考题猜想03 任务型阅读【期中话题猜想30篇】-2024-2025学年八年级英语下学期期中考点大串讲（冀教版）

专题03 任务型阅读【期中话题猜想30篇】 （河北省张家口市宣化区2024-2025学年八年级上学期期末英语试题）阅读下面短文，简略回答问题。 It is a sunny day in Seattle (西雅图). Some children are sitting under a tree and talking about soil (土壤). They are 9 to 12 years old and they are very happy with it. They have a question: What kind of soil do plants need to grow well? “RIIIIICH!” one girl says very loudly. They agree on what rich soil looks like and feels like—brown, soft (柔软的) and wet. This is Fruit Science Summer Camp made by the Seattle City Park. Belinda Chin works for the Seattle City Park and helps people get good food. She says they are doing this camp in the city because some people here don’t have enough space to grow food. Sometimes at the camp, they go to the kitchen in the building to make food. In the kitchen, Jones and McDowell help children make ice-cream with fruit. They mix fruit and milk together and put them in small bags. Then they put the bags inside bigger bags with ice and salt. Each kid shakes their bag until it becomes ice cream. The children feel very happy. When they finish their ice-cream, McDowell asks them what they have to do next. “Clean up!” they all say together. Belinda Chin thinks that Fruit Science Summer Camp is not just about making food and eating it, it’s also about teaching children important life skills (技能) like cooking, cleaning, and teamwork. 1．How old are these children? 2．What is rich soil like? 3．Why is the Seattle City Park doing this camp in the city? 4．How do children feel after they make ice-cream? 5．Do you think Fruit Science Summer Camp is helpful? Why or why not? 阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。 1 Electives (选修课) are always popular with students because they give the chance to learn something exciting, and they’re a welcome break from regular courses like maths and physics. Here are just a few of the exciting electives lucky teenagers can take in some of China’s middle schools. ● Self-defense A school from Chongqing The school offers a self-defense course—just for girls. Those who attend the lessons have the chance to study basic self-protection skills in a one-on-one practice. They learn how to get away and defend themselves against attacks. “I feel safer in myself now,” said Zhang Yi, 15, a girl student. ● Pottery A school from Tianjin Young artists at the school love to get their hands dirty creating beautiful pieces. Students learn how to make different kinds of clay projects. At the end, they have the skills to make their own clay bowls, cups, vases and pots. ● Horse riding A school from Beijing Equestrians (马术) can look pretty cool, can’t they? Teenagers at this school can now choose a course in riding skills. To ride a horse in the right way, a student must hold the head forward and keep his back straight. Students come away from this elective not only knowing how to ride a horse gracefully, but also physically fitter! ● Couplets A school from Nanjing How many of you can write a couplet? This old literary (文学的) form is slowly disappearing, but Chinese culture lovers at the school are trying to make it alive. For their elective, teenagers study old couplets and try to rhyme (押韵) their own lines. Many of this year’s students can’t wait for the Spring Festival, when they’ll be able to show off their new skills. 1．Maths and physics aren’t electives in middle schools of China, are they? 2．How many electives in Chinese middle schools are introduced in the article? 3．Which elective course is especially for girl students? 4．What kind of art works can students have at the end of the elective “Pottery”? 5．Which course would you like to take? Why? 2 A community is a group of people. Neighbourhoods and towns are made up of communities. People in communities do things together. What community are you a part of? Communities need helpers. A town has many community helpers. They are called service workers. Let’s see how service workers help! Police officers help the people in a community live together in peace and safety. Some police officers direct traffic. Firefighters put out fires in their communities. They save people from burning buildings. When an alarm starts ringing in the fire station, firefighters jump into their fire trucks. The trucks roar to the fire. Then the firefighters use their hoses to put out the fire. Teachers and coaches are also community workers. Your teachers help you learn. They may teach you how to read and write. Coaches help you learn how to play sports. Coaches also teach you how to play fairly. Doctors and nurses help people stay healthy. When people are sick or hurt, doctors and nurses help them feel better. Doctors and nurses may work in hospitals and clinics. Postmen work at the post office. They help their communities by taking care of mail. They carry mail to homes and the workplace. Who brings your mail? Communities are made up of people who live together and help each other. What other community workers can you name? 1．What does the passage mainly tell us? 2．What do firefighters use to put out a fire? 3．Who helps people learn how to play sports? 4．Many community workers work in special buildings. Please write at least three buildings you read about in this passage. 5．Do you know about any other kind of community worker?（至少写两种） 3 Plants: more than we thought Plants are amazing! In the past, there were some ideas that plants had feelings and could act like people. But now, new studies show that plants are unusual in their own ways. Protecting (保护) themselves One way is how plants protect themselves. For example, when worms eat them, tomato plants can make their leaves taste bad with a special juice. This can even make the worms eat each other! Corn (玉米) plants can check what worms leave behind and then use that information to call a bee to hunt the worms. Plant communication Plants can also talk to each other. They mainly use special air. There are small openings on plants that look like little fish mouths under a microscope. These openings let out air with information. When a plant has problems, like being eaten or hurt by wind, it sends a “call”. Other plants close to it can get this “call” and get ready to stay safe. Plant memory Do plants have memory? One example is the “memory of winter”. Many fruit trees need to “remember” the number of cold days in winter to blossom in spring. They remember the cold and warm days to stop flowering too early during a warm time in winter. Now, when we look at plants in a park, we can think of them as little “strangers” (陌生人) with their own “stories” going on all around. We don’t know if they feel pain (疼痛), but they sense touch or respond to being eaten, even though they don’t feel pain like we do. 1．What can tomato plants do when worms eat them? 2．What do plants mainly use to talk to each other? 3．Why do plants remember the cold and warm days in winter? 4．What’s the main idea of the passage? 5．How do you usually look after the amazing plants around us? 4 请阅读下面的非连续性文本，按要求完成所给任务，并将答案写在答题卡相应的位置上。 You see people in need in the newspaper after a natural disaster (灾难). Perhaps you’ve walked past homeless people who are living on the streets. Or maybe you’ve met stray dogs (流浪狗) and wished you could give them a home. What can you do to help these people and animals? The answer is volunteering! Volunteering means spending some of your free time, your energy or your talent helping others. People volunteer to help others in many ways. The traditional way is to give away your free time Volunteers visit homes of old people and orphans (孤儿). They read books to them and chat with them, which can warm their lonely hearts. In Shenzheu, China, school students volunteer to teach children with cerebral palsy (脑瘫). Their classes include painting and learning numbers. “Spending some time with these children makes me feel happy,” Chen Shiying, an 18-year-old volunteer from Shenzhen Middle School said. Here is a survey of 1,200 American adults. It shows that 37% of the people would like to help animals. And only 8% of the people choose to help homeless people. Which type of volunteer work would you most like to do? 1．According to the material, what does volunteering mean? 2．What do volunteers do to warm the lonely hearts of old people and orphans? 3．Why did Chen Shiying volunteer to spend his time teaching children with cerebral palsy? 4．According to the chart, how many volunteers choose to help sick children? 5．What volunteer job would you like to do? Why? 5 请根据语篇内容，回答问题。 During their six-month stay in Tianhe, the three Chinese astronauts, Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, helped with the docking (对接), setting up and testing two labs, Wentian and Mengtian. They lived and worked together at the station. Life in space is much different from life on the earth. How do astronauts live in space? Eating: In the past, astronauts could eat only small pieces of dried food. But now they are able to eat more everyday food like fruit, vegetables and ice cream. Sleeping: People in the ISS (国际空间站) have their own rooms. They have to tie (系) themselves to their beds, or they’ll fly away! That seems like a strange way to sleep, but astronauts say sleeping in space is really not too bad. Exercising: This is more important in space than on the earth. Astronauts exercise on bikes and other machines for about two hours every day. That way, they can still be healthy when they get back home. Having fun: Astronauts can read books, play cards, listen to music or send e-mails to their friends and families when they aren't working. Sometimes they just sit and look out of the window. It’s also much fun! Astronauts are hard-working whether in space or on the earth. Though the work sometimes is difficult, they are still interested in it and love the job. Many people think astronauts’ lives are very interesting and their dream jobs are to be astronauts. 1．How long did Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe stay at the space station? 2．Why should astronauts be tied to their beds? 3．How often do the astronauts exercise? 4．What do many people think of astronauts' lives? 5．What do astronauts do for fun? (list three things 列举三个) 6 A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice (威尼斯) is such a city. Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn’t built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city. Even so, travel isn’t difficult. The waterways are always the best ways to get around. There are 117 waterways and 401 bridges that can guide you where you want to go. People in Venice move from place to place by boat. They like to enjoy the scenery and cool summer nights while taking boat trips. They can talk to other people as they go along. Venice grew out of small islands in saltwater lakes when some Italians escaped (逃离) from a war more than 1,500 years ago, and built homes there. Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is the rising seawater. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is underwater. Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower. 1．Where is Venice? 2．How many bridges are there in Venice? 3．What do people like to do while taking boat trips? 4．When did Italians escape from a war? 5．Why is Venice getting lower and lower? 7 A recent study on humans suggests clear Western high-fat, high-sugar “junk food” can quickly break your brain’s appetite (胃口) control. The researchers let the young enjoy the delicious cookies, tasty ice-creams and similarly rich foods for a week long. They did the research in Australia. They found young and healthy volunteers scored worse on memory tests. At the same time, they also had a greater wish for junk food. The findings suggest something is wrong in the hippocampus (海马体). What is hippocampus? It is an area of the brain. It can help memory and control appetite. When we are full, the hippocampus is thought to make our memories of delicious food less active, cutting down our appetite. When there is something wrong in this area, this control can be badly broken. Over the years, further research on the mice has found the role of the hippocampus is easily affected by “junk food”. But this has only recently been found in young and healthy humans. In 2017, after a week of Western-style breakfasts, researchers found volunteers performed worse on learning and memory tests. They clearly depend on the hippocampus. Now, in this latest study the team has found that not only do such high-fat, high-sugar foods impair (损害) memory in humans, they also appear to directly affect our ability to control our appetite. 根据短文内容回答问题。 1．How did the young men behave after eating junk food for a week? 2．What role does “hippocampus” play in our body? 3．What is “hippocampus” ? 4．What can affect our ability to control our appetite according to the passage? 5．Do you like Western high-fat, high-sugar food? Why or Why not (Within 15 words)? 8 The Sport of Concentration Every day, it seems, a new gadget (设备) promises to help me run farther and faster, sleep better, or monitor my heart rate more effectively. These gadgets claim they’ll make me a “better me,” or so the story goes. Some of them might actually help, but a few months ago, I decided to sell all my sports gadgets. I now record my running times with just a pen and a notepad. Soon after, I started training for a marathon the old-fashioned way—without a device on my wrist tracking my pace or heart rate. To my surprise, running without all that information turned out to be a real joy. In the past, whenever my smartwatch told me I was running slower than I “should,” I’d force myself to speed up, even if it was clear that my body didn’t want to. But this time, I ran the way I wanted to. On several occasions, I was surprised to see real breakthroughs (突破) in my running times when I checked my notepad after workouts. If I had seen those numbers during the run, I might have slowed down. But since I didn’t know, I just kept running. Another positive thing about getting rid of all my running gadgets is that it’s helping me concentrate (集中注意力) more on the running itself. Since I no longer feel like I need technology to run well, I can go out and run without worrying about battery life. So, what’s the lesson here? Well, we could very easily replace the example of running with writing, studying, or anything else. No matter what it is, the more we worry about improving, the more it hurts our performance. Should you stop using technology to “improve” your performance? Of course, that’s up to you. However, if I were asked that question, I’d certainly say that I’m better off without it. 1．When did the writer decide to sell all of the sports gadgets? 2．How does the writer record running times now? 3．What is another positive thing about not using running gadgets anymore? 4．What does the writer learn from the example of running? 5．What do you think of sports gadgets? Why do you think so? (give at least 2 reasons) 9 Asking people to a party is an art. You must think about what kind of party you’re going to have first. If it is a small party, you can just give a call to your friends to invite them to the party. You can even e-mail them or just leave a message for them. Now, calling someone is an art, too. First, give a call to your friends, and then begin the talk by asking them about their life and family. Then ask them about their schedules (日程表) on the day of the party. If they say they are free, you can ask them to the party directly (直接地). If they are not free, then ask him to try to find time for your party. If you’re going to have a big party, and need to ask lots of people to your party, you must decide how many people you want at your party. Then you can write a list of them and send them beautiful invitation cards, because you may not have so much time to give them a call each. You must send the cards a few days before the party so that they can have enough time to prepare for it. 1．The ways that you can use to invite friends if you’re having a small party. (列举两项，10个词以内) 2．How do you begin the talk when you give a call to your friends? 3．What can you send to your friends if you have a big party? 4．What time should you send invitation cards? 5．What does the passage mainly talk about? 10 While it’s not easy to talk about sadness with kids, at some point, we all need to talk about it—whether it’s about the loss (损失、去世) of a family member, friend, or pet. So how can you support your children during difficult times? Here are some tips for you. Hope they’ll be helpful. Encourage (鼓励) Your Children to Share Their Feelings with You Listen, comfort, and tell your children that they are loved and have your full support. Think carefully when they ask you questions. You should be truthful (诚实的) and calm when answering their questions. Remember to see how they’re doing and feeling. Offer a Creative (创造性的) Way to Show Sadness Your children can show those sad feelings by drawing, writing, or making a memory box to remind (提醒) themselves to ask their loved ones for help. Such creative works can remind you how important that loved one is in your family’s life. Read Stories That Lead to Talks Reading children’s books is the best way to help them cheer up. Two new books which can be added to your family bookshelves are Calling the Wind and Where Did Poppy Go? Also, you can ask your local children’s bookstore for more advice. Ask for Help When You and Your Children Need It It takes a lot of caring people to support families in great sadness. Also, there are such kinds of groups and organizations. You and your children are not alone. There are lots of kindnesses around the world. 