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The high school years are a key period．The things we learn during this time really shape our lives．Liu Changming，principal of Beijing No.4 High School made 18 suggestions for students just starting high school on how to get the best out of high school．Here are ten of them．
1)Read 50 books．But choose them from ten different fields．
2)Help a person．Look for a classmate，an elderly person，in fact anyone who could benefit(获益)from your help．You’ll find you benefit too!
3)Research．Research a particular area，such as science，history or art．
4)Make a foreign friend．Try to befriend someone from a foreign country．It’s an ideal way to learn about a foreign country．
5)Publish(出版)an article．Whether it appears in a newspaper，your school magazine or in your own blog，an article will be something to look back on in pride in later years．
6)Take up a new sport．Choose one you’ve never played before．If you find you like it．you’ll have a hobby for life．
7)Join a club．Working hard in a club or other activities will give you a life outside your studies．
8)Find a part-time job．Try and do the job for at least a month．
9)Find a person to learn from．Choose someone with unusual experience or special talent．Try to learn all you can from him or her．
10)Learn to cook four Chinese dishes．Learning how to cook is not only a practical skill but a way of building a bridge to other people．According to the passage，by making a foreign friend you can________．
| A．learn about another culture |
| B．practice spoken English |
| C．discuss the international situation |
| D．share your happiness and sadness |
Beside learning a practical skill，another purpose of learning to cook is________．
| A．to help your parents with housework |
| B．to kill time |
| C．to have communication with others |
| D．to make friends |
Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?
| A．You should read fifty books of the same field． |
| B．Do a part-time job for less than a month． |
| C．Try to publish an article to make you famous． |
| D．You can benefit a lot by helping others． |
The principal made the suggestions in order for the students to________．
| A．make contributions to society |
| B．achieve greet progress in high school |
| C．love high school life |
| D．finish high school |
Egypt is one of the oldest civilizations （文明） in the world． It has great culture and history． Let's take a look at some wonderful places in the country．
（1）What can we know about the Arabian Desert？
A． It is the third largest desert in the world．
B． It takes up nearly one﹣quarter of Egypt's land．
C． It is located in Western Africa．
D． It is famous for its large number of camels．
（2）What does the underlined word "it" refer to in this passage？
A． Dessert
B． Egypt．
C． Valley．
D． Luxor．
（3）Which of the following places is NOT in Egypt？
A． Luxor．
B． The Valley of the Kings．
C． The Valley of the Queens．
D． Kilimanjaro．
（4） guards the Great Pyramid of Khufu．
A． The Eastern Desert
B． The Great Sphinx
C． The Nile River
D． The Arabian Desert
（5）This passage is mainly about ．
A． the history of Africa
B． famous pyramids in Egypt
C． famous places in Egypt
D． the largest country in Africa
Time flies． My summer vacation ended in the blink of an eye， but one thing is still on my mind． From July 25 to 27， I worked as a volunteer at the Wolong China Giant Panda Garden in Sichuan． I experienced the life of being a panda keeper．
My work included cleaning the pandas' home， feeding the pandas and making food for them． The panda I took care of was named Jingke． When I went to feed him， he would stretch（伸出） one of his forefeet out on a shelf that hung on the fence and wait for his food． He would quickly grab the food as soon as I brought it to him． Can you guess what would happened next？ Jingke would lie down and begin to eat． I could hear him crunching（嘎吱作响地咀嚼） on his food and see him twisting his body around like a dancer． It was really cute． This was one of the most interesting things I saw when I worked there．
When I fed Jingke， I touched his fur（毛）． Most people think that panda's fur would be soft． But actually， panda's fur is very hard． I felt like I was touching needles．I looked at his teeth， too﹣ they were sharp and big． No wonder the panda keepers told us that pandas are not only cute， but also dangerous．
I am happy to be so close to the pandas． This experience lets me know that it is no easy to be a panda keeper．
（1）What is the meaning of the underlined phrase in paragraph 1？
A．瞬息万变
B． 眨眼之间
C． 成年累月
D．一夜之间
（2）As a panda keeper， what did the writer usually do except ？
A． cleaning the pandas' home
B． feeding the pandas
C． training the pandas
D． making food for the pandas
（3）What was Jingke like when he was eating？
A． A fighter．
B．A baby．
C． A dancer．
