【推荐2】Many students in China are learning English. Some of them are children, and the other students are young people . Why do all these people want to learn English? It is not easy to answer this question. Many boys and girls learn English at school. It is one of their subjects .Many people learn English because it is useful in their work .Some young people learn English for their higher studies because some of their books are in English. Some people learn English because they want to read newspapers in English. Some people learn English because they want to work in the USA, England or Australia. English is very helpful in our life.

1. Many people are learning English, because ________.

A．they like it	B．they are English
C．it is easy	D．English is helpful

2. Some young people learn English for their higher studies because ________.

A．English is one of their subjects	B．they want to read newspapers
C．some of their books are in English	D．they want to work in the higher school

3. Who is learning English according to the passage?

A．Americans.

B．Australians.

C．Englishmen.

D．Chinese students.

4. If you want to work in the USA, England or Australia, you must learn________.

A．Chinese

B．Japanese

C．French

D．English

【推荐3】判断正(A)误(B)。

Now let me tell you something about the world. Canada and the U.S. are western countries. China and Japan are eastern countries. Different countries have different food. Hamburgers, donuts and hot dogs are the favorite foods in the western countries. Dumplings, rice, noodles are the favorite foods in China. The U.S. is very far from China. Japan is near China. People in different countries speak different languages. Chinese speak Chinese and Japanese speak Japanese. Do Canadians speak English? Yes, they speak English and French. People in the U.S. also speak English. We call it American English.

1. Canada and the U.S. are eastern countries.
2. Chinese like dumplings, rice and noodles.
3. Japan is in the east.
4. Americans speak English and French.
5. People in the U.S. probably (可能) like to eat hot dogs.

【推荐1】Today there are 7 billion people on the earth．By the year 2050 there may be 9.0 billion．We will have a lot more people to feed．We need more food．
One way to produce more food is by growing stronger plants．For thousands of years，farmers have made plants better．Every season，they pick the best plants for the next season．It works very slowly．Since1983 scientists have been able to change plants more quickly by changing their genetic(遗传的) material. Foods from plants grown in this way are called genetically modified foods(转基因食品)，or GM foods.
By changing the genetic material of a plant，it is possible to make new plants. They make plants which are strong against plant diseases. They can also help in our diseases：a kind of rice is being prepared，for example，which stops people from becoming blind．Rich countries produce GM foods because they are easy to grow and they bring in more money．Poor countries are interested in them because they help produce more food．
GM plants are not natural．No one knows how good or bad they are．Making GM foods is only one way of feeding people in 2050．But there are strong feelings against them，because they are unnatural. They may feed people，then hurt them or their children later．But both rich and poor countries are very interested in their use，and they are not going to die．In 2050 we may think differently about them．
1. Who invented the GM plants?

A．Farmers．	B．Workers
C．Scientists．	D．Plants．

2. People plant the GM plants because     .

A．they make plants strong against diseases

B．they are unnatural

C．they can help in human diseases

D．both A and C

3. What do you think of the GM plant?

A．It grows too slowly．

B．It is bad for people’s body．

C．It can greatly help the poor countries．

D．It produces less food than the general plant.

4. Why do some people dislike the GM plants?

A．The GM foods may harm the human body．

B．The GM foods have terrible taste．

C．The GM foods are bad for the adults．

D．The GM foods are not cheap．

5. From the passage we can find out__________

A．the GM plants can produce more food

B．scientists want to make more money

C．scientists find the GM plants by accident

D．scientists work on the subject for fun

【推荐2】Housework is an endless argument between lazy husbands and their hard-working wives, but women are warned not to expect men to share housework any time soon.

A study from Oxford University has found it seems impossible for men to be doing an equal share of housework before 2050. Mothers will continue to shoulder the burden(负担) of childcare and housework for the next forty years, largely because housework such as cleaning and cooking is still thought of to be “women’s work”.

The gap (鸿沟) has narrowed slowly over the past 40 years. Women expect true equality (平等). But what makes them down is that it will take another forty years before it is achieved.

The research found that in the northern Europe, the burden of housework is shared more equally between men and women. In the UK, a woman spends around four hours and forty minutes each day on housework, compared with two hours and twenty-eight minutes for men. This is an improvement from the 1960s, when British women typically (典型地) spent six hours a day on housework, while men spent just 90 minutes every day.

But progress towards housework equality appears to be slowing in some countries. Dr Oriel Sullivan, a research reader, said, “We’ve looked at what is influencing the equality in the home, and we have found that certain tasks seem to be given according to whether they are viewed as ‘men’s work’ or ‘women’s work’.”

Dr Sullivan said cultural attitudes (态度) taught at school may decide the views of housework. “At school it is much easier for a girl to be a tomboy, but it is much more difficult for a boy to enjoy cooking and dancing,” she said.

