【推荐1】How to become a better reader

If you wish to become a better reader, here are some important points to remember about the speed of reading.

·Knowing why you are reading—what you are reading to find out—will often help you to know whether to read quickly or slowly.

·Some things should be read slowly. Examples are directions(指导) for making or doing something, Maths problems, science and history books, which are full of important information. You must read such things slowly to remember each important idea.

·Some things should be read quickly. Examples are simple stories for enjoyment, letters from friends, news from locals or your hometown, newspapers which tell what is happening to friends and neighbours.

·In some of your reading, you must change your speed from fast to slow and from slow to fast as you go along. You need to read certain pages quickly and then slow down and do more careful reading when you come to important ideas which must be remembered.

1. According to the passage, your reading speed depends on ________.

A．whether the reading material is easy or difficult	B．what you are reading
C．what your purpose(目的) in reading something is	D．both B and C

2. How many important points do we get from the passage?

A．2.

B．3.

C．4.

D．5.

3. If one wants to be relaxed by reading, he should take up ________.

A．some material full of information	B．letters from friends
C．a book on science and technology	D．a storybook

4. Which of the following reading should you read slowly and carefully?

A．Directions for operating a machine.	B．Fairy tales.
C．An evening newspaper.	D．A story book.

5. Which of the following can best express the main idea of the passage?

A．How to improve your reading skills.	B．How to raise your reading speed.
C．How to decide your reading speed.	D．How to choose your reading material.

【推荐3】阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的五个选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯、意思完整。

Do you have the problem of “in one ear and out the other”? Can’t hold anything in your memory? Here are some tips on how to deal with the problem.

Take exercise. When you exercise, your body takes in more oxygen. Oxygen makes your brain active.     1    

    2     Tell yourself that you want to learn what you need to remember. If you keep thinking about how bad your memory is, your brain will not be active. Think positive!

Try to be more relaxed.     3     If you want your memory to improve, try to be more cheerful.

Good sleeping habits are important.     4     If you don’t have enough sleep, you will be tired and unable to concentrate during the day.

    5     Try to take more vitamins (维生素), like B vitamins, especially B6, B12, and folic acid(叶酸). They protect neurons (神经细胞) and make red blood cells (细胞) with oxygen. These nutrients are in spinach (菠菜) and other dark leafy greens, broccoli, strawberries, melons, black beans and soybeans(大豆).

A．Sleep helps your memory.

B．Some foods can also help.

C．Be active and have a positive attitude (态度).

D．It makes brain chemicals more active and helps protect brain cells.

E．Scientists have found that stress makes it difficult for people to concentrate (集中注意力).

【推荐1】At night, you fall asleep while listening to beautiful music. In the morning, you wake up because of the singing of birds outside. You can enjoy all of these things because of one important organ—the ears.

You may think: how do the ears work? The ear has three different parts: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner(内部的) ear. The outer ear is the part you can see. It collects sound around you. The sound then travels down to the middle ear, the inner ear and then to your brain(大脑).

Your ears never stop working, even when you are asleep! Your ears hear sounds all the time, but your brain just ignores(忽略) them. That’s why you might sometimes wake up suddenly in the middle of the night—your brain heard something, but you don’t know what it was, since you were asleep.

But ears do more than hear. They help you keep your balance(平衡), too. In the inner ear, there are organs that are filled with liquid(液体) and covered in small hairs. When you move your head, the liquid and hairs move, too. They send messages to your brain about the position (位置) of your head.

More surprisingly, ears even help with tasting food. Of course, you don’t actually taste food with your ears. But there are nerves(神经) running through the middle ear that connect the tongue to the brain. If something happens to your ears, you might have a hard time telling different flavors(味道) apart, according to People’s Daily.

The ears are truly important organs with many functions(功能). Everyone should make sure to protect their ears as well as they can.

1. What does the underlined word “organ” in Paragraph 1 mean?

A．细胞

B．组织

C．器官

D．系统

2. What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

A．How the ear works.

B．The three parts of the ear.

C．The outer ear collects sound.

D．The sound travels around the ear.

3. What can we know from the passage?

A．Ears never rest.

B．Ears are not so important as eyes.

C．The middle ear helps to keep us balance.

D．The ears stop working while we are sleeping.

4. The following are the functions of ears EXCEPT ________.

A．hearing sounds

B．keep your balance

C．ignoring the sounds

D．help with tasting food

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

A．How to Protect Ears.

B．The Functions of Ears.

C．The Three Parts of the Ear.

D．How the Ear Helps Taste Food.

【推荐2】The animated (动画的) film Chang’an has caught many people’s interest since it was on in July last year.

The story in the film happens in the Tang Dynasty (朝代), a golden age of Chinese history, and tells about Li Bai and his close friend Gao Shi. Both of them were among the most famous poets (诗人) at that time. Some other poets also appear in the film, such as Du Fu, Wang Wei and Meng Haoran. They work hard to make themselves and the country better.

There are 48 well-known Tang poems (诗) in the almost three-hour-long film. For example, one of them is Li Bai’s poem Leaving the White Emperor Town at Dawn. Li Bai wrote the poem to show his happiness returning home from exile (流放). Many children recited poetry (诗歌) along with the poets when watching the film. They felt excited because those familiar (熟悉的) names became real people in the film.

Chang’an was the capital of the Tang Dynasty, one of the world’s largest and richest cities at the time. The movie’s Chinese name is taken from a poem by Chen Zilong, a poet in the Ming Dynasty. In the poem, Chang’an is the dream place for Tang poets.

The film is educational, too. It tells the stories of these great people in a special way, so that we can have a deeper understanding (理解) of our history and classic works.

1. In which dynasty does the story in the film happen?

A．The Tang Dynasty.	B．The Song Dynasty.
C．The Ming Dynasty.	D．The Qing Dynasty.

2. How did Li Bai feel when he wrote Leaving the White Emperor Town at Dawn?

A．Sorry.

B．Bored.

C．Excited.

D．Scared.

3. Why did the children feel excited while watching the film?

A．Because they dream to write poems.

B．Because the film is three hours long.

C．Because Chang’an is their dream place.

D．Because they knew the poets in the film.

4. What is the main purpose of the film?

A．To introduce some heroes (英雄) from China.

B．To help us better understand our culture.

C．To talk about the history of Chang’an.

D．To tell children an interesting story.