【推荐1】

More and more people are taking part in dangerous sports and activities around the world now. Some have climbed the highest mountains, travelled into unknown parts of the world and others have sailed in small boats across the greatest seas.

I would think bungee jumping to be a good example of such an activity. You jump from a high place (perhaps a bridge or a hot-air balloon) 200 metres above the ground with an elastic (有弹性的) rope tied to your feet. You fall at up to 150 kilometres an hour until the rope stops you from hitting the ground. It is said that over 2 million people around the world have now tried bungee jumping. Other dangerous activities like jumping from tall buildings and jumping into the water from the top of high places.

Why do people take part in such activities as these? Some scientists think that it is because life in modern world has become safe and boring. Not very long ago, people’s lives were often poor. They had to go out and hunt for food, illnesses could not easily be cured, and life was harder than that of the present days.

Nowadays, to many people, life gives little excitement. They live and work safely; they buy food in shops; and there are doctors and hospitals to look after them if they become ill. The answer for some of these people is to look for danger in activities such as bungee jumping.

1. How many people have now tried bungee jumping?

A．Less than two million.	B．More than two million.
C．About two million.	D．Two million

2. In bungee jumping, you __________.

A．jump as high as you can	B．fall at up to 150 miles an hour
C．tie yourself to a rope and fall to the ground	D．fall towards the ground without a rope

3. People probably take part in dangerous sports nowadays because __________.

A．they have a lot of free time	B．they can go to hospital if they are injured
C．there is not much excitement in their lives	D．they no longer need to hunt for food

4. What is the best title of this passage?

A．Modern Life is Boring	B．Need for Excitement
C．Bungee Jumping: Is It Really Dangerous?	D．Dangerous Sports: What and Why

【推荐2】The Spring Festival in 2020 is totally different. A war without smoke, but the gun has started, and the   “Novel Coronavirus”   pneumonia has swept through. All departments have responded positively and fought against the epidemic together. Angels in white, armed police officers and soldiers, volunteers, they are all fighting in the front line and brave to deal with the dangerous situation, opening a new chapter in 2020.

In these days when the virus appears, there are such a group of people who are not afraid of infection. They rush to the front line, devote themselves to their work silently, protect the health of patients quietly, and some people even fall down in the front line with the virus. Those medical workers who wear in white are called angels in white. They never give up fighting pneumonia.

In the epidemic, there are two academicians we have to mention. One of them is academician Zhong Nanshan, who is 84 years old. He participated in the fight against SARS in 2003, and now he has joined in the fight against pneumonia in Wuhan. Another is academician Li Lanjuan, 73, who is also an infectious disease scientist. She has also made contributions to the fight against SARS. After the novel coronavirus vaccine was launched in Wuhan, she worked round the clock to develop the new coronavirus vaccine.

Virus knows no borders, but the worst of times reveals the best in people. With all these efforts, we will win the battle against the coronavirus and protect our world.

Word bank spidemic 流行病

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What can we learn about the Novel Coronavirus from the passage?

A．The Novel Coronavirus is the same as SARS.

B．Many people are fighting against the Novel Coronavirus.

C．Novel Coronavirus is not a kind of infectious disease.

D．Medical workers can’t develop the Novel Coronavirus vaccine.

2. What does the underlined word   “vaccine”   mean in Chinese?

A．疾病

B．传染源

C．疫苗

D．病毒

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The Novel Coronavirus can’t be defeated by human beings.

B．The Novel Coronavirus vaccine has already been developed successfully by scientists.

C．The Novel Coronavirus appeared after the Spring Festival in 2020.

D．Zhong Nanshan and Li Lanjuan have made contributions to the fight against SARS.

4. What does the end of the text tell us?

A．The Novel Coronavirus can spread to foreign countries.

B．People are now living the worst life.

C．Some medical workers have fallen down in the front line with virus.

D．With all efforts, we’re sure to win the battle against the Novel Coronavirus.

