Many ordinary people ranging from volunteers to media workers have dedicated (奉献) themselves to fighting the novel coronavirus. They prove that ordinary people can still do their part during difficult times.
On Feb 12, Dalian (not his real name) was taking a train to Changsha, Hunan, for a business trip. While on the train, he went into a carriage (车厢) to have lunch and chose to remain in the carriage. He did not realize that the carriage was only for people heading to Wuhan.
Several hours later, when the train arrived in Wuhan, Dalian was asked to get off, as he was in the special carriage. Although he was surprised, he didn’t want to cause trouble and got off the carriage with just a single bag.
As Wuhan had been locked down because of the epidemic (疫情), Dalian couldn’t find a hotel to stay in. Feeling at a loss, he saw a notice online looking for volunteers to work in hospitals. The payment was 500 yuan a day. Dalian decided to give it a try.
He soon became a volunteer at Wuhan No. 1 Hospital. He was responsible for taking out trash, mopping (拖) the floor, disinfecting (消毒) the hospital, dealing with used protective suits and bringing meals to patients.
The young man, reportedly from northeast China, had to work 12 hours every day, changing his protective suit three times a day. While working, he couldn’t drink anything or go to the bathroom. He also had to have close contact with infected patients, which is risky.
Dalian was afraid of getting infected at first. “When I entered the wards (病房), I was kind of frozen (僵硬的) and felt like I couldn’t move,” he said. But after seeing more patients get better, his fear gradually went away.
Dalian’s story has since gone viral (走红的) online. People were surprised by his experience, but also described him as having “a heart of gold”.
1.Why did Dalian have to get off in Wuhan?
A.Because he went there for a business trip.
B.Because he was in the wrong carriage.
C.Because he chose to have lunch in Wuhan.
D.Because he bought the wrong train ticket.
2.What made Dalian decide to work at a hospital?
A.He had volunteer experience.
B.He ran out of money.
C.He wanted to become a doctor.
D.He had nowhere to go.
3.Dalian’s job includes ________.
a. taking out trash and mopping the floor
b. disinfecting others’ protective suits
c. dealing with used protective suits
d. bringing meals to doctors
A.ab B.ac C.bd D.cd
4.What does this passage try to tell us?
A.Everybody should volunteer.
B.We must protect ourselves at all times.
C.Everyone can fight the virus in their own way.
D.We should be grateful for medical workers.
Li Ziqi, a popular star on the Internet, has more than 58 million fans on social media platform both in China and around the world. She is famous because of her videos. She even became the ambassador(形象大使) for the 7th International Festival Cultural Heritage(形象大使) in October 2019 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province.
Li seems to be a master of all kinds of skills — cooking, painting, designing and brining. The most special thing is that she does almost everything in a traditional Chinese way. In her videos, Li always wears homemade hanfu. She raises ducks in order to make a sauce from salted duck eggs. She makes bamboo furniture all by herself. She also grows plants and vegetables, and prepares meals with what she harvests. She makes life in the countryside very beautiful.
Li was born in 1990 in a small village of Sichuan Province in southwestern China. Her parents died when she was still very young and her stepmother treated her badly, so she finally grew up with her grandparents. When she was 14, she went to the city in search of work but she decided to return to the countryside in 2012 to take care of her grandmother.
Four years later, she began filming her life there, “When I worked in the city, it was about how to survive,” Li says. “Now when I work in the countryside, I feel like I’m truly living.” Li’s videos record how she works and her daily lives with her grandmother in their modest home. She says: “I simply want people in the city to know where their food comes from,” Li says. “A teacher friend once told me about some students who thought rice grew on trees, ___________.
Many people wonder why Li shares these videos. Li once said: “In today’s society, many people feel stressed, so when they watch my videos at the end of a busy day, I want them to relax and sense something nice, to take away some of their worry and stress.”
1.Li Ziqi becomes a popular online star because of ___________.
A.her videos about her daily lives B.her poor life as a child
C.raising ducks in the countryside D.becoming the ambassador
2.Li went to the city at the age of 14 in order to ___________.
A.take care of her grandma B.live a true life
C.be away from her stepmother D.look for a chance to work
3.She began filming her life in ___________.
