【推荐1】School is finally over, but what are you going to do now? The excitement of getting out of school can quickly turn into boredom and frustration about having nothing to do. Don't let this happen to you. Read on to find out how to make the most out of your summer vacation!

Clean your room out.     1    Clear out your clutter (凌乱的东西) for a fresh, clean start this summer.

Get outside! You've stayed inside all winter, so get out your bike and go for a nice, long ride. Invite a friend or two and go hiking.     2    . Go jogging or even just for a walk in the park.

Go camping.     3    .A yard, open field (if you're allowed), or a camp site are great places to set up camp. Try to set up camp by a lake for a lovely view and easy access to swimming grounds. Camping and swimming. What's not to love?

    4    . Borrow books from the library on how to make them, or use online resources. You don't need to spend a fortune on materials－see what's inside your house.

Get membership (会员) at your local library.     5    . Novels, magazines and non­fiction books are all there for you to read for free. Pick what you like and read on. Lots of libraries also have summer reading clubs, so consider joining one of those if you enjoy reading.

A．Make some crafts that you'd like to try.

B．Make sure you have the necessary equipment.

C．Gather some friends and set up a tent somewhere.

D．Go to the beach or ocean for an afternoon of swimming.

E．You can ask your library to buy some books they do not have.

F．Throw away, destroy or put away anything you don't need this season.

G．Spend some time there reading books that you like and are interested in.

【推荐2】Forget losing weight or saving money—we suggest one simple task to add to your list of inspiring New Year's decisions: read a book. Trust us, and your brain will thank you. Not only does reading increase the amount of daily pleasure in your life, but it could also delay dementia (痴呆) and even help you live longer.

But still, picking the perfect novel isn't easy. Thankfully, Business Insider asked a Harvard professor to recommend the one book he thinks every student should read in 2019—and we suggest adding it to your list, too. (No time for all the books on your list? Here's a shortcut: Read the endings to some of the world's most famous books, instead.)

Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard, recommends The Internationalists by legal scholars Hathaway and Shapiro. The book makes a surprising statement that the Kellogg-Briand Paris Peace Pact (条约) of 1928, which declared war illegal, has caused a steady drop in war throughout history.

“But in their fascinating and evidence-rich book, they make a lifelike case,” Pinker said. “And like The Clash of Civilizations and The End of History, the book presents a sweeping vision (视野) of the international scene, making sense of many developments in the news and recent history.”

Other professors at Harvard recommended classics like Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, as well as Just Mercy by Stevenson, The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith, and Robot-Proof by Joseph Aoun.

So, go ahead and give (at least) one of these books a read in 2019! And while you're at it, you should add the following 20 books you really should have read by now to your list, too…

1. Which has the closest meaning to the underlined word “shortcut” in the 2nd paragraph?

A．A time-saving way to read books.

B．A lazy person's way to read books.

C．A quick way to know about endings of books.

D．A wise way to deal with too many books to read.

2. What or who has reduced the number of wars throughout history?

A．The Paris Peace Pact.	B．The Internationalists.
C．Hathaway and Shapiro.	D．A wide vision of the international scene.

3. What may be written in the next or last paragraph of the passage?

A．More advice on reading books.

B．The names of the 20 books recommended.

C．The main contents of the 20 books recommended.

D．The brief introduction of the 20 books recommended.

【推荐3】My friend and I decided to go to Italy for a holiday and we decided to travel there without going through a travel agency. You know, you would be submerged（淹没）in crowds of tourists and lose lots of opportunities to get familiar with the country more closely. We started to think over our trip and managed to come up with a free tour of Italy.

The trip was not very long but it was still very pleasant. We look forward to going there again! Of course, we spent lots of time arranging the trip, but it was well worth it! Of course I was afraid that something would go wrong and I was especially anxious about my visa, but everything went quite smoothly in the end.

