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Hangzhouhua (杭州话)：use it or lose it
There are about 6.000 languages in the world and some experts say that as many as half of these languages will disappear(消失) in the next one hundred years. Will Hangzhouhua be one of 1)________? It’s a 2)________ that more people are asking.
In China, Putonghua is the official language. That 3)________ it’s the language of government, business and the media (媒体). And it’s also the language that is 4)________ in schools.
Hangzhou is a special city. It used to be the capital of Wu and Yue States in the 10th century during the Five Dynasties period. Now it is modern, fashionable and also beautiful. And Hangzhouhua shows that by being modern, fashionable and beautiful.
Young people still speak Hangzhouhua but not as 5)________ as their parents and grandparents. They are under more and more pressure to speak Putonghua. So the language is being used 6)________ often in everyday life. Some people want to keep the language from disappearing completely 7)_________ building museums and having cultural festivals to save it. But a language isn’t a painting 8)________ a book. It’s a living thing and you 9)________ use it or lose it.
If people 10)________ using it in their daily lives, a museum or a festival will not help. It will be lost forever, like the Yangtze River dolphin.
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Four students are talking about a question on the Internet. Is it better to use bicycles or to drive cars in the city?
Matthew 2019-1-13 20:22
I believe it is better to use a bicycle. First, bicycles are safer. A bike cannot run too fast. Secondly, cars are bad for the environment(环境). They produce a lot of harmful gases(气体). People are building more and more roads. There will be fewer homes for wild animals.
Samuel 2019-1-13 20:25
I don’t agree with Matthew though bicycles are safer. Imagine you have a well-paid job and you choose to ride a bicycle to work. Your nice clothes would become not so clean and your hair would look terrible. You would not be able to meet your customers.
Rebecca 2019-1-13 20:30
Today, we should ride a bicycle because there are many problems with cars. First, driving a car is bad for the environment. Secondly, there are a lot of traffic jams. Besides, bicycles are much cheaper than cars!
Olivia 2019-1-13 20:32
I like a bicycle better. Riding a bicycle to and from school keeps me fit. I am now running a club to help stop pollution. More and more students in my school are joining us. Get out of your car and get on a bicycle!
1.Matthew thinks there will be fewer _______ for wild animals.
A.roads B.fast bicycles C.homes D.harmful gases
2.Samuel believes riding a bicycle may be not good for _______.
A.your work B.your health C.the traffic D.the environment
3.Who is running a club to stop pollution?
A.Matthew B.Samuel C.Rebecca D.Olivia
4.From the passage we can know all the four students _______.
A.agree to ride a bicycle in the city B.are talking on the Internet
C.think cars cause more traffic jams D.think riding a bicycle is safer
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—I’m ,Deng Lan.
—Why not eat some bread or hamburgers? They are both delicious.
A. hungry B. angry C. happy D. lucky
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If you are writing or studying, it makes much difference where the light comes from. People use 36 and pens every day. They have to be very careful about the 37 of the light because the light shines on their work.
Every 38 gets its light either from daylight 39 the window or from the lamps, 40 no matter what kind of light it is, the way it shines is very important to the eyes.
Take a book and sit with your 41 towards the window, and try to read. Your shadow(影子) falls all over the page and makes it 4 for your eyes as if you were in a 43 room. Now turn around and face the window. The page is in shadow again, 44 the bright light is in your eyes.Try sitting with your 45 side towards the window. This is very good for reading, but if you were writing, the shadow 46 fall across the page and trouble you 47 .There is another way – sit 48 your left side to the window. Now everything is perfect for 49 as well.
Whatever kind of light is in the room, the rule about the right way to sit is 50 the same. So you see different ways to sit make much difference in writing or studying.
1.. A. eyes B. heads C. books D. hands
2. A. road B. path C. way D. trail
3.A. house B. woman C. man D. animal
4.A. from B. through C. into D. inside
5. A. but B. until C. if D. when
6. A. side B. back C. body D. front
7.A. good B. bad C. useful D. clear
8.. A. bright B. clean C. dirty D. dark
9. A. while B. or C. if D. till
10. A. front B. back C. left D. right
11.. A. can B. may C. has to D. ought to
12. A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
13.A. by B. with C. against D. near
14. A. speaking B. reading C. writing D. playing
15.. A. only B. never C. hardly D. always
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If you are writing or studying, it makes much difference where the light comes from. People use 36 and pens every day. They have to be very careful about the 37 of the light because the light shines on their work.
