【推荐1】An 11-year-old boy's dance in the rain in Lagos, Nigeria, not only touched the hearts of millions who saw his passion but it is helping make his dream come true.

Those who saw Anthony Madu jumping high and pirouetting（作单脚尖旋转）without shoes on the rain-soaked street in a video posted by his dance teacher were in awe（敬畏）of his talent—So much so that the attention the young ballet dancer, received online earlier this summer has helped him obtain a scholarship from a prestigious ballet, company in New York City.

With the support of actress Viola Davis, who shared Anthony's video with the title "reminds me of the beauty of my people," and actress Cynthia Erivo, 11-year-old Anthony was offered the opportunity to train at the American Ballet Theatre.

For Erivo, she says she felt a special, personal; connection, when she saw Anthony danced. They're in Nigeria. I happen to be Nigerian as well. And I was like, this felt like a fateful moment," the actress told NBC News. She was so moved by the young dancer's performance, she connected him with the theater company, "I think it's extremely important because I think boys are not encouraged to do this incredibly hard craft that actually encourages strength and endurance and beauty," Erivo said.

1. What do we know about Cynthia Erivo?

A．She's a NYC Ballett Company boss.

B．She supports Anthony Madu very much.

C．She doesn't encourage the boy to do the work.

D．She's Madu's friend in New York.

2. What does the underlined word "prestigious" in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．famous	B．interesting.
C．delightful.	D．valuable.

3. What can we infer most probably about the author from the text?

A．He loves poetry.	B．He's a news reporter.
C．He's very ambitious.	D．He makes videos.

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

A．Nigerian Boy: A Dancer of Talent

B．The Viral Video about a Dancer

C．NYC Ballet Company: A Haven for the Dancer

D．The Love of the Ballet

【推荐2】This must be the coolest school ever…just look at their new classroom! Pupils at Milton Hall School in Essex will soon be treated to lessons inside an actual private jet (喷气式飞机).

The Cessna Citation jet was noticed by the school’s media manager Jon Baker, who was having a flying lesson at Southend Airport. He thought it would make a good classroom. The school bought the disused private jet and said it was “a lot cheaper than building a classroom”. Once it’s washed and renovated (修复), it will be able 1o house classes of up to 5 children. “The children just want to get inside it, but we need to make it safe first,” Mr. Baker said. “I'll comfortably fit half a class when we're finished. The children have been writing stories about how they think it got there.” “It will receive a full makeover to turn it into a completely new exiting learning space ," Claire Reynolds, the school's business manager, said.

The city's health and safety team has examined the jet and will be monitoring the renovation. The school says it will take up to four months to change the space with seating, lighting and solar panels. “We have a lot of experts on site, including Mr. Baker, who’s a real plane enthusiast. It's his hobby,” Ms. Reynolds said. “Our school has limited space for expansion and we wanted to find an exciting and unusual way to further attract our children and expand on their learning.”

The jet will eventually become a center for ICT (Information and Communications Technology) and media studies. Teachers also hope the experience of learning inside such a special space will inspire the children’s creative writing.

1. When did Mr. Baker find the private jet?

A．When he was having a flight.	B．When he was on an exhibition.
C．When he was taking a flying lesson.	D．When he was watching a movie.

2. The school bought the plane for_________.

A．its comfortability	B．its affordability
C．its beauty	D．its size

3. What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The plane can be used as a classroom directly.

B．The jet classroom will do good to students' learning.

C．Mr. Baker wanted to have a jet classroom for he is a plane enthusiast.

D．The jet is large enough to hold many students.

4. In which section of a newspaper will you possibly red this passage?

A．Entertainment.	B．Health.
C．Celebrity.	D．Society.

【推荐1】I was the only kid in college with a reason to go to the mailbox, because my mother never believed in email or cell phones. I was literally waiting to get a letter to see how her weekend had gone, which was usually the warmest comfort for a girl of my age.

So when I moved to New York and got sucker-punched in the face by depression, I did the only thing I could think of. I wrote those same kinds of letters like my mother for strangers, and slipped them all over the city. I blogged about those letters and crazily promised if asked for a hand-written letter, I would write one.

Overnight, my inbox became this harbor of heartbreak — a single mother in Sacramento, a girl being bullied in Kansas, a 22-year-old immigrant, all asking me to write them and gave them a reason to wait by the mailbox. And this is how I initiated a global organization, fueled by those trips to the mailbox.

It is awesome. In fact, the thing about these letters is that most of them have been written by people who have grownup into a paperless world where some best conversations happen on a screen. We have learned to record our pain on to Facebook, and we speak swiftly in 140 characters or less.

But it’s not about efficiency. And I could tell you about a woman whose husband was traumatized (受精神创伤) by his war experiences in Afghanistan and isolated himself, and her love letters slipped throughout the house eventually got him back to her. Or a man, who decides to take his own life, finally sleeps soundly with a stack of letters from strangers slipped beneath his pillow.

