【推荐1】Transplant（移植）is the process of planting seeds（种子）inside and then moving the new growth outside. It is easy and often costs less. If you are new to this type of gardening, don't worry. A garden expert, Lee Reich, can give you his advice.

Reich suggests starting with flowers or vegetables that are easy to grow from seeds. However, Reich warns that some vegetables should not be grown as transplants. Root vegetables（根类蔬菜）like carrots, can’t be transplanted easily. The process can hurt the roots.

To get started with transplants, you will need a container and soil. The container should have one or more holes in the bottom. In this way, some water can drain（排出）out. Garden soil, even good garden soil, says Reich, will not work. It does not drain water quickly enough in a container. Our expert suggests using a special mix called potting soil.

Then plant three or four seeds in each container. Cover the seed with the soil and press gently. Seeds need warmth to grow. How much warmth needed is different from plant to plant. A good average temperature for just about all seeds is about 24℃. Most seeds do not need light to grow. So, you can place them anywhere in your home. Cover the seeds with clear plastic to prevent them from drying up.

Now for the exciting part—waiting to see little, green sprouts（新芽）! Remove all but the strongest sprout from each container. Just be careful not to hurt the roots of the sprout that remains. Your goal now is to grow sprouts strong enough to survive a move to the outside garden. In a month, they will be ready to go into the garden!

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Which is suitable for transplant beginners according to Reich?

A．Root vegetables.	B．Fruits that cost less.
C．Flowers that don't need much water.	D．Plants that are easy to grow from seeds.

2. Why is potting soil suggested according to Reich?

A．Because it is cheap.	B．Because it is richer.
C．Because it is easy to be found.	D．Because it drains water quickly.

3. What does the underlined word “container” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．

B．

C．

D．

4. Which of the following shows the structure of the text?（P = Paragraph）

A．P1/ P2P3/ P4/ P5	B．P1/ P2/ P3P4/ P5
C．P1/ P2P3P4P5	D．P1P2/ P3P4/ P5

5. What is the best title for the text?

A．How to transplant your garden	B．How to make your garden prettier
C．The best choice for transplants	D．Tips for perfect growing conditions

【推荐2】Early to bed, early to rise makes man healthy, wealthy(富有的), wise（聪明的）。

This is an old English saying. Have you heard of it before? It means that we must go to bed early at night and get up early in the morning .Then we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich and clever(wise).

This is true. The body must have enough sleep to be healthy. Children of young age should have ten hours’ sleep every night. Children who do not have enough sleep may not do their work very well. They will not be wise and they may not become rich.

The body also needs exercise. Walking, running, jumping, and playing games are all exercise. Exercise keeps the body strong..

Exercise also helps the blood (血液) to move around inside the body. This is very important. Our blood takes food to all parts of our body. The head also needs blood. Exercise helps us to think better!

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正确（T）、错误（F）.
1. If we get early and go to bed early, we’ll be healthy.
2. If a child doesn’t have 10 hours’ sleep , maybe he or she can’t do his or her work well.
3. People exercise because they need to sleep.
4. Exercise helps the water to move around inside the body.
5. Taking exercise every day can make our body strong.

【推荐3】Now students’ English handwriting (书写) gets worse and worse. That makes their teachers feel worried. Is your English handwriting beautiful?     1    

Use paper with lines

When you write English words or sentences, you can use paper with lines. That will make your handwriting straight.     2     Be sure to fill the lined space completely. And make sure those capital letters (大写字母) are written properly.

Slow down

If your writing is hard to read, just slow down a little.     3     If you write too quickly, it’s hard for you to stop where you should, and you may make more mistakes easily.

    4    

When you hold your pencil in the correct way, writing is much better. Some kids press down really hard when they write. That makes the handwriting bad. Try to be relaxed and don’t hold the pencil so hard. Let your writing appear nice and clean. If you do so, people will guess you are a student with a good habit.

Draw more pictures

    5     While you are drawing pictures, you need to use the skills to control (控制) your pencil better. Even though you have no chance to draw at school, you can practice by drawing at home.

Handwriting is very important. Imagine you are a famous movie star or a well-known sports player, what do you do when your fans run up to you? Give them your autographs (亲笔签名), of course!

根据短文内容，将下面的句子还原到文中空自处，使短文内容完整、通顺。

A．If not, here are four steps that really work.

