1 . Every Saturday, Wang Fokun travels 40 minutes to “watch” a movie with his friends. He became blind (失明的) in his early 50s. However, he can still enjoy movies in a “talking movie” club—Xin Deng Theater. The club is in Kunming, Yunnan. A group of volunteers (志愿者) there describe movies to blind people.
“I listened to a movie for the first time in the summer of 2019, and it was amazing. The volunteers did a great job.” said Wang.
Describing movies to blind people can be challenging (有挑战性的). The volunteers must watch a movie three or four times to know everything in the movie. This way, they can describe the movie very clearly.
Zhou Quan started the club in 2017. “Movies are for everybody,” said Zhou. “Xin Deng Theater hopes to share movies with blind people and help to light up their lives.” Thanks to the special club, many blind people go out of their homes and their lives are more interesting.
Now many blind people come to Xin Deng Theater to “watch” movies every week. “They can enjoy the movies here. I’m so glad that I bring enjoyment(快乐) to them.” said Zhou.
“It’s meaningful for us to spend our free time helping the blind people here.” said one volunteer.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子的正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
1. Wang Fokun goes to Xin Deng Theater three or four times a week.
2. The volunteers in the club describe movies to blind people.
3. Wang Fokun listened to a movie for the first time in Xin Deng Theater in 2019.
4. Both blind people and the volunteers enjoy spending time in the club.
5. The passage (短文) talks about an amazing movie.
| You are what you eat | Keeping better eating habits can help you reduce (减少) illness. A healthy eating plan means choosing the right foods to eat and preparing foods in a healthy way. |
| Change the toothbrush | Do you often change your toothbrush (牙刷)? Maybe you think it is not necessary. A study shows old toothbrushes bring disease. You should often change your toothbrush. |
| Exercise | Swimming, running, skating, skiing, dancing, walking and some other activities can help you stay healthy. You should exercise at least three times a week and for twenty minutes or more each time. Do it. |
| Plan out your life | You should have breakfast before you go to school. Have a right meal for lunch. Follow a healthy diet (饮食). |
1. Good eating habits can help your health.
2. Old toothbrushes can reduce disease.
3. We should exercise only three times a month.
4. We should have breakfast before going to school.
5. The passage is mainly about healthy lifestyle.
3 . My name is Jack. It was a sunny morning. My mother asked me to visit my grandparents with some presents. My grandparents lived in the other end of our city.
I took the bag with the presents and went to the bus station. There I took the direct bus to my grandparents’ home. The bus moved at a slow speed and I fell asleep. When I woke up suddenly, I found my bag was gone. I was so sad. I got off at my bus stop and walked to my grandparents’ home. My grandparents were excited to see me. I explained (解释) that I had lost (丢失) the presents for them. They said it wasn’t a big deal (大事). They cooked me a big meal. When I left, they gave me a lot of presents. On my way home, I didn’t sleep. Instead, I paid special attention to my bag. I got off at my bus stop and ran home. Unluckily, I fell over in the hallway and hurt my knee. “What a bad day!” I thought.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的写“T”，错误的写“F”。
1. Jack’s grandparents lived in another city.
2. Jack lost his bag on the bus.
3. Jack’s grandparents gave him a lot of presents when he left.
4. Jack fell over on the bus and hurt his knee.
5. The passage mainly talks about Jack’s bad day.
4 . One January morning, Thomas Smith is walking his dog, Jack, in the park. Mr. Smith is sitting under a tree and Jack is running on the ice lake. Suddenly, the dog falls (掉) into the water.
“I must save my dog,” says Mr. Smith. He doesn’t think much, and he jumps into the cold water. It’s difficult for him to swim in the cold water. But he is just thinking about saving Jack. Luckily, he helps Jack out of the water. And they are safe now. “When we get out of the water, everybody asks how Jack is, and nobody is worried about (担心) me!” Mr. Smith says happily with a smile. In fact, people think he is a hero.
Animals are our great friends. Can you do the same for them like Mr. Smith? We should save the animals in danger.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的填“T”，错误的填“F”。
1. The story happens on a cold morning in January.
2. Mr. Smith is talking with someone while the dog is running on the ice lake.
3. Mr. Smith feels angry because no one is worried about him.
4. People think Mr. Smith is a hero.
5. The writer wants to tell us to stay away from (远离) the ice lake.
5 . Bella is a little cat. She is unhappy, because she hopes to leave home to see the world. It is a sunny day. Bella goes away while her parents are sleeping. On the way, she meets an elephant, a peacock and a rabbit. At last, she gets to a lake. She looks at her reflection in the water and says, “I wish I have an elephant’s nose, a peacock’s tail and a rabbit’s ears.” After a while, Bella’s wish comes true. She runs home excitedly, but parents don’t recognize her. “Go away. You’re not our daughter.” they say. Bella goes to the lake again. “Just want to be a cat.” she says sadly. Bella waits and waits. She turns into a cat again. Bella runs back quickly. Her parents hug her and say, “This is our lovely baby.”
