1 . The Lunar Calendar (农历) Modern Chinese use the solar calendar (阳历) as English people do. But at the same time, they use their own lunar calendar. Each lunar year is given the name of one of these animals: the rat, the ox, the tiger, the hare, the dragon, the snake, the horse, the goat, the monkey, the chicken, the dog and the pig. This list lasts for 12 years and then starts again.
Each Chinese month starts on the day of the new moon. And the full moon comes on the 15th day of the month. The New Year always starts between January 21 and February 20. On the last day of the lunar year, there is a big family dinner. All members of the family except married daughters try to be present at this meal, even they have to travel many miles to reach the home of their parents. Old quarrels are forgotten, and everybody is happy. After the dinner, the children keep awake to welcome the New Year.
The New Year celebrations last for 15 days, from the new moon to the full moon. On the first day , children and unmarried people go to visit their elders.
1. If next year is the year of the goat, what was the name of last year?| A．It was the year of tiger. | B．It was the year of the hare. |
| C．It was the year of snake. | D．It was the year of the ox. |
| A．On February 15. | B．On February 16. | C．On February 14. | D．On February 17. |
| A．the married son | B．the married daughter | C．the unmarried son | D．the parents |
| A．old Chinese use the solar calendar (阳历) as English people do |
| B．each Chinese month starts on the day of the new sun |
| C．on the first day, children and married people go to visit their elders |
| D．each lunar year is given the name of animals |
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3 . School holiday activities at the library
 | Activity When Cost Who | Cartooning with Eva Leung Tuesday 7 June, 9 — 11 a.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of art paper and pencils 5 to 8-year-olds |
 | Activity When Cost Who | Cartooning with Eva Leung Wednesday 8 June, 9 — 11 a.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of art paper and pencils 9 to 10-year-olds |
| Eva Leung is famous for her cartoons published regularly in KIDStime magazine. | ||
 | Activity When Cost Who | Kite-making Wednesday 8 June, 2—4 p.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of paper, string and other materials 5 to 10-year-olds |
 | Activity When Cost Who | Kite-making Thursday 9 June, 2—4 p.m. $3.00 to cover the cost of paper, string and other materials 5 to 10-year-olds |
| A．Cartoonists. | B．Writers. | C．Librarians. | D．Children. |
| A．Monday. | B．Tuesday. | C．Wednesday. | D．Thursday. |
| A．Because the classes are for different age groups. |
| B．Because more time is needed to learn cartooning |
| C．Because there is a strict limit on numbers for each class. |
| D．Because some children might want to do both the classes. |
4 . Paul lives in a small village in the north of England. He usually gets up at four o’clock every morning when it’s still dark. He lives and works on the farm so he doesn’t need to travel. After a big breakfast in his house, he walks out of the front door and he’s already at work.
There are many things to do on the farm all day. Paul doesn’t have the same work hours that office workers in the city have. He does jobs when there needs to be done and that could be early in the morning or late at night. Paul has cows, sheep, pigs and chickens on his farm. He has to make sure they are free of sickness. He also grows wheat and vegetables so there are many things to look after.
In the evening, Paul likes to play with his children. He has two children, a boy and a girl. They are six and eight years old. Paul also likes to study. Right now he is studying Chinese by distance learning. He is very interested in China and it’s his dream to see the Great Wall one day.
Paul loves movies. His wife calls him a “movie fan”. But there isn’t a cinema in his village so he doesn’t get the chance to go very often. He goes about twice a year, usually when he goes to London with his family. They take a weekend break there when Paul is not too busy on the farm. His wife loves looking in the clothes shops and he likes all the crowds and the noise. Paul also likes to buy a few cigars. Unfortunately, his wife isn’t as fond of them as he is. His son and daughter love to ride on London’s red buses and especially love to go on the tube!
1. What does the underlined word “free” mean in Paragraph Two?| A．自由的 | B．免费的 | C．空闲的 | D．没有 |
| A．Six | B．Five | C．Four | D．Three |
| A．see movies | B．ride on London’s red buses | C．see the Great Wall | D．have pets |
| A．when they are busy | B．when they have time |
| C．early in the morning | D．when he wants to buy some cigars |
I and the other fifty girls sat on the chairs in the gym of my middle school.We waited there for the coach to give the results of the competition for roles as cheerleaders (啦啦队队员)．One by one, each girl left her seat, jumping up and down as their number was called out. “Will I be one of them?” I wondered. I was getting more nervous, and each second felt like a century.
“Number seventeen.” the coach called out. Hearing it, I jumped right away from my seat. And I ran over to stand next to the girls who had been chosen to be cheerleaders. We smiled and hugged each other because we became members of the 10girl cheerleading team.
During the following days, I and the other nine cheerleaders practiced for the performance. We were dressed in our blue uniforms before the upcoming sports meet. It was going to be held on a Friday morning. However, the night before the sports meet, I got very nervous, and worried what if I made a mess in the performance. I tried to comfort myself, “You can make it. Just calm down and relax.” The next morning, my parents left home for work and I hurried to go to school.
