【推荐1】Nowadays there seems to be an app for everything. Different apps can help people improve their study, relax themselves, find their way and so on. They have been part of our life. And here we will recommend some popular apps that are of some help to people.

	Ctrip can be the best helper when you feel it hard to buy the train or airline tickets. You can buy tickets anywhere at anytime.
	Ximalaya Reading has millions of books including poems, short stories, novels and even fairy tales for children. What’s special about it is that you can use it to download book recording that can be listened to. It has more than 1 million valuable resources.
	Google Maps can be downloaded for times when you are away from the Internet. Make your own maps by including directions and points of interest. After creating a custom map( 自定义地图), you can share it with others so they can see where you are going or join you in your trip.
	Quizlet is a(n) ▲ aid app. It is filled with flash cards on many subjects to study. It covers subjects like languages and vocabulary, maths and science, history and geography, etc. Quizlet has games to play and tests to take as well.
	World of Tanks Blitz (坦克世界), a free-to-play online game with over 40 million downloads, bring quick-fire tank fights. “A lot of tanks, a lot of people and a lot of fun.” It will be the best choice to kill your time.

1. Which of the following apps is helpful for booking tickets?

A．Ctrip.

B．Quizlet.

C．Ximalaya.

D．World of Tanks Blitz.

2. Google Maps can allow you to ________ according to the passage.

A．chat with friends

B．get free meals

C．make a personal map

D．book hotels online

3. Which word can be used to fill in the blank about Quizlet?

A．game

B．study

C．exam

D．health

4. From the passage, we can learn that ________.

A．we can buy tickets from Ctrip only in the daytime	B．we have to pay some money for World of Tanks Blitz
C．we can’t use Ximalaya Reading to download book recording	D．People can learn languages with Quizlet

5. What’s the passage mainly about?

A．Apps of study.

B．Apps of travel.

C．The importance of apps.

D．An introduction to some popular apps.

【推荐2】With the development of the smart phones, Wechat is becoming more and more popular. In fact, it has become one of the most useful tools.

In the first place, Wechat has the function of both of computers and phones. People can send messages, photos and sound, even show their videos on it. Secondly, Wechat helps the users save money. Users needn’t pay any money for sending the messages. People can also talk through Wechat for free. Thirdly, we can share our feelings or opinions with our friends easily and even download the articles we are interested in. At last, we can add friends from the phone book or by searching for the Wechat number online.

But every coin has two sides. If we spend too much time on it, it surely will have a bad effect on both our health and our school work. So as middle school students, we should learn to control ourselves and use it properly.

1. How is Wechat becoming in our life today?

A．popular

B．outdate

C．useless

D．wonderful

2. How many useful ways of Wechat are there in the article?

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

3. Wechat can be used as ___________.

A．computers

B．phones.

C．TV

D．A and B

4. People can use Wechat do many things, except _______.

A．send messages	B．send photos and sound
C．show their videos	D．study English

5. Which one is not TRUE according to the article?

A．People can talk through Wechat for free.

B．People can download the articles they are interested in.

C．People can add friends from the phone book.

D．People can find Wechat has only a good side.

【推荐3】Can you imagine(想象)we can have a computer in our brain(大脑)or a computer can have a human brain? In the future, scientists would put very small computers in our heads. This can help people a lot. Because of these small computers，the people with ear illnesses will be able to hear, and the people with eye illnesses can see.
This will not be just for sick people. Most of us will have these little computers to make our life better. For example，we can remember more things. And we can also make more friends and talk to friends in other places by using the Internet.
For students, computers can do a lot of things. In the near future students will not need schoolbags. They just have to carry a notebook computer to school. All the textbooks, exercise books，and notebooks are in the notebook computer. The teachers will check students' homework with computers，too. But this can also give more problems because it will be easier for students to copy each other's homework.
Everything will be possible. We never know what will happen.
1. What does the first paragraph talk about?

A．Computer scientists.

B．Future computers helping sick people a lot.

C．The computer working like a human brain.

D．How to put small computers in people's heads.

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Computers only provide help for school students.

B．Computers can help the people with ear illnesses to see.

C．Computers cannot help us make friends or remember things.

D．Computers give us the help for making life better and work easier.

3. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Computers in Schools.	B．Computers for Students.
C．Computers of the Future.	D．Computers in Human Brains.

【推荐1】While carrying your heavy schoolbag on the way to school or on the way home, does it make you lose your interest in knowledge? Don’t worry, and you may soon be able to say goodbye to your heavy schoolbag.

Instead of burying your face in textbooks, newspapers, magazines and novels, you could find that the e-book readers（电子阅读器）fit all in one.

An e-book reader is a new device（装置）which can hold thousands of text files（文本文档）and display them as real text printed on a paper page. Sony and iRex Technologies are among the first to produce and sell e-book readers. The new device is expected to hit（冲击）stores this month.

In the same way that the iPod had changed the way people enjoy music, e-book readers could change the way that books are both bought and read.

The size of an e-book reader is the same as that of real books. Its screen is different from that of a computer. It is as thin as a piece of paper. The words on the e-book’s screen look exactly the same as words on real pages. But you can do more with an e-book reader than you can with an ordinary book. The reader can change the size of words and connect with the Internet to download new books.

The Sony Reader is also expected to have a function that makes you play MP3 music while you are reading.

