1 . Each country in the world has its own traditional clothes. Hanfu, Zhongshan suit (Mao suit), Tang suit, and Cheongsam (Qipao) are the four most famous types in China.
Hanfu
Hanfu is the oldest of China's traditional clothes. It dates back to over 4,000 years ago when Huangdi's wife, Leizu, made cloth with silk, in the Han Dynasty, Hanfu became the national clothing of the Han people.
Zhongshan Suit
Zhongshan suit, also known as Mao suit, was first introduced by Dr. Sun Tat-san (Sun Zhongshan). Later on, Chairman Mao often wore it in public, so it got the name "Mao suit."
Tang Suit
Tang suit is a type of Chinese jacket. As the Tang Empire (618- 907) was very powerful in the world then, overseas (在悔外的) Chinese people are called "the Tang people". The clothes they wore were called "Tang suits".
Cheongsam
Cheongsam (Qipao) was the long gown (长袍) that the Manchu women wore in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1912). The Manchu people were also called the Qi people by the Han people, so their long gown was named Qipao ('Qi gown').
1. _________ is the oldest of China's traditional clothes.| A．Hanfu | B．Zhongshan Suit | C．Tang Suit | D．Cheongsam |
| A．Leizu | B．Dr. Sun Tat-san | C．Chairman Mao | D．the Tang people |
| A．the Han people | B．the Tang people |
| C．the Qi people | D．the Manchu people |
| A．the Han Dynasty | B．the Tang Dynasty |
| C．the Qing Dynasty | D．the 21st century |
2 . Four students are talking about the best museums they visited before.
| Jenny The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, which was built in 1872,is very popular in the world. It is one of the world's finest art museums. I really enjoyed my trip because I love modern arts very much. I think the Dance Class by Edgar Degas is the greatest work of art there. |
| Sandy Built in 1204,the Louvre Museum in Paris is the world's largest art museum. There are almost 38,000 collections from prehistory to the 21st century. It was great to enjoy so many treasures （珍宝）at one time there. Among them, I think the Mona Lisa is a must-see. |
| John First built in 1912,the National Museum of China in Beijing shows well the culture of China. I'm interested in Chinese culture and history, so I really enjoyed this trip. It has a large collection of bronze vessels（青铜器）. My favorite one is “Hou Mu Wu Bronze Ding”. |
| Sam Built in 1753, the British Museum in London is the greatest museum I've ever been to. I enjoyed my trip there because I'm very interested in the culture of ancient（古代的）Egypt. So I was deeply attracted by （被吸引）the famous Rosetta Stone （罗塞塔石碑）. |
1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art was built _________.
| A．in 1753 | B．in 1204 | C．in 1912 | D．in 1872 |
| A．in New York City | B．in Paris | C．in Beijing | D．in London |
| A．The Dance Class | B．The Mona Lisa |
| C．"Hou Mu Wu" Bronze Ding | D．The Rosetta Stone |
| A．he loves modern arts | B．he loves collections from prehistory |
| C．he is interest in Chinese culture | D．he likes the culture of ancient Egypt |
3 . Do you know the highest bridge in the world? Is it in America? Is it in the UK? NO, It’s in China. It’s called the Beipanjiang Bridge, and it is the highest one in the world. It’s near Bejie in Guizhou Province. The bridge stands 565 meters above （在……上面）a deep river. It connects the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan.
Guizhou Province is already home to seven of the ten highest bridges in China. The Beipanjiang Bridge has just overtaken（超过）the Sidu River Bridge in Hubei Province to become the world’s highest. The Beipanjiang Bridge is five meters higher than the previous（以前的）record holder. The third highest bridge in the world is also in our country.
The building of the Beipanjiang Bridge started in 2012 and it was opened to traffic on December 29, 2016. It cost about 100 million yuan. Over 10,000 engineers and technicians（技术人员） worked on this project, which took over three years to complete.
