阅读下面短文，并用英语回答问题（请注意每小题的词数要求）.
My family has always had family dinners，as far as I can remember. Since I was a little boy，my mother has insisted（坚持）that we attend family dinners at least once a week. Every Sunday，my mother would prepare a lot of food and bring it to my grandma’s house. We would wait for more family members to come before eating together at the table，my grandma’s dinner table.
I used to feel that was a silly little tradition. But now I find it’s fantastic to get together as a family to talk about anything and everything after a long week of school and work. Every time I sit at the dinner table，my grandma’s dinner table，I look around and find so many people who truly love me. It’s a love that feels so good. For me，dinner is not just a meal，but a chance to reconnect with each other.
I finally realize the true meaning of this tradition. It’s not about the dinners or activities. It’s about family，a group of people who care about each other. All the memories（记忆）around my grandma’s dinner table will last forever.
Now，I’m always expecting Sunday to arrive.
（1）How often do the writer’s family members get together for dinner?（不超过5个词）
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（2）What does dinner mean to the writer?（不超过10个词）
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（3）Why is “my grandma’s dinner table” mentioned several times in the text?（不超过10个词）
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阅读下面的短文，然后根据文章内容简要回答第1至5小题。
In China, many students spend much of their time on their studies, and don’t help with housework at home. As a result, they lack basic skills.
Luckily, things are changing. Last year, many schools began to teach students life skills.
Guangming Middle School in Sichuan set up some farming clubs. There students learnt to plant vegetables. “At first I thought I could only grow some vegetables here, but actually, I learnt a lot about vegetables.” said Chen Jia, a girl at the school.
In Hope Middle School, students have a special life skill class: they learn to make dumplings in different kinds of shapes. “I couldn’t make dumplings before, but now I am good at doing it. I really love my life skill class. It’s my favourite class.” said Zhang Yan, a boy at the school.
In fact, learning life skills is as important as learning Chinese and maths, because it helps us prepare for our future life. Boys and girls, do you help your parents do housework at home? If not, maybe you should get started now.
（1）When did many schools begin to teach students life skills? (no more than 2 words)
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（2）What club did Guangming Middle School set up? (no more than 3 words)
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（3）Did Chen Jia learn a lot about vegetables? (no more than 3 words)
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（4）What is Zhang Yan good at now? (no more than 2 words)
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（5）Why is learning life skills as important as learning Chinese and maths? (no more than 9 words)
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阅读下列材料，根据其内容完成阅读任务。
What’s the Silk Road? In history, it was an important international trade route（贸易路线）between China and the Mediterranean Sea（地中海）. The Silk Road began in the Western Han Dynasty and has a history of more than 2,000 years.
In the past, the road started in Chang’an（now Xi’an）and ended in Eastern Europe near the Mediterranean Sea. It was about 6,500 kilometers long and went across 1/4 of the world.
The Silk Road got its name in the 19th century because Chinese silk was famous, and traders carried it to other places along this road. Traders also carried porcelain and other things to the West. And glass, gems and food like carrots from the West came to China.
The Silk Road was very important to both China and the rest of the world. It was more than an international trade route. Lots of arts and science of other countries came to China across the Silk Road. In this way, languages and cultures influenced each other.
Today, China is trying to make the dream of the Belt and Road come true.
（1）How long was the Silk Road in the past?
（2）The Silk Road got its name because traders ____________ to other places along this road.
（3）What does the underlined word “traders” mean in Chinese?
（4）Across the Silk Road, ____________ and _____________ in both China and the rest of the world influenced each other.
（5）What is the passage mainly about?
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阅读下面短文，按要求完成下列各题。
Socrates was famous in ancient Greece for his knowledge. One day, one of his friends went up to him and said, “I’ve just heard something about your friend, do you want to know?”
“Well,” Socrates said, “Before telling me anything, I’d like you to pass a test. It’s called the triple filter (三重筛选) test.”
“Triple filter?”
“That’s right,” Socrates continued, “Before you talk to me about my friend, it is a good idea to think about what you will say. The first filter is ________. Are you sure what you are going to tell me is true?”
“In fact, I just heard about it and…” the man said.
“All right,” Socrates said, “So you don’t really know whether it’s true or not. Now let’s try the second filter—goodness. Is what you are going to tell me good?”
“No, on the contrary (相反)…” the man replied.
“Okay,” Socrates continued, “The last filter is usefulness. Is what you are going to tell me useful to me?”
“No, not really.” The man said.
“Well,” Socrates ended, “If what you want to tell me is not true, good or even useful, why tell it to me at all?”
（1）Why did the man go up to Socrates one day? (根据短文内容回答问题)
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（2）How many questions did Socrates ask the man? (根据短文内容回答问题)
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（3）According to the story, what do you think of Socrates? (根据短文内容回答问题)
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（4）根据短文内容，给下面的句子补充一个单词，使句子意思完整。
The first filter is ________.
（5）根据短文内容，完成句子。
This story teaches us ________________________________.
根据短文内容，简略回答所提出的问题。
Xian Xinghai is a very famous musician in China. He has written many great pieces of music. In his short life, he wrote nearly 300 songs and an opera.
Xian was born in Panyu, Guangzhou in 1905.Because his father died before he was born, Xian had to move from place to place with his mother. He began learning to play the violin when he was 20 years old. At first, his violin was so cheap and in a poor quality that he could not play it well. His friends laughed at him. However, Xian did not stop practicing and soon showed his talent. In 1934, he became the first Chinese student who studied in a special music school in Paris. Before he left, Xian became the school's best student and won several prizes for his talents.
The next year, be got back to China and helped fight against the Japanese army. Later, he came to Yan’an to teach music at a college. Although there were no pianos in Yan’an at that time, Xian still wrote some of his most important music there, including The Yellow River Chorus, his most famous work.
In May 1940, Xian Xinghai went to the Soviet Union (苏联) to write music for movies. Life there was so hard that he got very sick. Later he died of a lung illness on October 30, 1945, aged only 40.
Xian Xinghai is such a great man and his music will live on in people’s hearts forever.
（1）Was Xian Xinghai talented in the violin or the piano at first?
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（2）When did Xian Xinghai get back to China from Paris?
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（3）What is Xian Xinghai’s most famous work?
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（4）Why did Xian Xinghai go to the Soviet Union?
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（5）How do you like Xian Xinghai?
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在下面对话的空白处填入适当的话语（话语可以是句子、短语或词），使对话完整。
Xiao Jing: Hello? This is Xiao Jing speaking. Who is that?
Gu Hong: Oh, Xiao Jing. ____（1）____ It’s reported that China’s Shenzhou-14 has been sent up into space successfully. ____（2）____
Xiao Jing: Yes, I have. I watched it just now. Maybe the astronauts will give the Heavenly Palace Class (天宫课堂) in space for the third time.
Gu Hong: I hope so. The astronauts of the Shenzhou-13 gave the Heavenly Palace Class three months ago. It was amazing!
Xiao Jing: Really? It’s a pity that I missed it. ____（3）____
Gu Hong: It was about some interesting scientific experiments.
Xiao Jing: Oh, I love science! I can’t wait to watch the third class.
Gu Hong: Me, too. Oh, there will be a space show in the Space Museum and people can experience the life in space. Why not pay a visit there?
Xiao Jing: ____（4）____ Would you like to go with me?
Gu Hong: ____（5）____ I also want to learn something more about space. Let’s go there together.