Nowadays more and more people are using modern traffic and modern communication means. The world (it) is becoming much smaller. So life today is much easier than it was (hundred) of years ago. but it has brought new (problem). One of the biggest problems is pollution. To pollute mean to make things dirty. Pollution comes many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad to all living things in the world, but it is not the (bad) one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us become angry more (easy).
Pollution by SO2 is really the most dangerous problem of air pollution. It is (cause) by heavy traffic. It is true that there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.
The earth is (we) home. We must take care of it. That means (keep) the land water and air clean. And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.
—It by Eddie.
Lu Yu had an unusual life. He lived in the Tang Dynasty. As a homeless child, he lived in Longgai Temple (寺庙) and studied there including boiling tea. Jingling Prefect (太守) Li Qiwu liked the smart boy when Lu Yu was thirteen. He not only gave Lu Yu books as gifts but also introduced him to a famous teacher. Lu Yu learned from his teacher until he was nineteen. He also made good friends with famous people. They often traveled, tasted tea and talked about poems together.
At the age of twenty-one, Lu Yu started to study different kinds of tea. He left Jingling and traveled around the country to search for famous tea. To study tea picking and tea making skills well, Lu Yu lived a long life as a recluse (隐居者) in Tiaoxi. After that, he lived in Miaoxi Temple, collecting, checking, studying and reading documents (资料) about tea. Over years, he finally wrote the first book on the study of tea. That was the book Tea Classic (《茶经》) , which was also the first book in the world on tea studies. This book has over seven thousand Chinese words, including the production place, the morphology (形态) and the growing environment of tea trees as well as tea picking, tea drinking and tea production tools and methods.
Tea Classic has a great influence on Chinese tea culture. Lu Yu is still called Tea God today.
—She rides her bike.
|
Name |
Likes |
Can |
Can't |
Lifestyle(生活方式) |
|
Tom |
sports |
play ping-pong and soccer |
play volleyball |
get up at seven, go to school on foot |
|
David |
art |
draw well, tell stories |
write stories |
get up at six, take a car to school |
|
Liu Mei |
music |
sing and dance well, play the guitar, play the violin |
play chess |
get up at 6:30, take a bus to school |
My name is Tom. I have two good friends.
Why do many Chinese people refuse to cut their hair during the first month of the lunar year?
This is because people believe that getting a haircut during the first lunar month is not a good idea. Tradition says that doing so will cause your mother's brothers to die. Although it's not true, some people still believe it.
So, after a month's wait, people usually flock to cut their hair on Dragon Head-Raising Day —the second day of the second lunar month. It was once tradition to line up outside of barber shops on this day.
Dragon Head-Raising Day falls on Feb 24 this year. It is an important traditional Chinese holiday. Ancient people believed that after this day, rainfall would increase because the rain-bringing Dragon King would wake up from his winter sleep. So that day is the start of spring and farming.
A well-known phrase (俗语) goes, "On the second day of the second month, the dragon lifts his head." Besides cutting their hair, there are also other ways to celebrate this holiday. For example, people eat food with "dragon names". People call noodles dragon's beard. Dumplings are dragon's ears and spring rolls (春卷) are dragon's scales (龙鳞).
There is nobody in the world the same__31__ you; you are unique (独特唯一的)! Everybody is __32__from everyone else. That is good !__33__ it makes the world(世界) an interesting place.
There are people taller__34__you, and shorter than you. Maybe your hair is the same color as your friend’s hair, but maybe it is longer than __35__. Another difference is your hair may be straight , hers may be curly.
I am sure you have some friends who are 36 than you. And you also have some friends , they are as__37__ at sports as you. But there are also people around you who are not good at some things.
__38__ does your best friend look like? Do you both __39__to finish your homework at school? Do you both want to wear the same clothes every day? I think __40__ some ways you are the same, but in many other ways you are different.
So say loudly to the world,“I am who I am –I’m unique!”
( )31. A. with B. as C. of D. from
( ) 32. A. better B. different C. smart D. good
( ) 33. A. Because B. So C. Although D. But
( ) 34. A. after B. than C. like D. in front of
( ) 35. A. her B. she C. hers D. she’s
( ) 36. A. smart B. smarter C. smartest D. a smart
( ) 37. A. bad B. better C. well D. good
( ) 38. A. Where B. What C. How D. How often
( ) 39. A. like B. enjoy C. would like D. going
( ) 40. A. through B. by C. in D. on
My brother likes _______.He __________ every morning.
A.run;run B.runs;runs C.runs;running D.running;runs
—She didn’t make ______ great progress,did she?
_______,although she did her best.
A. so, No B. so; Yes C. such; No D.such;Yes
Every year thousands of young people in England finish school and then take a year off before they start work or go to university. Some young people go to other countries and work as v
olunteers. Volunteers give their time to help people. For example, they work in scho
ols of hospitals, or they do something helpful for the environment.
Pauline Jones, 18, lives in Cardiff, Wales. Next year she wants to go university to study Chinese, but now she’s living in Belize. Pauline says, “I’m working with other people here to save the coral reefs(珊瑚礁) in the sea near Belize. The reefs here are beautiful, But if the sea water is polluted(污染), the coral dies. I’m helping to do research on the coral and the fish that live around the reefs. All ove
r the world, coral reefs are dying. We need to so something about the problem before it’s too late.”
“I’m staying with a family he
re and I help do some housework. I don’t get any money, but that’s OK. I love my work here, and I’m learning a lot about the people of Belize—and myself. When I finish my work, I want to stay here for another th
ree months. I want to travel around Belize and Central America.”
( ) 1. Some young people from England after they finish sc
hool.
A. go to university abroad B. spend one year abroad as volunteers
C. go to work for money
( )2. Pauline Jones, an eithteen-year-old girl, is living in now.
A. England B. China C. Belize
( )3. Pauline Jones is with other people.
A. studying Chinese in a university
B. working to save the coral reefs
C. helping do some housework
( )4. From the passage, we know that the coral reefs .
A. are likely to die because of the pollution
B. are not as beautiful as before
C. cannot live without fis
h in the sea
( )5. Pauline Jones wants to after she finishes her work as a volunteer.
A. learn about the people
B.to find a good job
C. travel around Central America
_______ Mrs. Zhang ______ Dr. Yang shows great interest in the topic we are talking about. They want to know more about it.
A. Both; and B. Either; or C. Not only;but also D. Neither; nor
Le t’s ____some salt ____the soup .
A . add , to B . put to C . add, in D . add ,up