The Beipanjiang Bridge is part of highway（高速公路）connecting Hangzhou City in Zhejiang Province and Ruili City in Yunnan Province. The bridge is 1341.4 meters long and it cuts the travel time from Liupanshui in Guizhou to Xuanwei in Yunnan from around five hours to over an hour.
1. How high is the Beipanjiang Bridge？2. What was the world’s highest bridge before the Beipanjiang Bridge？
3. Where is the world’s third highest bridge？
4. When did the Beipanjiang Bridge start being used？
5. How long does it take people to travel from Liupanshui to Xuanwei now？
4 . Almost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cart. He or she will, in a lifetime, push it many miles. But few will know—or even think to ask—who invented it.
Sylvan N. Goldman invented the shopping cart in 1937. At that time he was in the supermarket business. Every day he would see shoppers carrying the shopping baskets hard.
One day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheels.The wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help increase more business.
On June 4, 1937, Goldman’s first carts were ready for use in his market. He was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arriving. He couldn’t wait to see them using his invention. But Goldman was disappointed. Most shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a try. After a while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they weren’t using his carts. “Don’t you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket?” one shopper replied. But Goldman wasn’t beaten yet. He knew his carts would be a great success as long as he didn’t give up. Later, Goldman came up with a good idea. He hired(雇佣) a group of people to push carts around his market as if they were shopping. His creative idea achieved a great success.
As Goldman had hoped, larger and larger numbers of customers came to his market after a short period. With larger, easier-to-handle baskets, customers bought a greater number of things than before.
Today’s shopping carts are five times larger than Goldman’s earliest model. Americans today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did in 1937—before the coming of the shopping cart. Perhaps the shopping cart is one reason.
1. When was the shopping cart invented?2. Did shoppers like to try Goldman’s invention when it first appeared in his market?
3. Why did Goldman hire people to push carts in the market as if they were shopping?
4. Will you be one of the first users when a new invention appears? Why or why not?
5 . Want to say “hello” to the persons you love? Send a postcard! Beautiful scenes, wild animals, silly pictures—you can find them all in one place. Where? On a postcard.
Have people always sent postcards? No. Before postcards, people liked to send sealed (密封的) letters. The idea for the first decorated postcard appeared in 1861. Sending a simple postcard with decorations would be a great way to send a note. Then in the early days, postcards with pictures appeared. According to the law, people had to write their notes on the front—on the picture! The back was only for the address. Several years later, England allowed a divided-back postcard. Then people could write their notes on the back left side and put the address on the right, the front is for pictures. During the early 1900s, the golden age of postcards, picture postcards became popular around the world. In 1908, Americans alone sent over 677 million postcards. Today, postcards are the third most popular collection in the world after stamps and coins. And more and more people send emails to their loved ones on Internet.
1. People use ________ to say “hello” to the persons they love, before postcards came into their daily life.| A．pictures | B．postcards | C．sealed letters | D．books |
| A．on the top of the postcard | B．on the back left side of the postcard |
| C．on the back right side of the postcard | D．on the front of the postcard |
| A．Sealed letters—postcards—emails | B．Postcards—emails—sealed letters |
| C．Sealed letters—emails—postcards | D．Emails—Sealed letters—postcards |
Did you know? The People’s Republic of China has had four constitutions(宪法) since 1949. China adopted(实施) its first Constitution in 1954. Since then it has experienced several amendments(修改).This timeline shows the history of China’s Constitution.
| Time | the history of China’s Constitution. |
| 1954 | The first Constitution |
| 1975 | The second Constitution |
| 1978 | The third Constitution |
| 1982 | The fourth Constitution was adopted. It is the Constitution that we use today. |
| 1988 | The first amendment |
| 1993 | The second amendment |
| 1999 | The third amendment |
| 2004 | The fourth amendment |
| 2018 | The fifth amendment |
1. According to the article, the Constitution we use today was first put into use in ________.
| A．1954 | B．1975 | C．1978 | D．1982 |
| A．three | B．four | C．five | D．six |
| A．a science report | B．a travel book | C．a sports magazine | D．a recent newspaper |
In the 1950s, it was a poor area and everything was very cheap. At the same time, the world rice market changed and thousands of farm workers in Hong Kong
These restaurant workers often worked 17 hours a day and had no time to learn English.
