September is a big month for students in China since the new term begins from now on. In ancient China, the school entrance ceremony was one of the most important ceremonies.
Children began school between the ages of 4～7 in ancient China. Since there was no certain time to begin a new term at that time, the most important thing for parents was to choose a lucky day for their children to enter school. Next, parents would prepare some school things for their children, including desks, chairs and four treasures of the study.
In ancient times, teachers were usually very knowledgeable local persons. Parents would prepare many gifts, and then write a letter of invitation to ask a knowledgeable man to be their children's teacher.
On the day their children entered school, parents would take them to take part in the First Writing Ceremony. Before that, children would kowtow (叩头) to the statue of Confucius (孔子像) 9 times and then to their teacher 3 times to show their deep respect (尊敬). During the ceremony, the teacher would put a red point on the students' forehead (前额) as it meant opening the wisdom eye. Children would also ring a certain bell to start a new term. After that, they could finally sit down in their seats and begin to study. The First Writing Ceremony was a very important ceremony for every student.
Every day, students would arrive at school earlier than their teacher, and kowtow to the statue of Confucius, and then go back to the seats. Usually the teacher would give every student a new name, which was used for the future imperial examination (科举考试).
Today, some schools are starting to hold an entrance ceremony like they did in ancient times. Students put on traditional costumes and bow to the statue of Confucius and their teachers. This means that from this moment, they take a step in the lifelong journey of learning.
1. Children began school when they were2. It was very important for parents to choose
3. In order to show
4. Usually a new name was given to every student by
5. Do you think the school entrance ceremony is important? Why or why not?
Hi, I’m Rick. I’m a middle school student. There are a lot of rules in our school. Are the rules all terrible? I don’t think so. Teachers make rules for us. I think they are good for us. We must follow them. I get up at six thirty every morning, so I have a lot of time to eat breakfast. I wear my school uniform at school, so I don’t need to choose (挑选) the clothes to wear.
I don’t take my mobile phone to school. So I can’t play games on it, and I can study hard. I keep quiet in the library. So everyone can read books well. I play sports for an hour every day. So I can keep strong (强壮的) and healthy.
I help my mother do housework. She says I’m a good boy. I can only play computer games on weekends. It’s good for my eyes. And I can do a lot of other things like playing soccer with my friends and reading some good books. I go to bed early in the evening. Rules are helpful (有帮助的).
1. What time does Rick get up every morning?2. Where does Rick keep quiet?
3. Does Rick think the rules are all terrible?
4. What does Rick help his mother do?
5. When can Rick play computer games?
Helen’s diary entry | Jim’s diary entry | ||
June 15th Today I went on a school trip. We visited the science museum and it was really interesting. We got there so fast by train. We saw some farms and villages along the way. At the museum, I learned a lot about robots. I didn’t know they could play chess with us. It was so cool! Then the guide taught us how to make a model robot. I took a lot of photos, too. After that, I went to the gift shop and bought some lovely gifts for my parents. They weren’t expensive. All in all, it was an exciting day. | June 15th I think today’s school trip was terrible. We took the train to the science museum. It was so hot on the slow train. The museum was big and boring. Everything was about robots and I’m not interested in that. The rooms were really dark and it was difficult to take photos, so I didn’t take any. There were also too many people and I couldn’t really see or hear the guide. The things in the gift shop were so expensive. I didn’t like the trip at all. | ||
A school trip | |||
| The time | June 15th | ||
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| Feelings (感受) of the things | Helen | Jim | |
the trip | terrible | ||
the train | fast | slow | |
the museum | really interesting | ||
the gifts | expensive | ||
Do you like animals? Do you know that there is a kind of exercise (锻炼) related to (与……相关) animals? It’s called Five-animal Exercises or Wu Qin Xi. It was created (创造) by Hua Tuo about 2000 years ago. People learn from animals and help their bodies work better.
The tiger exercise does good to the liver (肝). The bear exercise helps people with digestion (消化). The monkey exercise helps the heart (心) to work well. The deer (鹿) exercise is good for kidney (肾). The crane (鹤) exercise is good for the lung (肺).
Some people think that Wu Qin Xi helps them to live a long life.
2. What are the five animals related to Wu Qin Xi?
3. Is the monkey exercise good for the heart or the kidney?
4. Do you want to learn Wu Qin Xi? What do you think of it?(不少于 15 个单词)
5 . A survey shows that the number of lonely adults is increasing. According to a research, loneliness can have harmful effects on health. So if you feel lonely at times, be sure to care about it. Here are some tips for you to avoid being lonely.
