【推荐2】Have you ever been in a difficult situation when you didn’t know what to do? Life can be full of challenges, whether it’s starting a new school, managing friendships or not doing as well as you’d hoped in a test or during a game.     1    . But by learning to be more resilient (有适应力的) you can deal with life’s ups and downs more easily.

    2    . It can mean feeling better quickly after a difficult experience, giving things a go and trying your best, or staying strong inside. Resilience is something you learn as you grow.     3    , the more confident you will feel next time.

Why does resilience matter? Being resilient is like having a superpower. It helps you take healthy risks, like trying a new sport. It can also make you more confident and willing to trust your instincts (本能). Sometimes bad things happen and it’s natural to feel sad or worried.     4    .

The children’s organization Place 2 Be says healthy relationships help to build resilience. Sharing your worries is also important.     5    , try to center on your good qualities. Remember a time when you dealt with fear or nerves to achieve something and you felt proud. Sleep is also a great help, so wind down and avoid screens before bedtime.

A．How do you have resilience

B．Everyone faces difficulties

C．The more challenges you face

D．When conditions become difficult

E．There are lots of ways to describe resilience

F．The study on resilience started during the 1970s

G．Resilience can make it easier to accept difficult feelings

【推荐3】What do you do to take care of the books in your library? Some collectors refuse to read the books in their collections, so the books remain in good condition. Others buy two copies of a book. They read one， and leave the other untouched.     1     Here are some tips to remember if you want your books to remain in good condition.

• Avoid writing.

You may have been told to write in your books, or even to underline words, phrases, and paragraphs. But if you plan to keep a book, add it to your library, or even sell it, don’t write in the book in ink.    2     Use a notebook to take notes or use pieces of paper. If you are required to write in your books, use a pencil, and remove the markings later.

• Avoid food and drinks.

Food and drinks are things that may be dangerous to your books, so the best way is to avoid eating or drinking while you read. If you need to read while you eat, make sure your fingers are clean and dry as you hold your books or turn the pages.     3    

• Take care.

    4     Don’t let it drop to the ground. When you read a book, don’t fold the comers of the pages (use a bookmark instead). You’d better use a book cover to keep your book in the best condition.

•     5    

If you want to take care of your books, keep your books on a shelf when you are not reading them.But also take care that the books should be placed in an upright (竖直的) position.

A．Put them on the shelf

B．Protect them from dust

C．The ink may damage the book forever.

D．When you handle a book, hold it with care.

E．No man knows exactly how to protect his books.

F．Also keep your books well away from food and drinks.

G．However, many readers must read their books, but they still want to protect them.

【推荐1】Ancient China produced many types of beautiful works of art. Among them, calligraphy (书法), poetry (诗歌) and painting are the most famous. Often they would be put together in art.These became important starting with the Song dynasty.

Calligraphy is the art of handwriting. In the old times the Chinese considered writing as an important form of art. Calligraphers would practice for years to learn to write perfectly, but with style. Each of the over 40,000 characters (汉字) needed to be written correctly. And each stroke (笔画) in a character had to be written in a certain order.

Poetry is also an important form of art. Great poets were famous all over the country, and all educated people were expected to write poetry. During the Tang dynasty poetry was so important that writing poetry was part of the examinations to become a civil servant (文官)and work for the government.

Chinese painting is often connected with calligraphy. It is one of the oldest artistic traditions in the world. The most traditional way of Chinese painting is known as “national painting” or “native painting” which is quite different from Western painting. People can draw mountains, buildings, birds, trees and water.

1. Calligraphers needed to write over _____ characters correctly in the old times.

A．10,000

B．20,000

C．30,000

D．40,000

2. What was part of the civil servant examinations during the Tang dynasty?

A．Painting.

B．Calligraphy.

C．Writing poetry.

D．Playing music.

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Calligraphy, poetry, and painting are the most famous works of art in ancient China.

B．The strokes of each character can be written in any order.

C．Poetry is an important form of art like calligraphy.

D．Chinese painting is often connected with calligraphy.

4. What’s the passage mainly about?

A．Chinese art.	B．Chinese examinations.
C．Chinese history.	D．Chinese dynasties.

【推荐2】Fans of art believe that its main purpose is to make us look at life from many different angles. When it comes to Cubism, however, the artists of this era wanted us to look at life from every angle.

