【推荐1】Shameem was born in a small village in Pakistan. In her village, it was a tradition to keep girls inside their homes. They were not allowed to get an education.

Fortunately, Shameem’s uncle, a university teacher, wanted to give her a chance to see the world. He offered Shameem a chance to attend school. So she became the only girl student in her class.

However, Shameem struggled to complete her schooling. To get permission for college, she went on three-day-hunger strike. After graduating from college, Shameem got a position in non-profit organization working to help women in rural (农村的) areas.

There, she saw a Pakistan that she didn’t know. Until then, she thought she had a difficult life. But there, she saw what women in other parts of Pakistan were experiencing. Some women had 11 children, but nothing to feed them. They would walk three hours every day to get water. Shameem found that the position was more than just a job for her. She discovered her power. By setting an example, her experience could encourage more people to understand the importance of education and send their daughters to school.

Now, Shameem teaches in a rural school in her hometown. “The first day I walked into the school,” she said, “I saw all these little Shameems staring at me with dreams in their eyes, the same dream of freedom which I had in my childhood.”

Today, there is not a single girl in her village who doesn’t go to school.

1. Who played an important role in sending Shameem to school?

A．Her uncle.

B．Her parents.

C．A workmate.

D．A university student.

2. Why did Shameem work for a non-profit organization?

A．To make much money.

B．To finish her education.

C．To discover her power as an example.

D．To help poor women in the countryside.

3. The underlined word “strike” means “______” in Chinese.

A．袭击

B．抗议

C．比赛

D．学习

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

A．Shameem walked three hours to get water.

B．Shameem used to know her homeland well.

C．Women and children were short of food.

D．Women’s situation was more awful than expected.

5. What’s the influence (影响) of Shameem’s effort?

A．Girls have the same dream.

B．No girl is allowed to attend school.

C．All girls in the school are named Shameem.

D．The idea of girls’ education in her village has changed.

【推荐2】Do you like travelling? Have you heard of volunteer travel? Do you know what volunteer travel means?

The main purpose of volunteer travel is to take part in service opportunity to help others. During the trip, volunteer travelers often provide services like teaching, cooking, animal caring, and cultural activities. The volunteers may get free or discounted (打折) accommodation, meals and laundry, activities, or classes because of their help.

It seems as if these long journeys could only be made possible in recent years by modern transport. However, volunteer travel dates back to the 1960s, when Alec Dickson and his wife Mora from the UK founded Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO), an international volunteer organization.

Traditionally, the volunteer activities take place in a foreign country. But now, more volunteer trips have taken place within the volunteers’ own countries in recent years. Volunteer projects in the countryside are now attracting more visitors living in the cities as a break from the fast and stressful city lives.

By doing voluntary work while traveling, travelers may make a real, positive influence on the world. The services volunteers provide can reduce the costs for the communities they serve. Another advantage of volunteer travel is that it helps people living in cities experience the life in the countryside. For those who are tired of city life but can’t move to the countryside, volunteer travel can be a way. In this way, travelers can relax themselves from their busy lives, while the countryside can get a lot by receiving more customers for local tourism industries.

1. What’s the writing purpose of Paragraph 1?

A．To explain the topic.	B．To express the writer’s opinion.
C．To raise some questions.	D．To introduce the topic of the passage.

2. Volunteer travel tells us _________ in the passage.

A．the aim of volunteer travel is to help others

B．volunteer travel only takes place in recent years

C．the volunteer travelers can travel around for free

D．volunteer travelers prefer to go to a foreign country

3. Which sentence should go in the empty box in Paragraph 5?

A．People think volunteer travel is very interesting.

B．There are lots of advantages in volunteer travel.

C．Volunteer travel can make it easier to go travelling.

D．People try volunteer travel in many different ways.

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Travel and work

B．Relax in your life

C．Help while travelling

D．Experience a new life

【推荐3】For a long time, we had a fat, fluffy, black, stray (流浪的) cat in our neighborhood. Sometimes I saw her sitting at the gate. Sometimes I saw her hiding under my car. Sometimes she even sneaked (潜行) under my house. Each time I walked close to her, however, she ran away. Finally, I gave up and decided to give her some independence.

