【推荐1】One day, a small opening appeared on a cocoon(蚕茧); a man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through the little hole. Then, it seemed to make no progress. It appeared as if it had never come out.

So the man decided to help the butterfly, he took a pair of scissors and opened the cocoon. The butterfly then came out and emerged easily. But it had a withered and weak body, it just had tiny and shriveled wings.

The man continued to watch because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would open, enlarge and expand, to be able to support the butterfly’s body, and become firm and flew high in the sky.However，Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling around with a withered body and shriveled wings. It never was able to fly.   

What the man, in his kindness and his goodwill did not understand was that the restricting cocoon hole and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening, were God’s will of forcing fluid (液体)from the body of the butterfly into its wings, so that it would be ready for flight   

Sometimes, struggles are exactly what we need in our life. If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles, it would destroy and ruin us. We would not be as strong as we could have been. We never been able to fly. That is why when I asked for strength. God gave me difficulties to make me strong. when I asked for courage , God gave me obstacles to overcome.

1. What do you think is the best title of the article?

A．Butterfly and pain.	B．Butterfly and kindness.
C．Life without fear.	D．Butterfly and our life.

2. The underlined word “ withered ” in Paragraph 2 most probably means “_____”．

A．strong.

B．fat.

C．large.

D．weak.

3. The story tells us ______.

A．we will face all obstacles and difficulties.

B．We should be kind to anyone

C．we won’t go through our life without obstacles and difficulties

D．we need everyone’s help and do easy work

4. What do you think of the man’s help to the butterfly?

A．helpful.

B．harmful.

C．constructive.

D．good.

【推荐2】One cold morning in winter, I went alone to a hillside to do some hunting. I sat there waiting for about an hour. Suddenly, a big beautiful deer appeared less than 20 feet away from me. There was no cover near him. Surely I could shoot him.

To my surprise, he came toward me! He was curious, I suppose, or maybe he was stupid. For this was not a young deer, but a fully grown-up one. He must have known about men and their guns. But this deer came closer, and I still waited. His big eyes never moved away from my face. His wonderful head with a set of antlers (鹿角) was clearly in sight.

I was getting a bit nervous as he walked closer. A big deer can do a lot of damage. Well, he walked right up to where I was sitting. Then he stopped and looked at me.

What happened next was hard to believe. But it all seemed quite natural. I held out my hands and touched his head right between the antlers. And he liked it. The big, wild, beautiful deer bent his head.

I touched his head and body. His nose touched my shoulder. I fed him with my last sandwich.

Well, he finally went his way, down the hill. Shoot him? Not me. You wouldn’t, either. Not after that. I just watched him go, a strong deer carrying a proud head.

I picked up my gun, and started walking back. Suddenly, I heard two shots, one after another. If you have hunted much, you will know what two shots mean. They mean a kill. I had forgotten that there were other hunters around.

You will now understand why I gave up hunting from that day on.

1. How the deer behaved toward the writer shows that___________.

A．it pretended to be friendly to the writer

B．it wanted to attack the writer

C．it was quite friendly to the writer

D．it was too frightened to run away

2. You can infer from the passage that ____________.

A．a grown-up deer usually will not get close to men with guns

B．the writer was a little nervous at first as he had been attacked by a big deer before

C．the writer decided not to kill the deer the moment the deer walked up to him

D．the writer had waited for about an hour before the deer appeared

3. After reading the whole passage, we can know that the passage is written in a(n) ______feelings.

A．worried	B．excited
C．sad	D．happy

4. According to the passage, the reason why the writer gave up hunting is that__________ .

A．he lost heart as he missed a good chance

B．he felt guilty and was sorry for the lovely deer

C．he wanted to do something for wildlife protection

D．he realized hunting is too dangerous

【推荐3】My parents moved to Mississippi when my brother and I were small children, and we were separated from our Oklahoma grandparents by some 600 miles. This long distance allowed us to only visit our grandparents once a year, either at Christmas or during summer vacation.

Most of my classmates lived near their grandparents, and I would often hear stories of big families regularly spending time with one another, fishing at “grandpa’s” house or going over to “grandma’s” for her famous fried chicken. We were disappointed that we did not get to spend more time with our grandparents, but our love for them remained deep and strong.

We always expected a road trip to Oklahoma. We would count the days, and when the day came, the entire family would pile into our car at four o'clock in the morning. Crossing the Mississippi River into Louisiana, the scenery changed. Crossing the Red River in Oklahoma, we were in a foreign world.

