【推荐1】When I was a kid, I never had any problems watching some cartoons. It was so much fun and a great education(教育) too. Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Tom and Jerry were my idols(偶像). Even now I really feel that they are worth watching at any age.
The problem I’ve found is the cartoons at present. Some of them contain something ugly. Most of the time, they show such many terrible characters with violence(暴力)that you wonder what they really mean. Cartoons are supposed to be funny but they aren’t. If you are expecting to teach your kids good manners and behavior, then they are the worst for your kids to watch.
Kids often imitate what they see in cartoons. If your kid is a fan of such cartoons, he or she will follow his or her favorite cartoon character and try to do something extremely dangerous.
Therefore, try not to let your kids watch too many today’s cartoons. Make sure to keep an eye on what they are watching.
1. When the writer was a kid, he thought that the cartoons then were ________.

A．ugly and terrible	B．funny but terrible
C．ugly and dangerous	D．funny and educational

2. The writer doesn’t like the cartoons at present because ________.

A．he is no longer a kid

B．they are bad for kids’ education

C．they are long and boring

D．they have ugly characters in them

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

A．Everyone should only watch the past cartoon.

B．A large number of kids are crazy about cartoons now.

C．All the cartoons are bad for kids to grow healthily today.

D．Parents should stop their kids watching too many today’s cartoons.

【推荐2】A: Good afternoon, Lucy.
B: Good afternoon, Alice. Who’s this?
A: Oh, Lucy, this is my friend(朋友), Jane.
B: Hello, Jane! Nice to meet you.
C: Nice to meet you, too.
B: Well, what’s this in English?
A: It’s a bike(自行车). And it’s my new bike.
B: It’s very nice.
A: Thank you.
B: By the way(顺便问一下), can you spell the word “bike”?
A: Sure, it’s B-I-K-E, bike.
B: Thanks.
A: You’re welcome.
阅读对话，判断正误。正确的在括号里填T, 错误的在括号里填F.
1. Jane is Alice’s friend.
2. This is a bike.
3. The bike is new and nice.
4. It’s in the morning.
5. Alice can spell “bike”.

【推荐1】Children’s Day is coming and Mrs. Black is reading a newspaper story to her class. The story says: The doctors in Children’s Hospital are asking for money for children’s toys. Some children are ill and have to stay in hospital for many days. They feel sad and always cry, but toys can make sick children feel happy and quiet.

After Mrs. Black reads the story, she says, “This story gives me an idea.”

“You want us to bring some money for the toys.” “We could bring some of our own toys for the children in hospital,” say the boys and girls one after another.

“Well, your ideas would be nice,” Mrs. Black says, “but mine is different.”

“We could make some toys,” shouts one of them.

Mrs. Black smiles, “Do you think you could make toys?”

“Yes, yes,” the whole class answer.

“Great! Let’s begin to make toys tomorrow,” says Mrs. Black.

It is Children’s Day. Mrs. Black takes her students to the hospital with the toys made by themselves. The children in hospital feel happy and excited. The colorful toys make the white hospital more lively.

A few days later, Mrs. Black reads another newspaper story to the class: The students of Class Three in Green Street School made toys and brought them to Children’s Hospital on June 1st. The doctor says, “Our children enjoy themselves playing with the toys. It’s really their happiest day. Thank you, Class Three. You bring the best presents for Children’s Day.”

“We are happy too, for we make the best presents,” the whole class smile happily.

1. Why do the doctors in Children’s Hospital ask for money?

A．Because some sick children can’t pay for three meals.	B．Because they need better machines to help sick children.
C．Because the sick children in hospital need toys to keep happy.	D．Because the children in hospital need better food to keep healthy.

2. What’s the right order of the events?
① Class Three start to make toys.
② Students talk about how to help sick children.
③ The sick children have a happy Children’s Day.
④ Mrs. Black has her idea of helping sick children.

A．①②③④

B．④②①③

C．②④①③

D．④①②③

3. What does Mrs. Black really want to do?

A．She wants to teach her students how to make toys.

B．She wants to make herself and her students become famous.

C．She wants to teach the students to be helpful to others by themselves.

D．She wants to let everyone know her students are good at making things.

4. From the passage, what can we can infer(推断)?

A．The hospital will have a lot of money themselves.	B．The sick children will make toys for themselves.
C．The sick children will have a better time with the toys.	D．The students of Class Three will get money from the hospital.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Children and Toys	B．Class Three and Sick Children
C．Sick Children Need Toys	D．The Best Presents for Children’s Day

【推荐2】There are over 800 boarding（寄宿）schools in the UK. Children of 7 to 18 can go to boarding schools.