Unluckily, when I arrived at school, I found the other nine cheerleaders were all in their white uniforms. But I was still in my blue uniform. At once I realized I had made a mistake: wearing the wrong uniform. There was not much time left before the cheerleading performance started. What should I do? Both my team members and the coach were worried. Then a cheerleader called Tammy offered to help me. She said, “My home is quite close to our school.Maybe I could give my mother a call. She is at home now. She could drive Jane to her home, so Jane can change her uniform quickly.”
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The coach allowed Tammy to give it a try.
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I joined the other girls for the cheerleading performance.
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6 . The best thing you can do for yourself is to try to be a better person — and to consciously improve yourself and your life. Choosing to “ be better ” will not only make you feel better, but will also bring better people, opportunities, and possibilities into your life. Here are some ways to become a better person.
We are not saying that you should give superficial compliments (赞美), we are saying that you should really compliment someone for something they do or who they are.
Surprise your friends, your partner, or your children. No matter how old we are, we all love surprises — good ones, of course. And it doesn’t have to be a big gesture, sometimes a simple message, card, or letter is enough. Be creative!
Creating something that other people can benefit from is priceless. Whether craft or business, whether blog or book, whether special food or an entire restaurant.
Is there a person that hurt you in the past, and you still are mad at the person or don’t talk to him or her?
| A．Lots of people want to feel valued. |
| B．One man’s meat is another man’s poison. |
| C．Smoking, gossiping, or judging — please don’t! |
| D．Can we leave behind the pain or misunderstanding? |
| E．To become a better person, one must always be true to oneself. |
| F．Can you give a hand to people that you are not so familiar with? |
| G．Keep thinking about how you can add value to your community. |
7 . Female figure skaters aren’t really expected to be able to do triple axels(三周半跳). Especially not older ones---in the Olympics, that means older than 20. Mirai Nagasu did both, nailing the jump in competition at 24 during the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. She was the first American woman to land a triple axel in the Olympic Games-and only the third woman to do it.
Nagasu’s been pursuing her own path since she was just 5. “My parents used to take me golfing(打高尔夫球)every day because that was the career they wanted me to have,” she wrote. “They took me ice skating one day because we couldn’t go golfing due to the rain, and after that, I kept asking to be taken to go skating.” Her ambition paid off eventually, beginning with a host of Four Continents and ISU World Junior Championship medals and ending with two World Championship and two Olympic appearances each.
Unlike other popular athletes who’ve traded childhood for training, Nagasu had to attend public school by day and help her parents in their restaurant by night. “They really taught me to work for what I want,” she said. That lesson was put to the test in 2014, when despite taking third place at the U. S. Figure Skating Championships, Nagasu was passed over for the Olympic team in favor of fourth-place finisher Ashley Wagner. Some athletes might have taken off their skates for good at that point. Instead, Nagasu got a new coach and learned the triple axel. After two years under his instruction, she displayed her new skill in the U. S. National Championships. By the time she tried it on Olympic ice in 2018, she’d perfected it. Nagasu performed the difficult three-and-a-half jump, helping her team win a bronze medal(铜牌) in the end.
1. Which of the following statements about Mirai Nagasu is TRUE?| A．She disliked ice skating at a young age. |
| B．She was well-known as a golfer in America. |
| C．She succeeded in the 2018 Olympics for her triple axel. |
| D．She was the first woman who successfully did a triple axel. |
| A．Nagasu’s creativity and ambition. | B．Nagasu’s family background. |
| C．Nagasu’s education at home. | D．Nagasu’s road to success. |
| A．She had to quit training out of economic reason. |
| B．She dropped out of school to help her parents in the restaurant. |
| C．She failed to be involved in the Olympics for some reason beyond expectation. |
| D．She was defeated by Ashley Wagner at the U. S. Figure Skating Championships. |
| A．Interest is the best teacher. | B．Poor children are in charge early. |
| C．Misfortune may be an actual blessing. | D．Success comes from constant effort. |
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Fatima Madrigal of California recent gave birth to a boy and a girl. However, which surprises us most is that twins have different birth dates and even birth years. Alfredo was born on December 31st, 2021 at 11:45 p.m. About 15 minutes late, his sister Aylin was born on January 1st, 2022. Fatima said her family, including her partner Robert and their three others children, were happy to welcome the new babies. The babies were suppose to come two weeks later,but their early arrive created a rare set of birth dates and years. Aylin weighing 2.66 kilograms and her brother 2.75 kilograms at birth. The medical center where the twins were born said there are about 120,000 twins born in each year in the U.S. However, twins with different birthdays are rare, and the chance of twins being born in different years is about one in two millions.
ZHENGZHOU—Pingdingshan University in Central China’s Henan province has found more than1,000 ceramic (陶瓷) balls used in a golf-like ball game in ancient China. The university make the
The relics are related to an ancient game called “Chuiwan” in Chinese,
Most of the balls arc about 5 centimeters in diameter. The relics date back to as early as the Tang Dynasty,
“This is the first time that China
