【推荐1】There are two brothers. The elder brother is five years old and the younger brother is one year younger than him. It’s the age of having a strong thirst（渴望）for knowledge and the world around them.

One day when they were playing in the bedroom, they thought it was too dark inside, because the curtains（窗帘）were drawn and the windows were closed. They wanted to see the bright sunshine outside. The two brothers said to each other, “We can bring in the sunshine in a bottle.” So, they took a bottle and went up to the balcony（阳台）to collect sunshine. Soon the bottle was warm to touch. Thinking the bottle was full, they went back into the house. When they entered the room, it was still dark. They changed it for a bigger one. The result was the same. After changing a lot of bottles again and again, there was still no sunshine in the room.

Their mother saw their strange behaviors and knew what they were doing. She smiled and said, “As long as the curtains are drawn back and the windows are opened, the sunshine will naturally come in. Why do you use the bottles?”

We often make the same mistakes as they do. We put ourselves in the darkness of failure, but forget that as long as our hearts open, the sunshine of success will drive the darkness away.

1. Why was it too dark in the bedroom? （不超过10个词）
_______________________________
2. What did the mother advise the two brothers to do? （不超过10个词）
_______________________________
3. What can we learn from the story? （不超过15个词）
_______________________________

【推荐3】阅读短文，并按要求完成1—5题。

Happiness is for everyone. You don’t need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools or those who have nice cars and a lot of money and so on. Why? Because those who have big house may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads in their free time.

In fact, happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it. When you are in trouble at school, your friends will help you; when you study hard at your lessons, your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health; when you get success, your friends will say congratulations to you; when you do something wrong, people around you will help you to correct it. And when you do something good to others, you will feel happy, too. All these are your happiness. If you notice a bit of them, you can see that happiness is always around you.

Happiness is not the same as money, it is a feeling of your heart. When you are poor, you can also say you are happy, because you have something else that can’t be bought with money. When you meet with difficulties, you can say loudly you are very happy, because you have more chance to challenge yourself. ________ you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck. As the saying goes, life is like a revolving door. When it closes, it also opens. If you take every chance you get, you can be a happy and lucky person.

1题完成句子；2题简略回答问题；3题将文中横线处空缺的一个单词填写在下面的答题线上；4题找出并写出第一段的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. You will feel ________ when you do something good to others.
2. Happiness isn’t the same as money, is it?
_________________________________________
3. 题将文中横线处空缺的一个单词填写在下面的答题线上。
________
4. _________________________________________
5. _________________________________________

【推荐1】阅读短文，根据其内容完成文后的表格。(每空不超过 3个词。)

Do you know all birds protect themselves by listening and watching out for danger? At the smallest sign of it, they will fly away. Birds that cannot fly are often able to swim fast, or run quickly. Some birds make themselves look bigger and more dangerous by fluffing(抖松) their feathers.

Another important protection for many birds is their colors. Their feathers often have colors that match the things around their nests. Some birds change colors with the seasons. In winter they are white to match the snow. In summer they are brown to match the ground.

People sometimes kill the birds without meaning to. When people cut down forests to build houses and factories, they destroy the homes and food of birds. If the birds have nowhere else to go and nothing to eat, they will die out.

Pollution may cause some birds to die. Birds that eat fish from polluted water get poison in their bodies. Then they cannot lay healthy eggs. New birds can’t be born.

Now people protect birds by passing the laws to control hunting and pollution, by setting up some special parks where all the birds are safe from hunters, and by teaching people to care about birds rather than kill them.

Protection for     1
How do birds protect themselves?	•By listening and watching out for danger. •By fluffing their feathers. •By having colors that     2     around their nests. •By changing colors.
Why do some birds     3    ?	•People sometimes kill birds without meaning to. •     4     may cause some birds to die.
What action do people take to protect birds?	•By passing the law to control hunting and polluting. •By setting up some special parks/places. •By teaching people to     5     birds.

【推荐2】

President Xi’s address（致辞） √“Every generation has its own task. Our efforts to protect the environment will benefit not only this generation, but many more to come." √“I have always said that green mountains and clear waters are actually mountains of gold and silver.” √"We must protect this planet like our own eyes, and love nature the way we love life."

