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Title: The Last Equation   (方程式) By: Stuart Gibbs Reviewed By： Zara Lee The police are looking for a special equation. It could destroy the world if the bad people get it. The police turn to Charlie, a 12-year-old girl for help. She is as smart as Albert Einstein. Charlie doesn't have a lot of time to solve the world's problems but she is the only one who can do it. People who like adventure will enjoy reading this wonderful book.

Title: Astronauts By: Jon Scieszka Reviewed By: Richard Mani In this book, the Earth has been full of rubbish because of humans. Some animals from Mount Rushmore decide to do something. Their mission is to find a new planet fit for human life. Eventually they discover one: Plant Planet. What the writer is trying to tell readers is simple: Do not harm the planet any more.

Title: Stargazing By: Jen Wang Reviewed By： Nora Wilson Moon is new in Christine's school. Christine hears that Moon beats people for fun. Unfortunately, Moon comes to live with Christine's family. And then the two children become best friends. Stargazing is written according to what truly happened to the writer as a child. The story is about the power of friendship and how people are able to change.

Title: Roll with it By: Jamie Sumner Reviewed By: Joe Lin "Roll with It” is a story about a 12-year-old girl named Ellie. She has suffered from cerebral palsy since she was a baby. It makes her hard to walk on her own, so she has to use a wheelchair all the time. When Ellie and her mom move to another place, she must learn to explore a new school. This book is a must-read for everyone. Ifs a heartwarming story that shows the value of family.

1. Charlie can ________ for the police in "The Last Equation".

A．destroy the world

B．stop the time

C．find Albert Einstein

D．save the world

2. _______wrote the book based on his or her own experience.

A．Stuart Gibbs

B．Jon Scieszka

C．Jen Wang

D．Jamie Sumner

3. If a reader cares about the pollution problem, he may be interested in "   ________".

A．The Last Equation

B．Astronauts

C．Stargazing

D．Roll with It

4. Joe Lin recommends “Roll with it” because _________.

A．it is the most expensive one among these books

B．it is an interesting story about a new school

C．he knows everything about Ellie's family

D．he is deeply touched by Ellie's story

5. On __________readers can most probably find this passage.

A．www. we-love-books. com	B．www. movie-reviewing, com
C．www. the-wonderful-adventure. com	D．www. friends-and-families. com

【推荐3】It is increasingly popular for Chinese young people to share their experiences on Social media (媒体), such as the WeChat Moments (朋友圈).

“I have been reading Gone with the Wind for 40 days.” Luo Lan said. Luo has been sharing her reading experience on WeChat moments every day since March.

Working in Changsha, capital of Hunan, Luo wants to learn English very much, but she is busying with her daily work in a hospital.

“I found many of my WeChat friends had been reading books or learning English on mobile reading apps, and I did not want to fall behind,” Luo said.

In March she spent more than 100 yuan buying an online reading class at the Bohe Reading app, which tells customers they can: “Finish reading your first English book here.” At the reading class, teachers give reading homework and instructions to 430 class members every day.

A survey report said 70.9 % of primary and middle students in China use the WeChat instant messaging App. At the same time, 75.9 % of Chinese children have their own mobile phones, according to China National Children’s Center. However, 28.8 % of them never read news online and 43.2% have never touched newspapers. At the same time, China National Children’s Center suggested that we should protect children’s privacy (隐私) as Internet users.

1. In the second paragraph, Gone with the Wind is _______.

A．a book

B．a game

C．a piece of news

2. What’s Luo Lan?

A．A worker.

B．A teacher.

C．A doctor.

3. What percentage of Chinese children never read newspapers?

A．28.8%

B．43.2%

C．75.9%

4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．The online reading class cost Luo Lan more than100 yuan.

B．Luo Lan gave reading homework to 430 class members every day.

C．A lot of Luo Lan’s WeChat friends learn English on mobile reading apps.

5. What did the China National Children’s Center suggest?

A．We should protect children’s privacy.

B．We should read newspaper every day.

