【推荐1】As we all know, the 19th Asian Games closed on Oct 8. Over the 16-day Games, around 12,000 athletes from 45 countries and areas shared unforgettable times in Hangzhou. It is the third time that China has hosted an Asian event, following Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010.

The Hangzhou Asian Games had 40 sports, 61 disciplines and 481 events. At the top of the medal record, China got 201 golds, 111 silvers and 71 bronzes. In the closing ceremony, the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Stadium turned into a great garden with flowers made with AR visual (视觉) effects. The digital torchbearer (火炬手) was last seen in the opening ceremony, where it lit the cauldron (主火炬). And now it also returned to say goodbye. OCA acting president Raja Randhir Singh said that Hangzhou was “the perfect host that the OCA will never forget”. 

“We have achieved the most successful Asian Games in history,” said Chen Weiqiang from the organizing committee. Chen said the Hangzhou Asian Games brought together Hangzhou’s history, innovation (创新) and life. It is an important chance for the city to “take off”.

1. How many cities in China have hosted an Asian event according to the passage?

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

2. Which of the following CAN’T be used to describe the 19th Asian Games?

A．successful

B．creative

C．perfect

D．natural

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The 19th Asian Games started on Sep 25th.

B．China got 201 medals in total.

C．The Asian Games will make Hangzhou more popular.

D．The digital touchbearer was last seen the closing ceremony.

【推荐3】Have you ever tried swimming in winter? Swimming in the water with a low temperature may sound quite insane, so lots of people are afraid to challenge themselves by doing it. But 400 swimmers from 33 countries enjoyed it a lot in the 3rd International Ice Swimming Championships（第三届国际冰泳锦标赛）.

It was held in Murmansk, Russia from March 14, 2019 to March 17, 2019. It was organized by the International Ice Swimming Association（国际冰泳协会）. In the end, there were only 52 swimmers left to fight for the eight fastest men and eight fastest women. The competitions were only open to the ice swimmers with much experience.

Unlike common swimming competitions, swimmers need to go into the water slowly so that they can stand low temperature well. After finishing their race, swimmers should quickly go to a recovery（恢复）center. Experts help them warm up by putting their legs in cool water and covering their bodies with warm towels（毛巾）.

Nowadays, few people really take part in ice swimming. More people like watching it. If you are wondering why those brave swimmers try to practice so hard and keep challenging themselves in ice swimming, for Jade Perry, the British women's record holder for the fastest 1 km ice swim, has the answer.

"It's about the pleasure which has to do with the sport. You will really feel fantastic when you get into the water — you’re just free. You're not worrying about work, your house, or anything like that. You're in the water, and you're just thinking about swimming. After you become brave enough to forget the bad feeling at first, it’s actually just wonderful.”

1. What do we know about the 3rd International Ice Swimming Championships in 2019?

A．It attracted 33 swimmers from about 400 countries.

B．It lasted for a whole week in Russia.

C．Not every swimming lover could take part in it.

2. The underlined word "insane" in the first paragraph means_______.

A．unbelievable

B．crazy

C．strange

3. What is the main reason why Jade Perry likes ice swimming so much?

A．Because she really loves to get back to nature through ice swimming.

B．Because it really makes her forget about troubles in her life.

C．Because it can make her braver and healthier.

4. Which rule should the ice swimmer follow according to the passage?

A．Jump into the water quickly to forget the low temperature.

B．Take a hot shower to keep warm after ice swimming.

C．Remember not to keep legs in hot water after ice swimming.

5. The writer writes this passage to _______ .

A．advise people to be brave to meet the challenge

B．encourage more people to take part in ice swimming

C．help people learn more about ice swimming

【推荐1】Jeans have become one piece of clothing worn by the most people in the world. Everybody wears them, from the farmer to the lawyer and from models to housewives. But why have jeans become so popular? You’ll get many answers. For some people they look cool, for others jeans are just comfortable.
Jeans were first stronger trousers made for farm workers in the states of the American west. In the eastern part of the US, jeans were hardly worn at all. They were connected with farm people and the workers. So the rich wouldn’t like to wear them.
It was James Dean and Marlon Brando that made them popular in movies and everyone started to wear them. They were a symbol of the rebellion of young people during the 1950s and 1960s. So these new trousers were not allowed in American schools and sometimes in theaters and cinemas. As time went on, jeans became more acceptable. American people in Europe and Japan often wore them when they were not on duty to show that they were Americans. The trousers showed the world a happier way of life, something that people needed, especially after what they had gone through in World War II.
Jeans had other advantages as well. They didn’t need to be washed as often as other trousers and women didn’t need to iron them. This became more important as more and more women started working and had less time for housework.
Today jeans are an important part of our lives. They are always washed a few times before they are sold to give them a faded look.
1. Jeans first appeared _________.

