【推荐1】On Friday, the Ministry of Education, along with eight other central departments, published a document on preventing campus violence. The document stresses that if the perpetrators (作恶者) break the law they should be handed over to the police.

    1     As early as May, it launched a campaign to deal with the issue.

    2     Several cases have even aroused nationwide concern.

The root problem lies in some schools insisting on punishing the perpetrators with campus rules instead of calling the police, even though some incidents have already broken the law and the perpetrators should face legal punishments.    3    .

The schools do not want the perpetrators to go to court because it may harm their reputations so they prefer to forget the bad things”.    4    . The problem is, the more they try to hide it, the bigger their scandal (丑闻) is.

    5     When the students who treat their schoolmates violently get extremely light punishments because of their young age, they might commit serious crimes in the future. Such cases should arouse our concern. It is time we solved the problem of campus violence with rules of law.

A．Yet campus violence is still quite wild.

B．The punishments of the schools are, of course, much lighter than legal punishments.

C．Schools must be aware of the consequences of bullying and violent incidents in schools

D．This is not the first time that the ministry has introduced measures aimed at stopping campus violence.

E．They think that by turning a blind eye to any wrongdoing that happens on campus, they can cheat everybody.

F．Worse, by trying to hide the scandal instead of solving it, the schools have actually encouraged campus violence.

G．Students with severe behavioral problems should be transferred to special schools suitable to their needs or receive criminal punishments.

【推荐2】An arts program is helping students at some of the lowest performing schools in the United States. The program, called Turnaround Arts, aims to help improve low performing schools by adding music and the arts to the usual study program.

Turnaround Arts was launched by Michelle Obama, the wife of former U.S President Barack Obama. Some money for the program comes from the federal government. For the students at participating schools, the program offers a kind of safe place from city neighborhoods. Many of the children come from areas with high crime rates.

Turnaround Arts is a partnership between the federal government and private businesses. Florence Griffith Joyner Elementary is one of the 68 schools in the U.S. participating in the program. Teachers receive special training and look for ways to add music and the arts into all the classes. Turnaround Arts schools partner with musicians and actors who work with the students. Performers have included Yo-Yo Ma, Sarah Jessica Parker, Elton John and Cameron Diaz.

School headmaster Long noted “The children were so excited and have been so excited because it’s not just about — ‘Go to the board. Do the problem. Turn the page. Read the book’; it’s about acting and imitating artists and historic figures.” She noted how some students got the chance to act out the process of a caterpillar (毛虫) becoming a butterfly. “I like to act and I like to sing and I like to dance,” said 10-year-old Kayla Driakare.

Long said that Turnaround Arts was only in its first year at the school, and teachers were already seeing results. “We’ve probably suspended(暂时停学) one kid this year. That’s amazing,” she said. “Parents are getting phone calls to come to family arts night, and it’s not just the naughty calls home. It’s for them to come and learn more about what their children are learning. So our parents’ engagement goes up.”

1. Turnaround Arts launched by Michelle Obama ______.

A．helps students who behave badly get high grades

B．aims to improve teachers’ and students’ performance

C．gets financial support only from the federal government

D．provides students with a chance of having access to musicians and actors

2. What can be inferred from what Principal Long said?

A．Students love this program very much.

B．Students can learn how to act from this program.

C．This program makes students know science well.

D．Students can perform themselves well during the program.

3. Which word can replace the underlined word in the last paragraph?

A．attitude	B．proposal
C．involvement	D．opportunity

4. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A．To advertise for an institute.

B．To introduce an arts program of the USA.

C．To call on people to support some lowest performing schools.

D．To encourage more American schools to participate in Turnaround Arts.

【推荐3】In high school I was very shy, content to hang around with my small group of friends and to concentrate on my courses. I was quickly labeled a "brain." I did so well that by the end of senior year I had perfect grades and enough college credits to give up an entire quarter of coursework.

But in early June of senior year, the principal called me into his office. He asked me to give a speech at graduation. I was surprised to look at him, my heart thumping. This was the reward for my hard work? I murmured something and fled the office, blaming myself for staying away from physics, a subject sure to have broken up my perfect record.

I finally agreed to a compromise. I would share the honor with five other students. I agreed to introduce my friend Judy, who would then give her own, full-length speech.

