本单元综合与测试 知识点题库

The watch   China.

  bananas  in China?

—More chances    to students to learn from each other.

    Our desks and chairs (make) of wood. The paper of books and newspapers (make) from wood, too. Wood is important in our daily life.

    Where does wood come from? It (take) from trees which grow in the mountains. Do you know how it (carry) to us from the mountains?

    First of all, trees (cut) down when they (grow) big enough. Then their branches (cut) off, and logs(原木) (make). These heavy logs (put) together in different ways and (take) down to the foot of the mountains.

    If you cannot travel around the world, why not travel on the Internet? GeoGuessr is a new online travel game. The game is easy to play, but nearly impossible to win. The new online game challenges your geography skills.

How to play the game

    When you think you know where the photo was taken, click on the Google map to place your marker.

    Click on the "Make A Guess" button on the bottom of the map. A new image will appear, showing the distance between the area you chose and the actual location. GeoGuessr will tell how many kilometers away you were and how many points you earned.

    You get five chances to guess the location. After the fifth one, you see a map showing your guesses, the correct location and the number of points you earned.

Helpful hints(提示)

    Here are a few tips to help you identify what part of the planet you are seeing.

    look around and see if you can find any words on signs to show the local language. For example, if both French and English are on signs, Canada might be a good guess.

    Make a note of whether the cars drive on the right or the left side of the road. If cars are driving on the left, that narrows your guesses.

    The more you play the game, the better you will get at geography.

—That's right. People around the world can hardly avoid __________products made in China.

—Oh, my students were discussing the coming school trip in groups.

—It must be a__________. Susan sent me a letter yesterday, but I haven't received it.

    Riding a Mobike on the street, you might hear some people speaking Chinese aloud. Turning to the right, you see a Sichuan-style restaurant. After walking into a store, you see that Huawei smartphones are on sale. But you're not in China—you're in Manchester in Britain. In fact, you might see similar things in many other cities. Chinese products have been going all over the world.

    Chinese food has been enjoyed in Western countries for a long time. To meet local people's tastes, Chinese restaurants have made some changes to the dishes. "One example is the meat," said Yin Hang, a Chinese student who is studying in Australia. "We like to eat meat with the bones (骨头) in, but people here don't. So the local Chinese restaurants provide big pieces of meat without bones, even for fish."

    Some Chinese brands are also becoming more popular. It is reported that in many cities in Europe, many stores sell TCL televisions, Haier fridges and Lenovo computers. More than half of US-owned drones (无人机) are Chinese models, according to China Daily. They're not only made in China, but also designed and developed in the country.

    In the past, most Western people thought Chinese products were cheap and unreliable. But now, things have changed greatly. More people trust Chinese brands. "Made in China" becomes cool. "They are beautiful and offer something special that American phones don't have," an article on CNN once said about Chinese smartphones.

    As it is said, Chinese government has been trying its best to improve its national brands of all kinds to meet the needs of modern life.

    The products that are labeled (贴标签) with the words "Made in China" can be seen everywhere all over the world. Once these products were very popular around the world for the low price and excellent quality, but in most foreigners' eyes, they thought these products were low—end and of low quality. With the development of Chinese economy, the government is trying to improve its image (形象) . Creating our own brands is the best choice. And the government makes effort to improve the quality of our own brands in order to promote (提高) the international image.

    Lots of foreigners still think "Made in China" means cheap copycats (山寨货) . It's true that the influence of "Made in China" still can't be compared with that of Silicon Valley (硅谷) in America, but China has made great progress. The number of world-class companies from China has increased in past few years. The number of Chinese companies among the world top 500 has increased from 35 in 2018 to 129 in 2019. And many of them, such as Huawei and Alibaba, have great international influence. But to compete with the world's technological powers, we still have a long way to go.