【推荐1】Shopping used to mean actually going to shops, but nowadays, you can shop without even leaving your house. Just sit in front of your computer, click your mouse and your things will be sent to your house in a couple of days. You can also use your mobile phone to buy things you want.
November 11^th is a big day for people who like shopping online. On that day last year, many online stores offered a big discount and free delivery service. The biggest online shopping sites in China,Taobao.com and Tmall.com ，sold things worth 19.1 billion yuan in total.
“Goods online are often much cheaper. It also saves me a lot of time. And we often have more goods on many online stores than in shopping malls,” Wang Xin, an online shopping lover in Beijing, said to China Daily. She stayed up very late for a lot of cheap goods online. She spent several thousand that day.
Another big advantage of online shopping is that it helps people get things from different cities, even different countries. “I like eating duck neck very much and I often buy it on Taobao from shops in Wuhan. It’s much more delicious than what our local (当地的) stores sell, but cheaper,” said Zang Xin, a girl in Yangzhou.
While enjoying online shopping, many people also have worries, especially for middle school student buyers. Young students are easily attracted by advertisements on the Internet and buy things they don’t need.
“Middle school students should pay more attention to their study. Searching for things wastes their time,” said Jing Chunling, an education expert. “Besides, online shop owners have no idea of the ages of their buyers. Anyone can easily buy things that they want to. Some of goods are even bad for young students such as cigarettes and wine.”
1. Nowadays many people like shopping online instead of going to shops.
2. On November 11^th, we can buy things for free.
3. By shopping online people can get things from different cities but not from different countries.
4. Students have no time to waste and are easily attracted to buy bad things
5. The article is mainly about dangers of shopping online for students.

【推荐2】Could you live without a computer or a mobile phone? It might be hard for you to imagine a life without technology(科技). But even today, many people all over the world live happily without it. There are many tribes(部落) with much more important things to worry about than technology.
One of the most famous tribes on the earth is the Maasai(马赛族) people of Kenya, in Africa. The Maasai people don’t live in one place all the time. They move from place to place and make new homes each time they move. They build their homes in the forests from things they can find in nature—mud, sticks, grass and rocks. Their villages don’t have electricity(电), so computers and mobile phones cannot be used.
Another tribe in South East Asia is the Hmong. These are hill people—they live in the mountains in parts of Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. They have a very traditional way of life. In fact, they live the same way now that their ancestors(祖先) used to live over 2,000 years ago. They’ve also got their own ancient language with two different dialects(方言)： Hmong Djua and Hmong Daw. The language comes from Southern China and it’s quite different from the other languages of South East Asia. You won’t find much technology in a Hmong hill village.
The Koryak people, a tribe in Russia, live on the northern part of them Pacific Coast. It is very cold. For food, these people catch fish or keep reindeer (驯鹿). Koryak children help hunt(狩猎) and cook food for their family. They also sometimes make their own clothes with reindeer skin(皮).
Life for these people is much harder than it is for you or me. Could you live comfortably without basic necessities like food, water and electricity?
1. What can we know about the Hmong?

A．They live on the coast.

B．They keep their own language.

C．They usually move from place to place.

D．They make their own clothes with reindeer skin.

2. What does the writer think of the life of the tribes？

A．Poor but free.	B．Hard but happy.
C．Wild but relaxing.	D．Busy but enjoyable.

3. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Advantages of Living Without Technology

B．Different Ways of Life Around the World

C．Living Traditionally in a Modern World

D．Technology Makes Life Much Easier

【推荐3】As we know, some children live in the countryside, and some live in the city. Their lives are a little different, but they also have many of the same dreams.

	In the countryside	In the city
Ways of going to school	On foot or by bike	By bus or car
Teaching tools	Recorders(录音机) and radios	DVD, TVs, recorders, radios, loud-speakers, CAI
Eyesight	Less than 45% are near-sighted(近视)	About 75% are near-sighted
After-class activities	Playing with balls	English corners and other school clubs
Homework	Homework can usually be finished at school	Homework never ends
Chores(杂事) to do	Washing, cleaning, farming, looking after younger sisters or brothers, cooking	Usually no chores
Family	Big families	Small families
Dream jobs	Teachers, drivers, scientists, nurses…	Scientists, doctors, computer programmers, managers …

1. The survey was done among the ______ between the countryside and the city.

A．parents

B．students

C．teachers

D．drivers

2. The children in the city usually do ________ according to the survey.

A．cooking

B．cleaning

C．washing

D．no housework

3. About ________ of children in the countryside have good eyesight, while ________ of children in the city have good eyesight.

A．55%; 25%

B．45%; 25%

C．45%; 75%

D．55%; 75%

4. Which is NOT mentioned in the survey?

A．Homework.

B．Subjects.

C．Dream jobs.

D．After-class activities.

5. Which of the following is RIGHT according to the survey?

A．A classroom in the countryside often has TV sets.

B．Children in the countryside often join the school clubs.

C．Children in the city often have much homework to do.

D．Children in the city often have big families.

