As Chinese, I’m sure you know something about Taichi. It’s a kind of sport and one of the symbols of Chinese culture.
Taichi is common in China. If you walk through a park, you might see people doing these slow and beautiful actions. They are doing Taichi, an ancient art called Wushu. Doing Taichi is good for our health. It can make us walk and move freely. During slow actions we can pay special attention to our hands and feet. We can control them better. Taichi also mixes slow actions and deep breaths perfectly. People will become healthier by practicing it.
But Taichi is more than a kind of sport. It shows how we see the world as well. The world is full of yin and yang, such as dark and light, soft and hard, full and empty etc. Taichi sets up good relationships between yin and yang, while they aren’t opposite. Just like the picture on the left, a white circle is in the black area and a black circle is in the white area. After a dark night, the sun will rise. Leaves fall in autumn but grow in spring. Everything keeps changing— that is how we should see the world. Yin and yang depend on each other and make differences to each other. That is why humans can get on well with nature and people can use softness to beat hardness. Taichi makes full of yin and yang. In China, Taichi has been practiced for about 600 years. At present, more people are encouraged to join in the Taichi and pass it on. Over 100 million people in more than 150 countries practice Taichi. It is getting more and more popular in the world. |
1. The actions of Taichi are ________.
| A． |
slow and beautiful |
B． |
quick and free |
C． |
quick and beautiful |
2. The underline word “them” refers to (指的是) ________.
| A． |
Wushu and sport |
B． |
walking and moving |
C． |
hands and feet |
3. What does Taichi show us?
| A． |
It shows us that yin and yang are opposite. |
| B． |
It shows us that nothing is changing. |
| C． |
It shows us the relationships between yin and yang. |
4. How long has Taichi been practiced in China?
| A． |
For about 600 years. |
| B． |
For about 100 years. |
| C． |
For about 150 years. |
5. We can most probably read this article in ________ in a newspaper.
| A． |
BUSINESS & DEVELOPMENT |
| B． |
SPORTS & CULTURE |
| C． |
TRAVEL & TRANSPORTATION |
Have you ever heard the saying "If you want a friend, be one"? If you want to make friends with others, you should be friendly to them first.
Here is how one new teacher made friends with the students in her class on the first day of school. As the bell rang, the teacher smiled （微笑） at each student. Then she said in a quiet voice,"Good morning. How nice it is to have all of you in my class this year. I'd like to know each of you. I am sure we will enjoy working together." Her voice was sweet（甜美的） and her look was friendly, so everyone felt happy.
She told the students her name and wrote it on the blackboard. Then she told them some of the things she liked to do and she hoped to do with them during the year. Then she said to the boys and girls, "Now you know my name and the things I like and I want to know your names and the things you like."
Could you make friends by doing the same as this teacher did?
One way of getting to know girls and boys in your class is to find out more about them. People often make friends with those who are the same as them. You play the same games and go on vacations together. It is a good way to make friends.完成句子。One way of getting to know girls and boys in your class is to .
| A．Australia | B．New Zealand |
| C．Zimbabwe | D．Norway |
| A．the health |
| B．both the health and happiness |
| C．the number |
| D．the progress |
| A．13 | B．40 |
| C．89 | D．46 |
| A．平均 | B．年龄 |
| C．极限 | D．寿命 |
| A．Niger. | B．Japan. | C．Oman. | D．China. |
There are many things we should know, but we do not learn them at school. For example, if we want to use our money better, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare（比较） the prices of the things in different shops. We also should know how to make the best choice when we shop.
Knowing how to make such choices is a life skill, and we should practice it in our daily life.
| A．Supermarket W. | B．Supermarket T. |
| C．Supermarket Y. | D．Supermarket U. |
| A．Supermarket W, Supermarket U |
| B．Supermarket Y, Supermarket T |
| C．Supermarket W, Supermarket Y |
| D．Supermarket U, Supermarket T |
| A．Supermarket W. | B．Supermarket U. |
| C．Supermarket Y. | D．Supermarket T. |
| A．Supermarket W. |
| B．Supermarket T. |
| C．Supermarket U. |
| D．Supermarket Y. |
| A．The environment. | B．The service. |
| C．The business hours. | D．The price. |
Baseball is one of the favorite sports in the U.S.A. Children play baseball in sports fields or parks.
At summer picnic, there is often an informal（非正式的） baseball game. Boys and girls, young and old take turns to play. There are nine players on each team.
The baseball season goes from April to September. During this time, baseball matches are showed on TV and members of the important baseball teams become America's heroes（英雄）. At the end of the season, the two top teams play against each other. Many baseball fans go along to watch the game. Millions of others listen to the radio or watch television. People seem to talk only about the game. Even long after it is over, they still talk about the result and the players.
American football is perhaps the most popular sport in the U.S.A. The football season begins when the baseball season ends. More people are interested in football than baseball. When there is an important game, thousands of people sit beside radios or in front of television sets to get the result.
| A．seven | B．eleven | C．four | D．nine |
| A．April to September | B．March to September |
| C．January to September | D．May to September |
A. The basketball season B. The football season
C. A basketball match D. A football match
| A．Boys and girls like baseball games. |
| B．More people are interested in football than baseball. |
| C．Just young boys and girls take turns to play in the informal baseball game. |
| D．Children sometimes play baseball in parks. |
A. Baseball B. Table tennis
C. Basketball D. American football
Millions years ago much of our earth was covered with blocks (块) of ice. These ice blocks were as tall as high buildings in modern cities. Most of the ice was in the northern (北方的)part of the world.
Then the ice blocks started to move south. Cold and rain came with the ice. Animals and people had to move.
At last, the ice began to melt (融化). After half a million years, most of it had melted. More than half of the earth became covered with water. The climate became much warmer. Things began to grow. The earth began to look the way it looks today. Millions of years ago our earth was very _________________.
| A．warm | B．hot | C．cool | D．cold |
What did animals and people try to do when the ice blocks moved south?
| A．they tried to stop them moving. | B．They tried to melt them. |
| C．They tried to stay ahead of them. | D．They tried to move behind them. |
The melting ice maybe helped to form _____________.
| A．mountains and valleys | B．the sun, the moon and the earth |
| C．cities and countries | D．seas, lakes and rivers |
The underlined word “climate” means _______________.
| A．the freezing ice | B．the weather of the year |
| C．the moving of the ice blocks | D．a plant or an animal |
Which of these things maybe happened because the Ice Age ended?
a. Forests grew b. Food became harder to find
c. Fishing became easier d. The temperature dropped.
| A．a; b | B．b; d | C．c; d | D．a; c |
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