【推荐1】On a wild mountain, two goats met on a road just over a high cliff. The road was so narrow that there was neither room for them to pass each other nor to turn round and go back. What do you think the two goats did?

One of them with great care laid himself down on the narrow road, pressing as close to the rock as he could. Then the other goat softly walked on his friend, till, safely past him, he could lightly jump away.

The goat that had lain down then stood up slowly from his place, safe and sound, free to jump again from rock to rock, and enjoyed the sweet grass on the hills happily.

However, two other goats met on the banks of a rushing river. A tree had fallen across the river, and became a bridge from the one side to the other. The two goats looked at each other, and each wished to pass over first. They stood for a while with one foot on the tree, each thinking that the other would turn back. But neither of them would give way, and they met at last on the middle of the narrow bridge!

They then began to push and fight with their horns(角) till at last their feet missed, and both the goats fell into the running river, and were lost in the water!

Both might have been saved, if either of them had known how to give way at the right time.

1. Where did the first two goats meet?

A．On the hills.	B．On a bridge.
C．On a narrow road.	D．At the bank of a river.

2. How did they pass the narrow road safely?

A．By lying down.	B．By working together.
C．By jumping away.	D．By pressing to the rock.

3. What was the bridge made of?

A．A tree.

B．A stone.

C．Some stones.

D．Some trees.

4. What happened when they met on the middle of the bridge?

A．They pushed and fought.	B．They lay on the bridge.
C．They looked at each other.	D．They stood on the bridge.

5. The passage tells us that ________.

A．we should face the challenge in life	B．we should be careful to cross the bridge
C．we should give way to others at right time	D．we should be brave to climb the mountains

【推荐2】Life is not easy, so I’d to like to say “ When anything happens, believe in yourself. ” When I was a young boy, I was so shy that I dare not talk to anyone. My classmates often laughed at me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened, and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest. My English teacher asked me to take part in it. What a terrible idea ! It meant I had to speak before all the teachers and students of my school ! “ Come on, boy, believe in yourself, You are sure to win. ” Then my teacher and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic “Believe in yourself”. “I tried my best to remember all the speech and practised it over 100 times. With my teacher’s great love, I did well in the contest. I could hardly believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those classmates who once looked down on me, now all said “Congratulations!” to me. My teacher hugged me and cried excitedly. Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I’11 try to tell myself to be sure and I will find myself. This is true not only for a person but also for a country.

1. The boy did well in the contest. Because __________ .

A．he did his best before the contest	B．he was very clever
C．his classmates helped him	D．the contest was easy

2. What changed the boy’s life?

A．The topic he chose.	B．The students’ congratulations.
C．The classmates’ cheers.	D．The English speech contest.

3. The story tells us when we do anything, we must ______

A．believe in ourselves	B．choose a good topic
C．practise it over 100 times	D．look down on ourselves

【推荐3】My sister’s ten-year-old son came for a visit at the weekend one hot July. And I had to make him stay inside by joining him in a game. An hour later, I suggested that we relax a while. He slipped out of the room and I was catching a few moments of peace and quiet.

“Look, Alice,” he said happily as he ran over to the chair where I was having a rest. “I found a kite. Could we go outside and fly it?”

Looking out a nearby window, I noticed there was not a breeze (微风) at all. “I’m sorry, Tripper,” I said, sad to see his blue eyes. “The wind is not blowing today. The kite won’t fly.”

“ I think it’s windy enough. I can get it to fly.” He answered, as he hurried out of the back door. Up and down the yard he ran, pulling the kite with a small length of string (绳子). The plastic kite proudly had a picture of Batman. He ran as hard as his ten-year-old legs would carry him, looking back hopefully at the kite. After about ten minutes, he came back in.

I asked, “How did it go?” “Fine,” he said, not wanting to admit (承认) defeat. “I got it to fly some.” As he walked past me to return the kite to the closet shelf, I heard him say under his breath, “I guess I’ll have to wait for the wind.”

At that moment I heard another voice speak to my heart, “Alice, sometimes you are just like that. You want to do it your way instead of waiting for the wind.”

And the voice was right. We wait for the wind only after we have done all we can. We must learn how to depend on it in the first place！

1. Alice played the game with the boy because_ .

A．she wanted him to stay in the room

B．she was too busy to go out with the boy

C．the boy hated the game very much

D．her sister told her to do such a thing

2. The boy ran to the chair to .

A．relax for a while with Alice

B．ask Alice to go out and fly a kite with him

C．jumped onto it and looked out of the window

D．draw a picture of Batman on a kite

3. What was the weather like that weekend?

A．Hot and windy.

