【推荐2】Where can you find a nice place to relax on holiday for both you and your children? Well, I suggest you try the beautiful and green Isle of Wight (IOW). The Isle of Wight is one of the main tourist attractions. Here is some information on a few of the attractions on the IOW.

Dinosaur Isle

It is located in Sandown, a seaside town on the southeast coast. It’s a large, lovely museum, both fun and educational. Here you can see a large fossil collection of all kinds of dinosaurs, as well as a gift shop. You can walk into the past and then the future, learning about the history and the development of the civilization of dinosaurs (恐龙) that lived 120 million years ago.

Robin Hill Country Park

The park is in the beautiful countryside, and is suitable for children’s parties and games. It has five new gardens, and offers great opportunities to see and take pictures of the rare red squirrels.

The West of the Wight

Here we have the Marine Aquarium, the Archaeology Exhibition and the Model Railway. They offer another opportunity to combine entertainment (娱乐) with learning. This is a great place to see ancient boats crossing the narrow strait between the island and the mainland.

The Wight Bus Museum

This museum is run completely by unpaid volunteers. It has a bus collection stored in what was once a warehouse (仓库). Most of the buses in the museum date back to around the 1910’s.

With all of these choices, what are you waiting for? IOW Tourism welcomes you!

1. Where can you visit the dinosaur museum?

A．In a seaside town.	B．In the west of the Isle.
C．On the northeast coast.	D．In the beautiful countryside.

2. Where can you learn something as well as have a good time?

A．Dinosaur Isle and the West of the Wight.

B．Dinosaur Isle and Robin Hill Country Park.

C．The Wight Bus Museum and the West of the Wight.

D．The Wight Bus Museum and Robin Hill Country Park.

3. The purpose of this passage is to _______.

A．tell readers what is worth visiting	B．attract readers to come to the IOW
C．advise readers how to relax on holidays	D．show the development of tourism on the IOW

4. You can read this article in a _______.

A．book review

B．science journal

C．film advertisement

D．travel magazine

【推荐2】The effects of coffee consumption（摄入）on health have long been a subject of conflict and uncertainty. Since the 1980s, some have spoken out against coffee as it is harmful to health, while others have welcomed coffee for its supposed benefits to health.

According to a scientific report, mild coffee consumption, three to five cups per day, can be taken as a healthy dietary pattern, along with other healthful behavior. The report also says that coffee consumption helps reduce the risk of heart disease and it protects against Parkinson’s disease.

According to Dr. Donald Hensrud of Mayo Clinic, high consumption of coffee has health risks. Dr. Hensrud mentions the dangers of high coffee consumption for people with a certain illness that slows the breakdown of caffeine in the body. Some studies said that drinking two or more cups of coffee daily can actually increase the risk of heart disease in these people.

According to conclusions from a recent study led by Dr. Gregory Marcus, a doctor from the University of California San Francisco, daily moderate consumption of caffeine, less than 4 cups, is not associated with these issues.

Until the scientific community reaches a general agreement on the effects of coffee consumption on human health, it will be up to the individual to decide whether the benefits of drinking coffee are greater than the risks.

When informed of these possible health benefits and harm of drinking coffee, Harwood, a high school student stated, “Even though there might be some negative effects of drinking coffee, for the most part, coffee drinking sounds good for health. Not to mention I need coffee to stay awake.”

1. What is the people’s attitude towards the effects of coffee on health according to Paragraph 1?

A．Positive.

B．Negative.

C．Doubtful.

D．Mixed.

2. What does the underlined word “moderate” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Zero.

B．Little.

C．Mild.

D．Heavy.

3. What can we infer about Harwood?

A．He’ll keep on drinking coffee.	B．He loves his high school life.
C．He often falls asleep in class.	D．He has some health problems.

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

A．Why People Love Coffee?	B．How Coffee Affects Health?
C．The Culture of Coffee Drinking	D．The New Findings of Heart Disease

【推荐3】Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you “What is the most important in your life?” maybe you will say “Computers and the Internet.”

The first computer was made in 1946. It was very big but it worked slowly. Today computers are getting smaller and smaller. But they work faster and faster. What can computers do? A writer has said, “People can’t live without computers today.”

The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-five years later than computers. But now it can be found almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, write letters, do shopping, play games or make friends.

Many students like the Internet very much. They often go into the Internet as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends. They don’t know their real names, ages and even sex (性别) .They are so interested in making the “unreal friends” that they can’t put their hearts into study. Many of them can’t catch up with others on many subjects because of that.

We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about the world. But at the same time, we should remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet.

1. The Internet cannot be used for ______.

A．studying

B．shopping

C．thinking

D．playing

2. When the computer was invented, it was ______.

A．large and worked quickly	B．small and worked slowly
C．large but worked slowly	D．small but worked quickly

3. The Internet was born in ______.

A．1960

B．1970

C．1980

D．1985

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Few students like going into the Internet.

B．Students use the Internet to make “unreal friends”.

C．These “unreal friends” often meet each other.

D．Students don’t know the friends on the Internet very well.