【推荐1】Hello, my name is Grace. I am a student in Grade 8 and I’m 14. My parents are office workers. I have a brother. His name is Eric and he’s in Grade 9. We are in the same school.

I go to school at 8:00 a.m. every day. My favorite subjects are English and Chinese. I think they can help me a lot. My English teacher and Chinese teacher are very nice. I like them and their classes.

I do many nice things if I have free time. I often play interesting games (有趣的游戏) with my friends after school. I sometimes (有时) go fishing with my friends, too. I love nice pictures and I like to go to picture shows on Sundays.

I love animals, too. I have two cats. The black cat is Bess and the white cat is Snow. Bess likes sleeping (睡觉) on my sofa, but Snow doesn’t. It likes sleeping on my bed. They are very cute. In the afternoon, they like playing with me and I am happy to have them.

1. Eric is ________.

A．in Grade 8

B．14 years old

C．Grace’s cousin

D．in Grace’s school

2. The underlined word “subjects” in Paragraph 2 means “________” in Chinese.

A．科目

B．题目

C．项目

D．节目

3. What does Grace do with her friends when she is free?
①Plays games   ②Sees animal shows   ③Buys nice pictures   ④Goes fishing

A．①②

B．②④

C．③④

D．①④

4. The last paragraph (最后一段) is about ________.

A．the cat Bess

B．the cat Snow

C．Grace’s two cats

D．Grace’s home

【推荐2】Hi! My name is Kate. I’m from the USA. I’m 13 years old and I live in New York (纽约). My favorite color is purple. My favorite number is ten. My favorite animal is the cat. And my favorite day of the week is Friday. My favorite month is April because my birthday is in that month. I like going to school, walking in the park with my parents and my dog Fluffy, and playing basketball with my friends. I don’t like playing football. My favorite subject is Chinese. I can speak Chinese and English very well but I can’t speak French. In summer I go to visit my grandparents in Los Angeles. My cousin, Lisa, lives in Los Angeles, too. We often go swimming when I’m in Los Angeles.

Nice to meet you!

1. Where does Kate live?

A．In Beijing.

B．In Shanghai.

C．In New York.

D．In Los Angeles.

2. What is Kate’s favorite number?

A．3.

B．6.

C．8.

D．10.

3. Who is Fluffy?

A．Kate’s dog.

B．Kate’s cat.

C．Kate’s friend.

D．Kate’s cousin.

【推荐3】阅读短文，判断短文后句子的意思是否与短文内容相符。用“T”表示相符，“F”表示不相符。
Dear Mike,

How are you getting on with your study? I am very happy that you can write to me. Let me tell you something about my life in China. I think you would like to know about it. Now I live in Li Lei’s home in Beijing. He is my good friend, and we are in the same class. His father and mother are teachers. They teach Chinese in our school. All of them are very kind to me. They teach me Chinese and I teach them English. Now I can talk with them in Chinese. I think Chinese is not difficult to learn. They say I am good at learning it. Miss Wang teaches me how to make noodles. Hmm! I like Chinese food very much!

My school is not far. I usually go there by bike. It usually takes me twenty minutes to ride my bike there. I have seven classes every day—four in the morning and three in the afternoon. After school, I often play basketball with my friends. We often go to the park on weekends. Do you want to come? Please write me back soon.

Love

Jack

1. Jack is now in Beijing.
2. Li Lei’s parents are English teachers.
3. Jack thinks it’s easy to learn Chinese.
4. Jack usually rides his bike to school.
5. Jack and his friend often play basketball in the park on weekends.

【推荐1】Chen Hua went to the USA to see his pen friend Eric.After lunch，they walked home from the restaurant.On the way they saw a black cat.Eric stopped and asked Chen Hua to walk down a different street to go home.

Chen didn't know why Eric did that.“It's unlucky when a black cat crosses the street in front of you，”says Eric.Then Eric told Chen Hua some interesting things in his country.In the USA thirteen is an unlucky number.They never ask thirteen people to come to a party.

“I never walk under a ladder(梯子)，”says Eric.“And I never open an umbrella(雨伞)in the house.These will bring bad luck.”

“We have a horseshoe over the front door of our house for good luck，”says Eric.“And when I find money on the floor，I always pick it up.It brings me good luck all day！”

1. Chen Hua's pen friend is from ________．

A．China

B．America

C．Australia

D．Canada

2. Eric stopped when he saw the black cat crossing the street because ________．

A．he thought it was unlucky

B．he didn't like the black cat

C．he was afraid of the cat

D．he wanted to go to another place

3. In Eric's country，________is an unlucky number.

A．4

B．8

C．7

D．13

4. You may see a horseshoe ________ in Eric's house.

A．over the front door

B．under the bed

C．on the wall

D．behind the door

5. What can bring Eric good luck?

A．Walking under a ladder.

B．Having black cat at home.

C．Finding some money on the floor.

D．Opening an umbrella in the house.

【推荐2】I have a rule for travel: Don’t take a map with you. I like to ask for directions. I can try speaking a new language, meet new people, and learn new things. Every time I ask, “How can I get to the post office?” I get different kinds of directions.

In Japan, most streets don’t have names. If I ask somebody for directions, the Japanese will say, “Go straight down to the corner. Turn left at the big hotel and go past the fruit market. The post office is across from the bus stop.”

