【推荐1】I didn’t understand the irony immediately. Only on the way home. The book I had just returned to our library was called “Unquiet Landscape,” by Chritopher Neve. He widened my view.

But the ironic word for me in his book’s title, I realized, was “unquiet”. It applied not to the landscape but to our local library. I have visited it again since then, and my conclusion is much the same: There is no longer a quiet place.

On both of my visits the library was packed with small children, and they were doing rather a lot of small-children things, such as dancing in circles, singing, jumping up and down, and so on. Various adults sitting around were clearly not discouraging them, rather the opposite.

I wasn’t exactly shocked. But I have to say that my understanding of library behavior and purpose changed somewhat. All my upbringing about libraries was that they were sanctums, places of escape in a noisy world. If one so much as cleared one’s throat in a library, one was likely to be stared at by the librarians — not to mention tolerating the disapproval of fellow library users enjoying their post-lunch nap. The first school I attended had a library that was entirely traditional in function. In it, we boys did (or were expected to do) one thing only: read. The second school I attended allowed one to write as well as read in the library.

Since those days, my attitude, I hope, has changed a little. I’ve come across some very pleasant librarians eager to help with my projects. Some of them are surprisingly generous with providing access to their books, which are as dear to them as their own children. And the silence rule has, over the years, become much less strict. Even quite loud laughter, I find, is not always frowned upon.

1. What did the author do after finishing the book?

A．He visited the lands mentioned in the book.

B．He expressed his admiration to the book winter.

C．He kept his habit of staying quiet in the library.

D．He made a close observation of the local library.

2. What did the author find out about the adults in the library?

A．They made lots of noise.	B．They were soft with the kids.
C．They didn’t listen to the librarians.	D．They couldn’t stop their kids bad behavior.

3. What change about the libraries has the author experienced in his schooldays?

A．The libraries were more traditional in function.	B．The libraries were expanding very fast.
C．The libraries were more tolerant of noise.	D．The libraries were getting better-equipped.

【推荐3】Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experience? Strangely enough, the answer to these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of education can make a genius (天才)out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surrounding (环境). Thus the limits of person' s intelligence are fixed at birth, whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supposed in a number of ways.

It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be intelligent. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from population, it is likely that their degree of intelligence will be completely different. If, on the other hand, we take two identical twins, they will very likely to be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.

Imagine now that we take two identical (完全相同的)twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the working is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this shows that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all are likely to have similar degree of intelligence.

1. Which of these sentences best describes the writer's point in Paragraph 1?

A．To some extent, intelligence is given at birth.

B．Intelligence is developed by the environment.

C．Some people are born clever and others born stupid.

D．Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment.

2. It is suggested in this passage that_______.

A．unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence

B．close relations usually have similar intelligence

C．the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely to be in intelligence

D．people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees of intelligence

3. Brothers and sisters are likely to_______.

A．have similar intelligence	B．have different intelligence
C．go to the same university	D．go to the same factory

4. The best title for this article would be_______.

A．On Intelligence

B．What Intelligence Means

C．We Are Born with Intelligence

D．Environment Plays a Part in Developing Intelligence

【推荐3】Our much-loved museums and art galleries are closing their doors due to the current outbreak of COVID-19. But don’t worry. With the help of the Internet, we can take virtual tours of them around the world. There are some fascinating exhibitions at our fingertips, which you can explore from home free of charge!

Musée d’Orsay, Paris

Fancy a trip to Paris? Oui oui! This grand museum holds the largest collection of impressionist and post-impressionist works in the world, and you can click your way through the very best among them thanks to interactive galleries featuring Van Gogh, Cézanne, Degas and more.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Over in the Netherlands, the Rijksmuseum is a treasure house of classical Dutch art, Asian artwork and 17th-century silver and porcelain. The Street View-style tour is fine, but better to stick to the brilliant online exhibitions, like the interactive guide to the master of throwing shade, Rembrandt. You can even get up close and personal with ‘The Night Watch’.

Picasso Museum, Barcelona

As well as a vast online display of Picasso’s best bits, this museum offers a 360-degree tour of some of the best-preserved Medieval architecture in Barcelona. When you’re done getting around the building, you can check out their Twitter hashtag (推特标签）#MuseuPicassoVirtual to keep up with daily news of art.

Hong Kong Heritage Museum

The Heritage Museum has everything from Chinese fine art dating back to the Qing dynasty to cutting-edge Hong Kong contemporary art. The online collection, hosted on Google Arts & Culture, is particularly strong on design, photography, porcelain and sculpture from the past century.

1. In the Rijksmuseum, you will have a better understanding of _________.

A．Van Gogh	B．Rembrandt
C．Picasso	D．impressionists

2. Which museum can keep you updated with news of art through social media every day?

A．Musée d’Orsay.	B．Rijksmuseum.
C．Picasso Museum.	D．Hong Kong Heritage Museum.

3. What is special about Hong Kong Heritage Museum?

A．It stresses contemporary art.	B．It has porcelain exhibits.
C．It offers visual tours online.	D．It features Chinese art.