【推荐1】阅读短文，按要求完成相关任务。

On June 23, 2000, a ship called MV Treasure sank (沉没) near Cape Town, South Africa. More than a thousand tons of oil (原油) went into the ocean. It polluted the natural home of nearly all African penguins. About 20,000 African penguins, half of the world’s penguins were covered with oil and as a result they couldn’t swim or walk properly. It was very possible that they would die. A huge rescue (营救) began, and it lasted for twelve weeks. Up to 1,000 people a day came to help save these birds. The rescue was successful because 45,000 people offered to give their time and energy, for free, to the rescue.

The rescue was a success, but it wasn’t easy. First, people had to catch the penguins and took them to a special rescue centre. When the penguins got there, they stayed in a quiet place for several days so that they could get used to their new “home”. During this time and the next three months, people had to feed the penguins. It wasn’t easy to find enough fish to feed 20,000 penguins, and feeding penguins wasn’t easy either: the penguins have very sharp beaks (喙) and many people got wounds (伤口) on their arms from penguin bites.

After that, they had to take the oil off the penguins’ feathers. People tried to wash each penguin and then made it dry. They did it again and again until there was no more oil on the penguin. It took two people at least an hour just to clean one penguin. Then they put the penguins in pools to swim every day until their feathers got well completely.

“The Great Penguin Rescue” is the world’s biggest rescue of live animals. It’s a moving story because so many people took part in the rescue and showed that they really cared about saving wild animals.

1. What is the population of the world’s penguins?
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2. How long did it take two people to clean one penguin?
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3. What do you think of the rescue? Why do you think so?
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4. Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese. (将划线句子翻译成汉语）
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5. Please give a proper title to the passage. (请给短文拟一个适当的标题)
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【推荐2】One night, Mary saw a girl sitting by the road near her house. The girl’s coat was very old and thin. It couldn’t keep warm at all. Mary thought a cotton (棉) coat might be helpful to the girl. So she opened the window and shouted to the girl, “Come to the front door of my house, please!” The girl was surprised, but she did as Mary said. She knocked at the door of Mary’s house.

Mary opened the door and smiled warmly at the poor girl. She handed a cotton coat to the girl. Just then she saw a smile on the girl’s face. That night, Mary was very happy about what she had done. The poor girl had never appeared again since that night. Years later, Mary almost forgot the poor girl. One day, Mary got a call from a lawyer (律师) called Jack. Jack invited her to his office. After they met, Jack gave Mary a letter. It said, “Forty years ago, a beautiful girl helped me. That winter, she gave me warmth and hope. Later I got through the hardest time in my life and then started a happy life.” After Mary read the letter, she remembered that homeless girl. “Where is she now?” asked Mary.

“Mrs. Hope died two months ago,” answered Jack. “She left one of her houses to you. Besides, there is one more thing she left to you—a cotton coat.”

1. Why couldn’t the girl’s coat keep warm at all?
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2. What did Mary give to the girl that night?
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3. How did the girl feel when Mary asked her to the front door?     

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4. Who gave Mary a call?
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5. Did the girl remember Mary’s help?   
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【推荐3】Dear Miss Li,

I’d like to thank you for giving money to “Animal Helpers”. I’m sure you know that this group was set up to help disabled people like me. You helped to make it possible for me to have “Lucky”. Lucky makes a big difference to my life. Let me tell you my story.

What would it be like to be blind or deaf? Or imagine you can’t walk or use your hands easily. Most people would never think about this, but many people have these difficulties. I can’t use my arms or legs well, so normal things like answering the telephone, opening and closing doors or carrying things are difficult for me. Then one day last year, a friend of mine helped me out. She talked to Animal Helpers about getting me a special trained dog. She also thought a dog might cheer me up. I love animals and I was excited about the idea of having a dog.

After six months of training with a dog at “Animal Helpers”, I was able to bring him home. My dog’s name is “Lucky”— a good name for him because I feel very lucky to have him. You see, I’m only able to have a “dog-helper” because of your kindness!

Lucky is very clever and understands many English words. He can understand me when I give him orders. For example, I say, “Lucky! Get my book,” and he does it at once.

Lucky is a fantastic dog. I’ll send you a photo of him if you like, and I could show you how he helps me. Thank you again for changing my life.

Best wishes,

Ben Smith

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【推荐1】根据短文内容，用符合语意及语法规则的词填空。

I’m Linda. I have three penfriends. They are Mary, Henry and Sam. Mary is an English girl. She is in Tianjin with her parents now. She likes Chinese food very much. She likes dumplings and noodles best. They are very delicious. She also likes drinking orange juice. Henry is from England. He is in Cambridge with his grandparents now. Hamburgers and French fries are his favourite food. He also likes cola. But he doesn’t like chocolate or ice cream. Sam is from America. He is in Shenzhen with his parents. He can speak Chinese well. He likes Chinese food very much. Guangdong Soup is his favourite food. He thinks it is very delicious. He likes milk too.

1. My name ________ Linda. I have three penfriends and ________ names are Mary, Henry and Sam.
2. Dumplings and noodles are Mary’s ________ food because they are very ________.
3. Henry is an ________ boy. He likes Hamburgers, and he likes cola ________.
4. Sam comes ________ America. He is an American boy, ________ he can speak Chinese well.
5. Sam likes Guangdong ________ and ________.

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，根据要求完成下面各小题。

In most classes, students sit at desks and listen to teachers in a classroom. But in a new class at Chapman Middle School (CMS) in Kansas, US, students are leaving the blackboards behind for blue sky and green grass.

They are actually taking an outdoor life class. It’s not a typical (典型的) class, but teachers are trying it out.

