We’ll finally grow up someday, leaving our parents and facing the challenges in life. Parents may not be able to solve every problem for us. Instead, we should have enough life skills to deal with the problems that come our way.

This is what our country tries to do now: Helping more students gain working spirit. To stress(强调) the importance of hardworking spirit education(劳动教育) among students of different ages, the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council released(颁发) a guideline recently.

The guideline calls for students to respect work. Students should learn basic life skills and form good working habits through such education.

The government has been trying to stress the importance of hardworking spirit education. But this has been overlooked(忽视) in recent years. Many teens do not value the importance of working hard and are uninterested in doing so.

According to a study of nearly 3,000 students that was done by Ningbo Evening News in March, only 22 percent of primary and middle school students help with everyday housework around the house.

Schools and families play an important role in teaching students about the value of working hard, the guideline says.

Primary and middle schools should provide students with hardworking spirit classes every week, according to the guideline. Schools can also hold activities to give students real-world work experience. For example, schools can teach children how to plant trees on Tree-Planting Day.

As children’s first teachers, parents should also encourage children to learn how to do housework at home. Students should master one or two life skills every year. These skills can include cooking, washing their own clothes and tidying their rooms.

1.Why was the guideline released?

A.To teach students how to do housework at home. B.To call for students to respect work.

C.To help students solve life problems. D.To ask students to be more independent (独立的).

2.What does the word “this” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A.Challenges in life. B.Basic life skills.

C.The recently released guideline. D.Hardworking spirit education.

3.What is Paragraph 5 trying to tell us?

A.About one-fifth of students help with housework. B.Students pay no attention to work spirit.

C.Only 3,000 students help with housework. D.Students depend on their parents.

4.According to the guideline, what should schools do?

A.They should teach students how to plant trees.

B.They should hand out the guideline to every student.

C.They should provide both guidance and chances for real work.

D.They should give parents homework.

I come from Cambridge, a beautiful city in the east of England. It is on the River Cam and has a population of about 120, 000. My home town is especially famous for its university. Many famous people studied here, such as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. There are lots of old buildings and churches to visit. Students and tourists enjoy trips along the river by boat.

Cambridge is 80 kilometers from London. London is in the south of England and it is on the River Thames. It has a population of about; seven and a half million, so it is bigger and busier than Cambridge. It is about 2, 000 years old, and it is famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge.

England itself is part of an island, and you are always near the sea. The small villages and beaches on the coast are popular for holidays. Tourists like the areas of low mountains and beautiful lakes in the north, and the hills and pretty villages in the south. Everywhere in England, you will notice how green the countryside is.

It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see England any time of the year, but bring an umbrella with you. It rains a lot all year round. You will need it most days.

1.How many examples of famous people are mentioned in the passage?

A.One. B.Two. C.Three. D.Four.

2.What can we know about Cambridge and London?

A.Cambridge is much busier than London.

B.London is 2,000 kilometers from Cambridge.

C.Cambridge has more famous buildings than London.

D.London has a much bigger population than Cambridge.

3.Tourists like ________in the south of England.

A.the churches B.the low mountains

C.the pretty villages D.the beautiful lakes

Singer Han Hong took action to help Wuhan, the city at the center of the coronavirus outbreak (新冠病毒爆发). Han Hong had planned to hold the first concert of her 2020 national tour in Wuhan on February 29. But she called off the show and called on people to donate (捐赠) to the city. Soon over 2 billion yuan was donated through Han Hong Love Charity Foundation which she founded in 2012.

“When you’re going through a situation like this, you want to do anything you can to help. There are so many kind people out there,” wrote a fan, who donated through Han’s foundation. “It’s good to know that there are trucks with medical things going straight to the hospital. They are badly needed.”

In 2008, Han held a charity performance for Wenchuan, Sichuan Province, after an earthquake. That inspired her to found her foundation. Over the years, she had donated to people in different disasters, including an earthquake in Yushu, Qinghai Province, in 2010, a huge mudslide (泥石流) in Gansu Province and an earthquake in Yunnan Province in 2013.

“I almost spent all my savings. That’s what I want to do and what I can do.” Han said in an interview on the online show, Opinion, in 2015. “Many people don’t trust charity organizations to use their donations properly. Charities are held at a higher standard and need to win people’s trust.” The show also reported that Han had helped over 200 orphans (孤儿) since 1999.

1.What can we learn about Han Hong from Paragraph 1?

A.She held a concert in Wuhan before the coronavirus outbreak.

B.She founded a charity foundation ten years ago.

C.She has a great influence on the public.

2.Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A.The medical things are send to the hospitals by truck straightly.

B.In order to help people in Yushun earthquake, Han held a charity performance.

C.Because of the coronavirus outbreak, Han canceled her concert in Wuhan.

3.When did Han Hong get the ideas of founding the foundation?

A.After a mudslide happened in Gansu Province.

B.After an earthquake happened in Yunnan Province.

C.After an earthquake happened in Sichuan Province.

4.In Han’s opinion, what do charities need to do?

A.To provide a new standard.

B.To make good use of donations.

C.To pay more attention to orphans.

5.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A.Han’s foundation.

B.The donations to Wuhan.

C.Han’s efforts to help people.

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