【推荐1】阅读与表达(判断式)
Summer is a great season for all sports in the open air. Boys often play basketball or soccer on the playground. Little children like going swimming in the swimming pool. But I usually watch TV or read some newspapers at home because it's very hot outside. Sometimes I go to the beach with my father and mother. It is near my home. We often lie on the beach, swim in the sea, and play games. We often go there after lunch and stay there until it is dark (直到天黑).
根据短文内容，判断正误，正确的为T，错误的为F。
1. Little children like going swimming in the swimming pool.
2. The writer often plays computer games at home.
3. The writer doesn't like to go out because he is lazy.
4. Sometimes the writer and his parents go to the beaches.

【推荐3】Where would you most like to go on vacation? Maldives? Egypt? The Amazon Rainforest? Each of these places is attractive.     1     As a new word, staycation means people stay at home during their vacation, and go sightseeing around their hometown. It’s getting popular, as a way of having a great vacation without spending too much money.     2     Here are some tips.

Go to a nearby town, or a fancy hotel in your hometown and stay overnight.     3    

Go on a day trip to a nearby town or to a beach. At least for one day. Try something new, like Thai food or Spanish seafood paella (西班牙海鲜饭).

Hold a small party. People always think about saving money. But spending money in a fun way is also an excellent choice.     4     And you will help others to have fun, too.

Go shopping. You can buy gifts if you go on a vacation, so you can buy things for yourself and your family and your friends around you.

These are the advantages (优点) of staycation.     5     If you are on a staycation, you might get calls from work. You also might not enjoy things to the fullest, as the atmosphere (氛围) might be the same as any other time. So it is important to make sure your friends and co-workers know you are on a staycation.

A．Best things in life are free.

B．You may lose some money but can get more fun.

C．But why not stay at home and enjoy a staycation?

D．However, there are also disadvantages for every good thing.

E．Treat yourself to the room service and enjoy the fun things from the hotel.

F．What can you do to make your staycation fun?

【推荐1】    1     The Chinese have a saying “Eat good things for breakfast, eat a big meal for lunch, but eat less at dinner.” Many Americans agree that one should start the day with a good breakfast, but their ideas about lunch and dinner are different.

Most Americans only give themselves a short time for lunch.     2     After work they will have more time to eat a big dinner. Talking about their day with all the family is a great way to take a good rest after a long, hard day of work.

    3     In China, people like to talk and laugh while eating. Very often you can hear people talking and laughing loudly, and they are just having a good time.     4     If someone is talking too loudly at table, the manager of the restaurant may come out and ask them to be quiet. After dinner, it’s thought quite rude if you leave as soon as you finish eating.     5    

So if you want to be polite, there’s an English saying, “When in Rome, do as Romans do.”

A．So they eat a small lunch.

B．In America it is not like this.

C．Chinese people use chopsticks to eat.

D．As we all know, eating habits are different in different countries.

E．You are expected to stay and talk around the dinner table.

F．It’s polite to eat up the food on your plate in America.

G．Eating at restaurants is also different.

【推荐2】In many English homes people eat four meals a day: breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner. People have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge, eggs or bread, English people drink tea or coffee(咖啡) at breakfast.
Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is at about half past seven. First they have soup, and then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things, like bananas, apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very simple. (简单)
根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
1. Many English people eat       meals a day..

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

2. People may eat      for their breakfast.

A．meat and apples	B．vegetables
C．bananas and coffee	D．bread or eggs

3. People have lunch at         o’clock.

A．any time

B．nine

C．five

D．one

4. People don’t have            for their dinner.

A．porridge	B．bananas and apples
C．soup and meat	D．meat and fish

5. Which   is TRUE according to the article(按照原文） ?

A．All English people have their dinner in the evening.

B．All English people have their dinner in the middle of the day.

C．English people have breakfast at any time from six to nine in the morning.

D．English meals are very simple.

【推荐3】In China, there’re many different kinds of food.     1    . The most famous Chinese food is dumplings. Now let’s talk about them.

    2    , and there are many different kinds of dumplings.     3    , and others have mushrooms, eggs and so on. I like dumplings with vegetables and pork better than any other kind.

Usually people make dumplings at home.     4    , you can buy them in any supermarket. Then you take them home and eat them with vinegar(醋).

    5    . When it comes, we make dumplings. Usually we put a coin(硬币) in a dumpling. If one eats the dumpling with the coin in it, he or she will be lucky in the year.

Do you like dumplings?

Welcome to China! You can eat the real Chinese food—dumplings.