Graduation day soon arrived, I’d been practicing my speech for days, and I had it memorized. The first half hour of the ceremony passed in a blur, and then my moment came. My name was announced. I managed to reach the stage without falling down. I faced my classmates. My voice trembled a little, but mostly it was clear and strong. But within seconds, I was done and heading back to my seat. I accomplished something I’d never dreamed of — I spoke in front of hundreds of people.

Although I didn’t realize it at the time, the successful completion of that speech gave me the confidence to take part in class at college, to give oral reports, and to eventually break free of my shyness. I never would have chosen to give a speech at graduation — or ever. But I’m glad I did. I no longer hesitate when I’m faced with the prospect of doing something I feared. I know it may very well turn out to be one of my shining moments.

1. Why was the writer called a "brain"?

A．She was the most intelligent student.

B．She was the head of her small group.

C．She was a bookworm all the time.

D．She did more coursework for good grades.

2. What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A．She ruined her health by studying hard.

B．She got the reward as was expected.

C．She was grateful for giving a speech.

D．She wasn't good at physics at school.

3. How did the author feel at the beginning of the graduation speech?

A．Excited.	B．Moved.
C．Scared.	D．Embarrassed

4. What did the speech bring to the author at last?

A．She had nothing to fear in life,

B．She won enough college credits.

C．She got rid of her sense of shyness.

D．She desired to become a speaker.

【推荐1】Competition in the Olympics should be between athletes who use their own strength or speed. If some athletes don’t follow the rules, it ruins the fun for everyone connected with the game. It also gives an extremely unfair advantage to athletes using drugs. So I think athletes should be tested for drugs.

—Jim from Atlanta

Drug use among top athletes has long been a problem. Without drug tests, the Olympics would be about who uses the most drugs, not who trains the hardest and has the most athletic skills. Also drugs do harm to people’s health and sometimes even kill people.

—David from Houston

Why should athletes be allowed to compete when it’s not really they who are actually competing? It’s the drugs that do all the work. Athletes who use drugs are like runners with roller skates. It’s cheating and irresponsible, which must be strictly forbidden. It’s unfair to other competitors who don’t use drugs.

—Bruce from Chicago

Most sports athletes are held to a standard of being drug-free. Olympians should not be held any differently. They take part in highly competitive sports and win medals for their country. Testing the athletes for drugs must be done in every country and every sport. No drug test would be unfair to athletes who don’t use drugs.

—Sam from Los Angeles

Although popular opinion is against athletes’ using drugs, I believe drugs do help make the Olympic sports more wonderful. I enjoy seeing human beings achieving things that couldn’t be done with normal conditioning. I enjoy seeing stronger, faster and longer performances by making good use of drugs. I don’t see the necessity of drug tests.

—Jack from New York

1. What does David think of drug use in the Olympics?

A．It’s more common in top athletes than others.

B．It’s a difficult problem to deal with.

C．It helps improve athletes’ skills.

D．It’s bad for athletes’ health.

2. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 suggest?

A．Using drugs is the same as cheating.

B．Drugs help athletes reach greater speed.

C．Runners should not be allowed to use drugs.

D．Athletes using drugs do not ,show their real ability.

3. What do Jim’s and Sam’s opinions have in common?

A．Both mention the popularity of the Olympics.

B．Both mention the fairness of the Olympics.

C．Both mention the rules of the Olympics.

D．Both mention the fun of the Olympics.

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【推荐3】    1    . The legendary volleyball coach Lang Ping gave the answer in the recent documentary (纪录片) The Iron Hammer.

The documentary displays Lang’s inspiring journey from her gold medal victory as a volleyball player in the 1984 Olympics to her amazing career as a successful coach for both Team USA from 2005 to 2008 and China since 2013. She was the first person to win Olympic volleyball gold as a player and coach. Lang Ping revealed the secret to such remarkable achievements in the documentary. As she said, “    2    ”.

    3    . Troubled by severe injuries to her cervical vertebra, back, waist and knees, caused by intense exercise and hard work, the 60-year-old has undergone more than 10 surgeries. “No parts of my body function well,” she joked.

But illness is certainly not the only difficulty Lang has faced. In 2005, she struggled with balancing raising her daughter Lydia Bai Lang, who lived in the US, and her coaching career. She eventually decided to work for USA Volleyball that year.     4    “I’m proud of being Chinese”   Lang responded in an interview. Later she returned to head the Chinese women ’s volleyball team in 2013, leading the team successfully defending its World Cup crown with a perfect record of 11 straight wins last year.