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Maybe it seems that you don’t have time to meet new friends, but you need to consider your social life first. Go for a walk and chat with someone. You can even offer to take a neighbor’s dog for a walk. The neighbor will surely like to make friends with you.
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Without doubt, it’s difficult for you to move to meet like-minded people. However, the Internet can easily bring people with the same interests together. So it is easy to build an online friend community. Try some safe meetup websites, bringing people with common interests together.
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In order to find possible friends, try to know more about them. What do they like doing? Join one of their activities. What subject are they interested in? Find out more about it and discuss it with them. In this way, you can know each other much better.
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Volunteering is good for both body and mind. It gives you the chance to communicate with people.
Helping at the local food store or in a charity (慈善) shop will give you a warm feeling and you’ll know other volunteers. It’ll also give you something to talk about with friends and families.
A. Build your community online.B. Make time to meet people.
C. Plan ahead.
D. Work as volunteers.
E. Know more about your friends.
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5. What else can we do to avoid being lonely? (No more than 20 words)
A total of 23 spotted seals (斑海豹) were put back into the waters off the coast of Dalian in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023 as part of China’s continuous efforts to protect endangered wildlife.
The seals were hunted and sold, but have now been saved and marked for future protection. A fishery law enforcement ship arrived at the sea area near Dalian in the morning, carrying the spotted seals. The seals were let go free one by one into the sea. They swam freely in the water, returning to their natural home.
Spotted seals are nationally protected animals in China. They are the only kind of seals that can breed (繁殖) in Chinese waters. Like migratory (迁徙的) birds, they appear around October every year in Liaodong Bay, and take the long journey back to the Northwest Pacific in May after breeding. They are often considered as the “panda of the sea”.
Thanks to China’s top-class national protection in recent years, the population of spotted seals in Chinese waters has reached around 2,000, while the global population is between 400,000 and 600,000. Studies have shown that these 2,000 spotted seals are of great importance for the study and research on spotted seals.
To protect this rare animal and its ecological environment, the Liaoning Dalian Spotted Seal Wetlands were set up in 1992. In January 2002, they were included in the List of Wetlands of International Importance. Covering an area of 560,000 hectares with a coastline of about 370 kilometers, the wetlands are rich in biological resources. They have become home to nationally protected animals such as the spotted seal, finless porpoise, killer whales, false killer whales, common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, and East Asian river dolphins.
Since 1992, researchers in Dalian have successfully saved 388 spotted seals and put 299 of them back into the wild.
1. Where were the 23 spotted seals put back into the sea?2. What is the other name of the spotted seal?
3. With China’s protection, what has happened to the spotted seals in Chinese waters?
4. What does the underlined word “they” in paragraph 5 refer to (指的是)?
5. As a student, what can you do to protect wildlife?
Summer Holiday is just around the corner, and most of students want to have fun. However, it is important to make a good plan for it. Take the travelling for an example.
First of all, where are you going?
To know more about the place, you need to search for information on the Internet or ask others. By doing this, you are going to know where you should stay. You are also going to know the most beautiful scenes (风景).
Second, how is the weather? What should you take?
The weather there may be different from that in your hometown. So you had better know how the weather will be, and decide what to take. Taking warm or light clothes is going to help you feel comfortable. You are also going to take sunglasses and suncream (防晒霜) when you go to somewhere hot.
Third, how are you going there?
Of course, it depends on (取决于) how far it is. Taking a bus is cheap but tiring, and it is not suitable (合适的) when the place is too far. The most comfortable way is taking a train. If it’s far enough, you can go by plane.
Fourth, who are you going with?
What character (性格) do you have? Do you like going out alone or with people? That’s a question. If you are independent (独立的) and like doing things alone, I think you are going by yourself. But if you have friends and they like travelling like you, it’s good for you to ask someone to go with you.
1. How can you find information about the place?2. Lisa is going to have a trip to Hainan. What is she going to take?
3. Daming is going to a far city, but he is afraid of flying. How may he go there?
4. Summer Holiday is coming. Mrs Smith is going to travel with her son. She should choose ______. (多项选择，仅填写代码)
| A．the place | B．some things with them | C．the way to go | D．people to go with them |
| A．The plans for travelling. | B．The summer holiday. | C．The way of travelling. |
The 31st FISU World University Games, or Summer Universiade (大运会), which was held in Chengdu, Sichuan Province on July 28, 2023 and ended on August 8, 2023, is a big sport event around the world. “Rong Bao”, as a mascot (吉祥物) of the Games, plays an important role in promoting the Games. It means “Treasure of Chengdu” in English.
