【推荐1】Every day we use money to buy what we want. But have you ever really noticed the bill (钞票) in your hand? There are different pictures on both sides of banknotes (纸币) and interesting stories behind them.
Most banknotes have famous people on the front, such as a country’s leader or a great scientist, while on the back of the paper note there are usually some well-known scenes or national buildings.
The latest editions of Chinese banknotes use the picture of Mao Zedong, founding father of the People’s Republic of China, on the front of all yuan bills. However, the backs of the bills are different. The Great Hall of the People, on the 100-yuan note, is a landmark (地标) in Beijing. Important meetings are always held there. The Lijiang River in Guilin, on the 20-yuan note, is one of the most beautiful scenes in the world.
The US 1-dollar bill has the first president, George Washington, on the front side. A 13-level pyramid is on the back. Benjamin Franklin, a great scientist and politician (政治家) from the US, appears on the front of the 100-dollar bill. You can see the White House, where the presidents live, on the back of the 20-dollar bill.
1. According to Paragraph 2, which one probably appears on the back of the banknotes?

A．Abraham Lincoln.	B．Elizabeth II.
C．Taishan Mountain.	D．Titanic.

2. The Lijiang River of Guilin is __________.

A．on the back of 20-yuan note	B．on the front of 20-yuan note
C．on the front of 100-yuan note	D．on the back of 100-yuan note

3. On the front of the 100-dollar bill, we can see __________.

A．George Washington	B．Benjamin Franklin
C．a 13-level pyramid	D．the White House

【推荐2】Soon computers and other machines will be able to remember you by looking at your eyes! The program works because everyone’s eyes are different. So in the future you won’t have to remember a number when you want to use a machine or take money out of a bank. You’ll just have to look at the machine and it will be able to tell who you are.

The eye-recognition (眼睛识别) program has already been tested in shops and banks in the USA, Britain, Spain, Italy and Turkey. Soon this technology (技术) will take the place of all other ways of finding out who people are.

However, scientists are also working on other systems (系统). Machines will soon be able to know you from the shape of your face or hand or even your smell! We already have machines that can tell who you are from your voice or the mark made by your finger.

Eye-recognition is better than other kinds because your eyes don’t change as you get older, or get dirty like hands or fingers. And even twins have different eyes. So the eye-recognition program can be up to 94% correct, depending on how good the technology is. However, some other programs may only be 51% correct at present. In Britain, it was found that 91% of people who had tried it said that they liked the idea of eye-recognition.

In the future your computer will be looking at you in the eye. So smile!

1. How does the eye-recognition program work?

A．You write your number.	B．You show your ID card.
C．You say your name.	D．You look at the machine.

2. How many ways will machines be able to know you soon?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Five.

3. Why can the program be up to 94% correct?

A．Because eyes never change.	B．Because hands or fingers can get dirty.
C．Because people like the idea of the program.	D．Because the program is widely used around the world.

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The program is being tested in Japan.

B．Machines with other systems can also tell who you are.

C．91% of people like the idea of the program.

D．Computers can remember you by looking at your clothes.

5. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．Introduction to some kinds of programs.

B．Introduction to the eye-recognition program.

C．The way how the eye-recognition program works.

D．The places where the eye-recognition program is tested.

【推荐3】Welcome to the new Hong Kong Sleeping Bus Tour that helps you catch up on sleep.

The bus tour is a five-hour ride around Hong Kong on a double-decker (双层) bus. The bus stops at places like the city’s Lantau Island and the airport, where passengers can get off and take photos.

So how did the idea of the tour grow? “When we were trying to develop new tours, I saw a post from my friend saying that he was stressed out by his work, and that he couldn’t sleep at night,” said Kenneth Kong, the organizer of the bus tour. “But when he was traveling on the bus, he could sleep well. His post inspired (赋予灵感) us to create this tour.”

Tickets for the first Sleeping Bus Tour quickly sold out, and for $13 to $51 a ticket, riders can choose seats on the upper or lower deck.

Some passengers came prepared, bringing their own blankets and changing their shoes to slippers, while others brought travel pillows (枕头). Passengers were also given an eye mask and earplugs for a more comfortable sleep.

Dr. Shirley Li, who researches sleep at the University of Hong Kong, said, “People in Hong Kong don’t have enough time to sleep. They may tend to connect public transport with their sleep. And that’s why they found it easier to fall asleep on the bus.”

