【推荐1】Salted fish is a common food that is popular in the south of China. It is chewy (有嚼劲的) and adds a salty flavor (滋味) to other dished. But eating too much salted fish can give you cancer (癌症), according to a list of cancer-causing foods that was published by the China Food and Drug Administration.

Salted fish is produced with a large amount of salt, which later turns into nitrites (亚硝酸盐). When nitrites reach our stomach, they turn into another kind of chemical that can cause cancer, Huang Yufang from the Cancer of Guangzhou Medical University told Xinhua News Agency.

So does this mean we can’t eat salted fish anymore?

“People don’t need to worry too much. It has to do with how often you eat certain foods and how much of them you eat,” Huang said. If you really like eating salted fish, you can eat a small amount once or twice a month. You should also eat more fruit and vegetables that are rich in vitamin C, as this can help to prevent the formation (形成) of nitrites.

In fact, there are many foods we often eat that are thought to cause cancer, such as pickles (咸菜), certain fried foods and even red meat, such as pork, lamb and beef. Although these foods may cause cancer, it doesn’t mean a person will get cancer just from eating them, according to the World Health Organization. Cancer is caused by many different factors, such as one’s genes (基因), environment, lifestyle and eating habits. As long as one has a balanced diet, one doesn’t need to avoid cancer- causing foods completely, Fang Yu, a doctor from the Beijing Cancer Hospital, told People’s Daily.

1. Why is salted fish popular in the south of China?

A．Because it is a common food in the south of China.

B．Because fish is easy to find and cook.

C．Because it is chewy and adds flavor to other dishes.

D．Because people in the south of China don’t like vegetables.

2. What’s the order of causing cancer by eating too much salted fish?
a. The chemical can cause cancer.
b. Salted fish itself has much salt.
c. A large amount of salt can be tuned into nitrites.
d. Nitrites turn into another chemical.

A．bcda

B．acbd

C．bacd

D．bdca

3. What suggestions does Huang Yufang give to salted fish fans?

A．Eat more fruit and vegetables to get more Vitamin C.

B．Stop eating salted fish from now on.

C．Have a small amount of salted fish every day.

D．Go to see the doctor if you don’t feel well.

4. According to the passage, we can know that          .

A．northern people in China don’t eat salted fish

B．salt can be dangerous to our body

C．people who eat too much salted fish very often can get cancer easily

D．It’s OK for those people who often eat a little salted fish

5. What’s the purpose of the writer?

A．People shouldn’t eat the foods that cause cancer.

B．One can eat red meat to avoid causing causer.

C．Food alone can make people get cancer easily.

D．People should have a balanced diet to keep healthy.

【推荐3】Did you have cereal（麦片）for breakfast this morning? If you did, you’re not alone. Lots of people eat cereal for breakfast every day. In fact, cereal is popular all over the world. It all started with one man, Will Keith Kellogg.

Will was born on April 7, 1860, in Battle Creek, Michigan. His first job was as a stock boy at the Battle Creek Sanitarium. A sanitarium is a special kind of place that is a little like a hospital. A sanitarium is meant for people who are ill for a long time or who are getting over a serious illness. Will had other jobs as he got older. But when he grew up, he became a manager of the sanitarium. His brother, John, was the chief doctor there.

One big problem at the sanitarium was the patients’ diets. The patients needed healthy diets, but it was also important for the food to taste good. Will was trying to find a good food choice to take the place of the bread, but it wasn’t going very well. Then, by accident,   Will found something even better. He left some wheat to cook too long. When it was rolled out, it formed large, thin flakes. He asked his brother to serve it to the patients, and they loved it! In fact, they liked it so much that they wanted breakfast flakes sent to them even after they left the sanitarium. So Will started a new business in 1884: selling packaged breakfast flakes. Before long, Kellogg’s breakfast cereal was popular in other countries, too. Today, there are many kinds of breakfast cereals. But it all started with one man and one idea.

Will did more than just create breakfast flakes. His company made a lot of money. But he always shared it with others generously. He used much of his money to help children. He also used his money to help in several other charities（慈善机构）. Will Kdllogg died in 1951. But his most famous invention is as popular as ever.

1. Will worked as ________ before he became a manager of the sanitarium.

A．a chief doctor

B．a stock boy

C．a business man

D．a cook

2. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about cereal according to the passage?

A．It tasted better than bread.	B．It was Will’s favourite food.
C．It was invented by accident.	D．It is popular around the world.

3. Which word can describe Will Kellogg best?

A．Funny.

B．Nervous.

C．Brave.

D．Generous.

4. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To give advice on eating healthily.	B．To introduce patients’ breakfast.
C．To describe Will and his invention.	D．To explain how to make cereal.

【推荐1】People in different countries have different ways of doing things. Something that is polite in one country may be quite impolite in another. In Britain, you mustn’t lift your bowl to your mouth when you are having some liquid(液体) food. But it’s different in China. And in Japan you even needn’t worry about making noises when you drink it. It shows that you are enjoying it. But it is bad manners(礼仪) in Britain. If you are a visitor in Mongolia, what manners do they wish you to have? They wish you to give a loud “burp”(打嗝) after you finish eating. Burping shows that you like the food.

