【推荐1】One of the best parts of the school day is the time spent in the playground. It’s a chance to be with friends, run around and have fun. However, at the Rudyard Kipling Primary School in Brighton, things were getting too hard, so the teachers decided something had to be done. The school’s new rules, which restrict（限制）physical activities and encourage pupils only to touch if they are playing friendlier games, have attracted a lot of attention.

Most people say that they are a bad restriction. Parents of children at the school, in Brighton, East Sussex, talked about the bizarre rule —   saying their kids were now bored at playtime. A teacher for the school defended（辩护）the rules, saying, “We want to make sure the playground is a happy, safe and calm place where everyone can enjoy their lunchtime running around and getting the exercise that we know is important to them.”

Some people say that Rudyard Kipling Primary School’s decision is a good one because it makes the playground more fun for everyone. Not all children enjoy playing rough（剧烈的）games or sports at playtime. Friendlier games ensure everyone can join in. The teachers only have the pupils’ best interests at heart, so they should be trusted to make the right decision. Besides, if someone gets hurt in the playground, that                    could distract（分心）the teachers from other accidents.

However, some people think it’s an overreaction. Sometimes physical games can lead to injuries, but banning（禁止）such activities is unreasonable. In fact, it is only during physical games that you can build up your ability to recover quickly from falling over. Even if these physical activities aren’t your favorite way to spend break time, it’s difficult to see why they will be completely banned. Each pupil should be able to decide what they want to do. Besides, schools should be happy that their students want to exercise between classes as this will keep them fit and healthy, and teachers should encourage this, not prevent it.

1. What was the result of the tule made by the Rudyard Kipling Primary School?

A．It was made into law.	B．It was supported by parents.
C．It encouraged students to do sports.	D．It made the school widely discussed.

2. What does the underlined word “bizarre” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．Simple.	B．Strange.
C．Important.	D．Reasonable.

3. What is one reason why some people think the school made a wise decision?

A．It saves more lunchtime.

B．It helps students pay more attention to their study.

C．It brings more fun to every kid.

D．It makes students more independent.

4. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Physical games can injure kids.

B．Physical games are good for students health.

C．Teachers should do sports with students.

D．Restricting physical activities is unreasonable.

【推荐3】Tips For Staying Active Over the Holidays

The holiday season is here, which for most people, signals a departure from their typical exercise regime（方式，管理制度）. Being physically active on a consistent basis can be challenging during this period especially as we travel to see relatives or host friends in our homes.     1     Exercise is also known to give you an energy boost and reduce stress levels. Considering these, you can take following tips for making physical activities regular in your lifestyle, through holidays and beyond.

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This is the first rule of any sustainable exercise routine. If your workout feels like another task on your to-do list, it’ll be difficult to stick with. Therefore, be creative in identifying physical activities. Dance. Garden. Take a yoga class online. All of these count as physical activities, and even small amounts add up.

Find breaks to move throughout the day.

    3     Taking three 10-minute walks during the day —one in the morning, another during your lunch and another after dinner —produces similar benefits to spending 30 minutes at the gym. In other words, taking short movement breaks throughout your day makes for a more active lifestyle and helps meet your goals.

Make it a priority.

Most of us are managing countless responsibilities every day, so it’s vital to consider physical activities an important part of your day.    4     And, let others know when you’ll be busy exercising and how they can help you find time to do so. Having the support from others is an important element of success.

Be realistic.

Most are overly optimistic when first mapping out a workout plan. In fact, exercise isn’t necessarily at maximal intensity to be effective. Besides, you don’t have to exercise before, during and after work every day in order to hit your goals.    5    

A．Find something you enjoy.

B．Participate in various physical activities.

C．Exercise doesn’t have to take place in a gym.

D．Of course, it is realistic to avoid being injured in sports.

E．Instead, just put more movement into your current daily life.

F．However hard it seems, staying active can help not just your waistline.

G．Put it on your schedule, just as you make an appointment with a doctor.

【推荐1】The first visit to a foreign country that I can remember was when I was about seven years old. We live about 5 miles away from the Canadian border(边界). My family and I went to Parc Safari, Quebec, a wonderful place that has animals and rides. We drove down a nice long road. My sister and I sat in the back of the car, and it was a hatchback(有仓门式后背的汽车) so we opened it up. I remember feeding the animals snacks we had bought for ourselves.

The time we went we were told there would not be monkeys because they had escaped and had not been found. I remember thinking to myself, how cool it would be to see a monkey in our backyard.