1. We can infer that Kenneth Kong’s friend ________.

A．felt relaxed at work	B．had no trouble sleeping at night
C．gave advice on creating the bus tour	D．wrote a post and inspired Kenneth Kong

2. From Paragraph 4, we know the bus tour is ________.

A．popular

B．terrible

C．tiring

D．important

3. Which picture best shows people’s purpose on the bus tour?

A．

B．

C．

D．

4. According to the text, Hong Kong sleeping bus tour ________.

A．is free	B．takes five hours
C．provides travel pillows	D．improves the public transport

5. The text is written to ________.

A．show the importance of sleeping

B．introduce a new and special bus tour

C．encourage people to solve the sleeping problems

D．tell us why people in Hong Kong like the bus tour

【推荐2】To all the students:

The Zhuhai Happy School Sports Day this year will be held on Saturday, November 26th at Jinwan Stadium(运动场) from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. There will be the following tips.

100 meters race	The high jump
400 meters race	The Basketball game
1,000 meters race	The Volleyball game
2,000 meters race	The long jump

Each event will have four competitions. There will be one for girls, one for boys, one for elder students and one for younger students.

If you want to take part in any of the events, you should tell Mr. Brown. He will be in the school gym from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday—Friday next week.

All the students should come to the stadium on time. Teachers will put down the names at the stadium gate as students arrive. Students who don’t take part in it must bring a letter from their parents to tell why.

Hope you can enjoy this year’s Sports Day!

1. The Sports Day will have ________ types of events.

A．four

B．six

C．eight

D．ten

2. Each event will have ________ competitions.

A．One

B．two

C．three

D．four

3. If Alan doesn’t want to come to the stadium, he should ________.

A．write a letter to Mr. Brown

B．tell his classmates

C．do some homework in the classroom

D．ask his parents to write a letter and explain the reasons for it

4. When and where can we find Mr. Brown next week?

A．2:30 p.m. in the school gym.	B．4:30 p.m. at the City Stadium.
C．10:00 a.m. in the school gym	D．4:00 p.m. at the City Stadium.

5. What information can students get from the passage?

A．Some events about the Sports Day.	B．How to prepare the Sports Day.
C．The winners of Sports Day.	D．Why Sports Day was canceled(取消).

【推荐3】Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it?

The internet is many different networks（网络）around the world. A network is a group of computers put together. These networks joined together are called the Internet.

Maybe that doesn’t sound interesting. But when we’ve joined the Internet, there are lots of things we can do. We can have a lot of interest on the World Wide Web (WWW).

We can use the Internet instead of a library to find all kinds of information for our homework. We can find information about our favorite sports or film stars and do some shopping on the Internet. We can also send messages to other people by email. It is much cheaper and quicker than calling our friends or sending letters.

Thanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. People can now work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information they need. They can buy or sell whatever they want by the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information is English? So what will English be like tomorrow?

1. The passage is mainly talking about the Internet.
2. The quickest and cheapest way for people to send messages to their friends is by telephone.
3. Students can use the Internet to find information for their homework.
4. People can not work at home without the help of the Internet.
5. According to this passage, English won’t be important in the future.

【推荐1】I'm Sophia. On Sunday morning, I usually get up very late. I wash my face and then go out to do morning exercises. After I have breakfast, I often go to a shopping centre(中心). It's not far from my home.
I like shopping there very much, but I don't like shopping with my son. He likes running around. It's difficult to look__after him in the shopping centre. I don't like shopping with my friends, either(也). It usually takes too much time to buy things with them because they never buy the first thing they see. They always go to other shops to find the same thing cheaper(更便宜的)．
I like going shopping with my husband. When I don't know which one to choose, he will help me. I don't like buying food in small shops or markets. I like buying it in supermarkets, because it is fresh and cheap.
1. Sophia often goes to the shopping centre ________．

A．before breakfast

B．after breakfast

C．on Saturday afternoon

D．on Sunday afternoon

2. The underlined words “look after” mean ________．

A．看望

B．照看

C．教育

D．抛弃

3. Sophia likes shopping ________．

A．alone	B．with her friends
C．with her son	D．with her husband

4. Sophia likes to buy food in ________．

A．small shops	B．supermarkets
C．small markets	D．shopping centres

5. From the passage, we know ________．

A．Sophia's son can help her buy things

B．Sophia's friends like to buy expensive things

C．Sophia's friends like to compare the prices of the things

D．Sophia walks a long way from her home to the shopping centre

【推荐2】To make sure that you enjoy your visit to the Harper Hot Springs(温泉)and that you are safe during your visit, please take time to read the following:
Do not put your head under the hot water because it may be bad for your eyes.
Do not run around because the floors may be slippery
Do not leave your children alone.
Do not leave your things about. Just ask one of our workers to look after your things.
Do not eat or drink anything in the area because we want to keep the area clean .There is a place for you to eat and soft drinks when you need to have a rest.
Do not bring anything made of glass into the area, because it maybe easily to broken when you fall.
Do not bring any hard drinks into the area.
Do not smoke in the area.
Do not stay in the sunlight for too long.
We hope that you will enjoy your visit here
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。并将其字母代号填入题前括号内。
1. The purpose(目的)of this notice is＿＿ .

