【推荐1】Most people who move to a foreign country may experience a period of time when they feel very homesick and have a lot of stress. This feeling is often called “culture shock.” It is important to understand it and learn how to deal with it if you want to adapt successfully to your new home’s culture.

Generally speaking, there are four stages that you will experience after you move to a foreign country. The first stage is usually referred to as the “excitement” stage. When arriving in a new environment, you’ll be interested in the new culture; everything will seem exciting and everyone will seem friendly.

But it won’t be long before you move from the “excitement” stage to the second stage. The excitement you felt before changes to stress. It seems that everything is difficult. The language is hard to learn, friends are difficult to make, and even simple things like shopping have become a challenge. It is at this “stress” stage that you are likely to feel worried and homesick. This is the stage which is referred to as “culture shock.”

However, culture shock doesn’t last for very long. If you are one of those who manage to overcome it, you’ll move to the “recovery” stage. At this stage, you start to understand and accept the way things are done and the way people behave in your new environment.

The last stage is the “home” stage. This is the stage when you start to feel at home in the new culture. You start to learn from your new home and to like certain aspects of the new culture better than those of your own culture.

Culture shock is normal. Everyone in a new situation will go through some form of it. Continue to be brave! And overcoming culture shock will be a piece of cake.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Among the four stages, the “________”stage can probably explain how “culture shock” happens.

A．excitement

B．stress

C．recovery

D．home

2. The underlined word “adapt” (in paragraph 1) probably means “to _______.”

A．get used to

B．hear from

C．look forward to

D．grow up

3. Jane went to study in Germany and was living abroad for the first time. What might she have gone through? (Put the following in the correct order according to the article.)
①Jane couldn’t understand German very well in class.
②After half a year’s hard work, Jane got rid of her language problems.
③The landmarks of Germany and the university campus were both amazing.
④Jane is now more independent in her learning and loves to spend time with her German friends.

A．①②③④

B．②④③①

C．③①②④

D．③①④②

4. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

A．

B．

C．

D．

5. The writer mainly to tell us ________.

A．culture shock usually lasts for long.

B．why people have culture shock and how to deal with it.

C．not everyone in a new environment can experience “culture shock”.

D．in the “home” stage, you will learn the way people behave in your new environment.

【推荐2】Can dogs and cats get along well in the same home? People are thinking about getting a dog for their cat as a friend, but they are worried about that the dog and the cat will fight. A recent research has found that if the cat is taken back home before the dog, and if they are introduced when they are still young（less than 6 months for cats, a year for dogs）, it is possible that the two pets will get along swimmingly. In two-thirds of the homes cats and dogs have a good relationship（关系）.

However, there was something unfriendly between the cat and dog in 25% of the homes, while aggression（侵略, 好斗）and fighting were found in 10% of the homes. One reason for this is probably that some of their body languages are just different. For example, when a cat turns its head away, it means aggression. while a dog doing the same means submission（顺从）.

In homes with cats and dogs living in peace, researchers found a surprising behavior（行为）. They are learning how to talk each other’s language. It is a surprise that cats can learn how to talk "Dog", and dogs can learn how to talk"Cat".

The interesting thing is that both cats and dogs seem to become smarter. They can learn to read each other's body languages, suggesting that the two may have more in common（共同的）than was expected（预料）. If they understand each other's body language very well, cats and dogs can play together, and enjoy sleeping together on the sofa.

The importance of this research on cats and dogs may go beyond（超过）pets—to people who don't get along well, including neighbours, workmates at work, and even countries. If cats and dogs can learn to get along, surely people have a good chance.

1. The underlined word swimmingly in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______.

A．早早地

B．主要地

C．迅速地

D．顺畅地

2. Some cats and dogs may fight when ______.

A．they are cold to each other	B．they look away from each other
C．they can't understand each other's body languages well	D．they are introduced at an early age

3. What can people find surprising about cats and dogs?

A．They eat and sleep together.	B．They watch each other's behaviors.
C．They learn to speak each other's language.	D．They know something from each other's voices.

