【推荐1】Penny was a five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were in a department store, Penny saw a plastic pearl necklace (珍珠项链). What a beautiful necklace! She wanted it very much, so she begged (乞求) her mother to buy it for her. The mother said, “Well, I can buy you the necklace, but when we get home, we should discuss what you can do to pay for it. Can we do that?” Penny agreed with much happiness, and she got the necklace.

How much Penny loved the necklace! She wore it everywhere and every minute. Penny also did part-time jobs to make pocket money. She worked very hard. Soon she succeeded in paying off the price for the necklace.

Penny’s daddy knew how she tried her best to get the necklace. He also knew how much Penny cared about it. One night, he asked Penny if she loved him, “Sure, Daddy,” the little girl said. “Then how about giving me your necklace?” “Oh, no, Daddy! Not my necklace!” Penny cried. “Oh, dear, it’s fine,” her father gave her a kiss.

Several days later, Penny went to her daddy, with her lips (嘴唇) trembling (颤抖). “Here, Daddy. I love you.” She held out her hand. Inside it was the plastic pearl necklace that she loved so much.

When he saw this, Penny’s father smiled with surprise. He then pulled a cute box out of his pocket. Inside the box was a real and colorful pearl necklace, which was waiting for Penny for so long.

1. Why did Penny’s mother ask Penny to pay for the necklace herself ?

A．Because she didn’t have enough money.

B．Because she wanted to buy her a real pearl necklace.

C．Because she thought it was not right for little kids to wear a necklace.

D．Because she wanted Penny to know that one should buy and pay for oneself.

2. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Penny worked hard to pay for the plastic necklace.

B．Penny’s father wanted the plastic necklace.

C．Penny knew her father had bought her a real necklace.

D．Penny gave the plastic necklace to her father because she didn’t like it any more.

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Parents should buy their kids everything.

B．Kids should love their parents.

C．Parents shouldn’t ask for anything from their kids.

D．How to educate kids in a right way.

【推荐2】A poor boy once went to a ragged (破旧的) school, where his face was well washed. When he returned home, the neighbours looked at him in surprise.

They said, “That looks like Tom Rogers, and yet it can’t be, for he is so clean.”

After a while, his mother looked at him, and seeing that his face was so clean, she thought that her own face was dirty and at once she washed it at once.

The father soon came home from his work, and seeing his wife and his son so clean, he thought that his face was dirty and so he followed their example.

Father, mother, and son being clean, the mother began to think that the room looked dirty, so she went down on her knees and scrubbed (用力擦洗) the floor clean.

A woman lived next door. Seeing so great a change in her neighbours, she though that her face and her room were very dirty, so she, too, quickly set about cleaning them.

This story shows how two houses and their families were made tidy and comfortable, simply by the example of the clean face of one ragged school boy.

Children, as well as grown-up people, should always set a good example. We never know how much good may be done in that way, nor can we tell how much harm results from a bad example.

1. Where did the poor boy get his face washed?

A．At school.

B．At home.

C．At his neighbour’s.

2. What did the father do after he saw the faces of his son and wife clean?

A．He thought his face was clean, too.

B．He was glad to see that.

C．He washed his face, too.

3. How many people were influenced by the boy’s action?

A．3.

B．4

C．5.

4. What’s the best title of the story?

A．Good Neighbours

B．A Good Example

C．A Poor Boy and His Parents

【推荐2】阅读短文，从方框内五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项。

Elephants are smart animals. They play an important part in Thailand tourism (旅游业).     1     Many of them like riding elephants and some want to watch elephants play ball games, draw pictures.     2    

Groups like the World Animal Protection are helping these animals.     3     These elephants have to leave their mothers when they are babies (婴儿). People take them to a place and they have to take hard exercises every day.

    4     They take elephants to some places that are good for animals. One place is Elephant Valley. Elephants can play freely there. A travel website (旅游网站) says the places are not helpful to elephants if they have elephants for tourists to ride.

Elephants are our friends.     5    

A．Now more and more people are working to help save the elephants.

B．Let’s help them find a good place to live in.

C．But they don’t know that 80% of these elephants live a bad life.

D．Every year, lots of tourists go to Thailand.

E．They ask people to stop riding elephants and watching animal shows.

【推荐3】It is people who make many of the problems that the animals faces. We change and pollute their living environment. We hunt them for skins, furs, and horns.We kill animals that get in the ways of farming or building. And we drive them away from their natural environment and take them home as pets.

What can you do to help endangered animals? Learn as much as you can about them. The more you know, the more you can help. Try your best to support zoos and wildlife groups. Many zoos keep endangered animals, helping to make sure that they can live on. Protecting animals by working hard with wildlife protection groups. You can also be a smart shopper and never buy a pet that has grown in the wild.

