【推荐3】

Peppa Pig It is one of the most popular children’s cartoons. It can not only make the children laugh but also help them experience life. Channel: CCTV-14 Time: 9:00 a.m. every day except Tuesday

China’s 70 Years in Review It’s a documentary on Chinese people’s progress over 70 years. It can help people all over the world have a better understanding of China’s development of history, science and culture. Channel: CCTV-2 Time: 10:00 a.m. from Monday to Friday

A Little Reunion It’s a popular TV play about the life of senior students in high school and parent-child relationships. You can watch the wonderful performances of some famous actors and actresses. Channel: Zhejiang TV Time: 7:35 p.m. every day

Super-Vocal It’s a singing competition, in which you can enjoy the great talent shows. The first TOP 6 singers will get the chance to have a concert. Channel: Hunan TV Time: 8:00 p.m. on Friday

1. On which of the following days can you watch all the above TV programs?

A．Monday.

B．Tuesday.

C．Friday.

D．Sunday.

2. Which program can you choose to watch on Saturday morning?

A．Peppa Pig.	B．Super-Vocal.
C．A Little Reunion.	D．China’s 70 Years in Review.

3. If you want to learn about the great changes of China, which channel can you choose on Wednesday?

A．CCTV-14.

B．CCTV-2.

C．Zhejiang TV.

D．Hunan TV.

4. Tom is an exchange student in China and he’s interested in how Chinese students prepare for the College Entrance Exam（高考）. Which program would he like to watch?

A．Peppa Pig.	B．Super-Vocal.
C．A Little Reunion.	D．China’s 70 Years in Review.

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the information above?

A．Peppa Pig is a cartoon which is shown seven days a week.

B．Super-Vocal offers the best six competitors a chance to give a concert.

C．You can understand the world better through China’s 70 Years in Review.

D．You can enjoy the performances of some junior students by watching A Little Reunion.

【推荐1】Perhaps you’ve seen the English letters “WC” in your city. They show public toilets. But do you know it is far from elegant (优雅的) English? In fact, foreigners from English-speaking countries rarely use the letters.
Workers in our city are changing “WC” signs all over the city. The government is spending much money changing all the bad English on signs and restaurant menus. Many other places in China are following our steps.
“WC, or water closet, is old-fashioned English. It sounds dirty to me,” says Charlie Shifflet, a young man from the US. The old sign will become “Gents/Men” and “Ladies/Women”.
“I see lots of poor English in everyday life, and not only on signs,” he says. “I know what they mean. But they are Chinglish(中式英语), not real English. For example, when someone says to me ‘My hometown is Henan Province’, I know he should say: ‘My hometown is in Henan Province’. ‘Hometown’ is a smaller place in a province.” The common mistakes he picked up include “Not Entry”, which should be “No Entry”, “Direction of Airport” should be changed to “To the Airport”. And it is “room rate”, not “room price”. And remember to “Keep off the grass”, rather than “Care of the green”.
1. What does the writer think of the use of “WC”?

A．He doesn’t think it means water closet.

B．He doesn’t think it old-fashioned English.

C．He doesn’t think it proper（正确的）for a sign.

D．He thinks it elegant English.

2. Charlie Shifflet ____________.

A．is a Chinese living in America

B．thinks Chinese people are sometimes using incorrect English

C．likes to hear or see Chinglish

D．sometimes uses Chinglish

3. The last paragraph is about ____________.

A．why there are so many Chinglish signs

B．examples of Chinglish

C．where Chinglish signs are

D．who uses Chinglish signs

【推荐3】When you speak, write a letter, or make a telephone, your words carry a message. People communicate with words.     1     A smile on your face shows you are happy or friendly. Tears in your eyes tell others that you are sad.

    2     You shake your head and people know you are saying “No”. You nod and people know you are saying “Yes”.

    3     For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the door tells you where to go in or out. Have you ever thought that there are a lot of other signs around you and that you receive messages from them all the time?

    4     An artist can use his drawings to tell about the beautiful mountains, the blue seas and many other things. A writer writes books to tell you about all the wonderful things in the world and also about people and their ideas.

    5     They can help us to know what is going on in the world and what other people are thinking about.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使文章意思通顺、内容完整。

A．People can communicate in many other ways.

B．But do you know people also communicate without words?

C．When you put up your hands in class, the teacher knows you want to say something or ask questions.

D．Magazines, TV, radio and films all help us communicate with others.

E．Other things can also carry messages.

【推荐1】Have you ever seen snow? Many people in the world have not. Some countries never have snow; some have only a little on the tops of very high mountains. In the north of England, there is quite a lot of snow every winter, but in the south of England, there is usually little.

