【推荐1】

Vienna, the capital of Austria(奥地利) is known as the city of music. It is also the top city in the world for overall quality of living(全面的生活品质) according to the survey of 231 cities around the world. Vienna has held the title(头衔) for 8 years.

On March 23, Yu Dabao helped China beat South Korea in the 2018 World Cup qualifying match (资格赛) in Changsha, Hunan. He was called “China’s Lucky Star” since he saved his team many times in important games.

In March, more than 80 bushfires(森林大火) were burning at the same time in New South Wales, Australia, 42 farms were burnt to the ground because of the fires. Many of the farms cover more than 1000 sqkm(平方公里), while the biggest is larger than 20,000 sqkm.

On April 26, a big Chinese ship, China’s first homemade aircraft carrier(航空母舰) hit the water in Dalian, Liaoning. It is the largest and best ship China has ever built. The new carrier was designed(设计) in China building began in 2013. The ship now must be completed at sea.

1. On March 23, Yu Dabao helped China beat ________.

A．New South Wales

B．Australia

C．South Korea

D．Austria

2. The biggest farm burnt in New South Wales is over ________ sqkm.

A．20,000

B．1000

C．80

D．42

3. On April 26, China’s first homemade aircraft carrier ________.

A．was built

B．was designed

C．was burnt

D．hit the water in Dalian

4. According to the passage, which of the follow is TURE?

A．Vienna is the top city among 200 cities.

B．Yu Dabao made the aircraft in Liaoning.

C．Bushfires burnt 42 farms to the ground in New South Wales, Australia.

D．In 2013, China’s first homemade aircraft was completed.

5. The passage is probably form ________ .

A．a story book.

B．a newspaper

C．a novel

D．a science magazine

【推荐2】What do different countries do to keep students safe?

Japan

At public primary schools in Japan, earthquake training are held once a month. They teach students safety tips for earthquakes. Regular training helps students escape from earthquake-stricken areas without causing any stampedes (踩踏).

Australia

Most students in Australia take first-aid courses at school. They learn basic first-aid knowledge in the class, such as how to call an ambulance (救护车) and what to do when someone is hurt. The government is trying to make all kids take such courses.

US

Most US school buildings have fire escapes. A fire escape has platforms (平台) with stairs and ladders (梯子) at each floor of a building. They are usually made of steel and built outside of the building. People can get to the fire escape through a special fire-exit door or through a window. It is not a good idea to jump out of a window from higher than two floors. You may hurt yourself.

1. In their first-aid class, Australian students learn ________.

A．how to escape from a fire	B．how to call an ambulance
C．how to stay safe when they play soccer	D．how to stay safe during an earthquake

2. If there is a fire, US students should ________.

A．jump out of a window	B．stay in their classroom
C．go out through a fire escape	D．use the lift to exit

3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A．Earthquake drills are important in Japan.

B．Basic first-aid knowledge is taught in Australia.

C．Buildings often catch fire in the US.

D．US school buildings usually have fire escapes.

4. The passage above might show up in ________.

A．sports magazines

B．historical books

C．cinema tickets

D．student newspapers

【推荐3】The Chicago Fire of 1871 was the worst disaster of the 19th century.

The fire is said to have started one evening in Mrs. O’Leary’s barn (牲口棚）on the West Side of Chicago. Several hours after she milked her cow, it kicked over an oil lamp, and the cow started the fire. We do not know if the story is true, but we do know that the fire began in a barn on the West Side.

The fire spread quickly because of the wooden buildings, a strong wind, and a dry season. The fire lasted 27 hours and spread to all parts of the city. Other cities sent 25 fire companies to help put out the fire. Federal troops (联邦军队）were also used to help fight the fire and keep order, too. At last rain put out the fire.

There was a lot of damage. 90,000 people were left homeless, and 18,000 buildings were destroyed. Property damage (财产损失）was almost 200 million dollars. In addition, about 300 people died.