Recently, though, something strange happened. This independent stray cat decided to adopt (接纳) my daughter, Beth. Each time Beth walks over to my house from her place up the road, she is welcomed by the stray cat. The cat walks between her legs, purrs and meows until she gets petted (抚摸). And Beth always stops and pets the cat gently. The cat begins to follow Beth around more and more.

It happened day after day until this morning when Beth left her a bowl of cat food. I guess that ended the cat’s straying life because Beth even started calling the cat “Alice”. I don’t know if Alice will ever want to become an indoor cat, but she seems to have made Beth her forever friend. Beth always has the kindness and love to draw all kinds of animals to her from dogs, to cats, to birds.

Isn’t it amazing how love works its way into our hearts and lives? We a reminding our own business and suddenly we have a new pet, or a new friend, or find a moment to share in an act of kindness. Let your love pass on to the lives of others, because to love is to truly live and to live is to truly love.

1. How did the cat probably feel when she saw Beth come over?

A．Afraid.

B．Happy.

C．Angry.

D．Independent.

2. What is the writer still not sure of?

A．That the cat may want to eat the bowl of food.

B．That the cat may like her name “Alice”.

C．That the cat will want to be an indoor pet.

D．That the cat may see Bet has a forever friend.

3. What does the writer want to tell us?

A．Stay away from any stray animal.

B．Share kindness and pass love on.

C．Always be ready to help stray cats.

D．Take care of your own business.

【推荐1】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

【推荐2】

School Show
Name	Act	Time	Place
Li Xin	Chinese Kung Fu	Sunday 8:00 a. m.	In the auditorium (礼堂)
Lucy	English song	Friday 3:40 p.m.	Class Five
Mike	Play the piano	Tuesday 2:00 p. m.	In the music room
Tom	Paint	Monday 10:00 a.m.	Drawing room
Jack	Beijing Opera	Thursday 3:50 p.m.	In the auditorium

1. You can ask(问) ______ to play the piano for us.

A．Li Xin

B．Lucy

C．Mike

D．Jack

2. You can watch Beijing Opera _______.

A．at 3 : 50 a. m. on Thursday

B．at 3: 50 p. m. on Thursday

C．at 2: 00 a. m. On Tuesday

D．at 8 : 00 p. m. on Sunday

3. On weekend, we can watch ______ in the auditorium.

A．Chinese Kung Fu	B．Beijing Opera
C．Paint	D．Play the piano

4. We can see the piano show in ______

A．the auditorium	B．Class Five
C．the music room	D．drawing room

5. ______ sings songs for us ______.

A．Lucy; at 3:40 p.m.

B．Mike; at 2:00 p.m.

C．Lucy; in the music room

D．Mike; in Class Five

【推荐3】An old lady saw a young woman in the supermarket with a 3-year-old girl in her basket. As they passed the cookie area, the little girl asked for some. “Not today,” said her mother. The little girl began to shout at once. “Now Monica,” said her mother, “we’re halfway to finishing shopping. Don’t be upset. It won’t be long now.”

Soon, they came to the candy area and the little girl shouted for candy. When her mother told her she couldn’t have any, she began to cry, which made the clerks working in the supermarket stare at them. “Only two more aisles (过道) to go and then we can leave,” said the mother.

When they went to pay at the cash register, the girl asked for popcorn and cried again when her mother refused. “Monica, we’ll be finished in five minutes and then you can go home and have a nice nap (小睡).”

The old lady who was watching them stopped the woman in the parking lot. “Dear, I couldn’t help noticing how patient you were with little Monica,” she said.

“I’m Monica. My little girl’s name is Tammy,” the mother answered.

1. The little girl asked her mother to buy the following food EXCEPT ________.

A．cookies

B．candy

C．popcorn

D．cheese

2. What does the underlined phrase “cash register” mean in Chinese?

A．收银处

B．停车场

C．洗手间

D．糖果区

3. Who is Monica?

A．The old lady.	B．The young woman.
C．The little girl.	D．A clerk in the supermarket.

4. What did the young woman do when her daughter cried or shouted?

A．She talked to her daughter.	B．She comforted her daughter patiently.
C．She said to herself to avoid getting mad.	D．She lost her patience and got angry.

5. What does this material want to tell us?

A．It’s not easy to be a patient parent.

B．Young kids always want to buy a lot of things.

C．People should bring kids to the supermarket less often.

D．Parents should often talk to their kids when going shopping.

【推荐1】An American man became the first person to cross Antarctica alone on Wednesday, after a 54-day journey that was considered to be impossible.

