The bus is a little different from other buses. It’s black and white, and has two black “cars” on the top, just like a giant panda（大熊猫）. The lights of the bus are its “eyes”. This is the popular Panda Bus in China. There are 23 seats on the 12-meter long bus.
The Panda Bus is popular not just because of its cute look. You can also find something cool when you get on it. First of all, it’s very easy for people to buy tickets. They don’t need to use their phones or bus cards like before. All they need are their hands. They can buy tickets just by scanning（扫描）their hands. In this way, people can also buy drinks and food on the bus. There is a vending machine（自动贩卖机）in the middle of the bus. Another surprise is the small computer on the back of each seat. People can choose to watch a movie on the way. How interesting! There are also some cameras on the bus. If someone steals things, these cameras will catch them. So, it’s safe and comfortable for people to take the bus. Most importantly, the bus is driverless（无人驾驶的）. It can stop at lights and park at the stop all by itself. It only needs someone to watch all the way just in case（以防万一）. And it usually runs a little slower than other buses.
By the end of 2021, there had been over ten cities in China having the Panda Bus, such as Tianjin, Shanghai and Jinan. Would you like to take such a bus to go to school?
1. How long is the bus?2. How can people buy food and drinks on the bus?
3. Why is it safe for people to take the bus?
4. Does the bus run faster than other buses?
5. What’s the passage mainly about?
Service dogs are very good because they are helpful. They are trained to help their owners. Who can own a service dog? Disabled people can. For example, a person may be blind or deaf. Service dogs can do many things to help these people. For example, they can help blind owners cross the road.
Can any dog become a service dog? In fact, many dogs can. Just remember service dogs should be healthy and friendly. Many organizations train the dogs. The training takes months or years. After this, the dogs are given to an owner.
Most public places let service dogs come in with their owners. The dogs can go into restaurants, banks and shops.
In my opinion, service dogs are more than just pets. They enjoy helping people!
1. Who can own a service dog?2. How can service dogs help blind owners in the passage?
3. How long does it take to train a service doe?
4. According to the writer, why are service dogs more than just pets?
5. What do you think of service dogs?
I love to go biking on the weekend! Two years ago, I bought an exercise bike（健身脚踏车）. But soon I got bored with being at home, so I bought a used bike and started going for short rides. Now I plan day trips in my neighborhood. When you drive a car, you miss many things. It’s surprising how much more you can see when you’re biking.
—Maggie
My favorite thing to do on the weekend is to go to the beach. The beach is beautiful all through the year. I usually drive there. If the weather is cold, I wear some warm clothes and go for long walks on the beach. When the weather is hot, I enjoy swimming or just lying in the sun.—Barbara
On the weekend I like to read books. If the weather is nice, I’ll take a good book to the park and stay there reading for hours. I think there’s nothing as enjoyable as reading a good book.—Bill
Weekends are for going hiking （徒步旅行） with my parents. We live near some beautiful mountains. Sometimes we camp out at night. We really enjoy cooking dinner over a campfire and spending a night under the stars!—Sara
1. When did Maggie buy an exercise bike?2. How does Barbara usually go to the beach?
3. What does Bill think of reading books?
4. Who does Sara like to go hiking with on the weekend?
5. What does the passage talk about?
Many parents think that it’s very difficult to get their children to do chores. But I think it’s easy to get children to do chores.
My daughter, Lucy is ten years old. At night, I write down her chores for the following day. Then I stick (贴) the paper with chores on her door. So she knows her chores by reading the paper on the door. Usually she gets three to eight chores a day. It depends on how she does chores. If she does all of her chores well, she can get fewer chores the next day. Some chores are easy, such as sweeping the floor, folding the clothes and cleaning the table after dinner.
For my other two children, the chores are different because they are very young. They both know how to put their empty (空的) dinner plates into the dish-washer (洗碗机). My 19 month-old son helps me put the dirty clothes in the washing machine (洗衣机) when I am washing the clothes. They can also help me when I’m working in the yard. They help me pick up the sticks (树枝) and throw them away.
