【推荐1】I began working in journalism when I was eight.It was my mother's idea.She wanted me to “make something” of myself,and decided I had better start young if I was to have any chance of keeping up with the competition.

With my load of magazines I headed toward Belleville Avenue.The crowds were there.There were two gas stations on the corner of Belleville and Union.For several hours I made myself highly visible,making sure everyone could see me and the heavy black letters on the bag that said THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.When it was supper time,I walked back home.

“How many did you sell, my boy?” my mother asked. “None.”

“Where did you go?”

“The corner of Belleville and Union Avenues.” “What did you do?”

“Stood on the corner waiting for somebody to buy a Saturday Evening Post.” “You just stood there? Didn't sell a single one? My God,Russell.”

Uncle Allen put in, “I've decided to take the Post.” I handed him a copy and he   paid me a nickle(五分镍币)．It was the first nickle I earned.

Afterwards my mother taught me how to be a salesman. I would have to ring doorbells, address adults with self-confidence,and persuade them by saying that no one, no matter how poor, could afford to be without the Saturday Evening Post in the home.

One day,I told my mother I'd changed my mind.I didn't want to make a success in the magazine business.

“If you think you can change your mind like this,” she replied, “you'll become a good-for-nothing.” She insisted that,as soon as school was over, I should start ringing doorbells, selling magazines.Whenever I said no, she would scold me.

My mother and I had fought this battle almost as long as I could remember.My mother, dissatisfied with my father's plain workman's life, determined that I would not grow up like him and his people.But never did she expect that, forty years later, such a successful journalist as me would go back to her husband's people for true life and love.

1. Why did the boy start his job young?

A．He wanted to be famous in the future.	B．The job was quite easy for him.
C．His mother had great hope for him.	D．The competition for the job was fierce.

2. From the dialogue between the boy and his mother，we learn that the mother was .

A．excited	B．interested
C．ashamed	D．disappointed

3. What did the mother do when the boy wanted to give up?

A．She forced him to continue.

B．She punished him.

C．She gave him some money.

D．She changed her plan.

4. The underlined phrase “this battle”in the last paragraph refers to .

A．the war between the boy's parents

B．the arguing between the boy and his mother

C．the quarrel between the boy and his customers

D．the fight between the boy and his father

【推荐3】The last thing Caitlin Hipp would have expected as she prepared to turn 28 years old was to be living at home with her parents. All she’s ever wanted to do is to become an elementary school teacher. However, Hipp has racked up(累计) $100,000 (about 0.67 million yuan) in student loan debt and isn’t able to earn enough through working as a part-time skating instructor and restaurant server to live anywhere other than home.

To some degree, multigenerational households have always been a part of American life. However, the number of adults who have been moving back in with their parents or never leaving home in the first place has been growing steadily.

The Pew Research Center recently reported that 2016 was a milestone in the evolving living arrangements of young adults in the US. Until 2016, the most common living arrangement for young adults was to be living in their own property as part of a couple. UBS Financial Services, a Swiss global financial services company, released a report that even suggests one reason for the growing number of young adults still living at home could be that their family doesn’t want them to leave. The report shows that 74 percent of millennials(千禧一代) get some kind of financial support from their parents after college. Millennials see their parents as peers, friends and mentors（导师）. In return, their parents happily provide financial support well into adulthood, helping fund everything for them. Stuart Hoffman, chief economist for the PNC Financial Group in the US, said “Although job growth for millennials since 2014 has improved, that doesn’t necessarily mean that millennials are starting to fly the nest, he said. “They may like living at home and being able to save money.”

He added, “While it has held back household formation and purchases on things, they are probably traveling more and eating out more. I don’t know if it represents a change in moral values, it’s much more common for adult children to live in their parent’s homes because it’s becoming part of the culture.”

1. What’s the purpose of Caitlin Hipp’s story?

A．To prove the author’s view.

B．To introduce her situation.

C．To present the topic.

D．To make readers rethink about the problem.

2. What does the underlined part (Paragraph1) probably refer to?

A．live with parents

B．live independently

C．stay at home

D．leave home

3. According to Hoffman, which of the following is true?

A．It isn’t necessary for millennials to leave the nest.

B．They can spend less money on their daily life.

C．Moral values are changing gradually.

D．Young adults are living in a different life style.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Why is the number of the millennial growing steadily?

B．Why has the percentage of adults living with their parents been on the rise?

C．Why are parents willing to help fund for young adults?

