【推荐1】People celebrate their birthdays every year. But do you know that flowers also have a birthday?

Flower Worshipping Festival (花朝节) is the birthday of flowers and the goddesses (女神) of flowers. It started many years ago. People celebrate it in the second lunar month. The dates are different in different places in China. But it is usually in March or April.

There are 12 goddesses of flowers. Each is in charge of a month of the year. On the day of the festival, people often offer something nice to the goddesses of flowers. They wish for good weather and a harvest (丰收) for the year.

People usually have fun outside at the Flower Worshipping Festival. Families go to the countryside and have a picnic near flowers. Some may also plant some flowers.

The Flower Worshipping Festival is also a festival for girls. Girls get together and make friends. They wear flowers in their hair. They also make desserts and rice cakes with flowers.

The festival is like a big birthday party for flowers. Do you want to join in it?

1. Flower Worshipping Festival is usually in ________.

A．January or February

B．February or March

C．March or April

D．April or May

2. How many goddesses of flowers are there according to the text?

A．Ten.

B．Eleven.

C．Twelve.

D．Thirteen.

3. Why do people offer something nice to the goddesses of flowers?

A．Because they are afraid of them.

B．Because the goddesses of flowers need them.

C．Because they want to get good luck.

D．Because they wish for good weather and a harvest.

4. What don’t girls do at the Flower Worshipping Festival?

A．They plant many flowers.	B．They make some friends.
C．They wear flowers in their hair.	D．They make rice cakes with flowers.

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

A．When to Plant Flowers	B．When to Enjoy Flowers
C．Who Are the Goddesses	D．Flowers Also Have Birthday

【推荐2】请先阅读下面短文，掌握其大意,然后根据短文内容从下面七个选项中选择五个还原到文中，使短文意思通顺、结构完整。

We all know that smoking is bad for people's health.    1    

Secondhand （二手的，间接的）smoke is the smoke that comes from a smoker's breath（呼吸）, or from the end of a cigarette.    2    

    3    To find out, the WHO did a study recently of 194 countries. They found that, worldwide, secondhand smoke causes about 600, 000 deaths every year. That is about 1% of the world's deaths!

    4    According to the study, around 165,000 children under the age of five each year from diseases caused by secondhand smoke. Most of these deaths happen in Africa and southern Asia.

Health experts are asking governments to do more to create smoke-free indoor environments. But it takes time.

At the same time, you can do something to help protect yourself and other people from secondhand smoke. You can start by asking the smokers you know, such as your parents, to take all of their smoke breaks outside.    5    

A．But many children know about the danger of secondhand smoke.

B．But not many people know about the danger of secondhand smoke.

C．But how serious is the problem of secondhand smoke?

D．If someone is smoking, you'd better breathe only with your nose.

E．If someone smokes close to you, you'd better walk away.

F．If people breathe in secondhand smoke from time to time, they could get sick from it.

G．Secondhand smoke is especially bad for children because their bodies are still growing and developing.

【推荐3】If you have ever talked about your dreams with your friends, you will find some of your friends don’t remember their dreams, while others can tell their dreams very clearly. Why do people remember dreams differently? The answer is simple: they are two different types of dreamers -low-recall dreamers and high-recall dreamers.

High-recall dreamers reported they remembered their dreams almost every day while low-recall dreams said they only remembered their dreams once or twice a month. Perrine Ruby, a lead scientist at the research center in Lyon, studied 41 people(21 high-recall dreamers and 20 low-recall dreamers)and recorded their more active in high-recall dreamers .This was true both when they were sleeping and awake .This area of the brain is to collect information from the outside world. This means that high-recall dreamers are more sensitive to what is happening around them. For example, when they are awake, they respond(作出反应)more strongly to bearing their own names. When they are sleeping, they can be woken up more easily by sounds and movements

This is not hard to understand. Just try to think of your own sleeping experience. If you’re worried during the night, you are easy to remember your dreams, but if you sleep well, you remember very little in the morning This is because "you never get a chance to remember”

As another research project at the University of Turku in Finland showed, what you dream can also affect our memory. Negative(消极的) dreams are more likely to be recalled than ordinary dreams. Nightmares(噩梦)are often recalled because they are negative, and such dreams cause fear.

