1 . A man recently helped a woman, who had been knocked down by a car in Taizhou, Jiangu province, reach a hospital. But before doing so, he took a photograph of the scene with the woman to avoid being charged with knocking her down. Several similar cases were reported across the country during the Spring Festival, leaving people with mixed feelings, says Cao Pengcheng in an article in People's Daily.
Altruism(利他主义) is part of Chinese culture, and there is no lack of good Samaritans(乐善好施者) in the country. But recently, says Cao, some good Samaritans were blackmailed by the people who they helped. It made altruism a tough issue.
Cao says that it is a good thing for people to become more business-minded.but it is one thing to do as cost-benefit analysis (分析) in business, and quite another to measure whether a person in need is worth helping. I people always make such materialistic calculation(物质计算),they will further lower social and moral (道德) standards.
Fortunately,says Cao,there are still people like the man in Taizhou who deepen our belief in altruism and kindheartedness by continuing to help others, despite knowing that the existing system and rules in the county do not offer enough protection for good Samaritans.
1. What did the man do in Taizhou?| A．He charged the woman with knocking him down. |
| B．He helped the woman knocked down by a bicycle. |
| C．He sent the woman knocked down by him to a hospital. |
| D．He took a photo of the scene before helping the woman. |
| A．Appreciated. | B．Threatened. | C．Killed. | D．Helped. |
| A．will lower social and moral standards |
| B．is bad for doing business with others |
| C．is good for helping a person in need |
| D．will slow down people's business mind |
| A．To Help or Not to Help | B．Traditional Chinese Culture |
| C．A Bad Traffic Accident | D．How to Do Good Business |
2 . Here are some books that will help you learn better English.
1.Practise English conversations!
This eBook will make conversations in English so much easier. There are over 30 audio (声音的) files with typical conversations, and exercises with answers at the back so you can practise what you’ve learnt.
2. Travel English!
Learn over 1,000 English words and expressions so you can speak English fluently when you travel outside your country! Learn the language for over 30 typical English situations and make traveling abroad easy with this eBook!
3. Business English 1!
Learn over 500 words and expressions to improve your business English! This eBook comes with audio files and videos so you can learn the language you need to do business in English!
4. Business English 2!
Learn 500 more words and depressions to really improve your business English! The words and expressions you learnt in this eBook will help you do business all over the world!
5. Idioms 2
Learn 250 more idioms (成语) with audio files, example sentences and images. This eBook will help you understand the meaning of the most useful idioms in English. Learn the language easily and quickly with our fun method.
6. Phrasal Verbs 2
Learn 250 more phrasal verbs and learn how to say them with the audio files. This eBook will help you go from being an Intermediate student to an Advanced one. Learn the language easily and quickly with our super effective method.
1. Which book helps you travel abroad?| A．Travel English. | B．Business English 1. | C．Idioms 2. | D．Phrasal Verbs 2. |
| A．More than 250. | B．More than 500. | C．More than 750. | D．More than 1000. |
| A．Idioms 2 has exercises with answers. |
| B．There are four books with audio files. |
| C．Phrasal Verbs 2 helps you do business. |
| D．The books mentioned above are paper copies. |
3 . Su Shan is a delicacy made with milk and cream that looks like shaved ice (刨冰). Poet Wang Lingran from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) described how people made and enjoyed Su Shan in his poem Ode to Su He Shan. According to the text, sugar was added to Su Shan that was shaped into many forms. Sometimes, Su Shan was decorated with flowers and leaves to make it more beautiful.
“It is neither solid (固态的), nor watery and disappears once it touches teeth,” the poet wrote. The Su Shan in his poem was thought by many experts to be an early form of ice cream. However, only the nobles (贵族) were lucky enough to have large iceboxes to create it in summer.
Although there were no fridges in ancient times, iceboxes to store ice cubes in summer had become very common in rich families by the Tang Dynasty. At that time, people either had ice water or small pieces of shaved ice.
People could easily buy iced drinks on the street during the Song Dynasty (960-1279).As a community service, some rich people even provided free ice water and medicine on the street for free. Ice water sold during the Song Dynasty was often added to mung beans (绿豆) to help prevent heat stroke (中暑).
