【推荐1】Perhaps you have heard a lot about the Internet, but what is it?

The Internet is many different networks around the world. A network is a group of computers put together. These networks joined together are called the Internet.

Maybe that doesn’t sound interesting. But when we’ve joined the Internet. There are lots of things we can do. We can have a lot of interest on the World Wide Web (www). We can use the internet instead of a library to find all kinds of information for our homework. We can find information about our favorite sports or film stars and do shopping on the Internet. We can also send messages to other people by e-mail. It is much cheaper and quicker than calling our friends or sending letters.

Thanks to the Internet, the world is becoming smaller and smaller. People can now work at home with a computer in front, getting and sending the information they need. They can buy or sell whatever they want by the Internet. But do you know 98% of the information is English? So what will English be like tomorrow?

1. The passage is mainly about _________.

A．the Internet

B．information

C．computers

D．e-mail

2. The quickest and cheapest way for people to send message to their friends is _________.

A．by post

B．by e-mail

C．by telephone

D．by TV

3. The Internet can not be used to _________.

A．find information for our homework.

B．get some information about our favorite sports stars.

C．do some shopping.

D．do some housework

4. What does the writer try to tell us with the last two sentences?

A．The Internet is more and more popular.

B．All the information is English.

C．English is important in using the Internet.

D．Every computer must join the Internet.

【推荐3】The Internet is shaping our lives. We already have online shopping services and mobile payment. However, this is just a start. The world's leading tech companies plan to build smarter online communities. They discussed this at the World Internet Conference.

The development of artificial intelligence (AI) was a hot topic at the conference. If a machine can learn and solve problems as humans do, it can be called AI.

The company Alibaba uses AI technology in its unmanned supermarket in Wuzhen. There is no salesperson in the supermarket, just a tablet on a desk that says "please smile". The bigger you smile, the more discounts you get. Payment is done through your Alipay account. When you first enter the supermarket, the supermarket's AI recognizes your face and your account.

There is also AI that can read lips. Sougou brought its lip-reading system to the conference. It recognizes your mouth's movements and turn them into voice or text messages. This could be very useful when you are trying to talk to someone on your phone in a noisy place.

1. Internet shapes our lives in many ways, including the following ways except               .

A．shopping

B．payment

C．lip-reading

D．schooling

2. What's the hot topic at the world Internet Conference?

A．technology	B．smarter online communities
C．artificial intelligence	D．unmanned supermarket

3. In the unmanned supermarket, payment is made through               .

A．salesperson

B．tablet

C．smile

D．Alipay account

4. Which statements is TRUE about lip-reading system.

A．By reading your smile, the lip-reading system can get messages.

B．Lip-reading system can turn mouth movement into voice.

C．Lip-reading system can be useful everywhere.

D．We can use lip-reading system in our daily life now.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A．If we do translation work through a machine, it can be called AI.

B．Unmanned supermarket can be easily seen in China now.

C．Lip-reading system can't be used because of the system itself.

D．Alibaba and Sougou are the biggest tech companies in China.

【推荐1】Everyone knows that exercise is important. We all need to exercise. Doctors say it is good for us. It keeps our bodies strong and healthy.

       When the daytime comes, we must get up. This is the time for exercise. Exercise means doing things with the body. There are many ways to exercise. You can walk, run, swim, skate, or play ball games. Make sure you exercise in the following ways: You have to like what you’re doing. Exercise enough but not too much. It is best to exercise twice a week. Thirty minutes each time is enough. Try all kinds of things until you find one, two or even three sports that you feel right for you. Exercise can be fun. Friends can exercise together at a fitness center, or they can play sports together. How do you exercise?
1. Which of the following sports can’t we find in the passage?

A．Fishing.

B．Running.

C．Swimming.

D．Walking.

2. What does exercise mean?

A．It means doing things with the body.	B．It means studying.
C．It means doing lessons.	D．It means playing.

3. What can exercise do to the body?

A．It can make the body weak.	B．It can make us sleep more.
C．It can make the body sick.	D．It can make the body healthy.

4. If you want to exercise, each time            is enough.

A．one hour

B．twenty minutes

C．thirty minutes

D．twice

5. The underlined words “fitness center” in the passage mean “______” in Chinese.

A．减肥中心

B．健身中心

C．购物中心

D．医疗中心

【推荐2】Many people drive their cars to school or work now. So there are lots of cars on the streets. Sometimes, it’s not easy for you to get to school or work on time. Then you want to take a plane to school or work. Can your dream come true? Yes!

Four people in Germany (德国) make a new plane — Lilium Jet. It doesn’t look like a plane but an egg. Many people think it looks funny. The nice “egg” can take two people and “run” about three hundred kilometers an hour.