The most difficult part was getting a visa without an invitation. In the Italian consulate（领事馆）, one must hand in some official paper proving that one has a hotel booked for oneself in order to get the visa. Then we had to solve the ticket problem. Airlines often sell cheap tickets and we bought ours far in advance. The next step was to book a hotel. We finally booked a hotel about 30 km away from the heart of Rome and it was the perfect choice for our trip.

Every day we took a train that carried us to the heart of Rome. Our big house, which was surrounded by the forest, was a rare place for the fresh air and complete silence, beautiful views, hospitable hosts, comfortable living conditions delighting us to no end. Besides this, we were very lucky that our mistress, was Russian. She gave us a lot of advice that was of great use. She recommended us what transport we should choose and which best places we should go to.

Don't be afraid to plan your trip by yourself. It's not difficult! The only thing I'll say right now is that we really enjoyed traveling by ourselves. We walked with a map and a guidebook to wherever we wanted and we even met some of our fellow countrymen on the way just two or three times. So if you're also planning a 'single' trip, don't forget to take a Russian-Italian phrasebook as people in Italy prefer to speak in their native tongue.

1. Why does the author want to go to Italy again?

A．He didn't stay in Italy long enough.

B．Italy has a lot of attractions

C．His friend invited him there.

D．He had a great time there.

2. From the text we can know the author_________.

A．met with a lot of his countrymen in Italy

B．likes being accompanied by tour guides

C．enjoys travelling everywhere in the world

D．advises us to arrange trips by ourselves

3. Which of the following questions has NOT been answered in the passage?

A．Why did the author decide to go to Italy for a holiday for the first time?

B．How did the author get his visa

C．How did the author prepare for his trip?

D．Why did the author decide not to follow a travel agency?

【推荐1】Last spring, members of Alaska’s Troop 34, based in Fairbanks, trudged (跋涉) out into the snowy wilderness to take part in their state’s Take a Kid Trapping program. In many parts of the state, beavers （海狸）are pests and need to be controlled.
The 10－to－12－year－old girls found out where beavers lived, set traps, and skinned the two animals they caught. The girls hope to catch ten more beavers so that the entire troop can make mittens and hats with the fur. They also want to cook beaver meat.
Troop leaders and members say the Scouts are doing a good deed by helping control the state’s beaver population. But animal－rights activists say trapping is cruel. They want the Girl Scouts to stop in their tracks.
Beavers aren’t only causing a problem in Alaska. Residents in Sampson County, N.C. , have turned to a local committee to help them battle the growing beaver population there.
County landowners are frustrated after the county spent more than $ 50,000 in eight years trying to reduce the beaver population through a government program. The joint state and federal program included paying money to trappers for every beaver carcass   they trapped.
Many local residents say that the program didn’t work because there were too few trappers. That’s why the county set up its own committee to investigate other ways to control the area’s beaver population.
The county will rely on its own beaver－trapping program. It has hired a trapper to set traps in various areas. The county will pay $10 for every beaver carcass.
Why do many people say that beavers are a nuisance? For beavers to survive, they need lots of water. Water provides the large rodent （啮齿动物）with a place to hide from meat – eating animals. Beavers also store food underwater for the winter. When there’s not enough water in a particular area, beavers get busy building dams.
Beaver dams can cause major flooding and damage to the surrounding countryside as the animals cut down trees to use in their construction projects. Beavers build canals to transport heavy objects.
1. What is Alaska’s Troop 34?

A．A team of the Boy Scouts.	B．An army.
C．A team of the Girl Scouts.	D．A sports team.

2. Why does the troop hope to catch ten more beavers?

A．To fulfill their task.

B．To sell them for money.

C．To get enough fur.

D．To exchange them for mittens and hats.

3. Which of the following statements is true?

A．Sampson County has to find a new way to control the beaver population there.

B．The government program in Sampson County has proved to be a success.

C．The local government has controlled the number of beavers in the County.

D．More and more trappers now start to set traps in Sampson County.

4. Local residents hate beavers because they can ___________.

A．cause damage to dams

B．block up canals with heavy objects.

