【推荐1】Yan Mingyou is 94 years old, but he still works as a music teacher in Anhui Province.

Yan is from a small town of Anhui. He worked there as a rural (乡村的) music teacher for about 40 years. In 1990, he retired. But after he learned some rural schools were short of music teachers, he decided to go on teaching. To make his lessons more interesting, Yan started to learn to play the piano in 2006 when he was 77 years old. At the age of 80, Yan felt that he was too old to teach music. But the children wanted him to stay. “Students wanted me to teach music. So I decided to go on teaching.” Yan said.

He doesn’t stop there. Yan also uses some of his money to help students in need. Liu Dandan is one of the students he helped. About ten years ago, Liu, then a student in Grade 5, had to stop schooling because her family didn’t have enough money. When Yan heard about that he helped the girl. “I try my best to help children in need,” the old man said.

“I feel happy to teach music,” Yan said. “For children in rural schools, music is a way to help them make their dreams come true.”

1. What does the underlined (画线的) word “retired” mean in Chinese?

A．移民

B．出差

C．退休

D．支教

2. When did Yan Mingyou start to learn to play the piano?

A．At the age of 40.

B．At the age of 77.

C．At the age of 80.

D．At the age of 94.

3. The writer wrote Liu Dandan’s story to show that Yan Mingyou ________.

A．works very hard	B．teaches students very well
C．likes his students a lot	D．uses his money to help students

4. What may the students want to say to Yan Mingyou?

A．Good luck!	B．Thank you!
C．Have a good trip!	D．Tomorrow is another day!

5. Which can be the best title for the passage?

A．A Great Teacher	B．Love for Music
C．Children’s Big Dreams	D．Rural Schools in Anhui

【推荐3】Duan Jiayang, a 12-year-old student of a primary school in Sichuan, learns the skills required to take care of vegetable fields.

“I learned how to place the mulch film (地膜),” he says, “It’s not easy.”

In China, many parents place a heavy focus on their children’s good results in study, but vocational (职业的) skills have little been cared.

“Some parents do everything for their children,” says Yan Mei, a teacher in a primary school, adding that many students are short of the basic skills needed in their daily lives. For example, Yan says, some parents would do the school’s general cleaning instead of their children. Since March last year, the governments have given out a lot of policies (政策), requiring that colleges, middle schools and primary schools pay more attention to teaching students practical skills.

Following these policies, the primary school founded an “agricultural (农业的) class base” on one of its schoolyards. Students plant fruit and vegetables on an area of land about 4,000㎡ in size.

In the days coming up to the May Day holiday, students of different grades at the school worked together in the fields, says school principal Yang Bo. They planted watermelon, carrot and corn. May Day, also known as Labor Day, is celebrated on May 1st in China.

The school hopes that students will understand the food is quite valuable so that they will better realize the difficulties that their parents went through.

1. What does Duan Jiayang think of this activity?

A．Boring.

B．Easy.

C．Difficult.

D．Interesting.

2. What do many parents care most in the passage?

A．Children’s life skills.	B．Children’s good results in study.
C．Teachers’ skills course.	D．Teachers’ teaching level.

3. What can students learn from the agricultural class?

A．Students will understand the importance of labor.

B．Students can realize the difficulties their parents went through.

C．Students can learn the basic life skills.

D．All of the above.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A．Youths Get a Lesson in Life through Skills Course

B．Duan Jiayang, a Hard-working Student

C．Schools Follow the Governments’ Policies

D．Parents Hope for Children’s Good Results in School

【推荐1】Five years is a short time in the long history of China. But as for the digital world, there are a lot of changes.

Now we can talk easily with friends on WeChat. When shopping, we needn't carry much cash because most of the stores accept WeChat Pay and Alipay. And online shopping becomes a part of our life. For example, we can buy train and plane tickets on different apps in a minute. If we want to go somewhere, it is easy to find a Mobike as well as a sharing car on the street.

We may not realize how these changes decide our life, but we never stopped and will not stop moving forward. China decided to set up the Xiongan New Area in Hebei Province on April 1st, 2017. It will be a smart city in China in the future. What's more, robots will play an important role in looking after the old people in five years. In an old people's home of Hangzhou, the robots called Ah Tie work quite well. Thanks to the developing digital world, our life is becoming better and better.

1. The topic of this passage is ________.

A．a smart city	B．online shopping
C．the history of China	D．the developing of science

2. The second paragraph is about ________.

A．when we have changes	B．how our life changes
C．why there are a lot of changes	D．what will change in the future

3. Which of the following is the writer's idea?

A．There will be few changes in five years.

B．We can pay for products by Alipay in every store.

C．It's easy to buy train tickets with the help of some apps.

D．Ah Tie robots help the old people in the old people's home of Hebei Province.

【推荐3】There has been an increase in the number of families keeping a pet dog. From a Pug to a Labrador, there are lots of dogs to choose from, big and small.

