Grandma Goodie, warm-hearted and caring, goes to see her granddaughters every Sunday afternoon. Every visit starts with the same steps. First, she rings the doorbell. Then Vera and Gina run to open the door excitedly. Every time, Grandma Goodie brings wonderful gifts. Sometimes they are toys. Sometimes they are candies. After receiving the gifts, the whole room is full of the laughter and screams of the two.
One Sunday, Grandma rang the doorbell. Vera and Gina, who had been waiting since lunch, hurried down the stairs to open the door. “Darling, look what I have brought to you,” Grandma said. She pulled out a pack of cards and they couldn’t wait to rush into their room and began to play the cards cheerfully. They enjoyed themselves so much that the whole afternoon had passed before they realized it.
At the end of the day, Grandma kissed everyone and said her goodbyes. As she drove away, Vera and Gina heard their parents say that they would hold a birthday party for Grandma next Sunday. “Grandma has a birthday?” they thought, looking at each other in surprise. Both felt a little confused, “Grown-ups have birthdays?”
“We have to get her a present,” Gina decided. “But what?” asked Vera, “Grandma Goodie undoubtedly has everything!’’
They spent all week thinking, but nothing came into their mind.
On Sunday afternoon, the doorbell rang. Just as what usually happened, Grandma Goodie brought them beloved amazing gifts, which were some candies with good-looking covers. They extended their sincere gratitude to Grandma Goodie and quickly went back to their room to think about the gift for Grandma.
All through the dinner, the kids were silent. “What’s wrong with you? What makes you two so down and quiet?” asked Grandma.
“Grandma, we really wanted to give you something special for your birthday,” Gina said. “But nothing we thought of would do,” added Vera. Grandma Goodie smiled and held the kids in her arms. Then she said, “Oh, kids, don’t you know you two are the best gifts I could ever ask for?”
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Hearing these words, a good idea hit Gina.
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About an hour later, the two came out with a picture.
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Mulian Opera in Anhui Province, China, got its name from a play named “Mulian Rescues His Mother”. As the oldest theatrical style, it can
People play Mulian Opera to force the evil spirits to leave
3 . The Four Most Famous Bike Trails in the World
For vacation seekers who love to ride their bikes, these are the most famous cycling trails in the world.
La Route Verte, Canada
Recently completed, this incredible route runs the length of Quebec Province from east to west and features more than 2,485 miles of bicycle trails that have been carefully marked. The ever-changing terrain (地形) makes this the best route to cycle from the St. Lawrence River to the mountains of the Laurentides.
The Karakoram Highway, China-Pakistan
Easily the highest international road in the world, the Karakoram is also one of the most breathtaking in terms of incredible views of mountainous countryside. The snow-capped Karakoram Mountains are your constant companion as you travel this amazing countryside. There are many villages along the way as well, and some of the glaciers reach the roadway.
Mont Ventoux and Luberon, Provence, France
While the hills of Luberon are a challenge for cyclists, the rewards of visiting ancient Roman ruins are certainly well worth the trip. The mixture of sun, pine forests and blue fields of lavender that stretch on for miles is a splendid sight. The legendary Mont Ventoux, the sight of many great runs during the Tour de France, is the highlight of a trip to this region.
The Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia
The Great Ocean Road is one of the engineering wonders of this country. The 243-kilometer road is windy most of the time, but offers beautiful views of the ocean and amazing geographic features such as the famous Twelve Apostles. If you don’t have time for the full run, the 60-kilometer journey between Torquay and Bells Beach can be ridden in a single day.
1. What is special about La Route Verte?| A．It’s a newly-built route. |
| B．It’s the shortest bicycle trail. |
| C．It offers beautiful views of the ocean. |
| D．It’s the highest international road in the world. |
| A．La Route Verte. |
| B．Mont Ventoux and Luberon. |
| C．The Great Ocean Road. |
| D．The Karakoram Highway. |
| A．In a history book. | B．In a novel. |
| C．In an art magazine. | D．In a travel brochure. |
4 . Have parents ever wondered how they can encourage the children to practice their English?
