【推荐1】Plants are very important living things.     1     This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and men can’t make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals.     2     This is the reason why we find so many plants around us.

If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are many kinds of plants. Some plants are large while others are small.     3    

Some plants have many small leaves. Others have only a few. There are many kinds of leaves. Leaves are of different shapes and colors.

    4     Some leaves have long thin parts at the end, we call them leaf stalks, some have short leaf stalks, others even have no leaf stalks. The leaf edges are also different. Some leaves have smooth (平滑) edges.     5     Others have edges like the teeth of a saw (据子).

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出五个能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将选项的字母标号填写在对应的横线上。

A．Most plants are green.

B．Some have wave-shaped edges.

C．Many of them have strange edges.

D．So we should plant trees every year.

E．Leaves are also different in other ways.

F．Life could not go on if there were no plants.

G．Therefore (因此), animals and men need plants in order to live.

【推荐3】阅读短文及文后A-E选项，选出可以填入1至5各题空白处的最佳选项。

“Everybody hates it, but everybody does it”. A recent report said that 40% of Americans hate tipping.     1    

The common opinion in the past was that tips both rewarded the efforts of good service and reduced uncomfortable feelings of inequality (不平等).     2    

But according to a new research from Cornell University (康奈尔大学), tips no longer serve any useful function. The paper analyzes the data they got from 2,547 groups dining at 20 different restaurants.     3    

Tipping is better explained by culture than by the money people spend. In America, tipping is regarded as part of the accepted cost of a service. Hairdressers can expect to get 15%-20%. And the mall who delivers your fast food should be paid $2. In Europe, tipping is less common. In many Asian countries, tipping has never really caught on at all.     4    

According to Michael Lynn, the Cornell paper’s author (作者), countries in which people are more social or out-going tend to tip more. He says, “In America, where people are expressive and eager to mix up with others, tipping is about social approval. If you tip badly, people think less of you.     5    

A．But why do tips exist?

B．Tipping well is a chance to show off.

C．Only a few have really taken to tipping.

D．The connection between larger tips and better service was very weak.

E．It is believed that the better the service is, the bigger the tip will be.

【推荐1】Many people want to know how the future world will be.

When they dream about the future, many people like to think of having a flying car. With such a car, they could fly 480 km an hour without traffic lights. However, some people believe there will be problems with traffic control. If flying cars become popular, there is likely to be air traffic jam (堵塞). What will also happen if the cars stop working? They must face these problems if flying cars are used in the future.

3D printing (印刷) is another new technology with exciting possibilities. 3D printers are used to build an object with liquid plastic. They build the object layer (层) by layer until it is done. Many car companies (公司) are now using 3D printers to make life — size models of car parts, and medical companies use the technology to make man — made body parts. As they move into the future, 3D printing will greatly change the way they shop, the way they produce goods and the way they treat illness. 3D printers are useful in many ways, but such equipment will be very expensive.

Looking ahead, they will be able to fly to work or print out new shoes. There are some problems to solve before this is possible, but they can certainly dream of a world where technology makes life easier and safer for millions of people.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. How many new technologies will appear according to the passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

2. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Flying cars.	B．The air traffic jam.
C．The world of future.	D．The technology of 3D printing.

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．People can fly over 480 km an hour with a flying car.

B．Some people think technology development may bring new problems.

C．Flying cars won’t bring air traffic jam when they become popular in life.

D．3D printing can bring great changes to people’s life and its equipment costs little.

4. Which of the following shows the structure (结构) of the passage? (①=Paragraph 1)

A．

B．

C．

D．

5. What’s the writer’s idea about the future life with technology?

A．He doesn’t care about it.	B．He feels hopeful about it.
C．He feels worried about it.	D．He knows nothing about it.

【推荐2】

High-tech Pollution Protection Technology company Dyson has created headphones with a purifying visor (面罩) to help people avoid polluted air. Called the Dyson Zone, it combines noise-canceling headphones with a visor that sits just in front of the nose and mouth, providing users with filtered (滤过的) air. The device is designed to fight against air and sound pollution. Watch Your Stress When we feel stressed, our bodies produce something called cortisol (皮质醇). Researchers from the University of California, US, recently developed a smart watch. It can detect (检测) cortisol levels in your sweat (汗液) and give real-time information. The watch uses a special thin film. The film collects tiny drops of sweat. The technology is accurate. It can tell you when you have a high stress level. Remember to take a deep breath. _____________________________ Do you like watching dandelion seeds (蒲公英种子) fly in the wind? This childhood pleasure is giving scientists some new ideas. A team from the University of Washington, US, created small, solar-powered sensors (传感器). They fly like dandelion seeds and measure things like temperature and light. Their short “hairs” help slow their fall to the ground.

1. In which section of a newspaper may you read the news?

A．Society & Culture	B．Education & Science
C．Home & The World	D．Science &. Technology

2. From the first news, we can use the invention to ________.

A．listen to music

B．fight against pollution

C．help to breathe

D．check the noise

3. What do we know about the watch according to the second news?

A．It is used to collect drops of sweat.	B．It helps to monitor the user’s stress.
C．It can be used to play films.	D．It tells the average daily cortisol level.

4. We can use the sensors to ________.

A．experience childhood pleasure	B．help plant dandelion
C．measure the environment	D．follow flying seeds

5. Which would be a good heading of the third news?

A．A New Tech Flower

B．Sensors with Hairs

C．Flying Dandelion

D．A Childhood Idea

【推荐3】In the World Internet Conference people have seen lots of cool technology. What are they? Let’s take a look.

Type with eyes Many disabled people cannot move their hands. They find it hard to type on a computer. China’s tech company Tencent showed eye-controlling technology. By looking at the screen and moving their eyes, people can type words easily. The worker at the conference showed people how to type “hello”.