There is no doubt that Lang is one of the greatest players and coaches in history. As an American athlete commented in the documentary,     5    .

A．Who is Lang Ping?

B．Lang is the hardest to defeat.

C．I believe volleyball was my life.

D．What makes one a great person?

E．Glory and challenges go hand in hand.

F．Lang Ping is like Michael Jordan in our minds.

G．This decision aroused a lot of negative comments in China.

【推荐1】Nobody ever imagined that after being lost for more than half a century, the intangible cultural heritage known as Gaolou Mixian would be restored and passed down by a young man. “As someone of Gaolou origin, I have a responsibility to restore our ancestors’ art form,” said Chen Guorui, the world’s only inheritor of this ancient art.

Gaolou Mixian uses rice paste(米糊)to glue together selected grains of transparent rice to create realistic figures or structures. It is a unique folk art that developed during the Qing Dynasty and reached its peak during the first half of the 20th century. Each household in Gaolou village would make rice structures that they put on display in their ancestral halls during the Chinese New Year, which attracted people from all sides.

However, due to the wet weather in southern China, these rice-made artworks would only last three to four months before losing their shape. It is for this reason that these works are not seen in museums in China. Due to various historical reasons, most people in Gaolou village did not pass down the art form, which caused it to disappear nearly 70 years ago.

Chen found out about this after hearing one former resident express disappointment about its loss. Curious, he started to do research and tried out the methods he heard about from older people in the village. After several months of exploration, Chen finally completed his first successful work.

Over the past five years, Chen has gradually improved his skills and even begun using new techniques, such as creating some colorful artworks with colored grains of rice. Since 2017, people at home and abroad have taken an interest in this long-lost art form. To avoid being the last inheritor(传承者), Chen has been giving classes to some students at a primary school in Fuzhou with the support of local education authorities.

1. What do we know about Gaolou Mixian?

A．It is mainly made of rice.	B．It is stable in wet environment.
C．It is a popular art form nationwide.	D．It was created for religious reasons.

2. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A．The technique of the artworks.	B．The disappearance of the art form.
C．The disappointment of the villagers.	D．The reason why the artworks lose their shape.

3. To train more inheritors, what has Chen Guorui done?

A．Giving classes to primary students.	B．Creating many colorful artworks.
C．Improving his skills.	D．Asking older villagers for suggestions.

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

A．Chen Guorui’s Successful Works.

B．A Popular Folk Art of A Chinese Village.

C．The Restoration of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

D．A Long-lost Chinese Art Form and its Restoration.

【推荐1】New Deal Design, one of the world's leading tech design studios, has invented an artificial intelligence-equipped toy to fight the "distraction economy" by developing children's attention spans.

Called Spot, the toy is aimed at learning and discovery. It functions primarily as a handheld scanner that kids can point at an object around them, such as a flower or a bird, to hear it talk back.Using its AI software,Spot recognizes the object and voices a little monologue（独白）from it, processing information to suit children aged five to nine.

There's also a secondary function that comes into play at bedtime, when Spot uses its in-built projecto（r投影仪） to present a story made up around the day's discoveries.

Spot is a concept at this stage, one that grew out of the research New Deal Design conducted into children's development. The designers found that the right kind of toy could encourage focus,as opposed to instant satisfaction. They wanted to cultivate a kind of junior-level mindfulness that would set kids up with positive life skills.

In terms of appearance, Spot has a complicated look, with its 3D camera fixed   in   the   head.   The   models   are   smooth,   including   a   wooden   handle,a button and a base. The choice of materials was inspired by traditional kids' building blocks.

When Spot   recognizes an   object, it blinks   to signal   it has   locked the target. Its head also locks into place to avoid any shaking. As an example, New Deal Design describes a girl called Max, who among other things, encounters a robin while out with the toy. Via Spot, the bird says, "Hi Max, my name is Robin! Did you know ..."

At that night's Story Time, Spot starts "Once upon a time there was a little girl named Max who met a robin. One day, Max asked the robin ..." New Deal Design says that day summaries like this helps kids to relax and get better sleep. Seeing themselves at the centre of stories also helps to build self-confidence and self-awareness.

1. In which aspect do children benefit from the artificial intelligence-equipped toy?

A．encouraging focus	B．giving an instant satisfaction
C．learning self-control	D．developing positive life skills

2. According to the passage, which statement about Spot is right?

A．Spot tells stories programmed in advance.

