【推荐1】根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。
Most families love to go on holiday together. It is great fun to leave your common life behind and go somewhere different and exciting!
    1    Some people enjoy traveling around cities and visiting museums. Other people prefer outdoor holidays, where you can hike or go boating. Some people like cruises, where the huge ship is like a hotel.
Many families go on holiday in summer, when schools are closed.     2    In the past, most British families would take their holidays at a British seaside town. However, now many people choose to go abroad instead. One reason for this is to escape(躲藏) the possibility of rain at home! France, Spain and Greece are popular destinations(目的地).
In the United States, summer holidays often involve a road trip.     3    It is common to drive hundreds of miles to get to your destination. If the beach is too far away, you could go to one of the national parks. Many people love to enjoy the natural beauty of places such as Yellowstone or the Grand Canyon.
    4    In winter, many people go skiing. The Alps are a very popular place to ski. The mountain scenery is truly wonderful! You can try downhill skiing, cross-country skiing or snowshoeing.
Not matter what kind of holiday you take, there are two things that nearly everyone does. The first is to sent postcards to friends and family at home, so they can see a photo of the place where you are. The second is to buy some sort of souvenir(纪念品) to that you can remember your trip——maybe a T-shirt or an art piece.    5    
A Beach holidays are very popular in Britain.
B Few people like to take holidays in winter.
C There are many different kinds of holidays.
D. Summer is not the only season for going on holiday.
E. This means packing the whole family into the car and setting out!
F. Then once you’re home, it’s time to start planning your next holiday!

【推荐2】People in the United States honor their parents with two special days：Mother‘s Day，on the second Sunday in May，and Father’s Day，on the third Sunday in June.These days are set aside to show love and respect for parents.They raise their children and educate them to be responsible citizens.They give love and care.These two days offer an opportunity to think about the changing roles of mothers and fathers.More mothers now work outside the home.More fathers must help with child care.
These two special days are celebrated in many different ways. On Mother’s Day people wear carnations(康乃馨).A red one symbolizes a living mother.   A white one shows that the mother is dead. Many people attend religious services to honor parents. It is also a day when people whose parents are dead visit the cemetery. On these days families get together at home，as well as in restaurants. They often have outdoor barbecues for Father’s Day. These are days of fun and good feelings and memories.
Another tradition is to give cards and gifts. Children make them in school. Many people make their own presents.These are valued more than the ones bought in stores. It is not the value of the gift that is important，but it is “the thought that counts.”Greeting card stores，florists，candy makers，bakeries，telephone companies，and other stores do a lot of business during these holidays.
1. Which is NOT a reason for children to show love and respect for parents？

A．Parents bring up children.

B．Parents give love and care to children.

C．Parents educate children to be good persons.

D．Parents pass away before children grow up.

2. What do you know from the passage？

A．Mother‘s Day and Father’s Day are both in May.

B．Fewer women worked outside the home in the past.

C．Not all the children respect their parents.

D．Fathers are not as important as mothers at home.

3. On Mother‘s Day and Father’s Day，____ .

A．people usually have family parties

B．everyone goes to visit the cemetery

C．children always go to parents’home

D．hand-made cards are the most valuable gifts

【推荐3】Christmas Eve means a warm get-together with friends, a candlelight dinner, or perhaps a celebration at a pub（酒馆）for students. But, for Cai Yingjie, the night has a different meaning: helping beggars（乞丐） and the homeless（people without homes）.

Cai, who is a student in journalism at Tsinghua, could be found at Beijing’s Wudaokou Light Railway Station that special evening. When she saw an old beggar, she took the cold, rough hands of the woman with her warm, clean hands, and gave the woman some warm bread and helped her put on a pair of new gloves（手套）.

The woman was surprised for a few seconds, then burst into tears, saying “for the first time I feel respected（尊重）”.

Cai said, “A beggar’s life is very hard. That’s why I want to help them.”

Cai was one of 14 Tsinghua students spending Christmas Eve among the poor. They walked in the cold wind along the streets from 4 to 7 pm on Friday, visiting 15 beggars in Beijing’s Haidian District.