Even though the monkeys were not there it was still so much fun. When we reached the area that had camels, giraffes and other animals, I remember one of the camels reached into the car to get our snacks. However, we were a little gross out because the camels seemed to froth(吐白沫) at the mouth and we had camel slobber(口水) all over the car and us.

It was one of the best family vacations that I can remember. It was not too far from home, it was in a different country and it was with my family. I cannot remember if we went on the rides or not but seeing many animals was a great time. Now I am grown up and have a son, and I am planning to go there again. He is 7 years old and I think he is at a great age to enjoy a trip like this. I am sure it has changed a lot over the years but it will still be a great family trip.

1. Where did the author live when he was 7 years old?

A．In Canada	B．Near the Canadian border
C．In the central US	D．In Parc Safari

2. We fed the animals something _____.

A．offered by people living there	B．we bought for them
C．we prepared for ourselves	D．cooked by my sister

3. what does the underlined part “gross out” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．surprised

B．excited

C．tired

D．uncomfortable

4. What does the author intend to do?

A．To revisit the place he went to at seven.	B．To take his 7-year-old son to a zoo.
C．To have a family trip in his own country.	D．To have a holiday abroad with his parents.

【推荐2】John，a very thin boy, loved football with all his heart when he was very young．Practice after practice，he eagerly gave everything he had．But being half the size of the other boys，he could only sit on the bench and hardly ever played in games．Even though the son was always on the bench，his father was always standing with cheers and encouraging him．

When John went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a “walk-on”．Everyone was sure he could never make the cut，but he did．The coach thought he could provide the other members with the spirit they needed．

The news that he had survived the cut excited him so much that he rushed to the   nearest phone and called his father．His father shared his excitement and was sent season tickets for all the college games．

It was the end of this last football season．One day John received a telegram and   asked one week off．Nobody knew what happened except the coach．The coach said，“Don't plan to come back to the game on Saturday．”

Saturday arrived，and the game was not going well：When the team was ten points behind，John came back．“Coach，please let me play．I’ve just got to play today,”said John．The coach pretended not to hear him．But John persisted，and finally feeling sorry for the kid，the coach gave in．

Before long everyone could not believe their eyes. John was doing everything to fight. The opposing team could not stop him. He ran, he passed and blocked like a star. And at last his team won the game．

After the game，John looked at the coach，with tears in his eyes，and said，“Well,you knew my dad died,but did you know that my dad was blind?''John swallowed hard and forced a smile, “Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could see me play, and I wanted to show him that I could do it.”

1. Why did John hardly have any chance to play in games?

A．Because he had no time to practice．

B．Because he was too young to play games．

C．Because everyone looked down upon him．

D．Because his body condition was not good．

2. The underlined phrase “make the cut” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “       “

A．make progress	B．be allowed to join the team
C．cut himself	D．be refused by the coach

3. From the text we can know that        ．

A．John felt very depressed as a “walk-on”

B．John's father always taught him how to play

C．John's father went to most of his college games

D．the coach was sure John would be the best player one day

【推荐3】Every summer he came to our village on his cycle. The cycle was full of coconuts and on the handle was his small red money purse and the knife that he used to cut the coconuts. He was known for his toothless smile that tended to turn into a slight laugh.

He often announced the arrival of summer by standing under our village’s Gulmohar tree. During the first touch of summer, red flowers fell on the ground and welcomed him to out village; soon the red flowers turned into long sword-like fruits which hung above his head as he cut the coconuts.

He never ate anything except paan (a kind of leaf), which he always could be seen chewing, and he just sat under the tree until someone approached him. Then, he would choose the best coconut, and with expert skill, carve it so that the person could drink the satisfying liquid.

Nowadays, he doesn’t do much business. Kids no longer care for coconut water; they want soft drinks. I know his weak body will fail him in the coming years. He will not visit our village, and with him, all my memories of summer will disappear. No one will miss him apart from the Gulmohar tree, his only friend.

My friends and I have stayed in the same village our whole life. Now, in our mid-thirties, we don’t have time to talk about our childhood and the life beyond the chains of society.

I’ve made up my mind. Tomorrow I will talk with him. I will listen to him and preserve him in my memory. I will tell him how important he was for me, how he defined summer for me, and, during every summer, how he nurtured (滋养) me with the coconut water, which was filled with his love. I will take in his smile one last time — a remembrance of my childhood innocence. I will hug him until my tears mix with his.

1. Where did the coconut seller put the knife used to cut the coconuts?

A．Under the Gulmohar tree.	B．In the pocket.
C．In the front of his bike.	D．In his red money purse.

