【推荐1】You probably know many of the things that you can do with the hundreds of different muscles in your body. But have you ever thought about how the muscles in an animal's body are different from yours? An animal's muscles are made to do the things that are most important for its life.

Lions are hunters. They depend on their ability to catch other animals. Lions must be fast in order to catch their prey(猎物). The powerful muscles in their back legs allow them to run at the speed of more than 30 miles per hour. They can also jump a distance of more than 35 feet. The strong muscles in their front legs help them catch their prey.

Snakes also use their muscles for hunting prey and for movement, but their muscles work in very different ways than lion's do. Because snakes do not have any legs, they use their muscles to push against the ground or other objects to move themselves forward. Their muscles also allow them to eat things that seem much too large. For example, a snake may eat an egg that is larger than the width of its body. How does this happen? The snake's strong neck muscles work together to push the egg down the mouth.

The elephant's long nose has a lot of muscles. Scientists believe that the nose alone has more than 100000 muscles! This is because the elephant uses its nose much in the same way that people use their hands and fingers. Even though the nose is large, it can perform surprisingly tasks. For example, an elephant can pick up a small leaf from the ground. The nose can also be a powerful tool. An elephant can use its nose to pick up a tree by its roots or even to lift a baby elephant.

The great muscles of these animals seem pretty unbelievable. But the muscles in your body work exactly the way you need them to. After all, it might be fun to be able to jump a distance of 30 feet, but as a human being, there is just not much need of it.

1. The underlined word "hunter" in Paragraph 2 means persons or animals that ________.

A．keep animals for fun	B．raise animals for meat
C．catch animals for food	D．run after animals for exercise

2. All the followings are talked about in the passage EXCEPT ________.

A．An elephant's nose is strong enough to pick up a tree by its roots

B．The strong muscles in the back legs help lions catch their prey

C．Snakes can't move themselves forward without their muscles

D．Muscles in an animal’s body are not the same as a human’s

3. According to the passage, what makes the muscles in your body different from an animal's?

A．The exercise.

B．Your work.

C．The environment.

D．Your needs.

4. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

A．

B．

C．

D．

【推荐3】The weather’s getting cooler; the trees are turning brown—it’s autumn!

Is it autumn or fall? The third season of a year has two names, autumn and fall. Both of them were born in Britain. What exactly you should call that season depends on where you are in the world and whom you talk to. In Great Britain, it usually has only one name: autumn. But if you come to the US you’ll find that American people use both fall and autumn when referring to this time of a year.

Why do leaves turn yellow? In autumn, leaves go, from green to orange, red, yellow or brown. A chemical substance (物质) called chlorophyll (叶绿素) plays a role. Chlorophyll helps trees make sugar from sunlight. This feeds the tree and keeps the leaves green. But as autumn comes, the chlorophyll becomes less. The green color goes away, and now we can see the other colors in the leaves.

What is the special food in autumn? In autumn, apples are good for you and there is lots of other anti-inflammatory (抗炎的) food to try as well, such as cabbage, cauliflower (花椰菜), garlic (蒜), peas, and all kinds of lettuce (生菜).

Do some outdoor activities! Autumn is a perfect season, with a comfortable temperature for people to do some outdoor activities. Go hiking up the mountain or biking down the road in the countryside. Just give yourself a break to enjoy nature.

根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
1. In which city can you use fall to refer to the third season of a year?

A．London.

B．New York.

C．Cambridge.

2. Which one is not the anti-inflammatory food?

A．Garlic.

B．Cabbage.

C．Meat.

3. Which of the following is true according to this passage?

A．We only can see the yellow leaves in autumn.

B．When autumn comes, the chlorophyll becomes more.

C．Autumn is a perfect season for outdoor activities.

4. What can we infer (推断) from the passage?

A．Trees become colorful because there is more chlorophyll in autumn.

B．Many kinds of anti-inflammatory vegetables can be eaten during autumn.

C．People in England can enjoy not only biking but also skating in autumn.

5. Where can we probably read the passage in the newspaper?

A．School Life.

B．Sports World.

C．Science Study.

【推荐1】Taking a bus or subway, making payments online, or just walking-these daily activities can help turn China's deserts into forests if you are using Ant Forest.

Ant Forest is a feature (功能) in the Alipay mobile payment app. It records users' low-carbon activities—taking a bus to work instead of driving, for example—and gives users “green energy". When the user's green energy gets high enough? Ant Forest and its partners will plant a real tree for that person.

Last month, Ant Forest received the 2019 Champions of the Earth award, the UN's highest environmental honor. It won the award by encouraging people to live greener lifestyles and protect the environment.