The world is made up of many living things, and each thing is dependent on the others to live on. When we talk about any endangered wild animals, let’s hope we never again have to say, “Gone forever.”

根据短文内容，选择最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选定答案的字母标号涂黑。
1. What’s the first paragraph(段落) mainly about?

A．The importance of the animals.	B．The lifestyle of the animals.
C．What people do to the animals.	D．Animals in the world.

2. To help endangered animals，what should we do all the following EXCEPT(除了)          .

A．Know more about animals.	B．Support zoos and wildlife groups.
C．Send money to wildlife protection groups.	D．Raise wild animals as pets.

3. What do many zoos do?

A．Make sure that endangered animals can live on.

B．Send money to wildlife protection groups.

C．Search for the wild animals.

D．Raise animals in the wild.

4. What CAN’T we do to protect animals?

A．Working hard with wildlife protection groups.

B．Be a smart shopper .

C．Never buy a pet that has grown in the wild.

D．Take them home as pets.

5. What does the last sentence of the passage tell us?

A．Many wild animals are endangered .

B．We don’t care much about for the endangered animals.

C．We should save endangered animals.

D．Endangered animals will be gone forever.

【推荐1】One day, my wife wanted me to take my mother out to dinner and a movie. My mother had been a widow(寡妇) for 9 years, but I was busy working and looked after my three children. I hardly had time to see her.

That night I called to invite her to go out for dinner and a movie. She agreed happily. During the dinner, we talked so much in the restaurant that we missed the movie. As we arrived at her house later, she said, “I’ll go out with you again, but only if you let me invite you.” I agreed.

A few days later, my mother died. It happened so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her. Some time later, I received a letter with a copy of a restaurant receipt from the same restaurant. The letter said: “I paid this bill in advance(提前). I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but I paid for two plates—one for you and the other for your wife. You will never know what that night meant for me.”

“I love you, son.”

My eyes were full of tears at that moment. I understood the importance of saying in time: “I love you,” and to give our loved ones the time that they deserve(值得). Nothing in life is more important than your family. Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be put off till “some other time”.

1. Why did the writer hardly have time to see his mother before?

A．Because he was very lazy.	B．Because his mother was fine.
C．Because his wife didn’t agree.	D．Because he was always busy.

2. The underlined word “receipt” in Paragraph 4 means “________” in Chinese.

A．合同

B．收据

C．欠条

D．支票

3. The writer invited his mother to have ________.

A．breakfast and see a movie	B．breakfast and see a doctor
C．dinner and see a movie	D．dinner and see a doctor

4. What did the writer receive?

A．A letter.

B．A plate.

C．A ticket.

D．A watch.

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

A．A date with Dad	B．A date with Mom
C．My wife and I	D．My children and I

【推荐2】

Miss Liu

Our English teacher is our class teacher, too. She is often very busy(忙). She works very hard and she is kind to us. “Try to speak English every day.” she always says.

Mr. Xu

This teacher is very clever. He can answer different math(数学) problems. He wears glasses(眼镜) and he is very nice.

Miss Ma

Our Chinese teacher looks very young. She is a small woman. Her handwriting(字迹) is very beautiful.

Mr. Zhang

This man is our P.E. teacher. He is tall and looks heavy, but he can run very fast(跑得快). He is a big man and he is kind, too. “Do exercise(锻炼) every day. That’s very good!” he says.

1. Miss Liu is very ________.

A．young

B．small

C．busy

D．old

2. ________ is Mr. Xu.

A．①

B．②

C．③

D．④

3. P.E. means ________ in Chinese.

A．美术

B．音乐

C．体育

D．数学

4. ③ is our ________ teacher.

A．English

B．math

C．P.E.

D．Chinese

5. Which is NOT TRUE(哪个不对)?

A．Mr. Xu is a math teacher.	B．Mr. Zhang asks us to do exercise every day.
C．Miss Ma looks very young.	D．Our class teacher is a small woman.

【推荐3】A young man worked very hard at his lessons. He was too busy to have a rest. At last, he became ill---he couldn’t go to sleep . Every night, when night, when he went to bed, he closed his eyes and tired to sleep. But he always stayed awake and couldn’t fall asleep.

After some days, he decided to see a doctor, “I just can’t go to sleep at night. What should I do ? Could you please help me?”

“I have a suggestion（建议）,”said the doctor. “Try counting numbers. By the time you reach one thousand, you’ll be asleep. I’m sure of it.”

The next day the man returned to the doctor’s office. “Well,”said the doctor, “How are you today? Did you try my suggestion?”