Every trip to see my grandparents can’t be without bringing delight. We jumped out of the car in their driveway to be met with bear hugs. My grandparents wanted to know everything about their grandchildren, and we would sit for hours and tell story after story. Grandma had a meal planned, and you could guess she prepared her grandsons’ favorite foods. Of course the best part of the visit was that we were able to do whatever we wanted without punishment from our grandparents. Grandma and Grandpa always had presents for us, short trips planned and lovely surprises, such as the time we got to a local restaurant and ate the world’s largest hamburger.

1. Why didn’t the family visit their grandparents often?

A．Because they seldom had a vacation.

B．Because they had a bad attitude to them.

C．Because they were all busy with their work.

D．Because they lived far away from each other.

2. When hearing his classmates’ stories, the author __________.

A．often felt deep sorrow

B．would call his grandparents

C．would admire them at heart

D．would feel sorry for his poor life

3. Whenever the author and his brother met their grandparents, they _________.

A．were full of great excitement

B．found they were in a foreign world

C．shared cooking skills with each other

D．seemed not to be familiar with each other

4. What can we infer from the author’s story?

A．Distance can’t break the bond of love.

B．Physical separation hurts the heart deeply.

C．Distance leads to the most beautiful scene.

D．Family life is filled with love and understanding.

【推荐1】阅读理解

Christmas Eve was tomorrow. I hoped one of the packages that held a camera had already been placed under the Christmas tree. It was the only thing I wanted. I had been dropping hints to my parents. I love taking photos. My bedroom walls are covered with photos I had taken with my mom’s old camera. I’m always trying to capture (捕捉) those perfect moments in which you can hear the laughter or touch the beautiful scene, but my camera has always seemed to fall short.

I knew Mom had put a few presents under the tree this morning, so I went on a hunt in my mom’s room. I opened the door and found my Christmas present was lying unwrapped on the floor — a big pink cat. I felt so disappointed.

Mom seemed to notice that, and she tried to cheer me up. “Stacy, I got your present today. I am so excited to surprise you!” “I can’t wait,” I said. The next day I couldn’t wait any longer. I needed to tell her.

       “Mom, may I talk to you for a second?”

“Sure, dear. What do you need to talk about?” she asked.

And so it came — how upset I was that I was getting a cat.

“Stacy, that cat is for your sister Julia!” she said with a smile.

“Then what am I getting?” I asked.

She just smiled. “You’ll have to wait and see.”

The next morning, I happily got into the living room and sat next to the tree. I pulled out the box with my name on it and opened the wrapping paper to find...

My camera! “Thank you!” I said to both Dad and Mom.

Dad picked up the camera and took a picture of Julia, Mom and me. It has become one of my favorite pictures. Just on that Christmas morning, I took lots of photos with my camera — my little sister making a face, my parents giving me a soft smile — and all of these photos have come to mean one thing to me: love.

1. The underlined phrase “dropping hints” in Paragraph 1 means _____.

A．talking often	B．suggesting indirectly
C．sending presents	D．taking pictures

2. Why did Stacy feel disappointed at first?

A．Her mother couldn’t understand her at all.

B．Her mother didn’t buy her any Christmas gift.

C．She didn’t find her present in her mom’s room.

D．She mistook her sister’s Christmas gift for hers.

3. We can infer from the passage that _____.

A．her mother bought Stacy a camera after discovering her disappointment

B．Stacy finally got her gift on Christmas Eve

C．Stacy thought it’s OK to have an old camera

D．her mother knew what gift Stacy wanted for Christmas

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．A Christmas Gift As Wished

B．Love Is More Important Than Gifts

C．A Wonderful Christmas

D．Love Can Not Be Bought

【推荐2】“A good book for children should simply be a good book in its own right,”says Mollie Hunter. Born and brought up near Edinburgh, Mollie has devoted her talents to writing primarily for young people. She firmly believes that there is and should always be a wider audience for any good book whatever its main market is. In Mollie’s opinion it is necessary to make full use of language and she enjoys telling a story, which is what every writer should be doing, “If you aren’t telling a story, you’re a very dead writer indeed.”she says. With the chief function of a writer being to entertain, Mollie is indeed an entertainer. “I have this great love of not only the meaning of language but of the music of language,” she says. “This love goes back to early childhood. I’ve told stories all my life. I had a school teacher who used to ask us what we would like to be when we grew up and, because my family always had dogs, and I was very good at handling them. I said I wanted to work with dogs, and the teacher always said ‘Nonsense, Mollie; dear, you’ll be a writer.’ So finally I thought that this woman must have something, since she was a good teacher and I decided when I was nine that I would be a writer.”
This childhood intention is described in her novel, A Sound of Chariots, which although written in the third person is clearly autobiographical (自传体的) and gives a picture both of Mollie’s ambition and her struggle towards its achievement. Thoughts of her childhood inevitably(不可避免的) brought thoughts of the time when her home was still a village with buttercup meadows and strawberry fields—sadly now covered with modern houses. “I was once taken back to see it and I felt that somebody had lain dirty hands all over my childhood. I’ll never go back,” she said. “Never.” “When I set one of my books in Scotland,” she said, “I can recall my romantic feelings as a child playing in those fields, or watching the village blacksmith at work. And that’s important, because children now know so much so early that romance can’t exist for them, as it did for us.”
1. What does Mollie Hunter feel about the nature of a good book?

