More and more people like bicycling and it is no surprise. It is fun, healthy and good for the environment. Maybe that’s why there are 1.4 billion bicycles and only 400 million cars on roads worldwide today. Bikes can take you almost anywhere, and there is no oil cost!
Get on a bicycle and ride around your neighbourhood. You may discover something new all around you. Stopping and getting off a bike is easier than stopping and getting out of your car. You can bike to work and benefit (受益) from the enjoyable exercise without polluting the environment. You don’t even have to ride all the way.
Folding (折叠) bikes work well for people who ride the train. Just fold the bike and take it with you. You can do the same on an airplane. A folding bike can be packed in a suitcase. You can also take a common bike with you when you fly. But be sure to look for information by getting on airline websites. Not all airlines are bicycle-friendly to travellers.
Health Benefits of Bicycling:
It helps to prevent heart diseases.
Bicycling helps to control your weight.
A 15-minute bike ride to and from work three times a week burns off five kilos of fat in a year.
Bicycling can improve your mood (心情).
Exercise like bicycling has been shown to make people feel better, more relaxed and self-confident.
Bicycling is healthier than driving.
1. From the passage, we know that bicycling is becoming very .
| A．surprising | B．exciting | C．expensive | D．popular |
| A．pollute the environment around | B．find something you didn’t notice |
| C．go everywhere and use a little oil | D．get off your bike and begin to work |
| A．get out of the car | B．take it onto a train |
| C．put it in your purse | D．go on airline websites |
| A．you can fold the bicycle | B．you will be friendly to others |
| C．you will be more relaxed | D．you may get fatter and fatter |
| A．Bicycling is enjoyable exercise for people. | B．Driving cars is healthier than riding bikes. |
| C．Riding a bike pollutes your neighborhood. | D．Common bikes are welcomed by all airlines. |
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【推荐1】“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” This is an old English saying. It means that we should go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning. If we do, we will be healthy. We will also be rich and clever.
Is this true? Perhaps it is. The body must have enough sleep. Children of your age need eight hours’ sleep every night. If you go to bed late, you can’t have enough sleep. Then you can’t think carefully and your homework will be wrong. You will not be wise and you may not become wealthy!
Some people go to bed late at night and get up late in the morning. This is not good for them. We should sleep at night when it is dark. The dark helps us sleep well. When the daylight comes, we should get up. This is the time for exercise. If the body is not used, it will become weak. Exercise keeps it strong.
Exercise helps the blood (血液) to move around inside the body. Blood takes nutrition (营养) to all parts of our bodies. The brains (大脑) in our heads also need blood. We think with our brains. If we keep our bodies healthy, and take exercise, we can think better!
Our bodies also need air to breathe. Without air we will die. Get up early in the morning and we can have plenty of clean, fresh air. That will keep us healthy and happy.
1. The old English saying tells us ________.| A．why to stay up late | B．when we should get up |
| C．how to make more money | D．it is important to go to bed and get up early |
| A．7 hours. | B．8 hours. | C．9 hours. | D．10 hours. |
| A．Exercise often. | B．Get up early. | C．Go to bed early. | D．Have enough sleep. |
| A．传播 | B．康复 | C．呼吸 | D．检查 |
| A．People will die without air. | B．The dark is good for sleeping. |
| C．Enough sleep makes you think carefully. | D．The more sleep you have, the cleverer you are. |
【推荐2】Today, people want to keep healthy through sports and exercise. But some of them have some wrong ideas about it.
“A plate of chicken is a good meal before games because it has much energy.”
In fact, the best meal before games should have carbohydrates (碳水化合物). Food like potatoes, bread and bananas is rich in it, but meat is not.
“The best time to exercise is early in the morning.”
Morning is a good time to exercise, but it may not be good for you. If afternoon or evening is OK for you, and you enjoy the feeling of getting healthier, you can choose anytime to exercise. So there is no fixed time for you to exercise.
“If you drink water when you exercise, you’ll feel tired.”
You must have some water during breaks when you exercise. And after exercising, you must have enough water. If you don’t drink enough water, then you may feel tired.
“Exercising every day is quite important.”
Wrong. Too much exercise is bad for our health. You need to give your body at least a day of rest.
