Day 1

Each of us has something to offer to others

 

Most people think that they don't have the power to change the world. Do we have the power to impact (影响) other people in our lives? The 1946 US film It's A Wonderful Life tells us the answer. In the film, everyone has his or her own guardian (守护) angel. It starts with George Bailey, a man who has given up on his dream and wants to kill himself on Christmas Eve because of financial (财务的) difficulties. This draws the attention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody. The angel shows Bailey how different life would be for his family and his community if he wasn't around. When Bailey was 12, for example, his brother Harry fell through ice and Bailey jumped into the freezing (冰冻的) water to save him. If Bailey had not been there, Harry would have died and would never have become a war hero. This movie teaches people a lesson about the power of kindness. Bailey sacrifices (牺牲) a lot of things for the welfare (福利) of the town. He also tries to help people living in the town achieve (实现) their goal of having their own houses. Bailey's kindness is repaid in the end when almost everyone in the town comes and helps him through his troubles.

1. Which film is the story about?______________________________________

2. Why did George Bailey want to kill himself?______________________________________

3. What did Clarence Odbody do to save Bailey?______________________________________

4. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?______________________________________

5. What happened to Bailey in the end?______________________________________

6. What can we learn from the film?______________________________________

Day 2

'City' in a city

 

Huge squares, great buildings and countless treasures (珍宝) – the Forbidden City never fails to take its visitors' breath away. This year, the world's largest wooden palace is 600 years old! Have you ever wondered who made this marvel (奇迹)? In 1406, when the Ming Emperor Yongle decided to move the country's capital from Nanjing to Beijing, he started to build a palace at the heart of Beijing. His vision (愿景) was big. It took a million workers 14 years to finish it. Materials were sent from all over China to Beijing. Nanmu, the rarest of all Chinese woods, was used to make huge wooden pillars (柱子). It can only be found deep in forests over 1,800 km away from Beijing. Workers had to float (漂浮) the wood on rivers all the way north to Beijing. Stones were also transported to the palace. The heaviest stone in the Forbidden City weighs 250 tons. It was found 80 km west of Beijing. It was so heavy that people could only move it during winter. They poured water onto the road to create ice. Then thousands of workers pulled the stone on the ice to the palace. The project even changed the local landscape (地貌). While building a moat (护城河) around the palace, workers dug up soil and piled it on a hill north of the Forbidden City. That's where Jingshan (景山) came from.

1. What can't we learn from Paragraph 3?A. How long it took to build the Forbidden City.B. Who decided to build the Forbidden City.C. Where the Forbidden City was built.D. How the Forbidden City got its name.

2. Paragraph 4 mainly shows that _____.A. North China had few treesB. some building materials came from far awayC. Chinese people were hard-working in the pastD. river transportation started in ancient times

3. Workers transported stones in winter because _____.A. the icy rivers helped them transport stonesB. winter is the best season to make carvingsC. stones are lighter when they're frozenD. they had to use ice to move the stones

4. What do we know about Jingshan?A. It was built with soil from the palace.B. It was part of the Forbidden City.C. It was moved in order to build a moat.D. It was there before the Forbidden City.

5. The process of building the Forbidden City was _____.A. simpleB. difficultC. smoothD. dangerous

Day 3

Fusion food brings countries together

 

Burger pizza? Korean tacos (墨西哥卷饼)? These might sound a bit strange to you, but they're just some examples of what we call "fusion food" (无国界料理). Fusion foods are dishes that combine (结合) two or more different kinds of food into one dish. For example, the burger pizza has a normal pizza crust (面饼), but instead of putting pepperoni (意大利香肠) and vegetables on top of the cheese, you add ground beef (like you would use to make a burger), ketchup, lettuce and tomato. Fusion restaurants are popular in a lot of big US cities. In fact, they are often seen as trendy (流行的), since they try to be creative when combining different foods. Fusion food usually combines dishes that are from different parts of the world. For example, Korean tacos are tortillas (墨西哥薄饼) that are filled with kimchi (韩国泡菜). There aren't many fusion restaurants in China yet. A person from Dongbei could probably never imagine combining their food with Sichuan dishes. However, I have tried kaoya pizza in Beijing. I have to say, it wasn't too bad!

