【推荐1】There are many TV cook shows where you wish you could reach through your screen and taste the delicious recipes (食谱) yourself.

Now, Japanese scientists have taken a huge step towards making that a reality, with the development of a lickable (可舔的) TV screen.

The device is called Taste the TV (TTTV) and has 10 taste boxes that can put taste samples (样本) onto the surface of the screen. The different tastes in the cans can then mix to create tastes similar to those being shown on screen, for example, coffee or pizza.

It is a technology under test, produced by Meiji University in Tokyo, Japan, with its developers expecting a commercial version to cost about £650.

Japanese professor Miyashita and 30 students have developed all kinds of taste types. In his version the 10 taste cans spray a mixture of samples on to a roll of hygienic (卫生的) film that is placed over a flat TV-screen.

“During the COVID-19, this kind of technology can improve the way people connect and communicate with the outside world,” said Miyashita.

“The goal is to make it possible for people to have the experience of something like eating at a restaurant on the other side of the world, even while at home,” he said.

Miyashita has also been in talks with companies about using his spray technology for applications like a device that can apply a pizza or chocolate taste to a piece of toasted bread.

1. The passage tells us the invention of _________.

A．tasty cans	B．TV cook shows
C．a film technology	D．a lickable TV screen

2. Paragraph 3 talks about _________.

A．what the device includes	B．how the device works
C．what the device is called	D．why the device is invented

3. The writer uses what Miyashita says to express the _________ of the invention.

A．ways

B．purpose

C．conditions

D．difficulties

4. From the passage, we know that the device is _________.

A．widely used now	B．popular with the Japanese
C．still under test	D．liked by restaurant owners

【推荐3】Moms take care of their children’s life and dads bring home food and make the family rules. These are the roles moms and dads fall into when they become parents and it’s common among all cultures. But times change and parents’ roles seem to be changing, too. More women are bringing home food by having full-time jobs and men are taking care of their children at home.
Chinese TV show Where Are We Going, Dad? provides a closer look at the changing roles of dads in modern family life. The show follows the adventures（冒险经历）of five celebrity（明星）dads who take trips with their young children and try to complete a set of tasks. It shows how dads are trying hard to find the best way to raise their children and keep a closer relationship with them. Young dads no longer want to be cold.
Psychologists（心理学家）say that a strong fatherly influence is important in a child’s development. Because fathers teach their children skills and encourage them to try new things, and they also give them a sense of safety. A child learns that if something goes wrong, he or she can depend on dad to help fix it. The psychologists also say that without a dad, a child is more possible to drop out of school and get into trouble.
A mother’s love is important, and so is a father’s love.     Chen Mo, a psychology professor says, “It takes both parents to raise a child. Children have different needs at different ages and this needs to be considered by both parents.”

1. What are the common roles of moms and dads in all cultures?

A．Moms take care of their children and dads bring home food and make the family rules.

B．Moms bring home food and dads take care of their children at home.

C．Both parents take care of their children at home.

D．Both parents go out to work, while grandparents take care of their children at home.

2. What are the young dads trying to do in the show?

A．They are trying hard to find the best way to change roles of dads in modern life.

B．They are trying to complete a set of tasks with their kids. They are also trying hard to find the best way to raise their children and keep a closer relationship with them.

C．They are trying to make more money.

D．They are trying to be cold to their kids.

3. Why is a strong fatherly influence important in a child’s development?

A．Fathers teach their children skills and encourage them to try new things. They also give them a sense of safety.

B．If something goes wrong, a child can depend on dad to help fix it.

C．With a dad, a child can do better in school work.

D．Without a dad, a child is more possible to drop out of school and get into trouble.

4. Why does it take both parents to raise a child?

A．A child feels safer with both parents.

B．A child feels happier with both parents.

C．Both parents need to consider that children have different needs at different ages.

D．It is both the father’s and the mother’s duty to raise a child.

