【推荐1】I’m Nick. Reading is my favourite hobby, ________ my parents bring Luka to read to me.

Luka is a robot and it looks like an owl（猫头鹰）. Owls are ________ animals. So does Luka. It can read all the children’s books. Put a storybook in front of it, and it can read the ________ to you. Put a picture in front of it, and it can ________ you what there are in it. Luka is helpful. It is ________ there when I want to talk. “Hi, Luka!” I say, “Hi, Nick! Can I ________ you?” Luka says.

Luka can ________ many languages like Chinese, English and German. And it is a great ________, too. After reading, I’d like to ask it to sing a song for me.

Some Chinese engineers made Luka. They ________ to let Luka read to kids from all over the world. Would you like to ________ Luka home? I’m sure you will love it.

1.

A．because

B．and

C．but

D．so

2.

A．small

B．clever

C．elder

D．pretty

3.

A．email

B．name

C．story

D．article

4.

A．draw

B．ask

C．tell

D．say

5.

A．always

B．sometimes

C．never

D．seldom

6.

A．see

B．watch

C．know

D．help

7.

A．say

B．speak

C．spell

D．sing

8.

A．teacher

B．writer

C．singer

D．friend

9.

A．hope

B．feel

C．think

D．thank

10.

A．get

B．make

C．bring

D．let

【推荐2】

You’re at your new school. It’s lunch time, but you don’t have anyone to sit with. You want to join someone at their table, ________ you’re not sure if they’re friendly. What do you do? Natalie’s way of ________ the problem was to create (创造) an app. She found it difficult to make new friends and had to search for a new table at lunch every day. If she sat by ________, she felt lonely. But if she asked to join someone and he or she ________ her, she felt embarrassed (尴尬的). She created a lunch-planning app to help students like her find people to have lunch with.

The app called Sit With Us is simple. If a student is having lunch in the afternoon, he or she can create an invitation (邀请). Other students can open the app and ________ that invitation. They can then use the app to decide when and where to ________. This allows students to make ________ online instead of face-to-face.

Natalie is happy to see that people are replying (回复) to her app ________, especially those who suffer from bullying (遭受欺凌). She won a prize for the app. She ________ appeared in many news stories.

Natalie was even asked to speak at a university. In her talk, Natalie wanted people to know that you don’t have to do something ________ to change lives. Sometimes, a small thing—like having a friend to enjoy lunch with—can make all the difference.

1.

A．so

B．or

C．but

2.

A．coming up with

B．dealing with

C．agreeing with

3.

A．herself

B．yourself

C．myself

4.

A．called

B．refused

C．discussed

5.

A．miss

B．make

C．accept

6.

A．exercise

B．study

C．meet

7.

A．plans

B．trouble

C．reports

8.

A．actively

B．correctly

C．hardly

9.

A．still

B．seldom

C．also

10.

A．enjoyable

B．big

C．similar

【推荐3】

Every year on March 14, mathematicians and math lovers around the world celebrate Pi Day. Pi is the ratio (比率) of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. The idea is ________. Even Middle schoolers can easily understand it. But the exact value of pi is difficult to calculate (计算). We only know it starts with 3.1415926. The ________ goes on endlessly. The digits (数字) never repeat in a pattern (有规律重复).

People have ________ the value of pi for thousands of years. In the fifth century, Zu Chongzhi correctly calculated pi to seven decimal places (小数位). For 900 years after him, nobody ________ to calculate the number any further. That’s why pi is also known as “Zu’s ratio.”

Fast-forward to 2021. Some Swiss scientists calculated pi to 62.8 trillion (万亿) decimal places. It just took them 108 days, but it was a new ________.

In fact, we ________ need more than 15 decimal places of pi. Then why did scientists still work out the 62.8 trillionth digit? Was it a ________ of time?

Jan de Gier is a mathematician in Australia. He says that calculating pi is like the Olympic Games. It is not useful in itself, but it teaches ________ about what is possible. We may never finish calculating pi.

Pi mirrors (反映) life itself, ________ our lives are also full of unknowns. We don’t know what’s going to happen. Although we may ________ many problems, many surprises are waiting for us, too. Keep your heart towards the sunshine.

1.

A．easy

B．wonderful

C．positive

2.

A．plan

B．number

C．dialogue

3.

A．worked on

B．decided on

C．depended on

4.

A．refused

B．forgot

C．managed

5.

A．method

B．invention

C．record

6.

A．exactly

B．hardly

C．totally

7.

A．value

B．waste

C．problem

8.

A．him

B．us

C．them

9.

A．since

B．once

C．unless

10.

A．overcome

B．avoid

C．face

【推荐1】In the future, maybe teachers will be robots. They will _____ us English, Chinese, science and even PE.

The robot teachers will be very _____ and they seem (似乎) to know everything. You can _____ them any question at any time. They will answer your questions very quickly. What’s more, the answers will never be _____. The robot teachers will _____ make mistakes.

The robot teachers will have a good temper. They will never get angry. The robot teachers will never feel _____ even though (即使) they work day and night. They will be kind and patient. The robot teachers will love every _____. They will never get angry _____ us. You can’t lie (撒谎) to them! They will always know whether (是否) you are lying.

I am _____ such good robot teachers. I think there will be robot teachers in the near future. ______ some students think it’s impossible (不可能的). What about you?

1.

A．learn

B．share

C．teach

D．take

2.

A．clever

B．short

C．silly

D．light

3.

A．answer

B．ask

C．change

D．promise

4.

A．true

B．right

C．wrong

D．long

5.

A．always

B．even

C．often

D．never

6.

A．free

B．interested

C．tired

D．ready

7.

A．parent

B．teacher

C．student

D．school

8.

A．about

B．for

C．of

D．with

9.

A．writing down

B．looking forward to

C．getting on with

D．worrying about

10.

A．But

B．Or

C．So

D．Because

【推荐3】Electronic books have changed the way many people read for ____ Now online textbooks are changing the way some students learn and some teachers teach.
More than ____ students go to the public schools in Fairfax County， Virginia， outside Washington. Last year， the school system used digital books in fifteen schools. This school year， middle schools and high schools changed ____ printed to electronic textbooks in their social studies classes.
“I mean， it’s just ____ a regular textbook， except it’s got it all online.” says Luke Rosa， a history teacher at Falls Church High School.
Peter Noonan， an assistant superintendent(主管) of schools says， “The world’s changing ____ And the online textbooks can change right along with the events that ____”
“Digital books also cost ____ than printed textbooks，” he says， “Usually it’s between fifty and seventy dollars ____ a textbook for each student， which adds up to about eight million dollars for all of our students in Fairfax County. In fact， we have bought all of the online textbooks for our students for just under six million dollars.”
Social studies teacher Michael Bambara says the e-book he uses in his government class is better than a(an) ____ textbook. It has materials for students ____ different levels of reading skills…1.

A．pleased

B．pleasing

C．pleasant

D．pleasure

2.

A．one hundred seventy-five thousand	B．one hundred seventy-five thousands
C．one hundred and seventy-five thousand	D．one hundred and seventy-five thousands

3.

A．into

B．from

C．with

D．along

4.

A．like

B．liking

C．liked

D．likely

5.

A．at times

B．at all times

C．at that time

D．at the same time

6.

A．is happened

B．will happen

C．are happening

D．have been happened

7.

A．more expensive

B．cheaper

C．more

D．less

8.

A．buy

B．buying

C．to buy

D．bought

9.

A．online

B．printed

C．digital

D．electronic

10.

A．with

B．have

C．who has

D．they have