1 . Most cities and towns in China have night markets every day. They are usually on the same street. During the day, the streets are quiet. At night, they become crowded and lively. Usually sellers arrive at three or four in the afternoon. By 6:00, lots of people crowd the streets.
Night markets are fun places to shop in. You can buy clothes, shoes and many other things. If the price is too high, you can bargain with sellers. You can also buy nice food. When you are hungry, you can sit down for a meal. Smelly tofu is popular, but it really smells bad.
The best thing is everything at night markets is cheap. You don’t need to have a lot of money to have a great time. But each coin has two sides. Some people throw the rubbish everywhere, so the cleaners will be tired to clean the street.
根据短文判断正（T）误（F）
1. There are night markets in most cities and towns in China.
2. In the daytime, the streets are crowded and lively.
3. Smelly tofu is popular, but it really smells good.
4. The advantage of the night market is that you can have fun without paying a lot of money.
5. The passage mainly talks about night markets in China.
In the USA, you can only get a full-time job if you are 16 years old or older. But there are things that teenagers can do to make some spending money. Here are a few ideas.
Parents with young children sometimes want to go out for dinner or to the movies, but they don’t want to leave their children alone. So, they ask a teenager to stay in the house, be a babysitter (保姆) and look after their children while they’re out. If the children go to bed early, you can do your homework!
Some people have a dog, but they don’t have time to take it for a walk. Dogs need a lot of exercise! So some teenagers work as dog walkers. It’s a good idea—you make money and you’re outside in the fresh air. You get some exercise, too!
Teenagers can work at home on their computers. Some companies pay teenagers to take online surveys (调查). They want to know what teenagers are interested in. It’s a fun and easy way to make money. You can also design (设计) web pages for friends or others.
Sometimes, some families pay teenagers to mow the lawns (修剪草坪). It’s a great job because you get fresh air and exercise. Mow a lawn carefully and people will want you to do it again. Then you have customers, because grass always grows.
You can choose one of them to make some money. Then you can spend it or save it! But don’t forget it’s important to always tell your parents where you’re going. Be safe when you work.
1. Three ideas of part-time jobs for teenagers are suggested in this passage.2. Walking dogs and mowing lawns can help teenagers get both fresh air and exercise.
3. Teenagers in the USA aren’t allowed to work full-time until age 16.
4. This passage is most probably written for companies that want to know about teenagers’ interests.
3 . Starting senior high school can be difficult. You may feel nervous because you don’t know where to go for class. Meeting new friends might make you nervous, too. Don’t worry. You are not alone. You are going to school with a group of students of your age, and we have several suggestions to share.
Stay clean. No one likes a classmate with a bad smell. So you need to shower every day, brush your teeth and wash your hair. Try to make yourself look tidy, whatever you wear.
Forget your fear and just talk to someone. Take a deep breath and find your voice. Introduce yourself and start a conversation about something you have in common. Sit in the middle of the classroom with many new friends around you.
Differences are not a problem. Everyone has his own opinion of the world and everyone believes in different things. You’ll find it good to have friends with different ideas. In this way, you can share and learn a lot more from each other.
Join clubs. What clubs can you join? You can join the ones with after-school activities that interest you. Being in a club helps you be more social. If not, you will just go to class and then go home.
Ask others to join you. Are you sad being alone while others are playing happily? You will probably say “yes”. So remember to be kind to the people around you. If you see someone sitting alone, invite him or her to hang out or play games together.
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）误（F）。
1. According to the passage, being clean is important, but you needn’t shower, brush or wash hair every day.
2. Start the first conversation with new friends about something you have in common.
3. After school, being in clubs can make you more social than just going home.
4. Go away at once if you see someone sitting alone in the classroom, or he’ll be unhappy.
5. The article is mainly about how to make it easier for you to start senior high school.
4 . Recently a video on Bilibili got widespread attention. About 1, 000 students across China talked about what they didn’t want to be in the future. This was a bit unusual. Normally, people talk about the things they do want to do or be.
Well, it turns out that most of the students are unsatisfied with the present world. There are lots of big problems. Some have easy solutions and others don’t. Most adults have become tired and bored. In other words, they get tired and give up on having any dreams or hopes of being able to make the world a better place.