Magic mirror (镜子) for health Scan (扫描) your face, and then it will know a lot about your health. This is what the magic mirror can do. It’s an AI health check system, and it will know your blood pressure and the risks of some diseases. At the conference, many people tried it to check their health.

A smart helmet When delivery (递送) people send food around, they often use their phones while riding. It’s very dangerous. To be safer, a new helmet came out. Connecting (连接) with the cellphone, it can “talk”—it tells the delivery people new orders and the addresses. The delivery people can also take orders and answer messages by talking to the helmet. If the wearer has an accident, the helmet can also make a call for help right away!

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. The eye-controlling technology can help disabled people _______.

A．check their eyes

B．move their eyes

C．move their hands

D．type words on computers

2. A man who wants to know something about his health may be interested in _______.

A．the smart helmet	B．the magic mirror
C．eye-controlling technology	D．all of the above

3. What can a smart helmet do?

A．It can talk with the wearer about daily life.

B．It can tell the wearer new orders and addresses.

C．It can help the wearer know the risks of diseases.

D．It can shout for help if the wearer has an accident.

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．With the magic mirror, people won’t get sick.

B．Eye-controlling technology helps people to think better.

C．A man who can’t move his hands may like eye-controlling technology.

D．The smart helmet is designed for people who like using phones while riding.

5. In which section of a newspaper can you read the text?

A．Technology.

B．Travel.

C．Health.

D．Culture.

【推荐1】Clothes play an important role in our daily lives. They protect us from the strong wind in cold winter and keep us from the high heat in hot summer. They can even make men handsome and women beautiful. They also tell people from different fields. For example, we can tell a soldier form a policeman only by the uniforms they are wearing.

Clothes can show many things about a person. They can stand for a person’s social status, his likes and dislikes, his hopes, dreams and so on. A quiet person, for example, might like to wear dark clothes. An easy-going person, on the other hand, might prefer to wear bright-colored ones. Old people prefer to wear traditional clothes, while young people might like to choose fashionable ones. When a little boy puts on a “soldier’s” uniform, he may want to show that he wishes to become a PLA man when he grows up.

Clothes will continue to develop to satisfy our personal tastes. They will become more comfortable, colorful and fashionable. People will find in the market more clothes they like to show their personalities.

Word Bank status 地位 fashionable 时尚的 personality 个性

1. Clothes can ________.

A．protect us from the strong wind in cold winter	B．keep us from the high heat in hot summer
C．make men handsome and women beautiful	D．All the above

2. We can tell a soldier form a policeman ________.

A．by asking them some questions	B．by the uniforms they are wearing
C．by the clothes they are wearing	D．by guessing what they are

3. A quiet person might like to ________.

A．wear bright colored clothes	B．wear dark colored clothes
C．wear colorful clothes	D．wear fashionable clothes

4. In the modern society the young people might prefer ________.

A．traditional clothes

B．uniforms

C．fashionable clothes

D．comfortable clothes

5. The best title of the passage is ________.

A．You are What You Wear

B．Clothes

C．Modern Clothes

D．How to Choose Clothes

【推荐2】根据短文内容，判断正（T）误(F)

Do you remember your dreams? Do people have the same dreams? Why do we dream? There are many questions about dreams. We dream during the REM (rapid (快的) eye movement) stage (阶段) of sleep. We have about five periods of REM sleep during the night. The first REM cycle (周期) lasts about 10 minutes. As the night goes on, the REM cycle gets longer. By early morning, the REM cycle can last up to 90 minutes. Usually, it is in this last REM cycle that we remember our dreams.

Dreams change as people age. People may have several dreams each night. Some are like films and usually in color. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something and trying to find the answer. Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we can’t remember the dreams clearly.

It is reported that too much dreaming is bad for our health. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work. That is why we may have a long sleep and still feel tired when we wake up.

1. We dream during the REM stage of sleep.
2. Children aged eight or nine have the same dreams as people aged thirty.
3. All the dreams are usually in color like films.
4. The longer we dream, the better we sleep.
5. The passage above is talking about dreaming.

【推荐3】Although people drive in all countries, the laws can be quite different between nations and areas.

In the U.S., people in Alaska may have a learner’s license (执照) at the age of fourteen. This is quite different from the driving laws of Niger, where a person must be at least twenty-three years old to drive. If you want to know the minimum driving age in most countries, the answer is eighteen. It may also surprise you to learn that not every country allows people to drive, although most of them do. For example, women are not allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia no matter how old they are.

Driving on the right or left side of the road is also different. In Great Britain, Cyprus, Australia, India, and Malaysia, people drive on the left. However, in the U.S., Mexico, France, and Canada, people are asked to drive on the right.

Other different driving laws between countries include those about using mobile phones. In Japan, using any kind of mobile phones is illegal(违法的), even if you do not need to hold the phone with your hands. However, in Argentina and Australia, drivers are allowed to talk on their mobile phones if they do not use their hands.

You might also find it interesting to learn that some countries have very unusual laws. For example, in Cyprus, it is against the law to eat or drink anything while driving.

1. What does the underlined word “minimum” in the second paragraph mean?

A．Youngest.

B．Surprising.

C．Strange.

D．Best.

2. In which country do people drive on the right?

A．Cyprus.

B．Malaysia.

C．Great Britain.

D．Mexico.

3. What can we know about driving from the text?

A．Women have no chance to drive in Saudi Arabia.

B．In Niger, people learn to drive at a very young age.

C．In Japan, drivers can make a phone call while driving.

D．It’s against laws for an Australian driver to eat while driving.

4. What is the best title for this text?

A．Driving advice for women.

B．Ways to make laws on driving.

C．Driving licenses among countries.

D．Laws about driving in different places.