People all around the world drink tea. But people have very different ideas about drinking tea in different countries.
In China, for example, people always drink tea when they are getting together. They usually serve the guests with tea. The Chinese drink it at any time of the day at homes or in teahouses. They prefer their tea with nothing else in it.
Tea is also important in Japan. The Japanese have a special way of serving tea called tea ceremony(仪式). It is very old and full of meaning. Everything must be done in a special way in the ceremony. There is even a special room for it in Japanese homes.
Another tea-drinking country is England. In England, the late afternoon is “tea time”. Almost everyone has a cup of tea then. The English usually make tea in a teapot and drink it with milk and sugar. They also eat cakes, cookies and sandwiches at tea time. This is the so-called “Afternoon Tea” in Britain.
In the United States, people drink tea mostly at breakfast or after meals. Americans usually use tea bags to make their tea. Making tea with the bags is faster and easier than making tea in teapots. In summer, many Americans drink cold tea—“iced tea”. Sometimes they drink iced tea from cans, like soda.
阅读短文,判断下列句子的正(T)误(F)。The Chinese drink tea at the same time of the day.
The Japanese like to drink tea with milk and sugar in it.
In Britain, most people enjoy “Afternoon Tea”.
Americans usually make their tea with tea bags.
The passage is mainly about the history of tea.
A survey was made about what to do if there was a fire. These are some of the replies.
First name: Emily State or province: Illinois Country: USA Stay low, close to the ground and make your way outside. Then call the local emergency(急救)number from your neighbor’s house. This is the most important thing to do. Then wait for the firefighters(消防队员). |
First name: Vanessa State or province: Texas Country: USA If there was a fire and I was in the shower, the first thing I would do would be to make all my clothes really wet and put them on. Then I would break the window with something and get out. If I couldn’t do that, I would lie down and leave the water running. |
First name: Kystina State or province: Illinois Country: USA I’ve never actually been in a fire, but I know what to do. Sometimes at school we have fire drills so that we know what to do if there is a real fire. |
First name: Henry State or province: Alaska Country: USA I would do what they did in the Great Fire, even though it did not happen in the real life. It was a very exciting story. |
Emily thinks that _____ is the most important thing to do if there is a fire.
A.staying low |
B.calling the emergency number |
C.waiting for the firefighters |
D.making the clothes wet |
_______ come from the same state.
A.Vanessa and Henry | B.Emily and Kystina |
C.Emily and Henry | D.Kystina and Henry |
Kystina would know what to do because ______.
A.she was once in a real fire |
B.she has read a story about a fire |
C.she knew the emergency number |
D.she sometimes has fire drills at school |
The Great Fire was ______.
A.not a real fire |
B.the biggest fire in history |
C.a story that made people happy |
D.a story that really happened |
Which of the following things is NOT mentioned in the passage if there is a fire?
A.Making the clothes wet. |
B.Waiting for the firefighters. |
C.Putting out the fire by yourself. |
D.Breaking the window and getting out. |
Nowadays, too much carbon dioxide makes the earth warmer and warmer and causes terrible effect to human beings. To save our planet and ourselves, a new lifestyle called low-carbon life becomes popular. Low carbon means low energy and no waste. It is necessary for everybody to learn to live a low-carbon life.
To live a low-carbon life, we’d better save energy as much as possible. Turn off the lights and TV whenever they are not needed. If possible, use cold water to wash clothes or dishes. Take a short shower and try to take a cold one when the weather gets warm. Don’t do the cooking with electricity.
To live a low-carbon life, we should eat less meat. Everybody knows eating too much meat makes people fat and easy to have heart disease, but maybe you don’t know keeping animals for food produces even more carbon dioxide than all the cars in the world, and being a vegetarian (素食主义者) can help reduce one and a half tons of carbon dioxide a year. Maybe it is a little difficult, but it’s really necessary.
To live a low-carbon life, we are supposed to do less shopping. When we go shopping, we may drive a car or take other transportations (交通工具). On one hand, these machines pollute the air and waste energy. On the other hand, most of us always buy some useless things because of some advertisements. It not only waste money but also causes trouble to the earth, because making everything will produce carbon dioxide more or less.
There are many other ways to live a low-carbon life, such as recycling things, planting trees and reusing textbooks. If we can keep it a habit in our daily life, the earth will become a safer planet for us to live on.
