【推荐1】April 20th, 2021 is Guyu, one of the 24 solar terms, and the 12th United Nations “Chinese Language Day”. A one-hour special event was held online to mark it on Tuesday. People around the world were invited to express their love and interest for the Chinese language and culture through short videos.

Chinese has a long history. It has influenced on other languages in Asia, so has Latin in the West. With this history, will Chinese have a surprising future?   

At present, over one billion people speak Chinese in the world—far more than any other language’s speakers. It is the language of the country which is the world’s second largest economy. Chinese people are found studying and doing business all over the world.

In fact, Chinese is definitely going to be a world language. Why is this certain? We must look at the economic and political power of China, which is increasing every day. As we all know, world languages have always been the languages of countries with powerful economics.

Foreign interest in Chinese has developed very quickly together with the development of Chinese economy. Chinese has become one of the most important and popular languages around the world.

As China develops, more and more people will want to learn about Chinese language and culture, to work and study in China, and to do business with Chinese companies. Chinese will one day become an international language.

1. In which way is Chinese similar to Latin?

A．They both have influenced on other languages.

B．Both languages have over one billion speakers.

C．They both have a long history and bright future.

D．Both languages are spoken only by people in Asia.

2. What is the relationship between the language and economy?

A．The more important the language is, the stronger the economy will be.

B．The stronger the economy is, the less important the language will be.

C．The more important the language is, the weaker the economy will be.

D．The stronger the economy is, the more important the language will be.

3. What does the writer think of the future of Chinese?

A．Hopeful.

B．Unclear.

C．Difficult.

D．Doubtful.

4. The structure of the passage may be ________ .
（Para. 1=①, Para. 2=②, Para. 3=③, Para. 4=④. Para. 5-⑤, Para. 6=⑥）

A．①, ②③, ④⑤⑥	B．①, ②③④, ⑤⑥
C．①, ②③④⑤, ⑥	D．①②, ③④, ⑤⑥

【推荐3】Colors are often connected to the feelings we have. Many expressions in English link colors and feelings. Take for example, the color green.

Green can be a symbol for many things.    1     For example, a greenback is a common expression for a dollar bill because it is green. Here is another example: green stands for   environmental causes. So, if a company goes green, they probably have changed to cleaner technology to produce their products.

Green is also a sign of a beginner.     2     For example, if Kyle is green at cooking, he hasn’t been cooking for very long. So, he’s probably not very good at it.

We use green to describe people who are very jealous or envious, too. One of the expressions is very simple.     3     Let’s say I really want something that you have—like a beautiful apartment. You could say that I am green with envy about your apartment.

    4     You feel unhappy over another person’s luck, but you also want to have the same luck yourself.

It does not feel good to be green with envy.     5    

But these feelings are natural. We all probably have felt these feelings at some point in our lives.

If someone happens to speak English a little better than you, don’t turn green with envy. Just learn it with all your heart!

Word Bank Link 联系 Jealous 吃醋的 Envy 忌妒

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。

A．One of these is money.

B．Envy usually has two parts.

C．We say they are “’green with envy.”

D．In fact, feeling envious or jealous is unpleasant.

E．If someone is green to a job or activity, they are new to it.

【推荐2】Students will be given lessons on how to sleep in Scotland for the first time. Schools will get materials to teach students how to get enough sleep. The teaching created by the charity Sleep Scotland is used to be part of the school course. Its aim is to help people realize the importance of sleep for young people’s bodies and minds.

The charity said watching TV and using computers and mobile phones at night can prevent children getting the nine hours of sleep they need. Sleep Scotland, which also offers a sleep advising service, said getting enough sleep can improve grades and physical health. However, less sleep can lead to be heavy and have a greater risk of feeling hopeless.

Jane Ansell, leader of Sleep Scotland, said, “I don’t think any parent would send out their child without enough food in the morning, or beautiful clothing, and they know how important exercise is, so why should you send your child out without enough sleep?”

The charity hopes to tell young people why they need a full night’s sleep and how to develop good sleeping habits. Kate Pearce, a teacher of guidance, said, “We’ve studied it for more than three years. Students often find it very difficult to get up in the morning and pay attention to their study. Sleep is surely a problem for them.”

Research shows that sleep time for children around the world has decreased over the past 10 to 20 years. A report said young people often believed they could make up for（弥补）sleep time by sleeping late at weekends. However, by going to bed later at weekends they were actually forcing a change in their body clocks, and it may influence their study on Monday mornings.

1. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs in Scotland?

A．All children have nine hours of sleep.	B．Children can’t sleep well at night.
C．Schools used to have no lessons on sleep.	D．Many people feel hopeless.

2. Which part can the passage be usually read in a newspaper?

A．Culture.

B．Health.

C．Sports.

