【推荐1】There are lots of dangerous and terrible insects in Northeastern India, but the tree-bees are the most terrible. They are killers. Unlike most bees, they will sting（叮咬）you only if they are disturbed（打扰）, tree-bees will attack（攻击）you in thousands for no reason. And they will chase（追赶）you for your life.

Walking along a dusty road while I was on holiday there last year. I found myself, without the least warning, in the centre of such an attack. The air above me suddenly became thick（厚的）with bees. Though the weather was hot, I felt cold because of them. Until then I had never heard of Indian tree-bees, but I had recently seen a film called “The Angry Swarm” before, it was about killer-bees.

I began running to the village and it was a really hard time, because the killer-bees followed me all the time. When I reached the village, I found some workers building a house. I ran towards them for help. But as soon as the workers saw the bees with me, they ran for safety at top speed.

Soon my eyes have completely closed. I fell into a pile of brick dust. I pushed myself wildly down into it until my head and shoulders were covered. And then I tried hard to get out of the dust, the angry bees made a new attack on me. I was tired out and soon I lost my consciousness（意识）.

Later I learned that two quick minded villagers ran to a pile of dry grass and quickly surrounded（包围）me with a thick wall of fire and smoke until the bees were driven away. They stayed with me, taking stings（蜂针）out of my body for the next three hours until a doctor came and gave me further treatment.

1. From this passage, who attacked the writer?

A．Farmers working in the village.

B．The weather.

C．The tree-bees.

D．The birds.

2. After being attacked, the writer might meet the following people except ________.

A．some workers building a house	B．two quick-minded villagers
C．a doctor	D．farmers working in the village

3. In which order did the following things happen to the writer?
a. He tried to drive away the bees but failed.
b. He was tired out and lost consciousness later.
c. He was surrounded（围绕）with a thick wall of fire and smoke.
d. He watched a film named “The Angry Swarm”.
e. He was attacked by tree-bees while taking a walk.

A．e-a-c-b-d

B．d-e-a-c-b

C．e-b-a-d-c

D．d-e-a-b-c

【推荐2】One morning Mrs. Andrews made some sausage sandwiches for her husband’s lunch. There was one sausage left over. Mrs. Andrews didn’t like sausages herself and so she gave the last one to Henry, their little dog. Henry ate it up quickly.
During the morning the dog got ill. He wouldn’t stop shaking his head and he couldn’t stand up properly. Mrs. Andrews thought, “He has eaten something that didn't agree with him. Maybe that sausage was bad…” She suddenly remembered her husband’s lunch and called him at the office.
“Jim, I hope you haven’t eaten any of those sandwiches yet.”
“Yes, I have…”
“You have ? Well. Listen, don’t eat any more. I gave Henry the last sausage and now he’s ill . Go to the doctor, Jim. Tell the doctor about the dog. Get some medicine at once.”
Jim came home at lunchtime and went to bed. “I have a very unpleasant hour with the doctor .” He told his wife. “ The medicine made me very sick.”
The next morning Jim was fine. Henry seemed quite well again, too. At eleven o’clock the milkman came with the milk.
“Good morning, Mrs. Andrews,” the milkman said. “How is your dog this morning? I have been thinking about him…”
“Have you? Well, he seems all right now, but…”
“Yesterday morning he and I had a little accident. He jumped up at me and I dropped a bottle of milk on his head.”
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Mrs. Andrews gave the last sausage to Henry because she______________.

A．disliked it

B．knew it was bad

C．was very full

2. When Mrs. Andrews called Jim, he_________________.

A．had already been ill

B．had taken some medicine

C．had eaten the sandwiches

3. Jim felt very sick because of __________.

A．the doctor

B．the medicine

C．the sandwiches

4. In fact it was __________ that made the dog ill during the morning.

A．the sausage

B．the bottle of milk

C．the lunch

5. When Mrs. Andrews knew the truth, she might be very__________.

A．angry

B．happy

C．worried

【推荐3】左栏是五个不同人物的职业和对宠物的要求，右栏是七种宠物的特性。请为左栏的每个人选择合适的宠物，并将答题卡上对应题目所选的选项涂黑.

