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一、阅读回答问题

阅读短文，根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

Nowpeoplearoundtheworldcelebrate（庆祝）FriendshipDay.Doyouknowthestories

behindit?

AnAmericanwoman,JoyceHall,soldcards.In193。，shegottheideaofFriendshipDay.

Shethoughtifpeoplehadanewdaytocelebrate,theywouldbuymorecards.Many

Americansgavecardsandothergiftsto（heirfriendsonthsday.However,theystoppeddoing

itbecausetheydidn'twanttoseeitbeemercialized（商业化的）.In1935,theUSCongress

（国会）decidedtomakeitthefirstSundayofAugust.Itbecameadaytohonor（尊重）true

friends.

ThestoiybehindFriendshipDayisdifferentinParaguay.In1958,agroupoffriendsin

PuertoPinasco,ParaguaydecidedtocelebratefriendshiponJuly30everyyear.Onemanin

thegroup,RamonArtemioBracho,wantedtodomore.Heworkedhardtostartcelebrations

inothercountries.Thanksto（多亏了）Ramon'swork,morecountriestookuptheidea.

FriendshipDaywasgrowing.

In2011,theUnitedNationsdeclared（联合国宣布）July30theInternationalDayof

Friendship.Onthatday,thereareactivitiesindifferentcountries,likefunrunsandfriendly

games.

ButnotallcountriescelebrateFriendshipDayJuly30.ArgentinaandBrazilcelebrateit

onJuly20.InIndia,（heycelebrateiton（hefirstSundayofAugust.

根据短文内容，问答下列问题。

1.WhydidJoyceHallgettheideaofFriendshipDay?

2.Whocameupwith（提Hl）theideaofcelebratingfriendshipinParaguay?

3.WhomademorecountriestakeuptheideaofFriendshipDay?

4.WhenistheInternationalDayofFriendship?

5.DoallthecountriescelebrateFriendshipDayonthesameday?

Lifeislikethefourseasons.NowIamveiyold,butwhenIwasyoung,itwasthespring

ofmylife.AfterIwasborn（出生）,Iplayedalot.ThenIstartedschoolandIlearned

manynewthings.Likeaflower,1grewbiggereveryday.Therewerehappydaysandsad

days:somedaysthesunshone（闪耀）,andsomedaysitdidn,t.

Inmytwenties（在我二十几岁），Ihadagoodjob.Iwasstrongandhappy.ThenIgot

married（结婚）andhadachild.Inthosedays,Ididn'thavemuchtimetothink.EverydayI

wasbusyandworkedvery-hard.Andso,Istartedtogetsomewhitehair.Thesummerofmy

lifepassedquickly.

Thenthedaysgotshorter.Leavesfellfromthetrees.Mychildwasauniversitystudent,

andthenanengineer.Myhomewasmuchquieter.Istartedtowalkmoreslowly.OnedayI

stoppedworking.Ihadmoretime.Iunderstood（理解）lhifwasinyautumn,abeautifultime

whenthetreeschangethecolorandgiveusdeliciousfruit.Butthedayskeptgellingshorter

andcolder.Winteres,Iainolderandweaker（虚弱的）.IknowIdonothavemanydaysleft,

butIwillenjoythemtotheend.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

6.Isthewriterveryoldnow?

7.Wha（didthewriterdointhespringofhislife?

8.Inwhichseasondidthewriterstarttowalkmoreslowlyinhislife?

9.Accordingtothepassage,whenwasthesummerofthewriter'slife?

10.Howwasthewriter5slifeinhistwenties?

阅读下面的短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Thereisatraditional（传统的）toyinZhenjiang,Jiangsu.Itlookslikeaclaytoy（泥塑玩

具）.Butitcanalsomakeasound.Thistoyiscalledtaipingnijiaojiaoandithasahistoryof

morethan1,000years.

Taipingnijiaojiaoismadeofthemountainclay.Thekeyispressing（压）theclaywith

yourhands.Youcanchangeitintoanythingyoulike,fromanimalstoplants.Andyoucan

useanythingtohelpyoumakethem.Forexample,tomakeafishtail（尾巴）,youuseab（梳

子）topresstheclay.

