【推荐1】

HIGH-JUMPER and punk(朋克) rocker Kimi Qiao, 22, is very confident. In fact, he's something of a big mouth about his talent. “No one will ever forget me,” said Qiao.
The 2007 My Show winner has recently published Private Life, a photo-book. It records everything about the days when he was young.
As a teenager, he was a keen athlete, training every weekend and holiday. His event (项目) was the high jump and he won a number of national championships. He even shared a coach with Liu Xiang.
However, Qiao's parents wanted him to concentrate more on his studies and he finally went to a university in his city. It was during this time he became interested in music. When he was 18, he took part in a singing contest, where he met Wang Lee-hom. Later, he started a student band called Pink17. He was a drummer. Since then Qiao has known that music will be his life.
Today he's still a dreamer. He wants to make punk rock popular in China. “Although I've only been into it for a year, I'll do my best to make it big,” he said.
1. From the first paragraph, we can know Kimi Qiao ________.

A．has a big mouth	B．thought everyone would forget him
C．is confident of his talent	D．is a very shy girl

2. Private Life ________.

A．is a photo-book	B．is about the 2007 My Show
C．was published in 2007	D．is an album

3. The Chinese meaning of the underline word “keen” is ___________.

A．懒惰的	B．热衷的
C．愚笨的	D．创造力的

4. When he took part in a singing contest, he was ________ years old.

A．22

B．17

C．18

D．20

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

A．Kimi was a high jumper before going to university.

B．Kimi formed a band called Pink17 when he was 17.

C．Kimi’s parents prefer him to be a drummer.

D．Kimi is always dreaming to be an athlete like Liu Xiang.

【推荐2】Ma Baoli is a pilot with the Dalian branch of China Southern Airlines, in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province. He has won the name “poetic captain” for his passion for poems.

While flying over the Yellow River, he thinks of this verse (诗) :“① Do you not see the Yellow River come from the sky, rush into the sea, and never come back?” Above the Yangtze River, he recites (吟诵) : “② Wave after wave, the Yangtze River roars east, sweeping away with it all our heroes.”

If conditions permit, he shares the poems with passengers via captains’ announcements. “It’s amazing! The poets of ancient China could not have flown to such heights, and yet they wrote poems that perfectly described the beauty of nature, ” says Ma. In early February, 2023, the 35-year-old won first place in the Chinese Poetry Conference, a popular poetry-themed quiz show. This is the second time he has taken part in the show as a contestant since 2019.

For Ma, classical poetry, which has accompanied him since his childhood, is the most beautiful language in the world. “I like reading poetry in my spare time. Once I pick up a book of poetry. I can’t put it down—it’s a bit like those who can’t stop watching short videos on social media these days, ” says Ma.

Ma was born in 1988 in a village in Pizhou, East China’s Jiangsu Province. His father, who worked hard to feed the family through farming and fishing, used to paint on the white walls of their house and write poems to match the paintings. “I enjoyed watching my father do these things and listening to him recite poems. The poems encouraged me to chase (追逐) the dream of reading ‘ten thousand books and traveling ten thousand miles’ ,” Ma recalls.

1. Which of the following are the most suitable titles for the underlined poems ① and ②?

A．①《将进酒》；②《早发白帝城》	B．①《将进酒》；②《临江仙》
C．①《临江仙》；②《早发白帝城》	D．①《将进酒》；②《登鹳雀楼》

2. What can we learn from Paragraph 3?

A．Ma reads poems while he drives the plane.

B．Ma is surprised at ancient poets’ flying so high.

C．Ma praised the poems written by the ancients.

D．Ma wrote poems to describe the beauty of nature

3. What do you know about Ma Baoli?
1 He likes watching short videos.
2 He enjoys reading poems when he is free.
3 He began to love poetry when he was child.
4 He took part in the Chinese Poetry Conference twice.

A．①②③	B．②③④
C．①③④	D．①②④

4. What’s the writer’s purpose in writing the last two paragraphs?

A．To discuss how to write and enjoy poetry.

B．To tell the reasons why Ma enjoys poetry.

C．To show how hard-working Ma’s father was.

D．To describe how Ma worked hard at his lessons.

【推荐3】It was hard being the younger of two sisters. I got all the hand-me-downs (旧衣服). I never got to do anything first and my teachers always said, “Oh, you’re Jenny’s little sister.” “No, I am Lauren!” I never liked being the younger. Jenny and I got along with a few fights here and there.
Then a few years ago, Jenny and I were in a car accident. She was okay, but I had a large scar (伤疤) on my face. I was very sad. Jenny told me I shouldn’t worry about the scar.
One day we were riding home from school on the bus. A boy named Jordan made fun of me about my scar. This went on for about a month. Finally I broke down and told Jenny about him. She was angry.
When Jordan made fun of me the next time, Jenny stood up, walked to where he was sitting and said something into his ear. I didn’t know exactly what she said, but Jordan never said a single word to me again.
So, even though getting all of the hand-me-downs might not be the best, I was very happy to have a big sister like Jenny.
When anyone asks now, I will tell them, “Yes, I’m Jenny’s little sister.”
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1. Why did Lauren hate being the younger of the two sisters?