【推荐1】阅读下面的图表, 完成下列小题。

	Huawei has announced today that smartphone sales abroad in 2018 have reached over 200 million units. In recent months the company has become the No. 2 supplier（供应商）of smartphones, ahead of Apple and behind Samsung, marking a great progress Huawei has made since it entered this market eight years ago.
	An extended version of the Fuzing bullet train will be fitted with the automatic train operation system（列车自动控制系统）. With a design speed of 350 kilometers per hour, the new train is 439.8 meters long, with 17 carriages（火车车厢）that can carry 1283 passengers .
	The world's first 5G-enabled railway station is on its way! The Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station is the first railway station built upon the 5G digital（数字的）indoor system, with China Mobile and Huawei launching（发射）the network's system there.

1. In recent months, which company has become the No. 2 supplier of smartphones?

A．Samsung.

B．Huawei.

C．Apple.

2. An extended version of the Fuzing bullet train can reach the speed of _________.

A．350 kilometers per hour

B．200 kilometers per hour

C．128 kilometers per hour

3. _________will be the world's first 5G-enabled railway station?

A．Beijing Railway Station

B．Shenzhen Railway Station

C．The Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station

【推荐2】If most museums, theaters and libraries are closed, you might miss the cultural activities you used to have holidays. But don’t worry. As we living in the Internet age, virtual（虚拟的）museums, concerts are libraries are at our fingertips, ready to be discovered from our homes.

Cloud museums If you are a lover of museums, visit the official website of the National of China. There are VR exhibitions（虚拟现实展览）, live-streaming（直播）classes and many other resources. For example, an exhibition about Confucius is gong on right now .You can learn about his life and ancient culture during the Spring and Autumn Period（770BC-476BC）. There are also pictures and videos of the relics（文物），such asbianzhongand books.

Cloud concerts Do you miss going to live concerts? There are many online concerts going on right now. Go and find your favourite singers! Talented singers are in their live houses with microphones and musical instruments, such as guitars or pianos. Since they’re streaming live as they perform, you can not only interact with them by writing comments, but also pick songs for them to sing. What cool experience!

Cloud libraries There are many online libraries that provide free digital resources, such as the National Library of China, the Shanghai Library and the Guangzhou Library. On the Shanghai Library website, for example, you can see on the front page that there are many interesting books. Of course, you can also find other materials in these online libraries, like comic books, documentary films and English teaching videos.

1. What can’t you do in cloud museums?

A．See VK exhibitions.

B．Join live-steaming classes.

C．Learn to play the instruments likebianzhong.

D．Watch some videos introducing the relics.

2. What can we infer from cloud concerts?

A．Online concerts are not popular.

B．You can choose your favourite singer’s online concert.

C．You must pay for a ticket to enter the online concert.

D．You can’t pick songs for the singers to sing.

3. From the passage,we know that________

A．Confucius was born in 770 BC.

B．You can read books for free through some online libraries.

C．You can’t write comments at the online concerts.

D．Singers can hold online concerts only during the holidays.

【推荐3】Look! Here comes a cute bus. It looks like a panda with black ears and big eyes. It can carry 22 people and is about 12 meters long. A Chinese company made it.

The Smart Panda Bus uses Al technology. It can do a lot of things. The bus can drive by itself without a driver. Don’t worry! It’s very safe. When you get on the bus, you can swipe your hand. The bus will read your hand and know who you are. There are also robots on the bus. You can talk to them and ask them for help. If there is a thief on the bus, the bus will call the police.

In the bus, there is a vending machine. You can buy breakfast and dinner on the bus. This can save you a lot of time.

People in some cities, such as Changzhou in Jiangsu, Jinan in Shandong and Deyang in Sichuan, can take the bus. Do you want to ride it?

1. The Smart Panda Bus________.

A．can carry 32 people	B．has big blue eyes
C．comes from China	D．is about 22 metres long

2. With AI technology the smart bus can________.

A．catch a thief without the police	B．drive itself without a driver
C．sell you breakfast and dinner	D．play your favourite music

3. Paragraph 2 tells us________.

A．how the bus drives	B．what the bus can do
C．who made the bus	D．what the robots can do

4. People made the Smart Panda Bus to________.

A．make people’s lives easy and safe	B．help children learn about the bus
C．help police find thieves	D．carry more children to school

5. The passage may be from a（n）________.

A．guidebook

B．story book

C．sports newspaper

D．science magazine

【推荐2】配对阅读，左栏是五种浪费资源的现象，右栏是相应的七种建议。请为左栏的每一位每种现象选择一个合适的建议，并将答题卡上对应的题目所选的选项涂黑。

1     A lot of water is wasted when people over-use it. Some may even forget to turn off the top after washing hands.     2     We will have less and less gas to use because more and more people buy cars. And cars also cause air pollution.     3     People, especially children, watch TV for too many hours. It also uses lots of energy and not good for our health at all.     4     Every day, in homes all over the world, people leave lights on when no one is in the room. This is also cause a waste of energy.     5     Air conditioners are usually set at too low temperatures in summer, which may bring a waste of energy and electricity.

