1 . Mrs. King’s Clothes Store is at a great sale! Come and buy your clothes!
Clothes | Colors | Prices |
T-shirts | white, blue, black, yellow | ¥119 (¥99 now) |
Jackets | red, blue, yellow | ¥260 (¥200 now) |
Trousers | brown, black, blue | ¥199 (¥160 now) |
Socks | white, black, green, brown | ¥12 (¥8 now) |
Sweaters | red, black and white | ¥128 (¥108 now) |
Draw (抽奖): Buy clothes for more than 300 yuan, you may get a T-shirt or a pair of socks.
1. Mary can buy a red T-shirt at a good price at Mrs. King’s Clothes Store.
2. Mr. Brown needs ¥459 for a jacket and a pair of trousers at the great sale.
3. Tom buys two sweaters and he can get a T-shirt for free.
4. Mrs. King’s Clothes Store has five ways to promote their sales (促销).
5. This article is to ask more (更多) people to come and buy clothes at Mrs. King’s Clothes Store.
 I’m tired of being a people-pleaser (讨好者), but I just don’t know how to say no without feeling sorry. I want to be a good friend, but part of being a good friend is being there for people all the time. It sometimes makes me tired. What should I do? —Tony |
Saying no is not easy, but it’s necessary. However, we don’t want to make others feel bad or think we are impolite when we do it. These tips may be useful.
The first step in refusing someone politely is to say thank you. It usually works when someone offers you something you don’t need. For example, “Can I give you a ride? ”or “Would you like some water?” “No, thank you.”
Next you can say no without using the word “no”. Words like “sadly” and “unfortunately” can help you sound more polite. They work well especially in working places. For example, “Can you help me with the report? ”“Sadly, I’m a little busy.”
Finally, when you want to turn down an invitation, remember to give your reasons. You can say, “I’m sorry, but I need to see my doctor that day.I hope your party goes well!”
1. Tony doesn’t know how to make friends with others.2. When someone offers you something you don’t need, you can say, “No, thank you.”
3. If Mike can’t help with his workmate’s work, he should refuse by saying “Thank you”.
4. When you don’t want to accept an invitation, you should give a reason.
5. This reading mainly tells us how to refuse politely.
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.
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.
With her eyes feeling increasingly tired and unclear, 16-year-old Sun Run went to the hospital with her parents in January. She was shocked when she found out that her eyesight was from 5. 0 to 4. 6 in only a term. “A few of my friends have had the same experience lately,” Sun said.
In fact, poor eyesight among Chinese primary and high school students rose from 59. 2 percent to 70. 6 percent in the first six months of 2020 because of online classes.
To protect students’ eyesight, the Chinese government has worked out new requirements for school supplies (供应) and equipment (设备) that will work on March 1, 2022.
According to the requirements, the size of text in students’ textbooks should be no smaller than nine-point. Teachers should also avoid using multimedia (多媒体) equipment like screens that are too bright. There are also requirements for desk and classroom lights. For example, these lights should give off as little blue light as possible. Blue light is bad for our eyes, but many of the electronic instruments we use every day, including our phones and computer screens, give off blue light.
Chinese government has also taken other steps to protect students’ eyesight in China. In May 2021, the National Health Commission required schools to make sure that students have at least two hours of outdoor activity a day.
1. Sun Run’s eyesight increased by 0.4 in only a term.2. We can infer that the rise of students with poor eyesight over the first half of 2020 is caused by long time’s looking at screens.
3. There are 3 requirements for school supplies and equipment mentioned in the passage to protect students’ eyesight.
4. Teachers should stop using screens or other multimedia equipment to protect students’ eyesight.
5. The purpose of the passage is to tell students how to use electronic instruments correctly.
7 . 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’ve joined the Internet, there are lots of things we can do. We can have a lot of interest on the World Wide Web (WWW).
We can use the Internet instead of 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 email. It is much cheaper and quicker than calling our friends or sending letters.
Thanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. People can now work at home with a computer in front, 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 English? So what will English be like tomorrow?
1. The passage is mainly talking about the Internet.2. The quickest and cheapest way for people to send messages to their friends is by telephone.
3. Students can use the Internet to find information for their homework.
4. People can not work at home without the help of the Internet.
5. According to this passage, English won’t be important in the future.
In China, the 12th month of the lunar calendar（农历） is called La Yue. Laba Festival is on the eighth day of the month. This year the festival comes on January 10th.
People like to eat Laba porridge on the morning of Laba Festival. The traditional Laba porridge has 8 kinds of ingredients（原料）, like rice, red beans（红豆）, dried lotus seeds（干莲子）, some nuts（坚果） and different kinds of dried fruits. So the porridge is also called Eight Treasure Porridge（八宝粥）.You can also put other things you like in the porridge.
To make the porridge delicious, people need to cook it for a long time. Many people even start to cook it from the night of the day before, so they can have a bowl of warm and delicious porridge the next morning. After the festival, people begin to clean their house and buy things to welcome the Spring Festival.
Chinese people like having Laba Porridge because it is not only good for health, but also good wishes for the coming of the Spring Festival.
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1. The Laba Festival is in December every year.
2. Eight Treasure Porridge gets its name from the number of its ingredients.
3. People like to have Laba Porridge on the night before the Laba Festival.
4. People clean the house and do some shopping on the Laba Festival.
5. The passage mainly talks about food tradition（传统） of the Laba Festival.
Many countries around the world can be proud of (以……感到骄傲) having the most of something. Canada has the most lakes—around 879, 000 while Russia has the most trees. Forty-five percent of the land there is forest.
When it comes to islands, which country tops the list?
Canada is much bigger in size, but it has fewer islands than Sweden, Finland or Norway in Northern Europe. Among them, Sweden gets the first place. Although it is not a big country, it has lots of lakes and islands. Most of the islands there have no people living. Some islands are just 25 square meters. That’s about the size of a one-car garage (车库). Some islands are out of repair. People even can’t remember their names clearly. It’s interesting that if you travel to Sweden, it’s hard to notice you’ve come to a country of thousands of islands. However, there are two main islands which are large enough to provide nice living environment for most Sweden people.
1. The passage mainly talks about the most of something in every country around the world.2. The number of islands in Australia is eight times more than that in Thailand.
3. According to the list, the top three countries for islands are all in Northern Europe.
4. The writer describes how small some islands are in Sweden by numbering and comparing.
5. We can get the reason why these Sweden islands are out of repair from the passage.
Most of us have never thought about making an educational toy by ourselves. We just go to the nearest store and buy one if we need a learning toy or something. But things are not as easy in third world countries. With families even having no food to put on the table, buying educational toys is probably the last thing on the parents' minds.
So how can we get these kids interested in science? This question worried the engineer Arvind Gupta so much that he decided to give up a good job and spend his life making toys from things that people no longer want or need! He took a year’s training lessons and took part in the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Program which was for making science fun and exciting for poor children.
Mr. Gupta found these educational toys not only cheap and easy to make, but also full of scientific principles(原理), so children could get interested in this cool subject.
Later, Mr. Gupta set up a Toys from Trash website(网站) and also recorded over 250 YouTube videos. Today, over 50,000 children and teachers visit the website daily to watch the videos for the toy making based on cool science.
1. To some poor families, food is much more important than educational toys.2. Mr. Gupta gave up his good job because he was interested in science.
3. A year’s training lessons helped Gupta know how to create a website and make videos.
4. A student who likes science and DIY with trash might be interested in Gupta’s videos.
5. The story mainly talks about how to make educational toys on one’s own.
