【推荐1】Liu Fen is studying in a American school now. He is from Nanchang, China. All of his lessons are very good, but he is a little shy. He doesn’t talk much with his classmates because he thinks there are so many differences between him and them.

That is true. His classmates speak different languages, have different eating habits, and even their looks are different from his. For example, Liu Feng’s hair is short, black and straight, but his classmates’ are not the same. Mike’s hair is yellow and long. Sam’s hair is curly and brown. Molly’s hair is blonde. Liu Feng thinks his classmates’ builds and clothes seem to be strange, too. For example, Alan is a tall and thin boy, but he wears a colorful T-shirt. Tom is short, but he’s a little heavy with a big nose and long curly hair.

1. Where is Liu Fen studying now?

A．In Nanchang.

B．In China.

C．In America.

D．In Shanghai.

2. The underlined word “them” in the first paragraph refers to(指代) “        ”.

A．Liu Feng’s classmates in China	B．Liu Feng’s classmates in America
C．Liu Feng’s teachers in China	D．Liu Feng’s teachers in America

3. Who has yellow and long hair?

A．Liu Feng.

B．Mike.

C．Sam.

D．Molly.

4. Liu Feng thinks his classmates’ builds and clothes are           .

A．great

B．terrible

C．beautiful

D．strange

【推荐2】When our first grandchildren, Noah, was born, we were over the moon with excitement! We had expectations of what he would look like, how he would laugh, and how he would grow and develop like most babies. But unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned. Noah faced a lot of health problems from the very beginning. It was difficult and trying time for our family as we watched him struggle. Doctors gave him a label（标签）that broke our hearts — “failure to thrive（茁壮成长）.”

One of the things we take for granted when we have children is their ability to eat. Unfortunately, Noah wasn’t able to suck（吮吸）like most babies. He couldn’t eat on his own, and it was heartbreaking for us to see him go through so much pain and discomfort. The doctors had to give him a feeding tube just to keep him alive.

One day, while I was at the grocery store, I saw a young mother walking by with her newborn baby. The baby started to cry a little, and in a disgusted（厌恶的）voice, the mother complained that she had to feed the baby again. It broke my heart to hear her complaining about something that I knew so many parents would be grateful for. So, I decided to share with her what Noah was going through. I told her, “You have no idea how thankful my daughter would be to feed Noah like you’re able to.”

Noah is a unique and outgoing boy. Today, he’s 13 years old, and he has come a long way since those early days. He has faced many challenges, but he has also achieved so much. We’re grateful that he can do things today that we never thought would be possible.

1. Why didn’t things go as planned?

A．Because the author didn’t see Noah’s birth in person.

B．Because the author was on the moon when Noah was born.

C．Because Noah wasn’t as normal as they had expected.

D．Because Noah was born to be strong but couldn’t laugh.

2. A feeding tube could help Noah ________.

A．breathe air freely	B．learn to eat on his own
C．feel less pain and discomfort	D．take in what he needed to live

3. What did the author share with the young mother at the grocery store?

A．How to be a good mother	B．How to feed a baby
C．Noah’s health condition	D．Complaints from Noah’s mother

4. What does the author want to tell us in this story?

A．Life is not always fair.	B．Be grateful for what we have.
C．How to make a child healthy.	D．Work hard and achieve higher.

【推荐3】It is the 22^nd century (世纪)and it is very popular to change people’s bodies.
Mr. Smith decided to change his body. He changed his big nose to a small one, and his old and gray hair to short and blond hair. He also bought new green eyes, new hands, new arms, new knees and new feet. Mrs. Smith was happy because Mr. Smith’s new feet didn’t smell as bad as his old feet.
However, something bad happened. One morning, Mr. Smith woke up and his new nose didn’t work. The next morning he couldn’t hear anything. Then his new blond hair went gray, and his new knees didn’t move. And finally he could see nothing with his green eyes.
It was really terrible. Mr. Smith wanted his old body back. However, he had to pay 100,000 euro (欧元)for his old body.
It was expensive but Mr. Smith still got his own body back. He would never follow the fashion.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案，
1. What was Mr. Smith’s new hair like?

A．Short and gray.	B．Long and gray.
C．Short and blond.	D．Long and blond.

2. Why was Mrs. Smith happy?

A．Because Mr. Smith’s new look was cool.

B．Because Mr. Smith’s new feet were small.