【推荐1】The local government of Haidian and the Internet company Baidu had an agreement in January, 2018. They wanted to develop “smart city” building 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. Haidian Park lies in northern Beijing. So Haidian Park became China's first artificial intelligence 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 lies in northern Beijing

D．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．有座位的

C．跑得快的

D．无扶梯的

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

D．the big international background

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

A．Haidian Artificial Intelligence Theme Park

B．Chinese High-tech Companies

C．The Internet Company Baidu

D．"Smart City" Building

【推荐2】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。选项中有两项为多余选项。

I live in a small town. If you walk to the center of the town on Green Street, you can see Star Hotel first. Hongxing Supermarket is on the right of the hotel     1    . I enjoy drawing there because I love the trees and the clean air.     2    . It is next to the park. There are many kinds of books in the library.

Our school is across from the park. It is very big and clean.     3    . In front of the buildings, there is a playground. Students often exercise there after class.     4    . We plant beautiful flowers and trees in the garden. Many birds fly in the trees. Next to the garden, there is a swimming pool.     5    . I love our school. I love the old town, too.

A．There are two new buildings in our school

B．There is a small garden (花园) behind the buildings

C．There is a big park in front of the supermarket

D．We usually go swimming with our classmates in summer

E．We usually play basketball in it

F．There is a big library

G．It’s the biggest theater in the town

【推荐3】A neighborhood party is a great way to have fun and get to know the people in your neighborhood.     1    

    2     The community center is a good place for the neighborhood party. If the weather is nice, many people like to have a party outside.     3     Next, ask your friends and neighbors to help. Get them to tell others about the party, set up（策划）the party and clean up after the party.     4     Many parties have activities for kids such as face painting. Most parties have food and drinks and the best parties are when everyone brings something to share.     5    

A．It could be at a park or on a street.

B．During the party, be sure to have lots of things to do.

C．Before you begin to do this, you first need to decide where to have the party.

D．And it’s also the best way to bring a community together.

E．That’s also the special part of a neighborhood party.

【推荐2】             Maybe you should sit down before you read this. It's a little frightening. Your sitting may be killing you.

Health experts say the U.S. adult now sits about 6.5 hours a day. That is up about an hour a day compared to 2007. The news is even worse for teens. They sit eight hours each day. The information was put out by the National Center for Health Statistics. It has collected the numbers for the past 16 years. It is worried about what it has found.

Research shows that people who are not active can get sick. Their bones get weaker. They burn fewer calories (卡路里). That makes them more likely to put on too much weight. They might even get diabetes (糖尿病). They are at risk for high blood pressure and heart problems, too.

Some experts also think sitting too much can influence how your blood moves through your body and how well your body fights off illness. Being active helps in lots of ways. It can make you happier, burn more calories and give you more energy. It can also help you sleep better.

About 60% of people in the U.S. watch at least two hours of TV each day. That number has stayed about the same in recent years.

Computers are the biggest reason for more hours spent sitting. Computer use outside of work or school has gone up for all age groups. Now, 50% of adults spend at least an hour of their free time on a computer each day. That is up from 29% in 2003.

About 53% of teens now spend at least an hour of free time on computers. So do 56% of kids. As many as 1 in 4 people who use computers use one for three hours or more outside of work and school.

So get up, take some breaks and go outside. You might save your life by doing outdoor activities.

1. The text is especially helpful for those who care about ______.

A．their body shape

B．their home comforts

C．their health

D．their food

2. Being active can help people ______.

A．burn more calories

B．forget their pressure

C．get sick

D．treat heart problems

3. What is the text mainly about?

A．Computers are causing health problems.	B．Too much sitting is influencing our health.
C．Being more active is good for you and me.	D．Sitting means killing.

4. Which one of the following is most probably to be discussed next?

A．The cause of diabetes.

B．Introduce some outdoor activities.

C．Give some examples of losing weight successfully.

D．List some disadvantages of playing computer games.

【推荐3】Are the classrooms all the same in the world?

In China, children have a fixed classroom. In a classroom, you can see desks and chairs in lines and many other school things in order. There are usually about 40 or more students in every class. They always face the blackboard. What are classrooms like in other countries? Let’s have a look!

In the UK, most classrooms are similar (相似的). There are usually about 30 students in every class. Usually, two children share a long desk.

In the US, classrooms usually have single (单独的) desks for each student. There are about 15 to 25 students in a class. The US children don’t have a fixed classroom. They always go to different classrooms when the classes are different.

In Japan, students have a fixed classroom. They also have single desks. At the back of the classroom, there are places for students’ clothes. At the gate of the school building, there are places for their shoes.

1. How many countries are mentioned (提到) in the passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

2. The underline word “fixed” in the passage means ________ in Chinese.

A．私人的

B．固定的

C．安装的

D．宽散的

3. According to the passage, we can know ________.

A．there are about 15 students in a class in the UK.

B．two students usually share a long desk in the US.

C．there are places for students’ shoes in Chinese schools.

D．students have places for their clothes in Japanese schools.

