【推荐1】请阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，从文后所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。

If you have some problems, what will you do? Will you ask your parents, your teachers or your friends for help? Do you know how to deal with your problems in a right way? Here are some good suggestions(建议) for you .

    1     You’d better tell others about your bad feelings. Remember that many people will love to help you. Don’t be hard on yourself. When you have problems, find someone you trust(信任) and ask him or her for help.

Do something relaxing.    2     Speaking out your feelings loudly is a good way . For example, when you feel angry(生气的), you can say “I am so angry!” loudly. After that, you may feel relaxed. You can also take some exercise, listen to music, keep a diary, play with a pet, go for a walk and so on.     3    

Be calm(平静的). When you have problems, you should learn to be calm. Don’t be nervous,     4    

Don’t rush to make decisions. You should try to understand more about your problems with the help of others. Then you can find good ways to deal with them.

    5     If you smile to yourself and keep a good mood, you may find the problems are becoming smaller and smaller. This means that you are able to solve the problems more quickly.

So, dear friends. If you have problems, do as I told you. Believe everything will be fine.

A．You can do something to make yourself feel relaxed.

B．Don’t be afraid of the problems.

C．What’s more, smiling really helps a lot.

D．Ask someone for help.

E．Just stay at home to cry and wait.

F．These things can help you get a better feeling.

【推荐2】Set goals（目标）, reach them and then set new goals.     1     As a student, do you have a goal in your learning? Today I want to talk about something about learning goals.

    2     Learning is a long and difficult process（过程）. It can be easier if you set goals. Goals can help you learn things step by step（逐步地）and then you will feel it easier to make it.

What kinds of learning goals should you set?     3     For example, someone may set a goal like improving his English pronunciation（发音）in a week. It is too difficult to reach in such a short time. So please set the learning goals that you can reach.

    4     First, know what you want to learn. That means you should know your goal clearly. Then, finish your task day by day.     5     Don’t worry about that. Just study hard every day and you will reach your goal at last.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。

A．Usually you can’t reach your goal in a short time.

B．Why should you have a learning goal?

C．How to set a learning goal for yourself?

D．This is a good way to be successful.

E．Many students set difficult and even unreasonable goals.

【推荐3】The seven Cs of a good letter

What is the secret of writing a good letter?Here are two main ones. Don’t try to be fancy. Don’t try to impress your reader. You will be successful if you follow these seven Cs.

Clear. Use short direct sentences.    1     .Talk as if the reader were right there with you . Above all. Don’t use an introduction.

Correct.     2    Don’t guess, even for spelling. Refer to your dictionary. If you need to, check a reference book, too. Use them as much as you need to.

Complete. Don’t scatter our points.    3    This is good organization too.

Courteous（有礼貌的）.Be friendly rather than overly casual. Present your information nicely even if you are complaining about something. In all letters, treat others as you want them to treat you.

Concise（简明的）.Make each point as clearly and briefly as you can.

Conversational. This is really the secret of good writing.     4    Such a letter has a natural. Friendly tone. Let your personality come through naturally.

Considerate（体贴的）.     5    .Write about what you believe the reader needs or wants to know.

Try to be helpful. This will build good feeling toward you.

The seven Cs are about writing letters. But how about school papers?Use the seven Cs. Write as if you are talking to your teacher or professor. You’ll be surprised. You’ll almost instantly become a good writer. And you might even enjoy writing from now on.

A．Just “talk”to the person

B．Think of the readers’ point of view as you write.

C．Make them easy to understand

D．Include long sentences in your letter.

E．Make sure what you say is correct.

F．Writing should not be taken too seriously.

G．Finish one point completely before going on to the next.

【推荐1】When you want to go shopping, you will decide how much money you can pay for new clothes and think about the kinds of clothes you really need. Then you just only look for those clothes. There’re labels (标签) include all new clothes. The labels tell you how to take care of your clothes. The labels may say “dry-clean only”. If you put these clothes into the water to wash them, you may ruin (损坏) them.

Many clothes today must be dry-cleaned. Dry-cleaned is expensive. So when you buy new clothes, check if they will need to be dry-cleaned. You’ll save money if your clothes can be washed in water.

