【推荐2】In February 2020, children couldn’t go to school because of Novel coronavirus(新型冠状病毒). In order not to delay the children’s learning, many schools decided to begin online teaching activities.

Online teaching can be said to be a more effective learning method when the school is not open, which can not only avoid cross-infection(交叉感染), but also provide learning opportunities for children.However, there are many students and parents do not like online teaching.They think there are more disadvantages than advantages.Do you know the reasons?

There are many advantages about online teaching.The biggest one is that it can be practiced over and over again, and the operation is very simple, just need to record the video of the teacher’s class.Another advantage of online teaching is its novelty(新奇).Children like novelty, and the long-term step-by-step way of attending classes in the classroom makes some students tired of learning. However, in the short term, online teaching can stimulate(激发)children’s interest in learning, and even help develop their independent learning ability.

There are also many disadvantages.First,the biggest one is the lack of interaction(缺乏互动).Although there are a lot of online teaching software, and teachers can see the students through the camera and communicate with them by voice.But can the teachers and students interact well?Of course they can’t. Second,online teaching is difficult to know the students’ learning situation well. Third,some students use online classes as an excuse to play mobile phones or games.

There is also a big disadvantage about online teaching: children need to look at a screen for a long time. It must be bad for their eyes.According to a netizen, the online teaching schedule in a school is from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m, with a 2-hour break at noon.Can a child’s eyes stand looking at a screen for so long?

1. Why did some schools begin online teaching?

A．Because it can be practiced over and over again.

B．Because children’s study may be affected and in order to avoid cross-infection.

C．Because online teaching is novelty and children love novelty.

D．Because it can stimulate children’s interest in learning and help develop their independent learning ability.

2. How many disadvantages are mentioned in the passage?

A．2

B．3

C．4

D．5

3. Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The students and parents don’t like online teaching.

B．There are more advantages than disadvantages.

C．Teachers and students can interact well through online teaching.

D．According to a netizen,students have to study online for six hours a day.

4. What do you think can be the title for the passage?

A．Online Teaching--A good way to study

B．A New War with a New Chance

C．The Advantages And Disadvantages Of Online Teaching

D．A Method to Make Parents Worried

【推荐3】Are you interested in Chinese traditional arts? Do you want to learn how to make them by hand? If so, come and join our clubs this weekend in our school.

	Sky Lantern Club Introduction: Sky Lanterns are made of bamboo and covered with paper. They were first used to ask for help when people were in trouble. Today, they are used to show happiness and good wishes. Time: 8:30 a. m.—10:30 a. m., Saturday Place: Room 501, Building 3
	Paper Cutting Club Introduction: Paper Cutting turns a simple thing like a piece of paper into a beautiful piece of art. Pictures about flowers, animals and so on are put on windows, doors and walls as symbols of good wishes and good luck. Time: 9:00 a. m.—11:00 a. m., Saturday Place: Room 502, Building 3
	Chinese Knot Club Introduction: Chinese Knots are usually made of red and yellow ropes. They are used to express good wishes, including happiness, love, peace and so on. Time: 2:30 p. m—4:30 p. m., Sunday Place: Room 603, Building 3

1. Sky Lanterns are made of ________.

A．clay and paper

B．bamboo and paper

C．red and yellow ropes

2. If you want to learn Paper Cutting, you can go to ________, Building 3.

A．Room 501

B．Room 502

C．Room 603

3. If you are busy on this Sunday afternoon, you can’t go to ________.

A．Sky Lantern Club

B．Paper Cutting Club

C．Chinese Knot Club

4. What do these Chinese traditional arts have in common?

A．They are all made by machine.

B．They are all used to ask for help.

C．They are all symbols of good wishes.

5. This passage is probably ________.

A．a notice

B．a story

C．a piece of news

【推荐2】Jenny and Henry were born on the same day and they look the same. Their father has a taxi and he is busy all the time. He goes out early in the morning but comes back when his children go to bed. He gets a lot of money, but he has no time to concern（关心）them with their studies.

The two children study in the same class. Jenny works hard at her lessons, but her brother doesn’t like studying. He only likes playing. He is not good at writing compositions.(作文)

One day Mrs. Cook tells her class to write a composition “My mother”. After supper Jenny finishes writing in her exercise book and then goes to help her mother do some housework. But Henry goes to play football. When night comes, he comes back to watch TV. The he remembers the composition. But he doesn’t know how to write it. He thinks hard and at last he finds a way. He copies（抄写）Jenny’s composition.

Two days later, Mrs. Cook asks Henry, “Can you tell me why yours is the same as Jenny’s?“Yes, I can, Madam,” answers Henry. “We have the same mother.”

