【推荐1】①Today, it is a big problem for young people to get fine jobs after they leave universities. There are different kinds of jobs in the world. But how should young people choose the right one? That often worries them.

②“Finding a job” is not the same as “choosing a job”. Many young people can’t get right jobs. Here are a few steps to help you think about jobs which you might enjoy doing after you leave school or university.

③First, it is important to know what kind of person you are, what special qualities you have and what you are interested in? There is a difference between an interest and a skill. If you like art and enjoy looking at pictures, that is an interest. But if you can draw a horse and it looks like a horse not a big dog, that is a skill.

④Then ask yourself a question, “Of the following three skills—skill with people, skill with information and skill with things, which is my best skill?”

⑤After finding out your best skill, the next step is to study carefully. To find out as many different kinds of jobs as possible, go to the library and read books, magazines and newspapers for information. Ask your friends what they think of the work they do.

⑥The last step is to trust your own ideas and your own thinking! It is your own life. Just find the job you really enjoy doing.

1. What does the underlined word “one” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A．School.

B．University.

C．Problem.

D．Job.

2. Which of the following can be a skill according to the passage?

A．You are good at writing stories.	B．You enjoy listening to music.
C．You plan to run every morning.	D．You choose your favorite books.

3. What’s the structure of the passage?

A．①/②③④⑤⑥

B．①②/③④⑤⑥

C．①②③/④⑤/⑥

D．①②③④⑤/⑥

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

A．The Steps of Finding Out Best Skills	B．The Steps of Solving Problems
C．The Steps of Knowing Yourself	D．The Steps of Choosing a Right Job

【推荐3】

Hot Club Do you like to play table tennis? Do you want to play it well? Mr. Zhang is a good teacher. You can come here every Wednesday afternoon from 2:30 to 5:30. Telephone: 8665-7868 Address: Room 15, Blue Sky Hotel	Summer Job Do you like to talk with people? Do you like to write stories? Would you like to work for a magazine? Then come and work as a reporter. We offer you this chance from July to August. You can get 2000 yuan for a month. If you are interested, please call Karen at 5561-8823.
Swimmer Wanted Can you swim? Do you like children? Can you teach them to swim on Sunday? Come and join us. Call Joe at 8472-9999 for more information.	Guitar Player Wanted Do you love music? Can you play the guitar? Can you sing or dance? If you are free on Saturday night from 7 p. m. to 10 p. m., join our Sunshine Rock Band. Please call Mike at 5487-6598 or send email to sunshine @ yahoo. com.

根据语言材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. The Sunshine Rock Band needs ________.

A．a guitar player

B．a table tennis coach

C．a reporter

2. If you like writing, you can call ________ for a job.

A．5487-6598

B．5561-8823

C．8472-9999

3. Your classmate wants to learn to play table tennis, so you can advise her to call ________.

A．Mike

B．Mr. Zhang

C．Karen

4. What can we learn from the advertisements?

A．You can learn to play tennis in Room 15, Blue Sky Hotel.

B．The swimmer needs to work on Saturday.

C．You can get paid from the summer job.

5. The above advertisements are probably from ________.

A．a newspaper

B．a story book

C．a text book

【推荐1】For most teenagers, the kitchen may be a mysterious(神秘的) place. But Flynn McGarry is already able to take charge of(掌管) a kitchen.

At the age of 15, he was already a well-known teenage chef in the US. He has opened his own dining club at home and works with some of the best restaurants in his country.

McGarry’s love for cooking started at the age of 10. He practiced his knife skills after school and taught himself from books and the Internet. In his room, there are no video games, basketballs or movie posters, but pots, cutting boards and pans(平底锅).

When he was 11, McGarry’s parents helped turn his bedroom into a monthly supper club called Eureka. Each month, he hosted his mother’s friends and soon won the title of “culinary prodigy(烹饪神童)”. Now, people pay $160(979 yuan) per person to eat at Eureka.

McGarry does not stick with just simple types of cuisine(菜肴). He likes creating interesting dishes. “I could take a carrot and raise it to this amazing level that you’d never think you’re eating a carrot,” he said. The New York Times described his meals as “creative enough to make an experienced chef inferior(逊色的).”

As for the future, McGarry dreams of being a Michelin-starred chef. He plans to open his own restaurant by 19 and make it, as he puts it, “the best restaurant in the world.”

1. If Martin go to Eureka with his parents for dinner, how much do they pay in total?

A．$160.