__________________

In the UK，boarding schools have three terms in a school year，each student has his or her subject plan. Besides the usual classrooms and laboratories, the boarding schools also have music rooms, boats, swimming pools, cinemas and theatres for their students.

_________________

There are some rules for the students at boarding schools to obey. Students study and live together. They can't go outside if they are not allowed to. Most boarding schools have a "light out" time. So when it's time to go to bed，all the lights in the bedrooms are turned off.

_________________

Nearly all students at boarding schools wear a school uniform. Boys usually wear a shirt and a tie，and girls wear a white blouse，sometimes also a tie and a skirt. As students get older，the rules become less strict.

__________________

In the UK，boarding schools provide students with delicious food. They can choose to have a full English breakfast or simply bread. They can also choose between a meal with no meat and another meal at lunch and dinner. Students can also make themselves something to eat at any time in a kitchen.

从A，B，C，D中选择正确的选项作为文章第2-5段的小标题，并填入以下四个空格中。
1. ____________
2. ____________
3. ____________
4. ____________

A．What to eat

B．What to wear

C．What to learn

D．What to obey

5. Which is the best title for the passage？

A．Boarding schools in the UK	B．How to study in the UK
C．Students work hard in the UK	D．The history of boarding schools in the UK

【推荐3】选择合适的句子，将短文补充完整（有两项为多余选项）。

At last, the exams are over. You’ve done the hard work, but you can’t relax. You have to prepare for the next exams. Do you hate exams? If you do, you’re not alone.     1    

Luckily for them, British students have fewer exams than Chinese students.     2     Every summer, they take a test in each subject. It lasts about an hour. These exams are not important. Even if a student does really badly, he still progresses to the next year.

    3     The report is sent to the child’s parents. It says how the student studied at school.

This report is private (秘密的，私有的), so only the teacher, the student and his or her parents see it. This means that the students don’t know how other students scored in the test.     4    

    5     They are at the end of the winter term and then at the end of the summer term. Children go along with their parents to meet their teachers privately. They discuss their performance (表现) at school.

A．Some students choose to tell each other, but others keep it secret.

B．Students in other countries hate them as well.

C．They dislike taking part in parents’ meetings.

D．They spend more time on outdoor activities.

E．Parents’ meeting (家长会) are held twice a year.

F．They only have them once a year.

G．When the results come out, they are then placed in an end-of-year report.

【推荐1】The twentieth century saw greater changes than any century before: changes for the better, changes for the worse, changes that brought a lot of benefits (好处）to human beings, changes that put man in danger. Many things caused the changes, but, in my opinion, the most important was the progress in science.

Scientific research in physics and biology has vastly broadened our views. It has given us a deeper knowledge of the structure of matter and of the universe; it has brought us a better understanding of the nature of life and of its continuous development. Technology in the application (应用）of science has made big advances that have benefited us in nearly every part of life.

The continuation of such activities in the twenty-first century will result in even greater advantages to human beings: in pure science—a wider and deeper knowledge in all fields of learning; in applied science—a more reasonable sharing of material benefits, and better protection of the environment.

Sadly, however, there is another side to the picture. The creativity of science has been employed in doing damage to mankind. The application of science and technology to the development and production of weapons of mass destruction (大规模杀伤武器）has created a real danger to the continued existence (存在）of the human race on this planet. We have seen this happen in the case of nuclear weapons (核武器). Although their actual use has so far occurred only in the Second World War, the number of nuclear weapons that were produced and made ready for use was so large that if the weapons had actually been used, the result could have been the ruin of the human race, as well as of many kinds of animals.

William Shakespeare said, “The web of our life is of a mingled yarn (纱线）, good and ill together.” The above brief review of the application of only one part of human activities-science seems to prove what Shakespeare said. But does it have to be so? Must the ill always go together with the good? Are we biologically programmed for war?

1. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

A．

B．

C．

D．

2. What can we infer from the fourth paragraph?

A．A great many nuclear weapons were actually used for war

B．A large number of nuclear weapons should have been used for war

C．The author is doubtful about the ruin of human beings by nuclear weapons

D．The author is anxious about the huge number of nuclear weapons on the earth

3. What does the underlined word “mingled” in the last paragraph most probably mean?

A．Simple

B．Mixed

C．Sad

D．Happy

4. What is the author most likely to suggest if he continues to write?

A．Further application of science to war

B．More reading of William Shakespeare

C．Proper use of science in the new century

D．Effective ways to separate the good from the ill

【推荐2】A 10-year-old girl was on the way home after school. Suddenly, an object fell on her head. It was thrown from a building by an 8-year-old boy. Sounds like a story, doesn't it? Sadly, this actually happened in Nanjing in June. The girt was sent to the hospital.

