【推荐1】It’s necessary to revise(复习) after lessons so that you can really understand, remember and use what you have learned. It is also important to revise before exams.     1    

Find Your Place. To revise for an exam, you must first find a quiet and relaxing environment.     2     It should also be a place where you will not be disturbed.

Take Your Time. It’s a good idea to make revising part of your weekly routine. The best way to do this is to revise every school day.     3     Make sure that you study for no more than two hours every time, and that you take a little rest every half hour or so. This will keep you fresh and able to take in information.

Stay Organized.     4     If you are taking notes, organize them by subject, topic and date. That way when you have an exam, you can easily find the right notes to study to help you prepare.

    5     At the end of every revision, review your notes carefully to check that you have understood what you have learned. You may also consider writing out revision cards. You can then use these as summary of the subjects that you have learned.

A．Get Ready.

B．Check Your Progress.

C．It takes time to learn a new language.

D．But don’t revise for too long at a time.

E．Here is some advice on how to revise well.

F．A place where you feel comfortable works best.

G．It is helpful to set up a system so you are organized.

【推荐2】A new study, conducted by British company Mind lab International, has found that listening to music at work increases accuracy and speed, The Telegraph reported. Perhaps, some parents disagree with this idea, saying, “Switch off the music and concentrate!” Well, if that’s the case with your parents, you might now be able to convince them that you have science on your side.

The company gave 26 participants a series of different tasks for five days in a row, including spell checking, mathematical word problems, data entry, and abstract reasoning. The participants completed these tasks while listening to music or no music at all.

The results showed that while music was playing, 88% of participants produced their most accurate test results and 81% completed their fastest work. David Lewis, chairman of Mind lab International, told The Telegraph, “Music is a very powerful management tool if you want to increase not only the efficiency of your workforce but also their emotional state...they are going to become more positive about the work.”

However, you may have a list of your favourite songs, but not all kinds of music match all homework. For maths or other subjects involving numbers or attention to detail, you should listen to classical music, the study found. In the study, pop music enabled participants to complete their tasks 58% faster than when listening to no music at all. If you are reviewing your English writing, pop music is the best choice, as it is the best kind for spell checking. It cut mistakes by 14%, compared to listening to no music. After finishing your homework, do you often take time to check your answers? Maybe, some dance music is suitable for you.

1. What does the underlined word “they” refer to in Para.3?

A．Participants.	B．Results.
C．Tests.	D．Tools.

2. When you review your English writing, what kind of music is the best choice?

A．Classical music.	B．Pop music.
C．Dance music.	D．Rock music.

3. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．We Cannot Live without Music

B．Music Helps Us to Learn

C．Different Music, Different Lives

D．Music in the Classroom

4. What did the participants have to do in the study?

A．Persuade their parents to listen to music.

B．Listen to the same music together.

C．Finish tasks with music or without music at all.

D．Try their best to choose the most suitable music.

【推荐1】Millions of people all over the world spend their holidays travelling. They travel to visit other countries, modern cities and ancient towns. They travel to enjoy these special places, or just to relax. It is always interesting to discover new things and different ways of life, such as by meeting different people, trying different food, and listening to different music.

People who live in the country like to go to big cities. They like to spend their time visiting museums and art galleries, looking at shop windows and dining at restaurants. People who live in the city usually like a quiet holiday by the sea or in the mountains, with nothing to do but walk and bathe in the sun.

Most travellers take a camera with them and take pictures of everything that interests them. Then, perhaps years later, they can look at the photos and be reminded of the happy time they once had.

People often travel by train, by boat or by car. All means of travelling have their advantages and disadvantages and people choose one according to their plans and the places they are going.

If we travel a lot, we will see and discover a lot of things that we could never see or experience at home, though we may read about them in books and newspapers. The best way to study geography is to travel, and the best way to get to know and understand people is to meet them in their own homes.

1. What is interesting to do when people travel?

A．To find the advantages and the disadvantages of travelling.

B．To listen to different music and take pictures.

C．To discover new things and different ways of life.

D．To go to big cities and meet different people.

2. How do people usually spend a quiet holiday by the sea or in the mountains?

A．They spend their time visiting museums and art galleries.

B．They do nothing but walk and bathe in the sun.

C．They do nothing but sleep outdoors.

D．They go to look at shop windows and eat at restaurants.

3. Why do many travellers take pictures of everything they like?

A．Because they like taking all kinds of pictures.

B．Because they all take a camera with them while travelling.

C．Because the pictures are beautiful to look at.

D．Because the pictures can remind them of the happy time.

