【推荐2】

This is a new school in Shenzhen, Guangdong. There are 45 classes for students from Grade One to Grade Seven. Because of a video (视频), people from around China began to know about this school.

In the video, some students are busy in their classroom at noon. They move all the desks and chairs to the middle of the classroom. Then they pull beds out of the drawers (抽屉) against the wall. At last, one by one, all the students find their beds to sleep in. Just in a few minutes, the classroom turns into a bedroom!

The idea of the drawer bed is from the head teacher Luo Can. She thinks with a good nap (小睡) at noon, the students can learn better in the afternoon. That’s why she made the drawer bed.

“I saw the drawer bed on Douyin. It is so great. Good school, good head teacher!” said one parent.

1. What do we know about this school?

A．It is a high school.	B．It is in Guangdong.
C．It has seven classes.	D．It has a long history.

2. The underlined word “pull” means ________ in Chinese.

A．推入

B．撤离

C．阻止

D．拉出

3. From the text, we can know that ________.

A．people began to know about this school by visiting it

B．students turn the classroom into a bedroom in some hours

C．Luo Can made the drawer bed to let the students learn better in the afternoon

D．there are 45 classes for students from Grade One to Grade Eight

4. What do you think of Luo Can?

A．Busy.

B．Kind.

C．Free.

D．Young.

【推荐3】

	English Study Assessment (评价) Self-assessment	Grade: 9 Name: Amy
Listening skill: ☆ I can understand the teacher’s instructions and finish the listening tasks in class. Speaking skill: ☆ I can answer the questions loudly and clearly. ☆ I can discuss questions and express myself in simple English. Reading skill: ☆ I can find out the main ideas of passages quickly. ☆ I can read English newspapers and magazines which are fit for teenagers. Writing skill: ☆ I can write something in English correctly. ☆I can imitate the examples to write articles. Watching skill: ☆ I can know more about foreign culture from English videos or films. Group assessment ☆ Amy can help the group members a lot with English. English teacher assessment ☆ Amy can take an active part in the English class and get good grades.		1   2   3   4 □ □ □ ☑ □ □ □ ☑ □ □ □ ☑ □ □ □ ☑ □ □ ☑ □ □ □ ☑ □ □ □ □ ☑ □ ☑ □ □ □ □ □ ☑ □ □ ☑ □ Total points: 35
Comments: 30-40 Well done!     21-29 Keep it up!     Below 20 Try harder!

1. This term, Amy can improve ________ kinds of skills in English class.

A．five

B．six

C．seven

D．eight

2. ________ have assessed (评价) Amy.

A．Amy, her English teacher and her parents	B．Amy, group members and her parents
C．Amy, group members and her English teacher	D．Her English teacher, her parents and group members

3. Amy is the weakest in ________ and she should work harder at it next term.

A．speaking

B．writing

C．watching

D．reading

4. The comment (评论) for Amy should be “________”.

A．Well done!

B．Keep it up!

C．Try harder!

D．Practice more!

5. Why do the students use “English Study Assessment”?

A．To explain why they have passed the exam.

B．To check how much progress they have made.

C．To tell their parents what they’ve done at school.

D．To show what they have learned from others.

【推荐1】Are “Basics”Enough for Students?
An American education expert says many schools are spending too much time teaching the ―basics‖ – reading, math and writing. That might be different from what educators have been saying in America. But U.S. Education Secretary John King says children really need a well-rounded（全面的）education that includes music and the arts.
King spoke about his own education when explaining why schools need to teach more than math, reading and writing. His parents died when he was young. He said things in his house were frightening. It was his teacher in Grades Four, Five and Six – Mr. Osterweil – who helped him escape from his difficult life at home. Each day in Mr. Osterweil’s class, students would read a newspaper. The teacher took him and his classmates to the theater, the zoos and famous museums.
“Those were powerful, life-changing experiences,‖ King says. After he graduated from Harvard University, he took charge of New York State public schools from 2011-2015. ―I’m alive today, I’m doing the work that I do today because I had Mr. Osterweil during that period of my life,‖ King says. ―Students need to connect their studies to things that matter to them, such as music, if they want to become a thinker.‖
A 2013 report by UNESCO（联合国教科文组织）, says world needs people to be able to solve new and unusual problems now. It says arts can help students find those answers. In the report, UNESCO says teaching the arts in China, South Korea and Japan is different from that in many western countries. ―The educators in those three countries pay more attention on joyful experiences and children’s interests,‖ the report says. ―In the West, educators are more likely to connect the arts to reading, writing and math.”
Comparing countries is hard because they have different ways to define success. For example some people may think getting high marks in exams is success, while others may hold different views. A 2014 survey by the Program for International Student Assessment tried to compare how well countries teach children how to solve problems. It found Singapore, South Korea, Japan, and China with the highest scores. Singapore was the top one with a score of 562 out of 1,000. The average（平均的） score was 500. The United States had a score of 508, one point behind Germany.
So it may be worth rethinking what we should focus on in our class. The ―basics‖ is not the only part of education.

