Mu Yi is a five-year-old boy, and he had cancer (癌症) when he was only three. He made many New Year’s wishes. There were 50 ones such as a movie, a beach trip and a day in school.
The boy’s wishes touched the hearts of people across the country. Many called the father to help the boy realize his wishes. One of the boy’s wishes is to meet Ultraman (奥特曼). With the help of the organization Childream, the official Ultraman will visit the boy when he feels comfortable.
Mu Yi is one of the children who got help from Childream. This organization helps children and teenagers (aged 2—18) who have cancer realize their dreams. Xu Wenjun gave up his job and set up Childream in Hangzhou, Zhejiang with his friend in 2016.
The Childream and teenagers have different wishes. Some like Mu Yi want to meet their favorite hero, some want to experience a day as a police officer, firefighter or racing car driver, and some want to give a concert. Childream has volunteers across the country. They try their best to help those children realize their wishes.
“These wishes are just like light, which can drive out the darkness. Realizing the wishes can help these children to feel strong and see hope and love in their life,” Xu says.
1. When did Mu Yi have cancer?2. Why did many people call Mu Yi’s father?
3. What does the organization Childream do?
4. Are there any volunteers in the Childream?
5. What does Xu think of children’s wishes?
A bus carrying some middle school students from Boston ran off a highway exit on Sunday morning, killing 6 children and more than 30 people got injured. 43 students, 3 teachers, and bus drivers were on the trip to Canada. They were to take part in a band concert. Linda, a 15-year-old girl who was on the bus, said that all the people were asleep when the accident happened. The cause of the accident has yet to be known. The police said the bus went down a hill and landed on its side. Three girls and one boy were killed and several other people were thrown out of the bus. 31 people were treated in hospitals and now out of danger.
根据短文内容，完成下面的表格，每空一词。
A piece of news
| What | A bus carrying some |
| When | On Sunday |
| Who | 6 children were |
| How | The bus went |
| Cause | Has |
A 18-year-old girl, Gu Ailing, is a freestyle skier (自由式滑雪运动员). She took part in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as a Chinese player and won two gold medals and one silver medal for China. She looks like a foreigner because her father is an American and her mother is a Chinese. Gu lives in the United States, but she spends every summer in Beijing.
Gu started skiing at the age of three. She practiced hard for many years. Since she was 15, she has taken part in many international competitions and won many gold medals. In 2019, Gu changed her nationality from the USA to China. Then, the 16-year-old girl became the first Chinese freestyle skier. She won two gold medals for China at the same World Championship (世锦赛) in two days and made free skiing history. Gu Ailing is not only good at sports, but also a top student. She is going to study at Standford University. When she was asked how she became a top student and an excellent skier at the same time, she said her secrets were “love, focus and balance”. “I am skiing not for Olympic Games. ①I am skiing because of my love for the sports. You can try your best for the things you love best.” Gu said.
Nothing is too difficult in the world if you set your mind into it. Now Gu is a strong female role model for all young people. We can learn a lot form her. ②我们应该足够勇敢去追逐我们的梦想。
1. Gu won2. List the three secrets of success shared by Gu Ailing.
3. 请在文中找出和“If you have great love for the things you do, do with all your heart.”意思相近的句子。
4. 请将文中划线①处译为中文。
5. 请将文中划线②处译为英文。
Music is a big part of our lives. But some US schools have cut music classes in recent years. For example, Chicago public schools hurt arts education when it fired（解雇）over 1, 000 teachers. Among them, 10 percent of the teachers taught art or music, according to The Washington Times.
In fact, this is not just a problem in the US. In other countries, such as China and the UK, music classes are not thought to be as important as other subjects like science, math and history. That’s because music is not seen as a very important life skill, and it isn’t tested. Many students are busy with schoolwork, so parents and students choose to focus on（专注于）subjects that are tested more often.
However, music education is very important for all students. Music helps with math and science. Students learn to count and how to divide. Students also use science to help them discover what sounds good together and what doesn’t. Students can learn a lot about languages through music. Many songs are written in other languages. Students must learn to translate these works to understand what they are singing about. Students can also learn about art. Some famous pieces are written about important pieces of art, and students learn about the artists as they’re playing the music.
Music education brings higher thinking to our children. It allows them to think about complex（复杂的）patterns. Students have to sense what every other musician does at every time.
Students also learn plenty of cooperation（协作）of body parts through music. It is not as simple as it looks. For example, when playing the piano, people see music notes and decode（解码）them in their brains. They also use their fingers to make sounds.
| Music Education | |
| Fact | Music is thought to be |
| Music is not seen as a very important life skill. It isn’t tested so parents and students | |
| The writer’s opinion | Music education is important for all students. |
| Importance | Music can help students improve their Music brings higher thinking to our children. Music helps students’ body parts |
We are so lucky because we are Chinese. We don’t have to worry about starvation (饥饿) because of Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid(杂交水稻) rice, but today food waste is common in many schools. Students at Flower Middle School in Beijing once found 200 pounds (90.7 kg) of food had been thrown(被扔) away after just one of their school’s daily meals. They said it was both unpleasant and educational.
A student said, “You don’t realize how much food waste you’re making till you see it.” To deal with this problem, Flower School added environmental science as a new school program this year. Teachers will lead students to do research about how food connects with environment, poverty (贫穷) and people’s health.