任务一:根据短文内容,用简洁的句子或短语完成下列表格。
Advice |
How to Live a Low-Carbon Life |
Advice 1 |
﹡ 1. |
Advice 2 |
﹡ 2. |
Advice 3 |
﹡ Take a short shower and try to take a cold one when it’s warm. |
Advice 4 |
﹡ 3. |
Advice 5 |
﹡ 4. |
Advice 6 |
﹡ Be supposed to do less shopping. |
Advice 7 |
﹡ Recycle things, plant trees and reuse textbooks. |
任务二:除了文中提到的建议外,你一定还有许多自己的想法,请写一条与大家分享吧。
﹡ 5.
It is well known that everyone has his own dream as well as his own future. But do you know what future really is? I have to say that future is now. That is to say, we must treasure every minute now. If we want to have a bright future, we should know how important time is and use it well.
There is an old English saying, “Gain (得到) time, gain life.” Then what’s time? Time is something that we can’t see or touch, but we feel it passing by. Time is always with us. When we are at table, time passes; when we play, time goes by unnoticeable. We always say “Time is money”, but time is even more precious (珍贵的) than money, because when money is spent, we can make it back. But if time is gone away, it will never return. So, some of us even say time is priceless (无价的).
We should always remember: future is now. For us students, we should try our best to work hard in order to create a great future of our own. We should make the best use of every hour and be the master of today. We should do everything before us as well as possible. And never put off (推迟) what can be done today till tomorrow.
As we all know, “Time and tide wait for no man.” If you waste today, you will regret tomorrow. So from now on, work hard. Tomorrow will be better, and your future will be brighter. Remember: “No pains, no gains.” Today’s hard work is the cause of tomorrow’s harvest.
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。If we want to have a bright future, we should .
A. know the value of time and make every minute useful
B. feel time passing by
C. understand that time is always with us and we can waste itThe word “unnoticeable” means in Chinese.
A. 随意的 B. 不引人注意的 C. 慢慢的Time is more valuable than money because .
A. past time will return no more
B. time can’t be seen or touched
C. time is always with usFrom the passage, we know .
A. when money is spent, we should make it back
B. we can put off what can be done today till tomorrow
C. today’s hard work leads to tomorrow’s harvestWhat is the best title for the passage?
A. A Bright Future B. Time and Monday C. Future and Today
根据以上哈尔滨、北京、武汉、广州降水量年变化柱状图,选择最佳答案。has the most rainfall.
A. Beijing B. Wuhan C. GuangzhouThe rainfall is heavy from to , covering 80% of the year’s amount (总量).
A. April ; July B. May ; September C. July ; November amount ( 80% of the year'rom C C A BWe know from the above information.
A. the north has much more rainfall
B. Guangzhou gets the most rainfall in June
C. the south has much more rainfallBeijing gets rainfall than .
A. less ; Harbin B. far more ; Wuhan C. less ; WuhanWhich of the following is true?
A. The rainfall of Guangzhou in May is as heavy as in July.
B. The rainfall in Wuhan is about the same in May and July.
C. There is enough rain in the east, but little rain in the west.
“Do you like my dress?” She asked a lady. “My Mum made it just for me,” she said with tears in her eyes.
“Well, I think it’s very pretty, so tell me, little girl, why are you crying?”
The little girl answered in a low voice, “After Mum made me this dress, she went away. My Dad says that she’s up in heaven with grandfather.”
Finally the woman realized why she was crying. She felt very sorry for the little girl and held the child in her arms.
Just before the lady wanted to go, the girl stopping crying, walked back from the woman, and showed her a spot (点) on her dress, and said, “Right here is where my Mum kissed my dress, and here,” pointing to another spot, “and here is another kiss, and here, and here. Mum said that she had put all those kisses on my dress so that I would forget my sadness.”
The lady realized that she wasn’t just looking at a dress, no, she was looking at mother. The mother knew that she was going away. So she gave all her love to her lovely daughter and put it into the dress.
The lady no longer saw a little girl wearing a simple dress. She saw a child in her mother’s love.
根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。The little girl was crying because her mother .
A. died
B. went out with her grandfather
C. was ill The girl told the woman the spots on her dress were .
A. the strange designs
B. her sadness
C. her mother’s kissesThe little girl showed the lady .
A. how beautiful her dress was
B. how happy she was
C. how great the mother’s love was According to the passage, it’s clear that the woman was .
A. the girl’s relation
B. a careless woman
C. kind to the girlFrom the story, we learn that .
A. a mother should take her child with her
B. mother’s love is the greatest in the world
C. a girl should wear a dress made by her mother