【推荐1】Experts(专家) say that students usually need eight to ten hours’ sleep at night, but
most Chinese students do not get enough sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to   
see their children studying late. They will think their children work very hard. But not
all parents are happy about this. Once a mother told us that every morning the 10 year
old boy put up one finger with his eyes still closed, begging(乞求) for one more minute
to sleep. Like thousands of students “early birds” in china, he has to get up before
six every morning.
A report shows that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker than they
should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too
much homework is not the only reason(原因). Why students stay up late? Some watch TV or
play the computer games late into the night.
Experts have ever said that students should develop good study habits(习惯). So some
clever students never study late, they are able to work well in class.
1. The 10-year-old begged for one more minute to sleep because_____.

A．he didn’t have enough sleep

B．it wasn’t time for him to get up

C．he didn’t want to go to school

D．he wanted his mother to wake him up

2. In this passage “early birds” means persons who_____.

A．get up early

B．get up late

C．sleep less

D．don’t want to sleep

3. From the passage we know if students don’t get enough sleep, they may _____.

A．study late	B．watch TV late
C．not go to bed until late	D．stay outside

4. “Stay up late” here means _____.

A．study late	B．watch TV late
C．not go to bed until late	D．stay outside

5. According to (根据) the passage, which of the following is right?

A．if you want to study better, you must work hard at night

B．sleeping less means working hard.

C．some clever students are able to work well in class because they have good study habits.

D．students don’t have enough sleep only because they have a lot of homework to do.

【推荐2】Being outgoing is good for your life. Those who are more outgoing like to meet lots of people and have more fun in life. In fact, being outgoing is not so hard as you think. Even shy people can be outgoing.

You can start becoming outgoing with your best friend or a group of friends. But the real challenge(挑战) comes when you meet strange people or new friends. Smile more, and usually they will smile back to you. In this way, you may have some talks.

Start a talk. Just a simple “Hello” or “How is it going?” is a good start. If you want to make interesting talks, you should read news in newspapers and prepare(准备) your views, or surf the Internet for new information and then remember that.

The easiest way to become more outgoing is to go out. This is also the most important step. Go to a park, beach, club, party or any other place that you think can be fun, and you may make new friends there.

1. You should start to be outgoing with ________.

A．your parents

B．your teachers

C．your neighbors

D．your best friends

2. What usually happens when you smile to strange people or new friends?

A．You have more talks.	B．You become more outgoing.
C．They give you a smile back	D．You smile more.

3. According to passage, if you want to go out, you can choose to go to except for(除了) ________.

A．a park

B．a beach

C．a party

D．the Internet

4. Which is NOT the writer’s view(观点).

A．Being outgoing is really difficult

B．Being outgoing is good for our lives.

C．Being outgoing helps people have more fun.

D．Being outgoing with strangers needs you to face challenges.

【推荐3】Do you often make a resolution on New Year’s Day? What will you do next for it? If you have a great resolution, it will be good for your life and study.     1    

Plan for the Resolution.     2     You need to think out some clear steps (清晰的步骤) for the resolution. So make your plan. A good plan will tell you what to do next and how to accomplish the resolutions at last. Making a plan is very important.

    3     If you make your plan later, you may forget your resolution gradually (逐渐地). It’s important that you begin making your plan right now.     4     such as a notebook or your diary.

Think “Year Round”, not just New Year’s. No one can finish the resolutions in one day. You make a resolution in one day. It doesn’t mean you must finish it in one day.     5     The New Year’s resolution should be a starting point. You must keep a habit for accomplishing your resolution gradually.

A．Make your plan right now.

B．Make your resolution later.

C．Holding resolutions isn’t enough.

D．It may need a hundred small steps.

E．You can tell others about your resolution.

F．Here is some advice on how to make a good resolution.

G．You should write down your resolution and plan in some place.

