【推荐1】Reading is a good hobby for all kinds of reason.

First, reading is fun.     1    . You will never feel bored or tired.

Next, you can read a book anywhere—in a car, on a plane, or even in the bathroom.    2    . It is so easy to get a book.

Another good reason for reading is that it is useful. If you read as a hobby, you will get better and better at it. And you will read faster and find it easier to understand what you read.    3    , you will probably find your schoolwork becomes much better.

Some people say that reading is not in fashion.    4    . You can read on the Internet. The more you read, the more knowledge you will get. Good readers may become writers, too.     5    .

Reading is a wonderful hobby. Why not start reading right now?

A．All you need is a book

B．They always have more things to write about

C．You can always keep yourself happy if you like reading

D．But I don’t think so

E．As your reading skills improve

【推荐2】Readers Club

What makes a good reader? You can find the answer in Readers Club. Today, we have some books for you. Come and join the fun!

The Old Man and the Sea won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1953. A year later, Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature. The Old Man and the Sea is generally considered by many to be his greatest achievement. The leading character in this book is a person who can face difficulties and never give up. ★Hardback: ￥21.70          ★Paperback: ￥16.00

Heart, written by Edmondo De Amieis from Italy, is a diary of an Italian boy Eric. In his diary, he writes about the greatest love in the world: love for the nation, for the society, and also teachers’ love, classmates’ love, parents’ love, children’s love. ★Hardback: ￥27.20          ★Paperback: ￥16.40

Peter Pan, was created by Scottish novelist and playwright J.M. Barrie. Peter Pan is a young boy who can fly and never grows up. He spends his never-ending childhood having adventures（冒险）on the mythical island of Neverland as the leader of the Lost Boys, playing happily with children both inside and outside Neverland. ★Hardback: ￥22.70          ★Paperback: ￥14.60

Celebrity Biography, also known as “Three Giants”, written by Romain Rolland, is about three great men in different fields: Beethoven, Michelangelo and Leo Tolstoy. They all suffered（遭受）a lot in body and spirit, but never lost confidence. ★Hardback: ￥26.20          ★Paperback: ￥15.80

Club members will get a discount（折扣）of 10% for hardback books and 20% for paperback books. If you buy any of the two hardback books e-books will be free for you.

1. Which word can be used to describe the topic of the book Heart?

A．Love.

B．Success.

C．Adventure.

D．Nature.

2. What is the book Peter Pan about?

A．A boy who likes keeping diaries.

B．A boy who always misses his family.

C．A boy who enjoys his never-ending childhood.

D．A boy who likes playing with children on the playground.

3. What can we learn from the books The Old Man and the Sea and Celebrity Biography?

A．The value of friendship.	B．The spirit of never giving up.
C．The advantage of teamwork.	D．The experiences of failing.

4. As a club member, which books can you buy with 40 yuan to get free e-books?

A．Two hardback books Heart and Celebrity Biography.

B．A hardback book Heart and a paperback book Peter Pan.

C．Two hardback books The Old Man and the Sea and Peter Pan.

D．Two paperback books The Old Man and the Sea and Celebrity Biography.

【推荐3】Benefits of Reading Every Day

Reading printed books every day can make you a smarter, kinder and more relaxed person. And the positive effects can be felt at any age.

Reading can make you smarter.     1     That was the finding of a study published in 2014. Because reading ability is something that’s learned, some experts suggest that more effort should be put in teaching reading skills to young children.

    2     Great literature (文学作品) forces readers to step outside themselves to understand the characters they’re reading about. According to a study published in 2013, people who love fiction have an easier time sensing and understanding other people’s feelings.

Reading can lower stress. Feel stressed at the end of a long day?     3     A 2009 study found that reading for just 30 minutes has similar stress-reducing effects to doing 30 minutes of yoga.

Reading helps you sleep well.     4     Research has shown that using smartphones at night makes it harder for people to fall asleep and leads to poor sleep quality, but reading books, on the other hand, can have relaxing effects, making it the ideal bedtime activity.

Reading brings a family closer. Reading doesn’t have to be a solitary (单独的) activity. When parents read out loud to their children, they can pass on the benefits of reading and encourage meaningful interactions (互动). A recent study found that printed books can make the connections between caretakers and children stronger.

A．Reading makes you a kinder person.

B．Reading helps you get more information about the characters.

C．Reading a nice book is a good way to wind down.

D．People who show strong reading skills early in life grow up to be cleverer.

E．If you’re too busy to read during the day, consider doing it at your bedtime.

【推荐1】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(爱斯基摩人) 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 a clock. Even today, if you don’t have a clock, you still know that when the sun shines, its day, and when it’s dark, it’s night. The sun can also tell you if it’s morning, noon, or afternoon.

People who live near the sea can tell time from the tides. In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises higher and higher on the beach. And then it goes down and down for about six hours. The same thing happens again at night. There are two high tides and two low tides every 24 hours.

Seamen on a ship learn how to tell time by looking at the moon and the stars. The whole sky is their clock.

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.

A sand clock is an even better clock. If you had fine dry sand in a glass shaped like the one in the picture, you would have what is called an hourglass. The sand in the hourglass goes from the top part to the bottom part in exactly one hour. When the hourglass is turned over, the sand will take another hour to go back again.

1. According to the passage, there are ________ ways to tell time besides the clock and watch.

A．3

B．4

C．5

D．6

2. The Eskimos in the far north can’t use the sun for a clock because ________.

A．they know very little about the sun

B．the sun there never goes down in winter

C．it’s too cold for them to go out to watch the sun

D．it has long dark winters and long light summers

3. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．Different Ways to Tell Time	B．Useful Machines to Tell Time
C．The History of the Clock	D．The Development of the Clock

【推荐3】We all need to eat, drink and wear clothes. What do we know about the products we buy? Many people in Britain want to know more about the products they buy. They want to know how people, animals and our planet are treated when food, drinks and clothes are produced.

Fairtrade

The Fair trade Foundation (公平交易基金会)is based in the UK and helps farmers and workers in poorer parts of the world earn more money. The organization asks companies that grow products such as coffee or bananas to provide their workers with a good working environment and pay them well. Companies that follow these requirements can sell their products with the "Fairtrade" mark.

Free range (自由放牧)

On free-range farms, animals spend their time outside instead of being inside 24 hours a day. Meat, eggs or dairy products, such as milk or cheese, can be free range. Experts say that this type of farming is better because it is less cruel and the animals are healthier. People also think that free range food tastes better and is much healthier.

Clothing

Some clothing companies employ (雇佣)children and have unsafe working environment in their factories. In this way, they can reduce the cost. In the past, people focused more on the nice clothes. But people nowadays are becoming more interested in where their clothes are made, whom they are made by, and in what environment they are made. Most producers have information about their workers and their working environment on their websites. Shoppers can make more choice about what they buy.

1. The Fairtrade Foundation is based in the US.
2. The Fairtrade Foundation protects people who buy products.
3. People think that free range food is better for us.
4. Some clothing companies employ children in order to help the poor kids.
5. At present, people pay more attention to where their clothes are made, whom they are made by, and in what environment they are made.