Book publishers have begun to produce books that can be bought and downloaded to the new e-book devices. One of the publishers has already changed more than 3, 000 of different kinds of books into the digital format（数码格式）. And there are already large numbers of books and stories on the devices.

1. We can read books, magazines and newspapers on ________ with the new technology development.

A．MP3	B．an e-book reader
C．a radio	D．a computer

2. Thousands of text files can be stored, and ________ on a new device as small as an ordinary book.

A．played

B．printed

C．displayed

D．produced

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．An e-book reader has the same size as a real book does.

B．An e-book reader’s screen is different from that of a computer.

C．An e-book reader can change the size of words.

D．The words on the e-book’s screen look different from words on real pages.

4. The underlined word “function” in the sixth paragraph means “________” in Chinese.

A．键盘

B．功能

C．代码

D．鼠标

5. The passage mainly talks about ________.

A．a computer

B．a radio

C．an MP3

D．an e-book reader

【推荐2】Facial recognition technology (人脸识别技术) is widely used today. For example, the police use it to search for bad guys. It’s also used to unlock phones or doors.

Now, a similar technology, known as facial detection (探测), is entering a new field: the business of advertising (广告).

Such systems are going through tests in a small number of stores. One facial detection system can judge (判断) a person’s “happiness” or “fear” level. Another system can detect whether someone is wearing eyeglasses. If so, stores can send advertisements for new glasses to him.

Facial detection technology is also placed inside some large advertising boards. Cameras in those boards can detect (探测) information like people’s ages and five levels of feelings-from “very happy” to “very unhappy”.

Supporters of the technology say it could improve buyers’ experience by showing products they might like or by offering them products at lower prices.

Some are against the idea of using such systems. Pam Dixon, the head of a privacy (隐私) group, is one of them. She thinks the strange actions may cause something unfair. For example, a store could raise the price of a product according to a person’s age and feelings.

However, one store testing the technology explained people’s information like names or ages wouldn’t be stored. And the advertising board system maker said it didn’t keep any personal information or record any videos.

根据短文内容，判断下列各句正（T）、误（F）
1. Facial recognition technology is helpful to the police.
2. Facial recognition technology can be used to unlock phones and doors already.
3. According to the passage, facial detection technology can judge people’s feelings.
4. Pam Dixon, the head of a privacy group is the supporter of the technology.
5. The facial recognition technology can keep buyers’ information and record them.

【推荐1】In the 1900s in America, kids traveled to school in different ways. Many walked. Others rode in farm trucks or on bikes. Some rode in school buses called “kid hacks.” Kid hacks were wooden horse-drawn carriages(马车). It had two long bench seats(长椅) with little space in the middle for people to pass. The carriages had a cover on the top to keep people from the strong sunshine. But they were open on the sides, so kids might still get wet on rainy days!

By the mid-1920s, more cars were on the roads, and some transport companies started to make buses out of steel. But buses still looked different from place to place.

That changed in 1939, when transportation officials(官员) from around the country met to come up with a set of standards for school buses. They wanted to make buses safer. Besides, if all school buses looked alike(相像), it would be easier for factories to build them quickly and more conveniently.

During the seven-day meeting, they also discussed about the color of the school bus. After trying 50 kinds of color on the wall, they settled on the orange-yellow. And that’s still what you see on buses today. National School Bus Glossy Yellow, as the color is officially(官方地) called, has advantages. The color was chosen because studies had shown yellow was the most eye-catching to human beings. What’s more, this kind of color could be seen clearly in the morning and evening light when school buses usually worked.

So the next time you step onto a school bus, you can feel good knowing that your ride now is much safer and drier than it would have been 100 years ago!

1. What was the “kid hack” like?

A．

B．

C．

2. The transportation officials made standards for school buses in 1939 to _______.

A．ask more people to take the school buses

B．make the buses safer and easier to be built

C．keep people from getting wet on rainy days

3. What does “that” in paragraph 3 refer to(指代)?

A．Buses looked different in different places.

B．People never built buses made of steel.

C．There were more cars than buses on the roads.

4. Which one is NOT the reason why school buses were yellow?

A．Yellow could be clearly seen in evening light.

B．Yellow could catch people’s eye most easily.

C．Yellow was like the color of the sun in the morning.

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．The introduction of ancient American school buses.

B．The difference between kid hacks and school buses.

C．The development of school buses in the United States.

【推荐2】In the old days, the Olympic games were religious activities. Greece held the first Olympic Games in 776 B.C.. The Games lasted just for one day. Only men could be in the Games. Women had no right to take part in the Olympic Games until 1912.

The first modern Olympic Games were held in Greece in 1896. Just 241 men from 14 countries competed in 43 events in nine sports. Starting in 1896, the Olympic Games were held every four years except during the World WarⅠand Ⅱ. In the 2012 London Olympics, about 10500 athletes from 205 countries took part in 302 events.

The first Winter Olympic Games were held in France in 1924 to give athletes chances to compete in snow and ice sports. The Winter Olympics are held every four years, two years after each Summer Olympics.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子的正（A）与误（B）。
1. The first Olympic Games were held in Greece in 776 B.C..
2. The first Olympic Games lasted just for one week.
3. Women had no right to take part in the Olympic Games in the old days.
4. The first Winter Olympic Games were held in France in 1896.
5. The Winter Olympics are held every four years.