【推荐1】The impression you make at the beginning of an interview is very important. Employers often decide whether to hire someone in the first three minutes of the interview. They judge you by your appearance, attitude and manners.

A friendly smile when you walk into the room is important.     1     When you introduce yourself, make eye contact with the interviewer.     2     Others don’t.

Try to be as natural as possible.     3     The way you sit, walk, gesture, use your voice and show feelings on your face is all part of your body language. It makes the interviewer know how you feel about yourself and the situation you are in.

    4     If you don’t understand a question, ask the interviewer to repeat or explain.

Almost everyone is nervous in a job interview. Interviewers know that.     5     But they expect you to try to control your nervousness. They expect you to show confidence in your ability to do the job.

At the end of the interview, thank the interviewer for her or his time.

A．Some interviewers offer a handshake.

B．They don’t expect you to be totally calm and relaxed.

C．And pay attention to your body language.

D．All of the employers are very serious.

E．A smile shows a confident and positive attitude.

F．Listen to questions carefully.

【推荐2】This is a tale of two friends—one is blind, the other has no arms. On their own, the two are "disabled". But together, they are a powerful team that has changed part of their village in North China's Hebei Province into a rich, green forest. Meet 53-year-old Jia Haixia and Jia Wenqi!

Their story began in 2000, when Haixia, who was already blind in his right eye, lost his left one after an illness. Wenqi lost his arms in an accident when he was just three. Neither could find a job, so the two decided to team up. They rented some poor land and began to plant trees. In return, the local officials paid them a small fee. Haixia and Wenqi never imagined that they would end up creating an environmental paradise. Their forest now has over 10,000 trees, hundreds of birds and many other wild animals. In addition (另外), it saves the village from river flooding during the rainy season.When the friends work together, they focus on their strengths not their disabilities. Their day begins at 7 a.m., when the sightless Haixia carries Wenqi across the river to get to their worksite. Since they cannot afford to buy young trees to plant, the two use branches from existing trees. Haixia climbs to the tree-top and with Wenqi's direction, selects the perfect branch. He then digs a hole and carefully plants it. Finally Wenqi waters the area.

Though hard-working, the men don't make much money. But as Wenqi puts it, "We stand on our own feet, so the fruits of our work taste sweeter."

Neither Haixia nor Wenqi cares about money. Together, they already have everything they need— a perfect pair of eyes, two strong hands, and the best friendship in the world!

1. Haixia and Wenqi's forest has helped the village by ______.

A．stopping floods in the rainy season	B．increasing the number of tourists
C．making the villagers richer	D．providing more farmland

2. Why do Haixia and Wenqi plant tree branches?

A．They are easy to get.	B．They do not cost money.
C．They can grow very quickly.	D．They are preferred by animals.

3. In Paragraph 5, when Wenqi says "We stand on our own feet, so the fruits of our work taste sweeter", he means that " ______".

A．they hope to make the forest even better	B．the fruits from their trees are very sweet
C．they are proud not to depend on others	D．they are able to do any difficult work

4. What can we learn from this story?

A．Never give up and you will succeed.	B．We should help the disabled to work.
C．Try your best when facing difficulties.	D．We can achieve more with teamwork.

【推荐3】What do we really mean by being open? Being open is a kind of invitation to others to come in, to speak and to share.     1    . In this way we will be understood and accepted by others. If we aren’t open with others, we won’t fully believe in ourselves or others.

Here are a few ways for you to be more open. First, make your outside behavior the same as your inside feelings and thoughts. Second,     2    . Third, try to change your question into statements (陈述) and talk in the first person so that people will understand you more easily. Finally, try not to say, “I don’t know.” This usually means “I don’t want to think about it any more.”

    3    . You may want to be more open with close friends, but not with people you don’t know well. This is because you’re not sure how someone else will use what they know about you.     4    . If we say everything we think and feel, they will feel very uncomfortable.

In all,     5    , but we’d better keep the balance (平衡) between being open and being too open.