5. Where can you possibly read the passage?

A．In a novel.	B．In a newspaper.
C．In a guide book.	D．In a fashion magazine

【推荐2】Americans think a great deal about time. From childhood they learn to value（珍惜）time. As children, they are taught to be on time to go to school, to do work and to do everything. When they are having a good time, they say that time flies. When a person is dying, they say he is living on borrowed time. Time is money. Time is knowledge. Time is everything in America. A working America has to work hard for 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week. This is the working time. In his free time, he also works hard for more money. Even Saturday and Sunday are filled with（充满）activities. In the street you can hardly see a man who walks slowly. They walk very fast. In fact, they are running. They love time because time brings them money, comforts and progress. But sometimes they also hate time, for they feel they have become servants（仆人）of the clock.
1. A working American has to work___ days a week in his working time.

A．seven

B．six

C．five

D．four

2. An American always walks____.

A．sadly	B．slowly
C．fast	D．not very fast

3. “He is living on borrowed time” means_____.

A．He is dead	B．He has little money.
C．He has no time	D．He is dying

4. In his free time, an American usually_____.

A．has a good rest.

B．plays cards with their friends

C．stays at home all day and watched TV.

D．gets more money by work.

5. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．The Americans usually value time.

B．The Americans are often on time.

C．All Americans love time and don’t hate time.

D．Sometimes the Americans hate time.

【推荐1】阅读短文，从各题所给的选项中，选择最佳选项。

Every day, Vicky travelled by bus between her office and home. She noticed something special about the bus driver. Whenever the passengers（乘客）got on the bus, he would smile at them.

However, Vicky also noticed a passenger who ever smiled back at the driver. It seemed that he never had any clean clothes. He often made big noises. Every time he got on the bus, he made the other passengers give up the seat to him in a loud voice. But the driver still smiled at the passenger. Instead, the "noisy" man seemed to never see the smile.

This got Vicky more interested. Once, she asked the driver. "Sir, may l ask you a question? Why don't you throw that noisy man out of the bus?"

The driver looked at Vicky and said, "He's my guest." "He is rude. Don't be so nice to him!" "Let me tell you about my dog." the driver said patiently. "Each time the moon shines, my dog barks at it crazily." Hearing this, Vicky was confused and said, "Sorry, but I don't understand what you're trying to tell me." The driver said, "It keeps barking, but the moon still shines."

1. Vicky thinks the bus driver is special because he __________.

A．drives too fast	B．shouts at every passenger
C．works hard very day	D．smiles at every passenger

2. What does Vicky think of this "noisy" man?

A．He is clean and friendly.	B．He is noisy and friendly.
C．He is not clean and rude.	D．He is clean and impolite.

3. Which one is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Vicky went to office by bike.	B．The driver is a kind man.
C．Vicky has a dog.	D．The "noisy" man always smiled at the driver.

4. The underlined（画线的）word "confused" in the passage means __________.

A．困惑的

B．混乱的

C．尴尬的

D．惭愧的

5. The story mainly wants to tell us that we should __________.

A．smile every day	B．not be polite to everyone
C．be strict with ourselves	D．always show our kindness to others

【推荐2】A black hole is a place in outer space with very strong gravity. Gravity is a great force（力量） that shapes the universe. On Earth, gravity makes apples fall from trees. It keeps your   feet   planted on the ground. The gravity in a black hole is much stronger. It is so strong that nothing around it can get away from it, not even light.

Black holes are invisible. We can’t actually see them because they don't throw back light. But scientists can find them with space telescopes（望远镜）and special tools. The strong gravity makes nearby stars move in a certain way. By studying how the stars move, scientists can find out if they are flying around a black hole. Strange things happen around black holes. This makes black holes a popular subject of science fiction（科幻）stories, although they are very real.

A black hole forms when a star dies. The star falls in on itself and turns into a very small point. Because of its small size and huge mass（质量）, the gravity will be so strong that it will pull light in and become a black hole. Black holes can grow huge as they continue to pull other things in and “eat” them. Many scientists believe that there are super-massive black holes at the center of galaxies, including the Milky Way.

