【推荐1】Peter, Jack, Sam, Bob and John are on our school basketball team. ① It is one of the most popular ____ (team) in our city. Next Sunday, they’re going to play against (同……比赛) No. 6 Middle School team. Let me introduce the five players. ②萨姆是最瘦的，但却是跑的最快的。Peter is the tallest. He can jump the highest, too.③He can throw the ball into the basket easily. Bob is a new player, but he is also a great player. Of the five boys, Jack is the best player. In the last basketball match, he got twenty points for his team. John is the heaviest. He is 65 kg. He runs slower than any other boy. ④But he is good at stopping the players of the other team from ____ (get) near the basket. They’re a strong team. Are they going to win? Let’s wait and see.

1. 在①句中，用所给词的适当形式填空。
It is one of the most popular _________ (team) in our city.
2. 翻译②句。
Sam is the __________, but he runs the ____________.
3. 将③翻译为中文。 ______________________________________
4. 用④句中所给词的适当形式填空。
But he is good at stopping the players of the other team from ___________(get) near the basket.
5. What is John good at doing?
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【推荐2】阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Ready, Set, Jump!

For skydivers, the sky isn’t the limit. It’s just the beginning. Thousands if people try skydiving each year. Some only jump once, while others go on to experience lifelong adventures, flying and turning over through the air.

Skydiving is a method of leaving an airplane and returning to the earth with the help of gravity, then slowing down by using a parachute (降落伞). It may include more or less free-fall, a time during which the parachute has not been used and the body gradually accelerates (加速) to the highest speed.

There are three choices for the beginners. However, before you try skydiving, a ground course on safety is required. The first method is accelerated free-fall. You jump out of the plane while being held by two coaches, one on either side. They hold onto you until you open your parachute. The second method is called static line. After jumping out, you will experience free-fall for a second or two. Then the weight of your body will pull the line tight, opening the parachute.

Tandem (串联) is the most popular because it is the easiest. You and the coach are tied together, the coach behind, with you in front. You jump out of the plane together, and the coach takes care of opening the parachute.

For each of these three methods, the coaches give instructions in the air with hand signals (信号) or a radio. If you are eager to try something challenging and would love to feel the freedom of flying, skydiving might be an adventure for you. Who knows? With risk and excitement mixed together, skydiving might just change your life.

1. Do thousands of people try skydiving each year?
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2. How many choices are there for the beginners?
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3. Why is tandem the most popular?
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4. How do the coaches give instructions in the air?
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5. What is the passage mainly about?
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【推荐3】阅读短文并回答问题

BASEBALL. It’s just a word, but for millions of Americans, it brings to mind so many images (印象).

Hot dogs. Cold beers. Sunny afternoon. Baseball is the game of fathers and sons. Fathers and sons have been playing catch with each other on lawns (草坪) for generations (一代人) in the US. A father’s favorite team becomes his son’s. Grandfathers talk to their grandsons about games played long ago.

Many American kids collect baseball cards. The cards have pictures of their favorite players on them. In schools, friends trade (交易) baseball cards just like they trade lunches.

Players are known as “the boys of summer” because the sport is most often played in the warm months. You don’t need to be of a certain size or shape to play baseball. You don’t have to be tall like a basketball player or strong like an American footballer. You just need to want to have fun.

Baseball is not as fast a game as basketball. But when you go to see a game there’s time to relax, talk and get to know other people.

Baseball may not be the most popular sport in the US, but it is the most traditional (传统的). It’s not just a game any more, but a key part of American culture, like apple pie and grandma’s house.

1. Who have been playing catch with each other on lawns for generations in the US?
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2. Do kids trade baseball cards just like they trade lunches in schools?
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3. Why are baseball players known as “boys of summer”?
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4. Which game is faster, baseball or basketball?
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【推荐1】根据短文内容，在文后表格中填入一个最恰当的单词，每空一词。

The students are talking about what kind of animal they would like to be.

Xiao Gang, 13

I am a happy elephant in Thailand. The Thai people like me and they are friendly to me. Every day I work and play with them. But I dislike the bad people who kill (杀死) my friends to get our ivory (象牙). I hope they can stop doing that.

Shu Jun, 14

I am an eagle (鹰). I like the blue sky because I can fly freely in it. Each day I look for prey (猎物). If I find any prey, I will quickly catch it with my claws (爪子). But some people like to keep us as pets. I don’t like cages. I want to fly in the sky.

Yi Zhan, 11

I am a little dog. I like my owner very much. When she is doing homework, I’ll sit quietly beside her. It snowed last week. My owner and I went outside to play in the snow. We both played very happily.

Zhang Lin, 12

I am a white rabbit. I like carrots very much. If someone gives me a carrot, I will eat it up in a few minutes. Now the winter is here, and I like to sleep more because it makes me warm. I don’t like people waking me up when I sleep.

What kind of animal the students would like to be
Name	Xiao Gang	Shu Jun	Yi Zhan	Zhang Lin
1	13	2	11	12
Animals	A(n)     3	An eagle	A(n)     4	A(n) rabbit
Reasons	People are     5     to him.	He can fly freely in the blue sky.	She likes her     6	She likes     7
8	The bad people kill his friends.	He may become some people’s     9		People wake her up when she     10     in winter.

【推荐3】Every weekend in Britain, DIY shops and garden centres are always full of people. A large number of people spend their weekends doing improvements (改进)to their homes instead of having a rest.

DIY projects are very popular and there are lots of TV programmes which show people how they can improve their homes.

Some people like decorating better – putting up wall- paper and painting walls, also there are many other DIY projects that people decide to take on, from changing the new floor to making a new shower. They are not so difficult for them.

Unluckily, some people bite off more than they can chew (不自量力), and try to take on jobs which always go wrong in the end. For example, the shops often tell people that it’s not safe(安全的) for a person to do anything electrical (电的). However, many people don’t care about this advice and put themselves in danger.

Something about DIY projects in Britain
On weekends	★DIY shops and garden centres are filled    1    people. ★Many people improve their homes instead of resting.
Way	★By    2    TV programmes.
3	★Some people like       4    decorating, such as putting up wall- paper and painting walls. ★Some people take on some other improvements, such as changing the new floor and setting a new shower.
Problem	It’s    5    that many people don’t care about the advice.