【推荐1】短文内容判断句子正误。正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”。

Here is an experiment（实验）to see how ants can organize some clever teamwork.

1. First you need some ants. You may have to wait until the summer to find them on roads around your home.

2. When you have found an ant, put a thin slice of fruit in front of it. It may eat some of it or carry bits away.

3. Check the fruit after an hour. Have other ants been attracted to it? If so, what are they doing?

4. When there are lots of ants, move the fruit to a new position. What do the ants do?

What’s going on?

You can see one of the best examples of insect teamwork by watching ants. If one ant finds food, it leads others there to eat it, too. They follow each other by making long trails（踪迹）. The ants go back and forth collecting food, to take back to their nest. When you move the fruit, the ants will still find it. But, instead of making a new direct route（路线）to the food, they will follow each other through their old trail route.

1. To do this experiment, the first step is to put a slice of fruit in front of an ant.
2. If one ant finds food, he will wait until the other ants come.
3. When the fruit is moved to a new position, the ants will still follow the old route.
4. The experiment is successfully done in the lab.
5. From the passage we may infer the ant is the animal that is willing to share.

【推荐3】Sorry, kids. I’m sleepy. I am one of the longest-sleeping animals in the world. How many hours do you sleep every day? Maybe 10 hours? I need twice as long! Many people think I am lazy, but it’s not true. I sleep so much because I have a strange (奇怪的) diet. As you can see, I only eat eucalyptus (桉树) leaves. Eucalyptus leaves are full of water. I can eat more than 0.5 kg of these leaves each day and I don’t often drink. My name means “no drink” in an Australian language. But there is one big problem: Eucalyptus leaves are not delicious and they are low in calories (卡路里). I get very little energy from them. Think about eating salad all day, you would look as sleepy as I do!

What’s more, the leaves are highly toxic! If other animals eat them, they will die. Luckily, I have a strong digestive system (消化系统). It works very hard to break down the toxins. So tiring! To save energy, I sleep nearly all day long. Now you know why I spend so much time in my tree. Don’t call me lazy any more.

1. What’s the animal in the article?

A．

B．

C．

D．

2. How long does the animal sleep at least every day?

A．20 hours.

B．15 hours.

C．10 hours.

D．5 hours.

3. Why does the animal get little energy from Eucalyptus leaves?

A．Because the animal eats salad all day.

B．Because Eucalyptus leaves are full of water.

C．Because the animal sleeps so much and has a strange diet.

D．Because Eucalyptus leaves are not delicious and they are low in calories.

4. What does the underlined word “toxic” mean?

A．有毒的

B．难吃的

C．美味的

D．腐烂的

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The animal is very lazy.

B．The animal has a weak digestive system.

C．The animal spends much time sleeping on the road.

D．The animal is one of the longest-sleeping animals in the world.

【推荐1】The city Bank was broken into yesterday at 8 p.m. The police were asking two men, John Smith and his brother Joseph Smith.

A policeman interviewed John Smith John Smith was asked, “ What did you do last night?” He answered, “ I was with my brother, Joseph, all the time. I arrived at my brother’s house at about 6:45 and we watched TV until about 7:30. We watched the news and a baseball game. Then we walked into the town centre and had a meal at a restaurant. I can’t remember the name of the restaurant. It was a big one, but it was almost empty. We both had fish and chips. We left there at 8:40 and walked back to Joseph’s house.” The statement is true. Signed: John Smith

A Policeman Interviewed Joseph Smith Joseph Smith was asked,” What did you do last night?” He answered, “I was with John all the time. John came to my house at fifteen to seven, and then we watched TV for about 45 minutes. We watched a movie about a basketball player, but I can’t remember the name of the movie. Then we took a taxi to a restaurant. I forget what the restaurant is called. There were not many people there. I had steak and chips, and John had chicken. We left there at twenty to nine and we went back to my house.” The statement is true. Signed: Joseph Smith