The Lilium Jet is not very big. So it doesn’t need an airport (机场). A small place is OK. Some people also call the Lilium Jet “a flying car”. It’s not difficult for you to learn to drive it. You can drive it like driving a car.

Maybe one day you can buy one if you like it. I’m sure your trip to school or work will be great.

1. Sometimes, people can’t get to school or work on time because ________.

A．they get up late	B．there are lots of cars on the streets
C．they don’t like their schools or jobs	D．they don’t leave home early

2. Where do the four people come from?

A．England.

B．America.

C．China.

D．Germany.

3. The underlined word “place” means “________” in Chinese.

A．方法

B．地方

C．停车场

D．体积

4. It’s ________ to learn to drive the Lilium Jet.

A．easy

B．difficult

C．boring

D．free

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The Lilium Jet looks like a ball.	B．The Lilium Jet is very big.
C．The Lilium Jet can “run” very fast.	D．Now many people can buy a Lilium Jet.

【推荐1】People go to work in different ways. They work from Monday to Friday. Some people walk to work because they live near their workplaces. Some people go to work by bike because they live far away from their workplaces, or they like riding bikes. They think riding bikes is good for their health. Today more and more people own cars, so they can go to work in their cars. In the south of China, many people even go to work by boat because water is around their houses. Will people go to work by plane? I think so, if necessary.
1. Some people walk to work because _________.

A．they don’t have any cars.	B．they live near their workplaces.
C．they live far away from their workplaces.	D．they are have lots of free time.

2. Some people go to work by bike because _________.

A．they are tired	B．they are busy
C．they have no time to walk	D．they live far away from their workplaces

3. Today more and more people go to work _______.

A．by car

B．by bus

C．by subway

D．by air

4. In the south of China, many people go to work ______.

A．by plane

B．on foot

C．by boat

D．by plane

【推荐2】

The Blog（博客）of Jack
November 8, 2020 I got first place in a basketball game this morning, so I am very happy now. I began to play basketball when I was eight years old. I play it with my friends from 15:00 to 17:00 on weekends. I really like the popular sport. What do you do when you have time? Tell me your answers!
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Gina, China	11:30 a.m. Congratulations（恭喜）! Of all my subjects, I like music best. I usually listen to music in my free time. Our school holds the Campus Art Festival every summer. I really enjoy joining it and seeing other performers show their talents! □Reply   ↖Share
Dave, Canada	1:10 p.m. I am happy to know that you got first place in the basketball-game. I like climbing mountains in my free time. Climbing mountains makes my life become different and I can always learn a lot from it. Last year I joined a rock climbing（攀岩运动）competition and won first prize. □Reply   ↖Share
Mary, Australia	5:00 p.m. I like watching TV when I am free. I like the quiz show（智力游戏节目）best. In fact, I'm better at science, history and geography than my classmates. When watching the quiz show, I can always learn something new. That helps me get good grades. □Reply   ↖Share

1. When may Gina join the Campus Art Festival?

A．In February.

B．In July.

C．In October.

D．In December.

2. What can we know from the passage?

A．The quiz show helps Mary with her study.

B．Jack plays basketball with his friends on weekdays.

C．Dave won the first prize in the mountain climbing competition.

D．Jack, Gina, Dave and Mary come from four different countries.

3. What are they mainly talking about?

A．Their weekends.	B．School subjects.
C．The sport of basketball.	D．Free time activities.

【推荐3】Three years ago, a story happened in Japan. At that time Mike and Ben were taking a holiday on the beach. The two good friends had a fight. Mike hit Ben on the face. Ben was hurt but he said nothing. He only wrote in the sand, “Today my best friend hit me on the face.”

After that, they took a taxi back to their hotel. After dinner, Ben started to read in bed. Mike went for a walk in the park near the hotel. Suddenly, an earthquake happened. The small hotel fell down and Ben was under the hotel. Mike saved him. After Ben was out of danger, he wrote on a stone, “Today my best friend saved my life.”

Mike asked him, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?” Ben answered, “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in the sand, and then the wind can blow it away. When someone helps us, we must carve (雕刻) it in the stone, then the wind can’t blow it away.”

根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
1. Mike and Ben once had a fight on the beach.
2. Mike went for a walk in the street when the earthquake happened.
3. Mike liked carving unhappy things in the stone.
4. At last, Mike and Ben became good friends again.
5. Ben agreed that we should always remember the kindness and let the unhappiness go.

