Millions of Chinese have been playing a mobile game called Travel Frog recently. You play as the “mother” of a frog who lives alone and enjoys traveling. You need to prepare food and tools for his trips. The frog will send you postcards while he is away.

The game’s popularity may have something to do with how lonely people are these days, according to the Xinhua News Agency. Many players have said that the lonely frog is just like them. But playing with the frog helps them forget their loneliness for a short time.

Loneliness seems to be a common problem today. According to the Guardian, about 40 percent of American adults say they’re lonely. And in the UK, about one in five people in the country are “always or often lonely”, The Telegraph reported.

This might be why the UK government declared (宣布) the country’s very first “Minister of Loneliness” (孤独大臣) in January. The minister’s job is to find ways to help UK citizens feel less lonely. The minister’s office will provide more money for activities that connect people together.

This loneliness problem may be partly due to social media. When we see pictures of friends having fun or posting selfies (自拍) without us, we may compare their “perfect” lives with our own and feel inferior (较差的) and lonely.

But we should remember that no one is destined (注定) to be lonely. As UK poet John Donne once wrote, “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent (陆地), a part of the main.”

Tips to get rid of loneliness

Sing your favorite songs.

Connect with a friend.

Do something creative, such as drawing a picture.

Imagine some place you’d like to visit, like a fun gathering or a sporting event.

1.What do players do while playing Travel Frog?

A. Build houses for their frogs.

B. Prepare food and tools for their frogs’ trips.

C. Choose places for their frogs to travel.

D. Write postcards to their frogs.

2.To deal with loneliness, the UK government _____.

A. designed the game Travel Frog

B. created the “Minister of Loneliness”

C. holds parties for people to get together

D. stopped people’s use of social media

3.What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. Everyone is connected with others.

B. We should not compare ourselves to others.

C. It’s not fun to feel lonely.

D. No one should live alone.

I live in a city where jobs are difficult to get and finding well—paid jobs is even____ . Many people have to walk a long way to work ___ they can’t even afford an old, used car.

Yesterday I ____one of these people when I was driving home. A man was walking down the road and trying to ask for a ____from the passing cars. Two cars in front of me passed him by._____wanted to do the same but the sight of that poor man remained in my mind for quite a moment. ____ I drove back and gave him a ride.

As I drove along, we had a conversation and I _____that the man was trying all his best to support his____ while working a temporary(临时的)job. Every coin he had was going to______the house and food.

But as we came close to the house he was living in, I saw his tired eyes grow _____. His little girl was playing in the front yard and _____into her daddy’s arms as soon as he was out of the______. I was almost lost in that happy moment. I smiled, said _____to them and wished them future happiness. Then I _____.

That day, the journey home which used to seem so______became very short.

1.A. easier B. harder C. faster D. greater

2.A. and B. but C. because D. so

3.A. called B. followed C. saved D. saw

4.A. ride B. coin C. job D. map

5.A. He B. I C. They D. We

6.A. Actually B. Finally C. Firstly D. Similarly

7.A. decided B. hoped C. learned D. said

8.A. family B. friends C. relatives D. partners

9.A. depend on B. make up C. pay for D. take away

10.A. dry B. small C. dark D. bright

11.A. climbed B. fell C. knocked D. ran

12.A. bus B. car C. taxi D. train

13.A. goodbye B. hello C. sorry D. yes

14.A. drove off B. sat down C. stoop up D. walked away

15.A. boring B. interesting C. long D. unusual

阅读下列五个中国传统节日的介绍,将其与六幅中国传统节日图片进行匹配。其中一项为多余项。

A. B. C.

D. E. F.

26.This festival is celebrated to remember the great poet Qu Yuan who brought peace and wealth to the state but ended up drowning(淹死) himself in a river. People got to the river by boat and threw rice dumplings into the water, hoping that the fishes ate the rice dumplings instead of Qu Yuan's body. For thousands of years, the festival has been marked by rice dumplings and dragon boat races.

27.This festival is the most important festival in China. It starts on the first day of the first month according to the Chinese lunar calendar. On New Year's Eve, each family sits together eating, talking and watching TV for almost the whole night. The children can get presents from their parents or grandparents.

28.It is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. It is a time for family members and loved ones to get together to eat mooncakes and enjoy the full moon. It is also a harvest(收获) festival. Most families have a dinner together to celebrate the festival.

29.The festival usually happens on April 4 or 5 every year. It is a time to remember the dead. More importantly, it is a period to honor and to show respect to our ancestors and dead family members. Besides, it is a time of many different activities, among which the main ones are tomb sweeping, taking a spring outing and flying kites.

30.It falls on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. It is an important part of the Spring Festival, and marks the official end of the long holiday. At the festival, people have many activities such as eating yuanxiao, guessing lantern riddles, watching fireworks and lanterns and others

1.____

2.____

3._____

4._____

5._____

Keeping traditions alive(继续存在) is never an easy thing.Chen Zunkai is the founder(创办者) of Baoyuan Dumpling House.She has spent over 17 years _____ one of the most traditional Chinese foods:dumplings.

Her dumplings are not the white ones simply filled with meat,_____ colorful ones using more than 150 kinds of fillings(馅).

“What I try to do is to make dumplings have a taste of _____,”says Chen.“I hope every customer—northerners or southerners,vegetarians(素食者) or non?vegetarians,Chinese people or foreigners—can _____ something familiar(熟悉的).”

Chinese dumplings are believed to be more than 2,000 years old._____,they are made and eaten by people in North China at some _____ such as the Spring Festival.

For Chen,her idea came after she found that there were not many _____ for those who prefer lighter fillings.Most vegetarian dumplings have a filling of only two kinds of ingredients(原料),and not one restaurant in Beijing has more than 10 kinds of vegetarian fillings.

“I thought _____ could do better,” says Chen.

Baoyuan Dumpling House has _____ done it.Customers not only find basic meat dumplings at this restaurant,they are also ______ quite a lot of other choices with different colors and exciting taste.

1.A. reporting B. improving C. copying D. comparing

2.A. because B. but C. so D. if

3.A. home B. knowledge C. success D. health

4.A. smell B. hear C. touch D. taste

5.A. Recently B. Luckily C. Traditionally D. Finally

6.A. parties B. meetings C. openings D. festivals

7.A. choices B. symbols C. sizes D. menus

8.A. I B. he C. she D. they

9.A. again B. also C. hardly D. certainly

10.A. returned B. offered C. taught D. mailed

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