A.1990 B.2012 C.2016 D.2019
4.Which of the following is the best choice for the blank in Paragraph 4?
A.because I am very interested in the life of children in the city
B.so I want kids in the city to know where their food comes from
C.so I want kids to know how hard farmers’ work to provide food for them
D.because I know children in the countryside are different from those in the city
He creates fantasy worlds with witches (女巫), floating castles and flying pigs. He is Hayao Miyazaki, also known as “Japan’s Walt Disney”.
In 2016, the 75-year-old returned to make Boro the Caterpillar (《毛毛虫菠萝》), a computer-generated (CG) short movie, into a feature film.
“Miyazaki … will keep making films until he dies”, Toshio Suzuki, an experienced producer at Studio Ghibli, told Variety magazine. For Boro, Miyazaki, who has always used hand-drawn 2D animation, will work with computer technology.
The animation may be different, but Miyazaki’s movies always have something in common.
Many themes are seen again and again in his films.
Two of these themes are the sky and water. From his early film Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (《风之谷》, 1984) to his popular 2004 movie Howl’s Moving Castle (《哈尔的移动城堡》), Miyazaki’s films are full of flight. The water is another place where gravity doesn’t work. Miyazaki loves quickly filling spaces with clear water, leaving things to float.
Another repeated idea in Miyazaki’s work is the Earth’s fragility (脆弱性). He often criticizes (批评) development and pollution. Princess Mononoke (《幽灵公主》) shows villagers cutting down a forest to provide fuel for their iron factory, while natural forces fight against them.
In his movies, there is often no clear good or evil. Miyazaki has explained that he sees the 21st century as a complex time. Simple stereotypes cannot be accepted, he said, even in children’s films.
1.Hayao Miyazaki was born ________.
A.in 1940 B.in 1941 C.in 1942 D.in 1943
2.In which film did Miyazaki show his attitude?
A.Boro the Caterpillar
B.Howl’s Moving Castle
C.Princess Mononoke
D.Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
3.What does the underlined word “complex” in the last paragraph mean?
A.easy B.modern
C.standard D.difficult to understand
4.What do we know from the passage?
A.Miyazaki learnt to draw from his mother.
B.Miyazaki has given up drawing animation by hand.
C.Miyazaki is starting to focus on protecting the environment
D.Miyazaki doesn’t like using simple stereotypes in his films.
Modesty(谦逊) is a valuable quality in many cultures around the world. In China, this is no different. However, the phrase “毛遂自荐” seems to disagree with this.
During the Warring States Period, the Qin army marched(进军) on Handan. Seeing that Handan was in danger, Prince Pingyuan sought help from the state of Chu. He wanted to pick 20 talented people to go with him. However, he could only find 19 people who were good enough. Then, a man named Mao Sui volunteered.
Prince Pingyuan looked at Mao Sui with doubt, “How long have you been here with me?”
“Three years,” Mao Sui answered.
“I hear that a person with talent is like an awl(锥子) in a cloth bag. Its sharp point will soon pierce(戳) through the bag. You’ve been here for a long time, but I haven’t seen any of your achievements. Maybe you don’t have any talent.” said Prince Pingyuan.
“What I’m asking you now is to put me into that bag. If you do that, I will pierce through it. But not only the point — the whole awl,” Mao Sui said confidently.
Impressed, Prince Pingyuan allowed Mao to join his team, and Mao proved very helpful. Now the phrase “Mao Sui recommending himself” is used to describe someone who volunteers to do a task.
However, there is a fine line between self-confidence and arrogance(傲慢). It’s important to believe in yourself, but a strong ego can harm your career and professional relationships. So we recommend letting your work speak for itself.
1.Where was Mao Sui from?
A.Qin. B.Chu. C.Handan. D.Pingyuan.
2.What does the phrase “毛遂自荐” mean?
A.Show modesty. B.Feel unconfident.
C.Be professional. D.Volunteering for a task.
3.The underlined word “that” in Paragraph 6 means ________.
A.putting an awl into a bag
B.putting Mao Sui into a bag
C.letting Mao Sui join the team
D.refusing Mao Sui
4.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Modesty isn’t a valuable quality.
B.Mao Sui was a confident person.
C.Prince Pingyuan didn’t like Mao Sui.
