【推荐1】Hi, I’m Jim. I’m a student from the USA, but now I study in a middle school of Beijing. I’m 14 years old now. Here are three photos of mine. In the first photo, there is an old man and a boy. The old man is my grandpa and the boy is me. In the picture I was only 10 years old and my grandpa was 60. My grandpa loves Beijing Opera(京剧) very much. He thinks it is really fun. He often watches it on Douyin.

In the next photo, there are two boys. They are my friends, Timmy and Peter. They are playing basketball happily. Timmy is a basketball fan. His favorite star is LeBron James. Peter loves basketball, too. But his favorite sport is football. And Messi is his idol(偶像).

Who is in the last photo? He’s my dog, Lele. He’s a white dog. He is very bright, so he can do a lot of things, like dancing and playing with balls. He can also stand on two legs.

1. Which is Jim’s first photo?

A．

B．

C．

D．

2. Which of the following is true?

A．Jim is 10 years old.

B．Peter doesn’t love basketball.

C．Timmy’s favorite star is Messi.

D．Jim’s grandpa often watches Beijng Opera on Douyin.

3. The underlined(划线) word “bright” means “_________”.

A．懒惰的

B．聪明的

C．勇敢的

D．自私的

4. The best title(题目) for the passage is “_________”.

A．My Photos

B．My Friends

C．My Dog

D．My Grandparent and me

【推荐2】Bob is 17 years old. He has many friends. They look different and they have different personalities, but they are all kind and helpful. He’d like to introduce some of them to us.

Name	Age	Looks and hobbies
Ann (volleyball player)	17	She is very tall (1.87 meters)! She has a baby face. Her fans say she’s very beautiful. She likes listening to pop songs and drawing.
Jim (skier)	18	He is always smiling, so people say that he is a “sunshine boy”. He is a “black horse”. He won the first gold medal（金牌）for his city this year. He likes reading and playing computer games.
Lily (singer)	16	People call her “Angel”. She’s a cool girl with black glasses and short hair. She likes wearing men’s clothes, so she looks like a boy. She likes singing, of course. She is good at playing basketball.

1. ________ is the youngest one among these people.

A．Bob

B．Ann

C．Lily

D．Jim

2. Ann likes ________.

A．playing basketball

B．reading

C．playing computer games

D．listening to pop songs

3. People say Jim is a “sunshine boy” because he ________.

A．likes reading	B．is a skier
C．is always smiling	D．likes playing computer games

【推荐1】Nowadays, phone calls and messages help us communicate with others more often. It means that we seldom write letters now. But a TV show, Letters Alive(《见字如面》), is bringing back this old habit.

Letters Alive invites famous actors and actresses but there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, only one person walks up to a microphone and reads a letter. The letters were written by people from different times in history. For example, in one episode(集), they read a letter written by the famous writer Xiao Hong to her younger brother in 1941. The letter shows that Xiao Hong missed her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.

“Every letter opens another world for us,” said Guan Zhangwen, the director of the TV show. “It seems that we can experience the real lives and feelings of the writers.” Since its first episode on December 5, 2016, Letters Alive has been widely praised. Many audiences(观众) say that it has provided a breath of fresh air to today’s TV shows.

Besides Letters Alive, some other cultural TV shows have also attracted(吸引) Chinese audiences. They include the Chinese Poetry Conference(《中国诗词大会》), a traditional Chinese poetry competition and Readers, a program that invites people to read poems and articles they like or wrote. It suggests that cultural values and true feelings are becoming our interest.

1. Letters Alive, a TV show, invites famous people to________.

A．read and share letters	B．tell audiences jokes
C．enter different competitions	D．read and share articles

2. How many TV shows are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two

B．Three

C．Four

D．Five

3. Chinese audiences________the TV shows mentioned in the passage

A．highly praise

B．don’t mind

C．show no interest in

D．don’t like

4. This article is probably taken from the section of________ in a newspaper

A．Sports News	B．Culture and Entertainment(娱乐活动)
C．Education and Science	D．Famous figures(人物)

5. According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A．Letters Alive is not popular enough to attract audiences

B．Chinese Poetry Conference invites people to read poems and articles

C．It seems that we can experience the real lives and feeling of the writers by reading letters.