2. In the eyes of the author, the coconut seller is ________.

A．outgoing and kind	B．helpful and talkative
C．determined and brave	D．silent and skilled

3. Why doesn’t the coconut seller do much business nowadays?

A．Children don’t have a taste for coconut water.

B．He will move to our village soon.

C．His weak body has failed him during the past years.

D．Everyone will miss him besides the Gulmohar tree, his best friend.

4. What will the author do in the following day?

A．He will buy the coconut water as before.	B．He will express his gratitude to the seller.
C．He will talk about the seller with others.	D．He will forget all his memories of summer.

【推荐1】Ana, her husband Mario, and their four-year old son Antonio just moved to North Carolina. They need a temporary place to call “home” until they get settled into their new surroundings. So, Ana figured that she had better start looking for an apartment for them to stay in.

First, Ana picked up an Apartment Book at her local newspaper stand. The Apartment Book contained listings of all the major apartment complexes in her area.

Ana started by looking at the prices in the advertisements for apartments in the Apartment Book. Then, she read about the amenities that each apartment complex offered. For example, some apartments had a clubhouse, a gym (also called a “fitness center”), and a pool. After considering prices, amenities, and locations, Ana found a few apartment complexes that she liked.

Ana called the apartment complexes. She set up appointments with the apartment managers to see the apartments she found interesting. Ana made five phone calls, total. “I’ll see you then,” she said to the fifth apartment manager, and hung up the phone.

When Mario got home (to the hotel in which they were staying) from work, Ana showed him the list of apartments. “These look good,” he said.

“Mommy, let me see,” said Antonio, whom Mario had just brought home from childcare. Ana showed Antonio the pictures of the apartments.

The next day, while Mario was at work and Antonio was at childcare, Ana visited the apartment complexes. After visiting all five, she found that she liked the fifth one the best. It was near a good school system for her son, and it was near her and her husband’s workplace. She went home and discussed it with her husband, and they decided that they wanted to rent the apartment. The next day, they called the manager of the apartment complex and told him that they would like the apartment.

The manager asked them to sign a rental contract and pay a security deposit so that if any damage was done to the apartment while they were in it, the security deposit would pay for it. They signed the rental contract and paid the security deposit.

Finally, they had a place to stay.

1. Which of the following is not an amenity?

A．Clubhouse.	B．Fitness center.
C．Pool.	D．High ceilings.

2. What did Ana consider while looking through the Apartment Book?

A．Prices.	B．Amenities.
C．Locations.	D．All of the above.

3. Why is the security deposit needed when people rent a house?

A．Because it ensures that a renter will pay the rent on time.

B．Because it ensures that a renter will not have pets on the property.

C．Because it ensures that any damage done to the apartment will be paid for by the renter.

D．Because it ensures that any damage done to the apartment is kept to a minimum.

4. What do we know about Ana?

A．She was a smart and organized wife.

B．She signed the rental contract on her own.

C．She bought a home for her family in Carolina.

D．Her husband worked in a hotel.

【推荐2】For centuries, people have moved to and lived in cities. These urban centres are places to find work, friends and fun. It's no surprise that they continue to grow as more and more people flood in hoping to make the most of the chances they offer but adding to the congestion and pollution that already exist.

According to a report by the United Nations, 54 percent of the world's population lives in urban areas and it predicts that by 2050,this figure will have increased to around 70 percent. But as more and more people move from the countryside to the city to get better chances, they can end up with nowhere to live.

This is true in places such as Rio de Janeiro, where the people from the countryside can't rent or buy a home,and they end up building their own communities and houses on unoccupied land. These are called shanty towns— poor communities where the houses are built out of cheap materials—and often don't have any electricity or water supply.

These are, of course, not the future cities we want to see. Some serious urban planning is needed to make our cities of the future good, safe and modern places to live in. This involves improving the housing conditions, the chances for education and employment and so on.

Something urban planners are looking at now is the creation of“smart cities”. According to John Rossant, founder and chairman of the non-profit organisation New Cities Foundation, technology is the way forward. He thinks that it's generally accepted that “cloud computing, ubiquitous Internet, robust 5G networks etc, will change our cities”. He says technology is really “a game changer” in urbanization (城市化). It would collect large amounts of data about how a city is working and may improve how a city functions.

1. Why will a larger population be living in a city by 2050?

A．Because the government encourages the development of cities.

B．Because more people will have more children.

C．Because the countryside will disappear.

D．Because more people will move into the city to get more good opportunities

2. What can we know about shanty towns?

A．They have good quality housing built for poor people.

B．They are filled with people living under poverty.

C．They are built by the government.

D．They are developed and modern.