About20yearsago,ZhouBaokangfirstsawtaipingnijiaojiaoduringatraditional

activityinHuashanvillage.AsaloverofChinesetraditionalail,hesoonbecameinterestedin

it.Helaterlearnedhowtomakethemfromthetraditionalartists.Nowthe60ycaroldisan

inheritor（传承人）oftaipingnijiaojiao.

Zhoulovestomaketaipingnijiaojiaoin（heshapeofanimals.Hehasahabitofmaking

taipingnijiaojiaolor（heChineseanimalsign（生肖）ofeachyear.Thisyear,whilemaking

taipingnijiaojiaooftigers,hetriedtoshowthe“kingofallanimals^^.Zhouwantsmore

peopletoknowaboutthetoy.Heteacheskidsatschoolshowtomakethem.Hehasalso

openedamuseumtointroducethetoy."Taipingnijiaojiaolookssmall,butithasrich

traditionalculture（文化）Zhousaid.

11.Whereisthetraditionaltoyfrom?

12.Canpeopleonlyusetheirhandstomakethetraditionaltoy?

13.HowoldisZhounow?

14.WhatwillZhoumakewhenitestotheYearofRabbit?

15.WhydoesZhouwantpeopletoknowmoreaboutthetoy?

Answerthequestions.艮据短文内容完整回答下列问题）

Therearemanykindsofamazinganimalsintheworld.Haveyoueverwatchedoneof

themCanadageese（雁）？Theycanteachusalessonaboutteamwork.

Inautumn.CanadageesehavetoflytothewarmsouzhtogetawayfromCanada'scold

winter.Whentheyleavethegroundandriseintotheair,theyflyinnoorder.Thenthey

quicklyformaVshape,withonebirdleadingthegroup.

TheVshapeallowsCanadageesetosaveenergy（精力）.Theheadbirdmovesis

wings（翅膀）upanddown.Theresultingforceoftheairhelpsliftthenextbird.Eachbirdwill

dosountiltheygettothesouthernpart.Thebindattheheadofthegrouphasthehardestjob.

Whenitgetstired,anotherbirdmovestothefrontandtakesitsplace（代替'H）.Bysharing

thisjob,thegroupcantravelgreatdistances.

CanadageeseflyinginaVshapecanflyseventypercentfartherwithouthavingarest

（hanthebirdsflyingalone.

During（helongflyingjourney,Canadageesemunicaiewithoneanother.Theyhonk（鸣

叫）toencouragethebirdsupfronttokeepupthespeed.Theyalsocheeroneanotherup

whileworkingtowardthesamedestination（目的地）.

WhathavewelearnedfromthelovelyCanadageese'sexperienceandskills?Work

together!Whetherinourpersonallivesorourjobs,wcneedthespiritofteamwork!

21.WhydoCanadageeseflytothewarmsouthinautumn?

22.DotheyformaVshape（osaveenergywhen（heyfly?

23.Whathappenswhentheheadbirdgetstired?

24.HowdoCanadageesemunicatewithoneanother?

25.What'sthepassagemainlyabout?

阅读与回答问题。

Likemanyotherprimaryschoolpupils,nineyearoldMinnalwentabroad（国夕卜）withher

parentsduringtherecent（最近的）schoolholidays.Sheclimbedamountain.

ForeightdaysinMay,Minnalhikednearly10（）kilometrestoreachthe5364mctrchigh

Everest（珠穆朗玛峰）basecampinNepal.Thegirltalkedaboutherspecialtrip,tkIthinkthis

wasameaningful（有意义的）climbfbrme."Minnalhastowaitfbrsomeyearstoclimbthe

Everestbecauseclimbershavetobeatleastsixteenyearstoclimbthepeak.

Howdiditallstart?ItallbeganlastyearwhenMinnal'smotherdecidedshemightwant

toclimbthefamousHimalayas.Asagoodhiker,sheaskedbothfatheranddaughterifthey

wereupfor（hechallenge（挑战）.Thisyear,on20May,thefamily11ewtoNepal.

a.m.p.m.oklthatmostof（heeightdayswerespenthikingtentofifteenkilometresfrom

8a.m.p.m.6p.m.eachday.Withthehelpofthreelocal（当地的）guides,theydidn'tlosetheir

way.Luckily,nobodyfellill.ShealsosaidthatsheisthinkingofclimbingEverestinthe

future.

