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The term Start of Summer appeared over 2200 years ago. Since it is an important time for the harvest（收获） of summer plants, ancient Chinese emperors in different dynasties paid special attention to it.

In the Zhou Dynasty（1050-221 BC）, the emperor led his officers to celebrate the Start of Summer and encouraged his people to do farm work in time. Everything, including the emperor’s and the officers’ dress, the horses and the flags, was decorated（装饰） in the color red, in order to show respect to the god of summer and hope for a good harvest.

One of the most interesting customs（风俗） is weighing people at the Start of Summer. It began to be celebrated from the Three Kingdoms Period（220-180） and is getting popular in South China today.

It was believed that this custom would bring heath and good luck to the people who were weighed. After lunch on the day of Start of Summer, the young and old took turns to get weighed while receiving good wishes from the people around him. It is said that those who were weighed would stay healthy in the hot summer and that those who weren’t would get back sooner or later.

Information about the term Start of Summer

The Start of Summer is important because it is the time for the harvest of summer _____（1）_____.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the emperor celebrated the day with his officers and encouraged his people to do farm work _____（2）_____.

Weighing people at the Start of Summer started in the Three Kingdoms Period and _____（3）_____ in South China today. People took turns to _____（4）_____ with people offering good wishes because they believed they would be ____（5）____ in the hot summer if they were weighed.

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According to some old Chinese stories, there once was ___（1）___ ancient emperor named Shennong. At that time, there was no medicine to treat illnesses. Many sick people could only wait for ___（2）___ (die).

To save his people, Shennong decided ___（3）___ (find) and test out different plants. He and his men set out on a journey in search of medicinal(药用的) plants.

Each time the team found a new plant, Shennong would taste it ___（4）___ (he). Some plants made him feel ___（5）___ /sli: pi/, some caused him to have a stomachache, and some made him tremble(颤抖) all over. ___（6）___ Shennong searched and tested over a long time, he and his men discovered lots of medicinal plants.

As they continued their search, the team found a plant ___（7）___ small yellow flowers. Shennong picked off one piece from the plant in order to taste it. He said, “It looks like a medicinal plant. I have to test it, or some people may misuse it.”

Suddenly, Shennong’s face turned pale and he fell on the ground ___（8）___ (heavy). Even after he ___（9）___ (give) the leaves from other medicinal plants, he still lost his life. People covered him with ____（10）____ (thousand) of flowers. From then on, they called him “the Emperor of Medicine”.

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How does the tea plant grow? This term, some students got their answers in the school’s rooftop(屋顶) garden. Many schools have built small gardens on their teaching building’s rooftop. Some students planted tea plants there. While taking ___（1）___ of tea plants, they also did experiments to learn more about tea.

How to ___（2）___ egg soup and sandwiches? Some students learned to cook in an after-school cooking club. To parents’ ___（3）___, their kids could cook some simple dishes in a short time.

In the past, Chinese children were sometimes busier after school ___（4）___ they had to take so many after-school classes. Now, students join all kinds of clubs. Why do students have free time to ___（5）___ up their hobbies? Because China has introduced the “double reduction” policy(双减政策). It hopes to ease(减轻) students’ learning burden(负担) ___（6）___ reducing homework and after-school classes.

Students’ lives have changed a lot since the policy was carried out. On the one hand, their homework is clearly ___（7）___ than before, they aren’t encouraged to buy workbooks(练习册) any more. Teenagers have more chances to get knowledge from the real life. This is a much better way than just hitting the books. On the other hand, students spend more time ___（8）___ after-school clubs. They get lots of life skills from these colorful clubs and have enough time to relax and think for ___（9）___. It’s believed ___（10）___ the “double reduction” policy makes a difference to students’ lives.

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These days, people have very busy lives, working or studying and spending time with friends and family. ____（1）____ So people need to do something different to relax in their free time.

Some people like to go to the gym so that they can keep fit and healthy. ____（2）____ Then yoga（瑜伽）can be a good activity for these people.

____（3）____ This helps your body and mind to relax while your body becomes stronger. Many people do yoga every day, and it is an activity which all types of people can do— young or old. ____（4）____

Yoga started a very long time ago in India, but in the last few years it has become very popular all over the world. _____（5）_____ There are also lots of yoga videos on the Internet, so you can try it at home! If you want to exercise and relax at the same time, why don’t you try yoga?