When I was a teenager, my parents told me I could do anything and be whatever it is that I wanted to be. I usually laughed and thought this was a bit silly. However, looking back, I was really thankful for their advice, support and help with my learning. I think this, plus (加) the excellent suggestions I got from several excellent teachers in high school and my experience as a summer camp counselor (辅导员), led me work in education. I’ve been looking for more ways to encourage my students to keep their dreams alive. I always encourage them to try to help make the world a better place. I have found that I have personally been able to achieve this in my job as a Director of College Counseling (咨询服务).
But how can you achieve what it is that you want to do? According to one of my favorite books, The Four Disciplines of Execution, there are four steps. Focus on your “wildly important purposes” (your “WIGs”), develop steps to achieve them, find out your progress, and finally check your progress. So what’s your WIG? Don’t be afraid; think positively (积极地) and dream big!
根据短文内容，判断正（T）、误（F）。
1. It’s usual to talk about the things people don’t want to do or be.
2. Most students get tired and give up on having any dreams or hopes.
3. Suggestions from parents and teachers were helpful to the writer.
4. The writer wants the students to make the world better.
5. The main idea of the passage is “Think positively and dream bravely”.
5 . What programs do you like to watch? How do you watch them? TV has always entertained (娱乐) and given us information, but how we watch has changed a lot.
The first electronic black and white television was invented in the 1920s. Back then, TV sets were very expensive. As the price came down, more people bought one. In the 1950s, color television was shown for the first time. By the late 1960s, many people had color TVs.
In those days, programs were shown only at certain times. You had to be sure you turned on the TV set, or you missed your program. The VCR (videocassette recorder) was invented in the 1950s, and became popular in the 1970s and 1980s. VCRs allowed people to record a program or film and watch it later. In the 1990s, people began watching digital (数字化的) films on DVDs. They were of better quality (质量) than VCR tapes. By 1997, you could order a DVD from the Internet and it was sent to your house by post.
Now we can download TV shows and films directly to our TV sets. We even watch on our computers, tablets (平板电脑) and phones. This technology continues to improve. Just imagine how we’ll be watching in 100 years. People say that 3D TV and virtual reality (VR) — which makes you feel like you’re actually there — are the future. Whatever it is, we’ll be watching!
根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）、误（F）。
1. Color TV sets were invented in the 1920s.
2. Most people had a VCR by the 1950s.
3. Digital films on DVD were of better quality than films on VCR tapes.
4. The way we watch programs and films in 100 years won’t have any changes.
5. The passage is mainly about how TV programs have helped people have fun over the years.
When I was in school, I got into an argument (争吵) with a boy in my class.
I thought that “I” was right and “he” was wrong but he thought that “I” was wrong and “he” was right. The teacher decided to teach us a lesson.
She brought us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on the other. There was a large round object (物体) on her desk. It was black. But when she asked the boy, he answered, “White. ”
I couldn’t believe it! Another argument started, this time about the color of the object.
The teacher told us to change our places. Then she asked me. “What color is the object?” I had to answer, “White. ” It was an object with two differently colored sides. From his side it was white. From my side it was black.
Sometimes we need to stand in other persons’ shoes and look at the problem through their eyes.
1. One day, the writer and a boy got into an argument with their classmates.2. At first, the writer believed the boy was wrong because he said the object was white.
3. The writer changed the answer because the object had two different colors on the two sides.
4. The teacher told them the correct answer to stop their argument.
5. From the story, we have learned that we should look at a problem from others’ views (视角).
Do you know “guo nian hao” means “Happy New Year”? But in China, New Year isn’t the Spring Festival. The Spring Festival is a big festival in China. It means the beginning（开始）of a new year. In the Spring Festival, people welcome the new year and say goodbye to the old year.
People often do many things for the Spring Festival. They clean their houses. They buy new clothes. They make a big dinner.
During the Spring Festival, we can see some red things. In China, red is the symbol（象征）of good luck. Some people love to wear red clothes. Lanterns are red. Children can get red envelopes（红包）. Their parents or grandparents always put some money in red envelopes. Children are always happy when they get red envelopes.
