【推荐1】Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too difficult for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even impossible. What’s more, my father is always angry. When he’s very tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to be angry.
One day, my mother was sewing (缝) a quilt. I silently sat down beside her and looked at her.
“Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.
“What?” she replied, still doing her work.
“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.
My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. She didn’t answer at once and continued to sew the quilt. I was very worried because I thought I had hurt her. I was embarrassed and I didn’t know what I should do. But at last I heard my mother say the following words:
“Susan,” she said thoughtfully, “Look at this thread(线). Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable(耐用的). If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. It can hardly be seen anywhere or anytime, but it’s really there. Love is inside.”
I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand her until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month. When they returned from the hospital, they both looked very weak. It seemed both of them had had a serious illness. After they were back, every day in the morning and in the evening, my mother helped my father walk slowly on the country road. My father had never been so gentle. The doctor had said my father would get well in two months. But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself. Both of us were worried about him.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t worry about me.” he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom. I like this kind of life.” Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.
1. Why did the writer doubt whether there is love between her parents?

A．Because they don’t send flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day.

B．Because they hardly say “I Love you” to each other.

C．Because her father has a bad temper and he is often not so gentle to his wife.

D．All of above.

2. What did the writer’s mother do when she heard her daughter’s question?

A．She felt embarrassed and didn’t say anything.

B．She didn’t answer at once and went on sewing the quilt.

C．She felt hurt by her daughter’s question and refused to answer it.

D．She was busy sewing the quilt and didn’t hear the question.

3. From the article, we know that_____________________________________.

A．Love means flowers, gifts and sweet kisses

B．We must often show our love to the ones we love in the romantic ways

C．We don’t need to do anything to show our love to others

D．Sometimes love can’t been seen, but actually it’s just there

4. Choose the best title for this article?

A．Love between My Parents	B．Love Is Just a Thread
C．Love and Life	D．Whether There Is Love

【推荐2】New York is 3 hours ahead of California, but it does not make California slow, or that New York is fast. Both are working based on their own “ Time Zone”（时区）.
Someone graduated at the age of 22, yet waited 5 years before finding a good job! And there is another who graduated at 27 and got hired immediately!
Someone became a CEO at 25, and died at 50.While another became a CEO at 50, and lived to 90 years.
Someone is still single, while someone else got married and waited 10 years having a child. There is another who had a baby within a year of marriage.
Obama retires(退休) at 55, but Trump starts at 70.
Absolutely everyone in this world works based on their Time Zone. People can have things worked out only according to their pace. (步调)
People around you might seem to go ahead of you; some might seem to be behind you. But everyone is running their own race, in their own time.
Don’t envy them or laugh at them. They are in their TIME ZONE, and you are in yours!
Life is about waiting for the right moment to act. Hold on, be strong, and stay true to yourself .Fight in your time zone.
So, RELAX. You’re not LATE. You’re not EARLY. You are very much ON TIME , and in your time zone destiny set up for you.
1. When it’s 8:00 in New York, what time is it in California?

A．11:30

B．5:00

C．12:30

D．11:00

2. Which is true according to the passage?

A．We should get married earlier.

B．If you fall behind, you needn’t to try hard.

C．Obama starts his job of president at a younger age than Trump.

D．Life is about waiting for the right TIME ZONE.

3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “ envy”?

A．观摩

B．嘲笑

C．羡慕

D．跟随

4. According to the passage, if you don’t do well in your study now, you should______.

A．have a rest and wait

B．stay in your own TIME ZONE

C．stop to have a relax.

D．work hard and wait for the right moment.

5. Which do you think is the best title?

A．Time Zone	B．Wait for the Right Moment
C．Fight in Your Time Zone	D．You Are on Time

【推荐3】On a Sunday morning, I was driving down a road and saw something I couldn’t believe. A little girl, less thantwo, was pushing her stroller (婴儿车) across the road. It was Sunday morning and traffic was not heavy.
I stopped my car at once and ran toward her. This little girl knew enough to run from a stranger. I tried tocatch her in order that I could get her out of the road.
Suddenly her father came running down a hill across the road from where I had parked my car. He ran right to her and caught her up, saying “bad girl” to her. I picked up the stroller and gave it to him. The father grabbed the stroller and walked toward where he came from without a word.
I went back and sat in my car for a few minutes with my son. My hands were shaking and tears were about to run out of my eyes. “Do you feel cold, Mom?” asked my son. I just shook my head.
After this happened, I thought about how thankful I am. Even though the father didn’t say thank you, I feel that I did something good. Doing something for someone else is pleasing, even when it’s only a matter of being in the right place at the right time.
I didn’t really “save” her, but I feel like it was important that I happened to be there. It is sad that I was the only one who stopped. It really made me a little disappointed that no one else stopped to help.
1. When the author saw the little girl, _____.

