【推荐2】阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入文章空白处的最佳选项。

Dr. Jack Tod is very interested in cleaning water.     1    . So it’s natural that he is to develop a small and affordable system (系统)to clean waste water. His “Living Machine” can clean waste water in your home or in your business.

    2    . The waste water goes into a big plastic tank where bacteria (细菌) start to break down the waste. A few days later after it is dealt with, the water is brought into a greenhouse filled with plants and fish.     3    , the plants and animals remove (去掉) more chemicals from the water, making it cleaner. Then the water can be reused for washing or bathing.     4    , but the water is clean enough for watering the flower, washing the dog, or even for bathing or swimming.

The advantage of this technology is that it is affordable and good for the environment.     5    , it can help to use less fresh water, and it can help save water.

A．If enough homes and businesses use “Living Machines”

B．He is also interested in saving money

C．It cannot be used for drinking or cooking

D．The “Living Machine” is a system for cleaning waste water

E．With the help of sunlight

【推荐3】Many people know that robots do hard and dangerous things. But did you know that there are many other kinds of robots and they do much more than that? Let’s meet some of these robots and find out what they do.

Social robots are very popular. Wakamaru, a Japanese robot, is helpful to elderly and disabled people. It can help people remember to take their medicine, and it can also call for help in an emergency (紧急情况). Robovie Ⅱ is a social robot that helps people go shopping.

Robots that can do housework are very popular today. They will help you clean your house. With their help, you’ll have more time to enjoy life.

Medical robots are very important in modern medicine. With the da Vinci Surgical System, the doctor sits several feet away from the patient and controls the robot’s every move. The HeartLander can do heart operation. Thanks to robotics makers, disabled people can have robotic hands that work like human hands.

Service robots help in emergencies. The VGTV is a small robot that is used to help search for people who are trapped (受困的) under fallen buildings. It can change its shape to go into small spaces.

Explorer robots are very useful too. The Groundwater Voyager makes maps of underwater environments. Some robots can work in space easily. They have successfully explored planets like Mars, where they were controlled by humans on the earth through remote control (遥控).

Amazing, right? What will future robots do?

1. What do we know about Wakamaru?

A．It is made in China.	B．It is not useful for the old.
C．It can help people go shopping.	D．It can help people remember to take their medicine.

2. Which of the following can be used to find people after an earthquake?

A．Robovie Ⅱ.

B．The VGTV.

C．The da Vinci.

D．The Groundwater Voyager.

3. The underlined word “explored” means “________” in Chinese.

A．引导

B．创造

C．探索

D．考验

4. The writer wrote this passage mainly to ________.

A．introduce some robots	B．explain how robots are made
C．encourage people to use robots more	D．imagine the life without robots

【推荐1】My family makes the best chicken salad. Dad prepares all of the ingredients (原料) and Mom makes the relish.

There are a few things that make this chicken salad different from the other chicken salads. First, we use fruit jam (果酱) in the relish. You can buy any fruit jam, like banana jam or orange jam. But we have bottles of strawberry jam that my mother made, so we use the strawberry jam. Second, we put some green olives(橄榄). Green olives give the salad an interesting taste and make a big difference. Now let me tell you how my family makes the salad.

◇First, mix up all of the salad ingredients in a large bowl. The ingredients are chicken, tomatoes, green olives, onions and apples. If you like lettuce, you can also put some.

◇Next, make the relish. Please mix the jam, the juice and the salt.

◇Finally, mix the relish with the salad ingredients.

Do you have a favorite chicken salad recipe? Please tell us about it. You can write to greensalad@yahoo.com.

1. The chicken salad is different because the writer’s family puts ________.

A．green olives and chicken	B．green olives and a different relish
C．lettuce and a different relish	D．chicken and a different relish

2. If you have a favorite chicken salad recipe, you can ________ the writer.

A．call

B．write an email to

C．visit

D．send a letter to

3. The passage is mainly about ________.

A．the writer’s favorite dish	B．all kinds of fruit salads
C．a different chicken fruit salad	D．the writer’s family

【推荐2】

Welcome to Xindadi Restaurant

MENU MAIN COURSES              STAPLE FOODS Beijing Roast Duck￥38. 00              Fried Noodles￥8. 00 Pork and Cabbage￥16. 00              Fried Rice￥5. 00 Roast Chicken￥20. 00              Dumplings￥7. 00 Beef￥15. 00              Sandwich￥9. 00 Indian Curries￥18. 00              Hamburger￥12. 00 SOUPS                    DRINKS Bone Soup￥6. 00              Tea￥1. 50 Chicken Soup￥5. 00              Apple Juice￥3. 00 Egg Soup￥4. 00              Coke￥2. 50 Vegetable Soup￥3. 50              Lemonade￥3. 00 DESSERTS Apple Pie￥6. 00 Ice Cream￥2. 50 Fruit Salad￥4. 00

Tel: 0372-6819349

根据菜单信息，选择正确答案。
1. If you want to have dinner in Xindadi Restaurant, you can ____.

