【推荐1】Travelling can be a fun way to gain life experience, but what if you’re a student and don’t have enough money for a trip? Don’t worry. Here are some useful tips.

Save: This probably is the most important preparation for travelling. Cut expenses (花费) to fatten your wallet so you’ll have more choices about where to go and how to get there.

Plan ahead: Don’t wait until the last minute to plan your trip. Giving yourself several months to get ready can mean security and savings.

Do your homework: No matter where you go, research the places you will visit. Decide what to see. Travel books will provide information on the cheapest hotels and restaurants.

Plan sensibly: Write down how much you expect to spend on food and hotels. Stick to (坚持) your plan, or you may not have enough money to cover everything.

Travel in groups: Find someone who is interested in visiting the same places. By travelling with others you can share costs and experiences.

Work as you go: Need more money to support your trip? Look for work in the places you visit.

Go off the beaten path: Tourist cities may be expensive. You may want to rethink about your trip and go to a less known area. Smaller towns can have many interesting activities (活动) and sights.

Pack necessary things: The most important things to take are not always clothes. Remember to take along medicine in case you get sick and snacks in case you cannot find a cheap restaurant.

By planning sensibly, even students can enjoy their travel. Your travel experiences will be remembered for a lifetime.

1. Before your trip, the first thing you should do is________.

A．to make a plan of the route

B．to get information on the Internet

C．to save money by spending less

D．to buy tickets ahead of time

2. The writer advises you________.

A．not to share costs with other people

B．not to go to well-known places

C．not to visit dangerous places

D．to buy anything you want to buy

3. During your trip, ________.

A．you need more medicine than clothes

B．you should look for work all the way

C．you should remember to do your homework

D．you can gain valuable life experience

4. Which of the following can be used as the best title of the passage?

A．How to Plan Your Travel Wisely

B．Travel Can Be Great Fun

C．Different Kinds of Travel

D．How to Save Money

【推荐2】Poorer children would be offered the chance to attend lessons on Saturday to help catch up with their middle class peers (同龄人), the shadow schools secretary, Michael Gove, said today. The Conservatives would give English state schools the freedom to choose to have longer teaching hours and extra classes at the weekend, he told the Association of Teachers and Lecturers’ annual conference.

Gove said the move would help to close the achievement gap with richer children whose parents could afford extras such as tutoring and music lessons.

He told delegates (代表) in Manchester: “For children who come from homes where parents don’t have the resources to provide additional stretch and cultural experiences, there are benefits in having those children in the learning environment, in school, for longer.”

“Parents would love to have schools starting earlier in some circumstances, and certainly going on later in the afternoon, given the reality of their working lives,” he said. He held up the example of Kipp (Knowledge is Power Program) schools in the US, which are often based in the poorest communities and open from 7:30 am to 5pm on weekdays, plus Saturdays.

But it would be up to schools to decide to offer longer hours, Gove added.

Parents said Saturday classes could become a “badge of dishonor” if pupils were forced to go, while teachers raised concerns about their workload.

Margaret Morrissey, of Parents Outloud, said: “I think the suggestion the government made about one-to-one teaching for these kids would be a more preferable way of improving these children’s performance. I’m just not sure whether taking away a child at weekends is actually going to make them cleverer in the week.”

The ATL’s general secretary, Mary Bousted, said: “If we want Saturday schools, then we need more teachers doing the extra hours, not the same teachers working longer.”

1. The program is intended for children____________.

A．who are from middle-class families

B．whose parents can’t afford extra help

C．who perform poorly academically

D．whose weekends are mostly unoccupied

2. “Additional stretch” in Paragraph 4 probably refers to_________.

A．music lessons

B．physical relaxation

C．entertainment activities

D．out-of-school improvement

3. Why did Gove mention Kipp schools in the US?

A．To make a comparison.

B．To introduce a new program.

C．To seek supportive evidence.

D．To prove his program is better.

4. What is Margaret Morrissey’s opinion about the new program?

A．Favorable.

B．Doubtful.

C．Optimistic.

D．Acceptable.

5. Which of the following is true?

A．Teachers may not like the program.	B．Schools are trying to make profits.
C．The program is already under way.	D．The program is popular with children.

【推荐3】Forget losing weight or saving money—we suggest one simple task to add to your list of inspiring New Year's decisions: read a book. Trust us, and your brain will thank you. Not only does reading increase the amount of daily pleasure in your life, but it could also delay dementia (痴呆) and even help you live longer.

But still, picking the perfect novel isn't easy. Thankfully, Business Insider asked a Harvard professor to recommend the one book he thinks every student should read in 2019—and we suggest adding it to your list, too. (No time for all the books on your list? Here's a shortcut: Read the endings to some of the world's most famous books, instead.)

Steven Pinker, Professor of Psychology at Harvard, recommends The Internationalists by legal scholars Hathaway and Shapiro. The book makes a surprising statement that the Kellogg-Briand Paris Peace Pact (条约) of 1928, which declared war illegal, has caused a steady drop in war throughout history.

