【推荐1】

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Writer:Lewis Carroll Price:￥25(in bookstores)￥20(online) Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is an English novel published in 1865. At the beginning, the book was not written for all people but for a little girl. On a summer day, the writer. Carroll made a short trip up the Thames River and told the story of Alice. The young girl falls down a rabbit hole and goes on unimaginable adventures into a wonderland.

Peter Pan Writer:J.M.Bairie in Scotland Price:￥15((in bookstores)￥12(online) It is a children’s story full of imagination and adventures, which is about Wendy, Joan, and Michael Darling’s adventures in Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.The children are happy and lovely.(with 2 tapes)

Uncle Tom’s Cabin Writer:Harriet Beecher Stowe Price:￥20(in bookstores)￥16(online) The most famous novel in American history,Uncle Tom’s Cabin talks about the fight between free states and slave states during the American Civil War and is as popular today as when it first came out more than 150 years ago

The Secret Garden Writer:Frances Hodgson Burnett in America Price:￥35(in bookstores)￥30(online) Mary Lennox, a sick girl, finds herself in her uncle’s dark house. Why are so many rooms locked? Why is one of the gardens locked?And what is that crying she hears at night? Through the power of hope, friendship, and the magic of nature,the brave girl brings the house and a long-lost garden back to life.

1. What can we learn from the passage?.

A．Uncle Tom’s Cabin was written about one and a half centuries ago

B．Peter Pan tells a story about four sad boys

C．The Secret Garden is the cheapest of the four

D．Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is with 2 tapes

2. Among the four books, which one can we enjoy the sound besides reading it if you buy one?

A．Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.	B．The Secret Garden.
C．Uncle Tom’s Cabin	D．Peter Pan.

3. If Lucy wants to buy four of the books online instead of in the bookstores, how much can she save?

A．￥17.

B．￥20.

C．￥27.

D．￥30.

4. What’s the purpose of this passage ?

A．To tell the children how to begin an adventure.

B．To provide some ads about cartoon movies.

C．To teach how to write stories for kids.

D．To offer some information about books.

【推荐2】Hundreds of years ago, news was carried from place to place by people on foot or by horse. It took days, weeks and sometimes months for people to receive news. Now it is possible to send words and pictures around the world in seconds. Billions of people learn about news stories of their own country and all over the world every day, either by watching TV or reading newspaper.

Newspapers have been an important part of everyday life since the 18th century. Many countries have hundreds of different newspapers. How do newspaper editors decide which news stories to print? Why do they print some stories and not others? What makes a good newspaper story?

Firstly, it is important to report news stories. TV stations can report news much faster than newspapers. Yet, newspapers give more about the same story. They may also look at the story in another way, or they may print completely different stories to those on TV.

Secondly, a news story has to be interesting and unusual. People don’t want to read stories about everyday life. As a result, many stories are about some kind of danger and seem to be “bad” news. For example, newspapers never print stories about planes landing safely; instead they print stories about plane accidents.

Another factor (因素) is also very important in many news stories. Many people are interested in news in foreign countries, but more prefer to read stories about people, places and events in their own country. So the stories on the front page in Chinese newspapers are usually very different from the ones in British, French and American newspapers.

1. According to the passage, how do people learn about news stories in the world now?

A．They carry news stories and tell others from place to place on foot or by horse.

B．They tell each other what they have seen with their eyes.

C．They watch TV or read newspapers.

D．They listen to the radio every day.

2. The difference between newspaper stories and TV news reports is that ________.

A．people can learn more about the same news story from a newspaper

B．people can read the news story more quickly in a newspaper

C．people can read news stories in other countries

D．people can read news stories about their own country

3. To make a good newspaper story, how many factors does the passage talk about?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Five.

D．Six.

4. According to the passage, which of the following can you most possibly watch on TV?

A．Your teacher has got a cold.

B．The bike in front of your house is lost.

C．You often play football with your friends after school.

D．A tiger in the city zoo has run out and hasn’t been caught.

【推荐3】As the economic crisis goes worse, some reader are turning to bookstores for advice on how to manage their own finances. Below are the top-ten selling books in both categories for the week ended Oct.18 at Barnes & Noble Inc., the country’s largest book retailer (零售商). Here readers are buying books whose titles feature such words as “failed”, “crisis” and “danger”.

1. The total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey. A primer on how to cut debt, save money and create a financial strategy.

