Managing(管理) money is an important skill for adults. But a group of middle school students in the US have had some early lessons.On Sept 23, eighth-graders from Honey Creek Middle School in Michigan, US, had an eye opening experience called Let’s Get Real. The event aimed to help students use money properly.
“I didn’t know it costs so much money just in a month,” said Douglas Dillon, one of the students. Like other students, Dillon acted as a 28-year-old adult with a job and family. He chose to be an engineer. He could earn $5,000 (30,600 yuan) per month. But after he spent his income on essentials (必需品), including housing, taxes (税), transportation, childcare and entertainment (娱乐活动), he only had $347 left. “I really should spend it carefully and not waste it,” said Dillon.
Meanwhile,Braxton Scamihorn,another student from Honey Creek learned a greater appreciation (感激) for his parents and what it takes to pay the bills. The 14-year-old found that “kids cost a lot of money” when he learned that childcare for three children would cost $900 a month.
“It is just a necessary lesson on problems that the teens are going to face when they are about 28 years old,” said Peggy Murdoch, one of the organizers. They hoped the students learned about real life budget (预算) decisions and had more respect for their parents. The aim of “Let’s Get Real” is to .
A. Help students have a real experience.
B. Help students enjoy the fun of managing money.
C. Help students learn to use money properly. Which of the following statements is TRUE about Douglas Dillon?
A. He is an engineer at the age of 28.
B. He acted as an adult who could earn ￥5000 per month.
C. From the experience he knew he should spend money carefully and not waste it.What items do essentials include according to the 2nd paragraph except ?
A. housing and taxes
B. transportation and entertainment
C. childcare and travel Who is the organizer of the lesson?
A. Douglas Dillon
B. Peggy Murdoch
C. Braxton ScamihornWhat can we learn from the passage?
A. The students learned nothing about real life budget decisions.
B. Many 28-year-olds will face some problems on managing money.
C. Honey Creek Middle School is in the U.K.
Have your mom or grandma ever made embroidered （刺绣的） clothes for you? People in the past often embroidered on handkerchiefs（手帕）, bed covers and dresses. Girls would embroider on a sachet （香囊）as a gift for their lovers.
Shu embroidery comes from Sichuan. It is the oldest kind of embroidery in China. People began to make it during the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD). They sold it to other countries along the South Silk Road.
Embroidery takes time. It might take as long as a whole day to finish just 10 cm. By the 1970s, Sichuan had as many as 5, 000 embroiderers. But since modern machines can make cheaper embroidery products today, fewer people are buying handmade Shu embroider products. Young people aren't learning the skill. To protect this skill, Shu embroidery was added to China's intangible cultural heritage （非物质文化遗产） list in 2006.
Meng Dezhi, a national-level inheritor（国家级传承人）of the skill, has been making Shu embroidery for 40 years. After her factory closed down in 2005, she didn't give up loving this form of art. So she decided to teach others to make Shu embroidery. The work is hard and the pay is low. Not many people want to learn it. But Meng wants to change that. She now teaches it in universities and communities.
Shu embroidery stands for（代表）thousands of years of Sichuan culture. We should try to save it.
76. Where does Shu embroidery come from?
77. How many embroiderers did Sichuan have by the 1970s?
78. Are many people buying handmade Shu embroidery products today?
79. How long has Meng Dezhi been making Shu embroidery?
80. What does Shu embroidery stand for?
There are about 1. 4 billion （十亿）people in China. WeChat is part of life for many Chinese. We use it to chat, send photos, pay for things, etc. It is playing a bigger role. But do you know who invented WeChat? The man behind it is Zhang Xiaolong. He is the vice president（副总裁） of Tencent and is called "Father of WeChat".
Zhang Xiaolong was born in Shaoyang, Hunan Province in 1969.
He graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 1994. While at university he had many hobbies, such as chess, tennis and bowling. His classmates said whatever he did, he could get quite good atit after trying hard for several years. He liked to sleep late, but that didn't mean he was lazy. He would keep working hard on something for many hours till midnight
Such a clever and hard-working man would surely succeed. In 1997, he created Foxmail and achieved success. He created WeChat in 2011, and it became a bigger success. It is so easy to use. _______. Because of it, Zhang has become rich and successful, but he always keeps a low profile（低调）. Few people know about him. He only lets his work speak for him. You may have a good understanding of him by using WeChat.
January 21, 2021 was the10th birthday of WeChat. It's said that Zhang Xiaolong is making his another 10-year plan for WeChat. Will he surprise us again? That's for sure.
46. If you forget to take money, you can______ by WeChat.
| A． | cook |
B． | chat |
C． | send photos |
D． | pay for things |
47. Zhang Xiaolong left his university ______.
| A． | in 1969 |
B． | in 1994 |
C． | in 1997 |
D． | in 2011 |
48. According to Zhang's classmates, he was ______ at university.
| A． | lazy |
B． | hard-working |
C． | relaxed |
D． | friendly |
49. Which of the following can be put in the ______in the third paragraph?
| A． | About one billion people use it now |
| B． | Few people find WeChat very interesting |
| C． | People never use WeChat in their daily life |
| D． | Someone likes using WeChat to do many things |
50. Which of the following is TRUE?
| A． | Zhang Xiaolong likes speaking for himself. |
| B． | People have used WeChat for less than ten years. |
| C． | WeChat is playing a bigger role in people's lives. |
| D． | Zhang Xiaolong can get good at something easily. |
Have you ever heard of "Who knows that each bowl of rice is the fruit of hard toil （苦工）?" It tells us not to waste food.