1     Mary likes to be quiet. She wants to keep a nice pet at home. She hopes it can decorate（装饰） her room. But she doesn’t want to spend too much money on it.     2     Kim, a college student, knows little about animals. He only wants to play with the pet. But his room isn’t big enough.     3     Eric likes to play with the pet. If it can follow his instructions, he must be very happy. He hopes they can be good Friends.     4     Mr brown is a businessman. He is busy with his work every day. He wants to choose a clever pet for his daughter who is only 4 years old. He doesn’t care how much it costs.     5     Mrs miller is a housewife. She feels lonely at home. She wants a pet that can talk. She hopes it can make her life lively. But she is afraid of getting hurt.

A. Birds are colorful and nice to look at. some birds can even say hello to the masters they are safe and stay in their cages. However, training a bird takes Time. B. If you love to be silent, a fish is one of the best pets for you. It can add beauty to your home as well. But you must make sure fish eat the right kind of food. Cleaning their home needs much time. C. Hamsters（仓鼠）don’t need a large place to live in and can be easily taken care of. you can play with them. If you touch them with your fingers, they may hurt you. D. Keeping a turtle（乌龟） as a pet is fun. Turtles are the quietest pets. If you are less than five years old, you’d better not keep turtles because they can spread salmonella（沙门氏菌）. E. Many families keep dogs because they are smart. They can even understand what you say. They like to play with their masters. But you need to spend time walking them. F. Cats may be many children’s best choice. They are beautiful and cute. However, keeping cats may cost much money because you need to buy some toys for Them. G. Pythons （蟒蛇）are big and long animals, so they need big space. As pets, they aren’t poisonous（有毒的）. They need a clean environment and special food. You’d better have some experience when Keeping them.

【推荐1】There is an old English saying. It tells us that we must go to bed early and get up early in the morning. Then we shall be healthy. We shall also be rich and clever. This is true. The body must have enough sleep to be healthy. Children of young age should have ten hours’ sleep every night. Children who do not have enough sleep can not do their work well and they may not be healthy.

The body also needs exercise. Walking, running, jumping and playing games are all exercise. Exercise keeps the body strong.

Exercise also helps the blood to move around inside the body. It is very important. Our blood moves to all parts of our body. The head also needs blood. Exercise helps us to think better.

1. If we want to be healthy, we must ________.

A．eat more	B．sleep more
C．play more	D．go to bed early and get up early

2. Children of young age should have ________ hours’ sleep every day.

A．ten

B．nine

C．eleven

D．twelve

3. If children don’t have enough sleep, they will not ________.

A．work well

B．be clever and healthy

C．eat well

D．A and B

4. The body also needs ________.

A．sports

B．running

C．exercise

D．playing

5. Does exercise help us to think better?

A．Yes, it does.

B．No, it doesn’t.

C．No, it does.

D．Yes, it doesn’t.

【推荐2】

If you look at the top of your phone, you will usually see a little symbol that says 3G or 4G. The G means “generation（代）” of your mobile network. But these symbols will become things of the past after 5G networks fully arrive.

On March 30, Shanghai vice-mayor (副市长) Wu Qing made the first 5G video call on a Huawei Mate X Smartphone, CGTN reported. Shanghai has also become the first city in China to start testing 5G networks.

About 100 times faster than 4G networks, 5G will let people download and upload data faster than ever before. But 5G won’t just bring faster mobile internet. People can use it for many other things well. For example, 5G will help to make self-driving cars safer. Today’s self-driving test cars have one problem—lag (延迟). When the car “sees” something, it sends this information to a data center and receives instructions.

However, it takes time to send and receive this information. With this kind of lag, the cars might crash because they don’t receive instructions in time. With 5G, this lag will be greatly lowered, making the cars safer, according to CNN.

5G could also be used to improve the Internet of Things (IoT物联网). This means a large online network that connects all things and people. Fast Internet speeds will be the key to developing this technology.