1. The policeman wanted to find the person who _____

A．told a lie

B．knew the thief

C．went into the bank

D．stole the baseball

2. John and Joseph are ________

A．boss and worker	B．workmates
C．policeman and thief	D．brothers

3. The two men told the police the same thing about __________

A．How they got to the restaurant

B．The time they left the restaurant

C．What they ate

D．The TV programmes

4. The two men didn’t ________

A．eat at a restaurant last night

B．watch a movie on TV

C．know the name of the restaurant

D．like to eat chips

【推荐2】SCIENCE          www. Ecns. cn
March 19, 2022

Robot driving coaches “nicer” than real ones

Students at a driving school in Zhenjiang, East China’s Jiangsu Province say robotic coaches have taken away some of the stress when practicing. The robotic coach which provides automatic voice navigation (自动语音导航), gives learners gentle voice orders. “I’m nervous when a real coach sits beside me. This robot is nicer. Even if I do something wrong, the robot will continue to encourage me, instead of blaming me.” A student of the driving school told China Daily. The robot can be set to a teaching mode or stimulated test mode. It will tell drivers whether they’ve passed the test or not. “The robot will remind learners to turn on their left turn signal as the car approaches a left turn. If it is about 20 centimeters away from an obstacle, the car will automatically stop.” said a coach at the driving school. But the school doesn’t plan to cut the number of human coaches.

Some netizens wondered if robot coaches could be as good as real ones. “No robot coach would help me step on the brakes (刹车) if I were accidentally to drive into a tree.” A netizen said.

1. The student thought robotic coaches were nicer because ________.

A．they could often give some necessary orders

B．she felt less nervous when making some mistakes

C．they would make the practice funny

D．she could pass the driving test more easily with their help

2. According to the material, we can know that ________.

A．the photo was provided by a driving school in Zhenjiang

B．Robot driving coaches “nicer” than real ones come from SOCIETY section

C．the driving school began to introduce robotic coaches on March 19, 2022

D．www. Ecns. cn reported the news after China Daily

3. It’s clear that ________.

A．Robot coaches will replace human coaches soon

B．the robot will be set to different modes under different situations

C．there will be fewer human coaches in the driving school

D．a real coach will never give learners gentle voice orders

4. When an obstacle is 20 centimeters away from the car, ________.

A．the robot will remind the driver to make a turn

B．the driver will get a stop signal

C．the robot coach will help the driver to step on the brakes

D．the car will automatically stop at once

5. The writer gives the title Robot driving coaches “nicer” than real ones to ________.

A．show the bright future of robots

B．raise reader’s interest in learning driving

C．help the readers read and understand the news better

D．remind the readers to choose robotic coaches when learning to drive

【推荐3】Six months, five continents（大洲）, 41 countries, 52 thousand kilometers. At the age of 19, Zara Rutherford had broken two Guinness World Records（吉尼斯世界纪录）. She’d became the youngest female（女性） to fly alone around the world and the first woman to do so in a microlight aircraft（超轻型飞机）.

The Belgian-British teenager landed in Belgium on Jan 20, 2022. “It’s just really crazy,” she told CNN.

With two pilots for parents, Rutherford started learning to fly at 14 and got her first license in 2020. To realize her dream of flying around the world alone, she sold her car to pay for the trip. She also found some sponsors（赞助者）. One of them is Shark Aero. The company provided her with a two-seat microlight.

In August 2021, when everything was ready, Rutherford set off. She planned to finish her trip in three months. Instead, it took nearly half a year because of bad weather and expired（过期的） travel documents（证件）.

The most difficult part of the trip was flying over Russia’s Siberia region（地区）. “It was -35℃ on the ground and -20℃ in the air ... If the engine（引擎） were to stop, I’d be hours away from rescue（救援） and I don’t know how long I could have lived,” Rutherford said. She also faced storms, wildfires（山火）, typhoons（台风） and broken parts of her aircraft.

Rutherford, now 20, hopes her flight will encourage more girls to choose careers（职业） in aviation（航空业）. “If you don’t try and see how high you can fly, then you’ll never know,” Rutherford told CNN.

1. Which one of these is a Guinness World Record set by Rutherford?

A．The first female to fly around the world.

B．Flying the longest time in the air.

C．The youngest female to travel to five continents in six months.

D．The youngest female to fly a microlight aircraft around the world alone.

2. How did Rutherford get her aircraft?

A．She bought it with the money from her sponsors.	B．She got it from one of her sponsors.
C．Her parents gave it to her as a present.	D．She sold her car to buy it.

3. When did Rutherford start learning to fly?

A．In 2017.

B．In 2019.

C．In 2020.

D．In 2021.

4. What do we know about Rutherford’s record-breaking trip?

A．It went just as she planned.	B．Her engine stopped in Siberia.
C．She faced many challenges.	D．She helped to put out wildfires during the trip.

【推荐1】We drink tea every day. But more than three hundred years ago most of the people in Europe (欧洲) did not know anything about tea. Some people heard about it, but very few of them knew what to do with it.

There is a story about an English sailor (水手) who went to countries in the east, the west and the south. He went to India and China. One day he came home and brought some tea as a present for his mother. She told her friends about the present and asked them to a “tea party”. When her friends came to the “tea party”, the old woman gave them brown tea-leaves. The old woman’s friends began to eat them. Of course, nobody liked the tea-leaves.