A．the girl had lost her way

B．there weren’t many cars on the road

C．the girl feared to go across the road

D．she was driving to work in a hurry

2. The little girl ran away from the author because _____.

A．she wanted to stay on the road

B．she wanted to look for her father

C．she didn’t know the author at all

D．she needed to catch her stroller

3. Why were the author’s hands shaking?

A．Because she failed to be understood by the girl’s father.

B．Because she was too excited to keep calm.

C．Because the weather was very cold at that time.

D．Because she was not feeling well.

4. The author thought that her help was _____.

A．not welcome

B．worth praising

C．really necessary

D．not useful

【推荐2】

Volunteers Wanted

The city park Time: Friday (13:30—16:30) Things to do: pick up rubbish and clean the benches (长凳) You need to: wear comfortable clothes bring rubbish bags Tel: 678-8689

The food bank Time: Tuesday or Thursday (10:30—14:30) Things to do: collect (收集) food from restaurants and give out food to homeless people You need to: be aged between 17 and 50 be healthy and strong wear a mask (口罩) Tel: 678-9686

The after-school reading program Time: Sunday (14:00—17:00) Things to do: raise storybooks for kids, read books to them and have a good talk with them You need to: be at least 14 years old be good at teaching be friendly Tel: 678-9868

1. How long do volunteers need to work in the city park?

A．For two hours.

B．For three hours.

C．For four hours.

D．For five hours.

2. If Jack wants to volunteer in the food bank, he should ________.

A．be free on the weekend	B．be good at cooking delicious food
C．call 678-9868 to learn more information	D．be in good health and wear a mask

3. Which of the following can volunteer for the after-school reading program?

A．Tim—he is a 12-year-old middle school student.

B．Susan—she is a 24-year-old teacher with a kind heart.

C．Mike—he runs a bookstore and he is always busy on weekends.

D．Cindy—she is a 16-year-old shy girl and likes reading quietly.

【推荐3】Can one paper bag change the world? Sarah Murphy tries to do something about it.

The seventh grader from Massachusetts, in the United States, decorates (装饰) lunch bags for the homeless. She wants to bring hope to those people. The decorated bags, together with a lunch, will be given to homeless people in the town of Beverly, through a charity (慈善) program.

To attract the help of more children. she reached out to a local library and made a program. They set up a coloring station in the library. Children may take a bag, draw and write a message of hope and leave it on the front desk. They can also take it home and return it after coloring.

Murphy bought 100 brown lunch bags and put them in the library. Children at the library had colored them. She would happily buy more.

Murphy first heard about the charity program from her friends. She has great interest in charity. She once donated money to charities and made gift bags for seniors at her school.

1. What is the passage mainly talk about?

A．Sarah Murphy tries to change the world with paper bags.

B．Murphy began a program to decorate the paper bags.

C．Sarah Murphy wants to do something for charity.

D．Sarah Murphy brought hope to the homeless people by decorating paper bags for them.

2. What dose the word “them” refer to?

A．Children.

B．Bags.

C．Homeless people.

D．Libraries.

3. Surah Murphy set up a coloring station in the library to ______.

A．attract more children to give help	B．attract more homeless people
C．color the paper bag	D．give the bag to the homeless people

4. Which is right according to the passage?

A．The decorated bags will be given to all homeless people in Beverly.

B．Murphy has great interest in charity and this is the first thing she has done for charity.

C．Children can only color the bags in the library.

D．Murphy once made gift bags for the students at her school.

5. How many bags had been colored according to the passage?

A．100.

B．150.

C．200.

D．300.

【推荐1】Before my first skydiving(跳伞), I was a little afraid. But my classmates persuaded(说服) me to do it. Luckily, I had the chance to do it with them. It was fun to jump together.

It was a nice sunny day when we went to skydive. We took a 6-hour course and were ready to subdue(征服) the sky. Unluckily, the weather changed. It began to rain. We had to wait until the next weekend. We were really excited. However, when the next weekend came, we finally did it.

