Today's farmers markets have roots（起源）in history. The earliest farmers markets go back about 12,000 years! This is when farming first started. Famers would meet to trade their extra crops（额外的农作物）. Today's famers markets are a bit different. Farmers sell their crops directly to shoppers.
Farmers markets are good for farmers. When farmers sell crops to grocery stores（食品杂货店）, they share the money. When they sell to shoppers they keep all the money. Also, farmers get to know the shoppers. This is good for business. People start shopping from the same farmers again and again. Farmers markets are good for shoppers. They can buy healthy crops. The crops come from nearby farms. It does not have to travel far. This means they are fresher. They taste better.
Farmers markets are good for communities（社区）. Farmers do not travel far to the markets. This means less air pollution from trucks. Shoppers are likely to stop in other nearby shops, too. This is good for the businesses. Farmers markets are a good meeting place for neighbours. They also link（连接）people from the country and the city. This gives the farmers and shoppers a sense of community.
Questions 86-90: Answer the following questions according to the passage above. 根据上面的短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. When did farming first start?
2. How do today's farmers sell their crops?
3. Will people shop from the same farmers when they get to know each other?
4. Where do the crops in farmers markets come from?
5. What do you think is the main advantage of farmers markets?
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Do you have a dictionary? I think everyone has one. But do you often use your dictionary? Can you make good use of it? I don 't think that everyone can make good use of it. "You may meet lots of new words in your study and you can ask someone for the answers. But if you have a dictionary, please don't let it sleep. It can tell you the right answer.
It's true that dictionaries are very useful and important to us. They are like teachers. When you have a question, you can go to ask them. They can tell you the meaning of the words. They are like friends, too. They can stay with you in your life. You can learn a lot from them.
Don't be lazy. Don't forget your dictionary. Use it often, and you will find a new world.
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3. What can dictionaries tell us?
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Some Ideas to Start Your Day Off Right
Having success and being able to meet one's goals require knowledge, a sense of direction, hard work and resources. That sounds like a very difficult task. However, research shows that successful people have similar habits in their everyday life. For example, starting a day on the right foot is very important to them. Here are some ideas on how to start your day off right.
1 Get up an hour early.
Getting up an hour early is a good way to start the day. Studies show that your attention span （注意力的持续时间）is the strongest in the morning. In fact, the morning may be the most productive part of your day. Benjamin Franklin would probably agree. He once said, "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. "
2 Drink a glass of water with lemon juice.
After brushing your teeth, drink a glass of water with lemon juice. Why? Health experts say that this drink jump-starts the body's metabolism（新陈代谢）. Not only does it jump-start your body's cells, it also keeps them moving throughout the day.
3 Don't jump into social media as soon as you wake up.
You wake up in the morning. You decide to open up your Weibo account. Well, don't. It's a waste of time and may bring unhealthy emotions. We've all done it. You see a Weibo post about some society problems and the heated discussion pulls you in. Before you know it, an hour has passed, and you're angry with people you don't even know.
4 Exercise!
Physical fitness trainers often suggest some form of exercise in the morning because the middle of the day is a busy time for most people. By the end of the day, you may not have the time or energy to exercise. Exercising in the morning prevents that from happening.
Isabel Smith, one of the experts on the research team, said, "In order to feel better during the day, I tried the healthy morning routines for a month. The result was amazing. "She also added that she would keeping doing so in the future.
1. Is starting a day on the right foot important to successful people?_______________________________________________________________________
2. When is your attention span the strongest according to studies?
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3. What should you drink after you brush your teeth?
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4. Why shouldn't you jump into social media as soon as you wake up?
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5. What did Isabel Smith do to feel better during the day?
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Let’s have a look at some different kinds of entertainment (娱乐).
1._______There are different kinds of programs on TV. Change the channels (频道) and you can see everything on TV, from news to music, to movies.
2._______Once a week or twice a month, it is good entertainment, if you like watching movies. You make a plan, go out, watch a movie and eat out! It’s more interesting than sitting on the sofa and changing channels.
3._______You can talk with friends and play games. You can use it to do the work or study. You can find everything you like on the Internet.
4._______Books are still man’s best friend. It is the best way to get quiet. A good book will take you to a new life. Now many people don’t like this entertainment, but you should try it, if you are bored with others.
5._______We can practice our English by listening to English music. We can keep happy feelings, too. We can exchange (交换) our ideas about music with our English teachers and friends.
