【推荐1】Computers are becoming more and more important in our life. With the development of science and technology (科技) they have grown smaller and smaller. There are many kinds of computers, such as personal computers and supercomputers

Computers are very useful in life. For example, we can use them to send messages to friends by email. What’s more, we can also use them to share information with others through the World Wide Web, so others can know it. Computers make us relaxed. We can listen to music or play games on them. Computers can help people to save much time to do much work. They can also help people to work out many problems easily. Now, our country asks students to learn to use computers because computers are used everywhere.

Today more and more families have computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. However, many children use computers to play games, watch videos or listen to music. In this way, computers cannot help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked (被锁住) in boxes by parents.

In some other countries, some scientists dislike computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness? It will be decided by today’s students themselves!

1. What has become of computers according to the text?

A．Bigger and bigger.	B．Smaller and smaller.
C．Heavier and heavier.	D．More and more special.

2. What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

A．How to use computers to talk with others.	B．The uses of computers in our life.
C．How to spend free time on computers.	D．The funny results of using computers.

3. Why do parents lock computers in boxes?

A．Computers are almost useless to them at home.

B．They think computers are bad for their children’s eyes.

C．They’re afraid their children may use computers incorrectly (不正确地).

D．They don’t want to spend much time on computers at home.

4. Why do some scientists NOT like computers?

A．They think computers are dangerous to people.

B．They think computers will make people out of work.

C．They think computers cannot do things well sometimes.

D．They think computers make people become lazy.

【推荐2】In the US, a new video app called TikTok has become very popular. It's a free social media (社交媒体) app that is used to make short videos with a mobile phone.

My friends and I have been using Instagram and Snapchat for a while, but my parents have had mixed feelings about allowing me to use social media (社交媒体). However, they finally gave in when I proved that I was able to manage my time wisely and get my homework done. I also promised that I would not spend a lot of time on it. I really didn't want to miss out on this fun and trendy platform (平台). I have made three TikTok videos so far and one of them got over 2,000 views within a few days.

Every mid-October, my school has homecoming, which is an annual tradition of welcoming back old schoolmates and celebrating school spirit. The Student Council also organises a week of events to celebrate homecoming.

Making TikTok videos became one of the events this year. Many of us made TikTok videos. Our Student Council chose the top five funniest videos. The winning videos were played on a big screen during a school meeting and our school's headmaster awarded (授予) the first place winner. I made a TikTok video with a couple of friends. Although it didn't win, I enjoyed the process since my video showed my creativity.

On a recent trip to Chicago, a popular food truck in front of a well-known university was providing food and it was given by TikTok! As I enjoyed the free food, I couldn't stop wondering what the next popular media might be.

1. Which of the following correctly describes TikTok?

A．It is a video app for mobile phones.

B．It is a new-born mobile phone.

C．It is more popular than Instagram.

D．It can be used to do homework.

2. The writer can use social media only if ________.

A．he helps his parents do housework

B．it doesn't influence his studies

C．his TikTok videos become popular online

D．he joins a video club in his school

3. What do we know from Paragraphs 3 and 4?

A．Homecoming lasted for a month in the author's school.

B．Students made TikTok videos to celebrate homecoming.

C．Making short videos is a tradition in the author's school.

D．The author's video won first prize in a contest.

4. Which of the following is mainly talked about in the passage?

A．Why TikTok has become popular.

B．How to make the best TikTok videos.

C．The changing trends in social media.

D．The author's experience of using TikTok.

【推荐3】Nowadays there seems to be an app for everything. And mobile apps have been a part of our life. The following apps are part of the most popular apps.

Ctrip: It can be the best helper when you feel it hard to buy the train or airline tickets. You can buy tickets anywhere at anytime.

Ximalaya Reading: It has lots of books, including poems, short stories, novels and even fairy tales for children. We can download book recordings and listen to them. It has more than 1 million valuable resources( 资源).

Baby Bus: It is a very good friend for children under three years old. Kids can learn to speak and draw pictures with the help of this app.

World Heroes: It may help you learn more English words while you’re playing games, so if you have problems remembering the new words when you learn English, use it!

1. Ctrip is a useful APP for _______.

A．buying tickets

B．learning English

C．playing games

2. Ximalaya Reading has ________ valuable resources.

A．one million

B．over one million

C．less than one million

3. Kids can ________ with the help of Baby Bus.

A．learn to speak

B．draw pictures

C．Both A and B

4. If you want to learn more English words while playing games, you’d better choose ________.

A．Ctrip

B．Ximalaya Reading

C．World Heroes

5. What’s the best title of this material?

A．Introduction of mobile App for reading.

B．Introduction of some popular mobile apps.

C．Introduction of mobile apps for learning English.

