1 . Who is Li Ziqi? For 7 million YouTube viewers and 20 million Weibo users, it’s easy to answer. The 29-year-old blogger’s videos about her country life recently become well-known. Her fans call her “the goddess of nature.”
She is worthy of this title. Cooking, painting, designing, farming, she is good at practising many kinds of skills. In her videos, Li wears Hanfu, Chinese traditional clothes that she made herself. She also keeps silkworms in order to make quilt for winter. Li grows plants as well. She is often seen preparing meals with vegetables picked from her backyard. She eats a seasonal diet.
“She performs the work of a farmer with the grace of a fairy.” the South China Morning Post said. Li was raised by her grandparents in a small village in Sichuan province. When she was 14, she went to the city to work, but returned to the countryside in 2012 to take care of her grandmother who was not in good health.
To make a living, Li runs online store. At first, she just used her video to advertise her product. But the simple pleasure she presented quickly won her many fans and she was encouraged to make more videos to show her traditional lifestyle. “In such tech-drive age, where everything comes so quickly, it’s nice to watch such a slow process shown without getting stressed,” one of her fans said online.
For her global audience, what is even more interesting is Li’s deep understanding of food, nature and Chinese culture. “I can see how good Chinese people are at cooking! I never thought of preserving meat like that!” one foreign fan wrote on YouTube.
As China Daily said, Li shows the world that Chinese people love good food and are good at making art out of the simplest materials. With her videos, she has spread Chinese culture to the world.
1. Why does the writer think Li Ziqi is worthy of the title “the goddess of nature”?| A．Because she knows many kinds of skills. |
| B．Because she has many fans all over the world. |
| C．Because she can make a living by making videos. |
| D．Because her country life become well-known recently. |
| A．why fans like Li and her videos. |
| B．what is special about Li’s videos. |
| C．how Li’s videos got popular on line. |
| D．why Li returned back to the countryside |
| A．She shows the simple pleasure of Chinese traditional life style. |
| B．She performs the work of a farmer with the grace of a fairy. |
| C．She has spread Chinese food and culture to the world. |
| D．She used her video to advertise her product on online. |
① Li came back to the village to look after her grandmother.
② Li began to make videos to advertise the products she sold in her online store.
③ Li grew up in a small village with her grandmother.
④ Li becomes famous at home and aboard because of the videos.
⑤ Li practises cooking, painting, designing and farming.
| A．③①⑤②④ | B．⑤②③①④ | C．⑤③①②④ | D．③①②⑤④ |
2 . Do you have a lucky number? What is it? Many people have a special number that they hope will bring them good luck.
In Chinese culture, some numbers are believed to be lucky or unlucky based on the Chinese word that the number sounds similar to.
For example, the word for the number 8 sounds similar to the word for “making a fortune”. So, people consider it a very lucky number. Some people will even spend a lot of money to have 8s in their phone number or on their vehicle license plate (车牌照) number. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics began at 8:08 pm on Aug 8, 2008.
The number 9 is also a lucky number because of its connection to the emperors of China. There were nine dragons on emperors’ robes (龙袍) and Chinese myth held that the dragon had nine children. The number 9 also stands for “long lasting”. That’s why a man always proposes (求婚) to a woman with 99 or 999 roses.
So what’s an unlucky number in China? One example is 4. Many Chinese people see 4 as an unlucky number because it sounds similar to the character for “death”.
Because of this, many buildings skip (跳过) the fourth floor, and simply call it the fifth floor. In Hong Kong, some buildings even skip all floors numbered with 4, such as 4, 14, 24, 34 and all 40-49 floors. Some buildings also skip the 13th floor, as this is considered an unlucky number in the West. As a result, a building whose highest floor is 50 may have only 35 physical floors.
