When 4-year-old British Prince George started...

When 4-year-old British Prince George started his first day of school in September, 2017, Chinese language was on his course.

And he wasn't alone According to a report in September, about 51 percent of UK parents want their children to learn Chinese, as it's believed to be one of the most useful languages to know.

In fact, the popularity of Chinese drove the UK government to launch the Chinese Excellence Program in September last year. Its goal is to make at least 5, 000 British state middle school students speak Chinese well by 2020.

The language has become the second most spoken foreign language in the US, after only Spanish (西班牙语), with over2. 1 million speakers, according to a survey.

Many US famous people such as Facebook founder(脸书创始人) Mark Zuckerberg and Obama's daughter, Malia Obama, study Chinese as a second language.

So far, 67 countries and regions (地区)have included Chinese in their national course, so why are so many countries crazy about learning Chinese?

One reason could be that as China continues to develop quickly, Chinese is increasingly becoming a useful tool for people's personal and professional growth. “I think everyone believes that China will be the next great superpower(超级大国)... even if it' s not a superpower like America. It still has an important influence in the future,” said Aisling McCaffrey from Canada, who studied at the Renmin University of China, “Learning Chinese is the best way to make sure that you can be part of that growth.”

This opinion was shared by former(前任的) British Prime Minister David Cameron, who urged(呼吁) British students to learn Chinese to “seal(抓住)tomorrows business deals” in 2013.

1.Why do UK parents want their children to learn Chinese?

A.Chinese is on the course.

B.Princess George starts to learn Chinese.

C.The UK government sets up the program.

D.Chinese is one of the most useful languages.

2.What does the underlined word “launch” mean in Chinese?

A.成立 B.制造 C.设置 D.兴建

3._______ asked British students to learn Chinese.

A.Malia Obama B.David Cameron C.Prince George D.Mark Zuckerberg

4.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Aisling McCaffery is from Canada.

B.Learning Chinese is the best way to be famous.

C.There are more than 2.1 million Chinese speakers in the US.

D.67 countries and regions have included Chinese in their national course.

5.What's the best title of the passage?

A.The ways to learn Chinese well

B.The increasing number in learning Chinese

C.Why learning Chinese has risen around the world

D.The relationship between language and development

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Anna was excited about starting her first day in the new school. However, when she first walked past the students in the school, her excitement turned to fear, and then to loneliness over the next few days. “Why didn’t anyone say ‘hi’ to me or invite me to his or her lunch table? Is it because of my clothes or my hair?” she wondered. Almost every day during the first week, Anna stayed alone, thinking that there must have been something wrong with her or that nobody saw her at all!

What caused Anna’s problem? The reason was that nobody knew her. Most people don’t like talking with strangers. So it’s your job to volunteer to make contact with people who you want to know. The easiest way to catch their attention is to notice them first. Make eye contact with them and smile at them. When you smile at them, you are doing your best to show your kindness to them, and they are sure to understand that you are saying, “Hey, how’s everything going?” In this way, you are taking the first step towards the road to friendship.

When Anna realized this, she started talking to her classmates. Guess what happened? It really worked. She had made two friends by the end of the month.

In fact, saying “hi” or making friends with strangers is not hard. And the joy it brings you is really great. So try to open your heart to strangers!

1.What was Anna’s problem?

A. She was afraid of entering a new school.　　 B. She had no friends in her new school.

C. She didn't like making friends with strangers.　　 D. Her classmates didn't like her clothes or hair.

2.Which of the following shows the change in Anna’s feelings?

A. afraid→relaxed→nervous→happy　　 B. happy→lonely→sad→proud

C. nervous→angry→happy →sad　　 D. excited→afraid→lonely→happy

3.According to the writer, what is the easiest way to catch others’ attention?

A. Noticing them first　　 B. Talking to them

C. Doing something for them.　　 D. Making yourself cool.

4.What can you learn from the passage?

A. Teenagers can't get along well with each other.

B. Loneliness is a common problem these days.

C. Opening our heart to strangers can help us get friends.

D. It’s hard to take the first step towards the road to friendship.

5.What is the best title of the passage?

A. Anna’s new school life　　 B. Anna’s problems with the new school

C. Anna’s new classmates　　 D. How to make new friends

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Anna was excited about starting her first day in the new school. However, when she first walked past the students in the school, her excitement turned to fear, and then to loneliness(孤独)over the next few days. "Why didn't anyone say 'hi' to me or invite me to his or her lunch table? Is it because of my clothes or my hair?" she wondered. Almost every day during the first week, Anna stayed alone, thinking that there must have been something wrong with her or that nobody saw her at all!

What caused Anna's problem? The reason was that nobody knew her. Most people don't like talking with strangers (陌生人). So it's your job to volunteer to make contact with people who you want to know. The easiest way to catch their attention is to notice them first. Make eye contact with them and smile at them. When you smile at them, you are doing your best to show your kindness to them, and they are sure to understand that you are saying, "Hey, how's everything going?" In this way, you are taking the first step towards the road to friendship.