B．Hold your pencil right.

C．Drawing can improve your handwriting.

D．We will try to learn English well.

E．Going slower makes your handwriting clearer.

F．Those lines on the paper can help you to write words in the right size.

【推荐1】The local government of Haidian and the Internet company Baidu had an agreement in January, 2018. They wanted to develop the “smart city” together. Haidian Park was chosen by them. Why was Haidian Park chosen? It is because the park covers about 34 hectares (公顷) near the 4th Ring Road. And it received about 1.2 million tourists last year. It took the workers 10 months to change Haidian Park into an artificial intelligence AI (人工智能) theme park. It was opened to the public in early November.

Now the park has driverless buses, smart lamp posts (灯柱) and smart speakers. The buses themselves can run according to the directions from a computer. The smart lamp posts can record a lot of data quickly and well. The smart speakers can understand human instructions correctly. The park gives people a totally new look. People can experience different artificial intelligence here.

Che Jianguo said that a total of 10 government departments and companies took part in the rebuilding of the park over the past 10 months. He comes from the park office and he is in charge of the program.

In recent years, Chinese high-tech companies begin to do some things in the artificial intelligence industry. The central government also said in October that it would help the development of the country's new generation of artificial intelligence.

1. Haidian Park was chosen to become the “smart city” because _____.

A．it is the biggest park in Beijing

B．it is next to the 4th Ring Road

C．it has large size and is popular

2. The underlined word “driverless” in Paragraph 2 means “_____” in Chinese.

A．无人驾驶的

B．无座位的

C．跑得快的

3. Today, Chinese high-tech companies pay more attention to _____.

A．the global economy

B．the artificial intelligence industry

C．the development of our country

4. The best title of the text is “_____”.

A．Haidian Artificial Intelligence Theme Park

B．Chinese High-tech Companies

C．Building A “Smart City”

【推荐2】Family is very important for everyone, no matter where you are from. So in both East and West, people have festivals to celebrate family reunions (团聚). These festivals include the Mid-Autumn Festival in China and Thanksgiving Day in the US. How are they celebrated and what are the differences? Let’s take a look.

Sharing the moonlight
     

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the second most important traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival. It’s on the 15th day of the eighth month of Chinese lunar calendar. In ancient China, the day was considered as a harvest festival since fruits, vegetables and grain (谷物) had been collected from the fields. All the family got together and had a big dinner. They ate a special festival food-moon cakes and enjoyed the full moon.

On that day, the moon is full. The full moon is a symbol for family reunions which mean tuanyuan in Chinese. Now people also celebrate the festival by getting together and having a big dinner.

Showing thanks

Thanksgiving Day is one of the biggest holidays in the US. It’s on the fourth Thursday of November. People visit their friends and relatives to remind themselves that they are lucky to have happiness, health and family and also to have a roof over their heads.

In 1621, about 100 English people took a ship, the Mayflower, and arrived in the northeastern US. The winter there was very cold and life was hard. As the American Indians helped them a lot, the English people asked them to have a big meal with then in order to express their thanks. The celebration lasted for three days.

Today, people usually have a family meal on Thanksgiving Day. They enjoy delicious food such as pumpkin scorn and a big, golden turkey.

The most important part of Thanksgiving Day is to say “thanks”—this is the spirit of the holiday. People also like to watch the Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV.

1. Why did people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival in ancient China?

A．Because people could eat moon cakes.

B．Because people enjoyed the full moon.

C．Because people could get together with relatives.

D．Because people had a good harvest from the fields.

2. What does the underlined part “to have a roof over their heads” in the passage probably mean?

A．To have somewhere to live.	B．To have food to eat.
C．To have friends to talk to.	D．To have clothes to wear.

3. What is the spirit of Thanksgiving Day?

A．To enjoy the food.	B．To visit friends.
C．To say “thanks”.	D．To watch the Parade.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．The background to the two festivals.

B．The introduction to the two festivals.

C．The activities of the two festivals.

D．The customs of the two festivals.

【推荐2】I’m a girl, Rosie. Racing on the 1,500-meter track (跑道), I’m so tired. I want to stop but a voice is repeating in my head, “No one knows what the result will be. Everything is still possible.” Today, I have to fight with myself.

Nine years ago, when I was a 6-year-old girl, my mother took me on a trip. We went to the foot of a high mountain which she told me that we would climb. I had never done this before and the thought of it made me very happy.

