【推荐1】Today there are many more fires than in the past. Over 100 000 wildfires burn each year in America. Russia has 20 000 to 35 000 wildfires every year. Australia has on average 60 000 each year. These fires destroy(损害) huge areas of forests and burn hundreds of homes.
Many experts believe there are several reasons for this sudden increase in fires. The first reason is climate(气候)change. Recent weather has been warmer and drier. This leads to dangerous fire conditions. When lightning strikes(发生雷击), dry grass easily catches fire. Hot winds add to the problem. The wind spreads a fire quickly. In 2010, Russia had the hottest and driest summer in a century. In just one month, 500 fires destroyed over 2 000 homes. Some people lost their lives.
Traditional fire-fighting practices are another reason for the increase in fires. In America, firefighters used to quickly put out every fires. They didn’t allow the grass and trees to burn. As a result, today many forests have thicker vegetation(植被). Thicker vegetation means more fuel for fires. Also, without fires from time to time, forests become overcrowded and unhealthy. Some trees are dead. The dead wood then easily catches fire. So surprisingly, America has many more fires today partly because of its past fire-fighting practices.
Scientists now understand that a fire can be a natural part of a healthy forest. As a result, countries like Australia allow more fires to burn naturally. Sometimes, firefighters even start fires to get rid of dead wood. Of course, they carefully control the fires. The fire thins out old trees. This allows sunlight to reach the ground. As a result, fires help new trees to grow. Therefore, if a fire is not a serious threat to people, firefighters may let it burn naturally.
1. Why did Russia have so many fires in one month in 2010?

A．Because lighting spread a fire.

B．Because there was much fuel for fires.

C．Because there were not enough firefighters.

D．Because it was unusually hot, dry and windy.

2. What is the main idea of paragraph 4?

A．Fires are serious threats to human beings.

B．Fires can play an important role in forests.

C．Australian firefighters don’t put out fires.

D．It’s difficult for firefighters to control the fires.

【推荐2】Very hot weather is common in many parts of the world. Although hot weather just makes most people hot, it can cause medical problems and death.

Floods, storms and other terrible natural events kill thousands of people every year. And we hear much about them in news reports. We generally hear little about heat (热), which experts say may be nature’s most dangerous killer.

Health experts say that since the year 1900, very hot weather has killed more people in the United States than any other natural event. One year—the unusually hot summer of 1980 heat caused about 1,700 deaths in the United States. In 1955, more than 600 people died in another heat wave in one city —Chicago, Illinois.

Besides drinking lots of cool water, doctors say there are some other things to do to protect against the health dangers of heat. Stay out of the sun, if possible. Wear loose and light-colored clothes. Wear a hat while in the sun. Eat fewer hot and heavy foods. And, rest more often.

Health experts say these simple steps can prevent the dangerous health problems caused by heat. They will prevent sickness, help you feel better and may even save your life.

1. Very hot weather is common all over the world.
2. Experts say maybe flood is nature’s most dangerous killer.
3. About 1,700 people died of heat in the USA 1980.
4. People can drink lots of cool water to protect against the health dangers of heat.
5. The passage mainly talks about the health problems in hot weather and the ways to prevent them.

【推荐3】Usually before an earthquake happens, people don’t know it is on the way. And these earthquakes are very dangerous. In fact, earthquakes kill more people than snowstorms and rainstorms every year. So scientists are always looking for ways to predict earthquakes.

Now they can predict the earthquake, but it is not always right every time. And scientist can say that an earthquake is possible to happen in some place, but they can’t predict the right place or time. And they can not tell how strong the earthquake will be.

How do scientists make these guesses? First, scientists make sure which place the big earthquake will strike by studying the earth plates (板块). Second, to help predict earthquakes, scientists study history of the areas where earthquakes happened. Studying the history can also help in another way. Scientists can guess how often an earthquake may happen in this area. Last, scientists watch rocks under the surface for months. When rocks break, earthquakes happen. And scientists also watch the water level to predict an earthquake.

Scientists hope that one day we can have earthquake warnings.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Which of the following kills the most people every year?

A．Snowstorms.

B．Rainstorms.

C．Earthquakes.