When a student from a warm country comes to England in autumn for the first time, he feels cold at first. There are often dark clouds, grey sky and cold rain in England in autumn, and most students from warm countries do not like this.

But snow is different. Though it is cold, it is also beautiful. Perhaps, after several dark mornings, the student wakes up one day, and there is a lot of light in his room. He thinks “Is it so late?”and jumps out of bed. But no, it is not very late. He looks out of the window and there is the snow on the ground and on the houses and everywhere. The light of his room comes from clean, beautiful snow.

1. In which part of England is there much snow in winter?

A．In the east.	B．In the north.
C．In the west.	D．In the south.

2. Why does the student ask himself “Is it so late?”

A．Because he has some work to do.	B．Because it is really late.
C．Because it is bright in the room.	D．Because he usually gets up early.

3. What do we know from the passage?

A．There is no snow in some countries.

B．Foreign students like the weather in England.

C．It is often very warm in the autumn of England.

D．Every country in the world has snow in winter.

【推荐2】阅读短文，根据短文内容判断所给句子正(A)误(B)。

Chinese first artificial intelligence (AI) (人工智能) textbook for high school students has recently come out in Shanghai to start AI lessons. Forty high schools around the country have become experimental bases (实验基地) for having AI education.

The book is mainly about the history of AI and how AI can be used in areas such as facial recognition (人脸识别), public security (公共安全) and auto driving.

Peng Yu is a teacher at the High School Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University. He took part in making the textbook and said it would give guide to students. He said, “The book has a good introduction (介绍) to the area so that students can decide if they want to further study AI at college. Students can also find out what they need to learn if they are interested in studying AI. For example, they have to learn math really hard because it is the start of AI.”

Peng said AI has improved the interest of many high school students already, but he still feels that they can learn much more by taking part in project-based learning programs. Peng is sure that everyone should learn something about AI because it will be part of our everyday lives. Although AI in China develops really fast, it is reported that China needs at least 5 million AI teachers to keep up with development in the future.

1. Chinese first AI textbook came out in Shanghai.
2. The textbook is only about facial recognition, public security and auto driving.
3. Peng Yu is a student from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
4. Students must study math hard if they are interested in AI.
5. China will need more AI teachers in the future.

【推荐3】Everybody knows that Earth spins from west to east. That is to say, it appears to be turning counterclockwise (逆时针) rapidly when viewed from above the North Pole. But what if Earth started spinning the other way?

Scientists from Germany have made a computer simulation in which Earth spins in the opposite direction ﹣ clockwise when viewed from above the North Pole. This showed them some interesting things about the weather and geography on Earth, Live Science reported.

As Earth spins in a counterclockwise direction, it shapes certain ocean currents (洋流). The direction of ocean currents, together with winds, produces different weathers around the globe. But a backward spin changes the ocean currents and winds. ▲ Western areas of the lands on Earth cool down as the eastern parts warm up. Winters become even colder in northwestern Europe, while eastern Russia becomes warmer than before. Rain no longer falls on the planet's wettest places.

Another result of a backward spin is that Earth becomes greener. Scientists found that global desert (沙漠) areas reduce from 42 million square kilometers to 31 million square kilometers. This may have something to do with the changing weather. Therefore, you can see rich green landscapes from Central Africa to the Middle East, which are mostly covered with deserts now. More surprisingly, the Sahara Desert becomes an oasis.

However, deserts don't disappear. They just appear in some places in which they never appeared before. Deserts would cover North America, where countries like the United States and Canada lie. Sand dunes would replace the Amazon rainforest in South America.

A backward spin would keep the main features (特征) of Earth's geography, such as the size, shapes and positions of lands and oceans. But it would change the interactions between circulating air, ocean and geography, lead scientist Florian Ziemen told Live Science.

1. What would a backward spin bring to Earth?

A．The direction of ocean currents and winds would be different.

B．Rain would no longer fall on western areas of the lands on Earth.

C．Deserts would become larger and cover the planet's wettest places.

D．The size, shapes and positions of lands and oceans would be changed.

2. Which of the following sentences can be put in the blank of Paragraph 3?

A．Anyway, deserts cover the planet.

B．Therefore, the weather is different.

C．However, the positions of oceans changes.

D．Surprisingly, the area of lands is larger.

3. The underlined word "oasis" in Paragraph 4 means ________ in Chinese.

A．海洋

B．绿洲

C．戈壁

D．高原

4. The passage is most probably taken from a magazine on ________.

A．history

B．culture

C．art

D．geography