Wow, it was exciting! I couldn’t express all the feelings of free flight. I was happy, frightened, excited, and satisfied. All of these feelings happened at the same time. I could see the earth below me as I flew like a bird with my parachute.

The last couple of seconds, I realized I could not land the ground because right under me there was a tree! I didn’t have time to think about it. I landed in the tree, but it was a smooth landing. I got a lot of help from my classmates. I have never forgotten this special experience.

1. How did the writer feel before his first skydiving?

A．shy

B．happy

C．afraid

D．confident

2. How long did the writer take the skydiving course?

A．Four hours

B．Five hours

C．Six hours

D．Seven hours

3. What’s the feeling of the writer when he was going skydiving?

A．happy

B．frightened

C．excited, and satisfied

D．all of above.

4. What does the underline word“parachute”mean in Chinese?

A．饮料

B．降落伞

C．数码相机

D．飞行器

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

A．My first taking a plane.	B．My first skydiving
C．My first travel	D．My first trip

【推荐2】Once upon a time there lived two brothers named Jacob and William in Germany. They liked to listen to old stories and then write them down. So they had enough stories to make a book. You can guess the name of the book! It is Grimms’ Fairy Tales.
The story of this little book began when the brothers were still in school. And it started with a good teacher. The teacher liked to find out how things happened. Soon the two brothers were doing the same thing. They asked questions and then looked for answers.
Among the questions the brothers asked, “Who made up the old fairy tales? Who first told about Cinderella ? Why made up the story of the Snow White and the story of Sleeping Beauty?”They found that no one knew the answers to such questions. The tales were made up in very early times. Most of them were made up in the days before people knew how to write. People told the stories to one another and to their children. But only a few old people still remembered them.
“When old people die, the stories will die with them,” said the brothers. “We must write down all the stories we can find.”
Jacob and William hunted for stories for five years. At last they had 89 tales written. Just before Christmas in 1812, the first book was published.
People love the book! They asked more fairy tales. So Grimms put tales into two more books. In all, they collected 210 stories to put into their books.
1. Who wrote Grimms’ Fairy Tales?

A．Jacob and his teacher.	B．William and his teacher.
C．Jacob and William.	D．Some old people.

2. What did the teacher like to do?

A．To ask questions and look for answers.

B．To make up stories.

C．To tell the stories to his students.

D．To asked some old people to tell stories.

3. Most of the tales in the Grimms’ books were made up __________.

A．in five years’ time

B．when Jacob and William were students

C．before people knew how to write

D．by some old people

4. The two brothers wrote down all the stories because _________.

A．their teacher asked them to do so

B．their parents asked them to do so

C．they liked all stories very much.

D．they didn’t want to the stories to die with the old people

5. Grimm’s Fairy Tales came out _____________.

A．in 1218

B．in 1812

C．In 1912

D．in 1918

【推荐3】If you need some advice but don’t have time or money for experts, an 11﹣year old American kid may help you.

Every Sunday, Ciro Ortiz spends about two hours at a subway station in New York. There is a sign in front of him that reads “Emotional （情感的） Advice ＄2.” Believe it or not, some people stop for help from the kid. They ask him about all kinds of things, from relationships to jobs. And the kid always does his best to help them find the answers to their problems.

“I don’t make much money,” Ciro’s dad, Adam, Ciro said. “One night, Ciro Ortiz suddenly told me an idea of making his own money. I trusted my son and the next day, we went to the station to start working.” To his surprise, Ciro did a good job on that day. Since then, Ciro Ortiz has become more and more popular.

It seems that Ciro is very good at giving advice. But in fact, he used to be a very shy boy at school and students often laughed at him.

In the beginning, Ciro was nervous and was not sure of himself. But after a few day, he said to his mother, “I have met so many wonderful people and made many friends.”

1. What does Ciro Ortiz do now?

A．An expert.

B．A worker.

C．A student.

D．A teacher.

2. Ciro Ortiz ________during his working time.

A．can do his homework	B．has lots of his own problems
C．is too shy to talk to others	D．helps people with their problems

3. What can we know from the passage?

A．Ciro Ortiz enjoys his job very much.

B．Ciro Ortiz lives in a very rich family.

C．Ciro Ortiz always gives people advice for free.

D．Students in Ciro’ s school used to be friendly to him.

4. Where may you read this passage?

A．In a dictionary.

B．In a newspaper.

C．In a science report.

D．In a cooking magazine.