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.
2 . Rick: I live in Chengdu and I go to No. 3 Middle School. I go to school by bike every day, because the roads (路) in Chengdu are nice and it is easy for me to ride a bike. But sometimes when it rains (下雨), I take a bus to school.
Joe: My name is Joe Smith. I’m from Miami, the USA. I take the school bus to school and it’s easy for students. After school, I still take the school bus home. What about you?
Carol: My name is Carol. I live in a village in Yunnan. Truly speaking, I don’t really like going to school, because my school is far from my home. And there are two rivers between my home and school. I need to take a boat to school.
Julie: Hi, I am Julie. I live in Beijing. My parents are teachers in a middle school and I’m a student in their school. Every morning, my father drives my mother and me to school. And after school, my father drives us home.
1. How does Julie go to school?| A．By bike. | B．By car. | C．By bus. | D．By subway. |
| A．America. | B．Sichuan. | C．Yunnan. | D．Beijing. |
| A．Because she has no car. |
| B．Because it always rains in Yunnan. |
| C．Because her school is far from her home. |
| D．Because there is no nice road in their village. |
| A．Joe’s last name is Brown |
| B．Rick goes to No. 1 Middle School |
| C．Julie’s parents work in the same school |
| D．there is a river between Carol’s home and school |
| A．Where they live. | B．How they go to school. |
| C．Where their parents work. | D．When they go to school. |
3 . “Life is speeding up. Everyone is getting unwell.”
This may sound like something someone would say today. But in fact, an unknown person who lived in Rome in AD(公元) 53 wrote it.
We all love new inventions. They are exciting, amazing and can even change our lives. But have all these developments really improved the quality of our lives?
Picture this. You’re rushing to finish your homework on the computer. Your mobile phone rings, a QQ message from your friend appears on the screen, the noise from the television is getting louder and louder. Suddenly the computer goes blank and you lose all your work. Now you have to stay up all night to get it done. How happy do you feel?
Inventions have speeded up our lives so much that they often leave up feeling stressed and tired. Why do you think people who live far away from noisy cities, who have no telephones, no cars, not even any electricity often seem to be happier? Perhaps because they live simpler lives.
One family in the UK went “back in time” to see what life was like without all the inventions we have today. The grandparents, with their daughter, and grandsons Benjamin, 10 and Thomas, 7, spent nine weeks in a 1940s house. They had no washing machine, microwave(微波炉), computer or mobile phones.
The grandmother, Lyn, said, “The more things you have, the more difficult life becomes.” The boys said they fought less. Probably, they said, because there was less to fight over, such as their computer. Benjamin also noticed that his grandmother had changed from being a “trendy(赶时髦的), beer-drinking granny”, to one who cooked things.
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1. The writer uses the quote(引号) at the beginning of the story to ________.
| A．tell us a truth about our lives |
| B．tell us what life was like long time ago |
| C．point out what causes such a thing to happen |
| D．point out some problems we will meet in the life |
| A．have speeded up our lives | B．have improved the quality of our lives |
| C．may make people feel very happy | D．may bring people some trouble |
| A．they loved to live simple lives |
| B．they wanted to know how people lived without modern inventions |
| C．they were troubled by modern inventions |
| D．living in a different time would be a lot of fun for them |
| A．People who live far away from noisy cities often seem to be happier. |
| B．An unknown Roman was sure that the quality of life would get better. |
| C．The family had some changes when they lived in a 1940s house. |
| D．With the improvement of our lives, we often feel stressed and tired. |
| A．problems with technology |
| B．improvements of our lives with technology |
| C．changes happening to technology |
| D．the importance of technology |
It’s not true that only women wear skirts. Men can wear them, too.
In Scotland, men wear a kind of skirt called kilt. The kilt is their national dress and an important part of their tradition.
A kilt is a colored skirt reaching down to the knees. It has checks（方格）on it with different colors, like red and blue. Each family in Scotland has its own colors.
