【推荐1】When we were very small, we realized that having friends was important.Some of us even had imaginary(想象中的)friends. The need for friends continued as we grew into our teens.Friends played a big part in forming our personalities(性格). As adults，it is still important for us to have friends.
True friends are people who like us though we made mistakes and who listen to us and tell us the truth. Friends support our decisions and tell us when we’re foolish. They laugh with us and share our sadness. They are our partners and share interests with us. They stimulate us when we are feeling down. They are people we aren’t afraid of telling our secret wishes to or what is really on our minds.
Friends are our supporters. When you can depend on friends, you feel safe and warm. Friends offer acceptance and emotional(情感的)support. At times, they also help with our everyday lives, cooking a meal, doing chores, or giving us a lift when we need one. Friends also are there to offer advice, an ear to listen, or a shoulder to cry on.
Friends also help us reduce stress. Not only do they listen to us when we feel stressed, but they also discuss what is stressing us. Sharing interests and doing activities with friends help us forget about problems at work or at home. For a short time, we can lose ourselves in a pleasant activity and perhaps laugh and breathe more easily.
1. What is the best title for the passage?

A．How to Reduce Stress

B．How to Make New Friends

C．The Importance of Friends

D．The Qualities of Good Friends

2. The underlined word“stimulate” in Paragraph 2 probably means________.

A．educate	B．encourage
C．surprise	D．dislike

3. We can learn from the third paragraph that friends always________.

A．laugh at us when we’re foolish

B．tell us other people’s secrets

C．share our sadness and interests

D．support us when we need help

4. We can learn from the passage that________.

A．people should make friends anytime

B．friends are people who allow you to cry

C．a friend helps you in many ways

D．good friends are always difficult to meet

【推荐2】Some people say that friendship is the only channel through which human beings can ever experience the value of life. In our daily life, it is likely that you share some common interests with others — they may like the same sport, go to the same school or like the same kind of music as you do. Since you often meet them, they become your acquaintances. Although some people develop many acquaintances, only a few become their good friends in their lifetime because there are differences between acquaintances and friends.

It is said that true friendship begins when someone knows what you are really like, but still likes you anyway. A true friend shows loyalty from the very beginning of the relationship. A friend will go through challenges to help you without expecting anything in return. A “friend” today may probably become a “true friend” tomorrow when they get involved in unexpected circumstances together with you — for example, when you are going through a difficult experience and your friend is there to help you out. However, some acquaintances might leave you when you badly need their help. At this time, you can experience what true friendship is.

In our life, some people seem to go through life with plenty of friends. They may be funny or they may have a bright and pleasant personality. For these people, wherever they go, people seem to like them and welcome their company. But when they go through challenging life experiences, some of their friends are not there to help them. Therefore we can say some of their friends are not real friends and their friendship is just skin-deep.

However, others seem to go through life with no friends at all. They like to be alone, to travel by themselves or to do their own things. It’s a pity that few of these people find success in life because they have no friends. They lack the best gift in life — friendship.

1. According to the passage, which of the following statements about acquaintances is TRUE?

A．They have all of the same interests as you do.

B．You seldom meet them in your life.

C．They are sure to become your good friends.

D．Not all of them can become your friends.

2. According to the passage you may get to know the meaning of friendship better when you ________.

A．go to the same school as your friend

B．get into trouble

C．enjoy the same kind of music as your friend

D．see your friend often

3. We know from the passage that ________.

A．it doesn’t matter whether one has friends or not

B．people with bright personality are easy to have friends

C．people without friends are always unhappy

D．it’s easier to lose a friend than to get one

4. What does the underlined word “skin-deep” in the third paragraph mean?

A．Very deep.	B．Not deep at all.
C．As precious as skin.	D．Hidden under the skin.

5. What’s the writer’s attitude towards people without friends in their life?

A．Interested.	B．Angry.
C．Hopeful.	D．Regretful.

【推荐3】About five years ago I started at a new school when my family moved to Iowa. I was just a little excited, but I worried I would never fit in with (适应) the other sixth graders.

Lucy, a girl in my class, who I thought was not ready for change, didn’t like me from the start. In fact, I was sure she hated me. I could tell she thought I was a fool.