Howbravethegirlis!Sheisreallyahero.

读短文回答下面问题。（Nomorethanfivewords）

26.WhatdidMinnaldoduringtherecentschoolholidays?

27.IlowlongdoesMinnalhavetowaittoclimbtheEverest'speak?

28.Whohelpedthefamilytomakesuretheydidn'tlosetheirway?

29.WhatdidMinnalthinkoftheclimb?

30.WhatisMinnallike0

阅读短文，然后根据内容回答所提问题。

Anencyclopaediaisacollectionofinformationabou:thingshumansknow.Some

encyclopaediasgiveinformationononlyonesubject.Someencyclopaediasgiveinformation

onallkindsofsubjects.Hereisapagefromanencyclopaedia.

31.Whatisanencyclopaedia?

32.Docseachencyclopaediaincludeonlyonesubject?

33.Whereistheguidev/ord?

34.HowmanysubjectsarethereonPage358?

35.Howarethesubjectsarranged（排列）？

YouknowaboutSnowWhite.You'veheardofHanselandGretel.Buthaveyouheardof

JacobandWilhelm?Thankstothem,youhavethesetales（故事）toread.

JacobandWilhelmcamefromGermany.Jacobwasborn（出生）in1785.Wilhelmwas

bornthenextyear.Theywerebrothersandalsobestfriends.Theylivedandworkedtogether

formostoftheirlives.

In1798,thetwobrothersmovedtothetownofKassel.Theretheyfinishedschool.Then

theyfoundjobsinalibrary.Bothofthemlovedoldstories.Intheirfreetime,theycollected

（收集）oldtalesandsongs.

JacobandWilhelmcollectedtalesfromeveryonetheyknewforseveralyears.Marie

Mullerwasananny（保姆）.ShetokithemthetalesofSnowWhite,LittleRedRidingHood、

andSleepingBeauty.OnedaythetwobrothersmetFrauViehmann.Shecametotheirhouse

manytimes.Shetoldthemmorethan20tales.Cinderellawasoneofthem.

In1812,thetwobrothers'firstbookoffairytalescameout.Theyhadmeantthestories

forgrownups（.大人）.Theyweresurprisedwhenchildrenlovedthem,too.Thebrothers

wantedtofindmoretales.Thistimeitwasmucheasier.Peoplestartedtobringstoriesto

（hem.Theirnextbookoftalescameoutin1814.Theirlastbookoffairytalescameoutin

1857.

阅读短文，根据内容，回答下列问题。

36.Whowasolder,JaccborWilhelm?

37.WheredidJacobandWilhelmworkaftertheyfinishedschool?

38.WhodidJacobandWilhelmcollectthetaleofSleepingBeautyfrom?

39.WasJacobandWilhelm'sfirstbookoffairytalcsforchildren?

40.WhendidJacobandWilhelm'slastbookoffairytaleseout?

Thepropergreetings问候）willmakecustomers（顾客）feelwele.Knowinghowtogreet

canhelpyourworksucceed.

Smilewhenyougreetyourcustomers.Youwantyourcustomerstofeelwclc,andthat

startswithyourbodylanguage.Smile,andwalktotheminarightway.Everythingyoudo

shouldshow“I'mgladyou'rehere!”.

Rememberwhatcustomersprefer（更喜欢）.Itisgoodtoremembercustomers'likes

anddislikes.Ifyouworkataclothesstore,rememberingacustomer'sfavoritecolorwill

makeherfeellikeyoucareabouther.Thisisagreatwaytoletcustomerseagain.

Showcustomerstothethingtheywant.Don'tjusttellthemwheretolookfbrwhat

theywant.Theywillthankyouifyouleadthemtogetthethingtheywant.

Givespaceafterthegreetingifnecessary.Usually,greetanarrivingcustomerassoon

asyouseeher.However,ifherfacelookslike"don'ttalkiome,leavemealone"，you'd

bettergiveherspace.Butletherknowshecanfindyouifsheneedshelp.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。

41.Howmanywaysofgreetingarementionedinthispassage?

42.Whyshouldyouremembercustomers'likesanddislikes?

43.Whatwillcustomersdoifyoulead（hemtogelthethingtheywant?

44.Whenshouldyougivecustomersspace?