A．Because she could do nothing first.

B．Because Jenny often beat her.

C．Because Jenny always made fun of her.

D．Because Jenny always made her busy.

2. Lauren had a large scar on her face because of       .

A．a fight with her sister

B．a car accident

C．a fight with a boy

D．a bus accident

3. . On the bus, Jordan often       .

A．made fun of Lauren	B．helped Lauren
C．made fun of Jenny	D．helped Jenny

4. When Lauren says, “Yes, I’m Jenny’s little sister”, she is very       .

A．angry	B．sad
C．upset	D．proud

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

A．Lauren’s sister	B．Lauren and Jenny
C．My sister and I	D．I’m Jenny’s sister

【推荐1】How much sleep do we need? We are all different. Some people need only three hours of sleep a night. Others need ten hours of sleep a night. Most Americans sleep an average (平均值) of seven to eight hours a night. After the age of fifty the average sleep time goes down to 6.5 hours a night.
Most people have a bad night when they can not sleep. About one in three Americans has a problem with sleep. Many of these people can not fall sleep. This problem is called (叫做) insomnia. This is not a new problem. Many famous people in history had insomnia. Some of these people had special (特别的) ideas to another to make them sleep. Benjaming Franklin, the famous stateman (政治家) and inventor (发明家)，had four beds. He moved from one to another to fall asleep. King Lousis XIV of France had 13 beds and hoped that he could fall asleep in one of them. Mark Twain, the famous American writer, had a different way. He lay on his side on the end of the bed!
1. .Most American people need________ hours of sleep a night.

A．3

B．10

C．7-8

D．5-6

2. People need_________ sleep as they get older.

A．more

B．less（更少的）

C．no

D．little

3. “The problem is called insomnia.” Here “insomnia” means_________.

A．going to sleep easily	B．sleep at daytime
C．the ways of sleep	D．not being able to(能够)go to sleep

4. Mark Twain lay on his side on the end of the bed because he_________.

A．was an old man	B．thought it was easy to go sleep
C．was a famous writer	D．didn’t have much room to sleep in

5. The passage is mainly (主要地) talking about_________.

A．sleep	B．insomnia
C．how to go to bed	D．the famous person

【推荐2】Thousands of years ago, Chinese poet Qu Yuan (about 340-278 BC) wrote the poem Tianwen, meaning Quest for Heavenly Truth. He came up with a series of questions about the sky, stars, nature, myths and the world around us. The poem showed his doubts about traditional ideas and the spirit of finding the truth.

Inspired by the great poet, China has named its upcoming series of planetary exploration missions (行星探测任务) after the poem. The first one in the series—a Mars exploration mission—has been named Tianwen 1, the China National Space Administration (CNSA) said on April 24, China’s Space Day. This shows China’s desire (渴望) to explore the universe and discover its secrets.

China has been making great progress in space exploration. As early as 1970, China launched its first man-made Earth satellite (卫星), becoming the fifth country in the world to launch a man-made satellite independently. Since 2003, China has carried out six Shenzhou manned missions and launched two space labs into Earth’s orbit (轨道). China’s moon exploration missions—the Chang’e series—started in 2007. In December 2018, China became the first country to send the probe (探测器) Chang’e 4 to the moon’s far side, which always faces away from Earth.

The Tianwen series will follow the Shenzhou and Chang’e series and move further into space. The first step is to launch a Mars probe this year, which will mark the start of China’s exploration of the Red Planet. The probe is expected to orbit (绕……轨道运行), land on and explore Mars in one mission. If it succeeds, it will be the first to complete all of these tasks in one mission. The Long March 5 rocket will send the probe to Mars. It will take seven months to reach the planet and land.

After this mission, China plans to visit Mars again in 2028, aiming to collect soil from the surface of the planet and bring it to Earth. Around 2030, China will explore Jupiter and several asteroids (小行星), according to CNSA.

1. Why does the writer mention Qu Yuan’s poem in the first paragraph?

A．To show Qu Yuan’s questions about the sky, stars, nature, myths and the world around us.

B．To introduce the poem and its writer Qu Yuan.

C．To lead in the upcoming China’s planetary exploration mission named after the poem.

D．To tell us China will explore Mars this year.

2. Which of the following is NOT the progress China has been making in space exploration?

A．China becomes the first country in the world to launch a man-made satellite independently.

B．China has carried out six Shenzhou manned missions and launched two space labs into Earth’s orbit.

C．China became the first country to send the probe Chang’e 4 to the moon’s far side

D．China’s moon exploration missions—the Chang’e series—started in 2007.

3. What does the underlined words “Red Planet” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A．The moon.

B．Mars.

C．The probe.

D．The Long March 5 rocket.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．China will never explore the Mars again after this mission.

B．China will collect soil from Earth and take it to Mars in 2028.

C．China will explore Jupiter in about 8 years.

D．China will visit all planets and some asteroids in 2030.

【推荐2】

President Xi considers employment（就业）“pivotal”（至关重要）to people’s well-being（福祉）. He supports e-commerce and the new economy, which create jobs that never existed before.

