【推荐1】According to the Natural Resources Defense Council, an international nonprofit (非盈利的) environmental organization, Shenzhen tops all Chinese cities in walking environment. It’s reported that Shenzhen has built a number of parks and greenways in recent years. Now there are about 2,500 kilometres of greenways available for people to enjoy healthy activities.

In order to make greenways that satisfy people, the Shenzhen Greenway Office has set up rest areas, environmental-friendly toilets, signs and so on. At a rest area on the Shatou greenway in Futian District, things like medical kits and drinking water are available for people. “We can stay here to keep out of the rain and have water to drink, which is good,” said a cleaner who often goes there and drinks some of the water. At another rest area on the round-city greenway in Longhua District, people can see many volunteers providing help for others. More places such as nursery rooms (育婴室) and book bars have also been set up there.

A map, called the Shenzhen greenway coverage map, shows the general layout (布局) of the city’s greenways. And each district has one greenway map with information introducing the history and tourist places along the greenway. A woman living in Futian District says that she takes a walk on a greenway every weekend and the greenway map helps her a lot. “It offers a lot of information, such as how long the greenway is and where the toilets are,” she said.

With more greenways available, an increasing number of people are walking on the greenways as a way to relax and exercise. And it has become a popular lifestyle choice among people living in Shenzhen.

1. What can we know about Shenzhen from the first paragraph?

A．It sets up a new nonprofit environmental organization.

B．It encourages people to take healthy activities in parks.

C．It places first among all Chinese cities in walking environment.

D．It plans to build about 2,500 kilometres of greenways across the city.

2. What is the second paragraph mainly about?

A．What were set up on the greenways in the city.

B．What were available for people in Shenzhen.

C．What activities people do on the greenways.

D．What information greenway maps provide.

3. Why is a woman mentioned in the third paragraph?

A．To show that each district has its own greenway map.

B．To show that the map is of great use to people in Shenzhen.

C．To show that more greenways will be available in Shenzhen.

D．To show that people like to relax and exercise on the greenways.

4. In which column (栏目) of a newspaper does this passage probably appear?

A．Travel.

B．Lifestyle.

C．Fashion.

D．Advice.

【推荐2】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

Have you heard about “Survival (生存) Holidays”?     1     Now about 1,100 companies are allowed to take children into the great outdoors without their parents.

Why do people like “Survival Holidays”? It is because they think being close to nature is good for children. Many children in big cities spend all time watching TV and playing computer games.     2    

Is “Survival Holidays” a wonderful idea? Maybe it is. Children need more free time to play     3     Parents care too much about their children. They like to see the children being busy with activities under the control of adults, but children don’t know what to do when they are in danger. Even something like crossing a small river or falling down seems very terrible to them.

    4     Even years later, they will still remember what they have learned. Some have learned to stay cool in different times. Some have learned how to keep safe     5     All these skills will help them a lot in their lives.

A．They need to be left on their own, without adults troubling them.

B．Others have learned how to work in a team.

C．“Survival Holidays” is for children to go into the lonely place for exciting activities.

D．“Survival Holidays” gives them an important change.

E．Many people think the survival activities are good for children.

F．Children will be scared.

【推荐3】People read books less often these days. With the invention of radio, television and most recently, the Internet and computer games, it seems that reading books is no longer a popular activity. However, I believe that books are an important part of our lives.

Books offer an outstanding wealth of learning and at a lower price than taking a course. Books can make people cleverer, because heavy readers have greater knowledge of how things work and who or what people were.

Everything in today's society requires reading. Imagine trying to do something as simple as reading the directions on a medicine bottle without good reading skills. Someone could not understand them and become very sick or even die.

Even something as simple as walking or driving through the city could become very dangerous without enough reading. Sometimes, you must be able to understand what is written and explain the meaning of them.

Some people say that reading is a waste of time and we can do better things with our time. Even if we don't read books, we still read every day, and reading books can strengthen(加强) our abilities. Reading is one of the greatest things we can do in our spare time.

With a book, you can travel anywhere you want, do anything you want, and talk to anyone you want. Reading is very important in our lives, no matter your age. So I think people should read books.

1. What activity is less popular these days than before?

A．Reading a book.

B．Listening to the radio.

C．Watching TV.

D．Surfing the Internet.