In the 1970s and 1980s, British-born Chinese started to have a better education and this brought economic (经济的) success to the area. Many families moved out of Chinatown, and there was more space left for businesses. Those people
During the Chinese New Year, the streets are seen with flags and thousands of Chinese go into the streets. In their mind, no matter
8 . Paper is one of the most important products ever invented by man. The invention of paper meant that more people could be educated because more books could be printed. Paper provided an important way to communicate with knowledge.
Paper was first made in China about 2,000 years ago. In Egypt and the West, paper was not very commonly used before the year 1400. Paper was not made in southern Europe until about the year 1100. After that, the forest countries of Canada, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and the United States became the most important in paper-making. Today Finland makes the best paper in the world.
When we think of paper, we think of newspapers, books, letters, envelopes, and writing paper. So paper plays an important role in our lives.
Paper is very good for keeping you warm. Houses are often insulated with paper. You have perhaps seen homeless men sleep on a large number of newspapers. They are insulating themselves from the cold. In Finland, in winter it is sometimes 40 degrees below zero. The farmers wear paper boots in the snow. Nothing could be warmer.
1. The invention of paper meant ___________.| A．more people could be educated |
| B．more books could be printed |
| C．paper is one of the most important products |
| D．paper was invented by man |
| A．Before 1100. | B．After 1400. | C．After 1100. | D．Before 1400. |
| A．Norway. | B．Canada. | C．The United States. | D．Finland. |
| A．远离 | B．隔离 | C．用……制成 | D．包围 |
Why do more and more people
Yoga
| A．easy | B．important | C．popular | D．interesting |
| A．in | B．for | C．with | D．at |
| A．join in | B．join | C．takes part in | D．be in |
| A．take | B．make | C．turn | D．keep |
| A．so | B．but | C．or | D．because |
| A．begin | B．begins | C．began | D．beginning |
| A．healthy | B．warm | C．busy | D．useful |
| A．shows | B．means | C．plans | D．brings |
| A．many | B．two | C．few | D．three |
| A．good | B．well | C．badly | D．bad |
It is said that as the population of a city grows, so do its problems. Pollution, too many cars, and crowded streets are just a few of the problems. One way to deal with these problems is city trains. Traveling to different parts of a city by train means fewer cars and buses on our roads, cleaner air and more open streets. In recent years, cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai have all built city train lines.
The first city train line in China was built in Beijing. The oldest part of the train line, from Beijing Zhan to Ping Guo Yuan was opened in 1969. Its length was 23.6 kilometers. With the development of the city after 1980, more trains are needed. A new train line was built to help move people around the city center. The 16-kilometer-long “circle line” was finished in 1987. Since that time even more train stations have been built and today the train lines in the city are over 50 kilometers long.
For the 2008 Olympic Games, the trains of Beijing was very important. Most of the people who went to watch the different sports games during the Olympic Games traveled by train.
1. This passage tells us about _____.| A．the problems in big cities | B．city trains |
| C．the history of Beijing | D．2008 Olympic Games |
| A．About 16 kms. | B．About 23 kms. |
| C．About 33 kms. | D．About 50 kms. |
| A．Chao Yang Men. | B．An Ding Men. |
| C．Che Gong Zhuang. | D．He Ping Men. |
| A．In 1969. | B．In 1980. | C．In 1987. | D．In 2008. |
| A．In 2008, the Beijing train line was nearly 40 years old. |
| B．The larger population a city has, the fewer problems it faces. |
| C．More and more cities are building underground train lines for the 2008 Olympic Games. |
| D．There are 30 stations on the “circle line” in Beijing. |
