【推荐1】Once a small boy lived on a farm which seemed so far away from everywhere.
He needed to get up before sunrise every morning to help his father on the farm. During sunrise he would take a break and climb up on the fence along the side of the farm. He could see a house with golden windows. “If they could afford golden windows, then there must be other nice things inside the house.” He imagined how great it would be to live there. Then he promised himself, “Some day I will go there and see this wonderful place.”
One morning, his father would go to the town and told him to stay at home for a rest. Knowing that this was his chance, he took a sandwich and headed across the field towards the house with the golden windows.
As the afternoon went on, he began to realize how wrong he was. The house was much farther than he had expected. As he went near the house, he saw no golden windows but instead a place in bad need of a painting. A small girl very close to his age came out of the poor house and stood by the broken fence. He asked her if she had seen the house with the golden windows. The girl said, “Sure, I know.” And invited him to sit on the porch (门廊 ). As he sat there, he looked back from where he just came. There he saw the sunset turned the windows of his house to gold! Now he understood that everyone had his own house with golden windows.
1. During his break every morning, the small boy would________.

A．fix the fence	B．eat sandwiches
C．climb up on the fence	D．walk around the farm

2. One morning, when knowing he would stay alone, the boy thought it was a chance for him to__________.

A．go to the town	B．play on the field
C．go to see the house	D．make the golden windows

3. What did the boy find when he got there?

A．Nobody lived in the poor house.

B．No golden windows were in the house.

C．The house was as old as he expected.

D．The house was nearer than he thought.

4. The story tells us that people sometimes may have the thought “______.”

A．Like father, like son	B．Love me, love my dog
C．Every dog has its day	D．The grass is greener somewhere else

5. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Golden Windows.	B．Father and Son.
C．A Wonderful Place.	D．A Boy's Promise.

【推荐2】

①“Mirror (镜子), mirror on the wall, what will I look like in ten years? Will I look pretty if I eat junk food and don’t exercise?”

②To get the answer, you might need a special mirror. French Scientists invented (发明) one. In this mirror, you can never see what you look like today. What you see is what you’ll look like in the future.

③“The mirror is unusual, although it looks just like the one in your bathroom,” says Martin Illsley, one of the scientists.

④“It has a camera inside to take your pictures. Just stand in front of the mirror, and it will work,” suggests Martin. “You also need to tell the mirror what you eat and how you exercise. In this way you put your information into the tape inside the mirror. After a few minutes, the special software in it will produce a future vision (形象) of you on the mirror.”

⑤What will bad habits bring you five or ten years later? This mirror may just show you. If you don’t want it to become true, give up your bad habits right now! Remember that mirrors can not help you keep healthy but you can.

⑥With the development of technology, there will be more inventions like the special mirror. Maybe a map will show you where you will live and work. And a clock will tell you how long you will live in this world. But I still believe that you decide future by yourself. Take action now and make a better future!

1. Who would most like to use this mirror according the passage?

A．A man who is already thin.

B．Someone who wants to shape the future.

C．Someone who wants to lose weight.

D．Someone who doesn’t want to live in the future.

2. What’s the correct order to use this mirror?

a. tell the mirror your information                  b. produce a future vision

c. stand in front of the mirror                         d. get the answer

A．c-a-b-d

B．a-c-b-d

C．c-a-d-b

D．a-c-d-b

3. What did the writer mean by saying “But I still believe that you decide future by yourself ” in Paragraph 6?

A．We shouldn’t use the mirror.	B．We must make our future perfect.
C．We can make our future by the mirror.	D．A beautiful future needs ourselves’ endeavor.

4. What’s the structure (结构) of the passage?

A．

B．

C．

D．

【推荐3】“Have you finished your lesson, George?” said Mr. Prentice to his son, who had laid aside his book and was busy making a large paper kite.

“No, father,” replied George, hanging down his head.

“Why not, my son?”

“Because it is so difficult, father. I am sure that I shall never learn it. Besides, I could not remember it after I had learned it, my memory is so bad.”

“If I promise you a holiday on the thirtieth of the month after next, do you think you would forget the date?”

“No, I am pretty sure that I should not.”

“You are very good at skating, and flying a kite, and playing a ball, aren’t you?” “Yes, father.”

“And yet you cannot learn your lesson! My dear boy, you are deceiving（欺骗）yourself. You can learn as well as anyone, if you will only try.”

“But have I not tried, father?” asked George.

“Well, try again. Come, for this afternoon lay aside that kite you are making, and give another effort to get your lesson ready. To show you that it only requires perseverance, I will tell you a story:

One of the dullest boys at a village school, more than thirty years ago, went up to repeat his lesson one morning, and, as usual, did not know it. “Go to your seat!” said the teacher angrily.

“If you don’t pay more attention to your lessons, you will never be fit for anything.” The poor boy went back to his seat.

“It is of no use. I cannot learn.” he said in a low voice to the boy who sat near him. “You must try hard,” replied the kind-hearted boy.

“I have tried, but it is of no use, I may just as well give up at once.” “Try again, Henry!”

The boy got courage from these two words. Soon, to his surprise and pleasure, the whole lesson was remembered!”

“And was it you, father?” asked his son, looking up into the face of his kind parent. “Yes, my child. That dull boy was your own father in his early years.”

“Then I will try again.” said George.

“I learned the lesson, father!” replied the boy, “I can say every word of it.” “Did you find it hard work?”

“Not so very hard, after I had once made up my mind that I would learn it.”

“May you never forget this lesson, my son!” said Mr. Prentice, “You now get the secret of success. It lies in never stopping to think about a task being difficult or tiresome, but in going on, with a fixed determination to succeed.”

1. The meaning of the underlined word perseverance is ________.

A．the quality of continuing trying

B．the quality of being brave enough

C．thinking about what will happen next

D．thinking about what’s the best thing to do

2. According to the passage, we can see Mr. Prentice ________.

A．was encouraged by his teacher

B．was a top student at first

C．is always impatient with his son

D．is a kind and wise father

3. Which can be the best title for the passage?

A．A dull boy.

B．Try again.

C．A strict father.

D．Finish your lesson.

【推荐1】A plant is a living thing. It uses its many parts to grow from a small seed to a large plant. Each part helps the plant stay healthy. Plants also need sunlight to grow. They get light from the sun and minerals from the soil. These things help the plant stay alive and grow.

1. Which is the missing word in the first box?

A．Leaves.

B．Grasses.

C．Dirt.

D．Water.

2. Which part might grow around the seeds?

A．The stem.

B．The flower.

C．The root.

D．The fruit.

3. Which sentence is TRUE according to the passage?

A．A plant grows flowers under the ground.	B．Flowers can grow into new plants.
C．Not all plants have fruit.	D．The stem helps hold the roots up.

4. What’s the passage mainly about?

A．Parts of plants.

B．Seeds of plants.

C．Leaves of plants.

D．Roots of plants.

5. In what subject might you learn this passage?

A．Geography.

B．Biology (生物).

C．Physics.

D．Chemistry (化学).