【推荐1】Answer the questions （根据以下内容回答问题）

Twelve people in British Columbia experienced a disastrous balloon ride when it accidentally caught fire. The balloon was still tied to the ground when the fire started. Three people jumped out immediately and safely. But the ropes securing the balloon burnt through and the basket started rising.

Seven more people jumped out as quickly as they could, but each one jumped from a higher height, The last two jumped from almost 50 feet up. Their clothes were on fire .They survived .but both would be in the hospital for several months, according to officials. The others escaped with broken bones and first-and second-degree burns, but nothing “critical,” Officials said that another balloon fire. causing no deaths and only minor injuries, had occurred only a week earlier.

The two balloon riders who failed to jump out were a married couple celebrating their 50th anniversary, Their oldest son had surprised them with this “champagne flight” as a gift. The couple burnt to death in the basket. Which ascended to about 500 feet? Then the entire balloon burst into flames and plummeted to the ground. landing in a trailer park. The basket was still burning furiously. It looked like an orange torch as it descended, brilliant against the blue sky .Four trailers were destroyed by the bomb-like effect of the basket’s heavy landing. When the dust finally cleared. the married couples were found, completely charred, embracing each other.

1. Where did the fire happen?
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2. All of the balloon riders were safe in the accident, weren’t they?
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3. How did the riders save themselves?
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4. Why did the married couple join the balloon ride?
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5. What happened to the trailer park?
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6. What do you think of the couple?
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【推荐2】任务型阅读。根据短文内容，回答下列问题。
A man saw a boy standing beside a lake with a mirror (镜子).
“Excuse me,” he said, “but could you tell me what you’re doing?”
“I’m fishing.”
“With a mirror? Could you tell me how it works?” the man asked.
“OK, but I want five dollars.”
The man wanted to know the secret very much, so he handed the boy the money. “ Now show me how it works,” he said.
“Well ”, the boy began, “ you hold the mirror towards the water, and when a fish goes by, the sunlight in the mirror gives him a surprise. He stops and doesn’t know what to do, and then you catch him at once. ”
The man was surprised, “Can you really catch fish with the mirror? How many did you catch?”
“You’re the fifth today! ” Answered the boy.
1. Where was the boy fishing?
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2. How much did the boy get at least that day?
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3. Do you think the boy can really catch fish?
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【推荐3】阅读短文，根据短文内容回答下列问题。

Joey was happy because he had many special friends, four squirrels, two rabbits, and many colorful birds. At the meal time, these wild animals came near to the family and they would feed these special friends.

In the large yard stood thirteen trees of different sizes. One day, while Joey was playing with his sister under the trees, he noticed that a tree trunk (树干) had a sad look. He ran into the house to tell his mom about it. She told Joey to find the reason why it was sad.

So Joey went into the yard, ran to the sad tree and asked, “Why are you unhappy?”

“I am the smallest tree around. The birds don’t fly to me. The rabbits don’t eat grass under me. The squirrels don’t climb to my top. Nobody needs me or loves me,” replied the sad tree.

After knowing the reason, the family had a meeting. Joey suggested making a seat under the sad tree. Joey’s father said he could help make a seat around the tree. The family would sit under the tree and the tree wouldn’t feel sad anymore.

When Joey told his special friends the tree was sad, they decided to do what they could to help make the sad tree happy again.

Early the next morning, when Joey woke up, he noticed birds singing happily in the little tree and saw squirrels running up and down in it. Rabbits were eating the fresh grass around the tree. The little tree was happy again.

Joey ran inside to tell the good news to his family. Joey’s mother and father went into the yard and saw the happy tree.

“Let s start to build the seats, around the trees. I will need help to build them. Get the nails (钉子) for me, Joey,” said the father.

“I can help you hold the nails, Dad,” said Joey’s sister.

1. How many trees were there in the large yard?
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2. Why did the tree feel sad?
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3. Who helped the sad tree?
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4. Is the text a story, an interview or an introduction?
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5. What do you think of Joey’s family?
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【推荐1】Our class will go to the zoo tomorrow. There are(有) many kinds of animals. There are three tigers and two old lions. They eat much meat. There are two big monkeys and one baby monkey. They’re kind and clever. They like kids and kids often give them bread and bananas. Monkeys like bananas very much. In the zoo, there are other animals, like bears(熊) and pandas. Bears can ask for food with their “hands”. They like cakes(蛋糕)very much. Pandas are people’s favorite animals. They just live in China. They are black and white. They are very cute.

根据短文内容，填入恰当的单词，每空一词。
1. Our class want to go to the _____ _____.
2. There are three _____ and two old lions. They eat _____.
3. Monkey are kind and _____. They like _____ very much.
4. Bears can ask for _____ with their “_____”.
5. _____ are cute. They are black and white. They just live in _____.

【推荐2】Camels(骆驼) are amazing animals. They aren’t the most beautiful animals in the world. But they are certainly the most useful animals in the hot areas such as North Africa and the Middle East. They usually help people carry things. Now let’s learn more about camels.

There are two kinds of camels on the Earth. They are Arabian(阿拉伯的) camels and Asian camels. Arabian camels are dromedaries(单峰骆驼), but Asian camels are bactrians(双峰骆驼).

An adult camel is about 2 meters tall and about 500 kilograms in weight. Its legs are long. And its feet are big and soft. Most of the camels can live for about 40 years, but they usually stop working when they are about 25.

Camels live alone in the desert(沙漠). They aren’t afraid of the hot and cold weather. Their main food is grass, leaves and bushes. They can walk for more than 600 kilometers and don’t need to drink water. They only need to drink water every six or eight days. But when there is water, they can drink up to 90 liters(升). Camels walk slowly. They don’t like running because it’s too hot. But if they need, they can run at 20 kilometers an hour.

根据短文内容，用短文中符合语义及语法规则的词填空，每空一词。
1. There are two kinds of camels on the Earth. They are ________ camels and ________ camels.
2. Camels live ________ in the desert areas ________ ________ North Africa and the Middle East.
3. ________ camel can live for about 40 years, but they usually don’t ________ any more at 25.
4. They mainly live on ________, ________ and bushes.
5. They only need to drink water every six or ________ days.

【推荐3】（2017﹒湖北鄂州）Bamboo is one of the nature’s most surprising plants(1) 许多人称这种植物为树，但它是一种草。

Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist recorded one bamboo plant that grew almost 1.5 meters in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. (2)There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo that grow around the world on both mountains and plains (平原).

Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.

Many Asian countries have been using bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for building new buildings. As a matter of fact, the cables (绳索) that hold up the hanging bridge across the Min River in Sichuan are made of bamboo. The bridge has been in use for more than 1,000 years, and is still holding strong.

In Africa, (3) engineers are teaching poor farmers how to use bamboo to find water. These African countries need cheap ways to find water because (4) they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. It seems that bamboo is one of the best things they can use. Bamboo pipes and drills (钻) can help to make the poor thirsty fields be watered.

1. 任务一：将1处翻译成英文。_______________________________________________________________________
2. 任务二：将2处翻译成中文。
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3. 任务三：将3处改成复合句。
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4. 任务四：写出4处＂they＂指代的内容。__________________________________________________________________________________
5. 任务五：(5) 找出该文段的中心句。__________________________________________________________________________________