They brought bread and gloves with them, and stopped to greet beggars and offer them some of the warm food. Each beggar greeted them with a look of surprise.

“I know the activity can’t help much, but it’s meant to show our respect and care for beggars and the homeless who have been neglected for so long,” said Sun, head of the group. “And Christmas is a good time for that.”

1. What does Christmas Eve mean to the 14 Tsinghua students?

A．Taking 15 beggars to Tsinghua.	B．Getting together with friends.
C．Showing care to the beggars and the homeless.	D．Selling bread and gloves to the beggars.

2. What does the beggar mean by saying “for the first time I feel respected”?

A．The beggar has been waiting for Cai for long.	B．The beggar hasn’t been shown care for so long.
C．The beggar has been respecting Cai for a long time.	D．This is the first time the beggar has seen Tsinghua students.

3. What did each beggar feel when they received greetings?

A．Sad.

B．Amazed.

C．Frightened.

D．Proud.

4. The word “neglected” in the last passage means ________.

A．protected

B．found

C．taken care of

D．given no enough care

【推荐1】Look at your calendar. Can you see daxue and dongzhi on it? They are jieqi. In China, there are 24 jieqis. In English, we call them the 24 solar terms. Now, not only Chinese people but also the rest of the world knows about them.

On Nov. 30, 2016, UNESCO made a decision. It added the 24 solar terms to the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

About 2,000 years ago, Chinese people studied the changes of different seasons. Later, they made 24 solar terms to help people live and work. For example, it is usually snowy on xiaoxue. After lichun, the weather gets warm. People then begin to work on the farm.

Today, the 24 solar terms are still helpful in our life. Here are two examples. One is hanlu and the other is dongzhi. Did your grandma tell you “don’t show your feet after hanlu”? That’s because cold days are coming! On the day of dongzhi, your parents always cook dumplings for you. It is said that eating dumplings can protect your ears in the cold winter.

1. How did Chinese people make 24 solar terms?

A．By studying the weather in China.	B．By studying the changes of seasons.
C．By studying people’s everyday life.	D．By studying people’s farm life.

2. How many examples are given in the last paragraph?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

3. If we read the passage from a magazine, the name of the magazine might be .

A．Chinese History

B．World weather

C．Eating Habits

D．Medical Care

【推荐2】The history of Chinese characters dates back to ancient times, with the history of at least several thousand years.

There are many tales and legends about the origin of hanzi, Chinese characters: there is Cangjie, the legendary inventor of Chinese characters; the ancient practice of knot-tying: the eight trigrams (八卦); and ancient painting legends to name a few. It is generally agreed that hanzi began as simple pictures, images that the ancient Chinese people drew, painted or carved to describe nature or their lives. Other ancient cultures developed picture-based writing systems as well, such as the hieroglyphs(象形文字) of ancient Egypt or the script of the ancient Mayan civilization. Hanzi, however, is the only one of these ancient writing systems to survive.

Today, Chinese characters are the oldest continuously used system of writing in the world. Researchers agree that the oldest symbols recognizable as Chinese characters are those found on ancient oracle bones (甲骨文). These 3000-year-old symbols, known as jiaguwen, were carved on turtle shells or bones of animals. The jiaguwen can give all of us in the modern era insight into how ancient Chinese saw the world around them and into their great creativity in expressing their observations. Take, for example, the modern character jia, meaning home or family. The jiaguwen character looks like a house with a nice pig inside, originating from the ancient idea that a good family home has plenty of food. Over thousands of years, this hanzi evolved into a variety of different forms but finally developed in a more stable manner after the unification of China under Emperor Qinshihuan.

When you first look at Chinese characters, you will most likely feel that they are very complicated. However, if you know just a little about how these characters are formed, you will find that they are not nearly as difficult as they seem. About 80% of Chinese characters are composed of small parts, known as radicals (部首), which are combined in many different ways to form tens of thousands of hanzi. Fortunately, you need to know only about two or three thousand characters for use in daily life!

As China takes its place in the international community, the Chinese writing system has spread to other countries. Today, many international students are studying Chinese, both the spoken and written language, and are coming to appreciate China's fascinating culture. And, as Chine's culture and society have continued to develop, the amazingly versatile (多功能的) Chinese characters( hanzi) have been adapted for use in digital format on computers and other devices, And so written Chinese lives on, spreading Chinese culture wherever it goes.