2019 Beijing International Horticultural Exhibition（Expo 2019 Beijing, 世界园艺博览 会）was held on April 29. It’s the seventh time for China to hold International Horticultural Expo. This year, it will run until Oct. 7. Beijing Expo 2019 welcomed its first tourist peak by serving more than 320, 000 tourists during the four-day May Day holiday. Around 110 countries and international organizations will take part in the expo.

1999 Kunming International Horticultural Exposition, China Time: May 1-Oct.31,1999 Location: North Golden Temple（Jin Dian）Kunming Topic: Man and Nature, Marching into the 21st Century

2006 Shenyang International Horticultural Exposition，China Time:May1-Oct.31，2006 Location: Shenyang Qipanshan Mountain International Scenery and Tourism Development Zone Topic:We Coexist Harmoniously with Nature

The topic of Beijing Expo 2019 is “ Live Green, Live Better” . It aims to add horticulture to daily life and connect one’s soul with nature. It expects to achieve harmony（和谐）between humans and nature.

Many plants from both home and abroad are on show at the Expo. The expo has 41 outdoor display centers and will have about 2, 500 activities. There are four pavilions（展览馆）for people to visit.

China Pavilion The designer of the China Pavilion get his idea from the traditional Chinese culture.我们希望通过绿色植物，表达我们环保的思想。 Life Experience Pavilion The Life Experience Pavilion calls for "green living". It provides visitors with the beauty of nature and country life. Botany Pavilion With the concept of “Rising Horizon（视野）”，the pavilion is designed with ideas from the plants. Performance Center The center’s design takes its ideas from butterflies.

1. What can we know from President Xi’s address? （One or two points are OK.）
2. The underlined（划线的）word “ It” in the second paragraph refers to（指）________________________.
3. As to the purpose of these Chinese International Horticultural Expos, what do they have in common?
4. Please translate the underlined sentence into English.（不超过15个词）
5. If there’s a chance for you to go to Expo 2019 Beijing, which pavilion do you want to visit most? Why?

【推荐1】

Old George selected(挑选)his food in the supermarket more carefully than NASA chose its astronauts(宇航员).When he left the cashier, he was happy to think that he saved 80 cents today.

At the exit, the cold wind made him think of his gloves. He looked for them in· his coat and pants but could not find them anywhere. He had bought the black gloves at a good price years ago for just $35.They were soft and very comfortable. He took great care of them, so they were in good condition.

George looked calm on his face but felt mad inside. He went into the store again. He followed the same route he had walked before. Several minutes of searching turned out to be useless. His black gloves were gone. “People have changed,” he said to himself. “Years ago, if somebody picked up something lost, they would give it back.”

A few days later, George decided to buy another pair of gloves.

Before getting on the sub way, he stepped into the supermarket again to try his luck, seeing if his gloves was returned to the lost and found office. “What color are they?” the woman in the office asked. “Black,” he answered. She looked into her drawer and took out of a pair of man’s leather gloves. “Are they?”

“Yes! Those are mine.” George exclaimed(呼喊), his eyes full of joy.

回答下面5个问题，每题答案不超过5个词。
1. Where did Old George buy his food?
___________________________________________________________________________
2. How much did George’s black gloves cost?
___________________________________________________________________________
3. How did George feel when he couldn’t find his gloves anywhere?
___________________________________________________________________________
4. Why did George enter the supermarket again a few days later?
___________________________________________________________________________
5. What do you think of George in the story?
___________________________________________________________________________

【推荐2】It was a sunny Saturday afternoon. My friend Bobby was taking his two little boys to play mini golf. He walked up to the ticket box and asked, “How much is it to get in?”

The man at the ticket box replied, “$13 for you. $13 for any kid who is older than six. But if they are six or younger, we let them in for free. How old are the boys?”

Bobby replied, “The little one is three and the other one is seven.So I should pay you $26.”

The man said. “I think you are very honest.You could just tell me that the older one was six.I didn’t know the difference. In that way, you could save some money.”

Bobby replied,“Yes, that may be true,but my kids would know the difference. I want them to learn that ethics (道德规范) are more important than money.”

1. How much did Bobby pay at last?（不超过10个词）
____________________________
2. What did the man at the ticket box think of Bobby?（不超过10个词）
____________________________
3. What does the story tell us?（不超过10个词）
____________________________