“I did it!” with tears in his eyes，Colin O’Brady said on a call to his family who were in Portland for a holiday. According to his wife，Jenna, “It was an emotional call, and he really wanted to say ‘Thank you’ to all of us.”

O’Brady was sleeping near the finish line in Antarctica late on Wednesday and could not immediately accept any interview. But later，he wrote down his journey in an article which he called “The impossible First.” He wrote in his article that he finished the last 129 km in one go，which took around 32 hours.

“The last 32 hours were some of the most challenging hours of my life. but they   have quite honestly been some of the best moments I have ever experienced.” O’Brady said.

“I am listening to my body and taking care of myself to keep safe,” he wrote. “I called home and talked to my mom，sister and wife. I promised them I would stop when necessary.”

“There were several times I considered stopping,” he wrote. “I wanted so badly to stop as I was feeling tired and lonely, but remembering all the wishes that so many people had sent to me, I took a deep breath to have a rest and went on.”

Though others have crossed Antarctic，they either got help from others or went in a group. O’Brady was the first to overcome a long journey which was filled with hard work and loneliness.

1. Where were O’Brady’s family on the last day of the journey？

A．They were waiting for him at the finish line.

B．They were watching him on TV at home.

C．They were talking with him on the phone at home.

D．They were in Portland on vacations

2. How long did it take him to finish the last part of the journey?

A．129 km.

B．In one go.

C．over one day

D．On Wednesday

3. Which of the following is TRUE according the passage？

A．O’Brady was the first to across the Antarctic.

B．Some people followed him along the journey.

C．O’Brady thought about giving up along the journey because of bad weather.

D．O’Brady stopped for a rest when he was too tired to go on during the journey.

【推荐2】Long ago, there was a teacher in a village and he often had new ideas to teach students. Once he sent four of his students to go to a small farm to see apple trees in different seasons. The first went in winter. The second in spring. The third in summer. And the last in autumn.

After they came back, the teacher asked them to describe their feelings together. The first said there were no leaves on the trees. It made him disappointed. The second said his eyes were full of light green. It made him feel hopeful. The third one disagreed. “What are you talking about? How pretty the trees were! The sweet smell of the beautiful flowers spread here and there.” The last one shook his head. He only saw a lot of apples on the beautiful trees.

The teacher said, “None of you are wrong. You just saw one season. The trees are not the same in different seasons. Everything has different sides in our life. Don’t hurry to make a conclusion (结论) before seeing the whole of it.”

正确的涂“A”错误的涂“B”。
1. The teacher taught students in a special way.
2. Four students were sent to see apples in different seasons.
3. The second students saw the beautiful trees with many apples.
4. The teacher thought his four students were completely wrong.
5. The article tells us everything has different sides and people should see the whole of it.

【推荐3】Success doesn’t begin until you begin the walk down the pathway towards your aim. And your walk down the path always begins with a baby step.Why do we call them baby steps?Are they really anything more important than our next steps down the life’s pathway?

Baby steps are the first steps we take as an act of faith(信念). We see others stepping out and we want to show our ability to walk by following them.As we grow, we continue our development by taking additional(额外的)baby steps. Sometimes we fall; sometimes we fail. After that, all steps become an act of faith; we just become more practiced. If you say to yourself. “'I don’t want to make a fool of myself” or “I’m not good at this”, you will probably never take the baby steps towards your aims and end up in your own self-pity.

As a culture, we pay much attention to results. We think about every risk that must be taken to reach our aims. There are few people who are excellent performers of any tasks the first time they try them. They fail and succeed. Then, they build upon their abilities learned each time. They practice their skills and use their talents through baby steps before they are ready to prove themselves to the whole world.

So learn to take those baby steps to reach the goals before you. As you become more experienced, your baby steps become a walk, then a jump, and finally a sprint. That’s how our baby steps lead us through the marathon of life.

1. What does the writer mainly discuss in the passage?

A．The importance of baby steps.	B．The power of faith in our life.
C．The abilities to achieve success.	D．The cause of cultural differences.

2. Which of the following is considered most important in taking baby steps?

A．Aim.

B．Support.

C．Faith.

D．Practice.