45.Isitalwayspropertogreetanarrivingcustomerassconasyouseeher?

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Everytimeyoucatseafood,yougetredspots（红点）onyourbody.Andeveryspringand

fall,yourfriendgetsarunnynosewhenyouplayinthegarden.What'sgoingon?Well,you

andyourfriendmayhaveallergies（过敏）.

Anallergyisareactionfromyourimmunesystem（免疫系统）.Theimmunesystem

keepsyouawayfromdiseasesbyfightinggerms（细菌）.Butwhenyouhaveallergies,i（

overreacts（过度反应）andIriestofightagainstthingslikegrass,pollenorsomefoods.This

makesyourbodyfeelunfortable.

Allergiesaremonaroundtheworld.AccordingtotheWHO,about20percentofthe

world'spopulationsuffersfromallergies.

Foodallergiesarconeofthemostmontypes.Manychildrencanbeallergictofoodlike

milk,eggsandpeanuts.Ifyouareallergictocertainfoods,youmaygetredspots,anupset

stomachorevenhavedifficultybreathing.Sofar,peoplehaven'tfoundanygoodwaysto

stopfoodallergies.Justdonoteatthosefoodsasmuchaspossible.

Seasonalallergieshappeninmostpartsof（heworld.Sohowdoyouknowifyouare

allergictosomething?Skin（皮肤）testsarethemostwidelyusedway.

46.Whatisanallergy?

47.Whatmayhappenwhenyouhaveallergies?

48.Whatfoodcanmakemanychildrenbeallergicto?

49.Havepeoplefoundanygoodwaystostopfoodallergies?

50.Howdowcknowifwcarcallergictosomething?

阅读表达。阅读下面的短文，根据短文回答问题。

uWcarcliketheseaofflowersinMay,“DoyouknowthesongofthemunistYouth

LeagueofChina（CYLC）?

In1987,anoticeinChinaYouthDailyread,“Wewarmlywelecontributors（投稿人）:o

writeasongfor（heCYLC.”When34yearoldHuHongweisawthis,hegotexcited.

Oneday,anoilpaintingflashedintohismind:InfrontofTiananmenSquare,colorful

flowersbloominMay.Howexciting!HefeltthattheMayFourthMovementwasaslivelyas

youngpeople.SohethoughtyouthwerelikeaseaofflowersinMay.

Later,theposer（作曲家）LeiYushcngsawthelyricsanddecidedtoposethesong.Lei

wantedtoshowachangeinChina'shistorythroughthesong.Heloweredthekeyinthe

middleofthesongandslowlypushedthemusictoaclimax（高潮）.

InOctober1987,ChinaYouthDailychose10songsoutof5,300.Amongthem,Huand

Lei'sworktoppedthelist.Atthe12thNationalCongressofCYLCheldinMay1988,itwas

madethetemporary（暂时的）songoftheorganization.Itwasthenmadetheofficialsongin

2003.

Answerthefollowingquestionsinnomorethan6words（每题答案不超过6个词）

51.WhatdoesCYLCreferto?

52.HowdidHuHongweifeelwhenhesawthenoticeinChinaYouthDaily?

53.WhatwereyouthlikeaccordingtoHuHongwei?

54.WhatdidLeiYushengwanttoshowthroughthesongofCYLC?

55.WhenwasIkiandLei'sworkmadethetemporarysongofCYLC?

Onceuponatime,intheforesttherelivedababyelephantwhohadnofriends.Noneof

theanimalswantedtobehisfriendbecausehewastoolarge.

Oneday,awildfirehappenedintheforest.Theanimalsrantosaferplaces.Thedrytrees

caughtfireandthefirewassuretogoallaroundtheforest.Thebabyelephantrantothe

nearestriver,collectedmuchwaterinhistrunk（象鼻）andrushedtotheburningtrees.He

sprayed（喷）thewateronthefire.Finally,heputoutthefire.

Later,whilehewasrestingafterthehardjob,alltheanimalscametohimandexpressed

theirthanksforhiskindhelpintime.Theywerenowreadytoregardhimastheirgoodfriend

andtheirhero.Theysaid,t4Afriendinneedisafriendindeed.^^

Thebabyelephantwashappytogetsomanyfriendsandplayedgameswiththem.He

walkedthroughtheforest,carryingseveralsmallanimalsonhisback.

