【推荐1】A 4-year-old boy was given the chance to celebrate his favorite holiday early this year after a neighborhood in Illinois heard that he would miss the chance to trick or treat because of a vital Surgery (手术).Sonny Mead,who put on a Superman costume for the special day, hit more than 20 hours along his special trick-or-treat route and was even treated to a ride in a fire truck.

“He thinks today is Halloween,” Jackie Mead, the boy’s mom, told Fox 2 Now on Wednesday. “We let him pick his costume, and up until today he was going to be Spider-Man, and then he decided that he wanted to be Superman because he wants superpowers.”

Sonny was diagnosed with craniosynostosis (颅缝早闭), which causes the skull bones to fuse prematurely, affecting brain growth. Sonny had pieces of his skull removed to give his brain more room to grow in 2015, and the bone was supposed to grow back but never did.

So on Friday, doctors will use a 3-D printer and bone from a dead body to rebuild Sonny’s skull. His recovery is expected to take between two and six months, meaning he’ll not be able to trick or treat when Oct.31 comes.

But once Amanda Richert heard that her friends son would miss out on the trick-or-treating fun, Goshen Meadows citizens, in Edwardsville, Illinois united in a group to make sure he had a chance for the trick-or-treat fun. Sonny’s mother said their reaction was overwhelming.

1. Why was Sonny Mead given a Chance to celebrate Halloween early this year?

A．Because of his brain growth.

B．Because of an important surgery.

C．Because of Sonny’s strong wish.

D．Because of the request of his neighborhood.

2. What can we know from the passage?

A．Sonny Mead had the chance to trick or treat with the help of his neighborhood.

B．Sonny Mead chose a Spider-Man costume for the special day at last.

C．Sonny Mead will have pieces of his skull removed on Friday.

D．Sonny Mead had his skull rebuilt with a bone from a cadaver in 2015.

3. What does the underlined word “overwhelming” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．disappointing	B．interesting
C．easy-going	D．moving

【推荐2】One night I received a Facebook message from Laura, a former classmate. “Hey Steve,” she said, “I know you’ve always been an animal lover. I’ve just had a baby and I can’t keep my mini pig.”

Being fond of animals, I knew I wanted the pig. I just had to figure out how to make it happen. I lived in a two-bedroom single-level house in Georgetwon, Ontario. It’s tough to bring a pig back to the house I share with two dogs, two cats, and my lifelong partner.

But I was not letting that pig go. So I told Laura I’d take the animal. When I got home with the pig, I hid her in the bedroom, and began to prepare a dinner for Alisha — her favourite bacon cheeseburgers. It’s better to make her happy before introducing the new member to her.

When I led her to the bedroom and showed her the surprise, Alisha stood in the doorway like a statue. It took her a few seconds to know what I had done. She complained about my unreasonable action. She insisted there was no more room in the house.

I knew I was wrong, but I hoped I could smooth things over. Soon enough, the lovely pig did the smoothing for me. Never had we felt such joy as she brought to us. We got her a name “Esther”.

Esther’s arrival changed our lives. A few weeks later, we decided to stop eating bacon. We figured it was our turn to try to change the world for other animals. A few months later, we moved to a farm where we cared for abandoned animals — so far, six rabbits, six goats, two sheep, one horse, three cows and three chickens.

1. Who does the underlined phrase “my lifelong partner” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Laura.

B．Steve.

C．Alisha.

D．Esther.

2. Why did the author cook Alisha a meal?

A．To please her to accept the pig.	B．To make an apology to her.
C．To celebrate Esther’s arrival.	D．To show off his cooking skills.

3. What was Alisha’s reaction the moment she saw Esther?

A．She burst into tears.	B．She showed interest in her.
C．She quarreled with Steve.	D．She was frozen for a while.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．A Small Pig Making a Big Difference

B．An Abandoned Pig Finding a Warm Home

C．A Little Pig Bringing Happiness to a Family

D．A Lovely Pig Removing a Couple’s Disagreement

【推荐3】I was in a strange city I didn’t know at all, and what’s more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch. After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper. I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person, I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm. There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again. I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.
　 About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was find the nearest railway station.
1. The writer preferred to walk back to his hotel because ________.

