【推荐1】You can’t always predict a heavy rain or remember your umbrella. But designer Mikhail Belvaev doesn’t think that forgetting to check the weather forecast before heading out should result in you getting wet. That’s why he created Lampbrella, a lamp post with its own rain-sensing umbrella.

The designer says he came up with the idea after watching people get wet on streets in Russia. “Once, I was driving on a central Saint Petersburg street and saw the street lamps lighting up people trying to hide from the rain. I thought it would be appropriate to have a canopy(伞篷) built into a street lamp.” he said.

The Lampbrella is a standard-looking streetlamp fitted with an umbrella canopy. It has a built-in electric motor which can open or close the umbrella on demand. Sensors(传感器) then ensure that the umbrella offers pedestrians shelter whenever it starts raining.

In addition to the rain sensor, there’s also a 360° motion sensor on the fiberglass streetlamp which detects whether anyone is using the Lampbrella. After three minutes of not being used the canopy is closed.

According to the designer, the Lampbrella would move at a relatively low speed, so as not to cause harm to the pedestrians(行人). Besides, it would be grounded to protect from possible lightning strike. Each Lampbrella would offer enough shelter for several people. Being installed(安装) at 2 meters off the ground, it would only be a danger for the tallest of pedestrians.

While there are no plans to take the Lampbrella into production, Belvaev says he recently introduced his creation to one Moscow Department, and insists his creation could be installed on any street where a lot of people walk but there are no canopies to provide shelter.

1. Which of the following shows how the Lampbrella works?

A．motor →canopy →sensors.

B．motor →sensors →canopy.

C．canopy →motor →sensors.

D．sensors →motor →canopy.

2. Why did Mikhail Belvaev create Lampbrella?

A．To protect people from the rain.

B．To predict a heavy rain.

C．A lamp post with its own rain- sensing umbrella.

D．After three minutes of not being used the canopy is closed.

3. What does Paragraph 5 mainly tell us about the Lampbrella?

A．Its installation.

B．Its moving speed.

C．Its safety.

D．Its appearance.

4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．The designer will open a company to promote his product.

B．The designer is confident that his creation is practical.

C．The Lampbrella could be put into immediate production.

D．The Lampbrella would be put on show in Moscow.

【推荐2】You can’t always predict a heavy rain or remember your umbrella. But designer Mikhail Belvaev doesn’t think that forgetting to check the weather forecast be for c heading out should result in you getting wet. That’s why he created Lampbrella, a lamppost with its own Tain-sensing umbrella

The designer says he came up with the idea after watching people get wet on streets in Russia. “Once, I was driving on a central Saint Petersburg street and saw the street lamps lighting up people trying to hide from the rain. I thought it would be appropriate to have a canopy (伞篷) built into a street lamp.” he said.

The Lampbrella is a standard-looking street lamp fitted with an umbrella canopy. It has a built-in electric motor which can open or close the umbrella on demand. Sensors(传感器) then ensure that the umbrella offers pedestrians shelter whenever it starts raining.

In addition to the rain sensor, there’s also a 360°motion sensor on the fiberglass street lamp which detects whether anyone is using the Lampbrella. After three minutes of not being used the canopy is closed.

According to the designer, the Lampbrella would move at a relatively low speed, so as not to cause harm to the pedestrians(行人) .Besides, it would be grounded to protect from possible lightning strike. Each Lampbrella would offer enough shelter for several people. Being installed(安装) at 2 meters off the ground, it would only be a danger for the tallest of pedestrians.

While there are no plans to take the Lampbrella into production, Belvaev says he recently introduced his creation to one Moscow Department, and insists his creation could be installed on any street where a lot of people walk but there are no canopies to provide shelter.

1. Which of the following shows how the Lampbrella works?

A．motor→canopy→sensors.

B．motor→sensors→canopy.

C．canopy→motor→sensors.

D．sensors→motor→canopy.

2. Why did Mikhail Belvaev create Lampbrella?

A．To protect people from the rain.

B．To predict a heavy rain.

C．To check the weather forecast.

D．To remind people to take an umbrella.

3. What does Paragraph 5 mainly tell us about the Lampbrella?

A．Its installation.	B．Its moving speed.
C．Its safety.	D．Its appearance.

4. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A．The designer will open a company to promote his product.

B．The designer is confident that his creation is practical.