4. What’s the best way to study geography?

A．To travel a lot and experience more.

B．To meet some more people in their homes.

C．To learn in books or in newspapers.

D．To see and experience at home.

【推荐2】George Gershwin, born in 1898, was one of America’s greatest composers. He published his first song when he was eighteen years old. During the next twenty years he wrote more than five hundred songs.

Many of Gershwin’s songs were first written for musical plays performed in theatres in New York City. These plays were a popular form of entertainment in the 1920s and 1930s. Many of his songs have remained popular as ever. Over the years they have been sung and played in every possible way—from jazz to country.

In the 1920s there was a debate in the United States about jazz music. Could jazz, some people asked, be considered serious music? In 1924 jazz musician and orchestra leader Paul Whiteman decided to organize a special concert to show that jazz was serious music. Gershwin agreed to compose something for the concert before he realized he had just a few weeks to do it. And in that short time, he composed a piece for piano and orchestra which he called Rhapsody in Blue. Gershwin himself played the piano at the concert. The audience were thrilled when they heard his music. It made him world-famous and showed that jazz music could be both serious and popular.

In 1928, Gershwin went to Paris. He applied to study composition(作曲)with the well-known musician Nadia Boulanger, but she rejected him. She was afraid that classical study would ruin his jazz-influenced style. While there, Gershwin wrote An American in Paris. When it was first performed, critics(评论家)were divided over the music. Some called it happy and full of life, to others it was silly and boring. But it quickly became popular in Europe and the United States. It still remains one of his most famous works.

George Gershwin died in 1937, just days after doctors learned he had brain cancer. He was only thirty-nine years old. Newspapers all over the world reported his death on their front pages. People mourned the loss of the man and all the music he might have still written.

1. Many of Gershwin’s musical works were ．

A．written about New Yorkers

B．composed for Paul Whiteman

C．played mainly in the countryside

D．performed in various ways

2. What did Gershwin do during his stay in Paris?

A．He created one of his best works．

B．He studied with Nadia Boulanger．

C．He argued with French critics．

D．He changed his music style．

3. What do we learn from the last paragraph?

A．Many of Gershwin’s works were lost．

B．The death of Gershwin was widely reported．

C．A concert was held in memory of Gershwin．

D．Brain cancer research started after Gershwin’s death．

4. Which of the following best describes Gershwin?

A．Talented and productive．

B．Serious and boring．

C．Popular and unhappy．

D．Friendly and honest．

【推荐3】We often share images or thoughts on social networks. Now, researchers at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) have developed an algorithm (算法) that can analyse the content people post online.

According to William Glasser’s Choice Theory, there are five basic needs: Survival, Power, Freedom, Belonging and Fun. “These needs even have an influence on the images we choose to upload to our Instagram page,” explained Mohammad Mahdi Dehshibi, a researcher at the UOC.

The research team has spent two years working on a deep-learning model that identifies the five needs described by Glasser. For the study, which has been published in the journal IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing, the researchers analyzed 86 Instagram profiles, in both Spanish and Persian (波斯语), and developed an algorithm to identify the content of the images and categorize textual content by assigning different labels.

Glasser’s theory argues that each choice users make on social media does not respond to just one basic need — the multi-label approach of this study helps to clear it up. Dehshibi uses an example to explain this: “Imagine that a cyclist is riding up a mountain, and at the top, he can choose between sharing a selfie (自拍照) and a group photo. If he chooses the selfie, we perceive a need for Power, but if he chooses the other option, we can conclude that the person is not only looking for Fun but also a way to satisfy his need for Belonging.”

“Studying data from social networks that belong to non-English-speaking users could help build inclusive and diverse tools and models for addressing mental health problems in people with diverse cultural backgrounds,” Dehshibi adds.

The research team believe that their study can help improve preventive measures, ranging from identification to improved treatment when a person has been diagnosed (诊断) with a mental health disorder.

Back in 2019, University of Vermont researchers developed an artificial-intelligence-based system that can detect signs of anxiety in the speech patterns of young children. Meanwhile, computer scientists from the University of Alberta, Canada, have developed algorithms that can detect and identify depression through people’s voices.

1. What can the algorithm be used to do?

A．Introducing William Glasser’s Choice Theory.

B．Creating different databases for the research team.

C．Identifying users’ basic needs from the content they share online.

D．Giving people a tool to post images or thoughts on social networks.

2. How does Dehshibi present his idea in Paragraph 4?

A．By providing data.	B．By making comparisons.
C．By quoting sayings.	D．By giving examples.

3. What does the research team think of their study?

A．It can suggest ways to improve social networks.

