【推荐1】We all want our skin(皮肤) to look good in summer. If your skin is clean and healthy，it makes you feel better about yourself. How do you get great skin？Here is some advice.
How to wash your skin?
1.Wash your body all over once a day. Use mild soap(温和洁肤皂) and warm water to wash your body.
2. Wet your skin firstly to help the soap slide(滑动) more easily across your skin and stop you from using too much.
3.Wash your face by using facecloth(脸巾) and soap or cleaning cream(洁面乳)，and then wash with cool water. Twice a day is enough，as too much cleaning canharmyour skin.
How to protect your skin against the sun?
1.If you are going to be outside，especially in the sun，you should put on sun cream in summer. Use sun cream about half an hour before going outside.
2.Wear a hat to protect your face. A wide hat is the best，as it will protect your ears and neck as well.
3.Stay in the shade wherever you can.
What else should you do?
1.Proper(适当的) exercise is good for your skin.
2. Remember to drink lots of water — your skin loves it.
3.Eat healthily so that your skin can get what it needs to do its job.
1. You can use ______ water to wash your body.

A．cool

B．freezing

C．hot

D．warm

2. The underlined word＂harm＂probably means＂______＂in the passage.

A．repair

B．smooth

C．hurt

D．clear

3. If you want to protect your skin against the sun, you should__________.

A．use sun cream about one hour and half before going outside.	B．wear a wide hat.
C．stay in the shade when you are tired.	D．put on sun cream in autumn

4. To protect our skin in our daily(日常的) life. We can do the following things EXCEPT ______

A．drink a lot of water	B．do exercise
C．have some junk food	D．wear a hat while going outside

5. Which may be the best title for the passage?

A．Protecting Your Skin	B．How to Keep Healthy
C．How to Wash Your Skin	D．Use Sun Cream to Protect Your Skin

【推荐2】选择最佳答案
Dear Emma,

Your problem is like a circle. The harder you study, the less time you have to make friends and the less friendly you look to your classmates. The fewer friends you have, the harder you study to make yourself feel better.

Try to break this bad circle. Perhaps you are afraid of meeting new people, because you are too shy or too serious. You are not. Everyone has a fun side. Push your shy side away and show your classmates how much fun you can be.

Look at your classmates. Are there any people with whom you feel you have a lot in common?

First, smile at your classmates. Do this as often as you can, until your classmates become used to your smiles and smile in return.

Next, talk to your classmates. Do this between classes or during your lunch break. You may find it easier to start by talking to people when they are alone.

Perhaps you could ask a classmate about your studies. They are likely to respond (回应) in a very positive way. People like to feel important and helpful.

There must be someone else in your class who is also quiet. It might be easier to try to talk with him or her. Your problem is mainly about confidence. Smile first, talk next and slowly you will make friends. Once you have more confidence, you can make as many friends as you want.

Editor

1. The cause of Emma’s problem might be that ________.

A．her classmates don’t like her	B．she doesn’t like her classmates
C．she doesn’t like to feel important and helpful	D．she spends all her time on her study

2. Emma should talk to someone else in her class who is also quiet because ________.

A．it might be easier to try to talk with him	B．he is always full of confidence
C．he is likely to respond in a very positive way	D．he likes smiling at her

3. The editor mainly tells Emma about how to ________.

A．talk to classmates

B．make friends

C．improve her study

D．be confident

4. “Once” means ________ here in this passage.

A．曾经

B．一次

C．一旦

D．很久以前

5. Which of the following is WRONG?

A．All of our problems are the same, just like a circle.	B．Smile as often as you can.
C．We can talk to our classmates after class.	D．The letter was written by Editor.