Every day in China about 16, 500 new enterprises are established, and 40,000 people find new jobs in towns and cities.

In total, China has created more than 80 million new urban jobs over the past seven years, equal to the entire German population.

China now has the world’s largest courier delivery service market, employing more than 3 million people, who send everything from meals to fridges around the country. Earlier this year, Xi paid a surprise visit to a tiny delivery station in Beijing and chatted with a group of deliverymen.

This closeness to the people is not a singular event. For the past seven years, Xi has spent time with regular people before every Chinese New Year: giving them festival gifts, observing festive traditions such as food preparation.

“CPC members must wholeheartedly serve the people,” Xi often reminds Party cadres.

He has said that he understands the hardships of the people because he once lived in an impoverished corner of the country. He has been known to check the toilets and wash-rooms of ordinary homes, offer advice on garbage sorting, and show concern for students’ poor eyesight.

In 2013, Xi put forward “targeted poverty alleviation”（定向扶贫）and set a goal to eliminate extreme rural poverty by 2020, more than 82 million Chinese people left poverty behind. Xi said extreme poverty “would be historically solved in the hands of our generation”.

Kishore Mahbubani, a professor at the National University of Singapore said the most outstanding achievement of China in the last 70 years had been the dramatic improvement in the living conditions of the people.

Reviewing China’s long history. Mahbubani said even at previous peaks of glory, the bottom 50 percent of the population had to struggle to make ends meet. But today even low-income people have access to nutritious food, education, housing, employment and even the ability to travel.

“There is no doubt that, in terms of the living conditions of the people, the past 70 years have been the best years in China’s history.” he said.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Why does President Xi say he supports e-commerce and the new economy?

A．Because e-commerce and the new economy is very completely new for us all.

B．Because they can make people rich quickly.

C．Because they existed before.

D．Because they can offer lots of chances to get jobs for many people.

2. What’s the population of Germany?

A．80 million.

B．More than 80 million.

C．Less than 80 million.

D．I don’t know.

3. The writer take “Xi paid a surprise visit to a tiny delivery station in Beijing and chatted with a group of deliverymen.” as an example to express his ________.
a. caring for people       b. closeness to the people       c. singular event       d. love for travelling       e. wholeheartedly serving the people

A．a b and e

B．b c and e

C．c d and e

D．b d and e

4. The writer cite（引用）Kishore Mahbubani’ and Mahbubani’s words to express that ________.

A．they are both Chinese friends

B．they want to make friends with China

C．the achievement which Chinese have got in the past 70 years

D．the achievement which Chinese have got in “targeted poverty alleviation”

5. In what way does this article illustrate（说明）China’s achievements in the past 70 years?

A．Culture and education.

B．Employment and eliminating extreme rural poverty.

C．Agriculture（农业）and industry（工业）.

D．Employment and people’s health.

【推荐3】

For some people, Fidel Castro was a hero. He freed his country from the control of the United States. Others hated him – there were 638 attempts to murder him. But no one would say that the bearded Castro, who always dressed in green, was not a fighter.

In 2008, the 81-year-old president of Cuba (古巴) stepped down, saying that his poor health kept him from leading his country any longer. “Years of fighting against the US have led to it,” said one professor in Cuba.

Castro was born in 1926, to a rich family of Cuban sugar planters. Although the young Castro was born into wealth, he himself became a fighter for the poor. At 13, he organized a strike because his father treated his workers badly. In middle school, he helped poor students get meat in their school meals.

After college, Castro became a lawyer. He saw that Cuba was “a millionaire’s playground” of rich US businessmen. He made up his mind to help Cuba free itself from US control.

In 1959 Castro led a revolution (革命) that brought him to power. Cuba became a socialist (社会主义的) country on the doorstep of the US. Although some tried to kill Castro and the US wouldn’t do business with Cuba – and even tried to invade (侵略) it – Cuba remained a peaceful country.

In 2006, Castro became very ill. Although he had left office, this fighter refused to give up. He spent his time writing for newspapers.

“I am not saying goodbye to you,” he wrote to Cubans. “But from now on I will be a soldier of ideas. You will be able to count on my words to help you.”

On Nov 25, 2016, Castro died at the age of 90.

1. What can we learn from Paragraphs 1-3?

A．Castro stepped down because he was afraid of being killed.

B．Castro’s father was good to his workers.

C．Castro gave up fighting to seek peace.

D．Castro fought for the poor.

2. Why did Castro become the Cuban president?

A．Because his family was rich.	B．Because he was a lawyer.
C．Because he led a revolution.	D．Because US businessmen helped him.

3. What is the correct order of the events of Fidel Castro’s life?
① He led a revolution.
② He helped poor students get meat in their meals.
③ He became very ill and later stopped being the president.
④ He organized a strike against his father.
⑤ He became a lawyer.

A．②⑤③①④

B．⑤②④①③

C．④②⑤①③

D．④②③⑤①

4. What can we learn from Castro’s words?

A．He wanted a job in a company.	B．He wanted to have a good rest at home.
C．He tried to give up his work for his country.	D．He would always try his best to continue his work.