【推荐3】The over 48,000 orange trees in Seville, Spain, not only fill the city’s air with the pleasant smell of orange blossoms in spring, but they also produce over 16,500 tons of fruit every winter. Though that makes the capital of southern Spain’s Andalusia region Europe’s top orange-producing city, the fruit is too sour to be consumed fresh. While some of the produce is used to make orange jam and an alcoholic drink, most of it ends up in Seville’s landfills (填埋场). However, that may change soon thanks to a clever idea to use the oranges to produce clean energy.

The trial program is being launched by the city’s council and park department in cooperation with Emasesa, Seville’s water supply and sanitation (卫生) division. Juice from 38. 6 tons of oranges will be left to ferment (发酵) in a specialized facility. The methane (甲烷) released from the fermented liquid will be captured and used to drive a generator to produce clean power. The officials estimate the test run will produce about 1,500 kWh of energy—enough to run one of Emasesa’s water purification plants. To ensure there is no waste, the orange skins, peels, and flesh will be used as fertilizer.

“It’s not just about saving money. The oranges are a problem for the city, and we’re producing added value from waste,” said Benigno Lopez, head of Emasesa’s environmental department.

If successful, by 2023, the city hopes to recycle all the oranges and add the electricity produced back into its power transmission network. In trial runs, one ton of oranges produced 50 kWh of clean energy—enough to cover the daily electricity needs of five homes. The project team estimates that if all the fruit is recycled, it will produce enough energy to power as many as 73,000 residences.

“This project will help us to reach our targets for reducing emissions, energy self-sufficiency, and the circular economy,” Juan Espadas Cejas, mayor of Seville, said in the press conference announcing the trial scheme.

1. What do we know about oranges in Seville from the first paragraph？

A．They are usually picked in spring.

B．They are mostly used to make jams and juice.

C．They are not recommended to be eaten fresh.

D．They make Seville the world’s top orange-producing city.

2. What is the second paragraph mainly about？

A．Different uses of oranges.

B．How to produce power from juice.

C．An introduction to the trial program.

D．Why the trial program was put forward.

3. What can we infer from the passage？

A．Seville hasn’t carried out the trial program yet.

B．The electricity produced will be used to purify water.

C．The electricity produced will go to Seville’s power plants.

D．Seville may need to recycle 14,600 tons of oranges to power 73,000 homes.

4. What is the best title for the text？

A．Seville Is Turning Waste into Wealth

B．Seville Is Seeking Market for Oranges

C．Seville Is Contributing to Global Warming

D．Seville Is Dealing with the Electricity Shortage

【推荐1】Book reading is certainly one of the most absorbing habits. For young adults who love to read, finding some good books to read is very essential. Writing a book review can help you to improve your language and writing skills.

The Book Thief

Listed on The New York Times Children’s Best Seller List for over 100 weeks, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is the story of a young girl in the Nazi camps set during World War Ⅱ. So, if you love history and wish to learn how the life was during Adolf Hitler’s time, read this historic book.

The Diary of Young Girl

Even Anne Frank can not have imagined that, her personal diary written during World War Ⅱ would become such a popular book. It’s a must read that describes the situation of a family in the evils of wars through the eyes of a teenager.

Animal farm

Animal Farm is one of the most popular books by George Orwell. It is just a reflection of the Stalin and World War I period that has been so creatively presented in this book. It is an interesting example of how literature can be used to present conditions common in the society.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the great American novels in the history, and is certainly a great pick for young adults. Young Huck Finn and his mischief along with the colorful description of people around the Mississippi River make this novel a great book to read.

1. Who wrote Animal farm?

A．Markus Zusak.	B．Anne Frank.
C．George Orwell.	D．Mark Twain.

2. What do the first three books have in common?

A．All of them are diaries.

B．All of them are about wars.

C．All of them are about farms.

D．All of them are about animals.

3. The author’s main purpose of writing the passage is to ________.

A．instruct youngsters how to improve skills

B．introduce several good books to youngsters

C．tell youngsters some wonderful reading habits

D．give youngsters advice on writing a book review

【推荐2】Welcome to Summer Camps.com; find and book the very best summer camps. Your children are precious so we offer the highest quality of camps that will meet each child’s needs and interests.