D． A snake．
（4）According to this passage， we can know that panda's fur is ．
A． hard
B． soft
C． comfortable
D． smooth
（5）What is the best title of this passage？
A． A panda lover
B． Keeping pandas
C．The pandas in Wolong
D． My experience as a panda keeper
Paper cutting is one of the traditional folk arts in China． It is a kind of popular folk arts and has been popular for about 1， 500 years．Let's learn about paper cutting．
Wonderful meanings
Paper cutting has some wonderful meanings， In our mind， paper cuttings can always bring us happiness and good luck． At the Spring Festival， people put up "Fu "on doors or windows．At a wedding， people also put up "Xi"．
The largest paper cutting in the world
The largest paper cutting was made by Guo Xiaodong． It has an area of about 456 square meters． It is as large as a basketball court．
Why are most paper cuttings red？
In old times， people respected the sun． Red is the color of the sun． We always regardred as the symbol of hope and good luck． Now， we can still see red everywhere in China．The walls of old palaces are red． Lanterns are red． Weddings are always full of red things，too．
Black paper cutting in Shanzhou
It's true that most paper cuttings are red． But paper cuttings in Shanzhou， Henan Province are black． Black is the best color there． Shanzhou is a dry place． The local people make black paper cuttings to wish for rain．
（1）What can paper cuttings always bring us in our mind？
（2）Who made the largest paper cutting？
（3）How do the local people in Shanzhou wish for rain？
（4）请把文中划线句子翻译成汉语．
（5）请给短文拟一个恰当的标题．
Delivering a better life
By YANG FEIYUE |China Daily |Updated， 2019﹣03﹣30 10：42
A father who was disabled at work and abandoned （抛弃） by his wife brings his daughter on his takeout routes．
The 39﹣year﹣old man from Yunnan Province lost his mother when he was a teenager， He experienced a serious accident in 2012． And his wife abandoned him and their daughter three years ago．
But Li Bangyong didn' t give up．
He has managed to support himself and his girl by delivering takeout over the past two years．
Li moved to Jiaxing， Zhejiang Province to find a job but lost it after a machine crushed（压碎） his right hand．
He started delivering food with his baby last year． He put a safety chair on his e﹣bike． His girl wears a special coat to protect against sunlight and a quilt to keep warm．He works this way from 7：30 a．m． to 7 ：30 p．m． with only a 10﹣minute lunch break． He feeds his girl bread when she cries and slows down when she falls asleep． Li always carries her when he takes the food to customer' s doors， although he often has to climb many stairs．
He faces hardship but finds comfort in his work．
And many people have offered support to Li after reading his story．
（1）Who reported the news？
A． Yang Feiyue．
B．Li Bangyong．
C．Wang Zhenyu．
（2）How long does Li Bangyong usually work every day？
A．About 8 hours．
B． About 10 hours．
C． About 12 hours．
（3）Why does Li's girl walk around during a break？
A． To deliver takeout．
B． To relax her legs．
C． To protect against sunlight．
（4）Where does this passage probably come from？
A．A guide book．
B．A TV program．
C．A website
Writing is a much newer invention than talking． Nobody knows when people first began to talk， but so far as we know， they did not begin to write until seven or eight thousand years ago．
In Egypt， Mesopotamia， and China， and later in Palestine and Greece， people began to make marks and pictures with sticks and sharp stones from which others， or they themselves
later， could see what they had thought．
These early records were the beginning of writing．The first writing was picture writing．Here are some early Chinese picture words． Can you see what they represent （代表）？
Later Chinese writing is less like pictures than the earlier writing was， but we can see the pictures in some of its words． For example：
In picture writing， each picture represents a word； you need a different picture or mark for each word．
In present﹣day Chinese writing most of the marks are not pictures of anything， and a reader has to learn how the Chinese write about two thousand of these words before being able to read a newspaper．
With some of these marks you may be able to see what the idea is， For example：
The sun and the moon．明Its meanings are："bright" and" open"．
A man and two marks．仁One of the meanings is "humanity"．
（1）When did people begin to write？
A．Seven or eight hundred years ago．
B． Before people first began to talk．
C． Seven or eight thousand years ago．
（2）Which of the following is the earliest Chinese picture word？
A．
B．
C．雨
（3）What does the明in the passage mean？
A．Day and night．
B．Bright and open．
C． Humanity．
（4）What's the passage mainly about？
A． The history of Chinese writing．
B．When Chinese people began to write．
C． How the Chinese began to talk．