【推荐1】My pen pal is Lily. She lives in New Zealand. It’s next to Australia. She is a quiet girl. She likes football. She wants to be a football coach in the future. She goes to school on foot. She has a brother. His name is Jill. He is only five. He likes singing. Her father is a baseball player. Her mother is a reporter. She works in a TV station. She likes using computers. They both go to work by car. They are very happy.

1. Where is New Zealand?

A．It’s next to America.

B．It’s next to Australia.

C．It’s next to China.

2. How does her parents go to work?

A．On foot.

B．By bus.

C．By car.

3. Where does her mother work?

A．She works in a station.

B．She works in a university.

C．She works in cinema.

4. What does her father do?

A．He is a basketball player.

B．He is a baseball player.

C．He is a reporter.

5. What is Jill’s hobby?

A．He likes football.

B．He likes dancing.

C．He likes singing.

【推荐3】Blue Lightning

Sally loved cars more than anything else. This spring she thought of building a go-kart (小型赛车) to enter for the Go-Go Race. So she asked her dad for help. “Well,” he said. “How about this: you do some research first and then come back to me with a design.”

A week later, Sally brought her notes and drawings to Dad. She named her go-kart “Blue Lightning”. Dad looked over her work, thinking. “Well, that’s interesting,” he said. “Have a try. Just build Blue Lightning as you’ve designed.”

Over three weekends of hard work, Sally turned her design into a real, working go-kart and painted it light blue. Dad asked her to take it for a test drive. Sally agreed.

After she did that, Sally drove back to Dad. “Well,” she said. “Now I know why you wanted me to have a test drive.”

“Oh, do you?” he said. “Please share.”

“When I drove fast, there was a lot of pushbacks,” she said. “I think it’s because of the lightning bolt (闪电) shape.”

“Very good!” Dad said.

“So, why didn’t you tell me about that problem in the first place?” Sally asked.

Dad laughed. “Where’s the fun in that? If you give a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. But if you teach a man to fish, he’ll eat for a lifetime.”

Sally said, “I see. Anyway, designing is half the fun!”

Dad smiled. “Good. Sometimes, learning happens during the process. We learn how to do something right by doing it a few times first and making mistakes along the way.”

That encouraged Sally and she worked even harder. When she showed Dad her new go-kart, he nodded his head with pride and glory.

Finally came the race. Sally wasn’t worried about whether she would win — in her mind, she had already won, by building something better than ever before.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Sally thought of building a go-kart to ________.

A．practice driving

B．enter for a race

C．play with friends

D．do some research

2. What did Sally’s dad ask her to do after she built the go-kart?

A．To have a test drive.	B．To take a good rest.
C．To give it a cool name.	D．To paint it light blue.

3. Which is the right order of the following things?
①Sally found a problem with her go-kart.
②Sally wanted to build a go-kart to enter for the Go-Go Race.
③Sally knew it is better to teach a man how to fish than to give him a fish.
④Sally did some research and came back to her father with a design.

A．②④③①

B．④②①③

C．②④①③

D．④②③①

4. What does the underlined word “glory” in the second paragraph from bottom mean?

A．Pride and honour.	B．Independence and freedom.
C．Peace and love.	D．Kindness and humanity (仁慈).

5. Sally’s story mainly tells us that ________.

A．winning a race is important	B．fishing brings us a lot of fun
C．driving experience is necessary	D．learning happens during the process

【推荐1】Hello, my name is Jack. I am a middle school student. I have some good friends at school. They are Tom, Jim and John. We like different（不同的）food. I like healthy food. I like vegetables, fruit and chicken. I like milk, too. I don’t like ice-cream or hamburgers. But Tom likes hamburgers and ice-cream very much. He has hamburgers for dinner every day. He doesn’t like vegetables. Jim likes fruit very much. He often eats apples, bananas and strawberries. But he doesn’t like carrots or tomatoes. John likes tomatoes, salad and bread. But he doesn’t like milk.

John’s birthday dinner is tomorrow（明天）. He asks Tom, Jim and me to help him think about the food. Tom wants to buy some salad and ice-cream. Jim wants to buy some fruit and chicken. And I want to buy some vegetables and milk. They are healthy food. I think we will have a good day tomorrow.