1. Jenny and Henry are ________.

A．sisters

B．brothers

C．friends

D．students

2. Jenny’s father can’t concern them with their studies because__________.

A．he doesn’t like them.

B．he is very busy.

C．he is a taxi driver.

D．he only wants more money

3. Henry isn’t good at writing composition because_________.

A．he doesn’t like studying

B．he likes to listening to music

C．he isn’t clever.

D．he is too young to do it.

4. Henry began to ________ after supper.

A．do some housework

B．play football

C．finish his composition

D．watch TV

5. Henry copies Jenny’s composition because _______.

A．he plays football after supper

B．he forgets to write it before he goes to bed

C．he doesn’t know how to write it.

D．they have the same mother.

【推荐3】One early(早的) morning, an old woman goes into her son’s bedroom(卧室) to ask her son to get up.

“Get up, Mark. It’s time to go to school!”

“But why, Mom? I don’t want to go.”

“Give me two reasons why you don’t want to go.”

“Well, for one, I don’t have any friends there, and the teachers don’t like me for two!”

“Oh, that’s no reason not to go to school. Come on now and get ready（准备好）.”

“Give me two reasons why I must go to school!”

“Well, for one, you’re 52 years old. And you’re the principal（校长）for two! You have a lot to do.”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案
1. Who asks Mark to get up?

A．Mark’s father.

B．Mark’s teacher.

C．Mark’s mother.

D．Mark’s students.

2. Where does Mark work?

A．In a school.

B．On a farm.

C．In a hospital.

D．In a shop.

3. The underlined word “reasons” means “________” in Chinese.

A．计划

B．说明

C．资料

D．原因

4. Which of the following is TRUE（哪句话是正确的）?

A．The son likes his school very much.	B．The son doesn’t like his teachers.
C．The son doesn’t like to work.	D．The son doesn’t need to get up early.

5. What is the best title（标题）of the passage?

A．Mom and Son

B．Time for School

C．A Kind Mom

D．In the School

【推荐1】Mother Hen’s family is very poor. They don’t have lots of money to buy food. Mother Hen often takes her children out to look for food. On a sunny day, Mother Hen plays with her children on the grass. She finds a grain(谷粒) of wheat (麦子). So she asks her children to plant (种植) it in the garden. But her children don’t do it. Mother Hen has to do it herself.
A few months later, they get a lot of wheat. She asks her children, “Who would like to take the wheat to the store and get some flour?” But her children don’t want to do it. So she takes the wheat to the store and brings the flour home.
After getting home, she asks, “Who will make some bread with the flour?” They all say,
“I’m not free.”
When she makes the bread, she says to her children, “Who wants to eat the bread?”
“I do,” they all say.
“No, you can’t. You don’t do anything before I make the bread. You must know ‘No pains,
no gains(不劳无获).’ She doesn’t give any bread to her children and she eats the bread herself.
1. Why do Mother Hen and her children want to look for food?

A．Because they have nothing to do.

B．Because Mother Hen wants her children to work.

C．Because they want to play out.

D．Because they don’t have lots of money.

2. ________ take(s) the wheat to the store.

A．Mother Hen

B．Mother Hen’s children

C．Mother Hen and her children

D．One of Mother Hen’s children

3. The underline word “flour” means “________” in Chinese.

A．面包

B．面粉

C．大米

D．食品

4. Why doesn’t Mother Hen give any bread to her children?

A．Because they aren’t at home.

B．Because she doesn’t like them.

C．Because they don’t want to eat it.

D．Because they don’t do anything.

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

A．The bread	B．No pains, no gains
C．The wheat	D．Mother Hen

【推荐2】As teenagers, you have many dreams. There dreams can be very big, like winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the best students in your class.

Once you have a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real? “Follow Your Heart” by the Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest (1) .

You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop you from getting your dream, the book says. In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.

Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, many small dreams. You must also never give up your dream.

There will be difficulties on the road to your dream. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will bring to better exam results（结果）, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book. As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.

1. “Follow Your Heart” is________.

A．the first thing you must do to make your dream real

B．the most important dream to have for teenagers

C．the name of a famous Australian writer

D．the name of a book by Andrew Matthews

2. If you want to make your dream real, you should ________.

A．remember what your dream is first	B．keep telling yourself what you want
C．never be afraid of the big difficulties	D．try to start with all the things above

3. Which of the following words may be right for the blank (1) ?

A．change

B．challenge

C．decision

D．advice

4. What should NOT you do to make your dream come true?

A．Always remember what your dream is.	B．Do what you should do step by step.
C．Watch TV to get better exam results.	D．Read more books, learn more skills and find new interests.

