1 . Traveling to a farm and spending several hours a day getting your hands dirty might sound like an unusual way to spend a vacation. Do you want to have a vacation like that? If yes, WWOOF can help you.
WWOOF is an organization that helps travelers go on “volunteering vacations” to farms. Travelers work on the farms for around four to six hours a day to get free rooms and dinners. The work include things like gardening, cutting wood, feeding animals, or even making cheese.
But you may do more than that through WWOOF. It offers travelers the chance (机会) to learn some skills and the local culture while spending time in nature.
Sue Coppard, the founder (创办人) of the organization, worked in London in 1971. But she wanted to spend more time in the countryside. So, she thought it might be a good idea to stay and work on a farm. One weekend, she visited a farm in Sussex, England, together with 15 friends. In return for their stay, Sue and her friends did many tasks on the farm.
Following Sue’s stay on the farm, more people started showing interest in working on farms, and many farmers said that they would like to host workers.
Today, it’s possible to have such a vacation in more than 130 countries with the help of WWOOF. You don’t need any farming experience—just be ready to learn!
根据短文内容，判断句子正(T)、误(F)。1. WWOOF is a name of a farm where some volunteers work during their vacations.
2. Travelers can only have free rooms and dinners on the farms through WWOOF.
3. Sue stayed and worked on a farm so that she could spend more time in the countryside.
4. After Sue’s stay on the farm, fewer people showed interest in working on farms.
5. People without any farming experience can have such a vacation in many countries.
2 . The yard sale is becoming more and more popular in America. Over the years, homes have been filled with the things that are no longer needed. But it seems wasteful to throw them away. Then a yard sale is held.
The yard sale doesn’t need to be very large. One family, or even one person, can have a yard sale. People simply collect some things they no longer use and put them in the yard. Things usually sold in a yard sale include old clothing, books, magazines, toys and garden tools. People might also put handmade signs on nearby streets to tell others when and where they are going to have the yard sale.
There are also some other sales like the yard sale. such as the garage (车库) sale and the moving sale. Whatever people call them, the activities are similar.
With the yard sale. people don’t need to take unwanted things to a faraway (遥远的) place to sell. And at the same time, they can have some fun and make some money.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误（F）。1. People sell the things they don’t need anymore in the yard sale.
2. People can only sell old clothing, books, magazines and toys in a yard sale.
3. The yard sale should be very large, so one person shouldn’t have a yard sale.
4. The garage sale is similar to the yard sale.
5. If you want something in a yard sale, you can take it for free.
3 . ChatGPT, a new chatbot model created by a laboratory in the USA, has quickly become popular around the world. It can do many things as people like answering questions, doing translations, giving the main ideas of passages and even writing codes (代码) for a computer program. It is just like a human living inside a computer.
ChatGPT is making people’s life a lot easier. However, it also means job losses. If a computer program can write code, then it would make a programmer lose his job. That may be a worry, but it is still too early to worry about that.
On the one hand, it’s still not that creative. A computer can quickly draw a picture, but that picture will be based on (基于) pictures that it has seen. It can also write books about the future, but the books will be based on articles about the future that it has read. For example, a human imagines the future and then tries hard to realize it. Although a computer can imagine a future faster, it can’t imagine a world of future as well as humans. On the other hand, some answers to difficult questions by ChatGPT may be strange, but people can answer them better after deep thinking. So there is no need to worry too much.
But one thing we must agree is that AI technology has progressed quickly!
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正(T)、误(F)。1. ChatGPT is a new chatbot model invented in America.
2. There is a real man working inside the computer so ChatGPT can do many things as people.
3. A programmer may lose his job when a computer program can write codes.
4. Both a computer and humans can imagine a world of future well.
5. All kinds of answers can be answered by ChatGPT perfectly.
4 . Su Peng is a firefighter (消防员). He tells us about his life.
I live in a room with seven other firefighters. Every day we get up at 5: 20 and then we tidy our room. It is boring, but we have to do it. At 6: 00, we exercise.There are 39 firefighters in our team (队).
At 7: 00, we have our breakfast. We have to eat very fast because we do not have much time. Then we run at 8: 30 in the morning. We always run 5 km. It’s not easy at all.
