【推荐1】Learning to love reading
Taking public transportation in the United States, you can often see people reading books on their way to school or work. But in China, I rarely (很少地) see people reading during their free time.
Are people’s attitudes toward reading different here? Not really. Data (数据) released by Amazon China in December 2017 show that Chinese people still read a lot. They simply prefer e-books over regular books.
However, other data show that reading is still more popular in the us than in China. Is there a reason for this difference? I’m not sure. What I do know is that China has a rich history of literature (文学). From classic novels like Romance of the Three Kingdoms (《三国演义》) to the modern science-fiction books The Three-Body Problem (《三体》), and many other styles, Chinese authors have created many fantastic written works.
Perhaps the difference starts from childhood. Reading textbooks and doing homework can make you feel quite tired. By the time you finish it, you might not feel like reading for fun. Chinese students definitely (肯定) have to read more and do more homework than US students. So it’s no wonder that they might not want to read much in their spare time.
But learning to love reading can be great. Reading can open doors to places, people and ideas that you cannot imagine. Even just a single book has the power to change your own personal beliefs and attitudes. Where will your next book take you?
1. From Paragraph 1, what do we know about people in the US?

A．Most people take public transportation to work.

B．Students have homework to do on their way to school.

C．Many of them have the habit of reading.

D．They read books that are left behind on public transportation.

2. Chinese authors have created many fantastic written works including ________.

A．classic novels	B．science-fiction books
C．realistic novels	D．All above

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Chinese people’s attitudes toward reading have changed.

B．Chinese people prefer e-books to regular books now.

C．Chinese people never read in their spare time.

D．Chinese people bought the most books from Amazon China in 2017.

4. Why is reading less popular in China, according to the author?

A．Because Chinese people prefer to watch plays instead of reading.

B．Because it’s hard to choose what to read.

C．Because Chinese people already read enough books during their childhoods.

D．Because People’s childhood experiences may influence their reading habits.

5. According to the author, reading books can ________.

A．help you learn more about schoolwork	B．take too much of your time
C．make you feel tired	D．change your view of the world

【推荐3】

Here are some great books for beginners to open the door to art.

The Secret Lives of Color     by Kassia St. Clair In this book, Clair tells readers about unusual stories of 75 amazing colors. It includes important uses of these colors and meanings of their cultural symbols. You will get a better understanding of colors and learn how to use them in practice.

How to Be an Artist      by Jerry Saltz Do you dream of becoming an artist but have no basic knowledge about art? This book can help you. Saltz shares his views about what’s really important for artists to know. At the same time, he also gives readers advice and rules for them to follow.

The Practice and Science of Drawing        by Harold Speed In this book, Speed not only teaches readers different drawing skills but also shows how to. develop their creativity. Speed also questions the meaning of art, Readers can think more deeply.

The Master Guide to Drawing Anime（动漫）       by Christopher Hart If you want to be an anime artist, the book is quite fit for you. It gives some examples for six most popular kinds of anime characters. Then you can follow the instructions to finish the characters step by step.

1. How many books are mentioned in the passage?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six.

2. If you want to learn more about colors, whose book should you read?

A．Kassia St. Clair’s.

B．Jerry Saltz’s.

C．Harold Speed’s.

D．Christopher Hart’s.

3. From the passage, we can tell that Hart’s book is very ________.

A．touching

B．famous

C．helpful

D．similar

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Clair tells stories of more than 100 beautiful colors.

B．Saltz shares some suggestions with the readers.

C．Speed only talks about drawing skills in his book.

D．Hart’s best at drawing anime characters.

5. What’s the purpose of this passage?

A．To introduce some famous artists.

B．To encourage readers to write books about art.

C．To recommend some books for art beginners.

D．To share the writer’s views on art.