B．Warm, without a cloud.

C．Hot, but no wind.

D．Wet and cold.

4. Why did the boy come back in after ten minutes?

A．Because he was too tired to run in the yard.

B．Because he failed to fly a kite.

C．Because he made a kite fly successfully.

D．Because he found it was boring to fly a kite.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Every man has his taste.

B．Don’t cross a bridge until you come to it.

C．It is better to give than to receive.

D．Rome was not built in a day.

【推荐2】“You showed me where the key was yesterday,” she laughed. “I’ve got it in my pocket. So you ought to show me the door today!”

The robin (知更鸟) hopped on to an old climbing plant on the wall, and sang his most beautiful song. Suddenly the wind made the plant move, and Mary saw something under the dark green leaves. The thick, heavy plant was covering a door. Mary’s heart was beating fast and her hands were shaking as she pushed the leaves away and found the keyhole. She took the key out of her pocket, and it fitted the hole. Using both hands, she managed to unlock the door. Then she turned round to see if anyone was watching. But there was no one, so she pushed the door, which opened, slowly, for the first time in ten years. She walked quickly in and shut the door behind her. At last she was inside the secret garden!

It was the loveliest, most exciting place she had ever seen. There were old rose trees everywhere, and the walls were covered with climbing roses. She looked carefully at the grey branches. Were the roses still alive? Ben would know. She hoped they weren’t all dead. But she was inside the wonderful garden, in a world of her own. It seemed very strange and silent, but she did not feel lonely at all. Then she noticed some small green shoots (嫩芽) coming up through the grass. So something was growing in the garden after all! When she found a lot more shoots in different places, she decided they needed more air and light, so she began to pull out the thick grass around them. She worked away, clearing the ground, for two or three hours, and had to take her coat off because she got so hot. The robin hopped around, pleased to see someone gardening.

选自The Secret Garden

1. Where was the door according to the passage?

A．Under the ground.

B．In Mary’s room.

C．In a tree.

D．Under the dark green leaves.

2. Why was Mary’s heart beating fast as she pushed the leaves away?

A．Because she knew she had made a big mistake.	B．Because she was very excited to see the keyhole.
C．Because she was punished by her uncle.	D．Because robin hopped around all the time.

3. How long had the door been locked?

A．For 2 or 3 hours.

B．For a year.

C．For a century.

D．For 10 years.

4. What do you think of the girl?

A．She was curious (好奇的) and brave.	B．She had a bad temper.
C．She was as beautiful as her mother.	D．She was so silly.

【推荐3】I travel a lot, and I find out different “styles” of giving directions every time I ask“How can I get to the post office?”

In Japan, people use landmarks (地标) in their directions because most streets don’t have names. For example, the Japanese will say to travelers, “Go straight ahead and turn left at the hotel. The post office is across from the bus stop.”

In the countryside of the American Midwest, there are no towns or buildings in many places.Instead oflandmarks, people will tell you directions and distances. In Kansas, for example, people will say, “Go north two miles. Turn east, and then go another mile.”

People in Los Angeles, California have no idea of distance. They measure (测量) distance in time, not miles. “How far away is the post office?” you ask, “Oh,” they answer, “It’s about five minutes from here.”

It’s true that a person doesn’t know the answer sometimes. What happens in such a situation? A New Yorker might say, “Sorry, I don’t know.” But in Yucatan, Mexico, no one answers, “I don’t know.” People believe in that “I don’t know.” is impolite. They usually give an answer, often a wrong one. A tourist can get very, very lost in Yucatan!

1. Why do Japanese people use landmarks in their directions?

A．Because they have no ideas of distance.	B．Because there are no towns or buildings.
C．Because most of the streets have no names.	D．Because people don’t know the answer.

2. What’s the meaning of the underlined phrase “instead of” in Paragraph 3?

A．排除

B．代替

C．包括

D．使用

3. What may happen in Yucatan?

A．People there usually say ,“Sorry, I don’t know the way.”

B．Local people often give a right answer.

C．People there have no idea of distance.

D．Visitors may lose their way.

4. Which of the following may people in Kansas say?

A．“Turn left at the traffic lights and you will see a school.”

B．“It will take one day and a half.”

C．“Turn south and then walk 300 meters.”

D．“Go along Autumn Street and turn right at the crossing.”

5. What is the best title of the article?

A．Asking the Way in Different Places	B．Getting Lost in Yucatan
C．Travelling in Different Places	D．Where is the Post Office?

