【推荐1】Dear Fu Mei,

Thank you for your last letter. Now I’m in Thailand with my parents. It is a country in Southeast Asia. We are here for a holiday.

Bangkok (曼谷) is the biggest city of Thailand. Yesterday we visited some places of interest in the city. Watching the elephant show is my favorite. They are interesting! This morning we went shopping. Bangkok is a wonderful place to shop for jewelry (珠宝) and clothes. My mother bought a nice ring for herself. My father and I bought two T-shirts.

People call Bangkok Land of Smiles because people here are very friendly. And it’s true! When we eat in the restaurants in Bangkok, the waiters (服务员) are really nice and they are always smiling.

Thai food is delicious, but it is sometimes too hot for me. It is as hot as the food in your hometown — Sichuan. You can also get Chinese food here because a lot of Chinese people came to live in Bangkok many years ago. We can also find our American food here. However, I don’t eat it. You know, I’d like to try something new when I travel.

The weather is always hot here. I can’t stay in the sun too long. Luckily, yesterday it rained and got cool. But today it’s hot again.

Yours,

Amy

1. What did Amy go to Bangkok for?

A．She studied in a school in Bangkok.

B．She spent a holiday there.

C．She visited her friends there.

2. What’s Amy’s favorite in Bangkok?

A．Going shopping.

B．Watching the elephant show.

C．Enjoying the seafood.

3. What happened often when Amy ate in the restaurants in Bangkok?

A．She could get free food.

B．Everybody talked and laughed loudly.

C．Waiters always smiled to people.

4. What’s the main idea of paragraph 4?

A．Thai food in Bangkok.

B．Traffic in Bangkok.

C．How to cook delicious food.

5. Amy is a(n) ________.

A．English woman

B．Japanese

C．American

【推荐2】John was driving through a small town, feeling quite hungry. When he saw a small restaurant, he quickly parked his car and walked inside it.

John saw a blackboard with a notice on it. It said,“Today’s Special: Vegetable Soup with Fried （炸） Chicken and Roast （烤）Potatoes.”

“Wow, that sounds pretty good!” John thought to himself. He ordered the special, but a few minutes after receiving his order, John called the waiter back to his table. He was mad.

“Is this the special? It says vegetable soup, but there are no vegetables in this soup at all! It also says fried chicken, but the chicken isn’t fried. And it says roast potatoes, but these potatoes aren’t roasted. What’s going on here?”

The waiter was not used to dealing with people from the city. He wasn’t quite sure what to say to this angry customer. But he finally found a way to answer the man. “My good man,” the waiter said, “that is what makes it so special!”

1. Today’s special was Fried Chicken and Roast Potatoes.
2. John believed the food would be very good when he ordered it.
3. John was very angry when he saw his food.
4. The waiter finally found an excuse for the food.
5. John was satisfied with the waiter’s words and enjoyed the food.

【推荐3】Sarah has written a restaurant review(评论) on the Internet.

Excellent English food at the Country House Last Saturday night, my father, mother, sister and I ate at the Country House. The Country House serves traditional English food, we paid about 20 pounds a person to eat there. The food was wonderful. The fish pie reminded(使……想起) me of my grandma. She used to cook it for me. I also had some fish and chips, and it was fantastic. The waiters were polite, but a little slow. We arrived at 7 p.m and were seated five minutes later, but we did not receive our food until 7:40 p.m. I would certainly recommend(推荐) the Country House to you who are online. I’m sure the good, traditional English food won’t disappoint(使……失望) you. However, you should get there early and be prepared to spend a lot of time waiting for your food.

根据语言材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. You just read the restaurant ________ by Sarah ________.

A．notice; in the newspaper

B．ad; in the magazine

C．review; on the Internet

2. Sarah and her family pay ________ for the meal at last.

A．60 pounds

B．70 pounds

C．80 pounds

3. The ________ of Sarah’s used to cook the fish pie for her.

A．mother

B．grandma

C．daughter

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

A．Sarah’s family and Sarah ate at the Country House last Sunday night.

B．Sarah thought of the waiters at the Country louse impolite but quick.

C．Sarah’s family and Sarah received their food 35 minutes later after they were seated.

