【推荐1】

Anna I work in a bank from Monday to Friday. My house is near a park and is about ten kilometers from my office. I usually go to work by train. I usually get up at 6:30 a.m. and take the train at 7:00 a.m. It usually takes me about thirty minutes to get to my office. The train is quick and cheap. I am never late for work.

 

Joe I am a student. My house is near a beautiful lake. My school is across from the lake. I can walk to school across a bridge. It takes me about thirty minutes. But I often go to school by boat, because it is more fun. It takes me about twenty minutes.

 

Molly I’m a waiter. I work in a restaurant from Monday to Saturday. I often go to work by bus. It is about five kilometers from my house to the restaurant. It takes me about twenty-five minutes to go to work. Sometimes I am late for work because the traffic is very busy.

1. Anna usually arrives at her office at about ________.

A．6:30 a.m.

B．7:00 a.m.

C．7:30 a.m.

D．8:00 a.m.

2. Joe often ________ to school.

A．takes a bus

B．takes a train

C．walks

D．takes a boat

3. Molly lives about ________ kilometers from her working place.

A．five

B．ten

C．fifteen

D．twenty

4. The underlined word traffic means ________ in Chinese.

A．餐馆

B．交通

C．市场

D．车站

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Anna is sometimes late for work.

B．Joe lives near a river.

C．Molly works five days a week.

D．Three of them go out by different means of transportation (交通方式).

【推荐1】“I don't like my parents.They always tell me I should do this，and should not do that.It sometimes makes me angry，”said Zhang Hua，a middle school student in Guangzhou.Do you have the same problem？Perhaps your parents had the same problem when they were your age long ago.Why does it seem that some parents are not so friendly in their children's eyes?
One of the biggest problems is when someone becomes a parent，he/she likes worrying about things.They worry about everything about you from the time you were born.They do a lot for you，though something would make you angry，because they care about you and worry about you.They worry about your choice of friends，food you eat，your work at school，how much sleep you get，etc.All these things are part of your life.They want you to grow up healthily and happily.
So how can you make things easier on yourself？It's easier than you think.Just make sure your parents know what you're doing.Get them to know your friends.Phone them if you stay somewhere else late so that your parents don't call every hospital in the phone book looking for you.Say sorry to them when you make mistakes.Take responsibility(责任)for what you have done.Talk about your ideas with them.They may talk about theirs with you.
Most of all，try to think about why your parents do this or do that.They are still practicing being parents and need help you can give them.Some day，when you become a parent，they may be able to help you know how to get on with your children.
1. The writer thinks one of the biggest problems for parents is to ________．

A．worry about themselves	B．worry about their children
C．hate their children	D．be friendly with their children

2. All the things that parents do is to ________．

A．make their children angry

B．want their children to love them

C．want their children to grow up healthily and happily

D．want their children to do everything well in the future

3. The writer thinks we should ________ if we go back home later than usual.

A．tell our friends	B．tell the teacher
C．say sorry to our parents	D．make a telephone call to our parents

4. The writer thinks ________．

A．it's wrong for parents to worry about their children too much

B．some parents are unfriendly，which makes their children angry

C．children should do everything as their parents say

D．parents love their children very much and the children should understand them

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Parents' responsibility

B．How to get on with parents

C．Zhang Hua's problem

D．What are parents worrying about

【推荐2】My grandfather lives with us. He is over eighty years old, but he is still in good health.
Grandfather leads a simple life. He likes to have an early breakfast: rice, fruit and coffee. After breakfast he takes a walk to buy the morning paper. He does this every day and everyone in the street knows him.
The children all love him because he is kind to everyone. He likes to watch us play and sometimes he plays with us. We like to listen to his stories. He tells us about his children and about his life on the sea. He tells us a lot of funny stories. He is a pleasant old man.
根据短文判断正(T)误(F)
1. My grandfather is a very healthy man.
2. My grandfather likes to eat meat, fish and bread.
3. After breakfast he always goes out for a walk.
4. My grandfather often tells us many, many funny stories.
5. He is a pleasant old man. All the children love him very much.

【推荐3】.