3. What name is given to a city that uses technology to help it function properly?

A．Traditional cities.	B．Future cities.
C．Smart cities.	D．Developing cities

【推荐3】Three months after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Rebecca Sell, then 24, a photojournalist for Fredericksburg photographed a New Orleans couple worriedly examining water-spotted photo albums. As she took the photo, something within her clicked. “I told them I could take the ruined pictures, copy them and give them digitally restored (修复) photos,” she recalls. Although a bit sceptical, the couple agreed. Rebecca took their photos home, restored them and took them to the couple at their temporary home. “It felt so good to be able to do that for them,” says Rebecca.

When her editor, Dave Ellis, saw the photo of the couple, he suggested they go back and restore damaged photos for even more people. So in January 2006, with paid time off from the paper, the two set up shop in Pass Christian. After posting a notice in the community newsletter, Rebecca and Dave received 500 photos in four days. For each, the pair took a new digital picture, then used high-tech software to erase water spots and restore colors. It just so happened that a popular website linked to Dave’s blog about the experience, and soon Operation Photo Rescue, as it came to be known, had emails from hundreds of volunteers, including photographers and restoration experts, eager to help.

Though digital restoration is a painstaking process, mending irreplaceable family pictures means the world to victims like Emily Lancaster, 71, who took out piles of ruined photo albums after Katrina, never thinking the mess could be saved. But she just couldn’t bear to part with a few treasured pictures, including a portrait of her father, who had passed away, and a photo of her husband as a boy. Then she heard about Operation Photo Rescue. “I didn’t have a whole lot of hope they could fix them, but they did,” Emily says. “Almost every day I think about all the pictures I’ve lost. I’m so happy to have these two.”

In the five years since Katrina, Operation Photo Rescue has collected thousands of pictures ruined by floods, hurricanes and tornadoes. Volunteers make “copy runs” to disaster areas across the country to gather damaged photos from survivors; operating costs are covered by donations. “It’s great to be able to give people some of their history back,” says Rebecca. “One person told me that thanks to us, her grandmother got to see her photos again before she passed away. Moments like that remind me why I do this.”

1. When Rebecca took the picture of the New Orleans couple, she decided to ______.

A．take them to their temporary home

B．help with their damaged photos

C．set up shop in Pass Christian

D．cover Hurricane Katrina

2. From Paragraph 2, we know that Dave and Rebecca ______.

A．quit their jobs in 2006

B．inspired volunteers to join them

C．spent four days mending the photos

D．made their work known in their newspaper

3. How did Emily Lancaster feel when she first heard about Operation Photo Rescue?

A．Excited.	B．Hopeless.
C．Satisfied.	D．Sceptical.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Surviving Hurricanes

B．An Act of Generosity

C．Saving Memories

D．A Lucky Couple

【推荐1】When I was ten years old, I went to the USA to visit some family friends. We travelled around California—Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas. I noticed something funny about the way everyone spoke English. I remember thinking, "This is the way they speak in films!" The only times I had really heard an American accent before were when I watched films such as Mean Girls and Freaky Friday. Most of the films I watched when I was a child were American.

One moment I remember very clearly was at the beginning of the holiday, when my friend asked me if I wanted to order ‘French fries’. I couldn't imagine what French fries were. What was fried and French? Snails? Cheese? She was amazed that I had never tried them and she ordered a portion for us to share. When the waiter brought us some chips, I asked her where the French fries were. She pointed to the plate of chips! Later that week she said she was going to buy some ‘chips’ from the supermarket. She came out with a packet of crisps! I was very confused.

During that holiday we were also offered ‘biscuits and gravy’ with our lunch. This was a very strange idea to me, because in England biscuits are sweet. Gravy is a salty, meat-based sauce. I later realized that ‘biscuits’ in America are salty snacks. What we call ‘biscuits’, they call ‘cookies’.

I was also embarrassed when a stranger told me she liked my ‘pants’. I remember thinking, “How can she see my underwear?” My mum then told me that they call ‘pants’ what we call ‘trousers’, the outer clothing that you wear on your legs!

I was disgusted when I saw an ‘eggplant’ pizza on the menu in a restaurant. Eggs do not grow on plants, I thought. What on earth could an ‘egg plant’ be? Something eggy and leafy? My dad ordered this pizza and it was covered in aubergines. I asked him where the “egg plant” was. He laughed and pointed to the aubergines. “They call this ‘eggplant’ in America!” he told me.

Although the same ‘language’ may be spoken in different countries, there are likely to be many differences, not just in vocabulary but also in spelling, grammar and pronunciation! I think part of the excitement of learning a language is learning about the differences that exist in how it is spoken in different places.