【推荐1】Technology is developing fast and it has become an important part of our life. Then what will the world be like in the future?

3-D food will be both delicious and nutritious（有营养的）. We can use 3-D printers to print some basic materials. And we can go further. Scientists believe that we just need to turn on a printer in the kitchen and then we can enjoy our favorite food whenever we like.

5G network will allow many more people to get information. Big companies like China Mobile and China Unicom will start to offer 5G. It is said that 5G promises download speed 10 to 20 times faster than 4G. For example, we can download a film within just 1 second. But with 4G network, it takes a few minutes. There will be much bandwidth（带宽）and we can get unlimited information.

Underwater cities will provide more space. The earth is becoming more and more crowded. We may turn to underwater homes, which will be built as low as 15 kilometers below the sea. And the different temperatures at the different depths（深度）of the sea can be used to provide power for the homes.

Space tour will be a piece of cake. For us common people on the earth, the dream of travelling around space will come true. In the coming years, spacecraft will be as popular as buses, trains and planes. We can leave our home and enter space to take an adventure. And even we will get used to living there.

1. According to the scientists, we can enjoy our favorite food when we ________ in the future.

A．buy some outside

B．turn on a 3-D printer

C．do it by ourselves

D．call the restaurant

2. The download speed of 5G network is faster than that of 4G ________

A．10 to 20 times

B．5 to l0 times

C．more than 20 times

D．20 to 30 times

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

A．3-D food will be easy to make but won't taste good.

B．With 5G, users will get only a little information.

C．Underwater cities will provide more living space.

D．We still can't travel around space in the future.

4. What can we infer from the passage?

A．people will live a hard life in the future.

B．Technology will make our future better.

C．People will have no real friend in the future.

D．Technology will make no difference to our future.

5. Where does the passage probably come from?

A．A storybook.

B．A film poster.

C．A travel guide.

D．A science magazine.

【推荐2】①Can plants grow in the moon soil(土壤)? Scientists at the University of Florida in the United States seemed to find the answer.

②The moon soil brought back by astronauts on the moon was protected well because it was important to the planting work in a lab. Scientists had always hoped to do a test about the moon soil. Finally, they got the chance. This group of scientists planted some seeds(种子) in the moon soil. What made these scientists surprised was that they sprouted and began to grow.

③Scientists also made some fake(仿造的) moon soil from the earth and put the same seeds into it. The result was that the plants in the moon soil grew more slowly than those in the fake moon soil. According to scientists, the moon soil was full of things that are not good for the plant’s growth. Also, we know that the moon soil is not fertile(肥沃的).

④How to help improve this situation? One possible way was to choose the soil from the younger geological(地质的) areas on the moon and to create a better planting environment.

⑤The research could not only help to study the future of the moon but also gave people a lesson of planting things in some difficult environment on the earth. The research also made scientists think about whether it was possible to build a “greenhouse” that is good for the plant’s growth on the moon in the future.

⑥In a word, scientists believe more good things are going to happen on the moon in the future.

根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
1. How does the writer introduce the topic in Paragraph①?

A．By telling a story.

B．By asking a question.

C．By showing an example.

2. What does the underlined word “sprouted” in the passage probably mean?

A．发芽

B．开花

C．枯萎

3. Which paragraph talks about the importance of the research?

A．Paragraph③.

B．Paragraph④.

C．Paragraph⑤.

4. What may be the real purpose of the planting work in the lab?

A．To make fake moon soil.

B．To be able to grow plants on the moon.

C．To collect more soil from the moon to test.

5. What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A．Scientists built a “greenhouse” on the moon.

B．Scientists have found ways to improve the situation.

C．Scientists are confident about the future study of the moon.

【推荐3】Do you want to know what our life will be like in the future? Let’s have a look. You may get a surprise.

You will go to the kitchen when you are hungry. You will give orders to the kitchen robot. The robot will cook the food for you in a few minutes. Then it will bring it to you.

In the kitchen you will find a special food machine. The food machine will tell you what your body needs. It will help you eat healthily. The food machine will be connected with (连接) the kitchen robot. The robot can get messages from the food machine.

After having a meal, you can go to your home office. You will work at home and you don’t need to go out to work.

You will have a special information screen. You can get any information on the screen. When you receive a message from a friend, your information screen will be turned on automatically (自动地). Your friend’s face appears on the screen. Then you can talk to your friend easily.

1. What is the second paragraph (段落) about?

A．Healthy food.	B．The kitchen robot.
C．A nice kitchen.	D．A robot which can do homework.

2. What will tell you what your body needs?

A．The computer.	B．The kitchen robot.
C．The food machine.	D．The information screen.