C．do great harm to construction projects.

D．badly damage the environment and cause floods.

【推荐2】First the ground shook in Haiti, then Chile and Turkey. The earthquakes keep coming hard and fast this year, causing people to wonder if something evil (邪恶的) is happening underfoot. It’s not.
While it may seem as if there are more earthquakes occurring, there really aren’t. The problem is what’s happening above ground, not underground, experts say. More people are moving into big cities that happen to be built in quake zones, and they’re rapidly putting up buildings that can’t withstand (经受) earthquakes, scientists believe. And around-the-clock news coverage (报道) and better earthquake monitoring(监测) make it seem as if earthquakes are ever-present.
“I can definitely tell you that the world is not coming to an end,” said Bob Holdsworth, an expert in tectonics (筑造学) at Durharn University in the UK.
A 7.0 magnitude quake in January killed more than 230,000 people in Haiti. Last month, an 8.8 magnitude quake--- the fifth-strongest since 1900—killed more than 900 people in Chile. And two weeks ago, a 6.0 magnitude quake struck rural eastern Turkey, killing at least 57 people.
On average, there are 134 earthquakes a year that have a magnitude between 6.0 and 6.9, according to the US Geological Survey. This year is off to a fast start with 40 so far—more than in most years for that time period.
But that’s because the 8.8 quake in Chile generated a large number of strong aftershocks, and so many quakes early this year skews (扭曲) the picture, said Paul Earle, a US seismologist (地震学家).
Also, it’s not the number of quakes, but their devastating impacts(破坏性的影响) that gain attention, with the death tolls (死亡人数) largely due to construction standards (building standard) and crowding, Earle added. “The standard mantra (咒语) is earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do, ” he said.
There have been more deaths over the past decades from earthquakes, said University of Colorado geologist Roger Bilham. In an opinion column last month in the journal Nature, Bilham called for better construction standards in the world’s big cities.
Of the 130 cities worldwide with populations of more than 1 million, more than half are prone (倾向于) to earthquakes, Bilham said.
Developing nations, where populations are growing, don’t pay attention to earthquake preparedness, Bilham said.” If you have a problem feeding yourself, you’re not really going to worry about earthquakes.”
Another reason quakes seem worse is that we’re paying attention more. The Haiti earthquake quickly followed by the 8.8 in Chile made everyone start to think.
But it won’t last, said US disaster researcher Deniis Mileti. “People are paying attention to the violent planet we’ve always lived on,” Mileti said.” Come back in another six months if there has been no earthquakes, most people will have forgotten it again. ”
1. What is the main idea of the article?

A．The number of earthquakes is increasing this year.

B．The reasons why earthquakes are so devastating.

C．The reasons why recent earthquakes have struck large cities.

D．Why earthquakes seem to be more serious this year.

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason for the seeming increase in earthquakes this year，
according to the article?

A．Greater underground activity.

B．A larger number of buildings prone to damage during earthquakes.

C．Around-the-clock news coverage.

D．Better earthquake monitoring.

3. According to the article, it is safe to say that ______.

A．there is an evil force beneath the world’s surface

B．large cities are always built in quake zones

C．enough attention has been paid to reducing the impact of earthquakes

D．the earthquake in Chili caused many aftershocks.

4. According to the article, the greater damage of earthquakes this year can be mainly caused by ______.

A．the occurrence of larger earthquakes

B．not enough warnings about earthquakes

C．poor construction standards and overcrowding

D．an increase in large cities

【推荐3】Life is difficult.

It is a great truth because once we truly understand and accept it, then life is no longer difficult.

Most do not fully see this truth. Instead they complain about their problems and difficulties as if life should be easy. It seems to them that difficulties represent a special kind of suffering especially forced upon them or else upon their families, their class, or even their nation.

