【推荐1】How do you study each day? You may answer it in one second: have classes at school, take notes and do homework. Feeling a little bored? There are other ways that can make learning interesting and varied. It’s called digital learning.
Digital learning is a way to help students learn by using the Internet. There are three important kinds of digital learning. Apps are computer software applications (应用). People can download them on their mobiles. The other two kinds are social networking services, including weibo and WeChat and websites. Every one of them is like your teacher. They help you master what you learn at school.
Compared with traditional learning ways, digital learning has its advantages. Digital learning is also varied. It covers almost every school subject. More importantly, it always offers students the newest resources (资源) to learn from.
Digital learning is also personalized. You can choose what you like to learn. If you don’t master what you have learned at school, you can learn again through digital ways.
However, digital learning also has disadvantages. When you use digital ways to learn, you’ve got little chance of talking with teachers and classmates. As digital learning uses computers or smartphones, watching the screen too long may be bad for your eyes. It is better to take a rest every 20 minutes.
1. How do students usually study everyday according to the story?

A．Have classes at school and use online tools at home.

B．Have classes at school, take notes and do homework.

C．Learn through digital ways and have classes in the classroom.

D．Have classes, take notes and do homework at school.

2. Three important kinds of digital learning are mentioned in the passage. They are _______.
a. Apps. b. smartphones c. computers d. websites
e. mobiles f. weibo and WeChat

A．a b f

B．a d f

C．b c e

D．c d e

3. The underlined word “master” in Paragraph 2 most probably means “_________”.

A．复习

B．分析

C．掌握

D．归纳

4. What is the problem of digital learning?

A．You can’t communicate with your classmates or teachers.

B．You have to use both computers and smartphones.

C．You can’t decide what you want to learn by yourself.

D．It’s impossible to learn from the newest resources.

5. How can you protect your eyes when learning in digital ways?

A．Try to take a rest for 20 minutes when watching the screen.

B．Try to use traditional ways to learn as often as possible.

C．Try to take a break every twenty minutes if possible.

D．Try to learn through digital ways less than 2 hours a day.

【推荐2】Homesick is a compound(复合) word made up of home and sick. You know what each word means on its own, of course. But think about what the words mean when they are used together. Homesick means sick for home.

Now think for a minute about it. If you change the word home in the definition(释义) to the word “sea”, would the definition fit seasick? Does seasick mean sick for sea? It means something quite different. Seasick means sick by the movement on the sea. When you are homesick, the only place you want to be is at home. When you are seasick, the last place you want to be is at sea.

Have you ever heard of a person being heartsick? Heartsick doesn’t mean that something is wrong with a person’s heart. People are heartsick when they are hurt deep inside and when they feel as if their hearts are broken.

But, on the other hand, we have such compound words as handshake and handbag. Perhaps you may write definitions for them and knowing something like this must be helpful in your English study.

1. When we say a person is heartsick, we mean that ________.

A．there is something wrong with his heart	B．his heart needs testing
C．he’s sorry at heart	D．he’s terribly disappointed and sad

2. The underlined part the last place you want to be in Paragraph 2 means ________.

A．where you want to be most	B．where you want to be least
C．where you go the last	D．the last place you want to go to

3. The definitions of handbag and handshake are ________.

A．easy to know	B．difficult to know
C．impossible to learn	D．unnecessary to learn

4. The writer wants to tell us that ________.

A．there are many compound words in English

B．the building of compound words is simple

C．the definitions of compound words are hard to guess

D．not all the compound words are what they seem to be

【推荐3】We’ve all had bad experiences with restaurants, stores or hotels. Maybe you’ve been to a restaurant that served terrible food. Perhaps you’ve been to a store that had high prices and bad service. Or maybe you’ve booked a hotel and found out later that the room was nothing like the advertisement (广告).

These days, we have a better chance of stopping these unpleasant surprises. We can do this by using apps. An app is a computer program on a smartphone. You can use apps to do almost anything. Apps can help you play games, get directions, talk to friends, and so on.

       If you want to find information about a store or a hotel, you can use a review app. Review apps help us evaluate (评价) service and products before we hand over our money. The idea is very simple. After you go to a restaurant or stay in a hotel, you can post a review with one of your apps. You can say anything you want. If you like a hotel that you stayed in, you can tell people that it was wonderful. If you think that the food in a certain restaurant was bad, then you can tell people not to eat there. Other people can use their app to read your reviews.

