【推荐1】Alysaa Carson is a 17-year-old girl. She dreams of going to Mars. She was first interested in becoming an astronaut at the age of three. At that time, she was watching a cartoon called The Backyardigans. The characters in the cartoon went to Mars many times for different tasks. She also wanted to be one of them.

After knowing the serious pollution and the large population on Earth. Alyssa thinks people may look for another planet to live on in the future. She thinks humans may choose to live on Mars in the future. That’s because it’s a planet similar to the earth in some aspects (方面). What’s more, people will be able to use the technologies to get there at that time. Alyssa dreams of going to Mars and working in the field of astrobiology (天体生物学).

Her father believes that parents should help children achieve their dreams. He thinks that it doesn’t matter if the dreams change a lot or how crazy they are. And he doesn’t think it’s too young to get a pilot’s license (执照) for a 17-year-old girl. Perhaps it’s very dangerous for his daughter to go to Mars. But he believes that she can achieve her dream one day. What he can do is to let his daughter work hard for her dream.

1. What does the underlined word “them” refer to?

A．Alyssa’s family.

B．Alyssa’s classmates.

C．The characters in the cartoon.

2. Why does Alyssa think people should go to Mars?

A．Because people can live a happier life there.

B．Because mars has something in common with the earth.

C．Because it’s a planet with many new lives.

3. What can we learn about Alyssa Carson’s father?

A．He respects his daughter’s dream.

B．He used to be a pilot when he was young.

C．He works in the field of astrobiology now.

4. Which one is TRUE according to the text?

A．It’s easy for a 17-year-old girl to get a pilot’s license.

B．Alyssa’s dream of going to Mars lasts for a long time.

C．We can ask parents for help when we meet trouble.

5. What does the writer want to tell us?

A．Interest is the best teacher for every child.

B．It’s never too late for people to learn something new.

C．Parents should work hard for their children’s dreams.

【推荐2】Some people believe that humans could live on the planet Mars by the year 2100. Our own planet, the Earth, is becoming more and more crowded and polluted. It is hoped that people could start again and build a better world on Mars. Here is what life there could be like.

At present, our spacecraft are too slow to carry large numbers of passengers (乘客) to Mars and it would take months. With the development of technology, by the year 2100, the journey might only take about 20 minutes in spacecraft that travel at the speed (速度) of light! However, the spacecraft would travel really fast, so the journey to Mars might be quite uncomfortable. Many people would feel ill.

Humans can’t live without water, air or food. So far, nobody knows if there would be enough water or air on Mars for people. Moreover, scientists are not sure if plants could grow on Mars. Food would most probably be made like pills (药片) and would not keep long.

Compared with life on the earth, life on Mars would be better in some ways. People would have more space. They might live in houses with huge comfortable rooms. Also, robots would do lots of their work so that they could have more time to relax. There would probably be no schools. Every student would study at online schools with “e-teachers”.

Life on Mars would be interesting and challenging (充满挑战的). However, it may take hundreds of years to make it true. So the most important thing we need to do now is to protect our beautiful blue planet-the Earth!

1. People would move to Mars because ________.

A．they want to challenge themselves	B．the earth is crowded and polluted
C．flying to Mars would be fun	D．plants could grow better there

2. The underlined word “spacecraft” means ________.

A．spaceships

B．hot-air balloons

C．space stations

D．planes

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．There would be enough water and air on Mars for people.

B．Food on Mars would be more delicious than that on the earth.

C．The writer thinks living on Mars would be full of challenges.

D．People would be busy with work on Mars.

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

A．School s on Mars	B．Food on Mars
C．Life on Mars	D．Environment on the Earth

【推荐3】For thousands of years, humans have explored the Earth. Nowadays, we are exploring space. Astronomers (天文学家) are modern—day explorers. Now, many astronomers are looking for new planets and new places of humans to live in the future. But where do astronomers start looking?

First of all, astronomers look for a star. That’s because our own Earth moves around a star (the Sun). More importantly, it is the correct distance (距离) from the Sun for heat and light. So when astronomers have found the star, they look at the planets around it. In recent years, astronomers have found nearly 400 new planets with stars. However, many of these planets are either too near to the star or too far away.

However, if the planet is in a good position, astronomers look for three key things: water, air and rock. Water is important because all life needs water. Humans can drink it and they can also grow plants with water. And plants produce air for humans to breathe and food to eat. Rock on a planet is also important. That’s because there is often water under the rock.

