【推荐1】I was once in a class in which none of the students would ever graduate. Each student in our class seemed to be a troublemaker. None of our teachers had stayed for longer than a week until Mrs Cosby came.

One morning, the door to the classroom opened and a new teacher walked in. It was Mrs Cosby. She looked very kind. And we surely gave her a hard time and thought she wouldn’t stay for more than a week. But no matter what we did, she never got stroppy with us. And slowly we got worried about how to drive her away.

Then came the last day of the first month. She went into the classroom with some pieces of paper in her hands. We feared that the worst—a test would happen. However, it wasn’t a test, but something surprising us. Mrs Cosby gave each of us a piece of paper. On each piece of paper she had written what the student had been good at during the last month. We were surprised. No one had ever encouraged us before she came. We had been always told we were the silliest in the world. But she told us we were intelligent in some way.

From that day we started to believe in ourselves. From that day we stopped making her life hard and began to study really hard. Other teachers couldn’t understand what happened to us. But we knew the reason—each month we got a piece of paper telling us what we were good at from Mrs Cosby.

And then came the day of our graduation. That day Mrs Cosby told us that she was proud of us. She said she knew we were good students and that we could succeed. What we needed was to believe in ourselves.

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．The writer failed to graduate from school.

B．Teachers in that school were not friendly.

C．The writer’s class was difficult to deal with.

D．Teachers in the school worked for one week in turn.

2. What does the underlined phrase “got stroppy with” probably mean?

A．kept her cool

B．looked after

C．believed in

D．got angry with

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

A．Mrs Cosby wasn’t proud of her students.

B．All the teachers told the students they were intelligent in the class.

C．Mrs Cosby’s encouragement helped the writer and the classmates a lot.

D．Most of the students in the class were afraid of trouble before Mrs Cosby came.

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

A．An unforgettable class	B．My English teacher
C．Anyone can become a good teacher	D．The power of encouragement from the teacher

【推荐2】阅读下面一篇短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一个为多余选项。

How to keep healthy?

Good sleep is important.     1     A cup of milk before sleeping may help you get a good sleep. Go to bed at the same time at night and get up the same time in the morning.

    2     You can understand（理解）it easily. Your body needs food for morning activities. It helps you to work better. Your whole day will be more fun after you enjoy a good meal in the morning.

How often do you exercise? If you want to keep healthy, try to exercise at least half an hour every day.     3    

Studies show that the cold or flu virus（病毒）can live on our hands for long.     4    

    5     The oral examination（口腔检查）is not only good for the health of teeth, but also for the whole body.

A．Your parents often play sports.

B．A good breakfast is important.

C．It’s good for both your mind and body.

D．You need about eight hours’ sleep a night.

E．So you should wash your hands often with soap（肥皂）.

F．Brush your teeth twice a day and see a dentist at least once a year.

【推荐3】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。其中两项是多余选项。

        Shyness is a kind of fear. People who are shy always worry too much about what people think of them or embarrassing themselves in some way in front of others.     1    

        Have a good posture (姿势)

          The way a person holds himself/herself says a lot about that person. People with sloped (倾斜的) shoulders don’t think of themselves as important. So stand up straight, put your shoulders back, keep your head up , and always make eye contact.     2    

Increase your walking speed

You can tell if a person is confident (自信的) by the way they walks. People who walk in a slow way, and look at the ground while they walk usually have no confidence in themselves.

    3     That is because they know clearly what important things to do, friends to meet, and places to go, etc. So walk a little faster, hold your head up, and look straight ahead.

    4    

Exercise increases your energy levels in the body. That will put you in a more positive state of mind.     5     Think about it, it is better to do some exercise than just watching TV all day.

        Do things that make you feel good about yourself.

        This can be anything that you really like doing like going to the theater, listening to music, traveling helping someone out with a problem, etc.

A．Do some exercise.

B．Have a healthy eating habit.

C．By doing exercise, you will feel sure of yourself.

D．By practicing a good posture, you will feel much better.

E．However, people who have confidence in themselves walk faster.

F．How can we overcome shyness?

G．So it’s important to walk slowly.