2. We can learn from the second paragraph that ________.

A．reading can improve your memory	B．reading can make you attractive
C．reading can make you smarter	D．reading can reduce stress

3. The underlined word "them" in the third paragraph refers to "________".

A．the books they are reading	B．the directions on a medicine bottle
C．the good reading skills	D．the words a doctor tells a sick person

4. Some people disagree to read books because they think ________.

A．walking in the city also needs reading skills	B．driving along the road is dangerous
C．reading books is very helpful for our abilities	D．reading books just wastes their time

5. The best title of the passage can be "________".

A．People Should Enjoy Themselves	B．How We Improve Reading Skills
C．Why People Should Read Books	D．What We Love Doing in Spare Time

【推荐1】Scientists in Britain and the United States have made a new kind of enzyme(酵素) that eats plastics(塑料). With its help, plastics can be turned into smaller parts and go away quickly. Scientists believe that, in the future, it could solve the problem of plastic pollution.

The enzyme is able to break down PET, a form of plastic. PET was first made in the 1940s and is now widely used to make plastic bottles. It can remain in the environment for many years and pollute large areas of land and water. So it has always been a headache to deal with the waste from PET and other plastics.

The researchers made the discovery(发现) while examining the structure of a natural enzyme in Japan. They found that the natural enzyme was helping to break down PET plastics. So, they decided to make small changes to the enzyme by adding some amino acids(氨基酸). It made the natural enzyme’s plastic-eating abilities work faster and better.

John McGeehan, one of the lead researchers, said, “We’ve made an improved enzyme. It’s better than the natural one. And we are trying to make more improvements to it.” He went on, “The enzyme is not harmful to humans or animals,and it is friendly to the environment. So we are considering putting it into wider use.”

The team is now trying to make the enzyme break down PET in large quantities(大量的). “We’ll see that the plastic pollution may be stopped with this technology. However, there is still a long way to go,” John McGeehan added.

1. According to the scientists, the enzyme may solve the problem of ________ pollution.

A．air

B．water

C．light

D．plastic

2. About PET, which one is true in the passage?

A．It’s a form of plastic.

B．It was first made in 1940.

C．It is widely used to make plastic flowers.

D．It won’t pollute large areas of land or water at all.

3. Researchers discovered that a natural enzyme helped eat plastics ________.

A．in Britain

B．in the US

C．in Japan

D．in China

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

A．The scientists are still trying to improve the enzyme.

B．The enzyme will pollute large areas of land and water.

C．The natural enzyme woks better than the improved one.

D．The natural enzyme is harmful to humans and animals.

【推荐2】How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks any where in the world?
The sun was probably the world’s first “clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos live. There, it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer. But in most of the world, people have used the sun fully, if you don’t have a clock that shows time, you still know that when the sun shines, it’s day, and when it’s dark, it’s night. The sun can not only tell you whether it’s day or night but also it’s morning, noon, or afternoon. When the sun is almost over your head, it’s noon.
People who live near the sea can tell time from the tides（潮水）. In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach. And then it goes down and down for about six hours. The same thing happens again at night. There are two high tides and two low tides every twenty-four hours.
Seaman on a ship tells time by looking at the moon and the stars. The whole sky is their clock.
In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing. In these places the wind can be the clock.
A sand clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the one in the picture, you would have what is called an hourglass. The sand in the hourglass goes from the top part to the bottom part in exactly one hour. When the hourglass is turned over the sand will take another hour to go back again.
1. From the passage we can know there are ____ ways to tell time besides the clock and watch.

A．three

B．four

C．five

D．seven

2. The Eskimos in the far north can’t use the sun for a clock because ___________.

A．they know very little about the sun

B．the sun there never goes down in winter

C．It’s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun

D．it has long dark winters and long light summers

3. This passage is probably a kind of ___________.

A．news	B．science
C．advertisement	D．sports

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Different ways to tell time.

B．How the clock was invented.

C．The development of the clock.

D．A useful machine to tell time.

【推荐3】Famous Places around the World

The best time to visit...

China China is a huge country so it depends on where you go. The best time to visit is autumn. During that time, temperatures are pleasant wherever you are. If you don’t like the heat, don’t come in summer. In Beijing, in summer, the average temperature is up to 30 degrees centigrade.

Greece The best time to visit Greece is April to June. If you like snow, then go to the northwest of the country in winter. It’s great for skiing. If you just want to sit on a beach and see the sunshine every day, then August is the perfect month. But, be careful! Temperatures are really high. In the southeast of Greece, it might be 30-35 degrees centigrade.