1. What is fusion food?A. A type of foreign food.B. A strangely-named food.C. A kind of smelly food.D. It is a combination of cuisines.

2. Paragraph 2 shows an example of _____A. how to make a kaoya pizzaB. the writer's favorite fusion foodC. how fusion food is madeD. the most delicious fusion food

3. What do we know about fusion food?A. Fusion restaurants are common in Mexico.B. Chinese people don't like to eat fusion food.C. It usually combines foods from different countries.D. People like fusion food because it is easy to cook.

4. What might the writer think of fusion food?A. It is terrible.B. It is not too bad.C. It is not worth trying.D. It is tasty.

Day 4

Women take to space

In 1969, the US became the first country to put a man on the moon. Fifty-five years later, it is expecting to become the first to put a woman there as well. NASA recently said that its Artemis program (阿耳特弥斯计划) will send a woman to the moon in 2024. It will be a great achievement to send a woman to the moon for the first time. But what happens when women go into space? Can they handle it as well as － or maybe even better － than men? The answer is a little bit of both, according to Varsha Jain, who works closely with NASA. On one hand, women are more likely to feel sick when going into space － however, men are more likely to feel sick when returning Earth. Women tend to (倾向于) have blood pressure (血压) problems when they return to Earth, while men tend to have vision (视力) and hearing problems instead. These differences may come from their different hormonal balances (荷尔蒙平衡) or body changes. However, a specific (具体的) cause is still unknown. Women also have some advantages in space. For one thing, they tend to be smaller, which means they use less oxygen (氧气) and take up less space in small spacecraft. Also, women often have better communication skills than men, which makes them better-suited (更适应) for long spaceflights.

1. What do we know about the Artemis program?A. It put a human on the moon in 1969.B. It will send a woman to the moon.C. It will be the second time for us to visit the moon.D. It will take place 55 years from now.

2. After returning from space, female astronauts _____.A. might feel sicker than menB. might have blood pressure problemsC. might have hearing problemsD. might have vision problems

3.The advantages of sending women into space include _____.a. they use less oxygenb. they take up less spacec. they have better communication skillsd. they have higher hormone levels than menA. abc B. abd C. acd D. bcd

4. From the story, we can learn that _____.A. women act similarly to men in spaceB. men are not suited to live on the moon C. women have some advantages when traveling in spaceD. women are better astronauts than men

Day 5

One day, a teacher entered his classroom, handed out test papers and asked his students to 1 . To everyone's surprise, there were no 2 − just a black dot (点) in the center of the page. The teacher said, "I want you to write about 3 you see there." The confused (困惑的) students got started on this task (任务). At the end of the class, the teacher took all the answer papers and started 4 each of them. All of students 5 the black dot and tried to explain (解释) where it was on the paper. After all papers had been read, the teacher explained, "I just wanted to give you something to think about. 6 one wrote about the white part of the paper. Everyone wrote about the black dot. The same thing 7 in our lives. We have a white paper to 8 , but we always focus on (关注) the dark spots." "Our life is a gift filled with love and care. However, we keep focusing only on the 9 spots. They are troublesome, but they are very 10 . Take your eyes away from the black spots in your life. Enjoy life and be happy!"

1. A. begin B. stop C. keep D. stay2. A. numbers B. questions C. answers D. keys3. A. what B. why C. where D. when4. A. breaking B. writing C. hearing D. reading5. A. described B. visited C. improved D. shared6. A. Any B. Some C. Every D. No7. A. arrives B. chooses C. happens D. includes8. A. waste B. catch C. enjoy D. move9. A. bright B. dark C. colorful D. huge10. A. different B. strange C. short D. small

参考答案：

Day 1: 1. It's A Wonderful Life.2. Because he had financial difficulties.3. He showed him how he affected the lives of others. 4. Bailey saved his brother's life. 5. Many people came to help him.6. We should be kind.Day 2: DBDABDay 3: DCCBDay 4: BBACDay 5: 1-5 ABADA 6-10 DCCBD

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