C．We should take an online English reading course.

【推荐1】From tiny seeds (种子), great discoveries grow. A mini-garden carried on China’s Chang’e 4 moon lander recently became home to the first plant to grow on another world.

This is yet another success for Chang’e 4. On January 2, the probe (探测器) became the first lander to touch down on the far side of the moon. This is the unknown face of the moon that is always looking away from us, so we never see it from down here on the earth. Although it is often regarded as the dark side of the moon, the far side actually gets as much sunshine as the near side. For example, when all we can see is a silver of a new moon, the far side of the moon is in full sunlight.

Part of Chang’e 4’s mission (使命) is to see how a moon base could be built for humans, including exploring (探索) whether humans could grow food and other plant products there. Change’4 carried a mini-garden with air, water and soil with seeds planted in it. When plants shoot on the earth, their stems grow away from the gravity (the force that keeps your feet on the ground) and so they always shoot upwards. The moon’s gravity is a sixth as strong as the earth’s, so Chang’e 4’s experiment was a test: would the earth plants know which way was up on the moon? Four days after landing, a tiny cotton shoot showed that they do.

Night has now fallen on the far side of the moon; sunlight will not return until the start of February. As a result, the cotton shoots died. Besides the darkness, the plants can’t stand the cold (it can drop to -170 ℃ on the moon at night). However, the experiment is a success, since it has proved that it is possible for plants to grow in space.

1. The passage is mainly about ________.

A．another success for Change’4	B．Chang’e 4 moon lander
C．tiny seeds in the soil	D．the steps of an experiment

2. Which of the following is TRUE about Chang’ e 4?

A．It explored the moon base.	B．It landed on the near side of the moon.
C．It found plants on the moon.	D．It carried a mini-garden.

3. According to the passage we can know that ________.

A．the far side of the moon gets less sunlight

B．the earth plants know the way to grow on the moon

C．we can see the far side of the moon from the earth

D．the stems fail to grow away from the earth’s gravity

4. What can be inferred (推理) from the last paragraph?

A．There is no sunlight on the far side of the moon.

B．The cotton shoots grew quickly and healthily on the moon.

C．Plants can be widely grown on the moon in the near future.

D．Sunlight and temperature are important for plants to grow on the moon.

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Scientists have always wanted to know more about the universe.

Years ago, they knew many things about the moon. They knew how big it was and how far away it was from the Earth. But they wanted to know more about it. They thought the best way was to send men to the moon.

The moon is about 384,000 kilometers away from the Earth. A plane can not fly to the moon, because the air reaches only 240 kilometers away from the Earth. But something can fly even when there is no air. That is the rocket.

How does a rocket fly? There is gas (气体) in the rocket. When the gas is made very hot inside the rocket, it will rush out of the end of the rocket, so it can make the rocket fly up into the sky.

Rockets can fly out into the space. Rockets with men in them have been to the moon. Several satellites without men in them have flown to another planet much farther away than the moon. One day rockets may be able to go to any place in space.

1. Scientists have known ________ the moon was.

A．how long

B．how heavy

C．how big

2. A plane can not fly to the moon because ________.

A．there is no air above 240 kilometers away from the Earth

B．there is no gas in the plane

C．the plane is not strong enough

3. The hot gas in the rocket is used for ________.

A．keeping the air in the rocket fresh

B．making the rocket fly up

C．keeping the men in the rocket warm

4. Several satellites without men in them have flown to ________.

A．the stars

B．the satellites of the Sun

C．another planet much farther away than the moon

【推荐3】Our nearest neighbour is the moon. In the sky, the moon and the sun seem to be of the same size because the moon is much nearer.

The moon makes the tides(潮汐)—the changes in the level of the sea. The moon and the sun together pull the sea. In some parts of the world, the difference between “high tide”(when the sea is very near to the land) and “low tide”(when the sea is far away from the land) is very big. This is very important for ships.