What makes life difficult is that the process of facing and solving problems is a painful one. Problems, depending on their nature, cause us sadness or loneliness or regret or anger or fear. These are uncomfortable feelings, often as painful as any kind of physical pain. And since life causes an endless series of problems, life is always difficult and is full of pain as well as joy.

Yet, it is in this whole process of solving problems that life has its meaning. Problems are the serious test that tells us success from failure. When we desire to encourage the growth of human spirit, we encourage the human ability to solve problems, just as in school we set problems for our children to solve. It is through the pain of meeting and working out problems that we learn. As Benjamin

Franklin said, “Those things that hurt, instruct.” It is for this reason that wise people learn not to fear but to welcome the pain of problems.

1. From the passage, it can be inferred that __________.

A．everybody has problems

B．we become stronger by meeting and solving the problems of life

C．life is difficult because our problems bring us pain

D．people like to complain about their problems

2. The writer probably used just one short sentence in the first paragraph to __________.

A．save space	B．persuade readers
C．make readers laugh	D．get reader’s attention

3. The main idea of Paragraph 3 is that __________.

A．Most people feel life is easy.

B．the writer feels life is easy

C．the writer likes to complain about his problems

D．most people complain about how hard their lives are

4. The underlined saying from Benjamin Franklin “Those things that hurt, instruct” suggests that __________.

A．we do not learn from experience	B．we do not learn when we are pain
C．pain teaches us important lessons	D．pain cannot be avoided

【推荐2】You are just waking up in the spring of 2030. Your Internet of Things bedroom opens solar powered e-windows and plays gentle music while your smart lighting displays a montage (剪辑) of beachfront sunrises from your recent vacation.

Your shower uses very little water or soap. It recycles your grey water and puts the extra heat back into your home’s operating system. While you dress, your artificial intelligence (AI) assistant shares your schedule for the day and plays your favorite tunes.

You still start your day with a coffee but it comes from your refrigerator which is capable of providing a coffeehouse experience in your home. A hot breakfast tailored to your specific nutritional needs based on chemical analysis from your trips to the “smart toilet” is waiting for you in the kitchen.

When it’s time to leave, an on-demand transport system has three cars waiting for you, your wife (or husband) and your kids. On the road, driverless cars and trucks move with mathematical accuracy, without traffic jams, routine maintenance or road rage (路怒). Accident rates are near zero.

On the way, you call your R&D team, who are enveloping a day’s work in Shanghai. Your life-sized image is projected (投射) into the China Innovation Centre and your colleagues see you as if you were sitting in the room. It’s a bit surreal for them to see you in the morning light given that it’s dark on the Bund, Shanghai’s waterfront, though the novelty disappears after a few uses.

You review the day’s cloud-based data from your Shenzhen manufacturing centre, your pilot project in San Diego and your QA team in Melbourne. The large amounts of data sets were collected in real-time from every piece of equipment and have been beautifully summarised by your company’s AI. All these facilities are closely maintained and operated through an advanced predictive analytics (分析学) platform.

Pleased with the team’s progress, you end the call and ease into a good book.

This is the future and it will be here sooner than you think.

1. How can we describe the life in the future?

A．Artificial.

B．Accurate.

C．Intelligent.

D．Individual.

2. What can we do in the year 2030 according to the passage?

A．There will be no accident on the street.

B．We can have a bath without using water.

C．We can deal with all our work without others’ help.

D．We can enjoy the coffeehouse experience without going there.

3. How does the author develop the passage?

A．In logical order.	B．In time order.
C．By comparing.	D．By offering examples.

4. Why does the writer write the passage?

A．To introduce the life in the future.	B．To attract us to use the AI system.
C．To teach us how to use the AI system.	D．To encourage us to study hard for the future.

