When it comes to daily choices, we already have a lot of tasty plant “milks” to choose from, but the latest one, potato milk, is a new one. Potato milk doesn’t sound like the most delicious thing in the world, neither does oat milk (燕麦奶).
If you hope to try potato milk, you’ll be happy to know that you can make it yourself at home. Generally, you just boil the potato, then mix it with the water it is boiled in, strain (过滤) it and add more water until it is what you want.
The only welcome potato milk, recently has been firstly sold on the market. Although some people noticed the potato milk when it was sold, the success of this “milk” still needs time, as some people who have tried it said that it tasted so so, others thought that it tasted a little salty.
But growing potatoes needs less land than growing oats, and it requires little water. Also it has more production than most plants. The new healthy drink may have a huge hill to climb, but it certainly has a chance to become the next big thing.
1. Potato milk is a kind of new plant milk.2. People can’t make potato milk at home.
3. The success of potato milk doesn’t need time.
4. Potato milk may not taste good to some people.
5. The production of potatoes is less than that of most plants.
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【推荐1】Do you want to keep healthy and look good? Do you want to say away from heath probe? Do you have sleep problems and want to get a better sleep? Do you want to make more friends? If you do, just exercise! You may hear lots of ways to keep healthy. Here are some easy-to-remember ways for you.
Eat healthily. ________ It’s important to eat vegetables and fruit every day. Is also a good idea to eat less sugar and drink more water.
Move more and sit less. Although about 150 minutes of exercise a week is good, experts (专家) say that any activity is better than nothing. So try to standup more often and do more activities.
Get enough sleep. Most people need about 7~9 hours of sleep each night. If you feel tired when you do an activity, or if you need to drink coffee to make you not sleep, you may not get enough sleep. It’s not easy to get enough sleep, but it is a must for good health.
Don’t exercise by yourself. When you exercise, ask a friend to go with you. He or she can encourage you when you feel tired. Then you will not stop exercising halfway (在中途).
1. Choose the best sentence to fill in the blank in Paragraph 2.| A．You must have meals at home every day. | B．Think about what goes into your ears. |
| C．Your parents can make nice food for you. | D．Good eating habits will always keep you healthy. |
| A．Doing exercise. | B．Drinking coffee. |
| C．Getting enough sleep. | D．Drinking more water |
| A．①/②③④⑤ | B．①②③④/⑤ | C．①/②③④/⑤ | D．①②/③/④⑤ |
| A．To show the problems of being heavy. | B．To tell us some ways to keep healthy. |
| C．To ask us to do more exercise in life. | D．To show how important it is to have enough sleep. |
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How do highly-processed (超加工的) foods harm our health? ▲Food types when it comes to processing Whole: foods that have gone through zero or little processing, such as boiling. Processed: foods that have something added, such as salt and sugar. Highly-processed: foods that have many additives (添加剂). ▲Health problems According to studies that followed the health of people who eat large amounts of highly-processed foods, researchers found that such people are: 39 percent more likely to develop high blood pressure. 24 percent more likely to have serious heart problems. ▲Addictive power People may have bad feelings if they stop eating highly-processed foods. The addiction is a problem for 14 percent of adults and 12 percent of children. ▲Identifying (辨认) highly-processed foods  |
| A．3. | B．4. | C．5. | D．6. |
| A．Baked chicken. | B．Peanut butter. | C．Fried chicken legs. | D．Sweet potato pie. |
| A．Science. | B．Health. | C．Culture. | D．Art. |
They were both very old and they worried about their health. Most of the time they talked about nothing else.
They worried about their food. Was it clean? Would it give them pains in the stomach?
They worried about the weather. Was it too cold and wet? Would it give them pains in their bones?
They worried about pollution in the air. would it give them pains in their chests(胸部)and throats(喉咙)?
They worried about being hurt in a car accident, killed in a plane crash, getting sick, and so on.
All they could think about was being ill or hurt.
One day they went on a train journey together.
“We’ll need some food,”Pearl said.