C．Because Mr. Smith looked younger than before.

D．Because Mr. Smith’s new feet didn’t smell bad.

3. What did Mr. Smith think of his new body at the beginning?

A．Strange.

B．Fantastic.

C．Terrible.

D．Clean.

4. Which part of Mr. Smith’s body went wrong first?

A．The new nose.	B．The new eyes.
C．The new knees.	D．The new ears.

5. What did Mr. Smith pay 100,000 euro for?

A．Buying his new nose.	B．Getting his old eyes.
C．Buying another new body.	D．Getting his old body back.

【推荐1】

Different food types when it comes to processing: Whole: foods that have gone through zero or little processing, such as boiling. Processed: foods that have something added, such as salt and sugar. Ultra-processed (超加工的): foods that have many additives (添加剂).
Different kinds of food and their nutrients (营养):
	Vegetables	Fruit	Meat	Nuts (坚果)	More nutrients ↑ Fewer nutrients
Whole	Sweet potatoes	Apples	Baked Chicken	Peanuts
Processed	Sweet potato fries	Applesauce	Fried chicken legs	Peanut butter
Ultra-processed	Sweet potato pie	Applesauce muffins	Fried chicken nuggets	Peanut butter cookies
Health problems: According to studies, people who often eat ultra-processed food are: 39% more likely to develop high blood pressure. 24% more likely to have serious heart problems.
Addictive (上瘾的) power: People may have bad feelings if they stop eating ultra-processed food. Addiction is a problem for 14% of adults and 12% of children.

1. Which of the following foods belongs to the whole food?

A．Peanut butter.

B．Chocolate.

C．Ice cream.

D．Boiled corn.

2. What kind of food has the most nutrients?

A．The whole food.	B．The processed food.
C．The half-processed food.	D．The ultra-processed food.

3. What kind of health problems may people get if they like eating ultra-processed food?

A．Over fat.

B．Heart disease.

C．Stomachache.

D．Low blood pressure.

4. What percent of adults may be addicted to ultra-processed food?

A．12%.

B．14%.

C．24%.

D．39%.

5. In which part of the magazine can we read the text?

A．History.

B．Sports.

C．Health.

D．Culture.

【推荐2】This is not a diet. It’s a simple way to lose weight. And you don’t even have to stay away from the food you love or join a gym. You just follow some habits that thin people have. Keep them, and you’ll become thin.

Wake up When you wake up in the morning, sit up slowly without using your hands. With legs straight out, bend forward until you feel sore in your back. It will burn about 10 calories（卡路里）.

Start with soup. When you have a meal, order a clear soup, and have it before having the main food. In this way, you’ll feel fuller, so you’ll eat less when the main food comes.

An apple (or more) a day. Apples are full of fiber（纤维）and water, so your stomach will want less .The study shows that people who eat at least three apples a day lose weight.

Stand up and walk around. Every time you use the mobile phone, stand up and walk around. Heavy people sit on average（平均）two and a half hours more each day than thin people. This skill is very important as standing up and walking around will burn 50 or more calories.

Use these skills, and you will have a big weight loss.

1. What should we have first if we want to eat less main food?

A．Soup.

B．Ice cream.

C．Salad.

D．Cheese.

2. Why does eating apples make one’s stomach want less food?

A．Because apples are delicious.	B．Because apples are full of fiber and water.
C．Because apples are sour (酸的).	D．Because only apples are full of calories.

3. What’s the purpose of the passage ?

A．To give some advice on how to lose weight.	B．To advise people to eat apples every day.
C．To tell people how to enjoy a better life.	D．To advise people to give up bad habits.

4. In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read the passage?

A．Shopping.

B．Teaching.

C．Family.

D．Health.

【推荐1】Emma stared sadly out of the window of the bus. Only 50 miles outside town was the farm where she grew up. She thought about the farm all the time, especially the animals.

When her family sold the farm and moved to nearby town, Emma was excited. But when she got to the new school, she felt out of place. She had few classmates to talk to.

With a sigh, Emma turned her attention back to the present. The bus came to a stop. “Welcome to the Nature Center,” her teacher said. “A guide will give us a presentation about the animals, and then you’ll help to feed the baby squirrels. Now, I want everyone to find a partner.”

Emma didn’t have any friends yet who would be her partner? Emma got close to Julia, a talkative and outgoing girl. “Could I be your partner?” Emma asked uncertainly.

