What kind of foreign goods ( 外国货) does your family own? They might be your mom's cosmetics ( 化妆品), your dad's car and your food. That's a lot! Why do we need to buy these things? Is it because we don't have them in China? There are many reasons. We buy things from other countries. Other countries also buy things from us. We help each other.
Every year, China buys a large number of goods from other countries. We call them imported goods (进口商品). China is the world's second-largest importer. Imported goods are a big part of our lives. They changed our lives. They changed the way we eat, drink and play.
Coca-cola came to China in 1979. Some people did not like it because it tasted like Chinese medicine. But soon they accepted it and came to love it.
In 1979, Chinese people could buy Panasonic TV sets. At that time, TV was just black and white. But people liked to get together and watch it after work.
The first KFC in China opened in Beijing in 1987. It was very expensive then. People could only order chicken nuggets (鸡块), mashed potatoes (土豆泥), salad and bread.
Starbucks came to China in 1999. A cup of coffee cost about 20 yuan. From then on, more people began to enjoy drinking coffee and spend time in coffee shops.
1.Do other countries only sell things to China?
2.What changed our lives?
3.Why didn't some people like Coca-cola at first?
4.Where did the first KFC store open in China?
5.How much did a cup of Starbucks coffee cost in 1999?
People in Britain celebrate Halloween on October 31st. This isn't a holiday though. 1.Orange is related (有关于) to harvests because the end of October is the end of the harvest. Black is related to death. Pumpkin lanterns are everywhere on Halloween. People take the inside part out of pumpkins and cut eyes, mouth and a nose on one side. 2.The candlelight (烛光) creates a scary face effect. In the past people used potatoes to make lanterns, but today people use pumpkins. They are easier to cut and people can buy them in supermarkets. People use pumpkin lanterns to decorate (装饰) their homes. People of different age usually dress up on Halloween. Young children usually go trick or treat with parents or an older brother or sister. Children dress up and then visit the houses in their neighborhood asking for a "trick or treat". 3.If there is no treat, the children play a trick on the neighbor. They can play different tricks on the neighbor. 4.People think that playing tricks is unkind but luckily there is nearly always a treat. The police in some parts of Britain give out "No trick or treat, please!" posters ( 海 报 ). People can put the posters on their door if they don't want to join in.
A.The neighbor gives them sweets as a "treat".
B.They put a candle inside the pumpkin.
C.Halloween colors are orange and black.
D.Some people are not afraid of the tricks.
E.For example, they might put soap on the window.
One day, some children were at play in their playground. Someone said loudly, "The King would come to the town!" The children stopped their play and said, "The King is coming. He may look over the wall and see our playground. We must clean it up!"
The playground was sadly dirty, and there were waste paper and broken toys in the corner. But now, all the children started to clean it up. They worked hard until all was clean and tidy. They still wanted to make the playground look fine because the King liked the fine things. When they finished their work, the playground was so beautiful that the children stood and looked at it, and clapped their hands with pleasure. "Let us keep it always like this!" said the youngest one; and the others cried, "Yes! Yes!"
They waited all day for the coming of the King, but he never came; until it was sunset (日落) time, a man with dirty clothes, and a kind, tired face passed along the road, and stopped to look over the wall. The sun shone on his hair. It looked like a crown of gold.
"What a nice place!" said the man. "May I come in and rest ( 休 息 ), dear children?" The children brought him in gladly and set him on the seat. They made like a throne (宝座). "It is our playground!" They said, "We made it pretty for the King, but he did not come, and now we mean to keep it so for ourselves. Because we think pretty and clean is nicer than ugly ( 丑陋的) and dirty! Also for tired people can rest in!"
1.How was the playground when the children heard about the King's coming?
A.Beautiful. B.Dirty. C.Fine.
2.What did the children do first?
A.Cleaned up the place.
B.Made the place look fine.
C.Made a seat like a throne.
3.When did the old man come to the town?
A.In the morning. B.At midnight. C.In the late afternoon.
4.Which of the following is true?
A.The children only wanted to keep their clean playground to themselves.
B.The children felt very good about their hard work on the playground.
C.The children did not like the dirty and tired old man.
5.What did the children learn from cleaning up the playground?
A.A clean and pretty playground was not necessary.
B.A clean and pretty playground was for the King.
C.A clean and pretty playground was nice for themselves and others.
You're searching the Internet and find a website with interesting articles. Some are news stories. They are for sharing information. Others only look like news stories. They're actually advertisements ( 广 告 ). They are there to get you to buy something. How do you tell the difference between a news story and an advertisement?
My research team showed teenagers the home page of a popular digital magazine (电子杂志 ). We asked them to show us a news story and an advertisement. Most were great at finding advertisements. So where did kids find it more difficult?
Some advertisements seem to be very similar to real news stories. They have headlines. But they may also have the words sponsored information. Sponsored means "paid for", and the information is the story. "Sponsored information" is a way of saying that something is an advertisement. It means someone paid money for it to be there. Most kids in our study, even if they used the Internet often, didn't know this.
As a reader, you need to look carefully. Sometimes, the advertisements are in very small letters. The Internet is a big sea of information. To use it well, we not only have to know how to swim but also how to avoid the sharks. Learning to tell the difference between an advertisement and a news story is important to be Internet smart.
1.The news stories on a website are for_______ .
A.selling things B.sharing information C.making something fun
2.What did the research team show to the teenagers?
A.A paper magazine. B.A digital magazine. C.A news website.
3.What does the underlined part headlines probably mean in Chinese?
A.头版 B.标题 C.头条
4.The sharks in the last paragraph could mean_______ .
A.the big sharks in the sea B.the news stories C.the advertisements
5.What is the best title of the passage?
A.Find News Stories on the Internet
B.Learn to Read the Advertisements
C.Be Internet Smart
Hunan Opera Season
Place: Hunan Theatre, 168 Shaoshan Road
Time: 7:30 - 9:30
Ticket number Price of each ticket
Upstairs (楼上) Downstairs (楼下)
1 ticket ￥160 ￥200
2 - 5 tickets ￥120 ￥160
6 - 10 tickets ￥110 ￥150
Over 10 tickets ￥100 ￥140
The prices include ( 包 含 ) a bottle of water. To buy tickets, please call our office at 0731-23689888 during office hours, in English or Chinese. You can book tickets by bank cards.
1.The opera starts at________ .
A.7:30 B.8:30 C.9:30
2.If you but two tickets for seats upstairs, you need to pay________ .
A.￥120 B.￥240 C.￥320
3.Which of the following is not true?
A.If you buy a ticket, you can get a bottle of water for free.
B.You can't book a ticket in English.
C.You can pay for a ticket with your bank card
The Window of the World in Changsha, a fun park with a few exciting rides, shows all the beauty of the world in one place, from America to Asia. Many entertainment ( 娱乐的) activities show different cultures around the world. Good for a day out. It's a big park but you can ride buses to travel around. There are many kinds of restaurants in the park. The food price is acceptable.
Ticket price: ￥180
Open hours: 8:00 AM to 9:30 PM
Buses: No. 158, 127, 136, 501
Website: www.colorfulworld.com
1.The Window of the World is a .
A.window B.park C.zoo
2.You can in the Window of the World.
A.take a bus B.ride a bike C.take a taxi
