【推荐1】配对阅读。上方是五个人的信息，从下方中为他们选择最适合的书籍。

1     Linda is an English girl. She can’t speak Chinese. She is interested in history.     2     Paul is a middle school student. He likes playing soccer best.     3     Lin Wei is from Guangzhou. She is a middle school student She likes English very much.     4     Bob likes delicious food. But he think seating outside is too expensive. He wants to make food at home by himself.     5     Nancy is a 12-year-old girl. She always finds math a little difficult.

A. Learn English with Me Page: 120            Price: 15 yuan Do you want to learn English fast and well? Then take this book. B. Olympic Math Book Page: 100          Price: 20 yuan If you are good at math and you want to do some difficult math problems, please choose this book. C. Easy Math Page: 100        Price: 10 yuan After reading this book, you can find math is not difficult or boring. It is very interesting. D. Let’s Play Soccer Together Page: 120        Price: 12 yuan Do you like playing soccer? Do you want to be a great soccer player? If your answer is yes, take this book. E. History Stories Page: 150          Price: 15 yuan The book has a lot of interesting English history stories and pictures. You can understand them easily. F. Chinese History Book Page: 160          Price: 20 yuan The book is for the Chinese middle school students of Grade Two. It can help you learn Chinese history from Song Dynasty(朝代) to Qing Dynasty. G. Cook Yummy Food at Home Page: 80            Price: 10 yuan Do you think eating outside is too expensive? With our book’s help, you can enjoy nice food at home.

【推荐2】Reading is a good habit, but the problem is, there’s too much to read these days, and too little time to read every word of it. There are hundreds of skills to help you read more in less time. Here are two skills that I think are especially good.

Preview if it’s long and hard. Previewing is especially useful for getting a general idea of heavy reading like long magazine articles and business reports.

Here’s how to preview.

●Read the first two paragraphs and the last two paragraphs carefully.

●Then read only the first sentence of the other paragraphs.

Previewing doesn’t give you all the details (细节). It keeps you from spending time on things you don’t really want or need to read.

Skim (略读) if it’s short and simple. Skimming is a good way to get the main idea of simple articles, like popular magazines or your daily paper of sports and entertainment.

Here’s how to skim.

●Get your eyes to move fast. Skim them across each line.

●Pick up only a few key words in each line.

Everybody skims differently. You and I may not pick up the same words when we skim the same piece, but we’ll get a similar idea of what it’s all about.

1. How many skills does the writer introduce to help us in reading?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

2. What should you do if you read a long article according to the writer?

A．Read every word of it.	B．Read all the details.
C．Pick up a few key words.	D．Preview the article.

3. If you read a simple article, which way is better to get the main idea?

A．Previewing.	B．Skimming.
C．Repeating.	D．Retelling.

【推荐3】Many teenagers love mysteries. Are you one of them? Here are some top-selling mystery books for teenagers. There must be one you like!

Run Away From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Mr. Lemoncello is a famous inventor in town. Twelve kids are invited to visit his new library. This, however, is not a good place to spend the night ! The kids must work together to solve the clues（线索）and run away! Buy now! ¥38. 60（hardcover精装本）¥34. 70 (e-book)

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler Claudia and her brother Jamie run away from their home to live in their capital. They become interested in the mystery of a painting. It has been a new addition（增加物）to the museum. What will they do? Buy now! ¥48. 70（hardcover）¥34. 60 (e-book)

The London Eye Mystery Salim suddenly disappears. No one knows where he has gone. His cousins, Ted and Kate, have to follow clues around London in order to find him. Can they make it? Buy now! ¥74. 70（hardcover）¥56. 60 (e-book)

The Name of This Book Is Secret Readers will love following Max-Ernest and Cass. They will solve the mystery of a missing magician! Buy now! ¥43. 40（hardcover）¥33. 30 (e-book)

1. Who may be interested in the article?

A．Linda, who likes swimming.	B．Jenny, who likes mystery books.
C．Bill, who is interested in singing.	D．John, who is interested in sports.

2. What does Mr. Lemoncello do?

A．An inventor.

B．A reader.

C．A magician.

D．A doctor.

3. Why do Ted and Kate have to follow clues around London?

A．Because they must work together to run away.	B．Because they want to know the mystery of a painting.
C．Because they want to find Salim.	D．Because they want to solve the mystery of a missing magician.

4. Tom is always interested in stories that happen in museums. Which mystery book would you suggest he should buy?

A．The London Eye Mystery.	B．The Name of This Book Is Secret.
C．Run Away From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library.	D．From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs Basil E. Frankweiler.