By the end of August, 2019, about 500,000,000 people had used Ant Forest since it came out in August 2016. Ant Forest and its partners have planted 122,000,000 trees in China's driest areas, including parts of Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Qinghai and Shanxi. The trees protect an area of 12,000 hectares (公顷) land. This makes Ant Forest China's largest tree-planting project started by a private company. Ant Forest also shows us how we can use technology to solve environmental problems.

1. What is Ant Forest?

A．It is a name for a group of special ants.	B．It is a game that can help people fight ants.
C．It is a forest for people to grow trees in.	D．It is a feature in the Alipay mobile payment app.

2. You can get "green energy" in Ant Forest by ________.
a. taking a bus     b. paying bills     c. walking     d. opening the app

A．ab

B．ac

C．cd

D．bd

3. Ant Forest received the 2019 Champions of the Earth award because ________.

A．it helps people buy cheap things online	B．it is the first company to plant trees
C．it solved a big environmental problem	D．it encourages people to protect the environment

4. What do we NOT know from Paragraph 4?

A．The number of people who had used Ant Forest by the end of August, 2019.

B．How much land had Ant Forest's trees protected by the end of August, 2019.

C．In which provinces had Ant Forest planted trees by the end of August, 2019.

D．How many trees had Ant Forest and its partners planted by the end of August, 2019.

【推荐2】The Internet has changed the world, people are able to get and share information in seconds. Nowadays, people begin to wonder: Is the Internet good or bad? “It’s impossible to answer that question because the Internet means so many things,” says psychologist (心理学家) Patricia Greenfield.

Some are truly wonderful. In many ways it makes life easier and simpler. It helps us get things done more quickly. It opens up the world to us. And if a friend lives far away, the Internet makes it easy to stay in touch.

However, the issue (话题) isn’t black and white. Some can become real problems if we don’t take care. Spending too much time online is bad to people’s health. It may even cause them to be less social with family and friends. Aside from that, some people attack the web or use the Internet to steal others’ personal information, even banking information. Most of the young students think the Internet is simply an icon (图标) on the screen (屏幕). Kids won’t realize that the Internet is a network of millions of computers until about 10 years old.

The Internet can be a useful tool, but don’t let it take up all of your time. Use the Internet properly and carefully and it can make your life more colourful.

1. By saying “the Internet means so many things”, Patricia Greenfield means that________.

A．the Internet is hard for people to search	B．the Internet brings advantages as well as disadvantages
C．the Internet has more advantages than expected	D．the Internet has more disadvantages than expected

2. Which of the following has a similar meaning to the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3？

A．Accidents will happen.	B．Actions speak louder than words.
C．Every coin has two sides.	D．A good beginning makes a good ending.

3. In the mind of very young children, the Internet is ________.

A．bad

B．simple

C．difficult

D．everything

4. Which of the following information is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．The Internet helps us get and share information quickly.	B．Not everything on the Internet is safe.
C．Using the Internet for a long time is not good for our health.	D．Young children should not use the Internet.

5. What might the writer talk about in the following paragraphs (段落)?

A．Advantages of using the Internet.	B．Disadvantages of using the Internet.
C．How to stop using the Internet.	D．How to use the Internet wisely.

【推荐3】If you’re a kid in South Korea these days, you might have trouble playing the latest online game on your smartphone for as long as you want. That’s because the South Korean government has started to take some control what kids can access on their phones.

The government of this Asian nation has developed an app called Smart Sheriff that lets parents know about the websites their kids visit or the apps they use. South Korea has required that kids 18 and under install this app, or another one like it, on their smartphones.

In South Korea eight out of ten kids have one smartphone. But it has a downside. Many students find it hard to concentrate on their studies. Parents and educators are also concerned that kids will explore harmful content on the Internet. So the government has set out to protect kids form the dangers of the web.

When apps like Smart Sheriff are installed on a phone, the user is blocked from visiting certain websites, and alerts (警告) are sent to parents when a kid types problem words. Smart Sheriff can disable apps, and it keeps track of how much time teens spent on the phone. Supporters of Smart Sheriff believe that this will protect kids from dangers on the Web.

Others disagree. Teens complain that the app encroaches(侵犯) on their right to privacy. Some parents feel that they should be the ones in control of their kids’ smartphone use. They argue that children should be taught how to safely use the web instead.

For now, the monitoring app is here to stay, but there are a few ways around it. Some teens say they’ll wait until they hit 19 to get a smartphone. Others have suddenly become iphone fans—Smart Sheriff works only on Android phones.

1. What is Smart Sheriff?

A．smartphone.

B．A placo.

C．An app.

D．A website.

2. How does Smart Sheriff work if a kid tries to open a bad website?

A．I will sound an alarm to remind the kid.	B．It will black the website for the kid.
C．It will make the phone shut down.	D．It will record the times the kid opens the website.