A．he had no money to buy a ticket

B．he wanted to lose himself in the city

C．he tried to know the city in this way

D．it was late and there were no buses passing by

2. The newspaper-seller______.

A．didn’t know where the hotel was

B．didn’t understand what the writer said

C．could understand what the writer said

D．didn’t want to take the money from the writer

3. From the story we know that the policeman______.

A．was kind but didn’t understand the writer

B．told the writer where to take a train

C．knew what the writer really meant

D．was cold-hearted and didn’t help the writer

4. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．The writer got close to the hotel where he stayed.

B．The writer got to the hotel with the policeman’s help.

C．The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel.

D．The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed.

5. In your opinion, what was the writer’s real trouble?

A．He didn’t know the city at all.

B．He couldn’t speak the language.

C．He went too far in the wrong bus.

D．He followed the policeman’s direction.

【推荐2】When I met him，I had a lot of anger inside me. I’ve lived my whole life in Spanish Harlem， but in my neighborhood，there are shoot-ups all the time. I know kids who have been shot or beaten up. I have friends who ended up in prison. I could have ended up that way，too，but Mr. Clark wouldn’t let that happen.
Mr. Clark worked long hours，making sure I did my work. My grades rose. In fact，the scores of our whole class rose. One day，he took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera，and it was the first time some kids had ever been out of Harlem. Before the show，he treated us to dinner at a restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full. We did not want to let him down.
Mr. Clark was selected as Disney’s 2000 Teacher of the Year. He said he would draw three names out of a hat；those students would go with him to Los Angles to get the award. But when the time came to draw names，Mr. Clark said,“You’re all going.”
On graduation day，there were a lot of tears. We didn’t want his class to end. In 2001，he moved to Atlanta, but he always kept in touch. He started giving lectures about education，and wrote a bestsell -ing book based on his classroom rules，The Essential 55. In 2003，Mr. Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to deliver school supplies and visit orphanages(孤儿院). It was the most amazing experience of my life. It’s now my dream to one day start a group of women’s clubs, helping people from all backgrounds.
1. Without Mr. Clark，the writer _________.

A．might have put into prison

B．might not have won the prize

C．might have joined a women’s club

D．might not have moved to Atlanta

2. The Essential 55 is ___________.

A．a show

B．a speech

C．a classroom rule

D．a book

3. How many students’ names were finally drawn out of a hat by Mr. Clark？

A．None

B．Three

C．Fifty-five

D．All

4. In the passage, the writer intends to tell us that ___________.

A．Mr. Clark went to South Africa because he liked traveling

B．Mr. Clark helped to set up a group of women’s clubs

C．a good teacher can raise his or her students’ score

D．a good teacher has a good influence on his or her students

5. What is the writer’s attitude towards Mr. Clark？

A．He speaks highly of Mr. Clark.

B．He looks down upon Mr. Clark.

C．He doesn’t show his attitude towards Mr. Clark.

D．He takes a neutral(中立的) attitude towards Mr. Clark.

【推荐3】Naturally, American schoolchildren love holidays. And they get a lot of them each year. Besides having national holidays such as Thanksgiving and Presidents’ Day off from school, students get longer breaks in the spring and during the summer holidays. In fact, kids in the US only go to school for about 180 days a year. To students, holidays are perfect. However, parents think there are advantages and disadvantages.

On the one hand, school holidays allow families to spend time together. Many American parents take time off from work during June, July or August to travel with their children on vacations either in the US or in a foreign country. On the other hand, schoolchildren get much more time off school than parents get vacation time. This means that parents with young children may have to pay more in babysitting or daycare costs. As well, the long summer holidays mean that students sometimes get bored.

Besides going on trips with their parents, American students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during the holidays. For example, some kids enjoy summer camps and outdoor adventure holidays. Such trips are great for adventurous students. They also have a lot to offer students who aren’t usually interested in traditional PE activities. You can do courses in survival skills, for example. Students learn how to make a camp in the forest, which wild food they can eat and how to find their way back to the center.