We have lunch at 12: 00. After lunch, we can get some rest. At 14: 00, the team goes for skills training (技能训练). We practice 3 skills: driving, firefighting and communicating (交流). Every day, after dinner, we have some free time. The team usually goes to bed at 22: 00.
Well, this is our life when things are fine. But things can be dangerous and difficult. If there is a fire or someone calls 119, we have to stop everything and get out fast. We must try our best to keep everyone safe.
I think I have an important and interesting job!
根据短文内容, 判断句子正(T)、误(F)。1. There are 8 firefighters in Su Peng’s team.
2. The firefighters have much time to enjoy their breakfast.
3. When things are fine, Su Peng goes to bed at 22: 00.
4. Su Peng’s job is always easy.
5. Su Peng likes his job.
How is everything going with you in New York? I’m having a good time in China. Last week I went to visit Mount Tai with Jack. We arrived there by train at 17: 00 last Sunday. We spent the night in a great hotel and enjoyed delicious Shandong food. The next morning the weather was nice and we started to climb the mountain. It took us six hours to get to the top of Mount Tai. Along the way we saw beautiful scenery (风景) , visit an old temples (庙宇) and bought many interesting things. At night we ate eggs and tomato noodles in the mountain. On Tuesday morning we enjoyed the sea of clouds. It was exciting.
Tom is looking forward (期待) to coming to China again. I hope you and he can come next year. Then we can visit more interesting places together.
Yours,
Peter
根据短文内容判断正（T），误（F）。1. Tony wrote the e-mail to Peter.
2. Peter and Jack arrived at Mount Tai by train.
3. Peter didn’t like Shandong food.
4. The weather on Monday morning was nice.
5. They enjoyed the sea of clouds on Tuesday morning.
Jonathan, a turtle on the island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic, turned 190 years old. This makes him the world’s oldest living land animal.
In fact, Jonathan is probably older than 190. In 1882, Sir William Grey-Wilson, governor (州长) of the island, got him as a gift. At that time, Jonathan was already an adult.
Since it takes more than 50 years for a turtle to become an adult, animal experts say Jonathan must have been born before 1832. So his birthday was set on December 4th, 1832.
In 1890, Sir Grey-Wilson became the governor of this island. He took Jonathan with him to live at the governor’s home, called Plantation House. Since then, over 30 other governors have come and gone from Plantation House. But Jonathan has stayed. And now he shares his home with three other turtles.
It is hard to understand how much the world has changed in the past 190 years. Jonathan was born before the Internet, computers, TVs, radios and telephones. He was born before global (全球) warming began and before plastic (塑料) was invented.
But Jonathan’s interests do not change. He loves sleeping and eating. He likes to warm himself by sleeping in the sun. When the weather gets cold, he digs himself into grass to keep warm.
Though Jonathan is still very active, he does have some health problems. He is blind and cannot smell, so people need to feed him by hand. But he can hear well. And he eats a lot. He eats a lot of vegetables and fruits, including cabbage and carrots, as well as apples and bananas.
Scientists have even studied Jonathan to get health reasons from his eating and cells (细胞). His cells do not mutate (突变) the same way human cells do. Scientists also hope to find some secrets to fighting cancer (癌症) in humans.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）、误（F）。1. Jonathan’s correct date of birth stays unknown.
2. From Paragraph 3 we know it takes a turtle more than 50 years to become an adult.
3. When Jonathan was born, people had invented TVs, radios and telephones.
4. Jonathan has some health problems and he may die soon.
5. Scientists have found out the secrets to fighting cancer from Jonathan.
7 . Reading is good for people. First, reading is fun. You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading. If you like reading, you will never feel bored or tired.
Next, you can read a book almost everywhere: in a car, on a plane, or even in the bathroom. All you need is a book.
Last, reading is useful. If you read every day, you will get better and better at it. And you will read faster and find it easier to understand what you read. When you read more, you will find your schoolwork is much better.
Some people say that reading is out of date. This is not true. You can read on computers, too. You can know the latest (最新的) news in the world quickly.
Good readers may become writers. They always have more things to write about.