3. What does the underlined word (画线单词) “receive” probably mean?

A．get

B．print

C．lose

D．serve

4. Where can you see your friend’s face?

A．On TV.

B．On the wall.

C．On the screen.

D．On the Internet.

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

A．A Food Machine.	B．Our Life in the Future.
C．A Kitchen Robot.	D．A Special Information Screen.

【推荐1】There is no quick and easy way to learn English. But there is a simple and good way. Speak English as much as you can, Speak only English with your teacher and your classmates. Speak English while you are either in class or after class. Listen to your classmates when they speak English out of class. Listen to the radio- the Voice of America and watch some English programs on TV.

Speak, listen and read English as much as you can. Don’t just read the textbooks that you use in class. Go to the library or to a bookshop and read easier English books.

Speak, listen, read and write English as much as you can. Buy a small notebook and write on it every day. Write about the things that you do during the day. Write about what you learned in class.

These things are not hard, but they are the work you should do. If you do them, with the help of your teacher , you’ll learn English well.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）误（F）
1. There is not a quick and easy way to learn English.
2. We must speak, listen, read and write English as much as we can.
3. Speak English neither in class nor after class.
4. There isn’t a simple way to learn English.
5. The best title is “How to learn English”.

【推荐2】

Passing through the Atlanta airport one morning, I caught one of those trains that take travelers to their boarding gates. The free trains run back and forth all day. Not many people think it is fun, but I heard them laughing. At the front of the first train were a man and his son who was about five years old.

“Here we go!” the father said. “Look out there! See that pilot? I’m sure he’s walking to his plane.” The son stretched his neck to look.

As I got off, I remembered something I’d wanted to buy. I was early for my flight, so I decided to go back. When I was about to go back to the train for the gate, I saw that the man and his son had returned, too.

“I want to ride some more!”

“More?” the father asked. “You’re not tired?”

“This is fun!” his son answered.

“All right,” the father replied, and when a door opened we all got on. I realized that the father and his son were just riding this train, making it exciting, sharing each other’s company(陪伴).

There are parents who can afford to send their children to Europe or Disneyland, but the children turn out to be bad. There are parents who live in million-dollar houses and give their children cars and swimming pools, but something goes wrong. Why?

The answer is so simple. Parents should care enough to spend time, to pay attention and to try their best. It doesn’t cost a cent, but it is the most valuable thing in the world.

1. Where did the story probably happen?

A．At the airport.	B．At the supermarket.
C．At the ticket office.	D．At the bus station.

2. Why did the father and the son ride the free train?

A．To see the writer off.	B．To take a plane.
C．To say hello to the pilot.	D．To have a fun.

3. From the passage, we can learn that _______.

A．the writer and his father took the train to Disneyland

B．the boy’s father liked sharing company with his son

C．the boy wanted to ride some more because it doesn’t cost a cent

D．the writer was late for his flight because he went to see the pilot

【推荐3】Choose the best answer. (根据短文内容，选择最恰当的答案)

Dogs are people's friends. They will do anything their masters(主人)ask them to do and they do their duty very well.

Curly is my black dog. He is big and strong. He is strong enough to carry me on his back. He likes running and playing with me. He likes to follow my father around in the fields, too.

One day my father took off his coat, put it on the ground under a big tree and said to Curly, “Watch my coat. ”

Curly sat down on the coat. Then my father remembered he had to cook dinner for the family. Quickly he went home and forgot (忘记) all about his coat and dog. Late in the evening I thought of my dog and looked for him everywhere in the yard. I called, “Curly, Curly!” But Curly did not answer.

Soon my father wanted something in his coat pocket. Suddenly he remembered what he had done. Quickly he went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was still sitting on the coat! He was afraid someone would take it away.

1. What colour is Curly, my dog?

A．White.

B．Black.

C．Brown.

D．Black and white.

2. Is Curly strong?

A．Yes, he is.

B．No, he isn’t.

C．Yes, he does.

D．No, he doesn't.

3. What did the father tell Curly to do?

A．To take his coat away.	B．To take his coat home
C．To watch his coat.	D．To play with the coat.

4. Who found Curly was missing first?

A．The writer.

B．The father.

C．The writer and his father.

D．No one.

5. What was the dog doing under the big tree?

A．Running.

B．Playing.

C．Sitting on the coat

D．Looking for his home.

6. What does the Story tell us?

A．Dogs are unfriendly to people.	B．Dogs are kind to people.
C．Dogs are lovely.	D．Dogs are loyal (忠诚的) to their masters.