A．It should not aim at a narrow audience.

B．It should be attractive to young readers.

C．It should be based on original ideas.

D．It should not include too much conversation.

2. In Mollie Hunter’s opinion, which of the following is one sign of poor writer?

A．Being poor in life experience

B．Being short of writing skill.

C．The weakness of description

D．The absence of a story.

3. What do we learn about Mollie Hunter as a young child？

A．She didn’t expect to become a writer.

B．She didn’t enjoy writing stories.

C．She didn’t have any particular ambition.

D．She didn’t respect her teacher’s view.

4. In comparison with children of earlier years, Mollie feels that children now are _____.

A．more intelligent

B．better informed

C．less eager to learn

D．less interested in reality

5. What’s the writer’s purpose in this text?

A．To share her enjoyment of Mollie Hunter’s book.

B．To introduce Mollie Hunter’s work to a wider audience.

C．To provide information for Mollie Hunter’s existing readers.

D．To describe Mollie Hunter’s most successful books.

【推荐3】There are stories about two U.S. presidents, Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, which attempt to explain the American English term OK. We don’t know if either story is true，but they are both interesting.
The first explanation is based on the fact that President Jackson had very little education. In fact，he had difficulty reading and writing. When important papers came to Jackson，he tried to read them and then had his assistants explain what they said. If he approved of a paper, he would write “all correct” on it. The problem was that he didn’t know how to spell. So what he really wrote was “ol korekt”. After a while，he shortened that term to “OK”.
The second explanation is based on the place where President Van Buren was born，Kinderhook，New York. Van Bnren’s friends organized a club to help him become President They caned the club the Old Kinderhook Club，and anyone who supported Van Buren was called “OK”.
1. The author____________.

A．believes both of the stories

B．doesn’t believe a word of the stories

C．is not sure whether the stories are true

D．is telling the stories just for fun

2. According to the passage, President Jackson__________.

A．couldn’t draw up any documents at all

B．didn’t like to read important papers by himself

C．often had his assistants sign documents for him

D．wasn’t good at reading，writing or spelling

3. According to the first story, the term “OK”____________.

A．was approved of by President Jackson

B．was the title of some Official documents

C．was first used by President Jackson

D．was an old way to spell “all correct”

4. According to the second story, the term “OK” was first used __________.

A．by Van Buren

B．in a presidential election

C．to organize the Old Kinderhook Club

D．by the members of the ‘‘Old Kinderhook Club”

【推荐1】Salad seeds（生菜种子）that went on a round trip to outer space and back grew at a slightly slower rate than the ones on earth, scientists have found, thanks to thousands of young people who helped conduct an out-of-this-world experiment.

The project started in 2015, when British astronaut （宇航员）Tim Peake took a million rocket seeds with him on his journey to the International Space Station （ISS）. The seeds spent six months there before they were sent back to Earth in 2016. In a message sent from the ISS, Peake said the science experiment was to find out if the conditions in space affected the seeds' ability to grow.

Around 600,000 pupils at 8,600 schools in the UK were then asked to grow the rocket seeds that had been to space, along with regular seeds that had never left the planet. Peake described the experiment as "one of the largest and most inspirational experiments of its kind".

The results of the study, which have just been published, found that the space seeds grew more slowly than the ones that had stayed on Earth. Researchers on the experiment said this was due to the stresses of space travel, such as the zero-gravity （零重力）atmosphere and high levels of cosmic rays（宇宙射线）,which slowed the growth of the plants.

Now researchers are hopeful that if the seeds are properly protected, it might be possible to grow plants during future space tasks to other planets. Dr Jake Chandler, from University of London, who led the study, said,“ The possibility of eating home-grown salad on Mars may be one small step closer.

1. Why did Tim Peake take seeds to ISS?

A．To explore the secret to gravity.

B．To have astronauts grow salad in ISS.

C．To promote young kids，interest in salad.

D．To test the space's influence on seeds growth.

2. How did Tim Peake feel about the experiment?

A．Encouraged.

B．Disappointed.

C．Confused.

D．Concerned.

3. From which part of a website is the text probably taken?

A．Health.