After many years of scrutinizing, astronomers have found a planet that is similar to the Earth. It’s Gliese 581g and it’s near a star. The astronomers think it has water and rock and the average (平均的) temperature is between -31℃ and -12℃. That’s cold，but not colder than Antarctica or Arctic Circle, for example, Gliese 581g is bigger than the Earth. A year on Gliese 581g is only 37 Earth days instead of 365. But astronomers do not think there are big differences and some them thing Gliese 581g will be a new Earth. However, Gliese 581g is twenty light years from the Earth.

1. What do astronomers have to find first before starting to look for a new place for humans to live?

A．A new star.

B．A new planet.

C．Some heat.

D．Some light.

2. What does the rock on a planet tell us?

A．The star is a right position.	B．We may discover water under it.
C．The planet is too near to the Sun.	D．There can be air around the rock.

3. What does the underlined word “scrutinizing” mean in the last paragraph?

A．discussing

B．waiting

C．looking

D．traveling

4. What’s the main idea of the text?

A．Gliese 581g is already a new Earth.	B．There are planets similar to our Earth.
C．Water, air and rock are important.	D．Astronomers are looking for a new Earth.

【推荐1】“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise!” This is an old English saying. It means that when we go to bed early, we can get up early the next morning. Then we will become healthy, rich and clever.

This is true. To be healthy, we must have enough sleep. Experts say that adults should get seven to eight hours sleep a night. Teenagers need nine to ten hours. And school-aged children may need more than ten hours of sleep. Children who do not have enough sleep can’t do their work very well. They won’t be wise and they may become unhealthy. ①________.

1. The underlined word “rise” means “________” in Chinese.

A．升起

B．增加

C．起床

D．站起

2. Who needs the most hours of sleep to keep healthy?

A．Experts.

B．Adults.

C．Teenagers.

D．School-aged children.

3. A child _______ when he does not have enough sleep.

A．can’t study well

B．can’t eat well

C．will be wealthy

D．will be active in class

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Enough sleep is important.	B．Sleep well, work well
C．Only children need enough sleep.	D．It’s good for us to go to bed early and rise early.

5. Which is the best and last sentence for this passage to put in ①________?

A．Please sleep at least 10 hours.	B．Enough sleep is important for every one.
C．This old English saying is not true.	D．If you want to be rich, please get enough sleep.

【推荐2】A lot of people play sports, but very few people become sports professionals（专家）. If sports aren’t going to be your future, then why should you play them? Why should you train every day? Why should you train hard and feel sore（酸痛的）the next day? Wouldn’t it be better to forget sports and only pay attention to your lessons?

In fact, there are a lot of reasons to play sports. First of all, sports are a great way to exercise. Exercising keeps you healthy and strong. It also helps you stay in a good condition. When you exercise, your body makes endorphins（安多芬）. Endorphins give you more energy and make you feel happier.

Sports are important for everyone, but they are especially important for young people. They teach young people about winning and losing. Also, they teach young people how to talk with teammates and work as a team. Sports teach young people to respect（尊重）their coaches, teammates and players from the other team. Many reports say that sports help young people stay out of trouble. If a young person plays sports, he or she may have fewer problems. This is because sports teach people about rules. They also teach people that if they work hard, they might succeed.

Another good way of sports is that they make people leave their houses. These days, a lot of people spend too much time watching TV and playing video games .When you play sports, you go outside and exercise in the sun.You take in fresh air. All of these things are important.

Maybe you’re not going to become a sports professional, but that doesn’t matter. Sports will help you become a better and happier person. Sports will help you make friends and stay healthy. Here is another reason to play sports: Sports are fun.

1. According to the text, which of the following is true about sports?

A．When endorphins are made in our body, we will get angry easily.

B．If young people do more sports, they will have more problems.

C．When doing sports, we should respect everyone in the game.

D．More indoor exercise can bring people happiness and health.

2. What does the underlined word “They” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Reports.

B．Sports.

C．Problems.

D．Rules.

3. What is the best title for the text?

A．Sports Are Just For Professionals.

B．Sports Teach People To Work Hard.

C．Sports Are Good For Everyone.

D．Sports Make People Go Outside.

4. Which of the following shows the structure （结构） of the passage? （P ＝ Paragraph）

A．

B．

C．

D．

【推荐1】What does a space classroom look like in your mind? Have you ever experienced the space classroom? On December 9, 2021, Chinese astronauts, Zhai Zhigang, Wang Yaping, and Ye Guangfu gave a special science lesson 400 kilometers above Earth, as they orbited in the Tiangong space station.

