【推荐1】October is getting closer and it also means that the year of 2014 is coming to an end. “Hooray! It’s a holiday!” While you are thinking of putting textbooks aside and playing video games, let’s take a look at what children in other continents usually do during their holidays.
Children in America don’t have much homework to do. They keep themselves busy by playing camp games. A parent says, “My daughter Shirley usually attends different camps. We don’t ask her to spend plenty of time on maths problems or spelling tests.”
Children in Australia take partin activities on over twenty different themes (主题). They learn painting, dancing, singing, history, culture and so on. Parents can accompany their kids to enjoy the learning process and to build a closer relationship with them.
These are what African kids do: build a boat, have a camel race, make a drum and make a rag (碎布) football. Don’t you think it is interesting that kids in other places have no idea how to make a drum, but kids in Africa do?
Plan your holiday well and try what you want to try. Make a good plan and you will have a lot of fun.
1. Where does Shirley come from?

A．Asia.	B．America.
C．Australia.	D．Africa.

2. What does the underlined word “accompany” mean in Chinese?

A．提醒

B．监视

C．陪伴

D．排斥

3. According to the passage, only kids in Africa know how to ______.

A．play camp games

B．do spelling tests

C．build a boat

D．make a drum

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The passage was written before October.

B．Kids in America are good at maths.

C．Kids in Australia spend much time on homework.

D．Kids in Africa don’t play football.

5. What is the purpose of this passage?

A．To advise kids to make holiday plans.

B．To introduce some good holiday camps.

C．To encourage kids to make friends with parents.

D．To show the importance of doing homework during holidays.

【推荐2】Canada Day
Since 1982, July 1st has been officially known as Canada Day. Canadians of all ages take part in this festival across the country.
Canada Day is the year’s biggest national party. In many towns and cities, the government organizes a lot of events, often outdoors. These include parades（游行）, concerts, festivals, firework displays and ceremonies for new Canadian citizens（公民）.The celebrations often have a patriotic mood. Canada’s national flag, a symbol for Canada Day, can be seen everywhere and a lot of people paint their faces red and white, which are Canada’s national colors. The celebrations in Ottawa, Canada’s capital city, are especially grand and exciting.
In the province of Quebec, many home rentals（租赁）start on July 1st and last for exactly one year, and many people in Quebec spend Canada Day moving from one house to another. So in Quebec, Canada Day is also known as Moving Day.
Many organizations, businesses and stores are closed this day. Only some bookstores, hospitals and gas stations may be open. Post offices are closed, too. As Canada Day falls in the Canadian summer holiday period, all schools are closed as well. In some areas, special services are provided for large events. The concerts, parades and festivals may cause some traffic jams.

1. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Canada Day falls on the first day of June.

B．Canada Day was celebrated before 1982.

C．Canada Day is celebrated throughout Canada.

D．Canadians except new citizens celebrate Canada Day.

2. The underlined word “patriotic” means _____ in Chinese.

A．温馨的

B．爱国的

C．肃穆的

D．紧张的

3. Canada Day is known as Moving Day in Quebec because on this day _____.

A．people think it lucky to move to new houses

B．people look for houses from one place to another

C．people like moving from house to house to visit friends

D．people move home when new home rentals go into effect

4. From Paragraph 4, we know that on Canada Day _____.

A．no student goes to school

B．traffic jams happen everywhere

C．all Canadians stop working

D．few businesses and stores are closed

5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about Canada Day?

A．Background	B．Symbol.
C．Public life.	D．Events and activities.

【推荐3】配对阅读。左栏是五个人物的假期计划，右栏是七个旅游目的地的介绍。请为每个人选择合适的旅游目的地。

1     Steven wants to go to a quiet place. There he can take a walk along the streets and taste the delicious food.     2     I want to go to a theme park. And my mother wants to go shopping.     3     Fred likes going fishing. He doesn’t know where to go on his vacation.     4     I live in the south of China. I want to go to the north to see the snow.     5     Alex is interested in history and he likes living in the countryside.

A. Thailand has a long history of Buddhism. Its rural（乡村的）scene is really beautiful. B. Lots of children like the Disneyland in Hong Kong. And Hong Kong is also a good place for shopping. C. Paris is a good place to go sightseeing. It has beautiful, quiet streets and it has lots of delicious food. D. Shenzhen is a nice city. You can see many interesting things there. But there are too many people there and it’s a little noisy. E. The winter is white in Harbin. You can go skiing and make snowmen. F. America is a beautiful country. The people there are very friendly. G. Hawaii is a wonderful place. You can go fishing and bike riding there.

【推荐1】In the Ming Dynasty, in order to protect the country and people, the emperor decided to rebuild the Great Wall. However, building a wall with huge stones seemed to be impossible at that time.

At that time, the building of Jiayuguan required millions of stones of the same size. People found that neither men nor horses could carry the stones because they were too heavy.