1. How many kids does the writer have?2. How does Lucy know her chores?
3. What does the writer think of getting children to do chores?
4. Can the 19-month-old son wash clothes?
5. What is the passage mainly about?
It’s good for everyone to keep healthy every day. Here are some things you can do to be healthy.
Get up early and go to bed early. Don’t watch TV or play computer games too late in the evening. You should (应该) go to bed before ten o’clock and then get up at about six in the morning.
Eat healthy food. It’s good to eat fruit and vegetables every day, because the healthy food is good for your health. And don’t forget to drink more water every day. Ice-cream and hamburgers taste good, but they can make you be fat. So don’t eat them too much. And you must eat a healthy breakfast on time every morning.
Do some sports every day. Don’t say that you are always busy, and have no time to play sports. That’s just an excuse (借口). In the morning, you can run for 20 minutes. After work, you can play ball games with your friends. Even (甚至) in the evening, you can take a walk. When you’re free, just do sports!
Good friends make you happy. They can tell you how to be healthy, too. And you can do sports with your friends. So make some good friends!
1. How many good ways (方法) are there to keep healthy?2. Why should we eat fruit and vegetables every day?
3. Can you go to school if (如果) you don’t have breakfast?
4. What should you do when you are free?
5. How can good friends make you feel?
My name is Wang Lei. I’m a Chinese boy and I’m thirteen. I’m a student in No.2 Middle School. I like sports very much. I can play volleyball and basketball. I play them very well and I’m in the school sports club.
Wang Fei and Wang Yi are my sisters. They are students, too. We are in the same school. They like music. Wang Fei plays the piano and the guitar very well. Wang Yi plays the drums very well.
We live in Shanghai with our parents now. My mother is an English teacher and my father is a music teacher. My mother swims well. My father can play the violin.
1. How old is Wang Lei?2. Is Wang Fei a student?
3. What can Wang Yi play well?
4. Where do Wang Lei’s parents live?
5. What can Wang Lei’s father do?
7 . On October 18, 2021, people lighted the flame (圣火) of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Olympic, Greece. Later, a few people took turns (轮流) to carry the torch (火炬), first to Athens, and then to Beijing by plane. Here are some interesting facts about the Olympic flame.
Where does the Olympic flame come from?
The idea for the Olympic flame comes from a Greek story. To save humans from anger and cold, Prometheus stole a fire from the god Zeus and gave it to humans. After that, humans saw fires as a symbol of light and freedom. To thank the god, the Olympic flame appeared in ancient Olympic Games.
How do people light the flame?
People don’t use a match to light the torch. They use a special mirror and the sunlight. What if it is a cloudy or rainy day? People usually collected a fire a few days before the ceremony and keep it in a special container (容器). It is for the poor weather.
Can the fame go underwater?
In the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, the flame went underwater in the Great Barrier Reef. The torch burnt at 2,000℃. And the high temperature stopped water from putting out the flame.
What if the Olympic flame goes out (熄灭)?
A car follows the torch relay (传递) at all times. Inside is a lantern with a backup (备份) flame. If the torch goes out, runners will use the backup flame to light the torch again.
1. When was the flame of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games lighted?2. What did humans regard fires as?
3. How do people light the flame?
4. Can the flame go underwater?
5. What’s the passage mainly about?
Cheng Dongdong was born in a small town in 2001. He lost his ability to walk because of a kind of disease(疾病) in 2008.
For Cheng, his classroom is always on the first floor, and his seat is always in the first row. His classmates keep an eye on him and carry him to his wheelchair(轮椅) whenever and wherever he goes on school days. From primary school to high school, Cheng has always been looked after by a group of classmates, passing on the “relay baton(拉力棒)” with love.