1. According to the passage, we can learn that Chinese characters________.

A．have a long history with seven thousand years.

B．began as simple pictures

C．are the only one ancient writing system

D．are so complicated that nobody can understand

2. Why did the writer mention Emperor Qinshihuang in the passage?

A．Because he was the inventor of Chinese character

B．Because hanzi evolved into a variety of different forms

C．Because he helped developed hanzi in a more stable manner.

D．Because he unified China and created hanzi

3. What can we learn from the underlined sentence (划线句子) in Paragraph 4?

A．Radicals are smaller parts which can be combined to form hanzi.

B．Chinese characters are composed of radicals.

C．Chinese characters can be combined.

D．Radicals can be combined into thousands of hanzi only.

4. What may the writer probably talk about Chinese characters in the next paragraph

A．The relation between Chinese characters and Chinese culture.

B．Tips for foreigners on how to learn Chinese well.

C．Another Chinese traditional culture

D．The origin of Chinese characters.

5. What is NOT true about the jiaguwen?

A．The jiaguwen is known as the oldest Chinese character.

B．From the jiaguwen, we can know how ancient Chinese saw the world.

C．the jiaguwen was invented 3000 years ago.

D．We can find the jiaguwen on turtle bones.

【推荐3】A Girl or A Boy, A Woman or A man?
A lot of boys and girls in America are wearing the same clothes and many of them have long hair. So it is often difficult to tell whether they are boys or girls.
One day an old man went for a walk in a park in Washington, and he was tired, he sat down on a bench(长凳). A young person was standing on the other side of the pond(水池).
"Excuse me," the old man said to the person next to him on the bench, "Do you see the person with the red trousers and long hair? Is it a boy or a girl?" "A girl," said his neighbor, "She is my daughter."
"Oh," the old man said quickly, "I am sorry, but I didn't know that you were her mother." "I'm not," said the other person. "I'm her father."
1. It isn't often easy to tell whether many of American children are boys or girl ____.

A．because they all look like each other

B．because they are wearing the same kinds of caps and shoes

C．because they have long hair and wear the same clothes

2. One day an old man went for a walk in ____.

A．the street in Washington

B．the Washington Park in America

C．in a park in Washington

3. There were ____ persons beside the pond, they are ____.

A．three ... a man, a woman and a girl

B．three ... two men and a girl

C．two ... a man and a girl

4. The young person wore ____.

A．a pair of red trousers

B．a pair of black trousers

C．a pair of red sunglasses

5. The old man thought his neighbor was the girl's ____.

A．mother

B．father

C．brother

【推荐1】

Teachers want to get along with you and enjoy seeing you learn. But teachers and students sometimes have a clash (冲突). This can happen between any two people. If you show your teacher that you want to make the situation better, he or she will probably do everything possible to make that happen. Take these steps if the problem seems difficult to solve.

★Talk to an adult you trust.

★Give it time. You may not feel comfortable at once with your teachers, but that may change as you get to know each other.

★If necessary, talk with your parents about what to do next. Lots of times, a meeting can be set up to discuss the problem. This may clear the air and make things better. Everyone's goal should be to create trust and kindness.

Your relationship with your teachers is often your first chance to develop a "business relationship". It is different from your family relationship and friendship, which are built on love. In a business relationship, both parties get something out of the relationship. But they don't necessarily need to be good friends, like each other or understand each other well. They simply need to respect each other and be polite.

When you act this way, and remember that you're not the only kid in the class, you are helping your teacher. Your teacher will notice this. Teachers also like it when students follow directions and when they learn and obey the rules of the classroom. For example, these may be rules about listening when another student is talking, about taking turns, or about raising your hand when you want to say something or ask a question.

1. How many steps can help you if you have a clash with your teacher and want to improve it?

A．1

B．2

C．3

D．4

2. What do the underlined words "clear the air" mean?

A．Make the dirty air become clean.	B．Make the dirty air go away.
C．Improve the situation.	D．Help people deal with the dirty air.