1．What is important for parents when answering children’s questions? 2．How can kids show their sad feelings to remind themselves to ask their loved ones for help? 3．What’s the best way to help children cheer up? 4．What can families in great sadness do? 5．Suppose (假若) you are a father, or a mother, what will you do when your kids meet some problems? (自拟一句话作答) 11 Rice is life. Rice is at the heart of human civilization (文明). It supports industry, inspires culture and feeds more than half of the world’s population. But the world is still struggling with hunger. The demand for food is far from enough. As the world’s population is about to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, we need to produce 60 percent more food with less land. That is not easy. We need more rice and better rice. Let’s have a look at what rice is made of. Normally, rice’s flower contains both female and male organs (蕊). That allows it to pollinate itself without the help of bees. Now, imagine there are two types of rice. Rice A is known for high yields (产量). Rice B can fight against stress of weather. Our goal is to create a super Rice C that contains the good advantage of both A and B．That means we need crossbreeding (杂交繁育).   Now we have a hybrid with the high yield quality from A and resistant to stress of weather from B．So the key is to find this kind of rice. In 1970, Chinese scientist Yuan Longping and his team found “the magic plant”. Three years later, Yuan produced the world’s first hybrid rice-Nan You No. 2. With yields 20 percent above conventional varieties, his creation can feed over 70 million people each year. Today, hybrid rice is planted in more than half of total rice-growing area in China. It allows the country to feed a quarter of the world’s population with 7 percent of the arable (可开垦的) land. Yuan was later given the title of the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. And the influence of his technology goes beyond the national border. Now, hybrid rice is grown in Asia, America and Africa, even in sand and seashores. In this case, hybrid rice has served China well and it can also feed a better world. 1．How did rice affect the human civilization? 2．What’s the advantage of the super Rice C? 3．When did Yuan produce the world’s first hybrid rice-Nan You No. 2? 4．Why do we say Yuan’s technology goes beyond the national border? 5．What can we learn from the passage? (请自拟一句话作答) 12 Have you ever tasted Guobaorou? It’s a famous dish from Northeast China with a history of over 100 years. During the Qing Dynasty, a cook named Zheng Xingwen made it for foreign guests (客人). To make sure the guests enjoyed the dish, he changed a salty pork dish into a sweet-and-sour one. The guests liked it very much. The new dish later became known as Guobaorou. To make this dish, we need to cut the pork into thin pieces and put them in a special sauce (酱汁). Then, cover them with batter and fry (炸) them until they are golden. Finally, cook them with other ingredients and a sweet-and-sour sauce. The dish finally tastes sweet, sour and crisp (酥脆的). This summer, there was a big event: the World Guobaorou Competition. More than 280 cooks joined the competition in Jilin City. In the first round, they had to make the dish in the traditional way. In the second round, they used new ideas to change the taste. For example, some cooks added curry (咖哩) to it. In the end, five cooks from Northeast China won the top prizes. Each of them got a prize—a pig! Guobaorou is not only delicious but also shows the creativity of Chinese food. 1．How long is the history of Guobaorou? 2．Why did Zheng Xingwen change the salty pork dish into a sweet-and-sour one? 3．According to Paragraph 2, how does the dish taste when it’s finished? 4．In the first round of the competition, what did the cooks have to do? 5．Why did the five cooks win the first prizes in the end? 13 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 Some people think only school children do not agree with their parents. However, it is not true. Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages. If it’s hard for you to communicate with your parents, don’t worry about it. Here is some advice for you to bridge the generation gap (代沟). Don’t argue with your parents. Don’t get to your parents when you are angry. Your parents probably won’t consider your ideas if you are shouting at them. And you can’t express yourself well if you are angry. Go to some places to cool off (冷静下来). Make sure you understand why you are unhappy. Then think about what you want to say to your parents. If you don’t think you can speak to them in a good way at the moment, try writing a letter. Try to reach a compromise (和解). Perhaps you and your parents disagree on something. You can keep your disagreement and try your best to accept each other. Michael’s mother didn’t agree with him about buying a motorcycle. They argued over it. But they finally came to a compromise. Michael bought the motorcycle, but only drove it on certain days. Of course, your parents might refuse to compromise on something. In these situations, it is especially important to show love and respect to them. Showing respect will keep your relationship strong. Talk about your values (价值观). The values of your parents are probably different from those of your own. Tell your parents what you care about, and why. Understanding your values might help them see your purposes (目的) in life. A good relationship with your parents can make you a better and happier person. It is worth having a try! 1．Is communication a problem only for school children and their parents? 2．How many pieces of advice does the writer give us to bridge the generation gap? 3．What can we do if we can’t speak to our parents in a good way? 4．What compromise did Michael and his parents finally come to? 5．Why should we tell our parents what we care about? 14 阅读下面短文，完成短文后的问题。 In Canada and the United States, people enjoy entertaining (请客) at home. They often invite friends over for a meal, a party, or just for a coffee and conversation. Here are the kinds of things people say when they invite someone to their home: “Would you like to come over for dinner Saturday night?” “Hey, we’re having a party on Friday. Can you come?” To reply to an invitation, you can say thank you and accept, like “Thanks, I’d love to. What time would you like me to come?” Or you can say you’re sorry, and give an excuse, like “Oh, sorry, I’ve tickets for a movie.” Sometimes, however, people use expressions (表达方式) that sound like invitations but which are not real invitations. For example: “Please come over for a drink sometime.” “Why not get together for a party sometime?” “Why don’t you come over and see us sometime soon?” They are really just polite (礼貌) ways of ending a conversation. They are not real invitations because they don’t make a specific (确定的) time or date. They just show that the person is trying to be friendly. To reply to expressions like these, people just say “Sure, that would be great!” or “OK, yes, thanks.” So next time when you hear what sounds like an invitation, listen carefully: Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly? 1．Where do people in Canada and the United states enjoy entertaining? 2．How should you reply to a real invitation if you want to accept it? 3．Why does the writer say some invitations aren’t real invitations? 4．Is it a real invitation when someone says “I’ve two tickets here. Let’s go to the cinema.”? 5．How will you reply the invitations that are not real? 15 Nowadays, some students don’t help their parents do housework at home. Some parents love their children too much, so they don’t let them work at home. In the past, their parents thought they were too young to know how to do the housework. Now they think that kids these days already have enough stress from school and expect them to do well in their lessons only. However, I think students should help their parents do housework at home. First, to do some housework can keep them healthy and strong. Some hard housework can be regarded as a kind of physical exercise. Next, it can help them understand their parents better. Sharing housework can make the children have a good relationship with their parents. The last and the most important, it can help them cultivate (培养) their ability to live. After all, they will leave home when they grow up. 1．What don’t some students help their parents do at home? 2．What can some hard housework be regarded as? 3．What do sharing housework can make the children have with their parents? 4．How many benefits (益处) of doing housework at home does the writer mention (提及)? 5．Do you like doing housework? Why? 16 阅读下面短文，简略回答问题。 A study shows that people may remember math better if they learn it before bedtime. People usually think it’s better to study in the morning, but scientists in the UK said that a good night’s sleep helps remember things. The study asked 184 adults to learn math problems by heart. The scientists wanted to find how quickly each adult could remember the answers. These adults first had to learn the answers before bed, between 8 pm and 10:45 pm, and they had a test the next morning. A week later, the scientists asked them to learn answers when they woke up, between 7:30 am and 10 am. The scientists tested them at the end of the day. In both tests, the adults had about 10 hours between learning the problems and taking the tests. The people who learned math problems before bed remembered them better, scoring (得分) 20.7 out of 28. The morning learners scored 18.5. We all know that sleep can help remember things better, but most studies focus (聚焦) on how well people learn words. This study shows that the mind also helps remember numbers when we’re asleep. 1．When does the study show people may remember math better? 2．Why did the scientists ask those adults to learn math problems by heart? 3．How many hours did the adults have between learning the problems and taking the tests? 4．What does the study show? 5．What do you think of the study? Why do you think so? 17 Do you know magpies? Magpies are as much an important part of Beijing as the Palace Museum and Beijing Duck. But how much do you know about this type of birds? In the Chinese culture, magpies are also called xique, which means “bird of happiness”. People believe that seeing magpies can bring them good luck. The birds even have a special job in the Chinese story of the Qixi Festival. It’s said that magpies would form the bridge in the sky for Niulang and Zhinyu so that they got to get together once a year. As a result, magpies stand for true love and happiness too. Magpies have black and white feathers with slightly blue tails. With their special “chachacha” sounds from early morning till night, it is not difficult for birdwatchers to notice them. You can always see them chatting on the roof or in the branches (树枝). Magpies have some very interesting living habits. They always live around humans, because they mainly live on the food we throw away. In winter, many magpies turn to a more plant-rich diet. Their diet includes around 60% vegetables. Sometimes they may look for food on the ground but not eat it right away. Instead, they will save the food for the future. Even more surprising, they will stay around the dead birds and make sad sounds. It is just like they are holding a funeral (葬礼). All these unbelievable things lead some people to believe that magpies may be the cleverest of all birds. Well, Beijing’s noisiest bird is also one of its smartest ones. Maybe these little birds can really bring a little luck too. 1．What does the magpie’s Chinese name mean in the article? 2．How do magpies look? 3．What do magpies live mainly on in winter? 4．What will magpies do for their dead friends? 5．What other animals can bring good luck in Chinese culture? Give an example. 18 Do you think that French fries are really French? French fries are called “pommes frites” in France and they are not from France. French fries come from Belgium (比利时) originally (起初). French fries are made of potatoes; and they are cut and fried. The fried potatoes are called French fries because they were firstseen by Americans in Belgium, but they were fried in the French way. The rench way is to fry potatoes twice with a small pause in the middle. During World War I, there were a lot of hungry American soldiers in Northern France and Belgium. They ate French fries in Belgium. After the war was over, the soldiers went back home to America. However, they missed French fries so much that they made French fries at home. That’s how French fries were first introduced to America. French fries were called Belgian fries once, but the name was finally changed to French fries. Sometimes French fries are just fries. French fries are one of the most popular potato foods in America. American fast food restaurants such as McDonald’s and Burger King have French fries on their menus. French fries are freshly fried, and usually served with hamburgers. If you visit any fast food restaurant in America and order a hamburger, you’ll probably hear “You want fries with that?” Why don’t you think about the history of French fries a little while, and say “Yes, please. Thank you.” 1．What are French fries made of? 2．Where do French fries originally come from? 3．Why are the fried potatoes called French fries? 4．Who first introduced French fries to America? 5．What does the underlined word “that” refer to? 19 Black Myth: Wukong (黑神话:悟空) is a Chinese video game. It came out on 20th August, 2024. When many players of Black Myth: Wukong happily made their ways through the game, they are getting more and more interested in the stories of Sun Wukong. The idea of Black Myth: Wukong comes from the Chinese novel Journey to the West (《西游记》) . The video of game is much like the stories of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, in the novel. With millions of the games are sold, both in China and the West, more and more people want to buy the book to know more about Sun Wukong. We got information from eBay in the UK, the US, Canada and Australia. In the 22 days after the game came out, eBay sold about 122 books. It had 31% more sales over 22 days than it did in the past three months. This success is not the only one. From the 2010s, popular books like The Three-Body Problem, The Wandering Earth, and 30,000 Miles from Chang’an all helped bring Chinese culture to the world. These successes show not only the improvement of China but also the confidence (自信) in its culture. 1．When did Black Myth: Wukong come out? 2．Why do more and more people want to buy the book Journey to the West? 3．How many books are mentioned (提到) in the passage? 4．Is Black Myth: Wukong the only success in history? 5．What do you think of Black Myth: Wukong? 20 Many people enjoy a cup of coffee at a coffee shop, but few people know the story of coffee and how people produce it. Research shows that 30% of the people in the world are coffee drinkers. They enjoy drinking coffee for its rich smell and taste. Many coffee trees grow in eastern Africa. People first grew coffee in the 15th century. Back then, most coffee came from the country Yemen. Before long, it was the most popular all over the Middle East. In the 17th century, people brought it to Europe and Europeans started bringing coffee to other parts of the world. In the 20th century, most of the world’s production came from Central and South America. Today, Brazil is the largest producer of coffee in the world. Most people know what a coffee bean (豆) looks like, but what about the plant? Coffee trees can grow up to 9 meters high. These trees have dark green leaves. The plant produces a fruit that is called a coffee cherry. When the coffee cherries are ready to pick, they are bright and red. Inside the fruits are the green coffee beans. People roast them and make them into delicious drinks. 1．How many people drink coffee in the world now? 2．When did people start to grow coffee? 3．Who brought coffee to other parts of the world? 4．Which country produces the most coffee now? 5．How high can a coffee tree be? 21 When you want your friends to go to your party, you’d better make invitations. This is a good way to show your respect. Here are some ways of inviting friends to your party. In-person (当面的) Invitation An in-person invitation can let you talk to your friends about the party and know their interests. But when you talk to your friends, you may forget some important information. So you’d better prepare a paper invitation for them, too. Mailed Invitation The most traditional way to invite your friends is to mail invitations. You need to write down all the information about the party, such as the time, the place, clothes to wear, things to bring, your phone number and so on. Phone Call If you want to save time, you can just make a phone call. In this way, you can tell them more about your party. And you can hear if they are interested in the party. Online Invitation You can also invite friends to a party through the Internet. You can buy some online invitations, put pictures and videos in the online invitations and then e-mail them to your friends. 