【推荐1】David lives in a small city. It’s a Monday morning. His boss (老板) Mr. Brown says to him, “David, I want you to go to London to see my friend. Here is the address (地址).”

David goes to London by train. He goes out of the station and thinks, “The hospital is near the station. I can find it easily.” But after an hour, David is still looking for the hospital. He stops and asks an old woman. The woman says, “Go down Green Street, turn left at the end (尽头), and you will find it on your right.” David thanks her and soon he finds the hospital. It’s old but beautiful.

A week later, David goes to London again, but again he can’t find that hospital. So he asks someone the way. He asks an old woman, too. It is the same woman! She is very surprised (惊讶的) and asks, “Are you still looking for that place?”

1. Why does David go to London?

A．Find a job.

B．Visit London.

C．See the doctor.

D．See his boss’s friend.

2. Which of the following is the right place of the hospital?

A．

B．

C．

D．

3. What does the underlined words “that place” in the last paragraph refer to (指的是)?

A．London

B．the hospital

C．the small city

D．the train station

【推荐2】阅读匹配。左栏是五个人面对的问题，右栏是七个建议，请选择最佳选项匹配，并将答案的字母编号填在题号前的括号内。

1     Lily is in London. She is trying to find the way to Hyde Park.     2     Jane is 21 years old. She wants to stay healthy.     3     Tom is studying English. He always meets new words while reading. He doesn’t know what it means.     4     David is an Australian boy. He wants to learn to use chopsticks.        5     Ann is a mother. She doesn’t know whether parents should tell their children that fairy tales are fake(假的) or not?

A. Health means eating well, getting enough exercise, and having weight. So if you want to stay healthy. Please try to eat different kinds of foods, especially fruit and vegetables. Remember that we must get enough nutrition(营养) we need. And we should also pay much attention to doing sports, enough sleep, and being relaxed and happy in your daily life. B. Walk along the street, and then turn right at the first crossing. You can see the bus station there. It is the cheapest and the most comfortable way to go to Hyde Park. C. Fairy tales always get kids to read, help shape their world outlook, encourage their imaginations(想象力) and give them entertainment(娱乐). They give kids hope and teach life lessons. But another duty for parents is to tell children that beauty and darkness are coexistent(共存). They need to be hopeful, and at the same time they need to be stronger to adapt to(适应) society(社会). D. Try these ways. First say it to yourself. Sometimes you know a word in your head but you don’t know what it looks like in print. So say it. Sound it out. If you match up what you know and what you read-you have the word. Second you can guess the meanings of the word with the help of the sentences given in the passage. Third you can look up the words in the dictionary. E. Learning cooking isn’t easy. But it is important for us. Delicious food can make our life better. So if you are determined to learn to cook, you can do it very well. You can learn in many ways. For example, you can download from the Internet. You can learn in a cooking school etc. F. Chopsticks are the tools to pick up food. Chinese kids always struggle with the chopsticks for some time. They come with their own special rules and traditions. Using them in the right way. Keep practising. Then you can learn how to use them. G. Riding a bicycle is more popular among the people, even the old. It can make us strong. It can provide the fresh air when you do cycling in the open air. Riding outside with friends on weekends is a very good hobby.

【推荐3】Calvin needs to go to New York for a meeting this Saturday. It’s sunny. It’s his first time to go to New York, so he doesn’t know his way around New York. The meeting is in Peterson Building on 34th Street and it starts at ten o’clock. He wants to get there on time, so he asks two American boys for help.

“Excuse me, could you tell me where 34th Street is?” asks Calvin.

“Sure,” answers one of the boys. “It’s not far from here. And you can just walk along this street and turn left at the first crossing. Then you can see it on your right.”

“No. Don’t listen to him. He is not telling you the right place. You can just take the No. 7 bus and get off at the third stop，” says the other boy.

Then the first boy says, “OK. But the third stop is not 34th Street. It’s 35^th Street. ” At this time, Calvin finds that there’s only five minutes left(剩下). Then he gets into a taxi and leaves. After that, Calvin thinks he should ask a policeman for help next time.

