【推荐1】A mouse was surprised to discover that the farmer and his wife had a mousetrap (老鼠夹) in the house. It ran to warn everyone, “There is a mousetrap in the house!”

A hen raised his head and said, “Mr. Mouse, this mousetrap is only for you. I won’t be worried about it.” The mouse turned to a pig, “I am sorry, Mr. Mouse, but the mousetrap has nothing to do with me, either!” the pig said. Then the mouse turned to a cow, “It sounds like you have a problem, not me.” the cow said. The mouse returned to the house with head down and it was very sad because no one would help.

That night the farmer’s wife heard a loud sound and she rushed to see what was caught.

In the darkness she could not see that it was a snake. The snake bit the farmer’s wife. The wife caught a bad fever and the farmer thought the best way to treat a fever was chicken soup. So the farmer killed the hen for the soup. The wife got worse and her friends came to visit her. The farmer had to kill the pig to treat them. But the wife didn’t get better and died. Her friends came and the farmer had to kill the cow to feed all of them!

So remember when any one of us is in trouble, we may all be in trouble.

根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的在答题卡上将“T”涂黑，错误的在答题卡上将“F”涂黑。
1. There was a mousetrap in the farmer’s house.
2. The hen, the pig and the cow were really worried about the mouse.
3. The mouse was caught by the mousetrap that night.
4. The farmer couldn’t get better and died.
5. This passage suggests that we should help others when they are in trouble.

【推荐2】If you’re walking down a city street and Dino Serrao asks to take a photo of you, say yes.

Dino is a photographer (摄影师). He comes from Italy and now lives in Norway. He travels around the world to take photos of common people on the street and show them how beautiful they are. He believes beauty is in everybody, everywhere and that his work shows the beauty to others.

Dino points his camera (照相机) at common people on the street. These people are often walking or doing something else. Dino just stops them and asks to take their photos. As he uses a camera to take photos, he has another person following him to film the process (过程).

Often, the stories behind the photos are also beautiful. Once, Dino met an old woman in Italy. He walked to her and asked to take some photos of her, but she refused because she said she was “too old”. When he told her he would delete all of the photos if she didn’t like them, she finally said yes. In the end, even the old woman herself was surprised to see how lovely she was!

Dino’s photos show us that things like age and jobs don’t mean a thing when it comes to beauty. True beauty comes from people’s inner world (内心世界), and Dino has a way to share that with the world.

1. Dino takes photos of people on the street to ________.

A．make friends	B．prepare for his videos
C．show the beauty of people	D．record the life of common people

2. Paragraph 3 is mainly about Dino’s ________.

A．work process

B．future plan

C．special cameras

D．excellent pictures

3. Why did the old woman refuse Dino at first?

A．Because she was busy.	B．Because she thought she was too old.
C．Because she was too sad to take photos.	D．Because she thought Dino was dangerous.

4. When the old woman saw her photos, she felt ________.
①angry          ②happy          ③surprised            ④tired

A．①③

B．③④

C．②③

D．①④

5. The passage is probably from a magazine about ________.

A．films

B．travel

C．education

D．photography

【推荐3】When I was growing up，I had an old neighbor named Dr Gibbs. He didn’t look like any other doctor I’d ever known. He was a very kind person. After he retired，he began to plant trees in his large garden. He wished to make it a forest.

The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why, he said, "If you water them, each baby tree will grow weaker and weaker. Otherwise, they will have to grow deep roots to look for water under the earth by themselves. "

He planted some oaks, and instead of watering them every morning, he beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees’ attention.

Dr Gibbs died two years after I left home. I always walked by his house and looked at the trees that I’d watched him plant about twenty-five years ago. They’re very big and strong now.

I also planted two trees several years ago. I carried water to them for a whole summer. I sprayed（喷洒）them. However, after two years of caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.

Life is hard, whether we want it to be or not. What we need to do is try our best to make our roots reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rain falls and the wind blows, we could face them strongly and won’t be beaten down.

