【推荐1】Today, by carefully choosing dog parents, humans have created many different kinds of dogs. Each kind has its own look and talents, and its own role within human society. Here are three examples of “a dog’s life” in the human world.

Today, many hospitals let specially trained dogs in to bring love and cheer to patients. Shaynee is a therapy dog. She visits children who are in hospital. Dogs like Shaynee help patients feel calm and at peace, which can be hard in a busy hospital. They help both children and adults stay strong during long hospital stays, and even help them get better.

Today, some beagles (小猎犬) work in airports for the government. They are part of the program called the Beagle Brigade. A beagle is good for the work because of its powerful nose, and ability to follow smells. The Beagle Brigade’s job is to smell everything that comes into the country. They make officers notice illegal (非法的) fruits, vegetables and other foods in luggage or in mail. The beagles do the job far better than any human could.

While some dogs are working hard, others are free to spend their days resting and playing. Across the world, many pet dogs are treated like children. Many have their own rooms and all the things a dog could want. Some even have their own clothes. Many of these pets spend their days playing, learning to follow, or even going to classes. Their owners give them the best, and enjoy doing so.

Whether as workers or objects of affection (钟情), dogs have become helpful to humans in many ways. There are plenty of advantages for the dog, too. Many kinds of wild dogs have nearly disappeared from the Earth. However, the domestic dog’s special place as “man’s best friend” has allowed it to survive in a human world.

1. What is the main idea of Paragraph 2?

A．Dogs can take care of patients.	B．Patients need love in the hospital.
C．Hospitals need many special dogs.	D．Doctors are too busy to see patients.

2. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．To ask people to treat dogs as their own children.

B．To explain why humans need beagles in their work.

C．To tell people about the history of dogs’ development.

D．To show a good relationship between dogs and humans.

3. Which of the following best shows the structure of the passage?

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B．

C．

D．

【推荐2】Miriam Gardsbane is a little girl with a big heart. She is a middle school student in Thailand (泰国). Today is Sunday. She is not at school but at the Olney Farmers and Artists Market in Maryland. What does she do there? Is the 11-year-old girl farming? No, she isn’t. She is selling handcrafted clay (粘土) elephants. Miriam Gardsbane and her friends make these elephants in their free time. Miriam Gardsbane doesn’t use the money she gets to buy clothes or funny toys. She uses the money to help elephants.

“Elephants need help,” Miriam said after her day at the market. “A lot of people don’t know what’s going on with these animals.”

Two years ago, Miriam watched a TV program about elephants. Some people made elephant shows for money in streets. How poor these elephants were! They should be free in the forest. That was why Miriam decided to do something to help elephants.

1. Miriam makes colorful clay elephants with her ________.

A．friends

B．sisters

C．parents

D．classmates

2. Miriam makes money to ________.

A．buy clothes

B．buy toys

C．help elephants

D．help her families

3. Which girl comes from the same country as Miriam?

A．

B．

C．

D．

4. Which of the following is True?

A．Miriam often does some farming on the farm.

B．Miriam knew how to help elephants from TV.

C．Lots of people know what’s going on with elephants.

D．Miriam thinks elephants should go back to the forests.

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

A．Elephants in Thailand

B．A Nice Elephants Show

C．How to Protect Elephants

D．A Little Girl with a Big Heart

【推荐3】Making Friends with Ducks

In traditional pet stores, you can buy an animal to be your companion at home. But there’s a new kind of “pet store” where you can spend some time with animals and just walk away without taking any of them with you. What really matters is to be there.

My colleagues and I visited one of these stores in the Sanlitun neighborhood of Beijing. We were looking for Call ducks (柯尔鸭), a Dutch species of pet ducks. They are famous for their cute looks and their sky-high prices—one of them can easily cost a few thousand yuan. Since we were not planning to spend so much on a duck any time soon, visiting them in one of these places—what I'd call “mini-zoos”—seemed to be the perfect choice.

There were five Gall ducks at the store and we spent a good three hours with them. We learned a lot about the species.