【推荐1】Searching for parking spaces has long been a headache for many office workers in many big cities of China, especially for those working in central business districts. Parking near their companies for five days a week could cost them a lot of money. At the same time, even with prices for parking lots in residential areas(居民区) rising, most of their spaces remain idle during workdays. Now a new form of sharing economy has appeared in China—the shared parking space. It has become a huge market in some big cities.

In Qingdao, a coastal(海岸的) city in Shangdong, up to 10,000 personal parking spaces have been turned into shared ones with the help of “Airparking”, an online shared parking platform developed by a network company from Guangzhou.

Through a special app, users can either share or order a parking place. Owners who have idle parking spaces can share some information, including the parking position, license number and time limit(限制) on the platform. With the information, users can easily find the nearest place to park. The average (平均的) parking cost for shared parking is 4 yuan each hour, almost the same as the service cost in traditional parking spaces.

Qingdao is one of the Chinese cities that encourage shared parking. Some other big cites, including Beijing, Shanghai and Hefei, have also begun to try this idea. The Shanghai government, for example, has set up more than 6,500 shared parking spaces to encourage the public to use. Shared parking will be more and more helpful to the drivers.

1. In the first paragraph, the writer points out that________.

A．we should find a good way to use parking spaces in big cities

B．prices of parking spaces are rising quickly in China

C．it’s difficult to find parking space in central business districts

D．many people want to find parking spaces in residential areas during workdays

2. The underlined word idle probably means ________ in Chinese in this passage.

A．无所事事的

B．停顿的

C．闲置的

D．懒惰的

3. If you want to use shared parking in Qingdao, you should________.

A．love the city	B．use a special app
C．have an idle parking space	D．share your personal information

4. How much should you pay if you use a shared parking space for 5 hours in Qingdao?

A．15 yuan.

B．20yuan.

C．25yuan.

D．30yuan.

5. The purpose of the passage is to tell us that ________.

A．it’s hard to find parking spaces in residential areas during workdays

B．Qingdao has fewer shared parking spaces than Shanghai

C．shared parking will probably become more and more popular

D．shared parking is more expensive than traditional parking service

【推荐2】根据短文内容，选择正确的选项。
The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means(交流方式). Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.
Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in a place, men moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad to all living things in the world, but it is not only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills fish and pollutes drinking water. Noise pollution makes us become angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules to fight against pollution. They stop the people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from blowing dirty smoke into the air.
The pollution of SO2 is now the most dangerous problem of air pollution. It is mostly caused by heavy traffic. It is certain that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.
The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must try to control the growth of population at the same time.
1. Our world is becoming much smaller .

A．because the earth is being polluted day and night

B．because science is developing

C．because of the rise in population

D．because the earth is blown away by the wind every year

2. Thousands of years ago, life was   it is today.

A．much easier than	B．as easy as
C．as hard as	D．much harder than

3. Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here “it” means .

A．water pollution	B．air pollution
C．noise pollution	D．rubbish

4. What is the most dangerous problem of air pollution?

A．CO2

B．H2O

C．SO2

D．CO

5. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because .

A．it’s bad to all living things in the world

B．it makes much noise

C．it has made our rivers and lakes dirty

D．it makes us become angry more easily

【推荐3】Can you see the girl in red?She is my friend.What’s her name?Her name is Rose Smith.She is 13 years old.She loves number 7 best.And her favorite color is yellow.A big yellow seven is on her jacket.Her phone number also has many sevens.Her phone number is 477-6757.
I’m Ann.I’m a student in No.3 Middle School.Rose and I are in the same class.We are in Class 7.I can play with her in my classroom.She is the first one in school.Opposite to her,I’m not good at my studies.My favorite color is the same as Rose’s.The color of my phone is my favorite color.My phone number is 482-8365.I have many cups.One cup is red,three cups are blue,two cups are yellow,and the last one is purple.
Rose and I are good friends.I like her.
1. Rose’s phone number has many sevens because(因为)______.

A．a big seven is on her jacket	B．her favorite number is seven
C．she learns number seven first	D．she is in Class seven

2. The underlined word “Opposite”in the passage means(意思是)______in Chinese.

A．赞成的

B．同样的

C．相反的

D．错误的

3. How many different(不同的) colors does Ann’s cup have?

A．One

B．Two

C．Three

D．Four.

4. What can we know from the passage?

A．Ann is 13 years old.	B．Ann has a red phone.
C．Rose has a yellow jacket	D．Rose is in Ann’s school

5. What is the best title(标题)of the passage?

A．My Friend and I	B．My Friend in School
C．My Favorite Color	D．My Favorite Number