1. Which is not a best meal before games?| A．Bread. | B．Bananas. | C．Chicken. | D．Potatoes. |
| A．重要的 | B．固定的 | C．困难的 | D．合适的 |
| A．Exercise every day. | B．Eat much meat before exercising. |
| C．Take exercise only in the morning. | D．Drink enough water after exercising. |
| A．Results of exercise. | B．Reasons for exercise. |
| C．Best time for exercise. | D．Wrong ideas about exercise. |
【推荐3】Is there a way to quickly recall（回忆） information just before taking an exam? Walking backward might be a good way. Scientists from the University of Roehampton in the UK said this activity can help people improve their short-term memory.
Scientists did an experiment. They asked 114 volunteers to watch a video. After watching the video, volunteers were divided into three groups and each group had the same number of people. The first group was told to walk 10 meters forward. The second group walked 10 meters backward. The third group stood in one place. All three groups were then asked 20 questions about what they saw in the video.
The scientists found that the backward-walking group got two more answers correct on average（平均）than the other two groups.
Aleksandar Aksentijevic, who led the study, told the Daily Mail, “You see things from a different angle（角度）. ” This difference helps people recall things that happened in the past.
And walking backward is not just good for our brains. It is also good for the rest of our body. Walking backward is more difficult than walking forward. This can help us improve our fitness, according to New Scientist. Walking backward uses more energy in a short time and burns more calories（卡路里）.
Besides, walking backward is less stressful（压力大的）for our knees. It could be helpful for people who often have pain in their knees（脊柱）strong, which can help to ease（缓解）pain in the lower back.
1. What does “this activity” in Paragraph 1 refer to? ________| A．Recalling information. | B．Taking an exam. | C．Walking backwards. | D．Improving memory. |
| A．introduce a useful way of walking | B．describe how researchers did their experiment |
| C．show who can answer more questions correctly | D．explain why walking backwards improves memory |
| A．36 | B．38 | C．57 | D．114 |
| A．It helps people burn more calories. | B．It helps people remember information. |
| C．It can ease pain in people’s knees and backs. | D．It allows people to see things in a new angle. |
| A．walking backwards can keep our spines strong. | B．walking backwards can help us improve our fitness. |
| C．walking backwards can help us improve the short-term memory. | D．walking backwards is good for our brains and the rest of our body. |
【推荐1】More and more people are using cars in many places in Africa today. However, things are different in Malawi (马拉维). Bikes are the most popular in this African country. Bike riding is a way of life in Malawi. People use them to carry heavy things. They also use bikes to carry people, especially tourists. These years, taking a “bicycle taxi” to travel around Malawi has become quite popular among tourists from all over the world.
If you go to Malawi, you will find a lot of bike taxis waiting on the sides of the roads. The riders make the bikes comfortable for passengers to sit on. You can jump on a bike taxi and get around at a very low cost.
Alice is a 21-year-old student from Canada. She enjoys the special bike riding a lot. “I really like the bike taxi,” she says. “It’s easy and cheap.” Alice usually pays just $1 for going shopping in town.
28-year-old Panjira Khombe began to ride a bike taxi two years ago. The young man enjoys this job. “I used to make boats for a living, but that’s a hard job. Being a bike taxi rider is easy for me and I don’t mind carrying heavy people.” he says.
1. Bikes are the most popular way for people to get somewhere in ________.| A．Africa | B．Asia | C．Malawi | D．Hawaii |
| A．always waiting on the sides of the roads |
| B．popular all over the world |
| C．safe and interesting |
| D．easy and cheap |
| A．traveling is comfortable | B．making boats is difficult |
| C．riding a bike taxi is cheap | D．carrying heavy people is enjoyable |
| A．Bike Riders | B．A Strange Country | C．Bike Taxis | D．A Cheap Journey |
【推荐2】Cars make our lives more convenient. But they can also be a problem. For example, fossil fuel cars mainly cause air pollution.
To improve the environment, many countries are developing electric vehicles(EVs，电动车). Among them, China is taking a leading role and has created the world’s largest EV market.
Last year, over 40 % of the 753,000 EVs sold in the world were sold in China, more than twice as many as the number sold in the United States.
“Filling up a fossil fuel car with gas(汽油) is more expensive than charging（充电）an electric car,” said Wu Hao, who bought an electric car this year.
However, there are still some problems. It can be hard to find charging piles（充电桩）and the cars can’t go far before needing to be recharged.
Some of these problems are being solved. In 2014, China had 31,000 charging piles. Now China has the world’s largest EV charging network, with more than 167,000 charging piles in total.
Developing EVs is one of many efforts that China has made to cut down pressure on its environment after the government promised to stop increases in carbon dioxide emissions（二氧化碳排放量）by 2030.