C．The Lampbrella could be put into immediate production.

D．The Lampbrella would be put on show in Moscow.

【推荐2】One of my earliest memories started with me sobbing. Mum took out an old sheet of wrapping paper and began to fold it. Soon, a paper tiger stood on the table. “Tiger!” said mom. I was fascinated by Tiger and stopped crying.

Mum started to make paper toys and would leave them on the breakfast table for me.

One day, when I was playing with Tiger, my neighbor, a boy around my age asked, “What’s this?” “It’s a paper tiger. My mum made it!” I replied proudly. “Your mum makes you toys from rubbish?” he cried in disbelief. I had never thought of Tiger as that. Looking at it now, I found Tiger’s body patched (修补) all over with tape. I hid Tiger in my pocket sheepishly.

The next day at school, the other children whispered as they stared at me. “Do you really play with rubbish? Don’t you have any normal toys?” Someone shouted. The children roared with laughter. I tried to slip away but fell to the ground.

When I got home, I put Tiger and all the paper animals into a big box and hid it in the attic (阁楼). When I saw Mum’s new creation, a paper giraffe, I knocked it into the bin. I shouted at her, “I’m not a baby anymore! ”From that day on, Mum’s creations stopped appearing on the breakfast table.

Years later, while preparing for our class graduation photoshoot, someone suggested posing with a treasured childhood item. I then searched the attic for one and saw the box of old paper toys. I opened it with care. As I held Tiger, I recalled our adventures and how I had put it aside so carelessly. A pang of guilt crowded in on me.

When I received my graduation photo, I placed it on Mum's dressing table with a note, “I'm sorry I threw the paper giraffe away and thanks for everything!” Later that day, I saw the photo in our family’s display cabinet. Next to the photo was a new paper toy—a paper giraffe.

1. What does the underlined word “sheepishly” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Embarrassedly.	B．Happily.
C．Proudly.	D．Disappointedly.

2. How did the author’s mother react to what he said?

A．She put the paper toys in the attic.	B．She folded another paper giraffe.
C．She secretly threw Tiger into the bin.	D．She stopped making paper toys for him.

3. What can we infer about the author from the passage?

A．He managed to keep calm when being laughed at.

B．His mother accepted his apology in the end.

C．He enjoyed creating paper toys with his mom.

D．His mother made paper toys to support her family.

4. What message would the author like to convey in writing the text?

A．A mother’s love to children never fades away.

B．One shouldn’t be ashamed to admit mistakes.

C．Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.

D．No one will laugh at a person who goes all out.

【推荐3】Robert Frost was one of America’s best known and most honored serious writers. But his fame came late in his life.

He was born in San Francisco, California in 1874. He lived in California during his early childhood. He was named after the chief Southern general in America’s Civil War. The general’s name was Robert Edward Lee. The poet was named Robert Lee Frost, because his father wanted to honor the general.

Someone once asked another American writer, Ernest Hemingway, how to become a writer. The best thing, he said, was to have an unhappy childhood. If this is true, Robert Frost’s childhood was unhappy enough to make him a very good writer. Robert Frost’s father was a reporter who wanted to be a politician. But he didn’t make it. He often drank too much wine and became angry. Robert was the victim (受害者) of his anger.

Robert Frost finished high school in 1891. After high school, Robert’s grandfather offered to pay his costs at Dartmouth College. But Robert left the school after a few months. He did not like it. He spent the next few years working at different jobs. At one time, he worked in a factory. Later, he repaired shoes. He was a teacher. He was a reporter. Always, he wrote poetry.

Robert Frost attended Harvard University for two years. After that, he returned to the many jobs he held before. For a while, Frost tried to take care of a farm in the state of New Hampshire. He was not a successful farmer. And he continued to write poetry. He said that until 1930, he earned only about ten dollars a year from writing.

In 1912, he decided to try to make a new start. He took his family to Britain. The cost of living was low. In Britain, Frost found a publisher for his first book of poems. The book was called A Boy’s Will. When it appeared in 1913, Frost received high praise from British readers. Praise was something he had not received in his own country.

Ezra Pound, another American poet living in Britain, read the poems and liked them very much. He wrote a magazine article about Frost. He also helped get Frost’s second book of poems published in America. That book was called North of Boston.

