【推荐2】The United States will welcome a new president this year. It took a long time, but we now know which two candidates (候选人) will flight itout in the final race of the US president election(总统选举). Donald Trump. 70, received the Republican nomination(共和党提名) on May 26^th, and Hillary Clinton, 68, became the Democratic nominee(民主党候选人)on June 6th. The result will come out on November 8, and the new president will take office on January 20, 2017.

Just six months ago, not many people thought Donald Trump would make it to today. He had no experience in government and had never even run for office before. He is a rich businessman and became famous for hosting a TV show. During the election he said if he was elected, He would stop Mexican people from moving to the US and also call for banning Muslims from entering the US because of terrorism. However, his supporters think he is a “plain-speaking” man and is “not afraid to offend” according to the Daily Mail.

The Democratic candidate, Hillary Clinton, has more experience in politics. She was the former Secretary of State, senator of New York and the First Lady. And now she is the first female candidate for a major US party. When she was the Secretary of State, she dealt with state affairs using her personal email account and phone, which means state secrets were not safe.

The election is not over yet, but it will be a historic one either way. Over the past 50 years in American history, no one has been elected president without experience in government. And if Clinton is elected, she will be the first female president of the US.

1. There are _________ candidates in the race of the US president election.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

2. When will the new president take office?

A．On May 26th, 2017	B．On June 6th, 2017
C．On November 8, 2017	D．On January 20, 2017.

3. What will Donald Trump do if he is elected the president of the US according to the passage?

A．He will host a TV show	B．He will stop Mexican people from moving to the US
C．He will call for banning Muslims from entering the US	D．B and C

4. What thing should not Hillary Clinton do according to Paragraph 4?

A．She shouldn’t have more experience in politics.

B．She shouldn’t use her phone.

C．She shouldn’t deal with state affairs by using her personal email account and phone.

D．She shouldn’t use emails.

5. From the last paragraph we can learn that_____________________.

A．There has not been a female president of the US so far.

B．Hillary Clinton will be elected.

C．Someone has been elected president without experience in government.

D．The election has been over.

【推荐3】Dou Kou, a Chinese boy, is called “the youngest writer in the world”. He has written three books till now.
Dou Kou was born in Jiangsu in 1994. When he was 7 months old, his parents started working in over 30 different cities, such as Xi’an and Shenzhen. This kind of life gave him things to think and write about. When he was 9 months old, he could speak and at the age of one, he could say five to six hundred words. At three, he could look up words in the dictionary. At four, his father taught him how to learn by himself. His parents like reading very much. So does he . At the age of 5, he began writing fairy tales. At the age of 6, he wrote a novel about his life in different cities with his parents. His fairy tales are all from his life. One day, he found many mice in the house. They not only ate their food but also hurt his mother’s hand. So he thought, “If we give mice the stomach of cows, they will eat grass and they will be helpful to people.” This was his first fairy tale Change stomach for Mice.
Now he studies well in a middle school. He has written his third book, the novel called Eyes of Children. He says, “I am not different from other children. I just wrote several books.”
1. How many books has Dou Kou written?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Five.

D．Six.

2. Thanks to his         , Dou Kou could write his books.

A．mother

B．father

C．school life

D．life in different cities

3. What does the underlined word “they” refer to(指代)？

A．Dou Kou’s parents.

B．Mice.

C．Cows.

D．Grass.

4. When did Dou Kou begin to use a dictionary?

A．When he wrote fairy tales.

B．Before his father taught him how to learn something.

C．After he went to school.

D．After his mother taught him how to learn something.

【推荐1】What do we do when we go camping? First, we make a plan. We take food, clothing, a knife, and things for cooking and eating. We take things to keep us away from (远离) insects (昆虫) and the sun.

Then we put everything into the car and we drive to the woods (树林). We look for a place for camper (野营者) and we look for a good place for our tent. The place should have a lot of moving air. This will keep some insects away. High land with water on both sides of it is good. Then we put up our tent. We put everything into the tent, and we are ready for fun. We can swim in the lake, walk in the woods, climb a mountain, row a boat, or go fishing.

In the evening we come back to the tent, and we make a fire because it can keep the insects away. We sit around the fire and talk. We may tell interesting stories or we may sing songs.

At night we lie down on the grass. We can look up at the stars. It is a busy day, so we try to go to sleep early.

Everything is dark. Everything is quiet. We hope we won’t hear music from the radio in the next tent. We hope it won’ t rain.

1. Before going camping we should first ________.

A．make a plan	B．take some food
C．take things to keep us warm	D．take something for cooking and eating

2. We go camping _________.

A．by bus

B．by car

C．by bike

D．on foot

3. Campers can take part in (参加)________ activities.

A．one or two

B．only a few

C．many

D．two or three

4. In the evening we make a fire because ________.

A．it is cold at night	B．it can keep us warm
C．it can keep the insects away	D．it is dark and quiet

5. Campers like to ________ at night.

A．listen to music over the radio	B．go to sleep early
C．catch insects	D．be busy

【推荐2】Have you noticed your life becoming a little easier? Now, when you go to a certain shopping mall, you can enjoy its free Wi-Fi there. When you want to take a taxi, you can book (预定) one with your phone. In fact, all these can be seen as the basic parts of a smart city.

The idea of a smart city was brought up by US company IBM in 2010. Generally, a smart city is a city that uses digital technologies such as the Internet to improve city planning, save money and resources, and make our life convenient. How smart can a city be? Here are great examples that we can learn from.

In 2009, Dubuque became the first smart city in the US. The city used smart water meters to take the place of traditional water meters. They can detect (探测) water waste and leakage (泄漏) and send data to let the house owner know. The same system is used for other city resources like electricity and natural gas. This way, people know how they use their resources and are glad to help reduce waste.

Santander in Spain also gives us a look in the future. If people point a phone toward a nearby bus stop, the phone immediately shows all bus lines that serve the stop as well as their arrival times. The government organized a research team and provided an App (应用程序) that collects data on almost everything: light, temperature, and the movements of cars and people. Opening the App near a supermarket provides immediate information on special offers.

1. The underlined word “convenient” is the closest in meaning to ________.

A．useful

B．normal

C．suitable

D．easy

2. Compared to traditional water meters, smart water meters do better in ________.

A．cleaning water

B．supplying water

C．saving water

D．producing water

3. The example of Santander shows the use of smart systems in aspects (方面) EXCEPT ________.

A．business

B．health care

C．traffic controlling

D．public transportation

4. According to the passage, which of the following is RIGHT?

A．Digital technologies are used in smart cities.

B．An English company first raised the idea of a smart city.

C．A smart city is mainly made up of free Wi-Fi and phones.

D．A smart city is still an idea and hasn’t come into being.

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Digital technologies help improve city planning.

B．Smart cities will make our future life better and smarter.

C．Smart cities are very common in both Dubuque and Santander.

D．Spain and the US take the leading position in building smart cities.

【推荐3】Imagine this, somebody hides free books on the subway for you to find and read. Sounds exciting? Well, British actress Emma Watson, 26, is doing it! She is known for acting as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies.

Watson hid 100 copies of a book called Mom&Me&Mom (2013) on London’s subway. The book is from US writer Maya Angelou. It tells about the writer’s relationship with her mother. Watson wrote of the book. “This book is one I have read before and is one of my favorites. I can’t wait to hear your thoughts!” These books were put in different places on the subway. People saw Watson doing the same thing on the New York Subway this month.

With each book, there is a handwritten note by Watson. She asked people to “take special care of the books” if they found them. She also wrote that “when you are finished, please leave it on the subway again for someone else to find”.

Watson’s work is part of a movement called Books on the Underground. It calls on people to leave their books on the subway, so other people can enjoy them too.

Hollie Belton, a woman in London, started the movement in 2012. She loves reading on the subway. She noticed that a lot of people shared her habit, so she got the idea. Over the years, Belton has left over 2,000 books of her own. The movement has attracted more and more people.

Watson is a book lover as well. That’s why she tried it. Earlier this year, Watson set up her own online book club Our Shared Shelf. She reads a book every month with others. Mom&Me&Mom is the club’s book for November.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1. Who wrote the book Mom&Me&Mom?

A．Maya Angelou.

B．Hollie Belton.

C．Emma Watson.

D．Harry Potter.

2. What can we know about Emma Watson from the text?

A．She often takes the subway.	B．She loves reading on the subway.
C．She is an actress who loves reading.	D．She often writes books on the subway.

3. What can we infer (推断) from the text?

A．Subways are the best place to sell books.

B．More and more people begin to take the subway.

C．Emma Watson made a lot of money by selling books online.

D．Emma Watson likes sharing her feelings about books with others.

4. If a passenger finds a hidden book on the subway, ________.

A．he must return it to Emma Watson

B．he can find a photo of Emma’s in the book

C．he can read it for free without taking it away

D．he can exchange his thoughts with Emma on the subway

5. The text mainly talks about ________.

A．Emma Watson’s favorite book	B．how kind and helpful Emma Watson is
C．why Hollie Belton started the reading project	D．a movement called Books on the Underground

【推荐1】People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius(天才) of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such a thing as genius,” Edison said. He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.
But Edison was a thinker as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.
Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.
Edison could not understand why anyone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life. “Work,” he answered, “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.
1. What is genius according to Thomas Edison?

A．Hard thinking.

B．Hard work.

C．Useful ideas.

D．Useful inventions.

2. How did Edison always deal with the secrets of nature after exploring them?

A．To write down what he had learned.

B．To carry out a new experiment.

C．To make them useful in life.

D．To share them with others.

3. What does the last sentence in the passage mean?

A．Edison was born to be a great inventor.

B．Edison was able to live another 100 years.

C．Edison was ready to make his 100th invention.

D．Life was too short for Edison to work for human beings.

【推荐3】Stephen Hawking was a British scientist. Many people think he was the greatest scientist since Albert Einstein. On March 14, 2018, Hawking died in Cambridge, UK. He was 76.

As a scientist, Hawking was most famous for studying black holes（黑洞）. He thought that the universe（宇宙）started with the Big Bang（大爆炸）and would end by being destroyed by black holes. Black holes suck up everything around them—even light. But he also believed that black holes would disappear one day.

Hawking's studies changed how people look at the universe. He also wrote books to help more people understand the universe. A Brief History of Time（《时间简史》）is his most popular book.

However, people admire Hawking not only because of his discoveries. They also admire him because of his strong will.

Hawking had a severe illness（危重疾病）that started when he was 21. He could not walk or talk. For some time, he had no way to talk with others except by blinking（眨眼）. Later, he was able to "speak" by using a computerized voice（电脑语音）.

However, his illness didn't stop him from living a meaningful life. He traveled around the world. He wrote books. He even appeared on TV shows.

As his children said after his death, Hawking's works and legacy will live on for many years.

1. What do we know about Stephen Hawking?

A．He learned how to talk and walk at the age of 21.

B．He talked with others by blinking for some time.

C．He invented a computerized voice.

D．He dreamed of traveling around the world.

2. What does the expression “suck up” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．come out

B．take in

C．move around

D．give out

3. What can we learn from Hawking?

A．How to change the universe.	B．How to become a great scientist.
C．How to deal with severe illnesses.	D．How to live with a strong will.

4. The main purpose of this passage is to ______.

A．ask people to do research on the universe	B．tell people how severe Stephen Hawking's illness is
C．encourage people to read A Brief History of Time	D．celebrate Stephen Hawking's achievements（成就）

【推荐1】

China’s 15-year-old Chen Ye won gold in the men’s park final of skateboarding at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou on Sept.25.

Chen started getting into this sport in 2016. “I remember one day I went to a sports store, and by chance, I saw a skate board. I decided to give it a try,” Chen said to China Youth Daily. Although it was really challenging (挑战) to stay on the board at first, Chen found it very interesting. “Every time I did some difficult moves, I felt the joy of making progress,” said Chen. Slowly, Chen needed a better skate park for training. To meet this need, his father decided to make a skate bowl himself. “He would work on it late into the night, sometimes until three or four in the morning,” said Chen. “I'm really thankful for my father’s support.”

As a junior high school student, Chen needed to find a balance between his schoolwork and skateboarding. His only “privilege (特权)” was not having to take PE classes, so he could use that time to do his schoolwork. After school he needed to practice skateboarding for hours in his own skate bowl. He trained in the morning, studied in the afternoon and sometimes had to have special classes with the teachers’ help. While getting ready for the match this year, Chen even disagreed with his father over his study plan. He wanted to train for more hours at night to avoid influencing with daytime classes.

Looking back on his seven years of learning to skate, Chen said this experience made him stronger and braver to do something he truly loves.

1. Why did Chen Ye first get into skateboarding?

A．It was by chance at a sports store.	B．To avoid studying.
C．At the suggestion of a friend.	D．To finish a school requirement.

2. Which class was Chen Ye free from to practice his skateboarding?

A．Physics.

B．PE.

C．Art.

D．Math.

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

A．Chen Ye’s Gold Medal Story	B．Chen Ye’s Love for Skateboarding
C．Chen Ye’s Confident Journey	D．Chen Ye’s Skateboarding Pleasure

【推荐2】

Naim, from Turkey(土耳其), is a great Olympic weightlifting hero. He was the first weightlifter to win a gold medal in three Olympic Games. In 1996, when he won his third gold medal, he lifted a total of 335 kilograms and set a world record.

Patty is the world’s top aerobatic(特技) flyer in the USA. She entered her first flying competition in 1984. She became the first woman to win the title of US National Aerobatic Champion in 1991. And she did the same again in 1992 and 1993.

Ahmed is an Egypt’s champion. He is one of the best tennis players in the world today. In 1992 he entered the world rankings(排名). Four years later, he became an international sports superstar. Millions of people were amazed by his speed and skill.

Lai-Shan, Hong Kong’s greatest sports hero, started windsurfing at the age of 15. She competed in the Olympics in Barcelona in 1992, but came in eleventh place. When she competed a second time in the Olympics, in 1996, she won a gold medal.

1. Ahmed was famous for __________.

A．windsurfing

B．weightlifting

C．flying

D．playing tennis

2. Patty was a champion in_________.

A．the USA

B．Turkey

C．China

D．Egypt

3. Both Lai-Shan and Naim succeed at the Olympics _________.

A．In 1988

B．In 1992

C．In 1996

D．In 2000