【推荐1】

(A) More than half the young people in China are nearsighted, according to a survey, which called for great efforts to control the condition. The survey found that eight of 10 senior middle school students were nearsighted, compared with 71.6 percent in junior middle school, 36 percent in primary school and 14 percent of 6-year-olds in kindergarten.	(B) According to experts, one of the best ways to make thankfulness a part of your life is to keep a diary. For example, before you go to bed every night, write down any positive experience you have during the day, no matter how small. Your mental health will gradually improve.
(C) “It is in giving that we receive," It turns out that this is scientifically right. Studies have shown that putting the well-being of others before our own without expecting anything in return will give us a strong sense of satisfaction.	(D) Studies show volunteering reduces stress. Even if you have little time to offer, just the act of giving has been shown to improve your health, possibly by reducing your sense of pain. A new study found that people who said they would volunteer were less sensitive(敏感的) to an electric shock than those who refused.
(E) Researchers found a clear link between breakfast habits and heart disease risk. Those who didn't eat in the morning were up to 87 percent more likely to cause heart trouble. They did a survey on 6,550 people over 40. Most (59 percent) ate breakfast every day, but 5.1 percent never did, 10.9 percent seldom did, and 25 percent would not eat for a few days.	(F) Now many children are getting fat. Some of them spend too much time watching TV. Others have to spend a lot of time studying. So they don’t have enough time to exercise. A report says that many middle school students spend about 10 hours a day sitting down. And many students like eating sweet food. That also makes them fatter.

1. Match passages (A)—(F) with the two topics: ①Mental health; ②Physical health. Which is right?

A．①—(D)(E)(F); ②—(A)(B)(C)	B．①—(B)(C); ②—(A)(D)(E)(F)
C．①—(B)(D); ②—(A)(B)(E)(F)	D．①—(B)(C)(D); ②—(A)(E)(F)

2. Why does the editor present readers Passage (A)?

A．To explain why Chinese children have poor eyesight.

B．To show how serious Chinese children’s eyesight problems are.

C．To show how important eyesight is.

D．To call on children to watch less TV to protect their eyes.

3. Which question was asked in the survey in Passage(E)?

A．How often do you eat breakfast?

B．When do you eat breakfast?

C．Do you have a good breakfast every day?

D．What do you eat for breakfast?

4. Which of the following cannot help improve your mental health?

A．The young people should pay attention to their eyes.

B．Offering to help in an old people's home.

C．Giving away your old clothes to people in need.

D．Writing down the good things you did for others.

5. What can we learn from the six passages?

A．Children’s fatness is mainly caused by having no time to exercise.

B．It's difficult for a person to give without expecting anything.

C．Half of the middle school students in China are nearsighted

D．The only way to make thankfulness a part of your life is to keep a diary.

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Millie's Favorite Activities
Day	Activity		Place	Time
Monday	play volleyball with her friends		in the playground	4：30 p．m.—5：30 p．m.
Tuesday		practice tennis with her classmates	in the Tennis Club	5：00 p．m.—5：30 p．m.
Thursday		go swimming	in the Swimming Club	6：00 p．m.—7：00 p．m.
Saturday		have a picnic with her parents	in the park	9：00 a．m.—11：30 a．m.
Sunday		read books with her brother	at home	11：00 a．m.—5：00 p．m.

1. When does Millie often play volleyball with her friends?

A．On Sunday.	B．On Monday.
C．On Tuesday.	D．On Thursday.

2. Where does Millie often practice tennis with her classmates?

A．In the playground.	B．At home.
C．In the Tennis Club.	D．In the park.

3. Millie often swims from ________ on Thursday.

A．4：30 p．m.—5：30 p．m.	B．5：00 p．m.—5：30 p．m.
C．6：00 p．m.—7：00 p．m.	D．9：00 p．m.—11：30 p．m.

4. Millie usually ___________ from 11：00 a．m.to 5：00 p．m.on Sunday.

A．reads books	B．plays volleyball
C．practices tennis	D．goes swimming

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Millie often plays volleyball for two hours.

B．Millie likes to stay at home on Saturday.

C．Millie likes to read books on Saturday.

D．Millie likes sports very much.

【推荐3】What do young people today expect to do when they spend money? According to a survey made by CCTV in 2021, travel, health care and education are the top three.

The survey has found more than one third of young people who were born in or after 1995 show their great interest in traveling around the world. What’s more, people in other age periods （年龄段） also have a lot of expectations of travel and the need in the tourism market （旅游市场） may increase more and more quickly.

Health care is in the second place. The survey shows that about 33.27 percent of young people will spend more money on health care in 2021: To stay healthy, they will buy healthy foods, get vaccinations （接种疫苗） and keep fit by doing sports. ______

Education follows health care. More and more young people look forward to gaining knowledge and developing themselves. Going to a good college is their first choice. They can get better education and create a more perfect life by going to college. Even though some of them can’t study in a university, they expect to learn more professional skills outside the school. According to the survey, almost all the young people can realize the importance of education and want to work hard for it.

So what do you plan to spend more money doing in the future?

1. What does the second paragraph mainly show?

A．Young people today are very interested in traveling.

B．Traveling around the world is good for young people.

C．Young people spend less money on travel than old people.

2. Which can be put in the blank “_______” in Paragraph 3?

A．Most young people don’t want to spend much money on health.