Winter was coming. The workers were worried about whether they could finish the work on time. They gathered every day to discuss the way to carry them. One day, a worker accidentally poured water onto the road, and he found the water quickly became ice. He stepped on the ice and almost fell down. Thanks to this “mistake”, he came up with a perfect way—to build an “ice” road. In the end, this way was quickly put into practice. On the ice road, every stone was carried to the mountain easily. They finally solved the problem with their wisdom and diligence (勤奋).

The building of the Great Wall was not without its challenges, but the workers’ strong will and creativity got over all of them. Today, the Great Wall is not used to protect the country any more, but it is always the symbol of our nation’s spirit. It is the Great Wall that gives us the power to create and the courage to move on and get over all difficulties. We’ll be fearless, and we’ll work together to create the new “Great Wall” of our time.

1. Why was it difficult to build the Great Wall at that time?

A．Because there was so much ice on the wall.

B．Because it was hard for people and horses to move the heavy stones.

C．Because there were fewer people to do this work.

D．Because the weather at that time was very terrible.

2. The underlined word “gathered” probably means “________” in the passage.

A．get together

B．dress up

C．give up

D．fall asleep

3. Which of the following can best describe the workers who built the Great Wall?

A．Strict and wise.	B．Shy and patient.
C．Honest and friendly.	D．Hard-working and smart.

4. This passage is written to ________.

A．tell the stories of building the Great Wall

B．give suggestions about visiting the Great Wall

C．show the great spirit of building the Great Wall

D．introduce the meaning of building the Great Wall

【推荐2】Everyone has a family name. In China, the family name comes before the given name, but in English countries, the family name comes last. Do you know how English people get their family names? And what do they mean（意思）? English people usually get their names in these ways（方法）.

Some family names come from the places（地方） of their homes. For a man lives on or near a hill, his family name may be Hill. In England, people’s family name may be Woods or Lake because they live near the woods or the lake. Some family names come from a person's job. If a person is a cook, his family name may be Cook. And many people get their family names from their fathers' family names. If you see the name Jackson, you can know he is the son of Jack.

1. In the passage, how many ways can English people get their family names?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five

2. A man lives near a lake and his family name may be________.

A．Hill

B．Woods

C．Lake

D．Cook

3. Jack's family name is Cook and his family name may come from the________.

A．place

B．job

C．country

D．school

4. The best title of the passage is “________”.

A．English People

B．Chinese People

C．Family Names

D．Hills and Lakes

【推荐3】For many Americans, baseball is not just a kind of sport, it makes them thinks of hot dogs, cold beer and sunny afternoon. Baseball is the game of father and sons. They practice catching balls with each other on lawns and in parks. It is a very popular sport. Many American kids collect baseball cards. The cards have pictures of kids’ favorite players on them. At school, kids often trade baseball cards and talk about the players on them. Baseball players are called “the boys of summer”, because people like playing baseball in summer. You don’t need to be of a certain size or shape to play baseball. You don’t have to be as tall as a basketball player or as strong as a football player. When you want to have fun, you can just take part in it. Baseball is not a fast-paced game like basketball. People play baseball in a fun and safe way. So when you go to watch a baseball game, there’s time for you to relax, talk and make friends with other people.

请根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
1. According to the passage, where do Americans usually practice baseball?

A．On a road.

B．In a room.

C．On lawns or in parks.

D．At school.

2. Americans often play baseball ________.

A．in spring

B．in summer

C．in autumn

D．in winter

3. The passage mainly talks about ________.

A．baseball and basketball	B．baseball and football
C．how to play baseball well	D．baseball which is a very popular game in the US

4. Which is TRUE about baseball cards?

A．Kids can trade their baseball cards with others.

B．Kids can use their baseball cards to buy lunch.

C．Kids can put their own photos on the cards.

D．Kids can draw their favorite players on them.

5. What can we know according to the passage?

A．Baseball is not a kind of sports.

B．Baseball players don’t need to be tall and strong.

C．Baseball is only popular with boy.

D．There is an exciting time for Americans when they watch baseball game.

【推荐1】①Driving coaches might soon be joining the list of jobs to be replaced by AI in the near future. A company in China has developed an AI-powered driving coach called Robo Coach, and it’s already being used in driving schools.

②Unluckily, Robo Coach is not a humanlike robot that sits next to you and complain about your driving skills. The digital driving coach developed by Beijing Yi Jia Jia Technology is actually a teaching and safety control system.

③The other ways in which Robo Coach differs from human driving coaches are even more amusing, though. Robo Coach will call you as “mommy” or “daddy”.

④Besides voice, the system uses a dashboard (仪表盘) screen and a smart rearview mirror (后视镜) to communicate with the learner. Robo Coach uses sensors (传感器) to stop if the car runs into something or increase speed suddenly for no reason, similar to how self-driving cars work.

⑤The Robo Coach has more than 40 different sensors on the car to notice people, other cars and roads. _______ And to make faster decision making, the car is also provided with radar systems (雷达系统) .