A．Some have meat and vegetables in them

B．The Spring Festival is very important in China

C．Some of them are very popular

D．If you have no time to make them

E．Everyone in China likes dumplings very much

【推荐1】More than 2,000 years ago, Emperor ( 皇 帝 ) Wu's favourite wife of the Han Dynasty died of illness. The emperor missed her so much that he didn't want to do anything. One day, a minister (大臣) saw children playing with dolls. The shadows on the floor were interesting. The smart minister had an idea. He made a puppet of the emperor's favourite wife and painted it. As night fell, he asked the emperor to watch a puppet show behind a curtain. The emperor was very happy and became interested in it. In this way, puppet shows began.

Shadow puppets were first made of paper, later from the hides of donkeys (驴皮). That's why their Chinese name is pi ying. Shadow puppet plays were very popular during the Tang and Song dynasties in many parts of China.

Today, shadow puppet plays face extinction like other traditional art forms such as Nuo Drama. We should do something to protect them. Shadow puppet plays in Shaanxi are the most famous. The Academy Gate Cultural Street in Xi'an is a wonderful place for you to buy shadow puppets. There you can choose from hundreds of figures (人物) in different sizes and poses (姿势).

1. What or who helped the minister have the idea of shadow puppets?

A．His wife's painting.	B．A movie behind a curtain.
C．The shadows of some trees.	D．Children playing with dolls.

2. Why did the minister make a puppet show?

A．To make the emperor happy.	B．To remember Emperor Wu.
C．To celebrate New Year.	D．To make his life interesting.

3. The underlined words " face extinction" mean "________".

A．will save

B．will disappear

C．will begin

D．will be popular

4. What can visitors do in the Academy Gate Cultural Street in Xi'an?

A．Make their own shadow puppets.	B．Enjoy the delicious traditional food.
C．Buy shadow puppets.	D．Know more traditional art forms.

5. Why did the writer write the passage?

A．To let us enjoy shadow puppet plays.	B．To show what shadow puppets were made of.
C．To show how shadow puppets were made.	D．To introduce an ancient Chinese art form.

【推荐3】When Wang Haiyan was young, her favorite toys weren’t Barbie dolls. Instead, she started learning to make shadow puppets (皮影) from her father at the age of 13. Now 43, Wang has spent 30 years practising and spreading the art.

Shadow puppetry is a form of theater that uses puppets made from leather or paper with music and singing. It was invented during the Western Han Dynasty, it tells us about folk tales and historical stories, passing down culture and traditions over thousands of years.

Shadow puppetry is all about creating the puppets and performing with them. Wang’s hometown of Hua County, Shaanxi, is known as the birthplace of the folk art.

Puppet-makers must follow 24 steps to make the puppets, including washing the leather, carving (雕刻), and painting. Carving is the most difficult part.

“We have a special carving skill — moving the leather under the knife.” Wang said. “You have to hold the knife still in your right hand and only move the leather in your left hand.”

It took Wang three years to master this skill. She used a brick (砖) to strengthen her left hand while practising. “It takes about 3,000 carves to make a shadow puppet. The complicated (复杂的) steps make it hard to hand down the folk art.” she said.

But Wang has found a way to do so. In 2016, she made shadow puppets based on the cartoon series Huyao Xiaohongniang and gave an online performance. She used colors like blue and purple that aren’t often seen in shadow puppetry and added some sticks to the puppets to make the performance more lively. “I hope more and more young people enjoy shadow puppetry and pass it down.” She said.

1. What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?

A．What shadow puppetry is.	B．How shadow puppetry is performed.
C．When shadow puppetry became popular.	D．Why Wang is interested in shadow puppetry.

2. Which is the hardest step in making a puppet according to the passage?

A．Washing the leather.	B．Carving the leather.
C．Painting the leather.	D．Folding the leather.

3. According to Wang, why is it difficult to spread shadow puppetry?

A．It’s difficult to learn to make puppets.	B．This art is only known in Hua County.
C．It requires great strength to perform the art.	D．The history of shadow puppetry is too old.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Wang spent 30 years learning to cane puppets.

B．Wang enjoys getting young people interested in this art.

C．Wang has set up a company to make and sell shadow puppets.

D．Wang is working on a cartoon about shadow puppets.

【推荐1】With the Chinese language growing in popularity, the UK government plans to invest 10 million pounds to help more kids learn Chinese. Do you think it is necessary for UK pupils to learn Chinese?