How did the Scots start to wear kilts? There are many stories about it. One story is that the kilt was invented in the 1720s by an English factory owner, Thomas Rawlinson.
Rawlinson had a number of Scottish workers in his factory and he thought their clothing got in the way of their work. So he cut their long clothes into shorter skirts.
Today, most Scotsmen look the kilt as a formal dress. They usually only wear them at weddings or big dinners. There are only a few men who still wear a kilt every day.
Scots also wear kilts in parades（游行队伍）when they play their traditional musical instrument bagpipes. The army still has kilts as the dress uniform, but they no longer use them when fighting.
1. Which of the following is a kilt?A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．colors | B．checks | C．sizes | D．shapes |
| A．At weddings. | B．At big dinners. | C．In parades. | D．All of the above. |
| A．The kilt was first made in the 1720s. |
| B．The kilt was invented because it could make the workers work fast. |
| C．The kilt is Scotland’s national dress. |
| D．The kilt is not the battle（作战）dress uniform of Scotland’s army. |
| A．things about Scotsmen’s traditional kilts |
| B．how to wear kilts |
| C．when to wear kilts |
| D．Scotsmen’s important tradition |
5 . The year 2022 will be a big year for sports in China. That's because it will hold not only the 24th Winter Olympics in Beijing, but also the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.
On Aug 6th. 2018, the official emblem (会徽) for the Hangzhou Asian Games was released (发布). The city won the hosting right for the 2022 Asian Games in 2015. It will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games after Beijing and Guangzhou in 1990 and 2010.
First held in 1951, the Asian Games is the largest multi（多种）-sport event in Asia. It also means a lot to China. The Beijing Asian Games was the first large international sports event to be hosted by China, China News Service reported.
To make the Games a great success, Chinese people worked hard to prepare. Beijing built a great number of roads and gyms, including the famous Beijing Olympic Sports Center and Asian Games Village. The Games helped the world see China and its achievements（成就）. Since then, China has improved its global image (国际形象), China Youth Daily reported.
For the 2022 Asian Games, Hangzhou has already started building 33 sports venues (场馆), according to China Youth Daily. The themes of the Hangzhou Asian Games are "green, smart, economical (节俭) and civilized". All the Games' buildings will be environmentally friendly.
1. Which city will host the 2022 Asian Games?| A．Hangzhou. | B．Guangzhou. | C．Shanghai. | D．Beijing. |
| A．It improved China's economy (经济). | B．It helped China attract more tourists. |
| C．China has built a lot of roads and gyms for it. | D．It helped the world see China and its achievements. |
| A．the Winter Olympics | B．the Asian Games | C．sport event | D．Asia |
| A．How to prepare for the Asian Games. |
| B．The development of the Asian Games in China. |
| C．Why China wants to host the 19th Asian Games. |
| D．How the 19th Asian Games emblem was designed. |
6 . Please have a look at this picture. It is about 35 meters tall and it's from Kelli Pearson and her husband, Pete Davis. They made the picture on the grass at a park to remember Kobe Bryant.
"The face was from two different photos, and the body was from a different photo," said Kelli Pearson. "It's a piece of art. I tried to get his beautiful smile (微笑)."
The picture only stayed in the park for a few days, but it was very popular online.
Kobe Bryant was a world-famous basketball player. He started to play basketball when he was a little boy. And he played for 20 years with the Los Angeles Lakers. Kobe worked very hard and became one of the world's top basketball players.
In 2016, Kobe left the NBA. He tried many new things. He wrote his first book, The Mamba Mentality: How I play. He wrote a poem (诗) Dear Basketball and it was made into a short cartoon film.
Sadly, he lost his life in an air crash (空难) in California on January 26, 2020. His fans were very sad about it. They will always remember him.
