【推荐1】A cold is a common illness. It often starts with a sore throat. And you usually have a headache, too.

It’s not serious, but you can feel very bad. Also it can bring some problems. What should you do when you have a cold? You should have a good rest first. It’s good to drink a lot of warm water, too. You can go to a doctor and take some medicine. Maybe you can also try some Chinese medicine that is now very popular around the world.

What should you do to stop a cold? One important way is to exercise more often. Running, swimming or even walking can help a lot. Try to exercise for at least 30 minutes a day. It’s also important to go to bed and get up early. Studies show that the cold or flu virus (流感病毒) can live on our hands for a long time. So you should often wash your hands with soap. Finally, it’s important to have a balanced diet.

If you can do these, you will hardly ever catch a cold again.

1. What is a cold like?

A．It’s scary.	B．It often needs a lot of treatments.
C．It’s very serious.	D．It brings some problems.

2. What should you do when you have a cold?

A．Go to a doctor.	B．Sleep early and get up early.
C．Exercise more often.	D．Drink much cold water.

3. Why should you often wash your hands with soap?

A．Because it makes our hands smell good.	B．Because it makes our hands nicer.
C．Because it may help keep the flu virus away.	D．Because it is not expensive for us to buy soap.

4. What can we know from the passage?

A．Only Chinese medicine can help stop a cold.

B．We should run or swim when we have a cold.

C．The most important way to stop a cold is to drink lots of water.

D．Good eating habits and much exercise can help us stay away from a cold.

【推荐2】Are you a person who has a high EQ? If you want to be a successful man, you should have a high EQ. Some people even say that EQ is more important than IQ. I think so. So we can know the importance of having a high EQ.

If you don’t have a high EQ, try to make yourself become a person with a good temper. In this way, your EQ may become higher and higher. Here are some ways for you to control your temper when you are angry.

First, don’t say anything when you are in a bad mood, or it’s possible for you to hurt others. In fact, maybe you don’t mean to hurt them.

Second, take a deep breath when you can’t stop your anger. In this way, you will feel relaxed and you won’t be that furious.

Last but not least, when you are angry, ask yourself some questions.

“Why am I so angry?”

“Do I have to be so angry?

“What will happen if I don’t get angry?”

So, try the ways above. Everything could be simple if you try to think it in other ways.

1. The writer thinks that ________.

A．EQ is as important as IQ	B．EQ is more important than IQ
C．EQ and IQ are not important	D．EQ is less important than IQ

2. In the passage, the writer gives us ________ ways to control your temper when you are angry.

A．1

B．2

C．3

D．4

3. What’s the third way mentioned in the passage?

A．Don’t say anything.	B．Take a deep breath.
C．Ask yourself some questions.	D．Find a person you can talk with.

4. If you’re angry, you’d better ________.

A．hurt others

B．say something

C．cry for help

D．take a deep breath

5. The passage is about ________.

A．how to be a person with good temper	B．how to be a person with a high EQ
C．how to be a popular person	D．how to be a person with a high EQ

【推荐3】Why are many people afraid to fail? Just because we forget that failure is part of our life. Every person is able to fight failure and finally succeed.

Most parents try hard to prevent their children from knowing that they have failed. One way is to lower standards. When a girl makes a table, her mother would say “great”, though the table isn’t good at all. Another way is to blame (责备) others. If John fails science, his mother will say his teacher is unfair (不公平) or foolish.

There is a problem with the two ways. It makes a child unprepared for life in the real world. Young children need to learn that no one can be best at everything, no one can win all the time, and that it’s possible to enjoy a game even when you don’t win.

Failure never gives people pleasure. It hurts both children and their parents. But it can be really good to your life when you learn from it. You must learn to ask “Why did I fail?” Don’t blame anyone else. Ask yourself what you did wrong and how you can do better. If someone else can help, don’t be shy to ask them.

1. According to the passage, when students fail, their parents often ________.

A．blame them and their teachers

B．encourage them to standup again

C．try not to tell them the truth

D．tell their teachers about it

2. When we fail, the writer thinks we should do all the following EXCEPT ________.

A．find out the reasons for our failure

B．think about how to do it better

C．ask others for help if possible

D．blame ourselves instead of others

3. Which of the following is the best title for this article?

A．Learning from Failure

B．Ways of Preventing Failure

C．Reasons for Failure

D．Getting Pleasure from Failure

【推荐1】There are many things that you should be careful about when you are alone at home.

● Keep the door locked when you are alone at home. Many people think it’s the best way to protect themselves.

● Make a list of phone numbers to call for help, such as 110, your neighbour’s number, your friend’s number and so on.

● Be careful with the electrical appliances (电器). If you don’t know how to use them, ask your parents. Or it will be dangerous.

● Look through the keyhole when you hear the doorbell. If there is a stranger, ask “Who’s that?” with the door locked and say “Come back later.” Don’t tell him that your parents are away. Say “Mum’s having a shower.” or “Dad’s having a sleep.”

1. You should ________ when you're alone at home according to Paragraph 2.

A．turn on the lights

B．open the door

C．have fun

D．lock the door

2. You should call ________ for help when something bad happens.

A．the post office

B．the bank

C．the police

D．the hospital

3. It’s very ________ to touch the electrical appliances if you don’t know how to use them.

A．dangerous

B．useful

C．exciting

D．interesting

4. If a stranger rings your doorbell, you’d better ________.

A．open the door and talk to him	B．tell him to come later
C．invite him to your house	D．tell him your parents are away

5. How many ways are mentioned to protect yourself when you’re alone at home?

A．Four.