A．	Life today can be very colorful.
B．	Life today can be very stressful.
C．	It can give you more energy, too.
D．	You can find yoga classes in most towns and cities these days.
E．	However, many people don’t like running or using machines to exercise.
F．	In yoga you can reach out your body and breathe deeply at the same time.

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Many have heard of shark fin soup. This famous and expensive dish is ___（1）___（really） popular in southern China. But do you realize that you’re killing a whole shark each time you enjoy a bowl of shark fin soup?

When people catch sharks, they cut off their fins and throw the sharks back into the ocean. This is not only cruel, but also ___（2）___（harm） to the environment. Without a fin, a shark ___（3）___（can） swim any longer and slowly dies. Sharks are at the top of the food chain in the ocean’s ecosystem. If ___（4）___（they） numbers drop too low, it will bring danger to all ocean life. Many believe that sharks can never be endangered because they are the ___（5）___（strong） in their food chain. But in fact, around 70 million sharks ___（6）___（catch） and traded in this industry every year. The numbers of some kinds of sharks ___（7）___（fall） by over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years.

___（8）___（environmental） protection groups around the world are teaching the public about “finning”. They have even asked governments ___（9）___（develop） laws to stop the sale of shark fins. So far, no scientific ___（10）___（study） have shown that shark fins are good for health, so why eat them? Help save the sharks!

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The Grand Canal（大运河）is a man-made waterway that runs north and south in eastern China. Dating back 2,500 years and stretching 1,794 kilometers, it is among the world’s oldest and l___（1）___ canals. Yangzhou China Grand Canal Museum is located on the bank of the ancient Grand Canal in Yangzhou, one of the eight c___（2）___ in Jiangsu province sitting along the Grand Canal.

The museum o___（3）___ its doors to the public on June 16,2021. It covers an area of some 80,000 square meters. It has two structures: a four-story building in the s___（4）___ of a giant ship waiting to set sail, and a 100-meter-tall Tang-Dynasty-style tower.

The museum has 11 themed exhibitions（展览）. They are telling the h___（5）___ of the Sui-Tang Grand Canal built during the Sui and Tang Dynasties（581-907），the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the East Zhejiang Canal. These canals offer a wealth of historic and cultural attractions w___（6）___ they continue to be used for transport, irrigation（灌溉）and flood control. The 25.7-meter-long, 8-meter-high ancient Bian River section is c___（7）___ by many as the “treasure of the museum”.

So far, the museum has over 10,000 exhibits（展品）, including 20 groups of large ones, making it the best collection to show the grandness of the canal and h___（8）___ people changed nature.

Passing t___（9）___ the exhibition hall and into the antiquated（老式的）streets, visitors can see restaurants and shops along the street, as if walking in the water village on the canal during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Yangzhou China Grand Canal Museum is different from all the other m____（10）____ which are themed on the Grand Canal in China. Why not come and visit it yourself?

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（1）Let me repeat ________ what he just said.（exact）

（2）Excuse me, what problems are we really ________ to solve?（try）

（3）A ________ competitive spirit can push people to try to be better.（health）

（4）After a night’s rain, the mountains are much greener and the air is much ________.（fresh）

（5）Working as a team means celebrating ________ and facing losses together.（victory）

（6）Life is like a box of ________. You never know what you’re gonna get.（巧克力）

（7）The Communist Party of China is now leading the nation toward building a great ________ socialist country.（现代的）

（8） ________ minutes after she left, it started to snow heavily.（三十）

（9）If we drop litter in a public place, we’ll be ________ by the police.（罚款）

（10）Mum joined our little group and introduced ________ to our new friends.（她自己）

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Connecting with Nature

How do you feel when you hear birds singing freely in the trees? What’s your feeling when you see butterflies dancing slowly and lightly in the wind? Whether you love researching the outdoors or watching far away, getting close to nature can take your mind off your worries and make you feel relaxed.

What is nature?

Nature means the world around us that is not man-made, including birds, mountains, trees, the sea and the stars. It’s also a force that controls things like weather. We can find nature wherever we are and wherever we go —beaches, gardens, parks, rivers, and even unexpected places like cracks (裂缝) in the stones.