You can also save money if you buy clothes that are well-made. Well-made clothes last longer. They look good even after they have been washed many times. Clothes that cost more money are not always made better. They don’t always fit better. Sometimes the less expensive clothes look and fit better than the more expensive ones.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Before you buy clothes, the first thing for you to do is ________.

A．to get advice from others

B．to decide how much money they cost

C．to decide what color you like

2. ________ can tell you how to take care of your clothes.

A．The labels

B．They styles

C．The materials

3. If you want to save money, you can buy clothes ________.

A．that can be washed in water

B．that need to dry-cleaned

C．that is the cheapest

4. From the passage, we can learn ________.

A．dry-cleaning is cheap

B．sometimes the cheaper clothes can fit you better

C．expensive clothes last longer

5. The writer mainly tell us ________.

A．how to buy clothes

B．how to wash clothes

C．how to save money

【推荐2】
1. Oh, we don't have bananas at home. Let's go and buy some.
2. Lily's yellow T-shirt is too small. She needs a big one.
3. Sam can't find his black pen. Can you help him?
4. Mrs. White wants to eat carrots for lunch, but there are no carrots at home.
5. Peter needs lots of money for his school things.

A．Help Wanted. We need help for our store. You can get twenty dollars a day.

B．Fresh Store. All the fruit is on sale. Come and see for yourself.

C．Hand Store. Today eggs, carrots, tomatoes are on sale. Please come to our store.

D．Sports Store. Do you like sports? Today soccer balls, basketball, volleyballs and other sports things are on sale.

E．Zig Zag Store. In our store, we have lots of school things. You can call us at 888-0911.

F．Apple Store. Come and have a look at Apple's great sale. Hmm, you can find clothes that you like here.

【推荐3】One day Mrs．Jones goes shopping．When her husband comes home in the evening，she begins to tell him about a beautiful cotton dress．“I see it in a shop this morning，”she says．
“And--and you want to buy it．”says her husband，“How much does it cost?”
“Forty pounds．”
“Forty pounds for a cotton dress?   That’s too much!”
But every evening，when   Mr．Jones comes back from work，his wife continues to say only about the dress，and at last, after a week，he says“Oh，buy the dress．Here’s the money！”She is happy．
But the next evening，when Mr．Jones comes home and asks，“Do you buy the famous dress?--'No，”she says．
“Why not?”he asks．
“Well，”Mrs．Jones says，“it is still in the window of the shop after a week，I think nobody else wants this dress，so I don’t want it，either．”
1. At first．Mrs Jones      the beautiful dress in the window of the shop.

A．dislikes

B．1ikes

C．buys

D．wears

2. Her husband doesn’t give her the money right away because

A．he doesn’t love her at all

B．he doesn’t have any money

C．he thinks the dress is too expensive

D．he wants a better one

3. How long does Mrs．Jones talk about the cotton dress?

A．A week．	B．one day．
C．Two days．	D．Two weeks

4. In the end, Mrs Jones

A．is happy to get the dress

B．doesn’t buy the dress

C．is angry with her husband

D．doesn’t get the money to buy the dress

【推荐1】You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABCs? Do you know there is such a thing as “a banana person”? How strange! ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside. So, when a person is a “banana”, he or she is white inside—thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside—looking like a Chinese.

Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are overseas（海外的）Chinese. These people may be citizens（公民）of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair.

But they are not Chinese citizens. They are people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang（杨振宁）. He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

1. “ABCs” in this passage means               .

A．three English letters	B．a kind of banana
C．Chinese born in America	D．Americans born in China

2. Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because               .

A．their bodies are white inside but yellow outside

B．they think like Westerners but look like Chinese

C．they were born in China but go to study in America

D．they like to eat bananas

3. This passage mainly talks about               .

A．different kinds of bananas	B．overseas Chinese
C．the Nobel Prize	D．the story of C.N. Yang