A．in eastern America	B．in western America
C．in Middle America	D．all over America

2. From the passage, we can know that James Dean and Marlon Brando were ________.

A．famous stars

B．Jeans makers

C．young students

D．farmers or workers

3. What is the possible meaning of the underlined “rebellion” in this passage?

A．奢侈.

B．活力.

C．清纯.

D．叛逆.

4. Which of the following was a possible advantage of jeans to housewives?

A．They could easily be bought anywhere in the world.

B．They didn’t need to be washed often or ironed.

C．They had many different styles and colors.

D．They were comfortable and in style.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Jeans --- Symbol of Wealth

B．Jeans --- Working Women’s Best Choice

C．Jeans --- Popular Piece of Clothing in Our Life

D．Jeans --- Part of the Lives of Farmers and Workers

【推荐2】Snow fell on the mountain. It snowed and snowed. The snow did not melt(融化). It became deep and heavy. The snow on the bottom pressed together., it became ice.
The ice was very wide and thick. It began to move down the mountain. It was like a river of ice. It was a glacier(冰河).
Sometimes the glacier moved only a few inches(英寸) each day. As it moved, it took rocks and dirt with it. It changed the land. In some places, it left hills. In some places, when the glacier melted, it made rivers and lakes.
A million years ago, there were many big glaciers. Glaciers covered many parts of the world. The glaciers changed the land.
Glaciers are still at work today. A glacier in the north of Canada is cutting a new path down the side of a mountain. This glacier will change the land, too.
1. The snow that fell on the mountain _______ before glaciers were formed.

A．became river

B．melted

C．became ice

D．turned to rain

2. Which of the following does this story lead you to believe?

A．There are not as many glaciers as there used to be.

B．Glaciers do not change the land as they move over it.

C．Glaciers are found only in warm places.

D．The earth is getting warmer and this leads to the melting of glaciers.

3. The main idea of the whole story is that __________.

A．snow is heavy	B．the high land never changes
C．glaciers changed the land	D．snow became ice to form a glacier

【推荐3】In 1826, a Frenchman named Niepce needed pictures for his business. But he was not a good artist. So he invented a very simple camera. He put it in a window of his house and took a picture of his yard. That was the first photograph.

The next important date in the history of photography was 1837. That year, Daguerre, another Frenchman, took a picture of his studio. He used a new kind of camera and a different process. In his pictures, you could see everything very clearly, even the smallest details. This kind of photograph was called a daguerreotype.

Soon, other people began to use Daguerre's process. Travelers brought back daguerreotypes from all around the world. People photographed famous buildings, cities and mountains.

In about 1840, the process was improved. Then photographers could take pictures of people and moving things. The process was not simple. The photographer had to carry a lot of films and other machines. But this did not stop the photographers, especially in the United States. After the 1840s, daguerreotype artists were popular in most cities.

Mathew Brady was a well-known American photographer. He took many pictures of famous people. The pictures were unusual because they were very life-like and full of personality.

Brady was also the first person to take pictures of war. His 1862Civil War pictures showed dead soldiers and ruined cities. They made the war seem more real and more terrible.

In the 1880s, new inventions began to change photography. Photographers could buy films readymade in rolls. So they did not have to make the film themselves. Also, they did not have to process the film immediately. They could bring it back to their studios and develop it later meaning that they did not have to carry lots of equipment. And finally, the invention of the small handheld camera made photography less expensive.

With the small camera, anyone could be a photographer. People began to use cameras just for fun. They took pictures of their families, friends and favorite places. They called these pictures" snapshot".

Photographs became very popular in newspapers in the 1890s. Soon magazines and books also used documentary photographs. These pictures showed true events and people. They were much more real than drawing.

Photography also turned into a form of art by the end of the 20th century. Some photographs were not just copies of the real world. They showed ideas and feelings, like other art forms.

1. If a photographer wanted to take pictures of moving things in the year of 1840, he had to ________.

A．watch lots of films	B．buy an expensive camera
C．stop in most cities	D．take many films and something else with him

2. The passage is mainly about ________.

A．the invention of cameras	B．how to develop films
C．the development of photography	D．the important dates in the history of photography

3. The first pictures of a war were taken by ________.

A．a French photographer in the 1840s	B．an American photographer in the 1860s
C．a German reporter in the 1880s	D．a French artist in the 1890s

4. Photography can also be an art form because artists can ________.

A．take anything they like	B．keep a record of real life
C．take photos of the famous	D．show ideas and feeling in pictures

5. According to the passage, which of the followings shows the correct order?
a. Photographs became popular in newspapers.
b. Photographers carried processing equipment while taking pictures.
c. The invention of small handheld cameras made photography easier.
d. Daguerre invented a kind of photograph called daguerreotype.
e. Brady took pictures of famous people.