5. How much do two e-books, The Name of This Book Is Secret and Run Away From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library cost?

A．¥33. 30.

B．¥38. 60.

C．¥68.

D．¥82.

【推荐1】Choose the best answer（根据以下内容,选择最恰当的答案）

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1. If you are free on the evening of May 5th．you can attend　　．

A．Test like a Champion	B．Be Confident!
C．Get Organized Now	D．Good-bye 10 Procrastination

2. You often gee into arguments with people around you．"　　"might be useful．

A．Good-bye to Procrastination

B．Be Confident!

C．Calm Down!

D．Test like a Champion

3. Kale Yang,the professor you like best,will give a lecture at the learning arrive　　．

A．at 13：00﹣4：00 p．m．May 4th

B．at 8：00 p．m．May 5th

C．at 8：00 a．m．May 4th

D．at 7：00 p．m．May 5th

4. The underlined word procrastination in the passage means　　．

A．拖延

B．浪费

C．懒惰

D．麻烦

5. Which of the following subtitles can be filled in the blank in the passage？　　

A．Stop Worrying

B．Make It Happen

C．Don't Waste Time!

D．Keep It in Order!

6. The purpose of the upcoming events is to　　．

A．help apply for a new job	B．help find important information quickly
C．help get started on big project	D．help people reach their goals

【推荐3】
1. What's the Chinese animal sign of 2019?

A．The dog.

B．The monkey.

C．The pig.

2. When is Mother's Day?

A．On May 11.

B．On May 12.

C．On May 13.

3. How many days are there in May, 2019?

A．Thirty.

B．Twenty-eight.

C．Thirty-one.

【推荐1】Nature in Art

Many artists paint and use nature in their works, but the results are very different. Here are four of them.

	Stanislaw Witkiewicz Stanislaw Witkiewicz was born in 1885 in Zakopane, Poland. He died in 1939. Many people like Witkiewicz’s paintings of nature and landscapes (风景). He painted this one in 1907. It shows the Hinczow Lakes in south Poland.
	Ginger Riley Munduwalawala In the past, Aboriginal (原始的) people painted pictures of nature on rocks. Modern aboriginal artists also paint nature. This colorful painting by Ginger Riley Munduwalawala (1937 – 2002) shows hills, rivers, birds and kangaroos.
	Ando Hiroshige Japanese art is famous for landscape paintings. You can often see the sea and sky, the mountains, and trees. Ando Hiroshige, one of Japan’s most famous artists, made and sold thousands of   beautiful prints in his lifetime, but he died poor.
	Damien Hirst Damien Hirst is the richest artist in England. He is a painter, but he is more famous for art with animals. In one room of a gallery, he put lots of fruit and real butterflies. They flew around the visitors.

1. When did Stanislaw paint the Hinczow Lakes?

A．In 1885.

B．In 1907.

C．In 1937.

D．In 1939.

2. Where is Ando Hiroshige from?

A．Poland.

B．Australia.

C．Japan.

D．England.

3. Who is famous for art with animals?

A．Stanislaw Witkiewicz.	B．Ginger Riley Munduwalawala.
C．Ando Hisroshige.	D．Damie Hirst.

【推荐2】

At least 1 child dies in a house fire. About 293 kids are hurt by fire.

House fire 90 percent of all fire-related deaths are in house fires.

Escape plan 77 percent of families have no house fire escape（逃离） plan. Creating and following a plan really help you escape a house fire.

In 2 minutes When the alarm(警报) sounds, leave a family as little as 2 minutes. Fire can spread(蔓延) quickly in a house.

1. From the posters, we may know that_______.

A．there are 293 kids dying in house fires every day.

B．A great number of people lost their lives in the house fires.

C．fire alarms are more important than escape plans when houses are on fire.

2. What percentage of families make house fire escape plan?

A．90 percent.

B．77 percent.

C．23 percent.

3. If your house is on fire, you have to_______ .

A．follow the family escape plan at once.

B．turn off the alarm in as little as 2 minutes.

C．call 119 and then leave your house fast.

【推荐3】

(1)	(2)
(3)	(4)

1. These four above are ______.

A．notices

B．greeting cards

C．signs

D．instructions

2. John will send (1) to Mr. Jackson. Mr. Jackson______.

A．will be 18

B．is 62

C．will be 80

D．is middle-aged

3. When the new year is coming, you'd better send ______to your friends .

A．(1)

B．(2)

C．(3)

D．(4)

【推荐1】How do you feel when your teacher asks you to work on a group project with other students? Do you like to work together with others or work alone?