People from all over the world helped Chicago by sending food and clothing. Within a month 4,000 cottages (小屋）with two rooms had been built to house people. In a few years, Chicago was completely rebuilt.

1. The best title for this passage is_______.

A．Mrs. O’Leary’s Cow	B．A Terrible Fire
C．An Oil Lamp	D．The Year 1871

2. Which parts of the city were hurt by the fire?

A．The West Side.	B．The South Side and the East Side.
C．The North Side.	D．All sides.

3. People who stayed in Chicago after the fire showed_______       .

A．courage

B．fear

C．weakness

D．laziness

4. What helped to spread and to end the fire?

A．A cow

B．Firemen

C．The weather

D．Carelessness

【推荐1】Colourful fruits and vegetables are good for our health. Their colours help us keep healthy. Close your eyes and think about the colours of the food: the orange of carrots, the green of cabbages（卷心菜）and the red of tomatoes.

You can enjoy eating fruits and vegetables of all colours: green, yellow, red, blue, white and purple. They work together to protect（保护）our body.

The list below shows how the colours work:

* Green help prevent cancer（防癌）. It is good for our eyes too. It also gives you strong bones and teeth.

* Blue and purple help us remember things well.

* Red gives us healthy hearts.

* Yellow and orange give us a healthy immune system（免疫系统）. They’re also good for our eyes.

* White can keep cholesterol（胆固醇）at a low level.

Do you think the colours are interesting? So when we buy or eat fruits and vegetables, pleased remember: the more colours, the better.

1. _________ can give us healthy hearts.

A．Blue

B．Green

C．Red

D．Yellow

2. ___________ are good for our eyes.

A．Green, blue and purple	B．Red, yellow and orange
C．White, blue and purple	D．Green, yellow and orange

3. Bill is 4 years old and his mother can get some __________ for him to grow strong bones.

A．cabbages

B．carrots

C．oranges

D．tomatoes

4. Which is the best title of the passage?

A．How to Keep Healthy	B．How to Eat Vegetables
C．Colourful Fruits and Vegetables	D．Different Colours

【推荐2】Climate change brings dangers to people, then what another problem are we facing now? It’s underground climate change. With the development of cities, the rising underground temperature is causing the ground to heat up and deform (变形).

In the last three years, scientists had put more than 150 temperature sensors (感应器) under some big cities. The places include subway tunnels (地下室) of buildings. The temperatures they recorded were surprising. For example, air temperatures in underground structures (结构), scientists created computer models to see how temperatures will influence the ground until 2051.

When heated, some soft materials may become smaller, and other materials, may become bigger. The models showed that warmer temperatures can cause the ground to rise upward by as much as 1.2 centimeters, or sink downward by as much as 0.8 centimeters. This may even cause the ground to crack (开裂).

As scientists have already known a lot about underground climate change, future plans for cities should take it into consideration. Materials that take in heat can be used to keep the heat from entering the ground. They also pointed out that the rising temperature could be seen as an opportunity. City planners can try to collect heat underground and send it above for heating.

1. The writer starts his topic by ________.

A．listing numbers

B．offering advice

C．asking a question

D．giving an example

2. Where did scientists put temperature sensors?

A．Basements.

B．Forests.

C．Desserts.

D．Oceans.

3. Underground climate change may cause ________.

A．more earthquakes

B．changes in the ground

C．contractions in buildings

D．the growing visit up ward by 0.8 cm

4. What did the scientists suggest in the last paragraph?

A．We should plan trees.

B．We should use take-in heat materials.

C．We should collect heat on the ground.

D．We should create more computer models.

5. What can be the best title for the text?

A．Development of Cities

B．Underground Structures

C．Future Opportunities

D．Underground Climate Change

【推荐1】Many people begin to use pencils from an early age. There are many kinds of pencils: some have erasers on top; some are colorful. You may have used many kinds of them for many years, but do you know the history of pencils?

Many years ago, people in Egypt used lead (铅) to write. Now pencils are made from graphite (石墨) instead of lead. In 1564, people found that graphite could leave black marks. At first, people used it to make marks on their sheep. Later they used the graphite to write. They thought it was lead. Graphite left a blacker mark than lead, but it was not strong enough so it needed something to hold it.