1. What do the underlined words “a delicacy” in paragraph 1 refer to?| A．A kind of black sugar. | B．A kind of sweet food. |
| C．A kind of ice water. | D．A kind of cold drink. |
| A．To make it a little fresher. | B．To make it more delicious. |
| C．To make it in various forms. | D．To make it more beautiful. |
| A．first appeared in the Song Dynasty | B．was decorated with beans and leaves |
| C．became popular in the Song Dynasty | D．was easily bought in the Tang Dynasty |
| A．Su Shan: an Early Form of Chinese Ice Cream | B．Su Shan: an Interesting Topic in Song Poems |
| C．Su Shan: a Common Food for the Poor | D．Su Shan: a Good Way to Cure Fever |
4 . The paiche, a huge, air-breathing fish, is one of the largest freshwater fish in the word. which has fed Amazonian people for thousands of years. Fully grown, it can reach seven feet long or more and it can reach anywhere from 200 to 400 pounds.
The paiche isn’t only famous for its size. Known as Amazonian people’s favorite food, this fish has been around for a long time. so it’s considered a living fossil, whose oldest fossil dates back to 23 million years ago.
This old fish stands out in many other ways, including the need to surface (浮出水面) for the air. The ability to breathe air is helpful in waters of the Amazon with little oxygen, but makes it easy for the paiche to get caught. When the fish surfaces, it often takes in air with a loud noise that local fishermen can recognize at a distance. Amazonian fishermen have enjoyed its tasty meat for a long time, but catching it in such large number has been in doubt.
Thankfully, protection efforts, combined with a large increase in farmed paiche, have made sure that this ancient fish will not disappear any time soon. And that’s a great thing for Amazonian cuisine (烹饪),as the paiche is a surprisingly tasty fish, whose meat stays tasty in most preparations, whether roasted or steamed (蒸).
The paiche near the source will be the best. You can find it in markets like Mercado de Belen in Peru, and the Mercado Municipal in Brazil. If you can’t make it to South America, you can also find paiche meat in stores like Whole Foods.
1. What’s the main idea of paragraph 2?| A．The long history of the paiche. | B．The paiche’s ability to breathe. |
| C．The oldest fossil of the paiche. | D．The paiche’s unique features. |
| A．The paiche’s slow physical movement. | B．The paiche’s huge body size. |
| C．The paiche’s loud sound of breathing. | D．The paiche’s eye-catching skin. |
| A．Because Amazonians dislike its meat. | B．Because it can produce very quickly. |
| C．Because it has few natural enemies. | D．Because it’s well protected and raised. |
| A．Adventure stories. | B．Interesting travels. |
| C．Wonderful food. | D．Scientific inventions. |
5 . It happens every spring. Flowers suddenly come out everywhere on the same day, as if they made an appointment with one another. But how exactly do plants “know” when to flower?
It is a question that has puzzled biologists for years. But according to Science Daily, a US research group may have finally answered it —the secret lies in a protein (蛋白质) called FKF1. This allows plants to sense the differences in day lengths so that they can tell the seasons are changing.
Researchers discovered the FKFI protein when they were studying a plant called Arabidopsis. They found that the FKFI protein is a photoreceptor (感光器). This means it is sensitive to, and can be activated by sunlight.
“Plants produce this protein every day in the late afternoon throughout the year. If there is no light at this time, for example, in winter when the sun goes down early, the protein won’t be activated,” explained Takato Imaizumi, the leader of the study. “But when spring comes and the days get longer, the FKF1 protein can be activated by daylight and the plants ‘know’ it is time to flower.”
Although researchers have only studied how the FKF1 protein works in the Arabidopsis, they believe that the process is similar in other plants, including crops like rice and wheat. This could be useful to the agricultural industry in the world.