1．What should you do if you want your friends to go to your birthday party? 2．Why should you prepare a paper invitation when you make an in-person invitation? 3．What is the most traditional way to invite friends? 4．Which way can you choose if you don’t have much time? 5．If you have a party, how will you invite your friends? Why? 22 Great news! Pandas are no longer in danger. They are on the road of recovery (恢复). Back in the 1980s, there were as few as 1,114 pandas in China. But the most recent survey in 2014 showed that there were over 1,864 pandas live in the wild. Since 1981, the Chinese government has been working with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to save the world’s most famous bears and their homes. They set up nature parks which help protect nearly 1,300 wild pandas by giving them space to live and bamboo to eat. But the bamboo forests are getting smaller, so pandas are still losing their homes. The WWF warned that climate (气候) change could also destroy (毁掉) more than 35% of the animals’ homes, so there won’t enough places to live for them in the next years. The future for pandas in the long term is not yet clear. But one thing is for sure: we must do more efforts (努力) to protect our lovely pandas. 1．What is the great news? 2．How many pandas are living in the wild? 3．What did Chinese government do to protect pandas? 4．Is climate (气候) change good or bad for animals? 5．As a student, what can we do to protect animals in danger? 23 Every city has a weather station. The workers need to collect weather data (数据). Then they make a report about the weather. The weather changes a lot, so it’s difficult for them to get the data. Sometimes they have to walk in the wind and snow. Here is a chart (图表) about the 2024 weather data in a northern city in China. Weather Days More than 155 days More than 125 days About 62 days About 12 days About 10 days Then why do the workers have to collect weather data? ★To help visitors Weather data is very useful to visitors. They can know about the weather in the places they want to visit before they get there, so they can get fully prepared. ★To help people in daily life With the help of weather data, people can know what to wear on that day. For example, if the weather report says “tomorrow the temperature will drop below zero, to-10℃”, you’ll put on your down jackets before going out for work or school. ★ 4 Many animals live in the mountains or on the farm. Bad weather can sometimes bring them danger. So weather data is useful for helping animals. Also, weather data can help fishermen decide to sail out or not. So it is really important to us. We should say thanks to the workers. 1．Why is it difficult for workers to collect weather data? 2．In the chart, how many rainy days were there? 3．How can weather data help people in their daily lives? 4．What is the subtitle (小标题) for paragraph 6? 5．How many reasons for collecting weather data are mentioned in the passage? 24 According to a study in 2018, the food that people wasted in restaurants in 2015 was between 1.7 billion and 1.8 billion tons (吨). This is almost the food for 30 million to 50 million people a year. Meituan and some other companies have called on restaurants to stop food waste and help develop new eating habits for customers. “Restaurants should encourage food-saving actions on the Internet,” Meituan said. Meituan and other companies have asked restaurants to offer guidance for customers, including asking them to think about the taste, sizes and other information about the dishes before ordering, to help them avoid food waste. Catering associations (餐饮协会) in more than 18 provinces also joined in the activity to avoid food waste. The China Cuisine Association said that it had teamed up with Eleme to begin a “half-dish plan”, encouraging restaurants to provide customers with the choice to order smaller dishes of food. The Wuhan Catering Association began an “N-1” ordering rule for restaurants. For example, a group of 10 people would only order enough for nine people. To stop food waste on social media platforms (社交媒体), popular Chinese video platforms such as Douyin and Kuaishou have become more serious with programmes about food. Now if users search certain keywords, such as “eating show”, a message will be sent to the users to advise them not to waste food and eat healthily. 1．How much food do people waste in restaurants in 2015? 2．What have Meituan and some other companies called on restaurants to do? 3．Why have Meituan and other companies asked restaurants to offer guidance for customers? 4．What plan did the China Cuisine Association and Eleme begin? 5．Which association began the “N-1” ordering rule? 25 Travel used to be about sightseeing, but now it is about experiences. Nowadays, there are a lot of new ways to travel. They can bring people special experiences. “Military-style (特种兵式) travel” is one of the most popular travel ways among Chinese college students. They spend a little money traveling to as many places as they can, without having enough rest or sleep. For example, a young man called Nan Duoduo climbed the five most famous mountains in China within only five days. “Reverse (反向的) travel” is a new fashion among young Chinese travelers. “Man moves 1 meter every 10 minutes on Huangshan Mountain” became a hot topic on the Internet during this year’s National Day holiday. More and more people don’t want to go to those famous places on holiday because they are too crowded. They like to spend their free time in less popular places to make themselves relaxed. “Seal (印章)-collecting travel” means tourists collect seals while traveling. It’s really special and meaningful. People usually collect seals from places of interest, shops, and other places. Every time you open your collection, it brings back beautiful moments. Winter vacation is coming soon. Do you have any travel plans? Choose your favourite way to travel with your family! 1．How many new ways of travel are there in the passage? 2．Does “Military-style travel” cost much money? 3．What place will tourists choose when they want to try “Reverse travel”? 4．Which way of travel is the best for Yaoyao if she likes seals very much? 5．Which way of travel do you like best in the passage? Why? 26 Dumplings are a kind of traditional Chinese food with a history of more than 1,800 years. They are also delicious food on Chinese New Year’s Eve. They are really popular in China, especially in the north of China. Dumplings usually look like Chinese silver ingots (银元宝). Chinese people like to eat dumplings. There are some interesting ideas about them. For example, the more dumplings you eat during the Spring Festival, the more money you can make in the new year. Dumplings have different tastes because of their different fillings. There are many different kinds of fillings. Some popular fillings are meat and vegetables. Different people like to eat dumplings with different fillings.Do you know how to make dumplings? Almost all Chinese people can make dumplings. They find it very easy to make dumplings. Here is a recipe for making dumplings. * First, mix the flour into the dough (面团). * Second, make the dough into round wrappers (面皮) with a rolling pin (擀面杖). * Third, fill the wrappers with fillings. * Fourth, pinch (捏) the wrappers together. * Finally, cook them in the hot water. 1．Where are dumplings especially popular in China? 2．What do dumplings usually look like? 3．Why do dumplings have different tastes? 4．How many steps are there to make dumplings according to the passage? 5．Do you like making dumplings? Why or why not? 27 When you think of winter, which word comes to your mind? Cold? Dark? Snow? Ice? When the weather turns terrible, we can stay in warm houses and enjoy nice food, but wild animals may not have this fun. So how do animals spend the long cold winter months? Some animals make journeys to warmer places once a year. We call this migration. They sometimes travel thousands of miles by land, air, or sea to reach their winter home. Small monarch butterflies travel from all over the country to spend their winters in Mexico. Caribous (北美驯鹿) have one of the longest land migrations, travelling over 2,000 miles! But not all migrations are as long as the examples. Some birds make shorter migrations from high mountains to lower lands to find better places with less snow and more food. This type of migration is about changes in height. If winter makes you want to sleep, you’re not alone. Some animals hibernate for part or all of the winter. This is a special, very deep sleep. There are a few different types of hibernation. For example, a bear will eat a lot of food to build up fat reserves. During hibernation, its body temperature drops, and its heart beats more slowly. A bear’s heartbeat may drop from around 55 beats per minute to just 9 beats. The bear can sleep for months without eating or drinking, using its fat for energy. Instead of going to warmer places or sleeping through the winter, some animals spend the winter by changing bodies with seasons. Some animals may grow a thicker and warmer winter coat. Some other animals change the colour of their fur. For example, the snowshoe rabbits are usually brown in summer, but they change the colour of their fur into the colour of snow in winter for better hiding. What about you? Will your mind, body or action change in the wintertime? Do you go to a warmer place for holiday or just stay at your comfortable home? Or maybe you really enjoy taking part in some outdoor activities in winter. No matter how you like to spend the winter, spring is just around the corner. 1．How far do caribous travel to spend the winter? 2．Why do some birds migrate to lower lands? 3．When a bear hibernates, what changes happen to its body? 4．What colours are snowshoe rabbits in different seasons? 5．Will you spend winter staying at home or going outside to have fun? Why? (此题不限制词数) 28 Self-awareness (自我认识) means having the ability to see ourselves clearly. If you’re self-aware, you may know that you love playing an instrument because you do well in it, and music makes you happy, or that you prefer watching TV on your own because it helps you relax. Knowing what you like and dislike, what you do well in and what you find difficult allows you to make better decisions about friendships, schoolwork and so on. Learning to trust your own feelings helps you build confidence. The World Health Organization says self-awareness is one of ten important life skills that help people to be happier and healthier. Being self-aware doesn’t mean only thinking of yourself. By understanding your own feelings, you will better understand other people, too. How do you learn to be self-aware? It’s a good way to ask questions. But ask yourself questions that start with “What” instead of “Why”. So if you don’t understand why you keep arguing with a friend, ask yourself what you disagree on instead of why you’re arguing. Learning to be more self-aware is a skill, which means you learn it as you grow. So be brave and try out new things, like playing a new sport or listening to different kinds of music. Don’t be afraid to dislike something. Discovering what you find difficult is a key part of learning more about yourself. 1．What does self-awareness mean? . 2．What are the advantages (益处) of being self-aware? (写出至少两点) . 3．What kind of questions should you ask when you learn to be self-aware? . 4．What’s one of the key parts of learning more about yourself? . 5．Do you think self-awareness is an important life skill? Why or why not? . 29 Why should you set goals? Setting goals is really important because it helps us shape our lives and guide us towards what we want. Goals are like a map, showing us the way to reach our goals. They turn our lives from something happening to us into something we control. Successful people know what they want in the life and set goals to make it happen. The goals can tell them where to go and how to get there. With the goals, it’s easier to face the challenges in the life because they know where they’re going. Imagine two drivers on a trip. The wise driver knows exactly where he is going. He can drive straight there and make right decisions along the way. The stupid driver doesn’t know where they’re going. He starts from the same place but drives around aimlessly. Which driver would you like to be? People who win in the life understand the power of setting and working towards goals. They know that success isn’t just lucky, it comes from hard work and clear goals. People who aren’t successful often let go of their life. Setting goals isn’t as hard as it sounds. The key is to find out what’s important to us. Studies show that writing down our goals makes them much nearer to reach. Writing down our goals often helps us remember them and gives us courage to work towards our goals. 1．Why are goals like a map? 2．Which driver has no clear goal? 3．What do unsuccessful people often do? 4．How can you make the goals much nearer to reach in the text? 5．If you need to set a goal in study, what will it be? 30 If you have to describe yourself to someone else, what will you say? It can be difficult to see yourself from the outside, but being self-aware (有自我认知) can help you understand feelings and make friendships closer. Self-awareness means having a good understanding of our own character (特点). If you’re self-aware, you may know that you love playing an instrument because you do well in it, and music makes you happy, or that you like watching TV on your own because it helps you relax. Knowing what you like and dislike, what you are good or bad at helps you make better decisions about friendships and schoolwork. Being self-aware doesn’t mean only thinking of yourself. Because by understanding your own feelings, you will better understand other people. How do you learn to be self-aware? It is a good way to ask questions. Ask questions that start with “what” instead of (代替) “why”. For example, if you don’t understand why you keep arguing with a friend, ask yourself what you disagree on instead of why you’re arguing. Learning to be more self-aware is a skill (技巧). You learn it as you grow. So try out new things, like playing a new sport or listening to different kinds of music. Don’t be afraid to dislike something—finding out what you don’t like is also a key part of learning more about yourself. 1．What can help you understand feelings and make friendships closer? 2．What does self-awareness mean? 3．Being self-aware doesn’t mean only thinking of yourself. Why? 4．How to ask questions to be self-aware? 5．What is also a key part of learning more about yourself? / 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$ 专题03 任务型阅读【期中话题猜想30篇】 （河北省张家口市宣化区2024-2025学年八年级上学期期末英语试题）阅读下面短文，简略回答问题。 It is a sunny day in Seattle (西雅图). Some children are sitting under a tree and talking about soil (土壤). They are 9 to 12 years old and they are very happy with it. They have a question: What kind of soil do plants need to grow well? “RIIIIICH!” one girl says very loudly. They agree on what rich soil looks like and feels like—brown, soft (柔软的) and wet. This is Fruit Science Summer Camp made by the Seattle City Park. Belinda Chin works for the Seattle City Park and helps people get good food. She says they are doing this camp in the city because some people here don’t have enough space to grow food. Sometimes at the camp, they go to the kitchen in the building to make food. In the kitchen, Jones and McDowell help children make ice-cream with fruit. They mix fruit and milk together and put them in small bags. Then they put the bags inside bigger bags with ice and salt. Each kid shakes their bag until it becomes ice cream. The children feel very happy. When they finish their ice-cream, McDowell asks them what they have to do next. “Clean up!” they all say together. Belinda Chin thinks that Fruit Science Summer Camp is not just about making food and eating it, it’s also about teaching children important life skills (技能) like cooking, cleaning, and teamwork. 1．How old are these children? 2．What is rich soil like? 3．Why is the Seattle City Park doing this camp in the city? 4．How do children feel after they make ice-cream? 5．Do you think Fruit Science Summer Camp is helpful? Why or why not? 【答案】1．They are 9 to 12 years old. 2．It is brown, soft and wet. 3．Because some people here don’t have enough space to grow food. 4．Very happy. 5．Yes. Because it can teach children important life skills. 【解析】本文主要讲述了西雅图市公园举办的水果科学夏令营活动，孩子们在活动中学习了关于土壤和食物的知识，制作了冰淇淋，并培养了烹饪、清洁和团队合作等重要生活技能。 1．根据第一段“They are 9 to 12 years old”可知，他们是9到12岁，故填They are 9 to 12 years old. 2．根据第四段“They agree on what rich soil looks like and feels like—brown, soft (柔软的) and wet.”可知，肥沃的土壤是棕色、柔软和湿润的。故填It is brown, soft and wet. 3．