China, one of the largest countries in the world, is home to about 1.4 billion people with a very long history and special culture.
Chinese Food
There are many kinds of food in China. Chinese people eat their meals with chopsticks(筷子).The main foods in Chinese culture are noodles and rice. Tea is a favorite drink and it is popular in the market.
Chinese New Year
people use two kinds of calendars--solar calendar and lunar calendar, but the Chinese traditional calendar is the lunar calendar. New year’s Day is in late winter. People also call it the Spring Festival. People usually sweep in the floor before New Year’s Day which means sweeps away all the old year’s bad luck.
Chinese Zodiac(生肖)
The Chinese zodiac known as Sheng Xiao, follows a twelve-year cycle(循环), each year has a name of an animal. These animal are the mouse, cow, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, cock, dog and pig. For example, the year that begins on 2019 is the Year of Pig.
Chinese Language
Chinese is a complex(复杂的) language. Chinese writing has thousands of characters(汉字).A character is a word and also a meaning. Besides Putonghua, Chinese people speak six other forms of the language, and there are many kinds of dialects(方言) too.
1.What is the Chinese traditional calendar?
A.Solar calendar B.Lunar calendar C.Chinese Zodiac D.Chinese Calendar
2.According to the passage, what id the year that begins in 2020?
A.The year of the Mouse B.The year of the Sheep
C.The year of the Monkey D.The year of the Pig
3.The passage mainly tells us about_____.
A.Chinese Zodiac B.Chinese history
C.Chinese Language D.Chinese culture
House fires often happened. So it’s necessary to learn something useful to protect(保护) family from then.The following advice will tell you how to do it.
Put a smoke alarm in your house and test it every month. Half of all house fire deaths happen between 11 pm and 7 am. With working smoke alarms, there will be less dying in a house fire.
Make sure your hearing aid(助听器),wheelchair or eyeglasses are next to your bed.Fire can spread(延伸) through a house soon. You may have as little as two minutes to escape safely.Be ready to take action at once.
Create a plan to get out of house when there is fire. 77% of families don’t have a house fire plan.That’s one of the reasons why at least one child dies and 293 children are injured(受伤)in a house fire every day.
Don’t call 119 until your are safely outside.During a fire, the first thing to do is to get out of house as fast as you can.
1.____makes less dying in a house fire .
A.A smoke alarm B.A pair of eyeglasses C.A wheelchair D.hearing aid
2.We may have only _________to run out from a house fire safely(安全的).
A.half an hour B.293 seconds C.77 minutes D.2 minutes
3.The underlined word“escape”means_______.
A.put up B.call 119 C.run away D.get ready
Experiencing China
Mike, Canada I spent three months with my host family in China. I was able to experience Chinese living and culture,from Tai Chi to Beijing Opera.I even visited a famous national Chinese medicine hospital.Now I have a better understanding of Chinese culture. |
Joanna, Australia I stayed with my host family for five months. My host mother is a Chinese teacher and she is really warm-heated.With her help,my Chinese has improved a lot. My favorite part of the experience was sharing my feeling in China with her. |
Bill, America My host mother is a wonderful cook! She makes me all kinds of traditional Chinese dishes.They are tasty and I like them very much.Just like me,my host parents love to learn about different cultures.They often ask me questions about life in America. |
Cindy, Germany Recently I took part in a program to study Chinese.I lives with a host family in China for six months.My host sister is a really hard-working student.It was great to see how she made progress(进步)in English.And we became close friends soon. |
1.Who visited a traditional Chinese medicine hospital?
A.Mike B.Joanna C.Bill D.Cindy
2.Joanna likes to ______ with the host mother best.
A.learn Chinese B.play Tai Chi C.share her feelings D.learn new cultures
3.Cindy thinks her host sister is ___ .
A.a wonderful cook B.A responsible doctor
C.A warm-hearted teacher D.A hard-working student
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.These four students are from the same country B.Bill likes to learn about different cultures
C.Cindy made great progress in Chinese D.Joanna learned to cook Chinese food in his host family
You may think that you know the world well.In fact,the world we live in is full of interesting things. Do you know the following things?