The idea of the black hole was first suggested by two different scientists in the 18th century: John Michelle and Pierre-Simon Laplace. In 1967, a physicist named John Archibald Wheeler came up with the name “black hole”. Studying black holes can tell us many things about our galaxy and help scientists answer questions about the universe.

1. The word “invisible” in Paragraph 2 probably means “ ”.

A．far to go	B．impossible to see
C．hard to catch	D．easy to find

2. The third paragraph is mainly about .

A．how big black holes are	B．how heavy black holes are
C．how black holes are formed	D．how black holes “eat” stars

3. From the passage we learn .

A．a star’s moving path can’t help scientists find a black hole

B．writers love writing about black holes because they are real

C．there aren’t any black holes at the center of the Milky Way

D．John Archibald Wheeler came up with the name “black hole”

【推荐3】One year ago, I worked at a traditional Chinese medicine store. Business was not bad. Every day we mixed medicinal herbs (中药) for patients, so the store was always full of a strong herbal smell.

After I had worked there for a time, a boy of 13 or 14 started coming and sitting on the stairs outside the store for a while every day. It seemed strange to me.

"Do you like the herbal smell?" I asked him one day.

"I grew up with this kind of smell," he said. He told me that his mother took herbal medicine for years, so he could mix herbs for his mother when he was very young. He mixed the herbs with deep love, hoping his mother would get better as soon as possible.

"Is your mother well now?" I asked.

He shook his head. "My mother passed away three years ago." Looking up into the sky, he went on: "When I first passed by here and smelled the herbs, I thought of my mother. It is comforting to remember those days when she was alive. So I come here every day to sit for a moment. When I sit around this smell, I feel as if my mother is still alive and is waiting for her medicine in her room."

1. The boy came to the store every day because he _______.

A．liked the herbal smell	B．missed his mother very much
C．wanted to work in the store	D．wanted to make friends with the writer

2. The boy grew up with the smell of the herbs because _______.

A．he liked to play with herbs	B．he studied at an herbal medicine store
C．his family had an herbal medicine store	D．he often mixed herbs for his mother

3. The boy's mother passed away when he was _______ years old.

A．6 or 7

B．about 10

C．13 or 14

D．about 15

4. The store was always full of a strong smell of________.

A．flowers

B．herbs

C．fruit

D．vegetables

5. A good title for the story might be _______.

A．A poor boy

B．A medicine store

C．Herbal smell

D．Herbal love

【推荐1】When your dream is to become a football player, nothing should get in your way—even if you have no feet.

Gabriel Muniz, an 11-year-old Brazil kid, was born without feet. Although his family thought he would have serious problems living a normal life, he started walking before he was one year old. His mother would go after him, expecting him to keep falling, but he never fell. It took him a while to make the jump from walking to playing football, but he did make it. And, in fact, there’s nothing he loved more than playing football. In his school, the skillful youngster is not only the best player in his school team but also the captain of his gym team.

He knows that his disability means he’ll never be able to play for a professional football team.So Gabriel is hoping that football will one day become a Paralympics (残疾人奥运会的) sport. He proved to everyone there he could go head-to-head with any other boy. Watching him play is unbelievable. He was fast and he got a big bag of tricks-he was very skilled and he did everything he could to copy his idol (偶像) Messi, so much that was invited to go to Spain to meet his idol Messi and show his talent in the Barcelona Football Club.

His coach says he is proving the disability only exists (存在) inside our heads and he is challenging the social norms.

1. What’s wrong with Gabriel Muniz?

A．He was born without feet.	B．He can’t see and hear anything.
C．He always makes trouble to his family.	D．He loves nothing but football.

2. According to the passage we can know that Gabriel Muniz _____.
①played in his school team       ②played football with Messi       ③ lived a hard life
④played a professional match       ⑤ was invited to Spain       ⑥Showed his talent in the club

A．①②⑤

B．③④⑤

C．②③⑥

D．①⑤⑥

3. According to the passage we can know that Gabriel Muniz ______.

A．thinks others look down upon him	B．is a professional football
C．prefers playing for a club	D．is a skillful football player

4. Which of the following is not true according to the text?

A．The boy’s family was surprised he could walk well.