Every 38 gets its light either from daylight 39 the window or from the lamps, 40 no matter what kind of light it is, the way it shines is very important to the eyes.
Take a book and sit with your 41 towards the window, and try to read. Your shadow(影子) falls all over the page and makes it 42 for your eyes as if you were in a 43 room. Now turn around and face the window. The page is in shadow again, 44 the bright light is in your eyes.Try sitting with your 45 side towards the window. This is very good for reading, but if you were writing, the shadow 46 fall across the page and trouble you 47 .There is another way – sit 48 your left side to the window. Now everything is perfect for 49 as well.
Whatever kind of light is in the room, the rule about the right way to sit is 50 the same. So you see different ways to sit make much difference in writing or studying.
1.A. eyes B. heads C. books D. hands
2.A. road B. path C. way D. trail
3.A. house B. woman C. man D. animal
4.A. from B. through C. into D. inside
5.A. but B. until C. if D. when
6. A. side B. back C. body D. front
7.A. good B. bad C. useful D. clear
8. A. bright B. clean C. dirty D. dark
9.A. while B. or C. if D. till
10.A. front B. back C. left D. right
11.A. can B. may C. has to D. ought to
12.A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
13.A. by B. with C. against D. near
14.A. speaking B. reading C. writing D. playing
15.A. only B. never C. hardly D. always
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What do you usually do on QQ?
Lan Jiaqi, 13, Shanxi
I like using QQ a lot. It helps me do a lot of things. When I forget my homework, I ask my classmates for it on QQ. When I want to play games, I always ask friends to play with me. When I come across (遇到) some useful websites or stories online, I like sharing them with my friends and other people I know on QQ.
Zhang Guanxing, 13, Beijing
I always chat with my classmates on QQ. Sometimes we talk about how tired we are because our teachers give us too much homework. We talk about interesting things that happen to us in or outside school. Also, we girls usually like talking about popular singers and famous movie stars.
Wang Rong, 13, Fujian
It is a good way to communicate with others. For example, one of my friends went to visit the Shanghai World Expo in 2010. She logged on (登录) to QQ on her mobile phone. She told us the interesting things she saw, such as the special clothes people wore in the pavilions (展馆). She took lots of photos and shared them with us.
Yang Zhichao, 15, Zhejiang
I subscribe to (订阅) a free online newspaper on QQ. So I can share the new cartoons with my classmates who are cartoon fans on QQ. We often have a heated debate (激烈的辩论) on our favourite cartoons because some of my friends like Japanese cartoons, but others, including me, like Chinese cartoons.
1.Where does Lan Jiaqi come from?
A. Zhejiang. B. Fujian.
C. Beijing. D. Shanxi.
2.Zhang Guanxing thinks girls usually talk about ______ on QQ.
A. fashionable clothes
B. popular singers and movie stars
C. computer games
D. fighting with their classmates
3.______ friend went to visit the Shanghai World Expo in 2010.
A. Wang Rong’s B. Lan Jiaqi’s
C. Zhang Guanxing’s D. Yang Zhichao’s
4.Yang Zhichao subscribes to a free online ______ on QQ.
A. newspaper B. book
C. magazine D. game
5.Yang Zhichao often discusses problems about ______ with his friends on QQ.
A. homework B. cartoons
C. health D. sports
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How do you feel about your Chinese？Is it good or bad？If you are good at Chinese, you can take part in the competition named Chinese Characters Dictation Competition(中国汉字听写大会). The competition became popular among teenagers. Let's know something about it.
More and more computers and smart phones are used by teenagers. They spend too much time on the Internet in chatting and playing. They send messages by computers and smart phones most of the time. Some teenagers even forget how to write Chinese characters by hand. The teachers and parents are very worried about it. What can they do?