◆Chocolate tastes nice but you can’t give it to little dogs,because it can kill them and make them die.
◆We may sleep for eight hours in the night but a snail (蜗牛) may sleep for three years.
◆Our ears and noses become bigger when we grow up but eyes keep the same.
◆You may think a bear walks slowly. In fact, it can run as fast as a horse.
◆Cats won’t die if they fall off high places because they can turn themselves up the right way.
◆The largest animal on the earth is the blue whale (鲸). It weighs(重) about 80 tons (吨)—more than 24 elephants.
◆Most animals will die soon if they lose the head. But a cockroach (蟑螂) can live for nine or ten days when they have no head.
◆Most birds are good at flying.But not all birds can fly. About forty kinds of birds can’t fly.
◆The penguin can swim very well,but it never flies.And the ostrich(鸵鸟) can't fly,either..
1.If you give chocolate to little dogs,the chocolate may kill them.
2.A bear runs more slowly than a horse.
3.Without a head,a cockroach will die soon.
4.A blue whale is much heavier than an elephant.
5.When we grow,our eyes grow,too.
One day, the students of Class 6 were reading in the classroom.Mrs. Brown came in and toldthe whole class they would have to change the__________ the next week. All of the studentsdisagreed ___________Mrs. Brown, so they shouted when Mrs. Brown said it was because a new student would ____ the class.“Why must we move to another classroom just because someone new is coming?” One of them asked
________ . Mrs. Brown stood there without saying anything. After a few minutes, she told them to be___________ to their new classmate and then she left.
The following week, the head teacher, Mr.White himself brought the new student
to theirclass. ___________ he pushed the new student to the class because the student was in a wheelchair（轮椅）. Mr. White introduced the new student Jeff to the class. He said that Jeff now was a ____________ of the class and they should work together. He added, “Helping each other is very important.” __________ could fully understand what Mr. White meant at first.
Over time, they began to understand the reason. Jeff was a_______student and often helpedthe students who didn’t understand their work. The c lass felt very thankful to him. They took care of him because they knew that when someone did something for you, you should do something ___________ in return.
1.A. classmates B. lessons C. teacher D. classroom
2.A. for B. of C. with D. from
3.A. leave B. join C. help D. visit
4.A. politely B. terribly C. angrily D. happily
5.A. kind B. useful C. honest D. careful
6.A. So far B. Above all C. As usual D. In fact
7.A. hope B. member C. monitor D. symbol
8.A. Nobody B. Somebody C. Anybody D. Everybody
9.A. lucky B. funny C. clever D. strict
10.A. out B. down C. off D. back
My best friend Ally and I spare a few hours of our time every week as volunteers for Buddy Ball. We help disabled (残疾的）__________ do sports and make new friends.
So what does a buddy(伙伴) do? At the moment,I am a buddy for __________ eleven-year-old boy Tom. He is in a wheelchair and is a good basketball player, but just like any kid, he is very upset__________ he doesn’t do well in a game. He starts to cry and doesn’t want _________. Sometimes he even gives up playing. So, as his buddy, I encourage him. Now we__________ on our basketball skills together. It’s great to see his improvement and he doesn’t get upset so ___________.
Ally is a buddy for Clara, a kid with very few language skills. She also likes running away. When she is in a game.Ally learns how to work with Clara __________ to get her to join in the games . Now she loves baseball and has ___________ friends than she did before. Next week, she__________ in a team. Her parents are truly happy about Buddy Ball and they say that Clara is more confident (自信的) and sociable.
Buddy Ball is a great chance for everyone! Differences disappear(消失）. We think that we’re all just kids.And we all love sports. I love doing Buddy Ball because I know I’m doing__________for the kids!
1.A.boys B.boy C.kids D.kid
2.A.the B./ C.a D.an
3.A.if B.until C.before D.after
4.A.play B.playing C.played D.to play
5.A.worked B.are working C.will work D.works
6.A.easily B.easy C.difficult D.took
7.A.so B.and C.but D.or
8.A.many B.much C.more D.most
9.A.play B.plays C.will play D.played
10.
A.something meaning B.meaning something
C.nothing meaningful D.meaningful nothing