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡 上将“F”涂黑。
1. Bella hopes to see the world with her parents.
2. Bella meets three animals on her way.
3. Bella’s parents are excited when her wish comes true.
4. Bella can’t become a cat again.
5. The story tells us that we should be ourselves.
6 . Do you know what family instructions（家训）are? They are common beliefs（信念）that family members follow. In ancient China, people passed down their family instructions from generation（一代人）to generation.
Some schools in Zhejiang are encouraging students to learn more about their own family instructions. At Hangzhou Gongyi Middle School and Hangzhou Xuejun High School, it was part of students’ winter vacation homework to learn about their family instructions.
Meng Yaohan, 16, from Hangzhou Xuejun High School, looked at her family instructions. One of them is “Don’t take the wrong way”, a piece of advice that has been passed down for 100 years. Her father told her how her grandfather stuck to his “right way” to become an engineer. “It encouraged me to pursue what I love,” she said.
Shen Duanjie, 14, from Hangzhou Gongyi Middle School, has got good from his family instructions—“democratic”（民主的）and “equal”, they have helped him get along with his parents.
The school has also published（出版）books about two classic collections of family instructions—Family Instructions of Zhu Xi and Family Instructions of Yan Clan. The books include dialogues and pictures drawn by students.
Gong Zhenyue, 14, drew pictures for one of the instructions in Family Instructions of Yan Clan. She was impressed by the instruction, which says that parents should not only love their children, but also educate them. “ It made me understand my parents’ strictness with me, ” she said. She made it her own family instruction.
1. What are family instructions?| A．The words of one’s grandparents. | B．Dialogues between family members. |
| C．Common beliefs that family members follow. | D．Books which were passed down from the past. |
| A．They know nothing about their family instructions. |
| B．Shen Duanjie is two years older than Meng Yaohan. |
| C．They have the same family instructions in their families. |
| D．They are both students from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. |
| A．追求 | B．创造 | C．传递 | D．感受 |
| A．study better at school | B．draw pictures for other books |
| C．understand her parents better | D．learn to publish books by herself |
| A．Students’ winter vacation homework | B．Learning from family instructions |
| C．How to make our family instructions | D．Family Instructions of Zhu Xi |
7 . Vira Timbaci’s post office job is similar to that of many postal workers around the world. But, there is a difference. One of the mailboxes he manages is underwater.
It is about 160 feet off the coast of Vanuatu which is an island country. The post office opened in 2003. It is the world’s first underwater post office. It makes it possible for people to send postcards back home from under the sea.
“Every week hundreds of postcards are dropped off (捎带) at the underwater post office”, Timbaci says, the number goes up when ships come into port (港口).
It’s Timbaci’s job to make sure that the postcards are collected on time at 3 pm each day. He is the postal manager. Postcards are made of waterproof (防水的) plastic. There is a special stamp on the postcard. The post office developed special metal device (设备) that marks each postcard. It does this without using ink (墨水).
Visitors know that the post office is open for business when a flag is flown on the water. At one time, the local postal service trained its postal clerks to scuba dive (潜水). But later this additional training became difficult. That is why the dive masters now start working here.
Since its opening, there have been several copycat underwater mailboxes that have opened. This includes ones in Susami, Japan and Risor, Norway. There is also one in Malaysia which is the world’s deepest located more than 130 feet underwater. But the one at Vanuatu will go down in history (名垂千古) as being the first of its kind.
1. Why is Vira Timbaci’s post office job different?| A．Because he helps people to send postcards home. |
| B．Because he collects the postcards on time at 3 pm. |
| C．Because his post office has been opened since 2003. |
| D．Because he is the manager of the underwater post office. |
| A．They are plastic postcards. |
| B．They are sent away on cruise ships. |
| C．There is a special stamp with the mark in ink. |
| D．They can’t be collected when a flag is flown at the sea. |
| A．初学者 | B．拓荒者 | C．模仿者 | D．目击者 |
| A．In Susami. | B．In Japan. | C．In Norway. | D．In Malaysia. |
| A．Vira Timbaci’s post office job in the sea. | B．The world’s first underwater post office. |
| C．The ways to send postcards back home. | D．Several copycat underwater mailboxes. |
8 . The year 2020 is a special one for China, as the Chinese government has set a goal of lifting all the people out of poverty(贫困)by the end of the year. To achieve this goal, one important task is to reduce the education gap(差距)between the poor countryside and the cities.
In recent years, the governments have worked hard to improve the education in poor areas. Schools have put great efforts into improving education in these areas. More new schools have been built, and more money has been used to help students from poor families. Let's have a look at how the students across the country have benefited(得益)from this.
"Do you like playing football?" asked British teacher Matthew.
"I prefer to play basketball," answered Wang Qi.