“We want kids to experience the life outdoors,” the class teacher John Harris said.

Twenty-six students attend the term-long class. The class includes four parts: archery (射箭), hunting safety, survival skills (生存技能) and fishing. 3. Students will also discuss how to protect natural resources (资源).

Before Harris’ class this year, archery teacher Andy Fewin taught a 9-week outdoor life class. All CMS students took it.

4. “It gets kids to take part in something besides playing video games.” Feiwin said. Harris shares the same idea. He believes everyone needs to enjoy life and get outside.

“The purpose that school sets up the outdoor life class is to get the kids interested in coming to school, really enjoying their class time and understanding what is important,” Harris said.

But he said everyone needs to finish their other work first. “It really teaches them to focus and pay attention in class. If they don’t, then they’ll miss out on the fun things we’re doing.” he said.

A：根据短文内容简要回答问题。
1. Where do students in a new class at Chapman Middle School have their special class？
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2. Why does Chapman Middle School have this new class？
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B.将短文中划线的句子译成汉语。
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C.请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题。
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【推荐3】Yang Jiang, the famous woman writer and translator is well-known to us all.

She was born in Beijing in 1911, originally named Yang Jikang. As a baby she liked laughing. Her parents let every daughter develop their character freely, which is rare at that time and even at present. Jikang, therefore, had a happy childhood in the 1920s.

She graduated from university and went to Tsinghua University as a postgraduate(研究生) in the 1930s. There she met Qian Zhongshu, they fell in love and married．

In the l940s, she started to use the name Yang Jiang as her pen name. Since then she was commonly known as Madam Yang Jiang．

In the l950s, she worked for Peking University, and started to learn Spanish. She was the first to translateDon Quixote(《堂吉诃德》) into Chinese.

She began to write short novels in the 1980s. The novelTheOld Wang(《老王》) written in 1984 was selected as the passage in our middle school text book．

Besides, her famous worksAfter Baptism(《洗澡之后》) andWe Three(《我们仨》) also became a household name in China.

Sorry to hear that Madam Yang died at Peking Union Medical College Hospital in Beijing, on May 25, 2016.

Such was Madam Yang, the best wife and the most talented woman! Her legend is still continuing!

Yang Jiang
Introduction	Born: in Beijing in 1911 Original name: Yang Jikang _________:Yang Jiang Her husband:___________
Experiences	In the 1930s，graduated from university In the 1950s，worked for Peking University，started to learn___________ In the 1980s, began to write_________
Famous works	The Old Wang,After Baptism,_________

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【推荐1】On Feb 25th, 2021 President Xi Jinping announced that China has made a complete victory in its fight against poverty（贫穷）. China has found its own way to fight poverty. Instead of just giving money to poor people, it has tried to educate people and give them the tools they need to lift themselves out of poverty.

Zhang Guimei, 64, principal of the Huaping Senior High School for Girls in Lijiang, Yunnan. Born in Heilongjiang Province in 1957, Zhang traveled to Yunnan at the age of 17. She has been helping girls get education for more than 40 years.

As a teacher, Zhang was heartbroken when she saw her students drop out of school（辍学） because their families couldn’t afford it. So in 2008, Zhang started a free school for poor girls. Since then, Zhang has been busy asking for help to provide money for the school. She has advised parents to send their daughters back to school successfully. The school has sent 1, 800 students to universities and colleges.

1. What did President Xi announce on Feb 25th, 2021?（不超过15个词）
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2. How long has Zhang Guimei been helping girls getting education?（不超过10个词）
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3. How did Zhang Guimei feel when she saw her students quit school?（不超过5个词）
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【推荐3】This year marks the fortieth anniversary of China's“ reform and opening up”" policy (“改革开放”政策).

Forty years ago, China was a very poor country where almost three quarters of the population lived in poverty(贫困). So far, China has become the world's second largest economy, next to the United States, and over 800 million people have been lifted out of poverty

What else has changed in the past forty years? Well, in 1980, there were 100 Chinese students studying in the UK. Today, the number is 170,000. Last year, over 600, 000 left China to study in foreign countries.

Another example of that commitment is China International Import Expo(CIIE，中国国际进口博览in Shanghai which runs from Nov. 5 to Nov.10 in 2018. Over 140 countries exhibited (展出) their products, hoping to attract Chinese customers. With a market of 1.4 billion people, foreign countries see a very great chance here, and China recognizes that two-way trade with foreign countries is of importance to the health of the world economy.

The CIIE visitors coming to Shanghai saw a different city from the Shanghai of forty years ago. They saw streets filled with cars where once there were bicycles. They saw modern high-rise apartment buildings where once there were shabby (破旧的) brick houses. But they also saw a thing that hadn’t changed---- the friendly people of Shanghai who have led the way of China's successful reform and opening up.

根据短文内容成表格 。(每空一词)

Opening up,     1     years on

2	“China’s reform and opening up" policy has been in use for 40 years.
Main body	In the past	China was a very poor country where almost three       3     of the population lived in poverty.
		In 1980, 100 Chinese students     4    in the UK.
		There were bicycles and shabby brick houses here and there.
	At     5	China has become the second largest economy in the     6    .
		By 2018, the number of the students is 170, 000 in the UK. Last year, over 600,000 left China to study     7    .
		The CIlE in Shanghai realizes that trading with others is     8    for the world economy. Visitors saw streets    9     of cars and modern high-rise apartment buildings.
Conclusion	Shanghai has changed a lot. One thing that hasn’t changed is the friendly people of Shanghai who have     10     in the lead on the way of China's successful reform and opening up.