根据第四段“She says they are doing this camp in the city because some people here don’t have enough space to grow food”可知，举办该夏令营是因为有些人没有足够的空间种植食物。故填Because some people here don’t have enough space to grow food. 4．根据第五段“The children feel very happy”可知，孩子们制作完冰淇淋后感觉非常开心。故填Very happy. 5．根据最后一段“Belinda Chin thinks that Fruit Science Summer Camp is not just about making food and eating it, it’s also about teaching children important life skills (技能) like cooking, cleaning, and teamwork.”可知，该活动可以教孩子们烹饪、清洁和团队合作等重要生活技能，因此是有益的。故填Yes. Because it can teach children important life skills.（答案不唯一，合理即可） 阅读短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。 1 Electives (选修课) are always popular with students because they give the chance to learn something exciting, and they’re a welcome break from regular courses like maths and physics. Here are just a few of the exciting electives lucky teenagers can take in some of China’s middle schools. ● Self-defense A school from Chongqing The school offers a self-defense course—just for girls. Those who attend the lessons have the chance to study basic self-protection skills in a one-on-one practice. They learn how to get away and defend themselves against attacks. “I feel safer in myself now,” said Zhang Yi, 15, a girl student. ● Pottery A school from Tianjin Young artists at the school love to get their hands dirty creating beautiful pieces. Students learn how to make different kinds of clay projects. At the end, they have the skills to make their own clay bowls, cups, vases and pots. ● Horse riding A school from Beijing Equestrians (马术) can look pretty cool, can’t they? Teenagers at this school can now choose a course in riding skills. To ride a horse in the right way, a student must hold the head forward and keep his back straight. Students come away from this elective not only knowing how to ride a horse gracefully, but also physically fitter! ● Couplets A school from Nanjing How many of you can write a couplet? This old literary (文学的) form is slowly disappearing, but Chinese culture lovers at the school are trying to make it alive. For their elective, teenagers study old couplets and try to rhyme (押韵) their own lines. Many of this year’s students can’t wait for the Spring Festival, when they’ll be able to show off their new skills. 1．Maths and physics aren’t electives in middle schools of China, are they? 2．How many electives in Chinese middle schools are introduced in the article? 3．Which elective course is especially for girl students? 4．What kind of art works can students have at the end of the elective “Pottery”? 5．Which course would you like to take? Why? 【答案】1．No, they aren’t. 2．Four. 3．Self-defense. 4．They can make their own clay bowls, cups, vases and pots. 5．I would like to take Horse riding because it helps improve physical fitness and teaches graceful riding skills. 【解析】本文主要介绍了中国部分中学为青少年提供的几种有趣的选修课。 1．根据“Electives are always popular with students because they offer the chance to learn something exciting, and they’re a welcome break from regular courses like maths and physics.”可知，数学和物理是常规课程，而不是选修课。故填No, they aren’t. 2．综合全文可知，文章提到了四种选修课，分别是Self-defense skills、Pottery、Horse riding和Couplets。故填Four. 3．根据“● Self-defense The school offers a self-defense course—just for girls.”可知，自我防卫课是专门给女孩开设的，故填Self-defense. 4．根据“At the end, they have the skills to make their own clay bowls, cups, vases and pots.”可知，最后，他们掌握了制作自己的粘土碗、杯子、花瓶和罐子的技能。故填They can make their own clay bowls, cups, vases and pots. 5．本题属于开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案：I would like to take Horse riding because it helps improve physical fitness and teaches graceful riding skills. 2 A community is a group of people. Neighbourhoods and towns are made up of communities. People in communities do things together. What community are you a part of? Communities need helpers. A town has many community helpers. They are called service workers. Let’s see how service workers help! Police officers help the people in a community live together in peace and safety. Some police officers direct traffic. Firefighters put out fires in their communities. They save people from burning buildings. When an alarm starts ringing in the fire station, firefighters jump into their fire trucks. The trucks roar to the fire. Then the firefighters use their hoses to put out the fire. Teachers and coaches are also community workers. Your teachers help you learn. They may teach you how to read and write. Coaches help you learn how to play sports. Coaches also teach you how to play fairly. Doctors and nurses help people stay healthy. When people are sick or hurt, doctors and nurses help them feel better. Doctors and nurses may work in hospitals and clinics. Postmen work at the post office. They help their communities by taking care of mail. They carry mail to homes and the workplace. Who brings your mail? Communities are made up of people who live together and help each other. What other community workers can you name? 1．What does the passage mainly tell us? 2．What do firefighters use to put out a fire? 3．Who helps people learn how to play sports? 4．Many community workers work in special buildings. Please write at least three buildings you read about in this passage. 5．Do you know about any other kind of community worker?（至少写两种） 【答案】1．About community helpers. 2．Their hoses. 3．Coaches. 4．Hospitals, clinics and post offices. 5．Librarians, bank workers. 【解析】本文通过举例说明社区的人相互帮助，相互依赖。 1．根据“Let’s see how service workers help!”可知，本文主要介绍社区工作人员。故填About community helpers. 2．根据“Then the firefighters use their hoses to put out the fire.”可知，消防员用他们的水管来灭火。故填Their hoses. 3．根据“Coaches help you learn how to play sports.”可知，是教练帮忙教怎么锻炼。故填Coaches. 4．根据“Doctors and nurses may work in hospitals and clinics.”及“Postmen work at the post office.”可知，地点有Hospitals, clinics and post offices。故填Hospitals, clinics and post offices. 5．开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案为：Librarians, bank workers. 3 Plants: more than we thought Plants are amazing! In the past, there were some ideas that plants had feelings and could act like people. But now, new studies show that plants are unusual in their own ways. Protecting (保护) themselves One way is how plants protect themselves. For example, when worms eat them, tomato plants can make their leaves taste bad with a special juice. This can even make the worms eat each other! Corn (玉米) plants can check what worms leave behind and then use that information to call a bee to hunt the worms. Plant communication Plants can also talk to each other. They mainly use special air. There are small openings on plants that look like little fish mouths under a microscope. These openings let out air with information. When a plant has problems, like being eaten or hurt by wind, it sends a “call”. Other plants close to it can get this “call” and get ready to stay safe. Plant memory Do plants have memory? One example is the “memory of winter”. Many fruit trees need to “remember” the number of cold days in winter to blossom in spring. They remember the cold and warm days to stop flowering too early during a warm time in winter. Now, when we look at plants in a park, we can think of them as little “strangers” (陌生人) with their own “stories” going on all around. We don’t know if they feel pain (疼痛), but they sense touch or respond to being eaten, even though they don’t feel pain like we do. 1．What can tomato plants do when worms eat them? 2．What do plants mainly use to talk to each other? 3．Why do plants remember the cold and warm days in winter? 4．What’s the main idea of the passage? 5．How do you usually look after the amazing plants around us? 【答案】1．Tomato plants can make their leaves taste bad with a special juice. 2．Plants mainly use special air to talk to each other. 3．To stop flowering too early during a warm time in winter. 4．The passage mainly talks about the amazing abilities of plants, including protecting themselves, communicating with each other, and having memory. 5．We should water them regularly, give them enough sunlight, and protect them from strong wind and cold weather. 【解析】本文主要描述了植物在不同方面的奇妙特性，比如自我保护、沟通和记忆，说明植物的多样性和独特性。 1．根据“when worms eat them, tomato plants can make their leaves taste bad with a special juice.”可知，番茄植物在被虫咬时会释放特殊汁液使叶子变苦，甚至让虫子互相残杀。故填Tomato plants can make their leaves taste bad with a special juice. 2．根据“They mainly use special air. There are small openings on plants that look like little fish mouths under a microscope.”可知，植物通过小孔释放带有信息的特殊空气进行交流，故填Plants mainly use special air to talk to each other. 3．根据“Many fruit trees need to ‘remember’ the number of cold days in winter to blossom in spring. They remember the cold and warm days to stop flowering too early during a warm time in winter.”可知，植物通过记忆冬季的冷暖天数，确保春季适时开花，避免暖冬过早开花。故填To stop flowering too early during a warm time in winter. 4．通读全文可知，文章通过自我保护、交流、记忆三个方面说明植物的独特能力，故填The passage mainly talks about the amazing abilities of plants, including protecting themselves, communicating with each other, and having memory. 5．开放性问题，言之有理即可。参考答案为：We should water them regularly, give them enough sunlight, and protect them from strong wind and cold weather. 4 请阅读下面的非连续性文本，按要求完成所给任务，并将答案写在答题卡相应的位置上。 You see people in need in the newspaper after a natural disaster (灾难). Perhaps you’ve walked past homeless people who are living on the streets. Or maybe you’ve met stray dogs (流浪狗) and wished you could give them a home. What can you do to help these people and animals? The answer is volunteering! Volunteering means spending some of your free time, your energy or your talent helping others. People volunteer to help others in many ways. The traditional way is to give away your free time Volunteers visit homes of old people and orphans (孤儿). They read books to them and chat with them, which can warm their lonely hearts. In Shenzheu, China, school students volunteer to teach children with cerebral palsy (脑瘫). Their classes include painting and learning numbers. “Spending some time with these children makes me feel happy,” Chen Shiying, an 18-year-old volunteer from Shenzhen Middle School said. Here is a survey of 1,200 American adults. It shows that 37% of the people would like to help animals. And only 8% of the people choose to help homeless people. Which type of volunteer work would you most like to do? 1．According to the material, what does volunteering mean? 2．What do volunteers do to warm the lonely hearts of old people and orphans? 3．Why did Chen Shiying volunteer to spend his time teaching children with cerebral palsy? 4．According to the chart, how many volunteers choose to help sick children? 5．What volunteer job would you like to do? Why? 【答案】1．Volunteering means spending some of your free time, your energy or your talent helping others. 2．They read books to them and chat with them. 3．Because it makes him feel happy. 4．132. 5．I would like to help animals because I love animals and want to protect them. 【解析】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了志愿服务的意义、形式以及人们选择志愿服务的原因。 1．根据文章第3段“Volunteering means spending some of your free time, your energy or your talent helping others”可知，志愿服务意味着花费空闲时间、精力或才能帮助他人。故填Volunteering means spending some of your free time, your energy or your talent helping others. 2．根据文章第4段“They read books to them and chat with them, which can warm their lonely hearts”可知，志愿者通过读书和聊天来温暖老人和孤儿的孤独心灵。故填They read books to them and chat with them. 3．根据文章第5段“Spending some time with these children makes me feel happy”可知，陈诗颖志愿服务是因为这让他感到快乐。故填Because it makes him feel happy. 4．根据图表中“Sick children”对应的百分比11%可知，11%的志愿者选择帮助生病的孩子，结合“Here is a survey of 1,200 American adults.”可知选择帮助生病的孩子的人数为：1200×11%=132（人）。故填132. 5．此题为开放性题目，答案因人而异。故填I would like to help animals because I love animals and want to protect them. 5 请根据语篇内容，回答问题。 During their six-month stay in Tianhe, the three Chinese astronauts, Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe, helped with the docking (对接), setting up and testing two labs, Wentian and Mengtian. They lived and worked together at the station. Life in space is much different from life on the earth. How do astronauts live in space? Eating: In the past, astronauts could eat only small pieces of dried food. But now they are able to eat more everyday food like fruit, vegetables and ice cream. Sleeping: People in the ISS (国际空间站) have their own rooms. They have to tie (系) themselves to their beds, or they’ll fly away! That seems like a strange way to sleep, but astronauts say sleeping in space is really not too bad. Exercising: This is more important in space than on the earth. Astronauts exercise on bikes and other machines for about two hours every day. That way, they can still be healthy when they get back home. Having fun: Astronauts can read books, play cards, listen to music or send e-mails to their friends and families when they aren't working. Sometimes they just sit and look out of the window. It’s also much fun! Astronauts are hard-working whether in space or on the earth. Though the work sometimes is difficult, they are still interested in it and love the job. Many people think astronauts’ lives are very interesting and their dream jobs are to be astronauts. 1．How long did Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe stay at the space station? 2．Why should astronauts be tied to their beds? 3．How often do the astronauts exercise? 4．What do many people think of astronauts' lives? 5．What do astronauts do for fun? (list three things 列举三个) 【答案】1．For six months. 2．Because it can stop them from flying away./Because they have to tie themselves to their beds, or they’ll fly away. 3．Every day. 4．Interesting. 5．Read books, play cards, listen to music, send e-mails to their friends and families./Reading books, playing cards, listening to music, sending e-mails to their friends and families. 【解析】本文主要介绍了宇航员如何在太空生活的。 1．根据“During their six-month stay in Tianhe, the three Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe will help with the docking (对接), setting up and testing two labs, Wentian and Mengtian.”可知，三位宇航员在空间站要待6个月。故填For six months. 2．根据“They have to tie (系) themselves to their beds, or they’ll fly away!”可知，他们必须把自己系在床上，否则他们就会飞走！故填Because it can stop them from flying away./Because they have to tie themselves to their beds, or they’ll fly away. 3．根据“Astronauts exercise on bikes and other machines for about two hours every day. ”可知，宇航员每天都锻炼。故填Every day. 4．根据“Many people think their lives are very interesting”可知，许多人认为他们的生活很有趣。故填Interesting. 5．根据“Astronauts can read books, play cards, listen to music or send e-mails to their friends and families when they aren’t working. Sometimes they just sit and look out of the window. It’s also much fun!”可知，宇航员在不工作的时候可以看书、打牌、听音乐或给朋友和家人发电子邮件。有时他们只是坐着看窗外。这也很有趣！故填Read books, play cards, listen to music, send e-mails to their friends and families./Reading books, playing cards, listening to music, sending e-mails to their friends and families. 6 A city without cars would be very strange, right? But Venice (威尼斯) is such a city. Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It wasn’t built on land, like Beijing or Shanghai, but on more than 110 islands. Seawater is everywhere around the city. Even so, travel isn’t difficult. The waterways are always the best ways to get around. There are 117 waterways and 401 bridges that can guide you where you want to go. People in Venice move from place to place by boat. They like to enjoy the scenery and cool summer nights while taking boat trips. They can talk to other people as they go along. Venice grew out of small islands in saltwater lakes when some Italians escaped (逃离) from a war more than 1,500 years ago, and built homes there. Water makes the city special, but it is also a big problem. Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little. Now the city has gone down by 23 centimeters. Another problem is the rising seawater. When a lot of water comes, more than half of the city is underwater. Scientists are trying different ways to stop the city from getting even lower. 1．Where is Venice? 2．How many bridges are there in Venice? 3．What do people like to do while taking boat trips? 4．When did Italians escape from a war? 5．Why is Venice getting lower and lower? 【答案】1．It is in the northeast of Italy. 2．401. 3．They like to enjoy the scenery and cool summer nights. 4．More than 1,500 years ago. 5．Because once, people used too much underground water. 【解析】本文主要介绍了水城威尼斯，包括水给这个城市带来的好处以及产生的问题。 1．根据“Venice is in the northeast of Italy.”可知，威尼斯在意大利的东北部。故填It is in the northeast of Italy. 2．根据“There are 117 waterways and 401 bridges that can guide you where you want to go.”可知，威尼斯有401座桥。故填401. 3．根据“They like to enjoy the scenery and cool summer nights while taking boat trips.”可知，人们乘船旅行时喜欢欣赏风景、享受凉爽的夏夜。故填They like to enjoy the scenery and cool summer nights. 4．根据“Venice grew out of small islands in saltwater lakes when some Italians escaped (逃离) from a war more than 1,500 years ago, and built homes there.”可知，意大利人在1500多年前逃离战争。故填More than 1,500 years ago. 5．根据“Once, people used too much underground water. This made the city get lower little by little.”可知，威尼斯越来越低的原因是曾经人们过度使用地下水。故填Because once, people used too much underground water. 