Catalina Sea Camp

Sea Camp offers three one-week sessions to boys and girls aged 8–13 and two three-week sessions to teens aged 12–17. Our hand-picked instructors create an atmosphere of fun and excitement while leading campers to a host of ocean adventures, marine (海洋的) biology, and social summer camp activities.

Address: Toyon Way, San Bruno, California 94066

Phone: 800–645–1423

Camp Cayuga

Camp Cayuga is a private summer camp for children aged 6 - 16. The camp is on a 350-acre land in the Pocon o Mountains of Northeast Pennsylvania, just outside the village of Honesdale. It’s a 3-hour drive from New York City to Philadelphia.

Address: 321 Niles Pond Road-Suite ISC, Honesdale, Pennsylvania 18431

Phone: 908-470-1224

Camp Rockmont

Camp Rockmont is a Christian summer camp for boys, aged 6–16, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Rockmont’s duty of developing boys into healthy young men is accomplished through age-appropriate skills, activities, and challenges that help campers to know themselves better.

Address: 375 Lake Eden Road, Black Mountain, North Carolina 28711

Phone: 828-686-3885

Primitive Pursuits Overnight Camps

Primitive Pursuits Overnight Camps offer week-long Summer Adventure Overnight Camps in New York’s Finger Lakes to your children aged 11–15. Campers experience a week of nature-based skills training, inspiring challenges, and fun activities under the guidance of skilled instructors.

Address: 611 County Rd 13, Van Etten, New York 14889

Phone: 607-272-2292

1. What number should a parent call if his boy is curious about sea creatures?

A．607–272–2292.	B．828-686-3885.
C．800–645–1423.	D．908-470-1224.

2. Where are Primitive Pursuits Overnight Camps located?

A．In North Carolina.	B．In California.
C．In Pennsylvania.	D．In New York.

3. What is special about Camp Rockmont?

A．It lasts a week.	B．It is on a 350-ache land.
C．It is intended for boys.	D．It is full of adventures.

【推荐1】A native of Florida, U. S. , Hannah Herbst, 17, uses water power to deal with energy poverty. Herbst has risen to fame with the development of BEACON, an ocean energy probe that seeks to offer a stable power source to developing countries by using untapped energy from ocean currents.

She told Teen Vogue , " I was really involved in theater and athletics and I'm still really into those things. When I was in the seventh grade, I was put into a summer camp. The minute I got there I realized that I was the only girl in the program. I wanted to quit at that moment. But my dad told me, ' Just try it. '   I tried it for that day and it changed my life. ”

“At the camp, we started building the robots, which is something I had never done before but many of the boys had, and I realized it was a platform for problem-solving. We were solving simple tasks like how to push a robot off a platform. Learning from my partners as well as online articles about how to program and build was really interesting to me," said Herbst.

Later that year, she received a letter from her pen pal, Ruth, who lives in Ethiopia, and learned that she was living in energy poverty with minimal access to electricity and medical supplies. " I knew that I wanted to do something to help, so I created BEACON, she said.

The device is made from 90% recycled materials easily found throughout the world, including 2-liter bottles and recycled spoons. It costs $ 12 to make and can produce enough electricity to power an LED light. Hannah imagines BEACON being used in developing countries to power pumps for fresh water and she is working on polishing it to get it available to people all over the world.

1. What advice does Herbst most likely give to teens by her camp experience?

A．Quilting to gain more.

B．Giving something a go.

C．Developing various interests.

D．Avoiding favorable conditions

2. What kind of summer camp did Herbst join in the seventh grade?

A．Athletic.	B．Literature.
C．Theater.	D．Engineering.

3. Which words can best describe Hannah Herbst?

A．Energetic and kind.	B．Helpful and creative.
C．Generous and modest.	D．Careful and adventurous.

4. What can we know about BEACON?

A．It is a powerful LED light.

B．It's made without any cost.

C．Its materials are accessible.

D．It has been put on the market.

【推荐2】I’d done it before, and so I had no reason to believe that this time would be any different. I was sure that when I returned home from my mission trip. As always, I’d bring back nothing more than some mud on my boots. A hole or two in my jeans and, of course, a lot of great memories.

