【推荐1】At the age often, I hated a girl, because she liked to point out my shortcomings (缺点). Week by week her list (清单) grew: I was very thin. I wasn't a good student. I talked too much. I was lazy ... Finally, I became very angry. I cried and ran to my father.
After listening to me, Dad asked, "Are the things she said true or not? Do you ever think what you're really like? Go and make a list of what she said and pick out the points that are true." I did as he told me. I found that half the things were true. Some of them I couldn't change (like being very thin), but a good number I could. Suddenly, I wanted to change.
I showed the list to Dad. He didn't take it. "That's just for you," he said. "You know better than anyone else about yourself. But you have to learn to listen. When something said about you is true, you'll find it is helpful to you. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you can to improve. It is the right thing to do."
Dad's advice has helped me at many important moments. I've never had a better piece of
advice than this one before.
1. Which of the following shortcomings couldn't the writer change?

A．She wasn't a good student.	B．She was too thin.
C．She talked too much.	D．She was lazy.

2. The underlined sentence "Week by week her list grew" means that_________

A．the writer had more shortcomings before

B．week by week, the writer's shortcomings grew fewer

C．that girl kept on cutting new shortcomings

D．that girl found more shortcomings of the writer's

3. After the writer's father heard about her complaints (抱怨), he____________

A．was very angry	B．didn't care about them
C．gave her a piece of advice	D．let her ask the girl to stop doing that

4. According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．Others' words are always right.	B．The writer should hate the girl.
C．Never listen to others' opinions.	D．It's helpful to listen to others' opinions.

5. What's the best title of the passage?

A．The best friend.

B．The best advice.

C．My father.

D．My childhood.

【推荐2】The students often gather together in small,closed groups.If you are not part of a group，it can be difficult for you to be accepted.This is especially true if you can't speak to the members of the group in their language.

This was the situation Sam faced each day as he went to class.Sam and his family moved to France last month. Before he arrived, he knew there would be many difficulties. But they were even worse than he had imagined.

Every lunch hour, after arriving at his new school, Sam sat alone in the dining hall.He looked at all the different groups of students around him. But he had no way to let them know that he was a good person. He simply couldn't find the right words to reach them．

Sam knew he had to find a way to change the situation. Somehow, he had to adapt （适应） to this new environment．He did a little research on the Internet and discovered that smiling is universal language, it is understood everywhere.

One morning, as Sam was walking by a group of students, he smiled at them. A boy in group smiled back at him. For Sam, this was a good beginning. Later, he noticed the boy coming towards him in the hall with a warm smile on his face. Sam returned the smile.

Soon the boy asked Sam to join him and his group of friends for lunch.

Although Sam wasn't able to say much in French，everyone smiled and laughed. Before he knew it, Sam had a group of friends，and they all wanted to help him learn French.

1. Sam and his family _____last month．

A．moved to France	B．started a new school
C．accepted a new group	D．taught people their language

2. What helped Sam to change his situation?

A．Sitting alone in the dining hall.	B．Doing a research on the Internet.
C．Walking by a group of students often.	D．Learning French in a language school.

3. What's the passage mainly about?

A．The importance of friendship．	B．Difficulties in a new country．
C．The ways to make friends．	D．The power of a smile．

【推荐3】Teenager Jake Deham was skiing with his family in the USA when he fell over and lost one of his skis. His family didn’t know that he had a problem. They kept on skiing. When they got to the foot of the mountain, there was no sign of Jake.

Jake couldn’t find his ski anywhere. In the end, he decided to take off his other ski and walk down the mountain. But he couldn’t work out the right way to go.

It was now getting dark and he was a long way from any place of safety. He knew that he might die that night in the cold temperatures. But Jake kept calm. At home, Jake watched a lot of programmes about living in difficult situations. He remembered the advice from these programmes and knew that he should build a hole in the snow. He made a hole and pointed it up the hill so the wind couldn’t blow into it. Outside his hole, the temperature fell to a dangerous-15℃ that night, but inside it Jake was safe from the cold.

But he had to get down the mountain. The TV programmes always said,“ If you are lost, you should find someone else’ s tracks(足迹) through the snow and follow them.” “I wanted to live my life.” remembers Jake.“So I got up and I found some ski tracks and I followed those.” He walked and walked and finally he saw lights. Nine hours after he lost his ski, he found a team of worker who came to save him. He was safe!

His mum was very happy when she heard the news. Amazingly, Jake didn’t even have to go to hospital. He got through the terrible experience without any injuries.

So, the next time someone says that watching TV is a waste of time, think of Jake. Sometimes TV can save your life!

1. What was the most important decision Jake made for his safety？

A．To go skiing with his family in the USA.

B．To search for the ski that he had lost in the snow.

C．To take off his other ski and walk down the mountain.

D．To build a hole in the snow to keep himself warm.

2. What was the correct order in which these events happened
a. Jake made a hole in the snow.
b. Jake lost one of his skis.
c. Jake finally saw lights.
d.Jake skied with his family.