As we all know, every bit of food we eat comes from hard work. It's not easy to turn a seed（种子）into the food you can eat. Recently, to help students better understand this, the No. 4 Middle School in Huzhou, Zhejiang held an activity. Under the hot sun, hundreds of students went to a field to experience farming. With the help of others, they learned how to grow rice and pick vegetables. After the activity, they better understood how hard farming was.
Many countries are facing the food-shortage problem now. According to the UN, there are 820 million people living in hunger today. Our country used to face this problem, too. In the 1960s, because there wasn't much food, many people even died from hunger. In 1973, Yuan Longping and his team succeeded in the development of hybrid（杂交）rice. They made great progress in solving our food-shortage problem. Many scientists like Yuan are always going out of their way to solve this problem now.
When we waste food, we waste not only food but also resources（资源）for growing, transporting and cooking the food. These all take energy, time and water. Wasting food also creates greenhouse gas. So food waste is bad for the environment, too.
Please value what you're eating.
41. The poem tells us not to______.
| A． | throw food |
B． | waste food |
C． | pollute food |
D． | hate food |
42. Students from Huzhou______ on the farm.
| A． | sold seeds |
B． | grew vegetables |
| C． | understood each other |
D． | experienced farming |
43. Chinese people ______ in the 1960s.
| A． | had a hard life |
B． | died from illnesses |
| C． | had much food |
D． | ate a new kind of rice |
44. Saving food is______ for the environment.
| A． | good |
B． | bad |
C． | safe |
D． | meaningless |
45. The main idea of this passage is ______.
| A． | how we should save food |
| B． | why we should value food |
| C． | where we can experience farming |
| D． | how we should protect the environment |
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Many of my classmates are losing weight so they can look more beautiful. There is nothing wrong with being beautiful, but it is not wise to lose weight by dieting（节食）unhealthily. Every year, many people become sick because of dieting, it is bad for their health and even costs them their own lives. In fact, life is the most important thing. Exercise more and eat less. This could be the best way to lose weight. |
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These days, many of us have idols（偶像）. They are mostly pop stars. It's good to like someone with great qualities（品质）. But sometimes some fans are too crazy. For example, they might spend too much time watching their idols' shows. They also buy expensive gifts for their idols. But their own lives might be pretty hard. Some young fans might pay so much attention to their idols that their grades get worse. Some even give up classes to see their idols. Fans should love their idols in a healthy way. |
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I often see people wearing hanfu on the street. Some might think they are strange, but I don't think so. Everyone has the right to make a choice. Some people enjoy fashion（时尚）, while others like tradition. In fact, when I sometimes see girls wearing hanfu in my school, I say to myself, "Wow! That's a beautiful dress! They are so different!" One day, I will wear hanfu and introduce it to foreigners. |
36. The first paragraph tells us ______ is the most important.
| A． | attention |
B． | exercise |
C． | life |
D． | beauty |
37. According to Meiqi, the best way to lose weight could be ______.
| A． | becoming sick |
B． | dieting unhealthily |
| C． | giving up classes |
D． | exercising more and eating less |
38. Zixuan thinks idols should ______.
| A． | buy fans gifts |
B． | lose weight |
| C． | have great qualities |
D． | get good grades |
39. From the last paragraph, we can infer Miaoxi______.
| A． | doesn't like tradition |
| B． | wants to visit foreigners |
| C． | thinks wearing hanfu is strange |
| D． | wants to spread Chinese tradition culture |
40. The three people in this passage may be______.
| A． | students |
B． | writers |
C． | reporters |
D． | teachers |
Spending almost a full day in the car with a 70-year-old woman could be boring. However, for a 15-year-old girl, it was a great memory for many reasons. During the trip, we discussed anything we had wondered about in life. And I learned a lot I had never expected to.
I learned that we shouldn't take ourselves seriously and that not everyone has to get "old and boring". She is probably one of the coolest, funniest and most down-to-earth people I've ever met. In boring moments （时刻））, she never fails to tell one of her famous jokes. But when you need a shoulder to cry on, she is there to comfort you. She taught me that "Laughter is the best medicine",
She never brings her phone, and she is okay with it. That hasn't stopped her from shopping and talking with her family online. She doesn't take pictures of everything she sees.
From now on, I plan on accepting the fact that I don't need to stay connected with social media （社交媒体）all the time. Even though I don't use a mobile phone, I can also be better at communicating with people.
There are so many things you can learn from someone older and wiser than you. You don't need to ask for advice, just slow down and enjoy the conversation. You'll be surprised at how amazing it is.
31. The writer spent a full day with______.
| A． | a bus driver |
B． | a young girl |
| C． | an old woman |
D． | a woman guide |
32. We can know______from the second paragraph.
| A． | the writer learned nothing |
B． | the old woman often cries |
| C． | everyone gets "old and boring" |
D． | the old woman likes telling jokes |
33. The underlined word "comfort" in the passage means______.
| A． | 安慰 |
B． | 鼓励 |
C． | 夸奖 |
D． | 慰问 |
34. The writer thinks ______.
| A． | the old woman is the coolest |
| B． | she needs to ask the old for advice |
| C． | she must stop using a mobile phone |
| D． | we can learn from older and wiser people |
35. The best title of the passage is ______.
| A． | The Best Medicine |
B． | A Boring Trip |
| C． | Learning Along the Way |
D． | Life without a Mobile Phone |
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