4. In Paragraph 4 we can learn that cats and dogs ______.

A．have common interests	B．are less different than was thought
C．have a common body language	D．are not so smart as was expected

5. What can we learn from cats and dogs?

A．We should learn to get along well with others.	B．We should know more about animals.
C．We should live in peace with animals.	D．We should learn more body languages.

【推荐3】

I was filled with doubts and worries until my grandfather told me to stand tall.

For me, height was my trouble. I was much taller than other girls, I often bent（ 弯曲） my body at the back of the line. I had always felt unsafe as the tallest student of my class in Bala Cynwyd. And I wasn't looking forward to entering the ninth grade.

My grandfather didn't laugh at me. Instead, whenever I tried to bend myself in order to appear shorter, he would tell me "Stand straight and tall, Alisa. "I trusted my grandfather more than anyone else in my childhood.   And whenever I was afraid of something,   he always told me stories of his life.

My grandfather grew up in war﹣torn（战乱的） Europe. " Stand straight, stand tall "meant something else then. After the war, he went to America. He lived a hard life,   "If they could do it， why couldn't I？""Stand straight, stand tall, "he often reminded（提醒） himself. Thanks to the help of a friend, my grandfather got a job. He once told me that he was very nervous at first． He was not only trying to learn this hard new job but also a new language.

"Stand straight, stand tall, " he would always tell himself. I am so proud of my grandfather. After listening to my grandfather’s unusual experiences, I have changed the way I look at my own life.

"Stand straight, stand tall" has become not only a piece of advice to improve my posture（身姿）.   It also tells me to be proud of who I am.

And I do.

1. Alisa often bent her body because　 　．

A．she lived a hard life

B．she was much taller than other girls

C．she always stood at the back of the line

D．she didn't want to enter the 9th grade

2. What did Alisa's grandfather do with her trouble?　 　

A．He laughed at her.

B．He asked her to bend her body.

C．He told her to stand straight and tall.

D．He advised her to stay away from her friends.

3. Alisa's grandfather's experiences　 　.

A．made her feel unsafe

B．taught her to accept herself

C．changed her attitude（态度）to her grandfather

D．told her his success completely depended on friends

4. "Stand straight， stand tall" means　 　in the passage.

A．making yourself look tall

B．taking care of yourself

C．being proud of yourself

D．reminding yourself

5. What's the best title for this passage?　 　

A．Stand straight, stand tall

B．My grandfather's life stories

C．My colorful experiences

D．The help of a friend

【推荐1】Sam is a little boy . He is only seven years old . One day , he goes to a cinema . It's the first time for him to go there . He buys a ticket and goes in . But after two or three minutes he comes out and buys a second ticket . Two or three minutes after that , he comes out and asks for another ticket . The girl selling tickets asks him . “Why do you buy so many tickets ? How many friends do you meet ?”“No , I have no friend here , but an old woman always stops me at the door and cuts my ticket up !”

1. Sam is         .

A．a boy of seven

B．a man

C．a student of a middle school

D．eight years old

2. Sam         goes to the cinema . This is the first time .

A．often

B．usually

C．sometimes

D．never

3. Before the girl asks Sam why he needs so many tickets , Sam buys          .

A．one ticket

B．two tickets

C．three tickets

D．four tickets

4. Sam meets        friend(s) that day .

A．some

B．three

C．two

D．no

5. The old woman is a         in the cinema .

A．teacher

B．driver

C．worker

D．spaceman

【推荐2】John was sad. Nothing could make him____"I don't want to go to school today." "Come on, sleepy head. We're going for a____"said his mum.
When they walked down the street, his mum said, "John, do you see____in Mr. Butler's garden? Would you like to sniff(嗅)them?
"____"，said John.
"But I want to. Come with me", His mum sniffed the flowers. "Oh, these roses____me my son should be happy, and they also tell me my son should go to____"
"Aha, mum, you are joking. How can roses____?" laughed John..
They walked on. "Maybe we can have a dog cat mouse chicken lamb ice cream cone," said his mum. John____"Don't be so silly(傻的),Mum. That sounds____You can't have that kind often cream cone."
John kept smiling from that moment. Mum felt happy now that John was happy. John thanked his mum very much to make him____He thought his mum was great.1.

A．shout

B．cry

C．live

D．smile

2.

