【推荐3】          In China, more and more villagers have left home to make a living in big cities. As a result, their children have become leftover (留守) children and they need more care. The survey below is from some villages in Central China. Three hundred children were chosen to answer the questions.

What they want	Love	Money	Freedom	Control	Something else
	40%	18%	28%	10%	4%
Who to talk with	Oneself	Family members			No one
	27%	55%			18%
Communicate (交流) with their parents freely or not	Yes	A little difficult			No
	46%	44%			10%
The way they like to live	Living with parents	Living without parents			No idea
	58%	14%			28%
What they think of their parents’ working in cities	Bad	Good			No idea
	20%	39%			41%
Happiest place	School	Home			Friend’s home
	48%	34%			18%

1. Of all the four things, the leftover children need _________ most.

A．love

B．money

C．control

D．freedom

2. _________ of the children think it good to live with their parents.

A．14%

B．28%

C．44%

D．58%

3. How many children think their happiest place is their school?

A．48.

B．102.

C．144.

D．156.

4. During the survey, the children were asked about many things EXCEPT _________.

A．food

B．places they like

C．their needs

D．their parents’ working in cities

5. We can learn that _________ from the survey.

A．most leftover children want more freedom without parents

B．over 40% of the children have difficulty talking to parents freely

C．all the leftover children dream of making money in big cities

D．most villagers prefer living a life in the countryside

【推荐1】以下是—些创意产品的介绍，请根据五个人的需求，为每个人选择一个合适的产品。

1     Linda finds it difficult to pay attention to her study because her neighbours often make a lot of noise.     2     Sally, a clerk of big company, suffers from a terrible pain in the neck because of her heavy daily paper work.     3     It’s getting colder and colder. Tony always wants to drink something warm in the office.     4     Lily is planning a trip to Paris, but she hardly knows any French. That worries her very much.     5     Tom travels a lot on business. He finds it hard to have a good rest during his long flights.

A. Learning a new language takes months and even years, but MUAMA can help you communicate with foreigners in a second! B. Say Goodbye to neck pain! NeeKomfort can free you from neck pain quickly and comfortably, Doctors call it “one of the best inventions in 2000”. C. Health Watch is a wristwatch that records and measures your state of health. It is fit for everyone: sports lovers or those who have no time for daily physical activities. D. For those who need a quiet environment, they need QuietBuds. This new noise-cancelling earbuds (耳塞) will help to keep all the terrible sounds out completely! E. Are you planning a trip and wondering how to spend long fights? Besides comfortable clothes, you need a neck pillow like OSTRICH PILLOW GO. Just put it on and you are going dreamland. F. MUTO is a small “plate” that , allows you to heat any liquid (液体) in any cups or bowls You can beat exactly the amount of the liquid you need, wasting less energy and time.

【推荐2】Beijing Opera is our national（国家的）opera. It started from 1790. Its music and singing came from Anhui and Hubei. There are four main roles in Beijing Opera: Sheng, Dan, Jing and Chou. Beijing Opera is full of famous stories, beautiful facial（脸部的）paintings, wonderful gestures（姿态）and fighting. Some of the stories are from history books, but many of them are from famous novels（小说）. The people in the stories usually can’t agree with each other. They become angry, unhappy and sad. Sometimes they are worried. Then they find a way to make peace with each other. Everyone is usually happy in the end.

Beijing Opera is an important part of Chinese culture. In the past, it was popular with old people but young people didn’t like it. But now, more and more young people are becoming interested in it. At the same time, more people around the world are learning about Beijing Opera.

1. How old was Beijing Opera?

A．About 210 years.	B．About 220 years.
C．About 230 years.	D．About 240 years.

2. Beijing Opera’s ________ came from Anhui and Hubei.

A．music and singing	B．acting and fighting
C．music and acting	D．singing and fighting

3. The story in Beijing Opera usually has a ________ end.

A．funny

B．sad

C．happy

D．surprising

4. Who liked Beijing Opera in the past?

A．Young people.