The moon is very different from the earth. Gravity on the moon is six times weaker than that on the earth. There isn’t any air. During the day, it is very, very hot but at night it is very, very cold. Nothing can live on the moon.

If the moon goes between the earth and the sun, we have an eclipse(日食) of the sun. The moon stops the light from the sun and we have night in the day.

If the earth goes between the moon and the sun, we have an eclipse of the moon(月食). The moon goes into the shadow(影子) of the earth and it disappears for a few minutes.

1. When the sea is far away from the land, we call it “________”．

A．high tide

B．low tide

C．shadow

D．gravity

2. Gravity on the earth is ________ times stronger than that on the moon.

A．five

B．six

C．seven

D．eight

3. When the moon goes between the earth and the sun, we have night in the day, and we call it the eclipse of ________．

A．the moon

B．the sun

C．the stars

D．the earth

4. Which of the following happens when we have an eclipse of the moon?

A．The earth goes between the moon and the sun.

B．The moon goes into the shadow of the sun.

C．The moon goes into the shadow of its own.

D．The sun disappears for a few minutes.

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. The moon and the sun are of the same size.
b. Gravity on the earth is 6 times stronger than that on the moon.
c. The changes in the level of the sea are called tides.
d. The moon itself pulls the sea and makes the tides.
e. When the sea is near to the land, a high tide may happen.
f. It is much hotter in the day but much colder at night on the moon.

A．abcf	B．bcde
C．adef	D．bcef

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Let me tell you something about sharks. Sharks are among the oldest animals in the world. There are over four hundred and forty different kinds of sharks in the world. Whale sharks are about twelve metres long and live in the ocean.

Sharks can smell something in the water, for example, the blood of animals. That helps them find their food. Sharks mainly eat fish, other sharks and plants in the ocean.

Most sharks bite (咬) people by mistake. They think a person is a large sea animal. When the sun rises or goes down, sharks are looking for food. So at that time people shouldn’t go swimming in the ocean.

Today people kill sharks for food and their fins. The number of sharks in the world is dropping fast.

1. How many kinds of sharks are there in the world?

A．Less than 440.

B．More than 440.

C．About 200.

D．Over 500.

2. What do sharks mainly eat in the ocean?

A．Fish, other sharks and plants.	B．Only fish and plants.
C．Only other sharks and plants.	D．Only fish and other sharks.

3. Why do most sharks bite people by mistake?

A．Because they think people are dangerous.

B．Because they think people are large sea animals.

C．Because they think people can hurt them.

D．Because they think people can take away their food.

4. Why shouldn’t people go swimming in the ocean when the sun rises or goes down?

A．Because sharks are everywhere then.

B．Because water is cold then.

C．Because sharks are looking for food then.

D．Because sharks are looking for people then.

5. How is the number of sharks in the world today?

A．It is dropping fast.	B．It is rising fast.
C．It is not changing.	D．We don’t know.

【推荐2】A new brain research (大脑研究) shows that choosing handwriting can bring better learning and memory than using a keyboard.

“When you write your shopping list or class notes by hand, you remember what you wrote better later,” said Audrey van der Meer, who did the study.

12 young grown-ups and 12 children took part in the study. This is the first time that children have taken part in such a study. Special machines were used to follow and record (记录) brain wave (电波) activity. Each person wore a special cap with over 250 electrodes on the head, and was asked to write by hand and use a keyboard.

The results (结果) showed that the brain in both young grown-ups and children is much more active when writing by hand than when using a keyboard. According to Van der Meer, plenty of senses become active by holding a pen and pushing it down on paper, seeing the letters written and hearing the sound made while writing. These build connection (联系) between different parts of the brain, opening the brain up for learning.

Van der Meer believes that the results let people know the importance of children’s drawing and writing at an early age, especially at school. “Learning to write by hand is a bit slower course, but parents should encourage (鼓励) it because it’s important for children to experience the tiring step of learning to write by hand,” she said.