【推荐1】World Sleep Day is on March 21st. It wants to tell us sleeping is important for our health. As students, we need to sleep well, because our bodies grow fast when we are sleeping. We can get our lessons better when we have a good sleep. Students about 13 years old need nine hours of sleep every night.

There is something you can do to have a good sleep.

★ Open your window a little to let fresh air in. Our bodies need much air when we are sleeping.
★ When we are in bed, we cannot cover our heads with quilts. If we do, we will not get much fresh air.
★ Go to bed and get up at the same time every day. Early to bed, early to rise.
★ Drink a glass of milk before sleeping.
★ Eating a big supper is not good for your sleep.
★ Don't put computers or TV in your bedroom. Say no to late-night television.
1. Word Sleep Day wants to tell us________.

A．our bodies grow most when we are sleeping

B．sleeping is very important

C．we can learn better when we have a good sleep

D．we feel good when we have a good sleep

2. Nick, a 13-year-old boy, usually needs________hours of sleep every night.

A．seven

B．eight

C．nine

D．ten

3. The writer tells us NOT to________.

A．open the window when sleeping	B．drink milk before sleeping
C．have supper	D．watch TV late at night

4. This passage mainly tells us________.

A．how to grow fast	B．how to sleep well
C．how to get lessons better	D．early to bed, early to rise

【推荐2】Lu Jialei , 14 , from Hangzhou Foreign Language School, won the Chinese Characters（汉字）Dictation Competition on Oct .18. About 160 students took part in it .The host read a word to each of them, saying its meaning and giving sentences .They had to write down the word within half a minute.

To prepare for the contest ,she and her teammates studied the Modern Chinese Dictionary for 10 days. Before that, she had well studied how Chinese words were made up of.

In the final, judges gave her the word“wanluan”and said it means “graceful and beautiful”. She had never heard of that word. But she made a good guess. Chinese characters meaning beautiful often have“女”in them, while many Chinese characters pronounced“luan”have “亦”. So she wrote down “婉娈”. She was right.

Winning the contest was a “surprise”to Lu. “I am not the smartest one,” she said. “But I did the best this time.”

“Her success came from her good reading habit,” said Su Yunsheng, Lu’s Chinese teacher. “When others are interested in the story, she looks at how the author uses words and sentences to tell it.”

1. What does Lu Jialei do ?

A．An actor .

B．A host .

C．A student .

D．A teacher .

2. Paragraph 3 tells us ________.

A．how Lu Jialei wrote the Chinese word	B．what Lu Jialei’s reading habit was
C．what Lu Jialei did before the contest	D．why Lu Jialei loved reading and writing

3. Lu Jialei succeeded because of her________.

A．hard work

B．good reading habit

C．good luck

D．teammates’ help

4. The underlined word “author”has the same meaning as “________”.

A．reader

B．actor

C．seller

D．writer

【推荐3】It's not just a phone.

China has taken the leading place in several scientific fields(领域). In February, 2019, Huawei introduced Mate X, the first 5G phone that can be folded in the world. It allows users to read e-books or watch movies on a larger screen. The Mate X supports 5G. It means you can get a movie from the Internet about 100 times faster than using 4G.

They are not just chopsticks.

Scientists at an American university have invented a pair of electronic(电的) chopsticks that can change the taste of food. When you put the chopsticks in your mouth, they can make you feel the taste becomes better, such as making sweet food taste sweeter or salty food less salty. Soon the scientists are going to try their technology on bottles, cups and spoons.

It's not just a sticker.

It's said that about 52% of the fruits of the earth go bad before reaching the buyers. Scientists from Malaysia thought of a simple way to solve the problem—tiny stickers that are made out of some natural materials. Put the stickers on fruits, and the fruits can keep fresh up to two weeks.

They are not just shoes.

Every step you take is helping cut down air pollution. This is not in science fiction. A team from Europe has invented such a pair of shoes. The shoes can take in dirty air and send out clean air. If you wear the shoes and walk one kilometer, the shoes can clean the air polluted by eight cars.

1. In the passage, the shoes invented by the team from Europe can ________.

A．send out dirty air	B．take in dirty air
C．wash our feet	D．make noise pollution

2. Which of the sentences is True according to the passage?

A．The first 5G phone that can be folded in the world is from Malaysia.

B．If you think your food is too salty, you can use the spoons mentioned in the passage.

C．The tiny stickers can keep fruits fresh up to 2 weeks.

D．If you wear the special shoes and walk two kilometers, the shoes can clean the air polluted by eighteen cars.

3. The passage is mainly about_________.

A．the changes of mobile phones

B．the importance of living a healthy life

C．the way to keep fruits fresh for a longer time

D．the development of science and technology