A Going to the cinema
B Listening to English music
C Reading a book
D Watching TV
E Using the Internet
根据短文内容，完成下列表格。（每空一词）
| Different Kinds of Entertainment | |
| Kinds | Advantages (好处) |
| One | You can see all |
| Two | Watching a |
| Three | You can use the Internet to talk with friends, play games, do the work or study. You can find |
| Four | Books are still man’s best friends. |
| Five | We can both practice our English |
【推荐1】A nine-year-old boy with a keen eye (敏锐的眼力) for both fashion and business is taking the bakery world by storm. Cory Nieves, from New Jersey, who uses the business name “my Cory”, not only wears tailored (定制的) suits and silk ties from fashionable stores, but is also the CEO of his very own cookie company called Mr Cory’s Cookies.
On his website, which has 6, 000 fans, Cory shows his perfect fashion sense. In one photo, he stands in front of his cookie stand in white sort, a dark jacket, wearing fashionable glasses and a stack of bracelets (手镯) to look more attractive.
Cory wrote on his website that he first came up with the idea to start a business when he and his mother moved to New Jersey from New York City in 2009, and he decided to help mom buy a car. Then he began selling hot cocoa drinks in front of his home and finally he has developed it into the cookie business.
Not only has he developed a fan base for his delicious cookies, but he has also won over fans who like his fashion sense.
In the comment section on his page, fans have expressed their love, with one person writing, “This kid is really smart.”
The project may have begun as a way to buy his mom a car, but Cory says he now has even higher hopes. “I’m going to do it to earn money for college and for learning how to run a business.” he told North Jersey.com.
Besides being CEO of the cookie company, Cory is also an actor and model.
1. How many people show interest in Cory on his website page?2. What actually helps Cory win over so many fans?
3. What kind of boy do you think Cory is after reading the passage? And why do you have that kind of impression?
【推荐2】You Can Choose Your Grandma!
Have you heard of Golden Hook? Golden Hook is a group of twenty grandmas and a young man with a clever business idea. They make beautiful, handmade, wool hats and sell them all around the world. You don’t buy Golden Hook hats in a shop. If you want one, you go to their website and choose the style, size and colours you want. Then you look at photos and choose a grandma. The grandma knits (织) the hat by hand just for you. One week later, you get the hat with a special message from the grandma inside. You can see people wearing Golden Hook hats in Paris, London, Tokyo and New York. People love the hats because every hat is different.
Golden Hook was started in Paris, by Jeremy Emsellem. In 2005, when he was 19, Jeremy began knitting hats for fun. He wore the hats in class, and other students really liked them. Everyone wanted one! Jeremy made hats for 50 students, but he didn’t have time to make hats for everyone. Then, in 2007, he visited his old aunt and had an idea. His aunt and her friends were all grandmothers. They didn’t have a job and they didn’t look after their children, so they had lots of time. They were really bored. They were also very good at knitting. Jeremy talked to his aunt’s friends. He asked them if they wanted to make his hats. Six of the grandmothers said “Yes”. In 2008, Jeremy started the Golden Hook company and set up the website. In the first year, they only sold 300 hats, but the company expanded quickly. Soon after, in 2010, Golden Hook employed 20 grandmas. Three years later, in 2012, a famous shop introduced the hats to Tokyo – Japanese people loved the grandma’s hats. In the future, Jeremy’s goal is to have Golden Hook Grandmas all over the world.
With Golden Hook, everyone wins. The customers get excellent hats. The grandmas get money, and something interesting to do. And Jeremy? Jeremy is 25, and the CEO of an international company.
1. What is Golden Hook?2. Why do people like Golden Hook hats?
3. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?
4. What is Jeremy’s future goal?
5. Why does everyone win with Golden Hook?
【推荐3】On June 25, hundreds of people came together outside the Library of Congress in Washington D.C, and they were celebrating public libraries. For more than 100 years, libraries have played an important role in keeping American educated. But how are these book- filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.
Benjamin Franklin founded America’s first lending library in Philadelphia in 1731. And the number of public libraries greatly increased in the late 1900s. Andrew Carnegie, a businessman, gave away millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie helped build 1,679 new libraries!
Carnegie believed that libraries could offer Americans many opportunities. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have opportunities to read books and news. There are more public libraries in America than McDonald’s restaurants now.
The United States is home to 9,225 public libraries. Today , the number of libraries continues to grow. Seven out of ten public libraries offer free Internet use. This can help many community members who can’t go online at home. It can also help them to have the opportunity to find jobs online.
Benjamin Franklin once said, “The doors of wisdom are never shut.” As long as the doors of public libraries are open, his statement is most certainly true!
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
1. Why did hundreds of people come together outside the Library of Congress on June 25?
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2. Where is America’s first lending library?
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3. Why did Andrew Carnegie give away lots of money to help build libraries?
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4. Are there more public libraries in America than McDonald’s restaurants?
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5. How many public libraries in which people can go online for free in America?
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