【推荐1】Welcome to White Pines Forest

This is one of the most beautiful places in the United States. But it can also be dangerous. If you’re planning a hike here:

1 Wear comfortable shoes, and take along one more pair of socks. That way you’ll have dry socks to change into if you need them.
2 Don’t forget to carry a waterproof (防水的) jacket. The weather can change quickly here.
3 Take some lightweight food along. Dried fruit, nuts and so on are good energy snacks. And be sure to carry plenty of drinking water. There are no water supplies along the trails.
4 There are some dangerous snakes in the forest, but you won’t meet them if you follow the trails.
Remember: the snakes won’t disturb you if you don’t disturb them.
5 Allow yourself enough time to get back to the campground (营地) before dark. So that you won’t get lost, make some marks along the trails you go.
根据语言材料选择最佳答案。
1. Where’s White Pines Forest?

A．In Britain.

B．In Canada.

C．In America.

2. The hikers should carry one more pair of socks because ________.

A．they can use the socks to make some marks.

B．they can always have dry socks to change into.

C．they can use the socks as shoes.

3. If you’re going hiking in the forest, you should get back to the campground ________.

A．before noon

B．before dawn

C．before dark

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．There are some dangerous snakes in the forest.

B．Don’t carry a waterproof jacket.

C．There is no need to wear comfortable shoes.

5. This article is from ________.

A．White Pines Forest

B．A magazine

C．Trip advisor

【推荐2】读下面的文章，然后判断文章后面小题，正确的答案写T，错误的答案写F。

The Dead Sea (死海) is not a sea. It’s a big lake in Jordan. It’s near the city of Jericho. The river in Jordan runs into the Dead Sea. It comes from the north. The lake was 4,000 meters below the sea level (海平面). The weather is hot and the water is salty (咸的). Fish cannot live in the salty water and plants cannot grow near it. People cannot swim well in the Dead Sea. But they can float (漂浮) on the water. You can often see people floating on the lake, reading books or newspapers. The water is very blue and the air is clear. In winter, people come to the lake. They sit in the sunshine or bathe in the warm water.

1. The Dead Sea is a lake.
2. The Dead Sea is higher than the sea level.
3. People can grow plants near the Dead Sea.
4. People can read books on the Dead Sea.

【推荐3】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有一项为多余选项。

The world is full of wonders, only if we open our eyes to see them. Millions of people around the world have been working together to honor the wonders in the nature.     1     The final list of the New Seven Wonders of Nature finally came out. Let’s take a look at some.

◆The Amazon Rainforest

Stretch (绵延) across nine different countries.     2     A single hectare(1,000 m²) of Amazon rainforest contains about 900 tons of living plants, including more than 750 types of trees and 1,500 other plants.

    3     This is because its plants continuously recycle carbon dioxide into oxygen. About 20 percent of the Earth’s oxygen is produced by the Amazon rainforest.

◆Komodo National Park Indonesia

The park is home to the endangered Komodo dragon, which can be as long as three meters and weigh over 70kg.     4     No wonder that one of the most popular tourist activities in the park is scuba diving (戴水肺潜水).

◆Table Mountain,South Africa

    5     People say that it’s as if the gods themselves put this mountain into place so they could drink and eat on it. The gods even have tablecloth—the cloud over the top of the mountain.

A．I feel proud of these wonders

B．It becomes the largest rainforest in the world.

C．From its name, you can tell that the mountain must look like a big table.

D．It has long been described as the “Lungs of our Planet”.

E．The park also includes one of the world's richest marine environments.

F．They chose their favorite places by voting by people around the world.

【推荐1】During the day we work and play, but at night we sleep. Our bodies rest while we sleep. In the morning, we are ready to work and play again. While we are asleep, our bodies grow most. Children who are tired usually need more sleep. We can get our lessons better and we feel better too when we have plenty of rest. Boys and girls who are eight or nine years old need ten hours of sleep every night.

Our bodies need plenty of air when we sleep. If we do not get enough fresh (新鲜的) air, we will feel tired when we wake up. While in bed we must not cover our heads. If we do, our lungs (肺) will not get enough fresh air. If we open our windows at night, we can have plenty of fresh air. Cool air is better than warm air. Boys and girls who want to grow and be strong must get plenty of sleep.