In Britain, you should try not to put your hands on the table when you’re having a meal. In Mexico, however, guests are expected to keep their hands on the table during a meal. But in Arab countries, you must be very careful with your hands. You mustn’t eat with your left hand. Arabs consider it very bad manners to eat with left hand. So, what should you do if you visit another country? Well, just do as the Romans do. You can ask the local people to help you or just watch carefully and follow them.

1. Making noises when you have liquid food isn’t bad manners in ________.

A．China

B．Japan

C．Britain

D．Mexico

2. ________ is bad manners in Britain.

A．Eating food without making noises	B．Putting liquid food in the bowl
C．Having soup directly with a bowl	D．Keeping hands off the table

3. What does the underlined(画线的) words “do as the Romans do” mean?

A．Do as the local people do.	B．Do as you do at home.
C．Ask the local people to do it.	D．Watch the Romans do it.

4. What can we know from the passage?

A．Few Arabs eat with left hand.

B．Chinese people never use a bowl to have liquid food.

C．Burping is impolite after finishing eating in Mongolia.

D．It’s polite for people in Britain to put their right hand on the table.

5. The passage mainly tells us ________.

A．some table manners in Britain	B．different table manners in different countries
C．different ways of having liquid food	D．how to have good manners

【推荐2】Hot Pot(火锅) and Hotpot

I’m learning English in the UK where I meet a lot of new friends and eat something delicious. Hot pot is many Chinese people’s favorite food, including(包括) me. After having three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes in the UK, how excited I was to know that there was going to be a free meal of hotpot to welcome the new students. On the way to the canteen, I seemed to smell the hot pot in the air.

To my surprise, when I stepped into the room, in front of me were still potatoes and bread. Where was the hot pot?

With many questions in my head, I sat down to have the free meal. After talking with a French girl, I got to know that hot pot is completely different from hotpot. Chinese hot pot is written in two words and hotpot, one word, is a traditional English dish.

Hotpot is made from mutton and onion. On the top there are sliced potatoes. People put it in the oven all day in a heavy pot and on a low heat. You can often see it at parties in the UK because it’s easy to prepare for a large number of people and is not expensive.

Hotpot doesn’t taste bad. However, I still miss hot pot, two words!

1. A “canteen” may be a place ________.

A．selling food and drinks

B．for students to have sports

C．just like a library

D．for students to study

2. Hotpot is often prepared for parties because it is ________.

A．delicious

B．healthy

C．easy to prepare

D．expensive

3. After the free meal, the writer learned that_______.

A．“ hotpot” wasn’t “hot pot”

B．hotpot took little time to cook.

C．hotpot wasn’t traditional in the UK

D．the French girl knew nothing about hotpot.

4. After reading the passage, we know the writer is ________.

A．an English teacher

B．a French girl

C．a Japanese cook

D．a Chinese student

【推荐3】In many English homes people eat four meals a day. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge(粥) 、eggs or bread and drink tea or coffee for breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soup, then they have meat or fish with vegetables. After that they eat some other things, like bananas, apples or oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper and all these meals are very simple.

1. Many English people have ____________ meals a day.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

2. Afternoon tea is ______ in the afternoon.

A．at one o`clock	B．from four to five
C．from one to two	D．from seven to nine

3. People don’t have _____________________ for their dinner.

A．bananas and apples	B．soup and meat
C．meat and fish	D．Porridge

【推荐3】It's no secret that laughter works wonders for us. And much research has been carried out into the good that laughter can do for our general health and well-being. It has been found to release endorphins (释放安多芬), our bodies’natural“feel-good"chemicals, into our blood. But as we grow older, we are more likely to find fewer things funny. A child will laugh on average 300 times a day. By the time we reach adulthood, this number is around 20. But what's behind this? One theory(理论) suggests that it's not a problem of us losing our sense of humor but rather, as we grow older, we're socially conditioned to take things a bit more seriously.

Laughter is very much something we do with others. Studies have shown that we are 30 times more likely to find something funny when we are with others than when we are by ourselves. But to laugh with others, we do need to feel a connection to them. We need to feel comfortable in their company. That's why it can be difficult to laugh in the presence of strangers. Laughter is also very contagious and one person's laugh can spread quickly throughout a group of people. But often what makes us join in is the fear of standing out and being different. We laugh, even if we don' t really get the joke, especially in groups controlled by a powerful person. When the head teacher tells a joke, for example, you laugh, even though later you might wonder if the joke was really that funny at all.

There are many different reasons why we laugh. Here are three widely accepted theories:

The Incongruity Theory: It's often the unexpected that makes us laugh. When things that we are familiar with suddenly take a turn into the unknown, our expectations are challenged and that often results in laughter.

The Superiority Theory: We often find the mistakes and misfortunes of others funny. This would explain the popularity of online videos showing pranks (恶作剧).