5. What is the best title（标题）of the text?

A．Keep your dream in your mind.	B．How to find your real dream.
C．Make your dream real.	D．Teenagers have many dreams.

【推荐3】Why do plants grow in some places and not in others? Why does some land have so much growing on it, while other land has almost no plants growing on it at all?

To grow, plants need several things. One is warmth. In very cold places almost nothing grows. Plants also need water. In very dry parts of the earth only a few unusual plants can grow. That’s why dry deserts everywhere are almost not covered by trees or grass.

Plants must also have a place in which to put down their roots and grow. They find it difficult to grow on hard land. The town is built on hard land. The plants here have only the soil found between the cracks (缝隙) of the stones to grow in.

Another thing plants must have before they can grow is food.

What will happen if we try to make things grow on the sandy beach? A few plants, such as beach grass, will grow in sand, but most plants won’t. Even if the weather is warm enough and we water the plants each day, many of them will die because the sand on this beach has almost no food for plants.

1. According to the passage, plants need ________ things to grow well.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

2. From the passage, we can know it is ________ for plants to grow in dry places.

A．easy

B．difficult

C．impossible

D．important

3. The reason why most plants can’t grow on the sandy beach is that ________.

A．there isn’t enough sunlight	B．there is too much water
C．it is too crowded there	D．it has little food for plants

【推荐1】Martin was returning to work in his London office after spending two weeks with his brother in New York. He was coming back with a heavy heart. It was not just that it was the end of a wonderful holiday; it was not just that he always suffered badly from jet lag(时差); it was that Monday mornings always began with a team meeting and, over the months, he had grown to hate them.

Martin was aware(明白) that colleagues approached these meetings with hidden matters; they enjoyed game-playing; and he knew that people were not being honest and open. The meetings themselves were bad enough — there was all the complaining afterwards at the meeting. “I could have improved on that idea, but I wasn’t going to say”. “The usual people say the usual thing.” “I was thinking of making a suggestion — but I couldn’t be bothered.”

As this morning’s meeting began, Martin prepared himself for the usual dullness and boredom. But, as the meeting progressed, he became aware of a strange background noise. At first, he thought that he was still hearing the engine noise from the aircraft that had brought him back to London. But, as he concentrated on the noise, it became a little clearer.

He realized, to his amazement, that he could actually hear what they were thinking at the same time as they were speaking. What surprised him, even more than the acquisition(获得) of this strange power, was that he discovered that what people were saying was not really what they were thinking. They were not making clear their doubts. They were not supporting views which they thought might be popular. They were not contributing their new insights(见解). They were not volunteering their new ideas.

Martin found it impossible not to respond to his new knowledge. So he sated to make gentle interventions(干涉), based more on what he could hear his colleagues thinking than on what he could hear them saying, “So, John, are you really saying ...?” “Susan, do you really think that ...” “Tom, have you got an idea on how we could take this forward?” They looked at him, puzzled. In truth, he felt rather proud of his newly-acquired talent.

As the meeting progressed, it was clear to him that each member of the meeting was learning how to hear the thoughts of the others. The game-playing started to fall away; people started to speak more directly; views became better understood; the atmosphere became more open and trusting.

The meeting ended. As people left the room, Martin found that he could still hear what they were thinking. “That was the best meeting we’ve ever had.” “All meetings should be like that.” “In future, I’m going to say what I think”.

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph about Martin?

A．He just came back from his business trip in New York.

B．He was found to suffer from a serious disease during the trip.

C．He had a good time during his two weeks’ stay in New York.

D．He didn’t like his work in his London office.

2. Why did Martin hate his company’s team meeting?

A．It had to be held every Monday morning.

B．He was always tired on Monday mornings.

C．He couldn’t control the meeting that was out of order.

D．The meeting atmosphere was neither open nor trusting.

3. What does the underlined part “his newly-acquired talent” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A．He could still hear the engine noise of the plane though he was back.

B．He could clearly hear what the members of the meeting were saying.

C．He could actually control the thoughts of the members of the meeting.

D．He could express what the meeting members were thinking based on their thoughts.

4. What would Martin probably hear at the end of the meeting?

A．I was thinking of making a suggestion — but I couldn’t be bothered.

B．I have got an idea on how we could take this forward. I think we should ...

C．The usual people say the usual things, so I have no other new ideas.

D．I could have improved on that idea, but I wasn’t going to say.

5. What’s the genre(体裁) of this article?

A．A fiction.

B．A news report.

C．A magazine article.

D．An advertisement.

