The "Double Seven Festival" is a traditional Chinese festival. It has a longer history than the_________ of Valentine's Day in the West.
The origin of this festival is related to a cowboy and a weaving girl, ___________ love story has become a part of the Chinese culture. ___________ there are many different versions of the story, the most popular one begins with a poor cowboy. Living with his elder and___________ brother, who treated him badly, the cowboy looked after an old cow every day. Though life was tough and boring, he_____________it in silence, without complaining
_____________ , even such a hard life didn't last long. His brother got rid of him and all he got was the old cow. Although they couldn't talk to each other, they___________ on each other for company. One day, miracle happened. The old cow started talking and told him that there would be seven fairies coming down to the Earth to___________in a pond. All he should do was to_________ the dress of one of the fairies. Then that fairy would be his wife.____________ but excited, the cowboy followed the cow's advice.
Every day, the cowboy went to work____________ the fairy wove cloth at home. However, their ____________ life came to an end when the Heavenly Goddess learned about it. She took the weaving girl away and drew a line in the____________ that turned into the Milky Way, which____________ the cowboy meeting her wife. Due to the strong reaction from the young____________, the Goddess finally allowed them to see each other only once a year. The day was on the____________ day of the seventh month. That is ______________ the Double Seven Festival came into being.
Although the love story doesn't end up with a happy ending, it is to be told from one______________ to another. It reminds people to cherish every moment____________with their loved ones and not to regret until we ______________ them.
1.A.celebration B.congratulation C.inspiration D.liberation
2.A.which B.who C.whose D.that
3.A.As if B.Even if C.Until then D.In case
4.A.open-minded B.absent-minded C.narrow-minded D.business-minded
5.A.came up with B.put up with C.broke up with D.took up with
6.A.Actually B.Unluckily C.Happily D.Frankly
7.A.depended B.based C.concentrated D.worked
8.A.bathe B.sleep C.dance D.play
9.A.make B.bring C.steal D.buy
10.A.Interested B.Frightened C.Tired D.Surprised
11.A.while B.as C.before D.after
12.A.careful B.successful C.peaceful D.helpful
13.A.earth B.water C.sand D.sky
14.A.freed B.risked C.kept D.prevented
15.A.gentleman B.lady C.cow D.couple
16.A.fifth B.sixth C.seventh D.eighth
17.A.why B.when C.where D.how
18.A.dynasty B.generation C.age D.person
19.A.shared B.connected C.filled D.separated
20.A.meet B.lose C.miss D.see
Nowadays, there is a new kind of education called open education. This way of teaching permits the students to develop their own interests in many different subjects. Open education permits students to take responsibility for their own education.1. The open classroom, however, may allow them to enjoy reading. They may be happier in an open education school. There is no need to worry about grades or rules.
2.For some, there are too few rules. These students will do little in school. There is great possibility that they won't take advantage of open education. Because open education is not the same as traditional education, these students may have difficulty getting used to it. The last point about open education is that some traditional teachers are not into it.3. Thus those teachers who want to try open education may have many problems at their schools.
So now you know what open education is. And the advantages and disadvantages of open education have been fully explained. You may have your own views about open education. The writer considers it as a wonderful idea, but only in theory.4. The majority of the students, but of course not all students, may want some structure and rules in their classes, in which case they would be more likely to learn well.5.
A. To sum up, open education is like a coin which has two sides.
B. Many teachers don't believe in it.
C. But many students won't do well in an open classroom.
D. Open education is better than traditional education.
E. In fact, it may not work well in a real class or school.
F. Open education is a good idea in practice.
G. Some students do poorly in a traditional classroom.
In 1987, a mountain on Mercury (水星) got a name--Li Qingzhao, the name of a Chinese female poet. According to the International Astronomical Union, all new mountains on Mercury must be named after a litterateur (文人) or an artist who was famous for more than fifty years, and dead for more than three years, before the date they are named. Of the total of 310 names, fifteen are named after famous Chinese writers and artists, and Li Qingzhao is one of them, together with Li Bai, Bai Juyi ,Cao Xueqin and Lu Xun.
