As China’s influence grows, many students in the US are working hard to learn Chinese. Parents and education experts (专家) in the US think Chinese speakers may have greater chances.
The number of schools that teach Chinese has grown. Ten years ago, only about 300 schools in the US had Chinese lessons. Today, about 1,600 schools teach Chinese.
Lomond Elementary School (小学) in Ohio is one of them. Each week, all students in grades one through five have a one-hour Chinese class. They learn the language through songs, games and lots of talking.
“We’re trying to make students interested in the language,” teacher James told Times for Kids. “We think it’s really important that all children receive these lessons,” he says. “We’d like to do even more.”
“Schools are looking to the future,” says Nancy, a US education expert. “China is becoming a really powerful country. Young people should not only know the language but understand the culture.” Students may not be thinking about the future, but they think learning Chinese language and culture is fun.
“We wish we could go to China one day.” said Karl and his classmate, Walt, from Miami.
More than 40 million foreigners around the world are studying Chinese. About 50,000 people in the US are learning the language. Chinese has become the second most spoken foreign language in the US after Spanish.At present, many American students are learning Chinese because________.
| A．they wish to work in China |
| B．they would like to travel all over China |
| C．it is the most useful language in the world |
| D．China’s influence grows |
_______is an American education expert.
| A．James | B．Nancy | C．Karl | D．Walt |
We can learn from the passage that________.
| A．students are looking to the future |
| B．there are more Spanish people than Chinese in the US |
| C．Chinese is becoming popular in the US |
| D．Chinese is the most popular foreign language in the US |
It is Sunday afternoon. Mary goes to do the shopping with her mother. Her mother wants to buy some food for supper. Mary wants to buy a new skirt and some school things. They come to a shop.
“What does your shop sell?” Mary asks, “A lot of things.” The girl in the shop says. “You can buy food, drinks, clothes in our shop and school things, too.”
Mary and her mother go in. there are many people in the shop. Mary finds a nice white skirt.
“How much is the skirt?” Mary asks the girl in the shop.
“It’s eighty yuan.”
“That’s too dear. Can I find a cheap one?”
“What about the green one? It looks nice. And it’s only thirty yuan.”
“Ok, thanks a lot.”
“You are welcome.”
After that, Mary buys some school things, too. Here mother buys a lot of food, like bread, cakes, meat and fish. They get home very late. Mary wants to buy a new skirt and _________.
| A．some food | B．some drinks |
| C．some clothes | D．some school things |
Mary goes to do the shopping with her mother on ________.
| A．Saturday afternoon | B．Saturday morning |
| C．Sunday morning | D．Sunday afternoon |
Mary buys a _________ skirt.
| A．white | B．green | C．red | D．dear |
The white skirt is __________.
| A．￥30 | B．￥110 | C．￥80 | D．￥100 |
The green skirt is ___________.
| A．nice but dear | B．nice and cheap |
| C．not nice but cheap | D．not nice or cheap |
Jack likes eggs, bananas and apples. So every day, he has two eggs, one apple, a cup of milk and some bread for breakfast. For lunch, he has bananas, some chicken and vegetables. And for dinner, he has tomatoes, French fries and ice cream.
His sister likes dessert, oranges and apples. But she often has some hamburgers, one apple and bread for her breakfast. She likes tomatoes, salad and some fish for lunch. For dinner, she likes strawberries and some chicken.What does Jack have for breakfast?
| A．Some hamburgers, one apple and bread. |
| B．Bananas, one egg and a cup of milk. |
| C．Two eggs, one apple and a cup of milk. |
| D．One apple, two eggs, some bread and a cup of milk. |
_______likes dessert, oranges and apples.
| A．Jack |
| B．Jack's mother |
| C．Jack's father |
| D．Jack's sister |
Jack has_______ for his dinner.
| A．tomatoes |
| B．French fries and ice cream |
| C．bananas and some chicken |
| D．both A and B |
Jack has some chicken_______, but his sister has some chicken_______.
| A．for breakfast; for dinner |
| B．for lunch; for dinner |
| C．for dinner; for lunch |
| D．for dinner; for dinner |
Which of the following is right?
| A．Jack likes dessert, but he doesn't like apples. |
| B．Jack likes apples, his sister like them, too. |
| C．Jack has two eggs for breakfast, but his sister has one egg. |
| D．Jack has bananas for lunch, and his sister has apples for lunch. |
Where do you think people will live in the future? Can you predict people will work and live in the sea? But how will people go to work then? By submarine (潜水艇). Some scientists believe that some day submarine will be as many as today's cars. A famous French drivers says 'One day,man will work on the ocean floor as they do on the street!'
If humans want to live in the sea, they have to solve a lot of problems, similar to those of living on the moon, are lack of oxygen (缺氧) and weightlessness (失重). Many questions are hard to solve. For example, what will happen to our bodies if we live in the sea for a very long time?
Scientists are looking for answers.
Maybe in 50 years man will be able to live in the sea,away from the crowded and noisy cities on land. Man will find it fun and interesting to live in the sea.
And life in the sea is more comfortable. Don't you think so?
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If humans want to live in the sea, they first.
What problem will humans have if they live in the sea?
.How will people go to work if they live in the sea?
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As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real?
Follow Your Heart by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams true is life’s biggest challenge (挑战).You may think you're not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop you from getting your dream, the book says.
In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream.There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself.
You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will lead to better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. As you get closer to your dream, it may change(改变) a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.Follow Your Heart is _______.
| A．The first thing you must do to make your dream real |
| B．The most important dream to have for teenagers |
| C．The name of a famous Australian writer |
| D．The name of a book by Andrew Matthews |
If you want to make your dream real, you should _______.
A.remember what your dream is
B. keep telling yourself what you want
C. never be afraid of difficulties
D. A、B and CWhat's the meaning of “give up”?
| A．接受 | B．挑战 | C．放弃 | D．变化 |
If you want to make your dream come true,you can't .
| A．always remember what your dream is |
| B．watch TV instead of studying |
| C．do what you should do step by step |
| D．save money to buy new books |
What is the best title for the text?
| A．Make a Big Dream. |
| B．How to Find Your Real Dream. |
| C．Never Stop Dreaming of Success. |
| D．Teenagers Have Many Dreams. |
Life in the 2100s will be very different from life today. Between then and now many changes will take place. What will the changes be?
The population is growing fast. There will be more people in the world and most of them will live longer than people do now.
Computers will be much smaller and more useful, and there will be at least one in every home. And computer studies will be one of the important subjects in schools then.
People will work fewer hours than they do now and they will have more free time for sports, watching TV and traveling. Traveling will be much easier and cheaper. More people will go to other countries on holiday.
There will be changes in our food, too. Maybe no one will eat meat every day. Instead, they eat more fruit and vegetables. Maybe people will be healthier.
Work in the future will be different, too. Dangerous and hard work can be done by robots, because of this, many people will not have work to do. This will be a problem.There will be in the future.
| A．a small population | B．few changes |
| C．more people | D．few vegetables |
In the future the computer will be .
| A．much bigger and few people will use it |
| B．much smaller and more useful |
| C．smaller and not many people will use it |
| D．bigger and a lot of people will use it |
In the future more people .
| A．will go to other countries for holidays |
| B．will study at school |
| C．will go to work earlier |
| D．will work for many hours |
People will prefer to in the future.
| A．fruit and vegetables; meat |
| B．meat; fruit and vegetables |
| C．fruit and meat; vegetables |
| D．meat and vegetables; fruit |
The robots will in the future.
| A．do the dangerous work | B．do all the work |
| C．do only housework | D．do the easy work for people |
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