【推荐1】

	Hi，I'm Mary Brown. I have three photos. Look at the first one. Two girls are in it. They are my good friends Linda and Jane.
	Who are they in this photo？These are my aunt and uncle. My uncle is my father's brother. The two children are their son Jack and their daughter Alice.
	The last one is my family photo. These are my grandparents. This is my grandmother. She's 80.These are my parents. The boy is my brother Mike. Who's the girl？Ha，it's me. I'm three years old(岁) in the photo.

1. The first one is a photo of Mary's ________．

A．parents

B．school

C．friends

D．family

2. Jack is Mary's ________．

A．friend

B．cousin

C．brother

D．uncle

3. Mike's last name is ________．

A．Brown

B．Black

C．Smith

D．Green

4. You can see ________ people in the last photo.

A．six

B．four

C．five

D．seven

【推荐2】"BANG!" the door caused a reverberation (回声). It was just standing there, with Father standing on one side, and I on the other side.
We were both in great anger. "Never set foot in this house again!" stormed Father. With tears welling up in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.
The street lights were shining, causing rather sad-feeling. I wandered aimlessly.
A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree.
But now... I don't know whether it is because I have grown up or because Dad is getting old. We differ in our ways of thinking. He always puts his opinions and codes of behaviour on me. Whenever I do something wrong, he never admits it. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.
I wandered in the streets, without a destination in mind. My heart was frozen on this hot summer night. As I walked on there were fewer and fewer people on the streets, until I had only the street lights to keep me company. When I finally reached the high-rise apartment block in which I lived, I saw that the light was still on.
I thought to myself: "Is Father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?"
In fact, it was nothing. Perhaps, Dad was throwing away some of his old stamps. Perhaps he thought they were useless. I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps. I can't stand his outrageous (蛮横的) words: "I can't throw you away, let alone these old papers?"
All the lights were off except Father's.
Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn't know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never showed any mercy or any moments of regret. After an argument he has the habit of creeping up (悄悄来到) in my sleep and then tucking me underneath the covers.
This was how he always was. He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature.
The light was still on. "Am I wrong?" I whispered, maybe... With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door that I had imagined between us did not exist (存在) at all. Love---is second to none.
1. Decide which is the best order of the following according to what happened in the passage.
        a. I opened the door and entered the house.
        b. Sadly I ran out into the street.
        c. I reached the place where I lived and saw my house still brightly lit.
        d. I thought of my father's kindness towards me.
        e. I walked about in the street without any aim.

A．b-e-d-c-a

B．b-e-c-d-a

C．b-e-a-c-d

D．b-e-c-a-d

2. Why do you think the father often shouts at his son?

A．Perhaps the father is getting older and older.

B．Perhaps the son has already grown up.

C．Perhaps they never agree with each other.

D．Perhaps the father has got used to doing that.

3. What conclusion can you come to after reading the passage?

A．The father treats his son in an unfair way.

B．The father is actually kind to his son.

C．The father is neither kind nor cruel to his son.

D．The father is always finding fault (过错) with his son.

【推荐3】My name is Tom. When I was young, I was always sad, almost everything ending in failure. I completely lost my heart, sighing（叹息）unhappily all day. Having seen me like that, my father decided to cheer me up.

One day, he gave me a cup of water and asked me to taste it. I found it salty. My father said he just put one small spoon of salt in the cup. And then, he led me to a lake, where he threw a big handful（一把）of salt into the lake, picked up a spoon of water and let me taste it again. He asked,“Does it still taste salty?” “Not at all,” I said. My father said,“Now, you may know the reason of your pain: you are just a cup of water, but not a lake. Be a lake and you won’t feel sad any more.”

I came to understand my father’s purpose: I feel frustrated because my heart is as small as a cup of water. He hoped that I can be a person with a heart like a lake.

1. When Tom was young, he almost failed to do ________.

A．nothing

B．something

C．everything

2. His father_________ first to help him.

A．led him to a lake

B．asked him to taste salty water in the cup

C．asked him to taste water in the lake

3. What is not mentioned（被提到）in the text?

A．A cup of water.

B．A spoon of salt.

C．A big handful of salty water.

4. How did the father make his idea clear to his son?

A．By letting his son experience.

B．By letting his son do research.

C．By letting his son read.