What did Li Qingzhao do to deserve such an honour? Li is a poet of the Song Dynasty. Compared with other male poets in China, who have left hundreds or even thousands of poems, Li has only eighty-seven, like a drop in a bucket of water However, her talents and artistic creativity as shown in her eighty-seven works have earned her a lasting place in the Chinese literary circle.
Li was born into a scholar-official family in 1084. Like other young women in a rich family, she was well-read and trained in Chinese calligraphy (书法) and musical instrument. Most young women of rich families were taught to follow the "Three Obediences and Four Virtues" at that time, while Li was free in both character building and artistic development.
When it was time for her to start another stage in life--marriage, Li married Zhao Mingcheng. a student at the supreme academy of the imperial court. The couple devoted their spare time to their common interests --literature and the collection of calligraphy and painting.
Unluckily, their happiness didn't last long. The power struggle at the very top of the government destroyed everything. Li first followed her husband to Qing Zhou, and spent the next ten years there. It turned out that the ten years in Qing Zhou was the most productive period for her artistic creativity. Then in 1127, when the North Song Dynasty ended, Li followed her husband to Lin'an. Soon her husband died. And the worst part was that not only did she lose her loved husband but she also lost most of her accumulated (积累的) works.
Later, Li remarried a government official, who turned out to be a total liar and treated her badly. She died in 1155 in loneliness and pain.
1.With the strict rules set by The International Astronomical Union in naming mountains on Mercury,_____________.
A.Li Qingzhao is the only female poet
B.310 of them are named after famous Chinese figures
C.15 of them are named after well-known Chinese writers and artists
D.none but Li Qingzhao, Li Bai, Bai Juyi, Cao Xueqin and Lu Xun are chosen
2.Why did Li Qingzhao deserve such an honour?
A.Because she wrote eighty-seven poems.
B.Because she was like a drop in a bucket of water.
C.Because she was a famous female poet in the Song Dynasty.
D.Because she had great talents and artistic creativity shown in her poems.
3.What can we learn about Li Qingzhao's young adulthood from the passage?
A.She grew up in a quite relaxed family.
B.She was free to do whatever she wanted to.
C.She was forced to follow the "Three Obediences and Four Virtues".
D.She showed little interest in Chinese calligraphy and musical instrument.
4.Which of the following factors may help Li Qingzhao become an outstanding litterateur?
A.Praise from an international union. B.The family background as a child.
C.Change of the dynasties. D.Her second marriage.
5.How does the author tell the story of Li Qingzhao ?
A.In time order. B.By listing facts.
C.In space order. D.By giving examples.
It is hard, it hurts —and yet more than two million of us in the UK run at least once a week.
Of course, some people run to lose weight, or to get fit, and these are great reasons. Running is also easy to do, it's cheap, and you can do it when you want. All these factors certainly contribute to the fact that running is one of the most popular sports in the UK.
But for many of those two million runners, the real reason we head out to beat the roads until our legs hurt is more intangible (无形的) than weight loss or fitness.
Many runners become interested in times. They try to break the 40-minute barrier for the 10K, or run under four hours for the marathon. Yet, really, these times are almost meaningless. And as soon as they are achieved, another target is thrown out almost immediately.
The times are only the carrots we put in front of ourselves. But why do we put them there in the first place? Nobody ever gives a wise answer Deep down, we all know the answer.
Running brings us joy. Watch small children when they are excited, at play, and mostly they can't stop running. There's a great moment in The Catcher in the Rye when Holden Caulfield, caught in the uneasy space between childhood and adulthood, is walking across his school grounds one evening and he suddenly starts to run. “I don't ever know what I was running for一I guess I just felt like it,” he says.
This will to run is born. In fact, humans may well have evolved (进化) the way we did because of our ability to run. As children, and even adolescents, we can respond to this natural call to run whenever the feeling takes us.
As we run, we begin to sense that childish joy, which is born to live a wilder existence. As we run, the layers of responsibility and identity we have gathered in our lives, father, mother, lawyer, teacher, all fall away, leaving us with the raw human being.
If we push on, running harder, deeper into the loneliness, further away from the world and the structure of our lives, we begin to feel strangely excited, separated yet at the same time connected, to ourselves. With nothing but our own two legs moving us, we begin to get a sense of who, or what, we really are. After a long run, everything seems right in the world. Everything is at peace. To experience this is a powerful feeling, strong enough to have us coming back, again and again, for more.