When Anna realized this, she started talking to her classmates. Guess what happened? It really worked. She had made two friends by the end of the month.

In fact, saying “hi” or making friends with strangers is not hard. And the joy it brings you is really great. So try to open your heart to strangers!

1.What was Anna's problem?

2.Which of the following shows the change in Anna's feelings?

3.According to the writer, what is the easiest way to catch others' attention?

4.What can you learn from the passage?

5.What does the underlined word contact mean in Chinese?

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Jack’s love for birds started when he made his first bird feeder about six years ago. He filled the feeder with seeds(种子)，put it in his backyard and then ____ started coming. He got really ____ in birds as more came. Then he joined a local society. As he realized that more and more birds were dying very _______，he wanted to try his best to help them.

Besides ____ he has done, he has his own team called Protecting Our Birds. He does_____about birds, operates a website to teach people about birds and how to help them, and_____ boxes for birds. Not long ago, he found that the bluebirds were nesting（做窝） in the dead trees which were often cut down, ___ he began to make bluebird boxes for the birds in order to save them. Now he wants to use these boxes to take the place of the dead trees. He hangs these boxes up in trees and takes _____ down every week to see if the birds are nesting in them. He also writes articles, hoping that more people will ____ protecting natural ecosystems(生态系统)."Researching birds is ____ to protecting birds，” Jack says, “In order to protect birds, we have to learn and really know about the birds. ”

1.A. seeds, B. birds C. scientists

2.A. bored B. nervous C. interested

3.A. sadly B. quickly C. peacefully

4.A. what B. why C. how

5.A. business B. research C. practice

6.A. builds B. breaks C. pushes

7.A. so B. but C. unless

8.A. it B. him C. them

9.A. hand in B. join in C. call in

10.A. simple B. crazy C. important

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—What do you think of his speech?

—Oh, wonderful. But he was a bit ______ when he first started speaking.

A. confident　　 B. worried　　 C. nervous　　 D. happy

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A 14-year-old British student is packing for the next day of school: textbooks, notebooks, pens, 250 grams of flour, an egg and some cooking oil. Wait, what? It’s not joke. From September, cookery will be a compulsory(必修的) course for kids aged 7-14 in the UK. Primary school students will learn how to put things together and make simple, healthy food.

At high school, students will then master a number of different meals. They will also learn some cooking skills including baking. Britain is sometimes known as a country with bad food and unhealthy eating habits. These new courses are part of the country’s effort to bring healthy food back onto the table. “One in four British families no longer have a table that everyone can eat around. One out of every two meals we eat is eaten alone. Only four out of ten of us enjoy eating meals with our children,” British writer Joanna Blythman wrote in her book Bad Food Britain: How A Nation Ruined Its Appetite(胃口) in 2006. Instead, ready meals have become the first choice for many British kids, because their parents are often too busy to cook a proper meal. The Department for　 Education hopes that the cookery courses can introduce children to good food and reduce childhood obesity. “It’s important that children can develop an interest and understanding of good food,” said a spokesman for the department.

“ We want to encourage them to develop a love of food and cooking that will stay with them as they grow up.”

1.According to the passage, what is not special for a kid to take a school with?

A. egg　　 B. notebooks　　 C. flour

2.Students under 14 in the UK_________.

A. are good at cooking at school

B. can chose to learn how to cook at school

C. have to learn how to cook at school

3.From the passage, we can learn that______.

A. many British people have unhealthy eating habits.

B. people in British don’t love to eat around the table

C. parents cooks meals for their kids although they are busy

4.The aim of the cookery course is to the help children_________.

A. have a good appetite

B. enjoy eating and cooking healthy food

C. develop an interest of junk food

5.The underlined word “ruin” in the passage means______ in Chinese.

A. 激发　　 B. 享受　　 C. 毁坏

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A 14-year-old British student is packing for the next day of school: textbooks, notebooks, pens, 250 grams of flour, an egg and some cooking oil. Wait, what? It’s not a joke.

From September, cookery will be a compulsory (必修的) course for kids aged 7-14 in the UK. Primary school students will learn how to put things together and make simple, healthy food. At high school, students will then master a number of different meals. They will also learn some cooking skills including baking.

Britain is sometimes known as a country with bad food and unhealthy eating habits. These new courses are part of the country’s effort to bring healthy food back onto the table.

“One in four British families no longer has a table that everyone can eat around.  One out of every two meals we eat is eaten alone. Only four out of ten of us enjoy eating meals with our children,” British writer Joanna Blythman wrote in her book Bad Food Britain: How A Nation Ruined Its Appetite in 2006. Instead, ready meals have become the first choice for many British kids, because their parents are often too busy to cook a proper meal.

“It’s important that children can develop an interest and understanding of good food,” said a spokesman of the Department for Education. “We want to encourage them to develop a love of food and cooking that will stay with them as they grow up.

