【推荐2】阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项（选项中有两项为多余选项）。

These days a video from the Beijing Wildlife Zoo goes viral (走红). What is so interesting about this video? It shows a dog playing with lions and tigers four to five times its size! Is the dog in danger? Of course not.     1     Animals make friends with members of a different species (种类).

A zookeeper said that they raised the dog together with the lions and tigers when they were very young. They were a strange but loving family. If you think this is too amazing, just remember that people have made friends with animals for a long time.     2     Maybe you have a pet yourself.

There are some other stories of cross-species friends. At an animal center, a cat named Marina and a pig named Laura became friends after they came to the center.     3     They grew up in the wild (野外) without their mothers’ care. They were close to each other and played happily together when they first met.

Why can different species be friends? In the wild, animals are busy hunting for their food. They have to work hard to keep themselves safe and protect their families.     4     When they needn’t do these things, animals will not have much to do. So it’s possible for them to make friends with members of other species.

A．Some animals may even hurt people.

B．All the activities take time and energy.

C．Most of the animals share the same food.

D．Both of them lived a hard life in the past.

E．In fact, the dog and the big animals are friends.

F．Some people keep animals like cats and dogs as pets.

【推荐3】Some animals live in very hot places, e.g. snakes and camels live in deserts. Other animals live in very cold places, like the Artic or Antarctic.

Polar Bears

●Polar bears live in the ice and snow. Their bodies are adapted to the cold. This means their bodies changed to help them stay warm.

●They have big feet for swimming through the sea. They spend most of their lives in water.

●Their fur is the same colour as the snow to hide themselves.

●They smell things well and know where to hunt for seals(海豹).

●They have sharp teeth to help them hunt and eat.

Penguins

●Penguins are birds, but they can’t fly. They can swim fast in the water for a long time.

●They have waterproof feathers(防水羽毛) to keep them dry.

●They have lot of fat to stop them getting too cold.

●They don’t have teeth, so they open their beaks(鸟喙) wide to catch and eat fish whole.

●Father penguins look after the egg for months and mother penguins hunt for food.

●Penguins are found in both hot and cold places. Some kinds of penguin love hot weather!

1. ________ can live in very hot places.
①Snakes        ②Camels        ③Polar bears        ④Penguins

A．①②④

B．①②③

C．②④

D．①②

2. What does the underlined word “adapt” mean?

A．适应

B．转变

C．掩盖

D．缓解

3. Polar bears have white fur because ________.

A．they spend most of their living in water

B．animals in very cold places are often white

C．it is the colour of snow and helps them hide

D．white can help them stay warm in the cold

4. What can we learn about penguins?

A．They can both swim and fly.	B．They catch fish with their sharp teeth.
C．Mother penguins look after their eggs.	D．They have much fat to keep them warm.

【推荐3】“Oh, woe is me, to have seen what I have seen, see what I see.” says Hamlet in Shakespeare’s play. “Woe” means “unhappiness”, Hamlet was a very unhappy man. Even when he was given a chance for happiness with the lovely Ophelia, he turned it down. He just liked being unhappy.

Today we may say the unhappy prince had an attitude（态度）problem. Most people in the world want to be happy. An international study has found that happiness is what most people desire（渴望）. But what is happiness? How can we get it? It turns out that happiness can be many different things. It depends on each different person as to what makes him or her happy. For some, happiness comes from success. For others, it is just having a positive attitude. Their glass is always half-full, rather than half-empty. When bad things happen, they don’t fall into a state of “woe”.

When I think of happiness, I think of children. They just enjoy the simple joys of being alive. Seeing them happy makes me happy. One of the secrets I’ve found to being happy is to enjoy people’s happiness. Nothing makes me happier to see people find their own happiness, like going to a good college, getting good jobs, getting married, having children...

We do live in a “world of woe”. We see war, poverty and sickness in the news every day. We have our own problems. But happiness is always there, even in our darkest moments. We can choose to be happy, with an open heart.

1. What does “woe” mean?

A．Me.

B．Hamlet.

C．Unhappiness.

2. What do most people desire according to the study?

A．Money.

B．Happiness.

C．Success.

3. How may someone feel if he sees the glass as half full instead of half empty?

A．Sad.

B．Joyful.

C．Regret.

4. What “woes” are mentioned in the passage?
① War in the news.                
② People’s sickness.               
③ World weather on TV.

A．①②

B．②③

C．①③

5. What is this article mainly about?

A．Shakespeare’s play.

B．Hamlet’s problem.

C．Happiness.

【推荐1】It’s really a good idea to visit some places of interest during the holiday. And the Great Wall of China, the longest human-made structure (建造物) in the world, is a must-see for many visitors. However, not everyone has the chance to see the Great Wall in person, especially during the outbreak of COVID-19. Don’t worry. Now you can visit it easily and conveniently (方便地) online.

Google Arts & Culture has made a new theme page. People are able to travel through the Great Wall on its website and app. Named “Walk the Great Wall of China”, it includes a 360-degree online tour of one of the best-preserved (保存最好的) parts, 370 pictures of the Great Wall and 35 stories about the structure.

It’s a chance for people to learn more about its rich history, like how and when the Great Wall was built. They will also be able to find stories that tell the secrets behind the Great Wall.

1. The Great Wall must be seen because ________.

A．it is the strongest wall in the world	B．it has the longest history in the world
C．it has the longest stone in the world	D．it is the longest human-made wall in the world

2. Which of the following is NOT included on the website?

A．A 360-degree online tour.	B．5 videos of the Great Wall.
C．35 stories about the structure.	D．370 pictures of the Great Wall.

3. What can people learn about through the online tour?

A．Ways to make the website.	B．Advice on visiting the Great Wall.
C．Rich history of the Great Wall.	D．Ideas about protecting the Great Wall.