【推荐1】下面的材料 A—F 是六个网址的信息。根据 Judy，Ken，Linda，Li Mei和 Aunt Liu 的需求，帮助他们选择合适的网址。
    1    Judy wants to make a banana milk shake for her parents, but she doesn’t have a blender. Now she wants to buy one.
    2    Ken is going to his best friend’s birthday party this Friday evening. But he doesn’t know what gift to buy for his best friend.
    3    Linda is a movie fan. She usually goes to the movies on Sundays. But now she wants to save money. She is thinking of some ways to watch movies at home for free.
    4    Li Mei wants to know more about American table manners because she will visit New York next month. She is afraid of making mistakes.
    5    Aunt Liu wants to learn to make Russian soup for a party. But she doesn’t know how to make it. She is worrying about that. What should she do?

A．www.russia-guide.com Do you like traveling? If your answer is “Yes” or “Of course”, welcome to visit our website. Here you can get all the information about traveling in Russia.

B．www.russianfood.com Do you want to learn to cook delicious Russian food? Our website is famous for showing people how to cook Russian food. Here you can get the ways to cook different kinds of Russian food.

C．www.etiquettescholar.com Are you interested in table manners all over the world? Welcome to our website. Here you can learn a lot about everyday table manners in all the countries around the world.

D．www.giftbuy.com Do you have difficulty choosing gifts for your friends? Don’t worry! Our website can help you! Here you can find good ideas for buying the best gifts for birthday parties and dinners.

E．www.cookerbuy.com If you want to buy cookers, maybe our website is your best choice. All of the cookers on our website are on sale now. You can find your favorite blender and coffee maker here.

F．www.movieonline.com Do you want to watch movies for free? Please visit our website to join us and become a member of our club. Here you can watch your favorite movies for free.

【推荐2】Eating out may be a simple thing, but for British people who have just come to America, it could be an experience full of surprises. Here are four main differences a British people should pay attention to when eating out in a restaurant in America.

_________

Waiters in American restaurants always like talking and often come to your table during the meal to fill drinks again and check if everything is okay. In England, waiters don't often check on customers. If you need something, you can raise your hand and wave at the waiter.

The menu

In an American restaurant, you can order salad according to your own needs. However, people in England prefer to order a meal with all the choice coming with the menu. It is less common for them to complain about the food or have the waiter send dishes back to the kitchen.

Picking up the bill

In America, a waiter will bring you the bill even though you have not asked for it. This would be seen as very rude by British customers, as it shows that they are being hurried out of the restaurant.

Tipping

You will tip if you are happy about the meal and service. If you are not happy, you do not need to tip and this is quite common. In America, a tip of 15-20% is a must. Even if the service is bad, you should still tip.

1. Which can be put back into the blank?

A．The number of people	B．The environment
C．Ordering food	D．The service

2. We can know from the third paragraph that British people ________ when eating out.

A．like to order food according to their needs

B．seldom express their unhappiness about the food

C．often ask the cook to cook the food again

D．expect the food they order to be perfect

3. What do Americans think of giving a tip to a waiter?

A．Terrible.

B．Unfair.

C．Necessary.

D．Important.

【推荐3】Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee, they do not all have the same coffee culture. In Europe for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk when they drink coffee. However, coffee shops were not as common in North America in the past. Although some people in North America went to coffee shops, most Americans liked to drink coffee in their homes with their friends better. The coffee culture in the USA changed（改变）when Starbucks coffee shops opened across the country.

The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in Seattle, Washington, in the USA. It was a small coffee shop that roasted（烘焙）its own coffee beans（豆）. The coffee sold well, and by 1981 there were three more Starbucks shops in Seattle.

Things really began to change for Starbucks in 1981. That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran（经营）Starbucks. He found that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, and he really wanted to know why. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did. In1982, the three Starbucks owners hired（雇用）Schultz as the Starbucks head of marketing.