A．e, a, d, b, c

B．d, b, e, c, a

C．b, e, c, a, d

D．d, c, e, a, b.

【推荐1】I live in a new town with my family. There are lots of tall buildings in the town. The streets are busy and the traffic is heavy， but the pollution is not very serious .
In our town， more than half of the buildings have fifteen to thirty floors. Most of the people live in such tall buildings， but they don’t have to climb the stairs. They use lifts to go up and down.
Many restaurants， supermarkets， cinemas and theatres are in very tall buildings. They are big， bright and modern. So people enjoy eating， shopping， seeing films and watching plays in them.
The streets in our town are wide， but because there are too many cars， they are still very busy. Sometimes when you come to the street crossing， you have to wait for the green lights for a long time. The people in our town never put rubbish everywhere or put dirty water into the river， so you cannot see much pollution in our town. I hope you’ll come to visit our town if you like.
1. The streets in the writer’s town are very busy because ________.

A．there are too many cars

B．they are too wide

C．many people walk on them

D．the cars don’t go fast

2. The underlined word ‘rubbish’ means ________ in Chinese.

A．塑料

B．玻璃

C．垃圾

D．毒物

3. Which of the following is not about restaurants， supermarkets， cinemas and theatres?

A．Modern.

B．Noisy.

C．Bright.

D．large

4. The writer feels ________ when he talks about his hometown.

A．sorry

B．bored

C．tired

D．happy

【推荐3】I got into the teaching job by chance. When I was in 9th grade, my math teacher asked me to take a class for a few students who were having difficulties. And believe me, I really enjoyed teaching that class and I never knew teaching would be so interesting. I loved my “students”, and was happy to answer the creative questions they asked.

After my graduation, I worked as a software（软件）developer for a few years. But I realized that no job could provide me with the satisfaction that I experienced while teaching.

I feel nervous on my first day of teaching. But now I can say that giving lessons was one of the best experiences of my life: I was a Computer Science major（专业）, but I tried to help my students with subjects that were not within my field. Every morning I would feel energetic and excited thinking about the class and the bright faces that would be there to greet me, “Good morning, Madam.”

To me, each day was a new beginning, with new feelings and new experiences. I loved to open their young minds and read their curious（好奇的）faces while they tried to deal with difficult topics. It was very wonderful to motivate（激励）them to take part in the class, think critically（批判地）, question and also respect others’ views.

Although the students didn’t always feel like it was easy, it was very exciting to prove to them that they could really learn anything. That is why I loved to teach.

1. The writer’s very first “students” were her________ .

A．teachers

B．classmates

C．parents

2. Why did the writer give up her job as a software developer?

A．Because she needed better pay.

B．Because she missed her old school.

C．Because she couldn’t feel satisfaction of working.

3. ________ might be the advantage for the writer to work as a good teacher.

A．Her Computer Science major

B．Her love for children and education

C．Her experience as a software developer

4. What can we infer（推断）from the passage?

A．The writer’s classes were hard to understand.

B．Some of the students showed no interest in difficult points.

C．Every student was cared, understood and respected in the writer’s classes.

5. What can be the best title of the passage?

A．Enjoy teaching, feel satisfaction

B．An unforgettable learning experience

C．How to build a good relationship with students

【推荐1】Would you like to live in a city where buildings turn the lights off for you, and self-driving cars will find the nearest parking space themselves? Although it might sound a little far from you, living in a "smart" city like this could happen sooner than you think.

Great changes have taken place in towns that we have lived in for centuries, while completely new cities are being built. One such place is the city of Songdo. Every home there will have a "telepresence" system (远程遥控系统) —allowing users to control the heating and looks, take part in video meetings, and receive education, healthcare and government services. Around the city, escalators (自动扶梯) will only move when someone is on them, and offices and schools will all be connected (连接) to the system.

The great mind behind Songdo is from the company(公司) Cisco. In fact, technology companies around the world such as IBM, Siemens and Microsoft are already in the business.

About 75% of the world's population will live in cities by 2050, so cities will need to be more modern to solve the coming problems. "Making cities smarter is one way out, and I think this will in turn make cities greener,” said Dan Hill, head of a research company.