B．Most young people can’t accept that keeping healthy costs a lot of money.

C．Most young people think it’s necessary to take health seriously.

3. What can we know from the survey in the passage?

A．Few young people want to learn professional skills outside the school.

B．Most of the young people in China have known the importance of going to school.

C．More and more young people can succeed in going to college.

4. Which of the following best shows the structure （结构） of the passage?

A．

B．

C．

【推荐2】Different countries have different eating customs.

In the UK, it is usual to tip (付小费) waiters after having meals in a restaurant. In general, waiters expect to get a 10%-15% tip on the cost of your meal.

In Spain, it’s a good idea to have a light meal in the afternoon if someone invites you for dinner. People have dinner very late, and restaurants do not generally open until after 9：00 pm.

I travelled to China last month. When I had dinner with a Chinese host, he always put more food onto my plates as soon as I ate it up. It made me feel uncomfortable. I had to eat the food even if I didn’t want to, because it is considered bad manners in the West to leave one’s food on the plate.

I have already noticed that when a Chinese sits at an American’s dinner party, he often refuses the offer of food or drink though he is in fact still hungry or thirsty.

This might be good manners in China, but it is not in the West at all. In the US it is impolite to keep asking someone again and again or ask him to accept something. Americans have a direct way of speaking. If they want something, they will ask for it. If not, they will say “No, thanks”. When an American is fed with beer by the host, for example, he might say, “No, thanks, I’m on a diet (节食).” That is what an American will do. So when you go to the US, you had better remember the famous saying, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”

1. If you spend $360 on a meal in the UK, you are supposed to tip ________ in total.

A．$360

B．$30

C．$40

D．$100

2. When an American wants something to eat or drink at dinner, he will ________.

A．ask for it directly	B．refuse the host’s offer
C．go and take it himself	D．ask another to get it for him

3. How many countries are mentioned in the passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

4. What does the underlined sentence mean?

A．Romans can be an example for you.

B．When you get on Rome, you should act as the Romans do.

C．When you stay in Rome, you should do as the Romans do.

D．When you are in a new country, you should do as the natives do.

【推荐3】Think of somebody you really admire. You will probably find that their success didn’t come easily. As “Father of Hybrid Rice”, Yuan Longping got over great difficulties and spent his whole life working to reduce world hunger and helping to feed the country with the largest population.

Wu Mengchao, the “Father of Chinese Hepatobiliary surgery(肝胆外科) ”, focused on saving people’s lives for nearly eighty years. He performed more than 16,000 operations(手术) during his life. Holding the surgeon’s knife for such a long time deformed his fingers. Wu once said, “It would be my greatest happiness if I could work at operating table until my dying day.”

In 1969, in order to solve the problem of treating malaria(疟疾), Tu Youyou and her teammates performed different kinds of experiments. However, the results were disappointing. Instead of giving up, they kept trying. Finally, in 1972, they made it. In 2015, at the age of 85, she received the Nobel Prize.

Sometimes, their success was a surprise, even to themselves. The famous scientist Alexander Fleming said, “When I woke up just after daybreak on 28th September,1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionize(变革) all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic(抗生素). But I guess that was exactly what I did.”

Some people only became successful after their deaths. The artist Vincent Van Gogh only sold one painting all through his life ,but he kept painting and he painted more than 2,000 art works in the following ten years. Now his paintings are very popular and they sell for millions of pounds.

One thing all these people have in common is sticking to their goals no matter what happens.

1. What does “deformed his fingers” mean ?

A．changed the shape of his finger	B．made him feel down
C．gave him too much pressure	D．got his fingers cut off

2. What do Yuan Longping and Wu Mengchao have in common?

A．They achieved a lot in the medical world.	B．They succeeded in reducing world hunger.
C．They are remembered for their happiness.	D．They spent all their lives serving people.

3. Which of the following is true according to this passage?

A．Vincent Van Gogh sold 2,000 art works and got millions of pounds during his lifetime.

B．It took Tu Youyou’s team about 3 years to reach their goal.

C．Yuan Longping won the Nobel Prize as“ Father of Hybrid Rice”.

D．Wu Mengchao was unhappy because he would work at operating table before his death.

4. When Alexander Fleming discovered the first antibiotic, he ________.

A．felt too tired to stay awake	B．didn’t plan to study all medicine
C．knew he made a great success	D．didn’t fully understand its importance

5. The writer wants to tell us ________.

A．the more difficulties, the better	B．not everyone can be successful
C．great achievements aren’t made naturally	D．great hopes make great men