【推荐1】Claire thinks she’s too heavy. So she decides to have a healthy lifestyle. Here is her plan.

Exercise	Food
Run for 40 minutes every morning. Join a sports club and swim twice a week. Go to school on foot every day.	Have milk and an egg for breakfast every morning. Just have fruit for supper three times a week. Eat more vegetables and less meat for dinner. Never eat junk food. Drink eight cups of water every day.

1. Claire will ____ for 40 minutes every morning.

A．walk

B．run

C．eat

D．read

2. Claire will swim_____ in the club.

A．twice a week

B．once a week

C．twice a month

D．once a month

3. Claire goes to ____to school every day.

A．take a train

B．ride her bike

C．drive her car

D．walk

4. Which of the following is true(正确的) according to the list?

A．Have two eggs for breakfast every morning.

B．Eat junk food twice a week.

C．Have fruit for supper three times a week.

D．Drink eight cups of water every morning.

5. What’s the article about?

A．Claire’s plan for a healthy lifestyle.

B．Claire’s eating habit.

C．Food that is good for Claire’s health.

D．Exercise that is good for Claire.

【推荐2】阅读理解
Fangfang, a 15-year-old Chinese girl, likes eating snacks very much. She prefers cream biscuits, McDonald’s food, KFC, and Beijing roast duck. Sometimes she eats two packages of biscuits a day. As a result, she becomes overweight.
Today in China, there are many children like Fangfang. They like snacks. They don’t eat enough healthy foods like vegetables and fruit. It’s very bad for their health. Poor eating habits are a serious problem.
Health experts say that children should have healthy eating habits. First, they must eat regular meals and begin with a good breakfast. Second, they should have different kinds of foods, such as fruit, vegetables, grain, eggs, milk and meat and so on. Third, the children shouldn’t eat too many snacks and fried foods. They are delicious, but eating too much of them is unhealthy.
If children do as the experts say, they won’t become fat. They will be healthier. Students won’t become tired at school, and they will have enough energy to study well.
1. What does the underlined word “overweight” mean?

A．聪明的

B．懒惰的

C．超重的

D．痴呆的

2. Fangfang becomes overweight, because _____.

A．she is an American girl	B．she has a balanced diet
C．she likes eating snacks	D．she likes vegetables soup

3. What kind of food is good for your health?

A．Fast food.

B．Snacks.

C．Fried food.

D．Vegetables and fruit.

4. If students do as the experts say, they will ______.

A．become fatter and fatter	B．become more and more beautiful
C．have enough energy to study	D．be healthier and more tired

5. Which of the following is True?

A．Eating snacks is good for your health.

B．Fangfang doesn’t like Beijng roast duck.

C．Fangfang comes from America.

D．Students shouldn’t eat too much fried food.

【推荐3】When people think of healthy food for eyes, they think of carrots. Yes, carrots are good for eyes. But there is also much other healthy food for eyes. If you want to have healthy eyes, eat them.

Kale

Kale is a dark green vegetable. It looks like a cabbage. If you often eat kale, you will still have healthy eyes when you are old. And the vitamin A in it can help you see well in the dark.

Chicken

Chicken is great food for eyes. And you can cook it in many ways. You can cook chicken soup, gongbao chicken, chicken noodles and chicken salad. All of them are delicious.

Salmon

Salmon is a kind of fish. It has a lot of Omega-3s. If you often feel you have dry eyes, Omega-3s in salmon can help you. You don’t need to eat each time. A little will be OK.

1. The passage is talking about ______.

A．healthy food for eyes

B．delicious and healthy food

C．how to cook chicken

2. Kale is a kind of ______.

A．cabbage

B．fruit

C．vegetable

3. The underlined word “them” refers to (指) ______.

A．food with chicken

B．chicken soup

C．chicken noodles

4. Mark has dry eyes. He can eat some ______.

A．carrots

B．kale

C．salmon

5. We can learn from the passage that ______.

A．we all have bad eyes when we are old

B．vitamin A helps us see well in the dark

C．there are a lot of Omega-3s in chicken

【推荐2】Chinese dishes highlight (增色) Beijing Winter Olympics. Many foreign Winter Olympics players have gone crazy about Chinese food.

Julia Marino has tried lots of different foods in Beijing. But when she was asked in an interview what her favorite meal was at the Olympic Village, Marino answered quickly, “My favorite food is jiaozi. I’ve probably had about 200 jiaozi since I came here.”

