1 . My name is Gina. I have three good friends in my class. They are Nancy, Joe and Sam. All of us love animals very much. We always talk about animals after school.
This Saturday, we get to the zoo. The zoo is very big and there are many ①______ of animals. Nancy loves pandas best, so we go to see pandas first. She is very happy to see two pandas in the zoo. They look very cute and funny. Then we see a (n) ②______. It is Joe’s favorite animal. Joe says the giraffe is really tall (高的) and beautiful. But it isn’t my favorite animal. I like koalas best. Look! Two koalas are sleeping in a tree. They are kind of lazy but very cute. What about Sam? Tigers are his favorite animals. Sam thinks they are strong (强壮的) and cool. But they are scary for me. I don’t like them.
We take many pictures of these animals. After staying (待) in the zoo for six hours, we go home. We have a great time in the zoo!
阅读短文，完成下列任务。1. 写出文中处所缺单词。(每空一词)
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2. How many people go to the zoo on Saturday ?
3. 请把上文中画线的句子翻译成汉语。
请根据短文内容完成下面小题。
4. What animals do they see first?
5. What does Gina think of the trip?
2 . If (如果) you are going to (将要) study in a foreign country (外国), how can you make your life good? The following advice (以下的建议) can help you.
(a)根据短文内容，从方框中选出每段的主旨大意。
| A. Learn to say yes. B. Take language (语言) classes C. Don’t be shy. D. Get out of your house. E. Join some new classes. |
There is some advice to make your life good if you are going to study in a foreign country. You learn to say
3 . Mark lived in a village far away. One day he became very ill and everyone thought he would die soon. They sent for a doctor. Two days later the doctor came and looked over the sick man. The doctor asked for a pen and some paper to write down the name of the medicine. But there was no pen and paper in the village because no one could write.
The doctor picked up a piece of burnt wood from the fire and wrote the name of the medicine on the door of the house. “Get this medicine for him,” he said, “and he will soon get well.”
Mark’s family and friends did not know what to do. They could not read the strange words. Then a young man had an idea. He took off the door of the house, put it on his carriage (马车) and drove to the nearest hospital. He bought the medicine there and Mark was soon well again.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。1. What’s wrong with Mark?
2. When did the doctor come to the village?
3. Was there a pen and paper in the village?
4. Where did the doctor write the name of the medicine?
5. Who had a good idea at last?
4 . Everyone has problems. When you are not happy, what should you do? Let me give you some advice.
__________ You should take some pictures, such as trees outside the window, flowers on the sides of the road, a neighbor’s child...These pictures can make you remember good things. You will become happy.
__________ You may do much housework on Saturday morning, such as washing clothes, sweeping the floor...You should give up these chores and have a good sleep. You work so hard, it is OK to waste some of your time off. When you wake up, you will feel happy.
__________ Walking by the water can help you relax. Even if there are some troubles, when you see green trees and running water, you will be happy.
__________ The beauty of a big meal is that it not only gives you delicious food, but it also makes you feel special service. When you are taken care of differently from others, you will become happy.
__________ You should play volleyball with your friends or swim. Exercise can make you forget your worries. You will be happy.
(a)根据短文内容，从方框中选出每段的主旨大意，其中有一个选项是多余的。1.
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| A. Take a few pictures every day. B. Eat a big meal. C. Have a good sleep. D. Do sports. E. Walk by the water. F. Smile more. |
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5 . John was a very strong man. Once he got a job of cutting wood in a forest. His boss gave him an axe (斧子) and showed him the area where he should work.
The first day, John cut down 18 trees.
“Good,” the boss said, “keep it up!”
John was encouraged by the words of the boss and tried harder the next day, but he could only cut down 15 trees.
The third day he tried even harder, but he could only cut down 10 trees. Day after day he was cutting down fewer and fewer trees.
“I must be losing my strength (力气),” John thought. He went to the boss and said that he could not understand what was going on.
“When was the last time you had sharpened (使……变得锋利) your axe?” the boss asked.
“Sharpened? I had no time to sharpen my axe. I have been very busy trying to cut more trees!” said John.
The moral (寓意) of this story—While John was working hard, he didn’t think about how to do his job better. Our lives are like that. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t take time to sharpen our skills. Many of us never learn new skills. We think that whatever we have learned is enough. However, in some ways, sharpening our skills from time to time is the key to success.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。1. What job did John get once?
2. How many trees did John cut down the first day?
3. Did John cut down fewer and fewer trees day after day?
4. Why didn’t John sharpen his axe?
5. What do you learn from the story?
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A. The Temperature
B. The Place to Sleep at Night
C. The Largest Desert in the World
D. The Things to Take
E. Some Advice about Water
2. 根据短文内容，完成下面表格，每空不超过两个词。
| The size of the Sahara Desert | It is over |
| Why it is a very difficult place to survive in the Sahara Desert | Because of the extreme |
| Things to take | |
| Advice of drinking water | Try to drink some water |
| Where to sleep at night | A small place near a tree or |
7 . One late autumn day, a man caught a white bear in Finnmark. He wanted to bring it to the king. But when he climbed up the Dovrefell, it was Christmas Eve.
Cold winds brought heavy snow. The man shook with cold. He had to find a place to stay.
On the mountain, there was a house. That was Halvor’s home.
“May I stay for a night with my bear?” asked the man. “I’m afraid not,” said Halvor. “Trolls (绿巨人) come here every Christmas Eve. There’s no room for you and your bear.” “Please! We won’t take up much room.” At the end, Halvor said yes.