【推荐1】阅读下面的短文，并根据短文内容判断文后句子的正误。正确的用（T），错误的用（F）
He was a single father of a 5-year-old boy.He was often worried about his son growing up without a mother.
One day he went away on business and left the child alone.He was worried about the child all the way.He went home quickly after finishing his work.
When he got home,the child was asleep.He was very tired.Before going to bed,he was surprised to find an overturned(翻倒的）bowl of noodles under the quilt(床罩).
He beat his sleeping son angrily, “Why are you so naughty（淘气的）,making the quilt dirty?Who will wash it?”It was the first time that he had hit his son after his wife’s death.
“I haven’t,”the child explained with tears in his eyes.   “This is your supper,Daddy.”In order to let his father eat dinner as soon as he got home,the child cooked two bowls of noodles:one for himself,the other for his father.He put his father’s noodles under the quilt to keep them hot.
Hearing this,the father hugged(拥抱）his boy tightly without saying a word.
1. The father worried about his son when he was on business.
2. The child was sleeping when his father got home.
3. The father often hit his son after his wife’s death.
4. The child cooked noodles for himself and his father.
5. The child put the noodles on the table.

【推荐2】What makes you cry? Being moved by a sad movie, seeing your best friend off, or getting emotional (情绪激动的) after breaking up with the partner can cause tears to rundown our faces. We all have the power to cry, but is that a good thing?

When you think of it, tears running down from your eyes is a strange thing to do. But it seems to be a natural reaction (反应) when we get sad, upset or even when we’re very happy. What causes this reaction is different from person to person. However, the feeling is the same—your face puffs up (膨胀), your eyes tighten (绷紧) and before you know it, tears are streaming down your face.

A UK study has shown that women usually cry more often than men, with women crying 72 times a year on average. Does it mean that men don’t get as upset or emotional as women, or they are just more embarrassed about showing their true feelings? The argument continues.

One place where we experience emotional and tearful outbursts is the workplace. This can be a place where emotions run high. Someone might be stressed because they have too much work. And, as the expert, Joanna Cross told the BBC, “Crying is often a build-up of being upset and situations not being dealt with and it’s a bit of a final straw (稻草) moment.”

But crying in the office or somewhere else can be cathartic (宣泄情绪的). It can actually make you feel better. Maybe it solves or clears the bad feelings you’ve had. Crying is a powerful tool that we should use to express ourselves, free ourselves, and in some way get out of difficult situations.

1. What type of movies might make people cry according to the passage?

A．Sad movies.

B．Action movies.

C．Scary movies.

D．Cartoons.

2. What feeling do people have when tears are streaming down?

A．They feel powerful.	B．Their hearts beat fast.
C．Their faces puff up.	D．Their eyes close.

3. Why does the writer mention the UK study in Paragraph 3?

A．To explain why women like crying.

B．To show that men don’t cry when they get upset.

C．To show that how many times women cry in a year

D．To show the argument about crying between women and men.

4. What is the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A．The reason for crying is a backlog of situations

B．Crying is often a build-up of being upset and situations not being dealt with.

C．Workplace is good for people to experience emotional and tearful outbursts.

D．Workplace can be somewhere emotions run high which may cause crying.

5. What can we probably infer from the passage?

A．It is good for us to try not to cry all the time.

B．People may feel better after crying in the office.

C．Men hardly cry because they can’t express their feelings.

D．It is difficult for people to express their feelings if they don’t cry.

【推荐3】Some people believe that colours can influence our moods. You may want to know whether it is true. In fact, colours can change our moods and bring us different kinds of feelings. The following talks about what colours can do and what characteristics they represent.

Have you ever walked into a room and felt relaxed? It could be because the walls were painted blue. Blue is a calm colour. It brings peace to our mind and body. Blue can also represent sadness, so you may say “I’m feeling blue” when you are feeling sad.

Some warm colours, such as orange and yellow, can make you feel warm. People in cold areas prefer warm colours in their homes to create a warm and comfortable feeling. Orange represents joy. It can cheer you up when you are feeling sad.

If you need strength in your body or mind, red may be helpful. Red is the colour of heat. It represents power and strong feelings. Wearing red can also make you take action more easily. This may help when it’s difficult for you to make a decision.

根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
1. Blue and red are calm colours.
2. If you feel sad, the colour of orange may help you.
3. People in cold areas prefer yellow and orange in their homes.
4. Wearing red can make you make a decision more difficultly.
5. According to the passage, we can know that different colours can bring us different feelings.