In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy. He was interested in the special feeling of coffee shops there. Back in the USA, Schultz created a comfortable feeling for Starbucks coffee shops, and people everywhere seemed to like it. With the help of Schultz, Starbucks became successful and famous. It began opening more coffee shops. Today there are more than 16, 000 Starbucks coffee shops around the world.

However, that does not mean Starbucks doesn’t have problems. For example, many Starbucks shops have closed over the past few years. In some places this is because there were too many coffee shops in one small place. In other places or countries, this is because the coffee culture there isn’t the same as Starbucks culture.

1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?

A．All the coffee cultures are the same.

B．People in Europe don’t like to drink coffee.

C．Americans never went to coffee shops.

D．Starbucks changed American coffee culture

2. Which of the following is TRUE about Schultz?

A．He didn’t do a good job in Starbucks.	B．He helped Starbucks to be successful.
C．He had over 16, 000 shops in the US.	D．He couldn’t stand coffee shops in Italy.

3. What’s the reason for Starbucks closing?

A．All of the coffee tasted the same.	B．Coffee in Starbucks was too expensive.
C．People wait too long in Starbucks.	D．A small place has too many coffee shops.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．The history of Starbucks.	B．Starbucks’ main problems
C．Different coffee cultures.	D．Coffee shops in the world.

【推荐1】Host: As we know, the British have been sending cards since the 19th century. They spend about 1,700,000,000 pounds on cards every year. However, the number of people sending cards and letters is falling. More than 30 percent of UK children have never sent or received a handwritten letter. Should the tradition of sending cards and letters be stopped?

Group A: We live in a fast-developing world and using snail mail is unnecessary. Making paper uses lots of energy and some cards are hard to recycle. It’s bad for environment. What’s more, cards are expensive to buy and so is posting. Nowadays, we usually use our phones and computers because they are quick, easy and free. Traditional cards and letters are out of date. They are not young people’s cup of tea. It’s no surprise that most of them end up as litter.

Group B: The tradition has been around for hundreds of years and should stay. Sending a handwritten letter or carefully chosen card shows that you care. Phone messages and emails are quick and easy, but they seem to carry less feeling. Sending letters is good for children because it is a chance to practice writing skills. Also, it’s fun! Receiving post makes you feel special and it’s important if someone lives far away or is lonely—just imagine a birthday without cards!

1. What’s the discussion mainly about?

A．When the British send cards and letters.

B．Whether the British should keep the tradition.

C．Why the British like sending cards and letters.

2. Which picture can show the meaning of the underlined word snail?

A．

B．

C．

3. What does Group B think of sending cards?

A．Wasteful and expensive.

B．Fast but expensive.

C．Important and careful.

【推荐2】Do you know what couch-potato means?Well,in America,the word is now often used. The American couch-potato has become maybe even a part of American tradition. You see,in America,many people often spend their free time sitting on a couch（沙发）watching TV. As there are many programs to choose from the TV can be quite interesting and very addictive（使人上瘾的）. One may sit and watch TV hour after hour. They do nothing else but watch TV. These people are called couch-potatoes.

In America, when one watches TV, he or she is most often sitting on a couch. While watching TV,most of these people look so frozen that they almost look dead. Everyone is sitting still with eyes looking right into the same black box. Also, because these people are addicted to TV, they don't exercise and usually get very fat. Therefore,in many ways,they look like real potatoes. Well,because they look so still and fat and because they watch TV on a couch,they are all called couch-potatoes.

Now you know what couch-potato means. The next time if you see someone watching TV too long, just say, “What a couch-potato!”

1. If a person is called a couch-potato,he or she ___________.

A．likes sitting on a couch watching TV	B．does nothing all day
C．must be very fat	D．only watches TV and eats potatoes

2. A couch-potato looks like a real potato because he or she ___________.

A．is fat and dying and can't take exercise	B．likes eating potatoes on a couch
C．almost never moves while watching TV and gets fat	D．is frozen in front of the black box

3. What does the underlined words “the same black box” in the 2nd paragraph mean?

A．A box on the couch.	B．The TV.
C．The couch.	D．Potato.