D．Animals

2. What can scientists guess about earthquake now?

A．An earthquake may happen in some place.	B．An earthquake happens in the right place.
C．An earthquake happens at the right time.	D．An earthquake warning.

3. What does the underlined word “predict” mean in Chinese in the passage?

A．降低

B．预测

C．防止

D．制止

4. What happens to rocks under the surface when earthquakes happen?

A．Rocks under the surface change.	B．Rocks under the surface move.
C．Rocks under the surface break.	D．Rocks under the surface shake.

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

A．Studying the history of areas can’t help scientists to predict the earthquake.

B．Scientists can know earthquakes by watching the rocks on the earth.

C．Scientists can’t predict an earthquake by watching the water level.

D．Now sometimes scientists can’t tell people the right information about the earthquakes.

【推荐1】

	My classmate Jim is fun and good at acting (表演). He can do Chinese kung fu, too. He likes to sing and he can sing well, so many students at our school like him.
	My sister Jane is a singer. She can sing well. And she can also play the guitar. In her free time, she likes to play basketball. She thinks playing basketball is good for her health.
	Cindy is a great volleyball player. She can play volleyball very well. She likes to buy nice clothes when she has time. She can also speak English well.
	Lucy’s brother Tom is very good at playing the piano. He can also write stories. He is kind and he often helps other people.

1. Why do many students like Jim? Because he ________.

A．can speak English	B．can play the guitar well
C．often helps other people	D．is good at singing

2. What does Cindy like to do when she is free?

A．She likes to do Chinese kung fu.	B．She likes to play volleyball.
C．She likes to buy clothes.	D．She likes to sing.

3. Who is good at playing the piano?

A．Jim.

B．Jane.

C．Cindy.

D．Lucy’s brother.

4. The underlined word kind means “________” in Chinese.

A．繁忙的

B．善良的

C．优秀的

D．富有的

5. What can we know from the passage?

A．Jim is a sports star.	B．Jane likes to play basketball.
C．Cindy can write stories.	D．Lucy’s brother can do kung fu.

【推荐2】Sometimes, it takes homeless animals a long time to find a new home. Luckily, someone is trying to help, even if it is a small thing.

Darius Brown is a 12-year-old boy from the USA. Although he is young, he has a heart of gold. He makes fashionable bow ties (蝴蝶领结) for homeless cats and dogs. Those bow ties can catch future owners’ attention and help cute animals find home faster.

At the age of 8, Darius started helping his sister make bow ties. This was when his amazing talent(天赋) began to show. He didn’t think twice to use the skills for useful changes in the world. At 11, Darius had his own pet clothing company. He has given lots of bow ties to animal shelters (动物收容所) across the USA and the UK.

As a dog lover himself, Darius decided to help homeless animals after the terrible hurricane (飓风) in 2017. He wanted to help those homeless animals catch the eye of good-hearted people. His bow ties have turned thousands of cats and dogs into cute and pretty pets.

Darius’s kindness is supported by thousands of people online. In 2018, former (以前的) US president Barack Obama praised Darius for his kindness in a letter, “As long as you continue to look for ways to help others and never give up on yourself, I’m sure our future will be bright.”

根据短文内容，选择最佳选项。
1. When did Darius start making bow ties?

A．At the age of seven.	B．At the age of eight.
C．At the age of eleven.	D．At the age of fifteen.

2. How can the bow ties help homeless animals?

A．Shelters can make money by selling them.

B．They can make homeless animals happy.

C．Homeless animals are famous with them.

D．They can catch future owners’ attention.

3. Why was Darius praised by Barack Obama?

A．Because he was brave.	B．Because he was kind.
C．Because he was smart.	D．Because he was popular.

4. What can we learn about Darius from the passage?

A．He established his own pet clothing company at 11.

B．He sold bow ties to animal shelters across the UK.

C．He had many homeless animals in his house.

D．He got a letter from US president Donald Trump.

5. Which of the following is the best title?

A．The animals after the hurricane	B．The things to do to save animals
C．Bow ties for homeless animals	D．The best way to make bow ties

【推荐3】Father’s Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And shopkeepers found it was a good way to get people to buy a present for their father from their shops.