Linda, 14	My parents do 10 hours’ housework a week. My mother does most of the housework, like cooking and folding the clothes. My father can only do the washing, sweep the floor and take out the rubbish. He really needs to learn how to do housework.
Celina, 13	My mother and my father each do 50% of the housework. My mother does the washing and cleans the living room. My father makes the bed and drives me to school.
Paul, 16	My father doesn’t do a lot but he tries to help. He hangs up the clothes after my mother does the washing and my mother is happy that he always gives her a hand.
Bill, 15	My mother is a doctor. She is busy with her work every day, so she has little time to do housework. In fact, she isn’t good at doing housework. So my father has to do most of it. Sometimes my grandmother comes to help.

1. Linda’s father doesn’t ________ at home.

A．take out the rubbish

B．do the washing

C．sweep the floor

D．fold the clothes

2. How does Celina go to school?

A．By bike.

B．By bus.

C．By car.

D．By subway.

3. Whose father does most of the housework?

A．Linda’s.

B．Celina’s.

C．Paul’s.

D．Bill’s.

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

A．Linda is one year older than Celina but one year younger than Bill.

B．Celina’s father needs to learn how to do housework.

C．Paul’s mother is angry with his father because he never helps her with housework.

D．Bill’s grandmother helps Bill with his schoolwork.

【推荐1】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。

    1     If you want to have true friends, you should be a true friend yourself. Wonder what you can do? Here is some advice.

★    2    

Laughing with a friend is the best, but sometimes crying(哭泣) brings you closer together. Don’t be afraid to be yourself when you stay with your friends. Show your true feelings to your friends. Then friends will know each other better.

★Be a nice gift giver.

Gift-giving is not just for birthdays or holidays. It can be a fun way of making your friends feel special!     3     Making things by yourself shows you care, because you put time and ideas into your gifts.

★Stand up for him or her

    4     Do something about it! You can try to find a smart way to solve the problem and make others look at your friend differently. Sometimes, it’s necessary for you to make him or her feel better.     5    

A．Laugh and cry together.

B．She never fights with her friend.

C．Everybody wants to have true friends.

D．But you don’t need to buy expensive gifts.

E．It may not be easy, but it’s what a good friend should do.

F．I think that my good friend should do the same things as me.

G．If someone laughs at your friend, don’t just stand there quietly.

【推荐2】I’m Tom. I am a new student in a middle school. I like everything about my school except（除了）the school time. Every morning, I get up at 6:25. That’s too early. And I take the school bus at 6:50. Sometimes, I must run to the bus.

I like my new classmates. One of them is old. He is Jerry. Jerry and I were classmates in Grade 6. Now we are together again. Jerry often says, “I hope we can be in different（不同的）classes. I don’t like you.” Of course he is joking. He always has a good time with me. We go to play basketball together three times a week.

My school has a lot of clubs. I am in the Football Club and Reading Club. I make new friends in clubs.

1. Tom doesn’t like his ________.

A．classmates

B．teachers

C．old friend

D．school time

2. Tom goes to school by ________.

A．car

B．bike

C．bus

D．train

3. The underlined word “joking” means（意思是）“ ________” in Chinese.

A．发誓

B．开玩笑

C．叙述

D．抱怨

4. Tom and Jerry ________.

A．often go to the Reading Club	B．are happy with each other
C．go to play football every day	D．are new friends

5. In Paragraph（段落）3, Tom talks about ________.

A．the school time	B．the clubs
C．his classmates	D．his middle school

【推荐3】People in the UK spend their free time in different ways. They spend a lot of their free time at home. The most popular activity is watching TV. People in the UK watch TV for about 25 hours a week. They often record programs so they can watch them at anytime. Reading is also a popular way of spending free time. People in the UK spend a lot of time reading newspapers and magazines. Many people in the UK have pets. They like playing with their pets in their free time because they think it is very relaxing.

In summer, gardening（园艺）is popular. And families often have a “day out” on the weekend. They often go outside to see a festival show. Young people like to go to clubs, and people of all ages like to go to the cinema. In winter, “do-it-yourself” is popular. People often spend their free time repairing（修理）houses.

Some free time activities are with friends. Asking friends for a drink or a meal at home is the most usual one. Sometimes people and their friends have dinner in a restaurant. During the meal, they can know more about each other by talking, sharing food and drinks.