The IoT could be used in a lot of ways. For example, with IoT, your fridge could place an order online for eggs when it finds that there are no eggs left inside.

1. We can get from the passage that ________.

A．5G is all over China	B．there are no symbols at the top of our phones
C．5G networks are much faster than 4G and 3G	D．we can now buy self-driving cars

2. The writer uses self-driving cars as an example to ________.

A．explain how self-driving cars work	B．show us how advanced self-driving cars are
C．warn about the possible dangers of self-driving cars	D．explain how 5G’s fast speed can be helpful

3. What’s the underlined word “crash” means in Chinese?

A．碰撞

B．伤害

C．崩溃

D．贬低

4. According to the story, the IoT is ________.

A．a robot that can do housework	B．an online store where you can buy anything
C．a large online network that connects things and people	D．a type of high technology fridge

【推荐3】Fishing is a popular activity and every fisherman knows the rule: keep the big ones, throw the smaller ones back. The reason for it is simple—if you keep the smaller ones, fewer fish will be able to grow and reproduce (繁殖), and the fish population will be in danger. But should we always keep the big ones?

One scientist, Dr. David Conover, has spent the last 10 years studying the effects of the “keep the big ones” rule.

To set up his experiment, Conover and his team caught hundreds of silverside fish and divided them into six groups. For two groups, Conover followed the “keep the large ones” rule and took out the biggest fish. For two other groups, he removed only the small fish. For the last two groups, he removed fish randomly (随机地).

After five years, he measured the fish in each group. In the two groups where the largest fish were regularly removed, the average (平均) fish size was smaller than the average size in the other groups. That is to say, if only small fish survive to reproduce, then future generations of fish are likely to be small.

For the second five years of his experiment, Conover changed the rules and took fish randomly from each group. At the end of the experiment, he found that the fish that were in the “keep the large ones” group for the first five years had started to get larger again, although he expected it would take at least 12 years for the fish in that group to return to their normal size. In other words, it takes less time to shrink (变小) than it does to recover.

1. The underlined word “it” in Line 2 refers to “________”.

A．the activity

B．the fish

C．the rule

D．the fisherman

2. Why do fishermen follow the “keep the big ones, throw the small ones back” rule?

A．It helps to protect fish numbers.	B．It helps to protect fish size.
C．They are used to following it.	D．They will be punished if they don’t.

3. About the “keep the big ones” group, what did Conover find about his experiment after the first five years?

A．It made no difference to fish size.	B．It affected all fish groups similarly.
C．It made the fish bigger on average.	D．It made fish smaller on average.

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

A．The whole experiment took Conover more than 12 years.

B．The fish in the “keep the large ones” group grew to their normal size in the experiment.

C．It takes fish more time to recover to their normal size than it does to grow smaller.

D．The fish in the six groups had the same average size at the end of the experiment.

5. Why is the main purpose of this article?

A．To ask people to catch big fish.

B．To describe a scientific experiment.

C．To tell people the danger fish are facing.

D．To introduce the rules of fishing to readers.

【推荐1】

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What can/cannot be collected as hard rubbish:

• We collect clothes, floor covering, wooden doors and furniture (家具).

• TVs, fridges, building materials, glass, car parts, green waste, paints and chemicals, etc. can’t be collected.

Booking your hard rubbish collection:

We have weekly collections of hard rubbish. You can book your collection when it suits you.

Call us on 92988000 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday to Friday.

Putting your hard rubbish out:

Make sure you place your hard rubbish out of your house. For example, you can put it in your yard before the collection day. If don’t, you cannot book the collection again.

If you would like to read more information on hard rubbish collection, you can visit www.wmrubbishmanagement.com.

If you have advice on hard rubbish collection, please contact (联系) us on 55183555 or visit us at 511 Burwood Highway.