By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though some have a Children’s Day, or an unusual day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular before too long. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do — buy, buy, buy, buy, buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present — not for her father but for her husband, even if he is not yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy, buy, buy, and buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.

The important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.

1. Father’s Day was started just because ___________.

A．there was a Mother’s Day	B．there was a Children’s Day
C．shopkeepers wanted to get a lot of money	D．people liked their fathers very much

2. The word “unusual” in the second paragraph means _____________.

A．great

B．nice

C．useful

D．special

3. In America, people have a Father’s Day to ____________.

A．buy some presents for their fathers	B．show their love for their fathers
C．let their fathers have a good rest	D．help their fathers do something

4. On Father’s Day, shopkeepers always want ______________.

A．people to buy many more presents

B．children to buy presents only for their fathers

C．women to buy presents only for their husbands

D．people to buy presents only for their parents

5. We can learn from the passage that ______________.

A．the writer is against（反对） Father’s Day

B．many countries have a Father’s Day

C．shopkeepers can get more money on Father’s Day

D．Father’s Day will become more important than Mother’s Day

【推荐1】A friend wrote me a letter a few weeks ago. He felt hopeless at the time. He ended his letter with this question: “We can’t really change this crazy world we live in, can we?” I replied to him and started my own letter with these words: “Yes, we most certainly can!”

I can still remember someone who changed my world. She was the music teacher at primary school. She was good at playing the guitar. I wanted to impress her. However, I didn’t know how to play any instruments.

One day, she let me try playing her guitar. I did my best, but could only stumble（结结巴巴）along. When I was done, I put my head down. “I guess I am not very good at playing the guitar,” I told her. She looked at me with her kind eyes, smiled at me and said, “Remember, my dear little boy, we are all good at something. You just need to find out what you are good at. Then, you can share it with the world.”

Those simple words changed me. They planted a seed in my soul that continues to grow to this day. They made me realize that I had something good inside me. I just had to find it and share it.

Can you change the world? Yes, you can! You can change the world by sharing your kindness.You can change it through one choice, one person, and one kind act at a time. All you have to do is share your kindness. Mother Teresa once said, “God doesn’t ask us to do great things, only small things with great love.” So make your love great.

1. Why did the writer mention his music teacher?

A．To introduce his music teacher to his friend.

B．To encourage his friend with his music talent.

C．To tell his friend how he learned to play the guitar.

D．To give an example of someone changing his world.

2. We learn from Paragraph 3 that the writer ________.

A．didn’t do well in playing the guitar	B．wished to share his music with others
C．was good at playing many instruments	D．felt stressed and hopeless at primary school

3. Which is the correct order of the following things in this passage?
①A friend wrote me a letter a few weeks ago.
②One day, my music teacher let me try playing her guitar.
③I can still remember someone who was my music teacher at primary school.
④My music teacher told me, “You just need to find out what you are good at and share it.”

A．④①③②

B．①③②④

C．①③④②

D．③②④①

4. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．Nobody can do anything to change the world.

B．People must try their best to change the world.

C．We need to find out who can change the world.

D．We can change the world by sharing our kindness.

【推荐3】阅读短文及文后A-E选项, 选出可以填入文中各题空白处的最佳选项。

Mary and Peter were having a picnic with some friends near a river. Suddenly, Mary shouted.

“    1    ”

Frightened by the strange spaceship, all the young people got into their cars and drove away as quickly as possible except Peter and Mary.     2     They watched the spaceship land and saw a door open, but nobody came out. They went to look into it. In the centre of the floor, there was a lot of food.     3     They did not hear the door close behind. The temperature fell in no time and very soon the two people didn't know anything.

    4    The spaceship had gone. Their car was nearby.

“What happened?”asked Mary.

Peter scratched(挠) his head, saying slowly, “Don't ask me. Perhaps we had a problem. Come on. It's time to go home.”

Then they got into the car and drove home.     5    On the other side of the wall, a few aliens were looking at them and reading a notice, "New comers at the zoo-a. pair of Earth villagers in their field with their house on wheels."

A．They were more curious than frightened.

B．They found a thick wall made of something like glass on their way home

C．When they woke up, they were surprised to see that they were back by the river.

D．Peter followed Mary into the spaceship.

E．Look! That's a spaceship up there and it's going to land here.