【推荐2】Stand in front of a mirror and look at it. How much do you really know about the person in it? It’s not easy to know ourselves.

To help students know themselves, schools across China are providing more classes and activities on self-knowledge. Liu Yue, a teacher from a middle school, has recently taught her students a useful tool, “It’s called the Johari Window, developed by two US psychologists (心理学家),” said Liu. “It has four areas about one’s self: open area (that everyone knows about), hidden area (that only you know), blind area (that everyone knows except you) and unknown area (that nobody knows). Using this tool, the students did a good job of knowing themselves.”

“I’m most curious about my blind area,” said ninth-grader Yang Manqi. “So I did a survey with my friends.” The results showed Yang easily got nervous and impatient because of procrastination (拖延症). “That’s a terrible habit I’ve never realized!” Yang said.

“The unknown area is the most amazing.” said Sun Boyin. “Everyone has great potential.” When Sun entered middle school, he was not good at math. “But I set a goal and did lots of math exercises. Now I’m much better at math. The unknown part of my math ability is getting clearer!” Sun said.

When it came to the hidden area, most students kept silent. “I’m scared to show my secrets deep down,” said Li Yixuan. “Then my deskmate stood up and said his favorite cartoon is Tom and Jerry. I thought: Am I brave enough to show my childish side? Perhaps not. I want my classmates to see me as a thoughtful person, not a silly kid. But then I realized that I didn’t find my deskmate silly. I think he is brave to be himself.”

“Show yourself and make yourself better—that’s the best lesson I have learned,” Li told the researchers.

1. Why did Liu Yue teach her students the Johari Window?

A．To help them know about themselves.	B．To let them keep quiet and study hard.
C．To make them stand in front of a mirror.	D．To teach them how to do math exercises.

2. The area that everyone knows except you is ________.

A．open area	B．hidden area
C．blind area	D．unknown area

3. What does the underlined word “potential” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．Interest.

B．Invention.

C．Knowledge.

D．Possibility.

4. What did Li Yixuan think of his deskmate?

A．He is silly.

B．He is brave.

C．He is quiet.

D．He is thoughtful.

5. Which can be the best title for the passage?

A．Set a Goal and Make It	B．Take up a Hobby and Keep It on
C．Find Your Bad Habits and Break Them	D．Know Yourself and Be a Better You

【推荐3】阅读理解 阅读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Do you notice that though students spend the same amount of time in class, some get better grades than others? In some ways, it’s because they are different listeners. When having classes, some of them listen carefully. We call them effective listeners. Some just daydream or talk to others. They are ineffective listeners.
How are some listeners effective? First of all, they don’t care about some poor situations, like an uncomfortable seat or a personal problem. They say “No” to anything that will stop them from understanding and remembering. After leaving a class or meeting, they remember what the speakers said, not the room conditions or the speaker’s accent (口音).
Effective listeners always pay attention to the message itself. They try not to be influenced (被影响) by their own feelings or opinions. They do not decide if the thing is boring, too easy, or too difficult before listening. They like getting the challenge (挑战) of new ideas. To help remember difficult ideas, they write down important words and phrases.
However, ineffective listeners often daydream. They don’t like to hear what they don’t agree with or easily understand. They are often so busy taking notes that they miss the speaker’s main idea. These listeners leave a speech or a class with a notebook full of words, but the notebook means nothing.
Do you wish to do well in your study? Start to be an effective listener. It may help.
1. What does the underlined word “effective” mean?

A．杰出的	B．有效率的
C．机智的	D．积极的

2. To be an effective listener, you'd better__________

A．pay attention to the message itself

B．try to know what happened around you

C．look up something about the speaker

D．not write down anything

3. According to the passage, the writer mainly wants to tell people the ________.

A．listening ways of poor listeners in class

B．problems of ineffective listening.

C．differences between 2 kinds of listeners.

D．ways and good points of effective listening

【推荐1】Trying to lose weight can be difficult, and while we all know exercise and diet are both   basic needs, which one is more important?

If you had to choose, should you be hitting the gym, or eating salads? There are many ways you can burn a few hundred calories (卡路里): running for 20 minutes, an hour of swimming, or singing your favourite song 23 times. But the point is, it takes time to burn a lot of calories even with most tiring activity - not to mention the time spent on the way to the gym, and then back home to clean up.

Now, compare this to the number of calories in a chocolate bar - which is often over 200 calories. You could either walk for about an hour to burn that 200 calories, or you could simply not eat that chocolate bar. Which sounds easier to you? How about running for 30 minutes every day or cutting out those two cans of soda? Many physicians point out that there is a lot of high-sugar, high-fat, high-calorie foods we could cut from our diet, to see weight loss results more quickly. And studies also show that diet does actually play a bigger role in weight loss than exercise. A survey of 2000 children found that the level of physical activity was not the main reason for their weight. And a study of 3000 adults discovered that cutting down calories was connected to greater weight loss than exercise alone.