Why does nature make us feel good?

Spending time in nature brings peace, joy and wonder to our lives. It takes us outdoors, gets us active and lets us care more about the environment. Even a little gift of nature can make us feel free and hopeful, such as breathing in fresh air, listening to the wind in the trees or standing at a mountain. Ralphie, who is 10, likes being close to nature on a bike with his family. He says, “It makes us feel happy and takes our mind off things because we have to pay attention. We are away from traffic and we hear more birdsong and see more wild animals.”

How can we feel closer to nature?

Feeling closer to nature is easy. We can build a connection with nature wherever we are using our senses. Try listening closely to birdsong, smelling flowers and feeling sand between our fingers. Paint a picture and take photos of the natural places that we like best. They may help us feel closer to the natural world. It’s important to try and connect with nature, notice its beauty and how it makes us feel.

Connecting with Nature
Introduction	★ Take your ____1____ off your worries ★ Make you feel relaxed
Definitions (定义)	★ The world ____2____ us that is not created by people ★ A ____3____ that controls things like weather
____4____	★ Bring peace, joy and wonder to our lives ★ Take us outdoors, get us active and let us ____5____ more about the environment ★ Feel free and hopeful when breathing in fresh air, ____6____ to the wind in the trees or standing at a mountain
Ways	★____7____ to get closer to nature ★ Use our ____8____ to build a connection ★ Listen closely to birdsong, smell flowers and ____9____ sand between our fingers ★ Paint a picture and take photos of our ____10____ natural places

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In Mianning, Liangshan, the village doctor Ma Li is at the health center by herself. On the door is her phone number. She is ____1____ on call as long as the villagers fall ill.

When Ma Li arrived at the village for the ____2____ time, she was completely shocked. As a doctor, she felt very sad to learn that women often died ____3____ getting medical care in time when they gave birth to children. It was just because ____4____ hospital was nearby. So she made a decision to help them.

Many years has passed, Ma Li is still sticking to her work. Every day she gets up early and ____5____ hard. She sees at least 10 patients, sometimes even 30 or 40. It may be many ____6____ walk to a patient’s home. It’s dangerous to walk on those mountain roads. It is not easy for a woman. People often ask ____7____ she is afraid. Ma Li says she is a daughter of the mountains, she has been used to life here. And she says the number of village doctors like her is about 1.3 million in China.

Since a targeted poverty relief project (精准扶贫) was introduced to the village, ____8____ have made efforts to develop the village and the results are ____9____. There are lots of changes—a new health station is being built in the village, a bridge across the river is standing over the river...

As a daughter of the mountains, Ma Li is happy ____10____ these changes. She will continue to be a village doctor in the mountains. She is a beautiful flower deeply grown in the mountains.

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Every year some birds fly south when days turn cold and leaves from trees start to fall. They travel a very long way to find a warmer winter. This travel is called migration （迁徙）.

Birds do that because in winter most of the plants die and some insects (昆虫）hide. They fly away to find enough food. The next year when there is plenty of food for them to eat they will come back.

Birds fly in some ways. For example, they fly in groups like the letter V or in a row. The trip is often hard and it may be dangerous. But they never get lost because they look at the sun, the moon and stars.

The Migration of ____1____
When they fly south	Days turn cold and ____2____ from trees start to fall.
What the purpose is	They fly away in ____3____ to find enough food.
____4____ the trip is	It is often hard and dangerous.
____5____ they never get lost	Because they look at the sun, the moon and stars.

A famous writer was born in a small town. Although his family was very poor, his parents managed to send him to school. He worked hard until he left college with good grades.

He then put his heart into writing. But he made little money. He couldn’t afford his meals sometimes. Publishing （出版） his works was hard for him. An old woman heard of his experiences. She offered his money. Then he could live on and went on writing. Finally, his books came out. They sold well.

The success of his books brought him great wealth. So he made up his mind to help other young writers in the same way. He built up a fund (基金会). Many young writers received his help.

Kindness is passed on which makes the world a warm place.

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s____1____ to make somebody go or be taken to a place

g____2____ a mark given in an exam

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He couldn’t afford his meals sometimes.

He couldn’t afford his meals ____3____ time ____4____ time.

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Where was the famous writer born?