My teacher made us sit by each other for the last term. Lucy was surprised that I didn’t wear make­up (化妆). I didn’t exactly look like the coolest girl. But, I kept smiling at her, though she rolled her eyes, and I kept telling her she looked beautiful, even when she was angry.

Finally, Lucy let me talk to her, even in sight of her “cool” friends. She started telling me how beautiful I looked. I still remember that first time when she smiled at me saying that, and I smiled right back, telling her thanks. Lucy invited me over to her house for a party, and talked to me all the time instead of her other friends.

I may move to Arizona after that, but I will never forget Lucy. She was a great friend. I still smiled at Lucy when she made fun of me. I’m not stupid, I didn’t think she was right in doing those things, but I still put up with (忍受) it. And we became great friends.

About two weeks ago, I read a sentence by Abraham Lincoln: “Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?” Immediately, I smiled, thinking of Lucy.

1. When the author started at a new school in Iowa, she worried ________.

A．she couldn’t get along well with her classmates

B．she looked stupid when asking questions

C．she didn’t look like the coolest girl in her class

D．she was not ready for change at all

2. How did the author change Lucy’s attitude towards her?

A．By wearing make­up.	B．By wearing beautiful clothes.
C．By keeping smiling at Lucy.	D．By sitting beside Lucy in class.

3. From Paragraph 5, we know the author thought ________.

A．it was a waste of time to make friends with Lucy

B．it was right of her to suffer when making friends

C．it was foolish of her to smile at Lucy all the time

D．it was a shameful thing to put up with what Lucy did

4. What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Making friends means losing enemies.	B．Friendship needs to be cared for.
C．Kindness can beat any enemy.	D．Patience is important in making friends.

【推荐1】I am a big laugher. I’ve been told that even in a room of a thousand people, you can always hear me laughing over the crowd. For me, laughter is the ultimate form of embodied joy. And by “embodied”, I mean that my whole body is involved when I laugh. On the inside, it’s like a bubbling fountain of joy spilling out all over the place.

But what is joy, anyway?

Life can be terrible, but if you decide to follow the sound of the joy-fountain, you will find joy showing up in all kinds of places: pets playfully bouncing around, kindness, or even in nothingness.

How can joy be found? A friend moved into a new apartment and needed some help, so I helped him. Afterwards, he was obviously so much happier and at case. I noticed that playing even a small part in his happiness brought me great joy, and I took a moment to let this feeling of embodied joy in. We can practice letting joy in by noticing how it feels to smile. Where does your body light up when you smile? When I smile, it makes me want to take a deep breath, and I notice my shoulders and belly relaxing. When I embody caring and loving, it feels great!

Sadly, many of us are unaware of joy, or suspicious of it. Maybe you arc afraid to open up to joy, or maybe you are so unfamiliar with what joy feels like that you ignore or resist it when it comes knocking. No one, other than you, owns your happiness, but you might unknowingly block feelings or experiences that help you embody joy. The fact is that when you can’t embody joy, you miss out on one of life’s essential vitamins.

Want more joy? Don’t be afraid to look silly. Silliness helps us take things less personally. It helps us see the world the way a kid does. When we can find more joy in the smalls of everyday life, we can embody happiness, rather than just pursuing it.

1. How is the topic of joy introduced at the beginning of the passage?

A．By highlighting a joyful experience.

B．By stressing the importance of laughing.

C．By presenting an ultimate form of satisfaction.

D．By sharing the author’s understanding of joy.

2. What might be the author’s advice on finding joy?

A．Taking a deep breath.	B．Smiling to your friends.
C．Doing small acts of kindness.	D．Reflecting on nothingness.

3. What might be the reason for many of us missing joy?

A．That many of us refuse it on purpose.

B．That many of us are insensitive to joy.

C．That many of us lack life’s essential vitamins.

D．That many of us are likely to take joy for granted.

4. What is the best title of the text?

A．Life is the creation of joy	B．A happy man always laughs last
C．People are always unaware of joy	D．Happy people are happy in childhood

【推荐3】I met Ariep on an island in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu. Being the last fluent Naati speaker in the area, he sadly expressed his fear that, with his death, the language would disappear.

