【推荐1】If you are a teenager without a job, you probably do not have much extra money. Sometimes parents will give their children a pocket money for doing small housework, but it is often not enough once the children grow into teenagers and want to do things with their friends all of the time. How to make money is an important thing for teens to learn. If you’re wondering how a teenager can make good money, some ideas might be:

Getting a part-time job at a local restaurant or store is always a sure way to make money as a teen. But getting a job somewhere like this might be hard, considering many jobs in local stores are being taken by adults more and more often.

Doing landscaping (绿化) is something that most adults do not like to do, and teens can usually find jobs around their neighborhood doing the landscaping of friends and family.

Some teens are good at something such as writing or photography. These teens can make money by doing things such as writing articles for newspapers or magazines or selling their photos online.

Teens who live in a country area can earn money by helping out on farms, or they can try raising their own animals such as chickens, and selling them or their products.

Looking for jobs can seem hard at first, but if you have a try, it should not be too hard to find a job or way to make money.

1. What problem do teenagers have to face when finding a job in local stores?

A．Low pay.	B．Heavy work.
C．Long working hours.	D．Competition with adults.

2. Which of the following is easier for teens from the country if they want to earn extra money?

A．Babysitting.	B．Doing landscaping.
C．Selling photos online.	D．Raising animals.

3. What can we learn from the text?

A．Most adults hate doing landscaping.

B．Getting a part-time job is hard for teens.

C．Pocket money from parents is often enough for teens.

D．Teens can't make money by writing articles for newspapers or magazines .

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．The Necessary Skills to Make Money.

B．How Important Is Money to a Teenager?

C．How Can a Teenager Make Extra Money?

D．Teenagers Should Depend on Themselves.

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What we offer：

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Have a good command of the subjects they tutor.

Be willing to tutor students through the full academic year.

Application instructions:

E-mail us your CV. Tell us why you want to join Academic Trainers and describe your experience of tutoring students if you have any. Let us know your scheduling preferences and potential start date. Tell us which of the subjects you are able to tutor — Maths, Science and/or Humanities.

1. Which period of time needs the most tutors during the academic year?

A．Sunday afternoons and evenings.	B．Friday afternoons and evenings
C．Monday and Thursday mornings.	D．Saturday and Sunday mornings.

2. What can a tutor enjoy who works more than 30 hours per week?

A．Comfortable accommodation.	B．Free job training every month.
C．Health insurance reimbursement.	D．Free meals during the academic year.

3. what qualification should a suitable candidate have?

A．He/She must tutor all the subjects part-time.

B．He/She must be good at the subjects they tutor.

C．He/She must have a previous tutoring experience.

D．He/She must work every evening through the academic year.

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Rome is a very attractive city, known for its numerous attractions, perhaps more than any other capitals in the world. With a history about 2,500 years, Rome uniquely combines ancient classical sites with medieval (中世纪的) structures, such as Renaissance palaces and Baroque squares.

Venice

It’s like something out of a movie! There’s Venice, which is a super special city. It’s one of the richest cities during medieval times and it’s totally unique. Italy has been a popular destination for people who want to experience culture and romance for centuries. The country is known for its amazing art, music, design, landscapes, food and wine.

Lake Como & Alpine Railways

This wonderful wintertime break includes a visit to beautiful Como Town, with its breath-taking views. Take a journey on the scenic Bernina Express to famous St Moritz, and explore Como’s shores. Enjoy the magic of Italy’s romantic lake and discover the lakeside Como Town.

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1. What is special about Rome?

A．It is the most attractive city.	B．It has ancient classical sites.
C．It’s famous for lake scenery.	D．It has amazing art and music.

2. Which destination is worthwhile for cold weather travel?

A．Rome.	B．Venice.
C．Lake Como Alpine Railways.	D．Lake Garda.

3. Where is the text most probably taken from?

A．A diary.	B．A novel.
C．A travel magazine.	D．A news report.

