【推荐1】综合阅读

Trees in our daily lives

Rebecca is interviewing Dr Jones about trees.

Rebecca: How do trees help us, Dr Jones?

Dr Jones: They help us in many ways. They keep the air cool and clean. They take in harmful gases from the air and produce oxygen (A) ________ us to breathe. They’re major fighters (B) ________ air pollution.

Rebecca: I know trees also make our lives more convenient. Many of the things in our daily lives come from trees. For example, paper and pencils.

Dr Jones: You’re right, Rebecca. In fact, we get a lot more from trees. (C) We get fruit and oil from trees. Tea also comes from the leaves of trees. (D) 环顾这个房间。A lot of the furniture is made of wood. Trees are really important in our daily lives.

Rebecca: I can’t imagine a world without trees.

1. 在文中(A)和(B)的空白处填入适当的单词:
________; ________
2. 将文中画线部分(C)改写为:
Trees ________ us ________ fruit and oil.
3. 将文中画线部分(D)译成英语：
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4. 从文中找出两个描述空气的形容词：
________   ________
5. 从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的短语：
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【推荐2】Nowadays, e-hongbao is quite popular in China. People think that e-hongbao comes from lucky money for the Spring Festival. It’s a new convenient（方便的）way to send wishes. People hope to get good luck from it.

People send e-hongbao not only on festivals but also in other situations（情况）. On birthdays, for example, people may get e-hongbao from family, relatives and friends, especially when they are not in the same place. For another example, February 14th is special to lovers. To express（表达）their love, Chinese lovers like sending each other e-hongbao of 5.20 yuan or 13.14 yuan.

People like playing e-hongbao games on smartphones. In the games, people all hope to get more money. Some of the lucky ones may get much while some get only a few fen. No matter（不管）how much money they get in the end, they want to try their luck. Usually, the person who gets the most money will send e-hongbao one more time. In fact, whether they get much or little, they have lots of fun.

You can also use the money from e-hongbao to pay. If you forget to take a wallet with you when shopping or eating in restaurants, don’t worry. A smartphone can help you out. That’s great, isn’t it? However, each coin has two sides. Some people think e-hongbao is just a way to make customers（顾客）spend more money. And paying by e-hongbao can be dangerous sometimes. Be careful not to give away personal（个人的）information like your ID numbers. Safety always comes first.

1. People usually think that e-hongbao comes from ________ for the Spring Festival and it is becoming a new convenient way to ________ all over China now.
2. People send e-hongbao not only ________ but also in other situations because people hope to ________ from it.
3. Chinese lovers usually send each other e-hongbao of 5.20 yuan or 13.14 yuan on ________. On birthdays, people may get e-hongbao from family, relatives and friends, especially when they are in ________.
4. People like ________ on smartphones. They don’t mind how much money they get in the end because they only want to ________ and have fun.
5. A smartphone can ________ if you don’t have any money with you because you can also use the money from e-hongbao ________.

【推荐3】Time is very important to us. When and by whom were the watches or clocks invented? Perhaps nobody knows. How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world? The sun was probably the world’s first “clock”, except in the far north, where the Eskimos live. There, it’s dark most of the winter, and light most of the summer. But in most of the world, people have used the sun for day. If you don’t have a clock that shows time, you still know that when the sun shines, it’s day, and when it’s dark, it’s night. The sun can not only tell you whether it’s day or night but also it’s morning, noon, or afternoon. When the sun is almost directly overhead, it’s noon. People who live near the sea know time from the tides（潮汐）. In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach. The same thing take place again at night. There are two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours. In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops blowing. In these places the wind can be the clock.

1. Time is very important to us, but nobody knows ______ and ______ invented the watches or clocks.
2. The sun can ______ tell you whether it’s day or night ______ it’s morning, noon, or afternoon.
3. Where the Eskimos live, it’s ______ most of the winter, and light most of the ______.
4. People who live near the sea know time from the ______. In the day time for about ______ hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach.
5. In the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or ______ ______, so in these places the wind can be the clock.

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Since the outbreak(爆发) of the pandemic(疫情), it has made its way around the world. It has a strong influence on our daily life. People have found a way to protect themselves by wearing face masks(口罩). We must wear masks anywhere in public. But the masks are onetime items. This means that we need to discard(去弃) them after one or two uses. The world has seen wasted masks strewn(散布在) all over the streets and filling up garbage bins(垃圾箱).

Experts have pointed out that the materials used in masks are difficult to degrade(降解). It will take at least 100 years for them to degrade naturally. Environmentalists become quite worried because a countless number of wasted masks have ended up in the sea! They are polluting the sea! The sea animals suffer(遭受) a lot and so do we humans. If the sea animals eat them by mistake, the rubbish will be hard to digest(消化) and stay in their stomachs forever. The bacteria on the masks may kill them too. They will not only largely influence the ecological balance(生态平衡) of the sea, but also can spread some more dangerous illnesses. People will also leave these harmful things in their own bodies and may become ill when eating these sea animals.