Of course, exercise has many health advantages besides weight loss, like slowing the aging process and improving mental health. But at the end of the day, if you expect to lose weight, you’re likely to get more bang for your buck if you focus on your diet first.

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
1. The underlined words “get more bang for your buck” most probably means   ________.

A．更加合算

B．付出努力

C．怦然心动

2. From the third paragraph mainly tells us that ________.

A．there is a lot of high-sugar, high fat, high-calorie foods in our daily diets

B．exercise like walking plays an important part in keeping our bodies healthy

C．your diet has a greater influence on your weight loss than exercise

3. The energy in a chocolate bar ________.

A．is as much as the energy we need for singing a song 23 times

B．may be burnt by walking for about half an hour

C．should not be added to a diet when you want to lose weight

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

A．A survey of 3000 children found out that cutting down calories is more important

B．Exercise has many health advantages besides helping us lose weight

C．In fact, exercise is not needed when we want to lose weight

5. Which of the following would you choose as the title of the passage?

A．Exercise VS Diet

B．How To Lose Weight

C．Different diets

【推荐2】“Volunteering makes you look at the world differently. You see how little things can change a person’s life for the better, which makes everyone a better person. ”Mason,a volunteer said.

National Volunteer Week started in 1974 and is held every April. It is a time to thank volunteers for their achievements. It is also a perfect opportunity(机会) to encourage others to take their first step toward becoming a volunteer. Making the decision to take the first step can be the biggest problem, because they often wonder if they will be able to meet the organization’s expectations (期望). Some people fear not knowing anyone else in the group. Not having enough time also stops some from sharing their abilities.

The following tips can help if you have some of these worries.

★Start out slowly, don’t add too much pressure. Even a few hours a month can make a big difference in someone’s life.

★Choose an organization with the same interests and common values.

★Take part in a training meting for new volunteers, even if it is not asked.

★Work with a veteran volunteer. He volunteered a lot, he can help you increase the confidence and completely understand the organization’s expectations.

★Invite a friend or family member to serve. It is a good experience to volunteer with them.

★Finally, it is most important to enjoy the volunteer experience and to remember that not all volunteer experiences are perfect. If one experience doesn’t work, don’t give up and you’ll surely find the right opportunity.

Spend some time on volunteer work and you will see great changes in people’s lives. As Mason discovered during his volunteer experience,“things can change a person’s life. ”

1. Volunteering can help ________.

A．make a decision	B．see the world clearly
C．thank other people	D．make other’s life better

2. What could be the reason to stop people taking the first step?

A．They don’t have enough time.	B．They are stopped by their families.
C．They fear that their abilities are shared.	D．They don’t want to become volunteers.

3. Which of the following can help people take the first step?

A．Start out quickly.	B．Organize a training meeting.
C．Invite a friend to be with them.	D．Join in a group with different values.

4. The underlined word “veteran” in the passage means ________.

A．polite

B．experienced

C．young

D．humorous

【推荐3】Disney movies were very popular around the world. You may still remember the characters and stories of Disney movies after many years and think you know Disney movies really well. But there's one thing about Disney movies you may never know.

From Disney's earliest cartoon films, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, to more recent (最近的) ones like Frozen, many Disney movies lack moms. In Disney movies, Mom is killed like Bambi's mom or simply never appears like in The Little Mermaid. Disney movie fans may wonder the reason for this strange fact.

Many people think that the lack of mothers in Disney movies has something to do with the death of Walt Disney's mother in the early 1940s. Many people think that Walt put sadness over his mother's death into his films. However, many of his movies before his mom's death also lacked moms. Hahn said the lacking of mothers is a way to bring out the themes (主题) like growing up in the short movie time. Many movies were made long after Walt's death, like Beauty and the Beast. In these films, main characters lose or leave their parents and they have to grow up and become strong.

We may never know if and how Walt's mother's death made a difference (影响) to the mother's problem in Disney films, but it seems like it's a common fact.

1. The underlined word "lack" means“________” in English.

A．to think ... important	B．to make... beautiful
C．to have no ...	D．to dislike

2. What do Hahn's words in the third paragraph tell us?

A．Main characters must grow up in a short time in Disney movies.

B．Lacking of moms is a way to show the main idea of Disney movies.

C．The theme of Disney movies is growing up without parents.

D．Successful Disney movies should be lack of moms.

3. What can we know from the passage?

A．Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs came out later than Frozen.

B．Walt Disney's mother died about 70 years ago.

C．Walt Disney started to make films after his mother's death.

D．Beauty and the Beast came out after Walt's death.

4. The purpose of this passage is to ________.

A．describe some great Disney movies to us

B．show how Walt Disney made Disney movies

C．let us know why Disney movies are popular

D．tell why we seldom see moms in Disney movies