D．Cultural values and true feelings aren’t becoming our interest.

【推荐2】We always think that it’s OK for us to leave our plants alone during our vacation. That’s because plants won’t scream(大叫) like pets, so they must be okay, right?

A recent study has found that some plants will scream in a high frequency(频率) when they are having stress.

The research was carried out on tomato plants and tobacco(烟草) plants by cutting their stems(茎) and taking water away from them. When they started cutting the stems, they found that the plants started “screaming” between 20 and 100 kHz and they believe that this scream is to warn other plants nearby.

When the tomato plants’ stems were cut, 25 distress sounds(求救信号) were recorded during an hour, and on the other hand, 11 distress sounds were recorded from the tobacco plants.

When they took water away from the plants, the tomato plants recorded even more distress sounds with 35 distress sounds in an hour while the tobacco plants recorded 15 distress sounds.

The group of scientists then said, “This changes the way we think of plants as we always made sure that they were silent, but the thing is that their voices are too high to be heard.”

1. What will happen to the plants when they are having stress?

A．They will die.	B．They will grow faster.
C．They will grow higher.	D．They will scream in a high frequency.

2. Why do the plants scream according to the passage?

A．To take water away from them.	B．To help other plants feel better.
C．To tell other plants to be careful.	D．To record other plants’ scream.

3. When we cut the tomato plants’ stems, ________ distress sounds were recorded in an hour.

A．11

B．15

C．25

D．35

4. What does the underlined word “This” in the last paragraph refer to?

A．The high frequency.	B．The scientists’ finding.
C．The distress sound.	D．The plants’ silence.

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

A．Tests About Plants’ Scream	B．Differences Between Tomato and Tobacco
C．The Ways to Deal with Stress	D．Advantages of Plants

【推荐3】

You must think a computer is the best thing in the world, right? You must think it works at a super speed and can do everything. Well, it’s not! In fact, the brain is much more powerful than any super computer! Think about when a glass is just about to fall off the table. Your brain controls everything that you need to do to save that glass from falling. First your eyes check out what’s going on, then tell your brain, and your brain decides how quickly you need to react（反应）, and then your muscles（肌肉）go into action. That is just from your brain. No computer could ever come close to that!

The brain weighs just 3 bounds, but it controls everything you do from thinking, learning, feeling even to breathing and your heart beating. Even though the brain is just 2% of your body weight, it uses around 20% of all your energy in your body. That is a lot for such a small organ（器官）. There are about 100 billion tiny, tiny little cells（细胞）in your brain. There are so many that it would take you over 3,000 years to count them all!

Your brain stops growing when you’re 18, but it actually keeps on developing and learning new things. So your parents are really super smart! You won’t be able to fool them! Believe it or not, your brain NEVER stops working. Even during sleeping, the brain works for long-term memory establishment（建立）. It is realized that the brain is the second organ in the body as the heart that never stops during human lives.

So everyone should be proud of such a gift of nature.

1. In Paragraph 1, the writer wants to tell us ________.

A．eyes and muscles react quickly

B．the brain controls everything in your body

C．the brain is more powerful than any computer

2. Which is RIGHT according to the passage?

A．The brain doesn’t work during sleeping.

B．The brain is the only organ that never stops.

C．The brain keeps on developing during human lives.

3. Which word can best describe the brain according to the passage?

A．Magic.

B．Quickly.

C．Developing.

4. In which magazine can the passage be found most probably?

A．Business Weekly.

B．Medicine.

C．Science.

【推荐1】阅读下面一篇短文，判断文后各小题的正(A)误(B)。

There are many colors in nature. But do you know if a color has weight? If you don’t believe, you may do a small experiment (实验).

First, put two objects with the same weight into two boxes. Then cover the boxes. Wrap (包裹) one box with a red piece of paper, the other with a white piece of paper. Now hold the boxes with your hand one by one. It is certain that you will think the red one is a little heavier.

Why does it happen? A scientist found that different colors have different weight in a man’s mind. So he did many tests and at last he got the result. That is to say, every color has its own weight in our mind. The heaviest color is red, then blue, green, orange, yellow and white.