【推荐1】阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Do you have the experience of taking music lessons against your wishes? Perhaps you have complained about it because you thought it took you much playtime． But now you’d better thank your parents for their time and money spent on your musical training． A recent study suggests music lessons can make children have better memories than their peers (同龄人).
The Canadian study showed that after one year of musical training, children did better on a memory test than those who didn’t take music lessons.
The researchers made the children aged between 4 and 6 into two groups — one group of children took music lessons outside school, and the other didn’t take any musical training． In one year, they took four tests in different times． The results showed brain development changes at least every four months.
The children taking music lessons not only did better in musical listening but also made faster progress in other ways, such as reading, writing, math and IQ.
People say music is the good medicine for a broken heart． Now it seems music can also help us to improve our memories． We are sure to find more and more in the wonderful world of music.
1. You’d better thank your parents for their time and money spent on your musical training because____________.

A．you get well after you take music lessons

B．you will make faster progress in every way

C．music can help you to improve your memories

D．you won’t be sick any more

2. The researchers made one group of the children aged 4~6 take music lessons for____________.

A．six months

B．a year

C．two years

D．a week

3. The Canadian study showed that brain development changes____________.

A．once a week

B．at least every four months

C．four times a year

D．twice a year

4. According to the last paragraph, most people think music can make us_______.

A．happy

B．worried

C．smart

D．tired

5. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．How to become cleverer.

B．Music does us much good．

C．What to find in wonderful music.

D．Interest is important.

【推荐2】

Are you a little shy when it comes to raising your hand in class? If so, that's totally normal. We've been there. With all attention on you, it can be so scary to speak up.

However, if you can break through your fear, we promise you can benefit （受益）a lot. According to   a government study, some students are falling behind because they're too shy to put their hands up when a teacher asks a question. So try to raise your hand!

To start with, you'll realize the power of being wrong. Nobody is right all the time. Your teacher will be happy to see your participation and won't punish you for being wrong. He or she will explain why you're wrong. You'll learn something new. Chances are, other students think the same thing as you, but don't speak up. Not only do you help yourself, but you help your shy classmates, too.

Besides, your teacher will know you're interested in learning. Participating in class shows that you are not falling asleep behind your textbook. This is beneficial to you and your teacher. Your teacher will appreciate your interaction (互动) during the lesson and will remember your enthusiasm（热情）The next time you're one point away from an A⁺.

What's more, you'll have fun discussing with your classmates. When you and other classmates are raising hands to answer questions, it makes the class more interesting and allows you to actively engage with the lesson. Your teacher doesn't have to stand in the front of the room talking nonstop for a long time. Class time will fly by and your mind won't be wandering to the clock every 5 minutes.

Most importantly, you'll know that you've actually learned the material. One of the best ways to prove that you actually know something is by talking about it. Speaking up in class shows that you are trying to understand or have understood what you've been taught.

Don't be shy or afraid to raise your hand in class. Nobody is judging you. Seriously. It'll finally pay off?

1. In Paragraph 2, the writer uses the government study to show .

A．putting hands up is difficult	B．being shy can benefit you
C．raising hands is important	D．asking questions is necessary

2. The underlined phrase "engage with" in Paragraph 5 means”    ”

A．worry about	B．take care of
C．think about	D．take part in

3. The writer probably agrees that      .

A．being active in class is helpful to your study

B．teachers should help students learn more in class

C．students like discussing better than answering questions

D．speaking up in class means understanding the material well

4. What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?

A．To encourage students to speak up in class.

B．To question about the material learned in class.

C．To discuss reasons why students are shy in class.

D．To introduce ways to help students raise hands in class.

【推荐3】I Remember, I Remember

by Thomas Hood

I remember, I remember,

The house where I was born,

The little window where the sun

Came peeping (偷窥) in at morn;

He never came a wink (眨眼) too soon,

Nor brought too long a day,

But now, I often wish the night

Had borne my breath away (夺走)!

I remember, I remember,

The roses, red and white,

The violets, and the lily-cups,

Those flowers made of light!

The lilacs where the robin (知更鸟) built,

And where my brother set

The laburnum on his birthday,

The tree is living yet!

I remember, I remember,

Where I was used to ________,

And thought the air must rush as fresh

To swallows (燕子) on the wing;

My spirit flew in feathers (羽毛) then,

That is so heavy now,

And summer pools could hardly cool

The fever on my brow (眉毛)!

I remember, I remember,

The fir trees dark and high;

I used to think their slender (细长) tops

Were close against the sky:

It was a childish ignorance (无知),

But now this is little joy

To know I'm farther off from heaven

Than when I was a boy.

1. From the first section, we can learn that the poet is ________ his present life.

A．bored with

B．satisfied with

C．hopeless about

D．excited about

2. According to the poem, the best word for the blank is ________.

A．win

B．ring

C．sing

D．swing

3. From this poem, we can feel that the poet misses his ________ a lot.

A．families

B．school

C．childhood

D．hometown