Do you think a pet dog can make you feel happy? Yes! When you come home from school and your dog is wagging his tail and excited to see you, it makes you smile. That is because you are happy.

Do you think a pet dog can make your body healthier? Yes! A dog needs a walk every day, two if you can. That means you get two walks a day, too! That is beneficial.

Do you think a pet dog can help you make friends? Yes! When you walk your dog, other dog owners love to talk about their dogs, too. That is an easy way to make friends.

So, can a pet make you happy? Yes!

1. What is a Pug?

A．A dog

B．A house

C．A person

D．A friend

2. When does a dog wag his tail?

A．When he is hungry.	B．When he is sick.
C．When he is glad.	D．When he is busy.

3. The underlined word “beneficial” has the closest meaning to       .

A．exciting

B．hard

C．long

D．helpful

4. How many reasons does the writer give for keeping a dog?

A．Two

B．Three

C．Four

D．Five

5. What is the best title for the text?

A．Why You Need a Dog	B．Where You Can Get a Dog
C．What Dog to Choose	D．How to Make Fiends with Dogs

【推荐1】Would you like to know how other people see the world? Listed below are of the best books for children.

Oliver and Patch	Oliver is a lost little boy. He doesn’t know anybody in a big city. One day he meets Patch, a little dog who is also lost. The two become best friends. They help each other. Together they have an adventure in the city. However, Oliver knows that Patch’s owner must be very worried and missing Patch. What should Oliver do?
A Dance like starlight: One Ballerina’s Dream	This is a young girl’s story about how she wants to become a ballerina. She will do anything to make her dreams come true. She lives in a poor place, and it is very difficult. The young girl fights through a hard life, but she never gives up. This story comes from the true life of the first African-American ballerina, Janet Collins.
Absolutely almost	Alfie is not very smart and he is not sporty, either. He is not very tall, and he is not good at art. Because of this, he feels like he will not be good at anything. Now he meets Calista, his new babysitter. Calista helps Alfie see all of the good things he can do. Alfie learns to be proud of being himself. This story is full of feeling and laughter.

1. Oliver is a young boy who________.

A．gets lost in a big city	B．wants to learn to dance
C．is not good at art	D．was born in America

2. When you read Absolutely Almost, you will probably________.

A．feel afraid	B．fall asleep
C．laugh a lot	D．become smart

3. The passage may come from________.

A．a shopping website	B．a restaurant menu
C．a movie poster	D．a concert introduction

【推荐2】When I was a foreign teacher in China, every day I taught English to my students and they taught me about China. One day the topic turned to saying “I love you”. I was shocked to learn that not one of my students had said   this to their mothers, nor had their mothers said it to them. “Does your mom love you?” “Of course ,”they answered.
“How do you know ?”was my logical question. They responded that their moms cooked and always told   them what they were doing wrong to show   their caring. I was stunned .So mom’s cooking and criticizing read out as “I love you ”. “Then how do you say ‘I love you ’to her?” They agreed that getting good grades, followed by god jobs would be how they showed their love.   

In my family we all say “I love you” a lot .While it is true that we often say the words without having great depth of feelings at that moment, it is almost like a blessing we give each other. Those three little words carry a world of meaning, even when said as a greeting, but most especially if they are the last words we say to or hear from those we love.
1. The foreign teacher_______.

A．comes from America	B．is a young woman
C．is expressive enough	D．knows much about China

2. Chinese people prefer to show love by________.

A．saying “I love you”	B．cooking
C．getting good grades	D．doing something helpful;

3. In paragraph 4,what’s the real meaning of the mom’s hugging?

A．She is meeting her daughter at the door.

B．She loves her daughter and misses her.

C．She is glad that she has more time to herself

D．She finds it interesting to hug her daughter.

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

A．Say “I love you” more to your family.

B．Say “I love you ”a lot to Chinese people .

C．Say “I love you ”as a greeting to others.

D．Say “I love you ”without great depth of feelings.

【推荐3】If you are in Shanghai and want to throw away a cup of milk tea, be careful. You need to follow these steps: first, pour out any milk tea left into a wet waste bin; second, put the paper wrapper (包装材料) into a recyclable waste bin; third, throw the single-use cup and straw (吸管) into a dry waste bin.

Sounds complex ? You’ll have to get used to it. From July 1 on, people in Shanghai are required to separate their garbage according to strict rules. Many other cities in China are planning to create similar garbage -separating rules.

Why should we separate our garbage? The answer lies in the increasing of waste we are producing. Chinese cities produce over 200 million tons of waste each year, according to Chinese Economic. Most of this waste is buried (填埋), which may pollute water and soil! In addition, we are running out of space.

In fact, more than half of our waste can be recycled. Recyclable garbage can be made into new materials, while wet garbage can be used to make gas, heat and fertilizer (肥料). So in order to recycle better, we need to separate our garbage.