⑥The system isn’t just keeping new drivers from meeting accidents. It also collects information on the learner’s driving behavior and even body position. It studies these driving habits in real time to see if the learner is too traditional or easy to be angry during practice and changes its teaching style. By recording all the problems a learner runs into during lessons, the system aims to help the new driver correct past mistakes and prevent new ones.

⑦The Robo Coach is now being used in five driving instruction centers owned by Yi Jia Jia’s parent company as well as 22 other driving schools across China.

1. Which sentence can be put in _______ in Paragraph ⑤?

A．It can correct your mistakes at any time.

B．It can stop immediately if learners meet any danger.

C．It communicates with learners and helps decision making and instructions.

D．It studies learners’ driving habits and records them.

2. What can we infer from the passage?

A．The Robo Coach can do everything when learners learn to drive.

B．AI might replace human driving coaches soon.

C．With the Robo Coach’s help, learners can improve their driving skills quickly and safely.

D．The Robo Coach will sit next to you and help you correct your driving skills

3. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．To tell us that many people are worried about the safety of AI coaches.

B．To warn us that AI coaches will replace human’s place.

C．To suggest we prepare for the idea that AI coaches will help learners in the future.

D．To show us the fact that AI coaches are being used in some driving schools across China.

4. Which shows the best structure of the passage?

A．	B．
C．	D．

【推荐2】Why are dogs our best friends? Maybe because they can understand our words much better than we thought, according to (根据) a study in Hungary. It found that dogs understand not only what we say, but also how we say it.

“ The results were very exciting and very surprising.” Said the researcher (调查者) Attila Andies, from Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest.

For the study, the researchers first trained 13 dogs for months. The dogs had to sit quietly inside machine, so that the researchers could check their activity.

Then the researcher put headphones on dogs and played people’s voice to them. There were four different voice. Some were positive (积极的) words, such as “well down”, or neutral (不带感情色彩的) words like “however”. The words were also in different tones (音调). Some were positive and some were neutral.

Brain scans (扫描) showed that the dogs could recognize (辨认) words as well as the tone of words, much like people do. The positive words with a positive tone brought the stronger activity in their brain’s reward centers (反应中枢).

“It shows that for dogs, a nice phrase can work very well as a prize, but it works best if both words and tones match.” Said Andies. They also found that dogs deal with meaningful words with the left side of the brain and tones with the right. Human brains work in the same way.

“ It gave us a new understanding of language.”said Andies. That is, not only do humans understand the meaning in words, other species (物种) do too.

1. What was found according to the study in Hungary?

A．Dogs can’t understand people words.

B．Dogs can understand what we thought better than our words.

C．Dogs understand not only what we say, but also how we say it.

D．Dogs can understand our words much better than we thought.

2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the study?

A．Researchers played with the dogs.

B．Researchers made dogs sit inside machine.

C．Researchers put headphones on dogs.

D．Researchers played four different voice to the dogs.

3. Dogs think ________ as a best prize.

A．neutral words with a positive tone.	B．positive words with neutral tone
C．positive words with positive tone	D．neutral words with neutral tone

4. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Human brains don’t work in the same way as dogs do.

B．Dogs deal with meaningful words with the left side of the brain.

C．The researchers trained dogs for years to check their brain activity.

D．Only humans understand the meaning in words.

【推荐3】配对阅读。感恩节即将到来，下面是对五个人的情况介绍，选项中的句子是其他人对这五个人表达感恩的话，请为每个人选择合适的感恩话语，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑。
1. John is hard working. He likes to keep the office and his house clean. When others are busy, he usually helps them do some cleaning.
2. Mr. Zhang is a good history teacher. His students love to have his lessons because he often tells them interesting stories in his class. After class he usually plays basketball with them.
3. Anny works in a city library. She is friendly and helpful Sometimes someone borrows pens or pencils from her. She always smiles and lends them happily.
4. Miss Wang is an English teacher. She loves students and her lessons are interesting. She is hard working and prepares each of her lessons carefully.
5. Jack is good at Chinese. He can finish his homework very well. When he is free, he is willing(愿意) to help his classmates with their homework.

A．We want to say thanks to her. " Our dear teacher. We couldn't have our wonderful English lessons without you."

B．I am thankful to her for always lending me the pen in the library. She is so kind and pleased. I am glad to see her every time.

C．We will have the class meeting this Thursday. The topic(主题)is Thanks a lot. Please get ready.

D．A thousand thanks to him. He always cleans the windows when I am busy.

E．Many thanks to him for helping with my Chinese homework And his Chinese is so excellent.

F．All of us are thankful to our history teacher. He is so kind that he often tells us interesting stories and does sports with us.

G．We want to say thanks to Mr. Huang. He teaches my boy to play the piano very well. Now they are good friends. And they go swimming together when they don't have lessons on Monday afternoon.