【推荐1】Bananas are the perfect snack. Not only are they sweet and delicious, but they are easy to carry around, so you can take them anywhere. Best of all, bananas provide different things that the human body needs!

Bananas grow best in warm places that get lots of rain. They grow on plants that look like trees. The banana plant, however, is considered a herb rather than a tree because it doesn’t have a strong, woody stem (茎). The plants can grow as high as 30 feet. When they reach their full height, flowers grow out from the stem. These flowers produce bananas.

Two or three times each year, the plants produce fruit. The bananas grow together, which seem like “hands”. A hand is made up of 10 to 20 bananas. Growers sometimes call bananas “fingers”. Each bunch (丛) of bananas has about 15 hands, and so a whole bunch may have as many as 200 bananas and can weigh more than 100 pounds.

After about three months, the bananas are ready to be picked. At this point, they still aren’t the sunny yellow color of bananas. Farmers pick them when they’re green. That’s how they’re shipped to stores. They turn yellow along the way and are ready to be sold.

If you love bananas, you’ve got a lot of company. Americans have been enjoying bananas since the first shipment arrived in the United States in 1876. Today Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit. More bananas are sold than apples and grapes together. Every American eats over 26 pounds of bananas each year!

1. What’s the most important reason why people like bananas?

A．They are sweet and delicious.	B．They look sunny and beautiful.
C．People can carry them easily.	D．They are good for people’s health.

2. Where can bananas grow best?

A．In a warm and rainy place.	B．In a cold and windy place.
C．In a hot place.	D．In a cool and dry place.

3. What is the correct order in which these happen?
a. The bananas begin to turn yellow.               b. A banana plant grows to full height.
c. The flowers produce bananas.                    d. The bananas are ready to be picked.

A．c-b-a-d

B．b-c-d-a

C．b-c-a-d

D．c-b-d-a

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

A．The banana plant is a kind of tree.

B．Bananas like growing in hot and dry areas.

C．The banana plant usually produces fruit two or three times a year.

D．One bunch of bananas may weigh over 200 pounds.

【推荐2】
Carrots (胡萝卜) are grown on farms and in small family gardens all over the world. They are easy to plant and easy to harvest (收获). They have a good taste.
When people think about carrots, they usually think they are a kind of long, thin, orange-colored vegetable. In fact, carrots are in many different sizes and shapes. And not all carrots are orange.
Carrots should be grown in a field that does not have water for a long time. The earth also should not be too hard. To prepare your carrot garden, dig up the earth and turn it over (翻土).
Weather, soil condition (土壤状况), and time affect (影响) the taste of carrots. Warm days and cool nights are the best time to grow great delicious carrots.
The best way to decide if a carrot is ready to be harvested is by its color. Usually, the brighter the color is, the better the taste is.
Most people do not know that carrots can be grown during the winter months. If the winter is not cold enough to freeze the ground, you can grow carrots the same way as you do during the summer months.
Carrots are prepared and eaten in many different ways. They are cut into thin pieces and cooked with other vegetables or meat. Or, they are washed, and eaten just as they come out of the ground.
1. Carrots are easy to plant but hard to harvest.
2. Carrots should be grown in a field without water for a long time.
3. The best way to decide if a carrot is ready to be harvested is by its size.
4. Everyone knows that carrots can be grown during the winter months.
5. We can prepare and eat carrots in many different ways.

【推荐3】

The great thing about big cities is that you can have food from almost anywhere in the world. Oct. 8th is National Pierogi Day in Poland (波兰). I celebrate (庆祝) it by going to a Polish restaurant in Shanghai.

Pierogi are a kind of dumplings. They are the most famous food from Poland. Like Chinese dumplings, pierogi are usually filled (装满) with meat or vegetables. I try a plate of pierogi first. They are filled with duck meat. They come with a bowl of sour cream. Then I order a second plate. These are filled with apples and cinnamon (肉桂), like apple pie!

There are many stories about the first pierogi. One story says that Marco Polo brought them to Europe from China.

And there are also other kinds of dumplings. For example, there are square (方的) shaped dumplings made from pasta (意面).

Although these dumplings are in different shapes, they are all delicious. The truth is that every country in the world has its own kind of delicious food.

1. National Pierogi Day in Poland is on ________.

A．Oct. 8th

B．April. 8th

C．Nov. 20th

D．Dec. 18th

2. Pierogi are usually filled with ________.

A．meat or cheese

B．apples and cinnamon

C．meat or vegetables

D．fruit and sour cream

3. One story says that Marco Polo brought pierogi to Europe from ________.

A．American

B．Korea

C．Japan

D．China

4. Italian dumplings made from pasta are in ________ shape.

A．round

B．square

C．long

D．short

5. The passage may be from a ________.

A．food magazine

B．story book

C．city guide

D．travel diary

【推荐1】Summer is coming, most of us may think of outdoor fun. So it seems easy to lose weight(重量) in summer. But in fact, it’s quite easy for us to put on weight. The good news is that we don’t need to worry about it if we know what to do. Here are five ways.

    1    

When we don’t have a plan, it’s easy to spend summer moving from bed to computer. So it’s necessary(必要) to make a work or a study plan, like learning to swim or working at a job.

    2    

Because we don’t have to go to school, it’s easy to sleep late and eat too much food. So it’s necessary to make sure your summer days follow a schedule(日程表) — getting up at the same time each day and eating meals at usual times.

    3    

When you are free, find something to do, like making a dinner for your family. But remember: cut your time on TV, no more than two hours a day.

    4    

If it’s too hot outdoors or you don’t like going to a gym, you can do exercise indoors. If you love being outdoors, try swimming or running in the early morning or evening.

    5    

Don’t eat too much meat. Choose some fresh fruit. It’s better to spend more time talking with your family and friends. Also, don’t eat too much ice-cream.

阅读文章并根据上下文内容，用下面方框内的适当选项补全短文。

A．Keep Busy

B．Keep off the Heat(炎热)

C．Follow a Schedule

D．Make a Plan

E．Think about What to Eat

【推荐3】Colorful(多彩的) fruit and vegetables are good for our health. Their colors help us keep healthy. Close your eyes and think about the colors of the food: the orange of carrots, the yellow of lemons(柠檬) and the red of tomatoes.

You can enjoy eating fruit and vegetables of all colors—green, yellow, red, blue, white, purple and so on. They work together to help our bodies keep healthy.

The food here shows how the colors work:

·Green helps prevent cancer (防癌). It is good for our eyes, too. It also gives you good body and teeth.

·Blue and purple help us remember things well.

·Red gives us healthy hearts(心脏).

·Yellow and orange give us a healthy immune system(免疫系统). They’re also good for our eyes.

·White is good for our stomach(胃).

Do you think the colors are interesting? So when we buy or eat fruit and vegetables, please remember: the more colors, the better.

根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
1. How many kinds of food are there in paragraph 1?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

2. What does the underlined word “They” refer to(指的是)?

A．Green vegetables.

B．Fruits of different colors.

C．Colorful fruit and vegetables.

3. What colors can help us remember things well?

A．Blue and purple.

B．Blue and red.

C．Red and purple.

4. What colors are good for our eyes?

A．Green, blue and purple.

B．Red, yellow and orange.

C．Green, yellow and orange.

5. What’s the best title(标题) of the passage(文章)?

A．Healthy life

B．Colorful food and health

C．Colorful fruit and vegetables