【推荐2】A young boy was going to buy vegetables. On his way to the shop, he met a friend. “Where are you going?” asked the boy, “Wherever my legs take me.” answered his friend. The boy thought about the answer and he was sure it had some deep meanings.

When he returned home, he told his mother about it. His mother said. “You should ask him what he would do if he had no legs.”

The next day the boy was excited to see his friend coming towards him. “Where are you going?” he asked, and without waiting for an answer, he continued, “Wherever your legs take you, right? Well, let me ask you... ”

“Sorry,” his friend interrupted(插嘴). “Today I’m going wherever the wind blows.” This answer was so different from the boy’s expectation(预期) that he had nothing to say. Later, the boy told his mother about it. His mother said, “You should ask him what he would do if there were no wind.”

Some days later the boy saw his friend again. He ran up to his friend and asked. “Where are you going? Wherever your legs take you or wherever the wind blows? Well, let me ask you... ”

“No, no,” his friend interrupted. “Today I’m going to buy vegetables.”

1. Why did the boy think his friend’s answer had deep meanings?

A．Because his friend told him the answer.

B．Because he thought his friend’s legs were magic.

C．Because his friend could help him buy vegetables.

D．Because he wasn’t sure where his friend would go from the words.

2. When the boy said “Well，let me ask you... ” for the first time, he wanted to ask “______” .

A．what would you do if you had no legs

B．what would you do if there were no wind

C．what would you do if you had no friends

D．what would you do if you had no money to buy vegetables

3. How many times did the boy ask his friend in this story?

A．Only once.

B．Twice.

C．Three times.

D．Four times.

4. From the story, we can know the boy’s mother was ______.

A．strange

B．clever

C．friendly

D．strict

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the story?

A．The boy thought his mother’s answers were wrong.

B．The boy’s friend was going to buy vegetables with him.

C．The boy’s friend hated the boy, so he didn’t tell him the answer.

D．The friend’s answer was always different from the boy’s expectation.

【推荐3】

Milton and Fred grew up in Lwala village, in Kenya. The people there did not have much money. Most people grew food or raised animals to feed their families. The homes in the village did not have electricity or running water. And the closest hospital was a 33-kilometer walk away. Many people died from preventable diseases(疾病), because they could not get to a doctor quickly enough.

Milton and Fred’s parents were teachers. Their mother, Margaret, taught in a primary school. Their father, Erastus Ochieng, taught chemistry and biology at a secondary school. Erastus tried to help people in the village. He read medical books and dreamed of starting a medical clinic(诊所), a health center. The Ochiengs valued education. They wanted a good education for their children. They borrowed money to send Milton and Fred to a good school.   

The brothers worked hard at school. In his third year of secondary school, Milton was invited to study in the United States for a year. When the year was over, he returned to Lwala. But he applied(申请) to continue his education at Dartmouth College in the United States. He was accepted to study there. But Milton’s family could not afford an airplane ticket to the US.

People from Lwala wanted to help. They sold crops, chickens, and cows. They collected nine hundred dollars. They gave it to Milton as a gift, and asked Milton not to forget about his village. A year later, Fred joined Milton at Dartmouth. A few years later, Milton and Fred went to study at Vanderbilt Medical School in Nashville.

Soon, Milton and Fried started collecting money to build the medical clinic in Lwala. On April 2, 2007 Lwala Health Clinic finally opened. Since the clinic opened, it has served over fifteen hundred patients every month. The Ochieng brothers did more than just start the clinic. They also helped form a group which works to make the lives of the village people better.

The village of Lwala invested in the brothers. And the brothers gave back. Milton believes it was important to return to help Lwala. Milton described it this way: “In Lwala village, you do not really belong to your parents. You belong to everybody.”

1. From Paragraph 1, we can learn that many people in Lwala died because __________.

A．they didn’t have clean water to drink	B．there was no electricity in their homes
C．they had some very serious diseases	D．it wasn’t convenient to go to hospitals

2. Which of the following is true about Milton and Fred’s parents?

A．They were teachers in the same school.	B．They volunteered in a health center after work.
C．They thought education was important.	D．They borrowed money to buy medical books.

3. How did the people in Lwala help Milton’s family?

A．They gave their animals to the family.	B．They bought a big gift for Milton.
C．They sold an airplane ticket to Milton.	D．They collected money for Milton.

4. The word “invest” in the last paragraph most probably means “__________” in Chinese.

A．投资

B．驱逐

C．中断

D．冒犯

5. What is this passage mainly about?

A．Some poor people in Lwala village.	B．The Ochieng brothers and Lwala Health Clinic.
C．Vanderbilt Medical School in Nashville.	D．The group which makes people’s lives better.