“We’ll buy some bananas,”June said.“They are good to eat and always clean.”
And so they bought two bananas to eat on the train.
It was not long before they were hungry.
Pearl took out the bananas and gave one to June. Then she peeled(剥)the skin of her banana and took a large bite of it.
At that moment the train went into a tunnel. Everything went black.“Don’t eat your banana,”Pearl shouted at June.“Mine has made me go blind!”
1. What did the two old ladies talk about most of the time? _________
| A．Themselves. | B．Other people. | C．Healthy food. | D．Dangerous drivers. |
| A．eat any bananas | B．travel by train |
| C．be young again | D．get sick |
| A．after they came out of the tunnel | B．at the station |
| C．before June ate hers | D．before she was hungry |
| A．stopped her from seeing | B．would make her hungry |
| C．would make her ill | D．would be good for June |
| A．What Good Friends | B．What a Bad Train Journey |
| C．Bananas Are Good for You | D．Bananas Are Bad for You |
【推荐1】A company in San Francisco, California, has found a way to turn used plastic bottles into women’s shoes.
Every day, millions of Americans drink water and other liquids from plastic bottles. More than 60 million of them are thrown away each day. Many of the plastic bottles end up in landfills (废弃物填埋场) or are burned with other waste products.
A San Francisco company called Rothy’s, however, turns this plastic waste into environmentally friendly shoes. Rothy Martin is the company’s founder. He explains how they turn plastic into soft material for your feet. They take the plastic, clean it, and break it down into small pieces. Then they press it through a machine that makes soft fibers (纤维). Those fibers are then put together. This is done by a 3D machine. It’s designed to reduce waste while making the shoes. The fabric (织物) and the inner part of the shoes are then joined to the shoes’ sole (鞋底). This outer sole is also made from environmentally friendly material: no-carbon rubber.
Rothy’s shoes are sold online. They are flat shoes, with either a rounded or pointed toe. They come in different colors and designs. They cost either $125 or $145 per pair, depending on the design. After American actress Gwyneth Paltrow discovered them last year, the sales for the shoes grew.
When the environmentally friendly shoes wear out, customers can return them at no cost to a company that uses the recycled materials to make other products. For now, the shoes are only sold in the United States.
1. People usually deal with the used plastic bottles by _________ .| A．making them into all kinds of shoes | B．changing them into soft materials |
| C．putting them into earth or burning them | D．returning them to factories for reuse |
| A．The reason for recycling waste. |
| B．The process of making plastic into shoes. |
| C．The importance of environmental protection. |
| D．The instruction for a 3D shoe making machine. |
| A．The low price. | B．The company’s posters. |
| C．The design and color. | D．The star power of the actress. |
| A．They are environmentally friendly. | B．They don’t wear out easily. |
| C．They are sold all over the world. | D．They are not on sale now. |
| A．How to Recycle Plastic Bottles |
| B．How to Reduce Waste Products |
| C．New Kinds of Shoes Become Popular |
| D．Recycled Bottles Find New Life on Women’s Feet |
【推荐2】Nowadays the pollution of the sea is becoming an increasingly serious problem. How can we reduce the pollution in the sea and make the underwater environment better? Scientists in Norway have invented an underwater robot, which can help a lot.
The robot is 45 kg in weight and uses special cameras to get 3D pictures. It can discover different kinds of pollution at the bottom of the sea. It will help clean-up teams find the areas, where there is rubbish and then they can spend most of their time and money removing the most harmful materials.
The researchers (研究员) put their work to the test in a bay (海湾) in the city of Bergen. First, the robot swam up and down two meters above the seabed, collecting information. Then a computer turned the information into a map, which showed different rubbish materials in different colors. Thousands of objects were discovered in the bay, including bottles, metals, plastics, etc. “Bergen is a place where different industries come together, and the city is quite old, so there’s a huge amount of rubbish,” said Trygve Olav Fossum, one of the researchers. “We think the rubbish in the bay weighs 150 tons to 300 tons.” It is not always possible to remove everything. Some things are more harmful so it’s more important to clear them from the sea.