These "dual-teacher classes"(双师课堂)were set up by China Daily. Through an online video talk, the foreign teachers are teaching students from the poor areas. The goal is to bring better English education to poor areas.
He Jiao is a student from Dafang, Guizhou. In 2015, when she was admitted(录取)to Tsinghua University, her family were nervous about her tuition fees. Her father made no more than 1,000 yuan a month.
Thanks to a project started by the local government, He Jiao received a scholarship(奖学金)of 100,000 yuan, and her university dream came true.
1. The goal of "dual-teacher classes" is ________.| A．to give students more sports | B．to give foreign teachers good jobs |
| C．to make the classes more interesting | D．to bring better English education to poor areas |
| A．智力 | B．交际 | C．学费 | D．前途 |
| A．100,000 yuan. | B．10,000 yuan. | C．2,000 yuan. | D．1,000 yuan. |
| A．Wang Qi likes playing football better. |
| B．He Jiao comes from Guizhou province. |
| C．China wants to give a better life to the poor people. |
| D．China has spent more money helping the poor students. |
| A．"Dual-teacher classes" are popular in China. |
| B．He Jiao tried her best to achieve her dream. |
| C．China is reducing the education gap in the cities. |
| D．China has made an effort to improve the education in poor areas. |
9 . When it comes to protect our environment, recycling is the least we all can do. Well, a seven-year-old boy, Ryan Hickman from California has shown us that it’s never too early to start recycling.
The young boy became interested in recycling after his dad took him to a local recycling center when he was three years old.
That experience made a deep impression on him. After that, Ryan decided to start his own recycling business. Later on, Ryan’s recycling company was born.
Ryan collects and sorts bottles and boxes from his neighbors. He and his parents give empty bags to their neighbors so that their neighbors can reduce their cycles（循环）. Finally little Ryan takes the things that can’t be used now to the recycling center.
Since starting his own recycling business, his company has recycled more than 200,000 bottles and boxes. He has also tried to save $11,000 for college. In early 2019, Ryan’s recycling story went viral and he was even invited to be a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
“Ryan is very crazy about recycling, and he would like to get everybody else be interested in it as well,” said his mother. If you are inspired by Ryan Hickman’s little business, start recycling now.
Next time when you see a bottle on the ground, please pick it up.
1. Where does Ryan Hickman come from?| A．England. | B．America. | C．Canada. | D．China. |
| A．Recycling. | B．Planting trees. | C．Saving water. | D．Collecting paper. |
| A．His teachers. | B．His friends. | C．His classmates. | D．His parents. |
| A．In late 2019. | B．When he was 3 years old. |
| C．In early 2019. | D．When he was 7 years old. |
| A．A kind father. | B．An excellent helpful boy. |
| C．A great recycling center. | D．A crazy boy. |
10 . When 4-year-old British Prince George started his first day of school in September, 2017, Chinese language was on his course.
And he wasn't alone According to a report in September, about 51 percent of UK parents want their children to learn Chinese, as it's believed to be one of the most useful languages to know.
In fact, the popularity of Chinese drove the UK government to launch the Chinese Excellence Program in September last year. Its goal is to make at least 5, 000 British state middle school students speak Chinese well by 2020.
The language has become the second most spoken foreign language in the US, after only Spanish (西班牙语), with over2. 1 million speakers, according to a survey.
Many US famous people such as Facebook founder(脸书创始人) Mark Zuckerberg and Obama's daughter, Malia Obama, study Chinese as a second language.
So far, 67 countries and regions (地区)have included Chinese in their national course, so why are so many countries crazy about learning Chinese?
One reason could be that as China continues to develop quickly, Chinese is increasingly becoming a useful tool for people's personal and professional growth. “I think everyone believes that China will be the next great superpower(超级大国)... even if it' s not a superpower like America. It still has an important influence in the future,” said Aisling McCaffrey from Canada, who studied at the Renmin University of China, “Learning Chinese is the best way to make sure that you can be part of that growth.”
This opinion was shared by former(前任的) British Prime Minister David Cameron, who urged(呼吁) British students to learn Chinese to “seal(抓住)tomorrows business deals” in 2013.
1. Why do UK parents want their children to learn Chinese?| A．Chinese is on the course. |
| B．Princess George starts to learn Chinese. |
| C．The UK government sets up the program. |
| D．Chinese is one of the most useful languages. |
| A．成立 | B．制造 | C．设置 | D．兴建 |
| A．Malia Obama | B．David Cameron | C．Prince George | D．Mark Zuckerberg |
| A．Aisling McCaffery is from Canada. |
| B．Learning Chinese is the best way to be famous. |
| C．There are more than 2.1 million Chinese speakers in the US. |
| D．67 countries and regions have included Chinese in their national course. |
| A．The ways to learn Chinese well |
| B．The increasing number in learning Chinese |
| C．Why learning Chinese has risen around the world |
| D．The relationship between language and development |