A．call 0372-6819349	B．fax 0372-68193349
C．call 0372-68193349	D．fax 0372-6819349

2. How many different main courses can you choose?

A．8.

B．6.

C．7.

D．5.

3. Which kind of staple foods is the most expensive?

A．Beijing Roast Duck.	B．Hamburger.
C．Pork and cabbage.	D．Bone soup.

4. Which dessert can’t you get after your meal?

A．Apple pie.

B．Pear pancake.

C．Fruit salad.

D．Ice cream.

5. If you want to have a kind of staple food and a kind of soup, how much money will you   pay at least?

A．￥8. 50.

B．￥9. 00.

C．￥7. 50.

D．￥9. 50.

【推荐3】

Music teachers wanted for Zhaoyang Middle School We want two music teachers for our school music club. You need to be able to play the guitar or the violin and be good with kids. Time: 3:20 p.m.——4:20 p.m. from Monday to Friday every week. Pay: 100 yuan an hour. Phone number: 372-3966 Email address: zhaoyangmsmc@126. com               Address: 326 Bridge Street.

Art teacher wanted Can you paint? Can you draw? Do you like kids and want to be with them? Then you can be in Yi Xing Art Club. Time: 8:00 a.m.-10:00a.m. Saturday and Sunday every week. Pay: 80 yuan an hour. Phone number: 693-8925 Email address: yixingartclub@163.com                      Address: 165 Zhangshan Road.

1. Zhaoyang Middle School needs ______

A．a music teacher

B．an art teacher

C．two art teachers

D．two music teachers

2. How many hours does a music teacher need to work every week?

A．5

B．7

C．8

D．10

3. If Andrew wants to be an art teacher, he can __________.

A．call 372-3966	B．send emails to zhaoyangmsmc@126.com
C．call 693-8925.	D．send emails to yixingartclub@126.com.

【推荐1】Do you believe in green living? Read the following blog (博客) and replies about a fun, easy and creative way to make your lifestyle greener.

What do you think of the "new" hat I made for my sister? It used to be my mum's sweater. Posted by Gina at 8:32 a.m. on 11th February 2018 New uses for old clothing Nowadays, we're more wasteful than ever buying, using and throwing things away without thinking about the costs. We need to start living more responsibly — but how? One answer is to upcycle (再生利用). If you're like me, you might already make soil for gardening from food waste and use empty paper boxes as storage space. Did you know you can apply (应用) the same way to old clothing? You just need imagination! I started upcycling clothing. Making new things out of old clothes is the best way to mix my talent and my interest. Do you upcycle? If so, what new things have you made? If not, why not give it a try?

Reply TerryB   Posted at 9:08 a.m. on 11th February 2018 Why don't you give your old clothes to people in need? I even give away the most expensive things I don't wear anymore. So I can help the environment while giving something useful to people in need. Reply Gina   Posted at 9:28 a.m. on 11th February 2018 Good point! I'm talking about only the oldest clothing in your room — the clothes that are too old to be worn by others. The same idea goes for food waste at restaurants and supermarkets. Before upcycling food that can still be eaten, for example, using it to make soil, we should give it to those in need. Reply Betty99   Posted at 10:18 a.m. on 11th February 2018 I've made shopping bags out of T-shirts and dog toys out of socks. Upcycling clothing is a fun hobby, but the most important thing is that it makes me feel like I'm living less wastefully.

1. What is special about the hat?

A．It came from an old sweater.	B．It was given by Gina's mum.
C．It was new and expensive.	D．It was a gift from Gina's sister.

2. Why did Gina give a reply to TerryB?

A．To draw TerryB's attention.	B．To introduce a new method.
C．To further explain her idea.	D．To express her deep regret.

3. What did Betty99 upcycle to make dog toys?

A．Paper boxes.

B．Shopping bags.

C．T-shirts.

D．Socks.

【推荐2】

Lucy	I like sports. I have ten tennis rackets, seven basketballs, four volleyballs and five soccer balls. I play tennis every day, and I’m in the school tennis club.
Mary	I have a great sports collection. I have five baseballs, six volleyballs, three ping-pong bats and lots of(许多) ping-pong balls. I also have two soccer balls, but I don’t play sports. It’s boring.
Alice	I don’t play sports, and I have no balls.

1. Lucy and Mary have        __ volleyballs.

A．4

B．6

C．10

2. Lucy plays        __ every day.

A．ping-pong

B．tennis

C．baseball

3. Mary doesn’t have           __.

A．volleyballs

B．ping-pong balls

C．basketballs

4.        __ _has two soccer balls.

A．Mary

B．Lucy

C．Alice

5. Alice      _     .

A．has no balls

B．likes sports

C．is in the school club

【推荐3】On the north coast of Brazil, scientists once found something very strange-lost penguins, far from home! The scientists did not know why the penguins were lost. Perhaps a warm current took them north. But penguins cannot live for long in the warmer waters of the north. It was time to save the penguins.