7 A recent study on humans suggests clear Western high-fat, high-sugar “junk food” can quickly break your brain’s appetite (胃口) control. The researchers let the young enjoy the delicious cookies, tasty ice-creams and similarly rich foods for a week long. They did the research in Australia. They found young and healthy volunteers scored worse on memory tests. At the same time, they also had a greater wish for junk food. The findings suggest something is wrong in the hippocampus (海马体). What is hippocampus? It is an area of the brain. It can help memory and control appetite. When we are full, the hippocampus is thought to make our memories of delicious food less active, cutting down our appetite. When there is something wrong in this area, this control can be badly broken. Over the years, further research on the mice has found the role of the hippocampus is easily affected by “junk food”. But this has only recently been found in young and healthy humans. In 2017, after a week of Western-style breakfasts, researchers found volunteers performed worse on learning and memory tests. They clearly depend on the hippocampus. Now, in this latest study the team has found that not only do such high-fat, high-sugar foods impair (损害) memory in humans, they also appear to directly affect our ability to control our appetite. 根据短文内容回答问题。 1．How did the young men behave after eating junk food for a week? 2．What role does “hippocampus” play in our body? 3．What is “hippocampus” ? 4．What can affect our ability to control our appetite according to the passage? 5．Do you like Western high-fat, high-sugar food? Why or Why not (Within 15 words)? 【答案】1．They scored worse on memory tests and had a greater wish for junk food. 2．It can help memory and control appetite. 3．It is an area of the brain. /An area of the brain. 4．Junk food./High-fat, high-sugar foods. 5．答案不唯一，合理即可。参考答案为No, because it may harm memory and make me eat more unhealthy food. 【解析】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了垃圾食品对海马体的损害会导致记忆力变差，垃圾食品还会破坏大脑对胃口的控制。 1．根据“They found young and healthy volunteers scored worse on memory tests. At the same time, they also  had a greater wish for junk food.”可知，年轻志愿者一周后记忆力测试表现更差，且更渴望垃圾食品。故填They scored worse on memory tests and had a greater wish for junk food. 2．根据“the hippocampus is thought to make our memories of delicious food less active, cutting down our appetite. ”可知，海马体负责记忆和食欲控制，尤其在饱腹时抑制对食物的渴望。故填It can help memory and control appetite. 3．根据“It is an area of the brain. It can help memory and control appetite.”可知，海马体为大脑中管理记忆和食欲的区域。故填It is an area of the brain. /An area of the brain. 4．根据“Western high-fat, high-sugar ‘junk food’ can quickly break your brain’s appetite (胃口) control.”及下文具体介绍可知，全文多次强调垃圾食品影响海马体功能，损害食欲控制能力。故填Junk food. /High-fat, high-sugar foods. 5．开放性问题，需结合文章结论（垃圾食品损害记忆和食欲控制）简要回答个人观点。参考答案为No, because it may harm memory and make me eat more unhealthy food. 8 The Sport of Concentration Every day, it seems, a new gadget (设备) promises to help me run farther and faster, sleep better, or monitor my heart rate more effectively. These gadgets claim they’ll make me a “better me,” or so the story goes. Some of them might actually help, but a few months ago, I decided to sell all my sports gadgets. I now record my running times with just a pen and a notepad. Soon after, I started training for a marathon the old-fashioned way—without a device on my wrist tracking my pace or heart rate. To my surprise, running without all that information turned out to be a real joy. In the past, whenever my smartwatch told me I was running slower than I “should,” I’d force myself to speed up, even if it was clear that my body didn’t want to. But this time, I ran the way I wanted to. On several occasions, I was surprised to see real breakthroughs (突破) in my running times when I checked my notepad after workouts. If I had seen those numbers during the run, I might have slowed down. But since I didn’t know, I just kept running. Another positive thing about getting rid of all my running gadgets is that it’s helping me concentrate (集中注意力) more on the running itself. Since I no longer feel like I need technology to run well, I can go out and run without worrying about battery life. So, what’s the lesson here? Well, we could very easily replace the example of running with writing, studying, or anything else. No matter what it is, the more we worry about improving, the more it hurts our performance. Should you stop using technology to “improve” your performance? Of course, that’s up to you. However, if I were asked that question, I’d certainly say that I’m better off without it. 1．When did the writer decide to sell all of the sports gadgets? 2．How does the writer record running times now? 3．What is another positive thing about not using running gadgets anymore? 4．What does the writer learn from the example of running? 5．What do you think of sports gadgets? Why do you think so? (give at least 2 reasons) 【答案】1．A few months ago. 2．The writer now records running times with just a pen and a notepad. 3．It’s helping the writer concentrate more on the running itself. 4．No matter what it is the more time we spend worrying about how to make ourselves better at something, the more our performance is affected. 5．I agree with the writer. I think they’re not necessary for me. Because I don’t need technology to run well, I can go out and run without worrying about whether everything has enough battery power. / I think they are helpful for me. Because I can know the data from sports gadgets and improve my performance from time to time. 【解析】本文是一篇说明文，主要是作者结合自己跑步的经历告诉我们，与其依赖那些计数设备来记录跑步的情况，不如专心地跑步，因为让自己在某件事上做得更好的时间越多，我们的表现就越受影响。 1．根据“but a few months ago, I decided to sell all my sports gadgets.”可知，几个月前，作者决定决定卖掉所有的运动设备，故填A few months ago. 2．根据“I now record my running times with just a pen and a notepad.”可知，作者现在仅仅用一支笔和一个记事本来记录跑步次数，故填The writer now records running times with just a pen and a notepad.。 3．根据“ Another positive thing about getting rid of all my running gadgets is that it’s helping me concentrate (集中注意力) more on the running itself.”可知，另一个摆脱所有跑步设备的好处是，它帮助作者更专注于跑步本身，故填It’s helping the writer concentrate more on the running itself. 4．根据“No matter what it is the more time we spend worrying about how to make ourselves better at something, the more our performance is affected.”可知，这让作者明白无论如何，我们花在如何让自己在某件事上做得更好的时间越多，我们的表现就越受影响，故填No matter what it is the more time we spend worrying about how to make ourselves better at something, the more our performance is affected. 5．开放性题，表达自己对运动设备都看法，答案合理即可，故填I agree with the writer. I think they’re not necessary for me. Because I don’t need technology to run well, I can go out and run without worrying about whether everything has enough battery power. / I think they are helpful for me. Because I can know the data from sports gadgets and improve my performance from time to time. 9 Asking people to a party is an art. You must think about what kind of party you’re going to have first. If it is a small party, you can just give a call to your friends to invite them to the party. You can even e-mail them or just leave a message for them. Now, calling someone is an art, too. First, give a call to your friends, and then begin the talk by asking them about their life and family. Then ask them about their schedules (日程表) on the day of the party. If they say they are free, you can ask them to the party directly (直接地). If they are not free, then ask him to try to find time for your party. If you’re going to have a big party, and need to ask lots of people to your party, you must decide how many people you want at your party. Then you can write a list of them and send them beautiful invitation cards, because you may not have so much time to give them a call each. You must send the cards a few days before the party so that they can have enough time to prepare for it. 1．The ways that you can use to invite friends if you’re having a small party. (列举两项，10个词以内) 2．How do you begin the talk when you give a call to your friends? 3．What can you send to your friends if you have a big party? 4．What time should you send invitation cards? 5．What does the passage mainly talk about? 【答案】1．Giving a call to them./E-mailing them./Leaving a message.(任何两项都可) 2．By asking them about their life and family. 3．Beautiful invitation cards. 4．A few days before the party. 5．How to ask people to a party./Asking people to a party is an art. 【解析】本文讲述了如何邀请朋友参加派对，包括小型和大型派对的不同邀请方式，以及如何通过电话和邀请函等手段邀请朋友。 1．根据文章中的“you can just give a call to your friends to invite them to the party. You can even e-mail them or just leave a message for them”可以得出邀请方式有电话、电子邮件和留言。故填Giving a call to them./E-mailing them./Leaving a message.(任何两项都可)。 2．根据文章中的“First, give a call to your friends, and then begin the talk by asking them about their life and family”可以得出，开始时先问朋友们的生活和家庭。故填By asking about their life and family. 3．根据文章中的“Then you can write a list of them and send them beautiful invitation cards”可以得出，邀请朋友参加大型派对时可以发送邀请函。故填Beautiful invitation cards. 4．根据文章中的“You must send the cards a few days before the party so that they can have enough time to prepare for it”可以得出，应该在几天前发送邀请函。故填A few days before the party. 5．根据文章的内容可知，本文主要讲述了邀请朋友参加派对的方式和技巧。故填How to ask people to a party./Asking people to a party is an art. 10 While it’s not easy to talk about sadness with kids, at some point, we all need to talk about it—whether it’s about the loss (损失、去世) of a family member, friend, or pet. So how can you support your children during difficult times? Here are some tips for you. Hope they’ll be helpful. Encourage (鼓励) Your Children to Share Their Feelings with You Listen, comfort, and tell your children that they are loved and have your full support. Think carefully when they ask you questions. You should be truthful (诚实的) and calm when answering their questions. Remember to see how they’re doing and feeling. Offer a Creative (创造性的) Way to Show Sadness Your children can show those sad feelings by drawing, writing, or making a memory box to remind (提醒) themselves to ask their loved ones for help. Such creative works can remind you how important that loved one is in your family’s life. Read Stories That Lead to Talks Reading children’s books is the best way to help them cheer up. Two new books which can be added to your family bookshelves are Calling the Wind and Where Did Poppy Go? Also, you can ask your local children’s bookstore for more advice. Ask for Help When You and Your Children Need It It takes a lot of caring people to support families in great sadness. Also, there are such kinds of groups and organizations. You and your children are not alone. There are lots of kindnesses around the world. 1．What is important for parents when answering children’s questions? 2．How can kids show their sad feelings to remind themselves to ask their loved ones for help? 3．What’s the best way to help children cheer up? 4．What can families in great sadness do? 5．Suppose (假若) you are a father, or a mother, what will you do when your kids meet some problems? (自拟一句话作答) 【答案】1．It is important for parents to be truthful and calm when answering children’s questions. 2．By drawing, writing, or making a memory box. 3．Reading children’s books. 4．They can ask for help. 5．I will talk to them and support them. (言之有理即可) 【解析】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲了与孩子们讨论悲伤并不容易，但无论是关于失去家人、朋友还是宠物，我们都需要谈论它。文章给出了一些好的建议。 1．根据“You should be truthful (诚实的) and calm when answering their questions.”可知，回答他们的问题时，你应该诚实、冷静。故填It is important for parents to be truthful and calm when answering children’s questions. 2．根据“Your children can show those sad feelings by drawing, writing, or making a memory box to remind (提醒) themselves to ask their loved ones for help.”可知，你的孩子可以通过画画、写字或做一个记忆盒来表达这些悲伤的感觉，提醒自己向他们所爱的人求助。故填By drawing, writing, or making a memory box. 3．根据“Reading children’s books is the best way to help them cheer up.”可知，阅读儿童读物是帮助他们振作起来的最好方法。故填Reading children’s books. 4．根据“Ask for Help When You and Your Children Need It”和“It takes a lot of caring people to support families in great sadness.”可知，处于悲伤的家庭可以寻求帮助，故填They can ask for help. 5．本题属于开放性试题，言之有理即可，参考答案：I will talk to them and support them. 11 Rice is life. Rice is at the heart of human civilization (文明). It supports industry, inspires culture and feeds more than half of the world’s population. But the world is still struggling with hunger. The demand for food is far from enough. As the world’s population is about to reach 9.8 billion by 2050, we need to produce 60 percent more food with less land. That is not easy. We need more rice and better rice. Let’s have a look at what rice is made of. Normally, rice’s flower contains both female and male organs (蕊). That allows it to pollinate itself without the help of bees. Now, imagine there are two types of rice. Rice A is known for high yields (产量). Rice B can fight against stress of weather. Our goal is to create a super Rice C that contains the good advantage of both A and B．That means we need crossbreeding (杂交繁育).   Now we have a hybrid with the high yield quality from A and resistant to stress of weather from B．So the key is to find this kind of rice. In 1970, Chinese scientist Yuan Longping and his team found “the magic plant”. Three years later, Yuan produced the world’s first hybrid rice-Nan You No. 2. With yields 20 percent above conventional varieties, his creation can feed over 70 million people each year. Today, hybrid rice is planted in more than half of total rice-growing area in China. It allows the country to feed a quarter of the world’s population with 7 percent of the arable (可开垦的) land. Yuan was later given the title of the “Father of Hybrid Rice”. And the influence of his technology goes beyond the national border. Now, hybrid rice is grown in Asia, America and Africa, even in sand and seashores. In this case, hybrid rice has served China well and it can also feed a better world. 1．How did rice affect the human civilization? 2．What’s the advantage of the super Rice C? 3．When did Yuan produce the world’s first hybrid rice-Nan You No. 2? 4．Why do we say Yuan’s technology goes beyond the national border? 5．What can we learn from the passage? (请自拟一句话作答) 【答案】1．It supports industry, inspires culture and feeds more than half of the world’s population. 2．It contains the good advantage of both A and B./ It not only has high yields but also can fight against stress of weather. 3．In 1973. 4．Because hybrid rice is grown in Asia, America and Africa, even in sand and seashores. 5．Hybrid rice has served China well and it could also feed a better world/ Yuan is our hero./We are proud of Yuan.… 【解析】本文主要介绍了水稻的重要性及中国科学家袁隆平成功培育出杂交水稻帮助解决了全球粮食问题。 1．根据“It supports industry, inspires culture and feeds more than half of the world’s population.”可知，它支持工业，激发文化，养活世界上一半以上的人口。故填It supports industry, inspires culture and feeds more than half of the world’s population. 2．根据“Rice A is known for high yields (产量). Rice B can fight against stress of weather. Our goal is to create a super Rice C that contains the good advantage of both A and B.”可知，水稻A以高产而闻名，水稻B可以抵抗天气的压力，超级水稻C是兼具A和B的优点。故填It contains the good advantage of both A and B./ It not only has high yields but also can fight against stress of weather. 3．根据“In 1970, Chinese scientist Yuan Longping and his team found “the magic plant”. Three years later, Yuan produced the world’s first hybrid rice-Nan You No. 2.”可知，1973年袁隆平生产了世界上第一个杂交水稻。故填In 1973. 4．根据“And the influence of his technology goes beyond the national border. Now, hybrid rice is grown in Asia, America and Africa, even in sand and seashores.”可知，他的技术的影响力超越了国界。现在，杂交水稻在亚洲、美洲和非洲种植，甚至在沙地和海岸。故填Because hybrid rice is grown in Asia, America and Africa, even in sand and seashores. 5．开放性试题，答案不唯一，合理即可。参考答案为Hybrid rice has served China well and it could also feed a better world/ Yuan is our hero./We are proud of Yuan.… 12 Have you ever tasted Guobaorou? It’s a famous dish from Northeast China with a history of over 100 years. During the Qing Dynasty, a cook named Zheng Xingwen made it for foreign guests (客人). To make sure the guests enjoyed the dish, he changed a salty pork dish into a sweet-and-sour one. The guests liked it very much. The new dish later became known as Guobaorou. To make this dish, we need to cut the pork into thin pieces and put them in a special sauce (酱汁). Then, cover them with batter and fry (炸) them until they are golden. Finally, cook them with other ingredients and a sweet-and-sour sauce. The dish finally tastes sweet, sour and crisp (酥脆的). This summer, there was a big event: the World Guobaorou Competition. More than 280 cooks joined the competition in Jilin City. In the first round, they had to make the dish in the traditional way. In the second round, they used new ideas to change the taste. For example, some cooks added curry (咖哩) to it. In the end, five cooks from Northeast China won the top prizes. Each of them got a prize—a pig! Guobaorou is not only delicious but also shows the creativity of Chinese food. 1．How long is the history of Guobaorou? 2．Why did Zheng Xingwen change the salty pork dish into a sweet-and-sour one? 3．According to Paragraph 2, how does the dish taste when it’s finished? 4．In the first round of the competition, what did the cooks have to do? 5．Why did the five cooks win the first prizes in the end? 【答案】1．Over 100 years. 2．