D.The writer thinks we should learn from Mao Sui.
The following events are moments in the 40 years of China’s reform and opening up (改革开放40 周年).
1978 Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China 十一届三中全会召开 In 1978, the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China decides to implement reform and opening-up to the outside world.The locus ( 核心) of the whole Party shifts to economic development. | 1980 Shenzhen Special Economic Zone 设立深圳经济特区 Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, one of China’s first special economic zones, is established in 1980. The move allows Shenzhen to enjoy more market-oriented (市场化的) and flexible economic policies. | 1992 Deng Xiaoping’s speeches during his southern tour 邓小平南方谈话 From January 18 to February 21, Deng Xiaoping tours southern cities including Wuchang, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Shanghai and delivers a series of important speeches on reform and opening-up.
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1997 Hong Kong’s return to China 香港回归 In 1997, Hong Kong returns to hina, Since then, “one country,two systems”, “Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong” and a high degree of autonomy(自治权) have been effectively implemented. | 1999 Macao's return to China 澳门回归 In 1999, Macao returns to the motherland from the control of Portugal.Under the one country, two systems”policy, Macao enjoys a high degree of autonomy.
| 2008 First spacewalk 完成首次太空行走 On Sept 27, 2008, astronaut Zhai Zhigang accomplishes the first space walk, making China the third country to independently master the key technologies of extravehicular activity (舱外活动). |
2017 Fuxing bullet trains 复兴号投入运营 China’s first self-developed bullet train “Fuxing” is launched in June 2017. Its core technologies, including its power supply, operation management and security monitoring, are all homegrown. | 2018 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge 港珠澳大桥通车 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, cross-sea bridge opens to traffic in October 2018. As the first road link to span ( 横跨 ) the Pearl River Estuary, the bridge will improve the development of Guangdong- HongKong-Macao Greater Bay Area. |
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1.What happened to Shenzhen in 1980?
A.She became a special economic zone. B.She was the neighbour of Hong Kong
C.She held the third plenary session. D.She opened the gate to welcome Macao
2.How many events can you find during 1978-1999?
A.Six B.Three C.Eight D.Five
3.What information can you get from “2008 First spacewalk”?
A.Zhai Zhigang’s achievement B.China’s breakthrough in outer space
C.China’s great technologies D.The third country of the world
4.What have the two events of 2017 and 2018 told the world?
A.China has had the longest cross-sea bridge in the world
B.China has developed its first bullet trains named “Fuxing”
C.China is keeping paces with the developed countries
D.China's opening-up policy is better than others
My wife, Megan, and I went out to dinner with an old friend who we had not seen in a while. There had been some talk of COVID-19 in the news, but it was early in the outbreak and people were still going about their daily routines. Even though everyone in our group felt perfectly _______, we took precautions(预防措施): We washed our hands with hand sanitizer(洗手液), did not _______ food, and had no close contact. A few days later, our friend called and told us that she had _______ positive(阳性) for the coronavirus. She had felt some symptoms(症状) for a day or so _______ the dinner and was able to be tested because she is a doctor. _______ we took precautions that night, the virus was also passed to me and another friend who had joined us.
Megan and I quarantined(隔离) ourselves at once when we heard that our friend had tested positive. We also _______ everyone we had been in contact with to let them know that I had tested positive. It was the _______ thing to do. It is hard to tell people we might have given them a virus, but not telling anyone anything would have been cowardly(懦弱) and irresponsible. It wasn’t a(n) _______ for us, and it shouldn’t be a choice for anyone in our situation.
While we have not been out of our house in over six days — and will be here for another eight or nine at least, we have felt such love and _______ from those around us. Our kids watch movies online with their friends, and my office has daily video calls to keep everyone ________. We’ve made an effort to spend time together as a family, too. Although Megan and the kids and I can’t be in the same room, the four of us still play online games together.
1.A.cruel B.brave C.fine
2.A.eat B.share C.buy
3.A.tested B.described C.developed
4.A.during B.before C.after
5.A.Since B.Although C.Because
6.A.called B.found C.visited
7.A.independent B.responsible C.professional
8.A.option B.chance C.opportunity
9.A.anger B.doubt C.concern
10.A.separated B.safe C.connected