____________________5____________________.

What did the old woman offer the famous writer?

____________________6____________________.

Did many young writers receive the famous writer’s help?

____________________7____________________.

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It was nearly dark. The sun was going down. A little boy, Mike, came back home ____1____ from the mountain.

“What’s the matter, Mike?” his mother asked.

“The mountain is so ____2____ and full of big or small stones on the way. I was very tired, so I had to return,” Mike cried.

“It doesn’t matter.” his mother said.

“But standing at the top of the mountain by ____3____ is a dream from childhood (童年)!” Mike said.

His father came up. “What did you notice when ____4____ up the mountain?

“There were a lot of beautiful flowers by the sides of the road.” Mike replied.

“Did you feel the beauty of ____5____?” his father asked.

Mike ____6____ the question for a while.

“Yes, the blue sky the white clouds and the green trees.” Mike answered.

“That’s enough!” his father smiled and said. “Please remember, Son. The beautiful scenery (风景) is on the way. You have ____7____ a lot although you didn’t reach the top of the mountain. It is one of the ____8____ valuable lessons in your life”.

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World Book Day is an event organized by the United Nations to encourage book reading, publishing and copyright. The first World Book Day was 23rd April, 1995 and it is celebrated every year on that day. It changes people’s lives through the love of books and reading. Every year on World Book Day, children around the world get together and read their favorite books. Some organizations work hard to give every child a book of their own. Reading for pleasure is important for a young person’s future success—more important than their parents’ educational background or the money they make.

World Book Day
What is World Book Day	An ___1___ organized by the United Nations.
What is World Book Day for?	To ___2___ book reading, publishing and copyright.
When is the first World Book Day?	___3___ 23rd, 1995.
How does World Book Day change people’s lives?	Through the ___4___ of books and reading.
What does the writer think of reading for pleasure?	Reading for pleasure is important for a young person’s ___5___ future.

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A man sees a butterfly. The butterfly tries to get out of ____1____ chrysalis (蛹). The man cut the chrysalis and the butterfly comes out easily. To his ____2____, the butterfly is unable to fly. If the butterfly doesn’t struggle (挣扎) to get out of the chrysalis, it can’t fly. The struggle develops the energy in the butterfly. Similarly, the challenges of life bring out the ____3____ in young people and prepare the ability to “fly”.

When people are young, meeting and overcoming challenges will make them strong and ready to face life. For successful people, the more challenges they have had, the more ____4____ they are. One famous man, who now owns many big ____5____, used to sell socks from door to door when he was young. Another successful man is Eric. He ____6____ up a college at the age of 30. His father died when he was only 16. He worked ____7____ in the day and studied hard in the night. His father’s death forced him to grow up fast. He took up the challenges and overcame them. Today, not only he himself, ____8____ also his brothers and sisters are leading successful lives.

Nowadays, some parents and teachers actively ____9____ young people to face challenges. It is important ____10____ them to learn to meet challenges and overcome them.

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What color is a tennis ball? Ask your classmates, and they might give you some ___（1）___ answers.

The Atlantic asked 30, 000 people this question. Among the people surveyed, 52 percent said tennis balls are green, 42 percent said yellow, and 6 percent said ___（2）___ else.

According to the International Tennis Federation, tennis balls ___（3）___ yellow. So, why do most people say that they’re green?

When we ___（4）___ see an object in natural light, our brains recognize its true color. Even if the object ___（5）___ in different kinds of light later, our brains can still tell its true color. ___（6）___ call this color constancy (色彩恒常性). For example, we know that China’s flag is red. When we see it during sunset or under purple light, we still know that it is red, even if it looks like a different color.

However, the color of a tennis ball is not as pure (纯的) as the flag. It appears to be a mixture of yellow, a “warm” color, and green, a “cool” color.

The US-based magazine says that when ___（7）___ brains try to figure out what color the ball is, some people ignore (忽略) cool colors like green, blue and purple. So they see the ball as yellow. ___（8）___ ignore warm colors, such as red, yellow and orange. They see the ball as green.

It is not just tennis balls that make such confusion. In 2015, a girl ___（9）___ a picture of a dress online. Some people said the dress was black and blue ___（10）___ other people said it was gold and white. They had different opinions based on whether they ignored cool or warm colors.