B．Spot is beneficial to developing children’s attention spans.

C．Spot has already been used to fight the “distraction economy” now.

D．Spot’s appearance was inspired by traditional kids’ building blocks.

3. According to the text,who will the toy be useful for?

A．Tom, two years old, can’t recognize an object around him.

B．Max, eight years old, wants to make up a story about robin.

C．Tina, nine years old, can’t concentrate her attention on her class.

D．Mike,twelve years old, wants to learn something about artificial intelligence.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．A scientific invention	B．A learning program
C．An creative method	D．A tech design studios

【推荐2】Too much work and too much wine go together like biscuits and cheese, a new international study finds.

Employees who work more than 48 hours a week are 11% more likely to over consume wine than those who work a standard week, Finnish researchers say.

The study looked at more than 300,000 people in Australia, Europe and North America. No differences were seen between men and women, says the study.

Risky wine consumption is considered as more than 14 drinks a week for women and more than 21 drinks a week for men. About 20% of Australians drink at travels that put them at the risk of life time harm from injury or disease.

Drinking wine can affect the liver(肝脏)or cause brain damage, heart disease, high blood pressure and increases the risk of many cancers.

Study author Marianna Virtanen said while wine might help reduce the stress of working long periods of time, risky consumption could lead to difficulties in the workplace, such as poor performance.

The European Union Working Time Directive makes sure that workers in EU countries have the right to work no more than 48 hours a week, including overtime.

"But many people, for example well-educated managers and professionals, work much longer hours to achieve faster promotions, income increases, and more control over work and employment, ” said Prof. Virtanen of the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health.

In Australia, it's recommended that healthy men and women drink no more than two standard drinks a day.

1. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the harm of drinking wine?

A．It can do damage to the brain.

B．It may bring about high blood pressure.

C．It may contribute to working overtime.

D．It can add to the risk of many cancers.

2. From the passage, we can infer that .

A．the study was carried out all over the world

B．Australians drink more wine than Europeans

C．workers in EU countries have to work 48 hours a week

D．many people work longer hours for certain purposes

3. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Long work hours and alcohol abuse are linked.

B．Working long period of time will do harm to our health.

C．To keep healthy men and women should not drink wine.

D．Many workers drink more wine than they should.

【推荐3】Sandra Cisneros was born in Chicago in 1954 to a Mexican American family. As the only girl in a family of seven children, she often felt like she had “seven fathers,” because her six brothers, as well as her father, tried to control her. Feeling shy and unimportant, she retreated(躲避) into books. Despite her love of reading, she did not do well in elementary school because she was too shy to participate.
In high school, with the encouragement of one particular teacher, Cisneros improved her grades and worked for the school literary magazine. Her father encouraged her to go to college because he thought it would be a good way for her to find a husband. Cisneros did attend college, but instead of searching for a husband, she found a teacher who helped her join the famous graduate writing program at the University of Iowa. At the university’s Writers’ Workshop, however, she felt lonely----a Mexican American from a poor neighborhood among students from wealthy families. The feeling of being so different helped Cisneros find her “Creative voice.”
“It was not until this moment when I considered myself truly different that my writing acquired a voice. I knew I was a Mexican woman, but I didn’t think it had anything to do with why I felt so much imbalance in my life, but it had everything to do with it! That’s when I decided I would write about something my classmates couldn’t write about.”
Cisneros published her first work, The House on Mango Street, when she was twenty-nine. The book tells about a young Mexican American girl growing up in a Spanish-speaking area in Chicago, much like the neighborhoods in which Cisneros lived as a child. The book won an award in 1985 and has been used in classes from high school through graduate school level. Since then, Cisneros has published several books of poetry, a children’s book, and a short-story collection.
1. Which of the following is TRUE about Cisneros in her childhood?

A．She had seven brothers.	B．She felt herself a nobody.
C．She was too shy to go to school.	D．She did not have any good teachers.

2. The graduate program gave Cisneros a chance to _____.

A．work for a school magazine	B．run away from her family
C．make a lot of friends	D．develop her writing style

3. According to Cisneros, what played the decisive role in her success?

A．Her early years in college.	B．Her training in the Workshop.
C．Her feeling of being different.	D．Her childhood experience.

4. What do we learn about The House on Mango Street?

A．It is quite popular among students.

B．It is the only book ever written by Cisneros.

C．It wasn’t success as it was written in Spanish.

D．It won an award when Cisneros was twenty-nine.