56.Whydidthebabyelephanthavenofriendsatfirst?

57.Wheredidthewildfirehappen?

58.Whopuloutthefireintheend?

59.Whatdidthebabyelephantdowhenhewalkedthroughtheforest?

60.Howdoyoulikethebabyelephant?

根据短文内容简要回答下面的问题。

ThestoryofRobinson（鲁滨逊）hasbeenpopulararoundtheworldfornearlythree

hundredyears.Peopleusedtothinkthestorywasnottrue.However,researchers（研究者）

havefoundthatAlexanderSelkirkhadthesameexperience.Hewenttoasmallislandin

1704andstayedthereformorethanfouryears.

Researchersfoundahouseandsometoolsontheisland.Theybelievedthatthesewere

AlexanderSelkirk's.Theyalsofoundsomeholes.ItwascertainthatSelkirkusedthemto

watchingshipsorlookOJIfbrdangerousanimals.

1（issaidthatSelkirkcametostayontheislandafterhearguedwithhiscaptain（船长）.

Hedecidedtostaytheretorepairanoldship.Hedidn'tknowthathewouldstaytherefbr

nearlyfiveyearsbeforeavisitingEnglishshippickedhimupandtookhimbackhome.

Hisstorywaswrittendownin1709.Hetoldpeoplethathehadtokillgoatswithhisgun.

lieatethemeatandusedtheskin（毛皮）forclothes.

WcarcnotsurewhetherDanielDefoe（丹尼尔•笛福）hadevermetSelkirk.Yet,itis

certainthathehadheardofthestoryofSelkirk'sadventuresbeforehewrotethenovel.

61.HowlongdidAlexanderSelkirkstayontheislandbyhimself?

62.Didresearchersdiscoverahouseandsometoolsontheisland?

63.WhatdidSelkirkusetheholestodo?

64.HowdidSelkirkgobackhome?

65.WhydidSelkirkkillthegoats?

根据短文内容，简略回答短文后所提出的问题。

ChenJifangfromShanghaiisabout70yearsold.Shewonpeople'sheartsbecauseof

herenergetic（充满活力的）exercise.

AccordingtoChen,herhealthwaspoorinthepast.In2018,Chenhadsomehealth

problemsandthedoctoradvisedhertoexercisemore.Becauseofthis,Chenwenttoagym

forthefirsttimeonDecember29,2018.“Everyoneinthegymwasyoung,MChensaid."I

surprisedthemalot.”

Chen'sdailytrainingstartedat8am.Shedidn'tstopexercisinguntil3pm.Chenalso

changedhereatinghabits.Threemonthslater,shelost28kilograms.Herhealthimproved.

Now.shestillkeepstrainingforsolong.Chenhasthefullsupport（支持）ofherfamily.Her

husbanddoesmostofthehousework.HerdaughterhelpsIobuysportsclothesandshoesfor

her.

44Wecannotstopaging,butexercisecanslowitdown,“Chensaid.^Insteadofspending

moneybuyingmedicine,itisbeltertospenditexercising.AllIwanttosayisthatitisnever

toolatetobehealthy.”

66.WhydidChenJifangwinpeople'shearts?

67.HowdidotherpeoplefeelwhentheysawCheninthegymforthefirsttime?

68.HowlongdidChentraineveryday?

69.DoesChen'shusbandsupporther?

70.WhatdocsChenwanttotellus?

Over30%ofallfoodproducedgoestowaste（浪费）,accordingtoTheUnitedNations

FoodandAgricultureOrganization（联合国粮农组织）.Supermarketsthrowawayfoodthatis

notsoldbeforeitssellbydate,whilefamiliesthrowawayfoodthattheycan'tfinisheating.To

stopfoodwaste,somepeoplehavecupwithgreatideas.Takealookforyourself.

Buyless

Oneofthebestwaystostopfoodwasteisbuyinglessfood.Therearemillionsofpeople

aroundtheworldwhostilldon'thaveenoughtoeat.Weshouldbemorecarefulabouthow

weshopforfood.