5. Sarah wanted to recommend(推荐) the Country House because ________.

A．the traditional English food that the Country House served was wonderful

B．Sarah not only had the fish pie but also had some fish and chips

C．you should be prepared to spend a lot of time waiting for your food there

【推荐1】Ellie loved visiting Grandma. She loved listening to her aunt’s jokes. She loved playing with her cousins. Most of all, Ellie loved her grandma’s chicken adobo—a special Philippine (菲律宾) dish. But this year, when Ellie arrived early to help, grandma asked her to make the dish by herself because she had to visit a sick friend.

“But I don’t know how!” Ellie said. “Don’t worry!” Grandma pulled out the ingredients and explained how to make the dish. Then she said. “See you in a few hours. Good luck!”

When the dish was cooked, Ellie tasted it, “Ugh!Too sour!” So she mixed some sugar.” Then she took another bite.“No! Too sweet!” She added a little more of this and a little more of that until it tasted good. Soon, the dinner began. “Who made this strange looking adobo?” Uncle Joe said. Ellie’s heart sank (下沉) and she ran into the house to hide. She was crying when grandma found her.

“What’s wrong?” Grandma asked. “They’re making fun of my adobo. I wanted it to be perfect like yours.” Ellie said. Grandma put an arm around Ellie’s shoulder. “Your uncles are always joking. I am sure your adobo is delicious. In Philippines, we have many kinds of adobo. Some people add milk. Some add carrots. Did you know being different is a kind of perfect?”

Ellie smiled. They went outside, Ellie took a bite of her adobo. It was actually good! Grandma tried it too. “It is perfect!”

1. What is “adobo”?

A．A chicken.

B．A dish.

C．A friend.

D．A joke.

2. Why did Ellie run into the house to hide?

A．Because Uncle Joe laughed at her adobo.

B．Because she was too tired.

C．Because she missed her grandma.

D．Because Dad was calling her,

3. What is the fourth paragraph mainly about?

A．Grandma encouraged Ellie.

B．Ellie learned to be different.

C．Grandma taught her to cook adobo.

D．Ellie wanted to be perfect.

【推荐2】In England, students need to take cooking classes at school. It’s a very important course.     1     Primary school students learn to put things together and make simple food. But high school students learn some special cooking skills such as baking (烘烤).

    2     But children in the UK like eating fast food and ready meals (方便食品) everyday. So their headmasters and teachers hope that the cooking courses will help them eat healthier food.     3    

When I took cooking classes, I learned simple dishes like meatloaf (肉饼). I brought the things I needed to cook the meal in class. Then I took the dish home for my family. But sometimes things went wrong.     4     The dish can spill (溢出) and I may get food on my books and homework!

But I learned how to cook. And it’s great to make something for my family to enjoy.

根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

A．All of them must learn cooking skills.

B．They also hope that every student can get the useful life skill.

C．Maybe you think this is strange.

D．Do you enjoy the food?

E．It is difficult to carry food around in my school bag.

【推荐3】Gina is a young girl. She graduated from the university three years ago, but she still lived with her parents these years. Last week, she moved out of her parents’ place. She was excited and afraid. Now her parents can’t watch her all the time and she can do things freely. At the same time, she met a problem. She lived with her parents for more than 18 years. Her parents used to cook for her, so she never learned to cook before. At first, she went out to eat a lot, because it’s a cheap way when she spends some time studying how to cook.

She planned to make fried cabbage. It is healthy and easy to make. First, she put a pan on the stove and turned on the stove. Then she put some oil on the pan. When the oil was hot, she put the cabbage into the pan. After stirring the cabbage around quickly, she covered the pan with a lid and waited. About four or five minutes later, it was ready. She tried it and found it very delicious. She was so proud of herself that she decided to make tomato soup next time.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. How long might Gina live with her parents?

A．For about three years.

B．For about eight years

C．For over eighteen years.

2. Why was Gina afraid when she moved out of her parents’ place?

A．Because she didn’t have a job.

B．Because she didn’t have money.

C．Because she couldn’t cook by herself.

3. What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

A．How Gina cooked the fried cabbage

B．Why Gina cooked the fried cabbage.

C．How Gina cooked the tomato soup.

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Gina’s first job experience.

B．Gina’s first cooking experience.

C．Gina’s healthy living habits.