B．It is useful in handling mental health problems.

C．It is helpful in changing online users’ bad habits.

D．It can link people with diverse cultural backgrounds together.

4. What does the author intend to do in the last paragraph?

A．Summarize the previous paragraphs.	B．Provide some advice for the readers.
C．Add some background information.	D．Introduce a new topic for discussion.

【推荐1】Consumers are being confused and misled by the hodge-podge (大杂烩) of environmental claims made by household products, according to a “green labeling” study published by Consumers International Friday.

Among the report’s more outrageous (令人无法容忍的) findings, a German fertilizer described itself as “earthworm friendly”, a brand of flour said it was “non-polluting” and a British toilet paper claimed to be “environmentally friendlier”.

The study was written and researched by Britain’s National Consumer Council (NCC) for lobby group Consumer International. It was funded by the German and Dutch governments and the European Commission.

“While many good and useful claims are being made, it is clear there is a long way to go in ensuring shoppers are adequately informed about the environmental impact of products they buy,” said Consumers International director Anna Fielder.

The 10-country study surveyed product packaging in Britain. Western Europe, Scandinavia and the United States. It found that products sold in Germany and the United Kingdom made the most environmental claims on average.

The report focused on claims made by specific products, such as detergent (洗涤剂), insect sprays and by some garden products. It did not test the claims, but compared them to labeling guidelines set by the International Standards Organization (ISO) in September, 1999.

Researchers documented claims of environmental friendliness made by about 2,000 products and found many too unclear or too misleading to meet ISO standards.

“Many products had specially-designed labels to make them seem environmentally friendly, but in fact many of these symbols mean nothing,” said report researcher Philip Page.

“Laundry detergents made the most number of claims with 158. Household cleaners were second with 145 separate claims, while paints were third on our list with 73. The high numbers show how confusing it must be for consumers to sort the true from the misleading.” he said.

The ISO labeling standards ban vague or misleading claims on product packaging, because terms such as “environmentally friendly” and “non-polluting” cannot be tested. “What we are now pushing for is to have multinational corporations meet the standards set by the ISO.” said Page.

1. As indicated in this passage, with so many good claims, the consumers _______.

A．are becoming more cautious about the products they are going to buy

B．are still not willing to pay more for products with green labelling

C．are becoming more aware of the effects products have on the environment

D．still do not know the exact impact of different products on the environment

2. A study was carried out by Britain’s NCC to ________.

A．find out how many claims made by products fail to meet environmental standards

B．inform the consumers of the environmental impact of the products they buy

C．examine claims made by products against ISO standards

D．test the guidelines set by the International Standards Organization

3. What is one of the consequences caused by the many claims of household products?

A．They are likely to lead to serious environmental problems.

B．Consumers find it difficult to tell the true from the false.

C．They could arouse widespread anger among consumer.

D．Consumers will tend to buy products they don’t need.

4. It can be inferred from the passage that the lobby group Consumer International wants to ________.

A．make product labeling satisfy ISO requirements

B．see all household products meet environmental standards

C．warn consumers of the danger of so-called green products

D．prove the efforts of non-polluting products

【推荐2】Your teenage best friend could be good for your long-term mental health，according to a new study published in the journal Child Development According to the findings, teenagers aged 15 to 16 who had a close friendship rather than a larger group of friends they were less close to had a greater sense of self-worth by the time they were 25 years old. Those people with a very close best friend were also less likely to experience depression and social anxiety, the study found．

“Close friendship strength in mid-adolescence predicted relative increases in self-worth and decreases in anxiety and depressive symptoms by early adulthood，”the authors, led by Rachel K, Narr，a postdoctoral student focused on clinical psychology at the University of Virginia, wrote.

A past research has suggested that adolescent friendships are important. Friendships during the teenage years predict academic success and improved mental health. But the new research further explores the type of friendships teenagers have. “My hunch（预感）was that close friendships compared to broader friendship groups and popularity may not function the same way,” Narr told Quartz. "Being successful in one is not the same as being successful in the other."

Many study participants did not continue to have a close relationship with their high-school best friend, leading the researchers to wonder what exactly was responsible for the mental health benefits. They suspected that the skills and ability to build such a friendship may be more important than the friendship itself.

And as the researchers point out, those skills are not necessarily brought to bear in the world of social media. "As technology makes it increasingly easy to build a social network of shallow friends, focusing time and attention on developing close connections with a few individuals should be a priority," study co-author Joseph Allen said in a statement.

1. What is the benefit of having a close teenage friendship?

A．Excellent performance in high school.	B．A larger group of friends.
C．Mental health by early adulthood.	D．A large social network in the future.