1. What makes Chinese people believe a number is lucky or unlucky?| A．The shape of the number. | B．The sound of the number. |
| C．The history of the number. | D．The spelling of the number. |
| A．35 | B．44 | C．50 | D．60 |
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| A．①; ②③④; ⑤⑥ | B．①②; ③④⑤; ⑥ |
| C．①②; ③④; ⑤⑥ | D．①; ②③④; ⑤⑥ |
| A．Lucky and unlucky numbers in Western culture. | B．Meanings of different lucky numbers. |
| C．Meanings of different unlucky numbers. | D．Lucky and unlucky numbers in Chinese culture. |
3 . The FDA is the common name for the Food and Drug Administration (食品药品监督管理局). It is a government agency that makes food and drugs safe. It regulates (调节) food and the food supply. It also controls diet supplement ( 补充物). The FDA also makes sure that drugs and medical instruments are safe and effective.
For drugs and medical machines to be accepted, they must go through a certain process. There are many strict tests. First anything that humans use must be tested on animals. This may take up to 6 years. Then, it must be tested with a few people. Testing on 15 to 20 people can last up to a year and a half. Third, a mid-sized group (100 to 500 people) is used. This often takes two years. Then a large group is tested over 3 years. Of 5,000 drugs discovered, only 5 go to the final test. Of that, only one passes on to the market Food supplements like ginseng ( 人 参 ) follow a different path. The FDA does not test them as they do for drugs. The agency only controls these products if they are unsafe but are already being sold. Two exceptions are baby and medical food. Because those consumers who use them are not strong, the FDA is more careful with these products.
Labeling ( 标 签 ) is a major focus. A label must show what a product is for. For drugs,labels should say the name of the drug and what it is used for. It should also detail who should take it and list any side effects (副作用). It needs to detail directions for pregnant (怀孕的) women, children, or old people. It also needs to detail safety information.
The FDA protects the public from harm. It achieves this through controls and labeling. It has standards for effectiveness in medical products. It also has standards for how information is shared.
1. According to the passage, how many drugs make it to the market?| A．Nearly five thousand. | B．One of five thousand. |
| C．Five of five thousand. | D．Over five thousand. |
| A．things the FDA avoids | B．things the FDA controls |
| C．things the FDA buys | D．things the FDA refuses |
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．The FDA is a government agency that is responsible for the safety of food and drugs. |
| B．It takes a long time for a drug to enter the market, |
| C．All the food supplements are not tested in the same way as drugs. |
| D．The FDA protects the public through controls and labeling. |
4 . Who is Li Ziqi? For 7 million YouTube viewers and 20 million Weibo users, it’s easy to answer. The 29-year-old vlogger’s videos about her country life recently become well-known. Her fans call her “the goddess of nature.”
She is worthy of this title. Cooking, painting, designing, farming, she is good at practising many kinds of skills. In her videos, Li wears Hanfu, Chinese traditional clothes that she made herself. She also keeps silkworms in order to make quilts (被子) for winter. Li grows plants as well. She is often seen preparing meals with vegetables picked from her backyard. She eats a seasonal diet.
“She performs the work of a famer with the grace of a fairy,” the South China Morning Post said.
Li was raised by her grandparents in a small village in Sichuan province. When she was 14, she went to the city to work, but returned to the countryside in 2012 to take care of her grandmother who was not in good health.
To make a living, Li runs an online store. At first, she just used her videos to advertise her products. But the simple pleasures she presented quickly won her many fans and she was encouraged to make more videos to show her traditional lifestyle. “In such a tech-driven age, where everything comes so quickly, it's nice to watch such a slow process shown without her getting stressed,” one of her fans said online.
For her global audience, what is even more interesting is Li’s deep understanding of food, nature and Chinese culture. “I can see how good Chinese people are at cooking! I never thought of preserving (保存) meat like that!” one foreign fan wrote on YouTube.
As China Daily said, Li shows the world that Chinese people love good food and are good at making art out of the simplest materials. With her videos, she has spread Chinese culture to the world.
