【推荐1】There are many people who prefer new books to old ones, because they think that new books are better.     1    

They have stood the test of time.     2     As a writer, C. S. Lewis would rather ask a reader to read an old book than a new one as the new one is still under trial and the reader is an amateur (业余的) to judge it.

    3     Old books usually cost less in comparison, and at times they are available even for free at book stores, thrift shops or book fairs.

They help you know your past. Classic novels teach a lot about a particular previous time in history while we are enjoying present times.

They are of better quality. The title is self­explanatory.     4     If a book is being read even 50 years after it was published, then it’s a classic, and surely good.

They don’t discriminate against age. Old books are for everyone and not for a particular age group. You need not be a child to enjoy books written for kids.     5    

They smell so good. The smell of old books is just too good. Don’t you just love the vanilla­or almond­like smell as you bury your nose into the pages of an old classic?

A．They are cheaper.

B．They are easy to get.

C．What makes a book a classic?

D．How does a book affect your life?

E．But in fact, the opposite is true, more often than not.

F．Cinderella can still be your favorite night­time read as an adult.

G．Ideas come and go, but only the best ideas are the ones that stand out.

【推荐3】It was Williams’ mother who got her interested in reading books. A librarian, she read to her three children every day. “Not until we went to school,” Williams said. “Until we went to college.”

When Williams, now 54, became a primary school teacher in Virginia, she wanted her students to fall in love with reading just as she had. But early on, she realized that some kids had little chance to read books.

“Kids who are read to perform much better than those who are not,” she said. To Williams, the solution was simple: Give kids books. In 2017, she gave away 900 used children’s books over three days. Most people would be satisfied with that.

She said, “I wanted to do something.”

So she set a new goal for herself: Give away one million books. It sounds like an unreachable number. However, Williams posted on the Internet: “Don’t complain (抱怨) if you aren’t willing to work hard out on the field.” She got to work, first by advising friends to give away books or money to buy books. Soon, as news of Williams’ project spread, strangers started putting books in front of her door. As quickly as the books came in, Williams gave them to local schools for free.

In the four years, Williams has given away more than 78,000 books-only 922,000 more to reach her goal! And she’s not slowing down. “Reading can take you anywhere,” she said. “You can travel in time and space. If you can read, you can learn almost anything.”

1. What is the purpose of Williams’ project?

A．To make it possible for more children to read books.

B．To encourage teachers to read books to kids.

C．To raise kids’ interest of buying books.

D．To let more people travel in space.

2. Why did Williams post on the Internet?

A．She could make more friends.

B．She was tired of the complaining.

C．She wanted to ask for more help.

D．She needed to buy books online.

3. Which sentence can best describe Williams’ story?

A．Well begun, half done.

B．Time and tide wait for no man.

C．Failure is the mother of success.

D．Where there is a will, there is a way.

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

A．A Reading Competition

B．A Reading Lover

C．The Book Lady

D．The Book Travel

【推荐1】People should listen to music for no more than one hour a day to protect their hearing, the World Health Organization (WHO) suggests.
It says 1.1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of permanently damaging their hearing by listening to “too much, too loudly”.
It said audio devices(音频设备), concerts and bars were causing a “serious threat”.
WHO figures show 43 million people aged 12-35 have hearing loss and the number is increasing. In that age group, the WHO said, half of the people in rich and middle-income countries were exposed to unsafe sound levels from personal audio devices. Meanwhile 40% were exposed to damaging levels of sound from clubs and bars.
The proportion of US teenagers with hearing loss went from 3.5% in 1994 to 5.3% in 2006.
“What we’re trying to do is raise awareness of the problem that is not talked about enough, but has the potential to do a lot of damage that can be easily prevented,” said Dr Etienne Krug, the WHO’s director for injury prevention.
The full report argued: “While it is important to keep the volume down, limiting the use of personal audio devices to less than one hour a day would do much to reduce noise exposure.”
Dr Krug said: “That’s a rough recommendation, it is not by the minute, to give an idea to those spending 10 hours a day listening to an mp3-player. But even an hour can be too much if the volume（音量）is too loud.”
1. What might be the main cause of hearing loss according to the passage?

A．Listening to music frequently.

B．Listening to music at concerts.

C．Listening to too much and too loud music.

D．Listening to music from poor audio devices.

2. How many people aged 12-35 were most likely to suffer from hearing loss according to WHO?

A．3.5%.

B．5.3%.

C．40%.

D．50 %.

3. Which of the following ideas would Dr Etienne Krug agree with?

A．Safe noise exposure is based on the limitation to both volume and time.

B．One hour of exposure to loud music a day will do no damage to hearing.

C．With proper volume, one can listen to an mp3-player for 10 hours a day.

D．It will be OK to be exposed to loud noise from personal audio devices.

4. What might be the best title for the passage?

A．Away from music

B．How to enjoy music

C．Risk of hearing loss

D．Warning of hearing damage

【推荐3】A new coffee culture is forming in and around San Francisco, California. A growing number of coffeehouses there are barring paper cups. Instead, they are using glass containers or creating “bring your own cup” policies. The movement started among neighborhood cafes in an effort to reduce waste. Now it is gaining support from large businesses in the city—and around the country.

Famous cook Dominique Crenn is opening a cafe in San Francisco next year that will not use to-gabags, throw-away coffee cups or any plastic. Diners who plan to buy a to-go drink from boutique Crenn will be asked to bring their own coffee cups, a spokeswoman said.

The Blue Bottle coffeehouse company uses about 15,000 to-go cups each month at its 70 shops across the U.S. The company recently said it wants to “show our guests and the world that we can get rid of disposable (一次性的) cups”.

Blue Bottle plans to stop using paper cups at two of its stores next year. The move is part of a promise to produce “zero waste” by the end of next year.

Larger coffee and fast-food businesses around the U. S. are feeling a sense of urgency (紧急) to be more environmentally friendly, said Bridget Croke. She is with the New York-based investment company Closed Loop Partners. It is working with Starbucks and McDonald’s to develop a substitute (替代品) for the disposable coffee cup.

Today’s to-go cups for hot drinks are not only made from paper, they also have plastic to prevent leaking. This makes them hard to recycle, Croke said. She admitted that it is not likely that large national food and drink companies will stop using disposable cups totally or ask all customers to bring their own.

So, her company is looking for other solutions. In partnership with Closed Loop, Starbucks and McDonald’s paid $10 million to develop the “single-use cup of the future”. The result is expected to be recyclable and to break down naturally.

1. What does the underlined word“barring”in the first paragraph mean?

A．Using.

B．Inventing.

C．Improving.

D．Banning.

2. What do boutique Crenn and Blue Bottle have in common?

A．They will desert throw-away cups.

B．They’ve decided to improve service.

C．They want to attract more customers.

D．They will open some new coffee shops.

3. Why are traditional to-go cups bad for the environment?

A．They are made from wood.

B．They are needed in great quantity.

C．The hard to recycle.

D．They encourage people to drink more coffee.

4. What do Starbucks and McDonald’s aim to do in the future?

A．Refuse to offer cups to consumers.

B．Invent environmentally friendly cups.

C．Run together with another company.

D．Spend a lot on the development of new coffee.