Be enthusiastic and involved
Be enthusiastic about the language themselves. If children see their parents reading, watching films and speaking in English, they will be inspired to do the same. Actively be involved in the children’s English learning experience, rather than expect them to study on their own. Give the children lots of praise, encouragement and support.
Make learning fun and enjoyable
Think about the children’s personality, interests and things that they like when suggesting ways for them to practice English. Very active children may like to play action games, but quieter children may prefer word games or card games.
Support the children’s schoolwork
Children are often reluctant (不情愿的) to do their homework or study for school tests. Establish a regular homework routine, allowing the children some choice in what time and where they study.
| A．Share the experience |
| B．Here are four tips for success |
| C．Follow the children’s personality and interests |
| D．It will increase their self-confidence and motivation |
| E．Provide help, and try to be supportive and encouraging |
| F．Children love role-playing and using their own imagination |
| G．Learning a language should be an enjoyable and rewarding experience |
5 . Imagine being able to pop to your local park and pick some tomatoes, potatoes or even bananas to take home for dinner. Sounds too good to be true, right? For residents of Andernach, German, it’s not just a dream—it’s their reality.
In 2010, Andernach began its edible(可食用的)city project, planting 101 varieties of tomatoes in public green spaces around the city centre. Its 30,000 residents are free to help themselves to whatever grows, as are any other visitors. The town’s motto of sorts is “Picking is encouraged—help yourself!” Every year a new type of plant is highlighted. In 2011, 100 types of beans were planted, while 2012saw the introduction of 20 onion varieties.
It’s a community effort, as local citizens are encouraged to help plant and maintain the gardens. This offers an opportunity to socialise as well as to learn about planting, cultivating and harvesting food.
An Andernach resident spoke to DW,“I often drop by to pick some herbs that I’m missing at home. Everything is easily accessible. There aren’t any fences. You just take what you need. The only thing is that you have to be quick once the fruits are ripe or they’ll all be gone!”
Andernach may have been the first in German, but it isn’t the only edible city. It’s part of the Edible Cities Network, a project funded by European Union to connect green urban foot initiatives around the world. Other cities include Carthage in Tunisia, Havana in Cuba and Sempeter-Vrtojba in Slovenia. In February 2022, the first Edible Cities Network Conference took place. Dr Ina Saumel, principal investigator of the Edible Cities Network, called it “a unique opportunity to invite researchers of edible city solutions and practitioners to the same table.”
Ultimately, the Edible Cities Network aims to give people “greener, more edible and, above all, more livable cities.” It is a response to the pressures of global climate change, and a significant cause full of hope.
1. What can residents do in public green spaces according to the edible city project?| A．Sell the produce they grow there. |
| B．Learn knowledge about planting. |
| C．Grow whatever plant as they like. |
| D．Pay to pick some vegetables there. |
| A．Novel and popular. | B．Creative and costly. |
| C．Common and fundamental. | D．Rare and unacceptable. |
| A．Andernach is the only city to carry it out. |
| B．European Union originally established it. |
| C．It helps combine theories with practices. |
| D．It invites people to share meals together. |
| A．To help residents relieve their pressure. |
| B．To involve residents in urban planting. |
| C．To increase the produce supply in cities. |
| D．To create environmentally friendly cities. |
6 . It was mid-afternoon. I looked outside my dorm window, and saw the lifeless gray sky, the snow and the trackless sidewalks. There was no one in the snow but a squirrel. The brown-gray North American squirrel,a look of terror in his shining eyes, braved the cold to throw himself over snow. In his mouth was a large acorn(橡实)—I was surprised it fit in his mouth.
I moved closer to my window, outside of which is a medium-sized tree, lacking its warm-weather leaves. The squirrel ran up rapidly, higher and higher in the tree, and his small body held onto his dear acorn.