It was a warm house. On the table, there was a big meal. “These are for the trolls.” Halvor told the man.
The trolls came. Some were big, some were small. They ate and drank. They enjoyed the food a lot.
At that time, a little troll saw the white bear. She was sleeping beside the fireplace.
The troll walked to the bear. “Kitty, do you want some food?”
Hearing that, the white bear stood up and began to roar (吼). She drove the trolls away.
The next year, Halvor was busy as usual on the afternoon before Christmas Day. The trolls would come that night, he had to get prepared.
When he was working, someone in the woods asked, “Halvor! Do you still keep that cat?” “Yes.” Halvor answered. “And this year, she had seven kittens. They are bigger than her.”
“Well, we will not visit you anymore.” Then, the voice disappeared.
From then on, the trolls never came to the Dovrefell.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。1. Who caught the white bear?
2. Where was Halvor’s home?
3. What was the white bear doing when the trolls enjoyed the food?
4. How was Halvor before Christmas Day the next year?
5. Why didn’t the trolls visit the Dovrefell anymore?
TCM wins the hearts of young people for its usefulness. Jin Ying, 25, is a lover of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). She took part in a three-month training course on acupuncture and tuina (针灸推拿) in the winter of 2023 at Beijing University of Chinese Medicine. |
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Jin’s life has been different since the training. She changed her life habits after learning the Five Elements theory (五行学说). For example, she avoided sweating too much during exercise in winter because the cold of winter means people should slow down, according to TCM. For her, learning these skills and theories was not about becoming a TCM doctor but about accepting a new lifestyle.
She is not an unusual example of young people becoming interested in TCM. A survey by China Youth Daily showed that 93.3 percent of the 1,000 young people who took part had tried different TCM treatments.
“I have seen more and more young people come to me for neck and back pains, which are usually related to the elderly,” said Ma Huifang, a TCM doctor at Guoyitang, a TCM hospital.
Between Western medicine and TCM, young people often choose TCM “because of its usefulness,” according to Ma. Some people question why TCM treats the same illnesses with different prescriptions (处方). “This is actually an advantage of TCM, rather than a shortcoming, as it can be a more exact treatment for different patients,” Ma explained.
Younger age groups are welcoming TCM, and, at the same time, TCM is also influencing, young people. As Jin mentioned, “It helps young people understand Chinese medicine and culture.”
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。1. When did Jin take part in a three-month training course on acupuncture and tuina?
2. How did Jin change her life habits after learning the Five Elements theory?
3. Does Jin want to become a TCM doctor or to accept a new lifestyle according to the story?
4. Why does TCM treat the same illness with different prescriptions?
5. What does TCM help young people understand?
9 . Long, long ago, an emperor made the Jade Emperor (玉帝) angry. The Jade Emperor told the Four Dragon Kings, “Don’t rain any water on Earth for three years.” Soon, the Earth was dry, people lived very hard. One Dragon King was in charge of the River of Heaven. He wanted to help the people, so he let it rain once.
Knowing that, the Jade Emperor was not happy. “Why didn’t he listen to me?”
Then, he sent the Dragon King to Earth and put him under a big mountain. On the mountain, he wrote some words. The words said “Only when the golden beans come out, can the Dragon King fly back to Heaven.”
So people went to find that kind of beans. Walking and walking, they went to every place. But they didn’t find the beans.
The next year, people dried corn ears on the second day of the second lunar month. “These are the golden beans!” some children said.
How to make them bloom? Some people had an idea. They cooked the corn grains to make them pop. The popcorn was like golden flowers.
After that, every family did this. They put the popcorn on a table to thank the Dragon King for his rain.
When the Jade Emperor saw the “golden bean flowers”, he had to move the big mountain away and told the Dragon King to come back.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。1. What did the Jade Emperor tell the Four Dragon Kings to do?
2. Where did the Jade Emperor put the Dragon King?
3. When did people dry corn ears the next year?
4. How did people make corn grains pop?
5. Why did people put the popcorn on a table?
10 . Gracie McMahon loves birds. She is a birder. A birder is someone who watches birds in nature. Gracie even got a prize for birdwatching. She is “young birder of the year.” The American Birding Association (ABA) gave her this prize. This group is for people who love birding.
Although Gracie is only 14 years old this year, she has been a birder for a long time. Gracie was 6 years old when she started. She still remembers what happened that year. One day, her parents took her to a bird observatory (观测台). That was a place for studying birds. It was the migration (迁徙) season then. During migration, birds travel south. They fly to warmer places. It is easier to find food in those warm places.
Gracie says she loves the birds and the people in the observatory. And she has been helping at the observatory ever since. People at the observatory are busy. They catch birds with a net. Then they weigh each bird. Next, they put metal bands around their legs. After that, the volunteers let the birds go. With the help of the bands, they can search for the birds as they fly.
Do you want to try watching birds, too? Gracie has some advice. First, prepare a pair of binoculars (双筒望远镜). Binoculars are useful for watching birds from far away. Second, prepare a colorful guidebook. It will help you to learn what different birds look like. Then go to a park or open space. Wait and watch. And besides, birds are everywhere! Look and listen for them the next time you are outside or on a walk in your neighborhood.
Gracie wants to study science when she grows up. And she plans to keep studying birds as a teen.
根据短文内容，回答问题。1. What is a birder?
2. When did Gracie start to be a birder?
3. Who took Gracie to the bird observatory?
4. Why do people put metal bands around the birds’ legs?
5. What’s Gracie’s second advice on watching birds?