Snowboarder Jenise Spiteri, from Malta, is another big fan of Chinese food, especially red bean buns. “They are my favorite food that I have in the Olympic Village,” said Spiteri. “I started eating them on the first day and then for breakfast, lunch and dinner.” She has become the “red bean bun girl” in China.

Jutta Leerdam, a23-year-old speed skating player, from the Netherlands, posted her favorite spicy hotchpotch (麻辣烫) on the Internet. “This is the famous Chinese snack spicy hotchpotch. It is healthier than burgers and fries.”

German figure skater Nicole Schott said one of her favorite foods in the Olympic Village was rice. “It is different from all of our European rice,” she said. “That’s actually what I eat every single day although I have brought foods from home.”

根据材料内容，选择最佳答案。
1. What’s Julia Marino’s favorite food? ________

A．Jiaozi.	B．Red bean buns.
C．The spicy hotchpotch.	D．Rice.

2. Who is called the “red bean bun girl” in China? ________

A．Julia Marino.	B．Jutta Leerdam.
C．Jenise Spiteri.	D．Nicole Schott.

3. What do the four players have in common? ________

A．They are all at the same age.

B．They all take part in the same event (比赛项目).

C．They all come from the same country.

D．They are all crazy about Chinese food in the Olympic Village.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? ________

A．Jutta Leerdam who is 23 years old comes from Malta.

B．Chinese dishes are popular at Beijing Winter Olympics.

C．Nicole Schott thinks rice in China is the same as European rice.

D．Jenise Spiteri shows her love to spicy hotchpotch on the Internet.

5. Where can we read this text probably? ________

A．In a novel.

B．In a science book.

C．In a history magazine.

D．In a food culture newspaper.

【推荐3】

Festivals
Symbol
Name	Chinese New Year	Thanksgiving Day	Boy’s Day	Halloween	Christmas Day
Date	January or February	The fourth Thursday in November	May 5th	October 31st	December 25th
Country	China	The USA	Japan	The USA	Western countries

1. Thanksgiving Day often comes on ________.

A．the second Thursday in October	B．the third Thursday in December
C．the fourth Thursday in November	D．the first Thursday in August

2. Of all the festivals below, ______ comes last in a year.

A．Christmas Day

B．Boy’s Day

C．Halloween

D．Chinese New Year

3. The symbol of Chinese New Year is ______.

A．turkey

B．carp banners （锦鲤旗）

C．pumpkins

D．dumplings

4. There are ______ festivals in the USA in the form.

A．2

B．3

C．4

D．5

5. From the form we know that Boy’s Day is celebrated in ______.

A．China

B．the USA

C．Japan

D．Canada

【推荐1】One Sunday morning in June my mother walked into my room. "Surprise!" she said, proudly holding up a yellow dress with black and white stripes. "I made it just for you. What do you think?"

I bit my tongue. How could I tell Mum it was the ugliest dress I had ever seen?

"It's perfect for church," my mother continued delightedly. "I wish someone had made a dress like this for me."

Too bad you can't wear it, I thought. But I knew Mum had spent a lot of time on the dress. Only the world's most ungrateful daughter would refuse. Unwillingly I put it on.

All through church I prayed, "Lord, let me get out of here without anyone seeing me." Especially Dennis Pearce, the boy I had a crush on. He was one of the cutest boys at Neptune High School. Although we were in some of the same classes, Dennis had never taken any notice of me. Every time I got near him, I became tongue﹣tied.

At the end of the service I hurried to the door. But I had to wait on the steps while my parents chatted with their friends. Just a little while longer… Then out of the corner of my eye I saw the Pearce approaching. Before I could escape, Dennis was right beside me.

I started talking a mile a minute, hoping if I kept it up he wouldn't notice my awful dress.

"I'm going to college in September," I said.

"That's great," Dennis replied, "I got accepted to police academy."

"Wow!" I said. Somehow I kept the conversation going. Soon we were walking to the parking lot together. The next thing I knew Dennis had asked me out on a date!

We fell in love through college, and finally got married. Months after our wedding I asked Dennis if he remembered the day he had first asked me out.

"You bet I do," he said. "You were always quiet in school, almost coldhearted. I didn't think you'd be much fun. But you were so lively when we talked on the church steps, I wanted to get to know you better." Maybe that zebra﹣striped yellow dress wasn't what I would have chosen, but that day it was the perfect dress for me.

1. What did the writer think of the dress?

A．It had special colors.	B．It looked really awful.
C．Its style was boring.	D．It was right for church. .