B．480 yuan.

C．$2,937.

D．2937 yuan.

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．People can eat at Eureka for free.

B．McGarry’s parents supported his hobby.

C．McGarry hosts Eureka for his friends.

D．McGarry started Eureka four years ago.

3. According to The New York Times, McGarry’s dishes are _____.

A．strange

B．cheap

C．inferior

D．delicious

4. What is McGarry’s dream for the future?

A．To become a wealthy cook.	B．To open his own restaurant.
C．To cook for movie stars.	D．To work at a famous restaurant.

【推荐2】My family makes the best chicken salad. Dad prepares (准备) all of the ingredients and mom makes the relish. There are a few things that make this chicken salad different from other chicken salads. First, we use jam (果酱) in the relish. You can buy any jam, like banana jam or orange jam. But we have bottles of strawberry jam that my mother made, so we use the strawberry jam. Second, we put some green olives (橄榄). Green olives give the salad a nice taste and make a big difference. Now let me tell you how my family makes the salad.

First mix up all of the salad ingredients in a large bowl. The ingredients are chicken, tomatoes, green olives, onions and apples. If you like lettuce, you can also put some. Next, make the relish. Please mix the jam, the juice and the salt. Finally, mix the relish with the salad ingredients.

Do you have a favorite chicken salad recipe? Please tell us about it. You can write to greensalad@yahoo.com.

1. Who make(s) the chicken salad at home?

A．The writer.

B．The writer’s mother.

C．The writer’s father and mother.

2. The chicken salad is different because the writer’s family puts ________.

A．green olives and a different relish

B．chicken and a different relish

C．green olives and chicken

3. If you have a favorite chicken salad recipe, you can ________ the writer.

A．call

B．write an e-mail to

C．send a letter to

4. The passage is mainly about ________.

A．the writer’s family

B．the writer’s favorite dish

C．a different chicken fruit salad

【推荐3】        My family makes the best chicken salad. My dad buys all of the things and my mom makes the relish(佐料). There are a few things that make this chicken salad different from other chicken salads. First, we use fruit jam (果酱) in the relish. You can buy any fruit jam like banana jam or orange jam. But we have bottles of strawberry jam that my mother made, so we use the strawberry jam. Second, we put some green olives (橄榄). Green olives give the salad an interesting taste and make a big difference. Now let me tell you how my family makes the chicken salad.
        First, mix up all of the things in a large bowl. The ingredients are chicken, tomatoes, green olives, onions and apples. If you like lettuce, you can also put some. Next, make the relish. Please mix the jam, the juice and the salt together. Finally, mix the relish with the salad.
        Do you have a favorite chicken salad recipe? Please tell us about it. You can write to greensalad@yahoo. com.
1. The writer's family makes the best ________ salad.

A．fruit	B．duck
C．fish	D．chicken

2. What kind of jam does the writer's family use?

A．Strawberry jam.	B．Banana jam.
C．Orange jam.	D．All kinds of fruit jam.

3. The chicken salad is different because the writer's family puts________.

A．green olives and chicken	B．green olives and the different relish
C．lettuce and the different relish	D．chicken and the different relish

4. If you have a favorite chicken salad recipe, you can ________ the writer.

A．call	B．write an e­mail to
C．visit	D．send a letter to

5. The passage is mainly about ________.

A．the writer's favorite dish	B．all kinds of fruit salads
C．a different chicken salad	D．the writer's family

【推荐1】A University Professor Turns Into an Astronaut

Gui Haichao is a young professor at Beihang University. On May 30, 2023, he arrived at China’s space station by Shenzhou XVI spacecraft. He has become an idol for numerous people in China overnight.

Gui grew up in a rural family in Shi Dian County, Yunnan Province. He loved science as a child. He kept a set of encyclopedias (百科全书) from which he gained a lot of knowledge about space. In his second year of high school, he listened to the campus radio and got the news of Yang Liwei’s first space flight for China. Suddenly, he felt excited, and his interest in exploring (探索) space began. After his college entrance examination, Gui placed first in science in his county, and he was admitted to Beihang University.

“I wasted no time in applying,” Gui remembered the moment when he found the notice. In 2018, China made a plan to recruit (招募) its third group of astronauts. After several rounds of selection for more than two years, Gui stood out among about 2,500 candidates and became one of the four selected payload experts.