3. The underlined word “downside” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ________.

A．disadvantage

B．fall

C．place

D．future

4. Why is the kids’ smartphone use in control?

A．Kid’s parents want to know their privacy.	B．Too many kids have a smartphone.
C．It's the law kids should follow.	D．The kid’s studies are affected.

5. What’s the reaction of the kids to the app Smart Sheriff?

A．Some choose to use iPhones instead.

B．Some learn how to safely use the Web.

C．Some decide they won’t use the smartpbone any more.

D．Some fight for their privacy with their parents.

【推荐1】I went to England last year. I enjoyed my stay, and I noticed something interesting with the English way of life.

For example, you must say Mr or Mrs when you meet someone for the first time. When you get to know each other better or when they ask you to, you can just use their first names.

One day, we visited some friends and had afternoon tea together. Afternoon tea is not just a drink but a light meal at around 4 pm. We ate sandwiches and a large fruit cake. In England, you usually drink tea with milk. So I tried to drink tea with milk, too.

Fish and chips is traditional food in England. You can buy it and eat it in special fish and chip shops on the high street, or you can take it away and eat it with your fingers! It is delicious.

At the bus stop, you must not push your way onto the bus. You need to stand in a line and wait your turn. Sometimes people are slow to get on a bus.

Once I noticed a gentleman touch a young man on the shoulder, smile politely and say, “Excuse me! Are you waiting for this bus?” He was really polite.

1. When can we use someone’s first name in England?

A．When we meet for the first time.

B．When we meet for the second time.

C．When we know each other better.

D．When we don’t know someone.

2. What’s afternoon tea like in England?

A．It’s just a drink.	B．It’s just a meal.
C．It’s not just a drink but a party.	D．It’s not just a drink but a light meal.

3. Where can we buy the fish and chips?

A．In special fish and chip shops.	B．In the supermarket.
C．In the market.	D．In special fish and chip factories.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The writer went to England two years ago.

B．It’s important for you to wait for your turn at the bus stop.

C．The usually drink tea without nothing.

D．Fish and chips is new food in England.

【推荐3】

The Silk Road is the name of different roads that long ago connected Europe, Africa and Asia. People reached these different places along these roads. Scientists believe people began to travel the Silk Road about 3,000 years ago. By the time the Chinese silk trade became important in the world, the Silk Road had covered almost 6,500 kilometers. It went from Rome to China, which is from the West to the Far East.

Merchants travelled along the Silk Road to carry silk, of course. They also carried and traded other things like spices(香料), cloth, jewels and gold.

Along and around these ancient paths have come many fascinating and mysterious stories.

It is said that Roman soldiers who lost a war travelled through central Asia. They decided to live somewhere near the ancient Chinese villages. Some of these Romans married local Chinese women and the legend of the blond-haired, blue-eyed tribes of China was started.

Some historians believe that the people of Kashmir were taken away from their country Israel. They were prisoners(俘虏) of war almost 2,800 years ago. People say that these people travelled along the Silk Road. They kept their Jewish way of life for a long time.

During its busiest period, the Silk Road allowed people from many different cultures and countries to meet each other and mix. The Silk Road allowed the sharing of valuable things and new ideas. It included people and trading goods from different areas. All these peoples travelled the Silk Road, and they shared goods, stories, languages, and cultures.

In modern times, the old Silk Road routes(路线) are still used, but now they are crossed by trains instead of camels and horses. There is even a Silk Route Museum in Jiuquan in China. It has over 35,000 objects from all along the Silk Road. In this way, China protects the history of many countries and peoples.

1. It is clear that ___________.

A．the Silk Road was divided into Europe, Africa and Asia

B．Roman soldiers would like to travel along the Silk Road

C．people could travel to different countries along the Silk Road

D．people shared only silk on the Silk Road

2. The underlined word “Merchants” in the passage probably means“________ ”.

A．foreigners

B．businessmen

C．soldiers

D．prisoners

3. Which sentence is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The Silk Road began with the wars.

B．The Silk Road covered almost 6,500 kilometers in China.

C．People began to travel the Silk Road about 3,000 years ago.

D．People from Israel were not included among people on the Silk Road.