2. Debt Cures ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know About by Kevin Trudeau. A look into the dangers of credit card spending and how to reduce your expenses.

3. Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny by Suze Orman, Ms. Orman writes about how women can gain better control of their finances by better understanding their relationship with money.

4. The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke by Suze Orman. A book on what the young need to know now about money management.

5. The Smart Cookies’ Gude to Making More Dough by the Smart Cookies with Jennifer Barrett. The book’s advice: Take charge and get out of debt.

6. The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression by Amity Shlaes. A look at what happened during that other crisis.

7. The Partnership: The Making of Goldman Sachs by Charles D. Ellis. An inside look at the famed investment-banking firm.

8. “Bad Money: Reckless Finance, Failed Politics, and the Global Crisis of American Capitalism by Kevin Phillips. Mr. Phillips documents the unreaveling of the U.S. economy.

9. The New Paradigm for Financial Markets: The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means by George Soros. An analysis of the issue behind the crisis and their implications.

10. The World is Cured: Hidden Dangers to the Global Economy by David M. Smick. An inside look at what went wrong with the banking system here and abroad.

1. What is the best title for the passage?

A．A Personal Financial List

B．The Country’s Largest Book Seller

C．Serious Economic Crisis

D．Ten Books to Read in the Financial Crisis

2. The reason why readers are buying books including “failed, crisis, danger” is that______.

A．they are discouraged with the serious financial crisis

B．they are to find advice to get through the financial crisis

C．they are concerned about failures in the world

D．they have no choice but to read such books

3. If you desire to get out of debt, you’d better read the book written by ______.

A．David M. Smick

B．Suze Orman

C．Kevin Phillips

D．the Smart Cookies

4. From the text we know that ______.

A．Charles D. Ellis is famous as an investment-banking manager

B．George Soros has given the detailed root of present economic crisis

C．Amity Shlaes is only interested in the past economic crisis

D．Dave Ramsey is the current Minister of the USA.

【推荐1】You may think you couldn’t live through summer without air conditioning. But in ancient China, hand fans were almost the only way to drive the heat away.

Chinese people started to use hand fans over 2, 000 years ago. The fans came in different shapes and were made from all kinds of materials. Palm leaf fans were cheap and easy to make. Feather fans marked the owner’s high status. Sandalwood fans could send out a sweet smell. Later, hand fans became far more than just something that could cool you down. They developed into works of art, in which Tuanshan-round fans, and Zheshan-folded fans, were the most common. In the shape of a fullmoon, Tuanshan were usually made of silk. Women, especially those in the royal palace, liked to use them. Poets in ancient China often compared an abandoned (被抛弃的) woman to Tuanshan. A poet in the Qing Dynasty, Nalan Xingde was a typical example. He wrote, “If only life were as beautiful as when we first met, why should the autumn wind bother to pity deserted painted fans?”

Meanwhile, men, especially the literati (文人), used Zheshan. The literati liked them because Zheshan were usually made of paper and they could paint and write poems on them. It was a way for them to show off their skills in literature, painting and calligraphy (书法).

Today, Chinese people still use these fans, though not many people write or paint on them any more. This summer, why not paint one of your own?

1. Which fans could show a person’s social position?

A．Hand fans.	B．Palm leaf fans.
C．Feather fans.	D．Sandalwood fans.

2. Who did Nalan Xingde refer to by mentioning fans?

A．An abandoned woman.	B．A woman with a Tuanshan.
C．A woman with a Zheshan.	D．A woman in the royal palace.

3. Why did the literati like Zheshan?

A．They were folded fans.	B．They came in different shapes.
C．They had birds and flowers on them.	D．They gave them chances to show the talent.

4. Where is the text most likely from?

A．A diary.	B．A dictionary.
C．A fairy tale.	D．A magazine.

【推荐2】If you want to slow aging, you might want to eat less. This finding is good news—if you were a mouse. The researchers studied mice, not people.

John Price and other researchers studied two groups of mice. One group was able to eat as much as it wanted. The researchers limited what the mice in the other group ate. Their diet had 35 percent fewer calories than the first group of mice.

Price says the mice with the diet restrictions were more energetic and suffered fewer disease. They were not just living longer but seemed to stay younger for a longer period of time.