To make sure the guests enjoyed the dish. 3．Sweet, sour and crisp. 4．They had to make the dish in the traditional way. 5．Because they cooked delicious Guobaorou with creativity. 【解析】本文主要介绍了锅包肉的历史和做法。 1．根据第一段“It’s a famous dish from Northeast China with a history of over 100 years.”可知，锅包肉有超过100年的历史。故填Over 100 years。 2．根据第一段“To make sure the guests enjoyed the dish, he changed a salty pork dish into a sweet-and-sour one.”可知，郑兴文为了让客人喜欢这道菜，把咸味的猪肉菜改成了甜酸味的。故填To make sure the guests enjoyed the dish。 3．根据第二段“The dish finally tastes sweet, sour and crisp (酥脆的).”可知，这道菜最终尝起来是甜的、酸的和酥脆的。故填Sweet, sour and crisp。 4．根据第三段“In the first round, they had to make the dish in the traditional way.”可知，在比赛的第一轮，厨师们必须用传统的方法制作这道菜。故填They had to make the dish in the traditional way. 5．根据“In the second round, they used new ideas to change the taste. For example, some cooks added curry (咖哩) to it. In the end, five cooks from Northeast China won the top prizes. Each of them got a prize—a pig!”以及最后一段“Guobaorou is not only delicious but also shows the creativity of Chinese food.”可知，这五位厨师因为展示了他们在制作这道菜时的创造力而赢得了头等奖。故填Because they cooked delicious Guobaorou with creativity. 13 阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。 Some people think only school children do not agree with their parents. However, it is not true. Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages. If it’s hard for you to communicate with your parents, don’t worry about it. Here is some advice for you to bridge the generation gap (代沟). Don’t argue with your parents. Don’t get to your parents when you are angry. Your parents probably won’t consider your ideas if you are shouting at them. And you can’t express yourself well if you are angry. Go to some places to cool off (冷静下来). Make sure you understand why you are unhappy. Then think about what you want to say to your parents. If you don’t think you can speak to them in a good way at the moment, try writing a letter. Try to reach a compromise (和解). Perhaps you and your parents disagree on something. You can keep your disagreement and try your best to accept each other. Michael’s mother didn’t agree with him about buying a motorcycle. They argued over it. But they finally came to a compromise. Michael bought the motorcycle, but only drove it on certain days. Of course, your parents might refuse to compromise on something. In these situations, it is especially important to show love and respect to them. Showing respect will keep your relationship strong. Talk about your values (价值观). The values of your parents are probably different from those of your own. Tell your parents what you care about, and why. Understanding your values might help them see your purposes (目的) in life. A good relationship with your parents can make you a better and happier person. It is worth having a try! 1．Is communication a problem only for school children and their parents? 2．How many pieces of advice does the writer give us to bridge the generation gap? 3．What can we do if we can’t speak to our parents in a good way? 4．What compromise did Michael and his parents finally come to? 5．Why should we tell our parents what we care about? 【答案】1．No, it isn’t. / No. 2．Three. / 3. 3．Try writing a letter. 4．Michael bought the motorcycle, but only drove it on certain days. 5．Because understanding your values might help them see your purposes in life. 【解析】文章主要介绍了怎么样消除代沟的建议。 1．根据第一段“Communication is a problem for parents and children of all ages.”可知，沟通对父母和所有年龄段的孩子来说都是一个问题，并不仅仅是对学校的孩子和家长。故填No, it isn’t. / No. 2．根据“Here is some advice for you to bridge the generation gap (代沟).”以及以下几段的黑体字“Don’t argue with your parents.”、“Try to reach a compromise (和解).”、“ Talk about your values (价值观).”可知，一共有三条建议。故填Three. / 3. 3．根据第二段“If you don’t think you can speak to them in a good way at the moment, try writing a letter.”可知，如果你认为你现在不能用一种好的方式和他们说话，试着写封信。故填Try writing a letter. 4．根据第三段“But they finally came to a compromise. Michael bought the motorcycle, but only drove it on certain days.”可知，但他们最终达成了妥协。迈克尔买了摩托车，但只在特定的日子里开。故填Michael bought the motorcycle, but only drove it on certain days. 5．根据第五段“Tell your parents what you care about, and why. Understanding your values might help them see your purposes (目的) in life.”可知，让父母了解你的价值观，可以帮助他们看到你的人生目标。故填Because understanding your values might help them see your purposes in life. 14 阅读下面短文，完成短文后的问题。 In Canada and the United States, people enjoy entertaining (请客) at home. They often invite friends over for a meal, a party, or just for a coffee and conversation. Here are the kinds of things people say when they invite someone to their home: “Would you like to come over for dinner Saturday night?” “Hey, we’re having a party on Friday. Can you come?” To reply to an invitation, you can say thank you and accept, like “Thanks, I’d love to. What time would you like me to come?” Or you can say you’re sorry, and give an excuse, like “Oh, sorry, I’ve tickets for a movie.” Sometimes, however, people use expressions (表达方式) that sound like invitations but which are not real invitations. For example: “Please come over for a drink sometime.” “Why not get together for a party sometime?” “Why don’t you come over and see us sometime soon?” They are really just polite (礼貌) ways of ending a conversation. They are not real invitations because they don’t make a specific (确定的) time or date. They just show that the person is trying to be friendly. To reply to expressions like these, people just say “Sure, that would be great!” or “OK, yes, thanks.” So next time when you hear what sounds like an invitation, listen carefully: Is it a real invitation or is the person just being friendly? 1．Where do people in Canada and the United states enjoy entertaining? 2．How should you reply to a real invitation if you want to accept it? 3．Why does the writer say some invitations aren’t real invitations? 4．Is it a real invitation when someone says “I’ve two tickets here. Let’s go to the cinema.”? 5．How will you reply the invitations that are not real? 【答案】1．At home. 2．You can say thank you and accept, like “Thanks, I’d love to. What time would you like me to come?” 3．Because they don’t make a specific time or date. 4．No, it isn’t. 5．I will say “Sure, that would be great!” 【解析】本文主要介绍了在加拿大和美国，人们通常在家里请客，并分别介绍了真正的邀请和人们为了表示友好的邀请是怎么样的，以及应该怎么回复这两种邀请。 1．根据“In Canada and the United States, people enjoy entertaining (请客) at home.”可知，在加拿大和美国，人们在家里请客。故填At home. 2．根据“To reply to an invitation, you can say thank you and accept, like ‘Thanks, I’d love to. What time would you like me to come?’”可知，如果你想参加，应该说谢谢并表示愿意去。故填You can say thank you and accept, like “Thanks, I’d love to. What time would you like me to come?” 3．根据“They are not real invitations because they don’t make a specific (确定的) time or date.”可知，有些邀请不是真正的邀请，因为没有确定的时间和地点。故填Because they don’t make a specific time or date. 4．根据“They are not real invitations because they don’t make a specific (确定的) time or date.”可知，没有确定的时间和地点的邀请不是真正的邀请。因此这句“我这里有两张票。我们去看电影吧。”不是真正的邀请。故填No, it isn’t. 5．根据“They are not real invitations because they don’t make a specific (确定的) time or date. … To reply to expressions like these, people just say “Sure, that would be great!” or “OK, yes, thanks.””可知，对于不是真正的邀请，应该表达感谢或者说“太棒了”。故填I will say “Sure, that would be great!” 15 Nowadays, some students don’t help their parents do housework at home. Some parents love their children too much, so they don’t let them work at home. In the past, their parents thought they were too young to know how to do the housework. Now they think that kids these days already have enough stress from school and expect them to do well in their lessons only. However, I think students should help their parents do housework at home. First, to do some housework can keep them healthy and strong. Some hard housework can be regarded as a kind of physical exercise. Next, it can help them understand their parents better. Sharing housework can make the children have a good relationship with their parents. The last and the most important, it can help them cultivate (培养) their ability to live. After all, they will leave home when they grow up. 1．What don’t some students help their parents do at home? 2．What can some hard housework be regarded as? 3．What do sharing housework can make the children have with their parents? 4．How many benefits (益处) of doing housework at home does the writer mention (提及)? 5．Do you like doing housework? Why? 【答案】1．Some students don’t help their parents do housework at home. 2．Some hard housework can be regarded as a kind of physical exercise. 3．Sharing housework can make the children have a good relationship with their parents. 4．Three. 5．Yes, I like doing housework because it helps me develop a sense of responsibility and keeps me healthy. 【解析】本文讲述了有些父母不让孩子做家务的原因，以及介绍了做家务的一些好处。 1．根据“Nowadays, some students don’t help their parents do housework at home.”可知，一些学生在家不帮助父母做家务。故填Some students don’t help their parents do housework at home. 2．根据“Some hard housework can be regarded as a kind of physical exercise.”可知，一些繁重的家务劳动可以被视为一种体育锻炼。故填Some hard housework can be regarded as a kind of physical exercise. 3．根据“Sharing housework can make the children have a good relationship with their parents.”可知，分担家务可以让孩子与父母建立良好的关系。故填Sharing housework can make the children have a good relationship with their parents. 4．根据“First, ... Next, ... The last and the most important, ...”可知，文章提及了做家务的3点好处。故填Three. 5．本题是开放性试题，答案言之有理即可，参考答案为Yes, I like doing housework because it helps me develop a sense of responsibility and keeps me healthy. 16 阅读下面短文，简略回答问题。 A study shows that people may remember math better if they learn it before bedtime. People usually think it’s better to study in the morning, but scientists in the UK said that a good night’s sleep helps remember things. The study asked 184 adults to learn math problems by heart. The scientists wanted to find how quickly each adult could remember the answers. These adults first had to learn the answers before bed, between 8 pm and 10:45 pm, and they had a test the next morning. A week later, the scientists asked them to learn answers when they woke up, between 7:30 am and 10 am. The scientists tested them at the end of the day. In both tests, the adults had about 10 hours between learning the problems and taking the tests. The people who learned math problems before bed remembered them better, scoring (得分) 20.7 out of 28. The morning learners scored 18.5. We all know that sleep can help remember things better, but most studies focus (聚焦) on how well people learn words. This study shows that the mind also helps remember numbers when we’re asleep. 1．When does the study show people may remember math better? 2．Why did the scientists ask those adults to learn math problems by heart? 3．How many hours did the adults have between learning the problems and taking the tests? 4．What does the study show? 5．What do you think of the study? Why do you think so? 【答案】1．People may remember math better if they learn it before bedtime. 2．The scientists wanted to find how quickly each adult could remember the answers. 3．The adults had about 10 hours between learning the problems and taking the tests. 4．This study shows that the mind also helps remember numbers when we’re asleep. 5．It’s useful, because I can learn the lesson that I’m not good at before bedtime to get better grades. 【解析】本文讲述了一项研究显示，人们在睡前学习数学可能更容易记住内容，这与人们通常认为的早晨学习更好的观点不同。 1．根据“A study shows that people may remember math better if they learn it before bedtime”可知一项研究表明，如果人们在睡前学习数学，他们可能会更好地记住数学。故填People may remember math better if they learn it before bedtime. 2．根据“The scientists wanted to find how quickly each adult could remember the answers.”可知科学家们想知道每个成年人记住答案的速度有多快。故填The scientists wanted to find how quickly each adult could remember the answers. 3．根据“In both tests, the adults had about 10 hours between learning the problems and taking the tests”可知成年人从学习问题到参加测试之间大约有10个小时的时间。故填The adults had about 10 hours between learning the problems and taking the tests. 4．根据“This study shows that the mind also helps remember numbers when we’re asleep.”可知这项研究表明，当我们睡着时，大脑也有助于记住数字。故填This study shows that the mind also helps remember numbers when we’re asleep. 5．开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案为It’s useful, because I can learn the lesson that I’m not good at before bedtime to get better grades. 17 Do you know magpies? Magpies are as much an important part of Beijing as the Palace Museum and Beijing Duck. But how much do you know about this type of birds? In the Chinese culture, magpies are also called xique, which means “bird of happiness”. People believe that seeing magpies can bring them good luck. The birds even have a special job in the Chinese story of the Qixi Festival. It’s said that magpies would form the bridge in the sky for Niulang and Zhinyu so that they got to get together once a year. As a result, magpies stand for true love and happiness too. Magpies have black and white feathers with slightly blue tails. With their special “chachacha” sounds from early morning till night, it is not difficult for birdwatchers to notice them. You can always see them chatting on the roof or in the branches (树枝). Magpies have some very interesting living habits. They always live around humans, because they mainly live on the food we throw away. In winter, many magpies turn to a more plant-rich diet. Their diet includes around 60% vegetables. Sometimes they may look for food on the ground but not eat it right away. Instead, they will save the food for the future. Even more surprising, they will stay around the dead birds and make sad sounds. It is just like they are holding a funeral (葬礼). All these unbelievable things lead some people to believe that magpies may be the cleverest of all birds. Well, Beijing’s noisiest bird is also one of its smartest ones. Maybe these little birds can really bring a little luck too. 1．What does the magpie’s Chinese name mean in the article? 2．How do magpies look? 3．What do magpies live mainly on in winter? 4．What will magpies do for their dead friends? 5．What other animals can bring good luck in Chinese culture? Give an example. 【答案】1．(It means) “bird of happiness”. 2．They have black and white feathers with slightly blue tails. 3．(They live mainly on) plants/vegetables./They eat vegetables more. 4．They will stay around them and make sad sounds. 5．Dragons. 【解析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了喜鹊，包括在中国文化中喜鹊代表幸福与真爱，其外形有黑白羽毛和略带蓝色的尾巴，生活习性上常围绕人类生活，冬季以富含植物的食物为主，还有为死去同伴举行“葬礼”等有趣行为。 1．根据第二段“In the Chinese culture, magpies are also called xique, which means ‘bird of happiness’.”可知，喜鹊的中文名字意思是“幸福之鸟”。故填(It means) “bird of happiness”. 2．根据第三段“Magpies have black and white feathers with slightly blue tails.”可知，喜鹊有黑白相间的羽毛和略带蓝色的尾巴。故填They have black and white feathers with slightly blue tails. 3．根据第四段“In winter, many magpies turn to a more plant-rich diet. Their diet includes around 60% vegetables.”可知，冬天喜鹊主要以富含植物的食物为生，约60%是蔬菜。故填(They live mainly on) plants/vegetables./They eat vegetables more. 4．根据第五段“Even more surprising, they will stay around the dead birds and make sad sounds. It is just like they are holding a funeral (葬礼).”可知，喜鹊会围绕着死去的同伴并发出悲伤的声音，就像举行葬礼一样。故填They will stay around them and make sad sounds. 5．开放性作答，结合实际，言之有理即可。在中华文化中，有很多动物能带来好运，比如龙，人们认为龙象征着吉祥、繁荣等。参考答案为Dragons。 18 Do you think that French fries are really French? French fries are called “pommes frites” in France and they are not from France. French fries come from Belgium (比利时) originally (起初). French fries are made of potatoes; and they are cut and fried. The fried potatoes are called French fries because they were firstseen by Americans in Belgium, but they were fried in the French way. The rench way is to fry potatoes twice with a small pause in the middle. During World War I, there were a lot of hungry American soldiers in Northern France and Belgium. They ate French fries in Belgium. After the war was over, the soldiers went back home to America. However, they missed French fries so much that they made French fries at home. That’s how French fries were first introduced to America. French fries were called Belgian fries once, but the name was finally changed to French fries. Sometimes French fries are just fries. French fries are one of the most popular potato foods in America. American fast food restaurants such as McDonald’s and Burger King have French fries on their menus. French fries are freshly fried, and usually served with hamburgers. If you visit any fast food restaurant in America and order a hamburger, you’ll probably hear “You want fries with that?” Why don’t you think about the history of French fries a little while, and say “Yes, please. Thank you.” 1．What are French fries made of? 2．Where do French fries originally come from? 3．Why are the fried potatoes called French fries? 4．Who first introduced French fries to America? 5．What does the underlined word “that” refer to? 【答案】1．Potatoes. 2．Belgium. 3．Because they were fried in the French way. 4．American soldiers. 5．Hamburgers. 【解析】本文主要讲述了法国薯条名词的由来及其相关历史知识。 1．根据“French fries are made of potatoes”可知，法国炸薯条是用土豆做的。故填Potatoes. 2．根据“French fries come from Belgium (比利时) originally (起初).”可知，起初来自于比利时。故填Belgium. 3．根据“The fried potatoes are  called French fries because they were firstseen by Americans in Belgium,  but they were fried in the French way.”