【推荐1】Perhaps you’ve already watched or heard about Readers(《朗读者》), a TV show that has recently become popular. It invites different people to read aloud on the stage, as well as tell the touching stories behind them. They can read everything, like poems(诗), books, and letters.

Many people are fans of the show and begin to enjoy reading aloud at home. Now the show gives people a special place to read across China. Reading pavilions(朗读亭) are now in cities like Shanghai, Hangzhou and Xi’an.

The pavilion is quite small. Only one person can come into it each time. There is a microphone(麦克风) in it and it records people’s voices. Everyone can read anything they like for three minutes in the pavilion. The show will later pick out some of the readers and invite them to read on TV.

People of all ages have come and read in the pavilion, according to People’s Daily. “Reading should be just like singing and talking,” said Dong Qing, the hostess of the show. “We can actually express our deep feelings through reading aloud.”

Both the TV show and the pavilion are promoting (推动) reading among the public, reported China Youth Daily. In fact, this is also what our country is trying to do now. During the two sessions(两会) this month, deputy(人大代表) Lu Yaping suggested that a national reading day be set up. This received support from many other deputies.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A．A popular TV show for poem readers.

B．A traditional TV show for telling stories.

C．A future TV show for reading books.

D．A new TV show for readers to read aloud.

2. What is the pavilion like in the passage?

A．It is a big room with recording device.

B．It is a mid-sized room with video device.

C．It is a place for one person to record voices.

D．It is a special place for hosts to work in.

3. What are the reading pavilions built for?

A．To teach ordinary people to be super stars.

B．To help the TV show to choose readers.

C．To help ordinary people read in public.

D．To teach people how to read aloud.

4. From the story, we learn that_____________.

A．one has to pay to record his voice in a pavilion

B．the TV show encourages more people to read aloud

C．few people are interested in the reading pavilions

D．there has been a national reading day in China

5. By saying “Reading should be just like singing and talking”, Dong Qing means that reading should _____________.

A．sound like birds singing

B．be combined with talking

C．be filled with full emotions.

D．be full of tears and laughter

【推荐2】配对阅读左栏是五个人的情况简介，右栏是澳大利亚广播公司（ABC）的七个电视节目。请将这五个人与他们感兴趣的节目配对，并将最佳选项的字母编号填写在答卷相应题目的答题位置上。

1     John is a movie fan. He loves to get the news about the latest movies. His favorite Australian actor is Nicole Kidman.     2     Alice is a housewife who has three children. She loves cooking and wants to learn to cook different kinds of food for her family.     3     Jenny is a middle school student. In her spare time, she usually listens to rock music and watches TV. Her favorite TV shows are comedies but she can't stand documentaries at all.     4     Jimmy loves talk shows. He wants to be a reporter and work in a TV station in the future. So he would like to learn more about TV from the talk show.     5     Sam is eighty years old now. He moved to Australia in 1950. Today he is still missing the life in Australia in the 1950s and often mentions it.

A. Trip to the Planets It's a documentary about planets. It has six episodes（集）and each one lasts 55 minutes. After watching it, you will know more about the space. B. I Rock The daily 30-minute comedy tells a story about a rock band called Boy Crazy. The band is trying to become famous in the world. Enjoy the funny comedy and the rock music as well. C. Media Watch Australia’s leading talk show about TV, radio, newspaper and Internet. It focuses on those who make the news and deliver the world to our home, such as the reporters, editors, and photographers. D. The Changes of Australia Share your stories about life in Australia from 1945. You can have your own photos or videos. They can be funny or sad, big events or the small things of everyday life. E. Big Ideas A talk show about everything that is the most interesting land challenging, and everywhere from cities to the countryside and from the south to the north across Australia. F. At the Movies It’s a talk show about movies. It goes into the world of cinema every week and tells you what’s new on the big screen. And it has interviews with the famous directors or actors. G. Pan’s Kitchen It used to be called Master Chef, now it has a new name because of the lady who is called Pan Ling. She can cook Chinese food and Western food.