【推荐3】Home fires can happen quickly，destroying lives and property（财产）but unlike other disasters，most home fires can be prevented Read on to learn 4 unexpected home fire dangers．Having old smoke alarms

An effective smoke alarm can make all the difference when it comes to surviving a house fire． It's not enough to change the batteries twice a year． You also need to replace your alarms every decade． "You should test your smoke alarms every month，" says Lorriane Carli， vice president of promotion and advocacy for the National Fire Protection Association． "But also don't forget to check the dates and replace an alarm that is more than 10 years old．"

Leaving the kitchen while you cook

One in five Americans admitted leaving food cooking unattended on the stove， found an American Red Cross survey． Walking away from food cooking in the kitchen is a serious fire risk． "The leading cause of home fire is cooking and the leading cause of those fires is unattended cooking．" says Carli． If you need to use the stove or oven， be sure to keep an eye on it．

Turning the heat too high when you cook

Cranking up the heat too high can be deadly， even if you're in the kitchen while you cook． Kevin Kelley， senior director of community preparedness programs for the American Red Cross， recommends paying close attention and turning off the burner if you see smoke or grease （油脂） starting to boil while frying food．

Having a dirty stove while you cook

If your stove is covered with grease， a small kitchen fire can get out of hand quickly． Clean and clear the area around the stove before turning on the heat． Or the result will be dangerous．

1. What is the passage about？

A．Small things to cause home fires．

B．The ways to prevent home fires．

C．The danger of the home fires．

D．The importance of an effective smoke alarm．

2. What is the leading cause of fires from kitchen？

A．Leaving the kitchen while cooking．

B．Cooking while staying in the kitchen．

C．Cleaning a dirty stove．

D．Replacing an alarm．

3. Which of the following is correct？

A．Unexpected home fire dangers can't be prevented．

B．Having a dirty stove is dangerous while you cook．

C．Kevin Kelley suggests paying no attention to cooking．

D．It is advisable to replace your alarms every month．

【推荐1】Here four books are for sale.

Alice in Wonderland   (Lewis Carroll   Classic/ British English)

One hot summer day, Alice sees a white rabbit and runs after it. She follows it down a rabbit-hole and arrives in ‘Wonderland’. Here, caterpillars can talk and rabbits have watches. And the queen wants to cut off everybody’s head!

Book   60 pages   Price   ¥74.50

Five Famous Fairy Tales   (Hans Christian Andersen Classic/ British English)

When a fisherman opens an old jar, a giant (巨人) comes out. When a donkey opens its mouth, gold falls out. There is magic in these five fairy tales. Good people are often very unhappy-- but in the end they have happy lives.

Book   69 pages   Price   ¥73.00

Gulliver’s Travels

Jonathan Swift   (Classic/ British English)

Gulliver travels across the sea from England and has an accident. He arrives in a country of very, very small people. What will they do with him? How will he talk to them? And why are the Big-enders fighting the Little-enders?

Book   64 pages   Price   ¥106.60

Robinson Crusoe   (Daniel Defoe   Classic/ British English)

Robinson Crusoe is a sea when there is a great storm. His ship goes down, and his friends die. The sea throws Robinson onto a beach. He is on an island. But which island? Are there other people on it? What will Robinson do now?

Book   76 pages   Price   ¥103.50

1. The queen Alice met in Wonderland was ________.

A．kind

B．unfriendly

C．beautiful

D．strange

2. What is Five Famous Fairy Tales mainly about?

A．A fisherman becomes a giant.

B．A fisherman lives a happy life

C．A giant has a powerful donkey.

D．Good people have happy lives in the end.

3. Who wrote a book on a person’s life on an island?

A．Lewis Carroll	B．Daniel Defoe
C．Jonathan Swift	D．Hans Christian Andersen

4. If you buy each of the four books, you will pay ________.

A．¥283.10

B．¥357.60

C．¥210.10

D．¥179.60

【推荐2】Exercise could not only benefit your body, but also improve your memory, researchers found recently. In their paper published on Monday, researchers from the University of California, Irvine in the United States and the University of Tsukuba in Japan introduced their experiment and conclusion.