In some places in America, there are no mountains, no towns or buildings for miles. When people tell you directions, they will say, “Go north for two miles. Go east, and then go another mile.”

In Los Angeles, people often tell you the distance(距离) in time, not miles. “How far is the post office?” you ask. “Oh, it’s about five minutes from here,” they answer. “But how many miles away is it?” They don’t know.

People in Greece do not often tell directions because tourists(旅游者) seldom understand their language. They often say, “Follow me.” Then they will lead you to the post office.

1. ________, most streets don’t have names.

A．In Greece

B．In Japan

C．In Los Angeles

D．In some places in America

2. Which of the following is True?

A．In Greece, people seldom tell directions.	B．In America, tourists don’t understand their language at all.
C．In some places in Japan, there are no towns or buildings for miles.	D．In Los Angeles, people often tell you the distance in miles, not time.

3. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Different Kinds of Languages

B．Streets’ Names in Japan

C．Mountains in America

D．Different Kinds of Directions

【推荐3】Food is interesting. It’s also interesting that different food has different meanings in different countries.

Onions—In Egypt, many farmers use the onion as a symbol of truth (真理). When they have different ideas with each other, they often have an onion in their hands and put it up high to show the truth is in their hands. A town in Switzerland has the Onion Festival. It is on the fourth Monday of November. Food shops and restaurants make all kinds of onion food on that day.

Tomatoes—They are the “Number 1” food. They are a kind of vegetable and a kind of fruit. They are very helpful. They’re important to hamburgers and salad. They may taste bad if there are no tomatoes. In some countries of European young men and women often pick tomatoes for each other when they are in love.

Carrots—We can usually see them in vegetable salad. In Holland (荷兰), the carrot, onion and potato are country food. People in some countries call the carrot “Queen (女王)”.

Potatoes—They have two other names— “apples in the forest” and “the second bread”.

1. Why do people put an onion in their hands in Egypt?

A．Because the onion is a symbol of truth there.

B．Because people often pick onions for each other.

C．Because the onion can bring people good luck.

D．Because the onion is very delicious for them.

2. What does the underlined word “It” refer to?

A．The town.

B．The show.

C．The onion.

D．The Onion Festival.

3. What does the underlined word “helpful” mean in Chinese?

A．自然的

B．有趣的

C．可爱的

D．有用的

4. Which is NOT the country food in Holland?

A．The onion.

B．The tomato.

C．The carrot.

D．The potato.

5. What can we learn from the text?

A．Potatoes grow in the forest.

B．Onions are the “Number 1” food.

C．People in some countries call the carrot “Queen”.

D．Hamburgers may taste good if there are no tomatoes.

【推荐1】Everyone wants to be healthy. How can you be healthy?

★Have breakfast. It is very good for your health. Some people don’t want to be fat, so they do not eat breakfast. But if they don’t eat breakfast, they will eat much for lunch, and they will get fat.

★Eat well. Eat enough(足够的) fruit like apples, oranges, bananas… Vegetables are good for your health, too. Don’t eat too many(太多) hamburgers. Don’t eat ice-cream. It’s not good for your health.

★Go to bed and get up early. It is a good habit. And you can do some sports in the morning, like playing basketball.

Now, let’s form(形成) good habits to be healthy.

1. What does the underlined word “It” refer to?

A．Having breakfast.

B．Habit.

C．Having lunch.

D．Fruit.

2. Some people don’t have breakfast because ________.

A．they don’t want to be fat	B．they don’t like the food
C．they don’t have time	D．they can’t get up early

3. What can we do in the early morning according to the passage?

A．

B．

C．

D．

4. What can we do to be healthy? Check and choose the right answer.
①Play computer games.   ②Eat well.   ③Watch TV.   ④Have breakfast.   ⑤Go to bed early.

A．①③④

B．②④⑤

C．①②⑤

D．②③④

5. What’s the theme(主题) of the passage?

A．Family.

B．Food.

C．Sports.

D．Health.

【推荐3】My name is Maria. I am 13 years old. I live in New York City. I like going to school by bike. Riding a bike is good exercise for me. I like watching basketball matches on TV very much. I watch them every week. At school, music is my favourite subject. I have a good voice and I play the violin(小提琴) very well. I have a dream of being a singer.

I am Huck. I am 12. I live in Los Angeles. I like playing sports very much. I play football or basketball with my friends every day after school. At the weekend, I often go to the mountains to draw pictures. Painting is my hobby(爱好), so I want to be a painter.

I am Sophia. My home is in Washington DC. I like reading and watching programs about travel and history. I like reading at home at the weekend. At school, I like French very much, and I am good at it. I would like to be a guide(导游). So I can go around the world and meet a lot of people. That would be great fun.

1. Maria often goes to school ________.

A．by bus

B．by bike

C．by car

D．on foot

2. Maria is good at ________.

A．playing basketball

B．being a singer

C．playing the violin

D．playing the piano

3. Huck wants to be a painter because ________.

A．he likes drawing	B．he is good at painting
C．he can go out at weekends	D．he likes going to the mountains

4. If Sophia becomes a guide, she can ________.

A．speak French very well	B．read history
C．go to a lot of places in the world	D．read and watch programme about travel

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

A．Maria’s dream is to be a painter.

B．Sophia likes watching programme about French.

C．Both Maria and Huck like playing basketball.

D．Maria, Huck and Sophia all live in the USA.