【推荐1】阅读下面短文，根据短文内容填空和回答问题。

Many people always say that listening to spoken English is too hard for them. But if you don’t understand what people are saying, how can you talk with them? It may be difficult, but learning by listening is necessary.

As we know, different people have different pronunciations of the same word. Standard pronunciation is important for English speaking as well as for listening. In China, people from one area may not understand what people from another area are saying because of the different Chinese dialects (方言). Standard Chinese pronunciation can help people from different places understand each other easily.

It is the same as English. If your pronunciation is not standard, it is hard for other people to understand you.

If you want to learn how to listen to English, the following ways are helpful.

Get some good books with tapes. Do the exercises, from the simple to the difficult, step by step.

You can also watch English-language films and TV programs, listen to English-language radio.

Try to listen every day, even if only a few minutes. At first you may understand few words. Don’t give up. Just listen.

Remember to read and speak English every day. It will help you to listen better, spend an hour reading English every day. Finally you will notice that you are making progress.

Talk to English-speaking foreigners as often as possible. Foreigners will speak slowly with you, use simple words, and use body language to help you understand them. Don’t be afraid to talk to them. They won’t mind if you have trouble because they may have more trouble making themselves understood in Chinese.

1. If your pronunciation isn’t standard, it is ___________ for other people to understand you.
2. The writer shows us ___________ ways to learn to listen to English.
3. If you spend an hour ___________ English every day, you’ll notice that you are making progress.
4. Different people won’t have the ___________ pronunciation of the same word.
5. What do many people always say?
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【推荐2】To be healthy and happy is important for each of us. Do you want to improve（改善）your health and feel better? Here are some ways.

Eat whole foods. Eat some healthy foods, such as fruits, vegetables, nuts and a little meat. If you have a healthy eating habit, you’ll be happier.

Exercise. Take up a sport you really like. If you want to keep healthy, try to exercise for 30 minutes a day, twice or three times a week．

Get enough sleep. It is best to get eight hours’ sleep a day. A cup of milk before sleeping may help you get a good sleep.

Keep yourself busy. This is good because it stops you from having bad habits. To keep yourself busy, you can walk around the house, spend time with your pets, do a sport, or do a hobby you enjoy.

Spend time with your friends. Spend time and have fun with them. Talk with them, but you shouldn’t talk about anything bad. You should stay with the people who are healthy and happy.

1. How many ways of improving your health and feeling are there in the passage?
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2. Can we eat a lot of meat?
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3. Why does the writer want you to keep yourself busy?
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4. What shouldn’t you do when you talk with your friends?
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5. What’s the best title (题目) of this passage?
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【推荐3】阅读下面短文，根据其内容完成表格中所缺的信息，并将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。

A report in a newspaper says that school accidents, such as food poisoning (中毒), fires, electricity and traffic, kill more primary and middle school students than anything else. So we must learn how to protect ourselves better. Here are some tips for keeping safety in mind every day.

On our way home or to school: Wait for the green traffic light, and look left and right before we cross the road. We’d better wear bright-color clothes, so the drivers can see us easily. Don’t believe strange people in the street.

At school: When students around us begin to push each other, we need to stand still and try to hold onto something, or stay in a corner until the crowd leaves. If we fall down in a moving crowd, use both hands to cover the head. Lean to one side, curl up (蜷缩) our body and bend (使弯曲) the legs.

In a fire: Stay calm. Leave the classroom quickly under the directions of the teachers. Smoke can be more dangerous than fire, so use a piece of cloth to cover our mouth and nose. What will we do if the clothes burn? Remember not to run! Drop and fall to the ground. Then roll! It will make the fire go out.

For eating: Wash fruits carefully before eating them. Check the expiration dates (保质期) on the packages of the snacks, and if it looks or smells bad, don’t eat it.

Topic: Keep safety in mind every day
Fact	It’s true that school accidents kill more students than anything else.
Safety Tips	On the way	Wait for the green light, look both sides before we walk     1     the road. Wear bright colors. Don’t believe strangers in the street.
	At school	It’s necessary for us to stand still and try to hold onto something, or stay in a corner     2     the crowd leaves. We’d better cover our head with both hands, leaning to one side, curling up our body and bending our legs.
	In a     3	Stay calm. Follow the teachers’ directions and leave quickly.     4     our mouth and nose by using a piece of cloth. Drop to the ground and roll over and over to put out the fire.
	For eating	Wash fruits carefully before we eat them. Check the expiration dates. Don’t eat the food that looks or smells     5    .
Purpose	To make the students know the tips to be protected from danger.

【推荐1】Most people have ambitions. An ambition is something we want to do, want to be or want to have. A student’s ambition, for example, might be to pass his or her exams and then get a good job. An athlete’s ambition could be to win an important competition. A businessman’s ambition is usually to make a lot of money.

Not all ambitions are about success at work, however. Some people just want to be good people, have a family or help others.

Ben’s ambition is to be a sports writer. He writes the sports reports for his class newspaper. He likes most sports, and swimming and football are his favorites.

Trudy’s ambition is to be a concert pianist. She is very serious about it and practices every day with her best friend Lily. It is very important to her.

Harry’s ambition changes every day! One day he wants to be an astronaut. The next day he wants to be a pop singer. The next day he wants to drive a racing car. His mother would be happy his ambition was to get up in time for school every day!

1. What’s an ambition?
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2. What’s a student’s ambition?
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3. Does Ben want to be a music writer?
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4. Are all the ambitions about success at work?
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5. Does Harry get up in time for school every day?
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【推荐2】回答问题

If you have no special plans for your holidays, why not spend your time helping others? Don’t listen to people who say that the young people today often think only of themselves. It’s not true at all. More and more people in the USA volunteer to spend their school holidays working for others. And they don’t do it for money. Here are some of their stories.

Alice Hamilton, 17

I’m going to help the Forest Center build new hiking paths (小路) in the mountains. It’s going to be wonderful — I’ll spend the whole summer living in the tent and breathing the clean mountain air. I’m going to sleep under the stars. It’ll be a nice sport, and I’ll be able to do something good at the same time.

.Jason Moore, 18

This summer, I’m going to volunteer with Special House Program. They build good, low-cost houses and sell them to families that are not very rich. They’ll teach me what to do, so I’ll help people and also have a chance to learn how to build houses.

Trish Anderson, 16

I’m going to teach kids who have trouble reading. I’ll work for a program called Reading For Life. Every day, I’m going to help kids choose and read books that they like. I want to be a teacher and I love children and reading, so this is going to be a great experience for me.

1. The young people today often think only of themselves, don’t they?
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2. What does Alice Hamilton think of the coming voluntary work?
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3. Who will learn to build houses this summer?
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4. What’s wrong with the kids who Trish Anderson is going to teach?
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5. How is Trish Anderson going to help the kids?
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【推荐3】阅读下列短文，根据短文内容完成下列各题。

	Hi, I’m Gina Smith. I have three photos. Look at the first one. Two girls are in it. They are my good friends Jane and Anna.
	Who are in this photo? These are my aunt and uncle. My uncle is a teacher. The two boys are their sons Jack and Tom.
	The last one is my family photo. This is my grandmother. She’s 80. These are my parents. The boy is my brother Mike. Who’s the gir? Ha, it’s me. I’m three years old in the photo.

1. Is Anna Gina’s friend?
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2. What’s the relationship (关系) between Gina and Tom?
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3. How old is Gina’s grandmother?
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4. What are the three photos about?
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