A. Always keep the saying in mind, “Turn off lights before leaving.” Or you may use self-controlled lights which go off when there is nobody in the room. B. Try our best to make friends with the countries in the Middle East and ask them to sell us more gas at a lower price in the future. C. Plant more trees and grass around our houses so that the world will be greener and the air will be cleaner. It will help with the air pollution. D. In rooms where you have an air conditioner, you can save electricity by cleaning the filter （过滤器）. A filter uses 30 Percent more energy when it is dirty. Also, set the air conditioner at 26°C E. Take a shower instead of a bath, for a bath uses as much water. Don’t flush (冲）the toilet unnecessary. In this way you may save some water. F. We should walk to work, ride a bike to school, take a bus home more often instead of driving cars. And then we can help deal with air pollution. G. Encourage people to take more outdoor activities in their free time. Get children to learn more from reading books.

【推荐1】In the fight against the COVID-19 (新型冠状病毒). Chinese people have come up with many creative (创造性的) ways to solve different problems. They have shown their wisdom (智慧) during hard times.

☆Amazing China speed

In cities like Wuhan that had large numbers of infected (被感染的) people, more hospital beds were needed. The quickest way to solve this was to build makeshift (临时的) hospitals.

On January 23 and 25, the government decided to build Huoshenshan Hospital and Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan. More than 4,000 workers worked day and night, and nearly 1,000 large machines and transportation helped with the project.

Within less than 15 days, the two hospitals were set up. They provided about 2,600 beds in total. The speed shocked many people around the world.

☆All for masks (口罩)

During that period, medical things such as masks were in great need. To increase production (扩大生产), over 3, 000 Chinese factories have transformed their production lines to make medical things. For example, a factory that used to make clothes spent 55 hours transforming their production lines and is now able to make 1,200 protective (防护的) medical suits every day. Several car factories in China have also turned their production lines into mask-making lines.

☆Sharing workers

The idea of “sharing workers” became popular during the period. As most people were staying at home, many workers in restaurants, cinemas and shopping malls had no work and were not getting paid. However, online everyday and medical things continued (继续) to grow, making the workers from Dingdong (叮咚), Freshhema (盒马鲜生) and other online shops too busy.

As of February 10, over 1, 800 workers had started their new short-term (短期的) jobs as delivery (送货) workers with Dingdong and Freshhema, Xinhua reported.

1. Which of the following statements shows the China speed?

A．Government finished two hospitals in about two weeks.

B．One factory could transform their production lines fast.

C．About 1,000 workers worked together to finish the project.

D．Dingdong and Freshhema could send things to people in a short time.

2. What does the underlined word “transformed” mean in paragraph 5?

A．moved

B．sold

C．turned into

D．bought

3. Why did people come up with “sharing workers”?

A．Building hospitals needed more workers.

B．Some online shops were too busy with delivery.

C．The online shops wanted to take the place of other stores.

D．Dingdong and Freshhema wanted to make more money.

4. If there is the fourth part, which of the following may be the proper topic?

A．Protecting wildlife.	B．Taking care of your mind.
C．Longer national holiday.	D．Working and studying online.

【推荐2】

flower verges

Plantlife, a plant protection organization, is predicting   a   boost   for   wild   flowers   because some councils (地方议会) have stopped mowing (割) wild flower verges or parks in Britain during the COVID- 19 crisis.

Over the years, Plantlife has been urging councils to cut grass less often. It also wants them to put off cutting until flowers have had chance to seed.

The charity says it has seen a change in attitudes in recent years. Now Plantlife's research suggests that mowing has been among the first activities to be cut under the COVID-19 crisis. That's partly because staff are sick or self-isolating (自我隔离), and there is a need to save money as budgets are squeezed (财政预算紧张). Mr. Dines from Plantlife said that an increase in public support for wild flower verges had already persuaded some councils to limit cutting, which was a fairly welcome change.