2. What can we learn about the past research?

A．It attached great significance to adolescent friendships.

B．It was totally different from the new research.

C．It helped improve teenagers' mental health.

D．It compared broader friendship groups with popularity.

3. What did the researchers think might lead to the mental health benefits?

A．Not continuing to have a close relationship.	B．Having a best friend in high school.
C．Understanding the world of social media.	D．Knowing how to build a close friendship

4. What did the researcher Joseph suggest?

A．Learning to use social media.

B．Broadening your social circle.

C．Improving the skills of making friends.

D．Concentrating on high-quality relationship.

【推荐3】In the space of just two years, the app Douyin, created by Beijing-based company ByteDance, has gathered more than half a billion users—around 40%of them outside China—who share short videos of themselves lip-syncing( 假唱), cooking, dancing or just being silly. What sets ByteDance apart is its success in the social media category, which is controlled by Facebook, Twitter and Snap—all Western companies.

ByteDance calls itself an artificial intelligence company. It uses machine learning and algorithms ( 算法) to figure out what people like most and give them more of what they want to see. On Douyin, people can edit and beautify 15-second videos before posting them online. The app has even made a phrase to describe people glued to their customized feeds: “shua Douyin” or “scrolling through Douyin”. Last year, the company released TikTok, the overseas version of Douyin. ByteDance’s growing video empire has made it the world’s fifth biggest app maker. ByteDance says TikTok and Douyin together have more than 500 million monthly active users.

Investors like ByteDance because its hundreds of millions of users attract a lot of advertising money. The video apps are lucrative because they attract a lot of users in their teens and 20s, who are more generous with the money. ByteDance also makes money through income sharing deals. People on TikTok, for example, can buy digital coins to give to other people on the app—like throwing money in a performer’s tip jar. ByteDance takes a cut of those earnings.

ByteDance’s founder and CEO is Zhang Yiming, a 35-year-old former Microsoft employee. People who have worked with Zhang describe him as someone who thinks deeply about technology and spends much of his free time writing code.

Like Facebook and Twitter, ByteDance is also battling fake news and inappropriate content. ByteDance promises to add thousands more employees to review content on Douyin.

1. What makes ByteDance so special?

A．It is the biggest artificial intelligence company on the earth.

B．Its app challenges similar companies’ rule in Western world.

C．It invented the social media app initially in the world.

D．It has controlled Facebook, Twitter and Snap.

2. Why is Douyin so popular?

A．It is a new generation hi-tech product.

B．It has both home and overseas version.

C．It meets the demand of people individually.

D．It is easy and totally free to operate online.

3. How does Byte Dance make a profit?

A．By charging the users.

B．By selling its artificial intelligence.

C．By forcing the users to donate.

D．By charging the advertisement.

4. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “lucrative” in Paragraph 3?

A．expensive	B．profitable
C．popular	D．creative

【推荐1】We were sitting in her classroom, giggling each other and talking about the latest information of the day. Mrs Virginia De View, whose physical appearance made her an easy target for snickers (窃笑) and cruel jokes among students, cleared her throat and asked us to be silent.

“Now, Mrs.” Virginia De View said smiling, “we are going to discover our professions.” The class seemed to be greatly surprised. We were only 13 and 14 years old!

“Yes, you will all be searching for your future professions.”she said.

“You will have to do a research paper on your upcoming career. Each of you will have to interview someone in your field, plus give an oral report.”

Finally, I picked print journalism, and interviewed a true-blue newspaper reporter in the flesh. After a few days, I gave my oral report totally from memory in class. I got an A on the entire project.

Years later, I forgot all about Virginia De View and the careers we selected. I was in college looking around for a new career. but with no success. Then I remembered Virginia De View and my desire at 13 to be a journalist. And I called my parents. They didn't stop me. They just reminded me how competitive the field was. This was true. But journalism did something to me; it was in my blood. For the past 12 years, I've had the most incredible and satisfying reporting career .

I get asked all the time: “How did you pick journalism?”

“Well, you see, there was this teacher...” I always start out. Virginia Deview will probably never know without her help, I would not have become a journalist and a writer. I wonder now how many other students benefited from that career project.

I believe that when people reflect back over their school days, there will be their very own Virginia De View. Perhaps you can thank her before it's too late.

1. What did the students think of Mrs Virginia's project in her class?

A．Harmful	B．Crazy
C．Beneficial	D．Flexible

2. What is Virginia Deview’s project?

A．Career planning	B．Oral ability
C．Paper research	D．Interviewing skills

3. What can be inferred about the author?

A．He keeps in touch with Mrs. Virginia.