The scare the kinds of stories that convince me that letter-writing will always be needed even in these days, because it is an art now.

1. Why did the author share her experience in college?

A．To show her attachment to letters.

B．To convey her love for writing letters.

C．To prove how convenient it was to write letters.

D．To indicate how much she cared for her family.

2. What inspired the author to launch the organization?

A．The letters’ comforting effect on people.

B．Her intention of providing professional aid

C．The positive influence of modern technology.

D．Her mother’s fear of modern communication.

3. Why does the author think the global organization awesome?

A．Digital generations still choose to handwrite letters.

B．People prefer to write strangers letters on the Internet.

C．So many people badly need hand-written letters to survive.

D．People post their sufferings and happiness on social media.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Family Letters Are Priceless

B．Love for Writing Never Declines

C．World Needs More Love Letters

D．Hand-written Letters Improve Efficiency

【推荐2】Kemira Boyd had just jumped in the shower when she heard her stepmother, Tammy Boyd, knocking on the door. Kemira’s 12-day-old daughter Ryleigh was choking. Kemira tried everything, but she still couldn’t breathe. Kemira knew Ryleigh needed to get to the hospital fast.

They had barely driven out of their neighborhood when a police car appeared behind them. Deputy Will Kimbro figured that the speeding driver was either too distracted to notice him or unconcerned. Kimbro soon found out it was a frightening combination of the two.

Once she’d pulled over, Kemira handed the baby to Kimbro. He put a hand on her little chest. Ryleigh’s heart was barely beating. Kimbro radioed for an ambulance. At that time Ryleigh’s lips were already blue.

The fact that Kimbro was there was a miracle. He had recently completed a CPR class and knew how to treat a child.

“Although I was shocked, my training kicked in, and I went to work to keep that child alive,” said Kimbro. Then he began tapping Ryleigh’s chest, hoping to press her heart back into action. Thanks to the CPR class, Kimbro knew the choking child didn’t have a chance if there was a blockage, and he used one finger to clear her airway. That was a magic touch. Twenty seconds later, Ryleigh began to cry. “If she’s crying like that, she’s breathing,” said Kimbro.

But they still had five more minutes until the ambulance would arrive, and Kimbro worried that Ryleigh would choke again. He continued with delicate chest compression and clearing her airway.

After transferring Ryleigh to the ambulance, Kimbro drove away. At the hospital, Ryleigh recovered quickly thanks to a determined police officer who was in the right place at the right time.

1. Why did Kemira stop her car outside her neighborhood?

A．She wanted to ask for help.

B．She had broken traffic rules.

C．She needed to care for the child.

D．She planned to talk with Kimbro.

2. What was Kimbro like when he dealt with the emergency?

A．Nervous.

B．Frightened.

C．Calm.

D．Shocked

3. What may be the best title for the text?

A．An encounter saved a life	B．A CPR class is important
C．A clever and brave policeman	D．A mother’s experience

【推荐3】As a child, I didn’t enjoy cartoons like other girls my age, but I did love listening to discussions about politics (政治). I was very talkative and asked too many questions, which wore out the patience of my friends and sometimes even the adults around me. My Grade 4 report summarized my social relations with “needs improvement”.

It wasn’t until I turned 46 that I learned my uniqueness has a name — autism (自闭症). My diagnosis (诊断) was like discovering a missing piece of my brain, picking it up, putting it in place and feeling whole for the first time. From then on, I started to fully enjoy life. What I’ve found out since is that there are a number of others like me — people who weren’t diagnosed as having autism until midlife.

In my 20s, I talked with a doctor about my growing anxiety. But autism never entered the conversation. In early 2017, I began a new job in which I was being praised and recognised as never before, so I didn’t know how to deal with it. As I neared the end of my one-year work, all the symptoms (症状) of my undiagnosed condition appeared in my working environment: becoming so stressed out because of overwork. Then, two months later, I received my diagnosis. Finally everything started to make sense.

Today, I have my own company called Liberty Co., which suggests that facing the facts brings us freedom. Our goal is to increase the population of people like me in the workplace. It gives me a chance to be a supporter for women with autism.

1. What do we know about the author as a child?

A．She was patient.	B．She was different.
C．She got good grades in school.	D．She tried to stand out from her classmates.

2. How did the author feel about her diagnosis?

A．Thankful.	B．Concerned.
C．Doubtful.	D．Dissatisfied.

3. What made the author’s symptoms worse?

A．No recognition from her co-workers.	B．Not seeing doctors very often.
C．The anxiety about her social relations.	D．The stress of her new job.

4. Why did the author set up her own business?

A．To support women’s equal rights.

B．To help people in the workplace connect more.

C．To include more autistic people at work.

D．To teach women with autism survival skills.