1. The followings are writers EXCEPT _____.

A．Robert Lee Frost	B．Robert Edward Lee
C．Ernest Hemingway	D．Ezra Pound

2. The passage wrote about Hemingway in order to show that _____.

A．he had great influence on Frost’s poetry and life

B．Frost’s poetry style was the same as Hemingway’s

C．Frost spent his childhood unhappily

D．Frost was unhappy because he was the victim of his father

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Robert Frost’s father was angry and drank a lot because he didn’t realize his dream.

B．Once Frost’s first book was published he gained great praise in his country.

C．After leaving Harvard University, he began to learn to write poetry.

D．Frost was found to have a gift in poetry while he studied in high school.

4. What’s the passage mainly about?

A．Roberl Frost’s unhappy childhood.	B．Roberl Frost’s first and second book.
C．Roberl Frost’s family and jobs.	D．Roberl Frost’s life and poetry.

【推荐1】Joseph Francis Charles Rock (1884–1962) was an Austrian-American explorer, botanist, and anthropologist(人类学家). For more than 25 years, he travelled extensively through Tibet and Yunnan, Gansu, and Sichuan provinces in China before finally leaving in 1949.

In 1924, Harvard sent Joseph Francis Rock on a treasure hunt through China’s southwestern provinces—the Wild West of their day. But gold and silver weren’t his task : Rock, a distinguished botanist, sought only to fill his bags with all the seeds, saplings, and shrubs he could find. During his three-year expedition, he collected 20,000 specimens for the Arnold Arboretum(阿诺德植物园).

Botany, though, was just one of Rock’s strengths. As an ethnologist(民族学者), he took hundreds of photographs of the Naxi, a tribe in Yunnan province, recording their now-lost way of life for both Harvard and National Geographic, and took notes for an eventual 500-page dictionary of their language. His hand-drawn map of his travels through China’s “Cho-Ni” territory, in the Harvard Map Collection, includes more than a thousand rivers, towns, and mountains indicated in both English and Chinese, and was so well made that the U.S. government used it to plan aerial missions in World War II.

Scientist, linguist, cartographer, photographer, writer—Rock was not a wallflower in any sense. Arrogant and self-possessed, he would walk into a village or warlord’s place “as if he owned the place,” said Lisa Pearson, the Arboretum’s head librarian.

In declaring his successful return under the headline “Seeking Strange Flowers, in the Far Reaches of the World” , the Boston Evening Transcript ran a large photo of the daring explorer wearing in a woolly coat and fox-skin hat. “In discussing his heroism including hair-raising escapes from death either from mountain slides, snow slides and robber armies, he waves the idea away as if it is of no importance.”

The Arboretum and Rock parted ways after 1927, mainly because his trip cost Harvard a fortune—about $900,000 in today’s dollars. Fortunately, many of his specimens, many of his amazing photos, and his great stories remain.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Rock’s service for the U.S government.

B．Rock’s cooperation with Harvard.

C．Rock’s work as a botanist.

D．Rock’s exploration in Southwest China.

2. What contribution did Rock make to the USA besides collecting new plants and specimens?

A．He traveled through some uncivilized places in China.

B．His hand-drawn map was used in WWII.

C．He showed heroism by escaping difficulties.

D．He made headlines in Boston Evening News.

3. How did Rock respond when people mentioned his heroic deeds?

A．Excitedly.	B．Proudly.
C．Calmly	D．Nervously.

4. What caused Rock to stop work for The Arboretum?

A．The vast expense.	B．The dangerous journey.
C．The challenging tasks.	D．The unknown world.

【推荐2】The Museum of Eton Life

The Museum of Eton Life brings alive various aspects of the Eton experience across six centuries. It is housed in an undercroft (地窖) below College Hall, a space that was used to store beer for the scholarship boys until the early 20th century. Established as a museum in 1985, it now houses permanent and temporary displays exploring life at Eton College.

In 2016, the museum launched a new permanent display showcasing materials which illustrate the boarding life of boys at the school in the 21st century. There is also an annually changing display exploring new and different stories and presenting rarely seen objects from the collection.

Visitors can discover Eton s history and traditions, famous Old Etonians (from poets to , Prime Ministers) and sports including the Wall Came, as well as find out about what and where pupils learn, eat and live.

Access and Enquiries

Opening hours: Sunday afternoons 2:30 —5 :00 pm.

