【推荐1】任务型阅读——简答

Most bees are brown, hairy and 8 mm to 22 mm long. Bees live as part of a large family. Over 25, 000 kinds have been found. Among all of them, honey bees are the most common.

Honey bees always live in groups called hives (蜂群). Each hive has a queen, drones (雄蜂) and workers (工蜂). Like a human society, each bee in a hive knows its own job.

The queen is the largest bee. She doesn’t go out to work, but lays eggs. Sometimes a queen can lay 3, 000 eggs in a day.

Drones do not collect food from flowers. They are the queen’s husbands. When there’s not much food, drones are often kicked out of the hive.

Workers are the smallest and busiest bees. A colony can have 50, 000 to 60, 000 workers. They collect food for the queen and babies. They guard the hive and help to keep it cool by fanning their wings. A worker only lives for 28 to 35 days.

To collect a pound of honey, a bee may have to fly a long way. Sometimes it is equivalent to (相当于) twice around the world. Bees have to visit more than 10, 000 flowers to make a pound of honey.

1. How many kinds of bees have been found? (不超过 5个词)
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2. What does the queen mainly do in a hive? (不超过 10个词)
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3. How can workers collect a pound of honey? (不超过 15个词)   
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【推荐2】阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题， 每个题目的答案不超过 5个单词。

Service dogs are very good because they are helpful. They are trained to help their owners. Who can own a service dog? Disabled people can. For example, a person may be blind or deaf. Service dogs can do many things to help these people. For example, they can help blind owners cross the road.

Can any dog become a service dog? In fact, many dogs can. Just remember service dogs should be healthy and friendly. Many organizations train the dogs. The training takes months or years. After this, the dogs are given to an owner.

Most public places let service dogs come in with their owners. The dogs can go into restaurants, banks and shops.

In my opinion, service dogs are more than just pets. They enjoy helping people!

1. Who can own a service dog?
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2. How can service dogs help blind owners in the passage?
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3. How long does it take to train a service doe?
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4. According to the writer, why are service dogs more than just pets?
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5. What do you think of service dogs?
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【推荐3】阅读短文，回答下列问题。

Since 1 May 2015 , Beijing started to allow blind people to take guide dogs(导盲犬) onto the subway(地铁). How much do you know about guide dogs? What can they do to help blind people?

Not every dog can become a guide dog. The most common guide dog breeds(品种) are Labrador Retrievers(拉布拉多猎犬)and Golden Retrievers( 金毛猎犬). That's because they are smart and have a good temper(脾气).

To help blind people, dogs need to learn many skills, such as finding and following a clear road, moving around obstacles( 障碍物)，and stopping when they reach a curb( 路牙) beside a road. Of course they should pass tests. They also need to learn an important lesson known as “intelligent disobedience(智能抗命)". For example, blind people ask the dogs lo go forward when crossing a road. But if the dog knows that a car is coming, it will not move till it is safe.

At about 10 or 12 years old, guide dogs retire(退休). Some of them stay at their owner's home and become their pet. Others may go back to training schools and live there.

What can a guide dog do to help blind people?

●Follow a direct(直接的)road, paying no attention to other things such as smells, animals and people.

●Keep a steady(稳定的) pace and just ahead of(在……之前) the owner.

●Stop at all curbs till the handler tells him to move forward.

●Stay quiet when the owner is sitting down.

●Help the owner to move around buses, subways and other public transportation(公共交通).

1. What can blind people in Beijing do when they go out by subway?
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2. Why do people choose Labrador Retrievers and Colden Retrievers as guide dogs?
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3. What important lesson should guide dogs learn?
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4. How many things can guide dogs do to help blind according to the article?
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5. What is the article about?
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【推荐1】Wind power is a very clean source of energy. This is how wind power works. Wind makes windmills spin (旋转). When the windmills spin, they make electricity. Then we can use the electricity.

A lot of people think that wind power is new, but that’s not true. For thousands of years, people have used wind to sail boats and move water. We still do those things today, but these days we mostly use wind power to make electricity.

Wind power is a very popular source of energy. Most people think that we should use it more and more. First of all it’s clean. Windmills don’t pollute the environment at all. Second, we can use wind power forever. After all, we will always have wind. Also, wind power is cheap, and it’s getting even cheaper.