Can’t garbage-processing companies do the separating job for us? They can. But that requires a lot of work and costs lots of money. Things will become much easier if each of us can separate our own garbage. Besides, the hard task of separating might encourage people to produce less waste. Do you still want to buy that milk tea?

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
1. The underlined phrase “complex”   in the passage means “_______” in Chinese.

A．复杂的

B．容易的

C．高级的

2. From July 1 on, people in Shanghai are required to separate their garbage according to _______.

A．similar garbage-separating rules	B．strict garbage- separating rules
C．old garbage- separating rules

3. According to the passage we know that recyclable garbage ______.

A．can be used to make gas, heat and fertilizer

B．can be buried

C．can be made into new materials

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

A．The hard task of separating might encourage people to produce more waste.

B．Chinese cities produce over 200 million tons of waste each year.

C．The garbage-processing companies can’t do the separating job for us.

5. Which is the main idea of the passage?

A．We should separate trash.

B．We should not drink milk tea.

C．It’s not easy to separate trash.

【推荐1】One day, a farmer took a bag of wheat to town. He didn’t know what to do when the bag fell off his horse. The bag was too heavy for him to lift. He hoped that someone would come and help him.

Before long a man came over. But the farmer’s heart sank when he saw the man, because he was the famous judge(法官)in town. The farmer was afraid to ask him for help.

As soon as he came up to the farmer, the judge got off his horse and said, “You need my help, don’t you? Let me help you. ”Then he took one end of the bag, the farmer took the other. They lifted the bag of wheat onto the horse.

“Sir, ”asked the farmer, “how can I pay you? ”

“Well, ”the judge replied, “if you see anyone in need of help, do the same for him. ”

1. The farmer did not know what to do because______.

A．his horse fell down	B．his bag was very heavy
C．he could not lift the bag himself	D．his horse ran away

2. The farmer dared not ask______for help.

A．someone	B．the famous judge
C．one of his friends	D．the other farmer

3. When he saw what had happened, the judge______.

A．asked the farmer to get on the horse

B．helped the farmer lift the bag onto the horse

C．refused to help the farmer

D．got off his horse

4. “If you see anyone in need of help, do the same for him. ”means“If anyone______. ”

A．helps you, do the same for him	B．needs help, help him
C．is in need of help, tell him the same	D．helps you, help him

5. The best title of this story is“______”.

A．A Bag of Wheat	B．Heavy Bag
C．Do the Same For Him	D．The Farmer

【推荐2】Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was born at Steventon, Hampshire, on December 16, 1775, and died on July 18, 1817. She began writing early in life, although the prejudices（偏见） of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously （匿名）.

But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath's many famous local people and visitors. She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806, Bath was her home. Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath. The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it, keeping in its streets and public buildings the well-ordered world that she described so well in her novels. Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen's Bath can be enhanced （增强）by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street. Here, in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city, you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen's time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.

The Centre has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society. After your visit to the Centre, you can look round the attractive shop, which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related（相关的） books, cards and many specially designed gifts. Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.

You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen's Bath, which is a great way to find out more about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath. The tour lasts about one and a half hours. The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived, walked and shopped.

1. Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath________.

A．in her early twenties	B．in her early teens
C．in her late twenties	D．in her late teens

2. What can we learn about Bath from the passage?

A．Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austen's death.

B．The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it.

C．Bath remains（保持） almost the same as in Jane Austen's time.

D．No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austen's time.

3. The author writes this passage in order to________.

A．attract readers to visit the city of Bath

B．ask readers to buy Austen's books

C．tell readers about Jane Austen's experience

D．give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society

4. It takes you about one and a half hours________.

A．to get to the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street

B．to buy Jane Austen related books, cards and gifts

C．to find a guide to take you to the Centre

D．to look around the city of Bath on foot

【推荐3】The start of a new year is a very wonderful time to take up something. Maybe that’s why so many people make New Year’s resolutions. People hope they’ll stop their bad habits and start good ones. However, a study shows that about 80% of people break their New Year’s resolutions before February. Why does this happen? That’s because they don’t make or keep their resolutions the right way. The following ideas may be helpful.

First, your resolutions should be specific (具体的). Don’t make a resolution like “I’m going to get healthy this year.” It doesn’t tell you what you need to do to become healthy. Make a specific one like “Get healthy by eating less and doing some running every morning.”

Second, just take it easy. It takes time to start a new habit. Never expect to reach your goals (目标) in just a few days or weeks.

Third, share your resolutions with others. Tell what your resolutions are to your family or close friends or join a group with the same goals as you. These people will help you to reach your goals when you want to give up (放弃).

根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的 “T”，错误的 “F”。
1. Many people make New Year’s resolutions at the start of a new year.
2. Most people break their New Year’s resolutions very early in the year.
3. Specific resolutions can help you to be healthy.
4. You can’t reach your goals in a short time.
5. The passage is mainly about what is a New Year’s resolution.