Naati is just an example of dying languages. Today, 50% to 90% of the world's languages are considered at risk of falling out of use by the end of the century.

Over the last 10 years, this has attracted more public attention. While we praised the efforts made to protect dying languages native to certain places and spoken by local people, let's stop and ask: Why does it matter?

Should Naati's future matter to the world? Many speakers of dying languages, including Ariep, communicate fluently in other languages. Is the hope of "saving" these small languages just a romantic idea of unrealistic experts?

As a linguist(语言学家), I'm on the opposite side of those answering "yes". I understand how pressing and serious language loss is. Communities depend on languages to form culture and identity, and for the world, languages are an invaluable source of information about human cognition(认知).

If a language is lost, its community culture will disappear. For instance, people who speak Lulamogi in Uganda feel anxious that as people forget the terms describing ways of catching and eating white ants, they will also forget this important cultural practice.

Language loss also means a loss of community identity and self-determination. Measuring their damage is hard, but the loss certainly harms the well-being of community members. By contrast, the ability of community members to speak their local language together improves well-being. In British Columbia, research has shown that the young generations in communities where at least 50% of the people speak the native language tend to have a stronger sense of well-being.

When a language is disappearing, more is lost than just certain bits of information. Understanding language is important to understanding human cognition. Every language provides us with a tool for finding out how language works in our mind, without which we are prevented from seeing the full picture.

1. Why is Naati mentioned in Paragraph 1?

A．To lead in the topic.	B．To sum up the main idea.
C．To tell a story.	D．To put forward a question.

2. What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Ariep's fear.	B．Naati's future.
C．Public worry over the problem	D．Protecting dying languages.

3. What do the last three paragraphs mainly talk about over language loss?

A．Its examples.	B．Its reasons.
C．Its influence.	D．Its development.

4. What's the author's attitude toward saving dying languages?

A．Doubtful

B．Supportive

C．Unclear

D．Worried

【推荐1】For many adolescents, “screen time” is almost a full-time job that could lead to obesity, diabetes and other health issues, a Canadian researcher says.

Adolescents now spend an average of six hours a day in front of some type of screen, whether it’s a television or computer screen or one of the many portable devices now popular with young people, studies done by Dr. Ian Michael Janssen show. “They spend more hours daily in front of a screen than they do in a classroom in a given year,” said Janssen, a researcher at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. The result is a rise in obesity rates among adolescents. Unfortunately, fixing the problem isn’t as easy as simply cutting down screen time, Janssen cautions. “Decreasing screen time will not automatically increase physical activity levels,” said Janssen, Some active kids also spend a lot of time in front of television and computer screens, and some kids who have low screen times also have low levels of physical activity, he points out.

As well, screen time is not necessarily bad, Janssen said. “The tricky part is that children today need to be using computers,” he said. Computers are required for schoolwork, and technological skills are important for future job prospects. The quality of screen time matters too, along with the quantity---consider the negative health messages found in food advertising during children’s shows, he said. Ideally, children should aim for no more than two hours of recreational screen time a day.

Janssen’s real worry about the rise in childhood obesity rates is not that there are now rare cases of type diabetes in kids, where once there were none, but the health problems these children are likely to face in the future as adults, including high blood pressure, high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease.

1. Which one doesn’t belong to “screen time” according to the passage?

A．Watching TV.	B．Surfing the Internet.
C．Seeing a film on an MP4.	D．Making a telephone call.

2. In Janssen’s opinion, kids had better          to keep healthy.

A．lose weight.	B．decrease screen time
C．take physical activities	D．go on a diet

3. What’s the researcher’s attitude towards “screen time of adolescents" ?

A．Concerned.	B．Passive.
C．Positive.	D．Frightened.

4. We can learn from the passage that          .

A．many of the people having full-time jobs suffer from obesity and diabetes.

B．decreasing screen time can’t really solve the problem

C．children today most use computers to finish their school work

D．a new type of obesity in kids becomes Janssen’s real worry

【推荐2】Do you continue to be healthy in social isolation? NASA is looking for people to spend 8 months locked in a Russian lab for a new experiment.