Up he went, to the tip of one of the highest branches. I held my breath—I wondered if that slender branch could support him. I wondered if his winter food store was in this tree—squirrels are known to hide their nuts, mushrooms, and vegetation high up in trees. Outside, the squirrel firmly grasped that branch, jaw clamping(夹紧)on his acorn.
Then came the wind blowing violently, shaking the tree, the branch and the squirrel. He hung on for dear life, and both arms wrapped around the branch in the wind. I held my breath: If he fell from a height like this, then.... Seeing this little squirrel, I had my heart in my mouth. As the wind became stronger, the squirrel’s precious acorn fell to the ground. The squirrel followed its downward progress only by sight—if he let go the branch, he would fall downwards as well. I was so nervous that I didn’t take my gaze off the squirrel for one minute. Surprisingly, he then climbed down the tree and was now half-buried in the snow, searching desperately for his acorn. Finally, he made it.
The brave animal is able to survive in nature all because of its desperate efforts.The same goes for us humans. We all work hard to survive, and this is the law of nature. So effort is not something special, but a matter for all living things to do to survive.
1. What did the author discover outside the window?| A．A squirrel was freezing nearly to death. |
| B．A squirrel was choked by a large acorn. |
| C．A squirrel was picking acorns from a tree. |
| D．A squirrel was climbing to the top of a tree. |
| A．Dead. | B．Straight. | C．Slim. | D．Thick. |
| A．Concerned. | B．Unfriendly. | C．Uncaring. | D．Curious. |
| A．Stop struggling, life is stopped. |
| B．Facts speak louder than words. |
| C．Failure is the mother of success. |
| D．Teaching others teaches yourself. |
7 . One easy way you can get to know students is to organize some get-to-know-you activities. The following is some information about them.
M&M Roulette
Write descriptions next to every color (yellow: your favorite kind of food; red: some-thing you’re good at; blue: your favorite vacation).
Have students sit in a circle.
Open a pack of M&-Ms.
Pass around the pack.
Ask students to pick out an M&.M.
Whatever color they get, they have to answer the description.
Go until the pack is empty.
Dice(方块)and Dare
Write 12 get-to-know-you questions on a board.
Have students sit in a circle.
Have each student roll the dice once and answer the number question shown on the dice.
This or That
Write a list of 10 this-or-that questions. Would you rather be a bee or a horse? Would you rather have five brothers or five sisters?You can draw from this list of 200 examples.
Have students sit in a circle.
Ask the first student a “This or That” question.
Take turns going around the circle.
The Worm Olympics
Prepare two sleeping bags. Pair up students in pairs of two.
Each person in a pair gets in a sleeping bag on the ground (one pair at a time).
Have each member of the team race each other from the starting line to the finishing line.
1. What do M&.M Roulette and This or That have in common?| A．Students have to choose their favourite color. |
| B．Students should prepare two sleeping bags. |
| C．Students should sit around in a circle. |
| D．The members of the team race each other. |
| A．M&.M Roulette. | B．Dice and Dare. |
| C．This or That. | D．The Worm Olympics. |
| A．An education magazine. | B．A science fiction. |
| C．A travel brochure. | D．A textbook. |
8 . Do you ever find yourself studying really hard for a test but finally not doing so well? You spent hours reviewing your notes, only to find your hard work doesn’t make you receive a grade you want. It’s not that you’re not smart.
Try explaining the concepts(概念) that you’re studying to family members or friends.
Study with friends. If you’re able to stay focused, studying with a group might be more fun than studying alone.
Use flashcards. Flashcards are a great way to memorize important information! To make it more fun, write your flashcards using colorful pens and mark important parts.