At that time the sailor came in. He looked at the table and said, “Mother, what did you do with the tea?”

“I boiled it, as you said.”

“And what did you do with the water?”

“I threw it away (扔掉) , of course,” answered the old woman.

“Now you may throw away the leaves, too,” said her son.

1. Most of the people in Europe ________ over 300 years ago.

A．drank tea everyday	B．knew everything about tea
C．knew nothing about tea	D．liked to eat the tea-leaves

2. One day the English sailor brought his mother some tea from ________.

A．countries in the west	B．countries in the south
C．India or China	D．a tea shop in England

3. The sailor’s mother asked her friends to her house, because ________.

A．the sailor told her to

B．she liked to show off (炫耀)

C．she wanted to ask her friends what to do with the tea

D．she wanted to taste the tea together with her friends

4. At the “tea party”, ________.

A．all the woman’s friends spoke highly of (高度评价) the ten

B．nobody knew what to do with the tea

C．the woman didn’t eat the tea-leaves

D．the woman gave her friends each a glass of tea water

5. What mistake (错误) did the old woman make? She ________.

A．boiled the tea	B．did as the sailor said
C．threw away the water	D．didn’t throw away the tea-leaves

【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.It keeps you from spending time on things you don't really want--or need--to read.Skim--if it's short and simple.
Skimming is a good way to get a general idea of light reading --like popular magazines or the sports and entertainment of your daily paper.Here's how to skim.
●Get your eyes to move fast.Sweep 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 are recommended in this passage?

A．One.	B．Two.
C．Three.	D．Four.

2. What does the underlined word "preview" mean in Chinese?

A．精读	B．默读
C．朗读	D．略读

3. What should we NOT do when we read sports news in a daily paper according to the passage?

A．Read the last two paragraphs carefully.

B．Get our eyes to move fast.

C．Sweep our eyes across each line.

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

4. What is the best title for this passage?

A．How to read faster

B．What to read

C．When to read

D．Why we should read

【推荐3】As we know, there are differences between western culture and Chinese culture. We can see differences when we pay attention to the way words are used. Let's look at the words about animals and plants. Most expressions in Chinese about dog, for example, a homeless dog, a mad dog and a dog catching a mouse, have negative meanings. But in western countries, dogs are thought to be honest and good friends of humans. In English, people use the dog to describe positive actions. For example, You are a lucky dog means you are a lucky person. And every dog has its day means each person has good luck sometimes. To describe a person's serious illness, they say sick as a dog. The word dog-tired means very tired. However, Chinese love cats very much. But in western culture, cat is often used to describe a woman who is cruel. The rose is regarded as a symbol of love in both China and some western countries. People think the rose means love, peace, courage and friendship. And the rose is the national flower of England, America and many other countries. The words about plants and animals are used in positive or negative ways in different cultures. We can learn about many differences in cultures by comparing how some words used.

1. Every dog has its day means ________.

A．Everybody in the world is lucky	B．Everybody has a time in life to be lucky
C．If one works hard, he's sure to succeed	D．Each person lives his own way of life

2. Western people usually use cat to refer to ________.

A．a tired person

B．a brave man

C．an unkind woman

D．a homeless person.

3. In which country is the rose regarded as a symbol of love?

A．China

B．England

C．America

D．All of above

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Western people think cats to be good friends.	B．Chinese people prefer dogs to cats.
C．Words show differences in culture.	D．Rose is the national flower of all western countries.

5. What's the best title for the passage?

A．Negative or Positive.	B．What Dog and Cat Mean in Chinese and English.
C．Rose Means the Same in Chinese and English.	D．Different Countries Have Different Culture.

【推荐1】“If you want to see a thing well, reach out and touch it!”
That may seem a strange thing to say it. But touching things can help you to see them better. Your eyes can tell you that a glass ball is round. But by holding it in your hands, you can feel how smooth and cool the ball is. You can feel how heavy the glass is. When you feel all these about the ball, you really see it. With your skin, you can feel better. For example, your fingers can tell the difference between two coins in your pocket. You can feel a little drop of water on the back of your hand, too. You can even feel sounds against your skin. Have you ever wanted to know why some people like very loud music? They must like to feel the sounds of music.
All children soon learn what “Don’t touch!” means. They hear it often. Yet most of us keep on touching things as we grow up. In shops, we touch things we might buy: food, clothes. To see something well, we have to touch it. The bottoms of our feet can feel things, too. You know this when you walk on warm sand, cool grass or a hard floor. All feel different under your feet.
There are ways of learning to see well by feeling. One way is to close your eyes and try to feel everything that is touching your skin. Feel the shoes on your feet, the clothes on your body, the air on your skin. At first, it is not easy to feel these things. You are too used to feel them!
Most museums are just for looking. But today some museums have some things to touch. Their signs say, “Do touch!” There you can feel everything on show.
If you want to see better, reach out and touch. Then you will really see!
1. When people buy things in shops, they often _____.