1. Jack has ________ good friends at school.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

2. What does Jack like?

A．He likes salad and ice-cream.	B．He likes ice-cream and chicken.
C．He likes hamburgers and fruit.	D．He likes vegetables, fruit and milk.

3. ________ doesn’t like carrots or tomatoes.

A．Jack

B．Tom

C．Jim

D．John

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Tom doesn’t like vegetables.

B．John’s birthday dinner is tomorrow.

C．Jim wants to buy some salad and ice-cream for the birthday dinner.

D．Jack thinks vegetables and milk are healthy food.

【推荐2】Hello! My name is Bob Smith. I am an English boy.
Here are some school things(物品). This is my school ID card. Its number is 201289767. This yellow bag is mine. A yellow eraser, a purple pencil, a red pen and a book are in it. Oh, that dictionary is mine, too. Is the green pencil box mine, too? No, it isn't. It is my good friend Lin Hui’s. His school ID card number is 201287967. Green is his favorite(最喜欢的）color. He is in(穿着) a green jacket, and that green bag is his, too.
1. What color is Bob’s bag?

A．Green.

B．Purple.

C．Red.

D．Yellow.

2. Bob's school ID card number is         .

A．201289767

B．201287967

C．200289767

D．2012767967

3. There are          things in Bob's schoolbag.

A．three

B．four

C．five

D．six

4. Which is TRUE?（哪一个是对的）

A．Lin Hui is Bob's brother.

B．Bob's pen is purple.

C．That green pencil is Lin Hui's.

D．Red is his favorite color.

【推荐3】Hello! I’m Lin Tao. I’m twelve. I’m Chinese. My English name is Jim. My telephone number is 657—4567. I live（居住） in Beijing. I have a good friend. His mane is Jack Green. He’s ten. He’s a student. His telephone is 378—8767. He lives in London.

1. Lin Tao is ten.
2. Lin Tao is Chinese.
3. Jack is Lin Tao’s brother
4. Jack is twelve.
5. Jack’s telephone is 378—8767.

【推荐2】It’s never too late to do what you want to do. Anna Mary, known as Grandma Moses, grew up on a farm. As a child, she loved drawing. But she hardly did it because of the busy farm work. Grandma Moses spent all her life on the farm. When she was old and found farm work difficult, she started to paint at the age of 78.

An art lover found Grandma Moses’s paintings in a shop in 1938. He bought them. And the next day, he went to her farm and bought all her paintings. Soon Grandma Moses became famous. In 1940, at the age of 80, she had her first painting show in New York. Many people loved the bright colors and beautiful farm views in her works. She died in 1961, at the age of 101. She painted over 1600 paintings in the late part of her life. “Do your favourite thing and you will finally be successful,” she once said.

1. Why did Grandma Moses hardly paint as a child?

A．She didn’t love it.

B．She had no time.

C．She couldn’t do it.

D．No one taught her.

2. Where did the art lover find Grandma Moses’s paintings?

A．On her farm.

B．On the TV.

C．On her show.

D．In a shop.

3. What do we know about Grandma Moses from the passage?

A．Her paintings were bright and beautiful.

B．She learned from a great painter.

C．Most of her paintings were expensive.

D．She was good at drawing people.

4. What is the purpose (目的) of the passage?

A．To ask people to learn painting.

B．To ask people to enjoy their happy life.

C．To ask people to do what they want to do.

D．To ask people to buy Grandma Moses’s paintings.

【推荐3】Reyes Guana grew up in a poor Mexican（墨西哥）family. As a boy, Guana got on well with the school cleaner. He called her “Nike” because she wore Nike shoes. Nike made everything very clean. He told her he wanted to be a cleaner, “Well, it’s good if you want to be a cleaner,” Nike told little Guana. “But make sure you go to college.”

Guana also looked up to the principal（校长）of his school. He told the boy that his job was to help students and teachers. “Wow, when I grow up, if you keep your dream, you will.” the principal replied.