On the weekend, people in the UK like to spend their free time doing sports. The popular kinds of sports are soccer, horse racing, swimming, tennis, skating, climbing and walking.

1. The most popular activity in the UK is _________.

A．reading

B．watching TV

C．doing sports

D．playing with their pets

2. What does the word “record” in the first paragraph mean in Chinese?

A．显示

B．推迟

C．报道

D．录像

3. Why do people in the UK like having dinner with friends?

A．They enjoy sharing food and drinks.	B．They can know more about each other.
C．They will feel more relaxed.	D．They think it is popular.

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

A．People in the UK like to do sports in summer.

B．People in the UK spend a lot of time reading newspapers.

C．People of all ages in the UK like to go to clubs in summer.

D．People in the UK often have a “day out” with their friends.

5. The passage is mainly about _________.

A．the most popular activity in the UK	B．family activities in the UK
C．free time activities of people in the UK	D．“do-it-yourself” activity in the UK

【推荐1】阅读理解
Birthday celebrations(庆祝活动) are different in many countries of the world . Now let’s have a look.

Aruba	The birthday child takes a treat to school for his/her classmates and all teachers . Each teacher gets a treat and gives the birthday child a small gift like a pencil , an eraser or a postcard. The birthday child doesn’t need to wear the school uniform . They can wear any clothes they like .
Japan	The birthday child wears new clothes on his/her birthday.
China	The birthday child always gets a gift or money. Eating noodles means the birthday child can have a long life.
Italy	To wish the child a happy birthday, his/her friends are going to pull on his/her ears a few times once for each year.
Latvia	The birthday person sits in a chair and his/her friends and the other family members lift the chair on time for each year.

1. In which country does a child wear new clothes on his/her birthday?

A．Italy.

B．Japan.

C．China.

D．Latvia.

2. In China , the birthday child eats noodles to ______.

A．treat his/her classmates and teachers

B．get a gift or money

C．wish for a long life

D．make his/her parents happy

3. In Italy, if the birthday child is 7 , his/her friends will______.

A．pull on his/her ears seven times

B．give him/her a bowl of noodles

C．allow him/her not to wear the school

D．lift his/her chair once

4. We can see from the passage that ______.

A．the birthday celebration in Latvia is the same as that in Italy

B．a Chinese birthday child can wear any clothes on his/her birthday

C．Italian people like to eat noodles

D．all teachers give the birthday child a small gift in Aruba

5. The passage mainly talks about _______.

A．cultural differences between Europe and Asia

B．what to wear on one’s birthday

C．birthday celebrations in different countries

D．birthday gifts in different countrie

【推荐3】Today is Grandma’s 85th birthday.

“I want to give her a picture,” says Brian. “I take it with my new camera (相机). What is your present for Grandma?” he asks his brother Joey.

“I don’t know,” says Joey, “I don’t have a camera. So I can’t take a picture.”

Joey goes into the kitchen. His mum is busy baking. “Mum, what will (将) you give to Grandma?”

“I’m baking her favourite cake,” says Joey’s mum.

“I can’t bake cakes. I don’t know how,” says Joey. Joey goes to his sister’s room. She is busy knitting (编织). “Susan, what will you give to Grandma?”

“I’m making her a warm scarf,” says Susan.

“I can’t knit scarfs. I don’t know how,” says Joey. Joey then goes and sits next to Grandma. “Everyone has a present for you, but I can’t take a picture, bake or knit. I don’t have anything to give you,” says Joey.

Grandma puts her arms around Joey. “You have the time to come and sit with me. That’s what you can give me,” says Grandma.

Joey sits close to Grandma. “Happy birthday!” he says.

1. What is Brian’s present for his grandma?

A．A camera.

B．A picture.

C．A cake.

D．A scarf.

2. What does the underlined word “baking” mean in Chinese?

A．售卖

B．挑选

C．品尝

D．烘焙

3. What is Susan doing for Grandma?

A．She is taking a picture.	B．She is knitting a scarf.
C．She is making a cake.	D．She is knitting a sweater.

4. What does Joey do on his grandma’s birthday?

A．He sings a song.	B．He writes a postcard.
C．He stays with Grandma.	D．He tells a story.

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

A．The Present

B．My Grandma

C．My Birthday

D．A Birthday Party