A．try them on first

B．keep their right hands on them

C．ask about them

D．feel and touch them

2. Why does it say “At first, it is not easy to feel these things”? because ______.

A．the things are used by people, too

B．people feel the things too often

C．people know how to use the things

D．the things are easy to feel

3. Which of the following is true?

A．Touching is helping us to see better.

B．Our feet, fingers, hands and skin can help us buy food.

C．People have to learn to see by feeling as they grow up.

D．Visitors can feel the things on show in some museums.

4. Which of the following can be the best title of the story?

A．Touching by Feeling.

B．To See or to Feel?

C．To See Better-Feel

D．Ways of Feeling.

【推荐2】Sometimes our body does things we don't ask it to do. Sneezing(打喷嚏),coughing, blinking(眨眼睛)and even yawning(打哈欠)are examples of involuntary movements or reflex actions(反射动作). What makes our body do these things?

These involuntary actions are a response(反应)to a stimulus(刺激). When we do these things, our body is trying to protect itself. If an irritant(刺激物)such as pollen(花粉)from plants gets into our nose or nasal passages(鼻腔通道),our body sneezes to get it out. If we breathe in dust, our body coughs to remove it from our lungs(肺)or windpipe. We blink in order to keep our eyes clean and moist(湿润)and to prevent dust and other things from staying on them. A yawn is our body's way of making us put more oxygen into our bloodstream.

           . These involuntary movements happen because our brain is giving out signals. There is a system of nerves(神经)called the central nervous system, that covers our entire body: from the brain, down the spinal cord(脊髓)inside our spinal column (the bones that do down our back,to the tips of our fingers and toes. When our body parts sense certain things, like a mosquito蚊子)bite, a message is sent to our brain. Then the brain sends a message back to itch(发痒).

Without these reflex actions, we would not live very long.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A．We would not live long without movements.	B．Why our body does involuntary movements.
C．We sneeze to get out an irritant such as pollen.	D．How our brain is giving out signals to our nerves.

2. If dust comes into our eyes, we will________ to protect our body.

A．cough

B．sneeze

C．blink

D．yawn

3. Which of the following sentences can be put at the beginning of Paragraph 3?

A．What tells our body to take care of us the way it does?

B．Don't you think it is interesting for our body to do so?

C．What can we do when involuntary movements happen?

D．How can we avoid stimulus to protect our own body?

【推荐3】Make Your Own Money

It's holiday time, while it's the great time to make some money. Some US teenagers use their imagination and skills to get more money.

New York tennis player Antonio Rivera, 15, serves as a hitter or practice partner for players who want to improve their skills. "You might think, 'why would a parent want to hire (雇佣) me when there are more professional tennis teachers'?" Rivera said. "But as a teen, I can offer my lessons for less money and give a more personal experience."

Many teens turn their extracurricular (课外的) activities into money-making businesses. "If you're good at something—sports, arts, math, science, English, computer software or languages, you can trade that for money," Rivera said.

Harlan Feet, 17, of New York, is a good example. He makes money by getting rid of (消除) computer viruses (病毒) and maintaining (维护) social media accounts on sites like Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. He also takes photos of products and posts them online for people who sell goods through online stores.

"Today's kids have grown up with skills that many adults don't like to spend time learning," said Feet, laughing. "That just means money for me." For example, he's found a way to make money by helping families scan (扫描) old photos and save digital versions (数字版本) of the pictures.

If you have artistic skills, there's a market for you, too. Texan Shyla Boehm, 17, makes and sells handmade things such as small bags and greeting cards. Boehm has set up a shop online and offers her skills online.

1. How does Rivera make money?

A．By being a tennis teacher.	B．By posting photos online.
C．By selling handmade items.	D．By cleaning people's computers.

2. From the story, we know Feet is good at ________.

A．sports

B．science

C．computers

D．languages

3. What is the story about?

A．What US teenagers usually do on vacation.	B．How US teenagers make money on holidays.
C．How US teenagers make plans for their future.	D．Why US teenagers should make their own money.