A．to ask people to visit the Spring

B．to make people know the area

C．to tell visitors what not to do

D．to tell the visitors to have a rest

2. people are not allowed to＿＿ .

A．bring any things into the area

B．have soft drinks in the area

C．look after children in the area

D．sit in the sun for long in the area

3. ＿＿is not mentioned(提到)in the notice.

A．How long visitors can stay in the area

B．What visitors cannot come to the area.

C．Who can take care of the visitors things

D．Whether smoking is allowed in the area

4. The Chinese meaning for“slippery” is＿＿

A．平坦的

B．湿滑的

C．狭隘的

D．冰凉的

5. The notice is Written for＿＿.

A．visitors

B．children

C．workers

D．managers

【推荐3】This happened in London. It was November and the weather was very wet and cold. A Frenchman had caught a very bad cold. He coughed day and night, so he decided to go and get some medicine for his cough. As he did not know much English, he took out his dictionary and looked up the word “cough”. But the dictionary did not tell him how to pronounce(发音) the word. He thought it over and remembered that he had learned the word “plough”. He remembered that it was pronounced[plau]. So he thought that c-o-u-g-h must be pronounced [kau].
Then he put on his coat and hat and went to a chemist's shop(药店).When the man in the shop asked him what he wanted, the Frenchman said, “I want something for my‘cow’ , please.” The man in the shop looked at him. Had he heard him correctly?
“I beg your pardon, sir?” he asked.
The Frenchman repeated, “I want some medicine for my‘cow’.”
“For your cow?” asked the man, “are you a farmer?”
“A farmer?” said the Frenchman in surprise, “What makes you think I'm a farmer? I come from Paris. I'm not a farmer.”
“But where is your cow?”
“It's here!” answered the Frenchman. He put his hand on his chest(胸口) and began to cough. “Here it is,”   he said, “I've a very bad ‘cow’ here.”
Then the man in the shop understood what the Frenchman meant. He wanted some medicine for his cough.
1. The Frenchman said, “I want something for my‘cow’, please.” Here by the word ‘cow’ he meant _______.

A．cow

B．cough

C．medicine

D．cold

2. What made the man in the shop think the Frenchman was a farmer?

A．The Frenchman looked like a farmer.

B．The word ‘cough’ was pronounced [kau] by him.

C．The Frenchman said he came from a farm in Paris.

D．We can't learn about it from the story.

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The man in the shop had heard the Frenchman correctly.

B．The man in the shop didn't understand the Frenchman clearly at first.

C．The Frenchman told the man in the shop he had a very bad cow.

D．The Frenchman asked for some medicine for his cow.

【推荐1】

Monarch butterflies(帝王蝶) from the eastern part of North America make the most amazing journey in the insect world. Each year, this tiny creature(生物) travels up to 3,000 miles(4,800 kilometers) to its winter home in central Mexico(墨西哥). How can it fly so far? And what is the purpose of its long and dangerous trip? Scientists still don’t have an explanation.

The length of the butterflies’ trip is only one part of the mystery. The other amazing thing is that the butterflies always return to the same place in central Mexico. How do the butterflies find their way back to the same place? This is an interesting question because only every fourth generation(代) makes the trip south. In other words, the butterfly that travels to Mexico this year is the great-great-grandchild of the butterfly that traveled there last year.

Each year, four generations of a Monarch butterfly family are born. Each generation of the family has a very different life. The first generation of Monarchs is born in the south in late April. It slowly moves north, reproduces, and then dies. On the trip north, two more generations are born, reproduce, and die. Each of these generations of butterflies lives for only two to five weeks. In the fall, the fourth generation of butterflies is born. Compared to its parents, this generation has a long life. It lives for about eight months. This generation of butterflies makes the amazing journey to the winter home of its great-great-grandparents. The butterflies spend the winter there, and in the spring they reproduce and then die. Their children will be the first generation of the next circle. How amazing it is!

1. From the passage we know that monarch butterflies ________.

A．spend their winter in North America

B．are small but can fly quite a long way

C．travel to central Mexico to reproduce

2. There are ________ mysteries about monarch butterflies’ journey.

A．two

B．three

C．four

3. The last paragraph is mainly about ________.

A．why Monarch butterflies fly from north to south

B．how Monarch butterflies make the amazing trip

C．when each generation of butterflies reproduce

4. According to the article, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．Two of the generations are born on the trip back to south.

B．Only the fourth generation can live through the whole winter.

C．The first generation of Monarchs is born in the south in spring.

5. We can read this passage on the ________ part of a magazine.

A．sports and health

B．science and technology

C．environment and nature

【推荐2】The Oil Lamp and the Lighthouse

On an island off the coast of a rocky shore stood a great lighthouse. During the day, the white walls of the lighthouse shined under the sunlight, while at night it burned a light for those at sea.   Many people visited the lighthouse, and when they did, they commented on its size and strength and admired the beauty that it added to the surroundings. Some told its keeper how its light had saved them during a storm.