1. Why does Calvin go to New York?

A．Because his home is in New York.

B．Because he needs to go to a meeting.

C．Because he goes there for a vacation.

D．Because he needs to see his mother at hospital.

2. According to the second boy, how can Calvin get to 34th Street?

A．By bike

B．By bus.

C．By taxi.

D．By subway.

3. When does Calvin leave the two boys?

A．At 10：00.

B．At 10：05.

C．At 9：55.

D．At 10：10.

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．It’s a windy Saturday.

B．The two boys help Calvin a lot.

C．Calvin arrives in New York in the afternoon.

D．It’s the first time for Calvin to get to New York

【推荐1】Can you make a telephone call? Of course you can make it in Chinese. But a call in English is quite different from one from one in Chinese. If you want to ask somebody to answer the telephone, you can not say,“Please ask Mr. XX to answer the telephone.” Instead（代替），you must say,“May I speak to Mr. XX?” If you want to ask who is answering the phone, you should say,“Who is that?”“Is that Mr. XX ( speaking)?”Instead of “Who are you?” If you want to tell the other one who you are, you should say,“This is XX (speaking)”instead of(而不是)“I am XX”.
1. An English telephone is ____________ a Chinese one.

A．as good as	B．better than
C．the same as	D．not the same as (与)

2. If you want to tell the people who you are, you should say, "   _____

A．This is XX	B．I am XX
C．That is XX	D．He is XX

3. If you want to ask who is answering the phone , you should say, "   _______   .

A．Who am I?	B．Who is he?
C．Who are you?	D．Who is that?

4. If you want to ask someone to answer the call, you can say, " _______   ".

A．May I speak to Mr. XX

B．Please tell Mr. XX to answer the call.

C．I want to talk to Mr. XX?

D．Are you Mr. XX?

5. Which is right about the passage?

A．It tells the difference between making a call in Chinese and one in English.

B．We know how we call in English.

C．We don't understand how we call in English.

D．It's easy to call in English.

【推荐2】After a busy morning at work, lunchtime gives me a chance to do many things, such as exercise, read or watch TV. One cultural difference I've noticed between Britain and China is what we do during lunchtime.

Here in China, workers have longer lunch breaks, which gives them enough time to take a short nap. So Chinese people usually use lunchtime to rest. I often see office workers rest their heads on their desks. The room turns into a quiet “bedroom”. Once, I even saw workers in a restaurant taking short naps as well. This is also very common for students in China. After lunch, they will go back to their dormitories (宿舍) or classrooms to take a nap. Chinese people believe a short nap at noon can help them feel more energetic in the afternoon.

In Britain, this activity is quite uncommon. British students usually have a one-hour lunch break. Instead of napping, they fill that time by playing sports or talking with friends.

Most workers in Britain don't get the chance to nap. They generally have short lunch breaks-between 30 minutes to an hour. There is not enough time to have a nap. Because of the shortness of their lunch breaks, it is common for people to work through lunch or just finish their lunch at their desk.

1. What does the writer often do after lunch?

A．Sleeps or does some reading.	B．Talks with friends or sleeps.
C．Watches TV or plays sports.	D．Does chores or takes a short rest.

2. The underlined word “Nap“ means_______.

A．聊天

B．锻炼

C．散步

D．小睡

3. Which of the sentence is TRUE?

A．Taking naps is not common for Chinese students.

B．Workers have shorter lunch breaks in Britain.

C．Workers in restaurants hardly take short naps during lunch breaks.

D．Chinese people believe a nap can help them feel less energetic.

4. In the last paragraph, “They“ refers to（指代） _______.

A．Chinese workers.

B．Chinese students.

C．English workers.

D．English students.

5. The writer of this passage probably comes from________.

A．England

B．China

C．Japan

D．Korea

【推荐3】When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of “Good luck!” from a friend can be helpful. But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do?
In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer.
Have you heard the saying “When you wish upon a star”? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn’t happen very often. The saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky, and so if you make a wish, it will come true.
Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit’s foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so they carry a part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all. However, as the funny saying goes, “Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit!”
People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bringthema lucky month in the following year—they will need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole of good luck!
1. ______ is mentioned in the oldest good luck tradition.

