Before the 2013 Spring Festival Gala(春晚),several young people were interviewed.Here are some of their opinions.
| Student A,18,a fresher in accounting at Hebei University of Finance and Economics |
I seldom watched the CCTV gala before.I found the familiar(熟悉的)faces on the show quite boring.But in the past few years the show has featured more pop stars,making me want to watch it.This year,I’m excited to see S.H.E.and Leehom Wang. Another reason I will watch it is that I can follow what my friends are talking about on their micro blogs.People usually post comments on the show and I don’t want to be confused when they quote(引用)jokes from the show. |
| Student B,18,a fresher in law at Zhengzhou University |
Watching the CCTV gala is a habit for my family.I always enjoy the warm atmosphere when my family watch the show together after dinner. Even though the gala has been questioned in recent years for adding too many advertisements,it is still a traditional form of entertainment for most Chinese on Lunar New Year’s Eve.I think the gala reflects(反映)the improvement in Chinese people’s lives.Hopefully it will continue to do so. |
| Student C,19,a fresher in civil engineering at Wuhan University |
As a fan of the CCTV gala I am looking forward to seeing the improvements this year and hope it will feature more high-quality performances. This year my family are traveling to Sichuan during the holiday,but luckily I heard that we can watch the gala on my iPad. Although some people say the gala is already outdated,I think some programs are great and necessary.Nowadays people live under so much pressure,and we need some fun to relax. |
Why didn’t Student A like watching the CCTV gala in the past?
| A．It had too many programs. |
| B．It had too many pop stars. |
| C．It had too many advertisements. |
| D．It had too many familiar performers. |
Who does Student B watch the CCTV gala with?
| A．Her family. | B．Her friends. | C．The fans. | D．Her classmates. |
What’s Student B’s wish for the CCTV gala?
| A．Having more pop stars. |
| B．Offering more fun for people to relax. |
| C．Providing more high-quality performances. |
| D．Reflecting the improvement in Chinese people’s lives. |
What does Student C think of the CCTV gala?
| A．Necessary. | B．Exciting. | C．Outdated. | D．Boring. |
What do the three people have in common?
| A．They are all fans of the gala. |
| B．They all used to like the gala. |
| C．They are all studying at university. |
| D．They all like to watch the gala on their iPads. |
For most people, the word “fashion”means “clothes”. But people ask question, “What clothes are fashion?” And they use the adjective “fashionable” in the same way: “she was wearing a fashionable coat. ”“His shirt was really a fashionable color. ”
But of course there are fashions in many things, not only in clothes. There are fashions in holidays, in restaurants, in films and books. There are even fashions in school subjects, jobs and in languages.
Fashions change as time goes. If you look at pictures of people or things from the past, you will feel that fashions have always changed. An English house of 1750 was different from one of 1650. A fashionable man in 1780 looked very different from his grandson in 1860.Today fashions change very quickly. Some of this is natural. We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.
New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion. From this passage we know that “fashion” means ____
| A．clothes | B．nice things |
| C．most of the popular things | D．everything |
Which of the following things is fashionable today?
| A．Surfing on the Interact. |
| B．Having a family dinner on New Year' s Day. |
| C．Learning to sing songs on the radio. |
| D．Doing rooming exercises at school. |
Today fashions change very quickly because ___.
| A．People read newspapers every day |
| B．Radios send information from one country to another |
| C．New things that people like are often shown on TV |
| D．People quickly learn what is happening in the world |
“There is money in fashion”in the last sentence means
| A．clothes are expensive |
| B．fashions can help people make big money |
| C．fashionable things are all expensive |
| D．if you are in fashion, you will have money |
Which one is not right in the following statements?
| A．As time goes, fashions can be different from what they are now. |
| B．In the modem world, fashions change very quickly. |
| C．The word “fashions” doesn' t only means “clothes”. |
| D．Fashions are in many things, but there aren' t fashions in school subjects. |
As space science develops（发展）, man has learned more and more about space. Space is not only amazing but also dangerous. While working in space, spacemen are facing danger as well as success.
Scientists have found out that the radiation（辐射）is the greatest danger to spacemen in space. When spacemen are working in space, they are in danger of the radiation from the sun and other stars, which is bad for their health. The harm（伤害）of the radiation won’t be found until their children even grandchildren are born. Some special medicine may work a little, but no really effective（有效的）medicine has been found so far.
Space rubbish is also thought to be a great danger to spacemen. It’s reported that there were 9,000 man-made things flying in space. About 30% of these are satellites, 10% are spaceships, and the rest are space rubbish. An explosion（爆炸）in space in 1999 made a cloud of 300,000 fragments, each at least 4mm in size. A small piece of these even knocked a spaceship window and caused some damage（损坏）.
Scientists are watching and reporting any possible danger all the time. They are working to deal with space rubbish. Although space is really dangerous, it interests many people on the earth. In the near future, it may become possible for people to spend a few days in a space hotel. We may even choose to leave the earth and live in space in a few years. So we should do something to help improve the space environment.Most of the man-made things flying in space are____________.
| A．satellites | B．spaceships |
| C．space shuttles | D．space rubbish |
The radiation from the sun and other stars is ______ to spacemen.
| A．good | B．helpful |
| C．useful | D．harmful |
The underlined word “fragments” means “______”.
| A．碎片 | B．泡沫 | C．烟雾 | D．飞碟 |
The passage talks about _________ kinds of danger in space.
| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
Which of the following is TRUE?
| A．Scientists have found out ways to solve any problem in space. |
| B．Every one of us can have a travel to space in ten years. |
| C．The harm of the radiation may be found in the spacemen’s children. |
| D．Space is really dangerous, so it doesn’t interest anyone on the earth. |
It was another day to jump rope in gym class. Lynn and Mike turned the long rope in big, slow circles. The whole class hurried to get in line to wait for their turn to jump. Millie stood at the back of the line and frowned.
