Do you hear of the Old Tea Forest of Jingmai Mountain? The mountain is in the city of Pu’er, Yunnan province. On September 17, 2023, this cultural landscape (文化景观) was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List (《世界遗产名录》). It includes nine villages, three old tea planting places and three forests.
In the tenth century, the ancestors (祖先) of the Blang (布朗族) people came to the mountain. They discovered wild tea trees and started to produce tea from them. Later, the Dai and some other ethnic groups (民族) also came to live here with their colorful cultures. These cultures added something more to Jingmai.
Here, the locals hold important festivals. The Shankang Festival of the Blang people, for example, honors their “tea ancestors.” Another example is the Water Festival of the Dai people. During these festivals, they give their thanks to the tea trees. They also make good wishes for the tea forests.
In Blang culture, every tea tree is said to have a spirit (灵魂). For this reason, the Blang people there do not use pesticides (杀虫剂) on their tea trees. They use natural ways to get good tea.
In this place, the mountain nurtures (养育) tea, and tea nurtures people. Tea is an important part of the locals’ lives. They are thankful for the gifts from nature!
1. Jingmai Mountain is in Yunnan.2. The ancestors of the Dai people came to the mountain in the 10th century.
3. During the festivals, people there only give their thanks to the tea trees.
4. The Blang people think every tea tree has a spirit in their culture.
5. The passage tells us something about the Old Tea Forest of Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er.
Once a shoemaker worked very hard, but he was still very poor. He had only one piece of leather (皮革) to make a pair of shoes at last.
He cut the leather and put it on his table to make shoes. To his surprise, the shoes were already been made by others the next morning. A rich man came into the shop and gave the shoemaker two coins to buy them.
The shoemaker used the two coins to buy leather for two more pairs of shoes. In the morning, the shoemaker found two pairs of shoes had already been made. Soon two customers came in and bought the shoes. He got four coins. This thing lasted for a few days.
The shoemaker and his wife would like to see who the maker was, so they hid (躲藏) behind a curtain (窗帘). Two little elves (精灵) came in at midnight. They worked until all the shoes were done and left quietly.
“I will make them clothes to keep warm. And you can make each of them a pair of shoes.” the wife said seriously.
One night the shoemaker left the nice clothes and shoes on the table. When the elves came in and saw the clothes, they put on the clothes and danced. They danced out of the door happily.
1. The shoemaker was very poor because he didn’t work very hard.2. The leather for a pair of shoes needs four coins.
3. The shoemaker and his wife hid behind the curtain to know who made the shoes for them.
4. The elves put on the shoes and danced out of the door.
5. This story tells us to learn to be kind-hearted and do something nice to others.
In America and England, if you go to a birthday party, you’ll have a good meal and a lot of drinks. After that, you will play different kinds of games.
The children aged 10-14 will have a “sleepover” party.
Usually this kind of party is on a Friday or a Saturday night when the children do not have lessons next morning. For this kind of party, the birthday person invites 5—6 close friends over for dinner. After dinner, the children will eat cakes and ice-creams, and the birthday person will open his or her gifts.
During the evening, the children may go skating, go to watch basketball or soccer games or something else. Also, the children will eat pancakes at midnight and then go on talking and playing games, such as card games or computer games. Next morning the mother will make a big breakfast of some nice food such as cakes, bread with meat or eggs.
Then the parents will pick up (接) the children at about nine o’clock next morning.
1. In America and England, children usually have a “sleepover” party on a Tuesday night.2. The birthday person will open his or her gifts after dinner.
3. During the evening, the children do many things except (除……之外) going skating.
4. At about 9 o’clock next morning, the parents will pick up their children.
5. This passage mainly tells us how American children prepare for their birthday parties.
4 . Long long ago, there was a man who lived in a village. One day, he went to a market in the city and did some shopping. He found two boxes. Both the two boxes were very beautiful and the man liked them very much. So he bought them.
After he got home, he didn’t know what to do with the boxes. He thought it over and decided to do something special. He decided to put all of his happiness in the yellow box and all of his sadness in the black box. He thought that it was fun to do that.
A few days later, the yellow box was very heavy, but the black box was still light. He didn’t know why. He decided to open the two boxes and found out the truth. He opened the yellow box and found nothing. Then he opened the black box and saw a hole (洞) at the bottom (底部).
Then he smiled to himself and said, “Happiness is for me. Let sadness go.”
根据短文内容判断正 (A)、误(B)。
1. The man lived in a big city.
2. The man put his happiness into the black box.
3. There was a hole at the bottom of the black box.
4. The black box was heavier than the yellow one.
5. The passage tells us that we should forget the sadness and remember the happiness.
5 . As a middle school student, you may have more subjects and homework. Getting good grades seems to be more difficult. Do you know good study habits can help you do well in study?
Many students like reading or studying while listening to music and using the Internet. However, a study shows that these things stop students from studying well. So if you want to study better, leave your computer and smart phone aside.
Many teachers think it’s a good idea to find a classmate to do homework together with. The classmate can help you if you miss some classes. And you can help each other when you have some problems.
You may have lots of homework and you have to stay up late to finish it. A study says that middle school students need about 8 to 9 hours of sleep a night. So, to follow the teachers in class the next day, do have enough sleep.
根据短文内容，判断下列各句正(T)、误(F)。
1. It’s good to study while using the Internet.
2. Doing homework with a classmate is a good way.
3. The underlined word “it” in the fourth paragraph refers to “homework”.
4. Middle school students have too much sleep.
5. The passage is mainly talking about good study habits.
6 . Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it?