At the beginning, I was so excited, and climbed fast. But half an hour later, when I was thirsty and tired, I just stopped and sat on the ground, completely silent. My mom came and sat next to me.

She said, “Get up and go on!”

Crying, I almost shouted, “Never! It’s too tiring and I am thirsty. I want to go back home now.”

Patiently she explained, “Listen, my dear. If you try your best, anything is possible. If you don’t try, your dream will never come true. You will never know how beautiful the sights look unless you reach the top of the mountain.”

Hearing her words, I stopped crying and started to climb again. Finally I did reach the top of the mountain and enjoyed the fantastic view.

Today I’m on the racing track. I’m going to keep running because I know it’s always valuable. And in the end I made it — I got through the finish line.

Although it was really difficult and I did not win, I did finish it. “Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined (命定的) place.”

1. Why did Rosie want to stop running at first?

A．Because she was excited.	B．Because she was thirsty.
C．Because she was tired.	D．Because she was sleepy.

2. How old was Rosie when she took part in the 1,500-meter race?

A．Three.

B．Fifteen.

C．Nine.

D．Six.

3. What did her mother do when Rosie wanted to give up during the trip?

A．She fought with her.	B．She was so angry.
C．She did nothing and left.	D．She explained to her patiently.

4. What was the result of the race?

A．Rosie won.	B．Rosie didn’t win.
C．Rosie didn’t finish the race.	D．We don’t know.

5. What can we learn from Rosie’s experience?

A．We should keep fighting until we achieve our goals.

B．We should keep running every day.

C．Mountain climbing is a good way to keep healthy.

D．When we are tired, we must have a rest.

【推荐3】You hurry into the kitchen，open the refrigerator and suddenly you forget why you open it．“What am I looking for？”You ask yourself．“What am I doing here？”Don't worry．You are not losing your mind．We have all had this kind of thing．If you think about something very quickly，it goes into your short-term memory and it goes right back out in just a few seconds．You have not moved things from short-term to long-term memory，so you won't be able to remember it later on．
What can you do to help get back your missing short-term memory？You may go back to where you were．So，for example，if you were sitting in a chair listening to the music in the living room，just go back into the living room．This will help you remember，and when you are back in the living room，you will suddenly think，“Oh，yes，I was thirsty and I wanted something cold to drink．That is why I went to the fridge．”If，sometimes，you can't go back to where you were before，just try tracing your steps back in your mind．Think back to things you did before，and this may help you．
1. We sometimes forget why we open the refrigerator, probably because___________.

A．We lose our mind.	B．We are not thirsty.
C．We think about something too quickly.	D．we won’t be able to remember things.

2. What can you do to help get back the missing short-term memory?

A．Stay where you are.	B．Make yourself thirsty.
C．Listen to some music.	D．Try tracing your steps back in your mind

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

A．Only a few of us will have such experiences,

B．People always forget why they hurry into the kitchen.

C．It doesn’t matter if you can’t remember why you do a certain thing at times.

D．Have something cold to drink can help you to remember the things.

4. Which is the best title?

A．Lose your memory	B．What’s wrong with you?
C．Learn to forget	D．Just open the refrigerator

【推荐1】Life is like the four seasons. Now I am very old, but when I was young, it was the spring of my life. I was born, I played a lot, and then I started school. I learned many new things. Like a flower, I grew bigger every day. There were happy days andsorrowfuldays：some days the sun shone, and some days it didn’t.

In my twenties, I had a good job. I was strong and happy. Then I married and had a child. In those days, I didn’t have much time to think. Every day I was busy and worked very hard. And so, I started to get some white hairs. The summer of my life passed quickly.

Then the days got shorter. Leaves fell from the trees. My child was a university student, and then an engineer. My home was much quieter. I started walking more slowly. One day I stopped working. I had more time. I understood this was my autumn, a beautiful time when the trees change color and give us delicious fruits.

But the days kept getting shorter and colder. Winter has come. I am older and weaker. I know I do not have many days left, but I will enjoy them to the end.

1. The writer started walking more slowly in the________of his life.

A．spring

B．summer

C．autumn

D．winter

2. According to the passage, how old is during the summer of his life?

A．15.

B．33.

C．62.

D．87.

3. What does the word “sorrowful” mean in this passage?

A．Sad.

