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 . It happened today, which we never want to happen, but we’ve been preparing for throughout the school year. A tornado(飓风) touched down near our school as we expected.
I wasn’t even in the classroom at the moment. I had taken a student with me to the workroom to help gather some teaching objects. When the emergency(应急) alarms went off, immediately I grabbed my student’s hand and ran as fast as I could back to the classroom.
I never imagined actually needing to put emergency steps to good use. I lined my class up on the wall. I had them crouch(蹲) down with their knees and heads touching the ground, hands on the backs of their heads. Their hearts beat fast. They couldn’t catch their breath. The fear filled their eyes. They looked up at me as they asked if their parents, grandparents and friends were going to be okay.
I never imagined the silence that would come over the whole schoolyard, with hundreds of students lined up against the walls of one building.
I never imagined the way I would feel, and other teachers along with me, as we tried our best to comfort our students, assure them of their safety, and promise them everything would be all right when we truly didn’t know what the result would be.
Today has taken a toll(灾难) on me, as I am sure it has on the hundreds and thousands of teachers in the local areas. But at the same time, I am beyond proud, surprised and encouraged at how my students behaved. Never have I seen they follow directions so quickly and quietly. Even though tears were in eyes, hearts were beating fast, my students were brave beyond their years today. And they were able to be 100% calm and collected (镇静的) the whole time. Tomorrow will bring a new set of challenges. I have made it my life’s goal to empower (允许), train and teach them.
1. The teachers and students have prepared for tornadoes ________.| A．the whole day | B．today | C．all year round | D．the whole school year |
| A．make sure | B．believe in | C．keep safe | D．calm down |
① I took a student with me to the workroom for teaching objects.
② The emergency alarms went off all of sudden.
③ I got my class lined up on the wall.
④ I with the student rushed back to the classroom.
| A．②①④③ | B．③①②④ | C．①②④③ | D．①②③④ |
| A．other teachers helped with teaching in class |
| B．the students’ parents worked with the school all the time |
| C．the tornado had gone at last |
| D．the students were brave and well-organized on tornado day |
| A．the school was damaged after the tornado |
| B．the teachers and students stayed calm when the tornado happened |
| C．the brave teacher saved many people’s lives |
| D．tornadoes happen once a year in the US |
3 . Do you remember the TV series of Popeye the Sailor(《大力水手》)? It first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s. The leading role in that cartoon ate lots of spinach(菠菜) to make him strong. Popeye helped sell 33% more spinach than before! Then spinach became a necessary part of many people’s diets. Even some young children who hated the taste began to try the vegetable.
Many people thought it was iron(铁) in spinach that made Popeye strong and healthy, but it was not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than other green vegetables.
People only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the researchers who studied the food made a mistake. In the 1890s, a group of people worked on what was inside vegetables. This group wrote the number wrong, and everyone accepted it.
Today, we know that the little iron there is in spinach cannot make a difference in how strong a person is. However, spinach does contain something else which the body needs—folic acid(叶酸). It is interesting to point out folic acid can help make your body strong. Maybe it was really the folic acid that made people strong all along.
1. Many people ate more spinach after seeing Popeye the Sailor because ________.| A．Popeye was a hero | B．they thought spinach made them strong |
| C．they liked folic acid | D．spinach contained a lot of iron |
| A．made Popeye strong and healthy | B．had less iron than other green vegetables |
| C．was rich in vitamin D | D．had more iron than other green vegetables |
| A．something in food | B．a vegetable | C．bad for health | D．a certain kind of spinach |
| A．Popeye the Sailor | B．Mistaken Number |
| C．The Truth About Spinach | D．Amazing Folic Acid |
4 . Have you ever met any people like this? They say they’d like to do this or that, but then they offer all the excuses in the world for why they can’t do whatever it is. No matter what the excuses are, the only reason is their own self-perception（感觉）.
As a matter of fact, nothing is impossible if you set your mind on it. The things you need are willingness to work for what you want, patience to learn what you need to know and, most important of all, belief in yourself. You only need a seed, and then your faith in yourself will grow with you as you move forward.
If your self-perception is that you can’t achieve something because you’re not smart enough, then take the time to learn what you need to know, and then your self-perception will change. If your self-perception is that you can not accomplish something because you never finish anything you start, then go and finish something and change your self-perception. If your self-perception is that you’re too lazy, too busy, or too dependent on others to accomplish great things, then you’re right. You are that because you believe you are, but in fact you can change that.
Your reality today is the result of your past beliefs and actions. Change your beliefs and actions, and you will change your future. You are what you think. Think about that the next time you need an excuse.