According to this discovery, scientists say that people accept the color they like, and refuse the color they hate. So your body and mind will be healthy by using the colors you like. Or you’ll be nervous or even get ill. If you stay in a room with red windows, wallpapers and furniture (家具) for two hours, you’ll feel you have been there for four hours. But if the room is blue, you’ll feel you have been there for only one hour. Another example, if a person walks out of a red room and into a blue room, his temperature will fall. That means our body temperature will change when we see different colors.

1. A color has weight in a man’s mind.
2. Red is the lightest color in a man’s mind.
3. Using the color you don’t like will keep you healthy.
4. Your temperature will fall when you get into a cool colored room from a warm colored room.
5. According to the passage, you’ll feel you have been there for four hours if you stay in a red room for an hour.

【推荐2】Rico is a dog and he lives in Germany. His owners trained him from a young age to find his toys. When they say the name of the toy, Rico can find it. In fact, he seems to know the names of 200 toys！

Some researchers（研究者）in Germany wanted to test Rico. At the beginning，they put his toys in a room and then told him to go in the room and find one of the toys. Since nobody was in the room with Rico, he had no help from anyone finding the right toy. The researchers did this test forty times. Rico found the right toy thirty-seven times！

Then the researchers tried something else. They put seven of Rico's toys in the room plus（加） one new toy that Rico had never seen before. Then they told Rico to go into the room and get the new toy. This new toy had a name Rico has never heard before. Rico found the right toy seven out of ten times！

Researchers cannot really say that Rico knows words or language. However, the test seems to show that Rico can think about what he hears as well as a three-year-old child.

From these tests, animal researchers know one thing for sure. Rico gives them a lot to think about.

1. What is Rico good at？

A．Finding things.

B．Catching things.

C．Counting things.

D．Cleaning things.

2. The underlined word “since” in paragraph 2 most probably means “___________”.

A．when

B．from

C．because

D．though

3. What did researchers ask Rico to do first in the test?

A．To name the toys in the room.	B．To put his toys in the room.
C．To plus the new toy into the room.	D．To find the toy in the room.

4. How many times did Rico go into the room to get a new toy he didn't know?

A．Seven.

B．Ten

C．Thirty-seven.

D．Forty

【推荐3】Baboons(狒狒) live in Africa. They are like monkeys. Most people think daddy baboons don’t know their babies. But scientists (科学家) find that daddy baboons know how to help their babies. The daddy baboons are smart.
Joan Silk is a scientist. She studies the baboons for 3 years. She says the daddy baboons are happy to see their babies. They have big teeth to help the babies to eat hard things. Mother baboons are small. And they live in a place. When a mother baboon gives birth(分娩), she often has only one baby. Baby baboons have fur. They are very cute.
During the day they eat things. At night, they sleep in the trees. Most children like baboons because they look like the man.
1. Where do baboons live?

A．In Africa.

B．In America.

C．In Canada.

2. How are daddy baboons?

A．They are shy.

B．They are beautiful.

C．They are smart.

3. They underlined word “hard” means________ in Chinese.

A．困难的

B．柔软的

C．坚硬的

4. The mother baboon usually has _______baby baboon(s) when she gives birth.

A．one

B．two

C．three

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Baboons are small monkeys.

B．Baby baboons are very cute.

C．Daddy baboons don’t know how to help their babies

【推荐1】No one wants to look stupid (愚蠢的) or do the wrong thing at a new job. It’s important to make the right impression from the very first day. You will face new people. You will be in a new place.
It may be difficult to know what to do. Here are five tips to help you make it through the first days at a new job.
(1) First impression can last forever. Make sure you make a good one. Before your first day, find out if your new job has a dress code (rules about what you can wear to work). If so, be sure to follow it. No matter what, always be neat and clean.
(2) Get to work on time. Give yourself an extra 15 minutes to make sure you arrive on time.
(3) Pay attention to instructions. One of the first things that your supervisor may do is to introduce you to co-workers. These co-workers will be important to you. They are the ones who will answer your questions when the boss is not around.
(4) Ask lots of questions. Make sure that your supervisor has told you what is expected of you. If he or she has not told you your duties, ask for a list. Set daily and weekly goals for yourself.
(5) Never be the first one to leave. Observe (观察) what your co-workers do around quitting time (下班时间). It does not look good for you to be eager to leave.
1. Before you arrive at work on the first day, you should ___________.