Students who are not excited about summer camps and outdoor adventure may take part in courses in computer game design, filmmaking and photography during the holidays. Finally, the traditional school trip to foreign countries is always popular. Students can practice their foreign language skills and experience everyday life in a different culture.

1. How long are kids in the US at school every year?

A．About 180 days.

B．About 280 days.

C．About 200 days.

D．About 300 days.

2. What does the underlined word “They” refer to in the third paragraph?

A．Some kids.	B．Different traditional PE activities.
C．Parents.	D．Summer camps and outdoor adventure.

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Both parents and students think school holidays are perfect.

B．Parents can take care of their young children during all the holidays.

C．Students enjoy taking part in different kinds of activities during holidays.

D．Students don’t like to have school trips to foreign countries during holidays.

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

A．School Trips in the US	B．School Holidays in the US
C．School Activities in the US	D．Outdoor Adventure in the US

【推荐1】A 15-year-old Indian girl, Kumari, who pedalled her injured father more than a thousand kilometres across India, has been invited to try out for the national cycling team.

In January, a motor-bike driver, Mohan Paswan, who made a living by carrying passengers in New Delhi, was injured in a traffic accident. After the accident, Paswan couldn't drive. So his daughter, Kumari took a train across the country to take care of him. But without income, Paswan could no longer afford the rent and they were running out of food. They decided to go home. With the last $20, the 15-year-old girl bought an old bicycle, and planned to take her father to their home village across India --- in a heroic, life-saving ride.

Kumari rode a bicycle with her father, sitting on the pillion(后座)and holding their belongings from Gurugram city, near New Delhi, to their village in the northeastern state of Bihar. They arrived home on May 16 after covering 1,200 kilometres (745 miles) in seven days.

The father and daughter's arduous journey on a second-hand bike bought with their remaining funds made headlines. It also caught the attention of the Cycling Federation of India, which offered Kumari the chance to try out for the country's team. "She covered this long and difficult distance in seven days with her father and some luggage too. I thought she has something in her endurance level. We can try her," chairman Onkar Singh told the journalist.

“She said she only wants to pursue her studies. We told her that we also take care of studies at our academies. Singh said the federation would test Kumari to see if she is suitable for competitive cycling.

There were also other people who praised Kumari's efforts, describing it as a "'beautiful model of endurance and love."

1. What made Kumari have to ride a bike back home?

A．That her father was injured.

B．That she could only afford a bike.

C．That her home village was far away.

D．That she wanted to join in the cycling race.

2. Which can best explain the underlined word "arduous " in paragraph 4?

A．dangerous

B．lovely

C．pleasant

D．tough

3. Why did Onkar Singh invite Kumari to try out for the national cycling team?

A．Because she has extraordinary physical ability.

B．Because he didn't have anyone better than her.

C．Because she only wants to pursue her studies.

D．Because she is suitable for competitive cycling.

4. What can best describe Kumari according to the passage?

A．strong and caring	B．positive and confident
C．warm-hearted and brave	D．hard-working and beautiful

【推荐2】Recently, a Scottish grocery store employed a robot. The robot, named Fabio, was part of an experiment conducted by the Heriot-Watt University, which explores the combination of men and machines. Elena Margiotta, co-owner of the Margiotta supermarket chain, says, “We thought a robot was a great addition that could show the customers that we are always wanting to do something new and exciting.”

Fabio’s job was to make customers feel welcome and assist them in locating grocery items if asked. Things seemed to start off well. The almost 4-foot-tall humanoid robot greeted customers, talked intelligently about the weather, and even gave hugs and high-fives. Later, its friendliness appeared to wane when a shopper needed help but received a vague answer. Therefore, store visitors began to seek out human employees for help.

Believing it might be better at a job that required more socializing, the shop assigned Fabio to hand out sausage samples. Unfortunately, things did not go well. While a human employee managed to attract 12 customers to try the food in 15 minutes, the robot attracted just two.