When humans go to the moon and travel to Mars, they will need to be prepared for long-term space travel and even longer stays on these far-off destinations. Currently, NASA's Artemis program aims to land humans on the moon for the first time since NASA's Apollo 17 mission landed in 1972.

While the moon is the main goal of NASA's Artemis program, the agency's larger goal is to send people to Mars. But long-term space travel and habitation won't be easy. Such missions will present both physical and mental challenges as astronauts work to not only survive, but perform important scientific research in uniquely difficult environments.

In the upcoming NASA-Russia experiment, a group of people will live in a closed facility at Russia's Institute for Biomedical Problems, which is in Moscow. This habitat facility was used in2011 for notable series of Russian mock (模拟的) Mars missions known as Mars 500. During these missions, groups of people spent 520 and 105 days on two separate missions in the facility.

The facility, according to the statement, will have "environmental factors similar to those astronauts are expected to experience on future missions to Mars". The group of people will spend 8 months living together in isolation and working on scientific research.

By living and working in this Mars-like environment, participants in this study will help NASA researchers better understand the psychological and physiological (心理和生理的) effects of isolation. These missions help researchers not only perform relevant science experiments but also see how people might get on under strange conditions for long periods of time.

So, if you're finding that living in social isolation works for you, you might be particularly well-suited for living in a Mars-like environment and this could be for you. But first, you have to qualify. NASA is looking for "highly motivated" Americans between the ages of 30-55, who must speak both Russian and English fluently and have a Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Medicine, or military officer training. Applicants with other related experience may also be considered. Those who are chosen to be a part of this group will be paid for their work.

1. What do we know about the new experiment?

A．It will find the best way for humans to live on Mars.

B．It is the first of its kind to be carried out since 1972.

C．It is prepared for NASA's human spaceflight program.

D．It will decide the people to be sent to the moon by NASA.

2. Why does the author mention "Mars 500" in the text?

A．To explain why the facility has been chosen.

B．To compare the similarities among related missions.

C．To show Russia's achievement in space exploration.

D．To indicate the new experiment will have great success.

3. What is Paragraph 6 mainly about?

A．The process of the experiment.	B．The purposes of the experiment.
C．The popularity of the experiment.	D．The preparations for the experiment.

4. Which can be a suitable title for the text?

A．Artemis: NASA's new program	B．Love isolation? NASA wants you!
C．NASA's Mars exploration program	D．Want to have a trip to Mars? Come!

【推荐3】Dandelions

I remember as a young child bringing a bunch of brilliant yellow flowers to my mother. It didn’t matter that the stems felt sticky or that both my parents cursed the presence of these flowers in the lawn. I thought they were beautiful!

And there were so many of them! We spent hours picking the flowers and then popping the blossoms off with a snap of our fingers. But the supply of dandelions (蒲公英) never ran out. My father or brothers would chop off all the heads with the lawnmower (割草机) at least once a week, but that didn't stop these hardy wonders.

And for those flowers that escaped the honor of being hand-delivered to my mother or the sharp blades of the lawnmower, there was another level of existence. The soft roundness of a dandelion gone to seed caused endless laughter of delight as we unconsciously spread this flower across the yard.

As I worked in my garden last week, pulling unwanted weeds out of the space that would become a haven for tomatoes, corn, peas and sunflowers, I again marveled at the flower that some call a weed.

And I thought, if only I had the staying power of a dandelion. If only I could stretch my roots so deep and straight that something tugging on my stem couldn’t separate me completely from the source that feeds me life. If only I could come back to face the world with a bright, sunshiny face after someone has run me over with a lawnmower or worse, purposely attacked me in an attempt to destroy me. If only I could spread love and encouragement as freely and fully as this flower spreads seeds of itself.

The lawns at my parents' home are now beautiful green blankets. The only patches of color come from well-placed, well-controlled flowerbeds. Chemicals have managed to kill what human interference couldn’t. I hope you and I can be different. I hope that we can stretch our roots deep enough that the strongest poison can't reach our souls. I hope that we can overcome the poisons of anger, fear, hate, criticism and competitiveness.

1. The author’s parents probably viewed the dandelions in the lawn as ________.

A．supplies of seeds	B．beautiful wonders
C．unwanted weeds	D．patches of colors

2. What does the author mean by “another level of existence” in paragraph 3?

A．The flowers were meant as a joyful gift to her mother.

