Good Book Recommendation Card *Book: Supernova Era *Writer: Liu Cixin is one of China’s best-known science fiction writers. He’s famous for the Chinese sci-fi best-seller. The Three-body Problem. *________: It tells a story about a world without any adults. Children become the owners of the Earth. The whole world fall into chaos (混乱) as they break into toy stores, play in amusement parks and hold parties day and night. Later, a few smart kids change the situation and the world becomes better. *Recommended by: Sally I think this novel shows lots of new and exciting ideas. The idea of kids taking the place of Adults in the world touches my heart deeply. We recommend (推荐) a good book every week. If you want to recommend one, please email your idea to 76521067@qq. com.   |
1. Many people know Liu Cixin because of The Three-body Problem.
2. The best heading to be put in ________ is “The main idea”.
3. We can infer Sally thinks the ideas in Supernova Era are very creative.
4. The book club offers a book recommendation to Sally once a week.
5. The material mainly shows that Liu is a good sci-fi author.
2 . In America, Mother’s Day is a holiday on the second Sunday in May. On that day children give their mother cards, presents and flowers. One of the best ways to celebrate Mother’s Day is to give your mother the day off (休息一天). Let her have a good rest while other members of the family do the housework. Many families begin Mother’s Day with breakfast in bed. Usually dad and the children will let mom sleep late as they go into the kitchen and get ready for her favourite meal. A Mother’s Day breakfast can make anything your mother likes. After the food is cooked, keep everything nice on a plate. Don’t forget to put the bottle with only one flower. When everything is ready, dad and children carefully carry the plate and mom’s favorite books or newspapers up to her bedroom.
Many families take their mom out to her favorite restaurant for a meal. It is a good day to let your mom rest and let her see what a wonderful family she has.
阅读短文，判断下列句子的正误，正确的写(T) 错误的写(F)。
1. Mother’s Day is on May 2.
2. It is the best way to let mom have a good rest on Mother’s Day.
3. Children put all kinds of flowers into a bottle for their mom.
4. They let mom have her favorite breakfast in bed.
5. Many families go to the best restaurant for a meal on that day.
3 . Yao Ming is a basketball star. But now he is a film star. There is a film about Yao Ming. Its name is The Year of the Yao. Americans made the film (制片). Now it has come to China.
The film lasts (持续) for 88 minutes. It is about Yao Ming’s first year in the NBA. Some NBA stars talk about Yao Ming in the film. So you can see Michel Jordan and Shaquille ONeal in it.
The film can help us know more about Yao Ming. Let’s go to the cinema.
根据短文，判断正误，正确的写 “T”，错误的写 “F”。
1. Yao Ming plays for Huanghe Football Team.
2. The film is made in USA.
3. The film lasts for one and a half hours.
4. You can see Li Hua in the film.
5. The film can help you know more about Yao Ming.
4 . What Could We Do for Heroes?
From: Li Xinyi Time: 2021.1.11
In January 2021, COVID-19 struck Beijing, Heilongjiang, Jilin and my hometown, Hebei. At the same time, tons of thousands of doctors, nurses, policemen, community workers and volunteers worked together to fight against the disease. As middle school students, what could we do for these heroes?
Wang Xinnuo
I can’t do some big things for them, but I can do something within my ability. My parents are doctors and my elder brother is working as a volunteer in our community. So looking after my grandma is my job. I try my best to do it well. I won’t make troubles for them. It is a great support for their work.
Cao Yuchen
As a middle school student, study is important for me. I still study hard during this special time. Besides, I share some housework, which makes my parents happy. What’s more, I always keep my eyes on the development of COVID-19. I know following the doctor’s orders is the best choice. Give all doctors and nurses my best wishes.
Zhou Yuwei
I am making cards at home with my sister. We plan to send these cards to the volunteers in my community to show thanks to them after COVID-19. I hope they will like my gifts.
1. Where does Li Xinyi come from?| A．Beijing | B．Helongjiang | C．Jilin | D．Hebei |
| A．He works as a volunteer. | B．He studies at home. |
| C．He does housework. | D．He pays attention to COVID-19. |
| A．students should do nothing for the disease |
| B．the volunteers will be happy to receive the cards |
| C．Wang Xinnuo will follow the doctors’ orders |
| D．Zhou Yuwei is making cards for the doctors and nurses |
5 . Let’s say goodbye to the busy work and enjoy a great barbecue (烧烤) with our family! A barbecue outside is great fun. On the activity, you can enjoy delicious food and wonderful family life!
A barbecue is cooking meat with grill (烧烤架). People often cut meat into pieces and cook meat on the grill for some minutes. Please keep the grill between 225 and 250 degrees. If you don’t like meat you can also get some vegetables or other food. At the same time, drinks and fruit-can make your barbecue more wonderful. Usually, lawns (草坪) near a river or mountains are the best places for a barbecue. Finally (最后), I’d like to tell you: keep little children away from the hot grill! Remember all these ideas and you can have a good barbecue.