Try using some of these methods when you study for your next test, and see whether you’ve improved. Studying can be boring.
| A．Use online resources |
| B．Start studying in a more interesting way |
| C．It’s just that the way you study is wrong |
| D．This stops us from dealing with information |
| E．It’s of great help to hear other people’s thoughts |
| F．Finding ways to make it more fun can really improve your grade |
| G．Correctly explaining the concepts to others means you understand them |
9 . Several days of unusual warm weather in northern Greenland have caused rapid melting(融化). “Temperatures have been running around -12.2 ℃-15.5 ℃. It is warmer than normal for this time of year,” scientists said. The amount of ice that melted in Greenland between July 15 and July 17 alone—6 billion tons of water per day—would be enough to fill 7.2 million Olympic-sized swimming pools, according to the report from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Put another way, it was enough to cover the whole state of West Virginia with a foot of water.
For the scientists out on the ice sheet(冰盖), the warmth has been alarming. “It really makes me anxious,” said Kutalmis Saylam, a scientist who is now working in Greenland. “Yesterday, we could hang about in our T-shirts, which was not really expected. Since Greenland holds enough ice, sea level would rise by 7.5 meters around the world if ice all melted.”
In 2020, scientists found that Greenland’s ice sheet had melted beyond the point of no return. “No efforts to prevent global warming can stop it from finally breaking into small parts,” said researchers.
Aslak Grinsted, a climate scientist, said that they were trying to get flights into the camp so they can ship out the ice cores(冰芯) they had recently collected. But the warmth is destabilizing the landing site. “The weather we are seeing right now is too hot for the ski-equipped planes to land,” Grinsted said. “So we store the ice cores in large caves we have made into the snow to protect it from the heat of the summer.” Scientists made use of the abnormal warmth while they were waiting, playing volleyball in their shorts on an ice sheet at the top of the world.
Grinsted referred to the temperatures as a heat wave, and noted that the possibility of temperatures getting this hot was clearly connected to global warming.
1. How does the author support the topic of paragraph 1?| A．By exploring reasons. | B．By making comparisons. |
| C．By designing the numbers. | D．By doing some experiments. |
| A．He disliked wearing a T-shirt. |
| B．He worried about the warmth. |
| C．He was deeply impressed by the ice. |
| D．He was thirsty for enjoying the sea view. |
| A．Quitting. | B．Improving. | C．Sheltering. | D．Destroying. |
| A．Recommend visiting Greenland. |
| B．Describe how to ship out the ice core. |
| C．Call on people to protect the environment. |
| D．Plan to organize a sports meeting on ice. |
10 . There’s no doubt that football is the global sport. Though basketball, tennis, and other sports are popular too, nothing comes close to football. Being played in every country in the world, football provides dozens of superstars. The numbers are greater when compared to any other sport, and this drives the popularity of football up. Have you ever wondered when the sport started and became popular?
Football has its origin (起源) in China and has a history of more than 2,000 years. However, modern football originally appeared in Britain in the 19th century. Folk football matches had been played before in many cities and towns, but never on a professional level.
Football became a winter sport game played in different schools. The rules were carried out by each school, and this made it difficult for players to play an official game with each other. It all changed in 1849 at the University of Cambridge that invented a set of standard rules known as the Cambridge rules of football. From that moment, a new star sport was born.
By the early 20th century, football had spread all across Europe. In 1904, FIFA was set up. There are seven original members, including France, Denmark and Spain, FIFA became the governing body for many associations in Europe.
England’s international success improved the popularity of the sport in the country. The league (联赛) in Britain was set up in 1992. From the 1990s, it became a truly impressive piece of football organization, becoming the world’s top football league in the process.
Football is obviously the most popular sport in the world. It is impossible for any other sport to take its place, especially with leagues spending billions of pounds every year to stay in the focus.
1. What is the author’s purpose of writing paragraph 1?| A．To describe the level of football. |
| B．To introduce the topic of the text. |
| C．To debate the main idea of the text. |
| D．To introduce famous football leagues. |
| A．In China. | B．In France. |
| C．In Britain. | D．In Spain. |
| A．The rules always changed. |
| B．There were no common rules. |
| C．The season made players hard to win. |
| D．Officials made players misunderstand the rules. |
| A．By time order. | B．By space order. |
| C．By listing numbers. | D．By giving examples. |
