【推荐1】Young people enjoy different kinds of drinks, though they know drinks are bad for their health. What about you? What will happen to you if you only drink water?

Chris Bailey, a popular blogger (博客作者), tried this out. Here is what he has found.

First, you lose weight (体重) faster. Yeah, you do! You don’t have to exercise but just keep away from drinks for 9 days. It is the same as running for 8 kilometers a day! So write down your resolution (决心) on a piece of paper and put it on the wall. And you will see the result soon.

Sometimes when you have to stay up late for a test, a cup of tea or coffee is usually put at the side of your desk. But do you know 75 to 85 percent of your brain (大脑) is water? Nothing else! Just by drinking water, your brain can work efficiently (有效地). You may remember things quickly and well.

What’s more, water washes out something bad in your body. So drinking enough water can stop you from getting old quickly. If you want to look young and beautiful as long as possible, drink a glass of water right now! Keep on doing it for longer, and you will be surprised to touch your soft and clean skin (皮肤).

Lastly, you save money! How much money do coffee and juice cost you every week? The price of water is much lower than that of other drinks. Drink 5 glasses of water every day or visit doctors? Think about it!

So, what are you waiting for?

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Why does the writer mention (提及) Chris Bailey?

A．To show he is popular.

B．To give an example.

C．To discuss his healthy problems.

2. Which resolution may be written on the paper in Paragraph 3?

A．Take more exercise!

B．Drink more water!

C．Use the brain more!

3. Which one is RIGHT according to the passage?

A．Staying away from drinks for 9 days helps lose weight.

B．Drinking tea makes you get old quickly.

C．Keeping on drinking water makes hair soft and clean.

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

A．

B．

C．

【推荐2】Teeth are very important for our health. They will be our lifelong friends. So we should learn to protect them at a very young age. Here are some tips：

First，we should eat right.

◆Don't eat too much candy or drink too much cola，or our teeth will go bad easily.

◆Have more cheese，milk and yogurt to make teeth strong.

◆Eat more vegetables and fruits to help clean teeth.

Second, we should keep these numbers in mind.

◆2/Day   Brush your teeth at least twice a day: in the morning and before bedtime.

◆2～3Minutes   Brush for at least two to three minutes every time.

◆3 Months   Get a new toothbrush every three months.

◆6 Months   Go to the dentist every six months for a check-up.

1. We're too young, so we needn't start taking care of our teeth.
2. Cheese, milk and yogurt can keep our teeth strong.
3. We shouldn't brush our teeth before bedtime.
4. We can brush our teeth for 2 minutes at most each time.
5. You should use at least four brushes in a year.

【推荐1】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项(选项中有一项为多余选项)。

I once read a story. An Australia woman lived in China for many years. Later she went back to Australia.     1     Suddenly, a man driving by yelled at her, “It’s not raining, dear.”

I’m sure this won’t happen in China.     2     People like to sunbathe on the beach in Australia. They want their skin to get tanned (晒黑的). In general, Australians feel that having tanned skin shows that you are healthy and outgoing.

    3    

But in China, it is the opposite. Many people don’t want to get tanned. They feel that the sun is bad for their skin.     4     My Chinese friends have given me an umbrella many times when I didn’t have one. But I just wanted to get some sunshine!

So, it seems that this comes down to the culture of beauty.     5     So, love your skin, whatever the colour is.

A．They want to have a lighter skin color.

B．So why did he say this to the lady?

C．The truth is that all skin is beautiful.

D．She used an umbrella to keep herself out of the sun.

E．This is a common idea in Western countries.

F．On a rainy day, she used an umbrella.

【推荐2】In today's world, sleep experts say that for a better night's rest, Americans should turn off their smartphones or iPads before sleeping. Such electronic products make the brain more active, and then influence people's sleep. But according to a latest survey, more than 90% of Americans usually use a computer or some other kinds of electronic products in the hour before bed.

Researchers found that man-made light from some electronic products at night might reduce the levels of the brain chemicals that help sleep. The researchers showed that sitting in the light from tablets clearly reduced the levels of the chemicals which manage our body clocks and play a great role in the sleep cycle.

In the study, the researchers let volunteers read, play games and watch movies on a tablet for different time while measuring how much light their eyes received. They found that sitting for two hours before a bright tablet at night reduced the levels of the chemicals by about 22%.

Studies of students using computers at night have got the similar results. And researchers said that might not only cause sleeplessness, but also increase the risk of obesity(肥胖症), diabetes(糖尿病) and other diseases.

To be on the safe side, the researchers advise us to use computers less before bed, or turn down our screens low.