1. Why does the writer think Li Ziqi is worthy of the title “the goddess of nature”?| A．Because she knows many kinds of skills. |
| B．Because her country life recently become well-known. |
| C．Because she has many fans. |
| D．Because she has the ability to make a living through making videos. |
| A．蝉 | B．蝗虫 | C．蚕 | D．萤火虫 |
| A．why Li made a living | B．why Li runs an online store |
| C．how fans get less stressed | D．why fans like Li and her videos |
① Li came back to the village to look after her grandmother.
② Li began to make videos to advertise the products she sold in her online store.
③ Li grew up in a small village with her grandmother.
④ Li becomes famous at home and abroad because of the videos.
⑤ Li practises cooking, painting, designing and farming.
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5 . How do we know the time? A clock, a watch or a mobile phone can help us. However, many years ago there were no clocks and knowing the time was not so easy. Over the centuries people have developed different ways of telling the time.
About 5, 500 years ago, the Egyptians invented the sun clock. This was a tall stone building. Its shadow(影子) showed the movement of the sun. So people were able to know midday. The Egyptians made a sundial about 3, 500 years ago. It was smaller than the sun clock and could let people know the time for half a day. On cloudy days or at night it was impossible to tell the time with a sun clock or a sundial. Water clocks were the first clocks not to use the sun. The idea is simple. Water flows(流动) from one bottle to another. When the water reaches a certain level, it shows the hours. The Egyptians used water clocks about 3, 400 years ago. These clocks were popular in the Middle East and China. But they failed to make people know the exact time.
In the 13th century, the mechanical clock was invented. This was more exact, but it was expensive to make one. Over the next few centuries it was developed. For example, springs(发条) were added around 1500. This enabled people to get the correct time and allowed clocks to be smaller. In 1927, the first quartz clock was developed. Clocks became cheaper to build. It’s also cheaper for ordinary people to own a clock. People began depending on them more and more to run business, markets and so on. More recently, in 1956, came the digital clock. And nowadays satellites send our mobile phones the time to the exact second.
There has been a lot of progress in timekeeping. Clocks are always changing but some things never change. Many of us still have trouble getting out of bed on time and not being late for school or work.
1. According to the passage, we can’t use ________ to tell the time on a rainy day.| A．water clock | B．sun clock | C．digital clock | D．mechanical clock |
| A．现代的 | B．特殊的 | C．富有的 | D．普通的 |
| A．Four. | B．Five. | C．Six. | D．Seven. |
(①=paragraph 1 ②= pargaph 2,…)
A． | B． |
C． | D． |
| A．The importance of time. | B．The development of timekeeping. |
| C．The inventions of clocks. | D．The history of a digital clock. |
6 . The Beatles were one of the most successful and influential pop-music groups of the 1960s. The members include rhythm guitarist Lennon, bass guitarist McCartney, lead guitarist Harrison, and drummer Starr.
Lennon formed a band in Liverpool, England, while in high school in the mid-1950s. McCartney and then Harrison joined the group in the late 1950s. In its early years, the band also had several other members. In 1962, they signed a recording contract（合同）with a large music company. At about this time, they chose Starr to replace（替代）drummer Pete Best.
At first, the Beatles' songs were lively and simple. The first song was Love Me Do in 1962. Their first hit came the following year, when Please Please Me climbed to the top of the Britishmusic charts（排行榜）.
The Beatles became very famous in Britain. People started calling the excitement over the band Beatlemania. The Beatles became very popular in the United States after appearing on Ed Sullivan's television program in February, 1964. Teenage girls across the country screamed and fainted over them, and boys copied the Beatles' look. By April, the top five hits in the United States were all Beatles' songs.
In the late 1960s, the Beatles began creating more adventurous music with different musical styles. The band recorded the albums The Beatles (1968), Abbey Road (1969), and Let it Be (1970).
The pressure of fame led the Beatles to break up in 1970. All four continued their musical careers-Lennon with his wife, Yoko Ono; McCartney with band Wings and later as a solo performer; and Starr and Harrison mainly as solo artists.