A．walk

B．rest

C．talk

D．show

3.

A．dogs

B．trees

C．roses

D．grass

4.

A．Yes

B．No

C．Sure

D．Why

5.

A．think

B．tell

C．ask

D．hope

6.

A．work

B．bed

C．school

D．movies

7.

A．work

B．do

C．stand

D．speak

8.

A．laughed

B．cried

C．shouted

D．talked

9.

A．interesting

B．strange

C．fun

D．great

10.

A．sad

B．sorry

C．glad

D．surprised

【推荐3】When I was ten, my mother worked all day so I had to take care of my younger brother. At that time my little brother was about four years old and he missed mum all the time.
One day, after I had given him his dinner, he started crying for mum. He was so young and really needed mum. So I dressed him, put on his shoes, carried him on my back and walked out. Soon he fell asleep. About half an hour late, I found that he had lost a shoe while sleeping. I took him off my back and put him down. I knew we needed to find that shoe, for our mother couldn`t afford new shoes. We had to go back to find it, so I told my brother to Wait right here.   A man heard it and stopped me just before I walked off. He asked me, ”You are leaving your brother here to find the shoe? What would you do if he is not here when you return?” I did not know how to answer that question. He continued,: It is OK if you can`t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your brother.” Then he sent us to mum`s workplace by taxi.
I have depended on the kindness of many strangers in my whole life. I feel regretful that I cannot find them and say thank you. I don’t even remember what the man`s face looked like, but he taught me a lesson—people are more important than things.
根据短文内容，选择最佳选项，将其标号在答题卡上涂黑。
1. Why did the younger brother cry for his   mother?

A．Because he wanted to sleep.

B．Because he wanted to play outside.

C．Because he was hungry.

D．Because he missed his mother

2. What does the underlined word “regretful” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Happy

B．Sorry

C．Angry

D．Excited.

3. What did the man mean by saying “It`s Ok if you can`t find the shoe, but it is not OK to lose your brother.”?

A．People are more important than things.

B．Things are more important than people.

C．Both the shoe and your brother are important.

D．The shoe is more important than your brother.

4. According to the passage, which word can best describe the man?

A．Rude

B．Funny

C．Silly

D．Kind

【推荐1】This is a special class. The students come from different countries. Some come from America. Others come from Canada, Japan, Australia and England. They speak different languages，but all of them can speak English. They are good friends. They study together, play together and live together. They help each other. All the teachers of this class are Chinese, but they can speak English. They are very kind and friendly. They work hard. The students in this class study Chinese cooking and Chinese gongfu.
All the students like China. They say China is a great country and the Chinese people are very friendly. And they are happy in China.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. What kind of class is this?

A．A Chinese cooking class

B．A Chinese gongfu class

C．A foreign language class

D．Both A and B

2. What language can all the students speak?

A．Chinese

B．French

C．English

D．Japanese

3. What language can all the teachers speak?

A．Only Chinese	B．Only English
C．Chinese and English	D．Only Japanese

4. How do the teachers teach their students?

A．In Chinese	B．In English
C．In Japanese	D．In different languages

5. What do the students like about China?

A．Chinese gongfu	B．Chinese people
C．Chinese cooking	D．A, B and C

【推荐2】“Tina, there’s a school talent show in three weeks,” I shouted to my best friend. My older brother had been teaching me juggling (杂耍), and he would help me.

Tina ran over to the bulletin board. “Maura, what’s our act going to be?”

“Our act?” I said, holding my books tightly.

Tina smiled and said, “It says acts can be individuals, partners, or small groups.”

My grip (紧握) on my books became uncomfortably tight.

“It’ll be fun,” Tina said.

I thought for a second before continuing. “I’ve got an idea and...”

Tina interrupted me, “Yeah, me too. Let’s talk at lunch.”

During math, I tried to think of how I would tell Tina. After all, we are best friends.

We should be able to see eye to eye about this. The problem is Tina always takes charge.

I really wanted to win, but I wanted to win on my own—with an act that was all mine.

At lunch, Tina started talking, “I have it all planned out. We can sing along to a song and dance, and my mom can make costumes (服装).”

“But I had another idea.” I told her about my juggling act.