A lot of people don’t understand wind power very well. They believe that there are problems with wind power, but many of those problems are not real. For example, some people say that windmills are dangerous for birds. That used to be true, but it isn’t true anymore. Old windmills killed birds because they spun very fast. New windmills spin slowly, and they aren’t dangerous for birds.

However, there are real problems with windmills. One problem is that many people think windmills are very ugly. This is a problem for some people because windmills are often in very pretty areas. Also, wind doesn’t blow all the time, so we can’t use wind power all the time.

Wind power is becoming more and more common. Right now, more than 80 countries use wind power. About 2.5 percent of the world’s power comes from the wind. For some countries, that number is a lot higher. Wind power gives Denmark (丹麦) more than 25 percent of its electricity.

1. Wind power can be turned into electricity when the ________ _________.
2. Wind power is not new, because people have used wind to ________ boats and ________ water for thousands of years.
3. New windmills are ________ _________ for birds because they spins at a slow speed.
4. Windmills don’t pollute the environment at all, we can use wind power forever, we will always have wind so it’s ________ and ________.
5. Wind power is becoming more and more common. Right now, _________ _________ countries use wind power.

【推荐3】Elephants have very strong legs. Their legs are like trees. They usually walk slowly because they are so big, but they walk quietly.

Wild（野生的）elephants living in the jungle（丛林）usually stay together in big families. Usually one old elephant leads（带领）them. The others follow their leader. They usually look for food at night. In the hot daytime, they go to sleep in the cool shade（树荫）of the trees. Elephants are kind animals. When one of them is hurt（受伤）and cannot walk by itself, the other elephants lift（抬）it up and help it to walk.

Some people say the elephants never forget. They always remember people who are kind or bad to them.

根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. Why do elephants usually walk slowly?
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2. Do wild elephants usually stay together in the jungle or in the mountains?
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3. When do wild elephants look for food?
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4. What do the other elephants do when one of the elephants can’t walk?
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5. How do we know elephants never forget from the passage?
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【推荐2】阅读下文并回答问题。

How many fish are there in the sea? We always think that there are a great number of fish. Is this true? Will we run out of fish one day?

Humans began overfishing (过度捕鱼) in the sea in the 19th century. Today, there are too many fishing ships in the world. In other words, we are taking away too many fish from the sea. The fish can’t grow back fast. So, the numbers of many kinds of fish are dropping rapidly. Some kinds will soon be in great danger.

To stop overfishing, many areas have started to do something. The governments have put up “No fishing” signs near some rivers and lakes. The fish in these areas are probably under protection. When the fish in a certain area start to lay eggs (产卵), the governments will announce (宣布) the beginning of the closed fishing season. People can’t catch fish until the young fish grow up.

All life of the living things here depends on the sea. And fish are very important to the health of the sea. Let’s work together to protect our friends in the sea.

1. Are humans taking away too many fish from the sea?
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2. When did human begin overfishing?
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3. What do the governments do to stop overfishing?   
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4. Is it important for people to protect fish in the sea? Why or why not?
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【推荐3】In China, students go to school in many ways. Some students go by bus, some go by bike and some walk to school. Do you know how Japanese students usually go to school?

In the city, students usually go to school near their homes, so many students walk to school. It usually takes them 10 to 20 minutes to get to school. But in the village, schools are usually far from students’ homes. It usually takes them 40 minutes to an hour to walk to school. Many students in the village go to school by train, because the train goes quickly and doesn’t need much time.

Many Japanese schools are small but nice. And students seldom (很少) take the school bus. Parents also seldom drive their children to and from school. Sometimes children walk to school with their friends living near them. To make sure of their safety, some kind people will help children cross the road when there are lots of cars on the road.

1. 参照示例，列举第一段中提到的中国学生的上学方式。
①on foot       ②_________   ③_________
2. 找出“Many students go to school on foot because students usually go to school near their homes in the city.”的同义句。
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3. 据文章内容完成句子(每空不超过3个词)

In the village in Japan, schools are usually far from students’ homes. They usually _______ 40 minutes to an hour walking to school. Many students in the village ________ to go to school, because the train goes quickly and doesn’t need much time.

4. 写出最后一段their指代的内容
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5. What does the text mainly talk about?
It’s mainly about ______________________________________________.