Seneca (Canada)

I studied French for 2 years in high school, and German for 4 years in college and got good marks. I studied Chinese for about 4 months before moving to China. Any language, if you don’t use it, it will be easy to lose. I’ve forgotten the French I learned except for a few phrases. I speak Chinese every day. My writing, reading and listening are quite good, but far from fluent. I think nowadays, it’s almost necessary to learn Chinese.

Tony (the UK)

Learning any language can be valuable, but it is not suitable for everyone, Chinese is a difficult language to learn and teachers in the UK are not good at teaching foreign languages. However, China is a big and developing market for English business people. For them, Chinese is worth learning.

Bill (the US)

I don’t think Chinese will become as widely spoken throughout the world as English. To learn Chinese, you have to devote yourself to learning how to write and read it. It’s too difficult to learn. But in the future Chinese will become more popular, and that is a good thing.

1. Senaca learnt German for ________.

A．2 years

B．4 months

C．4 years

2. The underlined word “fluent” means “________” in Chinese.

A．糟糕的

B．流利的

C．成熟的

3. From the passage we know ________.

A．Bill doesn’t think Chinese will replace English in the future

B．teachers in England are very good at teaching Chinese

C．Bill thinks it is easy to learn Chinese

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

A．How to learn Chinese well

B．Is it necessary to learn Chinese?

C．Chinese will be the first language in the world

【推荐2】This actually helps kids know that how hard it is to make money. They also get to know the real value(价值) of money. For example, I give my daughter Susan $1 each time for doing the dishes or cleaning the living room. She saves the money and spends it on her favorite books. This makes her get mature(成熟的) faster and act like a real grown­up.

—Eason

Rewards(奖励) are always helpful in developing good habits. It’s important to give them some rewards for doing chores. It could be money, something fun on the weekend or just words like “Nice work on the dishes!”

—Miranda

What’s going to be their motivation(动机) to keep the rooms clean when they move out to live alone? I’m not going to drive to their apartment once a week and give them $20 if they do well. They need to learn that the only real reward for doing chores is having a clean home.

—Hanks

Doing chores without getting paid teaches kids the true meaning of hard work. If you pay kids to do chores, they might stop helping if they’re not being paid. Also, kids might start asking for more money to do simple chores. Is this really what you want?

—Yvonne

1. What can we know about Eason’s daughter?

A．She dislikes reading.	B．She gets $1 every day.
C．She does chores at home.	D．She looks like a grown­up.

2. Miranda thinks giving rewards to kids can help them ________.

A．get mature faster	B．find real happiness
C．develop good habits	D．know the value of money

3. What does Hanks think is the real reward for doing chores?

A．A clean home.	B．A happy feeling.
C．Self­development.	D．Self­independence.

4. Who agrees with Yvonne?

A．Miranda.

B．Susan.

C．Eason.

D．Hanks.

5. What question are the four people probably answering?

A．Should kids do chores?

B．What chores should kids do?

C．Should parents pay kids to do chores?

D．How much should parents pay kids to do chores?

【推荐3】There is an old Chinese saying, “If someone gives you a little drop of water, you should return a spring of water.” That means if someone helps you a bit, you should remember it and thank them gratefully (感激的) in return.

We should live in a world of gratitude. We should prove (证明) it with actions, not just words. We thank people who hurt us, because they teach us important things. We thank people who give us up, because we learn how to be independent. We thank people who selfish (自私的), because we learn the importance of being kind. Of course, we should thank people who help us. We should thank people who teach us. We should thank people who care about us.

We thank our parents. They work hard all the time in order to give their sons and daughters a better life. They cook meals for us, they do the chores for us, they always give us food and clothes, they teach us what is right and what is wrong.

We thank our teachers who give us dreams. They teach us a lot of things but they ask for nothing from us. We are well-educated of them.

There are a lot of people that we should be grateful to in our life. We should find a way to thank them.

1. According to the writer, what should do if someone helps you?

A．We should thank them gratefully in return.	B．We should do nothing.
C．We just go away at once.	D．We should give them money.

2. The word “them” in the fourth paragraph refers to (指代) ________.

A．parents

B．teachers

C．friends

D．students

3. According to the passage, which is NOT the reason that we should thank our parents?

A．they work hard for us all the time.	B．they give us everything they can.
C．They always make our dream come true.	D．They teach us what is right or not.

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．We don’t have to care about those who care about us.

B．We learn nothing from our teachers.

C．Our parents work hard to give us a better life.

D．Our parents don’t cook for us.

5. What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence?

A．滴水之恩，涌泉相报。	B．落花有意，流水无情。
C．大地回春，春意盎然。	D．兵来将挡，水来土掩。