Call ducks are not as obedient enough to follow what they are told to do as dogs, so playing with them takes a lot of chasing from our side and quacking (呱呱叫) from theirs. Also, don’t expect them to be house-trained—one of the ducks actually pooped (排便) while sitting on my lap. But none of this took the pleasure out of holding them in my hands and touching their full chests.

That’s the magic of animals—you are refreshed again.

1. According to the passage, the new kind of pet stores ________.

A．provide the service of experiencing	B．sell Gall ducks at a very high price
C．are famous for their pets Call ducks	D．teach rich knowledge about animals

2. The underlined word obedient is closest in meaning to _______ .

A．strong

B．gentle

C．honest

D．brave

3. It’s clear that Call ducks ________.

A．are better companions than dogs	B．like chasing people around
C．are difficult to be house-trained	D．always poop on people’s laps

4. The writer wants to tell us________.

A．Sanlitun is a good choice to relax

B．the trip to mini-zoos is very refreshing

C．spending time with animals is fashionable

D．keeping pets at sky-high prices is unnecessary

5. What would be another title for this passage?

A．To Own Is Traditional	B．To Touch Is Magic
C．To Be There Is Enough	D．To Visit Is Cheap

【推荐1】Giant pandas have been living on Earth for millions of years. Other animals that lived long ago, such as stegodons and smilodons, have since died out. But we still have pandas with us today. Pandas can change their diets to fit into different environments, according to Wei Fuwen from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

       Researchers studied the bones of 12 giant panda fossils (化石). They found that pandas went from being meat eaters to becoming plant eaters over time. They mainly ate bamboo, as they still do today. Other large meat eaters had no interest in bamboo, so pandas could live safely in bamboo forests. That is one of the reasons why they have been around for so long.
       In addition, pandas are very strong and have great bite force (咬合力). They can also climb trees. Both of these abilities helped them stay alive in the past.
       However, pandas are facing some problems. There are fewer pandas in the world today. They are dying out mainly because of habitat loss. People have cut down forests to build houses and farms. This has caused pandas to lose both their food and their homes.
       Pandas also have problems giving birth to babies. Female pandas can only get pregnant (怀孕) once a year and they are very choosy about their mates. And because they mainly eat bamboo, their milk is low in nutrients (营养). This makes it harder for their babies to survive.
1. According to Wei Fuwen, pandas haven’t died out because they ________.

A．have thick fur to live through the cold weather	B．can change their diets to fit into new environment
C．can run fast to escape from their enemies	D．can kill other bigger animals around them

2. What is the main problem pandas are facing now?

A．Climate change.

B．Natural enemies.

C．The loss of their habitat.

D．Dangerous diseases.

3. Female pandas can get pregnant ________.

A．twice every five years

B．once a year

C．twice a year

D．three times every four years

4. According to the story, it is hard for baby pandas to survive because ________.

A．panda milk is low in nutrients	B．their parents don’t take care of them
C．they are very short when they’re born	D．they aren’t used to cold weather

【推荐2】The size and shape(形状) of your ears show your character more than any other parts of the face. Other parts of the face change shape as we get older, but ears do not change their shape. They only change in size.
Reading people’s character from their ears is an old science. In very old times people thought that a person with big ears had a good and generous character. They thought that a person with pale, small ears was dangerous. They also thought that the shape of the ear showed if a person was musical. Today, too many people believe that the size and the shape of the ear help you know if a person is musical.
Ears are all different, and each characteristic has a meaning. Next time when you look at a person, see if his ears are large, medium-size or small. Look at the lobes (the lowest part of the ear). Do they stick to the face? Ears that are always red mean a person may easily get angry, or he / she just has high blood pressure (高血压). Ears that are always cold and pale mean a person has a nervous character. And a big inside hole of the ear means a person is musical.
1. When a baby is born, _______________________.