D．Why do more adults treat their parents as peers, friends and guides?

【推荐2】An Uber self-driving car hit and killed a woman crossing the street in Arizona, U.S., police said on Monday, marking the first death caused by an autonomous vehicle and a potential blow to the technology expected to transform transportation.

The ride services company said it was delaying North American tests of its self-driving vehicles, which are currently going on in Arizona, Pittsburgh and Toronto.

So-called robot cars, when fully developed by companies including Uber, are expected to thoroughly cut down on motor vehicle deaths and create billion-dollar businesses. But Monday's accident highlighted (凸显) the possible challenges ahead for the promising technology as the cars face real-world situations involving real people.

"This catastrophic accident highlights why we need to be exceptionally cautious when testing and applying autonomous vehicle technologies to public roads," said Edward Markey, a member of the transportation committee, in a statement. "Elaine Herzberg, 49, was walking her bicycle outside the crosswalk on a four-lane road in the Phoenix suburb of Tempe at about 10 p.m. MST Sunday when she was struck by the Uber vehicle traveling at about 65 kilometers per hour," police said. The car was in autonomous mode with an operator behind the wheel. U.S. federal safety officials were sending teams to investigate the crash. Canada's transportation ministry in Ontario, where Uber conducts are being tested, also said it was reviewing the accident.

"Uber and Waymo on Friday urged Congress to pass a law to speed the introduction of self-driving cars into the united states. However, some congressional (国会) representatives have blocked the legislation over safety concerns, and Monday's death could hamper passage of the bill, "congressional assistants said Monday.

1. According to the passage, which is the effect of the accident of the woman's being killed?

A．People will be cautious while crossing a road.

B．The woman's family will obtain a billion dollars.

C．The process of transforming transportation will be affected.

D．Self-driving vehicles will cut down on motor vehicles deaths.

2. The underlined word "hamper" in Paragraph 6 most probably mean _______.

A．make	B．prevent
C．start	D．accelerate

3. We can infer from the passage that ________.

A．Less than three places are doing tests of its self-driving vehicles now

B．The officials of the transportation ministry in Ontario were lookig into the crash

C．Elaine Herzberg was biking when she was hit by a self-driving car

D．We can't be too careful when introducing autonomous vehicle technologies to public roads

4. What is the author's purpose in writing the text?

A．To arouse the public concerns over a self-driving safety.

B．To remind car producers to be more careful when testing vehicles technology.

C．To advise the Congress to pass a law to speed self-driving cars test in the US.

D．To urge the US federal safety regulators to take measures to look into the accident.

【推荐3】Charlotte Heffelmire was home in Vienna,Va.,for Thanksgiving break from the Air Force Academy when she saw that her father had gotten stuck under the pickup truck he'd been working on.

"I was on my back,face up,and I was trying to get some brake lines when apparently the jack（千斤顶）slipped and fell down on me,"her dad,Eric Heffelmire,told WUSA9.Gasoline spilled（溢出）and caught fire,and he knew he was in trouble."I thought they 'd be pulling out a dead body later in the evening."

After his struggling for 10 minutes,his barefoot teenage daughter came running into the garage."I felt the weight shift,and I said,'You almost got it.'and then it was just UGHHHRRR,and suddenly I'm pulled out,"Eric told NBC4.

Even Charlotte,120 pounds and 5-foot-6,isn't sure where her power came from."It was some crazy strength,"she told WUSA9.

Realizing the burning truck could set her house on fire at any moment,Charlotte jumped into the truck and drove it out of the garage."I didn't want the entire house to explode with the truck,so I started the truck,put it in four-wheel drive,and managed to drive it with three wheels,"she said.

Then she went inside the house to grab her baby sister and got her grandmother out of the house too."I just did what I had to do,so I don't feel like a big hero or anything,"Charlotte said.Her local fire department,Fairfax County Fire and Rescue,felt differently,awarding her the Citizen Lifesaving Award.

1. What did Eric Heffelmire do after he got stuck under the truck?

A．He put out the fire.	B．He tried to get out.
C．He shouted for help.	D．He waited for his death.

2. Why was Charlotte awarded by the local fire department?

A．Because she remained low-key.

B．Because she was a lifesaving hero.

C．Because she did what they should do.

D．Because she had some crazy strength.

3. Which of the following words can best describe Charlotte?

A．Brave and powerful.	B．Determined and patient.
C．Energetic and outgoing.	D．Considerate and cautious.

