【推荐1】I worked as a music teacher for twenty-five years. I have always known that music touches the soul (灵魂).

I would like to share how music broke through a physical problem and made a connection with a young student. For a few years I have been happy to teach pre-school disabled students one afternoon a week. One of my students was a young girl I will call Cindy. Cindy was six years old, and she had difficulty walking, and could not speak. We almost sat on the floor for our music lessons and Cindy liked to sit on my knee. One of her favorite songs was "John the Rabbit". I sang the song and the students clapped, "Oh, yes!" Cindy liked to put her hands together with mine and clap with me. We probably performed. She never said or sang a word.

One day, Cindy turned around, looked at me dead in the eye, clapped her tiny hands twice and said the words "Oh, yes!" I opened my mouth in surprise for a moment. Cindy could speak!

Several years later, I passed by Cindy on the street in town. I stopped my car and waved to say hello. She waved back with a big smile and then clapped her hands twice. She was mimicking (模仿) the song. I think every child has the ability to learn and grow. We should find each child's light.

1. How many years did the writer work as a music teacher?

A．25 years.

B．20 years.

C．5 years.

D．35 years.

2. What's wrong with Cindy?

A．She couldn't hear and speak.	B．She could walk but can't speak.
C．She couldn't hear but could speak.	D．She had difficulty walking and could not speak.

3. The underlined word "dead" means _______.

A．happily

B．directly

C．shyly

D．slightly

4. The teacher couldn't speak when hearing the little girl's voice because_______.

A．he couldn't believe the fact that the little girl could speak

B．there was something wrong with his throat

C．he has found the girl was wrong

D．the girl clapped her tiny hands twice

5. What would be the best title for the reading?

A．The importance of music	B．Music touches soul
C．A magic song	D．A disabled girl

【推荐2】Do your friends give you a nickname (绰号) ? How do you feel about it? What does it mean to give someonea nickname?

A student put a note on his classmate’s back while (当……的时候) they had a break at school one day. The note said “I’m a pig”. He asked other classmates not to tell the boy. The other students started laughing at the boy, but wouldn’t say why.

Soon, it was time for their afternoon math class. Their teacher wrote a difficult problem on the blackboard. Only the boy with the note on his back was able to solve it.

Ignoring (忽视) the laughter, he walked towards the blackboard and solved the problem. The teacher asked the class to clap (鼓掌) him and took the note off his back. She told him, “It seems that you didn’t know about the note on your back, but you didn’t seem to care anyway.”

Then the teacher looked at the other students and said, “Let me tell you two things. First, all of you will be put on notes by other people who don’t want you to be successful. All you have to do is to ignore these notes. You have to take every chance to learn, grow and improve.”

“And it seems that none of you are friends with this boy, and none (没有) of you were kind enough to tell him about the note. If that’s true, then you had better hope you have some good friends yourself and that they will tell you if you meet this situation some day.”

1. What did the other students do after the boy was put on a note?

A．They helped the boy take off the note.

B．They told the boy about the note.

C．They asked the teacher for help.

D．They didn’t tell the boy and laughed at him.

2. Why did the teacher ask the boy to go to the blackboard?

A．Because the boy couldn’t answer the question.

B．Because the boy laughed at his classmates in class.

C．Because the teacher wanted to take off the note.

D．Because only the boy could solve the problem.

3. What was the teacher’s opinion (意见) in Paragraph 5?

A．Punishment (惩罚) is not the only way to help you learn.

B．Nicknames can stop you from being successful.

C．Take every chance to show off (炫耀) yourself.

D．Don’t care too much about others’ opinions of you.

【推荐3】My name is Bill. There is a library in my school. The library is not big, but it’s very nice.     1     About 5, 000 of them are in English. And about 1, 000 are in other languages (其他的语言).

I like reading books, so I go to the library in the afternoon every day.     2     She always (总是) helps students find books. There is a computer room in the library.     3     We have classes in the computer room, too.     4     Mrs. Black works here. My friend Lucy helps her in the afternoon. Mrs. Black and Lucy are very nice.     5    

Is there a library in your school? What is it like?

A．They help the students find the things.

B．About 6, 000 books are in it.

C．Miss Yang works in the library.

D．The library has the Lost and Found, too.

E．The students need to use their ID cards to go into the computer room.

