【推荐1】阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的五个选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯，意思完整。

Anne and Joseph are talking about an interesting question.     1     Hanna changed her name to Anne because she thought it would be easy to remember. On the other hand, Joseph is thinking about changing his name, because he wants to be cool.

People have many reasons （原因）for changing their names. Movie stars, singers, sportsmen often change their names because they want names that are different, or that have special sounds.     2    

Some people have another reason for changing their names.     3     For example, Rasheed Shyyab from Turkey changed his name to Ran Shide when he moved to China.     4     For some people, using different names makes life easier in their new countries.

In many countries, a woman changes her family name to her husband’s after she gets married.     5     Sometimes, women use their own names in some situations（情况）and their husband’s in other situations.

A．But today, many women are keeping their own family names.

B．They also choose the “new name” for good luck.

C．They have moved to a new country and want to use a name that is usual there.

D．Why do some people change their names?

E．He used Ran at his job and at school.

【推荐2】My best friend is Jim Green. Green is his family name(姓). Everyone has a family name. But do you know what family names come from in England? Here are some family names.

First, some family names come from the place of their homes. If a man lives on or near a hill, his family name may be(可能是)Hill. In England, people’s names may be Wood, Lake, because they live near the wood or the lake.

Second, family names come from a man’s job. If a man is a cook, his name may be Cook. If a man is a baker(面包师), his name may be Baker.

Third, many people get their family names from their father’s given name. If you hear the name “Jackson”, you will know that he is the son of Jack.

Fourth, some family names comes from a man’s likes. If a man likes the colour of white, his family name may be White.

1. From the article(文章), we know English people usually have ________ ways to get their family names.

A．1

B．2

C．3

D．4

2. The family name Hill comes from _________.

A．a man’s job	B．the place of their homes
C．the father’s given name	D．the mother’s given name

3. If a man likes the colour of _________, his family name will be Green.

A．white

B．green

C．black

D．brown

4. Which family name comes from a man’s job?

A．Wood.

B．Lake.

C．Baker.

D．Johnson.

5. Which sentence(句子)is WRONG(错误的)?

A．Some family names come from a man’s son.

B．Some family names come from a man’s work.

C．Some family names come from a father’s given name.

D．Some family names come from the place of their homes.

【推荐3】Accidents often happen. It’s necessary for us to remember these tips.

On your way home or to school: Wait for the green traffic light, and look left and right before you cross the road. If you see a car coming, don’t cross until it really stops.

At school: Never run around too fast at school. When students around you begin to push, try to hold something. If you fall down in a crowed (拥挤的) place, cover your head with both hands.

When there’s a fire: Keep quiet and leave quickly. Use a piece of wet cloth to cover your mouth and nose so that you don’t breathe in smoke. If your clothes catch fire, drop to the ground and roll (滚动) from side to side to put out the fire.

For eating: Wash fruit like apples or pears carefully before you eat it. And if your food looks or smells bad, don’t eat it.

About strange invitations: If an Internet friend asks to meet you, tell your parents about it. Don’t go alone.

1. How many tips does the passage tell us?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

2. According to the writer, if your clothes catch fire, you should ___________.

A．drop to the ground and roll

B．try to find some water

C．keep quiet and do nothing

D．cover your head with both hands

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．We may cross the road before a car stops.

B．A piece of dry cloth may help you in a fire.

C．If there is something wrong with food or fruit, stop eating it.

D．You may meet an Internet friend in his or her own home.

4. Who do you think the passage should be for?

A．Parents.

B．Patients.

C．Teachers.

D．Students.