Reading is so good and useful. Why not start reading right now?
根据短文内容，判断句子正“T”误“F”。1. Reading can keep you tired and bored.
2. You can read a book almost everywhere.
3. If you read more, your schoolwork will be better.
4. It’s true that reading is out of date.
5. Good readers may become writers.
8 . When people think of tigers, they think they are strong and dangerous. But now, the big animal needs our help. There were once eight kinds of tigers in the world, but three died out during the 20th century. In the last 70 years, the number of Siberian tigers has gone from 300 to less than 22. The Siberian tiger has been in danger of dying out completely. If the government doesn’t make any efforts, it’s quite possible that there will be no more Siberian tigers in China in twenty years.
WWF has started a program recently. The purpose is to save wild tigers and put an end to tiger hunting and killing. China, together with twelve other countries has joined in. Wild animals, such as red deer and wild pigs, are the main food of the tigers. The hunting of these animals is bad for tigers. So the most important thing is to protect the animals that tigers eat. We need to call on more people to stop eating and hunting wild animals.根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。
1. The tigers are in danger now and need our help.
2. There are only three kinds of tigers in the world nowadays.
3. WWF has started a program to save wild tigers.
4. It’s right to kill the animals that tigers eat to protect wild tigers.
5. If people keep hunting wild animals, the dangerous animals will also be endangered soon.
9 . Since she won Best New Actress at the age of 8 at the 31st Hundred Flowers Awards (大众电影百花奖), it took Zhang Zifeng 14 years to grow from a child star to “best actress”.
On May 23, Zhang won the Best Actress Award for the 19th Huabiao Film Awards (中国电影华表奖) for the film Sister. Born in 2001, the 21-year-old became the youngest—ever actress to win the award.
In the film Sister, Zhang played the leading role of a girl named An Ran. An lost her parents and has to decide whether to go after her own dream of becoming a doctor or raise her younger brother.
For this role, Zhang cut her long hair, learned the Sichuan dialect (方言) and experienced daily work in a hospital for a long time. She fully brings out strong sides of the role and her life struggles (挣扎).
Zhang’s love for acting and hard work started when she was a young child. While other kids were out having fun, she spent her free time reading scripts (剧本). She then created many roles that have made people remember her, including the sad girl in Aftershock (《唐山大地震》) and the killer in Detective Chinatown (《唐人街探案》).
Now, the role of An has rewarded (回报) her hard work. “My An Ran may have found the future she wanted.” Zhang said when receiving the award, “and I’ll also go further with my love for films.”
根据短文，判断正 (T) 误 (F)。1. When Zhang was 14 years old, she won Hundred Flowers Awards.
2. Zhang was famous as a child star.
3. Before Zhang played the role of An Ran, she didn’t know Sichuan dialect.
4. People remember Zhang only because of the film Sister.
5. Zhang will go further with her love for films.
10 . School is a fact of life and getting a good education can help you build the kind of future life you want. However, a report showed lots of kids hate school. Usually this kind of feeling doesn’t last (持续) long. But what will happen if you feel this way too much? Let’s talk about school and what to do when you don’t like it.
If you don’t like school, the first step is to find out why. You might not like school because you don’t have enough friends, or maybe you don’t get along with your teacher. Sometimes it’s a big problem with your classes and schoolwork. You may be getting farther and farther behind, and it may seem like you’ll never catch up.
When you know why you don’t like school, you can start taking steps to make things better. It’s a good idea to talk to someone about your problems with school. Your mom, your dad or your teachers will be able to help you out. Another good idea is to write down your feelings about school in a notebook. It’s a great way to let out emotions (情绪). Remember, you don’t have to share what you’ve written with others.
If you don’t like school, make a list of the good things you enjoy (even if only buildings in a school or lunch, that’s a start!). And it can help you feel happy and become interested in your study.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）误（F）。1. The feeling of hating school will last for a long time.
2. You should find the reason about it if you don’t like school.
3. It’s a good idea to talk to someone about your problems with school.
4. Writing down your feelings about school in a notebook can’t help let out emotions.
5. The good things you enjoy at school can change your thought about school.