1.Why does the author think setting time goals is almost meaningless?
A.Because those time goals can' t be achieved.
B.Because those time goals can be achieved easily
C.Because people will be very proud once the time goals are achieved.
D.Because there will always be a new time goal once the former one is achieved.
2.The author mentions the reasons for running EXCEPT___________.
A.challenging ourselves B.running away from responsibility
C.losing weight and keeping fit D.bringing us joy and peace in mind
3.Which of the following words can best describe the author's attitude towards running?
A.Uncertain. B.Doubtful.
C.Supportive. D.Puzzled.
4.What does the underlined word "this “in the last paragraph probably mean?
A.breaking the 40 -minute barrier for the 10K.
B.running under four hours for the Marathon.
C.feeling separated from the world after running
D.feeling everything is right after a long run.
5.What may be the best tile of this passage ?
A.Running to Keep Fit B.Running to Break Records
C.Running to Be the Real You D.Running to Become an Adult
Nearly each country in the world has its official honors reserved (保留) for outstanding people. For instance, in the United State, the highest civilian honor is the Presidential Medal of Freedom. In China, there are also such official honors given to people who have made outstanding contributions (贡献)to the nation's construction and development.
On Sept. 17, 2019, President Xi Jinping signed a presidential decree (主席法令) to award 42 individuals the Medal of the Republic, the Friendship Medal and various honorary titles.
Shen Jilan, an 89 year old farmer, is one of the eight people who were awarded the Medal of the Republic. She is the only person in China who has served at all 13 National People's Congresses (人民代表大会) since 1954. She is the very witness to the development of the People's Congress system. It was she who put forward the clause on “equal pay for equal work” between men and women, which was written into the first Constitution of PRC in 1954.
Tu Youyou, who had received the Nobel Medicine Prize in 2015，was also awarded the Medal of the Republic. She is famous for finding out Qinghaosu, which has helped to save millions of lives. Before the discovery, malaria is a deadly disease to people of tropical developing countries in South Asia, Africa and South America. Therefore, her discovery of Qinghaosu and its treatment of this disease is considered as an important breakthrough in the 20th century.
Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice (杂交水稻), received the Medal of the Republic as well. He is known for his great contributions to hybrid rice research and the wonderful work he has done to improve rice production in many developing countries. Judging from his appearance, he looks like a farmer rather than a scientist, with his sunburnt face and slim, strong body. That is because he always works under the sun for a long time and that is how he developed hybrid rice which produces 1/3 more than normal rice.
Ye Peijian who has been devoted to China's lunar program for twenty years, received the honorary title “the people's scientist”. He is well-known as a leading scientist in deep-space exploration at the China Academy of Space Technology.
1.Based on the presidential degree,__________________.
A.Shen Jilan was awarded the presidential medal for the clause on "equal pay for equal work"
B.Tu Youyou received the Friendship Medal for her contribution to find out Qinghaosu
C.Yuan Longping was awarded the highest Civilian Honor for his hybrid rice research
D.Ye Peijian received the honorary title “the people's scientist” in 2019
2.What can we infer from the passage?
A.Shen Jilan didn’t get equal pay for equal work as men.
B.Malaria helped Tu Youyou to discover Qinghaosu to treat disease
C.Yuan Longing has improved the word rice production by 30%
D.Ye Peijian has had rich experience in deep-space exploration
3.Where is the passage most probably taken from?
A.An advertisement. B.A science fiction.
C.A heath journal. D.A news report
4.What adjectives can be used to describe the four persons?
A.Devoted and hard-working B.Creative and easy going.
C.Polite and devoted. D.Honest and patient.
5.What is the writer going to talk about following the last paragraph?
A.Ye Peijian's work at the China Academy of Space Technology.
B.Tu youyou's devotion to the discovery of Qinghaosu.
C.Yuan Longping's great work in hybrid rice research.
D.The development of the People's Congress system.
假设你是红星中学高二学生李华。保护环境，从我做起。你所在的学校倡导学生积极参与垃圾分类的活动。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，写一篇英语短文，给校刊投稿。
注意：词数不少于 60。
提示词：可回收的 recyclable
传单 leaflet
分类 sort
社区 community
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