In 1565, Conrad Gesner first put graphite into something to hold it. Later, in the 1600s, German people mixed graphite with some other things and used them for writing. Later, France couldn’t get pencils from both the English and the Germans, so Nicholas Jacques Conte began to make pencils. In France, there was little graphite, so he mixed graphite with clay (粘土).

In 1812, William Munroe made the first American wood pencils. Later, a man put a small eraser on top of a pencil. A new kind of pencil was born.

1. The passage is mainly about the _______ of pencils.

A．kinds	B．history
C．materials	D．shapes

2. People began to write with lead first in ________.

A．Egypt	B．England
C．Germany	D．China

3. Graphite is ________ than lead.

A．blacker and softer	B．blacker and harder
C．softer and lighter	D．softer and harder

4. Nicholas Jacques Conte mixed graphite with clay because ________.

A．he needed something to hold graphite

B．France couldn’t get pencils from both the English and the Germans

C．he couldn’t find enough graphite in France

D．he wanted to put a small eraser on top of a pencil

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Today pencils are not made from lead or graphite.

B．The first wood pencils were made in America.

C．German people first used mixed materials to make pencils.

D．People first used graphite to make marks on their sheep.

【推荐2】Five years ago, my mother gave birth to a brother for me when I was 8. I have learned a lot from getting along with him.
After he was born, I almost became a babysitter. I had to____ him after school. I would make faces and sing to him when he was crying. Sometimes I even carried him everywhere in our yard to refresh him while my parents were busy. What I liked to do best was to feed him when looking after him. How cute he was as he tasted his favorite food!My parents often praised me happily. As an elder brother, you've made contributions to looking after your younger brother. "
I have got happiness from sharing. When I was young, I was the only child in my family. I could get what I wanted from my parents and get my parents' whole love. I was a" Little Emperor".
But now, as long as I get something good, I will share it with him. I remembered the year when he was three, he was fond of Rubik cubes(魔方）I bought one for him with my lucky money as a birthday present. When he got the toy, he was so happy that he laughed, hugged me and said,
" Brother, I love you ! "
Thanks for spending these years together with my family. It has taught me what responsibility means, what unselfishness means and what friendship means. Not only should I look after myself, but also I should pay attention to my family and my friends.
1. The underlined word "amuse" in the second paragraph means_________.

A．开他玩笑

B．令他开心

C．令他生气

D．令他讨厌

2. When looking after his younger brother, the writer did the following EXCEPT________

A．carrying him everywhere

B．making faces and singing to him

C．feeding him

D．telling stories to him

3. How old was the writer when he bought the birthday present for his younger brother?

A．3.

B．8.

C．11.

D．13.

4. Before his younger brother was born, the writer.

A．was a babysitter in his family

B．was a “Little Emperor”in his family

C．cooked for his family

D．bought a Rubik cube for himself

5. If you have a brother or a sister in your family, you might learn to be ______from the passage.

A．responsible

B．selfish

C．lonely

D．puzzled

【推荐1】Your Internet experience will be influenced, when the net speed is too slow-it takes so long to open a web page and the reality show you are watching stops every few minutes. That can be very unpleasant. But it could be a thing of the past after 5G networks fully arrive.

The "G" stands for the "generation" of your mobile network. 1G let us talk to each other, 2G let us send messages, 3G gave us mobile data (数据) and the Internet, and 4G made all of these things faster. About 100 times faster than 4G networks, 5G will let people enjoy a faster Internet speed than ever before. This means that you will be able to download (下载) an HD movie in seconds with a short delay (延迟). But 5G won't just bring faster mobile Internet. People can use it for many other things as well.

With a 5G network, the short delay in information exchange will allow driverless cars to run more safely, as they will be able to communicate in real time and avoid unexpected dangers. At the same time, 5G -enabled wearable devices (设备) will keep doctors know what is happening to their patients and let them know in time if there is something wrong. Besides, VR games will become more popular with 5G. The short delay of 5G will make the games feel even more real.