“But in their fascinating and evidence-rich book, they make a lifelike case,” Pinker said. “And like The Clash of Civilizations and The End of History, the book presents a sweeping vision (视野) of the international scene, making sense of many developments in the news and recent history.”

Other professors at Harvard recommended classics like Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, as well as Just Mercy by Stevenson, The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith, and Robot-Proof by Joseph Aoun.

So, go ahead and give (at least) one of these books a read in 2019! And while you're at it, you should add the following 20 books you really should have read by now to your list, too…

1. Which has the closest meaning to the underlined word “shortcut” in the 2nd paragraph?

A．A time-saving way to read books.

B．A lazy person's way to read books.

C．A quick way to know about endings of books.

D．A wise way to deal with too many books to read.

2. What or who has reduced the number of wars throughout history?

A．The Paris Peace Pact.	B．The Internationalists.
C．Hathaway and Shapiro.	D．A wide vision of the international scene.

3. What may be written in the next or last paragraph of the passage?

A．More advice on reading books.

B．The names of the 20 books recommended.

C．The main contents of the 20 books recommended.

D．The brief introduction of the 20 books recommended.

【推荐1】When you watch a movie in the cinema, you may wonder how “the moving pictures” is made and where the voices, and noises and music come from. Now here is the answer.

In modern times, the middle part of a cinema film has lots of small photographs, each one of which is different from the one before it. Each photograph is brought in front of a strong light, and there it stops for a very small part of a second. This photograph, therefore, appears on the screen, and we see it. Then the light is covered and the next photograph is moved to the position in the front of the strong light. Meanwhile, the metal cover turns away from the light. Thus, the second photograph is shown on the screen. This is done again and again, twenty-four times a second, and we think we are watching a moving picture on the screen. But nothing on the screen actually moves. ”The moving picture” is in fact made up of a lot of bits. We see about 86,000 different pictures every hour, but none of them moves.

The voices, noises and music are recorded on the side of the cinema film. The record looks like marks of strange shapes. The side of the film passes in front of another light, and the rays of light which pass through change as the marks change. These marks have been made from the voices and other sounds of the people and events in front of the cinema when the film is being made. The marks may be considered as “printed sounds”.

1. When a cinema film is shown, how long does each photograph appear on the screen?

A．One twenty-third of a second.

B．One twenty-fourth of a second

C．A few seconds

D．One thirty-fifth of a second.

2. Why can we see pictures moving on the screen?

A．We see about 86,000 different pictures every hour.

B．Each picture is a little different from the former.

C．Photographs change quickly.

D．Both B and C.

3. What is a cinema film made up of?

A．Small photographs and a strong light.

B．Small photographs and the sounds.

C．A lot of bits.

D．Voices and photographs.

4. Which is the true about the sound record?

A．It sounds strange.

B．It looks as irregular marks.

C．It is printed in the middle of a film.

D．It is made while the film is being shown on the screen.

【推荐2】The best way of learning a language is using it. The best way of learning English is talking in English as much as possible. Sometimes you'll get your words mixed up (混合) and people will not understand you. Sometimes people will say things too quickly and you can't understand them. But if you keep your sense of humor , you can always have a good laugh at the mistakes you make. Don't be unhappy if people seem to be laughing at your mistakes. It's better for people to laugh at your mistakes than to be angry with you, because they don't understand what you are saying. The most important thing for learning English is: "Don't be afraid of making mistakes because everyone makes mistakes."
1. The writer thinks that the most important thing for you to learn a language is___________.

A．reading	B．practicing
C．talking about it	D．listening

2. What should you do in learning English?

A．Try to make some mistakes.

B．Avoid making any mistakes.

C．Remember as many new words as you can.

D．Use it as often as you cam

3. If people laugh at the mistakes you make, you should ___________.

A．be angry with them	B．be angry with yourself
C．not care	D．believe you are right

4. When you make a mistake, you should___________.

A．never make any mistakes again

B．tell others not to make the same mistake

C．punish yourself for making it

D．keep your sense of humor

5. The story tell us:" ___________."

A．It is normal (正常的) that we make some mistakes in learning English

B．Everyone must make mistakes

C．We can avoid making mistakes in learning a language

D．Laughing can help one learn English well

【推荐3】Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine’s Day. One story dates as far back as the days of Roman Empire. According to the story. Claudius, the Emperor of Rome, wanted to increase the size of the army. He knew that it would be easier to get young men who were not married to join the army; therefore, he made a rule that no young men could marry until he had served in the army for a number of years.

A priest(man working in church) named Valentine broke the rule and secretly married a great number of young people. Finally, Claudius found out about Valentine and put the priest in prison, where he remained until his death on February 14.

After his death, Valentine was made a saint(圣人) and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine’s Day----which is a time for people to send one another their greeting of many kinds.

February 14, Valentine’s Day, is sweetheart’s day, on which people in love with each other express their soft feelings.

People sometimes put their love message in a heart shaped box of chocolate or a bunch of flowers tied with red ribbons. Words of letters may be written on the flower covered card, or something else. Whatever the form may be, the message is almost the same “Will you be my Valentine?”

1. According to the rule_______.

A．no young men could get married unless they were old enough.

