the lessons. After all, it’s a normal school day.”
One year later, Amy Mainzer, an astronomical (天文学的) scientist of NASA, found a new planet. She named it “Malala”. When Amy was interviewed by Times, she explained, “I named the planet after Malala because she has set an example for us. She is fearless and sticks to helping children and women get the right of being educated. Nothing can stop her.”
In 2017, Malala passed the entrance examination of Oxford University through her hard work. Before she finished her high school, she had written a book I am Malala. She said, “I hope the readers around the world have chances to read my book. My dream is to let people realize the difficulty for children and women in some areas to get education. Actually, my story is also the story of 61 million children. Every boy and every girl should have the right to go to school.”
1. How old was Malala when she won the Nobel Peace Price?2. What was Malala doing at the very moment of the most important event?
3. According to Malala, what was more important than getting the prize?
4. Why did Amy Mainzer name the new planet after Malala?
5. What is Malala’s dream?
| 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. |
4 . 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. |
| SPORTS __________ It’s time for fans to say goodbye to the US tennis superstar, Serena Williams. On Sept 2nd, the 40-year-old lost against Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round of the US Open. Williams says she will not play tennis after the game. The Olympics website says this will be the “end of an era (时代)”. Many call Williams the greatest woman tennis player of all time. “I love to win. I love games. I love to make me happy,” Williams tells the magazine. Williams is also an example for women around the world for her strong body and confidence (自信). I’d like to think that thanks to me, women players can be themselves. They can play very well. They can wear what they want and say what they want... and be proud of (以……自豪) it.” says Williams. The Vogue |
| A．Lose a game | B．Say goodbye to Williams | C．Be confident | D．Make us happy |
| A．Williams. | B．Serena. | C．Ajla. | D．Tom. |
| A．she wins Ajla Tomljanovic | B．she is strong and confident |
| C．she is beautiful | D．she is clever |
| A．Win games. | B．Eat what they want. | C．Be themselves. | D．Lose games. |
| A．It’s the end of tennis. | B．It’s an exciting thing. | C．It’s a pity. | D．She is not great any more. |
HOT NEWS XIN HUA Can a one-armed boy learn to play basketball? No, you might say. But Zhang jiacheng, a boy from Guangdong makes it possible. With only his left arm, the 14-year-old learns to play basketball. Zhang lost his right arm in an accident when he was only five years old. In 2018, Zhang touched basketball for the first time, and then he loves the sport so much. Now whenever it is rainy or windy, Zhang never stops playing basketball, and his skills have improved a lot by practicing. |
| A．A story | B．A poster (海报) |
| C．A notice (通知，布告) | D．A piece of news |
| A．Hot news | B．Zhang Jiacheng | C．Xinhua | D．Guangdong |
| A．SPORTS | B．HOT NEWS | C．NEWS BITE | D．SCHOOL LIFE |
| A．He can’t play basketball well. | B．He likes playing basketball very much. |
| C．He lost his left arm at the age of 5. | D．he had an accident at the age of fourteen. |
| A．How a child becomes a professional (专业的) basketball player. |
| B．Why Zhang Jiacheng is a one-armed child. |
| C．The story of a one-armed child’s playing basketball. |
| D．Why Zhang Jiacheng likes playing baseball. |
Work Teenagers Can Do at Home  At home, we can help our parents. Sun Mingjing, 13, said, “Once, I lost a seal (印章) at home. I can’t find it anywhere. After that, I put books of different sizes on different shelves. I don’t have to look for a book in a pile (堆) of books anymore.” ______________  With the special gloves, teachers can feel good. Tang Renjia, a middle school student, found that her teacher’s fingers (手指) were injured (受伤) after using a touchscreen for a long time. She made special gloves. They can do good to teachers’ hands when they’re using touchscreen devices (设备). Big Friends Need Help  Katelyn, a 14-year-old teenager, loves elephants. She started a foundation (基金会) called All Ears Elephant. It gives help to elephants. Also as a violinist, she had a live concert (音乐会) and raised nearly 4,000 dollars. She gave the money to the foundation. |
| A．FOOD | B．TEENAGERS | C．BOOKS | D．ANIMALS |
| A．doesn’t like reading books | B．knows how to put books in his bookcase |
| C．doesn’t have to find his bookcase anymore | D．put different books on the same shelf |