“As China goes, so will the world’s car industry,” the Wall Street Journal said. China has taken a leading role in the world’s electric vehicle industry.
1. What mainly causes air pollution according to the passage ?| A．Subways. | B．Sharing bikes. | C．Electric vehicles | D．Fossil fuel cars |
| A．150,600 | B．167,000 | C．301,200 | D．753,000 |
| A．It’s more expensive that filling up a fossil fuel car with gas. |
| B．It’s less expensive than filling up a fossil fuel car with gas. |
| C．It’s as expensive as filling up a fossil fuel car with gas. |
| D．It’s as cheap as filling up a fossil fuel car with gas. |
【推荐3】In Tianjin, China, a group of people are waiting at the bus stop. Soon, the special bus comes to the bus stop. It looks like a panda with black ears and black eyes. After getting on the bus, people only need to buy their tickets by scanning（扫描）their hands! About one minute later, the bus begins itself-driving mode. When the traffic lights turn red or when it reaches the bus stop, it stops automatically. There is also a robot on the bus. People can talk to it and ask it for help. If there is a bad person on the bus, the robot will call the police. “It’s very convenient,” says a woman taking the bus. “And kids love it.”
A company called Deep Blue Technology makes this kind of buses. They’re working in ten cities all over China. More cities in China will put this kind of buses into use this year. I think soon you can take the bus in your city.
Now smart buses are no longer buses in the future. Would you like to take a ride on the smart bus?
1. What does the bus look like?| A．A cat. | B．A duck. | C．A panda. | D．A bear. |
| A．快速地 | B．自动地 | C．突然地 | D．缓慢地 |
①Call the police. ②Talk to people. ③Play with kids. ④Drive the bus.
| A．①② | B．①④ | C．①③ | D．②④ |
| A．Buses in the future. | B．A modern city. | C．Deep Blue. | D．A new kind of bus. |
【推荐1】A young man is lying in hospital sadly. The 24-year-old man lost his right leg. The doctor said that his long history of smoking was the reason. “I first smoked when I was 14. It made me feel like a man and I thought it looked cool. Now I know I was wrong,” said the young man.
It is a mistake many young people make. According to the survey, 40 million of China's 130 million young people aged between 13 and 18 smoke. Fifteen million of them are addicted (上瘾的).The survey also found that about 68% of young smokers first smoked before the age of 13. Many young people see people smoke in the movies, but in real life, stars like Jackie Chan think smoking is a bad thing and not cool at all.
Doctors say that if a person starts smoking very young, he or she may live 22 years less than those who don't smoke.
1. What did the young man think of smoking when he first smoked?| A．It was wrong. | B．It was bad. | C．It was boring. | D．It was cool. |
| A．Smoking. | B．Getting ill. | C．Lying in hospital. | D．Stopping smoking. |
| A．15 | B．40 | C．68 | D．130 |
| A．Many stars think smoking is cool. |
| B．People who smoke can only live to be 22. |
| C．It's a big problem that many young people smoke. |
| D．Many young smokers first smoked before the age of 10. |
to know more about it.And they decided to send men to the Moon.They think it’s the best way to learn more about the moon.
But how do the astronauts (宇航员) get to the moon? The moon is about 384,000 kilometers away from the earth.They can’t take a plane to the Moon.But something can fly even when there is no air.That is a manned spacecraft(载人宇宙飞船).Several astronauts have been to the Moon in the manned spacecraft.
1. “it” in sentence (A) refers to (指得是) _____.
| A．the planets | B．the Moon |
| C．the sky | D．the star |
| A．over 384,000 kilometers | B．only 384,000 kilometers |
| C．about 384,000 kilometers | D．about 348,000 kilometers far |
| A．send men there | B．take photos of it |
| C．live on it | D．find another moon |
| A．plane | B．manned spacecraft |
| C．space station | D．air |
| A．The Moon |
| B．The exploration (探索) of the Moon |
| C．Men to the Moon |
| D．The manned spacecraft |
【推荐3】Read a lot, I mean a lot! You have to increase your ability for reading. Many students are in the habit of reading only when their exams are approaching while some others read only what they are taught or things that must be read because it is in their curriculum. But listen to me now, I am telling you from my own experience that it is a very bad habit and it is not enough to improve your intelligence.
You have to learn and get ready to become versatile in your reading. The fact that you are studying medicine in school does not mean that you should not know one or two things on politics.