1. In China, the Spring Festival is New Year.2. For the Spring Festival, people often do many things.
3. All the people love to wear red clothes during the Spring Festival.
4. Parents or grandparents always put some cards in red envelopes.
5. This passage is about the Spring Festival.
Are you interested in space? Do you want to be an astronaut? Let’s come close to them and know more.
Can anyone be an astronaut? Of course not. You don’t have to have a science degree, but most astronauts do. Most of them are pilots too. Life in a spaceship is hard so you must have a healthy body and mind. You need to be easy-going and helpful to spend so much time in a small space with other people.
What’s the training like? People have to train for a year to learn how to stay healthy and safe. They practice space walking and living in zero gravity (重力). They train in difficult situations to learn how to solve problems and to work on a team. Everyday life like eating, washing and sleeping can be difficult in a spaceship. There is no running water to wash hands. It’s hard to enjoy the dry food that astronauts have to eat. And to sleep, you must cover your eyes because the sun rises every 90 minutes on the International Space Station. You also must tie yourself to something, so you don’t fly away!
What health problems do astronauts have? Astronauts often get backache (背痛) because you grow in space-up to 8 centimeters! It’s also common to feel terrible at the beginning. So you must do a lot of exercise in space to stay healthy. And you must have vitamins to take the place of fresh fruit and vegetables.
1. Astronauts need to be easy-going and helpful.2. People can wash hands with running water in a spaceship.
3. The sun rises every ninety minutes on the International Space Station.
4. Astronauts often get backache because they do a lot of exercise in space.
5. The article is about the importance of being an astronaut.
9 . It’s said that dogs are man’s best friends. But for Frikkie Von Solns, his best friend is a lion.
The lion’s name is Zion and he is 16 years old. He was born in a zoo because his mother was there when she gave birth to him. Zion was taken away from his mother because his father might kill him.
Frikkie got Zion legally (合法的). He took him home and brought him up. When Zion was very young, Frikkie had to feed him every four hours. In order to take good care of Zion, Frikkie even shared a bed with him at times.
“I have learned so much from Zion,” Frikkie said. “For me, it is a special experience to grow up with a lion. Zion is a gentle (温和的) big cat. He has never hurt a human. I trust him.”
Frikkie often takes Zion out for a walk. Before they go walking, Frikkie always takes off his shoes because Zion doesn’t like the noises the shoes make.
The friendship between Frikkie and Zion is really special. But as normal people, we should be careful when we get close to lions and other wild animals.
根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的为“T”，错误的为“F”。
1. Zion was taken away from his mother because he was too weak to stay in the zoo.
2. Frikkie had to feed Zion six times a day when he was a baby.
3. Frikkie take off his shoes before he and Zion take a walk because Zion hates the noises from the shoes.
4. From the text, we can know Frikkie is a zookeeper.
5. The text is about a special friendship.
10 . You may have known about many traditional Chinese festivals such as the Spring Festival or the Lantern Festival, but have you ever heard of the Dragon Heads-raising Day?
The Dragon Heads-raising Day is also called the Spring Dragon Festival. It is on the second day of the second lunar （农历）month. It’s on February 21st this year. It came from an old story. After that day, the Dragon King will wake up from his winter sleep and bring more rain. So that day is the start of spring and farming season.
One of the most interesting things related to the day is about haircut. People believe that a haircut during the first lunar month is not a good idea. It may bring bad things to your uncles. So people can only cut it on or after the Dragon Heads-raising Day. Although it’s not true, many people still do it.
There are also other ways to celebrate this festival. For example, people eat food with dragon names. People call noodles dragon’s beard（胡须）. Dumplings are dragon’s ears and spring rolls（春卷）are dragon’s scales（鳞）.
People also do dragon dances and make dragon lanterns. The lanterns stand for people’s best wishes and good luck.
根据短文内容，判断下列各句正(T)、误(F)。
1. The Dragon Heads-raising Day is on the second day in February every year.
2. After the Dragon Heads-raising Day, rainfall usually increases, which is good for farming.
3. It’s believed that having your haircut on the Dragon Heads-raising Day might cause bad luck to your uncles.
4. The article mainly talks about why people eat food with dragon names to celebrate the festival.
5. The writer probably wants more students to know about the Dragon Heads-raising Day.