The summer before my high school graduation, I went to West Virginia with others as volunteers to repair the homes of those in need. Arriving at our destination, my group was assigned the task of rebuilding sections of a home that had been damaged by fire. No sooner had we parked on the home’s dirt driveway than we saw an excited little girl, no more than six years old, standing in the doorway of the family’s temporary home. Shoeless and wearing dirty clothes and the biggest smile I’d ever seen, she yelled, “Ma, Ma, they really came!” I didn’t know it then, but her name was Dakota, and four more days would pass before she’d say another word near me.

Behind Dakota was a woman in a wheelchair—her grandmother, we’d soon learn. I also discovered that my job that week would be to help change a fire-damaged dining room into a bedroom for this little girl. Over the following days, I noticed Dakota peeking at us every now and then as we worked. A few times, I tried talking with her, but she remained shy and distant, always flying around us like a tiny butterfly but keeping to herself.

By our fifth and final day, however, this was about to change. Before I went to work   on her home on that last morning, I spoke for a moment or two with the grandmother. I was especially pleased when she told me how much Dakota loved her new room—so much. As we talked,   I   noticed something I hadn’t seen before—Dakota was hiding behind her grandmother.

Cautiously, she stepped into view, and I could see that just like her clothes, her face was still dirty. But no amount of soil could hide those bright blue eyes and big smile. She was simply adorable. Slowly, she began walking toward me. It wasn’t until she was just inches away that I noticed the folded piece of paper in her tiny hand. Silently, she reached up and handed it to me. Once unfolded, I looked at the drawing she’d made with her broken crayons on the back of an old coloring book cover. It was of two girls—one much taller than the other—and they were holding hands. She told me it was supposed to be me and her, and on the bottom of the paper were three little words that instantly broke my heart. Now almost in tears, I couldn’t control myself anymore—I bent down and hugged her. She hugged me, too. And for the longest time, neither of us could let go.

I left for home early the next morning. I was returning with muddy boots and holes in my jeans. But because of Dakota, I brought back something else, too — a greater appreciation for all or the blessings of my life. I’ll never forget that barefoot little butterfly with the big smile and dirty face. I pray that she’ll never forget me either.

1. What did the author expect before taking this mission trip?

A．An exciting experience.

B．A routine result.

C．A special memory.

D．A surprising change.

2. The underlined part means that the little girl ____.

A．feared to talk with me

B．desired to approach me

C．resisted accepting me

D．enjoyed meeting me

3. From the appearance description of the little girl, we know ____.

A．she formed a bad living habit

B．she hoped for a better education

C．she was strong and calm in the inner world

D．she was an innocent and lovely child

4. What were probably written on the bottom of the paper?

A．Enjoy your help.

B．Help me, please.

C．Please don’t leave.

D．Hug me close.

5. How did the author feel after unfolding the piece of paper?

A．She worried about the little girl’s future.

B．She felt a greater affection for the little girl.

C．She decided to keep helping the little girl.

D．She got surprised at the little girl’s worthless gift.

6. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．One must learn to share life experiences.

B．One often wants to lead a meaningful life.

C．One should be more grateful for the gift of life.

D．One occasionally benefits from the poverty.

【推荐3】阅读下列短文，选出最佳选项。
City College Union Company
Secretary/Typist
The Union is a student-run organization with a permanent staff of 20. Typing speed: at least 60 wpm.
The ability to take shorthand dictation and a working knowledge of filling procedures are essential requirements.
The basic salary for the position is $ 18,500 per year.
Enquires to R. Barbar 387-5075.
Emu Airline
Secretary
Emu Airline is now offering a part-time position for a secretary.
The position offers at least 20 hours’ work a week, with a view to full-time work in the future. Monthly salary is about $ 1,400.
Phone 899-3264 for an appointment.
Word Processor
Operator (full-time)
We need an operator to work in an office associated with the building industry. Only experienced operators are expected to apply.
Starting salary: $ 17,950 yearly.
Apply in writing to: the Personnel Officer Hill Morgan Pty Ltd 38 Green Hill Rd.
Sewing Machinist Wanted
Jeans Industry
We are an expanding clothing company located south of the city. Our products include jeans, skirts, shorts and so on. We are looking for sewing machine operators.
The factory works a 38-hour week over 4-5 days. Wages for this are $ 18,050 per year.
If you are interested, come over and pick up an application form from Ripper Jeans, 23 North Ave, Beaudesert.
1. What do these four advertisements have in common?