According to BBC, though 5G will make our lives more convenient, it will not be perfect. For one thing, 5G will not travel "far". On 4G networks, you can be 10 kilometers away from the nearest transmission base (传输基站) and seldom lose signal (信号). But 5G will only cover about 300 meters, meaning that we will need more transmitters so that we can get signals. And in order to use 5G, we will have to buy new products exactly made for 5G that are expensive now.

1. After 5G is widely used, ________.

A．opening a web page and the reality show can become a past thing

B．the Internet speed will be faster when we surf the Internet

C．we won't have the unpleasant feelings anymore

2. What can we infer from the Paragraph 2?

A．We cannot download an HD movie with 4G.

B．3G makes it possible for us to go shopping online.

C．Faster mobile Internet is the only improvement for 5G.

3. What does the writer mean to do in Paragraph 3?

A．To give examples about the convenience brought by 5G.

B．To show different opinions from the possible 5G users.

C．To question the possibility of using 5G in daily life.

4. According to BBC, ________.

A．you won't lose signals while using 5G

B．downloads of 5G overweight its upsides

C．5G can be used on certain mobile phones

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A．5G Is Being Widely Used.

B．5G Will Make Life More Convenient.

C．5G -A Perfect Technology for Fun.

【推荐2】An INTERESTING experiment

It takes a little skill to do this experiment, but the result is truly SURPRISING.

What do you need?        Several rubber balloons        Wooden skewer（木签）        Vegetable oil        Paper towel		Step l Blow up a balloon, let some of the air out of it, and tie it closed.
		Step 2 Rub some oil on skewer with paper towel.
		Step 3 Gentle twist（搓捻）and push skewer into end of balloon opposite the knot. If balloon pops（爆 炸），go back to Step 1.
		Step 4 When skewer is in balloon, slowly twist and push it out of balloon near knot.
What will happen?		_______ The balloon does not pop, even though it has a skewer in it.
Why won't it pop?	       Rubber is made out of long chains of molecules（分子）.        The skewer pushes these molecules aside.        The molecules mix with the oil and they stick together tightly.        The oil on the skewer seals the hole and air cannot get out.

1. Which is the most suitable word for “       ”?

A．Topic

B．Result

C．Step 5

D．Reason

2. What can we infer（推断）from the passage?

A．It’s easy to push a skewer into and out of a balloon when doing the experiment.

B．you'd better blow as much air as possible into a balloon to make it big enough.

C．There's no need for you to use the oil and paper towel while doing the experiment.

D．It's hard for the air to get out of the hole as molecules and oil stick together.

【推荐3】Before you go to another country it is a great help if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.

When people meet each other for the first time in Britain, they say, “How do you do? ”and shake hands. Usually they do not shake hands when they just meet or say goodbye. But they shake hands after they haven’t met for a long time or when they will be away from each other for a long time.

Last year a group of German students went to England for a holiday. Their teacher told them that the English people hardly shake hands. So when they met their English friends at the station, they kept their hands behind their backs. The English students had learned that the Germans shake hands as often as possible, so they put their hands in front and got ready to shake hands with them. It made both of them laugh.

1. It is ____ if you know the language and some of the customs of the country.

A．not useful

B．not helpful

C．very helpful

D．very bad

2. English people usually shake hands when they ______.

A．meet every time	B．meet for the first time
C．say goodbye to each other	D．say hello to each other

3. Usually English people don’t shake hands _______.

A．when they will be away for a long time

B．when they say “How do you do? ”

C．when they just meet or say goodbye

D．after they haven’t met for a long time

4. Which of the statement（陈述）is right?

A．German people shake hands as often as possible.

B．English people like shaking hands very much.

C．German people hardly shake hands.

D．Neither English people nor Germans like shaking hands.

5. This story is about _______.

A．shaking hands

B．customs

C．languages

D．languages and customs