1.What are high school students in UK supposed to learn about cookery?

2.Is UK famous for its delicious food?

3.How many British people of all enjoy eating meals with their children according to Joanna Blythman?

4.Why have ready meals become very popular with many British kids?

5.What’s aim of the cookery course in UK?

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A 14-year-old British student is packing for the next day of school: textbooks, notebooks, pens, 250 grams of flour, an egg and some cooking oil. Wait, what?

It’s not a joke.

From September, cookery will be a compulsory (必修的) course for kids aged 7-14 in the UK.

Primary school students will learn how to put things together and make simple, healthy food.

At high school, students will then master a number of different meals. They will also learn some cooking skills including baking.

Britain is sometimes known as a country with bad food and unhealthy eating habits. These new courses are part of the country’s effort to bring healthy food back onto the table.

“One in four British families no longer has a table that everyone can eat around. One out of every two meals we eat is eaten alone. Only four out of ten of us enjoy eating meals with our children,” British writer Joanna Blythman wrote in her book Bad Food Britain: How A Nation Ruined Its Appetite (食欲) in 2006.

Instead, ready meals have become the first choice for many British kids, because their parents are often too busy to cook a proper meal.

The Department for Education hopes that the cookery courses can introduce children to good food and reduce childhood obesity.

“It’s important that children can develop an interest and understanding of good food,” said a spokesman for the department.

“We want to encourage them to develop a love of food and cooking that will stay with them as they grow up.

1.Students under 14 in the UK _______.

A. are fond of cooking

B. love to eat junk food

C. will learn how to cook at school

D. have to prepare breakfast by themselves

2.From the passage, we can learn that _______.

A. many British people have unhealthy eating habits

B. people in Britain don’t love to eat around the table

C. parents cook meals for their kids although they are busy

D. many British people don’t like to eat with their families

3.The aim of the cookery course is to help children _______.

A. have a good appetite                 B. learn more life skills

C. learn to do housework at home         D. enjoy eating and cooking healthy food

4.The underlined word “obesity” in the passage means _______ in Chinese.

A. 厌学            B. 懒惰            C. 肥胖            D. 贪玩

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George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only eight．When George was fourteen, he became his father's helper．He spent a lot of time learning about engines（发动机）．And on holidays he often made one engine to pieces and studied each piece carefully．Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write．He began to learn English letters when he was seventeen years old．Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from a young school teacher. On his eighteenth birthday，he wrote his own name for the first time in his life．George invented（发明） many things in his life．The train was the greatest one among them．Today when we take trains from one place to another，we'll think of this great man---George Stephenson．

1.In which year did George Stephenson start to help his father？________．

A.In 1781 B.In 1789 C.In 1795 D.In 1798

2.He learned about the engine ________．

A.through reading and writing

B.by making it to pieces and studying each piece carefully

C.at lessons from a young teacher

D.by asking a lot of questions

3.He spent a lot of time learning about engines and soon he became ________．

A.a great man B.a good maker C.a good worker D.a good student

4.George Stephenson invented the ________.

A.the train B.the telephone C.the car D.the computer

5.From the passage we know George Stephenson was one of the greatest ____ in the world．

A.workers B.writers C.learners D.inventors

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My 16-year-old niece Jenny started using Facebook about half a year ago. At first she loved using it very much because she could make so many new friends on it. However, as time went by, she used it less and less. You may _______ why. Well, it’s because every time she used it, she became sad. It seemed to her that everyone using Facebook was living a perfect life _______ her. I don’t think Jenny is alone.

In this day of social media, the whole “comparing thing” has gotten out of _______. We are influenced daily by all kinds of things on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram where we see only the _______ parts of life. We see friends’ baby pictures, beautiful new houses and “perfect” lives and we feel like we need to be farther along than _______ we are. Just take a look at your social media account (账号), and you see pictures of your coworker’s “best vacation ever”, your friend’s “perfect” pictures _______ swimming clothes and a group of good friends all out, smiling, having the most amazing night. And then you compare your life to theirs.

But what you see is just a special second of their lives. Social media only gives us a look at them for a very short time. It _______ be lying and we never truly know the whole story.

We are so good at showing others on social media that everything is “fine”, and we can never_______ judge what someone is dealing with just by looking at what they post on social media. Remember that someone who looks very well does not _______ that they are not dealing with something bigger under the surface.

You can never ________ your inside with someone else’s outside. So next time you find someone showing off something on social media, stopping feeling sad about yourself.

1.A.doubt B.imagine C.wonder D.realize

2.A.without B.except C.beyond D.against

3.A.control B.date C.reach D.fashion

4.A.busy B.important C.true D.happy

5.A.what B.where C.how D.who

6.A.wearing B.buying C.changing D.making

7.A.must B.should C.can D.will

8.A.simply B.luckily C.possibly D.correctly

9.A.know B.mean C.think D.hope

10.A.connect B.complete C.compare D.cover

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