【推荐1】阅读下面短文，根据短文中的信息完成文后表格。(每空一词)

People will build ninety floating(漂浮的) homes in Duba(迪拜). They are called Seahorses. It will cost $1,000,000 to build such a home, because they are very special. This new house will directly put you in the sea.

Each Floating Seahorse will have three floors—one underwater, one at sea level, and an upper deck(甲板). On the first floor, you have a sitting room with big windows. You have dinner in the dining room on this floor. There is a big balcony outside. You can do yoga, do some reading, enjoy an open view of Dubai or anything you like here. You will have a good time on the first floor. On the second floor, on the upper deck, there is a kitchen with a mini bar, an outdoor shower and a day bed. You will be very surprised about the glass-walled bedroom and bathroom on the ground floor. They are completely under the water. You can see all the fishes swim around you. It’s like living in an aquarium(水族馆).

Why is the home called Seahorse? You know, the number of seahorses is becoming smaller and smaller. Each floating home will also have a man-made coral garden. It is connected to the underwater level. An artificial coral reef(人工珊瑚礁) will be built around the area. It will be a good place for seahorses to live safely.

It is said that forty-two “floating seahorses” can be used by the end of the year 2016.

Building homes in Dubai
Name of the home	1
Cost	One million     2     each
Place	In the sea
Structures	The first floor	There is a sitting room, a dining room and a big     3    . You can do yoga, do some reading and enjoy yourself there.
	The     4     floor	There is a kitchen with a mini bar.
Reason for the name of the home	To provide a good place for seahorses to     5     safely.

【推荐2】    1     There are some important things that a robot must have. They might help you to decide what is and what is not a robot. It will also help you to decide what you will need to build into a machine before it can be considered as a robot.

    2     First of all, your robot would have to be able to sense (感觉) the environment around it. Give your robot sensors (传感器): light sensors (eyes), touch sensors (hands), chemical sensors (nose), hearing sensors (ears) and taste sensors (tongue).

    3     A robot needs to be able to move around its environment. It can move on wheels, walk on legs or be driven by small engines (发动机). A robot can move either the whole body or just parts of it.

    4     A robot needs to be able to power itself. Some robots might power itself with sunlight, some might with electricity, while others with the battery (电池). The way your robot gets its energy (能量) will depend on what your robot needs to do.

    5     A robot needs some kind of “smarts”. A programmer is the person who gives the robot its “smarts”. The robot will have to have a certain way to receive the program so that it knows what it is to do.

（a）信息匹配，从方框中选出与以上段落内容相匹配的小标题。

A. Sensing.       B. Movement.       C. Intelligence (智能). D. Energy.       E. What exactly is a robot?

（b）根据短文内容填空，每空一词。

What makes a     6    ? ※It needs sensors to sense the     7    . ※It needs to     8     on wheels, walk on legs or be driven by small engines. ※It needs to power itself with sunlight, some might with     9    , while others with the battery. ※It needs some kind of “    10    .”

【推荐3】阅读下面的语篇材料，根据所读内容，完成下列各题。

1. The water clock was used to measure ________________________________ in ancient times.
2. Both Step 1 and Step 5 require us to draw ________________________________.
3. You should use ________________________________ to stick the other cup to the tabletop.
4. It always takes about the same amount time to ________________________________.
5. The text is mainly written to ________________________________.

【推荐1】In China, the 12th month of the lunar calendar（阴历）is called Layue. The month is full of interesting festivals and customs.

Laba Festival, which is on the 8th day of Layue, is the first festival in this month. From this day on, people begin to get ready for the Chinese New Year.

On Laba Festival, people eat hot Laba porridge. There are usually eight things in the porridge: rice, red beans, peas, dried lotus seeds, dates, and three different kinds of fruits and nuts. The porridge is not just good for your health, but a blessing for the coming of the Chinese New Year.

Laba porridge is not the only tasty food in Layue. Laba garlic（腊八蒜）is popular in the north. People begin to soak garlic in vinegar from that day on, and eat it with dumplings during the Chinese New Year.

Another major celebration before the Spring Festival is Xiaonian. It is usually on the 23rd or 24th day of the last lunar month. Traditionally, it is an important day when people offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God who looks after the family.

Don’t forget to clean your home. This is also an important thing to do to prepare for the Chinese New Year. It means sweeping away the dust of the old year and welcoming a fresh start. Now, the last thing for you to do is to wait for the coming Spring Festival.

根据短文内容回答下面的问题。
1. When is Laba Festival?（不超过10个词）
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2. What do people often eat on Laba Festival? （不超过5个词）
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3. Why do people clean their homes before the Spring Festival?（不超过15个词）
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【推荐2】It’s said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong first discovered tea as a drink 5,000 years ago. One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and remained there for some time. A nice smell was produced so he tasted the brown water. It was quite delicious, and so, one of the world’s favorite drinks was invented.

It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan during the 6th and 7th centuries. In England, tea didn’t appear until around 1660. The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century. This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world. Even though many people now know about tea culture, the Chinese are without doubt the ones who best understand the nature of tea.

1题阅读短文，完成同义句转换，每空一词；2—4题根据短文内容回答问题。
1. This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world.
This helped to spread the popularity of tea and the tea plant to more places ________ ________ the world.
2. When was tea discovered as a drink?
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3. What happened in the 19th century?
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4. Who best understands the nature of tea?
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