A．dress in a right way	B．introduce yourself
C．know your duties	D．know your co-workers well

2. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．You should not be eager to go home.

B．You should wear the most expensive clothes.

C．You should know you duties.

D．You should pay attention to your co-workers.

3. What is the best title for this passage?

A．Getting a new job	B．Tips on How to Work
C．The First-day Work	D．The Importance of Co-worker

【推荐2】People usually talk about two groups of colours: warm colours and cool colours. Scientists think that there are also two groups of people: people who prefer warm colours and people who prefer cool colours.
The warm colours are red, orange and yellow. Where there are warm colours and a lot of light, people usually want to be active(活跃的). People think that red example is exciting sociable（善交际的）people, those who like to be with others like red. The cool colours are green, blue and purple. These colours, unlike warm colours, are relaxing. Where there are cool colours, people are usually quiet. People who like to spend time alone often prefer blue.
Red may be exciting but one scientist says that time seems to pass more slow in a room with warm colours than in a room with cool colours. He suggested that a warm colour such as red or orange is a good colour for a living room or a restaurant.
People who are relaxing（休闲）or eating don't want time to pass quickly. Cool colours are better for offices of factories as the people who work there want time to pass quickly. Scientists don't know why people think some colours are warm and other colours are cool.
However, almost everyone agrees that warm colours remind（使想起）people of warm days and cool colours remind them of cool days. Because in the north the sun is low during winter, the sunlight appears quite blue. Because the sun is higher during summer, the hot summer sunlight appears yellow.                                                     Jacksunshine998@sina com
1. When people talk about two groups of people, they mean those that_________.

A．like warm colours and like cool colours

B．are yellow, red and yellow

C．are warm colours and cool colours

D．are green, blue and purple

2. The people who like warm colours _______.

A．are very hard to get on with others

B．are very easy to get on with others

C．like to stay at home by themselves

D．don't like to be with others

3. Which is the best title? _______.

A．Two groups of colours	B．Cool colours
C．Warm colours	D．Colours and people

【推荐3】A son and his father were walking on the mountains. Suddenly, the son fell, hurt himself and screamed, “ AAAhhhh! ! ! ” To his surprise, he heard the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, “ AAAhhhh! ! ! ”

He shouted in curiosity, “ Who are you? ” He received the answer, “ Who are you? ” Angry at the response, he screamed, “ Coward（懦夫）! ” He received the answer, “ Coward! ”

He looked to his father and asked, “ What’s going on, Dad? ” The father smiled and said, “ My son, pay attention. ” And then he screamed to the mountain, “ I admire you! ” The voice answered, “ I admire you! ” Again the man screamed, “ You are a champion! ” The voice answered, “ You are a champion! ”

The boy was surprised, but he did not understand. Then the father explained, “ People call this ECHO（回音）, but really this is LIFE. ”

“ It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is simply a reflection（反映）of our actions. If you want more love in the world, create more love in your heart. If you want more competence（技能）in your team, improve your competence. ”

“ This relationship applies to （适用于）everything, in all aspects of life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it. ”

1. The boy felt surprised because________.

A．he fell over his own feet	B．his father could shout as loud as he did
C．he heard his screams repeating	D．someone called him a coward

2. How did the boy feel when he heard the answer “ Who are you? ” ?

A．He felt relaxed.

B．He felt excited.

C．He felt angry.

D．He felt bored.

3. What’s the father’s attitude towards life?

A．Hopeful.

B．Disappointed.

C．Upset.

D．Satisfied.

4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The son and his father were in the mountain.

B．The boy understood the reason why the voice repeated at first.

C．The father is a positive person.

D．The father taught his son a lesson by the echo.

5. What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Faith will move mountains.	B．A great talker is a great liar.
C．Love me, love my dog.	D．Do well and have well.