1. We can learn from the passage that __________.

A．King’s family life was warm and happy

B．King’s teacher focused on ―basics‖ more

C．educators in the West teach music for joy

D．arts can help students solvenew problems

2. The word “define” in Paragraph 6 probably means―_________”

A．get the pleasure of	B．make full use of
C．give the meaning of	D．take the place of

3. The writer probably agrees that______.

A．students need more than “basics”to learn

B．getting high marks in exams is success

C．education depends a lot on the hobbies

D．we need more time to learn “basics”

【推荐2】Tom’s Timetable (课程表)

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:20—9:05	Math	English	Chinese	English	Math
9:15—10:00	Chinese	Math	English	Chinese	Chinese
10:20—11:05	English	Chinese	Politics	Math	English
11:15—12:00	P.E.	Music	Biology	P.E.	Politics
14:30—15:15	History	Geography	Math	History	Science
15:25—16:10	Science	Biology	Art	Geography	Class meeting

阅读上面的信息，选择正确答案。
1. Tom has ________ Chinese classes every week.

A．four

B．five

C．three

D．six

2. Tom has ________ every day.

A．Chinese, math and English	B．music, biology and English
C．history, math and geography	D．art, science and politics

3. The first class in the afternoon begins (开始) at ________.

A．4:10 p.m.

B．3:25 p.m.

C．3:15 p.m.

D．2:30 p.m.

4. The class meeting is on ________.

A．Friday

B．Thursday

C．Monday

D．Tuesday

5. Tom’s timetable tells us he doesn’t have ________.

A．music

B．politics

C．science

D．computer science

【推荐3】根据短文内容，从短文后面的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项剩余。

Our school has some colorful labor lessons this term.     1     And you can know more about the nature around you.

Do you want to be a great cook? Maybe it’s a good chance. You don’t need to bring anything to the classroom, as long as you are free from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. every Thursday.

You must feel tired when helping parents do housework, or you might find it difficult to make the house clean and tidy.     2     You can learn some useful ways to do better. Miss Rome, a master (能手) in cleaning, is waiting for you at 3:30 p. m.

    3     Teachers guide students to plant flowers and vegetables in the garden. If the weather is fine, you can take lessons every day at 4:00 p. m. from March 20th to April 30th.

Have you ever dreamed of feeding animals, milking the cows, helping farmers harvest (丰收) or picking fresh fruit on the farm?     4     You will take the lesson from 14:00 to 18:00 every Sunday.

Please click (点击) www.courseplan.com to know more about the labor lessons.

A．This lesson can make your dream come true.

B．It’s a good way to help you get some living skills.

C．In this lesson, students can know where the rice comes from.

D．Every Wednesday, a two-hour lesson can help you a lot.

E．Would you like to take lessons out of classrooms?

【推荐1】Every year there is a Spring Festival in China. Usually it is in January or February. It is the most important festival in China. So before it comes, everyone has to prepare(准备) things. They buy chicken, fruits and many other things. And they often make a special(特别的) kind of food—“dumplings(饺子)”. On the day before the festival, parents buy new clothes for their children.

On the Spring Festival Eve, all the families get together to have a big dinner. This is a happy thing. Some sing and dance, some play games and others make the dinner. When they have dinner, they give each other the best wishes(祝福) for the coming year. They all have a good time.

根据短文内容、判断正误（正确“T”，错误“F”）。
1. The Spring Festival is in February every year.
2. People eat dumplings during the Spring Festival.
3. Children buy new clothes for their parents before the Spring Festival.
4. Families sing, dance and play sports on the Spring Festival Eve.
5. People have fun on the Spring Festival Eve.

【推荐2】Life is like the four seasons. Now I am very old, but when I was young, it was the spring of my life. I was born, I played a lot, and then I started school. I learned many new things. Like a flower, I grew bigger every day. There were happy days and sorrowful days: some days the sun shone, and some days it didn’t.

In my twenties, I had a good job. I was strong and happy. Then I married and had a child. In those days, I didn’t have much time to think. Every day I was busy and worked very hard. And so, I started to get some white hair. The summer of my life passed quickly.

Then the days got shorter. Leaves fell from the trees. My child was a university student, and then an engineer. My home was much quieter. I started walking more slowly. One day I stopped working. I had more time. I understood this was my autumn, a beautiful time when the trees change color and give us delicious fruits.

But the days kept getting shorter and colder. Winter has come. I am older and weaker. I know I do not have many days left, but I will enjoy them to the end.

1. According to the passage, which of the following ages is during the summer of his life?

A．15.

B．33.

C．62.

D．87.

2. What does the word “sorrowful” mean in this passage?

A．Sad.

B．Exciting.

C．Wonderful.

D．Glad.

3. Which of the following is true?

A．The writer was an engineer.

B．The writer had a garden with flowers.

C．The writer was always happy as a child.

D．The writer now is old and weak, but still he enjoys his life.

4. The best title of the passage can be “________”.

A．Four Seasons	B．My Life
C．Four Seasons in a Year	D．Four Seasons in My Life

【推荐3】Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children’s book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.

In 1954, Life magazine published a report on school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used rhyming words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.

In 1957, Doctor Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old child should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.

In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honoured for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents with.

He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, “I do not write for children. I write for people.”

1. Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that ________ .

A．some school children could not read

B．many children’s books were interesting

C．children wanted to learn to read

D．a writer for children was wanted

2. People like Doctor Seuss’s books because his books ________ .

A．are cheap and easy to get

B．were written in different languages

C．are easy and interesting to read

D．were written with invented words

3. Doctor Seuss wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of ________ .

A．50	B．53
C．56	D．87

4. From the passage we know that Doctor Seuss ________ .

A．won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death

B．sold millions of his books himself worldwide

C．changed American children’s way of reading

D．wrote the largest number of books in the world