【推荐3】When your pen is broken, you think that's the end of its life. You throw it away. It then joins tons of other rubbish that is becoming a big problem in cities. This happens in other countries, too. Most Americans are making 7 pounds (3.17kg) of rubbish a day. So, an American makes about 102 tons of rubbish in a lifetime.

If you simply throw away that broken pen, it goes to a landfill (垃圾填埋场) and is buried with other rubbish. To prevent polluting the groundwater, workers cover the rubbish with soil and keep it dry. And your pen will stay there for a long time, without having further use. But it could have a better place to stay in -the recycling bin. Have you ever noticed the different colors of rubbish bins in the street? Many cities in China have been running a waste-sorting campaign (垃圾分类运动). "They divide rubbish into "recyclable waste" and unrecyclable waste". Recycling waste can save energy, reduce (减少) greenhouse gas and keep landfill space free for unrecyclable waste.

Take your pen as an example. At the recycling factory, its metal parts could be taken out and reused to make other things.

But according to the experts, recycling is not enough. Making less waste should be put in the first place. They think that the best thing to do is just to keep using your things for as long as you can.

1. How much rubbish are most Americans making every day?
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2. How should we deal with broken pens in order to reuse them?
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3. What are the advantages of recycling waste?
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4. Which parts of the pen can be recycled?
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5. In the experts opinions, what should we do to make less waste?
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【推荐1】请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。

According to a survey we did, most students in our school spend about six hours a day on screens. Many of my students start their day by checking their smartphones. I often see them looking at their phones when getting off the bus or at parents’ drop-off, they can’t use their own “screens” at school. They usually work on computers at school for at least two hours during the day.

It’s clear that our students spend a lot of time on screens. We do see the benefits of technology. But we teachers also want to make sure that students have balanced learning and social experiences away from their screens. That’s why we have come up with the idea of screen-free days.

During the course of the year, we have built in several screen-free days that require us to make different plans for our students about how they will communicate with one another and the world around them without “screens”. For some teachers, this means bringing back a valuable lesson plan that has been put off for some time because it is “out of date”. Others have designed something completely new.

Fun activities, for example, card games and room escape（密室逃脱）games, are organized at school. In these activities, students socialize without smartphones and have face-to-face communication without checking on “likes” they’ve got online. These fun activities also make it possible for the whole grade to enjoy the company（陪伴）of their friends with no smartphones.

After our first screen-free day, students said that they were surprised they enjoyed it. Finding ways to help our students connect with one another is important.

While technology is already part of our world, it shouldn’t play such an important role in a learner’s life.

1. How many hours do most students in the school spend on screens every day?

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2. Why have the teachers come up with the idea of screen-free days?

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3. What fun activities can the students have at school?

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4. How did the students feel after the first screen-free day?

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5. What do you think of the idea of screen-free days? Why do you think so?

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【推荐2】阅读下面的短文， 根据短文内容回答问题。

Now more and more Chinese teenagers find life more difficult without their parents. They don’t know how to do housework, because their parents do almost everything for them at home. This is a big problem.

Joy is 14 years old. One day her parents went on a trip to Shanghai, so she had to stay at home alone. At first she thought she would be happy because her parents were not in. She could do everything that she liked. But it was seven o’clock in the evening, and she felt hungry. “Oh, it’s time to have supper. Where can I get my food?” she said to herself. Later she found some food in the fridge, but she didn’t know how to cook. At that moment, she missed her parents very much. At last she could only go to a restaurant to eat.

Many of teenagers are the same as Joy. So I think teenagers should learn some basic life skills such as tidying up their rooms, dressing themselves, cooking some simple dishes and so on. They shouldn’t depend too much on their parents, either. Learning to be independent is quite important for them.

1. Do most Chinese teenagers know how to do housework?
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2. Where did Joy eat her supper at last?
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3. According to the passage, what is the writer’s advice to solve the problem?
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4. Do you think teenagers should learn to do housework? Why or why not?
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【推荐3】请阅读下面非连续性文本，按要求完成所给任务。

Are you happy? Perhaps some of you will say “no”. In fact, being a teenager is hard. You may worry about a lot of things in your life.

Do you know what British teenagers worry about most? You can find the answer from the chart below. The research was done by the UK’s Department of Health among more than 100,000 teenagers. Here are the results.

Many Chinese teenagers share similar worries with the British teenagers. A recent research shows that many Chinese teenagers suffer from social life, study and emotional problems.

To solve the problems, some schools came up with the idea of happiness education. For example, Tsinghua University High School tried to meet students’ needs. It built a skating rink and different laboratories to develop their interest.