1. Why did Kelli Pearson and her husband make the picture?| A．To make a good piece of art. | B．To remember a basketball player. |
| C．To become popular on the Internet. | D．To get more people to go to the park. |
| A．The picture. | B．The park. | C．The smile. | D．The face. |
| A．最幸运的 | B．最聪明的 | C．最优秀的 | D．最勇敢的 |
| A．Kobe's school life. | B．Kobe's hard work. |
| C．Kobe's basketball team. | D．Kobe's sports life. |
| A．Kobe had a very happy family life. |
| B．People can see the picture in the park now. |
| C．In 2016, Kobe made a film about himself. |
| D．Kobe started to play basketball at an early age. |
7 . On the first day of the New Year 2019, I made up my mind to go to Thailand to teach English as a volunteer. At the beginning, all I cared about was travelling and seeing the country. I didn’t know how fantastic my life would be in the coming months!
My journey began with attending TESOL certification course in my home state of New York last February. After 3 weekends of study and another 40 hours’ study online, I received my TESOL certificate.
I was asked to contact Philip, who is Program Director of the Teach in Thailand. After discussing with Philip, I chose my school and after many months of excitement, I finally flew to Thailand in early April and I couldn’t wait to explore the country!
After a few weeks of single travel, I met up with Philip and the other new teachers in my program in Bangkok. It was great to meet other people who were on the same journey as me, see some cool sights and walk in Thailand’s cities! After that, I attended the weeklong training. At the end of the training, I was sent to my school—Anuban Buriram Primary School.
I truly love my job—I teach Grades 5 and 6 and I have the cleverest and most active kids in the world. It’s a truly fantastic thing that you can see the difference you make in someone else’s life, right in front of you!
Buriram is a small city with green rice fields. People here are more friendly than anyone I’ve ever met—I’ve never been anywhere where a smile is so easily received, where everyone you pass is so friendly to say “Hello” and “Good morning”. I’ve been taken out to countless dinners, and been lent a guitar, a camera, and I am given Thai treats and the most delicious fresh fruits many times a week. I only hope to repay them in the future.
1. What did the writer like to do at first?| A．travelling | B．teaching English | C．playing the guitar | D．studying English |
| A．Thailand. | B．America. | C．England. | D．China. |
| A．He travelled around Thailand by himself. | B．He had a discussion with Philip. |
| C．He attended a seminar in Bangkok. | D．He met with other volunteers. |
| A．that Buriram is small but very beautiful | B．that the Thai treats are fresh and delicious |
| C．how generous and friendly the Thai people are | D．how he wants to repay the people who helped him |
| A．give some advice to future volunteers | B．encourage more people to travel in Thailand |
| C．show the readers how to become a volunteer | D．tell us his voluntary experience in Thailand |
8 . Once there was a famine(饥荒). A rich cook sent for twenty of the poorest children in the town and said to them, “In this basket there is a piece of bread for each of you. Take it and come back to me every day at this hour for more.”
In a hurry, the hungry children got together around the basket, and fought over the bread because each wanted the largest piece. At last they went away without even thanking the good cook. Mary, a poorly-dressed girl, did not fight with the other children, but stood quietly in the distance. When the badly-behaved children had left, Mary took the smallest piece, which was all left in the basket. She kissed the cook’s hand and went home.
The next day, the children were as badly-behaved as before. Mary got a piece of bread almost half the size of the one she got on the first day. When she came home, her mother cut the bread open. Many new, shining pieces of silver fell out of it.
Her mother was very worried, and said. “Take the money back to the cook at once. The silver must have fallen into the dough(面团) by accident. Hurry up, Mary.”
When the little girl told the rich man her mother’s message, he said, “It has no mistake. I had the silver pieces put into the smallest bread for you as a prize. Always be as satisfied, peaceable and thankful as you now are. Go home now, and tell your mother that the money is yours.”
