【推荐1】That year, I was a Junior 2 student. Falling off the stairs hurt me in the head. Almost everyone thought I was dead. But they were wrong. However, it was difficult to get back to normal life. I had to leave school and learn everything, walking, talking, and yes, maths.

To help me with that task, Mrs. Pillar volunteered to come to the hospital and later to my house once a week. We began with basic maths skills. As time passed by, I made progress.

I remember very clearly how she came to my home on Sundays, sat with me at the kitchen table, and threw different coins on the table. She asked me to show her 38 cents, 17 cents, 63 cents. It was challenging but she also made it fun.

After a year and a half, I had progressed a lot, both in body and mind, to return to school. Seven years later, I graduated from the University of Texas at the top of my class.

As years went by, I always kept in touch with Mrs. Pillar. Unluckily, one day my parents told me that Mrs. Pillar had been in hospital because she suffered a stroke (中风).

Now it was my turn to help her. Mrs. Pillar lay in bed unable to speak or know anybody around. I pulled some coins out of my pocket, dropped them on her bed and asked her to show me 12 cents. The nurse thought that my action was very strange until one day Mrs. Pillar smiled happily as I began working with her — just as she had worked with me years before. She made progress every day and was moved out of ICU (重症监护室) and finally out of hospital.

One day, I called to wish her a happy New Year. She spoke into the phone excitedly, “Happy New Year to you and your family, Michael. Thank you for everything you’ve done for me.”

Mrs. Pillar was one of my Junior 2 teachers, but she taught me so much more about life than only maths.

1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the story?

A．Mrs. Pillar got better without Michael’s help.

B．Michael fell off the stairs and had to leave school.

C．Michael returned to school with Mrs. Pillar’s help

D．Mrs. Pillar suffered a stroke and was in hospital.

2. What does the writer mean by saying “I graduated from the University of Texas at the top of my class” in Paragraph 4?

A．He was cleverer than his classmates.	B．He worked very hard on maths.
C．Mrs. Pillar’s help greatly influenced him.	D．His classmates failed to graduate.

3. The writer asked Mrs. Pillar to show him 12 cents in the hospital in order to ________.

A．make the nurse in the hospital feel strange	B．play an interesting game with Mrs. Pillar
C．see whether Mrs. Pillar was getting better	D．help Mrs. Pillar just as Mrs. Pillar helped him

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Be a Wise Teacher	B．Kindness Makes Wonders
C．Never Give Up	D．Always Have a Dream

【推荐3】Dear Linda,

I’m glad to hear from you and I would like to be your pen friend. In your letter, you said you wanted to know something about my school life.

I walk to school at 7:30 every morning because the school is near our house. When I get to school at about 7:45, I often do the cleaning with my classmates. After that we do some reading for half an hour. We have four classes in the morning. I often have my lunch at 12:00 at school. We usually have two classes in the afternoon. The school is over (结束) at about 5:00 and then I go home.

My favorite subject is Chinese. I like all the teachers because they are friendly. I am good at sports and I enjoy playing football. I’m a member of our school football team. What about your school life?

Best wishes!

Dick

1. It often takes Dick about ________ to walk to school every morning.

A．half an hour

B．15 minutes

C．10 minutes

D．5 minutes

2. After Dick gets to school, he ________ first.

A．does morning exercises	B．does some reading
C．has classes	D．does the cleaning

3. How many classes does Dick usually have in a day?

A．Two.

B．Four.

C．Six.

D．Eight.

4. How does Dick probably (可能地) go home?

A．On foot.

B．By bike.

C．By bus.

D．In Linda’s car.

5. From the passage, we know that ________.

A．Dick goes to school at 12:00 at noon

B．Dick doesn’t like studying Chinese

C．Dick’s favourite sport is playing football

D．Dick’s Chinese teacher is not friendly to him

【推荐1】Dear Anna,
How are you? My name is Cindy. I’ve been looking forward to having a pen friend for a long time. I hope we can become good friends.
I got your name and e-mail from my English teacher, Ms. Sands. These days I’m thinking about what to write. At first, I wanted to tell you what it’s like to go to school here in Minnesota, but later I thought you could look up Minnesota on the Internet and read about it yourself. Then I had the idea to tell you about my family, but I realized (意识到) that the story of my little brother losing a tooth or the time we got a new cat might be kind of boring. After that, I thought about asking you questions about what it’s like to live in Belgium, but I’m afraid you might think my questions are silly (愚蠢的).
I think I can tell you a little about myself. In fact, you probably already learned one thing about me. I sometimes have a hard time making up my mind! I hope you can write me back anyway.
Yours,
Cindy
1. Cindy got Anna’s information from _______.

A．the Internet	B．her English teacher
C．a pen friend program	D．her school newspaper

2. According to Cindy, which of the following might be boring for her letter?

A．Her likes and dislikes.	B．Something about her family.
C．Famous places in Minnesota.	D．Going to school in Minnesota.

3. Why did Cindy decide not to ask Anna what Belgium is like?

A．Cindy visited Belgium years ago.

B．Cindy’s classmate told her about it before.

C．Cindy already learned about it on the Internet.

D．Cindy thought her questions might sound silly.