When the lesson started, they showed people how they lived and worked inside the space station. For example, Wang showed the students the microwave, water dispenser（饮水机）and refrigerator in space kitchen. The astronauts showed their exercise equipment and a special spacesuit, and did some amazing experiments in micro-gravity（微重力）. They also answered some questions from students during the lesson.

Millions of primary and middle school students across China watched the space lesson. And a total of 1,420 students invited from some cities appeared in “ground classrooms”, with some taking part in video chats with the astronauts.

It was the first lesson of the Tiangong Class. More will be held in China’s spaceflights. Such activities are to spread space knowledge and help to develop young people’s interest in science.

Shi Yi, a physics teacher at the Beijing No. 101 Middle School, said, “The space lesson is an eye-opening experience that can develop students’ interest in science.” Wang Yihan, a fifth-grade student at the Yuxin School in Beijing, said, “The astronauts’ experiments have really made me surprised. I have great interest in spaceflights and would like to take part in our country’s space exploration program in the future.”

After watching the lesson, students in Hong Kong, China got a chance to communicate with the astronauts and they became more interested in science.

1. How does the writer lead in the topic?

A．By raising questions.	B．By giving many numbers.
C．By telling stories.	D．By comparing facts.

2. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A．How the astronauts made the space lesson possible.

B．What questions students asked during the lesson.

C．How students felt about the space lesson.

D．What the astronauts did during the space lesson.

3. Why will our country hold more space lessons?

A．To make students’ life colourful.	B．To meet students’ need for exams.
C．To let students fall in love with science.	D．To introduce astronauts’ wonderful life.

4. What can we infer from Paragraph 5?

A．The space lesson was hard for students to understand.

B．Science will be the most popular subject in school.

C．The teacher and the student spoke very highly of the space lesson.

D．More and more students want to be astronauts in the future.

【推荐2】阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。

Are you planning a birthday party for your son or daughter and can’t decide what to do? People in different countries celebrate their birthday in different ways.

Philip Evans, from Paris, smiles at us, so I’m going to invite three very good friends out for dinner. In France, when it is your birthday, I know it’s the opposite（相反）—the people take you out.

Mr. and Mrs. Sato are from Tokyo. Mr. Sato is going to be sixty tomorrow. “In Japan, the sixtieth birthday is called KanreKi—the beginning of a new life. The red color is for a new life, so we always give something red for a sixtieth birthday.” Mrs. Sato says “What am I going to give my husband? I can’t say. It’s a secret!”

Li Xiaomei from Beijing feels very excited and tells us, “Tomorrow is my sixteenth birthday. It’s a special birthday, so we’re going to have a family party. I’m probably going to get some money in lucky envelopes from my relatives（亲戚）”.

1. In Paris, someone often ________ on his or her birthday.

A．has a birthday party

B．invites friends out for dinner

C．eats noodles

2. In ________ people call the sixtieth birthday “KanreKi”.

A．Paris

B．Japan

C．China

3. What does the underlined word “secret” mean in Chinese?

A．闹剧

B．猜想

C．秘密

4. Which of the following is not true?

A．Philip is going to take his friends out for dinner on his birthday.

B．Mrs. Sato will give her husband nothing.

C．In China, the noodles stand for “a long life”.

5. Tokyo is a city of ________ according to the passage.

A．Japan

B．China

C．France

【推荐3】Unlike other people, my Olympic heroes are not Olympic champions or the important people on the Olympic Committee (委员会). They are just the ordinary ones who do the everyday things. They work without the recognition (公认) the famous people get. They are the Olympic volunteers.
These people aren't the great stars of sport. They just want to do their part for the Olympics by smiling and helping the Games go smoothly.The stars of the Games are like brightly colored sailboats on the sea, racing through the waves. How lovely to watch them! But the volunteers are the wind, which nobody sees. Without the wind the sailboats would not be able to move and no one would want to watch them. The volunteers breathe (发出) the wind of life into the athletes.
The volunteers may never win medals, but they always do their best to encourage the athletes, whether the athletes win or lose.Some might think what the volunteers do is boring, hardly worth mentioning (提及). But in my eyes, they are as important as the champions and the stars. They are just as much heroes, despite (尽管) not appearing in newspapers or on TV.
I truly admire them and I will always cheer for them. They are my Olympic heroes.
1. From the first paragraph we know that the writer’s heroes are .