1. What did Mary do while the others fought over the bread?| A．She stood quietly in the distance. | B．She fought over the bread. |
| C．She went home. | D．She sent for her mother. |
| A．She left quietly without a word. |
| B．She kissed the cook's hand. |
| C．She gave money to the cook. |
| D．She behaved as badly as the other children. |
| A．Because he wanted to give them to the poorest child. |
| B．Because Mary's mother was very worried. |
| C．Because he wanted to give them to Mary as a prize. |
| D．Because Mary’s family was poor. |
| A．She was very rich. | B．She was peaceful. |
| C．She was foolish. | D．She was very honest. |
| A．Some pieces of bread. | B．Some pieces of silver. |
| C．A good girl. | D．A rich cook. |
9 . Volunteers needed for a community maintenance shop (维修店)
Are you thinking about helping others? Are you good at talking with people? Come and join us.
Length of working time: From 10 am to 4 pm next weekend. |
Volunteers must: *Have finished high school education. *Be between eighteen and twenty-four years old. *Speak English and Chinese well. *Be friendly and patient. |
What you need to do: 1. Invite visitors to choose one from the following items: *The fixer does the repair and the visitor watches. *The fixer and the visitor do the repair together. *The visitor does the repair and the fixer helps. 2.Give out posters to invite more people to join in the fixing competition next month. |
What you can get as a volunteer: If you are willing to help us, you can get a free volunteer shirt. Also, every volunteer will get a free ticket to the national park. We offer free lunch. |
Categories (种类) include: Furniture, garden tools, clothing, electronics, book and paper repair and bicycles. |
If you are interested, you can call us at 732-3694 or email us at repaircafe@163.com. Please contact us on Sunday, April 5, at 1:00 pm- 5:00 pm. |
| A．To describe the free community maintenance shop. |
| B．To introduce different kinds of old things. |
| C．To find volunteers for the community maintenance shop. |
| D．To show the new environment of a maintenance shop. |
| A．For 12 hours. | B．For 10 hours. | C．For 6 hours. | D．For 5 hours. |
| A．Cindy — She is 14 and is a middle school student. |
| B．Eric — He is studying in Grade Three in a high school. |
| C．Mike — He is friendly but can’t speak English. |
| D．Lucy — She is 20 and can speak English and Chinese. |
| A．A worn shirt. | B．An old novel. | C．A spaceship. | D．A broken table. |
| A．Anyone in the maintenance shop can get a free shirt. |
| B．The volunteers should teach the visitors how to fix things. |
| C．You have two ways to contact the maintenance shop. |
| D．You can contact the shop on the morning of April 5. |
10 . Nyan is a fifteen-year-old boy from India. When he was 4, he began to take a strong interest in helping ORBIS raise money. He wants to help blind children in India see their families and friends.
Nyan's thirteen-year-old sister, Lehka, also wants to help. They have made it a family project to raise enough money to build an eye care center in India. The center will train doctors from poor areas to provide better care for children in the village.
In 2006, for his birthday, Nyan asked his friends to donate to ORBIS instead of bringing presents to his party. He collected $145.
Nyan and Lehka then visited ORBIS in New York and learned about their plan to build 50 eye care centers for children in India by 2012. On World Sight Day, October 11, 2007, Nyan and Lehka began their "Kids for Sight" campaign, to tell children about taking care of their eyes and ask them to join them to help other children.
For their birthdays, Nyan and Lehka again collected $530 and donated it to ORBIS. Nyan says, "No matter who you give to, it will only make the world a better place."
1. Which country does Nyan come from?| A．India. | B．China. | C．America. | D．Japan. |
| A．$675 | B．$1.5 million | C．$145 | D．$530 |
| A．ORBIS. | B．The American government. | C．Nyan and his family. | D．The India government. |
| A．Shy | B．Helpful | C．Funny | D．Careful |
| A．"Kids for sight" Campaign | B．Celebrate your birthday with charity |
| C．How Nyan and Lehka helped blind children | D．ORBIS —an international charity |
