Cartoon characters will be banned on some food
Candy and chocolate companies in the UK may have to stop using cartoon characters on their products. The health groups said many food companies use characters from Peppa Pig and Disney on their packaging(包装). 1.
The health groups said 51 per cent of products using cartoon characters were unhealthy for children. 2.The groups are asking the government to stop the use of these characters to sell unhealthy products to children.
3.They are Action on Sugar, Action on Salt and the Children's Food Campaign. They noticed the nutrition(营养) content of 526 products that were aimed at children. 4.The Peppa Pig Candy Bites were among the worst products. These contained 99 per cent sugar. Dr Kather Hashem, an expert from the Action on Sugar group, said, "It's shocking that companies are exploiting the health of our children by using cartoon characters on their high-sugar food and drink products, especially on chocolates and sweets. 5."
Health is important for us, so we should stay away from the rubbish food.
A.The products were very high in fat, sugar and salt.
B.Their cartoon characters are harmful to children.
C.They use the characters to get children to buy chocolate and candies.
D.I believe these they do have already been hard to resist(抵制)for children.
E.The products' packaging had colorful cartoon characters to interest children.
F.There are three groups trying to get a ban on cartoon characters on chocolate and candy.
Have you ever felt lonely when you have a rest? The task of Jack, a 3rd- grade school-boy in America, is to end playground loneliness(孤独). And he is making waves with the help of the BuddyBench.
The Buddy Bench is a place where children can go if they have no friends to play with. Kids who see someone on the bench can then go over and ask them to play. It is a simple, but very smart idea, and it is now forming friendships all over America.
When Jack was in the 1st grade, his family was thinking about moving to Germany. While looking at school brochures(手册)，he saw a photo of a playground with a special bench for anyone who was lonely.
Although he did not move to Germany, he liked this idea so much that he discussed it with his teacher and the head teacher. They also thought it was a great idea and soon the school bought their first Buddy Bench! The kids loved it!
Since then, children and schools across America have learned about it and the benches have started to show up all over! Jack's action and proactivity(积极性)are living proof(证明)that a child can change the world. All it takes is a good idea, some passion and to follow through.
1.What is Jack's task?
A.To help kids make more friends.
B.To end playground loneliness.
C.To help kids play safely in the playground.
D.To make kids have more places to sit down.
2.When can you go to the Buddy Bench?
A.When you have no one to play with.
B.When you are in Grade 3.
C.When you are tired in the playground.
D.When you have nowhere to play.
3.What does the underlined word "buddy" mean in the passage?
A.密友
B.对手
C.朋友
D.同事
4.The underlined word "it" in the fourth paragraph refers to __________________.
A.their school playground
B.Jack's smart idea
C.their school sports game
D.their first Buddy Bench
5.What do Jack's action and proactivity show?
A.If you want to change the world, you should first change yourself.
B.Too many children are lonely at school.
C.The Buddy Bench is useful and helpful.
D.A child can change the world.
Beijing Opera, also called Peking Opera, is our national opera. It came into being(形成)after 1790 and has a history of over 200 years. Its music and singing came from Xipi and Erhuang in Anhui and Hubei. The Guangxu Emperor (帝王) and Empress Dowager Cixi were also crazy about Beijing Opera and helped develop the art form.
There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing, Chou. Sheng is the leading male(男性) actor. For example, a Wusheng is a soldier or fighter. A Xiaosheng is a young man. A Laosheng is an old man with beard(胡子). Dan is the female(女性)role. Jing, mostly male, is the face painted role and Chou is the comedy (喜剧)actor or clown(小丑).
Beijing Opera is full of famous stories, beautiful facial paintings, wonderful gestures and fighting. Some of the stories are from history books, but most are from famous novels. The people in the stories usually can't agree with each other. They become angry, unhappy, sad and lonely. Sometimes they are afraid and worried. Then they find a way to make peace with(与......讲和) each other. Everyone is usually happy in the end.
Beijing Opera is an important part of Chinese culture. In China it used to be popular with old people while young people didn't like it very much. However, more young people are becoming interested in it nowadays. And more people around the world are learning about Beijing Opera's special singing, acting and facial paintings.
1.Beijing Opera's singing is from ____________________.