Mexico The weather in Mexico is hot, wet and sticky for most of the year, except in Mexico City. February to April is the best time to visit. It can get very stormy at the end of August. From time to time, there are hurricanes and tornados.

South Africa South Africa has a pleasant climate, with lovely warm sunny days most of the year. The summer is from November to February, and the weather is really hot at this time. In August, it’s winter and the weather is usually warm, except at night. South Africa has the world’s highest daily hours of sunshine.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. When South Africa is in summer, Beijing is in ________.

A．spring

B．autumn

C．winter

D．summer

2. What’s the weather like in Mexico?

A．Hot and wet.

B．Hot and dry.

C．Windy and cool.

D．Humid and cold.

3. If you are interested in skiing, you can visit ________.

A．China

B．Mexico

C．Greece

D．South Africa

4. In ________, the daily sunshine lasts for the longest time.

A．Greece

B．South Africa

C．China

D．Mexico

5. In which part of a magazine can we read this passage?

A．Business.

B．Advertisement.

C．Sports.

D．Travel.

【推荐1】What’s a blog? A blog is a personal online diary. It’s cool, it’s hot, and everyone is doing it. People talk about it often. Sound like a fashion? In fact, it’s another trend. And the word “blogger” means a person who writes diaries online. Are you a blogger?

Many bloggers are teenagers who log onto websites to discuss anything in their lives. Many of today’s teenagers are not afraid to openly discuss everything in their lives. Teenagers complain about their parents and homework. They share diaries, post songs from the latest bands and show pictures of theirs. They write their own poems, say something about their friends and complain to each other or offer support. But mostly they just write down what they do every day.

At present, many parents are worried about these young bloggers. Parents see the kids talking about how they got drunk last weekend and how they don’t like studying. They are using the language that is surprising to their parents. Besides hearing from their friends, teen bloggers also get messages from strangers. Most of the time, it’s older men asking to meet teenage girls. “These strange men are dangerous for my kids. They sometimes teach my kids bad words,” said Cara Cabral, a mother of two children.

Many teenagers and young adults know it’s not safe to use blogs on the Internet. They know they are putting information about themselves in a place where it can be seen by anyone. But teenagers are unwilling to give up these new communication tools that have become a way of life for many of them.

1. According to Paragraph Two, teenagers put the following things on their blogs EXCEPT________.

A．big news in and out of the country	B．writings of their school life
C．latest songs	D．something about their friends

2. What’s the main idea of the third paragraph?

A．Many parents quite agree with the young bloggers.

B．Many parents are worried about teenager bloggers.

C．Many parents would like their children use blogs less.

D．Many parents get to know surprising things from the blogs.

3. Many parents think it’s ________ for their children to get messages from strangers.

A．dangerous

B．interesting

C．surprising

D．exciting

4. We can learn from the last paragraph that ________.

A．it’s easy to make teenagers give up blogging on the Internet

B．it’s safe for teenagers to put their personal information on the Internet

C．it’s popular for many teenagers to use blogs on the Internet

D．it’s better for teenagers to keep their information open on the Internet

【推荐3】阅读理解七选五   根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

One of China’s short-video platforms (平台) reported its user number for the first time on Tuesday, with more than 150 million active users in November.

Short videos online, such as the ones on Douyin, Bilibili and many other media platforms, have become a new way to spread different ideas and information.     1     People not only enjoy watching short videos, but also are interested in making them because it doesn’t take a lot of professional skills to do so.

Short videos have some advantages (优点).     2     People can pay more attention to these videos because they are short and interesting. For another thing, the short videos are different, so people of all ages can have fun watching them. People can open their eyes to many new things and learn them.

    3     For example, people in a country town or mountain area can sell their goods online by using short videos to let more people know them. Short videos can make a big difference in this way.

    4     Many teenagers, and even adults, have lost themselves in them and taken them as their big part of life. This has affected (影响) the way kids communicate with their parents. They hardly have time to talk with their parents. Also, spending too much time on the videos takes time away from studying, working and other important things.

In my opinion, short videos can help teenagers have closer relationships with the rest of the world.     5     All in all, we still have a long way to go for improving the situation.

A．Short videos can even help people make money.

B．However, these short videos also have some disadvantages.

C．Many housewives should spend less time watching short videos.

D．Spending too much time on short videos is bad for people’s eyes.

E．Some are about five minutes log (记录), and others are even shorter.

F．For one thing, they can help people learn new things easily and quickly.

G．But we also need to be careful about the information we get from the Internet.