【推荐1】Learning English can sometimes seem like a difficult thing to do—the grammar can be very confusing and spoken English seems to be changing all the time. But，it is not as hard as it seems and the most important thing for any learner to achieve is confidence with the language. If students are nervous about using English or worried about making mistakes，they won’t feel like practicing，and without practice they cannot make progress.

General English courses aim to give students that confidence. Whether students are complete beginners or advanced learners，schools want them to be confident about using English by the time they finish their course. To do this，schools have developed General English courses which combine a range of different teaching methods.

In class，teachers encourage students to work together so that they can practice new words and grammar. They always try and make this class work interesting and fun. Many schools are equipped with language labs and libraries where students can work on their own with audio tapes and video and computers. And outside the classroom，the learning continues，where students are meeting together socially，visiting local attractions，or at home with a host family.

Most schools offer General English courses which are either part-time—usually 15 hours per week—or full-time，which can be as much as 40 hours. This type of course is available all year round. Students can normally start a General English course every Monday，and can study for as long as they like. Other types of General English courses may last a minimum number of days or weeks. Some of the most popular General English courses are available during the summer holiday period. These are usually part-time，and schools organize social activities for students in their free time. Some schools offer special activities like sports.

General English courses also give students the chance to discover new parts of Britain. With so many schools offering this type of course，students can go almost anywhere，and while they are studying，they will have a chance to explore the countryside or towns and meet local people. Whenever they go in Britain they are assured high quality courses.

1. If English learners are nervous about using English，        .

A．they won’t feel like practicing

B．they won’t go to England

C．they won’t go to any language class

D．they won’t talk to teachers

2. Teachers help students practice new words and grammar in class by means of         .

A．encouraging students to work together

B．trying and making the class work interesting and fun

C．making students speak English all the time

D．both A and B

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．General English courses help students practice English not only in classroom but also outside the classroom.

B．We can learn from the passage that there are many schools offering General English courses across Britain.

C．General English courses are designed for beginners of English as a second language.

D．The aim of General English courses is to make students confident about using English.

【推荐2】Hundreds of thousands of lives were saved in 2017 alone because of the improvement of the environment, according to a new research. Fine particle pollution declined rapidly following the new rules on industrial emissions and the promotion of clean fuels, according to the study, published on Monday in the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. The study, which focused on the period from 2013-2017, was conducted by a group of Chinese researchers and scientist.

PM2.5, as this kind of pollution is known, is so small that it can enter the bloodstream, potentially leading to cancer, stroke and heart attack in the long term. After rapid industrialization and weak regulations left the country with a reputation for smog and bad air quality, Chinese authorities started to take air pollution seriously in 2008.

In 2013, Beijing had PM2.5 concentrations 40 times higher than levels recommended by the World Health Organization(WHO), and the government introduced its toughest-ever clean air policies that year. The study found “significant declines” in PM2.5 levels across China from 2013-2017, with new emissions rules for vehicles. The authors say this “confirms the effectiveness of China’s recent clean air actions.”

These recent actions have seen Beijing fall out of the top 100 most-polluted cities in Asia in recent years, with the pollution levels 10% lower across Chinese cities between 2017 and 2018, according to a report by Greenpeace and Air Visual. Shanghai, the country’s largest city and financial capital, has also made environmental advances, such as adopting strict recycling regulations. Public pressure has been the driving force of pollution policy in China.

Air pollution is a global issue, and India is now home to 22 of the 30 most polluted world cities, according to the Greenpeace and Air Visual report. In the US, a recent study said air pollution was linked to more than 107,000 deaths in 2011 and cost the country $866 billion.

1. What saved many lives in China?

A．China’s clean air policies.

B．The increased particle pollution.

C．The study by researchers.

D．The reduction of the clean fuels.

2. Why did PM2.5 cause many diseases?

A．It was called smog.

B．It made the air cleaner.

C．It went into the blood.

D．It had a bad reputation.

3. When did Chinese government decide to treat the pollution?

A．In 2008.	B．In 2013.
C．In 2017.	D．In 2018.

4. What did people in Shanghai do to protect the environment?

A．They built the thermal power plants.

B．They stopped using industrial boilers.

C．They made Shanghai financial capital.