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．Americans don't get enough sleep.	B．Electronic products are very popular.
C．The brain becomes more active at night.	D．Sleep experts never use smartphones.

2. How electronic products influence people's sleep?

A．By making our brains more tired.	B．By making our bodies weak.
C．By reducing the levels of the brain chemicals that help us sleep.	D．By changing our body clocks.

3. What does the underlined word "that" refer to?

A．Making a survey about sleep.	B．Using smartphones in the daytime.
C．Sitting in a bright room.	D．Surfing the Internet at night.

4. What do the researchers advise us to do to have a good sleep?

A．Learn to use smartphones or iPads.	B．Watch some relaxing TV programs.
C．Turn down the screens low.	D．Try to sleep earlier than before.

【推荐3】You may think you cannot live through summer without air conditioners (空调). But in ancient China, hand fans were almost the only help for people to drive the heat away.

Chinese people started to use hand fans over 2,000 years ago. The fans came in different shapes, such as round and square. They were also made from all kinds of materials (材料). Palm leaf (棕榈叶) fans were cheap and easy to make. Feather fans showed the owner’s high status (地位). Sandalwood (檀香) fans could send out a sweet smell.

Later, hand fans became far more than just something that could cool you down. They developed into artworks, in which tuanshan and zheshan were the most common.

In the shape of a full moon, tuanshan was usually made of silk. They had beautiful embroidery (刺绣) of birds and flowers on them. Women liked to use them very much. Poets in ancient China often compared a woman’s life to tuanshan, Nalan Xingde wrote during the Qing Dynasty, “If only life were as beautiful as when we first met, why should the autumn wind bother to pity deserted painted fans?”

However, men, especially the literati (文人), used zheshan. The literati liked them because zheshan were usually made of paper and they could paint and write something on them. It was a way for them to show off their talents in literature (文学), painting and calligraphy (书法). In fact, almost anything can be painted on zheshan.

Today, Chinese people still use these fans. So, the next time you use a fan, you may think of the stories behind it.

1. According to this passage, which of the following may be Wang Xizhi’s favorite hand fan?

A．

B．

C．

2. Which of the following is the Chinese translation of the underlined sentence in Paragraph 4?

A．纨扇动微凉，轻绡薄如纸。

B．人生若只如初见，何事秋风悲画扇。

C．银烛秋光冷画屏，轻罗小扇扑流萤。

3. What do we know about hand fans?

A．They can be made from different materials.

B．There were only 2 shapes of hand fans in ancient China.

C．They become less popular in recent years.

4. Which of the following is True?

A．Chinese people started to use hand fans over 2,000 years ago.

B．In ancient China, hand fans were only showed the owner’s high status.

C．Today Chinese people use air conditioners instead of hand fans.

【推荐1】Many of us might want to take on traditional jobs when we grow up, such as being a doctor or lawyer. However, there are many more choices than just these that are available today.

In October, job-hunting website Zhaopin.com organized a report after surveying people who work in more than 800 different jobs in major Chinese cities. These jobs include early childhood educator, fitness trainer and makeup artist(化妆师). Most of the jobs pay well, with one in three workers earning more than 8,000 yuan a month. The top-paying job is veterinarian(宠物医生). About 29 percent of these animal doctors earn over 20.00yuan per month.

These workers’ educational background is also important. Over 60 percent of the surveyed workers have a college degree(学位) or above, the report says.

Most of the workers said they chose their jobs out of love and interest in the area. Many of the jobs are no longer specific to one gender (性别). For example, the report found that one-third of childcare workers are men. These positions used to be filled almost only by women.

Many of these jobs are in the service industry(产业). Economic (经济师) development means people have more money to spend and are in greater need of high-quality services, China News Service noted.

For example, more people have started to raise pets. Pet owners will spend over 5,000 yuan per pet this year, an increase of 15 percent from 2017, Xinhua reported. The growing need for animal care, therefore, has encouraged more people to become veterinarians.

1. What does the report issued by Zhaopin.com show?

A．Most people still prefer to work as doctors or lawyers.

B．There are many new job choices these days.

C．People make more money these days than before.

2. Which job has the best pay, according to the survey?

A．Lawyer.

B．Makeup artist.

C．Veterinarian.

3. Why are there many new jobs in the service industry?

A．Because people need more high-quality services.

B．Because they require fewer skills and less knowledge.

C．Because more people have started to raise pets.

4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?

A．About 30% of workers earn over 8,000 yuan a month.

B．People without a college degree can’t find a job.

C．Two-thirds of child care workers are women now.