A．Besides, some people may not be comfortable being so open

B．share how you really feel about something instead of just opinions

C．being open is a good way for us to get along well with others

D．It’s important to let others get to know how we think and feel

E．Remember also that it’s not suitable to be open with everyone in every situation

【推荐1】In China, more and more villagers have left their villages to work in big cities. As a result, their
children have become left-behind children and they need more care. The survey below was done in
villages in Yongzhou, Hunan Province. Three hundred left-behind children were chosen to answer the questions.

What do you need most?	Love	Money	Freedom （自由）	Control	Something else
	40%	18%	28%	10%	4%
Whom do you communicate with?	Oneself		Family members		No one
	27%		55%		18%
Can you communicate with your parents freely?	Yes		A little difficult		No
	46%		44%		10%
Do you want to live with your parents or alone?	Living with parents		Living alone		No idea
	58%		14%		28%
What do you think of your parents' working in cities?	Bad		Good		No idea
	20%		39%		41%
What's your happiest place?	School		Home		Friends' homes
	48%		34%		18%

1. The survey was done to        。

A．make left-behind children go to school

B．know how to make children happy

C．care about left-behind children

2. Of all the four things, the children need      most.

A．love

B．money

C．freedom

3. 58% of the children like to

A．live with their grandparents

B．live in big cities

C．live with their parents

4. How many children think their happiest place is their school?

A．48.

B．102.

C．144.

5. We can learn from the survey that __________.

A．over 40% of the children have difficulty talking to their parents freely

B．about 1/3 of the children think their parents' working in cities is bad

C．about half of the children have no one to talk with

【推荐2】Qian Xuesen (1911-2009), China
Famous as the “Father of Chinese Rocketry”, he worked hard and made important contributions to the missile (导弹) and space programs of China.
Gandhi (1869- 1948), India
He gave up his rich life for his ideas and fought for his country to be free from the UK in a peaceful way. Indians called him the “Father of the nation”.
Nelson Mandela (1918--), South Africa
He fought for the black people and was in the prison for 30 years. He helped the black people to get the same rights as white people. In 1993, he was given Noble Peace for his devotion to his country.
Norman Bethune (1890-1939), Canada     
He fought against the German Nazis (纳粹) and Japanese invaders during the World WarⅡ. He worked in China as a doctor and saved many Chinese soldiers.
1. Of the four persons, only   _______   worked in China.

A．Qian Xuesen and Norman Bethune

B．Qian Xuesen and Nelson Mandela

C．Gandhi and Norman Bethune

D．Nelson Mandela and Gandhi

2. Nelson Mandela fought for the black people and helped them to get_______ though once in prison for 30 years.

A．space programs

B．good treatment from Bethune

C．some good ideas

D．the same rights as white people

3. The underlined word “invaders” probably means __________in Chinese.

A．政治家

B．科学家

C．叛国者

D．侵略者

【推荐3】Do you know Eskimos (爱斯基摩人)? Let me tell you something about their lives.

Eskimos live near the North Pole (北极). There are only two seasons there, winter and summer. There is no spring or autumn there. The winter nights are long. You can’t see the sun for more than two months, even at noon. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never goes down and there’s no night.

Eskimos have warm clothes. They make their clothes from the furs of animals. From furs they make coats, caps and shoes.

Near the North Pole trees can’t grow, for it is too cold there. The Eskimos have to make their houses from furs or snow. When they go out in storms and can’t get back home, they make houses of snow. They leave these snow houses when the storm is over. Life is hard for the Eskimos, but they still like to live there.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案
1. The underlined word “furs” in the passage means “________” in Chinese.

A．肌肉

B．骨骼

C．皮毛

2. The two seasons near the North Pole are ________.

A．spring and summer

B．summer and winter

C．autumn and winter

3. Eskimos make houses of ________ to protect themselves from storms.

A．trees

B．snow

C．animals

4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A．The longer day or night lasts less than two months near the North Pole.

B．Eskimos have warm clothes.

C．Though life is hard for the Eskimos, they still like to live there.

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A．It’s mainly about something about Eskimos’ lives.

B．It’s mainly about the seasons in the North Pole.

C．It’s mainly about why Eskimos live in the North Pole.