The Relief Theory:Laugh offers light relief. It explains why there are so many jokes about the darker things in life. By being able to laugh at them, we are able to face them more easily.

1. According to the theory in Paragraph 1, why do we laugh less as we grow older?

A．There are fewer funny things.

B．We take things more seriously.

C．Our body releases less endorphins.

D．We gradually lose our sense of humor.

2. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A．More funny things happen when we are with others.

B．It's difficult to build up connections with strangers.

C．We laugh sometimes because of social needs.

D．Powerful people are more likely to be funny.

3. What is the passage mainly about?

A．The science of laughter

B．the power of laughter.

C．The sign of laughter.

D．The art of laughter

【推荐1】As we know, in many countries, English is used as the second language. But English is used as the first language in America and Britain. Americans and Englishmen not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs.

For example, in both America and England, people will shake hands if they meet for the first time. Besides, most Englishmen will open the door for women. Both Englishmen and Americans like standing in line at the post office, the movies, the bank or anywhere. Arriving on time is important both in England and America. For example, if a dinner is for seven o'clock, people should arrive close to that time or call up to say that they are late. Of course, in the two countries, people have some different customs. For example, Americans have "coffee breaks" while Englishmen have "tea breaks". But there are many customs that they have in common.

1. According to passage, English is used as ______ in Britain and America.

A．the second language

B．a foreign language

C．mother tongue

D．the third language

2. People in America and Britain ______ when they meet for the first time.

A．kiss each other

B．shake hands

C．bow to each other

D．wave to each other

3. ______ is important in England and America.

A．Being late

B．Being early

C．Arriving on time

D．Arriving earlier

4. Most Englishmen will ______ for women.

A．open the door

B．close the door

C．take the coat

D．take the hat

5. The passage mainly tells us ______.

A．English is spoken differently in Britain and in America

B．"coffee breaks" in America is different from "tea breaks" in Britain

C．Englishmen and Americans don't stand in line at the bank

D．people in America and Britain not only speak the same language but also share a large number of social customs

【推荐2】①For over 100 years, libraries have played an important role in Americans’ education. Benjamin Franklin famously set up America’s first lending library in 1,731. But the public library system got its biggest development in the American history in the late 1,800s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie donated (捐赠) millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country. Between 1,886 and 1,919 Carnegie’s donations helped build 1,679 new libraries.

②Carnegie believed that libraries could offer the chances to Americans young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have opportunities to read books, speeches and news.

③If you can easily find a public library in your community (社区), you’ll get more chances. After all, the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Today, libraries keep growing. Seven tenths of the libraries have free Internet. It provides much more information and opportunities to ask for jobs online.

④Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. The new program Read! Build! Play! Adds reading into playtime. As kids listen to a book that is being read aloud, they use Legos (乐高积木) to build images (图像) from the story happily. Today’s libraries are always looking for creative programs to bring people into the library.

⑤Benjamin Franklin once said, “The doors of wisdom (智慧) are never shut.” As long as the doors of public libraries are open, what he said is most certainly correct!

1. The right order of the following statements is ________.
①The public library system in America developed fast.
②The first lending library was founded.
③Libraries provide information and chances to ask for jobs online.
④Libraries try to bring people into the library by using creative programs.

A．②①③④

B．②①④③

C．③④①②

D．①②③④

2. The last paragraph mainly tells us ________.

A．libraries have played an important role in Americans education

B．public libraries in the US should never close the doors

C．the writer doesn’t agree with Benjamin Franklin

D．libraries help people to open the doors of wisdom

3. The best title of the passage may be ________.

A．The Libraries in the World

B．Libraries and Opportunities

C．Libraries Teach Kids to Read and Learn

D．The Development of the American libraries

4. The best structure of this passage is ________.

A．①/②③④/⑤

B．①②/③④/⑤

C．①②/③/④⑤

D．①/②③/④⑤

【推荐3】Do you know English people’s family names? Everyone（每个人）has a family name. But what does it mean（意思是）? What do family names come from?

First, some family names are from the place of people’s homes. If a man lives on or near a hill, his family name may be Hill. In England, people’s family names may be Wood or Lake, because they live near the wood or lake（树林或湖）. Second, family names are from a person’s job. If a person is a cook, he may be Mr. Cook. Third, many people get their family names from their fathers’ given names. If you hear the family name “Jackson”, you will know that he is the son of Jack.

1. Where do some family names come from?
①people’s jobs
②people’s dreams
③their fathers’ given names
④the place of people’s homes

A．①②③

B．①②

C．①③④

D．②③④

2. What does the word “place” mean（意思是）in Chinese?

A．地点

B．方向

C．角度

D．物品

3. Who may（可能）be the father of “Tom Jackson”?

A．Tom.

B．Jack.

C．Jasper.

D．Daniel.

4. How many family names are mentioned（提到）?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

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

A．A Cook	B．Jack’s Father
C．Hill and Lake	D．English People’s Family Names