【推荐1】There was once a man called Mr.Flowers, and flowers were his only joy in life. He spent all his spare time in one of his four glass-houses and grew flowers of every color, with long and difficult names, for competition. He tried to grow a rose of a new color to win the silver cup for the Rose of the Year.
Mr.Flowers’ glass-houses were close to a middle school. Boys of around thirteen years of age were often tempted(引诱) to throw a stone or two at one of Mr.Flowers’ glass-houses. So Mr.Flowers did his best to be in or close by his glass-houses at the beginning and end of the school day.
But it was not always possible to be on watch at those times. Mr. Flowers has tried in many ways to protect his glass, but nothing that he had done had been useful. He had been to school to report to the headmaster, but this had not done any good. He had tried to drive away the boys that threw stones into his garden. But the boys could run faster than he could,and they laughed at him from far away. He had even picked up all the stones that he could find around his garden , so that the boys would have nothing to throw, but they soon found others.
At last Mr.Flowers had a good idea. He put up a large notice made of good,strong wood, some metres away from the glass-houses. On it he had written the words: DO NOT THROW STONES AT THIS NOTICES. After this, Mr.Flowers had no further trouble:the boys wee much more tempted to throw stones at the notice than at the glass-houses.
1. It was Mr. Flowers’ hope to       .

A．build glass-houses in his spare time

B．grow the Rose of the Year in a silver cup

C．win a silver cup for growing a rose of a new color

2. Boys were often tempted to       .

A．throw stones at Mr.Flowers’ glass-houses

B．throw stones at Mr.Flowers’ from their school

C．be in or close by Mr. Flowers’ glass-houses

3. Mr.Flowers stayed in or close by his glass-houses      .

A．at times when school-boys were walking near them

B．all the school day when there were no boys about

C．in his spare time at the beginning and end of the school day

4. Mr.Flowers had tried to       to protect his glass.

A．be on watch in his spare time

B．ask the headmaster for help

C．both A and B

5. Mr. Flowers’ good idea was to .

A．write some words on the glass

B．put up a large notice to cover his glass-houses

C．give the boys something else to throw stones at

【推荐2】There was a famous church (教堂)in London. It was 110 meters high. The center of the church was like a bell. The ceiling of the church was painted by a famous artist. They built a platform (平台)so that the artist could put up a ladder on it and paint the ceiling. The platform was about 70 meters over the ground.
One day the artist was working hard and nearly finished one popular corner of the ceiling. Also on the platform was his assistant（助手）， who was mixing paints. The artist stepped back so that he could see how his work was doing. To have a better look at his painting， he stepped back again. _______________________________________________________________________________________.
“What do you think you are doing?” he shouted angrily. “Are you mad(疯的)?” His assistant replied， “I saw you walking backwards to have a better look at your painting. But you didn't notice that you reached the very edge(边缘) of the platform. You were in great danger. I wanted to make you move forwards. If I had not made you run forwards， you would have fallen backwards off the edge of the platform.”
1. The story happened in .

A．America	B．England
C．Germany	D．France

2. Why did the artist step back again?

A．To have a better look at his painting.

B．To see how his work was doing.

C．To paint a bowl in his painting.

D．To pour some paint on his painting.

3. What did the assistant do to stop the artist falling off the platform?

A．He ran forwards to stop him

B．He stopped mixing the paints.

C．He painted a famous painting himself.

D．He shouted to the artist and painted his painting.

4. After reading the passage， what do you think the artist would probably do?

A．He would be angry with what the assistant had done.

B．He would be thankful to the assistant for saving his life.

C．He would punish the assistant for having destroyed (毁坏) his painting.

D．He wouldn't allow (允许) the assistant to work with him any more.

【推荐3】Once upon a time, a hippo（河马） lived in a river next to a big tee.

One day, a bird came and nested（筑巢） in the tree. The songs of the bird filled the hippo with so much envy（羨慕）that he couldn’t think of anything else. Every day he would think why he wasn’t born to be a bird even though the bird told him many times he was so lucky to be so big and such a good swimmer.

Finally, the hippo decided to come out of the river, climb the tree and start singing. However, it was very clear that the hippo didn’t have wings（翅膀）nor claws（爪）, he angrily hit the tree until it came crashing to the ground. Then he stepped onto the leaves of the fallen tree, and began singing.

Unfortunately, the hippo can’t sing, either. All that came from his mouth were terrible noises, they all came around to make fun of the hippo.

He was so ashamed（羞愧的） by this. He also felt bad about having knocked the tree over. He used all his strength to raise the tree back up again, and look after it until it completely recovered（康复）.

From this experience, the hippo knew it’s wrong to do something against his nature.

1. The hippo envied the bird because the bird could ________.

A．fly high

B．build a nest

C．sing well

D．live in the tree

2. From the passage, we can know that the hippo was good at ________.

A．singing

B．swimming

C．climbing trees

D．planting trees

3. The hippo in this story ________.

A．corrected his mistake when he realized it	B．was successful at last
C．liked to talk a lot but did nothing	D．was popular with his friends

4. From the passage, we can infer （推断） that the hippo would ________ after such an experience.

A．be a good singer	B．be a good swimmer
C．stop envying the bird	D．not make friends with other animals

5. What’s the best title of this passage?

A．The Animals That Were in High Spirits	B．The Tree That Was Knocked Over
C．The Bird That Wished to Swim	D．The Hippo That Wished to Sing