Tina considered it. “Nah, I don’t think I can learn to juggle in three weeks,” she said. “You don’t want us to feel stupid, right?”

When my grandmother picked me up, she drove a few minutes and finally said, “Cat got your tongue?”

I explained as she listened.

“Well, you weren’t respectful of your own ideas. I understand that you’re friends, but you’re still responsible for your own actions,” said my grandmother.

“Tell the truth,” she added.

When we got home, I took 12 deep breaths and called Tina.

The next day, she described her act and her costume like nothing bad had happened. I know everything worked out fine. But the biggest surprise came at break, when we played a game that I chose, not Tina.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. How did Maura feel when saying “Our act?”?

A．Bored and tired.	B．Calm and relaxed.
C．Curious and excited.	D．Surprised and worried.

2. What does Maura want to do at the talent show?

A．Do juggling.

B．Act in a play.

C．Play a game.

D．Sing and dance.

3. What might Maura most probably say about Tina?

A．She is always in control of things.	B．She is not the best kind of friend.
C．She doesn’t want to respect Maura.	D．She always helps Maura solve problems.

4. What does the word “interrupted” most probably mean in the text?

A．Stopped.

B．Refused.

C．Comforted.

D．Promised.

5. What does “the biggest surprise” mean according to Maura?

A．Tina was still her best friend.	B．She won with the juggle show.
C．The game they played was fun.	D．She got to make her own decision.

【推荐3】Trick 1: Cheese Touch

When I got to school today, everybody was acting all strange around me, and at first I didn’t know what was up. Then I remembered: I still had the Cheese Touch from last year. I got the Cheese Touch in the last week of school, and over the summer I forgot about it.

The problem with the Cheese Touch is that you’ve got it until you can pass it on to someone else. But nobody would even like to get close to me and talk to me. Every time they saw me, they screamed “Ah~ Greg Heffley is coming!” I knew the Cheese Touch would stick with me for the whole school year. Luckily, a new kid named Jeremy Pindle was in the classroom, so I passed the Cheese Touch to him.

Trick 2: The First Letter

My first class was Maths, and the teacher put me right next to Alex Aruda, the cleverest kid in the whole class. If the kids’ last names start with the first few letters of the alphabet, the teacher will call them most, and that’s why they end up being the cleverest. Some people think that’s not true, but I can prove it. You see the picture on the left? Alex Aruda is a top student, while Christoper Ziegel is different.

I can only think of one kid. He broke the last-name rule, and that’s Peter Uteger. Peter was the cleverest kid in the class all the way up until the fifth grade.

When we kept saying his first letter out loud, it sounded funny. This gave Peter a difficult time. These days, Peter doesn’t put up his hand at all, and he’s pretty much a C student. I feel a little bad about the whole P.U. thing and what happened to Peter.

1. What is the Cheese Touch according to the passage?

A．A kind of food.

B．A school course.

C．A piece of paper.

D．A popular trick.

2. If someone gets the Cheese Touch, ________.

A．he is dangerous to others	B．others may keep away from him
C．he should pass it on to someone else	D．it will stick with him for the whole school year

3. What did Peter Uteger think of those kids when they kept saying “P.U.!” out loud?

A．Active but strange.	B．Noisy and impolite.
C．Humorous but impolite.	D．Crazy and impatient.

4. What can you infer (推断) from the passage?

A．Peter Uteger broke the class rule in the fifth grade.

B．The kids in the class don’t play with Jeremy Pindle now.

C．Christoper Ziegel is among the cleverest kids in the class.

【推荐1】When you open a map on your phone, you might think it is guided by the Global Positioning System (GPS) without giving it a second thought. However, today, most of the online maps in China uses the Beidou Navigation Satellite System (BDS，北斗卫星导航系统).

China started to build the BDS 30 years ago. Back in 1978, the US already started providing navigation services with its GPS. However, depending on a navigation system from another country is not safe.

In 2020, after over 20 years of hard work, Beidou completed its global network. The BDS became the fourth global navigation system after the GPS of the United States, Galileo of the European Union and GLONASS of Russia.