【推荐1】Miss Green came into the classroom with a piece of paper. There was a big black dot(点) in the middle of the white paper. Miss Green put up this piece of paper and asked， “What can you see， children?”
All the children watched the black dot. “A black dot，” they answered quickly. “But can’t you see this piece of white paper? The black dot is like unlucky things in our life. If you only see the dark dot， how can we be happy?”
The classroom was very quiet at the moment. Miss Green took out another piece of paper from her bag. This was a piece of black paper with a white dot in the middle.
“What can you see， kids?” she asked the children with a smile on her face.
“A white dot，” the children answered loudly.
Miss Green smiled， “My children， although we may be happy or worried in our life， it is just like the clouds in the sky. The clouds can leave quickly and the sun can ____ soon. You can be a happy child with the sun in your eyes all the time.”
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. What does Miss Green do?

A．A doctor.

B．A shop assistant.

C．A teacher.

D．A student.

2. Where is the black dot?

A．In the middle of the black paper.	B．On the right of the white paper.
C．In the middle of the white paper.	D．On the left of the black paper.

3. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined phrase “come out”?

A．出来

B．开花

C．出版

D．出发

4. How many pieces of paper did Miss Green show the kids?

A．One

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

5. What does the article want to tell us?

A．We should see the white dot in the black paper.

B．We should see the black dot in the white paper.

C．We are like the clouds.

D．Life is always beautiful although sometimes it’s terrible.

【推荐2】This is Jim’s room. It’s a nice room. Some pictures are on the wall (墙). There’s a desk and a chair in his room. There is a sofa and a bookcase, too. The desk is between (在……之间) the bed and the bookcase. His backpack and pencil case are on the desk. His pencils, pen and ruler are in the pencil case. His sofa is near the desk. His baseball is under the bed.
1. There is ______ in Jim’s room.

A．a desk and a sofa

B．a desk and some chairs

C．a chair and some desks

2. The desk is between the _______ and the _______.

A．sofa; bookcase

B．bed; bookcase

C．bed; sofa

3. Jim’s pencil case is _______.

A．on the desk

B．under the desk

C．under the bed

4. Jim’s _______ isn’t in his pencil case.

A．pencil

B．pen

C．eraser

5. Jim’s _______ is under the bed.

A．pen

B．baseball

C．ruler

【推荐3】Warwick New York Hotel

This hotel offers you stylish(时尚的) rooms in a quiet neighborhood, just a short walk from some of New York’s business streets. It’s small. Family-owned hotel with 16 rooms. They provide not only comfortable rooms but also warm smiles and friendly greetings.

The Westpark Inn

The Westpark has 90 rooms and is close to Manhattan tourist centers. The hotel’s rooms have been recently painted. On the Internet many travelers say it is below the usual standard(标准的) and should be avoided. If you want to save money, you may have a try.

The Affinia Hotel

The Affinia is a good choice for experienced business travelers, families and international visitors. The 80 guest rooms are stylish and modern with good furniture. Guests who need more space might like the hotel’s rooms. All the rooms have a kitchen.

The 60 Thompson

The 60 Thompson, with 100 beautiful guest rooms, is a stylish hotel in the heart of SoHo. Good use of darkwood and full-wall leather（皮革） headboards give the hotel warmth. Guests can enjoy fine food in the hotel’s Kittichhai restaurant and cocktails at Thom’s Bar.

1. Which of the hotels does NOT have stylish guest room?

A．The Affinia Hotel.	B．The Westpark Inn.
C．Warwick New York Hotel.	D．The 60 Thompson.

2. The difference between Warwick New York Hotel and others is that ________.

A．it’s a family-owned hotel	B．it offers comfortable rooms
C．its rooms are stylish and modern	D．it’s far from business centers

3. Some people suggest not choosing the Westpark Inn because ________.

A．it has a bad position	B．it’s close to business centers
C．it is below the usual standard	D．its rooms have been recently painted

4. How many guest rooms are there in the Affinia Hotel?

A．16.

B．80.

C．90.

D．100.

5. For which of the four men is the 60 Thompson the best choice?

A．Mark is a worker and wants to save money.

B．Clement loves art and enjoys delicious food and wine.

C．Simon wants to enjoy family-cooked meals with his family.

D．David only likes walking to New York’s business street from the hotel.