Sadly though, some penguins were too sick to travel, and some were dying. The scientists took the healthy birds and put them on a large aircraft. They flew to the south coast of Brazil. Many people came to watch the birds. But at first, the birds just looked at the water. Then, some of the braver ones swam about in it. It was cold! It was good.

And so they began the last part of their journey. People cheered loudly as the younger penguins started swimming behind the older ones. Together, they were on their way home at last.

1. Where were the penguins when the scientists found them?

A．In the water.	B．Far from home.
C．On a plane.	D．On the south coast of Brazil.

2. Why were the penguins far away from home?

A．Scientists took them there.	B．They swam there.
C．Maybe the warm water carried them there.	D．They flew there.

3. What did the scientists want to do?

A．They wanted to make the penguins swim all the way home.

B．They wanted to help the penguins get home.

C．They wanted to take the penguins all back to Brazil.

D．They wanted to make the penguins go to different places.

4. What did people do as the penguins started swimming in the sea?

A．They cheered.

B．They cried.

C．They swam behind them.

D．They went home.

5. How did the younger penguins get back home at last?

A．They swam behind the older ones.	B．They went by plane.
C．They swam in front of the older ones.	D．They went by boat.

【推荐1】

Many people want to help others but don’t have the time or chance to do so. The app Be My Eyes lets you help blind people all over the world and gives you that feel good feeling with a little time and effort on your part.

Be My Eyes is a free mobile app to make the world more accessible (可接近的)   for blind and low-vision (视力低下的) people. The free app connects blind and low-vision people with sighted (有视力的) volunteers from all over the world. People can “lend their eyes” to help with short, simple tasks through a live video call. Through the call, blind people can ask a sighted volunteer for help, with tasks that need normal vision. The sighted volunteer can see and describe what the blind person is showing by filming with the video camera in the smartphone. With the help of the app, sighted volunteers can solve the problem that the blind person is facing.

The idea behind Be My Eyes comes from a Danish man, Hans Jorgen Wiberg. He started losing his vision when he was 25. He wishes that the app will both make the blind people’s life easier and provide a new way to volunteer. It takes only a few minutes to help, so the app is a good choice for the busy, modern people with the energy to help others.

Being a volunteer on Be My Eyes can make a huge difference to the life of blind and low-vision people. The app not only helps the blind but also educates the sighted on value of their sight.

1. According to Paragraph 1, the app Be My Eyes can make the volunteers feel ________.

A．excited

B．good

C．surprised

D．brave

2. The second paragraph mainly tells us ________ the app Be My Eyes works.

A．when

B．where

C．how

D．why

3. The purpose of writing this passage is ________.

A．to educate

B．to introduce

C．to discuss

D．to praise

4. The best title for this passage might be ________.

A．Lend your Eyes to the Blind	B．Value our Sight
C．Be a Nice Volunteer	D．Volunteer in a New Way

【推荐2】A study found most people use their smart phones for an hour and 52 minutes a day. Most of this time is taken up with texting, emails and surfing the web, but only around 20 minutes is spent making three calls.
The survey of 2,000 people found that social media apps, calculators (计算器), calendars and cameras were
also seen as particularly important functions. Navigation apps (导航应用) such as Google Maps were popular too – with one in six people admitting they would feel unable to travel around an unfamiliar city without one. The study also found checking Facebook and taking pictures of others are carried out more frequently than making calls. Also on the list were the calendar to remember appointments and birthdays, mobile banking and the news are apps that make day-to-day life a little easier.
Tom Barr said: ‘The functions on a mobile phone have developed and improved drastically (剧烈) over the past 10 years. With so many ways to keep in touch nowadays, people are using the functions that are convenient for them. As we get less and less time to ourselves, we need more convenience in our lives and less difficulty. While calling can be more personal, it doesn’t always save your time.’
Scientists at Rice University wanted to see if the latest mobile technology would be used by the students to
improve their learning. But a year later, the researchers concluded that it’s not enough to give students the right
technology, but said they need guidance about how to use it.
1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Most people spend nearly two hours texting a day.

B．Most people spend about 20 minutes making three calls a day.

C．Most people spend mosttime of a day making phone calls.

D．Most time of a day is taken up by surfing the web.

2. Why don’t most people make a lot of calls?

A．Because calling can be more personal.

B．Because it doesn’t always save your time.

C．Because social media apps are important functions.

D．Because calling is more convenient.

3. What does the underlined word "one" in the second paragraph refer to (指代)？

A．Social media apps.

B．Navigation apps.

C．Mobile phones.

D．Particularly important functions.

4. The writer mainly wants to tell us        .

A．navigation apps such as Google Maps were popular

B．checking Facebook is carried out more frequently than making calls

C．the functions on a mobile phone have developed and improved drastically

D．students need guidance about how to use mobile phones