【推荐1】“Clear waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets (绿水青山就是金山银山)”. Since the founding of the PRC, the government has paid great attention to environmental protection.     1    

In the early 21st century, many parts of the country were affected by sandstorms.     2     They can do great harm to plants, animals and buildings.

Planting trees has played an important role in preventing deserts from growing in size and bringing more sandstorms.     3     The total desert coverage has been reduced by an average of 2,424 square kilometers every year. That is as big as 340,000 soccer fields.

    4     Back in January 2013, smog covered a total area of 2.7 million square kilometers in cities around China. To solve this problem, the government ruled out a series of measures to control air pollution. Beijing has made many efforts to fight air pollution.     5     They encourage the use of new energy vehicles instead of gas powered cars to reduce pollution.

A．They stop the chemistry factories from polluting the air.

B．China’s total forest coverage rose from 12% in the 1980s to 22.96% last year.

C．Great achievements have been made in China in recent years.

D．During a sandstorm, a large number of sand is blown into the air by strong winds.

E．China has improved its air quality greatly because of efforts to control air pollution.

【推荐2】

Green Energy for Today and Tomorrow

Did you know that most of the energy we use comes from the sun? For example, the sun helps plants to grow. Plants that grew millions of years ago turned into coal, oil, and natural gas (天然气). We call these fossil fuels (化石燃料).

However, fossil fuels make pollution. This is bad for the Earth. Fossil fuels are also nonrenewable (不可再生的). Some day they will be gone. So, scientists want people to use green energy. Why is green energy important? First, it is clean. It doesn’t hurt the Earth. Next, it is renewable. It won’t run out. Green energy gives us almost 25% of the electricity we use today.

What are the main sources (来源) of green energy?

1   Water Power Water power uses moving water in rivers and dams (堤坝). Moving water has energy. Water power makes 16.6% of the electricity we use.

2   Wind Power Is wind power new? No, it isn’t. People used wind power many years ago. Wind power makes 4% of the electricity we use.

3   Solar Power Solar power comes from sunlight. The sun shines on solar panels (太阳能板), and electricity is made. Solar power is now as cheap as some fossil fuels. It makes 15% of the electricity we use.

4   Biomass (生物质能) Biomass is energy that we get from plants around us. For example, deadwood or grass is burned in power stations. This makes electricity. Biomass is green energy because we plant new trees or crops (庄稼) after we use it. Biomass makes 2% of the electricity we use.

5   New Green Energy Ocean rises and falls each day. This moving water can make electricity. We call it tide power. There is also heat under the Earth’s surface. Scientists can use this heat for energy, which is called heat power. We may find other sources of green energy in the future.

Some day, green energy could make 100% of the electricity we use. That’s good news for the Earth!

1. Why do scientists suggest using green energy?

A．Because it is as cheap as fossil fuels.

B．Because it is clean and won’t be used up.

C．Because it is the main source of electricity now.

2. Where can we get biomass?

A．From natural gas.

B．From new trees.

C．From dead plants.

3. How many kinds of green energy are mentioned in the passage

A．4.

B．6.

C．7.

【推荐1】Many people in the world love reading books very much. In Germany, most people are fond of reading. They always read in their free time. You can find many Germans always take a bag with them and they have one or two books in their bags. They take them out and do some reading as long as they have time. They read not only at home and in the libraries, but also on the train, on the subway, on the bus and so on.

There’s a bookstore nearly at each train, subway and bus station. In some big shopping centers, you can see some bookstores, too. There are many people reading or buying books in these places. So there you can see many parents and their children choose books that they like.

In Germany, parents have set a good example to their children. They do some reading every day. They read books for their children when they’re very young. As children grow up, parents always read with them. So children have a great interest in books. Books are their closest companions(最亲密的伙伴). Now you can know why Germans enjoy reading. Because they have a good reading habit in their childhood.

1. The underlined word “them” refers to          .

A．the bags

B．the trains

C．the books

D．the buses

2. What can we know from the first paragraph?

A．Wherever Germans are, they can read at any time.

B．Many Germans love reading at home.

C．Most Germans like reading in the libraries.

D．Germans have lots of free time.

3. What does Germany have most according to paragraph 2?

A．Shopping centers.

B．Bookstores.

C．Online shops.

D．Places of interest.

4. What can we know from the passage?

A．Germans always read in their offices.

B．Germans always read in the library.

C．There are no bookstores in the shopping center.

D．Books are Germans’ good friends.

5. What’s the best title for the text?

A．Germans’ Activities	B．Germans’ Reading Habits
C．Libraries in Germany	D．Bookstores in Germany

【推荐2】When you see your favorite food on a red plate, you probably feel hungry. But you feel hunger when it is on a white plate. Can you guess why this happens? According to a recent research, colors have great influences on our eating.

Firstly, colors can really influence our feelings about food. For example, when you add some red to water, it tastes sweeter than normal water, as if you’ve added some sugar into it. The red color makes you feel that the water is very nice to drink.

However, the food that you think the most delicious will probably taste worse to you if you change its color to blue. This is because blue is not a very natural color for food and it always makes people feel sad.

Besides, colors can also influence how much we eat. In one research, people were asked to serve themselves some pasta (意式面食) with white gravy. The people with red plates ate a smaller part. For example, there is a big cake in the red plate, maybe you feel full after eating only a piece of it. However, the people with white plates ate much more.

1. People will feel hungrier when food is on a ________ plate.

A．red

B．blue

C．white

D．yellow

2. According to the passage, red drinks may make people ________.

A．drink more

B．refuse it

C．drink less

D．feel scary

3. If you change the color of the food to blue, the food will probably ________.

A．make people feel happier	B．taste worse
C．make people feel hungrier	D．taste sweeter

4. What’s the best title of this passage?

A．Red and Water

B．Blue and Food

C．Sugar and Food

D．Color and Eating

【推荐3】I am a school boy. My name is Li Ming. I am fourteen . I’m in Class Two, Grade One. I have a brother. My brother’s name is Li Tao. He’s seventeen . He’s in Class One, Grade Three.
My brother and I are at school. We like our school. My parents are teachers. They work hard. My brother and I study at No. 8 Middle School . There are sixteen girls and twenty--two boys in my class.
We go to school from Monday to Friday. We have no classes on weekends. I usually get up at six
o’clock . I have breakfast at 6:00. I come to school at seven o’clock. Classes start at eight. We have lessons in the morning and two in the afternoon . I have lunch at 11:40 . At three thirty ,we have sports.
We study Chinese, English, math , history, biology, music and art. We like Chinese and English because they are very interesting.
I go home at five o’clock . I eat dinner at six. I do my homework at seven every evening. I do it for two hours . I go to bed at nine thirty.
1. My brother is        and I am        .

A．a worker, a student

B．a student, a worker

C．seventeen , fourteen

D．fourteen seventeen

2. I have         at eleven forty .

A．breakfast

B．lunch

C．dinner

D．supper

3. There are        students in my class.

A．22

B．36

C．38

D．40

4. I do my homework from        to         every evening.

A．seven , eight

B．six, eight

C．seven , nine

D．six, eight

5. Do they often have sports in the morning or in the afternoon ?

A．Yes, they do.

B．No , they don' t.

C．In the morning

D．In the afternoon .