While schools take action, students themselves can do something, too. The professor Nadia Lovett from Australia believes students’ habits, hobbies and attitude toward life all play a role in their happiness.

Word Bank peer n. 同龄人 bully v. 欺凌 drug n. 毒品 fit in 适应

1. Which is the biggest worry of British teenagers?
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2. What percent of British teenagers worry about smoking?
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3. How did Tsinghua University High School meet students’ needs?
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4. According to Nadia Lovett, what influences students’ happiness?
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5. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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6. What do you often worry about in your life?
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【推荐1】There are many ways to help improve your health like eating healthy food, taking exercise and getting medical help. But the easiest and cheapest way to improve your health is just to sleep eight hours or more every night. The general sleeping rule is that the younger you are, the longer sleep you need.

The problem with sleep is that more and more people in the world are not sleeping enough. The World Health Orientation (WHO) says, over half of the people in the world may be sleep-deprived (睡眼不足的). Having less sleep not only makes people feel tired but also causes accidents. In the United States alone, sleepy drivers cause at least 100, 000 traffic accidents a year.

Also, sleep problems can cause medical problems, such as high blood pressure.

Why are so many people sleep-deprived? Part of the reasons may be cultural. In the American culture, people put a higher value on work than on sleep. In fact, people who sleep a lot are usually seen as “lazy”. Also, you can sometimes hear some people say proudly that they don’t have much time to sleep. They only sleep four or five hours a night. It seems that the less you sleep, the more work you’ll do.

How do we teach these people to learn the value of sleep? Perhaps they may listen to the advice of Dr. James Maas, an expert in sleep. He says, “Sleep is like a credit (信用) card. When you sleep less, you are only borrowing time. You always have to pay it back. The more hours you don’t sleep, the more hours you should sleep to ‘pay back’ the hours on your ‘sleep credit card’. ”

For those who value work more than sleep, they should listen to what a famous person once said, “Don’t think you will be doing less work because you sleep during the night. That is a foolish idea which is held by people who have no imagination. You will be able to do more. ”

1. We can improve our health through _______________ but the easiest and cheapest way is to sleep _______________8 hours every night.
2. More and more people in the world don’t have _______________. _______________ the WHO, over half of the people in the world may be sleep-deprived.
3. In the American culture, people think that work is _______________ than sleep. It seems that sleeping less means _______________.
4. _______________ the advice of Dr. James Maas may help people learn the value of sleep. He says, we need to _______________ the hours on our sleep credit card if we get less sleep.
5. A famous person once told that it was _______________ of you to consider that you would be doing less work _______________ sleeping during the night.

【推荐2】请阅读下面非连续性文本，按要求完成所给任务，并将答案写在答题卡相应的位置上。

Parents sometimes argue with each other about things—that’s just a fact of life.

How often do your parents argue?

We asked 284 teenagers and here is the result.

Most teenagers feel sad or afraid when their parents argue. They might think their parents don’t love each other anymore and that their arguments will lead to a divorce (导致离婚). In fact, occasional (偶尔的) arguments are a sign of a healthy relationship.

It is normal for parents to disagree or argue sometimes. They might disagree about important things like jobs and family decisions. They might even disagree about little things that don’t seem important at all—like what’s for dinner. These arguments are often over quickly. Parents may say sorry and make up, and the family returns to normal.

One important thing for teenagers: If you ever see the arguments between your parents turn violent (暴力的), don’t be afraid to bring it up with your teacher or another adult you trust. They will know what to do.

However, it can be stressful or even scary when your parents argue. Sometimes you might find it hard to sleep or go to school. If you really feel strongly about this, talk to your parents about it. Don’t talk to them while they are arguing. Instead, wait until after an argument and try to talk to them together. Explain how their fighting makes you feel.

1. How do most teenagers feel when their parents argue?
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2. What percent of the students’ parents argue once or twice a month?
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3. What is the best time to talk to your parents?
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4. What should you do when you see your parents’ arguments turn violent?
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5. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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6. How often do your parents argue? What do you think of it?
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【推荐3】任务型阅读

Hello，I ________ Alice.   这是一个杯子。It   ________blue.That is a key.It's blue, too (也).   pen，a，this，black，is. And that's a green quilt.It's good.

根据短文内容，完成下列任务。
任务一：应 处和 处填入适当的单词。
1. ___________ ___________
任务二：将 处画线部分的句子翻译成英语。
2. __________________________________________
任务三：将 处画线部分的单词连成句子。
3. __________________________________________
任务四：回答下列问题。
4. What color is the key?
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5. What color is the quilt?
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