1. Women will continue to do more housework before 2050 mainly because _________.

A．men are too busy to help	B．they would like to do so
C．they can do better	D．it is considered as women’s work

2. The underlined “it” in Paragraph 3 refers to (指代) ___________.

A．the research

B．true housework

C．true equality

D．the gap

3. From Paragraph 4 we know that in the UK ___________.

A．men now spend just 90 minutes a day on housework on average

B．women now are too busy with their work to do housework

C．women now spend less time on housework than before

D．housework is shared equally between men and women

4. _____________ is mentioned in the last two paragraphs (段) of the article.

A．What men think of housework

B．How much housework women spend on housework

C．What influences people’s view of housework

D．Why men should share housework

5. What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Argument about housework between husbands and wives will end.

B．Women will be doing more housework than men until 2050.

C．Men are unable to help their wives with housework.

D．Women spend less time on housework while men spend more than before.

【推荐3】

Name	Palace Museum	British Museum	Hermitage Museum	Metropolitan Museum of Art
Location	Beijing, China	London, the UK	Saint Petersburg, Russia	New York, the USA
Information	The largest ancient palace with many kinds of collections in China	One of the largest museums with collections of any time and any area in the world	One of the largest and oldest museums with a large number of collections in the world	The largest art museum in the USA with large collections of art from the USA and other countries
Ticket	60 yuan (April 1st — October 31st); 40 yuan (November 1st — March 31st )	Free	Foreign tourist: about 70 yuan; Russian tourist: about 20 yuan	About 200 yuan

1. Jack wants to visit the Hermitage Museum. He should go to ______.

A．Beijing	B．London
C．Saint Petersburg	D．New York

2. How many museums have the collections of different countries?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

3. Mary wants to visit the Palace Museum with her parents on January 1^st. They should pay ______ yuan.

A．60

B．100

C．120

D．140

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the materials?

A．Chinese tourists pay more than Russian tourists when they visit the Hermitage Museum.

B．Tourists don’t have to pay when they visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

C．The British Museum has the world’s largest art collection.

D．The Palace Museum isn’t open on Mondays.

5. We may read the material from a ______ magazine.

A．food

B．travel

C．sports

D．science

【推荐1】Football
The game is played by two teams. There must be eleven players in each team.
The field must be about 100m long and 73m wide. There are two goals(门)， 7.32m long and 2.44m high.
To score a goal, a player must put the ball into the other team’s goal. They may use their feet, heads or other parts of the body, but they must not touch the ball with their hands. Only one on each team, the goal-keeper(守门员), may use his hands.
Volleyball
This is played on a court 18m long and 9m wide. The net（网）is 2.44m high for men and 2.24m high for women. There are two teams and there are usually six players in each team.
The players try to make the ball hit the ground on the other side of the net. They may use their hands, fists or arms, but they must not catch the ball or hold it while(当---时候) playing.
Basketball
The court must be 26m long and 14m wide. There can be ten players in a team but not more than five players in each team may play at one time. The players must not change until the referee allows（允许）them to leave the court.
To score a point a player must throw the ball into the other team’s basket.
Players may throw the ball, but they must not carry it. A player must not touch another player.
After 20minutes’ play there must be a rest period（阶段）for ten minutes. Then there is another period of 20 minutes before the game ends.
1. How big is a football field?

A．7.32m long and 2.44m high.

B．100m long and 73m wide.

C．107.32m long and 75.44m wide.

D．26m long and 14m wide.

2. The volleyball players can only ______ while playing.

A．catch the ball

B．hold the ball

C．use their hands, fists or arms

D．use their hands

3. Each basketball team can have ______ players at most.

A．five

B．ten

C．twenty

D．eleven

4. What’s the Chinese for referee in the passage?

A．队长

B．教练

C．裁判

D．观众

5. Which of the following statement is NOT TRUE?

A．In a football match, only one person can use his hands.

B．The volleyball net is 2.44m high for men.

C．The basketball team will score when they the ball into the other team’s basket.

D．In a basketball match, twenty minutes is a period.

【推荐2】We cannot live a modern life without travelling. The fastest way of travelling is by air. With a plane one can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.

Travelling by train is slower than by plane, but one can see the country he is travelling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dinning-cars. They even make the longest journey enjoyable.

Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large luxury liners(客轮) or river boats. They are not as fast as trains or planes, but travelling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.

Many people like to travel by car. They can make their own timetable. They can travel hundreds of miles a day, just as their wish. They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting or to enjoy a good meal at a good restaurant, or to spend the night at a hotel. That is why people choose travelling by car for pleasant trips, while they usually take trains or planes for business.

1. How many ways of travelling are mentioned(提到) in the passage?

A．2.

B．3.

C．4.

D．5.

2. Which is the fastest way to travel?

A．By train.

B．By plane.

C．By ship.

D．By bus.

3. What is the meaning of the underlined word “They”?

A．Modern trains.	B．Large luxury liners.
C．The planes.	D．The journeys.

4. Which of the following is not the reason for travelling by car?

A．They can make their own timetable.

B．They can travel hundreds of miles a day.