【推荐1】Five Most Popular Books Of The Week

	Tiger in Trouble By Jess Butterworth Price: $15 In this book, Tilly and her friends set out to India to help at a wildlife zoo. There, they come across monkeys, bears and elephants—but what has become of the tigers? Written as if it is Tilly’s diary, this is perfect for younger readers.
	The Secret Sunshine Project By Benjamin Dean Price: $10 Last summer, Bea, her older sister Riley and their parents had the best day ever in London but now because of Dad’s death, Bea, Riley and Mum have to leave their London home and live in a sleepy countryside village. Seeing how sad Riley is, Bea decides to work on “The Secret Sunshine Project” to cheer up her big sister. Finally, she makes it.
	Ghostcloud By Michael Mann Price: $25 Luke leads a poor life, digging up coal for Battersea Power Station. Then he meets a magic girl Alma, who can ride clouds through the night sky—and things begin to change. Set in an island, this is an imaginative story exploring friendship, courage and freedom.
	Harley Hitch and the Missing Moon By Vashti Hardy Price: $22 In the book, a problem—solving girl called Harley returns to a world, where science rules. When Harley breaks a small wooden box by chance and makes the moon disappear, suddenly all is in a mess—and it’s Harley’s job to make things right again.
	From Dusk to Dawn By Henry Krauss Price: $13 This book shares a collection of poems that paints a picture of how people help each other in difficult times.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Younger readers may be most interested in ________.

A．Tiger in Trouble	B．Ghostcloud
C．Harley Hitch and the Missing Moon	D．The Secret Sunshine Project

2. The Secret Sunshine Project is mainly about ________.

A．helping at a wildlife zoo	B．how Bea makes her sister happy again
C．how Harley makes things right again	D．exploring friendship, courage and freedom

3. Who changes Luke’s life?

A．Tilly.

B．Harley.

C．Alma.

D．Riley.

4. What happens after Harley breaks a small wooden box?

A．Everything stays the same.	B．She repairs the box.
C．She loses her job.	D．The moon can’t be found.

5. If you are a poem lover, you might spend how much on one of the books?

A．$ 10.

B．$ 13.

C．$ 15.

D．$22.

【推荐2】

Timetable
Time	Period	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
7:30-8:15	1	English	Chinese	Math	Chinese	English
8:25-9:10	2	Chinese	English	Music	Math	Computer science
9:30-10:15	3	History	Geography	English	Music	Math
10:25-11:10	4	Math	Art	Politics	Geography	P.E.
14:00-14:45	5	P.E.	Biology	History	English	Chinese
15:00-15:45	6	Politics	History	Art	Biology	Class meeting
15:55-16:40	Outdoor activities

根据表格内容从A、B、C三个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
1. Which lesson do students have every day?

A．English

B．Math

C．Chinese

D．art

2. What time is their class meeting over?

A．4:40

B．3:50

C．3:45

D．4:10

3. Do they go to school on Saturday?

A．Yes, they do.	B．No, they don’t.
C．No, they have a short rest.	D．No, they do.

4. How many P.E. lessons do they have in a week?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three

D．Four

5. How many subjects do they have altogether(总共)?

A．15

B．10

C．11

D．12

【推荐1】Dick’s grandmother is very rich(富裕的). She has many shops. The old woman begins to learn drawing when she is sixty years old. And she loves it very much. She draws a lot of pictures for twelve years.
One day, the old woman is ill. She stays in hospital. Before she dies, she says to Dick,“ I want to give my picture to a school. Then the students will remember me forever(永远). But I don’t know which school I’ll give them to. Can you help me?”
“Well” says Dick,“ You can give them to a blind (盲人) school!”
1. Dick’s grandmother likes ______ pictures.