Nick went first. He watched the rope and ran in at just the right time. Everyone counted. He made it all the way to 30 jumps. One after another, the kids watched the rope, ran in, and jumped. Then it was Millie’s turn. She watched the rope go around and around, but she didn’t move. She felt like everyone was looking at her.
Millie’s friends cheered. “Go, Millie, go!”
Millie’s face turned red. At last, she gave it a try, but she failed.
The truth was that Millie had been jumping rope at home every day. With a short rope, she could jump 100 times without missing. She just didn’t know how to run in and start jumping with a long rope. Since she was the only kid on her street, there was no one to help turn the long rope.
Just then, Ms Miles, the gym teacher, brought out a bunch of short jump ropes.
"Let's see how long each one of you can jump without missing," she said as she gave each student a short rope, "Ready, set. Go!"
Millie smiled for the first time ever in gym class. As she jumped, she sang rhymes quietly to herself.
After a while, Millie realized that everyone was cheering, "Go, Millie, go!"
She was the only one still jumping rope! The surprise almost made her miss a step, but she kept going. When at last she was too tired to go on, she stopped. The whole class cheered. Everyone was looking at her and smiling. Millie smiled back! Which word is the opposite of the underlined word frowned?
| A．Sat. | B．Hid. | C．Smiled | D．Cried |
What problem did Millie have at the beginning of the story?
| A．She didn't have any friends in her class. |
| B．She felt sad because Nick made fun of her. |
| C．She didn't know the cheers that the other kids knew. |
| D．She didn't know how to start jumping with a long rope. |
Why did Millie smile for the first time in gym class?
| A．She did something well at last. |
| B．She knew the class would cheer for her. |
| C．She thought that she was going to make a friend. |
| D．She believed that she would be the winner of the contest. |
Which sentence can be put in the empty?
| A．The class decided to play baseball. |
| B．Millie was the last one still jumping rope. |
| C．Nick won the rope-jumping contest. |
| D．Millie tried to hide in the back of the line. |
How might Millie feel when she stopped jumping at last?
| A．Proud. | B．Bored. | C．Mad. | D．Silly. |
Imagine one day, the water taps(水龙头) in your house stop running. You have to buy water from shops. And still there isn’t enough for everyone. Your mother has to save the family’s shower water to do other things. Would you be able to stand that kind of life?
Probably not. But that’s what kids in Yemen are experiencing. Experts said Yemen is going to be the first country in the world to run out of water. According to a report, the capital, Sana, will run out of drinking water as early as 2025.
Because of the shortage, the government often cuts the water supply(供应). Hannan, an 18-year-old from Lahej, told Times: “In a good week we’ll have a water supply all week. But then the following week there will be water only for a day or two.”
Hannan said only rich people have enough water to use. They can buy water from the shops or from the water trucks. Private companies own the trucks. They travel around the city every day to sell water—at very high prices. “A lot of people can’t afford it,” she said.
The average (平均) person in Yemen uses 100 to 200 cubic（立方）meters of water per year. That is far below the international water poverty(贫困) line of 1,000 cubic meters.
The government is thinking of making use of seawater. But it will cost a lot and it may not happen soon enough to help the people of Yemen. _____________ is the name of the capital city of Yemen.
| A．Sana | B．Lahej |
| C．Hannan | D．Times |
A report shows that Sana will have ____________ as early as 2025.
| A．enough drinking water to use |
| B．no drinking water to use |
| C．no private companies |
| D．more water pollution |
What does the underlined word “shortage” in the third paragraph mean in Chinese?
| A．充足 | B．短缺 | C．干旱 | D．需求 |
We can infer(推断) from the passage that _____________.
| A．the poor don’t have to worry about the water supply |
| B．the 18-year-old boy is from a poor family |
| C．private companies make a lot of money |
| D．Lahej is a beautiful place |
Which of the following do you think is the best title for this passage?
| A．How to Save Water |
| B．How to Make Use of Seawater |
| C．How People Use Water Fully |
| D．Yemen is Facing Serious Water Shortage |
People in southern China like famous and expensive dish—shark fin soup, but no scientific studies have shown that shark fins are good for health. So why do they eat them? Do they realize that they’re killing a whole shark each time they enjoy a bowl of shark fin soup?
When people catch sharks, they cut off their fins and throw the shark back into the ocean. This is not only cruel, but also harmful to the environment. Without a fin, a shark can no longer swim and slowly dies. Sharks are at the top of the food chain in the ocean’s ecosystem. If their numbers drop too low, it will bring danger to all ocean life. In fact, around 70 million sharks are caught and traded in this industry every year. The numbers of some kinds of sharks have fallen by over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years. Help save the sharks!Shark fin soup is popular in northern China.
No scientific studies show that shark fins are good for health.
Without a fin, a shark can’t swim any longer and slowly dies.
In fact, around 50 million sharks are caught and traded in this industry every year.
We should help save the sharks.