“Glass isn’t really polluting the sea,” said Fossum. “So if you know there’s an area with a lot of glass, you don’t need to worry much about that and you can pay more attention to the things that are putting heavy metals into the environment.” The maps will be used to help the clean-up teams locate (定位) the most harmful materials so that they can remove them first.
Thanks to the development of the science and technology, the underwater environment can be improved a lot. As well as helping to deal with pollution, the robot can also show where creatures like starfish are on the seabed.
1. How does the writer start the passage?| A．Listing plans. | B．Showing steps. | C．Raising a question. | D．Giving suggestions. |
①take pictures ②swim underwater ③make a map ④remove rubbish ⑤discover pollution
| A．①②⑤ | B．①②③ | C．②③④ | D．②③⑤ |
| A．Clean-up teams want to recycle the rubbish. |
| B．The underwater pollution catches much attention. |
| C．The robot discovered much different rubbish in the bay. |
| D．People shouldn’t throw harmful materials into the sea. |
| A．To show it is always possible to remove everything. |
| B．To explain how serious the water pollution is in the bay. |
| C．To tell us the most harmful things should be removed first. |
| D．To call on clean-up teams to pay more attention to removing glass. |
【推荐3】How will the Internet change the world? Will we enjoy a smarter life in the future? Recently, many of the world’s biggest Internet companies took part in an important meeting. They talked about how to build a future for our online world. The Internet can make our lives easier in many ways. The companies at the meeting showed us some of their latest technology. Here are some examples. Let’s take a look.
Lip reading machines
They can not only read faces. They can also read your lip movements. The Chinese Internet company Sogou has made lip reading technology. You don’t need to speak aloud. The machine turns your lip movements into voice or text. This could be very useful if you are in a noisy place and people cannot hear you on your phone. Police can also use this technology. Sometimes they see criminals on city-monitoring cameras, but they don’t know what they say. The lip reading technology can help people with this.
Smart shoes
Your feet might hurt if your shoes don’t fit you. This won’t happen if you wear “smart” custom-made shoes. The Xiemofang company brought a machine to the meeting. The machine scans your feet. It records 39 parts of your feet. It also has a database (数据库). The database has more than 10,000 kinds of shoes. You can choose the colour and style. It also gives you suggestions for your choices. The suggestions are based on records of other people’s feet. You can get your new shoes after 10 days.
Unmanned supermarkets
You walk into a supermarket, pick out your goods and go to check out. But there is no worker. There is just a tablet (牌子) that says “Please smile”. When you smile, it gives you a discount (打折). Your money goes from your Alipay account to the supermarket. You don’t need to do anything. The Alibaba company has made this supermarket. When you go into the supermarket, it knows your face and your Alipay account. It also knows your facial expressions. So it knows how much you like your goods. The supermarket not only makes shopping easier, but also comprehends you.
1. Many Internet companies took part in an important meeting to show us ________.| A．how powerful the online world is | B．how to use technology on the Internet |
| C．how to enjoy a life in the future | D．how technology makes life better |
| A．There are no workers in the unmanned supermarkets. |
| B．If you smile, you can get a discount in the unmanned supermarkets. |
| C．The machine can recognize not only your face but also your Alipay account. |
| D．You needn’t pay anything if you are satisfied with your goods. |
| A．a book review | B．a science fiction |
| C．a technology magazine | D．a news report |
【推荐1】People in Los Angeles are known for their love for cars. The city is very big, and its public transportation (公共交通) is slow. So people drive everywhere. But now, a group of bicyclists (骑自行车的人) are trying to get people out of their cars but on bikes.
Devon Fitzgerald says he has to be careful when he rides his bike in the streets. “A lot of people drive very fast, and it’s very difficult to be careful.” Although riding a bike to work can be dangerous he likes to ride his bike to work. “It’s much easier than driving a car. For example, I don’t have to worry about parking.”
