【推荐1】The USA is the fourth largest country in the world in size after Russia, Canada and China. The population(人口) of the USA is the third largest in the world.
The Mississippi River is the longest river in America. It's over 6,000 kilometers long. The Mississippi River has been called the "Father of Waters" or "Old Man River". The most important lakes in the United States are the Great Lakes. They are Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie and Lake Ontario. All of them are between Canada and the United States except(除了) Lake Michigan.
Let us talk about American education(教育). There are two kinds of schools in the United States: public schools and private schools. Most children go to public schools. Their parents do not have to pay for their education. If a child goes to a private school, his parents have to pay for their schooling. Children start school when they are five years old. Most students are eighteen years old when they leave secondary(中级) schools.
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Its size in the world is the fourth largest.	Its     1     in the world is the third largest.	The longest river in America has a length of     2    .
Of the Great Lakes     3     isn't between Canada and the USA.	The kids in America can have free education in     4    .	Children started school at the age of     5    .

【推荐2】Just 28 years ago，Berlin was a city divided into two by the Berlin Wall. How excited people were as the Berlin Wall came down. Since then，Berlin has become one of the coolest cities in Europe. Here are the main reasons why I think Berlin is cool.

First，Berlin has cheap hotels and everyday objects（物品）. You needn’t worry about spending too much money when visiting Berlin.

Second，Berlin knows how to give parties，and there is a festival here every month of the year. Perhaps the most famous is the Berlin International Film Festival（the BIFF）.

Third，Berlin has beautiful buildings of its own. The Brandenburg Gate is one of the city’s most famous buildings. It’s the symbol（象征）of more than 200 years of history. The TV Tower is as good as the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the London Eye.

Lastly，Berlin is a city of living art. Artists can create works of art on the sides of buildings.

If you want to visit a European city with culture，cheap objects and lots of colours，Berlin is the place to be. What are you waiting for？Get to Europe’s coolest city before anyone else discovers it.

1. How did people feel when the Berlin Wall came down？
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2. Which festival is the most famous in Berlin？
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3. How many great buildings of Berlin are mentioned in Paragraph 4？
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4. Where can artists create works of art in Berlin？
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5. What does the writer advise you to do in the last paragraph？
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【推荐3】阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题，并将答案填写在答题卡上对应题号的横线上。

I come from Cambridge, a beautiful city in the east of England. It is on the River Cam and has a population of about 120,000. My home town is especially famous for its university. Many famous people studied here, such as Isaac Newton and Charles Darwin. There are lots of old buildings and churches to visit. Students and tourists enjoy trips along the river by boat.

Cambridge is 80 kilometers from London. London is in the south of England and it is on the River Thames. It has a population of about seven and a half million, so it is bigger and busier than Cambridge. It is about 2,000 years old, and it is famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge.

England itself is part of an island, and you are always near the sea. The small villages and beaches on the coast are popular for holidays. Tourists like the areas of low mountains and beautiful lakes in the north, and the hills and pretty villages in the south. Everywhere in England, you will notice how green the countryside is.

It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter. So come and see England any time of the year, but bring an umbrella with you. It rains a lot all year round. You will need it most days.

1. What is the population of Cambridge?
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2. How do students and tourists enjoy trips along the river?
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3. How far is Cambridge from London?
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4. Does it often rain in England?
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5. What do tourists like in the south of England?
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【推荐1】Now more and more children are becoming overweight(超重的) and less creative(有创意的) because they spend too much time in front of the computer.

Child Protective Services (儿童保护组织) in the USA asked children to go out to do some outdoor games and not to play computer games. A report says in the USA lots of children spend about 1,000 hours a year playing computer games. Of course, they are overweight. Some of them have poor eyesight(视力), and they can’t see things clearly.

Everyone wants to keep healthy. But what can we do to keep healthy? First we should keep away from the computer. The doctor says the longer children play computer games, the more overweight they may become.

Hey, boys and girls! To keep healthy, stop playing computer games and then go out to take more exercise! You can swim, ride a horse, fly a kite or go jogging. Try any of them. It’s good for your health and you can make some new friends!

1. We may become ________ because we play computer games all day.
2. Child Protective Services asked children to ________ to do some outdoor games.
3. In the USA lots of children spend about ________ hours a year playing computer games.
4. The doctor says ________ children play computer games, the more overweight they may become.
5. It’s good for your health to stop ________ .

【推荐2】Every year from May to August on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau (青藏高原), Tibetan antelopes (藏羚羊) go far to have their babies.

Their trip is hard. They have to cross railways and roads. Some die because of accidents (事故). To make their trip easier, people have made “wildlife corridors (走廊)”. A wildlife corridor can be natural or man-made. If railways or roads get in the animals’ way, they can still move freely and safely through the corridor.