5. What does the underlined word “frustrated” mean in Chinese?

A．吃惊的

B．沮丧的

C．粗鲁的

【推荐1】

DATE OF ACCIDENT December 14, 2014	REPORTER Officer Knerr	ACCIDENT NUMMBER 2014-10504
NATURE(性质) OF ACCIDENT CAR ACCIDENT [   √   ] NATURAL DISASTER   [        ] CRIME   [        ] OTHER   [        ]
Details Of Accident On December 14, 2014, the West Goshen Township Police Department received a report of a car accident near Street 322. When the police arrived at the scene(现场), they saw a car off the road and in the woods. And it was on fire. The driver and the passengers in the car all died. The driver was identified(鉴别) as Ryan Dunn. The information of passengers is not clear yet. Mr. Dunn was driving a 2010 Porsche 911 GT3. The investigation(调查) said that speed(超速行驶) might be the main cause of the accident.

1. Who gave the report?

A．A police officer.

B．A student.

C．A news reporter.

D．A driver.

2. When did the event happen?

A．On February 24th, 2014.	B．On May 4th, 2014.
C．On October 5th, 2014.	D．On December 14th, 2014.

3. Where did the police find the car?

A．In Street 322.

B．In the sea.

C．In the river.

D．In the woods.

4. What did the police see when they arrived at the scene?

A．Some passengers were alive.	B．The car was on fire.
C．The driver was running away.	D．People were saving the passengers.

5. We can't know ________ from the report.

A．the name of the driver	B．the type(类型) of the car
C．the number of the passengers	D．the nature of the accident

【推荐2】I’ve been skiing (滑雪) since I was eight or nine years old and I’ve been to many places like China, Pakistan, Nepal and so on. But in my home country, the USA, I came closest to death.

It was April 1st, 2011, I was skiing in the Tetons with my friends Jeremy and Xavier. That day, I heard someone cry loudly, I turned around and saw the whole mountain start to move behind me. It was a massive avalanche (大雪崩), cars, buses (积雪) was coming straight down the mountain behind me. I felt the snow push me forward, hundreds of meters and then cover me. It was so heavy that I couldn’t breathe. And then it pushed me forward again and up, and could see the trees at the bottom (底部) of the valley (峡谷). For a few seconds I actually stopped being afraid. “OK, I’m going all the way to the bottom!” I thought. Then the snow pushed me again down the mountain another 450 meters. In the end, I felt the avalanche slow down and I was just pushed right out of the snow at the bottom of the valley. It took Jeremy and Xavier about 20 minutes to reach me. They couldn’t believe it when they saw me, I was so lucky.

Has the experience changed me? Do I think about life differently? I don’t know, maybe.

1. Where did the writer experience the avalanche?

A．In China.

B．In Pakistan.

C．In Nepal.

D．In the US.

2. What didn’t the writer experience during the avalanche?

A．The snow covered him.	B．He was difficult to breathe.
C．He was badly hurt by the snow pack.	D．He reached the bottom of the valley finally.

3. How do you describe the writer’s experience?

A．Tired but happy.	B．Dangerous but lucky.
C．Exciting and interesting.	D．Relaxing and meaningful.

【推荐3】Mobile Phone Madness

How much do you love your mobile phone? A Chinese student had to call 110 for help this week after he got his arm stuck in a toilet when trying to rescue his mobile phone. After dropping his phone in the toilet, he decided to wrap his arm in newspapers in the hopes of keeping clean.

But the newspapers expanded in the water, and then even his roommates couldn’t help him pull his arm out. So policemen were called and they spent an hour unsticking the stuck student.

Crazy Pet Lovers

How much do you love your pets? Many people in China are famous for how much they love their pets. They dress them up in fashionable clothing and buy them high quality food. But would they spend 7,000 English pounds (68,000 yuan) on a wedding for their pets? And that’s what a couple in Brazil spent on a fancy wedding for their pet Yorkshire terriers(a kind of dog).

Oh, Rats!

When something goes wrong, you can often hear Westerners cry “Oh, rats”. But when it comes to Southern China, “Oh, rats!” can mean it’s what you want for dinner. According to a report in China Daily, some restaurants in Guangzhou serve rat meat. But, actually, most of those rats are field mice. What would Mickey Mouse say?

Liar, Liar

Here’s some news that most women already know. Men tell more lies than women. The London Daily Mail cites（引用）a new study that says men tell about three lies a day, while women tell only two lies a day. Men are also less likely to feel guilty about lying, according to this week’s survey of 3,000 people by a research organization called One Poll. According to the Poll, lying to our mothers is very popular. But then, so is lying at work. And both men and women will lie when it comes to how much they’ve drunk. So how easy is it to tell when someone is lying?