A.Anhui and Hubei
B.Beijing and Anhui
C.the history book
D.the literature and novels
2.The second paragraph of the passage is about the ____________________ of Beijing Opera.
A.stories
B.roles
C.gestures
D.paintings
3.From the passage, we know the role Chou most probably has a (n) ____________________ feature.
A.honest
B.funny
C.boring
D.serious
4.You can most probably read this kind of passage ____________________?
A.in a geography textbook
B.in a science and technology magazine
C.in a business report
D.on a culture website
5.Which is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Peking Opera is full of different gestures.
B.There are only four roles in Beijing Opera.
C.Beijing Opera is the most popular in the world.
D.The people in the story usually are in agreement.
Here are 4 of the best children's museums in the world.
Canadian Children's Museum, Ottawa, Canada This museum attracts about half a million families every year. Since it opened in 1989, it has been developed around a main theme-The Great Adventure -and gives children a chance to travel around the world. Cost: $ 30 for families, free for children under 3. $ 8 for children aged 3to 12,$ 12 for adults. |
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V & A Museum of Childhood, London, England This popular museum was set up in 1974 and has all kinds of childhood toys from the 1600s to now. It's filled with puppets dolls teddy bears, and all sorts of other toys. Cost: free |
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The Children's Museum, Boston, the USA This famous museum has been open since 1913, making it one of the world's oldest museums. It has: several interactive (互动的) exhibits for visitors to explore. Cost: $ 12 per person, Fri. 5pm- 9pm $ 1 per person |
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London Regional Children's Museum, Ontario, Canada This museum opened in 1982. It attracts over 100000 visitors each year. It has three floors full of interactive and interesting exhibits, such as dinosaurs, underwater adventures, and Arctic explorations. Cost: $ 2 per person (12-23 months) and $6 per person (two and over) |
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1.11-year-old Mike and his 19-year-old cousin visited Canadian Children 's Museum yesterday. They paid ________ for the tickets in total.
A.$8 B.$16 C.$20 D.$30
2.From the underlined sentence, we can learn puppets are a kind of ________.
A.toy B.animal C.plant D.food
3.________ is the oldest museum of the four museums.
A.Canadian Children's Museum, Ottawa B.V & A Museum of Childhood, London
C.The Children's Museum, Boston D.London Regional Children's Museum, Ontario
4.If you visit some adventures, you should 'go to ________.
A.Canadian Children's Museum and V & A Museum of Childhood
B.V & A Museum of Childhood and The Children's Museum
C.The Children's Museum and London Regional Children's Museum
D.Canadian Children's Museum and London Regional Children's Museum
5.If you want to a free museum, you should go to ________.
A.Canadian Children's Museum, Ottawa B.V & A Museum of Childhood, London
C.The Children's Museum, Boston D.London Regional Children's Museum, Ontario
Elias is the new language teacher at a Finnish primary school. It is patient with students and never makes a pupil feel embarrassed(尴尬的)for asking a question. It can even do the Gangnam Style dance.
Elias is also a robot. The robot is able to understand and speak 23 languages. There is a kind of software in Elias, which allows it to understand students' requirements and helps it to encourage learning. Elias communicates in English, Finnish and German only.
The robot can know the pupils' skill levels. It can also tell teachers about a student's possible problems. Some of the human teachers who have worked with the robot see it as a new way to help with students' learning.
"I think in the new course the main idea is to get kids active. I see Elias as one of the tools to get different kinds of practice' and bring different kinds of activities into the classroom,"language teacher Riika Kolunsarka said.
1.Elias is ____________________.
A.a human teacher
B.a robot teacher
C.a Chinese teacher
D.a math teacher
2.Elias can communicate in ____________________ languages.
A.23
B.32
C.3
D.1
3.____________________ can allow Elias to understand students 'requirements and helps it to encourage learning.
A.A robot
B.A teacher
C.Students
D.A kind of software
4.We can learn ____________________ from the passage.
A.Elias works alone
B.Elias works with a robot
C.Elias works with the human teachers
D.The human teachers work alone
5.Language teacher Riika Kolunsarka thinks ____________________.
A.The students don't like Elias
B.Elias is very useless to their work
C.Elias can get students active
D.The human teacher is the best
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