Not long ago, they found an interesting game called Chinese Characters Dictation Competition. In this program, middle school students competed among themselves and wrote down Chinese Characters by dictation. Over two hundred competitors were from forty-six middle schools. The audiences(观众) loved this new kind of competition, too. They also wrote down the Chinese characters while the competitors were writing them. But they found it difficult for them to write down all the characters.
It's quite important for Chinese to write by hand!
Is the game interesting? Can you be the winner?
1.What do the teenagers usually spend time doing on the Internet?
A. Chatting and studying.
B. Playing and watching plays.
C. Studying and playing.
D. Chatting and playing.
2.What's the result of using computers and smart phones?
A. Most of the teenagers get good grades in school.
B. All the teenagers are good at writing Chinese characters.
C. The students know much more useful things than before.
D. Some teenagers forget how to write Chinese characters by hand.
3.Who can be the competitors mostly in the program?
A. Adults. B. Little kids.
C. Middle school students. D. The old.
4.What were the audiences doing while the competitors were writing?
A. Writing down the Chinese characters.
B. Looking at the competitors happily.
C. Competing among themselves.
D. Shouting for the winners.
5.What is the passage mainly about?
A. The Chinese teenagers' problems.
B. The Chinese Characters Dictation Competition.
C. An interesting online game.
D. Teachers' and parents' worries.
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How do you feel about your Chinese？Is it good or bad？If you think you are good at Chinese，you can take par in the competition named the “Chinese Characters Dictation Competition (中国汉字听写大会)”. The competition became popular among teenagers. Let’s know something about it.
More and more computers and smart phones are used by teenagers. They are used to sending messages by computer and smart phone. As a result，some teenagers forget how to write the Chinese characters by hand.
The teachers and parents are very worried about it. What can they do？
Not long ago，they found an interesting game called the Chinese Characters Dictation Competition. In this program，middle school students competed among themselves and wrote down the Chinese characters by dictation. Over two hundred competitors were from forty-six middle schools. The audiences loved this new kind of competition，too. They tried to write down the Chinese characters while the competitors were writing them. But they found it was also difficult for hem to write down all the Chinese characters.
Is it an interesting competition？Can you be the winner？
1.任务一：判断正误T or F.
It was easy for audiences to write down all the Chinese characters.________
2.任务二：第三段划线单词“they”指代的是________________________________
3.任务三：回答问题Who can compete in “Chinese Characters Dictation Competition？
____________________________________________________________________________________________
4.任务四：翻译划线句子________________________________________________________________
5.任务五：找出文中“What do you think of your Chinese？”的同义句。
____________________________________________________________________________________________
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阅读下面的短文，并按要求完成后面的小题。
How do you feel about your Chinese? Is it good or bad? If you think you are good at Chinese, you can join in the competition named Dictation Assembly of Chinese Characters(《中国汉字听写大会》). The competition became popular among teenagers. Let's know something about it.
More and more computers and smartphones are used by teenagers. They spend too much time on the Internet playing or chatting. They are used to sending messages by computers and smartphones. As a result, some teenagers forget how to write the Chinese characters by hand. The teachers and parents are very worried about it. What can they do?
Not long ago, they found an interesting program called Dictation Assembly of Chinese Characters. The program was similar to the American show National Spelling Bee. In this program, middle school students competed among themselves and wrote down the Chinese characters by dictation. Over two hundred competitors were from forty-six middle schools. The audiences loved this new kind of competition, too. They tried to write down the Chinese characters while the competitors were writing them. But they found it was also difficult for them to write down all the Chinese characters.
Is it an interesting competition? Can you be the winner?
1.What are teenagers used to doing?__________________________________________
2.Who can compete in Dictation Assembly of Chinese Characters?_______________
3.What did the audiences do while the competitors were writing the Chinese Characters?
_____________________________________________________________________
4.把画线句子翻译成汉语。__________________________________________________
5.给短文拟个恰当的题目。______________________________________________
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Many students are so crazy about mobile games that they lose interest in their schoolwork, which _________ their parents and teachers a lot.
A.worries about B.is worried about C.worries D.is worried