Foodbank

Theworld'sfirstfoodbankwasstartedintheUSin1967.Thebanktookdonations（捐

赠）offoodfrompeopleandstoresthathadextrafood.Peoplecouldthengotothefoodbank

andtakethefoodhomeiftheycouldnotaffordtobuyanyforthemselves.InShanghai,there

isa“sharedfiidge”insomemunities.Itstores（储存）foodthatisdonatedbynearbymarkets

andrestaurants.Itisfreeforanyonetotake.

Payasyoulike

Thereisasellbydateonthefoodbag.Beforethatdale,thequality（质量）isthebest.

Butafterthatdate,thefoodcanstillbeOKtoeat.Therefore,aUKpanycalledTheRealJunk

FoodProject,bringsthisfoodfromsupermarketstocafesandsellit.Togetthefood,you

onlyneedtogivewhatevermoneyyoulike.Ifyoudon'twanttospendmoney,youcanhelp

workthere.Therearenow125RealJunkFoodcafesaround（heworld.Andthenumberis

stillgrowing.

71.Dopeoplehave（opayforthefoodfromfoodbanks?

72.Wherewastheworld'sfirstfoodbankstarted?

73.Howcanyougetthefoodfromthejunkfoodcafe?

74.Whatelse（其他的）canwedotostopfoodwaste?

阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

AfterashortbreakfromtheTokyoOlympicsandParalympics（残奥会），Chinaweledits

14thNationalGames,heldfromSept15thto27th.

Thegameswereheldmainlyin13citiesinShanxiProvince.Withatotal（＞&iT）of54

sportsand595events,itwasseenasa“miniOlympics”.

TheNationalGameswasagoodchance（机会）foratlilctcstoshowthebestof

themselves.TheTokyo2020Olympians（奥运会选手）madetheGamesevenmoreexciting

towatch.

Thethemeofthisyear'sNationalGameswas“Gamesfbrall,togetherinmindand

action^^,themassevent（群众赛事）becameahighlight（亮点）ofthisyear'sNationalgames.

Atotalof185eventsin19differentsportswereopentothepublic（大众）.

Thereweretwotypesofmassevents:petitioneventsandperformanceevents,petition

eventsincludedtabictennis,dragonboatracing,bridge（桥牌）,andChinesewresting（摔跤）.

Therewerealsoperformanceevents,likesquaredancingandtaichi.

MakingmasssportseventsapartoftheNationalGameswastogetmoreandmore

peopletoplaysports,reportedChinaDaily.

75.Whatwasthe14thNationalgamesseenas?

Itwasseenas"

76.WhatdidthewriterthinkoftheNationalGamesfbrathletes?

Itwasforathletestoshowthebestofthemselves.

77.What'sthethemeofthisyear'sNationalGames?

Itwas“,togetherinmindandaction”.

78.HowmanytypesofmasseventsintheNationalGames?

Thereweretypesofmassevents.

79.What'sthepurpose（Fl的）ofmakingmasssportseventsapartoftheNationalGames?

MakingmasssportseventsapartoftheNationalGameswastogetmoreandmorepeople

阅读下列短文，根据短文中的信息回答问题。

Inourdailylife,wealwaysputourtimeintothreejars（罐子）.Thesewouldbethe

necessaiy（必要）tasksjar,thevoluntary（自愿）tasksjarandthehappinessjar.

Everyday,wcspendtimefillingthenecessarytasksjar.Wcfillthisjarwithuseful

things,likemakingmoney,doinghousework,buyingfoodandpayingbills.Wethenfill

anotherjarwithvoluntarytasks.Thesearethingsthatwedofbrothers,butwemaynotenjoy

them.Thisjarisfilledwi:htasksliketakingchildrentoactivitiesandcookingfamilymeals.

Thosejarsareveryimportant.Ifwedon'tfillthemeachday,ourfamilywon'trunwell.

However,weoftenforgettofillthethirdjar-thehappinessjar.Thisisthejarthatwe

fillwithactivitiesthatmakeushappy.Isyourhappinessjarsometimesemptyattheendof

theday?Wcallhavedayslikethat.Betweendoingallthenecessaryandvoluntarytasks,time

fliesbyonsomedays,andbeforeweknowit,itistimeforbed.