A．A rabbit’s foot	B．A falling leaf
C．A cheerful wish from friends	D．A shooting star

2. From Paragraph 3, we know that ______.

A．shooting stars can often be seen

B．people can see a shooting star on a rainy night

C．your wish may come true if you see a shooting star

D．people believe that it’s unlucky to see a shooting star

3. British people try to catch 12 falling leaves because ______.

A．the leaves fall in autumn

B．there are so many leaves to catch

C．the leaves can bring them a lucky month

D．they want to have a whole year of good luck

4. In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “them” refers to（指）______.

A．trees

B．people

C．leaves

D．years

5. The passage is mainly about ______.

A．how to wish upon a star	B．things that bring good luck
C．British people love leaves	D．which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest

【推荐1】Many of us may have experienced the pleasant surprise of seeing recommended (推荐的) songs after you listen to certain songs on a music app. When we open shopping websites, we are more likely to see things on the home page that we might want to buy.

This is based on data (数据). Data is no longer only about numbers, but information from almost every aspect of our life: our location, shopping habits and interests. All of this is called “big data”.

China is speeding up its big data strategy (战略) in order to better serve social and economic development and improve people’s life, the Xinhua News Agency reported. There will be greater use of big data in areas like education, social security and transportation.

The past few years have seen big data being used more often in China. The role it plays in tourism is just one example. The data travelers share online is providing the tourism industry with a lot of information about the country’s scenic areas. After the data is analyzed, different scenic areas can create their own online profiles (简介) for other travelers to see.

The profiles not only show travelers’ reviews, but also tell the scenic areas which services need to be improved.

Big data is also an important growth engine for economic development. With an annual growth rate of 30%, sales of big data services and products in China will reach one trillion yuan yearly by 2020, China News Service reported.

1. What is “big data”?

A．Technologies and habits.	B．Information from websites.
C．Numbers and information.	D．Numbers on computer.

2. What does the underlined part “scenic areas” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Where travelers can visit.	B．Places travelers don’t like.
C．Where travelers can stay.	D．Where travelers can meet friends.

3. The writer gives the example of tourism in order to ________.

A．attract readers to travel around the country

B．show how “big data” is used in China

C．help travelers learn to use online profiles

D．explain how to create your own online profiles

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

A．You can easily find the songs you like on a music app.

B．Big data can be used in more areas in the future.

C．The profiles can help to improve the services in the scenic areas.

D．Sales of big data services and products in China will increase by 30% in 2020.

【推荐2】There are four seasons（季节）in a year. They are spring, summer. autumn and winter.
Spring is a beautiful season. In spring, the trees turn（变成）green and the flowers come out. Everything（一切）looks new. We can have a trip（旅行）in spring. Summer is a happy season. In summer, we can swim and eat lots of ice cream. Autumn is acolourfulseason. In autumn, some leaves（叶子）on the trees turn yellow or red. Winter is a cold season. In some places, it snows and everything looks white. The children like playing with snow.
Winter is my favourite season. I like snow very much.
1. There areseason in a year.

A．two

B．four

C．five

D．six

2. In, the trees turn green.

A．winter

B．autumn

C．summer

D．spring

3. From the passage（短文）, we canin winter.

A．play with snow	B．have a trip
C．eat ice cream	D．swim

4. The meaning（意思）of the underlined word “colourful” is.

A．轻松的

B．无色的

C．多彩的

D．寒冷的

5. The writer（作者）likes winter because he likes.

A．green leaves	B．ice cream
C．flowers	D．snow

【推荐3】请按由大到小的顺序写出瓶子的颜色。

There are five bottles—a red bottle, a white bottle, a blue bottle, a brown bottle, and a green bottle. The red bottle is bigger than the white bottle; the blue bottle is bigger than the brown bottle, but smaller than the green one. The brown bottle is bigger than the white bottle; the green bottle is smaller than the red bottle.

A:             >B:            >C:             >D:             >E: