【推荐1】Yangyang is 7 years old . He was given and iPad as a present for the Spring Festival and never goes anywhere without it. A month later , his eyesight(视力) has decreased (下降) to 300 degrees. This is serious for such a young child .

Many children in China are suffering the same problem: tablet (手写平板电脑) and iPad use is damaging their eyesight . Xinhua News Agency went so far as to call the iPad the “No.1 killer of children’s eyesight.”

“There are about 30 shortsighted children coming to the hospital every day,” said Hu Dali, leader of children’s ophthalmology(眼科) at Guiyang Aier Eye-Hospital. “Half of those children are suffering from reduced vision(视力）because they have played with mobile phones and iPads for too long .

Experts say children’s vision is not yet fully developed and their eyes get tired more easily. It means the iPad has a greater effect on their eyes.

The iPad uses a very bright LED backlight(背光). A user’s pupils have to keep getting used to the new light levels. If children stare at an iPad screen for a long time , their eyes do not have time to rest. This will make their eyesight worse over time.

Experts suggest that users should hold their iPad between 40-60cm away from them. The brightness of the screen should be adjusted to make it comfortable for children . Parents should also stop their children from using and iPad for more than one hour every day .

1. The first paragraph tells us that ________.

A．Young children should not use iPads.	B．iPads are very useful for children’s study .
C．An iPads as a present for a child is too expensive.	D．Using iPads too much harms children’s eyesight.

2. Children’s eyesight decreases quickly for the following reasons EXCEPT________.

A．their vision is not fully developed .	B．their eyes get tired more easily than adults.
C．their iPads’ screen should be the brightest .	D．they sometimes stare at screens for too long .

3. The meaning of the underlined word “ pupils” means ________.

A．五官

B．小学生

C．瞳孔

D．视力

4. The article is probably taken from ________.

A．a guide to using the iPad .	B．a website on children’s school life .
C．a report on children’s eyesight .	D．an ad for the iPad.

【推荐2】Nowadays, there are many “leftover children”（留守儿童）whose parents have left their homes to make a living in big cities. Most of the children are from the countryside. They are always lonely and stressed out, so they need more care and attention. The survey below has been made recently among 200 children from several villages in China.

What they want	Love 30%	Money 25%	Freedom（自由）21%	Control 10%	Something else 14%
Who they want to talk with	Classmates 27%	Family members 60%		No one 13%
Whether they can talk with their parents freely	Yes 52%	No 13%		A little difficult 35%
The way they prefer to live	Living with parents 58%	Living with grandparents 13.5%		No idea 28.5%
Ideas about parents’ working in the city	Bad 26%	Good 30.5%		No idea 43.5%
The happiest place	School 59%	Home 35%		Friends’ homes 6%

1. Of all the needs, the leftover children need ______most.

A．love

B．freedom

C．money

D．control

2. _______of the 200 children don’t want their parents to work in the city.

A．Fifty-two

B．Eighty-eight

C．Ninety-three

D．One hundred

3. The leftover children consider ______the happiest place.

A．big cities

B．their own home

C．friends’ homes

D．their school

4. From the survey, we know that ______.

A．the 200 leftover children are from America

B．most leftover children want to live in big cities with their grandparents

C．none of the leftover children can talk with their parents freely

D．58% of the leftover children prefer to live with their parents

【推荐3】Do you know which social app is popular with Chinese young people now? “Short videos” are certainly the most popular. A large number of young people use Tik Tok and Kuaishou. They think it is fun to share their lives by short videos, while others have other purposes as well A 12-year-old user named Elsa has about 2.7 million fans on Tik Tok. The girl has shared her dancing studies on TikTok since last July. One of the videos won her about one million fans. “1 feel really glad to share happiness with people by short videos,” said Elsa.

To some other young people, they use short videos to have a quick look at the hot programs. “Because I don’t like to spend many hours watching a whole program, I hate waiting for a program to end, and I prefer to watch short videos of wonderful parts of hot. programs, said Wang Zhihao.

However, some young people feel bored with short videos. “Killing time is the main reason for me to watch short videos, and many short videos are almost the same, so I think they are not so useful or interesting. What’s more, I really don’t like the videos about strange and dangerous things,” said Wen Nan, another college student.

Recently, something else has appeared. Some videos are telling people what commodities are wort buying. Some short videos even sell bad commodities, and it’s hard for customers to get their money back. So we should think twice before we want to buy the commodities by short videos.

1. Why does Elsa share her short videos?

A．To share happiness with people.

B．To make friends with people around

C．To depend on them to get information.

D．To watch wonderful parts in programs.

2. How does Wen Nan like short videos?

A．Useful and interesting.

B．Not exciting or moving.

C．Not useful or interesting.

D．Exciting and moving.

3. The underlined word “commodities” in the last paragraph means

A．products

B．projects

C．planets

D．programs

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．The advantages of short videos.

B．Different types of short videos.

C．The disadvantages of short videos.

D．Different opinions on short videos.

【推荐1】

The problem of left-behind children (留守儿童) has become a serious social problem (严重的社会问题). More and more people have realized (意识到) we should do something to help them.

The biggest problem is that the children are all hungry for the love from their parents. Many of them can just get a call or a letter from their parents half a year, a year or even several years. When they meet their own trouble, they have no one to talk with. Nobody gives them enough care (足够的关心).

The left-behind children’s study is the second biggest problem. From a survey (调查) about their study, most of them are poor at their study. What a pity!

There are also many other problems of the left-behind children, such as having no ability (能力) to protect themselves, unhealthy lifestyles, spending too much pocket money and too much time on the Internet and so on.

In a word (总之), to solve all the problems of the left-behind children needs the government (政府), families and schools to try their best together.

根据材料内容，选择最佳答案：
1. How many problems are mentioned (提及) in the passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．More than four.

2. Which is the most serious problem of the left-behind children according to the passage?

A．They can’t get enough love from their parents.

B．They are crazy about the Internet.

C．They don’t study well.

D．They can get lots of love from their parents.

3. Many people think ________.

A．the left-behind children don’t need help

B．something should be done to help the left-behind children

C．the families can solve the problem by themselves

D．parents should not go out for work

4. The left-behind children’s study is ________ problem.

A．the biggest

B．the second biggest

C．the third biggest

D．the fourth biggest

5. What is the best title (标题) of the article (文章)?

A．The Left-behind Children.

B．The Problems of the Left-behind Children.

C．How to help the old people.

D．Donate Money for the Left-behind Children.

【推荐2】Computers are widely used in the world. As students, we can not only use them to relax, but also study online. Do you have any online classes? It is possible to take classes at home. All you need is a computer and an earphone.

However, most students don’t seem to like online classes. Recently, over 2,000 students from 10 cities took part in a survey. According to the survey, only about 35 percent of the students like taking such classes.

Many students said it was hard to focus on studying while taking online classes. This was true for Li Jing, 15, at No. 1 High School. “There are no classmates and no real teachers watching me. I can surf the Internet or do other things if I want to. It’s harder to always stay focused,” she said.

Li Jing prepares a lot before taking her classes to make sure she will keep her attention. She also pushes herself to communicate with teachers. Students can come up with or answer questions while taking online classes.

Tian Lishan, 14, at No. 7 High School, thinks online interaction(互动) isn’t enough. “The online teachers don’t really get to know me. When I don’t hand in homework, all I get is a short message instead of real concern,” she said.

However, online classes still have advantages. “It saves time and money compared with taking offline classes. Also, if I don’t understand some parts of a lesson, I can watch it over again,” Li Jing said.

1. Many students think ________.

A．it is impossible to take online classes at home

B．they can’t communicate with the teachers online

C．they have to prepare a lot before taking online classes

D．it’s hard to focus on studying while taking online classes

2. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Tian Lishan is a student from a high school in Beijing.

B．Li Jing pushes herself to communicate with teachers in online classes.

C．Li Jing thinks that online interaction isn’t enough.

D．Li Jing thinks it is easy to always stay focused.

3. The passage is mainly about ________.

A．what the students think of online classes

B．where the students take online classes

C．why the students like taking online classes

D．how the students take online classes at home

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The traditional Chinese lunar calendar (农历) divides the year into 24 solar terms (节气). It’s very useful for people’s life and work. Let’s have a look.
	Start of Spring, the first solar term of the year, falls on February 4th this year. After Start of Spring, the daytime is becoming longer and the weather is becoming warmer. And people eat spring pancakes and spring rolls on the day.
	Summer Solstice, the 10th solar term, falls on June 21st this year. Summer Solstice is not the hottest time in a year. The hottest days often come 20 to 30 days later. People have a tradition of eating noodles on the day.
	Autumn Equinox, the 16th solar term, falls on September 23rd this year. On this day, day and night are of equal length (等长). After this day, days get shorter and nights get longer in the northern hemisphere (北半球). In South China, people eat Qiucai, a kind of wild amaranth (苋菜).
	Major Snow, or “Daxue” in Chinese, is the 21st solar term, and it falls on December 7th this year. The arrival of Major Snow marks the beginning of midwinter. Daxue does not necessarily have more snowfall but the possibility of snowy days grows bigger. People have the custom to eat lamb (羊肉) and porridge.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. When is the Summer Solstice this year?

A．September 23rd

B．February 4th

C．June 21st

D．December 7th

2. What do people usually eat on Start of Spring?

A．

B．

C．

D．

3. On which solar term, day and night are of equal length?

A．Start of Spring

B．Major Snow

C．Autumn Equinox

D．Summer Solstice

4. What does Major Snow mark?

A．The end of midwinter.	B．The beginning of midwinter.
C．The end of winter.	D．The beginning of winter.

5. Where is the text most probably from?

A．A website

B．A storybook

C．A newspaper

D．A guidebook