The Program for International Student Assessment, or PISA, carried out a survey of students' ability to work together in groups. They found that students who do well on tests by themselves are also likely to be better at working with other people.

This finding was true for many countries. Students in Japan, South Korea, Finland and Canada, where test scores are high, also did well in working together to solve problems. But this was not the case for every country. Chinese students, who tend（趋向）to have high scores as well, displayed just average collaborative（合作的）skills.

“One reason might be that Chinese parents and teachers focus too much on grades, ”said Zhao Zhongxin, former vice president of the Chinese Family Education Association.“Students have a lot of exam pressure and they view school as a place for competition.”

“However, collaborative skills are very important for preparing students for today's society, ”he added.“Luckily, more Chinese parents and teachers are realizing the importance of this and are thinking of ways to help students improve this skill.”

Another interesting finding from the PISA survey was that girls tend to be better than boys at working together. They said girls show more positive attitudes toward relationships, which means they are more willing to listen to others' opinions.

PISA also found that the classroom environment tends to influence how well students collaborate. In classes where there are a lot of activities that require communication, such as class debates, students tend to have better attitudes toward collaborating.

1. Which of the following is NOT one of the survey's findings?

A．Those who do well on tests are also better at working with others.

B．Collaborative skills are more important than scores for students' futures.

C．Girls are better at working with others than boys.

D．The classroom environment can influence students' ability to work in groups.

2. What can teachers do to improve their students' ability to work with others?

A．Give students high scores on every test.	B．Help students to get used to exam pressure.
C．Make girls work with girls instead of boys.	D．Arrange more communicative activities in class.

3. What's the passage mainly about?

A．How to improve collaborative skills.

B．Who tend to cooperate in working.

C．The result of a survey on students' collaborative ability.

D．The process of a survey on students' collaborative ability.

【推荐2】

1. The material above is probably ________.

A．an art magazine cover

B．an institute(学院) notice

C．a contest poster

D．a picture book

2. What can we NOT know about the competition?

A．It has been held for 23 years up to now.

B．Students could fulfill（充分发挥）their artistic talents in it.

C．Four kinds of awards will be presented.

D．It is hosted by the League for Innovation.

3. There will be ________ students in total who can get the awards.

A．four

B．five

C．six

D．seven

4. What can we learn from the material?

A．Anna Voroner is one of the competitors.

B．One that wins the first place can get the highest prize money.

C．All the students who sign up can get the certificates of merit.

D．Students can get the application information from the League for Innovation.

5. The material above is aimed at ________.

A．inspiring more students to choose art as their majors	B．encouraging students to join in the competition
C．attracting more students to Humber	D．arousing students’ interest in art

【推荐3】On Thursday a new boy came into the classroom. He didn’t have any uniform on. Just trousers, a jacket and a shirt. Tom could see that the boy wasn’t quite comfortable. He had a plastic (塑料的) bag with exercise books, pens, pencils, rulers and erasers in it. The boy stood at the blackboard. Mrs. Brown talked to the boy, and then she said, “Boys and girls, this is Peter. He is your new classmate. Peter is your age. I hope you'll get on well with each other. Peter will spend a lot of time together with you.”Mrs Brown asked Peter to sit next to Tom at the desk near the window.
The students had math after that and Tom could see that Peter was not bad at it. He counted (数数) well. It was not difficult for him at all. Then Mrs. Brown said,” It is half past twelve. It’s time to have lunch. “Peter joined Tom and went to wash his hands. Then the boys sat down on the floor and started to open their lunch bags. Tom opened his bag and put his hand in it. He took out an old brown apple, some old cheese and some fish from dinner.“Oh, no!” cried Tom.” This is rubbish. I have the wrong bag. I took the rubbish bag and left my lunch bag at home. I have only rubbish for lunch today.” The other children laughed and laughed. Then Peter said,” I have two eggs. Why don't you have one? I don’t need two. And would you like some bread?” Tom smiled,” Thanks. It’s very kind of you.”
1. How many kinds of things did Peter have in his plastic bag?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six.

2. Which of the following is TRUE about Peter?

A．He wore a coat and a shirt to school.

B．He had lunch in the school dining hall.

C．He was disabled.

D．He had no trouble in the math class.

3. How did Tom feel when he saw what was in his lunch bag?

A．Bored.

B．Afraid.

C．Excited.

D．Upset.

4. What would Tom probably have for lunch?

A．Bread and an apple.

B．Cheese and an apple.

C．Bread and an egg.

D．Cheese and an egg.

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Tom’s favorite teacher.

B．Tom’s new classmate.

C．Tom’s math class.

D．Tom’s lunch.