【推荐1】Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ballgame, come back three and a half hours later, and they’re still sitting on the sofa? Talking?
What in the world, Harold wonders, do they have to talk about?
Betty shrugs, Talk? We’re friends.
Researching this result called friendship, psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. No matter what their age, their job, their sex, the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is “marked and unmistakable”.
More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed would not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend, and almost always it was a woman. More married men than women named their wife/husband as a best friend, most trusted person, or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress (感情危机). “Most women,” says Rubin, “identified at least one, usually more, trusted friends to whom they could turn in a trouble moment, and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives.”
“In general,” writes Rubin in her new book, “women’s friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men’s relationships are marked by shared activities.” For the most part, Rubin says, interactions (交往) between men are emotionally controlled—a good fit with the social requirements of “manly behavior”.
“Even when a man is said to be a best friend,” Rubin writes, “the two share little about their innermost feelings. However, a woman’s closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage; it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on a sofa.”
1. What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that __________.

A．he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband

B．women have so much to share

C．women show little interest in ballgames

D．he finds his wife difficult to talk to

2. Rubin’s study shows that for emotional support a married woman is more likely to turn to __________.

A．a male friend	B．a female friend
C．her parents	D．her husband

3. According to the text, which type of behavior is NOT expected of a man by society?

A．Ending his marriage without good reason.

B．Spending too much time with his friends.

C．Complaining about his marriage trouble.

D．Going out to ballgames too often.

4. Which of the following statements is best supported by the last paragraph?

A．Men keep their innermost feelings to themselves.

B．Women are more serious than men about marriage.

C．Men often take sudden action to end their marriage.

D．Women depend on others in making decisions.

【推荐2】"No man is an island" is a well-known line from John Donne's Devotion, written more than three hundred years ago. Even now people still agree with him. Without other people, life became empty and sad.     1     .

There are many books about friendship, but Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence(影响) People, is the most famous.     2    . It was later put into 28 languages.

Dale Carnegie's advice seems to be simple. Here is the list of advice from his book:

    3    .

Always greet with a smile. Begin with "excuse me" or "would you please", when you want to ask somebody. Remember to say "thank you" and try to be as helpful as you can.

Go out of your way to be nice.

    4     . Making some soup for a sick neighbor may seem like a little thing to you, but it will make your neighbor feel a lot better.

Remember names.

They say that the sweetest music to a person's ears is the sound of his or her own name.

    5     .

Try to understand other people's ways and ideas and learn something from them.

Listen patiently.

When someone is talking to you, look at him or her, listen carefully and say something when necessary.

A．Find some time to do special things for other people.

B．It's also important to keep close friends in our daily life.

C．Be open-minded.

D．So we all need to have friends.

E．Be friendly and polite.

F．Try to help your friends get out of trouble.

G．This "How to" book about getting along with other people became a best seller.

【推荐3】Too many people want others to be their friends, but they don’t give friendship back.That is why some friendships don’t last very long. To have a friend, you must learn to treat your friend the way you want your friend to treat you. Learning to be a good friend means learning three rules: be honest; be generous (宽宏大量的); be understanding.

Honesty is where a good friendship starts. Friends must be able to trust one another. If you don’t tell the truth, people usually find out. If a friend finds out that you haven’t been honest, you may lose your friend’s trust. Good friends always count on one another to speak and act honestly.

Generosity (大度) means sharing and sharing makes a friendship grow. You don’t have to give your lunch money or your clothes, of course. Instead you have to learn how to share things you enjoy, like your hobbies and your interests. Naturally you will want to share your ideas and feelings. These can be very valuable to a friend. They tell your friend what is important to you. By sharing them you help your friend know you better.

Sooner or later everyone needs understanding and help with a problem. Something may go wrong at school. Talking about the problem can make it easier to solve. Turning to a friend can be a first step in solving the problem. So to be a friend you must listen and understand. You must try to put yourself in your friend’s place so you can understand the problem better.

No two friendships are ever exactly alike. But all true friendships have three things in common. If you plan to keep your friendships, you must practice honesty, generosity and understanding.

1. Some friendships don’t last very long because________.

A．there are too many people who want to make friends

B．they don’t know friendship is something serious

C．those who give others friendships receive friendships from others

D．those who never give others friendships receive no friendship from others

2. According to the passage, honesty is ________.

A．as important as money	B．more important than anything else
C．something countable	D．the base of a friendship

3. Which of the following is NOT true in the passage?

A．A friend who gives you his lunch money is a true friend.

B．Always tell your friend the truth.

C．Discussing your problems with your friend often helps to solve the problem.

D．Sharing your mind with your friend is of great value.

4. According to the author, how do you help your friend know you better?

A．Ask your friend for everything.

B．Don’t tell the truth to your friend.

C．Share your ideas and feelings with your friend.

D．Give your lunch money or your clothes to your friend.

