1. Have you ever taken a high-speed train?

2. Do you know how many kilometers per hour high-speed trains can reach?

 

 

Judge true (T) or false (F).

1. You will spend 14 hours going from Beijing to Guangzhou by train.

2. The high-speed rail between Beijing and Guangzhou will stretch to Macao in the future.

3. The high-speed rail service was introduced in China five years ago.

4. China will have the longest high-speed rail network in the world by 2015.

Key: FFTF

 

Comprehension check

1. It takes _____ to go from Beijing to Guangzhou by high-speed train.

A. 6 hours

B. 8 hours

C. 14 hours

D. 18 hours

 

2. The word “cut” in Paragraph 2 means _____ in Chinese.

A. 切割

B. 切断

C. 剪切

D. 缩短

 

3. If people take high-speed trains, they will mostly concerned about ____.

A. time

B. money

C. safety

D. shape

Key: BDC

 

Vocabulary in use

 Fill in the blanks with the proper forms.

possible, reach, accident, introduce

 

1. Please allow me to _______ Mr Brown to you.

2. We’ll never give up until we ________ our goal.

3. It is ________ to pack so many people into one small room.

4. The kitchen is the worst place for children to have ________.

 

What do you think of China’s high-speed trains?

What will the high-speed rail network in China look like by 2020?

 

 

1. Would you like to bring your cell phone to school?

2. Can you use your cell phone or an iPods in class?

 

Judge true (T) or false (F).

1. Students can take their devices to school every Tuesday.

2. Students and teachers like the new school rules.

3. Students can use their devices to vote in a real election.

4. There are no devices for students at school.

Key: FTFF

 

Comprehension check

1. Students can take the following things to school except ____ on Tech Tuesday.

A. cell phones

B. iPods

C. iPads

D. TV sets

 

2. Spangenberger is ______.

A. a student from Grade 8

B. the principal at school

C. a science teacher

D. a law teacher

 

3. Students are encouraged to use the devices in _______.

A. science classes 

B. law classes

C. social studies classes

D. all of the above

Key: DCD

 

Vocabulary in use

Fill in the blanks with the proper forms.

information,   tool,   crazy,   vote

 

1. He is ____ about that girl.

2. The ____ are not put in the right place.

3. In 1971, the ____ age was lowered to 18.

4. There is a lot of useful _________ at the back of this dictionary.

 

If your school had a Tech Tuesday, what would you take to school?

If you could take your cell phone or an iPod to school, would you play games?

 

1. Can you do “Carrier Style”?

2. Do you know how the “Carrier Style” started?

 

Judge true (T) or false (F).

1. “Carrier Style” was named by Chinese Internet users.

2. People call the J-15 jet “Flying Shark” because it it very big and looks like a shark.

3. During the landing process, the J-15 slows down quickly.

4. After the J-15 successfully landed on the Liaoning, China moved up in the world.

Key: TFTT

 

Comprehension check

1. Liaoning is _____ in the passage.

A. one of the provinces in China

B. the smallest aircraft carrier in China

C. a small, very fast fighter jet

D. the first aircraft carrier in China

 

2. The J-15 jet can fly about ______ kilometers without refueling.

A. three hundred

B. three thousand

C. thirty thousand

D. three million

 

. Which of the following statements about “Carrier Style” is TRUE?

A. The stance “Carrier Style” came into being on Nov. 23.

B. “Carrier Style” has become the most popular posture in the world.

C. When you do “Carrier Style”, you need to kneel on two legs.

D. “Carrier Style” was copied by all Chinese Internet users.

Key: DBA

 

Vocabulary in use

 Fill in the blanks with the proper forms.

succeed,    copy,    report,    nickname

1. I am sure that she _____ my picture.

2. A good ______ has a nose for news.

3. She ________ in solving the problem after hard work.

4. Some of these are ________, but some are their real names.

What do you think of the first aircraft carrier in China?

Do you want to work on aircraft carriers in the future?

Have you seen bamboo trees bend in the wind?

When you feel like you are about to snap (垮掉), how will you cope?

 

Judge true (T) or false (F).

1. The bamboo trees go back to their original position once the wind had died down.

2. The word “resilience” can be used to talk about a person.

3. The title “Bend in wind, but don’t break” means the bamboos trees can’t be broken.

4. The word “break” means “give up” or “snap” in the passage.

Key: FTFT

 

Comprehension check

1. When the writer was a child, he liked going to the river because he _____.

A. enjoyed catching fish

B. could sit on the bank with friends

C. liked watching the bamboo trees

D. could go swimming in the river

 

2. We can use _____ to take the place of “are about to” in Paragraph 3.

A. “are able to”

B. “are going to”

 

3. The passage mainly tells us that ____.

A. bamboo trees can return to their original positions easily

B. the writer enjoyed watching the bamboo trees

C. there are good times and bad times in the life

D. when bad things happen to you, don’t give up hope

Key: CBD

 

Vocabulary in use

Fill in the blanks with the proper forms.

peace,     bend,     break,    worth

1. She spent a ______ afternoon by the river, reading a novel.

2. The nurse _____ down and kissed the child.

3. My bike is _____, so I shall have to walk.

4. A bird in the hand is ____two in the bush.

 

What can you learn from the passage?