4. The best title for the passage can be “_____________”.

A．Stories along the Silk Road	B．Silk Route Museum
C．Trade for Silk	D．The West and the Far East

【推荐1】Can you imagine a world without the Internet? It’s surprising to think about it.
Now, China has more than 162 million Internet users, according to the China Internet Network Information Centre. This is the second highest number of user in the world after the United States. Today, 66% of Chinese “netizens（网民）”are teenagers. “They spend about thirteen hours every week online,” said Qian Hulin, an Internet expert（专家）. Doctor Song in Beijing Xuanwu Hospital said about 14% of Chinese netizens who are teenagers often lasted over ten hours to play online games.
The main reasons why teenagers surf the Web are to search for information, to communicate with others and to have fun. On the Internet, teenagers can find out almost anything. And surfing the Web can help students with their homework and widen their knowledge.
Li Dong,   a   teacher   in   NO. 41 Middle School in Shijiazhuang, likes her students to use the Internet.   “When   we talk in   class, students who surf the Net usually know more background information than the others,” she said.
In addition, people can use the Internet to write letters or stories and send emails. Many teenagers〖JP〗 keep in touch with their friends online. It is cheaper than phoning somebody far away and also much quicker.
1.          has the most Internet users in the world according to the article.

A．China

B．America

C．Canada

D．Russia

2. There are about        Chinese netizens to play online games for over ten hours.

A．107 million old	B．22.7 million old
C．107 million young	D．22.7 million young

3. Which isn’t mentioned about the main reason why teenagers surf the Web?

A．having fun

B．searching for information

C．shopping on line

D．communicating with others

4. Li Dong in NO. 41 Middle School likes her students to use the Internet because she         .

A．thinks surfing the Net can help students spend less time on homework

B．thinks her students can get more background information than the others

C．wants her students to talk to her about their hobbies and interests

D．wants to know what her students do and think about at home

5. Which way is the cheapest and quickest to learn something about friends far away?

A．Giving them a call.

B．Going to see them.

C．Writing a letter to them.

D．Sending emails to them.

【推荐2】Frank is a student. He likes playing with his phone very much. And he keeps the phone with him at all times. His dad thinks he is addicted(上瘾的) to his phone. But Frank doesn't think so. They write to each other.

Dear Frank, You've heard the warnings. It's reported that fifty percent of the teenagers depend on their phones too much. I think you have this problem too. That's why I think you should give up your phone. Not forever, just for a week. I'm warned that you are developing some bad habits. You keep your phone with you all the time—you even check the basketball scores at the dinner table. It's not a good idea to use your phone while you are doing homework. You can't put your heart into your homework at all. And you may make more mistakes when you can't fully put your heart into it. There are many good reasons to take a break from your phone. Have a try! So what do you say? Are you ready to give up using your phone? Love, Dad

Dear Dad, I know you think I depend on my phone too much. But I'm just using technology to help my life to be better. My phone helps me in many ways. Do you remember that time when the car broke down? I sent a message to tell you that I was going to be late. If I didn't, you would be worried about me. My phone helps me with my homework too. I can look up anything in a second. It's really hard to be successful today if you don't have a phone. Social media, games, and apps might seem silly to you, but they help me to keep in touch with my friends. I promise to cut back my phone use, and I won't use it at the dinner table any more. But giving it up for a week would be a mistake and it wouldn't change anything in the long term. Love, Frank

1. How long does Frank's dad advise him to give up his phone?

A．For a week.

B．For a month.

C．For a year.

D．Forever.

2. What does Frank think of social media, games, and apps?

A．They make him smart.	B．They make him relaxed.
C．They help him make lots of money.	D．They help him keep in touch with his friends.

3. According to the passage, Frank promises to ________.

A．use it at the dinner table	B．use it at home
C．spend less time on it	D．give it up forever

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Frank thinks it is a waste of time to use phones.

B．Frank sometimes uses his phone to look up something.

C．All teenagers depend on their phones too much.

D．Frank's dad thinks it's OK to check basketball scores at the dinner table.

【推荐3】Reading newspapers has become an important part of our daily life. Some people read newspapers ____ the first thing to do in the morning. Others read newspapers as soon as they have free time during the day ____ they can learn what ____ in the world.
People just choose their favorite newspapers. Some like the world news, and ____ prefer short stories. Sometimes we don’t have enough time ____ all the news carefully, so we just ____a quick look at the front page. At other time, we ____ be in such a hurry that we only have a few minutes to look at the titles(标题) of the passages.
Today, newspapers in English have ____ of readers in the world. The English language is so popular ____ many Chinese students are reading English newspapers, such as China Daily, 21st Century and so on. They bring ____ information together with the Internet. We can’t live without newspapers.1.

A．for

B．to

C．like

D．as

2.

A．because of

B．so that

C．though

D．such that

3.

A．happens

B．happened

C．is happening

D．will happen

4.

A．some

B．others

C．the others

D．else

5.

A．to read

B．read

C．reads

D．reading

6.

A．get

B．take

C．bring

D．give

7.

A．must

B．need

C．should

D．may

8.

A．the large number

B．the larger number

C．the largest number

D．the most large number

9.

A．if

B．that

C．because

D．though

10.

A．many and many

B．many and more

C．more and more

D．most and most