【推荐2】Everything has a name．All people，places，and things have names．For example，Jenny is the name of a student from England．England is the name of a country．Cities and towns have names，too．Schools and office buildings also have names．For example，tomato，potato and bean are names of vegetables．Apple，orange，and banana are names of fruit．Names are important．We use names every day．When we meet a new person，we usually ask，“What’s your name?”It’s important to learn a person’s name．Most people have two names．Some people have more names．Names are different all over the world．In Jenny’s class．Jenny must learn the names of the students from all over the world．This is very difficult because the names are very different．
In the United States，most people have a first name，a middle name and a last name．Parents choose the first and middle names for their babies．There are names for boys and names for girls．The last name is the family name．Usually it is the father’s family name．In a family，the mother, the father, and the children usually have the same last name．
Sometimes a person has a nickname，too．A nickname is a special（特有的）name．It’s not a person’s real name．Abraham Lincoln’s nickname was“Honest Abe”．An honest person（一个诚实的人）always tells the truth，and Abe is short for Abraham．Because he was an honest person．his nickname was Honest Abe．Pele（贝利）is a nickname，too．The football player’s real name is Edison Aeraesde Nascimento，but everyone calls him Pele．Do you have a nickname?
Names are different all over the world．They can be long or short．but they are always very important
1. What is Jenny?

A．A student

B．A teacher

C．An American

D．A nickname

2. What does the underlined(划线的) word “nickname” mean in Chinese?

A．乳名

B．真名

C．绰号

D．别名

3. What is Pele’s real name?

A．Honest Abe．

B．Abraham Lincoln．

C．Edison Aeraesde Nascimento．

D．We don’t know．

4. Usually the last name is________ family name．

A．the father’s	B．the mother’s
C．the grandmother’s	D．The teacher’s

5. Why is it difficult to learn names all over the world?

A．Some people have nicknames．

B．There are many names all over the world．

C．Some names are very long，and some are very short．

D．The names in different countries are different．

【推荐3】In the United States, parents usually encourage their children to develop their potential (潜能). They pay attention to what their kids can do, not what they can’t. As a result, US boys and girls hope to be actors, athletes and doctors. Many even want to become presidents when they grow up.

US parents often encourage their children to take part in all kinds of activities at school. They believe that joining in these activities can make their children mature (成熟). Schoolwork is important, but they think that social skills are important, too.

But things in China are different. Chinese parents often tell their children to study hard and pass exams. They think that, for a student, staying away from schoolbooks means wasting time. This puts a lot of pressure (压力) on Chinese students, so leaders in China’s education department have called for less homework at the lower grades. Only healthy kids can become healthy adults.

1. American parents think that ________.

A．schoolwork is as important as social skills

B．schoolwork is more important than social skills

C．schoolwork is less important than social skills

D．passing exams is the most important for their children

2. According to the passage, we know that many ________ children have their dream jobs.

A．Chinese

B．American

C．Japanese

D．Greek

3. ________ children have more pressure of study.

A．The US

B．The Chinese

C．All the

D．A few

4. In which column of a newspaper can we most probably find the passage?

A．LIFESTILE.

B．EDUCATION.

C．HEALTH.

D．SPORTS.

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

A．China’s Education	B．America’s Education
C．The Differences Between China’s Education and America’s	D．Education

【推荐1】It was last January, when I’d just finished a charity(慈善)and was on the train back home, that I put down my phone and started writing thank-you notes to people who had helped.

When I got off the train, I felt amazingly good. The next day, I wrote more thank-yous and the same feeling of happiness hit me again. I suddenly had the idea: Why not keep on doing this for every day of the year?

To keep on task, I decided to pick out a different theme for each month, January was charity. February would be neighbors, I decided. And I thought of a number of names right away: the owner of our local bookstore, who let me and my little son in before the store opened and offered to play his favorite songs; our babysitter, who dropped off a bag of old board games for our kids to play; …

While writing the notes, I realized how often I had spent my time on the phone moving from app to app, appreciating(欣赏) other people’s lives. Writing thank-you notes allowed me the time to do something different, paying more attention to my own life.

In the following months, I wrote to my friends, doctors, teachers and parenting role models. In July, my “food” month, I wrote to Julie, who used to cook at my favorite restaurant. It went like this:

Dear Julie,

I’ve been finding myself missing you lately. Thank you for hosting me and cooking beautiful and thoughtful food. Jake and I will never forget when you sent out biscuits shaped into the number VI for our sixth anniversary(周年纪念日). We talk about it every year.

Thank you. We miss you.

Love,

Gina

I was happy to receive a note back from her. Julie replied, “I don’t think I’ve ever received such a touching letter before. I’m going through a hard time right now, and this helps.”