【推荐1】It all started with a tweet from a social media influencer Jérôme Jarre on March 15 after he was on a call with a volunteer in Somalia who had just seen a 6-year-old girl die after walking 90 miles with her mother in search of water. In Somalia alone, 6.2 million people are in need of help.

In his video, Jarre says that everyone is on social media from food and water companies to airlines. What if they could find an airline willing to send food and water to Somalia?

With Turkish Airlines being the only airline that flies to Somalia, he started a GoFundMe campaign (活动) called “Love Army for Somalia” and challenged viewers to post on social media #TurkishAirlinesHelpSomalia to get them to set aside one of their flights to Somalia for food.

The campaign took off, and other social media influencers joined the movement to help spread the word. Within days, many famous people joined the cause. Turkish Airlines listened and came back with an answer, saying they would keep donating (捐赠) a plane to be filled with food until the end of the famine (饥荒). This campaign received $1 million, within 24 hours with the average (平均的) donation being around $28 — the highest donation of $50,000 came from Alex and Ani, a jewelry company.

The goal was to reach $1 million in 10 days and the amount (数量) of money raised in such a short time by so many people surprised Jarre. However, they don’t want this to be a one-off campaign, and to keep the campaign going, they’ve come up with another hashtag, #NominatedForSomalia to ask each donor to encourage three friends to donate through social media.

Jérôme Jarre is in Somalia right now and sharing wonderful images that will put a smile on your face and make sure help is reaching the right people.

1. What happened to the 6-year-old girl according to the first paragraph?

A．She lost her life.	B．She lost her way.
C．She failed to be a volunteer.	D．She failed to stay close to her mother.

2. What did Jarre decide to do?

A．To set up an organization.	B．To raise money from the public.
C．To give up using social media.	D．To apply for a job in an airline.

3. Which paragraph mainly tells us the achievement of the GoFundMe campaign?

A．Paragraph 2.

B．Paragraph 3.

C．Paragraph 4.

D．Paragraph 5.

4. How was the campaign after it started?

A．It fell short of its goal.	B．It drew little attention.
C．It was a great success.	D．It was questioned by viewers.

【推荐2】My father never wanted his children to know what he did for a living. Dad worked in Plant C. Lying beside lake Erie, it saw him in at sunrise and out at nightfall. Sometimes my mother would take my siblings （兄弟姐妹）and me to the public beach in our hometown of Ashtabula. She'd gather us round and point to the smokestacks, coughing clouds into the sky.

"Wave to daddy!" she'd shout. Four little hands would shoot into the air. I never knew what Dad did in Plant C, but during 34 years of hard work, he had surgery（手术） on his shoulder and hand. At 48, he had his first heart attack. He retired in 1993, right after the last kid graduated from college. But the damage was done. A few years later, the next heart attack killed him.

I saw my dad in Plant C only once, when I took dinner to him. That night, I looked at my father, covered in sweat and coal, and for the first time I knew why he was so often angry for no reason.

Recently my father' s friend, Toby Workman, walked me there. I knew my father never wanted me to see it. At every station, he described the job and the danger. It was like listening to a foreign language. I walked past many DANGER signs. Toby put his hand on my shoulder."Look," he said, "you need to understand something. Your dad was a maintenance mechanic(机械维修师). He worked the most dangerous job. If something broke, he fixed it. "

A few days later, my daughter graduated from college. I gave her the hard hat Toby handed to me as I left, and this note: " Whenever you feel something difficult, put this on, look in the mirror, and remember your roots. "

1. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．to know about what the father did	B．in memory of the author's father
C．in memory of the author's mother	D．to remind the family to live well

2. Which of the following is TRUE of the facts about the author's father?

A．He always faced danger while working

B．He worked in Plant C for 48 years in all

C．He was satisfied with his job

D．He didn't suffer a heart attack until he retired

3. When the author saw her father in Plant C, ________.

A．her father was fixing a broken machine

B．she didn't recognize her father

C．her father was angry about her coming

D．she understood him about his bad temper

4. When Toby Workman described the author’s father’s job, the author ________.

A．felt much puzzled	B．felt familiar with the job
C．wanted to learn a foreign language	D．decided to do the same work

5. The author gave her daughter the hat to hope that her daughter could________.

A．remember her grandfather	B．overcome all difficulties by wearing it
C．get encouraged by her grandfather	D．follow her grandfather' s work