Thatiswhyeachdaywetrytofillourhappinessjar.Mostdays,Ifillminebygoingto

（heballroomdance（社交舞）class.Betweenthemusic,thedancingandthefriendshipamong

thestudents,IalwaysleaveclassesmorehappilythanwhenIentered.Playingmusicis

anotherwaythatIfillmyhappinessjar.Thisweek,Iwashappytotakepartinanorchestra

（管弦乐队）practiceatmychurch（教堂）.AsmallgroupofusmettopracticeChristmas

musicforachurchservice.Itwasatimeoffun,friendshipandmusicmaking.Attheendof

（heevening,myhappinessjarwasfull.

Considerhowtospendyourtime.Trytofindwaystcgetabalance.Altheendoftheday,

hopefullywe'vedoneallwecantomakesurethatwefillourhappinessjar.

Nomorethan10words.

80.Howmanykindsofjarsarethereinthispassage?

81.Whatwillhappenifwedon'tfillthenecessarytasksjarandthevoluntarytasksjar?

82.Whydoweoftenforgettofillthethirdjar?

83.Howdoesthewriterfillherhappinessjar?

84.Whyisitimportantfbrustofillthehappinessjar?

Areyouinterestedinthebottlesinthesupermarkets?Tosellliquids（液体），most

factorieshavetouseglassorplastic（塑料）bottles.However,asbuyersnowcaremoreabout

theenvironment,theyhopefactoriescanusecnvironmcntfricndlybottles.Thenfactories

startedworkingtodeveloppaperbottles.

Insomeways,paperbottlesaremuchbetterthanglassandplasticonesbecausetheyare

easytorecycle（再利用）andalsoweighlessthanglass.Buttherearealsosomeproblems.

Oneofthebiggestdifficultiesistokeeppaperbottlesfromleaking（漏）.Theinsideofthe

bottleneedsaspecialcoating.Tomakesuretheliquidwon'tleakthrough,manyfactoriesuse

athinsheetofplasticasaliner（内衬）.

Bottlemakersmaysaythislinercanberecycled,butmanyrecyclingprograinsdon't

havetherightmachinestodealwithit.

AfactorynamedDiageomadethefirstpaperbottlethat'spletelyplasticfree.Now

peopleinDiageoaretryingtoputanonplasticcoatingontheinsideofthebottles,and（his

maymakebottlesfiillyrecyclable.Diageosaysthey'llputthatkindofpaperbottlesintouse

inJuly,2022.Butevenwithoutplastic,paperbottlesaren'tperfect.Forexample,ifpeoplecut

downtreestomakebottles,therewillbefewerforestsandmoreanimalswillbeindanger.

Also,itwilltaketimeforfactoriestosechowlongliquidscanbekeptintheboules,and

makesurethebottlesdon'linfluencethetaste.

Nowquiteafewfactoriesareworkingtoimprovepaperbottles.It?slikelythatwecan

expecttoseebetterpaperbottlesinthesupermarketssoon.

85.Whohopesfactoriescanuseenvironmentfriendlybottles?

86.Whyarepaperbottlesbetterthanglassandplasticones?

87.Howdofactoriesmakesuretheliquidwon'tleakthrough?

88.WhenwillDiageoputfullyrecyclablepaperbottlesintouse?

89.Whatwillhappenifpeoplecutdowntreestomakepaperbottles?

Travelingtoanothercountiyisexcitingandfun.Butifyoudon'tleamaboutlocal

traditions,yourtripmaygetintotrouble.Tohelpstopthingslikethat,Ilistsomecultural

taboos（禁忌）inseveralcountries.Let'stakealookandthenyoucanhaveagreattripthere.

Mexico

InMexico,bringinganexpensivegifttosomeone'shomeisanono.Itcouldbeseenasa

bribe（贿赂）.Forlocalpeople,somesimplethingslikeflowersaregoodgifts.Butyou

shouldn'ttakealongredflowers,becauseinMexicanculture,theysymbolizedeathandcan

beconnectedwithwitchcraft（巫术）.

TheUS

Americanshaveatraditionoftipping（给小费）.Youcantipwaiters,taxidrivers,hotel

doormen...nearlyanyonewithaservicejob.

PayattentionwhenyoutalkwithAmericans.Questionslike“Howoldarcyou?”maybe

monbetweenfriends.ButastouristsintheUS,itisnotpolitetoaskpeople'sage.

Britain

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