Many people have complained to me that they find it hard to read stuffs like novels but I just shake my head in pity for them because it is obvious they have failed to realize the truth in that wise saying by Margaret Fuller that “today a READER, tomorrow a LEADER!”
When you read, you get to “see” so many places and it will be as if you have visited those places in real life. This is because reading will improve your imagination and creativity and understanding. You also get experience from learning about how people dealt with their various problems thereby saving you from going through the pains and difficulties they must have gone through!
Reading will also help you in improving your vocabulary because you will certainly start coming across so many new words which you will try as much as possible to get accustomed to with the help of the dictionary! The good thing about increasing your vocabulary is that it will also improve your thinking ability.
After all, we think in words and the more words you know, the easier it will become for you to express yourself or your thoughts. And when you read, make sure you read so wide because the more you read, the more you know and the more you know the more intelligent you can become.
1. According to the author, what should students do in terms of reading?| A．They needn’t read unless the exams come. |
| B．They should read books about intelligence. |
| C．They must read about politics when their major is medicine. |
| D．They should read as wide as possible. |
| A．interested | B．many-sided | C．content | D．confident |
| A．Enlarge our vocabulary | B．Improve our reading |
| C．Travel with money | D．Get experience from others |
| A．You will get used to referring to the dictionary when meeting with new words. |
| B．You will have less difficulty expressing your opinions. |
| C．Vocabulary will improve your creativity. |
| D．You can pass your exams with ease. |
| A．Increase your ability for reading | B．Read wide and improve your vocabulary |
| C．Reading improves your intelligence | D．Reading makes you a leader tomorrow |
【推荐1】The Spring Festival is a Chinese festival. There are different names for each year. We all call it the year of monkey, the year of sheep...and this year is the year of pig.
Before(在……之前)the day of the festival, people are busy shopping and cleaning. On the eve, there is a big family dinner. After dinner, all the family stay up late(守夜) to welcome the New Year. In the middle of the night, people have some dumplings and watch TV. On the first day of the New Year, people wear new clothes to visit their relatives(亲戚) and say “Happy New Year” to each other. Children can get red packets(红包) from their parents or grandparents.
根据短文内容，判断下列句子意思与原文是否相符，相符的写“T”，不相符的写“F”。
1. There are 12 different names for Chinese years.
2. Before the festival, people are not very busy.
3. They have some dumplings and watch TV in the middle of the night.
4. On the festival people usually wear old clothes and visit their relatives.
5. On Spring Festival, parents or grandparents usually prepare(准备) some money.
【推荐2】I am an apple. You can find me growing in many places in the world. I am like my cousins, pears and bananas. I am more round than a pear, and bananas are longer than me. I am delicious, so people all over the world like to eat me. I cost very little money and I help make people healthy. I play an important role in people's daily life. There is a saying in English: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Don't you think I am great?
1. According to the passage, bananas are usually__________than apples.| A．more round | B．shorter | C．smaller | D．longer |
| A．说话 | B．谚语 | C．言语 | D．语言 |
| A．the doctor goes away when he sees an apple |
| B．the doctor runs away when you give him an apple |
| C．you eat an apple every day and you can be healthy |
| D．eating an apple every day can help the doctor a lot |
| A．An apple's words | B．My cousins |
| C．Healthy is important | D．Apples are delicious |
【推荐3】Mrs. White had a young cat, and it was the cat's first winter. One evening, it went out when it began to snow heavily. Mrs. White looked everywhere and called its name, but she did not find it, so she called the police and said, "I lost a small brown cat. Did anybody find one?"
"No, Madam," said the policeman. "But the cats are really strong animals. They sometimes live for days in the snow, and when it melts（融化）or somebody finds them, they are all right." Mrs. White felt happier when she heard this. "And," she said. “our cat is very clever（聪明的）. She almost…….”
The policeman was getting tired. "Well, then" he said, “Why don't you put your telephone down? Maybe she is trying to telephone you now.”
1. Mrs. White's cat____________.| A．was at home | B．was very old | C．didn't know its name | D．was lost |
| A．on a winter evening | B．when the policeman was tired |
| C．when the snow melted | D．in the morning |
| A．one of Mrs. White's friends | B．one of the policewomen |
| C．Mrs. White's cat | D．the policeman's wife |
| A．he had to look for the cat | B．Mrs. White felt happier |
| C．it's hard for him to find it | D．Mrs. White talked too much to him on the phone |