根据短文内容，判断句子正（T）、误（F）。
1. The company offers free hard rubbish collection service for each family twice a week.
2. The company can collect clothes, floor covering, wooden doors and fridges.
3. The company has weekly collections of hard rubbish and you can book suitable collections.
4. Before the collection day, you have to put the hard rubbish out of your house.
5. If you have advice on hard rubbish collection, please contact us on 9298 8000.

【推荐2】In a forest just outside Beijing, friends Li Xing and Sun Lian are digging. “Today is March 12th. It’s Tree Planting Day.” explains Sun Lian. “In China, people all over the country plant trees on this day.”

The idea of an annual day for planting trees was first put forward in 1911 by Sun Yat-sen, the great pioneer in China’s history. He said more trees were needed as a protection against flood and drought (旱涝灾害). In 1915, the government named April 5th as Tree Planting Day. Then, in 1979, the day was changed to March 12th , to remember the date on which Sun Yat-sen died. The whole country plants trees on this day. In the last ten years, 65 billion trees have been planted across China.

“Everyone has heard of the Great Wall of China.” says Xing. “But have you heard of the Green Wall of China? That’s the biggest tree planting program of all.” The Gobi Desert in the north of China is growing every year. Terrible sandstorms blow away soil, making more land dry and useless. In 1978, a tree planting program began to try to stop the Gobi Desert from spreading (蔓延). The government and local farmers are planting millions of trees in a great green “wall” along the edge of the desert. When it is finished in 2050, it will be 4,500 kilometers long.

“Tree planting is a tradition in China now.” says Sun Lian. “Everyone does it on March 12th but many people also plant a tree on a day that is special just for them. My parents planted trees when I started school and we planted one on my cousin’s wedding day. We do it for the environment and for ourselves.”

1. What’s the idea behind Tree Planting Day at the very beginning?

A．To celebrate the coming spring.

B．To make the environment beautiful.

C．To protect against flood and drought.

D．To remember the date on which Sun Yat-sen died.

2. In which order did the following events develop?
a. 65 billion trees have been planted across China.
b. Tree Planting Day was changed to March 12th.
c. The government named April 5th as Tree Planting Day.
d. A tree planting program began to stop the desert from spreading.

A．c—b—d—a

B．c—d—b—a

C．d—c—b—a

D．d—b—a—c

3. Why was Tree Planting Day changed from April 5th to March 12th?

A．Because people want to build the Green Wall of China.

B．Because people want to stop the Gobi Desert from spreading.

C．Because people want to plant more trees against flood and drought.

D．Because people want to remember the date on which Sun Yat-sen died.

4. What’s the passage mainly about?

A．The introduction of the Great Wall.

B．The introduction of Tree Planting Day.

C．The problem of sandstorms people are facing.

D．The importance of protecting the environment.

【推荐3】

Every year on April 22, Earth Day is celebrated (庆祝) all over the world. It is a time to work towards keeping our earth clean. People plan projects to clean up the land, air and water.

U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson first thought of the idea for Earth Day in 1962 when he saw polluted rivers and cities covered with smoke. Senator Nelson needed to get support from Americans to clean up the earth. Finally, on April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans celebrated the first Earth Day! Now many countries around the world celebrate it, and so can you. How can you celebrate Earth Day? Here are a few ideas:

●Join a clean-up project-Clean up your street or a favorite beach.

●Save energy-Turn off the lights when you leave a room, and use public transportation.

● Use less water.

●Reduce (减少) / Reuse/ Recycle-Practice the three Rs: First, reduce how much you use. Then reuse or recycle what you can.

You can make a difference on Earth Day and every day!

1. When was the first Earth Day?

A．On April 22, 1970.

B．On April 22, 1962.

C．On April 22, 1771.

D．On April 22 every year.

2. _________ made Gaylord Nelson first think of the idea for Earth Day.

A．The beautiful environment	B．Projects to clean up the land
C．Support from Americans	D．Seeing polluted rivers and cities covered with smoke

3. How do people around the world celebrate Earth Day?

A．By using more cars.	B．By helping to clean up the land, air and water.
C．By polluting rivers and cities.	D．By taking fewer buses.

4. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A．Americans celebrated the first Earth Day.	B．Three Rs mean reduce, reuse and recycle.
C．Now about 20 million people celebrate the Earth Day.	D．People celebrate Earth Day by helping to do some public cleaning.

5. The best title of this passage is _________.

A．Three Rs

B．A Clean-up Project

C．Celebrate Earth Day

D．Save Energy

【推荐2】Do you want to help the poor people around the world? Here are some charities that can help you do that.

K. L.D.S. This large organization improves the lives of children living in poverty（贫穷）around the world. They provide new clothes, toys, books and other products, as well as medical care. They’re also extremely well-run, and spend 99.5% of their money on programs that help children. Contact Phone: 212-279-5493

Concern Worldwide US This non-governmental organization has worked to reduce extreme poverty since it was founded in 1968. Work is mainly to help countries which are in the bottom 40 according to the UN Human Development Report. Contact Phone: 353-1-417-7700

International Child Care The Christian health development organization is working to fight poverty in Haiti. By providing important medical care for children and their families, ICC allows them to live happier and healthier lives in less danger of falling into poverty. Contact Phone: 800-722-4453

Village Reach Since 2000, this organization has worked to improve the developing world’s chance to healthcare by working together with business, governments, nonprofits, and other organizations. They mostly work to improve local infrastructure（基础设施）in poor country areas. Contact Phone: 206-512-1530

ACF-USA This organization’s work is mainly about ending hunger around the world. Their work saves lives by fighting malnutrition（营养不良）, especially in times of crisis（危机）. Programs try to make sure long-term solutions for that purpose. Contact Phone: 952-854-9000

1. Concern Worldwide US is ________.

A．a charity with a history of more than 100 years

B．working to end hunger around the world

C．spending 99.5% of the money on programs that help children

D．working to reduce extreme poverty

2. If you want to help children in Haiti, you may call ________.

A．212-279-5493	B．353-1-417-7700
C．800-722-4453	D．952-854-9000

3. Which charity provides medical care for poor people?

A．K I. D.S. and International Child Care.

B．K. I. D. S. and Concern Worldwide US.

C．Concern Worldwide US and Village Reach.

D．Concern Worldwide US and ACF-USA

【推荐3】Have you met someone who kept talking and talking, and you couldn’t get them to stop? You don’t want to be impolite by telling them to shut up, but you really want to get out of the conversation. Here are some ways to help you.

Use body language. While it may feel impolite, you could turn away, leave your headphones on, and avoid looking at his or her eyes, which will show that you don’t want to talk. This may save you from directly telling someone to stop talking later on.

Keep working on whatever activity you are doing. Get up and move around, be active and find little things to do instead of listening.

Interrupt them as soon as you can. Saying things like “I’d like to add something” or “If I could interrupt you for just a minute” will often let someone know that they are talking too much.

Lead the conversation. This is especially helpful when dealing with someone you often talk to. Let them know that you heard what they said and guide the conversation in a different direction.

Mention that you don’t have a lot of time to talk. Expressions like “I would love to chat(聊天) but I have to go for a movie right now” and “Today’s not a great day to talk. I have a lot of tasks” will make you easily end the conversation.

Remember it is a skill to back out of a conversation without saying “You are boring. Shut up.”

1. How many suggestions does the writer mention in the text?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six.

2. Which of the following is the best way to make someone stop talking?

A．Saying someone is boring.	B．Getting up and finding something else to do.
C．Looking at him or her and listening carefully.	D．Leaving your headphones off and keep smiling.

3. What does the underlined word “Interrupt” mean in Chinese?

A．离开

B．打断

C．倾听

D．接受

4. What can we know according to the text?

A．We can end a conversation easily.

B．Don’t stop talking until someone ends it.

C．To end a conversation politely, we need to get skills.

D．It’s impolite to guide a conversation in a different direction.

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

A．How to End a Conversation Politely	B．Polite Ways to Start a Conversation
C．How to Lead and Guide a Conversation	D．Body Language Helps Express Well