【推荐1】On the International Day for Monuments and Sites, China Daily’s digital employee Yuanxi and Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes’ official virtual car to on figure “Jiayao” together introduced an interactive (交互式的) digital platform that hosts a virtual copy of the Mogao Grottoes’ Library Cave to the world.

The platform was developed jointly by the Dunhuang Academy and the Chinese tech firm Tencent. It uses gaming technologies to show the historical scenes of the Library Cave in the digital world.

The Library Cave in Mogao Grottoes was discovered in 1900, with more than 60,000 cultural relics unearthed. It was one of the most important archaeological discoveries in the 20th century.

On the platform, visitors can role-play and “time travel” to ancient dynasties and talk with eight historical figures. The public can enter the platform through the Digital Dunhuang website and its WeChat mini program.

“In the digital age, the model of ‘culture+technology’ has been introduced to promote the development of Chinese culture. The digitalization rate of China’s precious cultural relics is over 70%,” according to iResearch.

Institutions such as the Palace Museum have also started online digital services of their own. AI technology allows the public to view the interior of the buildings through the Palace Museum’s WeChat mini program.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has also encouraged the development and transformation of culture by digital means. The CCTV has created a series of digital collections with different Dunhuang themes, such as the divine deer, Youyou. It was created based on the image of the nine-colored deer from Dunhuang murals (壁画).

“Digital collections are welcomed among young people, who grow up in the information age. They not only protect the cultural intellectual property (知识产权) but also bring the public closer to China’s ‘excellent traditional culture’,” noted Dunhuang Art Institute.

Su Bomin, director of the Dunhuang Academy, told Xinhua that more efforts will be made to explore new forms for showing cultural relics and offering the public greater cultural experience s in the future.

1. What can we know about the virtual copy of the Mogao Grottoes’ Library Cave?

A．The Dunhuang Academy developed it secretly.

B．Both time-traveling and gaming technologies were used in it.

C．It was discovered in the 20th century with more than 60,000 cultural relics.

D．People can have access to it through the Wechat mini program of Digital Dunhuang.

2. According to iResearch, what has the model “culture+technology” been applied for?

A．Showing the latest technologies in China.

B．Helping cultural institutions make a profit.

C．Pushing the development of Chinese culture.

D．Encouraging young people to explore Chinese cultural relics.

3. How does the author introduce the success of digital collections in Paragraph 7?

A．By listing numbers.	B．By giving examples.
C．By giving definitions.	D．By making comparisons.

4. Which of the following best expresses the main idea of the passage?

A．China’s new way in rebuilding Mogao Grottoes’ Library Cave.

B．China’s interactive digital platform in developing Dunhuang culture.

C．China’s success in promoting the digitization rate of cultural relics.

D．China’s latest advances in the development of cultural intellectual property.

【推荐2】阅读理解
阅读短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

What would it be like to walk on Mars? If you could build the highest building in the world, what would it look like? Do you dream of being the next J. K. Rowling? This summer, you can experience all of these things, and more. All you need is an Internet connection and your imagination.

A recent study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that kids spend an average of 1 hour and 29 minutes online each day. Many kids like to use that time to chat with friends, play games or check e­mails. But the next time you get on the Web, try exploring the world instead. “With the Internet, you can go back 11,000 years in time, or go 11,000 kilometers across the planet.” said Russell, Web search expert of Google. “The whole scope of history and the world is open to you.”

There is a wealth of information to be found online. For example, if your family is going on vacation somewhere, do a quick online search on the area before you even get in the car. “What’s the background of the place; what’s the history?” says Russell. “I like to tell my kids, ‘Whenever you have a question, whenever you have a doubt, search it out.’”

Ready to launch a virtual journey of your own? Here are a few starting points to get you thinking and to help you on your way. You can invite your parents along for the ride, too. Always ask for permission before downloading programs and software onto your computer. And check with a parent or an adult before visiting any new Web site.

Navigate the world in 3­D with Google Earth. Begin in outer space and zoom (快速移动) into the streets of any city, from Hong Kong to San Francisco. Or visit ancient monuments, watch the changing rainforests over time, and dive underwater to explore tropical reef.

With the Moon in Google Earth tool, you can walk in Neil Armstrong’s famous footsteps. Take a guided tour of the moon’s surface with Armstrong’s fellow shuttle mate astronaut Buzz Aldrin.

When you’re exploring that part of the solar system, hop on over to the Red Planet with Google Mars. There, you can move very quickly around the surface and see images from the Mars Rovers.

1. The author uses questions in the first paragraph to ________.

A．introduce the topic of the paragraph	B．attract the readers’ attention
C．let the readers answer it	D．question the possibility of realizing the dream

2. How do you travel around the world in a day according to the passage?

A．By making use of the Internet.	B．By taking the time shuttle.
C．By finding a tourism company in Google.	D．By watching 3­D films.

3. Russell thought the students ________.

A．shouldn’t chat and play games online	B．spent too much time on the Internet
C．should learn knowledge instead of chatting online	D．could solve their problems through the line

4. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．Encourage the kids to learn to use the computer.