1. The underlined word “hit” probably means __________________.| A．碰撞 | B．袭击 | C．成功 | D．专辑 |
| A．The Beatles. | B．Abbey Road. | C．Let it Be. | D．Please Please me. |
a. The Beatles caused Beatlemania in Britain.
b. The Beatles recorded the album Let it Be.
c. The top five hits in the United States were all Beatles' songs.
d. The Beatles signed a recording contract with a large music company.
| A．d-a-c-b | B．d-b-c-a | C．a-c-d-b | D．a-d-c-b |
| A．The Beatles were the most successful pop-music group in the 1970s. |
| B．The band members were never replaced. |
| C．The songs of the Beatles changed from simple to adventurous. |
| D．The members stopped their musical careers after breaking up. |
| A．A storybook. | B．An encyclopedia of famous people. |
| C．A science report. | D．A sports magazine. |
7 . It was a cold， dark night in November， and it was raining. It was six o’clock and people were going home from work. Diana left her bank in a hurry， but she wasn’t going home. She was driving to her friend Daniel’s house to have dinner.
a. Suddenly she hit something in the road. She stopped， and got out of the car. It was a cat， but it was dead. So she got back in the car.
b. Diana went on with her drive. She looked in the mirror and saw a black truck behind her. It was very near. She began to feel a bit afraid. It was following her! Then the seven o’clock news started on the radio. “The police are looking for a murderer who ran away from a north London prison last night. He is very dangerous...” Now Diana was really afraid.
c. At ten to seven， Diana was driving along the Al Road. Her friend Daniel was a farmer and he lived 30km north of London. She was listening to the radio， and beginning to free herself after a hard day at the office.
d. When the doorbell rang， Daniel was making dinner. He heard Diana shouting， quickly took his gun， and ran to the door. At that moment， the black truck stopped next to Dinana’s car. A tall man got out. It was Daniel’s father.
e. She began to drive faster， but the truck drove faster too. It was right behind her: She left the Al Road but the black truck followed her. Now Diana was terrified. At last she arrived at Daniel s farm. She ran up to the house， and rang the doorbell. “Help， help， Daniel，” she shouted.
1. Choose the right order of the whole story.| A．c-b-a-e-d | B．c-a-b-e-d | C．a-b-c-e-d | D．c-e-b-a-d |
| A．fifty minutes | B．an hour | C．more than an hour | D．half an hour |
| A．hit the cat | B．saw the police | C．found the truck | D．heard the news |
| A．a bank | B．a police station | C．a farm | D．school |
| A．he wanted to kill Diana | B．he wanted to have dinner with her |
| C．he arrived home | D．he was Daniel’s friend |
8 . David was bankrupt(城产). He was trying to figure out how to make some money. "Maybe my insurance policy(险单)can save me," he thought. So he made a plan.
On a Saturday evening, as it got dark outside, he put on a pair of dirty boots and walked through his house. He left many dirty footprints. He went back the way he came while wearing socks. He cut the boots into pieces and flushed (冲走) them down the toilet.
At 1l p.m, he took a pistol (手枪) from his bedside table and went down his hallway without shoes. He fired three shots down the hallway. Then he walked to the other end of the hallway and fired two shots in the opposite direction.
His neighbors soon called the police. Three police officers came to David's house just minutes later.
I can t really tell you much. I was woken by a noise on the ground floor of my home.I took my pistol and went downstairs. Halfway down the stairs. I saw a shadow of a man. I shouted “Stop or I'll shoot."
“He shot at me three times and l shot back twice. The shadow disappeared into the kitchen. More than 15,000 pounds in cash have been stolen from my safe(保险柜)," David said.
After collecting the footprints and bullies （子弹）in the wall, the officers left. The next day. the police called,"Please get dressed. David,We have to bring you to the police station and ask you about the lies you told us yesterday."