1. What can we know about high-recall dreamers？

A．they have very little brain activity when they sleep

B．They can remember their dreams clearly

C．They don't know how to describe their dreams

D．They remember their dreams twice a week

2. Compared to high-recall dreamers, low-recall dreamers_______.

A．have better sleep

B．have more sleepless nights

C．are more easily woken at night

D．respond faster when hearing their names

3. What's the meaning of the underlined word “sensitive"?

A．敏感的

B．迟钝的

C．严重的

D．便利的

4. What did the research project in Finland find?

A．Ordinary dreams can help our brain rest.

B．Ordinary dreams cause fear.

C．Nightmares often happen when we don’t sleep well.

D．Negative dreams are easier to remember.

5. What's the main idea of the article?

A．The way how our brain affect our dream.

B．The reason why people remember dreams differently.

C．A study about the high-recall dreamers.

D．The way how we can be a low-recall dreamer.

【推荐1】Meeting someone for the first time can be embarrassing if you get it wrong. Suppose you are going to meet a person from the U.K. Do you know what you should say and do? A handshake is the most common way to greet someone, especially if you are in a formal (正式的) situation. However, the type of handshake is important. Your handshake should be confident, but that doesn’t mean you need to crush (挤压) anybody’s fingers. On the other hand, don’t be too weak. It’s always a good idea to smile and look at the person you are shaking hands with. Lastly, remember that two shakes are enough. Take hold of the hand and shake it up and down twice. Don’t hold on for too long — you are not asking someone to dance! Hugging and kissing are more informal greetings in the U.K. They are usually for friends, family and small children. When meeting someone for the first time, you may not want to use these types of greetings. In the past, the British would usually greet strangers with a “How do you do?” Today, this expression is seen as out-of-date. It’s seldom used. Expressions such as “How are you doing?” and “How are you?” have become more popular. These expressions, however, can cause some misunderstanding. When a British person says “How are you?” to you, he or she probably doesn’t expect you to really answer the question. You may just reply with a “How are you?” to him or her. Greeting expressions may be different from one place to another. You might hear a “Now then?” or “Ey up?” when you meet someone from the north of the U.K. How should you reply then? Just smile and say “Hi!” or “How are you?”

1. The underlined word “out-of-date” in the passage means “______” in Chinese.

A．过时了

B．超时了

C．过期了

2. ______ is the most common way to greet someone, especially if you are in a formal situation in the UK.

A．A hugging

B．A kiss

C．A handshake

3. In the past, the British would usually greet strangers with a “______?”

A．How do you do

B．How are you doing

C．Now then

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

A．Your handshake should be confident, and you need to crush his or her fingers.

B．It’s always a good idea to smile and look at the person you are shaking hands with.

C．When shaking hands, remember two shakes are enough.

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

A．How should we shake hands with a British man?

B．How should we greet the British for the first time?

C．Good manners in Britain

【推荐3】People all over the world celebrate birthdays. Some ways to celebrate birthdays are the same from country to country: candles, cakes and birthday wishes. But there are also different ways to celebrate birthdays. Here are a few:

India	Usually Indian children wear white to school. However, on their birthdays, children wear colored clothes to school and give out chocolates to everyone in the class. Their best friend helps them to do this.
Japan	Children wear new clothes to celebrate the special day. Certain* birthdays are more important, such as the third and seventh birthdays for girls, the fifth birthday for boys.
Holland	The child receive* some large presents on his birthday. The family also put flowers on the child’s chair to make it beautiful.

1. In India, children wear ___________ clothes to school on their birthday.

A．white

B．colored

C．new

D．old

2. How many important birthdays are there for boys and girls in Japan?

A．2

B．3

C．4

D．5

3. The passage is mainly about ___________.

A．many birthday presents from family in some countries

B．different children’s clothes on birthdays in some countries

C．the same ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries

D．the different ways of celebrating birthdays in some countries

【推荐1】Cultures across the world have different ways for people to greet one another. In New Zealand, they bump noses! The goal of these actions is to make others feel welcome. However, some people would rather say hello orally. They don’t like being touched. Neither does the sensitive plant. Some people keep the sensitive plant as a houseplant because of its interesting behavior. When you touch the leaves of the sensitive plant, it releases (释放) water from its leaves and stalks. As water runs to the plant’s base, the leaves close and the stalks droop. This causes the plant to look wilted (枯萎)！

The sensitive plant draws back from physical contact because it doesn’t want you to touch it, of course! Just like people, this plant sends physical signals that you should leave it alone. This reaction to touch is a defense system. Many animals and insects eat plants, so the sensitive plant learned to move to scare away predators (捕食者). Frightened by the sudden wilting, hungry animals move away to find a different plant to cat. Additionally, wilted plants don’t look mouth-watering. This encourages other nearby predators to look for their dinner elsewhere.