B．Science.

C．Educatn.

D．Business.

4. What could be the best title of the text?

A．Space study, a hot topic

B．Salad growing, a hit among students

C．Your salad, grown on Mars, may soon be a reality

D．Man's exploration to Mars, a big step forward

【推荐2】★Money and Happiness★
A Guide to Living the Good Life
Author: Laura Rowley
Publisher: Wiley (March 1, 2008)
Laura Rowley helps us all understand the money-happiness connection in our own lives so that we spend our time and efforts wisely. She offers insights that every reader can use to make smarter decisions that will lead to living a rich life in every possible definition of the term.
★Happiness★
The Science Behind Your Smile
Author: Daniel Nettle
Publisher: Oxford University Press (July 1, 2008)
This is the first book to look thoroughly at what happiness is and how it works. Nettle examines whether people are basically happy or unhappy, whether success can make us happy, why some people are happier than others, and much more.
★The Happiness Makeover★
How to Teach Yourself to Be Happy and Enjoy Every Day
Author: M. J. Ryan
Publisher: Broadway (May 10, 2008)
Ryan’s own desire to be happier first led her to study what is known about happiness from brain science, psychology, and the wisdom traditions of the world. The Happiness Makeover draws on this wide-ranging knowledge and presents a plan that will help you:
Clear away happiness problems like worry, fear, envy, and dislikes.
Learn to think confidently.
Find daily ways to truly enjoy, even relish, the moments of your life.
★Health and Happiness★
Hormones and Qualities Llives
Author: Steven F. Hotze
Publisher: Forrest Publishing (April, 2008)
Dr Steven Hotze is leading a wellness revolution that advances a new model of healthcare. Unlike the popular medical way of treating individual symptoms(症状) with the familiar “anti” drugs, Dr Hotze deals with the basic causes of poor health.
InHormones, Health, and Happinessyou are shown how to reach and keep the best body functioning.
Based on a process of biologically the same hormones(荷尔蒙) and other natural treatments, it can help you enjoy a better quality of life.
1. According to the passage, which of the following books was the first to come out?

A．A Guide to Living the Good Life

B．Hormones and Qualities Lives

C．How to Teach Yourself to Be Happy and Enjoy Every Day

D．The Science Behind Your Smile

2. If you want to know more about whether happiness has something to do with success, you should turn to _________________________________.

A．Money and Happiness	B．Happiness
C．The Happiness Makeover	D．Health and Happiness

3. Whose model will possibly help readers obtain health and wellness naturally?

A．Laura Rowley’s.

B．M. J. Ryan’s.

C．Daniel Nettle’s.

D．Steven F. Hotze’s.

4. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．What Is Happiness?	B．Recent Books on Happiness
C．Money and Happiness	D．How to Keep Yourself Happy

【推荐3】One summer, when I was young, my dad built me a lemonade stand. On sunny days I would set up outside the local car wash with a cooler and my little black safe. I didn’t get many customers but I always had fun, whether I was reading a book or adding paint decorations to the safe and signs.

One customer I did have was an elderly gentleman who lived across the street from the car wash.

He would come every day where I set up and buy a glass of lemonade for his wife. Even though I only charged 25 cents, he always paid me with a $1 Sacagawea coin. I built up quite a collection by the end of the summer!

Now, as a college student, I make a point of stopping at as many lemonade stands as I can, always paying more than the kids charge me. This has been going on for almost three years now but this week, I didn’t have any money with me when I stopped at a little girl’s stand. I dug around in my car thoroughly and eventually opened up one of my moving boxes showing a black safe covered in soft cloth painted rainbows and hearts. I opened it up and sure enough, there were my Sacagawea coins. I almost shut the lid again because they mean so much to me, but then I realized that this is exactly why I had to pay with the coin. When I gave that little girl the shiny gold coin, I said, “You hang on to this one; they don’t make them any more!” And her face lit up. As I drove away, I saw her running to her sister to show her the gold coin and I knew that I had made her just as happy as I was when I was a little girl.

1. What did the gentleman pay the author for the lemonade?

A．25 cents every time.	B．A collection of gold coins.
C．A one-dollar gold coin each time.	D．A little black safe with many gold coins.

2. Why did the author pay the little girl with a gold coin?

A．To pass the kindness.	B．To show her wealth.
C．To help the poor girl.	D．To make the girl happy.

3. How did the author feel when she gave the girl the coin?

A．Unwilling and hesitant.	B．Excited and willing.
C．Serious and pleased.	D．Peaceful and pleased.

4. What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A．A Kind Young Lady	B．A Shiny Gold Coin
C．A Wealthy Gentleman	D．A Happy Lemonade Stand