1. A Chinese student called policemen for help as he ________.

A．lost a mobile phone in the classroom	B．dropped his mobile phone in the toilet
C．failed to pass a test	D．argued with his roommates

2. The underlined word “expanded” in Passage 1 probably means ________.

A．smelt awful

B．moved quickly

C．were offered

D．became larger in size

3. The writer calls the Brazilian couple “crazy pet lovers” because they ________.

A．dress their pets up in fashionable clothing	B．buy their pets high quality food
C．spent ￥68,000 on a wedding for their pets	D．spent £7,000 in buying a pet

4. If you say “oh, rats” in Guangzhou, it can mean that ________.

A．something goes wrong	B．you see some field mice
C．you are a Mickey Mouse lover	D．you’d like to have rat meat for dinner

5. Neither men nor women will tell the truth ________ according to the Poll.

A．about how much they’ve drunk	B．when they feel guilty about lying
C．when women tell less lies than men	D．when they talk to their fathers

6. Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A．It is difficult to unstick the stuck student.

B．The couple’s pets are Yorkshire terriers.

C．People in China enjoy eating rat meat.

D．3,000 people took part in the survey made by One Poll.

【推荐1】Charlotte's Web is a popular American children's book about the friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a spider(蛛) named Charlotte. The writer, E.B. White, shows that a real friend will help you even though he or she has nothing to get from doing so.
In the book, Charlotte is always helping Wilbur. She spins(吐) words into her web to save Wilbur's life, even though spinning the words is tiring and difficult for her. Charlotte is a true friend. She helps Wilbur for only one reason - she cares about him.
Templeton, the rat, on the other hand, is not a real friend to Wilbur. Templeton only helps others when there is something in it for him. When he is asked to help save Wilbur's life, he says "no" at first. Later on, he agrees to help, but only because he wants to keep eating Wilbur's meals. At the end of the book, Wilbur learns the true meaning of friendship. He helps Charlotte to save her babies. He does this not for other reasons, but because he cares about his friend.
Reading this book lets me know how important it is to help others. Being a good friend means being there when you are needed.
1. What does Charlotte do to save Wilbur's life?

A．She spins words into her web.

B．She provides food for Wilbur.

C．She asks other friends to help.

D．She makes a house for Wilbur.

2. How does Charlotte feel when she is spinning the words?

A．Tired.	B．Excited.
C．Bored.	D．Frightened.

3. Why does Templeton agree to help Wilbur?

A．Because he cares about Wilbur.

B．Because he wants to live with Wilbur.

C．Because he wants to eat Wilbur's meals.

D．Because he wants to learn how to spin.

4. The passage mainly talks about the_______.

A．neighbourhood	B．friendship
C．war	D．work

【推荐2】Most middle school students need to wear school uniforms at school every day. Do they really like their uniforms? Here are different ideas from some of them.

Kathy: We wear uniforms from Monday to Friday. Our uniforms are great! Boys wear white shirts and dark blue trousers. Girls wear white blouses and blue skirts. They make us look smart. The uniforms have a logo (标志) with our grades and classes. I think it’s good to wear uniforms. Everyone wears the same clothes. We don’t have to think about what to wear every morning. The teachers and other students can easily tell what class you are in from the logo on your clothes. This needs us to behave (表现) well outside the classroom.

Lucy: In our school, we wear uniforms every day. We have different uniforms in different seasons. Mum says I look nice in them, but I don’t think so. I don’t like the colours of our uniforms—always white and dark blue. I like pink! And everyone looks the same. There are twins in my class, I can’t tell who is who in the same clothes. Also, our uniforms feel so hard, so I don’t feel comfortable in them.

Jim: We only have to wear uniforms on Monday. I don’t think it’s a good idea to wear uniforms every day. The styles are out of fashion. And they are often not the right sizes.

1. What does “This” in Paragraph 2 refer to (指代)?

A．Everyone wears the same clothes.

B．Our uniforms make us look great.

C．We wear uniforms from Monday to Friday.

D．Others can easily tell what class you are in from the logo.

2. Who thinks the school uniforms are nice?

A．Only Kathy.	B．Kathy and Lucy’s mother.
C．Jim and Kathy’s mother.	D．Jim and Lucy’s mother.

3. Some students dislike wearing uniforms. How many reasons can you find in the passage?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six.

【推荐3】Mr. Smith works in a big city. Mrs. Smith teaches English in a small town(镇). Bill is their son. He is with his mother.

It's a sunny Monday morning. Mrs. Smith writes a letter(信) to Mr. Smith. She says, “Bill, take the letter to the post office(邮局) and your father will get it on Friday.”

After a very long time, Bill comes back home.

“Why do you come back so late? Do you play basketball with your cousins?” asks Mrs. Smith. “No, Mom”, answers Bill, “I went to the post office in South Street.”

“Why do you go there? It's very far(远的). There is one near our house.”