The Internet is many different networks (网络) around the world. A network is a group of computers put together. These networks joined together are called the Internet. Maybe that doesn’t sound interesting. But when we surf the Internet, there are lots of things we can do. We can find a lot of interesting things on the World Wide Web (WWW).
We can use the Internet instead of (代替) a library to find all kinds of information for our homework. We can find information about our favorite sports or film stars and do some shopping on the Internet. We can also send messages to other people by e-mail. It is much cheaper and quicker than calling our friends and sending letters.
Because of the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. People can now work at home with a computer, getting and sending the information they need. They can buy or sell whatever they want by the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information is in English? So what will English be like tomorrow?
根据短文内容，判断下列各句正（T）、误（F）。
1. The passage is mainly talking about the Internet.
2. The Internet cannot help us when we do our homework.
3. The quickest and cheapest way for people to send messages is by telephone.
4. People can work at home with the help of the Internet.
5. English will be less important in the future.
Name: Alan Age: 9 Dream job: Musician I fell in love with music four years ago. Now I can play the guitar and the piano well. Next, I will learn to play the violin and learn more about music. |
Name: Alyssa Age: 12 Dream job: Teacher I dream of being a teacher like my mom. She is kind and she always helps her students with their problems. I love to be with children, too, and I’d like to share what I know with them. I’m going to study hard to make my dream come true. |
Name: Bryan Age: 7 Dream job: Engineer I really want to become an engineer when I grow up. I think it’s very cool to be able to build tall buildings and long bridges. I often watch all kinds of beautiful buildings online. So I must study hard at math and physics. |
Name: Cole Age: 13 Dream job: Scientist Science may sound difficult and boring to learn for some students. But for me, it is very interesting. I love finding out how things happen, so I’m going to be a scientist when I grow up. |
1. Alan wants to be a musician.
2. Alyssa’s mother wants her to be a teacher.
3. Bryan is going to study hard at math and physics to be an engineer.
4. Cole thinks science is difficult and boring.
5. The passage mainly talks about four kids’ dream jobs.
As early as 5000 or 6000 years ago, Chinese people started to dance and made it a part of their life activities. In the Xia dynasty (夏朝), dance became a main part of activities. Court dance (宫廷舞) started at that time. Court dance was the best in the Tang dynasty, because the Tang dynasty dance spread fast to Korea and Japan. Even today people can find the charm (魅力) of the Tang dynasty dance in the dances of these countries.
Folk dance (民间舞) is sometimes special to a place: the lion dance in Hebei Province and Guangdong Province, the tea-picking dance in Yunnan Province, the great yangko in the north-east of China and so on.
1. According to the passage, Chinese people dance for more than 5000 years at least.2. Court dance began in the Tang dynasty.
3. In the Tang dynasty, court dance spread quickly to Korea and Japan.
4. The lion dance is famous in Guangdong Province and Yunnan Province.
5. The main idea of the passage is about the folk dance.
9 . Many people are trying to save the earth with special days like “Meatout Day”, “Earth Day” and “Buy Nothing Day”.
“Meatout Day” is on March 20th. Many people around the world don’t eat any meat for one day. In this way, they’ll get healthier and reduce (减少) greenhouse gases.
“Earth Day” is on April 22nd. Many people all over the world try to do something green on this day. In Italy, people don’t use plastic bags. In Canada and Norway, people ride bicycles and don’t use their cars. In the USA, people dress up like plants and animals to dance in Times Square, New York.
“Buy Nothing Day” is usually on the fourth Friday in November. On this day many people don’t buy anything. “Buy nothing” means “make no rubbish”. When you make less rubbish, you can make a cleaner earth.
Do you want to join them? Then you can remember these special days and do something green.
判断下列句子是否符合短文内容。符合的写T，不符合的写F。
1. Many people don’t eat any meat on “Meatout Day”.
2. In Italy, people ride bicycles and don’t use their cars on April 22nd.
3. Many people do nothing to protect the environment on “Earth Day”.
4. Many people buy and sell nothing on “Buy Nothing Day”.
5. The passage mainly tells us the special days about saving the earth.
10 . Have you been invited to a dinner but you did not want to go? Or maybe you want to go but have no time? Turning down an invitation makes a lot of people uncomfortable, but sometimes turning down the offer is the only decision that we can make. About how to refuse an invitation, here is some advice for you.
Turn down the invitation in the same way. For example, if you were invited by letter, phone or over the Internet, you should reply to the invitation by letter, phone or over the Internet. So the inviter will receive your reply quickly.
Give a simple but clear excuse. Though giving a short excuse seems impolite, but giving a long excuse also makes things even worse. Give a simple, clear excuse that shows why you can’t accept the invitation.
Take up any duties on you. If you were invited to a large event, such as a birthday party and a housewarming, don’t forget to send your gifts and your good wishes. This shows you take your friendship seriously.
Thank the person who invited you and express (表达) your interest in taking part in the next event or promise to pay a visit in the future. This will make the inviter feel better.
1. If we receive an invitation by QQ, we had better refuse it by letter.2. Giving a long excuse makes things better than giving a short one.
3. There’s no need to send gifts or wishes to your friend if you can’t make it to the event.
4. There are four pieces of advice in all the writer gives us in the passage.
5. The passage tells us how to make an invitation.