5. The passage mainly tells that ___________.

A．what we should do in life

B．what kind of safe places we can find

C．why accidents often happen to us

D．how we can keep ourselves safe

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Our farm is open to you on the Weekend from April l st to July 31st．Our farm is very big and you can do lots of interesting things．

We will show you around our farm and tell you how to milk. You can ride a horse and feed chickens．You can also pick all kinds of fruits and eat them for free，but you have to pay if you want to take them sway．

Bring some food to enjoy your lunch under the trees，but be careful of our cats．They are always in the trees．And remember to put on comfortable shoes，a hat for sunny days，and maybe your coat．Well，don’t bring your pets to the farm．It’s not allowed．

1. The farm is open for ________．

A．two months	B．four months
C．half a year	D．eight months

2. You can’t ________ on the farm．

A．ride a horse	B．feed chickens
C．pick fruit	D．go fishing

3. The writer asks people to ________．

A．work on the farm	B．milk the cows
C．wear comfortable shoes	D．drive their cars

4. What can we learn about the farm?

A．The farm is big and near the city．

B．People can visit the farm on Monday．

C．There are some cats on the farm．

D．People can take the fruit away for free．

5. The underlined word “allowed” means “________”in Chinese．

A．允许的

B．收费的

C．正规的

D．安全的

【推荐2】My English name is John Smith. I have no Chinese name. Can you give one to me? I am from the USA. I can speak English very well (好). But my Chinese is not very good. I like to help my classmates learn English. I’m in Class Five, Grade Seven. I have two friends now. We are in the same class. One is a girl and the other is a boy. Tom Brown is eleven years old. He is tall and has a big nose. His favorite color is blue. He likes to be in the blue T-shirt and blue pants. Lin Ton is a nice girl. She is thirteen years old. She has a round face. Her favorite color is black. She has a black schoolbag and black hair. We are good friends.

1. Tom Brown and Lin Ton are in ________.

A．Class Seven

B．Class Five

C．Grade Five

D．Class Four

2. 文中画线的词“learn”的汉语意思是 ________

A．思考

B．实践

C．学习

D．钻研

3. Tom Brown has ________.

A．a wide mouth

B．black hair

C．a round face

D．a big nose

4. Which is NOT right?

A．John comes from America.

B．John has two friends at school.

C．John can speak Chinese well.

D．Lin Long and Tom are in Class Five, Grade Seven.

【推荐3】Time flies when you play on your smartphone. But when you get down to the real business of work and study, one hour feels like a year. Why are we so attracted by smartphones but easily bored by studying?

It is because there is something small and hard to see: dopamine (多巴胺). Dopamine is a “pleasure chemical” that makes people feel good. Our brains give it out when we eat delicious food, after we exercise or when we get a prize.

Compared with studying, playing on smartphones causes our brains to give out more dopamine. For example, checking your phone for a text leads to a 400 percent increase in dopamine. But why?

When we visit social media, we don’t know what we’ll see next, or who will give opinions about things we post (发布). This “magic of maybe”, makes the dopamine system active. We get excited wondering if we have messages from our friends. When our expectations (期待) are met, dopamine is given out.

And to find more dopamine, we continue checking our phones. Studying doesn’t provide such magic. Without this excitement, we get bored much more easily.

Can we do something to change that? According to scientists, apps can become less attractive if we turn off notifications (通知) or change the screen colors to black and white. We can also set time limits on apps to avoid using them too much.

As for studying, you could check your progress daily or weekly and reward yourself for it, said Daniel Wong, writer of The Happy Student. You could also search for interesting topics connected with your textbook. Use what you’ve learned to make an influence in the real world. This will make knowledge much more interesting to learn.

1. According to the article, what are students like when they study?

A．They get very excited.	B．They feel time pass more slowly.
C．They are getting happier.	D．Their brains give out more dopamine.

2. What is paragraph 4 about?

A．It introduces a way to get more messages from our friends.

B．It gives an example of spending time chatting happily on social media (传媒).

C．It describes how scientists discover the way dopamine works.

D．It explains why playing on smartphones causes more dopamine.

3. Which of the following might Daniel Wong suggest to make learning interesting?

A．Setting time limits on everything you do.

B．Stopping playing and finding more interests in real life.

C．Using what you learn from textbooks to do things in real life.

D．Reading the interesting part in your textbooks before reading the others.