B．He practiced as a journalist in college.

C．His parents were against his decision.

D．He enjoys working as a journalist

4. What is the author’s intention of this passage?

A．To express gratitude to Mrs. Virginia.

B．To give an oral report on selecting a career.

C．To show challenges he me as a reporter.

D．To look for his previous classmates.

【推荐2】Rich countries are racing to dematerialise payments. They need to do more to prepare for the side-effects.

For the past 3,000 years, when people thought of money they thought of cash. Over the past decade, however, digital payments have taken off— tapping your plastic on a terminal or swiping a smartphone has become normal. Now this revolution is about to turn cash into an endangered species in some rich economies. That will make the economy more efficient—but it also causes new problems that could hold back the transition(转型).

Countries are removing cash at varying speeds. In Sweden the number of retail cash transaction per person has fallen by 80% in the past ten years. America is perhaps a decade behind. Outside the rich world, cash is still king. But even there its leading role is being challenged. In China digital payments rose from 4% of all payments in 2012 to 34% in 2017.

Cash is dying out because of two forces. One is demand— younger consumers want payment systems that plug easily into their digital lives. But equally important is that suppliers such as banks and tech firms (in developed markets) and telecoms companies (in emerging ones) are developing fast, easy-to-use payment technologies from which they can pull data and pocket fees. There is a high cost to running the infrastructure behind the cash economy—ATMs, vans carrying notes, tellers who accept coins. Most financial firms are keen to abandon it, or discourage old-fashioned customers with heavy fees.

In the main, the prospect of a cashless economy is excellent news. Cash is inefficient. When payments dematerialise, people and shops are less open to theft. It also creates a credit history, helping consumers borrow.

Yet set against these benefits are a couple of worries. Electronic payment systems may risk technical failures, power failure and cyber-attacks. In a cashless economy the poor, the elderly and country folk may be left behind. And a digital system could let governments watch over people’s shopping habits and private multinationals exploit their personal data.

1. Some rich countries are trying to __________.

A．dematerialize money

B．get rid of the side-effects of cash

C．make the economy more efficient by protecting endangered species

D．promote payment without paper money or coins

2. In paragraph 3, several countries are mentioned to show _____________.

A．the differences between developed and developing countries

B．that cash is still king across the world

C．digital payments are becoming a trend that cannot be stopped

D．China is developing faster that those developed countries in digital payment

3. Cash is disappearing largely because _________________.

A．younger consumers are short of money to live their digital lives

B．suppliers are trying to reduce costs and obtain money and data

C．the infrastructure is developing at a high speed in developed markets

D．financial firms want to abandon old-fashioned customers

4. The author’s attitude towards digitalized payment is _________.

A．favorable	B．negative
C．objective	D．indifferent

【推荐3】Wildlife faces threats from habitat destruction, pollution, and some human activities. Although protecting wildlife may seem too hard at times, even small actions in your own neighborhood can help protect many different animals. Here are some tips on how to protect wildlife through small actions.

Create wildlife-friendly areas in your backyard.

When trying to make your garden more beautiful, you can choose plants that can provide food and shelter for the native wildlife. This will also help cut down on pollution.

Besides, bird or bat houses in your yard or garden can attract and shelter more species.

Avoid harming the natural ecosystem (生态系统) in your backyard.

Some plants from other places can kill or harm the native plants that provide food and shelter for wildlife.

Have a greener lifestyle.

By using less water and fewer fuels, you will do good to help protect the wildlife around you. Take buses or the subway if you can, turn off the electric devices when you're not using them, take showers for a shorter time, and keep the temperature in your room at or below 68 Fahrenheit degrees in winter.

Buy products that are friendly to wildlife.

Don't buy products that are made from endangered animals. Keep in mind that some endangered animals are killed by traps, or hunters who are eager to earn money with them.

Donate money to organizations that protect wildlife and their habitats.

You can give money to organizations of groups that protect wildlife in your neighborhood, thus promoting their work.

1. The purpose of this passage is to _______.

A．tell us why protecting wildlife is extremely important now

B．suggest that we protect wildlife through words

C．explain why protecting wildlife is not as hard as people think

D．give us some tips on how to protect wildlife through small actions

2. What behaviour do you think the author would disagree with?

A．Planting proper trees in gardens.

B．Buying a sweater that is made from antelope fur as a gift.

C．Donating some money to WWF.

D．Reading books about wildlife.

3. In which section of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?

A．Environment.	B．Teaching.
C．Business.	D．Geography.