B．Young men could get married if they had served the army for a number of years.

C．no one could get married without the emperor’s permission

D．young men could get married only in the army.

2. The passage mainly tells us about_______.

A．How Valentine died	B．The emperor of Rome
C．How Valentine’s Day is celebrated	D．The origin of Valentine’s Day

3. February 14 is chosen as Valentine’s Day because_______.

A．people want to remember Valentine

B．lovers express their soft feelings on this day

C．people send one another greeting of many kinds on this day

D．people want to fix a date for lovers to express their emotion

4. Valentine was put in prison for ________.

A．he helped the couples who were not supposed to get married

B．he got married

C．he fell in love with more than one woman.

D．he broke the emperor’s rule on purpose

【推荐2】It was the homecoming parade in Rockwall, Texas, and cheerleader Tyra Winters was riding on one of the school’s floats (彩车). As it slowly made its way down the avenue, the 17-year-old enthusiastically waved at the crowd, all the while absorbed in the music, laughter, and applause.

Suddenly, a terrible scream came from the cheering crowd. Looking down, Winters saw a two-year-old on the sidewalk gasping for air and his mother desperately begging for help. The boy had been enjoying a piece of candy when it slid down the back of his mouth, sticking in his throat and blocking his windpipe (气管).

“I saw a little bright red face and his mom’s begging for help,” Winters told KTVT.

“There was no coughing; there was no breathing,” the mother, Nicole Hornback, later told news station NBCDFW. “He was just gasping for air. ” No one seemed to know how to help.

Except for Winters. A senior with dreams of becoming a doctor, she had learned the first-aid method of Heimlich maneuver and CPR. Knowing that the clock was ticking, she jumped off the moving float and ran to the child. By the time she got to him, his face had turned purple. “I got him!” she yelled to Nicole as she grabbed the boy from her. “I held him face down and gave a good three back pushes,” she told the local CBS station. Soon, the boy coughed up the piece of candy, and began breathing again. Without another word, Winters handed the boy back to his mother and ran back to her float before it could leave her behind.

It all happened so fast. Nicole never had time to thank the teen. “She didn’t need to,” says Winters. “I knew how she was feeling. I saw her tears. I saw her face. ”

And for Nicole, she says, “I don’t really have any words,” she says. “The words that you would say to anyone who does something for you is ‘thank you. ’ But that doesn’t seem good enough. ”

1. It can be learned from paragraphs 1-4 that ________.

A．the cheering crowd ignored the scream for help

B．Winters panicked at the mother’s desperate cry

C．the mother gave the boy first aid but in vain

D．the little boy choked on a piece of candy

2. What does Tyra Winters mainly talk about in the interview?

A．Her dream of being a doctor.	B．Her timely rescue of the boy.
C．Her enthusiasm for the parade.	D．Her cooperation with the crowd.

3. What does Nicole mean in the last paragraph?

A．The media’s attention to the matter left her at a loss.

B．The crowd’s concern for the boy deeply touched her.

C．Her memory of the unexpected incident made her speechless.

D．Her gratitude for Winters’ heroic actions was beyond expression.

【推荐3】A mum whose battle with three brain tumours（肿瘤）continues to inspire people is hoping for lots of company on a walk up a 1, 000 foot hill. Melanie Hennessy was diagnosed with two tumours just six weeks after giving birth to her daughter Daisy in 2009. A third was found in 2015 but Mel refuses to let cancer win, a gazette reports.

Last year, she was joined by more than 140 family and friends for a walk up Roseberry Topping in North Yorkshire to raise funds for brain tumours. More than ₤2.000 was raised for Brain Tumour Research and Mel’s own charity MINE ---- Money Is Needed Every day. And on Sunday, she's at it again and hopes lots of people will join her, Daisy and her husband Wayne Mel, 44 in Redcar, said. "At the moment, I'm doing OK. I still spend a lot of time attending hospital appointments but, luckily, I am closely watched and have a fantastic team of doctors and specialists. People can run, walk or crawl up the hill if they wish and everyone is welcome. It doesn't matter how old you are and, yes, dogs are welcome too. All we ask for is a donation on the day.”

Mel has recently started working from home as an independent consultant with a natural health and beauty firm and says it has made her “feel like I am somebody again”. She said, “I absolutely love it because all the products are free from all chemicals, something I am very passionate about, given my own situation. I want to live a healthier and happier life without using things that can be linked to cancer and I want to help others to do the same. So for now, I feel I have even more to fight for and it gives me strength to keep fighting against my brain tumours."

1. How old was Daisy when the third tumour was found in her mother’s brain?

A．3 years old	B．6 years old
C．9 years old	D．12 years old

2. Why does Melanie want many people to join her?

A．Because they need to be healthy

B．Because she wants to found MINE.

C．Because she needs some donations.

D．Because they are free all the time.

3. How could Melanie be doing OK?

A．The doctors took good care of her.

B．She ran, walked and crawled up.

C．She was not linked to the cancer.

D．She was a really good specialist.

4. The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph may refer to ________.

A．Mel’s home	B．Mel’s firm
C．Mel’s job	D．Mel’s food