“But the one in South Street is near Dad. He can get the letter earlier.”

1. Mrs. Smith lives with her ________ according to the passage.

A．son

B．parents

C．brother

D．husband

2. Mrs. Smith thinks Mr. Smith will get the letter on ________.

A．Monday

B．Tuesday

C．Friday

D．Saturday

3. Bill comes back home late because ________.

A．he loses his way	B．he walks slowly
C．he plays with his cousins	D．he goes to a far post office

4. What does the underlined part "the one" refer to(代指)?

A．The letter.	B．The friend.
C．The post office.	D．The basketball school.

5. Which of the following is true(正确的)?

A．Bill is a clever boy.	B．Mr. Smith is a teacher.
C．Mr. Smith can get the letter earlier.	D．South Street is far from Bill's house.

【推荐2】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

My little dream of book

I have always wanted to write since I was a child.     1     When Harry Potter came out, I was so fascinated with it. And I really hoped to become an excellent writer like J. K. Rowling one day.

The problem is that I was not a very good writer. Then I prepared a little black book and it looked very common.     2    . It started as somewhere to write down all of the interesting experiences. When an idea came into my head, I would write it down. Sometimes the first idea was not such a good one, but it might lead to better ideas. I wrote down ten ideas no matter how bad they were.     3    . After that I would develop it into a few pages.

Now I bring the book everywhere with me. In my opinion,     4    . It is full of colorful thoughts or what the world is like—the world is full of strange things. Every day, there is something special and unusual just waiting to be discovered.

My book is amazing. It lets me catch all of those small things and catch them before they can go away. So far I have written a great novel and some poems.     5    . In fact, this book is more than just words on paper for me. It is my special wealth.

A．It makes my life more and more meaningful.

B．I don’t like it at all at first.

C．Then I wrote a short story with three best ideas.

D．However, it was a little book of dreams.

E．it is much more important than my mobile phone.

F．Honestly, I am surprised to find that I can write poems.

G．I fell in love with writing when I started reading.

【推荐3】I’m Nancy. Do you remember the name of your kindergarten (幼儿园) teacher? I do. Her name was Mrs. White. And I remember I thought she must be a sister of Snow White, because she had the same bright blue eyes, short dark hair and fair skin as her.

I don’t remember much about what we learned in her class, but my mother once told me that we used to write a lot. And I would bring back what I wrote and she would look at it and see there were so many mistakes. But no red corrections (改正), and always a star. Sometimes even a Good, which would make me fly with happiness. So one day when my mother went to meet Mrs. White for one of those parent-teacher meetings, she asked her why she never corrected my mistakes in the right spellings of words or pointed out grammatical mistakes.

“The children are just beginning to get excited about using words and forming (形成) sentences. I don’t want my students to lose interest because of red ink (墨水). Spelling and grammar can wait, the wonder of words won’t...”Mrs. White said.

Later I knew that if Mrs White had used her red pen often, I probably wouldn’t be telling you about this now. I look back now and think she must have been a rather unusual teacher to use as less red pen as possible.

I used to misspell (拼错) “beautiful” a lot, and could never remember that the “e”goes before the “a”. It made my teacher in high school angry. She asked me to use “pretty” when I was writing. I didn’t listen to her. To my eyes, “pretty” is easier to spell, but it doesn’t hold as much as we mean sometimes.

And thanks to Mrs. White, I never worried about writing what I meant even if I couldn’t quite spell it out, because life isn’t “pretty”. It’s “beautiful”.

1. How might Nancy’s mother feel before she went to meet Mrs. White?

A．Worried.

B．Pleased.

C．Proud.

D．Embarrassed.

2. Which one is right according to what Mrs. White said in Paragraph 3?

A．Children don’t have the patience in spelling words.

B．Red corrections are used to draw children’s attention.

C．Children’s interest of learning words is very important.

D．Grammar and spelling should be paid more attention to.

3. What is the correct order according to the text?
a. Nancy did badly in her schoolwork.
b. Nancy’s mother understood what Mrs. White had done.
c. Nancy would never mind misspelling to express herself.
d. Mrs. White explained why she never corrected Nancy’s mistakes.
e. Nancy’s high school teacher was not satisfied with her for misspelling.

A．a-d-b-e-c

B．b-e-a-d-c

C．c-d-a-e-b

D．d-a-e-c-b

4. What can we learn from the text?

A．One should help children spell correct words.

B．We should never pay attention to spelling and grammar.

C．Children should know how to use simple words to express themselves.

D．Using words to express is more important than just correcting spelling.

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

A．Mother’s Love.	B．“Beautiful” Life.
C．My Childhood.	D．Growing up in Mistakes.