【推荐2】The mountains where I live are full of curvy（弯曲的）and dangerous roads. I was driving down one of those roads last spring. Days of rain made the ground slippery to drive on.

As I turned around a curve, I saw a tree that had fallen across the road. It blocked my way. I hit the brakes（刹车）and slowly drove around it. Then I stopped. I knew if someone drove faster than me, he would surely run into that tree. It was only a matter of time.

I got out of my car and tried to pull the tree into the ditch（沟）, but it was too big and heavy to move. I didn’t know what to do. But 30 seconds later, a white truck appeared and pulled over.

A young man stepped out. “You need a chainsaw（电锯）?” he asked. I said,“Yes!”He pulled one out of the back of his truck. For the next few minutes, he cut the tree into several parts while I carried them across the road and dropped them on the other side. “You never know when you will need a chainsaw,” I joked while my new friend smiled and put his chainsaw back in the truck. I waved goodbye and watched him drive off before heading back to my own car.

In our life, you never know when you will need a chainsaw. You do know, however, when you will need a kind and loving heart.

1. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．My car.

B．The tree.

C．The ditch.

D．The truck.

2. What happened to the writer?

A．He couldn’t find his brakes.	B．He passed the tree slowly.
C．His car ran into a fallen tree.	D．He stopped just in front of a tree.

3. How did the writer and the young man deal with the fallen tree?

A．The writer pulled the tree into a ditch.

B．It was pulled away by a white truck.

C．They carried the tree together to the ditch.

D．The man sawed the tree into smaller parts.

4. What does the writer try to teach us?

A．Don’t drive on dangerous roads.

B．Always take a chainsaw along.

C．Be kind and helpful.

D．Two heads are better than one.

【推荐3】My husband Shane and I were hanging out on the street one evening. I was talking but he was looking over at someone.

He walked over to a young girl who was crying. As he talked to her, I could see from his body language that he was trying to calm her down. When I joined them, I realized that she had been homeless for some time. She told Shane that all she wanted was to go to her sister’s house in another city. Some people would have handed her some money, wished her lucky or maybe allowed her to make a call. Shane did much more. He said, “Kelly, I can’t leave her here like this. Sometimes people need someone not only to help them but to believe they’re telling the truth.”

It was a bit cold, so we had an idea to take her home. When I asked her if she’d like to go home with us, she thanked me about a million times with tears in her eyes. We went home and I gave her some clean clothes to wear and told her she could use the shower. We ate something. Finally, she told us her story.

In the morning, she was finally able to contact her sister, so she had a place to go. Shane drove her to the bus station and bought her a ticket. Sometimes what people need is not just money, but people who will trust, listen to and understand them.

1. Kelly knew Shane was making the girl calm down because she ________.

A．heard what they said	B．saw his body language
C．asked Shane what he said	D．was doing the same thing

2. Shane wanted to________ when he knew her trouble on the street.

A．give the girl some money	B．let the girl use his phone
C．have a lunch with the girl	D．take the girl to their home

3. How did the girl feel after knowing Kelly and Shane’s idea?

A．The girl felt sorry and nervous.	B．The girl felt afraid and cried.
C．The girl felt thankful and she cried.	D．The girl felt unhappy.

4. The underlined word “contact” in the fourth paragraph means “________” in Chinese.

A．联系到

B．抓住

C．看到

D．控制

5. Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Shane drove the girl to her sister’s home.

B．Shane and Kelly met the girl’s sister at last.

C．The girl’s sister and Shane lived in the same city.

D．The girl went to the city her sister lived in by bus.

【推荐1】

An old carpenter（木匠）was ready to leave his job. He told his boss about his plans to leave the house-building business. He wanted to live a more comfortable life with his wife. The boss was sorry to see his good worker go. He asked the carpenter to build one last house for him.

The carpenter said yes, but it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. Soon the carpenter finished his work. The boss came to check the house, then he handed the front door key to the carpenter. “This is your house,” he said, “my gift to you.” What a shock! The carpenter couldn’t believe his ears. Also, what a shame（羞愧）!

If he could build the house one more time, he would do it all so differently. Now he had to live in the house he built carelessly.

So it is with us. We build our lives in a careless way. Sometimes we do not give the job our best work. Then we look at the situation and find that we are now living in the house we built. If we knew that, we would do it differently.