And Guana really got there. But it was quite a long journey for him. Twenty-three years ago, he followed in Nike’s footsteps and was cleaning schools. He worked at three schools to make money for his college education. He held that job for four years and then worked his way up to being a school safety monitor（安全监察）. After that he worked as a teacher for a few years.

Now, as a principal, Guana never forgets where he came from. He helps students from poor families and is nice to every school worker.

1. What did Nike say when she heard Guana want to be a cleaner?

A．You should keep your dream.	B．Please help students and teachers.
C．Try to make everything very clean.	D．It’s good but make sure to go to college.

2. What is Guana now?

A．A student.

B．A principal.

C．A teacher.

D．A cleaner.

3. What can we learn from Guana’s story?

A．Practice makes perfect.	B．Be your best own friend, be yourself.
C．Learn from your mistakes.	D．Work hard to make your dream come true.

【推荐1】Anger is a kind of feeling. Many things can make you angry. When your teacher gives you too much homework, when your team loses an important game or when a friend breaks your favourite thing, you may be angry.

Usually, your body will tell you when you are angry. For example, you breathe faster, your face turns red, and you may want to break something or hit someone. But sometimes you hide your anger. For example, you may hide it in your heart. But if you do this, you may get a headache or a stomach ache (胃痛).

In fact, it’s not good for you to hide your anger. You can let it out in the right way, without hurting others or yourself. When you get angry, you can talk about it with your parents, teachers, etc.

When you talk about anger, those bad feelings can start to go away. Here are some other things you can do when you start to feel angry: talk to a good friend, count from 1 to 100, give someone a hug, go for a bike ride or think about good things.

Remember that how you act when you are angry can make everything better or worse. Don’t let your anger control you.

1. Which of the following may NOT get you angry?

A．When there is too much homework.

B．When your favourite basketball team wins.

C．When a friend breaks your favourite thing

D．When your parents don’t let you watch TV.

2. What may happen if you hide your anger in your heart?

A．Breathe faster.	B．Get a headache.
C．Your face turns red.	D．You break something

3. What shouldn’t you do when you get angry?

A．Go for a bike ride.	B．Think about good things.
C．Talk to a good friend.	D．Hit someone or break something expensive.

4. What does the underlined word “control” in the last paragraph mean?

A．放任

B．失去

C．控制

D．阻碍

5. What is this passage mainly about?

A．How to deal with (处理) anger.	B．How to hide anger.
C．When anger will come	D．Why anger is good.

【推荐2】

Dear Mr. Wise, I’m a slow student. Most of my classmates are much better than me, so I usually get stressed out. Although I spend much time studying for the tests, I can’t get good grades. Sometimes my father gives me some help. He tells me not to worry about it, but it doesn’t work. What do you think I should do? Li Lei

Dear Li Lei, Many famous people were not so good when they were young. Edison, a famous scientist, did poorly in his studies when he was a young boy. But, as an adult, he made many inventions that helped a lot of people. When I was at young age, I didn’t do well at school. I just kept working hard, and at last, I succeed. You should take it easy and try your best. Tomorrow is another day. I believe you can do better. Mr. Wise

1. Li Lei feels worried because ______________.

A．he doesn’t like going to school

B．he is not as good as most of his classmates

C．his father doesn’t like him

D．he doesn’t want to work hard

2. .Li Lei writes this letter to ______________.

A．ask for some help

B．find a pen pal

C．tell his father his problem

D．let all his classmates know it

3. In Mr. Wise’s letter, “Tomorrow is another day” means “____________”.

A．Tomorrow is the weekend

B．One can get good friends tomorrow

C．Tomorrow is the same as today

D．There are a lot of hopes in our lives

【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 (感激地) in return.

We should live in a world of gratitude. We should prove 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 are selfish (自私的), because we learn the importance of being kind. 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.

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

1. What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1?

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

2. According to the writer, we should _______ if someone helps us.

A．give them money

B．go away at once

C．thank them gratefully

D．do nothing

3. We thank people who give us up, because we learn how to be ________.

A．selfish

B．independent

C．clever

D．worried

4. We should thank our parents because ________.

A．they work hard for us all the time	B．they give us food and clothes
C．they teach us what is right or wrong	D．A, B and C

5. 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.