2. How did the writer probably feel when she was at church?

A．Proud.

B．Angry.

C．Nervous.

D．Happy.

3. The writer kept up the conversation with Dennis in order to ________.

A．catch his parents' attention	B．ask him out on a date
C．stop him noticing her dress	D．get to know him better.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．A perfect dress.	B．An excellent mother.
C．A creative date.	D．An unforgettable service.

【推荐2】People who have been to colleges may have written graduation papers or other kinds of papers during their four-year college life. It isn’t an easy thing for many college students, even teachers. However, a new study suggests that many of today’s college students have never experienced the challenge of writing very long papers. This may not be good news. Higher education can test a person’s academic（学业的） abilities in many ways. Most study programs require research, class discussions, and group projects. But that used to be one of the most important parts of higher education for years in the US. For example, if you asked almost any professor or student, they would likely tell you that writing was one of the skills most often examined at colleges and universities. College students should master（掌握） this skill, as it may be helpful for their work in the future.

The study includes data（数据） collected from 1,140 students at four-year colleges and universities in the US. The students were asked about the kinds of long-form writing they had done and the amount of writing training they had received. Nearly one third of them had never been required to write a paper or over.

James Moses is the president of Primary Research Group. He says ten pages or over might seem like an unnecessarily large amount of writing, especially for students in fields like Maths or science. In fact, he argues, many students avoid longer papers by choosing subjects in which they are less likely to be required.

Moses says students are likely to be attracted to those fields because many of today’s highest paying jobs are at big technology companies. But he says that many students fail to understand that there is still a great need for skilled writers in the job market. And long-form writing tasks do more than measuring how much a person can write about any given thing. They are helpful to students in many ways.

Dan Melzer, a writing teacher in University of California, agrees. He says long-form writing tasks can teach useful skills even in fields that may not seem to have to do with writing.

1. What does the new study mainly show?

A．Higher education can test many students’ abilities.

B．Long writing tasks are easier for college students.

C．Higher education pays too much attention to long papers.

D．Long writing tasks are less common at American colleges.

2. What does the underlined word “that” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A．Writing long papers.

B．Completing group projects.

C．Testing students’ academic abilities.

D．Doing research for students’ programs.

3. According to Moses, how do many students avoid longer papers?

A．By writing several short ones to replace them.

B．By looking for jobs at big technology companies.

C．By choosing subjects not requiring them strictly.

D．By going to some universities of science and technology.

4. What’s Mose’s opinion on long-form writing tasks?

A．They are necessary for skilled writers.

B．They are still useful for college students.

C．They are not attractive in the technology field.

D．They are not helpful in Maths and science fields.

5. What would the text most probably talk about next?

A．Why long writing tasks are difficult.

B．How students can improve their writing skills.

C．How long writing tasks can test a student’s abilities.

D．Why long writing tasks are useful in certain fields.

【推荐3】     

A poor boy lived in a small town. He sold goods from door to door to pay for school. One day, he had only one cent left, and he was hungry. He decided that he would ask for a meal at the next house. However, when a young woman opened the door, the boy was shy, so he just asked for some water. The woman knew he was hungry, so she brought him a large glass of milk. He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much should I pay for it?” “You won't pay for it. My mother has told me that it is good to help the people who are in trouble.” She replied. The boy said, “Then I thank you from my heart.” As the boy left that house, he felt stronger. He knew he had many things to do.

Many years later, the young woman became ill. The local doctors couldn't save her. People had to send her to a big city. When the doctor knew who the woman was, he was excited and tried his best to save her life. He succeeded. The woman needed to pay for the medical bill. The doctor learned that she couldn't afford it. So he wrote something down on the medical bill. The woman read the bill, “You have paid it with a glass of milk.”

1. Why was the young woman sent to a hospital in a big city? _________.

A．Because she was seriously ill

B．Because she had lots of money

C．Because she wanted to visit the doctor

D．Because she knew the poor boy worked there

2. From the passage we can know the doctor (the poor boy) ________.

A．let the young woman pay for the bill

B．was always thankful for the young woman's kindness

C．didn't remember the young woman

D．failed to save the young woman's life

3. Which is the following sentences is true?

A．The young woman had a bad mother.

B．The poor boy asked for some money.

C．The young woman and her mother were both kind to others.

D．The poor boy became a famous engineer when he grew up.

4. What's the best title (标题) for the article?

A．A kind Mother	B．A Lovely Young Woman
C．A Poor Boy	D．A Glass of Milk