B．Exciting.

C．Wonderful.

D．Pleasant.

4. Which of the following is true?

A．The writer was an engineer.

B．The writer had a garden with flowers.

C．The writer was always happy as a child.

D．The writer now is old and weak, but still he enjoys his life.

5. The best title of the passage can be “”.

A．Four Seasons	B．My Life
C．Four Seasons in a Year	D．Four Seasons in My Life

【推荐2】What are your clothes made of? Are they made of cotton or wool? Some students in Shandong wear different things. Their clothes are made of discs(光盘) or old clothes!

On October 7th, 36 students in Linyi, Shandong Province, wore beautiful clothes in a show. Their clothes were made of all kinds of things.

The show gave the students a chance to make things with their own hands. It also helped them learn to make good use of waste and not to throw everything away.

Students had lots of good ideas. Some found used things, like old clothes, to make new dresses.

“We hope to save energy. Our world is short of energy. So I don’t want to just throw old things away,” said Xie Jing at Linyi Art School.

Xie had more than 20 discs on her nice blue dress. She got them from her family and friends.

“Though the discs are old, I look very cool in them!” she said.

Song Dandan, a student from the school, looked like a farmer in her straw(稻草) coat and hat. She picked the straw from the fields and put them all together.

“I want to show what people wore in the past.” she said.

Du Yue made clothes for astronauts(宇航员)! She had white cloth all over her. When she walked, she tried to be slow. It looked like she was walking on the moon.

“I hope to wear it in space some day. I wish that I could walk on the moon!” she said.

1. The passage mainly talks about ____.

A．how to make clothes	B．energy saving
C．how to look cool	D．a special fashion show

2. The students’ clothes were made of ____.

A．silk	B．cotton
C．waste paper	D．all kinds of things

3. The underlined(画线) word “short” in the sentence “Our world is short of energy. ” has the same meaning as “short” in the sentence “____”

A．It’s only a short way from here.

B．The man is short.

C．I’m short of money. Can you lend me some?

D．She was here a short time ago.

4. The three students used all these things except ____ to made clothes.

A．discs

B．straw

C．old paper

D．cloth

5. The show tells people ____.

A．we should save energy	B．they are clever
C．how to make use of old things	D．A, B and C

【推荐3】My elder brother Steve gave me important lessons in values that helped me grow into an adult after my father died when I was six years old.

Steve taught me to face the results of my behavior. Once when I returned in tears from a Saturday baseball game, it was Steve who took some time to ask me what happened. When I told him that my baseball broke Mrs. Holt’s basement window, Steve encouraged me to tell her the truth. After all, I played basement in a wrong place. As I explained to Mrs. Holt, my voice shook. Of course, I had to pay for the broken window from my pocket money.

I also learned from Steve that personal property (财产) is a sacred(神圣的) thing. After I found a shiny pen in my fifth-grade classroom, I wanted to keep it. Then Steve explained that it might be important to the loser although it had little value. He also reminded me of how sad I was when I lost the small wooden dog my father made. At last, I returned the pen to my teacher, Mrs. Davids. I still remembered the smell of her perfume(香水) when she gave a hug.

Of all the lessons Steve gave me, his respect for life is the most vivid in my mind. When I was twelve, I killed an old brown bird in the garden with a gun. With excitement, I asked Steve to come from the house to take a look. I shall never forget the way he stood for a long moment and stared at the bird on the ground. Then in a dead, quiet voice, he asked, “Did it hurt you first, Mark?” I didn’t know what to answer. He continued with his eyes firm, “Even if it hurts you first, you should think a long time and then decide whether you will kill it or not.” I really felt terrible then, but that moment I will never forget.

1. How many lessons Steve gave to Mark are mentioned in the passage?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

2. What does the underlined word mean in Chinese?

A．开心的

B．清晰的

C．有趣的

D．可怕的

3. According to the writer, which was the most important lesson Steve taught his young brother?

A．Respect for living things.	B．Responsibility for one’s behavior.
C．The value of honesty.	D．Care for the property of others.

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

A．Mark was a boy when he wrote this passage.

B．When a living thing hurts you, you should kill it.

C．Mark lost the small dog his father bought somewhere.

D．Even if a living thing hurts you, you should not kill it at once.

5. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．My Guide in Childhood	B．My Lovely Brother
C．My Early Memory	D．My Sweet Childhood