A．buying	B．selling
C．drawing	D．teaching how to draw

2. How old is the old woman when she dies?

A．Sixty.	B．Sixty-two
C．Seventy	D．Seventy-two

3. Why does the old woman give her pictures to a school? Because ______.

A．she loves children

B．Dick is studying in the school

C．she wants the students to remember her

D．she doesn’t like the pictures any more

4. Dick thinks the pictures are______.

A．bad

B．nice

C．beautiful

D．very good

【推荐2】An old woman had a cat. The cat was very old. She couldn't run quickly, and she could not bite （咬）, because she was so old. One day the old cat saw a mouse. She jumped and caught the mouse. But the mouse got out of her mouth and ran away, because the cat could not bite it.

Then the old woman became very angry because the cat had not killed the mouse. She began to hit the cat. The cat said, "Do not hit your old servant. I have worked for you for many years, and I would work for you still, but I am too old. Do not be unkind to the old, but remember what good work the old did when they were young. "

1. The old cat couldn't _________.

A．jump

B．see

C．bite

D．catch the mouse

2. The old woman was angry because the cat _________.

A．saw a mouse

B．hit the mouse

C．ate her fish

D．didn't kill the mouse

3. The story tells us _________.

A．to keep a cat as a pet	B．to be kind to the old
C．not to use the cat to kill the mouse	D．not to remember what the old did

【推荐3】

You may have heard about the woman who spent a year living on just a pound（英镑）a day. But in Germany, a woman named Wermer has given up using money completely. Her decision probably has something to do with her experience as a penniless refugee（身无分文的难民）during the Second World War（WW Ⅱ第二次世界大战）.

After the war, she lived a common life. She worked as a teacher for many years. But her memories of WWⅡ always stayed with her and she decided to do something about it. She came up with the idea of an exchange network（网络）which allowed people to exchange things and services without using money. Even though the program turned into a great success, she wanted to do something crazier. So she made the decision to leave her home and close her bank account（账户）. At first her daughters thought their mother had made an awful mistake. But gradually, they have gotten used to her unusual lifestyle.

Wermer sleeps on people’s sofas and wears second-hand clothes people don’t need anymore. Shops give her food they can’t sell. and she knows she could always go to a soup kitchen（a place where food is offered to the hungry for free or at a very low price）.

People are interested in learning more about Wermer’s experiences, so she has written several books about her life. She has given away the money she made—often to complete strangers.

1. Wermer has given up using money because of her ________.

A．job	B．common life
C．life with one pound a day	D．experience during the Second World War

2. What can we learn about Wermer’s exchange network?

A．She made a lot of money from it.	B．It was not successful in the beginning.
C．It was born out of her WWⅡ memories.	D．She started it with the help of her daughters.

3. At first Wermer’s daughters thought her mother’s decision of giving up using money was ________.

A．usual

B．wrong

C．useful

D．interesting

4. Paragraph 3 describes Wermer’s ________.

A．unusual lifestyle	B．ways to treat other people
C．experience of writing books	D．decision of setting up an exchange network

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．A difficult decision	B．A life without money
C．A wonderful exchange program	D．A German woman’s books

【推荐1】Animals are our friends. Dogs can help blind people go to some places. Now, horses can also do it. Digby is a small American horse. Now, he is the first guide horse in England. And his owner(主人) is a blind man named Mohammed Patel. Patel is afraid of dogs, so he chooses Digby as his guide.

Before Digby became Mohammed Patel’s guide, it got a lot of training and worked very hard. It learnt how to lead Patel to walk on the street. It learnt how to get magazines for Patel. It also helped Patel choose clothes when he went shopping.

Now, Digby is not a small horse and it is about 0.8 meters tall. It is very big, so Patel can’t take it to his company. When Patel takes it to the office, it knocks(撞) things off the desks. So Patel has to say goodbye to Digby. Digby is sad. Luckily, Digby has a new job. It helps blind people travel around some places and many streets in London. It also helps blind people get to the bus station.

As we know, a guide dog has only eight years of working life, but a guide horse can live for about 50 years. So a guide horse can be a “lifelong friend” for people.