In general, the harm of wasted masks to the sea is serious, so we must take action to stop it in a proper way right now. We should leave them in a safe place and find a wise way to recycle them.

1. How do people protect themselves in the pandemic?
___________________________________________
2. How long will it take for the wasted masks to degrade naturally?
___________________________________________
3. Why do environmentalists become very worried?
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4. Are the wasted masks easy to digest in the sea animals’ stomachs?
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5. What is the writer’s purpose of writing the passage?
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【推荐1】阅读下面短文，按要求完成下面小题。

Tea is an important part of Chinese tradition. Tea has a very close relationship to Chinese culture.

It is said that Chinese tea was discovered by King Shen Nong. People say that he lived 5000 years ago. One summer day, while he was visiting a faraway part of his country, he felt very thirsty. The servants began to make water hot enough to turn into gas for him to drink. Dried leaves from a near plant fell into the water. The king drank some, and found it could make him feel less tired. Also as a scientist, Shen Nong was interested in the new drink.

Drinking tea has many advantages. It makes people feel less tired and clears heat inside the human body. As you add a cup of tea to your daily life, please check the following helpful advice.

●Drink it hot. Tea oxidizes(氧化) quickly, so it is suggested that you drink it hot.

●The best time to drink tea is between meals. It may not make you have a strong wish to eat when your stomach is empty, or cause stomachache when your stomach is full.

●Do not drink with medicine. It may change the medical result. You can drink tea two hours after you take medicine.

●Green tea is the best choice for office workers. Why? Because green tea helps stop the bad result of the computer.

●Do not drink too much strong tea. If you make the tea too strong, it will probably be harmful to your stomach and make you feel sick.

1题完成句子；2、3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下第二段的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. The best time to drink tea is ________.
2. What are the advantages of drinking tea?
________________
3. Why is green tea the best choice for office workers?
________________
4. ________________
5. ________________

【推荐2】五、任务型阅读（每空一词）

It's aproblem that every year thousands of people get hurt or die when they are crossing the road. Most of these people are old people and children. Old people often get hurt or die because they can't see or hear well.

Children often get hurt or die because they are not careful. They forget to look and listen before they cross the road. How can we reduce（减少）traffic accidents？First，all of us must obey（遵守）the traffic rules. For the drivers，they shouldn't drive too fast. If they drive too fast，it will be very difficult to stop the cars in a very short time. The drivers mustn't drink wine（酒）before they drive out. For the walkers，first，they must be careful when they are walking on the road. When they walk across the road，they must try to walk underpases（地下通道）or footbridge（人行桥）. If there are no underpasses or footbridge，we must walk the crosswalk（人行道）. We must stop and，look both ways before crossing the road. Look left first，next look right，then look left again. Only when we are sure that the road is clear，we can cross it. The right way to cross the road is to walk quickly. It's not safe to run. If people run across the road，they may fall down. Second，try to help children，old people or blind people to cross the road. Third，never play in the street.

1	◆Every year thousands of people get hurt or die when crossing the road.
Reasons	◆Old people and children are the most easily hurt probably because old people are not     2     at seeing or hearing and children are     3     . ◆·The drivers drive     4     fast to stop their cars in a very short time or drive out     5     drinking wine.
Solutions （解决办法）	For the walkers	◆First，when we     6     the road，we'd better stop and look     7     ways and walk carefully instead（代替）of running across the road. ◆Second，we should     8     children，old people or blind people to cross the road. ◆·    9    , never play in the street.
	For the     10	◆Don't drive fast and never drink wine before they drive out.

【推荐3】阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

The World Health Organization says air pollution kills seven million people around the world each year. Even if polluted air does not kill us, it can make us very sick.

However, breathing dirty air may do more than hurt your body. It can also affect (影响) your brain and your ability to think.

A new study shows that air pollution can cause a “huge” reduction in our intelligence (智商). The researchers reported that long-term exposure (暴露) to air pollution can affect a person’s mental (智力的) abilities in two areas: language and math. Xi Chen, the researcher of the Yale School of Public Health led the study. He and his team found that breathing polluted air can reduce a person’s education level by about one year.

Chen said that the effect generally is worse for those over 64 years of age, for men and for those with little or no education. “The older persons—they are more affected. And we find, quite interestingly men are more affected than women. And people working outdoors are more affected than people working indoors.”

The researchers noted that the influence of pollution on language ability is even more serious as people age, especially among men and the less educated. Why are a person’s language skills more affected than math? There’s an important part in our brain: white matter. White matter is more connected with a person’s language skills. Studies have shown that air pollution has a great influence on the white matter in the brain.

Chen said that air pollution did affect the math skills just not as much as their language skills.

1. How many people are killed by air pollution each year?
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2. In what areas can air pollution affect a person’s mental abilities?
_______________________________________________________________
3. How are a person’s language skills affected by air pollution?
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4. What do you think of air pollution? What’s your advice on stopping air pollution?
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