D．Business.

3. Which of the following is true according to the charity Sleep Scotland?

A．Few children go to school with breakfast.	B．Parents think sleep is less important.
C．It’s helpful to sleep more at weekends.	D．Less sleep may make children heavy.

【推荐3】Do teenagers in small villages do chores at home? What about the teenagers in big cities? Our teacher asked us to do a survey (调查) to find out. With the help of the Internet, we surveyed ______ teenagers by asking them several questions. About half of them come from big cities. The others are from small villages. We made a diagram (图表) of the result. Let’s have a look at it. We’ve found out that teenagers from small villages do more chores than those from big cities. That may be because they live a harder life. Our advice to parents in big cities is that parents should give their children some chores to do. Doing chores teaches teenagers to take care of themselves.

Chores	2,000 teenagers in small villages	2,000 teenagers in big cities
Take out the trash	1,500	900
Sweep the floor	1,300	950
Fold the clothes	1,350	700
Do the dishes	1,050	550
Make the bed	950	1,550

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. How does the writer start the text?

A．By raising questions.	B．By giving examples.
C．By giving numbers.	D．By making differences.

2. Which one can be put into the blank (≥) in the text?

A．1,000.

B．2,000.

C．3,000.

D．4,000.

3. What can we learn from the diagram ?

A．Teenagers often do six kinds of chores.

B．1500 teenagers in small villages often fold the clothes.

C．More teenagers in big cities make the bed than those in small villages.

D．The number of teenagers in small villages is bigger than that in big cities.

4. What’s the purpose of this text?

A．To introduce different kinds of chores for students to do.

B．To ask teenagers in small villages not to do more chores.

C．To show what they’ve found about teenagers’ doing chores.

D．To describe some differences among cities.

5. What is the text?

A．An ad.

B．A survey result.

C．A guidebook.

D．A diary.

【推荐1】Imagine you’re enjoying dinner with your friends in a nice restaurant. You’re having a great time when suddenly you hear a phone ringing at the table next to you. A man takes out his phone and starts talking for almost ten minutes! How will you feel? Maybe you’ll feel uncomfortable, but you can do nothing about it.

This happens all the time, not only in a restaurant, but also on a bus, at a cinema, everywhere!

Cell phones are useful in our daily lives. But be careful not to be a noisy user and disturb others. You are supposed to control your own behavior. Here are a few rules.

Follow the rules! When you’re in public places and see a sign that says “Turn off cell phones”, don’t use your phone. If you are allowed, speak softly for a short time and try to keep away from other people.

Phone off! Never make calls in a theater, when you are watching a movie or enjoying a concert.

Pay attention! Talking on a cell phone while driving is dangerous. And watch out where you’re going when you’re walking down the street and talking on the phone.

As more people use cell phones, things are going to get worse. So, the next time you’re getting ready to make a call, stop and consider the people around you.

1. What does Paragraph 1 mainly tell us?

A．What the man talks about on the phone with his friend.

B．How bad phones can be to people.

C．Why using phones is not allowed in a restaurant.

D．An example of bad manners.

2. When are you expected to turn off you cell phones according to the passage?

A．Playing in the park.	B．Enjoying a concert.
C．Eating at home.	D．Eating in a restaurant.

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Cell phones are helpful in our daily lives.

B．Talk in a low voice at any place.

C．You can talk on a cell phone while driving.

D．Don’t bring your cell phone in public places.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Cell phones lead to people’s bad relationship.

B．People should turn off cell phones in public places.

C．Public manners are important in our lives.

D．Cell phones have become the most useful tool in our lives.

【推荐2】Life are always full of stress these days. How do you usually solve your stress? Do you know doing housework is helpful in solving stress? In fact, doing something like washing dirty clothes may really make people relaxed. “Doing some housework such as folding clothes or cleaning the room is a good way to face our stress without taking any medicine.” says Carol Clark, a successful psychologist (心理学家) in New York. She often advises people who are under lots of stress to try doing housework every day. “While washing something,” she says, “you can imagine you're washing away some trouble in your life”

Do people all agree with her idea? Here are some ideas about it.

“Housework is the main reason for the stress in my life,” says Linda in France.(法国). “Get me out of doing the housework and then I'll really be relaxed.”

Gary is a single (单身的) father. “So, a man pays a psychologist $200 an hour for his problem about stress. However, he is just told to go back home and do some housework. I really don't know who is crazier, the psychologist or the man!

1. What does Carol Clark advise people under stress to do?

A．To take some medicine.	B．To call on a psychologist.
C．To be as tidy as possible.	D．To do some housework.

2. Linda thinks that doing housework will make her________________.

A．relaxed	B．stressed
C．helpful	D．healthy

3. What does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A．Taking medicine.	B．Doing housework
C．Making money.	D．Solving trouble.