Since Fabio was not trained for any other job, the grocery store management decided to “fire” the robot a week after it had first reported for duty. The director of the Interaction Lab at Heriot-Watt says, “When we had to put it back in the box, one of employees started crying because they had become emotionally attached to it. It was good in a way because we had thought they would feel threatened by it as it was competing for their job. ” As he later discovered, the tears were not out of fondness for Fabio, but it was because the robot freed the human employees from the dull task of responding to customers’ questions.

Although Fabio appears to be different within its family, thousands of other quite similar Pepper humanoid robots employed at various Japanese stores and some stores in America seem to be extremely popular with customers.

1. According Elena Margiotta, the shop employed a robot to ______.

A．reduce the cost of running the shop

B．carry out an experiment

C．show the intention to change

D．deliver and place the groceries

2. What does the underlined word “wane” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．become weaker.	B．become more popular.
C．become more obvious.	D．become less sincere.

3. When handing our sausage samples, Fabio _____.

A．didn’t get along well with human employees

B．failed to be understood by customers

C．couldn’t clearly tell the samples’ strengths

D．was no match for human employees

4. According to the passage, the store employees may agree that_________.

A．Fabio performed well in its job

B．they benefited from Fabio’s help

C．robots competed with them for the job

D．robots could respond well to customers’ questions

5. What can be implied from the last paragraph?

A．Other Pepper humanoid robots are superior to Fabio.

B．Robots-based customer service has a long way to go.

C．Scottish people are particular about robot employees.

D．People’s acceptance of robots may vary from culture to culture.

【推荐3】Veteran (经验丰富的) rock climbers are calling her one of the most promising climbers in the world. She flies up, grasping the rock and heading gracefully for practically non-existent (不存在的) holds. She’s only 14. Ashima Shiraishi, the New York-born teen, has shaken up the climbing world. At 1.55 meters and 45 kilograms, Ashima might not look like the groundbreaking athlete. But she could be, though still young, the first female climber whose accomplishments go beyond gender.

The evidence: At just 14, Ashima has already made history in the sport. She won the American National Youth Bouldering Championship (美国青少年攀岩锦标赛) every year from 2010 to 2014. And last March, the young climber completed the “Open Your Mind Direct” course in Spain. It’s a very big deal because the course, with a hold broken off near the top, is widely considered one of the hardest in the world. Only one woman and a small number of men have ever conquered it. She first learned to climb on rocks in Central Park when she was only six. Her father, who works as a dancer, is her coach. At age nine, Ashima went on a bouldering (攀岩) trip to Texas. Falling brought tears to her eyes, but she didn’t give up. Now, she finds she “couldn’t live without climbing.”

For the past six years, Ashima has been a climbing legend. Her love for the sport has taken her around the world. There have been articles and photo spreads in newspapers and sports magazines, films, countless online video clips, and an appearance on Time Magazine’s list of America’s most influential teenagers.

“I think people are shocked if I do something they can’t do or because I’m still very young and I’m a girl,” Ashima says. “In most sports, men lead the way. But with climbing, who knows, maybe women will be leading. Doing something that a guy can’t do is pretty special.”

1. As for Ashima Shiraishi, we know ________.

A．she is a great young rock climber	B．she can always find climbing holds that don’t exist
C．she doesn’t look like an athlete at all	D．she is the first female climber in the world

2. Which of the following is true about the course “Open your Mind Direct”?

A．Climbers can take the course only in Spain and America.

B．It is not difficult to finish the course.

C．Climbers have to finish it without any holds at near the top.

D．Not many climbers have done well in it.

3. From the last paragraph, we can infer that ________.

A．she wants to try other events in sports	B．she wonders why people are shocked
C．she expects to do better in rock climbing	D．she decides to try anything men can do

4. The passage mainly focuses on ________.

A．A Rock Star in the Climbing World	B．The First Female Rock Climber
C．A Most Influential Teenager in America	D．The Champion of American National Youth