4. From the letter, we can know that Cindy _______.

A．lost a tooth last week	B．has a lot of good friends
C．once wrote a letter to Anna	D．is not good at making decisions

【推荐2】阅读短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Basketball stars become hip—hop singers． It's true． In NBA, hip—hop music is very popular． Many of the players, like Shaquille O'Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers, write rap (说唱) words when they travel on planes from one city to another． Some of them even have rap radio shows and others perform (表演) in music video．
When some of the younger stars play basketball, they even try to look like hip—hop singers．
"Hip—hop is just part of their culture," says one player． "All of us grew up listening to rap and playing basketball, and rappers grew up doing the same thing．"
Master P． is a famous rap star who wants to become a basketball player． Two NBA teams have invited him to join them． They enjoy listening to his music． An NBA player has become a rapper． He has made four successful rap albums (专集)．
NBA has a closer connection to hip—hop than any other sports league．
1. Many basketball players in NBA like ________．

A．hip—hop music

B．country music

C．American singers

D．dancing

2. Many NBA players ________ rap words when they travel on planes．

A．learn

B．write

C．sing

D．dance

3. ________ is just part of the NBA players' culture．

A．Music

B．Rapper

C．Hip—hop

D．Basketball

4. The NBA tennis invited Master P． to john them just because ________．

A．they like listening to his music

B．his dancing was popular

C．they like his face and hair

D．he grew up playing basketball

5. Which of the flowing is NOT right?

A．Many NBA players have become hip—hop rappers．

B．A rapper wanted to become a NBA basketball player．

C．Players in NBA don’t like hip—hop music at all．

D．NBA basketball teams have a closer connection to hip—hop music．

【推荐3】Great changes have taken place in people’s lives in the past 20 years. In many ways, people live better than before, as we can see from the following points.

In the past, every family had several children. They lived a hard life. Many of the children couldn’t get a good education. But people have been changing their ideas in the past few years. Now, families have fewer but healthier children. Many of the children can go to college.

In the past, people kept in touch with relatives (亲戚) and friends mainly by sending letters. Now people can talk to others on the telephone or Internet at home. Also, in the past, people listened to the radio for news and other information. But now they can get the information in many ways such as TV, Internet and so on.

Transportation (交通) has also changed. In the past, people walked to work and children went to school on foot or by bike. It often took a lot of time. Today some families are rich enough to send their children to school in their own cars. The traffic (交通) is very convenient (便利的). People can save a lot of time to do other useful things.

In the past, big families had small rooms. The whole family had to live in a small apartment. These days, there are more and more buildings, so more and more people have moved into big and bright apartments with several rooms.

All in all, I think people’s lives are becoming better and better.

1. How many points were mentioned (提到)?

A．2.

B．3.

C．4.

D．5.

2. In the past, why couldn’t many people get a good education?

A．Because of their hard lives.

B．Because their parents didn’t let them go to school.

C．Because they didn’t want to go to school.

D．Because they had new thoughts.

3. Today people can talk to others ________.

A．by telephone	B．on the Internet
C．only by sending letters	D．Both A and B

4. From the fourth paragraph we know that ______.

A．children go to school only by bus

B．children go to school only by bike

C．the traffic us very convenient

D．children go to school only on foot.

5. From the passage, which of the following is FALSE?

A．Great changes have taken place in people’s lives in the past 20 years.

B．Now, families have fewer but healthier children.

C．Now people can get the information in many ways such as TV, Internet and so on.

D．The whole family didn’t have to live in a small apartment in the past.

【推荐2】I was in a strange city I didn’t know at all, and what’s more, I could not speak a word of the language. On my second day I got on the first bus that passed, rode on it for several stops, then got off and walked on. The first two hours passed pleasantly enough, and then I decided to turn back to my hotel for lunch, After walking about for some time, I decided I had better ask the way. The trouble was that the only word I knew of the language was the name of the street in which I lived, and even that I pronounced badly. I stopped to ask a newspaper-seller. He handed me a paper I shook my head and repeated the name of the street and he put the paper into my hands. I had to give him some money and went on my way. The next person I asked was a policeman. He listened to me carefully, nodded and gently took me by the arm, There was a strange look in his eyes as he pointed left and right and left again, I nodded politely and began walking in the direction he pointed.

About an hour passed and I noticed that the houses were getting fewer and fewer and green fields were appearing on either side of me. I had come all the way into the countryside. The only thing left for me to do was to find the nearest railway station.

1. The newspaper-seller ________.

A．didn’t know where the hotel was	B．didn’t understand what the writer said
C．could understand what the writer said	D．didn’t want to take the money from the writer

2. From the story we know that the policeman ________.

A．was kind but didn’t understand the writer	B．told the writer where to take a train
C．knew what the writer really meant	D．was cold-hearted and didn’t help the writer

3. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．The writer got close to the hotel where he stayed.

B．The writer got to the hotel with the policeman’s help.

C．The writer found he was much farther away from the hotel.

D．The writer found the hotel in the direction the policeman pointed

【推荐3】       Mr. Grey was the manager of a small office in London. He lived in the country, and went to work by train. He liked walking from the station to his office if it wasn’t raining, because it gave him some exercise.
       One morning he was walking along the street when a stranger stopped him and said to him, “You may not remember me, sir, but seven years ago I came to London without any money in my pockets. I stopped you in this street and asked you to lend me some money and you lent me￡5, because you said you were always ready to take a chance (机会) to give a man a start on the way to success.”
       Mr. Grey thought for a few minutes and then said, “Yes, I remember you. Go on with your story!”
       “Well,” answered the stranger, “would you like to take another chance?”
1. Mr. Grey liked walking to his office because ______________.

A．he couldn’t pay for the buses	B．he wanted to save money
C．he wanted to lose weight	D．he could do some exercise on the way

2. Mr. Grey was always ready to lend money to a stranger to ______________.

A．help him on the way to success	B．give himself a new life
C．make him rich	D．get more money

3. By saying “Would you like to take another chance?”, the stranger _____________.

A．wanted to return Mr. Grey the money

B．asked Mr. Grey for money again

C．told Mr. Grey that he had success at last

D．would like to make friends with him