To work with animals’ habits, corridors around the world are different. Tibetan antelopes are careful about dangers around them. So, China has made corridors under highways or railways. The corridors are big. Antelopes can easily look around when they pass through. In Europe, there are small and dark tunnels (隧道) for small animals, like mice. In the US, people make bridges between trees for animals that like climbing.

Just give them a little more space. They can have a good chance to live well with us humans. So you can see, it is not hard to do that.

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【推荐3】In China most children are getting plenty of homework, because it is believed that the more homework children do, the better they will perform in exams. But one primary school in Northeast China has done just the opposite for the past 37 years.

That is Shenyang Railway No. 5 Primary School. Although its students don’t have to do homework, they are still getting high-standard education. This requires teachers to prepare their lesson plans well, so that students can learn as much as they can during class time.

Also, students from all grades will have a 15-minute mini class in the afternoon（most classes in China are 40 minutes）, during which they can focus on developing some abilities such as memorizing, listening, or summarizing （总结）.

However, not having homework doesn’t mean that students do nothing after school. In fact, they are encouraged to read books at night, or watch the news. They can also find and develop their interests by taking the more than 60 clubs at school, including technology, art, sports, and others.

Wang Hongliang, a former student of the school, said, “We really learned a lot from that experience. That’s what I found out during my later studies at middle school and high school.”

1. Does the underlined part “the opposite” in Paragraph 1 mean giving homework or not giving homework?
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2. What are teachers required to do to make sure students still get high-standard education?
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3. How long is a mini afternoon class in Shenyang Railway No. 5 Primary School?
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4. How can students find and develop their interests?
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5. Who is Wang Hongliang?
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【推荐2】阅读下面短文，按要求完成下面小题。

You may know about many traditional Chinese festivals such as the Spring Festival or the Lantern Festival, but have you ever heard of Dragon Heads-raising Day?

Dragon Heads-raising Day is also called the Spring Dragon Festival. It is on the second day of the second lunar (农历) month. It’s on March 11th this year. It comes from an old story. After that day, the Dragon King will wake up from his winter sleep and bring more rain. So that day is the start of spring and farming season.

One of the most interesting things is about the haircut. People believe that cutting hair during the first lunar month is not a good idea. It may bring bad things to your uncles. So people can only cut it on or after Dragon Heads-raising Day. Although it’s not true, many people still do it.

There are also other ways to celebrate this festival. For example, people eat food with dragon names. People call noodles dragon’s beard (胡须). Dumplings are dragon’s ears and spring rolls (春卷) are dragon’s scales (鳞). People also do dragon dances and make dragon lanterns. The lanterns stand for people’s best wishes and good luck.

1、2题完成句子，3—5题简略回答问题。
1. Dragon Heads-raising Day is on ________ of the second lunar month.
2. People call dumplings ________ on Dragon Heads-raising Day.
3. What will the Dragon King bring after Dragon Heads-raising Day?
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4. How do people celebrate Dragon Heads-raising Day? (列举两点)
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② By ________.
5. Will you cut your hair during the first lunar month? Why or why not?
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【推荐3】These days, the ways of celebrating the Spring Festival are very different from before. The younger generation (一代) is making the celebrations more colourful.

Xiao Yao is a college student from Guangdong Province. He always has lots of traditions to follow during the Spring Festival, such as hanging lanterns and praying (祈祷) at temples.

Chinese families used to give out lucky money in a red paper envelope to their young and unmarried relatives at the start of a new year for good luck.

However, in recent years, as technology has highly developed, Xiao has taught his family members how to give hongbao filled with lucky money to a group through WeChat wallets on their mobile phones. “The hongbao is often grabbed (抢) by group members in only a few seconds. We compete against one another. It’s fun,” said Xiao. “The world is developing as social needs are changing, and now ideas make traditional festivals creative.”

According to a report by China Youth Daily, having parties and going skating are the most popular activities for the young to celebrate the Spring Festival. While new ideas are appearing, many young people still believe following traditions can make them feel close to the older generation. Li Yu, a college student from Hunan Province, said that putting up couplets (对联) and watching the Spring Festival Gala on television with parents have never been missed. “While accepting new ways, I think traditional cultures are what matter the most, especially during festivals,” she said.

1. Where is Xiao Yao from?
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2. Who did Chinese families use to give out lucky money to at the start of a new year?
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3. How do Xiao’s family members give hongbao now?
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4. What are the most popular activities for the young to celebrate the Spring Festival?
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5. How many traditions has Li Yu never missed during the Spring Festival?
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