【推荐3】

Channel 1（一频道）	Channel 2
18:00 Around   China	17:45 Computers today
18:30 Children’s programme （节目）	18:10 Foreign arts
19:00 News	18:30 Modern English
19:30 Weather report	19:00 Animal world
19:40 Around the world	19:25 In Asia
20:10 TV play :Sisters	20:20 Sports
21:00 English for today	21:00 Sports player: Yao Ming
21:15 Pop music	21:45 English news
21:55 Talk show	22:05 On TV next week

1. You’ll know something about ________ at 19:00 on Channel 2.

A．news

B．animals

C．foreign language

D．Asia

2. If you want to watch NBA, the best programme for you would be ________.

A．Sports

B．Around the world

C．Foreign arts

D．English news

3. If you like music very much, the best programme is________ .

A．at 21:45 on Channel 2	B．at 21:55 on Channel 1
C．at 21:00 on Channel 2	D．at 21:15 on Channel 1

4. ________ is probably (最可能）a programme that teaches you English.

A．Around the world

B．Foreign arts

C．Modern English

D．English news

5. You can probably see the table(表格）above on a   ________.

A．newspaper

B．book

C．magazine

D．notebook

【推荐1】We each have a memory (记忆力). That’s why we can still remember things after a long time. Some people have very good memories and they can easily learn many things by heart, but some people can only remember things when they say or do them again and again. Charles Dickens, the famous English writer, said that he could walk down any long street in London and then tell you the name of every shop he had passed. Many of the great men of the world have surprising memories.

A good memory is of great help in learning a language. Everybody learns his mother language when he is a small child. He hears the sounds, remembers them and then he learns to speak. He can grasp a language very quickly, but an adult (成年人) can’t. Adults find it very hard to remember some words.

Can your memory become better and better when you do some practice? The answer is yes. After good practice, a person can remember better. Let’s practice to have a better memory.

1. The underlined word “grasp” in the passage means “________” in Chinese.

A．交流

B．掌握

C．书写

2. The writer tells us that it’s easier for ________ to learn a language.

A．a small child

B．an adult

C．a teenager

3. From the passage we know ________.

A．all people have the same memory

B．when you learn a language, a good memory is of great help

C．a small child learns his mother language by remembering what he speaks

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Adults find it easy for them to remember some sentences.

B．Many great men of the world have surprising memories.

C．People can’t make their memories better after practice.

5. The passage mainly tells us ________.

A．who has the best memory in history

B．how a small child can remember a language

C．how we can get a better memory

【推荐2】There are forty ­seven different kinds of kangaroos(袋鼠). The smallest kangaroos are about a quarter of a metre long; the biggest ones are taller than a man.

Kangaroos have very long strong back legs. These are used for jumping. They also have long strong tails(尾巴) used for resting（休息）on. Kangaroos' front legs are much shorter, and are almost like arms. Kangaroos' heads are quite small, but their ears are quite large.

Mother kangaroos have a pocket at the front. They have one baby each year. When it is born, the baby kangaroo is straight(直接) into its mother's pocket. The baby kangaroos stay there for six months.

The biggest kangaroos stand more than 2 metres tall, and their legs are so strong that they can jump more than 9 metres. They are very fast, and can travel at more than 50 kilometres an hour. They are very strong, but only eat fruit, leaves and grass.

1. How large are the biggest kangaroos?

A．A quarter of a meter long.

B．Bigger than a man.

C．The same size as a man.

2. What do kangaroos look like?

A．They have short back legs.

B．They have long strong tails.

C．They have big heads.

3. How long does a baby kangaroo stay in its mother's pocket?

A．One month.

B．Three months.

C．Six months.

4. How far can kangaroos jump?

A．More than 2 metres.

B．More than 9 metres.

C．Less than 2 metres.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A．There are many kinds of kangaroos.

B．Kangaroos' heads are as big as a man's.

C．Each kangaroo has many babies every year.