D．They tried to recycle some rubbish.

【推荐3】A study has found that warmer waters off North America's West Coast caused many kinds of sea life to move farther north than ever before.

The study was a project of scientists from the University of California, Davis. The scientists examined waters off the coast of Northern California in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The researchers say they recognized a local of 67 species（ 物种）between 2014 and 2016, during what was described as a "marine heat wave". Marine heatwaves were explained in the study as "period of extreme sea surface temperatures lasting for days to months". The 2014-2016 heatwave is thought to be the largest ever recorded. The warn water later moved south toward California.

The warmer water were partly a product of El Niño conditions during the same period, researcher noted. El Niño develops when winds off the coast of South America weaken. This enabled warm water in the western Pacific to move eastward. El Niño often causes ocean temperatures in the area to rise between 2 to 4 degrees Celsius, the study found.

The researchers reported that 37 of the 67 species they studied had never before been observed so far north as California. These creatures are native to an area hundreds of kilometers to the south, mainly around Baja California in Mexico. A few were even found north of California, off the state of Oregon. The northward travel of so many different sea creatures was considered "unprecedented"（史无前例的）by the researchers. Among the species found in the study were a meat-eating sea slug that hunts other sea slugs, a sea snail "butterfly" and purple-lined jellyfish. Another unexpected visitor was the pelagic red crab, which researchers said had only been found in areas off the coast of Mexico.

Scientists involved in the study believe the findings can provide valuable information for knowing future sea life reactions to warming oceans.

1. What is a marine heat wave according to the passage?

A．An ocean with rough surface.

B．A wave with low temperatures.

C．A period of warmer ocean surface water.

D．A species living in extreme weather.

2. What contributes to El Niño conditions?

A．Warmer waters.	B．Weakened winds off South America.
C．Colder sea surface.	D．Species moving northward.

3. Why does the author mention the men-eat in sea lug in paragraph 4?

A．To point out that ocean environment becomes worse.

B．To suggest that sea creatures need separate living space.

C．To prove that many kinds of sea life can adapt to warmer waters.

D．To evidence that ocean temperature along California are higher than before.

4. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The heatwaves disturb the life of many sea creatures.

B．The increased temperature benefits many sea creatures.

C．Sea life reactions can be valuable to predict future heatwaves.

D．The heatwaves cause many unexpected visitors to move southward.

【推荐1】A 3-year-old boy who was lost in the forest for two days is now safe at home with his family. But Casey Hathaway told reporters that he was not alone in the rainy, freezing cold forest. He said he was with a friend — a bear.

The child went missing on January 22, 2019 while playing with friends at his grandmother’s house in the southern state of North Carolina. When the other children returned to the house and Casey did not, the family searched the area for almost an hour before calling the police. The police organized a search team to search the nearby forest for the little boy. But two days went by and Casey was still not found.

Then on January 24, someone called the police saying he heard a child crying in the forest. The police followed up the information and found Casey at about 9:30 that night. They pulled him out of some briar (荆棘). He was in good health.

Casey told the police that he had hung out with a black bear for two days, a bear he called his “friend.” The police told reporters that Casey did not say how he was able to survive (活下来，幸存) in the forest for two days in the cold, rainy weather. However, the police said, “He did say he had a friend in the forest that was a bear that was with him.”

Hundreds of people helped in the search, including some 600 volunteers, policemen and soldiers. An officer told reporters that at no point did he think Casey had been kidnapped (绑架). Casey’s mother Brittany Hathaway told reporters she thanked everyone who joined the search for her son. “We just want to tell everybody that we really thank you for taking the time out to come to search for Casey,” said his mother.

1. Casey said that he ________.

A．was hurt by a bear

B．was caught by the police

C．made friends with a bear

D．got lost with a friend together

2. After knowing Casey was lost, the family ________.

A．organized a search team

B．called the police right away

C．received a call from a stranger

D．spent nearly an hour looking for him by themselves

3. What can we know about Casey according to the police?

A．He is brave enough to fight against a bear.

B．He was freezing in the forest when found.