The man still looked tired . “Yes,” he said , “I tired counting one, two, three--- up to one thousand. But when I reached five hundred and sixty-nine, I began to feel sleepy. I had to get up and drink some tea so that I could go on counting up to one thousand . But then I still couldn’t fall asleep.”

1. The young man couldn’t go to sleep because________.

A．he was worried about his work.	B．he worked too hard and became ill.
C．he didn’t finish doing his lessons.	D．There was a lot of noise and he couldn’t have a rest.

2. The doctor asked the young man________.

A．to put all numbers from 1 to 1,000 together	B．to take some medicine and go to bed earlier.
C．to count numbers while he was lying in bed.	D．to count numbers before he went to bed.

3. The young man________.

A．counted from 569 to 1,000	B．counted from 1 to 1,000 and fell asleep
C．counted from 1 to 569 and got up to drink some tea	D．Counted from 1 to 569 and fell asleep

【推荐1】We say that a person has good manners if he or she is polite, kind and helpful to others. Everyone likes a person with good manners. But no one likes a person with bad or careless manners. Yes, but what are good manners? How do I know what to do and what not to do?
Here are some examples of the things that a well-mannered person does or does not do.
He never laughs at people when they are in trouble. Instead, he tries to help them. When people are waiting for a bus, he stands in line and takes his turn. He never pushes to the front of the line. On the bus, he offers his seat to an older person or a woman with a child in the arms. If he gets in someone’s way, he says “excuse me”. He says “please” when he makes a request (请求), and he says “thank you” when he receives something. He doesn’t stop other people when they are talking. He does not speak with his mouth full of food when he is eating.
1. People agree that a well-mannered person is really a       person.

A．polite	B．kind
C．helpful	D．polite, kind and helpful

2. Saying “please” and “thank you” is for a well-mannered person.

A．useless

B．a little useful

C．hypocritical (虚伪的)

D．important and necessary

3. A person with good manners thinks of       .

A．others before himself	B．himself before others
C．no one but himself	D．others as well as himself

4. If you want to be well-mannered,       .

A．you laugh at people when they are in trouble

B．it’s all right to speak with your mouth full of food

C．you should stop someone when he is talking

D．you can only speak after someone else has finished talking

【推荐2】Have you ever thought about how much water you use in a day?

Starting February 1st, each person in Cape Town, South Africa received a daily supply of 13.2 gallons of water which is only enough for a 10-minute shower!

This restriction(限制) was introduced in preparation for April 22nd, also known as Day Zero, on which the city will turn off all municipal( 市 政 ) water taps because of the overuse of fresh water these years.

Over the past three years, Cape Town has suffered from a dangerous drought( 干旱). That, along with a growing population of four million people, has caused water-supply drop strongly. As of November 2017, the water level in their largest water reservoir( 水库) had dropped to 28% from 102.9% in 2014. That amount is expected to come down to 13.5% by April 22, 2018. What’s worse, the last 10% of the reservoir’s levels are not potable (safe to drink) because of the dirt at the bottom.

Firstly, researchers thought the cause of the drought was El Niño. Cape Town could become the first ever major city to run out of water. The government has called on people to   conserve the little water they have left by way of prevention, including stopping car washing and filling up swimming pools. They are asking the public to cut showers to two minutes and reuse bathing water to flush the toilet.

When Cape Town reaches Day Zero, there will be 200 water stations scattered across the town for people to receive their daily supply of 6.6 gallons. Armed guards will stand by to make sure there is no violence or theft.

The water shortage has already influenced all parts of Cape Town. People’s lives are being affected, with those in the tourism industry and businesses like car washing, seeing no chance to make a living. The relationship between people also becomes worse as neighbors are encouraged to report each other for water waste and the government plans to collect a drought tax as they are losing tax money because of the low water use.

1. On April 22nd, people in Cape Town could have only       gallons of water for a whole day.

A．13.2

B．13.5

C．10

D．6.6

2. The water shortage in Cape Town has become so serious because of        over the past three years.
① a dangerous drought       ② a growing population
③ overuse of fresh water       ④ fewer water reservoirs

A．①②③

B．①③④

C．②③④

D．①②④

3. What does the word conserve in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．produce

B．protect

C．promise

D．prepare

4. What unusual thing is done on Day Zero?

A．Receiving enough daily supply.	B．Planning to collect a drought tax.
C．Turning off all municipal water taps.	D．Reusing bathing water to flush the toilet.

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The water in the largest water reservoir has already dropped to 10%.

B．Neighbours will learn to help each other when facing the serious problem.

C．Tourism industry and business will not be influenced by the shortage of water.

D．Armed guards will work to help keep the water stations in order when Day Zero comes.