1. The underlined word “activated” in paragraph 3 probably means__________.| A．woken | B．prevented | C．produced | D．weakened |
| A．produce more rice and wheat in winter |
| B．develop the global agricultural industry |
| C．grow plants that flower the whole year |
| D．produce more protein to activate plants |
| A．a travel brochure | B．a science magazine |
| C．a medical magazine | D．a personal journal |
6 . Earthquakes are something that people fear. There are some places that have few or earthquakes. Most places in the world, however, have them regularly. Countries that have a of earthquakes are usually quite mountainous.
The most-talked-about earthquake in the United States was in San Francisco in 1906.Over 700 people died in it. The strongest one in North America was in 1964. It happened in Alaska.
Strong earthquakes are not always the ones that kill the most people. In 1755, one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded was felt in Portugal. Around 2,000 people died. In 1923, a very strong earthquake hit Tokyo, Yokohama area of Japan. 140,000 people died. Most of them died in fires which followed the earthquake.
One of the worst earthquakes ever was in China in 1976. It killed a large number of people. The worst earthquake ever reported was also in China, in which 830, 000 people were killed. This earthquake happened in 1556.
Earthquakes worry people a lot. The reason is that we often do not know when they are coming. People cannot prepare for them beforehand.
1. How many people died in the earthquake in Portugal?| A．About 2,000. | B．Around 140,000. | C．Over 830,000. | D．Above 700. |
| A．Portugal, 1755. | B．Japan, 1923. | C．China, 1556. | D．America, 1906. |
| A．For sure. | B．With care. | C．By hand. | D．In advance. |
| A．Earthquakes are not likely to cause big fires. |
| B．Earthquakes often hit people unexpectedly. |
| C．Mountainous countries have no earthquakes. |
| D．Strong earthquakes often kill the most people. |
7 . Do you love seeing beautiful lanterns outside? The best time to do this is during the Lantern Festival, which falls on the 15th day of the first lunar (阴历) month. This year it is on Feb22, marking the end of Spring Festival celebrations.
Lanterns are a big part of the festival. One story says that the bright lanterns show respect for gods. Another says that people light lanterns to celebrate the declining (消退的) darkness of winter.
Watching lanterns is a great event. You see lanterns in any sizes and shapes you can imagine, from animals to plants and flowers. To make this activity more fun, people paste (粘贴) riddles (谜语) on the lanterns. “Ten plus ten, still is ten, ten minus ten, again is ten.” Guess what? It is a pair of gloves.
In some places, people like releasing sky lanterns, which are called Kongming lanterns. A sky lantern is a small hot air balloon made of paper, with an opening at the bottom, where there is a small fire source. When the bright lights fly high in the sky, people bless family members and make wishes. Releasing river lights is also a way to bless for each other. Usually, the lights are in the shape of a lotus (荷花).
In old times, the Lantern Festival was also romantic. At that time, young girls were not allowed to go out very often except during certain festivals. Therefore, looking at lanterns gave young people a chance to meet each other. A line from Xin Qiji, a poet during the Song Dynasty, shows this: “Anxiously, I searched for her in thousands, hundreds of ways. Suddenly I turned, and there she was in the declining light.”
1. When do people celebrate the Lantern Festival?| A．On the 22nd day of the first lunar month. |
| B．On the 15th day of the first solar month. |
| C．On the 22nd day of February every year. |
| D．On the 15th day of the first lunar month. |
| A．People paste riddles to show off their knowledge. |
| B．Young girls were not allowed to go out on the day. |
| C．People light lanterns to drive animals away. |
| D．People make wishes when releasing lights. |
| A．Sad. | B．Scared. | C．Romantic. | D．Anxious. |
| A．The Origin of the Lantern Festival |
| B．River Lights on the Lantern Festival |
| C．Celebrations of the Lantern Festival |
| D．A day to Guess Lantern Riddles |
8 . Acupuncture (针灸) is a traditional Chinese medical practice of treating various physical and mental (心理的) conditions. It won respect and interest in the United States after New York Times reporter James Reston visited China with President Nixon and needed an operation. Chinese doctors used acupuncture on James after surgery (外科手术) to reduce his pain, and his recovery was quick. Curious about this, James was allowed to watch surgery on patients who received acupuncture for anesthesia (麻醉). Patients talked with their doctors during the operation and then walked back to their rooms on their own.