1. Patel chooses Digby as his guide because ________.

A．Digby is from America	B．Digby is tall
C．he is afraid of dogs	D．he likes horses

2. Which of the following is true about Digby?

A．Digby is from England.	B．Digby is in the America now.
C．Digby is very smart.	D．Digby is a guide dog.

3. What is Digby’s new job?

A．It goes shopping with people.	B．It helps people to get magazines.
C．It trains blind people to get on buses.	D．It helps blind people travel around London.

4. What can we know from the passage?

A．A guide dog can live for about 50 years.

B．A blind person should choose a guide horse.

C．A guide horse can help blind people a lot in their life.

D．A guide horse can send mails to blind people.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A．A Good Guide — Digby	B．A Blind Man — Patel
C．Digby’s New Job in London	D．A Guide Dog’s Working Life

【推荐2】Dear Jane,

I’m in Sunshine Middle School now. Miss Smith is my English teacher. She is very nice. She gave (给) me a schoolbag. I like it. It’s brown.

Miss Smith has a sister. Her name is Kate. She is 12. She is in my class. We are good friends. She is my first friend in Guangzhou. My telephone number is 32301407. Kate’s telephone number is 83507762. Kate likes the colour red. Her bag and telephone are all red. I gave her a red cup (杯子). She likes it very much. Kate knows I like blue. And she gave me a blue pen.

Yours,

Bob

1. Who is Miss Smith?

A．Bob’s sister.

B．Bob’s mother.

C．Bob’s teacher.

2. Miss Smith gave Bob a ________ schoolbag.

A．red

B．brown

C．yellow

3. What’s Kate’s family name?

A．Smith.

B．White.

C．Green.         .

4. Kate gave Bob a ________.

A．cup

B．pen

C．bag

5. Which is true (正确)?

A．Kate is Jane’s first friend.

B．Kate likes the colour red.

C．Bob’s telephone number is 83507762.

【推荐3】It was the perfect(完美的) weather for leaf watching, and my housemate Julie and I planned to spend the weekend with our friends in the North Georgia mountains.

“Don’t you want to come along?” Julie asked her 15-year-old son Mark. “Enjoy the leaves by yourselves.” he told her. “I’ll be fine staying home by myself.”

Julie and I drove there in my car after work on Friday. On Saturday morning we hiked along the mountainside and enjoyed the beautiful colors. All of a sudden, I had a terrible feeling. “Go home” a voice seemed to shout to me. I couldn’t explain it, but I didn’t want to be there anymore. I just wanted to go home. “Carol, calm down. You’re being silly.” Julie said. But the voice just got louder. “I’ve got to leave” I said. “If you want to stay, you can get a ride back with someone else tomorrow.” Julie stood up. “No, I’ll go with you,” she said. We almost didn’t talk during the two-hour trip back. I felt very guilty(内疚的).

Finally, we pulled in. The lights were on in the house, but something was strange. The windows seemed to be fogged up(被烟雾笼罩). Julie opened the door and smoke poured out. “Mark!” she shouted. “Mark!” We rushed inside and found him asleep on the sofa. Julie shook him awake. I quickly found the source(根源) of the smoke — a pillow(枕头) too close to the fireplace. I then took it outside and threw water on it. Mark had built a fire to keep warm, and some embers(灰烬) had flown out. The whole house could have gone up if we hadn’t gotten there just then!

1. What do we know from the passage?

A．Leaf watching was Mark’s hobby.	B．Mark stayed home with his friends.
C．Carol went to work on Friday.	D．Mark was Carol’s cousin.

2. The underlined phrase “pulled in” in the last paragraph probably means “__________”.

A．started the car	B．arrived home and stopped the car
C．moved away from the station	D．came home late

3. Why did Carol want to go home?

A．She didn’t enjoy the leaves.	B．She received her son’s telephone call.
C．She heard a voice that told her to go home.	D．She followed Julie’s ADVICE.

4. What was the source of the smoke in the house?

A．A pillow.

B．A sofa.

C．A desk.

D．A bed.