Roger Ross drives to work. “You always have to make sure you look to the other side because someone would rush (冲) across by bike. Or you can easily get into an accident.”
To make bicycling safer, some people who live and work near each other are riding to work together, which they call a “bike train”. Nona Varnado helped create (创设) the group— L. A. Bike Trains. “You’re in a big group. If you’re afraid of riding alone, you can now ride with other riders.” Nona said that people would feel safer by riding together in a group.
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1. Most people in Los Angeles use ________ in their lives.
| A．cars | B．buses | C．trains | D．bicycles |
| A．safe | B．dangerous | C．boring | D．exciting |
| A．Because she drives fast. |
| B．Because she doesn’t look carefully to the other side of the road. |
| C．Because someone would ride a bike and rush across the street suddenly. |
| D．Because too many people drive cars in Los Angeles. |
| A．Devon Fitzgerald. | B．Nona Varnado. | C．Roger Ross. | D．We don’t know. |
| A．riding in a “bike train” can help people feel safer |
| B．Devon Fitzgerald is one bicyclist of the group—L. A. Bike Trains |
| C．Roger Ross likes riding her bikes to work |
| D．Devon Fitzgerald thinks riding a bike is more difficult |
【推荐2】Most people love animals. They keep animals as pets. They enjoy going to zoos and animal shows.
In the past, zoos were usually started by rich owners. The first zoo was started by a queen in Egypt in 1500 BC. She collected animals from Africa. Collecting animals was a way for a ruler to show off his or her money and power. Animal shows started much later in the 1800s. Sadly, the animals in the early zoos and animal shows were not kept well. Often they were not given much food to eat. Sometimes they were beaten.
These days, zoos are not only for fun but also try to protect animals. However, both zoos and animal shows must follow certain rules. People must provide animals with a clean place, food, water and health care. In this way, the rules help protect the animals.
Some people think rules are not enough. They want to do more to protect the animals they love. For example, people were against the use of killer whales (虎鲸) in shows at Sea world. Many people thought the big killer whales did not have enough space to live in the Sea World, so Sea World decided to end all killer whale shows.
When people try to protect animals while enjoying them at the same time, the animals and people can both benefit.
1. What is this passage about?| A．Wild animals and zoos. | B．Zoos in ancient Egypt. |
| C．The changes of zoos. | D．The importance of keeping zoos. |
| A．To show off their money and power. | B．To educate people about animals. |
| C．To make money and for fun. | D．To save the animals from the wild. |
| A．Get more money. | B．Keep fewer animals than before. |
| C．Follow some rules. | D．End killer whales show. |
| A．Zoos. | B．Animals. | C．Killer whales. | D．Sea Worlds. |
| Venice | Venice is in the northeast of Italy. It was built on small islands in saltwater lakes more than 1,500 years ago. Venice is a city with no cars and people travel by boat. There are 117 waterways and more than 400 bridges that can guide you where you want to go. |
| Auckland | Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand. In the seaside city, you can enjoy an amazing view from the city's tallest tower-the Sky Tower. You can also see Maori traditional dances at the Auckland Museum. Auckland is called" The city of Sails" because it has more boats than anywhere else in the world. |
| Los Angeles | Los Angeles was founded in 1781. It is now the second largest city in the United States. It is famous for its modern highways and its movie stars of Hollywood. There are many beautiful beaches near the city. |
| Budapest | The population of Budapest is about three million and the city is a very popular place for tourists. Visitors like to take boat rides along the Danube (多瑙河). Budapest is also popular with its exciting nightlife. The best time to visit Budapest is July or Autumn since it is very cold in winter. |
1. People mostly travel _____ in Venice.
| A．by ship | B．by car | C．by bus | D．by boat |
| A．more than 100 years | B．more than 200 years |
| C．more than 300 years | D．more than 400 years |
| A．spring | B．summer | C．autumn | D．winter |
| A．Modern highways | B．The Sky Tower |
| C．Maori traditional dances | D．A lot of boats |
| A．modern cities with a short history |
| B．in New Zealand |
| C．near lakes, rivers or seas |
| D．large cities |
There were only a few coins in the hat. A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around, and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.
Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy. That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy heard his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”
The man said, “I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way.”
What he had written was, “ Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it.” Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing?
Of course, both signs told people the boy was blind. But the first sign simply told people to help by putting some money in the hat. The second sign told people that they were able to enjoy the beauty of the day, but the boy could not enjoy it because he was blind.
The first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.
1. A blind boy sat on the steps of a building in order to_________.
| A．wait for some people |
| B．get money from others |
| C．make the writer help him |
| D．hold up a sign |
| A．took away the blind boy’s money |
| B．gave the boy a new hat |
| C．brought the boy a sign |
| D．gave the boy some money and wrote some words on the sign |
| A．The boy was taken away by the police |
| B．Nobody gave the blind boy money any more |
| C．More people dropped money into the boy’s hat |
| D．The blind boy could see the beautiful day |
| A．It has the different meaning to the first sign |
| B．It has the same meaning to the first sign and is expressed in another better way. |
| C．The man’s sign tells people it is a beautiful day. |
| D．People know the boy is blind after reading the man’s sign. |
| A．It’s helpful of us to help people in need. |
| B．There are many poor people in the world like the blind boy. |
| C．It’s a good way to make money by holding a sign. |
| D．We should learn to speak to others in a suitable way. |
【推荐2】Hanna is a 10-year-old little girl in America. She learned some knowledge about first aid (急救) one day at school. She did everything very carefully that day because she wanted to save people’s lives when she grew up. She didn’t wait very long. Just a week later, her mother Michelle collapsed (晕倒) at home, and Hanna called 911 at once.
Remembering what she had learned at school, Hanna moved Michelle to her side and tilted (倾斜) her head back to help keep her airway (气道) open. She knew every second counted in that situation, so she was very calm and did everything quickly, keeping talking to her mum, and telling her mum that she would be safe.
The doctors quickly arrived and took Michelle and Hanna to hospital. Michelle was so thankful that her daughter had known what to do. “Hanna was just great. She knew what to do because she had learned how to call 911 and give help to people at school,” Michelle’s teacher Mrs. Woodhead shared, “It’s a skill that I think all children should know. They can help others in need.”
1. Hanna learned some knowledge about first aid at school.2. Hanna was afraid when her mum collapsed.
3. Hanna took her mum to hospital with her teacher.
4. Hanna’s mother was thankful for what Hanna did.
5. The teacher thinks it is important to learn some knowledge about first aid.
【推荐3】Do you remember the TV series of Popeye the Sailor(《大力水手》)? It first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s. The leading role in that cartoon ate lots of spinach(菠菜) to make him strong. Popeye helped sell 33% more spinach than before! Then spinach became a necessary part of many people’s diets. Even some young children who hated the taste began to try the vegetable.
Many people thought it was iron(铁) in spinach that made Popeye strong and healthy, but it was not true. Spinach does not have any more iron than other green vegetables.
People only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the researchers who studied the food made a mistake. In the 1890s, a group of people worked on what was inside vegetables. This group wrote the number wrong, and everyone accepted it.
Today, we know that the little iron there is in spinach cannot make a difference in how strong a person is. However, spinach does contain something else which the body needs—folic acid(叶酸). It is interesting to point out folic acid can help make your body strong. Maybe it was really the folic acid that made people strong all along.
1. Many people ate more spinach after seeing Popeye the Sailor because ________.| A．Popeye was a hero | B．they thought spinach made them strong |
| C．they liked folic acid | D．spinach contained a lot of iron |
| A．made Popeye strong and healthy | B．had less iron than other green vegetables |
| C．was rich in vitamin D | D．had more iron than other green vegetables |
| A．something in food | B．a vegetable | C．bad for health | D．a certain kind of spinach |
| A．Popeye the Sailor | B．Mistaken Number |
| C．The Truth About Spinach | D．Amazing Folic Acid |