3. Which of the following is a business relationship according to the passage?

A．Two persons should like each other a lot.

B．Two persons should be very good friends.

C．Two persons should show their politeness and respect to each other.

D．Two persons should know each other well.

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The ways to get on well with your teachers.

B．The relationship between students and teachers.

C．The ways to keep in touch with your teachers.

D．The best time to communicate with your teachers.

5. Who is the passage mainly written for?

A．Teachers.

B．Students.

C．Parents.

D．Adults.

【推荐2】When thinking of the Arctic（北冰洋）, some people may imagine an icy land of white snow. And other people may imagine it as the last really clean place left on Earth. In fact, we have polluted the deepest oceans with plastic rubbish, and now, CNN says, “It’s the Arctic’s turn.”

German scientists have recently found microplastics in Arctic snow. Microplastics are pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters. Sadly, the scientists found 1,800 pieces of microplastics per liter（升）of snow. That may cause terrible air pollution.

How is plastic pollution reaching the Arctic? According to scientists, “It’s clear that most of the microplastics in the snow come from the air. They fall off plastic objects and are moved by the wind. They mix with ice in the air and fall to the ground as snow.”

Are they bad for us? We do know that our bodies cannot take in “large” pieces of microplastics. However, if the plastics are small enough, they can find ways into our bodies and stay there for a long time, which can be bad for our health. What’s more, earlier studies have shown that microplastics may contribute to lung cancer risk.

Microplastics have also been found in rivers and oceans around the world. Research has found that they flow over long distances and into our oceans, damaging ecosystems along the way. When we wash clothes with plastic fibers, they start in our wastewater. The wastewater then flows into rivers and out to sea. They are eaten by sea animals there. If people then eat these animals, it means that we’re eating the plastic as well.

1. What can we learn from what CNN says in paragraph 1?

A．Arctic is still a beautiful icy land with clean air.

B．Arctic is the last clean place left to the earth.

C．Arctic has already been polluted by plastic.

D．Arctic is always a pure land with white snow.

2. Which picture shows the right way of the travel of microplastics?
①microplastics               ②snow             ③human body               ④air
⑤sea animals                    ⑥seas               ⑦wastewater                  ⑧Arctic

A．	B．
C．	D．

3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word contribute?

A．Donate.

B．Cause.

C．Provide.

D．Separate.

4. Why do the author write this passage?

A．To tell readers not to eat sea animals.

B．To tell readers not to travel to Arctic.

C．To tell readers to use less plastic products.

D．To tell readers to wear masks when it snows.

5. Which is the best title for this article?

A．Microplastics in Arctic

B．Microplastics Are Hurting Ecosystems

C．Microplastics And Lung Cancer

D．Microplastics Fall with Snow

【推荐1】Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question. Why do some people change their names? There can be many reasons. Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easier for people to remember. On the other hand, Joseph is thinking about changing his name to an unusual name because he wants to be different.
People have a lot of reasons for changing their names. Film stars, singers, sportsmen and some other famous people often change their names because they want names that are not ordinary, or that have special sound. They chose the “new name” for themselves instead of the name their parents gave them when they were born.
Some people have another reason for changing their names. They have moved to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there. For example, Li Kaiming changed his name to Ken Lee when he moved to the United States. He uses the name Ken at his job and at school. But with his family and Chinese friends, he uses Li Kaiming. For some people, using different names makes life easier in their new country.
In many countries, a woman changes her family name to her husband’s after she gets married（结婚）. But today, many women are keeping their own family name and not using their husband’s. Sometimes, women use their own name in some situations(情况) and their husband’s in other situations. And some use both their own name and their husband’s.
1. Hanna changes her name to Anne because “Anne” is __________ for        
people to remember.

A．louder

B．easier

C．prettier

D．harder

2. Famous people want their new names to ________________.

A．have special sound	B．be ordinary
C．have no meaning	D．be unknown

3. Mr Li uses his new name when he___________________.

A．stays with his family	B．is at his job
C．is among Chinese friends	D．comes back to China

4. What is the best title(标题) of this passage?

A．Family Names	B．Women’s Names
C．Changing Names	D．Special Names

5. Which of the following is NOT true ?

A．Some women don’t change their own family name after they get married today.

