【1】Who does Mr. Wu want to introduce these books to?

A.Students in Grade Eight.B.Students in Grade Seven.

C.Children aged three to eight.D.Teachers in Grade Eight.

【2】Jim wants to learn about Chinese history from 1935 to 1937, which book should he read?

A.Red Star Over China.B.Journey to the West.

C.Jane Eyre.D.None.

【3】Which book is(are)written by a Chinese writer?

A.Red Star Over China.B.Journey to the West.

C.Jane Eyre.D.All the above.

【4】What does the underlined “an orphan” mean in the last paragraph?

A.A person who is beautiful.B.A person who is very lucky.

C.A person who has no parents.D.A person who has no money.

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外观：圆脑袋、蓝眼睛、长腿长臂

功能：做家务、帮助孩子学习、……（补充两点）

特点：声音好听、……（补充一点）

注意：1、不得透露学校，姓名等个人信息，否则不予给分。

2、词数80 词左右（文章的开头已给出，不计入词数）。

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On Dec 14, 2017, the famous Chinese poet Yu Guangzhong passed away in Taiwan.

Born in 1928 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, Yu studied in Sichuan when he was young. At that time, he had showed great interest in Chinese poems and spent a lot of his free time trying writing poems himself. Then he managed to publish his first poem at the age of 20. A year later, Yu and his family moved to Taiwan. He lived and worked there until his death.

Nostalgia (《乡愁》) is Yu’s masterpiece in which he expresses his homesickness for the Chinese mainland when he was in Taiwan.

Published in 1971, the poem remains highly popular among Chinese speakers worldwide. Even those who know little about literature (文学) are familiar with lines from the poem. The poem is included in Chinese high school textbooks.

Besides his achievements in poetry, Yu was also a successful essay writer, critic and translator.

He once translated English poet Siegfried Sassoon’s poem In Me, Past, Present, Future Meet into Chinese. It is regarded as an accurate and powerful translation, in which the most famous line is “心有猛虎，细嗅蔷薇” for “In me the tiger sniffs the rose”.

Yu spent his whole life writing. “The reason why I stick to writing till today comes down to my passion for the Chinese language,” he once said in a 2015 interview. He then added that this passion was strengthened by his love for his mother and his motherland.

Now, let’s appreciate the poem Nostalgia.

Nostalgia

When I was young,

Nostalgia was a tiny, tiny stamp,

Me on this side,

Mother was on the other side.

When I grew up,

Nostalgia was a narrow boat ticket,

Me on this side,

Bride on the other side.

But later on,

Nostalgia was a low grave,

Me on the outside,

Mother on the inside.

And at present,

Nostalgia becomes a shallow strait,

Me on this side,

Mainland on the other side.

【1】What is Yu Guangzhong?

A.A poet, reporter and critic.B.A translator and publisher.

C.A critic, poet and translator.D.A translator and song writer.

【2】Which of the following statements is true?

A.Yu lived with his family in Taiwan all his life.

B.Many Chinese people know the poem Nostalgia.

C.We can find Nostalgia in primary school textbooks.

D.Yu translated Siegfried Sassoon’s poem into English.

【3】In what order did the events take place in Yu’s life?

① Yu and his family moved to Taiwan.

② Yu told the reason why he stuck to writing.

③ Yu’s poem Nostalgia was published.

④ Yu passed away in Taiwan.

⑤ Yu wrote and published his first poem.

A.①⑤②④③B.⑤②①③④C.①⑤④②③D.⑤①③②④

【4】Why did Yu spend all his life writing?

A.He made a lot of money from writing.B.He had great interest in English poems.

C.He loved his family and mainland a lot.D.He had a lot of free time and was bored.

【5】What can we learn from the Poem Nostalgia?

A.He missed his family and homeland a lot.B.He didn’t want to come to his homeland.

C.He lived with his mother on the riverside.D.His mother had died when he got married.

A. is easy to look after B. are easy to look after them

C. are easy to look after D. is easy to look after it

— It looks nice. But I ________ why you choose (选择) this one for me.

A. think B. hope

C. wonder D. wish

— Tom, ________ is difficult if you work hard.

A. something B. nothing

C. anything D. everything

If you ever feel a little bit under the weather, the Internet will surely help with a large number of cute cat videos. Of course, cute little kitties might not be everyone's cup of tea, but not to worry, since there are so many other kinds of cute animals you could possibly want to brighten up your day. And sometimes all you need is just a little something behind that cute photo or video, therefore this time we are here to warm up your hearts with the cutest exciting facts the animal kingdom has to offer!

Cats don’t think of us as humans. Instead, they see us as other cats By nudging（蹭）you with their heads, they’re actually greeting you as they are greeting another cat in their family. This means that we’ re probably the ugliest, biggest, and clumsiest（笨拙的）cats they’ve ever seen to them but they accept you into their family and love you anyway.

When a baby elephant is born, other mothers in the social group will shout to celebrate it. Elephants stay in close "family" groups for their whole lives. The main members in AL groups are female elephants（ the males often leave the group）。 So other female elephants often come out for new babies.

Your dog actually loves you, not just because you give them food and walks. Studies showed that levels of hormone（荷尔蒙）rose and heart rates fell in both humans and their dogs after interacting with each other. In other words, when you pet your dog, both of you produce more of the same hormone in your brain that makes you fall in love with people, and both of you feel pleased.

Hundreds of tree seedlings（幼苗）grow every year because squirrels easily forget where due University, gray squirrels bury their food, such as nuts, acorns（松子）all over place but often forget to dig them back up. Due to the poor memories of squirrels, those buried seeds grow into full-grown trees.

Are these facts interesting? As we all know, our world is colorful because of different creatures. There are many kinds of animals in the world, but not only the humans. We live in the same world, we should be friends. If there are no animals, human beings will be very lonely. By studying animals, we can know more about human and nature.

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Hundreds of people attended the premiere（首映）of the movie My People, My Country at a Los Angeles cinema on Sept 30th, 2019.【1】 Chinese flags in their hands, people sang My People, My Country together at the start of the film. It's the theme song that【2】 as a thread（主线）through the movie.

The song is a patriotic（爱国的） Chinese classic, known in every family. It was【3】performed by the singer Li Guyi in 1985. It was reworked for the movie by the pop singer Faye Wong.

Featuring seven short stories from seven【4】, led by Chen Kaige, the film draws on the nation’s greatest technological and cultural【5】starting with the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

Yet the film does not focus on the historical moments themselves, but rather shows events through the eyes of【6】people who were dedicated献身的) to or affected by them.

The short story The Guiding Star（《白昼流星》, for example, follows a pair of brothers who saw the landing of the capsule（太空舱）of the Shenzhou XI on Nov 18, 2016 in Inner Mongolia and who were filled with【7】and hope at that moment.

“If a person meets a【8】opportunity to be changed, he may bring out the best in himself.” Chen told China. org.cn." In my story, the landing of Shenzhou XI changed the lives of two teenagers and【9】them to get new hope.”

The film certainly brought about a patriotic chord（旋律）with many people. In a survey about audience（观众）satisfaction, My People, My Country came in first【10】267 Chinese films shown since 2015. The survey was done by the China Film Art Research Center.

—A free trip to Taizhou zoo.

A. message B. idea C. award D. problem

A. read B. reading C. see D. seeing