4. The passage mainly tells us ___________.

A．how to watch TV	B．why couch-potatoes are very fat
C．why people like watching TV	D．what couch potato means

5. Which of the following should be the writer's advice?

A．Take more exercise	B．Don't watch TV too much
C．Don't sit on the couch	D．Never watch TV.

【推荐3】American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms (学期) in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second term is from February to June. Most American children begin to go to school when they are five years old. Most students are seventeen or eighteen years old when they finish high school.

High school students take only five or six subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class. After class, they do a lot of interesting things.

After high school, many students go to college (大学). They usually have to pay (付费), many college students work after school to get money for their studies.

1. When do summer holidays usually begin in America?

A．February.

B．May.

C．July.

D．September.

2. How long is the second term in a school year?

A．About three months.

B．About five months.

C．About six months.

D．About seven months.

3. What do high school students do after class?

A．Do housework.

B．Go to work.

C．Play baseball.

D．Do interesting things.

4. Why do many American college students work after school?

A．To help others.	B．To help their parents.
C．To learn some useful things.	D．To get money for their studies.

【推荐1】Nowadays, people are getting richer and richer. However, what will life be like in the future? Have you imagined that?

In the future, we won’t have to change many clothes every day. We will wear a kind of special clothes. We can be warm when we feel cold and be cool when we feel hot. They will have many beautiful colors. We can change the color we like any time.

In the future, there are more and more kinds of food we can choose. They will be much more delicious than now. They will not be expensive. We can buy them with little money. Isn’t it wonderful?

In the future, all of us will live in beautiful houses. It can move anywhere. When we want to change the place we live, it will make it without any trouble.

In the future, we won’t have to go to work by bus or by bike. Everyone will have a small but useful plane. We can go anywhere we like by plane. How great life will be!

In the future, maybe each family will have at least a robot. Mothers won’t be busy with housework, so they won’t be tired. When we feel bad, we won’t have to go to hospital to see a doctor. The teachers won’t need to go to school to work because they can teach students through World Wide Web.

Life in the future will be much more wonderful than now. I think it will come true.

1. People won’t have to change many clothes every day because ________.

A．clothes are very expensive	B．people are very busy
C．people wear a kind of special clothes	D．people enjoy easy life

2. In the future, houses will ________.

A．become bigger

B．be movable

C．be in space

D．change colors

3. Each family will have at least one ________.

A．robot

B．plane

C．computer

D．house

4. According to the passage, the author thinks life in the future will be ________.

A．worse

B．more worrying

C．more terrible

D．more amazing

5. The passage talks about the following things in the future EXCEPT ________.

A．clothes

B．food

C．population

D．traffic

【推荐3】Many English people have three names. They are the first name, the middle name and the last name. Actually (实际上), the last name is the family name, and the first name and the middle name are given names.

For example, my name is Jenny Allen Brown. Jenny is my first name. Allen is the middle name. Brown is my last name. My friends often call me Jenny. My teachers often call me Jenny Brown.

In China, the family name comes first. For example (例如), my friend is Wang Fang. Wang is her family name, and Fang is her given name. People (人们) often use (用) Mr., Ms., Mrs. or Miss before (在……前) the family names.

1. What is Jenny Allen Brown’s family name?

A．Jenny.

B．Allen.

C．Brown.

D．Jenny Allen.

2. What is Wang Fang’s given name?

A．Wang.

B．Fang.

C．Wang Fang.

D．Fang Wang.

3. Which (哪一个) one is right (正确的) if the name is Jenny Allen Brown?

A．Ms. Jenny.

B．Ms. Allen.

C．Ms. Brown.

D．Mr. Jenny Brown.

4. What does Jenny Allen Brown’s friend call her?

A．Ms. Jenny.

B．Ms. Brown.

C．Ms. Allen.

D．Jenny.