【推荐1】Are you always looking at your mobile phone while you’re walking or studying? Are you unwilling to put it down when you go to bed? Tired of a life controlled by mobile phones, many young people are trying to keep themselves away from the phones.

That’s why the mobile phone isolation box is becoming popular. Users simply put their mobile phone in the box and set a time lock(锁) to stop themselves from getting it. Han Yue is one of the users. She bought the box as she was preparing for a very important exam. She thought highly of it and said it was certainly worthwhile.

Lin Tiangi, a student at Beijing Technology and Business University, bought an isolation box, too. She stuck several eve-catching stickers(贴纸) on the box, which read “God helps those who help themselves”, “The harder you work, the luckier you are” and so on. “The stickers remind me that I must face reality(现实).” Lin says.

However, Liang Wenyu, another college student, says it is funny to use a box to cut down mobile phone use. “ It is completely meaningless. No matter how useful the isolation box is, you might lock yourself up as well,” he says. “I can understand why they put those stickers on the box— because they have very poor self-discipline(自律）. How about simply taking back your time? Self-disciplined people are sure to succeed without such tricks,” adds Liang.

What’s your opinion on the isolation box? Do you think it’s a good idea?

阅读以上材料，根据其内容回答其后各个小题。
1. Young people use the isolation box to help them ________.

A．face difficulties bravely	B．fall asleep more quickly
C．spend less time on phones	D．make fewer mistakes at school

2. The underlined word “worthwhile” means “________ ” in Chinese.

A．无效的

B．微小的

C．值得的

D．基本的

3. Why did Lin Tiangi put stickers on the isolation box?

A．To make the box beautiful.	B．To encourage herself.
C．To show her love for the box.	D．To tell others the box belongs to her.

4. Which of the following can be Liang Wenyu’s suggestion?

A．Asking others to help keep the phone for a while.

B．Locking the mobile phone in another room.

C．Developing the ability to do things without being asked.

D．Turning off the mobile phone while studying.

5. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Whether the mobile phone isolation box is a good idea.

B．How to use the mobile phone isolation box.

C．What people can do with their mobile phones.

D．Why the mobile phone isolation box is becoming popular.

【推荐2】In Tianjin, China, a group of people are waiting at the bus stop. Soon, the special bus comes to the bus stop. It looks like a panda with black ears and black eyes. After getting on the bus, people only need to buy their tickets by scanning（扫描） their hands! About one minute later, the bus begins its self-driving mode. When the traffic lights turn red or when it reaches the bus stop, it stops automatically. There is also a robot on the bus. People can talk to it and ask it for help. If there is a bad person on the bus, the robot will call the police. “It’ s very convenient.” says a woman taking the bus. “And kids love it.”

A company called Deep Blue Technology makes this kind of buses. They’ re working in ten cities all over China. More cities in China will put this kind of buses into use this year. I think soon you can take the bus in your city.

Now smart buses are no longer buses in the future. Would you like to take a ride on the smart bus?

1. What does the bus look like?

A．A cat.

B．A duck.

C．A panda.

D．A bear.

2. What does the underlined word “automatically” in the first paragraph mean?

A．快速地

B．自动地

C．突然地

D．缓慢地

3. What can the robots do on the bus?
①Call the police.②Talk to people.③Play with kids.④Drive the bus.

A．①②

B．①④

C．①③

D．②④

4. What can we know from the passage?

A．People can only take the bus in Tianjin.

B．People don’t need to pay for tickets on the bus.

C．It’s a smart bus with black ears and black eyes.

D．Ten cities will put this kind of buses into use this year.

5. Which is the best title of the passage?

A．Buses in the future

B．A new kind of bus

C．Deep Blue

D．A modern city

【推荐3】When I was a boy, we had a tiny television set. It only had one channel (频道). Still, I would always be in my chair when cartoons came on.

The one I liked best was The Jasons (《杰森一家》). It was a cartoon series set in a future that was full of fantastic machines that could do anything. I always smiled when I watched it and dreamed of a day when I would have machines like this to do all my work, so I could just sit back and relax.

Now my life is full of machines like these. But if anything, I seem to have more to do than ever. Just today I had to spend most of the morning downloading (下载) a new word processing program so I could write this article. When I first started out, I wrote my stones on lined notebook paper and it took half the time. Last week, I spent most of another morning trying to get my new coffee maker to work right. I seem to be drowning in a sea of new rules and problems that come with new technology.

Now don’t get me wrong. Computers and machines have done a lot to help all of us. I just want us to be able to use them without them using us. We always seem to be busy because we’re spending all of our time using these machines.

I hope that in the future, machines can be more user-friendly, so we don’t spend all our time on them. With machines we can live an easier life, but they can never replace time spent with family and friends.

1. What did the writer think of the machines when he was a boy?

A．They are friendly.	B．They are boring.
C．They are fantastic.	D．They. are relaxing.

2. Now the writer has to spend more time to ________.

A．download the articles	B．repair the new machines
C．buy new machines	D．learn to use the machines

3. The last paragraph tells us ________.

A．we should spent time on studying machines

B．machines help us live an easier life in the future

C．machines can replace our family and friends

D．we should spend time with friends and family

【推荐1】阅读短文，根据短文内容，从下面各小题所给的四个备选项中，选出最佳选项。

Today we see people shake hands in different places. They shake hands(握手) for different reasons. People sometimes shake hands when they say goodbye. Players often shake hands before and after games. We shake hands when we meet new people or during special festivals.

