On very cold winter days , a group of Japanese children travelled a long way and arrived at a small island where nobody lived. After setting up a camp, they caught fish in the sea, and walked on the snow to find firewood , wild fruit and fresh water. Then they made a fire to do some cooking. They were not homeless children or modern Robinson. They were all pupils from a primary school and campers of special “ hardship (艰苦) camp”.
Every year primary and middle schools in Japan organize such camps to train the children’s spirit of bearing (忍受) hardship. Such places as thick forests and far-off mountains are chosen as camp places.
The Japanese education circles usually think it necessary to give children chances of suffering hardships. Children in Japan now may hardly find times of hardships, because of the rapid growth of national economy and improvement in the people’s living conditions. The experts think that such hardship camps can help children learn to live and develop in the struggle against nature in modern society.
It’s said that such hardship camps are warmly accepted by both Japanese school children and their parents.
【小题1】Many Japanese children set up camps in far-off mountains or forests to ____________.

A．be modern Robinson	B．experience hardships
C．stay away from the troubles at home	D．enjoy travelling

【小题2】Children in Japan now hardly find times of hardships because _________________.

A．they have too much homework to do every day.

B．their parents do most of the things for them

C．their living conditions are greatly improved

D．they don’t get out often

【小题3】It seems that hardship camps are _________ in Japan.

A．getting fewer and fewer	B．very popular
C．not necessary among the children	D．good to those who are homeless

【小题4】What one group of children did on a small island would help them to learn __________.

A．how to travel in places where nobody lived

B．about islands and seas

C．what to do at home or school

D．to live in the struggle against nature

【小题5】What does the underlined word “ spirit ” mean in Chinese in the second passage ?
态度              B. 精神               C. 状态               D.  条件 

词汇运用

根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，写出空缺处所填单词的正确形式。(每空一词)

1.The report written by the school caught several _________(科学家) attention.

2.It’s said that the young man went abroad for further education alone in his ______. (四十)

3.It’s hard to ___________ (想象) living in a place where there are no cars .

4.In order to get to the nearest village, we have to walk ____________ (穿过) a bamboo forest.

5.“Lost in Thailand” is a new movie _________(导演) by Xu Zheng, which attracted a lot of attention.

6.We all know there are lots of __________ (advantage) of living on Mars. So we won’t move out of Earth to Mars.

7.The young people built the new house ______. (them)

8.Don’t keep the room _________(close) when you stay in it.

9.The boy has been used to _________(lie) when he makes a mistake.

10.It’s          (true) possible that most of us can go to our ideal school.

 

A school bus is one that is used to take children to and from school.
In the USA, about 450,000 school buses take more than 25 million children to and from school. The yellow school bus is a US icon(象征).Yellow became the color of school buses in the USA in 1939. Dr. Frank got the good idea. He said it was easy for people to see yellow buses and the black letters on them in early morning or late afternoon. That would make children safer.
There are not many school buses in Britain, and they are not yellow. They have trackers(跟踪器) on them, so kids are being tracked while they travel to and from school by bus. The trackers let parents know where the school bus is and whether their kinds are on the bus.
Kindergarten(幼儿园) is difficult time for some kids. It’s the first time for them to go away from their parents. To make kids love their school, Japanese kindergartens and schools have colorful buses. The buses can easily make children want to take them---and then, go to school. Even some parents want to take them, too!
School buses are becoming more and more popular in Chian now. It saves a lot of time for students to take a school bus. It’s said that there will be 3,000 yellow school buses on the road by the end of this year in Chongqing.
【小题1】According to Dr. Frank, ______ school buses are safer for the students.

A．yellow

B．black

C．white

D．colorful

【小题2】Children in Japan may easily ______ by taking the school bus.

A．save time

B．love their school

C．play games

D．do their homework

【小题3】Chinese students will save a lot of time to ______ to school.

A．walk

B．take a taxi

C．ride a bike

D．take a school bus

【小题4】This passage is mainly about ________.

A．school buses

B．school life

C．popular colors

D．students’ safety

There are many TV programs on Chinese cuisines(烹饪、美食)，but few are like A Bite of China. It tries to bring something new by introducing more cultural （文化）features related （叙述）to dishes, such as eating habits and wonderful stories about food.
It’s said that more than 100 million Chinese people are watching the program .Most Chinese people see this program as more than just the regular food shows. They see it as an amazing documentary providing a special view of Chinese as well as the relations between people and food and between people and society（社会）.
On the other hand ,the documentary also stimulates(刺激)Chinese people’s consumption (消耗). Taobao, one of China’s biggest online shopping sites, reports that the search(搜索) on food items that were introduced by the documentary has increased to 4 million times within (在...之内) one week, and sales have increased to 5.82 million, or 20%.
To get enough good stories, the production team spent three months doing research and interviews in about 60 cities before they started making the documentary last July. Filming lasted about nine months.
Liu Wen, the director, says “As CCTV-9 serves as a window. allowing the world to better understand China, the documentary aims to help the world not only appreciate the beauty of Chinese cuisines ,but also learn Chinese customs.”
【小题1】A Bite of China is a.

A．film

B．TV show

C．Book

D．newspaper

【小题2】This program is quite different from other food shows because it has more features of.

A．culture

B．cuisine

C．news

D．place

【小题3】The main idea of the 3rd paragraph is that the program brings a new opportunity on.

A．Internet communication	B．film making
C．food business	D．talking

【小题4】It took the production team aboutto complete the whole program.

A．3 months

B．six months

C．a year

D．two years

【小题5】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to this passage?

A．Most people watch the program because they want to learn how to cook.

B．There’re many wonderful stories about Chinese cuisines in “A Bite of China”.

C．You can buy some food that’s more delicious and cheaper through the program.

D．There’re few wonderful stories about Chinese cuisines in “A Bite of China”.

根据句子意思，用括号中所给汉语提示或英语单词的适当形式填空。（每空一词）

1.Food          has been a serious problem in China in recent years such as fake milk　powder（劣质奶粉）, Toxic Capsules（问题胶囊）. (safe)

2.These comic books ________ (it) are more or less worth reading.

3.----Is London the first European city         the Olympic Games?

  ----No, it has been held in many other places in Europe.  (hold)

4.More than one person ________(clean) the classroom at 6 o’clock yesterday.

5.It’s said that the price of food in China __________ ( rise ) quickly recently.

6.The fish is ___________ ( terrible) bad, why not throw it away?

7.The famous writer always spends as much time as he can        to his fans’ e-mails. (reply)

8.The suspect ___________(see) running along the street at that time.

9._______ ( take ) more exercise and you’ll become healthier.

10.Though the hike is far ___________ ( tough), I’ll try to finish it.