C．He was protected well from animals by a bear.

D．How he survived in the forest is still unknown.

4. What is Brittany’s attitude towards volunteers, policemen and soldiers?

A．Hopeful.

B．Worried.

C．Thankful.

D．Disappointed.

【推荐2】Now, it’s time for some brief news item.

1.China wins women’s 3,000m short track relays, S. Korea disqualified

VANCOUVER,Feb.24 2010(Xinhua)—Twice Olympic champion Wang Meng led the Chinese short track speed skating team to the top podium of women’s 3,000m relay with a world record at the Vancouver Winter Games here on Wednesday, as South Korea was later disqualified. Canada took the silver, with the United States picking up the bronze. South Korean’s skaters had already started waving flags in joy after crossing the line but later the judges decided Kim Ming-jung had impeded(阻碍) during an exchange push.

2. Severe drought cracks Airport’s runway

KUNMING, March, 18 2010 (China Daily)—Severe drought continues to plague southwestern China’s Yunnan Province.

In the provincial capital Kunming, the surface of Wu Jiaba International Airport’ sonly runway has been fractured(断裂). Repairs have been going on since Tuesday. The airport is closed every day from midnight to seven-thirty in the morning. Airport authorities say the severe drought is the cause of the damage. The airport also needs to repair its plane taxing and parking area. Chen Zhiwei, Security Dept., Kunming International Airport, said, “The drought has greatly lowered the underground water level. And this has affected the runway foundations. The damage to its surface is severe.”

3. School Soldiers

Russian school students will have to do basic military training in their final year of school, the government has decided. The lesson will include learning to fire guns, marching drills and how to deal with a chemical, nuclear or biological attack. The activity is seen as part of a drive toward education of their love for their country.

4. Is it hard for you to get up early and get ready for classes? Some students at Winter Park High School just roll out of bed in their pajamas(睡衣) and go to class in their own bedrooms. Of course, their teachers and classmates do not see them because all their class work is on the computer. The Florida High School, the state’s only online program take classes in algebra, American government, chemistry, computer, economics, and web-page design. They also have to go to regular school to attend other classes.

1. Which country ranks fourth in the women’s 3,000m short track relay according to the first news?

A．S. Korea

B．Canada

C．The USA.

D．Not know

2. Which of the following is correct according to the second news?

A．The airport has been closed since Tuesday

B．Drought caused the trouble for repairs.

C．The underground water level became lower, and that’s why the Airport’s runway cracked.

D．Flights were not really stopped during the day, because Wu Jiaba International Airport had another runway.

3. Why will Russian school students have basic military training?

A．To get ready for a military parade.

B．To learn to protect themselves.

C．To gain some military knowledge

D．To develop their love for their country.

4. The news from Florida can be given in a title “__________”.

A．Get up Late	B．Online School
C．The special pajamas	D．The popular subjects

【推荐3】After twenty-third hour at night, the house was quiet. I didn’t go to bed. Under the strong light, I looked sadly before me at a huge pile of that troublesome thing they call “books”.

I would have my important examination the next day. “When can I go to bed?” I asked myself. I didn’t answer, in fact I dared not.

As soon as the clock struck twelve, I suddenly heard and couldn’t help crying “Oh, dear! Many more books to read before I can go to bed!” We students are the most wretched creatures in the world. Dad does not agree with me on this. He didn’t have to work so hard when he was a boy.

When the clock struck one, I felt I was hopeless now. I forgot all I had learned. I was too tired to go on. I did the only thing I could. I prayed, “Oh, God, please help me pass the exam tomorrow. I do promise to work hard afterwards, Amen.” My eyes were so heavy that I could hardly open them a few minutes later, with my head on the desk, I fell asleep.

1. When the author was going over his lessons, all the others in the house were__.

A．asleep	B．outside
C．working in bed	D．quietly laughing at him

2. The underlined word “wretched” means _______.

A．energetic	B．disappointed
C．unhappy	D．hopeful

3. The best title for the passage would be ___.

A．The night before the examination	B．Staying up all night
C．A lazy student	D．Going over my lessons