Why do people shake hands? Why don’t they shake feet? Here is a story. A long time ago people used knives or other dangerous things in fighting. If some of them decided(决定) to stop, they would show there were no knives or other dangerous(危险的) things in their hands. People shook hands to show there weren’t these things in any parts of their clothes. Later, shaking hands became a symbol of peace.

Now we shake hands all the time! It’s still a way to show we are friendly.

1. People don’t shake hands when they ________ according to the passage.

A．meet for the first time	B．start a game
C．say “yes”	D．say goodbye

2. The underline word “fighting” here means “________” in Chinese

A．打架

B．玩耍

C．交流

D．和谈

3. People shook hands to tell that they ________.

A．made(制造) knives	B．didn’t carry(携带) knives
C．liked knives	D．didn’t want knives

4. People still shake hands ________.

A．because they can’t do other things

B．because they love shaking hands a lot

C．because shaking hands isn’t hard to do

D．because they want to show they are friendly

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A．Special festival.	B．Shaking hands.
C．History of knives.	D．Rules of game.

【推荐3】请阅读下面内容，从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Street performers used to be street musicians before. The history of street musicians can go back to the Middle Ages in Europe. They were called “troubadours” then. Nowadays, street performers are not only musicians. They can be actors, clowns, dancers, storytellers and so on. Most people call street performers “buskers” now.

People often come across buskers on busy shopping streets and near parks and watch their shows. In return, they give the buskers some money before they move on.

In some cities, buskers need a permit(许可证)while in other cities the permit isn’t necessary. Most cities welcome buskers. It is believed that in busy city-center areas, buskers can help attract more shoppers. As people stopped to enjoy street shows, they are more likely to visit the nearby shops and do some shopping there.

1. Which of the following is TRUE about street performers?

A．They are called “troubadours” nowadays.

B．Most people now call them “buskers”.

C．They first appeared in Africa.

2. Street performers include musicians, actors, and ________.

A．shoppers

B．drivers

C．clowns

3. What does the underlined word return (paragraph 2) mean in Chinese?

A．交换

B．返程

C．交流

4. Why do most cities welcome street performers?

A．Because they have a permit to perform in a city center.

B．Because they can sell things to the shoppers.

C．Because they can attract more people.

5. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．Facts about street performers.

B．What street performers can do.

C．Street performers’ skills.

【推荐1】Wang Yaping, 42, became China’s first female space walker on Nov. 7th evening when she took part in the Shenzhou XIII mission’s first extravehicular activity(舱外活动) with Zhai Zhigang.

The extravehicular operation began at 6:51 p.m. when Zhai opened a gate. By midnight, they had climbed up the station’s robotic arm and used it to practice extravehicular activity and rescue operations with Ye Guangfu remaining inside the station to control and support the spacewalk.

The spacewalk was expected to further check the robotic arm’s capabilities(能力), examine the safety and performance of support devices(设施), because they would have one or two more spacewalks in the coming months.

A native of Shandong province and mother of a 6-year-old girl, Wang Yaping joined the People’s Liberation Army Air Force in August 1997. In March 2012, she was part of the backup crew(后备人员), and in June 2013, she took part in the Shenzhou X mission which lasted nearly 15 days. She is the second Chinese woman to have flown in space.

During the Shenzhou X flight, Wang gave China’s first space-based lecture inside the Tiangong I experimental module to more than 60 million Chinese students at about 80, 000 schools across the country. Many students were encouraged after watching Wang’s lecture. ________. They should experience a lot of pain that most people can’t stand and keep training all the time.

She is such a great woman that people call her “the most beautiful astronaut”. We are happy that she together with the other astronauts returned our hometown safely.

1. There are ________ astronauts in the Shenzhou XIII mission.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

2. According to the passage we can know that ________.

A．the extravehicular activity was for several reasons

B．Wang Yaping is the second woman to have flown in space

C．Wang and Ye went out of the spaceship on Nov. 7th evening

D．Wang gave a space-based lecture during the Shenzhou XI flight

3. Which of the following sentences can be put in the “________”?

A．However, to become an astronaut is not easy

B．Because to give a lecture in space is cool

C．So they want to become astronauts in the future

D．Though they may know nothing about space

4. The best structure of this passage may be ________.

A．	B．
C．	D．

【推荐2】

On December 17, 2020, the return capsule (返回器) of China’s Chang’e-5 lunar probe (月球探测器) safely touched down on its landing site. It brought back the country’s first samples of lunar rocks and soil it had collected from the moon.

    1     One of them is a young woman named Zhou Chengyu. At the age of 24, Zhou has become both the youngest and the first female space commander (指挥官) at the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan Province.

Zhou’s workmates often call her “Big Sister”. She has now taken part in five space missions (任务).     2     For the launch of the Chang’e-5 probe, Zhou was in charge of the rocket connector system. This was one of the most important roles in the mission.

The Chang’e-5 mission was named after the Chinese moon goddess (女神).     3     They have spoken highly of Zhou, considering her as a role model for Chinese girls.

However, the young commander has shown no interest in fame (名声). In fact, Zhou has refused a lot of interviews.     4    

Zhou’s story sends an encouraging message: Girls are just as capable as boys. They can do whatever boys can do, and do things quite well.

根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。

A．As you know, success doesn’t come in a day.

B．All of them need the highest level of professional knowledge.

C．She feels that they will only get in the way of (妨碍) her work.

D．Behind the success of the moon mission was a team of great scientists.

E．Many people found that a strong female person had got international attention.