B．The flowers evolved into a stronger species because of frequent mowing.

C．The flowers were tough enough to spread new lives themselves.

D．The flowers that some called a weed were difficult to pull out.

3. What can we learn from the article?

A．The author’s family enjoyed the dandelions as much as she did.

B．The author purposefully replaced some dandelions with crops.

C．The dandelions were never successfully removed from the lawn.

D．The author felt sorry but encouraged by the fate of the dandelions.

4. Through the article, the author mainly wants to ________.

A．share the inspirations she gained from the dandelions

B．arouse public awareness to pay close attention to the beauty in life

C．show the importance of planting dandelions

D．express the shame that only she saw the beauty of the dandelion

【推荐2】Are you preparing for a big test? If so, you may want to play some basketball in between hitting the books. Doctors are starting to find more and more information that suggests a connection between exercise and brain development. Judy Cameron, a scientist at Oregon Health and Oregon Health and Science University, studies brain development. According to her research, it seems that exercise can make blood vessels(管), including those in the brain, stronger and more fully developed. Dr. Cameron claims this allows people who exercise to concentrate better. As she says, "While we already know that exercise is good for the heart, exercise can really cause physical changes in the brain."

The effects of exercise on brain development can even be seen in babies. Babies who do activities that require a lot of movement and physical activity show greater brain development than babies who are less physically active. With babies, even a little movement can show big results. Margaret Barnes, a pediatrician(儿科医生), believes in the importance of exercise. She thinks that many learning disabilities that children have in elementary school or high school can be traced back to a lack of movement as babies. "Babies need movement that stimulates their five senses. They need to establish a connection between motion and memory. In this way, as they get older, children will begin to associate physical activity with higher learning," says Margaret.

Older people can beef up their brains as well. Scientists from 11 universities studied a group of seniors ranging in age from seventy to seventy-nine. Their study showed a short-term memory increase of up to 40 percent after exercising just three hours a week. The exercise does not have to be very difficult, but it does have to increase the heart rate. Also, just like the motion for infants (婴儿), exercise for older people should involve some complexity. Learning some new skills or motions, such as with yoga or tai-chi, helps to open up memory paths in the brain that may not have been used for a long time.

For most people, any type of physical activity that increases the heart rate is helpful. The main goal is to increase the brain's flow of blood. And your brain can benefit from as little as three hours of exercise a week.

1. What is the best title of this passage?

A．How to exercise

B．How exercise helps the brain

C．How to get good scores on a test

D．How the brain can change

2. According to the reading, what is the connection between exercise and brain development?

A．Exercise makes us stupid.

B．The brain needs special mental exercise.

C．The more exercise, the bigger the brain.

D．Physical exercise helps us think better.

3. The mini amount of excises required to gain any benefit is ________.

A．three hours per week

B．40hours per week

C．three hours per day

D．40hours per month.

4. Why does the author think that yoga is fit for seniors?

A．It is easy to learn.

B．It can be done in groups.

C．It does not increase the heart rate.

D．It includes learning new motions.

【推荐3】Once there was a piano player in a bar. People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.

I don’t sing, “said the man.

But the lady told the waiter, “ I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing! “

The waiter shouted across the room,” Hey,friend! If you want to get paid,sing a song!” So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

He had talent he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no - name piano player in a no - name bar. But once he found, by accident，that he could sing well,he. went on working hard and became one of the best - known singers in the   US. His name was Nat King Cole.

You,too,have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great,but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.

1. Nat King Cole succeeded because         .

A．the lady helped him a lot	B．he caught the chance
C．he continued to play in the bar	D．he played the piano well

2. The words” sit on” in the passage probably mean” “.

A．fail to realize	B．forget to use
C．try to develop	D．manage to show

3. From the story we know if you have some talent,you should .

A．hide it and wait	B．ask others for help
C．pay no attention to it	D．work hard to improve yourself

4. Which could be the best title for the passage?

A．Sing in the Bar	B．Achieve Success in Life
C．Never Lose Heart	D．Find Your Hidden Talent.