Similar things have happened in other parts in China. Such heartbreaking cases raised public attention to the risk of injury by falling objects. Lawyers and experts are expecting to see more specific laws to deal with such cases. Under the law, people should pay the victims for the medical care if they hurt others with falling objects. But in many cases, it's hard to find out who is responsible. This makes the situation more difficult because all of those who live in the building could be responsible.

Many people have turned to video cameras as a way to solve the problem. Some areas in Nanjing have used cameras to record objects falling from high buildings. But the cameras can only see the outside of the buildings. There have been other suggestions as well. There should be more quality checks for windows and more efforts to remind the risk of falling objects.

1. In the passage, what hurt the girl?

A．A falling tree.

B．A falling object

C．A passing car.

D．A banana peel.

2. The underlined word "victims" probably refer to ______.

A．people who are hurt	B．people who hurt others
C．falling objects	D．buildings

3. What can we get from the passage?

A．Anyone who lives in a tall building is responsible for falling objects.

B．It's difficult to find out who is responsible for falling objects.

C．People are always hit by falling objects.

D．People should learn how to avoid falling objects.

【推荐3】There are many things we need to know that we do not learn at school. For example, if we want to use our money wisely, we need to shop carefully. We need to know how to compare the prices of the things in different shops. We need to be able to compare the quality of different brands. We need to know how to make a choice when we shop.
Knowing how to make such choices is a “life skill”, and we need life skills if we are to live useful and happy lives.
Some of these choices are small. For example, will I take an apple for lunch or pear? Will I go to school by bus or on foot? Will I wear the red T-shirt or the blue one to the movies? Other choices are more important. For example, will I eat healthy food for lunch or will I eat junk food because it is tastier? Will I work hard in all my classes or will I only work hard in the classes I enjoy? We make choices like this every day.
We have to realize that the choices we make can affect the rest of our lives. Just as importantly, our choices can also affect other people. The next time you decide to waste time in class, play a joke on someone or talk loudly at the movies, think about this: Who else does your choice affect?
1. This passage mainly tells us that it’s important to _____.

A．make the right choices	B．know how to compare prices
C．know how to shop carefully	D．learn everything at school

2. We need “life skills” _____.

A．to know how to choose a part-time job	B．to compare brands and prices
C．to live useful and happy lives	D．to learn things at school

3. According to this passage, we make choices _____.

A．once a year

B．some days

C．once a month

D．every day

4. Which choice is more important according to this passage?

A．Which fruit to take for lunch.	B．Which subjects to work hard at.
C．Which T-shirt to wear to the movies.	D．How to get to school.

5. From the passage we know that our choices can affect ____.

A．nobody

B．the people around us

C．just ourselves

D．the prices of the things

【推荐1】The Art of Mime

What do you think of when you see a man with a white painted face, wearing white gloves and a black hat? In the West this scene might come to mind when they think of mime. Mime is the art of acting without using speech. The word can also refer to a person who performs this art. This type of art has grown and changed over the centuries. What began as a simple form of communication is now a form of theater.

          ▲            

Mine is one of the earliest forms of self-expression. As languages were developing, humans still used their bodies to speak. Mime first became an art form in ancient Greece. Silent actors performed everyday scenes using gestures(动作). These plays often taught a lesson about values. When the Romans got control of Greece, they took the art of mime back to Italy. There they made it their own. Even after the fall of the Roman Empire, mime remained.

In the mid-1500s mime became a form of street performance in Italy. Mime performers wore masks and acted out comedies. Because masks hid their faces, they could make fun of any part of a situation in society. Everyone enjoyed the performance— young and old, rich and poor.

Mime also traveled around Europe. Because their art had no words, there was no language problem. Mime became especially popular in France. French performers created famous mime characters which shape today's mime.

Mime like a Professional

Want to try mine? To communicate only through body language; no talking allowed. Watch people's facial expressions and gestures closely and practice copying them. Create a story to act out—this will be more interesting to your audience. No props(道具)? No worries! You can create anything you need out of thin air. The most important thing is to believe your illusion(假象). If you believe it's real, your audience will, too!