5. What can we infer (推测) from the story?

A．Other new jobs may appear with people’s future needs.

B．Women will be replaced by men in the childcare industry.

C．Finding a job in big cities has become easier in recent years.

【推荐2】Though you are a teenager now, there will finally come a time when you start to make money. While it may be fun to have your own money to spend, it can also be difficult trying to manage it properly. Here are some tips on how to manage your money.

Use your money wisely

Most teenagers earn money for everyday use, or because they are saving up for something. So when they receive their money, they must first decide what they want to do with it. However, try to avoid the temptation (诱惑) to spend it all in one go (一口气)! Remember: Money takes a long time to earn, but it goes very quickly.

Bank your savings

The money you don’t need can be saved at home or in a bank. If you want to save your money at home, get yourself a piggy bank or something else to keep your money in. The other choice is to save your money in a bank. One of the advantages is that you can earn interest (利息) on it.

Use the money to make money

Rather than saving your money at home or in a bank, you can use the money you earn to invest (投资) in things to make more money. For example, if you are selling something around your neighborhood, you could pay someone else to sell your things in their neighborhood. This way, by spending a little, you can make a lot.

1. How many tips does the passage tell us?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

2. The first thing for the teenagers to do after receiving their money is ______.

A．to consider how to deal with it	B．to spend it for everyday use
C．to let it go very quickly	D．to invest in things correctly

3. Which of the following can best explain “ use your money wisely ” ?

A．Don’t earn it for everyday use.	B．It’s saved up for something.
C．Don’t spend it all in one go.	D．It takes a long time to earn.

4. By paying others to sell things, teenagers can usually ______.

A．spend less money

B．give less money

C．waste more money

D．make more money

【推荐3】Have you ever had trouble sleeping in a new place?

Lots of people do. And now researchers from Brown University in Rhode Island think they know why. They found that one-half of the brain “remains more awake” than the other half when people are trying to sleep in a new place.

The findings were reported in Current Biology by Brown University. In their report, the researchers said many people report they have a harder time sleeping the first night at a hotel or other places outside their home. They call it “first-night influence”. In Japan they say, “If you change your bed, you can’t sleep,” said Yuka Sasaki, one of the report’s writers. “You don’t sleep very well in a new place. We all know about it.”

The researchers measured brain waves (测量脑波) for 35 volunteers over two nights in a laboratory. The two nights were a week apart (间隔). They found during the first night the left half of the brain was more active than the right half. This was during the first deep-sleep period, the researchers said.

Sasaki said a lot of questions remain.

Researchers did not keep measuring brain waves all night long. So, they don’t know if the left half keeps “watch” all night, or whether it “works in shifts (轮换) with the right half later in the night”. They also do not know why the brain activity, at least during the first period of deep sleep, is always on the left half.

For some, this research may be calming. It is good to know that our brain is “looking out for us” in a new place. But it may not help with sleep. That brain activity, at least according to this new research; makes it harder to get the people to have a good rest when they need to wake up in the morning.

1. How many times did the researchers measure brain waves for 35 volunteers?

A．Once.

B．Twice.

C．Three times.

D．Four times.

2. The researchers found ________ during the first deep-sleep period.

A．the brain waves remained the same	B．the brain activity helped with sleep
C．the right half of the brain kept “watch”	D．the left half of the brain was more active

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

A．pleasing

B．different

C．serious

D．strange

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．What we will have to do to sleep well.	B．How researchers measure brain waves.
C．Why it’s harder to sleep in a new place.	D．Who doesn’t sleep well in a new place.

【推荐1】Language changes all the time. New words and phrases appear and develop. The words and pronunciations used by young people in UK can be different to those used by grown-ups Living in a multicultural(多元文化的) society has an effect on language, especially on young people, whose friends are often from a mix of backgrounds. TV and music also have big influence on the language of the young. Often UK singers sing in American accents (口音) without realizing.

Young British people use lots of language that you usually can’t find in most dictionaries. These informal words and expressions are known as ‘slang’. It is not possible ti make a complete list of modern British slang. By the time people finish the list, it would be out of date！ New words come and go like fashions. However, here are a few examples:

Safe, sorted, sound, cool or wicked all mean “That’s good” or “I understand”.

People seldom use different tag question like … isn’t it?, can’t you? or don’t they?, they use innit.

No longer say very, really or completely, people use well.

Whatever means I don’t care.

’He’s fine‘ or ‘He’s fit’ both mean ‘He looks good’. Fine and fit can describe a boy or a girl.