Do you know how the police knew David was lying?.
1. According to the passage,we can learn that| A．David carried out his plan on a Sunday evening. | B．David fired five shots in total on that evening. |
| C．David himself called the police after shooting. | D．the thief stole over 15,000 pounds from David. |
| A．Boots | B．Socks | C．Pistols. | D．Bullies. |
a. David took a pistol and went down the hallway.
b. David wore dirty boots and left many footprints.
c. The police got a call and arrived soon.
d. David fired shots in different directions.
| A．acbd | B．abcd | C．badc | D．bdac |
| A．They found the dirty boots from David's bedside table. |
| B．They found there was no money in David's safe. |
| C．They found the bullies came from the same pistol. |
| D．They found David wore dirty socks on that evening. |
9 . Cannes (戛纳) International Film Festival
The end of 1930s Jean Zay, the French Minister（部长）of National Education , decided to create an international cinematographic festival in France. Cannes was chosen to be the place because of the weather. | 1939 The first meeting of the festival ended before it started because of the war against Germany by France and the United Kingdom. |
1946 The festival was restarted again after World War II in 1946, in the old Casino (赌场) of Cannes. It was supported by the French Foreign Affairs Ministry and the City of Cannes.  | 2002 The original (原来的) name of the festival is Festival International de film. The festival officially accepted the name Festival de Cannes. |
Prizes The most honoured prize given out at Cannes is the Palmed' Or ( "Golden Palm" ) for the best film, best short film, best actress, best actor, best director, best screenplayer. |
1. Why did the meeting of the film festival end in 1939？
| A．Because World War II started. | B．Because the weather was bad. |
| C．Because France fought against the Germany | D．Because Cannes was not a good place. |
| A．the idea of the festival was first suggested in 1946. | B．Jean Zay was the founder of the festival. |
| C．Jean Zay was an American. | D．Cannes was a name of a French Minister. |
| A．The name Festival de Cannes is formally used in 2002. |
| B．Best actor and Best actress prizes are given in the festival. |
| C．The festival was supported by the city. |
| D．The festival was held in a famous music hall in 1946. |
| A．picture order | B．story order | C．logic order | D．time order |
| A．a movie poster | B．a study report | C．a film magazine | D．a story-book |
10 . ①Most people want to be happy,but few know how to find happiness. Money and success alone do not bring lasting happiness.Aristotle,a Greek thinker,said,"Happiness depends on ourselves." In other words,we make our own happiness. Here are a few suggestions to help you be happier.
②The first secret of happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life.Too often,we spend so much time thinking about the future - for example, getting into college or getting a good job-that we fail to enjoy the present.You should enjoy life's simple pleasures. Such as reading a good book,listening to your favorite music,or spending time with close friends.People who have several close friends often live happier and healthier lives.
③Another secret to living a happy life is to be active,and have hobbies where you forget your problems and time.Many people experience this dancing,or playing a sport,such as swimming.You can forget about your problems,and only think about the activity.
④Finally,many people find happiness in helping others.Studies show that people feel good when they spend their time helping others.If you want to feel happier,do good things for someone.You can help a friend with his or her studies,go shopping to buy food for an elderly person,or simply help out around the house by washing the dishes．
1. The second paragraph tells us that ．| A．we shouldn't think about our future | B．some people fail to live a happy life |
| C．happiness is to enjoy the simple things in life | D．the more friends you have,the happier you will be |
| A．hobbies take up too much time | B．it's wrong to spend time on work |
| C．everyone knows how to live a happier life | D．doing good things for someone can make you happier |
| A．Happiness is always around us in some small things． |
| B．People are able to find and make their own happiness． |
| C．Money and success will never bring people happiness． |
| D．An active person who enjoy simple life must be very happy． |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．how lo enjoy life | B．the secrets of happiness |
| C．what Aristotle said about happiness | D．the ideas for helping other people to be happy |