【推荐3】阅读下面关于 “理性购物” 的短文，针对文中的五个问题清单，从下面A—E的五个例子或解释中找出相应的选项，将它们一一对应。

Money makes the world go around, yet the best things in life are free. A penny saved is a penny made, but you get what you pay for. You probably have your own ideas about spending money. Now is a great time to learn how to spend money wisely. When you are considering buying something you want, run through this checklist first. Will you need it for long?                                    1     Are you sure you will still buy it a week later?         2     How soon will you pay for it?                               3     Are there any other ways to make the money?           4     Can you get it cheaper?                                         5     If these suggestions work well, they can save you a lot of money and you’ll be a really smart shopper. Your life will become richer even though you have less money.

A．After deciding to buy something, it is necessary for you to look for less expensive ways to buy it; search for what you want on the internet or in shops and flea markets （跳蚤市场）. Sometimes you can find the same thing at a much lower price.

B．Ben found he really wanted a toy ship, but it cost ＄50. He had ＄22 in his pocket and gets ＄1.50 a week to spend. His mother helped him work out how many weeks he would need to save to get the ship: 19.

C．Seeing a ＄25（about 159 yuan） gumball（口香糖球）machine. Ben wanted it. But after thinking about it, he decided that it would be exciting only for a day or two. “Besides, it’s not possible for me to chew that much gum,” he said wisely.

D．If the thing passes the “really-wanting-it” test, try to wait for a week to see how strong the desire（欲望）is. This strategy works for grown-ups, too!

E．Ben agreed to wash the downstairs windows at a dollar each. So he got ＄10 for himself and bright sunlight for the whole family.

【推荐2】I read somewhere that we spend a full third of our lives waiting. But where are we doing all of this waiting, and what does it mean to an impatient society like ours? To answer these questions correctly, let’s take a look at three types of “waits”.

The very purest form of waiting is the Watched-Pot Wait. It is without doubt the most tiring of all. Take filling up the kitchen sink (洗碗池) as an example. There is nothing you can do while this is going on but keep both eyes fixed on the sink until it’s full. During these waits, the brain gets away from the body and wanders about until the water runs over the edge of the counter and onto your socks. This kind of wait makes the waiter helpless and mindless.

A cousin to the Watched-Pot Wait is the Forced Wait. This one requires some rules. Properly preparing packaged noodle soup requires a Forced Wait. Directions are clear in details. “Bring three cups of water to boil, add mix, simmer (炖) three minutes, remove from heat, let stand five minutes.” I have my doubts that anyone has actually followed the processes strictly. After all, Forced Waiting requires patience.

Perhaps the most powerful type of waiting is the Lucky-Break Wait. This type of wait is unusual in that it is for the most part voluntary. Unlike the Forced Wait, which is also voluntary, waiting for your lucky break does not necessarily mean that it will happen.

Turning one’s life into a waiting game requires belief and hope, and is quite useful for the optimists (乐观主义) among us. On the surface it seems as silly as following the directions on soup mixes, but the Lucky-Break Wait well serves those who are willing to do it. As long as one doesn’t come to depend on it, wishing for a few good things to happen never hurts anybody. We certainly do spend a good deal of our time waiting. The next time you’re standing at the sink waiting for it to fill while cooking noodle soup that you’ll have to eat until a large bag of cash falls out of the sky, don’t be hopeless. You’re probably just as busy as the next guy.

1. According to the passage, we have to spend a lot of time to wait because ________.

A．we all live in an impatient society	B．the three “waits” are common in our lives
C．we often stand at the sink to wait cooking	D．the “waits” helps us get out of the trouble

2. What’s the underlined phrase “wanders about” mean in Paragraph 2?

A．hangs around

B．watches out

C．cares about

D．comes across

3. The writer probably agrees ________.

A．the Forced Wait requires some self-control	B．the Forced Wait makes people powerful
C．the Watched-Pot Wait needs directions	D．the Watched-Pot Wait attracts body and brain

4. What can we learn about the Lucky-Break Wait?

A．It is less voluntary than the Forced Wait.	B．It doesn’t always bring the expecting result.
C．It is more mindless than the Forced Wait.	D．It doesn’t give people faith and hope.