A．d-b-a-c

B．a-b-c-d

C．b-a-d-c

D．c-b-a-d

3. Facing the difficulties, Jake Denham was ___________________.

A．polite and hardworking	B．calm and clever
C．outgoing and helpful	D．warm and friendly

【推荐1】

1     Zhao Yuntian was born in 1962 in the south of China. There was no TV at his home when he was young. People would go to bed early in the evening.     2     Wang Jianguo was born in 1974 in Beijing. He liked playing ping-pong very much when he was young and playing ping-pong was the most popular sport at that time.     3     Liu Haitao was born in 1981 in Shenzhen. Shenzhen developed rapidly when he was young. All kinds of household machines(家用电器) went into people’s homes.     4     Zhang Hao was born in 1992. His childhood was happy. He could play computer games when he was young because computers began getting into people’s homes.     5     Li Bing was born in 2002. His childhood was colorful. The Internet and mobile phones became more and more popular. And he liked seeing movies in his free time.

A. His father began to do business after the reform and opening-up(改革开放). And his family got a motorbike, a TV set and a fridge. B. His family spent much time travelling every year. But he was busy on weekends because his mother sent him to a lot of classes. C. He liked doing sports a lot and his favorite sport was ping-pong because lots of people at that time liked this activity very much. D. He was in poor health because he didn’t do much exercise. Worse still, he liked eating junk food very much. So the doctor advised him to go on a diet. E. Surfing the Internet was very popular when he was young. He got a mobile phone when he went to school. And he often watched movies at the cinema. F. Jumping rope and playing hide-and-seek were his main activities in his childhood. He went to bed early at night because there was no TV. G. At first, he played computer games in the net bars. Then his family got a computer and he could do it at home. Of course, he did lots of useful things on computers.

【推荐2】Aisha lived far from her school. So she always took a bus to school with her best friend, Allen. Another two of her classmates were on the same bus.

Every day the four children waited for their school bus for fifteen minutes, on the same dirty street. There were many old bottles, parts of old bikes, and empty cans everywhere around the bus stop. The trees on, the street had no leaves and seemed to be dead, and there weren’t any flowers on both sides of the street. The street looked dirty and ugly.

One Friday, Aisha looked at the dirty street and decided to do something about it. The next Monday, she took a bag and collected some of the old bottles for recycling. On Tuesday, it took her another ten minutes to pick up old bottles. Her best friend saw it and collected empty cans and put them in a different bag to recycle. On Wednesday, all the other children joined them in collecting. The street became clean!

Though the street looked cleaner but it still looked gray. So the next day the girls planted some flowers along the road. They watered them, and watered the trees there, too. Even though the children only had ten minutes a day to do so, that was enough.

Half a year later, this street became a beautiful street with many flowers and green trees. Maybe a big difference only needed ten minutes a day. All of us should spend ten minutes a day helping our cities become cleaner and greener.

1. How long did Aisha usually wait for her bus?

A．For twenty minutes.

B．For fifteen minutes.

C．For ten minutes.

D．For two minutes.

2. What did the street use to be like?

A．Tidy but ugly.

B．Tidy and clean.

C．Dirty but clean.

D．Dirty and ugly.

3. When did Allen join in collecting the waste on the street?

A．On Friday.

B．On Monday.

C．On Tuesday.

D．On Wednesday.

4. The children didn’t ________ on the street for the environment.

A．plant trees

B．water trees

C．collect bottles

D．plant flowers

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

A．Four Kind and greener Children

B．How to make a Street Greener

C．How to protect Our Environment

D．Ten Minutes a Day for the Environment

【推荐3】As teenagers (青少年), you have many dreams. The dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.
Once you find a dream, what do you do with it? Do you ever try to make your dream real? Follow Your Heart by an Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams real is life’s biggest challenge (挑战).
“You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts stop you from realizing your dream,” the book says.
In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.
Don’t let it leave your heart. Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step because a big dream is formed by, in fact, many small dreams.
You must also never give up your dream.
There will be difficulties on the road to your dreams. But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will lead to better exam results. While saving five Yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.
As you get closer to your dream, it may change a little. This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.
1. The writer thinks that ________.

A．dreams are easy to be realized

B．just a few people can realize their dreams

C．a big dream is formed by many small dreams

D．small dreams are not important

2. The underlined word “it” in the fifth paragraph refers to (手指) _______.

A．the subject

B．the book

C．the difficulty

D．the dream

3. Which of the following thoughts stops you from making your dream real?

A．I am not a good English learner.	B．I want to be the best student in my class.
C．I ‘11 do my best to pass the exam.	D．I will do everything to do the job well.

4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is correct?

A．If it is difficult to realize your dream, you may give up.

B．You must remember what your dream is.

C．Your dream will never help you learn more skills.

D．On the road to your dream, the biggest difficulty doesn’t come from yourself.