1. Who does the writer tell us to enjoy a barbecue with?| A．Some children. | B．Old people. | C．Our friends. | D．Our family. |
| A．The place near your home. | B．The place in a park |
| C．Lawns in a park. | D．Lawns near a river or mountains. |
| A．Terrible. | B．Different. | C．Great. | D．Special. |
| A．How to Have a Good Barbecue | B．How to Cook Meat with Grill |
| C．Enjoy Delicious Food Outside | D．Cooking Meat with Grill |
6 . Jim Green is an English boy. He and his family are in China now. Mr. Green is his father. He is an English teacher. Mrs. Green is his mother. Kate is his sister. She is ten. Li Lei is a Chinese boy. He is Jim’s good friend. He is nine.
阅读短文，判断正误（T）或（F）。
1. Kate is a girl.
2. Mr. Green is an English teacher.
3. Jim is Li Lei’s friend.
4. Mrs. Green is in China.
5. Kate is nine.
7 . A family went to New York City on vacation. One day, the father took his son into a large building. They were surprised at everything they saw. When they came to an elevator (电梯), the son felt surprised. He asked, “What’s this?” The father answered, “I don’t see anything like this before. I don’t know, either!”
While the son and the father watched the elevator, an old woman walked slowly to it and pressed (按) a button. A door opened and the woman walked into a small room. Then the door closed. After a while, the door opened again, and a beautiful young lady walked out. The father quickly turned to his son and said, “Go, get your mother here.”
根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)
1. The family spent their vacation in New York City.
2. There was an elevator in the small building.
3. The father wasn’t surprised at the elevator.
4. An old woman walked into the elevator.
5. The elevator made the old woman young and beautiful.
8 . After my husband died, my teenage son Karl became withdrawn(沉默寡言). As a single parent , I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he pulled away. When his report card arrived during his junior year, it said that he had been absent 95 times from classes and had six falling grades for the year. In this case he would never graduate(毕业). I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged(乞求) him. Nothing worked.
One night I felt so powerless that l got down on my knees and begged for help. “Please God，I can’t do anything more for my son. I’m at the end of my rope. I’m giving the whole thing up to you.”
I was at work when I got a phone call. A man introduced himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absences.”Before he could say another word, all my disappointment and sadness over Karl came pouring out into the ears of this stranger, “I love my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school and nothing has worked. It’s out of my hands.” For a moment there was silence on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “Thank you for your time.” and hung up.
Karl’s next report card showed a marked improvement in his grades. Finally, he was even made the honor roll(优等生). In his fourth year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his teachers were surprised at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, Karl said, “Mum, remember that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s when I knew I had to make you proud.”
1. Karl_______ after his father’s death.| A．wanted to ask his mother for help | B．become active in his life |
| C．began to dislike his mother | D．have difficulties in school |
| A．Karl was often absent from school | B．she was a single parent |
| C．She tried to help Karl but nothing worked | D．the headmaster phoned her |
| A．surprised and angry. | B．disappointed and helpless. |
| C．shocked(震惊) and moved. | D．grateful and happy |
9 . “Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”
This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person who lived in Rome in AD（公元） 53 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
Picture this. You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave up feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they live simpler lives.
One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10 and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave（微波炉）, computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lyn, said, “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy（赶时髦的）, beer-drinking granny”, to one who cooked things.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. In the passage the writer describes a picture to show that new inventions ________.
| A．have speeded up our lives | B．have improved the quality of our lives |
| C．may make people feel very happy | D．may bring people some trouble |
| A．they loved to live simple lives |
| B．they wanted to know how people lived without modern inventions |
| C．they were troubled by modern inventions |
| D．living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them |
| A．People who live far away from noisy cities often seem to be happier. |
| B．An unknown Roman was sure that the quality of life would get better. |
| C．The family had some changes when they lived in a 1940s house. |
| D．With the improvement of our lives, we often feel stressed and tired. |
10 . Have you seen Avatar (《阿凡达》)? It’s a popular 3D movie, and you may have to wear 3D glasses to see it. The 3D glasses make the images (图像) from the movie look as if they were coming straight towards you.
More and more 3D movies are coming to theaters. Some say that 3D TV sets will come into our homes in the near future. 3D technology can make TV and movies more exciting. However, people with eye problems may get headaches if they spend too much time watching 3D movies. Why?
When we look at an object (物体), each eye sees it at a different angle (角度). Our eyes send the two images to our brain (大脑), and the brain puts them together. 3D technology uses two film projectors (投影机). One projects a left-eye-image and the other projects a right-eye-image. 3D glasses allow us to see a different image in each eye. So, when we are watching a 3D movie, our brain can’t put together the images sent to our eyes. The brain needs to work harder at “reading” the images. That makes it easier for people with eye problems to get dizzy (头晕的) or have headaches. A famous eye doctor said if your eyes can’t focus (聚焦) on the same object at once, you will have trouble watching 3D movies.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. The 3D glasses can make the images from the movie ________.
| A．look more beautiful than usual | B．look as if they were coming straight towards you |
| C．look as if they were far away from you | D．look more clear than usual |
| A．3D computers | B．3D phones | C．3D movies | D．3D TV sets |
| A．each eye sees the object at the same angle |
| B．our brain puts the two different pictures together |
| C．there will be two film projectors in our eyes |
| D．our brain can’t put together the images sent to our eyes |