Plenty of people prefer not to use these review apps. Many of these people think that it’s a waste of time to look through websites and read reviews. These people prefer to go out and decide for themselves whether or not a service is good. However, review apps are getting more and more popular every day. Some apps are for exact services. For example, trip adviser gives attention to travel, and good reader pays attention to books. There are also other larger apps that provide information for just about every service that you can think of.

1. What does the article say about apps?

A．You can use apps for many things.	B．There are very few good apps.
C．Apps are only useful for travel.	D．Apps are very expensive to use.

2. If you want to book a hotel, how can a review app help you?

A．It can help you write better reviews.

B．It can tell you how to use a smartphone.

C．It can tell you about the hotel before you book it.

D．It can tell you about other people who post reviews.

3. In the third paragraph, what does the underlined word “it” refer to?

A．A restaurant.

B．A hotel.

C．A review.

D．A store.

4. According to the article, why do some people prefer NOT to use review apps?

A．They don’t trust review apps.

B．They think review apps are too hard.

C．They prefer to make their own decisions.

D．They don’t know how to use review apps.

【推荐2】Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, destroying (摧毁) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged (破坏) that their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or broken roofs. One person was killed, several were badly hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and lasted for over an hour.

“I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “When we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was missing. I went back inside and found him, safe but very frightened.”

Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she felt that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

“There was no time to take anything,” she said, “A few minutes later, the roof came down.”

Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded (水淹的) area and the welfare department (福利机构) brought them food, clothes and shelter.

1. How many homes altogether (总共) were damaged in the storm?

A．Fourteen.

B．Twenty-one.

C．Twenty-nine.

D．Thirty-six.

2. Where was Mr. Tan when the storm first began?

A．He was in bed.	B．He was inside the house.
C．He was outside the house.	D．He was on the roof.

3. Mrs. Woo and her family didn’t get hurt because ________.

A．her husband knew there would be a storm

B．they were all outside the house when the storm became worse

C．she felt the house moving and they ran out immediately

D．the welfare department helped her

4. The underlined word “shelter” in this passage means ________.

A．something to eat

B．something to wear

C．somewhere to study

D．somewhere to stay

5. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A．A Terrible Storm

B．A Lucky Woman

C．Good Soldiers

D．Clever People

【推荐3】On April 2nd, 2016, an east China highway pile﹣up has killed three people and injured 31 others. That day was the first day of a three﹣day national holiday marking the Tomb﹣Sweeping Day（清明节.

Two people died in a local hospital where nine others are being treated. Another person died after treatment failed in a larger hospital in Wuxi where 22 remain hospitallized, Changzhou traffic police updated on its official microblog account at Weibo.Com.

The accident happened at the Changzhou section of the highway linking Shanghai and Nanjing. It drew public attention as people began posting photos and videos on Chinese social media WeChat and Weibo. Images showed dozens of trucks, buses and cars crashed into each other. People were standing on the top of the vehicles（运载工具）.

Local police told Xinhua Press that at least two trucks, three buses and 20 cars were involved.

Rainy and foggy weather caused poor visibility and slippery mads.

What’s more, it was difficult for ambulances（救护车）to get to the scene of the accident because the life emergency lane（生命通道）was filled with vehicles so that the doctors couldn’t get there to save the injure .

The Ministry（部长）of Public Security told traffic departments nationwide to keep a look out for vehicles using the emergency lane occupancy.

All highways in China leave the right lane as the emergency lane. Some drivers, however, pay no attention to this rule. Therefore, the police call on drivers to follow the rule strictly and offer the injured more hope of being saved.

The ministry also asked the police to watch the traffic more carefully so as to quickly discover the potential（潜在的）danger. The police have decided to add electronic monitoring instruments to catch the violations and heavily fine drivers for it.

1. Which of the following might be the cause of the traffic accident?

A．People were standing on the top of the vehicles.

B．It was rainy and foggy that day.

C．The life emergency lane was filled with vehicles.

D．Drivers don't know about the life emergency lane.

2. What does the underlined word “fine” mean in Chinese?

A．罚款

B．优秀

C．靠边

D．责备

3. In this passage the writer tries to tell us that ________ .

A．people shouldn't travel during the holidays.

B．people mustn't stand on the top the vehicles.

C．the drivers must follow the traffic rules strictly.

D．the drivers pay no attention to the electronic monitoring instruments.

4. According to the passage, why do the police ask drivers to be off the emergency lane?

A．They want to get a chance to fine drivers heavily.

B．They want to catch as many violations as possible.

C．They have received orders from Chinese social media WeChat and Weibo.

D．They want to offer the injured more hope of being saved.