| A．Student’s special gloves help her teachers | B．Injured hands of the teachers |
| C．A girl and her teacher | D．Big gloves and computers |
| A．Elephant. | B．Concert. | C．Foundation. | D．Katelyn’s family. |
| A．teenagers can help | B．love for animals |
| C．help with parents | D．life at school |
| People China Daily Sept. 29th, 2020 This Runner Is Cool  Provided by FacebookLike many people, Jeric Yeu from South London likes running. But he doesn’t just run. It is called Strava Art. Each time Jeric goes for a run, he runs up to about more than 30 km to make fun drawings of animals, like chickens, dogs, birds and even giraffes. Jeric got into Strava Art after finishing a half marathon (马拉松 ) years ago. He thought it would be fun to make drawings while running. One led to another and Jeric has already (已经) done 12 drawings around London. But he is not doing it just for fun. He is trying to raise money for Spinal Research. Until now, he has raised to do 8 more drawings. “Doing Strava Art is not easy and takes a lot of time, but it makes me enjoy running even more.” Jeric tells Global Times. |
| A．Jeric draws the picture on Sept. 29th, 2020 |
| B．the photo was provided by China Daily |
| C．the news This Runner Is Cool comes from ANIMAL section |
| D．China Daily reported the news after Global Times |
| A．Swimming. | B．Running. | C．Soccer. | D．Basketball. |
| A．32 km. | B．29 km. | C．65 km. | D．18 km. |
| A．Jeric has already done eight drawings |
| B．Jeric runs just for fun |
| C．doing Strava Art is difficult |
| D．Jeric has already raised |
| A．introduce (介绍) Strava Art |
| B．ask readers to run |
| C．ask readers to draw pictures while running |
| D．praise a cool runner |
9 . “Who needs to go to a store if you have Taobao?” says Wang Lin, 35, a writer in Beijing. Taobao, China’s largest online shopping site, is one of the most important parts of Wang Lin’s life. She spends lots of money on Taobao.
More and more Chinese Internet users like Wang enjoy online shopping. They are students, young workers and even old people. And more women shop online than men. Clothing and home-use things are the most popular online.
A report said that Chinese people spent about 5,160 billion yuan shopping online last year, and 80% of the money was through Taobao. And only on November 11th, people spent about 120 billion yuan on Taobao.
Taobao means “looking for treasure (宝藏)” in Chinese. People can find almost everything they need on Taobao, from clothes to books, from toys to computers.
Sometimes you may worry about the security of online shopping. “Most of the time it’s very safe and great. If you don’t like things from the seller you may return them and get your money back. Of course, sometimes you will still need to be careful,” Wang said.
1. What does Wang Lin do?| A．A seller. | B．A student. | C．A woman writer. | D．A teacher. |
| A．About 120 billion. | B．About 5,160 billion. |
| C．About 5,040 billion. | D．About 4,128 billion. |
| A．Time. | B．Money. | C．Safety. | D．Price. |
| A．make friends with the old | B．buy almost everything |
| C．buy only clothes and home-use things | D．return nothing if they don’t like them |
| A．Dangerous. | B．Boring. | C．Difficult. | D．Helpful. |
10 . The astronauts Zhai Zhigang; Wang Yaping and Ye Guangfu returned to the mother planet on April 16th, 2022! At 9:57 am, they landed in North China safely and finished their six-month journey in the space.
On Oct 16, 2021, China’s Shenzhou XIII spacecraft took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Gansu. It later reached Tiangong space station and docked (对接) with the Tianhe core module (核心舱).
There they set up a robotic (机器的) arm, checked devices (设备) and carried out scientific experiments (实验). They even celebrated the 2022 Spring Festival in space.
Wang has drawn worldwide attention (关注). She is the mother of a 5-year-old girl. She becomes the first Chinese woman to take a spacewalk. Wang told the reporters that she was happy to return to the mother land and wanted to tell her daughter that “mom has returned after reaching for the star”.
1. What can we learn about the Shenzhou XIII spacecraft from Paragraphs 1 and 2?| A．It went to space on April 16th. |
| B．It carried the Tianhe core module. |
| C．It took off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. |
| D．It took three astronauts to Tiangong space station. |
| A．a mother of a 5-year-old boy. | B．the first Chinese woman to walk in space |
| C．good at explaining things in English | D．happy to get the star for her kid |
| A．www.education.com/games | B．www.goodcooking.com/recipe |
| C．www.chinadaily.com/science | D．www.freedictionary.com/art |