The hand movements are helpful in some ways. “If you use a keyboard, you use the same movement for each letter. Writing by hand needs control of more skills and senses. It’s important to put the brain in a learning condition as often as possible,” Van der Meer added. For example, you might use a keyboard to write a passage, but you should take notes by hand in class.

1. Which is the correct order (顺序) of the research steps?
① Record and study the results.       ② Put special caps on each person.
③ Find 12 young grown-ups and 12 children.       ④ Ask people to write by hand and use a keyboard.

A．③②④①

B．②④①③

C．③①②④

D．②①④③

2. What does the underlined word “These” refer to (指代)?

A．The senses you experience when writing by hand.

B．The sound you hear when writing by hand.

C．The letters you are learning to write.

D．The parts of the brain you use to learn.

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

A．People will write their shopping lists from now on.

B．Young grown-ups should take part in more studies.

C．Schools may encourage students to write more by hand.

D．Children won’t use a keyboard to write a passage.

4. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．A New Brain Research	B．Shopping Lists or Class Notes
C．An Important Learning Condition	D．Handwriting or Keyboard

【推荐1】The Intelligent Transportation team at Boston has turned an electric car into a mobile laboratory named “DriveLAB” in order to understand the challenges older drivers face and to discover where the key stress points are. Researches show that giving up driving is one of the reasons for worse health among older people, leading them to become less active.

Led by Professor Phil Blythe the Boston team is developing in-vehicle (汽车) technologies, including navigation (导航) tools, night vision systems and intelligent speed adaptations, to help older drivers continue driving into later life. Phil Blythe explains, “For many older people, especially those living alone or in the country, driving is important for them because it gives them the freedom to get out without depending on others.” “But we all have to accept that as we get older, our reactions slow down and this often results in people avoiding any challenging driving conditions and losing confidence in their driving skills. The result is that people stop driving before they really need to.”

According to Dr Amy Guo, a researcher on the older driver study, the DriveLAB is helping people understand what the key points and difficulties are for older drivers and how we might use technologies to solve these problems. He said, For example, most of us would expect older drivers always go slower than everyone else but surprisingly, we found that in 30mph areas they still kept their regular speed and so they were more likely to break the speed limit and be at risk of being fined (罚款). We’re looking at the systems which control their speed as a way of preventing that. We hope that our work will help older drivers stay safer behind the wheel.”

1. Why did the Intelligent Transportation team build the DriveLAB?

A．To study new ways of driving.	B．To design new types of cars.
C．To find out older drivers’ problems.	D．To teach people traffic rules.

2. Why is driving important for older people according to Phil Blythe?

A．It helps them save time and money.	B．It allows them to remain independent.
C．It builds up their strength.	D．It brings them much pleasure.

3. What do researchers wish to do for older drivers?

A．Improve their driving skills.	B．Develop driver-assist technologies
C．Provide advice on selling their cars.	D．Prepare for normal physical exams.

4. What may be the best title for the passage?

A．A New Model Electric Car	B．A Solution to Traffic Problem
C．Driving Services for Elders	D．Keeping older Drivers on the Road

【推荐2】When you are in the UK, you must be very careful in the street, because the traffic runs on the left. You must look at the right first and then the left, and then you can cross the street. If the traffic lights are red, the traffic must stop. Then people on foot can cross the road. If the traffic lights are green, the traffic can go. People mustn’t cross. When you go by bus in the UK, you have to be careful, too. Always remember the traffic runs on the left. Have a look first, or you will go the wrong way. In many English cities, there are double-deckers(双层公共汽车).

You can sit on the second deck. It’s a good way to see the city. It’s very interesting.

1. In the UK, when you cross the road, you should look at _________ first.

A．the right	B．the traffic lights
C．the left	D．the cars on the road

2. What is a good way to see the city?

A．Walking.	B．Sitting by the road.
C．Taking a double-decker.	D．Driving in the street.

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．In England, people drive cars on the right.

B．People on foot can go when the traffic lights are red.

C．Drivers don’t have to be careful in the UK.

D．There are no big buses with two decks in the UK.