可知，炸土豆之所以被称为炸薯条，是因为它是由比利时的美国人首先看到的，但它是用法国的方式炸的。故填Because they were fried in the French way. 4．根据第二段内容可知，是美国士兵把薯条引入美国的。故填American soldiers. 5．根据“French fries are freshly fried, and usually served with hamburgers.”可知，薯条通常和汉堡搭配食用，因此当店员问“You want fries with that?”时，是询问是否要汉堡和薯条搭配食用，即that指代“hamburgers”。故填Hamburgers. 19 Black Myth: Wukong (黑神话:悟空) is a Chinese video game. It came out on 20th August, 2024. When many players of Black Myth: Wukong happily made their ways through the game, they are getting more and more interested in the stories of Sun Wukong. The idea of Black Myth: Wukong comes from the Chinese novel Journey to the West (《西游记》) . The video of game is much like the stories of Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, in the novel. With millions of the games are sold, both in China and the West, more and more people want to buy the book to know more about Sun Wukong. We got information from eBay in the UK, the US, Canada and Australia. In the 22 days after the game came out, eBay sold about 122 books. It had 31% more sales over 22 days than it did in the past three months. This success is not the only one. From the 2010s, popular books like The Three-Body Problem, The Wandering Earth, and 30,000 Miles from Chang’an all helped bring Chinese culture to the world. These successes show not only the improvement of China but also the confidence (自信) in its culture. 1．When did Black Myth: Wukong come out? 2．Why do more and more people want to buy the book Journey to the West? 3．How many books are mentioned (提到) in the passage? 4．Is Black Myth: Wukong the only success in history? 5．What do you think of Black Myth: Wukong? 【答案】1．It came out on 20th August, 2024. 2．Because they want to know more about Sun Wukong./Because they are getting more and more interested in the stories of Sun Wukong. 3．Four/4 books. 4．No, it’s not the only success in history. 5．It shows not only the improvement of China but also the confidence in its culture./Popular/good/great/amazing/successful.（开放性答案，合理即可） 【解析】本文介绍了中国电子游戏《黑神话：悟空》的发行时间、其来源与背景故事，以及对《西游记》等中国文化作品在全球影响的促进作用。 1．根据文章第一句“Black Myth: Wukong (黑神话:悟空) is a Chinese video game. It came out on 20th August, 2024.” 可知，《黑神话：悟空》于2024年8月20日上映。故填It came out on 20th August, 2024. 2．根据“they are getting more and more interested in the stories of Sun Wukong. The idea of Black Myth: Wukong comes from the Chinese novel Journey to the West (《西游记》) .”和“With millions of the games are sold, both in China and the West, more and more people want to buy the book to know more about Sun Wukong. ”可知，《黑色神话：悟空》的灵感来源于中国小说《西游记》，玩家通过游戏对孙悟空的故事产生了兴趣，他们购买《西游记》这本书是为了了解孙悟空。故填Because they want to know more about Sun Wukong./Because they are getting more and more interested in the stories of Sun Wukong. 3．根据“the Chinese novel Journey to the West (《西游记》) ”、“ popular books like The Three-Body Problem, The Wandering Earth, and 30,000 Miles from Chang’an”可知，文章中提到的书籍有《西游记》、《三体》、《流浪地球》和《三万里长安》，共四本。故填Four/4 books. 4．根据“This success is not the only one. From the 2010s, popular books like The Three-Body Problem, The Wandering Earth, and 30,000 Miles from Chang’an all helped bring Chinese culture to the world.”可知，不仅仅是黑神话：悟空，还有其它成功例子。故填No, it’s not the only success in history. 5．开放性问题，答案合理即可。故填It shows not only the improvement of China but also the confidence in its culture./Popular/good/great/amazing/successful.（开放性答案，合理即可） 20 Many people enjoy a cup of coffee at a coffee shop, but few people know the story of coffee and how people produce it. Research shows that 30% of the people in the world are coffee drinkers. They enjoy drinking coffee for its rich smell and taste. Many coffee trees grow in eastern Africa. People first grew coffee in the 15th century. Back then, most coffee came from the country Yemen. Before long, it was the most popular all over the Middle East. In the 17th century, people brought it to Europe and Europeans started bringing coffee to other parts of the world. In the 20th century, most of the world’s production came from Central and South America. Today, Brazil is the largest producer of coffee in the world. Most people know what a coffee bean (豆) looks like, but what about the plant? Coffee trees can grow up to 9 meters high. These trees have dark green leaves. The plant produces a fruit that is called a coffee cherry. When the coffee cherries are ready to pick, they are bright and red. Inside the fruits are the green coffee beans. People roast them and make them into delicious drinks. 1．How many people drink coffee in the world now? 2．When did people start to grow coffee? 3．Who brought coffee to other parts of the world? 4．Which country produces the most coffee now? 5．How high can a coffee tree be? 【答案】1．30% of the people in the world drink coffee now. / 30% of the people drink coffee (in the world now). / There are 30% of the people in the world drinking coffee now. / 30% of the people in the world are coffee drinkers. 2．People started to grow coffee in the 15th century. / People first grew coffee in the 15th century. 3．Europeans brought coffee to other parts of the world. / Europeans started bringing coffee to other parts of the world. 4．Brazil produces the most coffee now. / Brazil is the largest producer of coffee in the world. 5．A coffee tree can be 9 meters high. / Coffee trees can grow up to 9 meters high. 【解析】本文介绍了咖啡源自东非，15世纪在也门种植，后传至中东、欧洲及全球。巴西现为最大生产国。咖啡树高9米，果实为咖啡樱桃，内含绿咖啡豆，经烘焙制成饮品。全球30%人饮用咖啡，喜爱其香浓口感。 1．根据“Research shows that 30% of the people in the world are coffee drinkers.”可知，全世界有30%的人喝咖啡。故填30% of the people in the world drink coffee now. / 30% of the people drink coffee (in the world now). / There are 30% of the people in the world drinking coffee now. / 30% of the people in the world are coffee drinkers. 2．根据“People first grew coffee in the 15th century.”可知，人们在15世纪开始种植咖啡。故填People started to grow coffee in the 15th century. / People first grew coffee in the 15th century. 3．根据“In the 17th century, people brought it to Europe and Europeans started bringing coffee to other parts of the world.”可知，欧洲人把咖啡带到世界其它地方。故填Europeans brought coffee to other parts of the world. / Europeans started bringing coffee to other parts of the world. 4．根据“Today, Brazil is the largest producer of coffee in the world.”可知，巴西是目前最大的咖啡生产国。故填Brazil produces the most coffee now. / Brazil is the largest producer of coffee in the world. 5．根据“Coffee trees can grow up to 9 meters high.”可知，咖啡树可以长到9米高。故填A coffee tree can be 9 meters high. / Coffee trees can grow up to 9 meters high. 21 When you want your friends to go to your party, you’d better make invitations. This is a good way to show your respect. Here are some ways of inviting friends to your party. In-person (当面的) Invitation An in-person invitation can let you talk to your friends about the party and know their interests. But when you talk to your friends, you may forget some important information. So you’d better prepare a paper invitation for them, too. Mailed Invitation The most traditional way to invite your friends is to mail invitations. You need to write down all the information about the party, such as the time, the place, clothes to wear, things to bring, your phone number and so on. Phone Call If you want to save time, you can just make a phone call. In this way, you can tell them more about your party. And you can hear if they are interested in the party. Online Invitation You can also invite friends to a party through the Internet. You can buy some online invitations, put pictures and videos in the online invitations and then e-mail them to your friends. 1．What should you do if you want your friends to go to your birthday party? 2．Why should you prepare a paper invitation when you make an in-person invitation? 3．What is the most traditional way to invite friends? 4．Which way can you choose if you don’t have much time? 5．If you have a party, how will you invite your friends? Why? 【答案】1．We should make invitations. 2．Because when we talk to our friends, we may forget some important information./ Because we may forget some important information. 3．The most traditional way to invite friends is to mail invitations. 4．We can (just) make a phone call. 5．I will invite my friends in person. Because I want to talk to my friends about the party and know their interests. /... 【解析】本文主要介绍了邀请朋友参加聚会的几种方式。 1．根据“When you want your friends to go to your party, you’d better make invitations.”可知，当你想邀请朋友参加你的聚会时，最好制作邀请函。故填We should make invitations. 2．根据“But when you talk to your friends, you may forget some important information. So you’d better prepare a paper invitation for them, too.”可知，面对面邀请时，有可能会忘记一些重要信息，所以最好准备一份书面邀请函。故填Because when we talk to our friends, we may forget some important information./ Because we may forget some important information. 3．根据“The most traditional way to invite your friends is to mail invitations.”可知，最传统的方式是邮寄邀请函。故填The most traditional way to invite friends is to mail invitations. 4．根据“If you want to save time, you can just make a phone call.”可知，如果你没有很多时间，你可以选择打电话的方式。故填We can (just) make a phone call. 5．本题为开放性习题。言之有理即可。故填I will invite my friends in person. Because I want to talk to my friends about the party and know their interests. /... 22 Great news! Pandas are no longer in danger. They are on the road of recovery (恢复). Back in the 1980s, there were as few as 1,114 pandas in China. But the most recent survey in 2014 showed that there were over 1,864 pandas live in the wild. Since 1981, the Chinese government has been working with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to save the world’s most famous bears and their homes. They set up nature parks which help protect nearly 1,300 wild pandas by giving them space to live and bamboo to eat. But the bamboo forests are getting smaller, so pandas are still losing their homes. The WWF warned that climate (气候) change could also destroy (毁掉) more than 35% of the animals’ homes, so there won’t enough places to live for them in the next years. The future for pandas in the long term is not yet clear. But one thing is for sure: we must do more efforts (努力) to protect our lovely pandas. 1．What is the great news? 2．How many pandas are living in the wild? 3．What did Chinese government do to protect pandas? 4．Is climate (气候) change good or bad for animals? 5．As a student, what can we do to protect animals in danger? 【答案】1．Pandas are no longer in danger. 2．Over 1,864 pandas. 3．It worked with World Wildlife Fund and set up nature parks. 4．It’s bad for animals. 5．We can protect the environment and don’t kill animals. 【解析】本文主要介绍了大熊猫的生存现状及政府采取的保护措施等。 1．根据“Great news! Pandas are no longer in danger.”可知，熊猫不再处于危险之中。故填Pandas are no longer in danger. 2．根据“But the most recent survey in 2014 showed that there were over 1,864 pandas live in the wild.”可知，现在有超过1864只熊猫生活在野外。故填Over 1,864 pandas. 3．根据“Since 1981, the Chinese government has been working with World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to save the world’s most famous bears and their homes. They set up nature parks which help protect nearly 1,300 wild pandas by giving them space to live and bamboo to eat.”可知，自1981年以来，中国政府一直与世界自然基金会合作，拯救世界上最著名的熊和它们的家园并建立了自然公园。故填It worked with World Wildlife Fund and set up nature parks. 4．根据“climate (气候) change could also destroy (毁掉) more than 35% of the animals’ homes”可知，气候变化对动物是不利的。故填It’s bad for animals. 5．开放性作答，言之有理即可。参考答案为We can protect the environment and don’t kill animals. 23 Every city has a weather station. The workers need to collect weather data (数据). Then they make a report about the weather. The weather changes a lot, so it’s difficult for them to get the data. Sometimes they have to walk in the wind and snow. Here is a chart (图表) about the 2024 weather data in a northern city in China. Weather Days More than 155 days More than 125 days About 62 days About 12 days About 10 days Then why do the workers have to collect weather data? ★To help visitors Weather data is very useful to visitors. They can know about the weather in the places they want to visit before they get there, so they can get fully prepared. ★To help people in daily life With the help of weather data, people can know what to wear on that day. For example, if the weather report says “tomorrow the temperature will drop below zero, to-10℃”, you’ll put on your down jackets before going out for work or school. ★ 4 Many animals live in the mountains or on the farm. Bad weather can sometimes bring them danger. So weather data is useful for helping animals. Also, weather data can help fishermen decide to sail out or not. So it is really important to us. We should say thanks to the workers. 1．Why is it difficult for workers to collect weather data? 2．In the chart, how many rainy days were there? 3．How can weather data help people in their daily lives? 4．What is the subtitle (小标题) for paragraph 6? 5．How many reasons for collecting weather data are mentioned in the passage? 【答案】1．Because the weather changes a lot. 2．About 62 days. 3．People can know what to wear. 4．To help animals and fishermen 5．Three. 【解析】本文介绍了天气数据的重要性。 1．根据“The weather changes a lot, so it’s difficult for them to get the data.”可知，之所以工人收集天气数据很困难是因为天气变化多端。故填Because the weather changes a lot. 2．根据图表“About 62 days”可知，有62个雨天。故填About 62 days。 3．根据“With the help of weather data, people can know what to wear on that day.”可知，天气数据可以帮助人们知道每天该穿什么样的衣服。故填People can know what to wear. 4．根据“Many animals live in the mountains or on the farm. Bad weather can sometimes bring them danger. So weather data is useful for helping animals. Also, weather data can help fishermen decide to sail out or not. So it is really important to us. We should say thanks to the workers.”可知，本段主要内容是关于天气数据对动物和渔民的帮助，所以小标题为“帮助动物和渔民”。故填To help animals and fishermen。 5．根据“To help visitors”、“To help people in daily life”以及“So weather data is useful for helping animals...Also, weather data can help fishermen decide to sail out or not.”可知，文中提到了三点收集天气数据的原因，分别为：帮助游客、帮助人们的日常生活以及帮助动物和渔民。故填Three。 24 According to a study in 2018, the food that people wasted in restaurants in 2015 was between 1.7 billion and 1.8 billion tons (吨). This is almost the food for 30 million to 50 million people a year. Meituan and some other companies have called on restaurants to stop food waste and help develop new eating habits for customers. “Restaurants should encourage food-saving actions on the Internet,” Meituan said. Meituan and other companies have asked restaurants to offer guidance for customers, including asking them to think about the taste, sizes and other information about the dishes before ordering, to help them avoid food waste. Catering associations (餐饮协会) in more than 18 provinces also joined in the activity to avoid food waste. The China Cuisine Association said that it had teamed up with Eleme to begin a “half-dish plan”, encouraging restaurants to provide customers with the choice to order smaller dishes of food. The Wuhan Catering Association began an “N-1” ordering rule for restaurants. For example, a group of 10 people would only order enough for nine people. To stop food waste on social media platforms (社交媒体), popular Chinese video platforms such as Douyin and Kuaishou have become more serious with programmes about food. Now if users search certain keywords, such as “eating show”, a message will be sent to the users to advise them not to waste food and eat healthily. 1．How much food do people waste in restaurants in 2015? 2．What have Meituan and some other companies called on restaurants to do? 3．Why have Meituan and other companies asked restaurants to offer guidance for customers? 4．What plan did the China Cuisine Association and Eleme begin? 5．Which association began the “N-1” ordering rule? 【答案】1．Between 1.7 billion and 1.8 billion tons. 2．To stop food waste and help develop new eating habits for customers. 3．To help them avoid food waste. 4．They began “half-dish plan”. 5．The Wuhan Catering Association. 【解析】本文是一篇说明文，中国通过企业呼吁、餐饮协会行动和社交媒体监督等多种方式来努力减少食物浪费。 1．根据“According to a study in 2018, the food that people wasted in restaurants in 2015 was between 1.7 billion and 1.8 billion tons.”可知，2015 年人们在餐馆浪费了1.7亿到1.8亿吨。故填Between 1.7 billion and 1.8 billion tons. 2．根据“Meituan and some other companies have called on restaurants to stop food waste and help develop new eating habits for customers.”可知，美团等公司呼吁餐厅停止食物浪费，帮助顾客养成新的饮食习惯。故填To stop food waste and help develop new eating habits for customers. 3．根据“Meituan and other companies have asked restaurants to offer guidance for customers, including asking them to think about the taste, sizes and other information about the dishes before ordering, to help them avoid food waste.”可知美团等公司要求餐厅为顾客提供指导是为了帮助他们避免食物浪费。故填To help them avoid food waste. 4．根据“The China Cuisine Association said that it had teamed up with Eleme to begin a “half-dish plan”, encouraging restaurants to provide customers with the choice to order smaller dishes of food.”可知，中国烹饪协会和饿了么开始了“半菜计划”。故填They began “half-dish plan”. 5．根据“The Wuhan Catering Association began an “N-1” ordering rule for restaurants.”可知，武汉市餐饮协会开始了“N-1”排序规则。故填The Wuhan Catering Association. 