Please contact the Museum Officer to arrange an appointment to visit the museum outside opening hours or to enquire about this collection.

The museum is located in Brewhouse Yard, accessed from Eton High Street via Baldwin's Shore.

Please check the access page for further details on opening times. The museums may close due to holidays or exceptional circumstances.

Please access the Collections Learning page for more information.

1. When was the museum started?

A．Six centuries ago.	B．In 1985.
C．In the early 20th century,	D．In 2016.

2. What do you learn about the exhibits?

A．They explore different aspects of Eton Life.	B．They are a collection of old objects of Eton.
C．They are changed for new ones every year.	D．They are materials about old Etonians.

3. How can a visitor get access outside opening hours?

A．He can go any time on Sundays.	B．By walking in via Baldwin's Shore.
C．He'll have to make an appointment.	D．By showing Collections Learning page.

【推荐3】It was the first day of Spring here but it didn't feel like it. The Coronavirus(冠状病毒) Pandemic was sweeping the globe and everywhere there were feelings of uncertainty, fear, loneliness and even despair. "Social Distancing" had become the new norm. Here the schools had been closed, the restaurant dining rooms had been shut, and people had been told to work from home whenever they could. Even the sheltered workshop where my oldest son worked had been closed until furl her notice. People had made a run on the stores and large areas of the shelves were bare. On the news the numbers of sick and dead continued to rise. It felt like there was a weight on the souls of everyone in the world.

My own family was staying at home as much as possible and as I looked out my window I wondered how long this crisis would last. It was then, however. that I saw something that lifted that weight off of my soul, made my face smile, and made my heart feel happy again. On the street below my house there was an old friend of mine from high school who was a teacher there now. With him was my younger son s former aide from the high school as well. They were delivering the school lunches door to door to the hungry children who were stuck al home. Watching them made me think of something everyone's childhood television neighbor. Mr. Roger's once said:“ In the bad times, always look for the helpers. ”

I have no doubt this crisis will pass as all the crisis before it have. But it is our choice on whether it brings out the best in us or the worst in us. Let it bring out the best in you. Use it to strengthen your faith. Use it to free yourself from fear. Use it to grow kinder, more giving, and more loving. Become a helper to all those in need and you will be a happy person today and in all the days to come.

1. How did people feel in face of the epidemic?

A．Disappointed.

B．Confident.

C．Tense.

D．Doubtful.

2. What made the author happy?

A．Seeing someone delivering lunches from door to door

B．Staying together with his families in time of danger

C．Seeing a childhood television in time of danger

D．Standing by the window and look out into the street

3. What Mr. Roger said actually means ______.

A．in bad times we should watch mon TV programs

B．school lunches are not easy to forget for many people

C．we should prepare more lunches for school children

D．people look forward to helping hands in bad times

4. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To express his expectation to end the epidemic soon

B．To encourage people to bring out their best in had times

C．To show that he is ready to help others in time of danger

D．To explain why we should have strong faith in ourselves

【推荐1】What does it take to be a good neighbor? Over the years I have had all kinds of neighbors, ones that were enjoyable and others that were to be avoided at all costs.

One of the most important things in being a good neighbor is to respect a person’s privacy(隐私).When someone new moves into the neighborhood it is a good idea to watch them to see how friendly you should be. If you go rushing over as soon as they move in they may think you are going to be one of those neighbors that come over at all times of the day, not respecting their privacy.

It is a good idea always to be friendly to everyone in the neighborhood. This can not only put you on good terms with them, but will also be a form of protection for your family and home. If you wave as they drive by or offer a friendly hello while they are out in their yard this shows that you respect them. If you are friendly to them they are much more likely to watch out for any wrong doings going on around your home while you are out and let you know if anything happens.

Another way of being a good neighbor is to be helpful in times of need. If you see that they are in need of a helping hand doing something or in times of a disaster, it is good to offer your help. Even though you have never really talked to the people down the street, they are willing to take the time to help out a neighbor in need.

In conclusion, if you respect a person’s privacy, treat them kindly and be helpful when you see they are in need, you will be a great neighbor and anyone would be happy to have you next door!