3. In Paragraph 3, the writer expresses the idea that ________.

A．no one can succeed with working hard

B．grown-ups should learn from babies in dealing with hard tasks

C．baby steps play a key role in leading us to success

D．we must make full use of our skills in order to reach our aims

4. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “sprint” in the passage?

A．Fly away.

B．Run fast.

C．Fall down.

D．Get success.

5. What’s the writer’s tone(语气)in the passage?

A．Encouraging.

B．Light-hearted.

C．Doubtful.

D．Regretful

【推荐1】It was December and the snow was falling quietly outside. The four March sisters were sitting around the fire in the living room. They were knitting(织)socks for soldiers(士兵).There was a war and everyone had to help.
Meg was the oldest of the four sisters. She was sixteen. She was very pretty and she loved pretty clothes. Jo was fifteen. She was very tall and thin. She was different from Meg. She didn't care about dresses or hairstyles. She was a tomboy(假小子).Beth was thirteen. She was very shy and quiet and she seemed to live in a happy world of her own. The youngest, Amy, looked like a snow princess with her blue eyes. She loved beautiful things and she was a little vain(虚荣的)?She also thought that she was a very important person.
"Christmas isn't Christmas without any presents," Jo said sadly. "I hate being poor!" Meg said, looking at her old dress.
"Some girls have lots of nice things, and other girls have nothing at all," said Amy. "I don't think it's fair!"
"But we've got Father and Mother, and each other," said Beth.
The four sisters looked happy for a moment when they remembered this.
"But we haven't got Father," said Jo. Their smiles suddenly disappeared. Mr March was far away with the soldiers.
"Mother says our men are suffering(受苦)and we mustn't spend money for pleasure," Meg said."That's why we can't have presents this year."
"Well, each of us has a dollar to spend," said Jo. "What can the army do with four dollars?
Nothing! I don't expect anything from Mother but I'd like to buy a book for myself !" Jo loved reading.
"I want to spend mine on some new music," said Beth. She played the piano and she loved singing.
"I'm going to buy a box of drawing pencils. I really need them!" said Amy. She wanted to be an artist.
"Mother didn't say anything about spending our own money," cried Jo. "We work hard for it so let's buy what we want and have a little fun."
It was true. The two older sisters had jobs. Meg worked as a teacher for the King family and Jo looked after Aunt March, their father's rich, bad-tempered(坏脾气的)old aunt. Beth and Amy helped with the housework.
1. What was Jo's hobby?

A．Knitting.

B．Singing.

C．Drawing.

D．Reading.

2. On a snowy day, the March sisters are        .

A．complaining about having no money for Christmas presents

B．talking about what presents they will buy with some money

C．expecting some nice Christmas presents from their parents

D．talking about what jobs they will have to make more money

3. The passage is probably from       .

A．a poem

B．a guide

C．a novel

D．an advertisement

【推荐3】C

It's all good to check out a museum or head back to read a book when an afternoon shower suddenly comes, but when you are stuck inside for a week or more, having a few favorite activities in your rainy day is a good idea for minimizing frustration（降低挫折感）.

Rainy days are the perfect chance for a drink journey. Discovering the local coffee houses can be fun. If you are traveling in a country where you don't speak the language, choosing one with free Wi-Fi is a good idea. You'll easily be able to download a new book when you finish the one you are reading. If you travel with earbuds, then watching a movie or some of your favorite television programs in your mother tongue is great.

Sorting（整理）through the photos we took on any given trip is no small task. Terrible weather days are the perfect time to sort through the big job and weed out the unsatisfactory photos. Rainy, stormy days provide the perfect chance to recall the travel memories, and remind us of our adventures（探险）,even when the Nature decides to clip our wings and keep us inside for a time.

If you go out on rainy days, you won't be happy because of the wet surrounding. Why not stay in the hotel? There are a lot of facilities in the hotel. It's excellent to have a swim in the inside swimming pool. After that, have a spa, it's the best way to relax. If you can't swim. It's OK. You can also go to the gym in the hotel. These things can all be more interesting on a rainy day.

1. What does the underlined word "one" in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．A rainy day.

B．A coffee house.

C．A drink journey.

D．A good idea.

2. How many ways are mentioned to enjoy rainy days according to the passage?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

3. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

A．

B．

C．

D．

4. The passage mainly wants to tell us________________.

A．how to spend rainy days.	B．how to travel on rainy days.
C．how to find favorite activities.	D．how to choose a coffee house.