Scientists invited 36 volunteers who were in their early 20s to do 10 minutes of light exercise before taking a memory test in which they were shown pictures like broccoli（西兰花）or picnic baskets and asked to recall them later. The same experiment was repeated with the same group of volunteers without exercising. ^u The memory task was really quite challenging , "   said Michael Yassa,co-author of the study and a neuroscientist （神经科学家）at the University of California, Irvine. "We used very tricky similar items to see if they would remember whether it was this exact picnic basket versus （对抗）that picnic basket. "

Researchers also scanned brains of some, of the participants during the experiment. They found strengthened communication between regions involved in the storage and recollection of memories in brains of those who had exercised. This suggested that just 10 minutes of light exercise like walking,yoga or Tai Chi might increase memory power.

As all the volunteers in the experiment were relatively young, researchers are still working to look at the effects of light exercise on older people. "Our future goal is to try to develop an exercise prescription（处方） that can be used by older adults who might have disabilities or mobility impairments,but can still adopt very simple exercise rules of life and be able to,perhaps,delay cognitive decline temporarily," said Yassa.

1. What did the researchers find from the experiment mentioned in the text?

A．Regular exercise is of benefit to the memory of all people.

B．Just a short period of exercise better young people's memory power.

C．Older people can also improve their cognitive power by exercising regularly.

D．All the volunteers in the experiment improved their memory through exercise.

2. Why was the memory task quite challenging?

A．The time to solve the questions was too limited.

B．The people in the experiment were disabled.

C．The items to be distinguished were extremely similar.

D．The questions asked by the scientists were too complicated.

3. What's the purpose of the text?

A．.To solve a problem.	B．To give practical advice.
C．To present a research result.	D．To tell an interesting story.

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

A．Advantages of Exercising Regularly

B．Exercise Is Beneficial to Both Young and Old

C．Exercise Can Improve Older People's Cognitive Power

D．Ten Minutes of Exercise a Day Might Improve Memory

【推荐3】Here’s a list of some winter camps to choose from. Kids could code, play games, play sports or make fun crafts.

● Photo Camp

This adventure begins with a basic course of camera functions and ends with an exhibition of your kids’ work from the week. We'll learn through instruction and practice how to make images, rather than take them.

Ages:8-16

Dates: Jan 5-Feb 5

Skill/Experience Level: Beginning/intermediate (中级的)

What to Bring: flashcards, disk, lunch, camera (we have cameras for those who don’t)

Tuition: $ 550

●CodeREV Kids Tech Camps

CodeREV Kids Tech Camps are the ultimate (终极的) camp experience in education and fun. Whether learning to write computer programs,3D model or develop the next great app or game, your kids and their friends will love sharing the experience as they explore and develop their multimedia skills.

Ages:12-16

Dates: Dec 17-Jan 11

Skill/Experience Level: Beginning

Tuition: $ 650

●Digital Dragon

Students will have different activities every day, including battling robots, game design, digital art projects, computer programming, YouTube videos and games of course! Students will take a break and walk to the nearby park for lunch and games.

Ages:16-18

Dates: Oct 15-Dec 15

Skill/Experience Level: Intermediate

Tuition: $ 600

●Iverbe Virtual Dance Camp

Each dance class will begin with a warm up where students prepare their bodies for dance. Students will learn a variety of techniques (modern, jazz and ballet). The goal is to have fun, get moving and learn more about dance! No previous experience necessary.

Ages: 9 and up

Dates: Jan 5-Feb 5

Skill/Experience Level: Beginning

Tuition: $400

1. What is not necessarily to be brought to the Photo Camp?

A．A camera.

B．Flashcards.

C．Lunch.

D．A disk.

2. What do CodeREV Kids Tech Camps and Digital Dragon have in common?

A．Both charge the same fees.

B．Both last for about two months.

C．Both are intended for beginners.

D．Both improve children’s programming skills.

3. What do we know about Iverbe Virtual Dance Camp?

A．Students have to be over 10 years old.

B．Students have a two-week winter camp.

C．Students can learn different kinds of dance.

D．Students are required to have basic dancing skills.