1. The underlined word "mime" in the first paragraph means ____________

A．哑剧

B．独幕剧

C．木偶剧

D．皮影

2. From the passage we know that at the very beginning mime was a form of ____________.

A．art

B．acting

C．theatre

D．communication

3. The passage tells us that in the mid-1500s the mime actors ___________.

A．only performed for kids	B．gave people pleasure
C．danced in the street	D．painted their faces white

4. Which is the best title for the second part of the passage?

A．Mime through the Ages	B．Mime in Anciont Greece
C．Mime for Different People	D．Mine around the World

【推荐2】I’ll never forget the Easter in 1946. I was twelve, my little sister, Ocy, was ten and my older sister, Darlene, was fourteen. We lived at home with our mother, and the four of us knew what we should do without dad. My dad had died five years before leaving Mom with no money and three school-aged kids to raise．

By 1946, a month before Easter, the pastor（牧师） of our church announced that a special holiday offering would be taken to help a poor family. We talked about what we could do. We decided to buy fifty pounds of potatoes and lived on them for a month. This would allow us to save twenty dollars of our grocery money for the offering. Then we thought that if we turned our electric lights off as much as possible, we'd save money on that month's electric bill．

The night before Easter, we were so excited that we could hardly sleep. We didn’t care that we wouldn’t have new clothes for Easter; we had seventy dollars for the sacrificial offering. We could hardly wait to get to the church!

Finally, we sat in church proudly. When the offering began, mom put in a ten-dollar bill and each of us kids put in a twenty-dollar bill. We sang all the way home from church. Over lunch, mom had a surprise for us. She had bought a dozen eggs, and we had boiled Easter eggs with our fried potatoes!

Later that afternoon the pastor dropped by. Mom went to the door, talked with him for a moment, and then came back with an envelope in her hand. We asked what it was, but she didn’t say a word. She opened the envelope and out fell a bunch of money．

1. The first paragraph mainly tells us that_________.

A．the writer’s father died early	B．the writer’s family lived a very hard life
C．the writer had many sisters	D．the writer’s mother was very hard-working

2. Why did the church raise the money?

A．To help poor people.	B．To see which family donated most.
C．To celebrate Easter.	D．To buy Easter eggs for kids.

3. Why did the family buy fifty pounds of potatoes?

A．They liked to eat potatoes.	B．They wanted to save money for the offering.
C．They wanted to pay the electric bill.	D．They were too poor to buy other vegetables.

4. According to the text, put the following sentences into the right orders.
a. We sang all the way home from church．
b. Mom got an envelope with money in it.
c. We were so excited that we could hardly sleep
d. The pastor announced to hold a special holiday offering
e. Mom put in a ten-dollar bill and each of us kids put in a twenty-dollar bill．

A．d--a--c--b--e	B．d--c--b--e--a
C．d--e--c--a--b	D．d--c--e--a--b

5. From the text we learn that_________________.

A．No pains, no gains.	B．Do well and have well.
C．Money is the most important.	D．Saving can help people live a good life.

【推荐3】Students at Empire High School started class with no text books－but it wasn’t because of money problems.

Instead, the school gave iBooks－laptop computersto each of its 340 students, becoming one of the first US public schools to stop printed textbooks.
School officials believe that the electronic materials will make students enjoy learning more. Empire High Schoolwas designed to have a textbook-free environment.
Students at Empire High School get the materials over the school’s Internet network. The school has a central control system that limits what can be downloaded(下载) at the school.
“Students can hand in homework online. We have a web program that helps to check if you copy from others,” the headmaster Baker said.
In addition to offering up-to-date information, teachers can make the lessons more enjoyable. For example, lessons in history can include links to a person’s daily life, his ideas, his discovery, and so on.
Social studies teacher Jeremy Gypton said the change was easier than expected. Gypton said he assigned reading based on websites, used online groups and message boards to keep the students connected. And he also asked them to comment（评论）on each other’s work.
Julian Tarazon, a new student, said that it was kind of hard at first, because you had to put things in folders(文件夹). But after a couple of days, you got used to it. Another student Morgan Northcutt said the computer system had made it easier to do homework.
The school isn’t completely paperless, however. It has a library, and students can read books in it.
“We’re not trying to get rid of books,” Baker said. “We love books.”
1. The students at Empire High School will study in class without ___________ this year.

A．text messages

B．printed textbooks

C．reading materials

D．electric machines

2. The teachers at Empire High School began to use iBooks because they___________.

A．had money problems	B．had limited network
C．wanted to improve their teaching	D．wanted a web program

3. A central control system can help to control __________.

A．how much to download	B．what to download
C．how to download	D．why to download

4. The underlined word “assigned” probably means “___________”.

A．说明

B．完成

C．转让

D．布置

5. The biggest advantage of the homework online is that___________.

A．students can do it anytime

B．information online is available

C．there is a lot of reading based on websites

D．it provides a platform for students to share ideas

6. The best title of the passage might be “___________”.

A．High School uses iBooks instead of textbooks

B．Don’t try to get rid of books

C．Learning without textbooks is harder

D．Doing homework online