If you touch the sensitive plant and it wilts, have no fear! It’s still a healthy plant. After a few minutes, it will send water back to its leaves and stand straight up again. However, it takes lots of time for the sensitive plant to refresh itself. Don’t touch the plant just to watch it wilt. It may seem like fun, but it’s not fun for its refreshment.

It’s always important to pay attention to the body language of plants, animals, and other people! We should never want to make other living things uncomfortable, and especially not for our own entertainment.

1. What’s the main purpose of writing paragraph 1?

A．To introduce the cultures across the world.

B．To list the actions that can make others feel welcome.

C．To compare different ways for people to greet one another.

D．To lead readers to make a connection between people and the plant.

2. We can infer that the sensitive plant may be also called _________.

A．forget-me-not

B．touch-me-not

C．rose of sharon

D．daughter of wind

3. The sensitive plant’s interesting behavior is actually a way to _________.

A．protect itself

B．entertain itself

C．attract animals

D．kill animals

4. In the writer’s view, _________.

A．watching the sensitive plant wilt is fun

B．we should treat other living things kindly

C．body language doesn’t help us know each other better

D．it’s a good idea to keep the sensitive plant as a houseplant

【推荐2】How do people say hello in English-speaking countries? People usually say “Hi” or “Hello”.

They can also say “How are you?” The answer is “I’m fine.” “Very good. Thank you.” or “Not bad, thanks.”

In different countries, between friends, there are some popular ways to say hello. What are the popular ways?

★In America, between friends, they say, “What’s up?” Boys often say “Hey, man.” Girls often say, “Hey, girl.”

★In the UK, between friends, they ask, “Are you all right?” You can answer, “I’m good.” People also say, “How’s it going?” But it’s not a question. It just means hello.

1. How many ways to say hello are mentioned in the first paragraph?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

2. Two American girls are friends, so they can use “________” to say hello.

A．How’s it going?

B．Are you all right?

C．Hey, man.

D．Hey, girl.

3. You have an English friend. He says “How’s it going?” to you. What does he mean?

A．Say hello to you.	B．Make friends with you.
C．Ask you a question.	D．Go to a place with you.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．How to make new friends.	B．How to go to English-speaking countries.
C．How to answer questions.	D．How to greet friends.

【推荐3】Beijing Opera is also called Peking Opera. It started after 1790 when the famous four Anhui opera groups came to Beijing. Its music and singing come from Xi Pi and Er Huang in Anhui and Hubei. Its clothes are all beautiful. It’s full of famous stories, beautiful facial paintings, and wonderful gestures（姿势）and fighting. This kind of opera is very popular with Chinese people.

There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Sheng is the leading man actor. For example, a Wu Sheng is a soldier or fighter. A Xiao Sheng is a young man. A Lao Sheng is an old man. Dan is the young woman role. Jing, mostly man, is the face painted role and Chou is the comedy actor or clown（小丑）.

Stories in Beijing Opera are very interesting. Some of them are from the history book, but most of them are from the literature（文学）. The people in the story usually have some disagreements. They become angry and unhappy. They are sad and lonely（孤独的）. Sometimes they are nervous（紧张的）and worried. But the stories usually end with happiness and laughter.

1. Beijing Opera’s singing and music are from ________.

A．Anhui and Hubei

B．popular stories

C．Beijing and Anhui

D．all over the world

2. The second paragraph（段落）of the passage is about the ________ of Beijing Opera.

A．pictures

B．roles

C．stories

D．history

3. Which of the following is the role Dan?

A．

B．

C．

D．

4. Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?

A．Peking Opera is full of great gestures.

B．There are only four roles in Beijing Opera.

C．Peking Opera is very popular with Chinese people.

D．The stories usually end with happiness and laughter.

5. The passage is mainly about ________.

A．the history of Beijing Opera	B．some information about Beijing Opera
C．the reason why Beijing Opera is so popular	D．how to perform Beijing Opera