B．Old people.

C．All people.

D．Foreigners.

5. According to the passage, Beijing Opera will be ________.

A．away

B．forgotten

C．more popular

D．lost

【推荐3】Hello, I'm Peter. I come from Japan. I can speak a little English and French. But I can't speak Chinese. I get up at 6:00 and go to school at 7:30 in the morning. I like P.E. best at school. It is exciting. I don't like math. I think it is difficult and boring. I want to visit China. I want to learn Kung fu.

My name is Jill. I come from the USA. I'm 13 years old. I go to school at 7:40 and I go home at 5:00 in the afternoon. I have lunch at school. I like music best. It is relaxing. I want to join the music club.

I'm Mark. I'm from England. I can speak English and a little French, but I can't speak Japanese. I like art and I want to join the art club. I also like math, because it is interesting and fun. I have a pen friend in China. His English name is Jack. I want to see him one day.

1. Peter can't speak ________.

A．English

B．Chinese

C．Japanese

2. What subject does Jill like best?

A．Art

B．Math

C．Music

3. What club does Mark want to join?

A．The art club

B．The English club

C．The music club

4. ________ comes from America.

A．Jack

B．Mark

C．Jill

5. Which of the following is true?

A．Jill has lunch at home.

B．Peter can't do Kung fu.

C．Mark has a pen friend in Japan.

【推荐1】英语阅读的秘诀

I am a person who loves reading in English. For me, it is easy to get lost in a book and return to the real world a couple of hours later. You may wonder it is hard for you, but how did I do it successfully?

At first, reading is a process in which you need your enthusiasm( 热情) no matter how old you are. As a 6-year-old child, I could read Harry Potter in English. Now, as a student, it is harder for me to find the time to read books for pleasure. However, I look forward to reading my favorite books. Growing up,I found spelling was not difficult for me and I had a wide vocabulary. This is something I benefited from reading at such a young age.

My second method is to read the books that you have often read in English. Reading fictions is especially a great way of improving your vocabulary as you are wrapped up(全神贯注) in the story line. It is easy to follow the story in English even if you don't understand some sentences.

The last important point is that it is not necessary to understand absolutely every word. If you understand the meaning of the sentence, each word is not necessarily important. Sometimes it is impossible to translate directly from one language to another. If a word is used several times in a text, you can get your own meaning from it and it makes much more sense than you try to look it up and translate it in the first place.

If you like reading as you like delicious food, the matter will be easier and you will open up a whole world of literature you never knew!

1. The author likes reading books        .

A．in English

B．in Chinese

C．in Spanish

D．in Japanese

2. The author began to read Harry Potter at the age of        .

A．6

B．7

C．8

D．9

3. The underlined word “absolutely” means “       “in Chinese.

A．不断地

B．慢慢地

C．细心地

D．完全地

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．The author is very good at reading English books.

B．Reading fictions can make it easy to follow the story.

C．The author has benefited a lot from reading.

D．It's meaningless to guess the meaning of words from a text.

5. The passage mainly tells us________.

A．a brief introduction of Harry Potter	B．how to be a good English reader
C．how to translate quickly and correctly	D．reading can improve your vocabulary

【推荐2】Recycling is a way to take rubbish and turn it into new products. It’s helpful to our environment. There are a number of different recycling steps that allow materials to be used more than once.

All kinds of materials can be recycled. Some of the most common things in use today include recycling plastic (塑料), glass, metals and paper. Things made of these materials include plastic milk boxes, newspapers, computers and cardboard boxes.

▲ These include: Landfills (垃圾填埋)—Recycling materials means less rubbish and saves space in landfills. Resources—When we use materials again, this means we can take fewer resources from the earth. Pollution—in general, recycling materials can produce less pollution, helping to keep our environment clean.