On December 31, I wrote my last card to Jake, my husband, and our two kids. And I took a picture of us, so I could remember the feeling welling up inside me. Gratitude

1. The underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 means ________.

A．writing thank-you notes	B．putting the phone away
C．taking the train back home	D．raising money for charity

2. How did Julie most probably feel after reading the note from Gina?

A．Shy and surprised.	B．Pleased and relaxed.
C．Nervous and excited.	D．Moved and encouraged.

3. What did Gina get by doing her task according to the passage?

A．Many thanks from her neighbors.	B．More time to appreciate her own life.
C．More help from people around her.	D．Happy moments to be with her friends.

4. The best title for the passage can be ________.

A．My Thank You Year	B．An Amazing Trip
C．Appreciation of others’ lives	D．Important People in Our Life

【推荐2】What is the difference between a fear and a phobia? You might have a fear of dogs if you have ever been bitten by one. However, if you avoid walking down streets where you think there might be a dog, you may have a phobia, which is a strong unnatural fear. If the fear has started to change a person’s life, he or she probably has a phobia. Different surveys say that between 10 and 80 percent of us have at least one phobia.

You can probably guess what some of the most “popular” phobias are. Flying may be the safest way to travel, but many people are scared of doing it. Fear of heights is also very common. For example, Spider-Man actor Tobey Maquire can’t stand high places. However, Tobey is not afraid of spiders that most people are afraid of. Rupert Grint, who plays in the Harry Potter movies, is in fear of spiders. “In one scene of the movie, we come into the large spider’s hole, and there we meet a spider that is the size of an elephant and really scary because he has these hairs. I’m really scared of spiders,” he said.

Some people have phobias that are more unusual. For example, cats are very cute for most of us, but not for such powerful people in history as Alexander the Great and Napolean Bonaparte. Actor Nicole Kidman says, “I’m not scared of snakes or spiders, but I’m scared of butterflies. Sometimes when I came home from school, the biggest butterfly you had ever seen would be just sitting on our front gate. I would climb over the fence, move slowly to the side of the house, or do anything to avoid having to go through the front gate.” Clowns (小丑) are not so funny for actor Johnny Depp, whose childhood memory of the “painted faces and fake smiles” still makes him scared. Some other weird (怪诞的) phobias, including chewing gum, old doors or windows and footsteps, also fear some famous persons, such as Orah Winfred, Billy Bob and Sigmund Fred.

1. Rupert Grint who acted in Harry Potter is scared of________ .

A．dogs

B．snakes

C．spiders

D．butterflies

2. Which of the following behaviors can be a phobia for these persons?

A．Cathy dislikes keeping a pet cat at home.

B．Victor cannot sleep well before the exams.

C．Linda feels very tired climbing the mountains.

D．Doris shouts crazily whenever hearing footsteps at night.

3. We can infer (推断) from the passage that________ .

A．people are born with phobias	B．phobias are common in our daily life
C．famous people are easier to get phobias	D．phobias do not influence people’s life at all

【推荐3】Kitty's teachers made some rules for their subjects.

Chinese: You must take notes(做笔记)in class and learn the important articles by heart. We have a test every month.

Math: You have to bring your rulers and calculators to math class. Listen carefully in class and read carefully when you do math problems. We have a test every month.

English: You must take notes in class. Also you have to read aloud every morning and listen to the tape before doing homework. We have a test every week.

Science: You must underline(在……下画线)the important points. Watch carefully when the teachers do experiments(实验)and take notes.

Art: Bring your pencils every lesson. And bring your brushes，paint and palettes(调色盘)if I tell you.

Music: Go to the music room to have class. Remember to be quiet.

P．E.: Remember to wear sports shoes and sports suits(运动服)when you have a P.E. class.Go to the gym and stand in line when the bell(铃声)rings.

1. How many subjects does Kitty have rules for?

A．Seven.

B．Eight.

C．Nine.

D．Ten.

2. What does the underlined word “calculators” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．笔

B．尺子

C．耳机

D．计算器

3. Which subject has a test every week?

A．Chinese.

B．Math.

C．English.

D．Science.

4. What must Kitty bring to school for every art lesson?

A．Pencils.

B．Brushes.

C．Paint.

D．Palettes.

5. Which is NOT true?

A．Kitty is a student.	B．Kitty has to bring her ruler and calculator to math class.
C．Kitty has music class in the music room.	D．Kitty can wear dresses to school every day.