The effectiveness of acupuncture left James such a deep impression that he wrote a front- page article in New York Times about his operation upon returning to the United States. “A leading medical expert sent by Premier Chou En-lai removed my appendix (阑尾). I was awake in the whole process. ”
The National Institutes of Health began to organize some of their top doctors to visit China to investigate acupuncture and its possible functions in western medicine. With years going by, acupuncture has become popular across the world with magical effect.
1. What’s the main idea of this text?| A．The features of acupuncture. | B．The development of acupuncture. |
| C．The functions of acupuncture. | D．The spreading of acupuncture. |
| A．It is a traditional Chinese medical practice. |
| B．It treats physical and mental conditions. |
| C．It is a kind surgery to reduce pain. |
| D．It is popular for its magical effect. |
| A．He wasn’t awake during the operation. |
| B．He received acupuncture for anesthesia. |
| C．He was then President of the United States. |
| D．He introduced acupuncture in New York Times. |
| A．Spread. | B．Study. | C．Introduce. | D．Develop. |
9 . Losing weight is tough. For most people, it requires a change in diet, a change in exercise habits, and a change in attitude.
Set healthy goals.
If you're overweight and want to change that, the first step is deciding what your target weight is.
Start small.
Making major behavior changes isn't something that happens overnight.
Now it's time to start working towards that goal. The best way to stick with your diet and exercise rules is to track it. There are plenty of apps that allow you to do this. Or you can do it in an old way and keep a written food and exercise journal. Find what works for you and write down what you've achieved every day.
Evaluate (评估) and adjust.
Every month you should take a look at your goal and see what type of progress you've made towards achieving it. If you're not where you want to be, make small adjustments. Try doing different exercises or cutting back on certain types of foods that you may be eating too much of.
| A．Track your diet and exercise. |
| B．Here's how you can achieve all the three. |
| C．You might as well start with your own attitude. |
| D．What steps are you going to take to stick with your diet? |
| E．So start with 1-2 things per week and work up from there. |
| F．Losing weight and keeping it off is a highly personal thing. |
| G．Write down your goal and set a date by which you want to achieve that goal. |
10 . The Internet is an amazing tool, especially for children who want to learn. But it also has dark side. Parents have to ask themselves, “When is the right time to let my child go online?”
This is a much bigger problem than it used to be. Now we live in a time when a family could have more than one computer. It is common for children to have their own computers or laptops. Some also have phones and tablets (平板电脑).
Parents do have difficulty in acting correctly. On the one hand, it would be foolish to keep children from the Internet as they can learn a lot from it. But on the other hand, parents shouldn’t let children do whatever they like on the Internet. The problem is that everybody is busy nowadays, and this is certainly true for parents. How many parents have the time to sit don with their kids when they do their homework online? Some do, but more are just not able to.
So at what age should children be allowed to use the Internet? According to a survey, the average age when parents allow their children to go online independently is about eight years old.
As a nonparent (无子女者)，I do find it hard to agree. I always believe that education is the key to success. However, I think children as young as eight may face a lot of dangers when they use the Internet without parents being around. So I think schools and parents have the responsibility to teach children not only how to use the Internet, but also how to do it safely.
1. What does the author want to tell in paragraph 2?| A．It is very easy for children to use the Internet. |
| B．Parents spend more time online than their kids. |
| C．Computers or laptops aren’t common at home. |
| D．Parents don’t care about their kids going online. |
| A．They have a lot of time to look after their kids. |
| B．They have no trouble in acting in a correct way. |
| C．They are unwilling to help their kids with homework. |
| D．They can’t stay with them when their kids study online. |
| A．parents should keep their kids away from the Internet |
| B．kids will not face dangers when they use the Internet |
| C．it’s unnecessary to cut out harmful information online |
| D．kids should be taught to use the Internet in a proper way |
| A．Reasons for Children to Use the Internet |
| B．The Age for Children to Use the Internet |
| C．The Effects of Children’s Using the Internet |
| D．Ways to Keep Children Away from the Internet |