Not everybody uses slang and not everybody likes it. A school in Sheffield, in the north of England, recently stopped its pupils using slang words such as hiya(hello), cheers and ta (both mean thank you). The head teacher says that if young people learn to speak ‘correctly’ this will help them get a place at university and a good job.

When British people use language like this, it’s no surprise that some students say they can’t understand native(本土的) speakers. But perhaps learners don’t need to worry about communicating with native speakers so much. Research shows that most of the English spoken in the world today is spoken between non-native speakers of the language. In fact, when we think about “International English”, there is no such things as a native or non-native speaker.

1. In the UK, you can find little slang in _________.

A．young people’s language	B．TV programmes
C．most dictionaries	D．pop songs

2. The writer uses the example of a school in Sheffield to say that _________.

A．slang words can be used easily	B．slang is changing quickly
C．some people don’t like slang	D．slang is out of date

3. Which slang can be used in the following dialogue?
—But the teacher says we can’t leave if we don’t finish.
—_________. I’m going.

A．Sound

B．Fine

C．Cheers

D．Whatever

4. IF you want to learn more about the topic of this passage, you can search the Internet with the key words “_________”.

A．British people	B．Language changes
C．English slang	D．English cultures

5. You may find this passage in a book of _________.

A．novel(小说)

B．culture

C．travel

D．history

【推荐2】A new trend (风潮) of “shared make-up rooms” aimed at women is causing a debate in China. Some think it is an affordable (负担得起的) way to get to use expensive make-up, while others are not willing to share a lipstick (口红) with a stranger.

Using their phones, customers scan (扫描) a payment code to pay a small fee. Then they can enter a room with a chair and a dressing table. A wide range of beauty products is spread out on the table , including products from high-end (高端的) Western brands. Users can help themselves to these products. The room also provides brushes and other tools for people to use.

Products in a shared make-up room in Wuhan are worth more than 4, 000 yuan in total, according to the Chutian Metropolis Daily. But it costs a small amount to use the room from anywhere between 15 and 45 minutes. In the "shared make-up rooms" in Wuhan, the maximum (最高值) a customer can expect to spend in one sitting is 58 yuan.

Young women who have tried the room had mostly positive feedback. "I thought the shared make-up room is great. It is a very new idea and a very creative invention," said a user. But others have concerns about the idea of sharing certain make-up products with strangers. "Lots of people will use the same lipstick--that's not very hygienic (卫生的)," another user complained.

1. How do people pay for the shared make-up rooms?

A．By paying in cash.	B．By scanning a payment code.
C．By paying with a credit card.	D．By paying with a library card.

2. Which of the following is not provided in the shared make-up rooms?

A．Beauty products.	B．A dressing table.
C．Brushes and other tools.	D．Beautiful clothes.

3. What does the underlined word “It” refer to?

A．The user's wonderful idea.	B．The shared make-up room.
C．The new popular trend.	D．The young woman's choice.

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．The New Trend Among Young People.

B．Sharing Make-up with Others Is Not Wise.

C．Would You Share Make-up with Strangers?

D．Most People Prefer to Share Make-up with Others.

【推荐3】As prices and building costs keep rising, the “do-it-yourself” (DIY) trend (趋势) in the U.S. continues to grow. “We needed furniture (家具) for our living room,” says John Ross, “and we just didn’t have enough money to buy it. So we decided to try making a few tables and chairs.” John got married six months ago, and like many young people these days, they are struggling to make a home at a time when the cost of living is very high. The Rosses took a 2-week course for ＄280 at a night school. Now they build all their furniture and make repairs around the house.
Jim Hatfield has three boys and his wife died. Jim has a full-time job at home as well as in a shoe making factory. Last month, he received a car repair bill for＄420. “I was deeply upset about it. Now I’ve finished a car repair course. I should be able to fix the car by myself.”
John and Jim are not unusual people. Many families in the country are doing everything they can to save money so they can fight the high cost of living.
If you want to become a “do-it-yourselfer”, you can go to DIY classes. And for those who don’t have time to take a course, there are books that tell you how you can do things yourself.
1. We can learn from the text that many newly married people____________.

A．find it hard to pay for what they need

B．have to learn to make their own furniture

C．take DIY courses run by the government

D．seldom go to a department store to buy things

2. Jim Hatfield decided to become a do-it-yourselfer when____________.

A．his car repairs cost too much	B．the car repair class was not helpful
C．he could not possibly do two jobs	D．he had to raise the children all by himself

3. What would be the best title for the text?

A．The joy of DIY.	B．You can do it too!
C．Welcome to our DIY course!	D．Ross and Hatfield: believers in DIY.