1. We can know from the passage that the doctor ______.

A．didn’t know how to plant trees at all	B．wasn’t good at his medical job
C．had his own ways of planting trees	D．had nothing to do but plant trees

2. Which of the following about Dr Gibbs is true according to the passage?

A．He was strict with his neighbors.	B．He was a doctor before he retired.
C．He wanted to be a gardener after he retired.	D．He liked planting flowers in his garden.

3. How did Dr Gibbs treat his trees? ______

A．He sprayed them.	B．He shook them a lot.
C．He watered them every morning.	D．He sometimes beat trees with a rolled-up newspaper.

4. Why did Dr Gibbs treat his trees in that way?

A．Because he wanted to make them grow better.	B．Because he wanted to work off his anger.
C．Because he didn’t care about them at all.	D．Because he wanted to make experiments on them.

5. What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．We should try our best to make ourselves strong enough to beat difficulties. .

B．We should beat trees with rolled-up newspapers.

C．We can’t grow up without our parents’ care.

D．We shouldn’t water the new trees.

【推荐1】Nancy and Sheila are in the same class. They are friends. Nancy wants to invite Sheila to dinner on Sunday. But Sheila doesn’t know the way. Now Nancy is telling her.

     “It’s easy. You can take No. 4 bus. After you get off at Red Road, across it and take the first turning on the left. Walk along the road for about five minutes, and then you will see a big tree. Go straight on and walk about one hundred meters, you’ll see a big red house. This is not my home. Go past the big house about four hundred meters and you’ll see a small yellow house beside（在……旁边）a small tree. Then you can open the door with your foot.”

“With my foot?” asks Sheila. “Why?”

“Well, you won’t come to my house empty-handed（空手地）, will you?” answers Nancy.

1. Nancy asks Sheila to        .

A．have dinner with her	B．go to a big red house
C．go to the cinema together	D．go shopping together

2. Which of the following is true?

A．Nancy and Sheila are classmates.

B．Sheila should take No.5 bus first.

C．Nancy asks Sheila to come to her home on Saturday.

D．Sheila knows Nancy’s home very well.

3. How far is it from the big tree to the small yellow house?

A．It’s five minutes’ walk.

B．It’s a hundred minutes’ ride.

C．It’s about two hundred meters.

D．It’s about five hundred meters.

4. Where is Nancy’s house?

A．It’s beside a big red house.	B．It’s beside a small tree.
C．It’s on the right side of Red Road.	D．It’s behind a small yellow house.

5. Why does Nancy ask Sheila to open the door with her foot?

A．Because she thinks Sheila should carry a lot of presents in both hands.

B．Because she thinks Sheila should bring her family members to her home.

C．Because she thinks Sheila should bring other classmates to her home.

D．Because she thinks Sheila will be afraid to open the door with her hands.

【推荐3】Because of COVID-19, we have to stay at home for months. But it will end (结束) for sure. Then, what’s the first thing you want to do when the epidemic (流行病) ends?

Lu Tao, 11, Taiyuan:	Because of COVID-19, I can’t go to my aunt’s piano club to learn the piano. Playing the piano is difficult, but I like it very much. When the epidemic ends, I want to go to the club to learn from my piano teacher.
Li Rui, 12, Weifang:	Qingdao is very beautiful. When the epidemic ends, I want to have a two-day trip of Qingdao with my friends.
Wang Yu, 13, Wuhan:	My grandparents live in Nanjing. When the epidemic ends, the first thing I want to do is to visit my grandparents. I miss them very much. My parents and I will go there by train.

1. When the epidemic ends, the first thing Lu Tao wants to do is to ________.

A．learn the piano

B．visit Qingdao

C．do some shopping

D．eat something

2. Wang Yu will go to visit her grandparents ________.

A．by car

B．by train

C．by plane

D．by bus

3. From the passage, we can learn that ________.

A．Lu Tao thinks the piano is boring	B．Li Rui wants to be with his grandparents
C．Wang Yu’s grandparents are in Wuhan	D．Lu Tao wants to learn the piano from his piano teacher

【推荐1】This Monday, across the USA, kids are not going to school but going to work with their parents. They’ll be making copies and sweeping floors. This is because April 28th is Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day all over the USA. This holiday shows kids what it means to be a grown-up in the working world.