In 2010, eight classmates from his primary school set up a love support group to take care of Cheng. The little bit of love from the students helped to build Cheng’s confidence(自信), and they became his most powerful “support group”. Their actions helped him gradually come out of the shadow(阴影) of the disease. For Cheng, the road of life meets more and more sunshine.
In 2014, Cheng continued his study at a middle school. Six students in his class formed a new support group to keep on with the “relay of love” to. In 2017, another six new students in his high school took the baton and continued to help and care for him.
Although Cheng had difficulties in life, he faced it bravely. He always had an optimistic(积极的) attitude(态度) toward life. Today, Cheng, who grew up with love, is confident and has gotten excellent grades.
1. What was wrong with Cheng Dongdong in 2008?2. When was the first support group set up to look after Cheng Dongdong?
3. How many students have been in the support groups to help Cheng Dongdong in total?
4. Was Cheng Dongdong brave to face difficulties?
5. What’s main idea of the passage?
The world’s highest highway tunnel（公路隧道）, Mila Mountain Tunnel, was open to traffic on April 26, 2019, at an altitude（海拔）of over 4,750 meters above sea level in Southwest China’s Tibet.
The two-way tunnel is over 5.7 km long, which is a part of the 400-km highway connecting Lhasa with Nyingchi. People started building the tunnel on the 5,018-meter-high Mila Mountain on April 1, 2015. And it was finished on April 24, 2019, helping shorten（缩短）the 18-km distance（距离）over the mountain to 5.7 km.
It wasn’t easy to build the highest tunnel in China. Terribly cold weather and too little oxygen（氧气）were two main difficulties. Besides, carrying everything to the building site（工地）was a great challenge for over 2,000 workers.
However, everyone at the site worked hard to finish building the tunnel on time and more than 10 latest techniques（技巧）were developed while the workers were doing this great project. “We’ve worked here for several years and lived in simple houses,” said Xu Yong, the leader of the project. “Everything was so difficult, but we never feel sorry for ourselves here. It’s a great project.”
The highway is an important way to the eastern part of Tibet. It can help to make more people visit Tibet and bring traffic convenience to local people.
1. When was the world’s highest mountain tunnel, Mila Mountain Tunnel open to traffic?2. How long did it take to finish building the two-way tunnel?
3. What are the main difficulties of building the highest highway tunnel?
4. Did the workers at the site live in beautiful and good houses?
5. What’s the passage mainly about?
Yangzhou paper cutting, with a history of 2000 years, can be dated back to the Sui Dynasty, making Yangzhou one of the places where paper cutting first became popular.
In the Sui Dynasty, the people of Yangzhou would cut colorful paper or silk and satin (缎子) to celebrate festivals. It is said that Emperor Yang came to Yangzhou three times. In winter, the flowers and trees in the garden became dry and weak. The emperor ordered the girl servants to cut fine silk and satin into flowers and leaves and use them to decorate the trees and lakes, copying nicely the looks of spring and summer. Since then, “colorful cutting” has become a popular art in Yangzhou.
In the Tang Dynasty, the paper cutting industry was highly developed and a large amount of high-quality paper was made as presents to the Court (宫廷).
In the Qing Dynasty, because of the economic (经济的) development, the people of Yangzhou became interested in wearing fine clothing, especially embroidered (刺绣的) clothing. The embroidered designs were based on paper-cuts, the most well-known of them was from Bao Jun, a paper cutting master. He won a high reputation (名声) as Magic Scissors for his wonderful cutting skill.
After the People’s Republic of China was started, the Chinese government accepted the importance of paper cutting like many other arts and skills. In 2007, China Paper-cuts Museum opened to the public in the back garden of the Wang’s Residence (住所) Yangzhou, greatly helping the development of Yangzhou paper cutting.
1. How many times did Emperor Yang go to Yangzhou?2. Why did the people of Yangzhou cut colorful paper in the Sui Dynasty?
3. What was Bao Jun famous for?
4. Was there a lot of high-quality paper in the Court in the Tang Dynasty?
5. What is the main idea of the passage?