“Sure,” said Julia warmly.

Together, the girls walked into the center. After the presentation, a keeper showed them how to hold the bottle of milk for baby squirrels. Then the girls started to feed their own baby squirrels.

After the babies finished eating, the keeper asked, “Would you like to help feed the adult squirrels, too?”

Emma was quick to volunteer, but when the keeper opened the first cage, a squirrel inside jumped out. Emma remained calm, held out her hand, made quiet sounds, and then quickly got it.

“Wow! You are so brave!” Julia said. “You’re always so quiet. I thought you were afraid of everything.”

“I know that we have to stay calm when animals are frightened or excited.”

The keeper nodded in agreement and asked Emma, “Would you like to volunteer to help out with the animals at the center?”

“Cool! I would love to work here! That’s a great chance!” Emma replied cheerfully.

That afternoon, in the bus on the way back to school, Emma sat next to Julia, her new friend. A rush of new-found happiness washed over her.

1. How did Emma feel when she got to the new school?

A．Excited but sad.	B．Nervous and lonely.
C．Lonely and sad.	D．Warm but nervous.

2. What probably help Emma stay calm when the squirrel jumped out?

A．Her decision to protect her friend.	B．Her knowledge from her classmates.
C．Her close relationship with the squirrel.	D．Her experience with animals on the farm.

3. On the way back to school, Emma felt happy because ________.

A．the teacher praised her for being brave

B．she easily caught the baby squirrel

C．she returned to the farm and learned a lot about animals

D．she could care for animals again and made a friend

4. Which of the following shows the order of the development of the story?
a. Emma moved from the farm to the town.
b. Emma did well in feeding adult squirrels.
c. Emma got a chance to feed baby squirrels.
d. Emma was invited to volunteer at the center.
e. Emma partnered with Julia at Nature Centre.

A．a-e-c-b-d

B．a-d-e-c-b

C．e-c-b-d-a

D．d-e-c-b-a

5. What’s the best title for this article?

A．Lovely squirrels.	B．Emma got to a new school.
C．Emma found a new friend.	D．Emma’s tour to the Nature center.

【推荐2】There is a motto（座右铭） hanging on the wall of my bedroom.“ A life is like a field of newly fallen snow. Where I choose to walk, the steps will show.” Every time I stand in front of it, I can’t help thinking of what happened three years ago.

At that time I was very active in Western Middle School as a new member of the Students Union （学生会） . One day before the final exams, the Union wanted some students to write some articles and asked us to finish them in a week. But everyone was so busy preparing for the exams that no one could be glad to do such a job. When the president（主席） asked me to do it, I agreed with him without thinking twice in order that I could give him a good impression（印象）.

In the following days, I was busy with my final exams until the day the president asked me for the article. When he found that I didn’t even write down a word, he felt very angry and said, “I will give you one more day and I hope I can see it on my table on Friday morning.” It was impossible for me to finish it in such a short day.

The next day, the president told me that I was fired（解雇） by the Union.

When my father knew what happened to me, he asked, “Why didn’t you write it as soon as you promised it?”

“Because I was so busy at that time…what’s more…” I tried to find more reasons.

“My son, you have to remember that every time you are in trouble, don’t give yourself any excuse. Everyone who wants to be successful has to be brave to face his own mistake.”

That night my father wrote that motto and I hung it in my bedroom.

根据材料内容判断正误, 正确填A, 错误填B。
1. There is a motto（座右铭） written on the wall of the writer’s bedroom.
2. The writer was a new member of the Students Union in Western Middle School three years ago.
3. The president（主席） asked the writer to write the article because he wanted to leave a good impression.
4. The writer didn’t even write down a word and felt very angry.
5. The writer’s father wrote that motto in order to tell the writer to be brave to face his mistakes.

【推荐1】A man hated his wife’s cat very much and decided to get rid（摆脱）of the cat one day by driving him 20 blocks from his home and leaving him at the park.

As he was getting home, the cat was walking up the driveway.

The next day he decided to drive the cat 40 blocks away. He put the cat out and headed home.

When he reached his driveway, there was the cat!

The man got a bit angry. He didn’t understand why the cat could always find his way home.

Finally, he decided to drive hundreds of kilometres away. He drove out of town, through the desert（沙漠）and into the next state until he reached what he thought was a perfect place. He believed the cat couldn’t remember the way this time so he let the cat out and headed back.