A．Each of them is commented by their manager.

B．They are located in the south of the same city.

C．Their companies are introduced in detail.

D．They all want people in the proper position.

2. The applicants for the post of a secretary in City College Union Company should have the following qualities EXCEPT .

A．ability of organization.

B．knowledge about filling the form.

C．typing skill.

D．writing rapidly.

3. The attractiveness of the post in Emu Airline is     .

A．its promising future.

B．its free flying.

C．its good salary.

D．its nice working conditions.

4. If you want to be a sewing machine operator, you may contact this company by

A．visit.	B．fax.
C．phone.	D．email.

【推荐1】I believe in getting lost. Lost in the text of the novel that is particular to your thoughts and feelings that you consider special. Lost in the song that reminds you of your childhood summers, feeling the warm wind brushing against your arm as you ride your bicycle. Lost in the sip of cappuccino, idling the day away. Lost in the unprepared Sunday Drive, with no destination. You're free to wander, take paths that you've never noticed, discover places you haven't been. Then off the path to lead you back home, leaving you to test directions and alertly absorb your surroundings in order to find your way back; that kind of lost.

I get lost daily; whether it's in thought, or the unplanned drive I just decided to go on. Getting lost is an adventurous learning experience that trains you how to be more aware of your surroundings. A few of my most favorite memories involve physically getting lost. That one late night trip back to Ludington I took with a few friends. We finally realized we were going the wrong way, almost three hours out of our way. Another time, I got lost in the DeVos Place and then the parking garage for two hours solid. These are nervous experiences that get your anxiety pumping. You're fearful that you won't be safe, but it always works itself out in the end. Physically losing yourself prepares you for how you manage when you emotionally or mentally lose yourself.

You don't always have to be lost in a literal sense to "get lost" and some of the time, losing yourself may not be a positive experience. There are times where I lose sight of who 1 am. While lost, I test out metaphorical paths and sometimes they turn out to be the right direction and other times they are a wrong turn. I make note of these wrong turns, so I can avoid them further on up the road of finding my way back to who 1 am.

In Walden. Henry David Thoreau wrote "Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations." Getting lost fuels my curiosity and teaches me lessons on finding many way back to the right track. I believe in getting. lost through day dreams, a misplacement, adventures, and difficult times when you make discoveries about yourself and the atmosphere around you. In order to truly find yourself, I believe that you should put down the map and get wonderfully lost.

1. The author believes in getting lost in ____________.

A．reading a well-received novel	B．listening to a song recalling the past
C．hanging out with friends in a cafe	D．going on a well-planned trip

2. The author mentions the experiences of physically getting lost in order to say ____________.

A．physically getting lost is most difficult to deal with

B．we can enjoy trips while physically getting lost

C．people are easy to get physically lost in our daily life

D．we realize our surroundings while physically getting lost

3. Words from Henry David Thoreau imply that getting lost ____________.

A．enables us to look within and to see outward

B．pulls people back into the previous moment

C．enables us to remind ourselves of adventures

D．helps us enjoy ourselves wherever we are

4. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

A．Experiences of Getting Lost	B．Wonderfully Getting Lost
C．Causes of Getting Lost	D．Physically Getting Lost

【推荐2】People who write dramas, also called plays, are known as “playwrights” or “dramatist”. Some popular types of drama include comedy tragedy, farce, opera and docudramas. Now, I'd like to tell you some popular types of drama.

Lighter in tone, comedies try to make the audience laugh and usually come to a happy ending. Comedies put unusual characters in special situations, causing them to do and say funny things. Comedies can also be sarcastic(讽刺的) in nature, creating fun at serious topics. There are also several different types of comedy, including romantic comedy, a comedy of manners, and tragic comedy-plays in which the characters take on tragedy with humor while bringing serious situations to happy endings.