B．The boy wants to play football in the Paralympics.

C．The boy has too much trouble living a normal life.

D．The society has noticed the boy’s hard work and talent.

5. From the passage, we can know that “______”.

A．Where there is a will, there is a way	B．Practice Makes Perfect
C．It’s never too late to learn	D．East or west, home is best

【推荐2】Several days ago, I went to my aunt’s home and saw my cousin who is studying English linguistics in a college. He showed me his learning materials. Here are two pages of it.

Now I know at some point in history, the meanings of some common words that we see every day meant something much different. The English language is developing (发展) all the time.
1. When did “nice” come to mean “shy and nervous”?

A．In the late 12th century.	B．In the 13th century.
C．During the 14th century.	D．In the 18thcentury.

2. The underlined word “these” refers to (指代) the following except (除了) that _____.

A．a loved one passes away

B．we expect too much progress in an exam

C．the store is out of our favourite drink

D．we have eaten too much food at dinner

3. The purpose (目的) of the passage is to tell us         .

A．the meanings of all words are different at some point in history

B．my cousin learns English well because of his learning materials

C．we should know about all the different meanings of words in history

D．the meanings of some words are changing because language is developing

【推荐3】Every year on April 22, the world celebrates Earth Day. It's a day to help people to remember to protect our planet. This year, Earth Day is falling during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The focus (焦点) of this year's Earth Day is climate change. You might ask: how can climate change be bad for our health? Many studies show that the rise of temperatures will lead to more bad weather and natural disasters, such as heat waves (酷热), floods and droughts (干旱). All of these can be bad for us in different ways. Let's take a look.

Increase of disease—carrying insects

Many diseases are spread by mosquitoes（蚊子). Climate change will lead to higher temperatures and more rain. It means there will be more mosquitoes. This will increase the spread of diseases like malaria (疟疾). At the same time, when temperatures rise, insects like mosquitoes and fleas might fly from the equator (赤道) to the north. They carry diseases and the diseases might move into new places, such as Europe.

Wild animals lose homes

People are cutting down many trees around the world. That not only causes climate change, but also causes epidemics (流行病). For example, in Central and West Africa, lots of bats are losing their homes. They have to live in places closer to humans. Because bats carry many viruses like Ebola, they increase the risk of Ebola and other virus outbreaks.

Other problems

Heat waves can make people sick. They can cause dizziness (头晕), headaches or even heatstroke (中暑). Children and old people are affected more easily. Around the world, many people don't have air conditioners. They have a higher risk of dying from heat. In India, for example, heat waves killed 1,300 people in 2010, 1,500 in 2013 and                                 2,500 in 2015.

Climate change also means more bad weather. Floods and typhoons can hurt people or make people die. Droughts can make people not have enough food to eat.

What can we do to "cool" Earth?

Climate change happens because we use too much energy, like burning coal, oil, and gas. We should take action to save energy. Here are what we can do.

Turn off computers and TVs when you aren't using them.

Take a walk, ride a bike or take public transportation as much as you can.

Save water and don't waste food.

Buy things that use clean energy, such as wind and solar energy (太阳能).

1. People celebrate Earth Day to ________.

A．remember the disease	B．learn more knowledge
C．protect the planet	D．make people healthy

2. According to the passage, why can climate change increase the spread of diseases?

A．Because climate change will lead to more mosquitoes and they can spread diseases.

B．Because climate change will make many bats lose their home and leave humans.

C．Because climate change will make people get sick easily and people can spread diseases.

D．Because climate change will cause more bad weather and it can hurt or kill people.

3. Which of the following sentence is TRUE?

A．The rise of temperatures will only lead to more bad weather.

B．Heat waves only affect children and old people.

C．In Central and West Africa, lots of bats don't have homes.

D．To cool the earth, we shouldn't use energy like oil, gas any more.

4. What's the best title for the passage?

A．Earth Day

B．Climate Change

C．Know Diseases

D．Save Energy