Think of yourself as the carpenter. Think about your house. Build it carefully. It is the only life you will ever build.

Someone says, “Life is a do-it-yourself job.” That is to say, the choices（选择）you made in the past decide your life today and the choices you make today decide your life tomorrow.

1. Why did the carpenter want to leave the house-building business?

A．Because he made a lot of money.

B．Because his wife wanted him to do so.

C．Because his boss didn’t give him enough money.

D．Because he wanted to live a more comfortable life.

2. What does the underlined sentence “What a shock!” in paragraph 2 means?

A．The carpenter was very sad.	B．The carpenter was very surprised.
C．The carpenter was very happy.	D．The carpenter was very worried.

3. Who did the carpenter really build the last house for?

A．His wife.

B．His boss.

C．Himself.

D．Others.

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．We should be a carpenter in the future.

B．The carpenter built the last house very carefully.

C．The boss asked the carpenter to leave the business.

D．The choices you make today decide your life tomorrow.

【推荐2】How do you spend your spare time? There will be different answers to it. Most people in Poland (波兰) have their own ways of spending free time. Sometimes they just want to take a rest,but they try to do something more interesting most of the time. They have many different hobbies,which help them to get away their everyday problems and spend their free time happily.

Polish (波兰的) people like travelling. They look for new places .Some of them like to climb mountains,others like to go to a sea or a lake to swim,because these can make them get exercise and are good for their health.

People in Poland also like to do sports in their free time. They are usually big fans of football, and football is the Polish national sport. Many football fans may support(支持) a learn, So they go to watch every match of the team they support, and they buy many things that have any relation(关联) with the team .Watching sports and doing it both are good ways to relax.

Doctors say that doing sports is very good for health. Many people in town,especially young men,often go to the gym to attend the exercise classes to keep it.They also have many other ways to spend their free time. And they really enjoy their free time.

1. Polish people have many different hobbies in order to________.

A．solve daily problems	B．finish all their work
C．make some friends	D．relax themselves

2. Why do some Polish people like climbing mountains?

A．Because they hate traveling.	B．Because they can get exercise from it.
C．Because they can find a new place.	D．Because it is comfortable and funny.

3. Which of the following sports is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．Swimming

B．Climbing mountains

C．Skating.

D．Playing soccer.

4. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A．Football is many Polish people's favorite sport.	B．All the Polish people do sports in their spare time.
C．Young Polish people often go to the gym.	D．Few Polish people like watching sport.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Polish culture (文化) is colorful.	B．Polish people relax in many ways.
C．A doctor can give you good advice.	D．I is no need doing sport activities.

【推荐3】My name is Gina. I am from the UK. Now I study(学习) in a middle school in Beijing. Monday is very busy for me. I have Chinese at 8: 00 a.m. Chinese is my favorite subject. I think it is fun. My Chinese teacher, Mr. Li, always makes his class interesting. All the students like him very much. At 9: 00, I have math. I don’t like math because it’s very difficult. I have English at 10: 00. I think it is very useful and it’s very easy for me. And at 12: 00, I have lunch at school. In the afternoon, I have two classes. At 2: 00, I have science. It is difficult but interesting. After that, I have music. It’s relaxing. I like my music teacher, Miss White. She is very young and beautiful. She plays the piano(弹钢琴) well. At about 4:00, I leave(离开) school with my friends Lucy and Wendy. We go to different clubs(不同的俱乐部). I’m in a basketball club. Basketball is my favorite sport. Lucy likes swimming(游泳) so she is in a swimming club. Wendy likes drawing so she is in an art club. Monday is busy but it is very interesting. I like it very much.

根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
1. When does Gina have Chinese?

A．At 8: 00 a.m.

B．At 9: 00 a.m.

C．At 10: 00 a.m.

2. Why doesn’t Gina like math?

A．Because it’s easy.

B．Because it’s difficult.

C．Because it’s interesting.

3. Where does Gina have lunch?

A．At home.

B．In the store.

C．At school.

4. Who is Gina’s music teacher?

A．Mr. Li.

B．Miss White.

C．Wendy.

5. What’s Gina’s favorite sport?

A．Volleyball.

B．Swimming.

C．Basketball.