【推荐1】It is Mrs. Brown’s birthday. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are at their favorite Chinese restaurant, China Jade. They rarely go out to eat. It is expensive to eat out. They only eat out on special days. Mrs. Brown is forty years old today, so it is a very special day.

China Jade is a small restaurant. However, it is quite clean and beautiful. There are about ten tables in the restaurant. On each table, there is a red flower. The Browns came here for the first time three years ago. They came to celebrate their friend Robert’s birthday. They fell in love with this small restaurant at that time. Yan is the headwaiter here. He works very hard and he enjoys his job. He likes telling jokes and many customers like him. He knows that it is Mrs. Brown’s birthday and he wants the dinner to be very special. He brings Mr. and Mrs. Brown a menu. Then he helps them order. They order vegetable soup for their first course. For their main course, they order Peking duck. After the main course, they order a fruit salad. Yan brings them their food. They eat slowly and happily, listening to the beautiful music.

The evening is so wonderful. It is 11:00 p. m. when the Browns get home. Mrs. Brown puts her red flower from China Jade in a vase. She is very happy. She thinks that it is not so bad to be forty years old!

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. What does the underlined word “rarely” mean in this passage?

A．Never.

B．Hardly.

C．Often.

D．Always.

2. The Browns first came to China Jade ________.

A．four years ago	B．five years ago
C．for their friend’s birthday	D．for Mrs. Brown’s birthday

3. From the passage, we can know that ________.

A．Yan is a job-loving person	B．Yan is the Browns’ old classmate
C．China Jade is quite a big restaurant	D．China Jade is far from the Browns’ home

4. Which is the right order of the following things?
① Mrs. Brown puts her red flower from China Jade in a vase.
② Mr. and Mrs. Brown came to China Jade to celebrate Robert’s birthday.
③ Mr. and Mrs. Brown order vegetable soup, Peking duck and fruit salad for dinner.
④Yan wants the dinner to be special and helps Mr. and Mrs. Brown order food.

A．①④②③

B．②③④①

C．②④③①

D．④③①②

5. What might be the best title for the passage?

A．A Surprising Dinner	B．A Wonderful Evening
C．The Browns’ Best Friend	D．The Browns’ Favorite Food

【推荐1】    1     Scientists have studied the connection between color and mood (心情) for a long time. Many believe that color can influence our moods.

Warm, bright colors such as yellow and red are positive colors.     2     Cool colors such as blue, purple, and green are relaxing colors.     3    

Many public places are decorated (装饰) with certain colors in order to create certain moods. Orange makes people feel hungry, and many restaurants are painted in this color.     4     Blue is a peaceful colour. It helps you rest, so it is a very good color for a bedroom.

    5     Some types of blue make people feel sad. Red can make people feel angry.

What is your mood right now? Now look at the color of the walls round you. Does it match your mood?

A．They always make people excited.

B．They help people experience calm feelings.

C．Do some colors make you feel calm while others give you energy?

D．People use color in their homes to create moods as well.

E．They can give people a pleasant feeling.

F．Colors can also create bad moods.

G．Colors can influence people’s moods.

【推荐2】The world is like a big, beautiful rainbow with lots of colors: the grass is green, the sky is blue. But imagine not being able to see all these colors! That’s what happens with color blindness.

There are people who are blind to certain colors. Human color blindness is hard to explain. In a single eye, there are millions of very small things called “cones.” They help us to see in bright light and to tell the difference between colors. There are also millions of “rods,” but they are used for seeing when it is nearly dark. They show us the shape but not the color.

Do you think color blind people see everything like an old black-and-white movie? Not exactly! They often mix up colors, especially green and red. Another pair of colors they can tell is yellow and blue. There are different levels of color blindness. Some people are only colorblind in low light. However, in the most serious form of color blindness, everything is gray.

You know what’s even more interesting? Animals see colors differently too! Some bird sand animals have few or no cones, so they cannot see colors. Cats and dogs cannot see colors as well as we can. Some insects (昆虫) can even see X-rays. Scientists know that there are other colors around us which insects can see, but which we cannot see.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. What do “cones” in our eyes help us do?

A．See in the dark.	B．Tell different colors apart.
C．See shapes but not colors.	D．See through walls and bodies.

2. What is color blindness?

A．Mixing up certain colors.	B．Seeing colors brighter than they are.
C．Being unable to see any colors.	D．Seeing everything in black and white.

3. How do cats and dogs see colors compared to humans?

A．They only see in blue and yellow.	B．They see more colors than humans.
C．They see everything in black and white.	D．They can’t see colors as well as humans.

4. What is the structure of the text? (P=Paragraph)

A．

B．

C．

D．

5. In which unit of a textbook can the text be found?

A．Unit 1 Biology of the Eye.	B．Unit 2 Chemistry of Life.
C．Unit 3 Meaning of Colors.	D．Unit 4 Animals and People.

【推荐3】Do you like traditional Chinese operas (戏剧)? Among all traditional Chinese operas, facial mask (脸谱) in Peking Opera is popular around the world. Different colors are used to show different roles, but at first, only three colors were used: red, white and black. Here are the meanings of them.

Red is generally used to show that a role is honest and loyal (忠诚的). In fact, the color red was just to show what a person looks like in the beginning. Because many roles use red to show they’re very brave and honest, red gradually has another meaning. An example of “red full face” is Guan Yu, known for his loyalty to Liu Bei.

The role with the white face is bad in human nature. This kind of roles includes Cao Cao in the time of the Three Kingdoms, and Qin Hui, who put the national hero Yue Fei to death. The black mask shows either a rude and brave person or a fair and selfless one. Li Kui of Water Margin, and Bao Zheng are of this kind.

Later, other colors are gradually added to them, such as yellow standing for bravery, blue for someone with a strong personality. People can clearly identify the difference through these colors.

Nowadays, more and more young people like to know Peking Opera. Even some schools start to teach Peking Opera. And more and more people know that different colors mean different things. It is a good way to study and spread our traditional culture.

1. Red usually means ________ in Chinese operas.

A．brave and honest	B．honest and loyal
C．strong and brave	D．smart and honest

2. The underlined word “identify” probably means “________” in the text.

A．find out

B．look out

C．put off

D．cut off

3. What does the black face stand for in Peking Opera?

A．Neither brave nor honest.

B．Not only brave, but also honest.

C．Either rude and fair or brave and loyal.

D．Either rude and brave or fair and selfless.

4. The structure (结构) of the passage may be ________.

A．	B．
C．	D．