Hours later the man called home to his wife: “Honey, is the cat there?”

“Yes,” the wife answers. “Why do you ask?”

“Put him on the phone,” the man replies. “I’m lost and need directions.”

1. What did the man want to do?

A．Drive to different places.	B．Throw away his wife’s cat.
C．Teach his cat to go home.	D．Travel with his wife’s cat.

2. How many times did the man drop the cat?

A．Once.

B．Twice.

C．Three times.

D．Four times.

3. What was the cat good at?

A．Finding its way home.	B．Answering the phone.
C．Walking a long way.	D．Getting along with the man.

4. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．The cat was lost.	B．The man lost his way.
C．The man was happy.	D．The cat needed directions.

【推荐2】I was woken up by a strange sound. I saw something moving by my window. I was scared and ran downstairs. I found my mom in the kitchen, getting my brother ready for school.

“Mom ,did you hear anything? I, uh... I thought I saw an alien.”

“Are you all right? Just a dream!” Mom answered.

Then I went back to my room. As I walked to the window, I cried. I saw a little alien, no more than three feet tall, with big and black eyes. It tried to run between my legs and escape through the window. Although I was scared, for some reason, I squeezed (挤) my legs together in time to catch it. It took out something and hurt me. I felt a terrible sense of nothingness and fainted (晕倒). Then I woke up.

At first, I could hardly move. I wasn’t sure whether it was a dream or not. I pulled myself out of the bed and walked downstairs. I saw my mom in the kitchen. She was really getting my brother ready for school, wearing her pink clothes. Then I realized it was just a dream because in my dream she was wearing her work clothes.

From then on, I always dreamed about aliens and all the dreams felt so real. At that   time, I really thought maybe I had some kind of relationship with aliens. About two months later, I stopped having such dreams. Later I realized that I used to have those dreams because I always read books or watched TV programs about aliens before I fell asleep!

1. What did the writer first do when he saw the alien?

A．He was too scared to move.

B．He was so scared that he fainted.

C．He tried to catch the alien.

D．He knew it was a dream and wasn’t afraid.

2. The underlined word “nothingness” in Paragraph 4 means “________” in Chinese.

A．无知觉

B．无底洞

C．无限大

D．无止境

3. Why did the writer use to have dreams about aliens?

A．Because he was terribly ill.

B．Because he had some kind of relationship with aliens.

C．Because the dreams were all about the writer’s real experiences.

D．Because he often did something about aliens before going to bed.

【推荐3】I had hidden the long black bag in the garage for the past two days. Tonight, in the dark, I would finally take it away. If everything went OK, it would be done by morning. But I had to be sure no one, not even my wife, saw me.

It was more difficult to get away from the party than I expected. I said that the children were tired and needed to get to bed. It was partly true. But the main reason for leaving was that I wanted to complete my plan.

First I had to get the kids to sleep. That was never easy at any time and tonight it was even more difficult. The eldest one wanted to know why we left the party early. I told him 10:30 pm was not early. As usual, I read them a bed story, but I had to stop myself reading too quickly or they would learn my secret.

Silence finally came, and feeling like a thief in the night, I went out of the house and into the garage. Taking one end, I dragged the bag out from its hiding place and took it into the garden. I was worried that my neighbor might see me and call the police.

1t was already eleven o’clock. By the light of the moon I started working, trying to make a little noise as possible. And that was not easy with a saw（锯子）and a hammer.

After much effort, my work was finally completed. I looked down at my watch. It was exactly 4:00 am. Then I went inside to have a shower and get a few hours of sleep. It wouldn’t be long now before the kids would rush into my room and wake me up to tell me about the new tree-house Father Christmas had brought them this year.

1. Why did the man feel nervous?

A．He left the party too late.	B．He was afraid of the darkness.
C．He didn’t know where the black bag was.	D．He worried that others would discover his secret.

2. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 refers to?

A．thieves.

B．parents.

C．children.

D．neighbours.

3. In what order did the man do the following?
a. Read the kids a story.          b. Had a shower          c. Worked in the moonlight
d. Dragged the bag from the garage.       e. Went to a party

A．e-d-a-b-c

B．e-a-d-c-b

C．a-b-e-d-c

D．a-e-d-c-b

4. How would the children feel when they saw the man’s work?

A．Confused.

B．Excited.

C．Tired.

D．Angry.