A．his / her ears are red

B．his / her ears will not change all the life

C．he / she will get large ears

D．his / her ears will not change in shape

2. We can guess Beethoven (a world-famous musician) may have.

A．ears with a big inside hole

B．round white ears

C．ears with a hole in the lobes

D．big red ears

3. Which may be the best title of the article?

A．Looking at a person in the right way

B．Ears and characters

C．The change of ears

D．Ears and colours

【推荐3】
1. ________ A small change in your daily routine can bring about noticeable improvements for the situation of sub-health（亚健康）. The following are simple suggestions for students to fight sub-health. 5 to 7 am: This is the best time to get up. Getting up early and having a good breakfast is the easiest way to raise your energy and fight tiredness.
2. ________ A study shows that drinking water before work and study improves cognitive(认知的) ability. Drinking two liters of water can circulate（使循环）the levels of oxygen and minerals in the body.
3. ________ Take your eyes off the book or screen every two hours and look into the distance. The eyes can affect brain and heart functions if overused, which can lead to a risk of sudden death.
4. _______ Working out for one hour every day is important for students to remain healthy. Taking part in group sports is also a good way to reduce pressure.
5. ________ Reading paper-based books is good for improving concentration. A consistent amount of information allows you to memorize more efficiently. 10 pm to 11 pm: This is the suggested bedtime.

【推荐1】The reason why many people can succeed(成功) is that they have good habits(习惯). The good habits help them to be successful. What are good habits? How can you get into good habits? Here is some advice for you.

First, everyone has his merits(优点). You should always look for the good points in people and learn from them.

Second, you should try to learn new things and new skills every day. Reading a few pages of a book or a newspaper every day also helps you.

Third, start the day the right way. When you get up in the morning, look at yourself in the mirror(镜子) and tell yourself you must keep your good habits today.

I think the last one is the most important. No matter what good habits you decide to have, you should try to keep them. Then you can live a successful and happy life.

1. What makes some people successful?

A．Eating healthy food.	B．Having good habits.
C．Meeting good friends.	D．Having successful parents.

2. What is the most important about good habits?

A．Learning from others.	B．Learning new skills.
C．Getting up early in the morning.	D．Trying to keep the good habits.

3. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Importance of learning	B．Ways of starting the day
C．Advice on having good habits	D．Merits of successful people

【推荐2】To many students, joining social media “circles” is now more important than making new friends in real life. And it’s easy. If you have a mobile phone, you can download (下载) many things such as Sina Weibo, QQ and WeChat.

“I love to check my friends’ updates (更新). I also enjoy news and humor shared on social media,” said Wang Wei, 14, from a middle school in Shenzhen. While enjoying these, Wang distances himself from real life. I love playing the plane-shooting game on WeChat, but have no interest in playing chess with my classmates,” said Wang.

Deng Yunyun 14, from Xuhui Middle School in Shanghai, said that social media has influenced their normal life. Last month, his school held a basketball match, and a student hurt his leg. Instead of giving him some help, students were busy with updating WeChat blogs about the accident. “I think they need to learn to balance their real and online lives, and what worries parents and teachers a lot is safety.” said Deng.

“Many students are happy to tell their interests and personal information to their social media ‘friends’. And this could bring them danger,” said Miss Wang, a teacher from Shenzhen middle school. “For example, the use of WeChat’s shake-shake allows users to connect to other users nearby. Also police warn about the risks (风险) of making friends in this way.

“Be careful. Do not use the locating (定位) function at any moment, do not give your name, and do not post the photos of your community,” said Wang.

1. To many students, what is more important than making friends in real life?

A．Studying hard.	B．Joining social media “circles”.
C．Playing basketball with friends.	D．Having a meal with families.

2. Why did nobody offer help when a student hurt his leg?

A．Because his classmates were busy sharing their update.

B．Because his classmates didn’t see him as their friends.

C．Because he didn’t belong to their social media circles.

D．Because there were few students there at that moment.

3. The underlined word “this” in the fourth paragraph refers to ________.

A．the use of WeChat’s shake-shake

B．having no interest in playing chess with friends

C．paying too much attention to their social media circles

D．sharing personal information with their social media friends

4. The teacher gives some suggestions except ________.

A．do not share any news on social media	B．do not use the locating function on social media
C．do not give your name on social media	D．do not post the photos of your residential area

5. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．The use of WeChat’s shake-shake adds risks of making friends on line.

B．Warn students not to use WeChat’s locating function in case of danger.

C．WeChat keeps students away from real life and also may bring them danger.

D．Joining social media circles is more important than making friends in real life.