【推荐3】Should we be afraid of sharks? Maybe not. New research into the reasons for shark attacks Should we be afraid of sharks? Maybe not. New research into the reasons for shark attacks (攻击) suggests that sharks don’t like the way humans taste! In fact, most people who are attacked by the shark didn’t die after receiving only one bite (咬). Why is this?
There are many opinions to explain why sharks sometimes attack people. One opinion is that sharks are just curious (好奇的). We know that sharks are the strongest animals in their environment, so they are not afraid of anything. Naturally, that means they are curious when they meet something unusual. Because they don’t have hands or feet,   the only way they can find out an object is to bite it!   It is thought that sharks sometimes bite humans for this reason, and then swim away.
Scientists also say that sharks would not waste energy trying to eat a human, as we have a lot of bones . It is hard for a shark to eat us because sharks don’t have hands, and they can’t pull the meat off our bones. Maybe that’s why they only bite us once. Unluckily, one bite from a large shark is serious enough to hurt people greatly!
Another opinion is that sharks attack humans by mistake. Some sharks may sometimes mistake humans for a seal. An example of this is when a shark attack attacks a surfer. A surfer lying on a surfboard looks like a seal when seen from below. Sharks like seals because they have thick fat.
Whatever the reason for shark attacks on humans, sharks should be afraid of us. Sadly, we kill almost 40 million of them each year.
1. What happens to most people attacked by sharks?

A．Most of them became blind．	B．Most of them became deaf.
C．Most of them died．	D．Most of them are still alive．

2. According to the passage，sharks find out about an unusual object

A．by biting	B．by smelling
C．by touching	D．by killing

3. The undertined word “bones” means          in Chinese.

A．骨头

B．毛发

C．脏器

D．血管

4. From the passage we know             ．

A．sharks might mistake humans for seals

B．sharks pull meat off bones when they eat

C．sharks like to attck surfers because oftheir thick fat

D．one bite from a shark is nothing serious

5. The main topic ofthe passage is that      .

A．surfers should stay away from sharks

B．people must stop killing sharks

C．the reasons for shark attacks on people

D．humans are much stronger than shark

【推荐1】Zhang Dingyu, the director of Wuhan Jinyintan Hospital, leads over 600 doctors and nurses fighting against the novel coronavirus pneumonia（新型冠状病毒肺炎）,which has caused hundreds of deaths in central China's Hubei Province.

As Zhang led over 600 doctors and nurses fighting the disease, his strange way of walking shocked his colleagues(同事). He finally admitted(承认)that he had fallen ill with ALS since October 2018. ALS is a disease that gradually blocks(阻断)the connection between brain and body. ALS can make people become partially paralyzed（瘫痪的）and finally hard to breathe.

While Zhang was working with handicapped（瘸的）legs, his wife got infected with the virus after working in another hospital. The bad news made him cry for the first time after the virus broke out. Zhang could only find time to visit his wife until three days after she came into the hospital for treatment. Even then he could only stay for 30 minutes. Fortunately, the good news came that his wife had recovered ten days after treatment.

Zhang, 57, has offered medical services along with Chinese medical teams to Algeria and Pakistan. Three days after the earthquake hit central Sichuan Province in 2008, Zhang entered the city with his medical team members to offer help.

"Life is always short. I need to do more to finish the things that I might leave behind, then I would leave without too many regrets, "Zhang said." We are at the center of a storm, so we need to give all we have to protect our city, and our Wuhan people," Zhang said.

1. What is TRUE about Zhang Dingyu?

A．His colleagues didn't mind his health condition.

B．His wife has handicapped legs like him.

C．He treated people injured in earthquakes in Algeria.

D．He has ever been to Pakistan, offering medical services along with Chinese medical teams.

2. According to the passage, what's true about "ALS"?

A．ALS is a psychological (心理的) illness.

B．ALS can make people unable to think.

C．ALS can make people feel it difficult to breathe.

D．People with ALS are easier to get infected with the coronavirus.

3. What does Zhang Dingyu mean in the last paragraph?

A．His life will go to an end soon.

B．He regrets not being able to do more for his patients.

C．He makes up his mind to fight the disease.

D．He will soon leave his position.

4. We can learn from the passage that Zhang Dingyu is a ____________man.

A．terrible

B．serious

C．thoughtful

D．responsible

【推荐2】Pieter Bruegel was a famous artist who lived in Europe five hundred years ago. He is well known for a painting called Children’s Games. People like this painting because it is full of fun. It shows how children in Pieter’s time enjoyed themselves in different ways. In all, there are about eighty games being played in the painting.
Children’s Games shows a busy street scene in a town long ago. The street is a wide and open space. There are no cars, so there is plenty of room to play. There are about two hundred children in the painting. Some play in groups and others play alone. They seem to be enjoying their freedom in the fresh air and their games. Some of the games are still played today.
The games in the painting do not require children to spend money on extra materials(材料). Instead, they use simple everyday objects like hats and sticks. A game might need a rope, some chalk, a hoop, a spinning top, or even a barrel. Some games are played without any toys at all. For example, one scene in the painting shows children turning somersaults(翻筋斗) inside the fence.
Even though Pieter Bruegel lived a long time ago, children today can learn an important lesson from what he painted. The painting shows us how little we need in order to enjoy ourselves. All children really need is one another. It’s not the toys or games that are found in the stores that create fun. Using our imagination can do this for us.
1. The painting shows about ______ games.

A．500

B．200

C．80

D．60

2. The children in the painting are playing ______.

A．in the street

B．in the house

C．on the grass

D．at the school

3. From the painting we learn that ______.

A．children today need to take more lessons

B．children can create fun by using imagination

C．children need more toys to enjoy themselves

D．children spend much money on everyday objects