Growing up in England with a British father and a Chinese mother, I've enjoyed food from both countries ever since I was able to hold a knife and fork and chopsticks!
Mum has sweet memories of the food from her home town in Sichuan, and often cooks spicy dishes.Thanks to this， Dad has come to love hot pot! But there are still some dishes that Dad dare not try even after many years of marriage to my mother. Even today he still does not take to eating things like chicken feet．
But I enjoy that sort of food myself. Last week, I went to the butcher's and asked, "Do you have pigs' ears？" "No," the butcher said, pulling at his own ears, "just these ordinary ones." He must have thought I was joking．
Dad can cook a super "full English breakfast" of bacon, eggs, beans, sausages and toast with butter. Mum and I just have to find a way to get him into the kitchen! He also does a typical Sunday roast.We all love roast beef and vegetables．
I'll never forget my first visit to China. Mum encouraged me to try different kinds of food. But just when I thought I could deal with all Chinese food, I came across stinky tofu, a horrible grey thing that looked and smelt like a burnt sports shoe. I gathered all my courage to take a bite and was amazed to find it wasn't so bad. It reminded me of blue cheese, a similarly strong smelling type of food you either love or hate. Maybe I'll fall in love with stinky tofu, someday.
People say that one man's meat is another man's poison, but I feel at home with food from both my cultures．
1.What can we learn from this passage？ ______
A.I have enjoyed the food from two cultures since a little child．
B.Because of my Mum， Dad loves all kinds of Chinese food．
C.We all like roast beef and vegetables except Mum．
D.I have fallen in love with the stinky tofu now．
2.What kind of person did the butcher probably think the author was？ ______
A.Generous． B.Mean．
C.Humorous． D.Serious．
3.What does the underlined part in paragraph 2 probably mean？ ______
A.Resist． B.Like．
C.Allow． D.Mind．
4.What's the passage mainly about？ ______
A.Comparing two different cultures．
B.Trying some different foods．
C.Different eating habits in China and Britain．
D.The eating experiences of a mixed-race family．
Modern people are paying more attention to exercise and many celebrities are leading the trend， while in ancient China there were also many fitness lovers．
Lu You： chosho
As a noted productive poet， Lu You from the Song Dynasty wrote more than 20，000 poems in his lifetime． According to historical records， he lived to 85 years old， the longest living poet in the Song Dynasty．
However， Lu You was weak as a child． During his later years， Lu You started the body building called chosho． Chosho was quite popular in ancient times， which was not roaring or whistling， but an elegant， serious and skillful health method． People opened their body， breathed in deep and then breathed out with a long and loud cry in rhyme．
Su Dongpo： long run， five kilometers per day
The great Song Dynasty poet Su Dongpo， or Su Shi preferred to take long runs， and he thought that only by moving your body regularly could you have a strong body．
He would slow down when he breathed hard， and speed up when his breath balanced． Su Dongpo would run until he was sweaty， hot， blood circulating and limbs feeling refreshed．
Huyan Zan： cold bath
There was an annual festival in November during the early Tang Dynasty （618-907）called "Pouring cold"， where a group of strong men， nearly bare， sang and danced in the street while crowds poured cold water on them． The festival， a sacrifice to god， was thought to be helpful to body building．
During the Song Dynasty， Huyan Zan recovered the tradition by removing the singing and dancing parts and keeping the pouring cold water part， as a way to exercise his kids' physical bodies．
1.What would Lu You do when doing chosho exercise？ ______
A.Scream after opening his body．
B.Make a long and loud roar．
C.Whistle for a long time．
D.Breathe deep and shout with a rhyme．
2.While Su Dongpo was running， he ______ ．
A.adjusted his running speed according to his breath
B.kept running at a high speed all the way
C.would run until his body was tired
D.practiced Qigong during the course of running
3.Why did Huyan Zan have his kids do a cold bath？ ______
A.To teach them the hardship of life．
B.To honor his general-inherited family．
C.To make them have a healthy body．
D.To expect them to have a long life．
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Every year, my parents and I pay visit to my grandparents in my hometown. To be honestly, I didn’t want to go this year. You know, my hometown in their memory was so dirty. Rubbish could be seen everywhere, that annoyed me a lot. After thinking for some moment, I asked my parents that whether we could let my grandparents come and stay with us. Heard this, they just smiled. When I got on the bus, I was surprised to find that the village was very clean that I hardly recognized it. Then I decide to visit my grandparents more often.
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Most young people have wanted to be a famous singer or musician. They have dreamed 1. playing in front of audience. Honestly speaking, many people attach great importance to 2. (become) rich and famous.
Many musicians meet and form a band. They may start 3. a group of high school students. At first, they may play to 4. (passer-by) in the street. Later, they may give 5. (perform) in pubs or clubs. Of course they want to make a lot of money.
However, there was one band 6. (call) the Monkees that started in a different way. It began as a TV show. The TV organizers had planned to find four rock musicians, but they could find only one. They had to use actors, 7. had to rely 8. other musicians to help them. They just pretended 9. (sing). Their performances were 10. (humour) and soon they became popular. After a year or so, the Monkees began to play and sing their own songs like a real band. In the US, they became even more popular than the Beatles.
My twin sister and I have always been homeschooled, rather than sent to school. And it's wonderful and has changed me greatly. I can’t imagine what my _________ would have been like if I wasn’t.
When I was younger, we mostly _________ from my parents and textbooks, but now we do most work on the computer, _________ my parents still help us when we feel _________ about what we learn. There’s a large community of homeschoolers in my town, and they have frequent _______ so that we can talk and play together happily and become more _________.
In addition, we have a homeschool “co-op(合作社)” where some of the moms serve as_______ teachers. We’re _________ by age rather than grade, but we get appreciation for everything we do for others there and it _________ well for me. Right now I’m taking __________ writing, a course in which I can learn to express new ideas perfectly! We also learn production, which is taught by my __________. My best friends go there too, so we have fun learning together.
Some of the most interesting things I learn come from __________ with my mom and dad. They are both very __________ people and we have long talks about history, politics, literature，just to __________ a few. My sister is more naughty and __________ trouble a lot more often than I do. We fight and quarrel sometimes, but things have been better with us __________ , because we have been trying really hard to improve our __________ and become more considerate.
I think homeschool has __________ me well. I have a bigger vocabulary and become more intelligent. __________, I get better grades. I can socialize, too. I’m sort of well known, even if not the most __________ girl. That’s just fine with me.
1.A.voyage B.life C.family D.dream
2.A.suffered B.escaped C.learned D.heard
3.A.though B.because C.so D.otherwise
4.A.crazy B.concerned C.upset D.puzzled
5.A.events B.incidents C.exams D.competitions
6.A.special B.formal C.famous D.social
7.A.experienced B.voluntary C.professional D.official
8.A.charged B.marked C.remembered D.sorted
9.A.works B.organizes C.deals D.benefits
10.A.summary B.creative C.practical D.journal
11.A.sister B.friend C.mom D.teacher
12.A.bargains B.conversations C.lessons D.touches
13.A.knowledgeable B.positive C.busy D.strict
14.A.call B.show C.name D.bring
15.A.deals with B.runs into C.settles down D.get tired of
16.A.finally B.suddenly C.lately D.regularly
17.A.schedules B.home C.skills D.behavior
18.A.treated B.won C.served D.raised
19.A.As a result B.As usual C.On purpose D.By chance
20.A.generous B.responsible C.selfless D.popular