The researchers found that fewer calories slow down a natural mechanism in cells called ribosomes. Price explains that ribosomes are responsible for making important proteins in the cells. But with fewer calories, they slow down. This gives the cells more time to repair themselves.

The researchers say ribosomes use from 10 to 20 percent of the cell’s energy to make those proteins. Price wrote that because of this, it is impractical to destroy an entire ribosome when it starts to break down. However, repairing individual parts of the ribosome on a regular basis enables ribosomes to continue producing high quality proteins for longer than they would otherwise. This top quality production, in turn, keeps cells and the entire body functioning well.

Price said, “ribosome is a very complex machine, like a car.” “They need maintenance to replace the parts that wear out the fastest. When tires wear out,” he explained,” you don’t throw the whole car away and buy a new one. It costs less to replace the old tires.”

“Food,” he said, “isn’t just material to be burned—it’s a signal that tells our body and cells how to respond.” Price said the findings help to explain how exactly our bodies age. And this may “help us make more educated decisions about what we eat.”

1. What can we know about the mice with limited calories from the study?

A．They can keep healthy easily.

B．They need more energy to be active.

C．They can look younger than they are.

D．They will live a longer life like humans.

2. What will happen to ribosomes if there are fewer calories?

A．They will completely break down.

B．They make proteins in the cells slowly.

C．They will produce high quality proteins more.

D．They may need more time to repair themselves.

3. Price explained the ribosomes’ role of repairing themselves by _________.

A．telling a story	B．listing basic data
C．making comparisons	D．experimenting on mice

4. What does the text mainly deal with?

A．Food decides how long you live.

B．Can you slow down your aging process?

C．Eating less may help you live longer.

D．Should your diet be reduced for your health?

【推荐3】The uninvolved dad, turning up his nose at diapering(换尿布) and too busy to bathe, dress and play with his kids, is mostly a myth(神话) , a big government survey suggests. Most American fathers say they are heavily involved in hands-on parenting, the researchers found.
The results are encouraging and important " because others have found the more involved dads are, the better the outcomes for their children. " said researcher Jo Jones of the National Center for Health Statistics, part of the Centers for Disease Control Prevention. She co-authored the report released Friday.
"Times have changed," said Robert Loftus, 34, of Yonkers, NY. He quit a six-figure sales job a year ago to care for his two young children while his wife works full time. "We are trying to rethink our priorities (优先考虑的事) and family seem to be N0 1 priority while in the past maybe people were more focused on career. "
The study involved nearly 4.000 fathers who were interviewed in person between 2009 and 2013.
◇Key findings among fathers living with children younger than 5 :
*9 in 10 bathed, diapered, helped them use the toilet or get dressed at least several times weekly .
* Even higher numbers played with them and ate meals with them that often
* Almost 2 out of 3 read to them at least several times weekly.
◇Among dads living with kids aged 5-18.
* More than 9 out of 10 ate meals with them at least several times weekly and talked with them about what happened during the kids' day that often.
* Almost 2 out of 3 helped with homework several times weekly.
* About half took their kids to or from activities that often.
Dr. David Hill, a Wilmington, N. C. pediatrician (儿科医生) said the survey reflects what he's seen among his patients' fathers. Increasingly, fathers rather than mothers take their kids to the doctor. Some "are anxious about changing a diaper, " he said.
Census(调查) numbers show that there were almost 190,000 stay-at-home dads nationwide last year versus 93,000 in 2010. Loftus, the New York stay-at-home dad, said, "I feel fortunate to be able to be such a hands-on father. I'm doing the most significant occupation in the world. "
1. What can we learn about the research?

A．It aimed to study fathers' influence on kids.

B．It showed most fathers often helped kids learn.

C．It found most fathers played with kids every day.

D．It mainly surveyed fathers' living with young kids.

2. According to the text, Robert Loftus would agree that______.

A．time is important for success

B．it is harder to find a job than before

C．family is more important than work

D．today's people are under much pressure

3. Dr David Hill seems to consider the findings of the report ______ .

A．surprising	B．misleading
C．convincing	D．unimportant

4. What can we learn from Loftus' s words in the last paragraph?

A．He is proud of his efforts.

B．He prefers to work full time.

C．He needs his wife' s support very much.

D．He finds it hard to be a stay-at-home dad.

5. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A．More stay-at-home dads in America

B．Parents spend more time with children .

C．The importance of family for Americans

D．American dads more involved in parenting