1. When someone moves into your neighborhood you should_______.

A．visit them frequently	B．know their privacy
C．respect them always	D．avoid meeting them

2. If you are always friendly to your neighbors you can________.

A．keep your family safe	B．often visit their yard
C．make friends with them	D．have your own privacy

3. In the opinion of the author, neighbors should always be_______.

A．helpful, strong and kind	B．respectful, friendly and helpful
C．honest, active and friendly	D．polite, honest and kind

4. The author develops the passage based on his_______.

A．wide knowledge	B．scientific experiments
C．careful research	D．real experiences

【推荐2】Ellis Island is located in New York. Harbor Ellis Island is open daily year round from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended hours during summer. It is closed on December 25. There is no admission charge to Ellis Island; donations are gratefully accepted.

At Your Fingertips

Park information　　　　　　　(212) 363-7620

Emergencies　　　　　　　　(212) 363-3260

Ferryboat information　　　　(212) 269-5755

Lost and found　　　　　　　(212)363-7620

Dining, gifts & audio tour　　　(212)344-0996

Transportation

Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island Ferry; Boats leave from Battery Park, Manhattan, and from Liberty State Park, New Jersey. They run about every 30 to 45 minutes beginning at 9:15 a.m. (The time for ferry is changeable)

Hours: May vary; call the number below

Closed: December 25

Ferry fees (includes Liberty and Islands) adults, $7; senior citizens, $6; Children (age 3~17), $3. (Group rates are available for 25 or more adults.)

Ticket & schedule information: (212) 269-5755

1. In summer, visitors will have ____ to visit Ellis Island.

A．less time	B．a longer time
C．two hours more	D．wonderful hours

2. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．People can visit Ellis Island free of charge.

B．The ferry schedule is the same all the year round.

C．Ferry fees for children are cheaper than for adults.

D．Ferry fees for group visitors can be reduced.

3. We may infer from the passage that____.

A．visitors prefer to go to Ellis Island by boat	B．there are more visitors in winter
C．Ellis Island is open every day all year round	D．Boat is the only transportation to Ellis Island

【推荐3】I was 16 when my father finally decided he would send me to a wilderness camp for several months. He had threatened to do it many times before, but my mother had always managed to prevent him from doing so. This time he insisted on doing it.

The latest incident was the last straw. Impulsively （(冲动地)）, I had pushed Mr. Ford, my math teacher, down a flight of steps at school. He broke his arm in two places. Anyway, he had agreed not to accuse me as a favor to my dad, who was in the middle of a tight race for sheriff （警长） in our town. But my reckless behavior had my dad's closest advisor talking.

“John, he's your son and he's a kid, but he is dragging you down,” I heard Jake Hutch tell my dad through his closed office door the night after I pushed Mr. Ford. “If you can't make your son obey the rules, how can you make the law obeyed in this town?”

So, off to Pisgah National Forest I went. I imagined hours of untold abuse at the hands of some strong sergeants （军士）. I was determined not to be broken. I was who I was.

Nearly every day for six months, a small group of other troubled teens and I carried our 30-pound backpacks on a difficult journey covering about 10 miles. We hiked in a rough wilderness that seemed untouched by civilization.

Our sergeants were firm but kind, not frightening as I had imagined. We learned how to make a fire without matches and create a shelter with branches and grass. We learned which plants were safe to eat out in the wild. I felt myself change. I was calm and often reflective. My old, impulsive self was gone.

One morning, six months later, my dad came to pick me up. I ran to hug him and saw happiness and love in his eyes.

“So what's it like being sheriff?” I asked on the ride home.

“I lost the race, Danny,” he said.

“I'm sorry, Dad.” I knew my behavior probably had a lot to do with the defeat.

Dad squeezed my shoulder and brought me close. “As long as I don't ever lose you, I'm okay.”

1. The author was finally sent to a wilderness camp for the reason that _______.

A．he could learn how to survive in the wild

B．he had pushed his math teacher down the stairs

C．his teacher insisted on giving him a lesson

D．his mother feared that he would be accused

2. The underlined word “reckless” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.

A．courageous	B．careless
C．strange	D．rude

3. According to the passage, what do we know about the author?

A．He was still what he used to be after camping.

B．He was not satisfied with his life in the camp.

C．He changed a lot after camping.

D．He became friends with other troubled teens at the camp.

4. What's the author's father's feeling at the end of the story?

A．Relieved	B．Upset.
C．Disappointed.	D．Anxious.