B．Five.

C．Six.

D．Seven.

【推荐1】Plastic can be found almost in everything. That includes toys, cars and computers. Most plastic cans should be recycled. However, many types of plastic are often thrown away. Much of the plastic rubbish ends up in the ocean. It gets there mainly from litter on land and over-flowing sewers (下水道).The rest is thrown directly into the seas. It's reported that about 8 million tons of plastic flows into the seas each year. That's equal to a garbage truck full of plastic every minute. Plastic can not fully break down, so once it reaches the ocean it will float on the sea or sink into the bottom and then it may kill the wildlife.

In response to this problem, the United Nations (U.N.) hosted its first-ever Ocean Conference. At the conference, the UN’s 193 member nations reached an agreement. They agreed to try their best to protect the ocean from pollution. "The sea has a special relationship with all of us in the world, but the relationship is under threat now," said Antonio Guterres, the secretary-general of the UN.

Countries in Asia have agreed to take some measures. The promise from China, Thailand,and Indonesia is hopeful. They produce up to 60% of all marine plastic waste-because of leakage (泄露) from underdeveloped garbage-collection facilities.

Good news is that some scientists and companies worldwide are developing ways to keep plastic out of the ocean. They are trying to remove it and recycle it. For example, the Dell, a computer company, is creating laptop packaging (包装) from recycled plastic rubbish.

Dell predicts that the project will prevent 16,000 pounds of plastic from entering the ocean.“We hope to encourage more companies to do something for the growing environmental issue," Carly Taturn says, who is a Dell spokeswoman.

However, environmentalists are not so optimistic. They warn that there is no quick way to prevent plastic pollution. Maybe the real solution is that every country in the world should make stronger laws on the plastic pollution.

1. According to the passage, how do people usually deal with most plastic?

A．By recycling it.	B．By burying it.
C．By throwing it away.	D．By making it harmless

2. What does "this problem"in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．The ocean is seriously polluted

B．The wildlife in the ocean is dying out.

C．Plastic fails to fully break down.

D．Too much plastic rubbish flows into the ocean.

3. What does the writer think is probably the best way to prevent plastic pollution worldwide?

A．Producing less plastic waste.

B．Taking measures to recycle plastic.

C．Encouraging all countries to make related stricter laws.

D．Developing more ways to keep plastic out of the ocean.

4. What's the topic (话题) of the passage?

A．Plastic pollution in the ocean.	B．The influence of plastic on the environment.
C．Debates on plastic recycling.	D．Measures on protecting the ocean.

【推荐2】We have seven classes in a day in China — four in the morning and three in the afternoon. In the morning, classes begin at 8: 00, and the students in Grade Seven usually have Chinese, math and English. Morning classes are over at 12:10. In the afternoon, we begin our school at 2:30 and school finishes at about 5:30. We usually have music, P.E, history, geography and other outdoor activities. We often do our homework at home in the evening.

But in England, children have five classes in a day from Monday to Friday. Their school is over at half past three in the afternoon. After school they usually play soccer and basketball or do their favorite outdoor activities with their classmates. Of course, they must also do their homework.

1. How many classes do Chinese students have in a day?

A．Four.

B．Three.

C．Five.

D．Seven.

2. What time are the morning classes over in China?

A．At 8:00.

B．At 12:10.

C．At 5:30.

D．At 3:30.

3. The underlined word “finishes” means ________ in Chinese.

A．开始

B．继续

C．结尾

D．结束

4. How many classes do the English children have in a week?

A．25.

B．5.

C．35.

D．7.

5. Which of the following is RIGHT?

A．Chinese children do their homework at school.

B．English children do their homework, too.

C．Chinese children usually have Chinese in the afternoon.

D．English children do their outdoor activities with their teacher.

【推荐3】There are many classical (古典的) cultures in China. All of them have a very long history. Here we introduce four of them.

	Chinese Handwriting Chinese handwriting is a special art to Asian cultures. Brush handwriting is much loved around the world. Wang Xizhi is very famous for his handwriting. He made a great difference to the development of Chinese handwriting.
	Chinese Folk Music Chinese folk music has a long history. It is connected with Chinese ancient stories. One of the classics, Shijing, includes some folk songs in 15 different areas from the West Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period. Traditional Chinese musical instruments include guqin, guzheng, pipa, xiao and so on.
	Chinese Painting Chinese painting is one of the oldest traditional painting forms in the world. Most of the Chinese paintings in ancient China were done on paper or silk. Traditional Chinese painting includes mountains and water, figures (人物), flowers and birds. The paintings show different features during the different historical periods.
	Weiqi Weiqi, called yi in ancient China, is a smart board game between two players with a history of over 3,000 years. The game can be treated as the beginning of all ancient chess games.

1. Wang Xizhi played an important role in ________.

A．Chinese handwriting	B．Chinese folk music
C．Chinese painting	D．weiqi

2. The ________ is a traditional Chinese instrument.

A．guitar

B．violin

C．piano

D．pipa

3. Traditional Chinese painting includes the following except ________.

A．mountains and water	B．flowers
C．cities	D．birds

4. Weiqi is a board game played by ________.

A．only one player	B．two players
C．three players	D．four players

5. Chinese classical cultures ________.

A．have a long history	B．are not welcomed by the higher classes
C．are popular only in China	D．are the beginning of the world cultures