B．Encourage the kids to explore the world online.

C．Encourage the kids to do some research on science.

D．Encourage the kids to spend more time online.

【推荐1】No matter who you are or where you come from, one thing is certain: You are acquainted with the mosquito-although you probably wish you weren't. Mosquitoes are everywhere. They can be found all over the world, and they come in more than 2,500 species. Somewhere, at some time, you have surely met at least one.

No one loves the mosquito. But unfortunately the mosquito may decide that she loves you. She? Yes, she. Did you know that only the female mosquito bites? Well, it's true. And it's not because she's unfriendly; she needs blood to reproduce.

Do you know how the female mosquito decides whom to bite? She's quite selective, and she chooses her victims carefully. First, she uses sensors to find her victim. These sensors are located on her two antennae and her three pairs of legs. With these sensors, she tests your body moisture, body warmth, and chemical substances in your sweat. If she likes what she finds, she bites. But if you don't appeal to her, she'll reject you for someone more appetizing. The next time a mosquito bites you, just remember that you were chosen. You're special.

If the mosquito likes you, she settles onto your flesh very gently, and she breaks your skin with her proboscis tip. Proboscis tip? What's that? It's a kind of mouth and it sticks out just below the mosquito's eyes. It contains six sharp instruments called stylets. She stabs all six stylets into your skin at once, and if she hits a blood vessel, she'll get a full dinner in about a minute. All this usually takes place so quickly and quietly that you may not have suspected anything was happening.

All mosquitoes, male and female, pass through their early stages of development in or near water. In fact, mosquito eggs will not hatch without water-although the eggs can survive up to five years on dry land waiting for water. It is not surprising that heavy rains produce large numbers of mosquitoes.

But why? Why did nature bother to create mosquitoes? Just to annoy us? Probably that wasn't the main reason. Male mosquitoes live on the nectar of flowers, and some scientists believe that they pollinate the flowers as they fly from one to the other. Of course, mosquitoes have to reproduce, and unfortunately that's where you and I come in. Like it or not, mosquitoes are here to stay. Ouch! (Slap!) One just bit me!

1. The female mosquito bites human beings because_____.

A．she is hostile to humans

B．she needs blood to produce the young

C．she lacks certain chemical substances

D．she is forced to play such a role in nature

2. The female mosquito chooses her victims carefully depending on the following factors EXCEPT_____.

A．your blood type	B．your body moisture
C．your body temperature	D．your sweat

3. Mosquito bites take place _____.

A．after heavy rains	B．when it gets dark
C．quickly and quietly	D．during the mating season

4. According to “Ouch! (Slap!)”in the last paragraph, what might have happened?

A．A mosquito escaped before the writer could hit her.

B．A mosquito flew away, and the writer hit himself.

C．A mosquito hit the writer and flew away.

D．A mosquito bit the writer, and the writer tried to hit her.

【推荐2】Audrey Randolph, who used to be a librarian, is a car mechanic in London. But she didn’t find it easy to become a car mechanic. She had to attend a Centre, where people can learn a new job for 20 weeks. We asked her why she decided to work with cars. “My first reason was independence,” she said. “I also wanted to learn about how things work, using my hands. Besides, I’ve come to the conclusion that many people prefer to have a woman repair their cars.”

When it comes to her experiences in the Center, she tells us about it, “I was the only woman among four hundred men. And some of them were rude to me, just because of my sex.” However, Audrey said she made the right decision.

One hundred years ago women were second-class citizens in Britain. Men controlled everything. Not only that, they really believed that women were “the weaker sex”. Women, they say, depend too little on cool reasoning and too much on intuition (直觉) to arrive at decisions, and sometimes are not even able to think clearly. But in the past century a lot has changed. Two women have become Prime Minister, and women can now compete as equals in every kind of job and profession. They also have more control over when to have a family and how many children they want. Nowadays both men and women go out to work. Consequently the traditional roles played by them in the family have changed greatly. Those times when the man was the major breadwinner and the woman stayed at home and looked after the house and the children are over. Most couples share the housework and in some homes it is now the man who stays at home with the kids and the woman who goes out to work.

1. Why did Audrey go to the Centre?

A．To get trained in her job skills.

B．To prove she is more competent.

C．To show she isn’t challenging men.

D．To fight against sex discrimination.

2. What do Audrey’s training experiences reflect?

A．Companies tend to employ more women.

B．Women undertake more social responsibilities.

C．Women can change jobs more easily than men.

D．Some men still look down upon women today.

3. What was the argument men raised against women?

A．Women were serious about everything.

B．Women’s thoughts were often unclear.

C．Women’s decisions were unreliable.

D．Women were weak physically.

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

A．Men Are Carrying on a Sex-fight.

B．Women Are More Independent Now.

C．A Woman Made a Right Decision.

D．Men and Women Should Be Equal.