4. If you are a student in China, you may ________.

A．not have a fixed place to study at school	B．have similar classrooms to those in America
C．always have about 40 classmates	D．have a tidy classroom

5. The passage is probably from the ________ column (栏目) of a magazine.

A．Food

B．Sports

C．School

D．Clothes

【推荐1】In the 13th century, Marco Polo, the world known Italian traveller, saw many wonderful things in China. One of the things he discovered was money made of paper. People in the West did not have such kind of money until the 15th century: However, the Chinese began to use it in the 7th century.

Paper was invented by a Chinese man called Cai Lun almost 2, 000 years ago. But it was not made in Europe until the year 1, 100. Four hundred years later, a German discovered that he could make the best paper from trees. After that countries rich in forests, such as Canada, Sweden, America, Finland became the most important ones in paper making.

Paper can be used in many ways. The common uses include newspapers, magazines and books. But do you know that paper can be used for keeping warm? In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow. And even houses can be insulated (使绝缘) from heat or cold with paper.

However, we have to understand that paper still comes from trees now. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth some day in the near future. Every day people throw away about 2,800 tons. of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting down nearly 48,000 trees every day. The fact is that it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow.

So we must start saving paper right now. We can use both sides of every piece of paper. We can make useful things out of used paper. We can use china cups instead of paper ones. When shopping, we can use fewer paper bags and reuse them if we have some.

In short, we should keep a balance between using paper and protecting trees, and do it now before it is too late.

1. Why did Canada become an important country in paper making?

A．Because it was a large country.	B．Because it had lots of forests.
C．Because it was a very rich country.	D．Because the inventor was from Canada.

2. In Finland, paper is used for __________.

A．making beds

B．reducing waste

C．making umbrellas

D．keeping warm

3. Paragraph 5 mainly talks about __________.

A．how paper boots are made	B．how paper was invented
C．how we can save paper	D．how we can make useful things

【推荐2】When Joe is cleaning the house to welcome his grandchildren, he can't find his watch. It is a gift from his wife.

When his grandchildren, John and Jill come, they find that their grandfather is not happy. They ask him why. Joe tells them that he can't find his watch. The children want to help him. They ask Joe when he last saw the watch. Joe says, “It is in the barn(谷仓).”

The children look for it for about two hours, but they can't find it. Then, John asks the others to leave and says he can find the watch by himself.

Minutes later, the child brings the watch back. Joe and Jill want to know how he finds it. John says, “I sit in the barn quietly. After a few minutes, I hear a ‘tick­tick’ sound, and then I find the watch.”

Joe hugs(拥抱) the little boy and thanks him happily.

1. From the passage, we know ________ finds the lost watch.

A．Joe	B．Jill
C．John	D．Joe's wife

2. According to the passage, which of following is TRUE?

A．The watch is Joe's wife's.

B．Joe lost his watch in the barn.

C．They find the watch a few minutes later.

D．Joe is happy when he sees his grandchildren.

3. According to the passage, we can find John is ________.

A．happy	B．funny
C．clever	D．helpful

【推荐3】High-speed trains, Alipay(支付宝), shared bikes and online payment are seen as the new Four Great Achievements of China by young foreigners, according to a video survey by the Silk Road Research Institute(协会) of Beijing Foreign Studies University. In the video, young people from 20 countries along Belt and Road Routes(一带一路) were asked to name great inventions that had influenced their lives in China. The following is what they said from 4young people of them.

I'm from Romania. China is really a great country and its high-speed railways are very fast, convenient and tidy. It takes me only about 6 hours from Beijing to Shanghai by train. It saves a lot of time and it's cheaper than airplane. 1 wish we would have high-speed railways in our country someday.

I'm from Nepal. I always go out by bike Bicycle -sharing system allows people to borrow a bike from point "A" and return at point "B". It's not only cheap but also a low-carbon and healthy way of life. 1 like it very much.

My life in Beijing is quite different from that in India. Here in China, 1 seldom take money with me when I go out. I can pay for almost every thing by Zhi Fu Bao. Oh, it's amazing. However, in India, if you don't take wallet with you, you'llbe in a tough spot.

You can find many wonderful things that we don't have in Thailand We don'1 have Alipay or other online payment Apps with which I can go shopping w1thoutstepping out of the doors. If only I could bring then back to my country!

1. What does Justin think of the high-speed railways in China according to his words?

A．Fast and tidy.	B．Convenient and interesting.
C．Cheap and amazing.	D．Expensive but fast.

2. What do A" and B" refer to in Yala's words?

A．Two bikes.

B．Two riders.

C．Two places.

D．Two people.

3. What does the underlined phrase "be in a tough spot" mean?

A．Get into trouble.	B．Lose your way.
C．Stay in silence.	D．Be hit by others.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the information above?

A．Bicycle-sharing system provides bikes for free.

B．People can also go shopping without a wallet in Thailand.

C．Zhi Fu Bao is the only way of paying for things.

D．There're no high-speed railways in Romania.

5. What conclusion can we draw about the new Four Great Achievements?

A．They were created by young foreign people.

B．They are the signs that China is improving rapidly.

C．They were brought to the