Flower teachers make sure students know how their own eating habits are part of bigger problems. In environmental literature (文学) classes, students read books such as Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal.
Teacher Lyman says that in language arts classes, students discuss some reasons why poor people often have less healthy food. Lyman says she wants students to ask themselves some basic questions: “What do we eat? What do we waste?
The situation of food waste in Flower Middle School | The students once |
The | 1. The school 2. Environmental literature classes are opened. Students know their eating habits can cause many bigger 3. In language arts classes, students discuss these |
Confucius(孔子) was a pioneer in the field of education. He was born in the year 551 B.C. He was a great thinker who had many wise ideas about human nature and behavior. His main ideas are about kindness and good manners. What’s more, he was also a famous philosopher(哲学家) whose wise sayings have affected many people in different countries. For example, one of his famous sayings, “He who learns but does not think is lost; he who thinks but does not learn is in danger”, tells us the importance of learning and thinking. What a great man we can learn from!
Confucius | |
| pioneer | In the field of |
| thinker | Many ideas about human |
| philosopher | Affecting |
In Thailand, the Water Festival is a very big festival. It is a very special festival for all their people. It is the beginning of their New Year. It is usually at the end of March or the beginning of April. Before the Water Festival, people clean their houses and cook nice food. When the Water Festival begins, people splash(泼) water over each other. Everyone gets very wet, but they are very happy.
| Festival | the Water Festival |
| Country | |
| Date | at the |
| *before the festival, people clean houses and cook nice food | |
| *when the festival begins, people splash water | |
| Feeling | Everyone gets wet(湿的) but they are very |
8 . Nexi is one of a new generation of robots. It moves on wheels and can pick up objects. But robots like Nexi are more than just entertaining toys.
Nexi, a social robot created by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT), can express human emotions. Roboticists at MIT call Nexi a “social robot”. A social robot is a robot that can communicate like a human. Nexi can look sad, mad, and even bored. Some social robots can also “read” our facial expressions. Roboticists believe that it won’t be long before we have social robots in our homes, helping us live better lives.
Autom is another social robot developed at MIT. Autom is a robot health coach. It has a screen where you enter information about what food you eat that day or how much you exercised. Autom has a face with eyes that move. It speaks with a synthesized（合成的）voice. Autom gives you advice about your diet and exercise and drives you to do better.
In a test, Autom helped people lose weight better than other ways of recording diet information. Roboticists think this is because Autom used facial expressions and words of encouragement. In other words, Autom communicated like a real person. In fact, many people who used Autom gave the robot a new name and talked to it. When robots use human expressions and body languages, people reply to them a lot like they reply to people.
In the future, humans may communicate with social robots just like they do with other people. Let’s wait and see what will happen in the future!
1. What can Nexi do according to the passage?2. What does the underlined word “emotions”mean in Chinese?
3. Is it possible or impossible that Autom can communicate with us?
4. Why did Autom help people lose weight better than other ways?
5. What will our life be like if we have a social robot at home?
My name is Tim. My father didn’t know how to show love. He went to work every day. He often blamed（责备） me when I had made mistakes.
Once I broke my leg, my mother held me in her arms all the way to the hospital. My father pulled the car right up to the doors of the hospital. He looked really anxious（焦急的）.
When I learned to ride a bike, I asked him not to leave me alone, but he said it was time. I fell and my mother ran to pick me up, but he stopped her. I was mad and I wanted to show him that I could ride it myself.
When I went to college, my mother wrote letters to me. He just sent money and a little note about how great his garden looked now because I wasn’t playing football in it. Whenever I called home, he acted as he wanted to talk but always said, “Wait, Tim. I’ll get your mother.”
When I got married, Mum cried. He just blew his nose loudly and left the room.
All my life he said, “Where are you going? What time are you coming home? “Father’s love is as great as a mountain, people often say. Didn’t I realize his love?
1. What did Tim’s father do when Tim had made mistakes?2. Why did Tim’s parents take him to the hospital?
3. Who picked Tim up when he fell off the bike, his father or his mother?
4. Where did Tim probably play football?
5. What’s the proper title for the passage?
In classes, your teachers will talk about the topics that you are studying. The information they provide will be important for you to know when you take tests. So you must be able to take good written notes from what your teachers say.
Here are three stages (阶段）of taking notes and what you should do during each stage.
Before class
Review your notes you have taken before you come to class. This will be good for remembering what was covered. Get you ready to understand new information your teacher will provide.
During class
Keep your attention on what your teacher is saying and “the signal words” that tell you what your teacher is going to say and it is important to write in your notes. Examples of signal words are “The most important point.”and “Remember that...” Be sure to include in your notes information that your teacher repeats or writes on the blackboard. Write quickly so that you can include all the important information in your notes. Do this by writing abbreviations such as med for medicine, using symbols such as % for percent, and writing short sentences.
After class
Rewrite your notes to make them more complete and accurate（准确的）by changing abbreviations into whole words, symbols into words, and shortened sentences into longer sentences. Use them to answer your questions. If necessary, ask your teacher for help.
Taking notes | ||
| The information that is | ||
| Stages | Before class | »Review the notes you have taken to remember what was covered » |
| During class | »Listen to your teacher carefully. »Be sure to include the important points. »Write them down | |
| After class | »Make you notes more complete and accurate to »Ask for your teacher’s help. | |