A．Olympic champions

B．the important people on the Olympic Committee

C．the ordinary people who don’t do the everyday things

D．the Olympic volunteers

2. The writer compares the Olympic volunteers to.

A．brightly colored sailboats	B．the wind
C．the sun	D．the water

3. What does the underlined word “athletes” in Paragraph 3 mean in the passage?

A．教练	B．裁判
C．运动员	D．观众

4. What does the writer think of the volunteers’ work?

A．boring	B．important
C．interesting	D．excellent

【推荐1】If you watch the sky for about an hour after the sun goes down, you may see some moving stars. But they’re not real stars. They’re man-made satellites (人造卫星). And the biggest of all is the International Space Station(ISS). From May to July is the best season to watch the ISS flying over the earth. And people can see it with their eyes.

The ISS is the biggest satellite and scientists want to live on it. They think that the best way to learn more about space is to live there.

When the space station is finished, it will be like a city in space. People will stay and study there with many of the things they have at home. Laboratories, living rooms and power stations are being built. The ISS is the most expensive space program. Billions of dollars are being spent on it every year.

Scientists hope that the ISS will be a stepping stone for future space exploration(探测). “The ISS will help us understand the human body better, explore space and study the earth. It can help us make life on the earth better,” said Kathryn Clark, an ISS scientist.

Sixteen countries are part of the program: the US, Russia, Canada, Japan, Brazil and 11 European countries. China isn’t an ISS country, but it has helped with some of the experiments. In 2003, China sent some rice up to the ISS to find out what space would do to it.

1. The International Space Station _________.

A．is really a big city in space	B．is the biggest man-made satellite
C．can only help us explore space	D．is mainly built by the USA and Russia

2. From the passage we know that ________ .

A．building the ISS is only for scientists to live there

B．scientists can do anything they like there

C．people can see the Space Station at any time

D．sixteen countries are members of the space program

3. The phrase “a stepping stone” probably means “________”.

A．滑梯

B．羊

C．垫脚石

D．走廊

4. China sent some rice up to the ISS is probably to ________ .

A．be used as astronauts’ food	B．sell it to aliens
C．do some science experiments	D．make it grow better in space

5. Which of the following isn’t mentioned?

A．China will join the ISS in the future.

B．The scientists are building living rooms for them in the ISS.

C．The ISS will be more useful in the future.

D．The ISS costs the members of 16 countries plenty of money every year.

【推荐2】A University Professor Turns Into an Astronaut

Gui Haichao is a young professor at Beihang University. On May 30, 2023, he arrived at China’s space station by Shenzhou XVI spacecraft. He has become an idol for numerous people in China overnight.

Gui grew up in a rural family in Shi Dian County, Yunnan Province. He loved science as a child. He kept a set of encyclopedias (百科全书) from which he gained a lot of knowledge about space. In his second year of high school, he listened to the campus radio and got the news of Yang Liwei’s first space flight for China. Suddenly, he felt excited, and his interest in exploring (探索) space began. After his college entrance examination, Gui placed first in science in his county, and he was admitted to Beihang University.

“I wasted no time in applying,” Gui remembered the moment when he found the notice. In 2018, China made a plan to recruit (招募) its third group of astronauts. After several rounds of selection for more than two years, Gui stood out among about 2,500 candidates and became one of the four selected payload experts.

Over the past few years, Gui has got survival training (生存训练) in deserts and been trained to handle those complex (复杂的) equipment (设备). He learned to do experiments in the space environment. The training was a great challenge for him. “I felt very dizzy often,” said Gui. “So I added exercise and used some methods used by pilots.”

As a teacher, Gui was strict about studying. When reviewing essays for students, he would always give the right advice in detail. Gui would sometimes list 30 to 40 suggestions, even pointing out incorrect images. In the eyes of his students, Gui is positive (乐观的) and open-minded, seldom affected by a bad mood. In the face of setbacks (挫折), he quickly cheers himself up and gets back to his work with passion (激情).

Gui has done space experiments in many fields. “I believe that we can finish the mission with our team’s efforts,” he said proudly.

1. What is Gui Haichao?

A．A university professor.

B．An astronaut.

C．Both A and B.

2. As a teacher, what do Gui’s students think of him?

A．Strict and sometimes affected by a bad mood.

B．Seldom communicate with his students.

C．Positive, open-minded and can be quickly cheered up.

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Besides Gui Haichao, another three more payload experts had been selected in the third group of astronauts’ recruiting.

B．Yang Liwei is Gui’s teacher who interests him in space scientific work.

C．As a payload expert, Gui had to get trainings of survival in deserts and doing experiments in the space environment as well.