Tragedy is based on darker themes. Generally, tragedies show serious subjects like death, disaster, and human suffering in a way that makes the audience think. Hardly enjoying happy endings, characters in tragedies, like Shakespeare's Hamlet, are often troubled by tragic character flaws(缺点) that finally lead to their death.

A farce is a type of drama in which characters overact and present physical humor. Examples of farce include the play Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett and the hit 1980 movie Airplane! written by David and Jery Zucker and Jim Abrahams.

Opera is a type of drama which combines theater, dialogue, music, and dance to tell stories of tragedy or comedy. Since characters express their feelings through singing rather than dialogue, performers must be both skilled actors and singers. The tragedy La bohème by Giacomo Puccini and the comedy Falstaff by Giuseppe Verdi are classic examples of opera.

A docudrama is a relatively new kind of drama. Docudramas talk about historic events or non-fictional situations. More often presented in movies and television than in live theater, popular examples of docudramas include the movies Apollo 13 and Twelve Years a Slave.

1. What do we know about comedies?

A．They don' t talk about serious topics.

B．They usually don' t have sad endings.

C．There' re always some arguments in them.

D．There' re four kinds of comedies mentioned.

2. How would people most probably react when watching plays like Waiting for Godot?

A．Worried.	B．Cheerful.
C．Upset.	D．Thoughtful.

3. In dramas like La bohème , performers are required to   .

A．say something funny.	B．present physical humor.
C．be good at acting and singing.	D．tell stories through dialogue.

4. Who would most probably love watching docudramas?

A．Girls loving romantic stories.	B．Children loving funny stories.
C．People interested in true events in history.	D．People interested in fictional situations.

【推荐3】Humans are social animals. They live in groups all over the world. As these groups of people live apart from other groups, over the years and centuries they develop their own habits and ideas, which are different from other cultures. One important particular side of every culture is how its people deal with time.

Time is not very important in nonindustrial (非工业的) societies. The Nuer people of East Africa, for example, do not even have a word TIME that is in agreement with the abstract thing we call time. The daily lives of the people of such nonindustrial societies are likely to be patterned around their physical needs and natural events rather than around a time schedule (时间表) based on the clock. They cook and eat when they are hungry and sleep when the sun goes down. They plant crops during the growing seasons and harvest them when the crops are ripe. They measure time not by a clock or calendar, but by saying that an event takes place before or after some other event. Frequently such a society measures days in terms of “sleeps” or longer periods in terms of “moons”. Some cultures, such as the Eskimos of Greenland measure seasons according to the migration of certain animals.

Some cultures which do not have a written language or keep written records have developed interesting ways of “telling time”. For example, when several Australian aborigines want to plan an event for a future time, one of them places a stone on a cliff or in a tree. Each day the angle of the sun changes slightly. In a few days, the rays of the sun strike the stone in a certain way. When this happens, the people see that the agreed-upon time has arrived and the event can take place.

In contrast (成对比), exactly correct measurement of time is very important in modern, industrialized societies.

This is because industrialized societies require the helpful efforts of many people in order to work. For a factory to work efficiently (well, quickly and without waste), for example, all of the workers must work at the same time. Therefore, they must know what time to start work in the morning and what time they may go home in the afternoon. Passengers must know the exact time that an airplane will arrive or depart. Students and teachers need to know when a class starts and ends. Stores must open on time in order to serve their customers. Complicated (复杂的) societies need clocks and calendars. Thus, we can see that if each person worked according to his or her own schedule, a complicated society could hardly work at all.

1. By saying “Humans are social animals”, the author means ________.

A．they live all over the world	B．they are different from other animals
C．they live in one area as a whole	D．they are divided into many groups

2. Time is not very important in nonindustrial societies because people in those societies ________.

A．don’t have the word TIME in their languages

B．don’t get used to using clocks and other timepieces

C．don’t measure time in their daily-lives around an exact time schedule

D．don’t need to plan their daily lives around an exact time schedule

3. The Australian aborigines’ way of “telling time” is based on ________.

A．the change of the angle of the sun	B．the change of the weather
C．the position of the stone	D．the position of the tree or the cliff

4. Which of the following might be the best title for this passage?

A．Time and Culture	B．The Measurement of Time
C．Time Schedule and Daily Life	D．Clock, Calendar and Society