1. Our bodies grow most while we are ________.

A．eating

B．playing

C．sleeping

D．exercising

2. Too little sleep makes us ________.

A．happy

B．hungry

C．tired

D．grow

3. How many hours of sleep should 9-year-old children have every night?

A．7 hours.

B．8 hours.

C．9 hours.

D．10 hours.

4. What do the lungs need most?

A．Fresh air.

B．Food.

C．Rest.

D．Exercise.

【推荐2】Before you read this story, let’s look at a Chinese sentence: “研表究明，汉字序顺并不定一影阅响读。”    1     You might not realize it, but your brain can read and understand most sentences, even when the words are in the wrong order.

This may have something to do with psychology(心理学). When we first learn how to read, we read word by word.     2     People can read five to six words at one time. Also, as experienced readers, we take the things we’re familiar with for granted. We don’t pay as much attention to small details, such as word order.

Therefore, when we read the sentence at the beginning of this article, the content was familiar to us. So we read it the way we think it should be in our memory, with all the words in the right order.     3     We assume the person is a girl without taking a closer look.

    4     Read the following sentence: “This is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the word a’s a wlohe.”

It is believed that humans remember the meanings of words mostly by their shape and layout(布局), rather than the order of the letters.

    5     We cannot read them as quickly and efficiently as we read normal text.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺，内容完整，并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上

A．This can be also seen in many other languages, such as English.

B．Did you notice that some characters are in the wrong order?

C．But when we become experienced, we read phrases and sentences.

D．However, these sentences can cause problems.

E．This is like when we see a person with long hair.

【推荐2】Popcorn Park is a very special place. Workers at the zoo care for hurt or sick（生病的）animals. At first this unusual place was not a zoo. It was called the Forked River Animal Care Center. The workers there took care of lost or unwanted cats and dogs.
The change began in 1977 when a raccoon (浣熊) needed help. The workers cared for the animal. Finally it was better, but it could not care for itself. So people had to allow the raccoon to live at the center. After that, people began taking all kinds of hurt or homeless animals there. So many animals were living at the center that it became more like a zoo. It was time for a new name.
Popcorn Park Zoo got its funny name because many of the animals there like to eat popcorn. Also workers at the zoo sell the popcorn to care for the animals. People buy the popcorn to feed the animals as well. Popcorn Park Zoo now takes care of more than 200 kinds of animals. All the animals at the zoo get lots of care and love.
1. Workers at the zoo look after __________.

A．only homeless cats and dogs	B．hurt or sick animals
C．all the unwanted cats and dogs	D．young or old animals

2. Which animal was the first to live at the zoo?

A．An unwanted dog.	B．An unwanted cat.
C．A raccoon.	D．A tiger.

3. The zoo got its name because __________.

A．the popcorn at the zoo tastes best	B．workers at the zoo like to eat popcorn
C．many animals there like to eat popcorn	D．visitors can make popcorn themselves there

4. From the text we can know that __________.

A．the zoo was a very famous park in 1976

B．people look after the animals well at the zoo

C．the zoo spends much money feeding the animals

D．animals at the zoo don’t want to go back to their natural homes

【推荐3】Salt is very important to us. We need salt in our food. But do you know how much salt we need every day?

How much salt do we eat?

Most people eat too much salt without even realizing(认识到) it. You could be eating too much because 75% of the salt we eat is just in the fast food we buy. So we should cook at home and add little salt to food.

Why is salt bad for our health?

Salt has something to do with our blood pressure(血压). Salt can raise blood pressure. And eating too much salt becomes one of the main reasons that makes people’s blood pressure high.

How much salt should we eat?

The World Health Organization says that adults should eat no more than 5 grams(克) of salt a day, and children even less.

1. Why does the writer ask people to cook a meal at home?

A．Because home-made food is very delicious.

B．Because there’s much salt in the fast food we buy.

C．Because the food we buy is very expensive.

D．Because it’s good to learn to cook a meal.

2. We had better not eat ________ very often according to the passage.

A．hamburgers

B．apples

C．fish

D．noodles

3. What does the underlined word “raise” mean in Chinese?

A．污染

B．降低

C．升高

D．举起

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Too much salt can stop blood running.

B．75% people eat fast food with too much salt.

C．Most people realized too much salt is bad for our health.

D．Children should eat less than 5 grams of salt a day.