The designer of “Rong Bao” is Zhang Xiaojun, a famous cartoon designer in China. And Chengdu, the host city of the 31st Summer Universiade, is also the hometown of the pandas, so the mascot is derived (起源于) from a panda named Zhi Ma, which is a national treasure. The mascot “Rong Bao” is a smiling cartoon panda. It is running happily with a torch (火炬). And the torch is flared with the number “31”, and the panda’s face is printed with style of Sichuan opera face, and the ears, eyes, and tail also seem to be in flames (火焰).
The fire has a very special meaning for people in Chengdu. Firstly, Chengdu has lots of tasty and delicious food. Without fire, we wouldn’t enjoy this kind of Chengdu cuisine. So fire is of great importance for Chengdu. What’s more, it symbolizes the Sichuan opera, intangible cultural heritage craft (非遗手艺) and we can see some amazing opera shows with fire. All the things leave a good impression to foreigners. At last, it passes the warmth of Chengdu to others. It means the friendlines s of Chengdu people and all the people are welcomed in China.
“Rong Bao” represents youth and energy, so it’s quite popular with Chinese and foreigners. Do you want to have such a special mascot?
1. The 31st FISU World University Games started on2. Chengdu is the host city of the 31st Summer Universiade and the hometown of
3. The fire has a a very
4. “Rong Bao” is quite popular with Chinese and foreigners because of its
5. Do you want your hometown to hold this kind of Games? Why or why not?
To our surprise, people make a huge amount of rubbish in their daily life. We should save the environment. The following 3 Rs rules may help us.
Reduce We can reduce waste by using things wisely. People cut down millions of trees in order to make paper. However, people don’t save paper and waste a lot of paper carelessly. We may have no trees in the near future if we don’t save paper. Besides wasting paper, people also waste other things. They don’t know how to deal with the waste in some big cities. That’s why people need to make waste less.
Reuse We should think about how to reuse the used things before we threw them away. The clothes which are too small or you are still usable. We wash our old clothes and give them to the people who can’t afford new clothes. Family members can share the clothes with each other.
Recycle Recycling some rubbish such as empty cans, plastic bottles and used paper is very easy. We can make some money by recycling it. For example, used plastic bottles can be collected and smashed (粉碎). It can be made into usable plastic things again. So why not try our best to recycle things as many as possible?
1—2题完成句子；3—5题简略回答问题。1. We can reduce waste by
2. We wash our old clothes and give them to the people who
3. Why do people need to make waste less?
4. What can be recycled according to this passage?
5. In this passage, which rule do you like best? Why?
10 . In China, 2024 is the Year of the Loong. What are Dragons? Loongs are imaginary creatures. This means that they’re not real. Nearly all of Chinese people can tell stories about loongs.
☆Loong and Character
People born in the Year of the Loong are said to be clever, hard-working and successful. Here are lots of famous people born in the Year of the Loong, such as Zhu Yuanzhang, Ji Xiaolan, Li Jiacheng, Ma Yun and so on.
Loong and Chinese Culture
Loongs are important in Chinese culture. Chinese loongs don’t have wings and they don’t breathe fire, but they do bring rain which helps farmers’ crops to grow. There is a famous story saying that, if a fish manages to jump up the waterfall called Loong Gate, it turns into a loong!
☆Loong and Chinese Emperor
The loongs have a close relationship with the Emperor of China. Many Chinese emperors wore robes with loong designs on them.
☆Loong Dancing
The loong dance is often performed at New Year celebrations. The loong is believed to bring good luck. The dancers hold up a giant loong puppet (木偶) and make its body twist
☆Loong Boat Race
Loong boat race is a symbol of the Loong Boat Festival. The Loong Boat Festival is to commemorate the great poet Qu Yuan. It’s said that the local people raced out in their boats to save him.
Let’s remember these beautiful tales, use our brains and hard work to make the Year of the Loong full of hope and success.
1. How many famous people are mentioned in the passage?2. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
if a fish manages to jump up the waterfall called Loong Gate, it turns into a loong!
3. 从文中找出与下面所给句子意思相近的句子。
Almost all Chinese people know the stories about dragons and tell them out.
4. What does the underlined word “him” refer to?
It’s said that the local people raced out in their boats to save him.
5. Give a proper title to the passage.