4. Gary’s stress is probably from__________.

A．his work	B．his wife
C．the psychologist	D．the housework

【推荐1】阅读理解，判断正（T）误（F）

People use money to buy food, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they need. When they work, they usually get paid in money.

Most of the money used today is made of metal(金属) or paper. But in ancient(古代的) time, people often used all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells(贝壳).

In China, cloth and knives were used as money. Elephant tusks(象牙), monkey tails and salt were used in some parts of Africa. Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people in some islands. Cows and other animals were used as money, too.

The first copper coins(铜币) were made in China.They were round and had a square(方形)hole in the center. Different countries had used different metal for their money. Later some countries began to make coins of gold and silver. But gold and silver were heavy to carry when people need a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first to use paper money. The first paper money looked more like a note from one paper to another than the paper money used today.

1. People used all kinds of things as money in ancient times.
2. African people used copper coin as money in the old days.
3. People gave up gold and silver coins because they were easy to slip off.
4. The Indians were the first to use paper money.
5. The passage is mainly about the history of money.

【推荐2】A young man went to the boss of a logging crew (伐木队) and asked for a job. “Let’s see you fell (砍伐）this tree,” replied the boss. The young man went straight and skillfully felled a big tree. The boss was surprised and said, “You can start on Monday.”

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday went by, and on Thursday afternoon the boss went to the young man and said, “You can pick up your wages (薪水) on your way out today.” The young man was very surprised. He replied, “I thought you would pay on Friday.” “Usually we do,” the boss said. “But we’re letting you go today because you’ve fallen behind. You’ve dropped from first place on Monday to last place today.”

“But I’m quite hardworking,” the young man argued. “I am the first to arrive, and the last to leave, and even work during my coffee breaks!” The boss asked, “Have you sharpened (磨快) your axe?” The young man replied, “No, sir. I’ve been working too hard to take time for that!”

Our lives are like this. We sometimes get so busy that we don’t take time to “sharpen the axe”. Working hard is not wrong. But we all need time to relax, to think, to learn and grow. If we don’t take time to relax, we will feel bored and lose our effectiveness (效率).

判断正（A）误（B）。
1. The young man began his work on Monday.
2. The workers on the logging crew usually got wages on Thursday.
3. The young man worked hard, even during his coffee breaks.
4. It took the young man a long time to sharpen the axe.
5. The story tells us a good beginning makes a good ending.

【推荐3】There are many kinds of places for you to stay in Britain if you visit there. Whatever your plan is, the choice — from basic barn to small hotel, from tiny cottage to grand castle — is all part of fun.

Hostels(招待所)

Cheap, good-value hostels are aimed at all types of like-minded travelers, who prefer value over luxury and you don’t have to be young or single to use them. Britain’s independent hostels and backpackers hostels also offer a great welcome. Facilities(设备) and prices vary, especially in rural(偏远的) areas, where some hostels are a little more than a bunkhouse(临时住房) while others are remarkably comfortable — almost like cheap hotels.

Youth hotels

Founded many years ago to “help all, especially young people of limited means, to a greater knowledge, love and care of the countryside”, the Youth Hotels Association is still going strong in the 21st century. The network of 230 hotels is a perfect gateway for exploring Britain’s towns and countryside.

B&Bs

The B&B (bed and breakfast) is a great British institution(机构). Sometimes you get a room in somebody’s house, and small B&Bs may only have one guest room, so you’ll really feel like part of the family. Larger B&Bs may have four or five rooms and more facilities, but just as warm as a welcome.

In country areas your B&B might be in a village or a farm surrounded by fields. Prices reflect facilities: and usually run from around ￡12 to ￡20 per person. City B&Bs charge about ￡25 to ￡30 per person, although they’re often cheaper as you go further out to the suburbs(郊区).

Pubs & Inns(小酒馆)

As well as selling drinks and meals, Britain’s pubs and inns sometimes offer B&B, particularly in country areas. Staying a night or two can be great fun and puts you at the heart of the local community.

Rates range from around ￡15 to ￡25 per person. Pubs are more likely to have single rooms.

1. In this passage the author mainly ________.

A．tells us where to stay while visiting Britain

B．advises readers to pay a visit to Britain

C．introduces the wonderful public services in Britain

D．gives us some information about British life

2. If you travel alone and want to know better about family life in Britain, you’d better stay in ________.

A．Pubs & Inns

B．Youth Hotels

C．Hostels

D．B&Bs

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the last part of the passage?

A．Pubs and inns sometimes provide visitors bed and breakfast.

B．All pubs and inns offer visitors bed and breakfast.

C．Pubs and inns charge a visitor ￡25 at the most.

D．If you want a single room, you are more likely to get one in pubs.