In Stockton-on-Tees Borough, grass cutting will be limited to the least levels with the exception of areas where it is needed to ensure public safety. For example, to maintain lines of sight at road junctions (路口). In Newcastle, grass cutting will stop for the time being. In Wigan, the maintenance of non-essential grass cutting will also be stopped for the foreseeable future. Its council has acted quickly to rearrange staff to frontline services, such as trash bin collections.

Meanwhile, the reduction of traffic during the COVID-19 crisis will produce another benefit for wild flowers. Typically, roadside verges are filled with nitrogen emissions (含氮排放气体). This fertilizes (使肥沃) the tougher species which can use the nitrogen to grow and out-compete more delicate wild flowers. Mr. Dines said: "There has been a great change in the quality of air-we can see so much more clearly into the distance. The lack of pollutants is going to help wildflowers on verges."

1. Planlife may probably agrees that__________.

A．councils should mow verges or parks more often

B．councils should put off cutting until flowers seed

C．councils should call on the public to support mowing

D．councils should cut its budget to save money in the crisis

2. The purpose of the fourth paragraph is to__________.

A．give examples of where the grass cutting will not be allowed

B．present how councils have acted to deal with COVID-19 crisis

C．explain the reasons why some councils stop grass cutting for now

D．show the changes in grassing cutting in Britain due to COVID-19 crisis

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Grass cutting will be completely stopped in Stockton-on-Tees Borough.

B．Mowing has been cut under COVID-19 crisis partly due to a lack of staff.

C．Staff in Wigan were rearranged from trash bin collections to grass cutting.

D．Wild flowers can use the nitrogen to grow and out-compete tougher species.

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

A．Covid-19 crisis could help wildflower grow.

B．The reduction of traffic could help wildflowers.

C．Cutting grass less often could help wildflowers.

D．A change in public attitude could help wildflowers.

【推荐3】Seven years ago, Starbucks closed a shop in Beijing’s Forbidden City after a well-known TV host talked about if the US coffee fits into the old Chinese building.
Five years later, Starbucks seemed to____ its confidence(自信). It opened a shop beside Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou with more than 1,600 years of history. People started to talk about it online. They were not sure if the coffee business would do bad to this old temple(庙).
Some people still think that the Starbucks shop should not be opened near temples. They think it is not only a coffee shop, but a cultural invasion(文化侵略). Let us take a look at the practices in other countries. In the Forbidden City of South Korea, Gyongbokkung Palace(景福宫), there are no food or drink stores, except the food-selling machine at the gate. In Japan, the place of interest may be taken away from the list of country’s treasure if it brings in modern shops.
However, many old sights in China try to look for a balance(平衡) between traditions and business. As for Nanjing, the Starbucks shop near the Confucius Temple has been there for years. Visitors are used to enjoying the sights and the coffee at the same time. The shop here plans to meet the need of growing numbers of foreign and younger Chinese visitors. There may be more win-win deals in the future like this.

1. What is the reading passage mainly about?

A．How Starbucks has grown.

B．Starbucks and temples.

C．What Starbucks makes.

D．Traditions and business.

2. According to the passage, what happened in 2012?

A．A Starbucks shop closed in Beijing’s Forbidden City.

B．Starbucks opened a shop beside Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou.

C．Starbucks opened a shop beside the Confucius Temple in Nanjing.

D．A Starbucks shop closed in Gyongbokkung Palace.

3. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

A．Starbucks is sure to bring bad to old temples a lot and changes them.

B．People think Starbucks is only a coffee shop and it has nothing bad.

C．In South Korea, there are many coffee shops in Gyongbokkung Palace.

D．In Japan, places may be out of the list of country’s treasure for modern stores.

4. What do many old sights in China try to do?

A．They try to keep all the business shops away from the old sights.

B．They try to open business shops without doing bad to old sights.

C．They try to open more business shops to make more money.

D．They try to keep in the list of country’s treasure without opening shops.

5. What is the meaning of regain in paragraph 2 in the passage?

A．恢复	B．得到
C．反复磨练	D．失去