1. According to the passage, living in a "smart" city ________.

A．is not a greenway

B．will be far from you

C．will soon become true

D．is completely impossible

2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．A city of the future.

B．A meeting in Songdo.

C．A plan to build a house.

D．A report on public health.

3. Dan Hill thinks that making cities smarter is one way to ________.

A．drive people out of cities	B．control the world's population
C．develop his own company	D．solve the cities' coming problems

4. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A．Future Education.

B．Famous Companies.

C．Government Services.

D．Smart Cities.

【推荐2】He was an old man who fished alone in a small boat on the sea and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish, the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was now salao, which is the worst form of unlucky, and the boy had gone with another boat which caught three good fish the first week. It made the boys ad to see the old man come in each day with his boat empty and he always went down to help him carry the fishing tools. The sail looked like the flag of failure forever.

The old man was thin with deep wrinkles (皱纹) in the back of his neck. His body was terribly brown because of the strong sunlight on the sea every day and his hands had the deep scars (伤疤) from dealing with heavy fish on the lines. But none of these scars were fresh. Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful.

“Santiago,” the boy said to him as they climbed the bank from the sea. “I could go with you again. We’ve made some money.”

The old man had taught the boy to fish and the boy loved him.

“No,” the old man said. “You’re with a lucky boat. Stay with them.”

“But remember how you went eighty-seven days without fish and then we caught big ones every day for three weeks.”

“I remember,” the old man said. “I know you did not leave me because you doubted.”

“It was papa who made me leave. I am a boy and I must follow him.”

“I know,” the old man said. “It is quite normal.”

“He hasn’t much faith (信心).”

“No,” the old man said. “But we have. Haven’t we?”

Yes, the boy said. “Can I offer you a beer on the Terrace?

“Why not?” the old man said. “Between fishermen.”

判断正（A）误（B）
1. The old man fished on the sea without taking a fish for 84 days.
2. The boy’s parents thought the old man had bad luck.
3. From the story, we could sense that old man still believed he was able to catch fish.
4. The boy left the old man because he doubted.
5. The old man was the boy’s grandfather.

【推荐3】

Key West Songwriters Festival 2019 Key West, Florida 5/8/2019-5/12/2019 Florida Georgia Line, Lanco, Randy Houser, Riley Green, $35 for adults, $18 for kids(under18)	Country music festivals are the hottest trend in music for 2019. Be prepared! Need to Know: Local campgrounds will fill up fast. Make sure you book camping or hotels in advance. Bring and wear sunscreen. Don’t forget to bring extra water. Spend your last $20 on gas, not beer. The line going to a festival can take hours. Almost every festival has a no-glass rule. This started in the late 90s. So bring your beer in cans.
Tree Town Music Festival 2019 Forest City, Iowa 5/23/2019-5/26/2019 Toby Keith, Jake Owen, Dierks Bentley, Lauren Alaina, $40 per person (walk in), $30 for early birds
Kick'n Up Country 2019 Music Festival Karlstad, Minnesota 6/12/2019-6/15/2019 Tracy Byrd, Dylan Scott, Scotty McCreery, Chris Kroeze, $30 for adults (walk in), $20 for early birds
Country Thunder Craven 2019 Music Festival Craven, Saskatchewan 7/11/2019-7/14/2019 Chris Stapleton, Tim McGraw, Jake Owen, Dallas Smith, $35 for all
Make sure you are prepared for bad weather. Don’t set up your camp on a low spot even when you show up on a sunny day. Also bring some extra socks and warm clothes. Nights are cold in the summer when it rains.

根据材料内容选出最佳答案。
1. If you bought three tickets for the Tree Town Music Festival ahead of time, how much would you pay for?

A．$30

B．$60

C．$90

D．$120

2. If you were a fan of Chris Kroeze, which festival would you go to?

A．Kick' n Up Country	B．Tree Town Music Festival
C．Key West Songwriters Festival	D．Country Thunder Craven

3. When will Country Thunder Craven take place?

A．May 8 to May 12.	B．May 23 to May 26.
C．June 12 to June 15.	D．July 11 to July 14.

4. Why shouldn’t the people spend the last $20 on beer?

A．The gas is expensive and hard to find.

B．Drinking too much beer is bad for health.

C．Waiting in the car line may run out of gas.

D．There is no gas station on the way to the Music Festival.

5. Which of the following is a tip given in the text?

A．Don’t drink beer at music festivals.

B．Do not bring glass bottles with you.

C．Bring a strong umbrella in case of heavy rain.

D．Set up your tent on a high spot except on a sunny day.