B．Some women use their husband’s family name after they get married.

C．Some women don’t have family name after they get married.

D．Some women use both their own name and their husband’s

【推荐2】James Naismith was a Canadian. He invented basketball in 1891. At that time. He was a P.E. teacher a Springfield College,. In the USA.. He invented an indoor game for his students so that they could play it even in bad weather.
Do you know how to score points in the game? Well, just put the ball into the other side’s basket. You can throw the ball into the basket from any part if the court. And you can throw it with one hand or both hands. But you must follow the rules.
Now, over a century later,. More and more people play basketball ..In the USA. ,the NBA is very popular. People from all over the world like to watch and play basketball. They love this game.
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳选项。
1. James Naismith came from_____

A．America

B．China

C．Canada

D．Canadian

2. In 1891, James Naismith invented_____

A．baseball

B．basketball

C．football

D．volleyball

3. What did James Naismith do?

A．a doctor

B．a student

C．a worker

D．a teacher

4. Which of the following sentences is not right?

A．You must put the ball into the other side’s basket to score.

B．You must follow the rules.

C．You can only throw it with both hands

D．You can throw the ball into the basket from any part of the court.

5. When was basketball invented?

A．Over 100 years ago	B．100 years later
C．50 years ago	D．50 years later.

【推荐3】I’m not the kind of mother who normally brushes and styles her daughter’s hair, and my daughter has never liked sitting quietly long enough for me to do it.

But today, I put a chair outside and let my daughter Sally sit on it. She was sitting high with her eyes closed, skin still wet from the shower, and her messy hair behind her back.

I realized she was taking in every touch from my hands. It was the last time for a week that our bodies would connect. Today, I would send Sally away for a week of summer camp. She didn’t ask to go. This was all my idea. She’s nearly 12, and I notice that I’m with my child nearly 24 hours a day.

Living on a farm without any neighbors, I’ve chosen a life that is quieter than a usual family’s. But instead of requiring space away from me, Sally has increasingly depended on me.

What worries me most is that she has become a “mini-me”. She follows my hobbies, my dreams, and   my opinions. And that was why I pulled her to the summer camp, a nearby wilderness (荒野) camp called Hawk Circle.

After we ate, I drove Sally to Hawk Circle. Once there, we got a tour of the grounds and were introduced to other campers. Sally stood by the group of children, holding my hand, horror in her eyes, trying to work up the courage to join a game of soccer. “I need you for a few more minutes,” she told me, holding my hand tightly (紧紧地).

I pulled away and walked up to one of the camp’s workers. “Excuse me,” I said loudly, “I’d like to introduce you to my daughter. Maybe you could help her meet a few of these kids.” He came over to talk to Sally, and I kissed her and then I disappeared before she realized I was gone.

On my way home, I felt a piece of my soul had been taken from my body. I began to shake. The tears (泪水) came down my face. It took every bit of my strength to keep driving forward.

When I arrived home, I calmed down and reminded myself why I chose this path. I thought to myself, “I want Sally to have a chance to find herself, out of my shadow. I don’t want to see only myself in my child. I want to learn who she is. If I don’t set her free, I fear I’ll never really meet her real personality.”

After 12 years of being together, I want to finally meet my daughter for the first time.

1. Sally would be away from her mother for .

A．a day

B．a week

C．a month

D．a year

2. From Paragraph 6, we can know Sally was very .

A．nervous

B．happy

C．excited

D．amazed

3. What did the mother do when the daughter asked her to stay for a while?

A．She left at once without saying a word.	B．She agreed to stay with her.
C．She brushed and styled her daughter’s hair.	D．She helped her get help and then left.

4. What’s the Chinese meaning of the word “shadow” in Paragraph 9?

A．影子

B．保障

C．困境

D．联系

5. What’s the true meaning of the last sentence in the passage?

A．The mother hasn’t met her daughter before.

B．The mother doesn’t know her daughter very well.

C．The mother has lived with her daughter for 12 years.

D．The mother wants to teach her daughter to be herself.