C．They can stop wherever they want to see something interesting.

D．They can drive a car for business.

【推荐1】You can be proud of yourselves, even if you can only make one or two of these green changes. The goal here is to limit carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) and other greenhouse gases, which are closely connected to the big problem of global-warming (全球变暖).

WAY 1: Bring your own cup to Starbucks. You’ll get a 10-cent discount, and it’s one less paper cup to end up in a dustbin. The store won’t create more waste when they throw away a cup.

WAY 2: Turn off your computer. When in standby mode, your PC is still using energy. Turning off a monitor (显示器) for 40 hours a week may only save $ 5 a month, but it reduces CO₂ by 750 pounds.

WAY 3: Reuse plastic bags. Instead of throwing away 100 billion plastic bags a year, try and get a second, third, or tenth use out of them. Better yet, next time you shop, try a reusable bag. The amount of oil it would take to make just 14 plastic bags would run your car for one mile.

WAY 4: Use recycled paper in the bathroom. Most of the toilet paper we use is made from trees found in forests. If every family replaced(替换)one roll of toilet paper with a recycled one, 424,000 trees would still be standing.

WAY 5: Plant a tree. Adding green to your garden is beautiful and earth-pleasing. Just one tree will help make cleaner air and save the environment from 5, 000 pounds of hot carbon dioxide each year.

1. How many ways are mentioned(提及) in the passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

2. What will happen if our PC is turned off when it isn’t in use?

A．It will help to save a large amount of money.

B．It will help to reduce a great deal of CO2.

C．It will save the amount of oil that runs your car for a mile.

D．It will be like planting 17 million acres of new trees.

3. Which ways suggest recycling or reusing of things?

A．Ways 3, 4.

B．Ways 2, 3.

C．Ways 3, 5.

D．Ways 2, 4.

4. How do these ways do good to our environment?

A．They all help reduce the use of energy like electricity.

B．They all cut down the number of the use of paper.

C．They all produce less greenhouse gases as a result.

D．They all help protect our trees and forests.

5. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Ways to Save Money	B．Ways to Be Earth-Friendly
C．Ways to End Global-Warming	D．Ways to Limit Carbon Dioxide

【推荐2】Do you like children? Do you have free time in the afternoon? We need a babysitter（照看小孩的人） for our son. He's five years old. The working time is from Monday to Friday,3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (5 $ an hour)
We need help with: Looking after our son; Reading to him; Playing with him.
You must work at our house. We live near Zhangjiagang Shopping Park. Please call Mr. Green at 0512- 56778866.
1. From Monday to Friday, the babysitter（照看小孩的人） works_______ every day.

A．one hour	B．two hours
C．three hours	D．four hours

2. Which is NOT the work the babysitter（照看小孩的人） needs to do?

A．Cooking for the child.

B．Playing with the child.

C．Reading books to the child.

D．Looking after the child.

3. The babysitter（照看小孩的人） must work_______.

A．at the babysitter's house

B．at Zhangjiagng Shopping Park

C．at Mr. Green's house

D．in the kindergarten(幼儿园)

4. If（如果）_______, you can get the job.

A．you like children, but you have no time in the afternoon.

B．you like children, but you don't know how to play with them.

C．you like children, and you are free in the afternoon.

D．you like children, and you like reading.

5. The article（文章） is _______.

A．a piece of news(新闻)	B．a story
C．a letter	D．an ad(广告)

【推荐3】Now more than 40 million foreigners around the world are learning Chinese，according to a report. The relationship between the United States and China is becoming more and more important in the world. This has really influenced the growth of Chinese language learning in U.S.
I am Chris from the United States. I am one of the many people who are learning Chinese. I am studying at a Confucius Institute(孔子学院)in New York. There are 10 students in our class. Some are over thirty years old. Some are middle school students. Our teacher comes from Beijing. He is fun and often tells us interesting things in China.
I think Chinese is difficult to learn. The biggest challenge for American learners is the writing. Chinese is completely different from any other language in the world. It will take me a lot of time to learn enough Chinese characters（汉字）. But 1 think there are many benefits (益处) of spending time in learning Chinese. One important benefit is that it makes me see things from a different point of view， because Chinese is such a different language from English. I think for American students the most important benefit is that learning a challenging language can open up their eyes.
1. From the passage we know that            .

A．Chris is an American

B．Chris is thirty years old

C．Chris has been to China

D．Chris is in China now

2.            is the most difficult thing of the language for foreigners according to the writer.

A．Listening	B．Speaking
C．Reading	D．Writing

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

A．More than 40 million Americans are learning Chinese.

B．Chris' Chinese teacher is a Chinese.

C．Chris thinks there are few benefits of learning Chinese.

D．Most foreigners don’t think it’s difficult to learn Chinese.

4. The last paragraph is mainly about            .

A．the differences between Chinese and other languages

B．the reason for learning Chinese

C．ways of learning Chinese

D．the challenges and benefits of learning Chinese