【推荐1】Type in “A cat wants to go to space” and ask the robot to write a bedtime story. Just one second later, you’ll get the story of Max, who was on his way past many difficulties to sing among the stars.

This robot writer is real. It’s called ChatGPT. From writing Shakespeare-style poetry to making music, ChatGPT has amazed the world since its launch out in late 2022 by the US company OpenAI. OpenAI developed it to generate (生成) human-like texts. It can translate languages, talk with people and write songs, poems and even jokes. It’s one of the most powerful AI of its kind, with the complete writing abilities of a real person!

People around the world have tried ChatGPT and posted their results on social media. Some used it to write history reports, some asked it to take notes of presentations, and some even generated advice on how to communicate with people at a party, reported The Atlantic.

The power of ChatGPT lies in is speed and understanding of complicated (复杂的) matters. We may spend hours researching, understanding and writing an article on the theory of evolution (进化论). But ChatGPT can produce a well-written one in seconds. Another good thing about it is that if you ask dark, harmful questions, such as how to make weapons (武器), it will not give you an answer.

ChatGPT comes along at a time when AI is becoming increasingly able to do creative tasks. There is no doubt that ChatGPT is a powerful tool. However, some schools in the US, Australia and France have banned (禁止) the use of ChatGPT. In the US, for example, New York City public schools banned students and teachers from using ChatGPT on the local networks and computers, CNN reported. The move comes out of worries that the tool could make it easier for students to cheat on homework. Some also worry that ChatGPT could be used to spread improper information.

“It does not build critical-thinking (批判性思维) and problem-solving skills,” said Jenna Lyle, the deputy press secretary of the New York City Department of Education. “The materials they create are difficult to tell from those made by humans. This causes many problems, such as the issue of copyright (版权). Since the system is largely trained using words from the Internet, it can also pick up on the Internet’s biases (偏见) and stereotypes (刻板印象) about certain groups. These are all the things that depend on humans to solve.”

1. The cat story was written to ______.

A．show what creative work ChatGPT can do	B．introduce a cat that wants to go to space
C．introduce a series of bedtime books	D．show how robots create scientific research

2. What do we know about ChatGPT?

A．It is still under development.

B．It is the most powerful kind of AI.

C．It can write almost anything humans can write.

D．People cannot tell the difference between ChatGPT and humans.

3. Paragraph 3 is mainly about ______.

A．the disadvantages of ChatGPT	B．the most popular use of ChatGPT
C．what people think about ChatGPT	D．how ChatGPT has helped people so far

4. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．How people feel about writing in the future.	B．What problems AI writing can cause.
C．People’s wrong ideas about AI writing.	D．Human efforts in developing AI writing.

【推荐2】It’s reported that Shenzhou-16 will bring international paintings by teenagers from 10 African countries to the China Space Station.

Jing Haipeng, one of the astronauts for the Shenzhou-16 manned spaceflight mission, shared the information during the Shenzhou-16’s press conference (新闻发布会) at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Northwest China’s Gansu Province.

These paintings were beautifully drawn by teenagers from 10 African countries including Algeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Egypt, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.

“Indeed, we have this special and meaningful purpose, which is to show international paintings for the first time on the China Space Station, and these excellent works are from the winners of ‘Tianhe Award’ for young friends from the 10 African countries,” Jing explained. “At present, we have not seen the paintings. I believe they will be bright. Exploring the vast universe (宇宙) is the common dream of all human, no matter the race, age, or nationality. We expect to join hands with all peace-loving people to create a better tomorrow,” he continued.

“We will take the children’s best youth, best friendship, and best dreams into space, plant the seeds (种子) of science, friendship, and dreams on the China Space Station, and let them grow and bear fruit,” Jing hoped.

1. What does Jing Haipeng do?

A．A reporter.

B．An artist.

C．A gardener.

D．A spaceman.

2. Where are some of the teenagers mentioned from?

A．Egypt, Mauritius and Mexico.	B．Mali, Colombia and Zimbabwe.
C．Madagascar, Algeria and Somalia.	D．Nigeria, South America and Madagascar.

3. What did Jing Haipeng think of these paintings?

A．Wonderful.

B．Funny.

C．General.

D．Fashionable.

4. What’s the main theme (主题) of the passage?

A．Human and nature.	B．Peace and friendship.
C．Science and technology.	D．Culture and education.

【推荐3】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).