1. What did the writer think funny in the first paragraph?

A．English films.	B．American English
C．American customs.	D．British English.

2. We can infer that the writer comes from      .

A．the UK	B．Australia
C．France	D．the USA

3. The underlined word “disgusted” probably means      .

A．exhausted	B．annoyed
C．confused	D．interested

4. Which group words are both used in California?

A．Chips; Biscuits	B．Eggplant; Underwear
C．Pants; Cookies	D．French fries; Trousers

【推荐2】Looking at a pile of old photos, I couldn’t help feeling rather regretful.

I’ve never got into the habit of sorting out photos. However, it’s almost a habit of mine to have photos taken thoughtlessly. Thus, photos have been piling up in my childhood to womanhood. In spite of that, those black-and-white pictures taken in my early years are rarely kept, except a few survivals regarded as antiques. The bald baby picture of me that I treasured, the only one left, it’s now missing.

Familiar faces flash one by one before my eyes. Though the world is so small and we all live in it, yet we are separated by physical and psychological distances, some smaller, some larger. With the passage of time, one cannot, regretfully relive (重温) it with the same feeling as one had in the picture. What one can get from the old photos is but a bit of the past joy.

One takes pictures with different persons in different time and places. They fill one with nostalgia (怀旧) in various degrees — some more, some less, and others none. That’s why one has conflicting feelings towards the old photos. Still kept with the current ones, they’re even less favored than a daily-used cup, which is always close to the owner.

How these pieces of thought influence me! Photos keep our images rather than our sentiment, which may not remain. The image is always there but not its owner, whom the photo can’t keep, neither can it keep the event.

Of course, there are some of the photos still holding my affection, such as those taken with my family members, with favorite playmates, fellow girl-students and best friends, not only in pictures but also in my life and heart.

Now, since I have learned all this, I will not allow myself to be included casually in a photo taken with others. I’ll make sure that the friendship can last before I take a photo with somebody.

1. Why did the writer have only a few black-and-white pictures?

A．She took fewer of them.	B．She took photos thoughtlessly.
C．She didn’t take good care of them.	D．She only liked the bald baby picture.

2. What can we get from the old photos according to the writer?

A．All the past events.	B．All the past excitement.
C．Some past happiness.	D．The everlasting memory.

3. What does the underlined word “sentiment” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．Feeling.

B．Thought.

C．Look.

D．Influence.

4. What is the writer likely to do when asked to take photos with others?

A．To take the photo happily.	B．To refuse the request politely.
C．To ignore the request casually.	D．To think carefully before action.

【推荐3】A trip to the Natural History Museum is the perfect family day out in London. There is so much to explore!

Site: Cromwell Road, London SW7 51313

Opening hours: Open daily 10:00-17:50; Last entry 17:30; Closed 24-26 December

Upcoming events

Wildlife Photographer of the Year

10 October 2019-31 January 2020

Event type: Exhibition

Ticket price: ￡8.25-￡13.90

Explore the world's best nature photography, with great lighting effects.

Orbit: A Journey Around Earth in Real Time

21 October 2019-5 January 2020

Event type: Film

Ticket price: Free, no ticket needed

Appreciate the beauty of our home planet from space in this film by Sean Doran with music by Phaelch.

Natural History Museum Ice Rink(溜冰场)

19 October 2019-12 January 2020

Event type: Visitor

Ticket price: Adults from ￡12.65, children from ￡8.80, families from ￡39.60

Get your skates on this winter in front of the Waterhouse building, with fairy lights on and frost-covered trees standing around.

Museum of the Moon

17 May 2019-5 January 2020

Event type: Exhibition

Ticket price: Free, no booking needed

Museum of the Moon is a touring artwork by UK artist Luke Jerram. Since 2016, this six-meter model has been circling the globe, lighting up spaces from Bilbao to Beijing.

Safety notice

Bags and other personal items will be inspected when you enter the Museum. Please do not bring anything sharp including knives and scissors to the Museum.

Smoke free

Smoking (including the use of electronic cigarettes) is not allowed in the Museum.

1. If you travel to London in late January 2020, which event can you go to?

A．Museum of the Moon.	B．Natural History Museum Ice Rink.
C．Wildlife Photographer of the Year.	D．Orbit: A Journey Around Earth in Real Time.

2. What can you do in the museum for free?

A．Going skating in the Ice Rink.	B．Circling the globe.
C．Exploring the best nature photography.	D．Watching a film about the earth.

3. Where is this text most likely from?

A．A diary.	B．A novel.
C．A travel guide.	D．A menu.