The father of Cubism, Spanish artist Pablo Picasso, is among the art world's most famous names. Like many other great names before him, he felt restrained by the rules of his teachers and decided to do something: break them.

Early in his painting career, Picasso realized something important about how people view and remember scenes of beauty. When we look at a subject, we don’t just see it from one angle, as many paintings appear. Instead, we study the subject from a number of different angles, heights and viewpoints. This is the aim of Cubism: It portrays subjects from a wide range of angles; it doesn’t force us to see things as the artist viewed them at the time he or she painted them. To bring his visions to life, Picasso and other Cubists took the most basic components of a subject and rearranged them in a way which let us see it in full detail.

“By breaking objects and figures down into distinct areas, Picasso aimed to show different viewpoints at the same time and within the same space,” in the words of the Tate Institution. Or as Lithuanian-born Cubist Jacques Lipchitz once put it: “Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you go lower, again they will look different.”

Cubism stood out as it was an art movement which didn't just rely on the artist to share their vision by painting what they saw. As cubist paintings mainly show their subjects in a deconstructed form, this means that viewers must use their imaginations to find the missing pieces for themselves. As Guardian art critic Johnathan Jones noted, this is part of the beauty of enjoying Picasso’s works. “If you can relax your gaze enough and just enjoy the painting long enough, something really amazing happens. Your mind produces a solid feeling of the things Picasso was looking at the world is revealed in its majesty,” he wrote.

1. What is a main features of cubist works?

A．They are simple pictures.	B．They break things down into parts.
C．They are mainly in black and white.	D．They present scenes of life to viewers.

2. Why are Jacques Lipchitz’s words quoted?

A．To point out the origin of cubism.

B．To compare cubism with other schools of art.

C．To show his understanding of what cubism was.

D．To show that mountains were a common subject in cubism.

3. Which word would Jonathan Jones probably use to describe cubist works?

A．Imaginative.

B．Traditional.

C．Colorful.

D．Life-like.

4. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Seeing Every Side.	B．The History of Cubism.
C．The Beauty of Enjoying.	D．Pablo Picasso: A Great Cubist.

【推荐3】阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

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Paper is a cheap and accessible medium that can produce beautiful results. To most people, making a paper plane could be one of the simplest things to do. It’s the simplest and easiest form of paper art. And paper art can be dated back to Japan, where it originated (起源于) over a thousand years ago. However, there’s a special minority who takes paper art to the next level, magically turning the plain white or colored paper into some of the most amazing artworks. Check out the following artists and their works!

The Danish artist Peter Callesen is famous for his talent in combining the minimalism (极简单) of a white sheet of paper with the complexity of carefully cut and folded paper and uses the two to build out some pleasing works.

The British artist Su Blackwell often goes to secondhand bookstores — to look for materials with which she can carve out delicate sculptures. The models look as if they “grow” naturally from the pages of the books. The artist finds inspiration from the book title or a paragraph or picture inside and then spends months carefully making each one into an eye-catching paper model. Her old book sculptures sell for up to￡5,000 each.

By carefully folding simple pieces of paper, German artist Simon Schubert creates amazing masterpieces. He turns paper into architectural masterpieces by folding a simple piece of paper to shape the creases (褶缝), then unfolding it to show the fascinating artwork.

Another master of paper-folding is Jen Stark. Her artwork is often in the form of colorful caves and land maps. Using her imagination and a special knife, she is a modern day magician who turns humble materials like construction paper and glue into fantastic, complicated sculptures that puzzle the eyes. Her work draws inspiration from nature.

1. According to the passage, paper art ________.

A．is about plane-folding	B．is richest in Japan
C．dates back to 1000 B.C.	D．is now on a new level

2. The British artist mentioned in the passage ________.

A．combines the minimalism and complexity of paper

B．often gets inspired by secondhand books

C．makes architectural masterpieces with Simon Schubert

D．is a magician who uses simple paper materials

3. According to the passage, Jen Stark ________.

A．is from Germany

B．uses paper to build complicated shapes

C．creates things too puzzling to understand

D．works also as a magician

4. What does the underlined word “humble” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．Common and popular.	B．Simple and cheap.
C．Useless and priceless.	D．Rough and meaningless.