Over the past few years, Gui has got survival training (生存训练) in deserts and been trained to handle those complex (复杂的) equipment (设备). He learned to do experiments in the space environment. The training was a great challenge for him. “I felt very dizzy often,” said Gui. “So I added exercise and used some methods used by pilots.”

As a teacher, Gui was strict about studying. When reviewing essays for students, he would always give the right advice in detail. Gui would sometimes list 30 to 40 suggestions, even pointing out incorrect images. In the eyes of his students, Gui is positive (乐观的) and open-minded, seldom affected by a bad mood. In the face of setbacks (挫折), he quickly cheers himself up and gets back to his work with passion (激情).

Gui has done space experiments in many fields. “I believe that we can finish the mission with our team’s efforts,” he said proudly.

1. What is Gui Haichao?

A．A university professor.

B．An astronaut.

C．Both A and B.

2. As a teacher, what do Gui’s students think of him?

A．Strict and sometimes affected by a bad mood.

B．Seldom communicate with his students.

C．Positive, open-minded and can be quickly cheered up.

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Besides Gui Haichao, another three more payload experts had been selected in the third group of astronauts’ recruiting.

B．Yang Liwei is Gui’s teacher who interests him in space scientific work.

C．As a payload expert, Gui had to get trainings of survival in deserts and doing experiments in the space environment as well.

【推荐2】

I am Turere. I come from Kitengela, a farming community on the edge (边缘) of Nairobi National Park of Kenya (肯尼亚). Since the age of nine, I have helped to look after my family’s cows. As a child, in my free time, I enjoyed playing with electronics. I made my own inventions, such as electronics toys from car parts and other things. I also built other electronic devices (仪器) for my neighbors.

At the age of 13, I invented something that changed my life. It also changed the lives of many people in my community. One night, a lion from the park came into my family’s farm and killed one of our cows. I was angry. However, killing the lion, I thought, was not the best way to solve the problem. Instead, I decided to invent a solution.

The first idea I got was to use fire, because I thought lions were scared of fire. But I came to realize that didn't really help, because it was even helping the lions to see through the cowshed (牛棚). So I didn't give up. I continued.

And a second idea I got was to use a scarecrow (稻草人). I was trying to trick the lions into thinking that I was standing near the cowshed. But lions are very clever. They will come the first day and they see the scarecrow, and they go back. But the second day, they'll come and they say, this thing is not moving here, it is always here! So he jumps in and kills the animal.

So one night, I was walking around the cowshed with a torch (手电筒), and that day the lions didn’t come. And I discovered that lions were afraid of a moving light. So I had an idea ...

1. What was Turere interested in when he was a child?

A．Tricking the neighbors.	B．Looking after cows.
C．Playing with electronics	D．Making car parts.

2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to?

A．The lion.

B．The scarecrow.

C．The cow.

D．The cowshed.

3. What's the solution to driving the lion away?

A．Using a moving light.	B．Using a torch.
C．Using a scarecrow.	D．Using fire.

【推荐3】In April this year, lots of bags full of small change were seen at bus stops in Tianjin. They were made for passengers to turn their notes (纸币) into small change. And such an idea came from four students from Zhongbei Middle School, Tianjin.

“People will surely feel worried when they take a bus without coins. We just want to do something to help them.” said Wang Yongcun, 15, one of the four students.

The four boys spent their whole weekend making the change bags. After that they went to see the number of the passengers at each bus stop near their school, and then chose the top six stops to put the bags.

Many people think that the four boys have really done a good job. But things didn’t go as the boys thought. Two days later, they found that the money was gone, and that even the bags were missing. It really made them sad but they would not give up. Their classmates and teachers came to help them in time. They put their pocket money in bags again. And the teachers also taught them to make better change bags. They tried their best to do it.

The four boys feel very happy because they have done something good for the passengers. Their warm hearts are moving. More and more people are beginning to join in the activity.

1. What does the underlined word “change” mean in Chinese?

A．机会

B．变化

C．替代

D．零钱

2. The idea of small change bags came from ________.

A．four students from Zhongbei Middle School

B．four teachers from Zhongbei Middle School

C．four passengers from bus stops in Tianjin

D．four workers from bus stops in Tianjin

3. What can we know from Wang Yongcun’s words?

A．Where the change came from.	B．Why they made the change bags.
C．How they made the change bags.	D．When they made the change bags.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 4?

A．Nobody helped the four boys.

B．The four boys didn’t meet any problems.

C．Many people were unhappy with the four boys.

D．The four boys would keep making the change bags.

5. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Practice Makes Perfect	B．Reading Makes a Full Man
C．Helping Brings Happiness	D．All Roads Lead to Rome

【推荐1】When I was in primary school, I just needed to study. My parents would do all the housework. I often threw my things everywhere. So our house was usually in a mess.

One day, when my mother went home after work and found a lot of rubbish in our house, she was so angry at me. And I was told that I must do some housework from then on. At first, I was unhappy, because I thought housework was what grown-ups should do. Although I was unwilling to do the housework, I followed what my mother said. That day, I spent 6 hours cleaning up all the rooms. After finishing it, I was so tired. At that time, I understood doing housework was actually harder than I used to imagine. How tired my parents were! They had to do housework after whole day's work. I thought I must share the chores with them. I began to learn to do more housework. They were glad to see my change. Now I have a much closer relationship with my parents.

As a member of a family, we should take responsibility for the family. We are supposed to share the housework together and help our parents as much as possible.

根据语篇内容，判断下列句子正误，正确的为“T”，错误的为“F”。
1. I threw a lot of rubbish in our house when I was young.
2. At first, I was unhappy, so I didn’t do the housework.
3. It took me six hours to clean up the rooms.
4. I understood doing housework was easier than I used to imagine.
5. We should help our parents to do the housework.

【推荐2】When I was a teenager, I volunteered to distribute water at a local (当地的) race. I was so excited to see all the different runners who passed by and quickly took a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past.

I saw so many kinds of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it, too! The next year I decided to run for the race, but I had little running practice. I just wanted to finish.

On the day of the race, it was very hot. After running for about 5 miles, I was thinking, “I must be crazy. Why did I do this? What was I thinking ?” And at one moment (一瞬间), I said to myself, “I am never doing this again!”

That first 10 km race was quite an experience. I jogged (慢跑), walked, jogged and walked. I didn’t know if I could finish.

Near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, and I felt a little embarrassed (尴尬的) that I couldn’t even keep up with (跟上) him. But then I realized something. He was running his race and I was running mine. How often do we compare ourselves to others when we really shouldn’t ? I decided that I wouldn’t give up running races, and one day I would be one of those 70-year-olds who were still running.

As I crossed the finishing line, I was proud of (为……感到自豪) myself. I didn’t regret (后悔) having such an experience.

1. What does the underlined word “distribute” mean?

A．sell

B．buy

C．give out

D．borrow

2. Why did the writer join the race?

A．He just wanted to experience.

B．He was crazy about running.

C．He was practiced running very hard.

D．He wanted very much to win a prize.

3. How did the writer’s feeling change after running for about 5 miles?
①He regretted.            ②He encouraged himself.     ③He felt a little embarrassed.

A．①-②-③

B．②-①-③

C．①-③-②

D．②-③-①

4. What is the best title (标题) of the passage?

A．To be No.1.	B．Let’s compare.
C．A volunteering job.	D．Running your own race.

【推荐3】Sally Ride was born in California in 1951. She was the first American woman to travel into space. She loved to play tennis and wanted to be a tennis player when she was young. But after three months’ professional (专业的) training, she changed her mind. She went to Stanford University and started to study science. She studied stars and planets. She did researches at the university and got her PhD in astrophysics (天体物理学博士学位) after several years’ hard work.

In 1977, she took a test to become an astronaut. And then she was picked up from over 8, 000 people. In order to realize her dream of going into space, she had to get different kinds of special and difficult training. She learned how to fly a plane, how to jump out of a plane as well as how to operate (操作) special machines.

Sally and four other astronauts flew a spaceship called Challenger on Jun. 18, 1983. She became the first American woman to travel into space. Later, she taught at the University of California. Then she wrote seven books on space for children, encouraging children to study science. Unfortunately, she died in 2012.

1. Sally Ride studied            at Stanford University.

A．science

B．engineering

C．physics

D．music

2. When did Sally Ride go into space?

A．In 1951.

B．In 1977.

C．In 1983.

D．In 2012.

3. Sally Ride taught at the University of California           .

A．before she got her PhD in astrophysics

B．before she went to Stanford University

C．after she wrote books on space

D．after she travelled into space

4. Which is NOT true about Sally Ride?

A．She learned how to fly a plane.

B．She learned how to produce machines.

C．She learned how to jump out of a plane.

D．She learned how to use special machines.

5. Which is the best title of the passage?

A．The first American woman writer

B．The first American woman astronaut

C．The first American woman teacher

D．The first American woman scientist