1. What does the underlined word “faith” mean in the passage?| A．A feeling that can make people relaxed. |
| B．A feeling that make people confident. |
| C．A feeling that make people tired. |
| D．A feeling that can make people happy. |
| A．go and finish something | B．take the time to learn what you need to know |
| C．find an excuse | D．do nothing but wait |
| A．begin | B．miss | C．achieve | D．start |
| A．The only reason is their own self-perception. |
| B．Change your beliefs and actions, and you will change your future. |
| C．If your self-perception is that you’re too lazy to accomplish great things, you can’t change that. |
| D．Some people always find excuse for what they can’t do. |
| A．The things you need are willingness to work for what you want. |
| B．The things you need are patience to learn what you need to know. |
| C．Most important of all, belief in yourself. |
| D．As a matter of fact, nothing is impossible if you set your mind on it. |
5 . After class, students are having a discussion about rabbits in Australia.
Benny: Rabbits have been here for a very long time. They were introduced to Australia with the First Fleet in 1788. It’s too late now to say they shouldn’t be here. As you know, during the 1930s when times were very hard, lots of people ate rabbits. They were a free source of food. Perhaps we should encourage more people to eat them today and that might solve a few problems.
Grace: What harm do they really do? Rabbits are so cute and they’ve been here such a long time. Surely, we can find ways to make them fit in with our environment.
Jessica: The problem with rabbits is that there are too many of them. Did you know that when they were introduced into Australia they spread very quickly to nearly every part of the country? It was the fastest spread ever recorded of any mammal（哺乳动物）anywhere in the world!
Fred: We need to get rid of all the rabbits in Australia. I know they are cuddly and cute, but we need to look after our native animals and plants. The rabbits are not a native species（物种）and they cause huge problems. They eat vast areas of grass and plants, which causes the soil to wear away. They also eat large amounts of farmers’ crops.
1. The rabbits were introduced to Australia ________.| A．during the 1920s | B．during the 1930s |
| C．with the Second Fleet in 1788. | D．with the First Fleet in 1788 |
| A．They eat native animals. | B．They don’t do any harm. |
| C．They eat native plants and farmers’ crops. | D．They are cuddly and cute. |
| A．To provide information about keeping rabbits. |
| B．To present four different points of view about rabbits in Australia. |
| C．To explain why rabbits were introduced into Australia. |
| D．To encourage more people to eat the rabbits. |
6 . Once there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it. Both the vegetables and the tree made the field look wonderful.
At the beginning, the vegetables and the tree couldn’t get on well with each other. The vegetables disliked the tree because they thought the tree didn’t leave them enough light by covering them with its thick leaves, while the tree thought that the vegetables drank nearly all the water before it could reach him.
The situation became worse and worse. One day, the vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree fought back by refusing to offer the vegetables shade. Soon they both began to become weaker and weaker under the hot sun.
Neither of them expected that the gardener would stop watering his vegetable field. When the gardener did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how thirsty they were. But there seemed to be no way to solve the problem. Then a small pumpkin（南瓜）decided to do something to change the situation. The small pumpkin did what he could to grow though there was little water and it was too hot.
Finally, the gardener noticed the pumpkin among the vegetables. Therefore, he started to water the field again because he still wanted to win the big pumpkin competition. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables were saved. Since then, they realized that it was better to help each other than to fight. From then on, they lived in harmony（和谐）with each other.
1. The vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground to _____________.| A．grow well | B．make the gardener angry |
| C．dry up the tree | D．dry up the pumpkin |
| A．The shade. | B．The light. | C．The gardener. | D．The pumpkin. |
| A．save the vegetables and the tree | B．win the big pumpkin competition |
| C．change the bad situation | D．live a much happier life |
| A．It’s never too old to learn. | B．We should try to get on well with others. |
| C．Always remember to water the field. | D．It’s better to keep on doing things until the end. |
7 . Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you want,
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don’t know something,
For it gives you the chance to learn.
Be thankful for the difficult times,
During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your disadvantages,
Because they give you chances of improvement.
Be thankful for each new challenge,
Because it will build your strength and character.
Be thankful for your mistakes,
They will teach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you’re tired and bored,
Because it means you’ve made a difference.
Be thankful for your past relationships,
Someone better suited to you is waiting out there.
Gratitude（感谢）can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles, and they can become your blessings.
1. What can we infer from the poem?| A．The writer lives a hard life. |
| B．The writer has an active and positive attitude towards life. |
| C．The writer is afraid of making mistakes. |
| D．The writer is never thankful for what he had. |
| A．Valuable lessons. | B．Being thankful. |
| C．Making a difference. | D．New challenge. |
8 . During the 1980s, artist Wilder created a song in about 30 minutes. That song, Break My Stride, has been played in films and TV shows over the years and turned him into a one-hit wonder.
Now, nearly forty years later, the song is being listened to by people who weren’t even born when it was created, thanks to its popularity on the social media（社交媒体）TikTok.