All loved the lighthouse except a little oil lamp that lived in the lighthouse. By day it hung forgotten at the bottom of the stairs. At dusk it helped the keeper of the lighthouse make his way from the bottom of the stairs to his bedroom. It seemed to the oil lamp that he is not important. To his way of thinking, his shortcomings were made clear by his nearness to one so much greater than he. Always, the oil lamp labored under this heaviness of heart.

Then one day, after a brilliant afternoon when many visitors had come to play on the sandy beach, there was a knock at the door. It was a boy, searching for a friend who was lost. The sun had set and what had seemed such friendly shores hours before was now dark and cold.

The keeper quickly took the youth inside and hugged him into a blanket. Then he reached to the hook between the door and the stairs and took down the little oil lamp. After carefully making sure that the tank was full of oil, the keeper lit the lamp and whispered. “Burn bright tonight, my dear friend. I cannot take the lighthouse with me. He serves his purpose here, but you were made for times like this. It is now that I need you most!”

In that instant, all of the oil lamp’s misgivings were replaced by joy—joy in knowing that here was something only he could do. All through the night, through bushes, the oil lamp burned brighter and more steadily than ever before. He had to; the keeper was depending on him. At last the lost boy was found and brought safely back to the lighthouse and his friend.

Never again did the oil lamp doubt his place or purpose. He had learned a great lesson that night: he was happiest and most useful being himself.

1. The little oil lamp didn’t like his job because _______     .

A．he thought the light house were more important than him

B．he had to help the keeper make his way

C．he was forgotten by all the people

D．his labor was heavy at heart

2. The oil lamp burned brighter and more steadily than ever before that night because _______ .

A．the boy depended on him to find his lost friend	B．the keeper loved him more than the lighthouse
C．he could replace the lighthouse	D．he found his own value

3. Which of the following is true?

A．The oil lamp disliked the lighthouse at first.

B．Many visitors thanked the oil lamp for saving them

C．The lighthouse sometimes doubt his place or purpose.

D．The oil lamp became more important than the lighthouse at night.

4. What can we learn from the story?

A．Every coin has two sides.	B．Each one has his strong points.
C．A friend in need is a friend indeed.	D．Where there is a will, there is a way.

【推荐3】There was an old man and he lived all alone. He was a little wrinkled（皮肤皱缩）and skinny. One day he got a bad cold and he called for a doctor. While the doctor was examining the old man，he asked，”Don’t you have a friend who can come and look after you？”

The old man answered，“No，I have no friends. ”

“You’ve lived in this village all your life and never had a friend？” The doctor said in surprise. ”Well，I am sixty-four years old but I have never met anyone I can call a friend. If it isn't one thing wrong with them，it's another. ”The old man said.

“OK. Our village head Mr. Li will surely come to help you if he knows you are sick. I am sure you also know him. ”

“Of course，I know him，but I hate him. When talking to him，you'd imagine there was nothing in this world but his wheat field and wonderful pigs. ”

“Then what about Mr. Ma who lives down the road？”

“He is a worse person I ever came across，though he is a bit clever and he has read many books. He visited me a lot before，but he would come only when he wanted. I don't like such a neighbor. ”

The doctor laughed，“You can't bring up anything against Mr. Zhou？ Everyone loves him. ”

“Right，”the old man answered，“but his noisy tongue makes me have a terrible headache. ”

“I’m afraid you see so many disadvantages of your neighbors that you’re blind to their advantages. It’s hard to serve you. Anyway，please call me if you need me. ” The doctor left，but even a word of “thank you”wasn’t heard.

1. What did the old man look like？

A．Fat.

B．Thin.

C．Energetic.

D．Strong.

2. Why did no one become the old man's friend?

A．Because he was not satisfied with anyone.

B．Because the persons he met had many disadvantages.

C．Because no one liked to stay with such a sick old man.

D．Because he didn't like to make friends with others.

3. Who was thought highly of by the old man?

A．Mr. Li.

B．Mr. MA.

C．Mr. Zhou.

D．No one.

4. What is the correct order of the story?
①The old man said he hated the village head Mr. Li.
②The doctor finally realized why the old man had no friends and left.
③The old man was sick and he called for a doctor.
④The old man told the doctor Mr. Ma was a worse person than Mr. Li he ever met.
⑤The old man said Mr. Zhou’s noisy tongue made him have a headache.
⑥The old man answered the doctor's question and said he had no friends.

A．③→⑥→⑤→①→④→②	B．③→⑤→①→④→⑥→②
C．③→⑥→①→④→⑤→②	D．③→⑤→⑥→④→①→②

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

A．A kind doctor	B．An old man's life
C．True friends	D．An old lonely man