25 Travel used to be about sightseeing, but now it is about experiences. Nowadays, there are a lot of new ways to travel. They can bring people special experiences. “Military-style (特种兵式) travel” is one of the most popular travel ways among Chinese college students. They spend a little money traveling to as many places as they can, without having enough rest or sleep. For example, a young man called Nan Duoduo climbed the five most famous mountains in China within only five days. “Reverse (反向的) travel” is a new fashion among young Chinese travelers. “Man moves 1 meter every 10 minutes on Huangshan Mountain” became a hot topic on the Internet during this year’s National Day holiday. More and more people don’t want to go to those famous places on holiday because they are too crowded. They like to spend their free time in less popular places to make themselves relaxed. “Seal (印章)-collecting travel” means tourists collect seals while traveling. It’s really special and meaningful. People usually collect seals from places of interest, shops, and other places. Every time you open your collection, it brings back beautiful moments. Winter vacation is coming soon. Do you have any travel plans? Choose your favourite way to travel with your family! 1．How many new ways of travel are there in the passage? 2．Does “Military-style travel” cost much money? 3．What place will tourists choose when they want to try “Reverse travel”? 4．Which way of travel is the best for Yaoyao if she likes seals very much? 5．Which way of travel do you like best in the passage? Why? 【答案】1．3/ Three ways./ Three ways of travel./ There are 3 ways. 2．No./ No, it doesn’t. 3．Less popular places./ Less famous places. 4．Seal-collecting travel. 5．I like seal-collecting travel best. Because seals can remind me of wonderful memories and it’s really meaningful. 【解析】本文主要介绍了三种新的旅行方式：特种兵式旅行、反向旅行和集印章旅行。 1．根据“Military-style (特种兵式) travel”，“Reverse (反向的) travel”和“Seal (印章)-collecting travel”可知，文章提到三种新的旅行方式。故填3/ Three ways./ Three ways of travel./ There are 3 ways. 2．根据“ ‘Military-style (特种兵式) travel’ is one of the most popular travel ways among Chinese college students. They spend a little money traveling to as many places as they can”可知，特种兵式旅游费用低。故填No./ No, it doesn’t. 3．根据“More and more people don’t want to go to those famous places on holiday because they are too crowded. They like to spend their free time in less popular places to make themselves relaxed.”可知，反向旅游的游客会选择不那么出名的旅游地。故填Less popular places./ Less famous places. 4．根据“‘Seal (印章)-collecting travel’ means tourists collect seals while traveling.”可知，如果瑶瑶非常喜欢印章，集印章旅行对她来说可能是很好的选择。故填Seal-collecting travel. 5．开放性问题，言之有理即可。参考答案为I like seal-collecting travel best. Because seals can remind me of wonderful memories and it’s really meaningful. 26 Dumplings are a kind of traditional Chinese food with a history of more than 1,800 years. They are also delicious food on Chinese New Year’s Eve. They are really popular in China, especially in the north of China. Dumplings usually look like Chinese silver ingots (银元宝). Chinese people like to eat dumplings. There are some interesting ideas about them. For example, the more dumplings you eat during the Spring Festival, the more money you can make in the new year. Dumplings have different tastes because of their different fillings. There are many different kinds of fillings. Some popular fillings are meat and vegetables. Different people like to eat dumplings with different fillings.Do you know how to make dumplings? Almost all Chinese people can make dumplings. They find it very easy to make dumplings. Here is a recipe for making dumplings. * First, mix the flour into the dough (面团). * Second, make the dough into round wrappers (面皮) with a rolling pin (擀面杖). * Third, fill the wrappers with fillings. * Fourth, pinch (捏) the wrappers together. * Finally, cook them in the hot water. 1．Where are dumplings especially popular in China? 2．What do dumplings usually look like? 3．Why do dumplings have different tastes? 4．How many steps are there to make dumplings according to the passage? 5．Do you like making dumplings? Why or why not? 【答案】1．They are popular especially in the north of China./In the north of China. 2．They usually look like Chinese silver ingots./Chinese silver ingots. 3．Because they have different fillings./Because of their different fillings. 4．There are 5 steps to make dumplings according to the passage./Five./Five steps. 5．Yes, I like making dumplings because our family always makes dumplings together on weekends, and it is a wonderful family memory for me. 【解析】本文主要介绍了中国饺子以及如何制作中国的饺子。 1．根据文中“They are really popular in China, especially in the north of China.”可知，饺子在中国非常受欢迎，尤其是在中国北方，故填They are popular especially in the north of China./In the north of China. 2．根据文中“Dumplings usually look like Chinese silver ingots (银元宝).”可知，饺子通常看起来像中国的银元宝，故填They usually look like Chinese silver ingots./Chinese silver ingots. 3．根据文中“Dumplings have different tastes because of their different fillings. There are many different kinds of fillings.”可知，饺子由于馅料不同，味道也不同，馅料有很多种，故填Because they have different fillings./Because of their different fillings. 4．根据文中“First..Second....Third...Fourth...Finally...”可知，包饺子有五个步骤，故填There are 5 steps to make dumplings according to the passage./Five./Five steps. 5．开放性试题，答案合理即可。故填Yes, I like making dumplings because our family always makes dumplings together on weekends, and it is a wonderful family memory for me. 27 When you think of winter, which word comes to your mind? Cold? Dark? Snow? Ice? When the weather turns terrible, we can stay in warm houses and enjoy nice food, but wild animals may not have this fun. So how do animals spend the long cold winter months? Some animals make journeys to warmer places once a year. We call this migration. They sometimes travel thousands of miles by land, air, or sea to reach their winter home. Small monarch butterflies travel from all over the country to spend their winters in Mexico. Caribous (北美驯鹿) have one of the longest land migrations, travelling over 2,000 miles! But not all migrations are as long as the examples. Some birds make shorter migrations from high mountains to lower lands to find better places with less snow and more food. This type of migration is about changes in height. If winter makes you want to sleep, you’re not alone. Some animals hibernate for part or all of the winter. This is a special, very deep sleep. There are a few different types of hibernation. For example, a bear will eat a lot of food to build up fat reserves. During hibernation, its body temperature drops, and its heart beats more slowly. A bear’s heartbeat may drop from around 55 beats per minute to just 9 beats. The bear can sleep for months without eating or drinking, using its fat for energy. Instead of going to warmer places or sleeping through the winter, some animals spend the winter by changing bodies with seasons. Some animals may grow a thicker and warmer winter coat. Some other animals change the colour of their fur. For example, the snowshoe rabbits are usually brown in summer, but they change the colour of their fur into the colour of snow in winter for better hiding. What about you? Will your mind, body or action change in the wintertime? Do you go to a warmer place for holiday or just stay at your comfortable home? Or maybe you really enjoy taking part in some outdoor activities in winter. No matter how you like to spend the winter, spring is just around the corner. 1．How far do caribous travel to spend the winter? 2．Why do some birds migrate to lower lands? 3．When a bear hibernates, what changes happen to its body? 4．What colours are snowshoe rabbits in different seasons? 5．Will you spend winter staying at home or going outside to have fun? Why? (此题不限制词数) 【答案】1．Over 2,000 miles. 2．For better places with less snow and more food. 3．Body temperature drops and heartbeat slows. 4．Brown in summer and white in winter. 5．I will stay at home because it’s warm and comfortable. (开放性试题，言之有理即可) 【解析】本文主要介绍了动物们如何通过迁徙、冬眠和身体适应等方式度过寒冷的冬季。 1．根据“Caribous (北美驯鹿) have one of the longest land migrations, travelling over 2,000 miles!”可知，北美驯鹿为了过冬会迁徙2000多英里。故填Over 2,000 miles. 2．根据“Some birds make shorter migrations from high mountains to lower lands to find better places with less snow and more food.”可知，鸟类飞到低地是为了寻找雪更少、食物更多的地方。故填For better places with less snow and more food. 3．根据“During hibernation, its body temperature drops, and its heart beats more slowly.”可知，熊在冬眠期间，它的体温下降，心脏跳动更慢。故填Body temperature drops and heartbeat slows. 4．根据“For example, the snowshoe rabbits are usually brown in summer, but they change the colour of their fur into the colour of snow in winter for better hiding.”可知，雪兔在夏天是棕色的，冬天是白色的。故填Brown in summer and white in winter. 5．开放性试题，言之有理即可，参考答案为I will stay at home because it’s warm and comfortable. 28 Self-awareness (自我认识) means having the ability to see ourselves clearly. If you’re self-aware, you may know that you love playing an instrument because you do well in it, and music makes you happy, or that you prefer watching TV on your own because it helps you relax. Knowing what you like and dislike, what you do well in and what you find difficult allows you to make better decisions about friendships, schoolwork and so on. Learning to trust your own feelings helps you build confidence. The World Health Organization says self-awareness is one of ten important life skills that help people to be happier and healthier. Being self-aware doesn’t mean only thinking of yourself. By understanding your own feelings, you will better understand other people, too. How do you learn to be self-aware? It’s a good way to ask questions. But ask yourself questions that start with “What” instead of “Why”. So if you don’t understand why you keep arguing with a friend, ask yourself what you disagree on instead of why you’re arguing. Learning to be more self-aware is a skill, which means you learn it as you grow. So be brave and try out new things, like playing a new sport or listening to different kinds of music. Don’t be afraid to dislike something. Discovering what you find difficult is a key part of learning more about yourself. 1．What does self-awareness mean? . 2．What are the advantages (益处) of being self-aware? (写出至少两点) . 3．What kind of questions should you ask when you learn to be self-aware? . 4．What’s one of the key parts of learning more about yourself? . 5．Do you think self-awareness is an important life skill? Why or why not? . 【答案】1．It means having the ability to see ourselves clearly 2．It helps you/people build confidence/be happier and healthier/ better understand other people/make better decisions about friendships, schoolwork and so on 3．Questions that start with “What” instead of “Why” 4．Discovering what you find difficult 5．Yes, I do. Because it can help us know more about ourselves 【解析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了自我意识是什么，它的重要性以及如何学会自我意识。 1．根据“Self-awareness (自我认识) means having the ability to see ourselves clearly.”可知自我意识是清楚地了解自己。故填It means having the ability to see ourselves clearly。 2．根据“Knowing what you like and dislike, what you do well in and what you find difficult allows you to make better decisions about friendships, schoolwork and so on. Learning to trust your own feelings helps you build confidence.”及第二段其他内容可知有自我认知可以更好的决定友谊、学业等，帮助建立自信、更开心和健康，更能理解他人等。故填It helps you/people build confidence/be happier and healthier/ better understand other people/make better decisions about friendships, schoolwork and so on。 3．根据“But ask yourself questions that start with ‘What’ instead of ‘Why’.”可知要多问什么而不是为什么。故填Questions that start with “What” instead of “Why”。 4．根据“Discovering what you find difficult is a key part of learning more about yourself.”可知关键一步是发现你觉得难的东西，故填Discovering what you find difficult。 5．开放题，言之有理即可。参考答案：Yes, I do. Because it can help us know more about ourselves。 29 Why should you set goals? Setting goals is really important because it helps us shape our lives and guide us towards what we want. Goals are like a map, showing us the way to reach our goals. They turn our lives from something happening to us into something we control. Successful people know what they want in the life and set goals to make it happen. The goals can tell them where to go and how to get there. With the goals, it’s easier to face the challenges in the life because they know where they’re going. Imagine two drivers on a trip. The wise driver knows exactly where he is going. He can drive straight there and make right decisions along the way. The stupid driver doesn’t know where they’re going. He starts from the same place but drives around aimlessly. Which driver would you like to be? People who win in the life understand the power of setting and working towards goals. They know that success isn’t just lucky, it comes from hard work and clear goals. People who aren’t successful often let go of their life. Setting goals isn’t as hard as it sounds. The key is to find out what’s important to us. Studies show that writing down our goals makes them much nearer to reach. Writing down our goals often helps us remember them and gives us courage to work towards our goals. 1．Why are goals like a map? 2．Which driver has no clear goal? 3．What do unsuccessful people often do? 4．How can you make the goals much nearer to reach in the text? 5．If you need to set a goal in study, what will it be? 【答案】1．Because they show us the way to reach our goals. 2．The stupid driver./The stupid driver has no clear goal. 3．They (often) let go of their life./Let go of their life. 4．By writing down our goals./We can write down our goals./Writing down our goals makes them much nearer to reach. 5．I will learn the subjects well.（合理即可） 【解析】本文讲述了设定目标的重要性。 1．根据“Goals are like a map, showing us the way to reach our goals.”可知目标像地图的原因是它们引导我们实现目标。故填Because they show us the way to reach our goals. 2．根据“The stupid driver doesn’t know where they’re going. He starts from the same place but drives around aimlessly.”可知没有明确目标的是那个漫无目的驾驶的愚蠢司机。故填The stupid driver./The stupid driver has no clear goal. 3．根据“People who aren’t successful often let go of their life.”可知不成功的人经常放任生活，缺乏方向。故填They (often) let go of their life./Let go of their life. 4．根据“Studies show that writing down our goals makes them much nearer to reach.”可知写下目标能使我们更接近实现目标。故填By writing down our goals./We can write down our goals./Writing down our goals makes them much nearer to reach. 5．开放性试题，言之有理即可。参考答案为I will learn the subjects well. 30 If you have to describe yourself to someone else, what will you say? It can be difficult to see yourself from the outside, but being self-aware (有自我认知) can help you understand feelings and make friendships closer. Self-awareness means having a good understanding of our own character (特点). If you’re self-aware, you may know that you love playing an instrument because you do well in it, and music makes you happy, or that you like watching TV on your own because it helps you relax. Knowing what you like and dislike, what you are good or bad at helps you make better decisions about friendships and schoolwork. Being self-aware doesn’t mean only thinking of yourself. Because by understanding your own feelings, you will better understand other people. How do you learn to be self-aware? It is a good way to ask questions. Ask questions that start with “what” instead of (代替) “why”. For example, if you don’t understand why you keep arguing with a friend, ask yourself what you disagree on instead of why you’re arguing. Learning to be more self-aware is a skill (技巧). You learn it as you grow. So try out new things, like playing a new sport or listening to different kinds of music. Don’t be afraid to dislike something—finding out what you don’t like is also a key part of learning more about yourself. 1．What can help you understand feelings and make friendships closer? 2．What does self-awareness mean? 3．Being self-aware doesn’t mean only thinking of yourself. Why? 4．How to ask questions to be self-aware? 5．What is also a key part of learning more about yourself? 【答案】1．Being self-aware. 2．Having a good understanding of our own character. 3．Because by understanding your own feelings, you will better understand other people. 4．Ask questions that start with “what” instead of “why”./By asking questions that start with “what” instead of “why”. 5．Finding out what you don’t like. 【解析】本文介绍了自我认知是什么，它的重要性以及如何学会自我认知。 1．根据“but being self-aware (有自我认知) can help you understand feelings and make friendships closer.”可知，自我认知可以帮助你理解情感，使友谊更加亲密。故填Being self-aware. 2．根据“Self-awareness means having a good understanding of our own character (特点).”可知，自我认知意味着对我们自己的性格有很好的了解。故填Having a good understanding of our own character. 3．根据“Being self-aware doesn’t mean only thinking of yourself. Because by understanding your own feelings, you will better understand other people.”可知，自我认知并不意味着只考虑自己。因为通过了解自己的感受，你会更好地理解他人。故填Because by understanding your own feelings, you will better understand other people. 4．根据“Ask questions that start with ‘what’ instead of (代替) ‘why’.”可知，用“什么”而不是“为什么”来提问。故填Ask questions that start with “what” instead of “why”./By asking questions that start with “what” instead of “why”. 5．根据“finding out what you don’t like is also a key part of learning more about yourself.”可知，发现你不喜欢什么也是了解自己更多的关键部分。故填Finding out what you don’t like. / 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$