I still remember when this day started, I was very happy. Not only did I have the chance (机会) that I needn’t go to school, but also I got to sit in my dad’s taxi all day long and we would go to a restaurant for lunch.

But after only 20 minutes of driving around the city, I was very bored. I couldn’t read my book in my dad’s taxi car as I would get carsick (晕车). People wouldn’t get into my dad’s taxi because they thought he already had a passenger—me, so dad didn’t pick up a passenger in a whole morning and we didn’t make any money. It seemed years before we went out for lunch. I actually started to miss school.

While the purpose (目的) of the day is to give kids a chance to experience real-life jobs, I got something completely different from the day. I learned to value (珍惜) school. Where else do you get to play with your friends, do science experiments (实验), read great books and write stories all in one day?

Just as you’ll have to learn to love your job later in life, learn to love school now.

1. Why was the writer happy at first?

A．Because she could read books in the car.

B．Because she would work as a grown-up.

C．Because she didn’t have to go to school.

2. What is the purpose of Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day?

A．To teach kids to value school.

B．To give kids a chance to know about real-life jobs.

C．To help their parents make money for their family.

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

A．We can do many interesting things at school.

B．We should love our jobs better than our school now.

C．The writer will leave school to work with her father again.

4. What did the writer learn that day?

A．It’s hard to make money.

B．Working with Dad is fun.

C．School life is wonderful.

【推荐3】There are lots of dangerous and terrible insects in northeastern India, but the tree-bees are the most terrible. They are killers. Unlike most bees which will sting (叮咬) you only if they are disturbed (打扰), tree-bees will attack (攻击) you for no reason. And they will chase (追赶) you for your life.

Walking along a dusty road while I was on holiday there last year, I found myself, without the least warning, in the centre of such an attack. The air above me suddenly became thick with bees. Though the weather was hot, I felt cold because of them. Until then I had never heard of Indian tree-bees, but I had recently seen a film called The Angry Swarm before, it was about killer-bees.

I began running to the village and it was a really hard time, because the killer-bees followed me all the time. When I reached the village, I found some workers building a house. I ran towards them for help. But as soon as the workers saw the bees with me, they ran for safety at top speed.     

Soon my eyes have completely closed. I fell into a pile of brick dust. I pushed myself wildly down into it until my head and shoulders were covered. And then I tried hard to get out of the dust, but the angry bees made a new attack on me. I was tired out and soon I lost my consciousness (意识).

Later I learned that two quick-minded villagers ran to a pile of dry grass and quickly surrounded (包围) me with a thick wall of fire and smoke until the bees were driven away. They stayed with me, taking stings (蜂针) out of my body for the next three hours until a doctor came and gave me further treatment.

1. From this passage, who attacked the writer?

A．Farmers working in the village.	B．The weather.
C．The tree-bees.	D．The birds

2. What can we infer (推断) from the second paragraph?

A．The temperature went down at that time.

B．The air suddenly became thick because of the dust.

C．The writer didn’t know Indian tree-bees were quite dangerous before seeing the film.

D．Somebody had warned the writer about the danger of tree-bees.

3. The writer fell into ________.

A．a pile of brick dust	B．a pile of dry grass
C．a thick wall of fire and smoke	D．a river

4. In which order did the following things happen to the writer?
a. He tried to drive away the bees but failed.
b. He was tired out and lost consciousness later.
c. He was surrounded with a thick wall of fire and smoke.
d. He watched a film named The Angry Swarm.
e. He was attacked by tree-bees while taking a walk.

A．e-a-c-b-d

B．d-e-a-c-b

C．e-b-a-d-c

D．d-e-a-b-c