Hello, I’m Lucy. During my stay in America, my friend Susan invited (邀请) me to have dinner in a restaurant. That was a funny experience for me. Now let me talk about it.
At first, my husband told me to take some money before I left, but I didn’t listen to him. I thought Susan would pay because she invited me to go.
The Americans like to be on time, so I arrived at the restaurant on time. We sat at a table and soon we began to enjoy ourselves there. The food was very delicious. We talked about our friends and shared the experiences about ourselves.
After two hours, the waiter came and asked whether we wanted one check (账单) or two. Susan said two. Susan paid her check, and the waiter gave me mine. I had no money. Then I had an idea and said, “Oh! I left my money at home! Can I call my husband?” The waiter showed me where the phone was. I ran to it and called my husband. In a few minutes, he arrived with some money. He laughed all the way home.
1. Susan invited Lucy to have dinner in a restaurant.2. Lucy’s husband asked her to take some gifts to Susan.
3. Lucy and Susan enjoyed the food and talking at a table.
4. Susan paid two checks because the waiter asked her to do.
5. The story tells us to learn about different ways of life in countries.
1. Chart 1 shows us the top five languages by number of learners around the world.
2. According to Chart 1, Chinese has the largest number of native speakers while English ranks (排名) third in the world.
3. Chart 2 shows us the top 5 languages by number of native speakers.
4. According to Chart 2, English has the largest number of learners while Spanish or German has the least one around the world.
5. From Chart 3, we can see the number of English learners in China is increasing.
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.
Museums play a big role in our society. They serve as a window into the past and help us understand the present. Sichuan Science and Technology Museum offers different activities that help visitors learn about science and technology in a fun way. The museum has a volunteer program where volunteers can serve as tour guides and explain the exhibits (展览) to visitors.
As a volunteer, I had the chance to take part in this program and help visitors understand the science and technology behind the exhibits. During my time as a volunteer, I learned many things. Firstly, I learned the importance of communication when explaining exhibits to visitors. I had to use simple and understandable language to explain difficult scientific knowledge. Secondly, I learned the importance of patience and helpfulness. Some visitors may have a difficult time understanding some knowledge, so it was necessary to explain things again.
All in all, being a volunteer at Sichuan Science and Technology Museum was a meaningful experience. I am proud to be a volunteer at the museum.
1. Museums serve as a window into the past and help us understand the present.2. The activities carried out at the museum are too difficult for all the visitors to understand.
3. The professional guides explain the exhibits to visitors clearly according to the article.
4. The main idea of the article is about the importance of science and technology.
5. Being a volunteer at the Museum is a good chance to learn and practice new skills.
What makes you happy in festivals? Do you feel happy when you enjoy delicious food with family? Eating traditional food in festivals has been our habit since ancient times. But some people think that our festival culture would be complete even without the food. They may think whatever taste of mooncakes we eat, we always keep enjoying the happiness on Mid-Autumn Festival. More people prefer interesting activities to celebrate festivals. They think activities like dragon boat races or a trip can bring more happiness than food. Although ways to celebrate festivals are different, the purpose is always the same—enjoy the happy time! However, some people still think that festivals are less enjoyable than before. How can we improve our sense of happiness in festivals? Here are the results of a survey.
How to improve the sense of happiness in festivals
1. More people prefer traditional food to activities in festivals.
2. Most people expect not to work overtime in festivals.
3. More than half of the people hope to add more holidays.
4. 60.7 percent of people want to cut down the costs in festivals.
5. The chart shows what festivals people think are important in China.
Travel study—a new way to spend your holiday. Have you ever heard about it?
When you have a travel study, you can see Big Ben, Sydney Opera House, the Statue of Liberty and so many other places. During the travel study, you may go traveling by yourself, or with your family or your friends.
When you travel, you are in a different culture every day. You will be served with different new food and make new friends. You read all these from books in the past, but now it is real and you are part of it. Besides, you may also learn other cultures from your new friends because they are from different countries.
Maybe you already have foreign teachers in your school to teach you English. But he or she will not stay to speak English with you all the time, right? During the travel study, you have to speak it every day and almost everywhere because you are in an English-speaking country!
It also gives you a chance to live alone. That will teach you how to live. “What should I do if I lose my way in a foreign country?” “How can I buy what I want with my poor English?” You have to be clever and find answers for yourself.
In short, you can get a lot from the travel study.
1. Your parents are not allowed to be with you during the travel study.2. Enjoying different cultures is an important part of the travel study.
3. Foreign teachers can stay with you and teach you English all the time.
4. Travel study is a good chance to learn to deal with challenges in a new environment.
5. The writer mainly talks about the advantages of travel study.
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.
8 . One day Einstein was walking in the street in New York. His friend met him and said to him, “Einstein, you should buy a new coat. Look, how old your coat is!” But Einstein answered, “It doesn’t matter. Nobody knows me here. After a few years Einstein became a famous scientist. But he still wore the old coat. His friend met him again and asked him to buy a new one. But Einstein said,” I needn’t buy a new one. Everyone knows me here.
阅读材料，根据其内容判断材料后各个小题正、误。正确的选A，错误的选B。
1. Einstein was an English scientist.
2. Einstein’s coat was very old. His friend helped him buy a new one.
3. Einstein didn’t want to buy a new one because he didn’t mind it.
4. A few year later, Einstein became a great scientist and still wore the old coat.
5. The title of this passage should be Einstein’s coat.
9 . Welcome to our restaurant! We have fish, chicken, rice, eggs, fruit and vegetables for you to eat. We have apple juice, orange juice and milk for you to drink. Many people come to our restaurant for dinner every day. Do you want to try Chinese food? We have Sichuan food and Guangdong food here. They are nice to eat. And they aren’t dear. Anybody can afford (支付得起) them. On Sundays, children can have free milk. If you want to have dinner at home, you can take our food home. You will have a happy dinner with your family and friends. Would you like to have some? Please come in. You can order (订餐) the food by phone, too. Our telephone number is 627-7878.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误（F）。
1. We can’t eat tomatoes in this restaurant.
2. Many people come here to have dinner every day.
3. We can eat two kinds of Chinese food here.
4. You can order the food by telephone and e-mail.
5. The writer wants to let us know where this restaurant is.
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.