Be sure to recycle everything you can in your house and school. There is almost a “recycle” rubbish bin around. Be sure to drop your used plastic bottles there. At home, be sure to put paper things like the newspapers, paper boxes, and homework pages into the recycle box.

Plastics are usually marked with an identification code(识别码）that shows a recycling symbol and a number from 1 to 7. This shows that the type of chemicals, or materials, is used in making the plastic. Used paper can be recycled around seven times.

It is high time we set up a recycle station in every street, across the city and the country, so the cleaners can transport the rubbish conveniently. This is the only way out for dealing with rubbish without causing danger to the environment and our health. For ourselves, our children and our children’s children, let’s take action NOW!

1. From the first paragraph, we know that ________.

A．we can make more money from recycling

B．recycling is helpful to our environment

C．recycling is common and popular

D．there is too much rubbish around us

2. Which of the following can be put in the ▲ ?

A．There are a number of advantages for recycling.

B．However, it’s hard to recycle everything.

C．We can save resources by recycling.

D．Recycling is a way to reduce pollution.

3. From the passage, which is the following is True?

A．Recycling materials means more rubbish in landfills.

B．Glass is usually marked with an identification code.

C．Used paper can be recycled around seven times.

D．It will take too much money on recycling.

4. What’s the writer’s attitude (态度) toward setting up a recycle station?

A．Doubtful.

B．Uncertain.

C．Worried.

D．Supportive.

【推荐3】Stop Making Careless Mistakes

Careless mistakes can make you feel worse than big mistakes, simply because they seem so easily preventable（可避免的）. It's important to remember that everyone makes mistakes from time to time, and that's okay. However, if you're making lots of careless mistakes, there are a few simple ways to get yourself back on track.

Realize that making mistakes is normal. So you made a mistake? Don't worry. We are humans and we all make mistakes sometimes. Avoid putting yourself down when you make mistakes. Recent psychology studies show that there are two common ways that the brain responds（反应）after you've made a mistake—one says "Pay attention!" It is like a wake-up call where you think "What happened and why?" The second way is more like the brain shuts down, notices the inactive feedback（反馈）you give yourself as a threat, and then avoids thinking about it completely. People in the first way were more likely to learn from their mistakes and change their behavior. People in the second way were more likely to repeat the same types of mistakes over and over again.

Find out what made that careless mistake. Ask yourself why you might have made a certain type of mistake. Were you in a hurry? Were you stressed out and thinking about something else? Write down how you could have avoided making it in the first place. Example: allowed more time to do this, started this earlier, and stayed more focused on what you were doing, etc.

Stick to a regular sleeping and eating routine. It's amazing how fast lack of sleep can make people forgetful and cause them to feel stressed, which easily leads to careless mistakes. Try to go to bed and wake up around the same time each day, and eat regular, healthy meals around the same time each day.

Tell yourself you will do better next time. Don't let a mistake wear you down. There's no need to be a perfectionist. Don't make excuses, or beat yourself up. Everyone makes mistakes. It's how you handle mistakes that is important. Simply think about how you can solve the problem and move on.

1. The writer mentions the recent psychology studies in Paragraph 2 to show that __________.

A．both the two ways are used to avoid making careless mistakes

B．making mistakes is normal in our lives

C．humans sometimes make mistakes

D．the two ways brain responds can result in different behavior

2. According to the passage, the writer probably agrees that __________.

A．it's okay to make lots of careless mistakes

B．people realize making mistakes is normal by repeating the same mistakes

C．people should know the reasons of making careless mistakes and try to make some changes

D．going to bed early easily leads to careless mistakes

3. The word "handle" in Paragraph 5 probably means "__________".

A．check out

B．prepare for

C．think of

D．deal with

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Repeating careless mistakes makes us not confident.

B．Mistakes can be avoided and we should correct them.

C．Avoid making mistakes and nothing can put us down.

D．Humans prefer to make careless mistakes rather than make big mistakes.