On TikTok, users usually share very short, usually 15-second, videos of themselves dancing, singing or doing something funny, most often set to music. Break My Stride became popular on TikTok earlier this year and has been used in over 800,000 videos. School students have posted videos of themselves dancing to the song. The pop song has the magic to make people feel like dancing. In one TikTok video that was liked 3.5 million times, the creator took a video of his mom sleeping and then photoshopped her into different backgrounds related to the words of the song, such as traveling across the sea to China in the row boat.
“Now with the coming of TikTok, it’s like having a hit record all over again with a whole new generation（一代人）,” Wilder, 67, told CNN. Break My Stride recently has been on Apple Music’s Top 100 songs in over 20 countries.
Break My Stride isn’t alone. A number of other artists have seen their songs become popular on TikTok. The success of Lil Nas X’s Old Town Road depends heavily on its popularity on TikTok, where the song has been used in 7.5 million videos. The song finished 2019 in the UK as “Song of the Year”.
The success of these songs, both old and new, highlights the influence that social media have on arts and culture. TikTok is changing how musicians create and publicize their work.
1. What can be learned about the song Break My Stride?| A．It has become popular again. | B．It was written 20 years ago. |
| C．It was first used in a TV show. | D．It was hardly known at first. |
| A．To get music for free. | B．To watch long videos. |
| C．To share videos of their own. | D．To study different kinds of music. |
| A．Famous artists on TikTok. | B．The success of social media. |
| C．“Song of the Year” in the UK. | D．The popularity of other songs on TikTok. |
| A．It has a long history. | B．It has about 7.5 million users. |
| C．It is more popular than TV shows. | D．It has a strong influence on arts. |
| A．catches | B．shows | C．promises | D．uses |
9 . Every night in Jinan University in Guangzhou, a group of students plays diabolo（空竹）as a crowd watches on in amazement.
Chen Zhelun, 25, a Malaysian-Chinese started the diabolo club, which helps to increase the popularity of this traditional Chinese game. He is one of many student： expressing their interest in the country’s cultural heritage（遗产）by starting clubs.
The diabolo, which came from China, is popular among Chinese living in Malaysia “We played diabolo from primary school. I thought I could find someone to play with in China, but only a few students knew about it. So I started a club to develop it,” says Chen.
To Chen’s surprise, the old game has interested a huge crowd—more than 1,000 students have joined the club.
“It keeps your body strong and it’s fun,” says Chen.
But some prefer quieter activities. Every weekend, one classroom in Shenzhen University is always crowded, but it’s unusually silent. The members of Lanting Calligraphy Club are writing Chinese characters（汉字）with traditional brushes.
Fan Dongling, 21, a student in Shenzhen University, says it’s a shame that young people no longer enjoy the beauty of Chinese characters.
Although her club is quiet, Fan says it keeps members healthy, mentally（精神上）and physically. “Some students think traditional things are outdated. They like celebrating Western festivals like Christmas or Valentine’s Day, but they seldom pay attention to traditional ones,” says Kong Yanquan, 21, a student in Guangxi University.
As head of the traditional Chinese local operas club, Kong plans to put something modern into traditional culture to get students to join his club.
“I think it’s everyone’s duty to save and develop China’s traditional culture among young people, he says.
1. The passage is organized by giving three _________.| A．examples | B．tasks | C．lessons | D．speeches |
| A．comes from Malaysia | B．is good at local operas |
| C．loves quiet activities | D．is interested in sports |
| A．practice writing Chinese characters | B．celebrate Western festivals |
| C．pay attention to traditional culture | D．make friends with the elders |
10 . Bi Sheng was born in Song Dynasty. He lived in a small village which lies in Huanggang today. He was the world’s first inventor of the printing. It is about 400 years earlier than the printing in Germany.
The printing is also called the movable type printing(活字印刷). But how did it work in the past?
First of all, the clay was made into movable types. Then words were engraved carefully onto the types. After that the words were chosen and put in right order in a box according to the text. Next, the workers brushed ink onto the movable types. Finally the types could be used for printing. They could be used again and again for different books.
The movable type printing plays an important role in Chinese culture. With the help of it, Chinese culture spread around the world more quickly. At the same time, the movable type printing was widely used in the world at that time. As a result, more and more culture communication among countries took place.
The movable type printing, the compass (指南针), gunpowder and the paper—making are called four great inventions of China. They make China own an important and even top position in the history of human civilization(文明).
1. What should the workers do after the words were chosen and put in right order?| A．Print by using the types. | B．Make the clay into movable types. |
| C．Brush ink onto the types. | D．Engrave words onto the types. |
| A．Three | B．Four | C．Five | D．Six |
| A．the movable type printing | B．gunpowder |
| C．the paper—making | D．the compass |
| A．The movable type printing and the importance for the culture communication. |
| B．Bi Sheng invented the movable type printing after trying many times. |
| C．How Bi Sheng invented the movable type printing in Song Dynasty. |
| D．Four great inventions and their position in the history of human civilization. |