The BDS is the first navigation satellite system to provide a global short message communication service. It means you can text others in places without phone signal or internet. For example, in February 2023, a hiker got lost in heavy snow in Inner Mongolia. He sent a text message using the BDS-powered chip in his phone and got saved in time.

Besides, the Beidou system plays an important role in disaster prevention and response (灾害预防和响应). Rescuers (救援人员) can communicate through the BDS quickly and clearly.

No matter where you are in the world, the BDS can help guide your way. By 2023, it had provided service for over 120 countries. “By 2035, China will build a positioning, navigation and timing system with the BDS at its main aim to provide more smart services,” Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navigation Office, said at a news meeting in 2018.

根据短文内容，判断正 (T)、误 (F)。
1. Today, all the maps on smart phones are guided by GPS.
2. The BDS of China was built later than GPS of the US.
3. The BDS is the fourth navigation satellite system to provide a global short message communication service.
4. The BDS can help people take quicker action if an earthquake happens.
5. The service of BDS had covered over 120 countries by 2023.

【推荐2】Dear Xiao Ling,

I’m an English girl. My name is Gina White. I am twelve. I have two brothers, Tom and Tony. We are students, and we go to school five days a week(星期).My parents are teachers. They say China is great, and Chinese people are very friendly. I want to travel(旅游) in China. I think it is great fun. I like Chinese history (历史) books a lot because I think they are very interesting. My brothers and I like playing soccer and volleyball. What about you?

Yours,
Gina
1. Tom and Tony are____.

A．Gina’s friends	B．Gina’s brothers
C．Gina’s teachers	D．Gina’s classmates

2. What are Gina’s parents’ jobs？

A．They are policemen.	B．They are writers.
C．They are reporters.	D．They are teachers.

3. What sport do Gina and her brother like to play?

A．Soccor and volleyball	B．Tennis
C．Basketball	D．Table tennis

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

A．Gina’s family name is White.

B．Gina does to school five days a week.

C．Gina comes from the USA.

D．Gina likes Chinese history books very much.

5. Form the passage, we can’t get the information about____.

A．Gina’s age	B．Gina’s hobby
C．Gina’s family	D．Gina’s address

【推荐3】Betty was familiar with Hopelink's Carnation food bank, but that didn't make it easier for her to take that first step inside when she found herself needing help a few years ago.

"I sat out in the car for a long time before I finally went in," Betty says. "But I knew I had to do it."

Betty and her husband lived together happily. When her husband passed away in 2008, everything changed. Soon, Betty realized she needed to ask for help.

"When Dave was still alive, I never thought it would happen," she says. "I never really thought I would have to go to a food bank. I thought I'd be able to keep my job longer, and I thought we'd have more money to save."

Things didn't work out that way. And finally, Betty found herself in need of help, sitting in her car outside Hopelink, working up the courage to take that first step.

Once inside, she felt welcome immediately.

"A dear lady – I think she was a volunteer – came up to me, and whether she saw that I was scared … I think so; I feel that way," Betty says. "And she said, 'you know, there's a lot of us that have to come here.' And I went into the food bank, and it was wonderful. I learned there were other people having a hard time … it wasn't just me."

Betty started visiting the food bank twice a month, and began to look forward to it. It gave her a chance to get out of the house and dress up a bit – often in her favorite color pink – and meet other people and check in with the regular volunteers.

While Hopelink has helped Betty stay healthy and independent in her later years, it's knowing that someone cares that means the most.

"I appreciate Hopelink, I really do," Betty says. "They've helped me in a million ways since Dave died. And without them, I don't know what I would do. Without the food bank, I'm not sure I could make it. I know I couldn't."

Since 1971, Hopelink has served homeless and low-income families and individuals in King and Snohomish counties; providing stability (稳定) and helping people get the skills and knowledge they need to exit poverty for good.

1. It wasn't easy for her to ________ when she needed help a few years ago.

A．take that first step into the food bank	B．buy fresh food in the food bank
C．be a volunteer in the food bank	D．stay beautiful and independent

2. Later on, Betty ________ to go to the food bank.

A．refused

B．expected

C．managed

D．forgot

3. The word "appreciate" in Paragraph 10 probably means ________.

A．am thankful for

B．am careful about

C．am regretful for

D．am worried about