【推荐1】My family had a four-day trip to Yunnan during the Spring Festival. It was great that we enjoyed different views(风景) there.

Time: Day 1

Place: Shangri-la

Activities: We arrived in Shangri-la County(香格里拉县). We met the local guide at the airport. We took the travel bus to the hotel. After lunch, we visited Napa Lake in our free time in the afternoon.

Time: Day 2

Place: Lijiang

Activities: It took us two hours to get to Lijiang and we visited the Tiger Leaping Gorge(虎跳峡) on the way. In Lijiang, we visited the Black Dragon Pond(黑龙潭). In the afternoon, we climbed the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain(玉龙雪山). Then we took a cable car to Baisha Village.

Time: Day 3

Place: Dali

Activities: The next morning, we planned to go to Dali. We spent four hours getting there. Then we visited Bai Village, Xizhou and Zhoucheng. And there is a Dali old town. We ate the local food at the farmer’s house. It was delicious.

Time: Day 4

Place: Kunming

Activities: We flew to Kunming in the morning. It is the capital city of Yunnan Province. Then we took a tour to the Stone Forest. I was so happy that I took lots of beautiful photos there. In the afternoon, we went to some local shops to buy some gifts and then left Kunming by air.

1. How did they go to Kunming?

A．By bus.

B．By plane.

C．By train.

2. They visited the following places on the second day Except ________.

A．the Tiger Leaping Gorge

B．the Black Dragon Pond

C． Napa Lake

3. How long did it take them to go to Dali from Lijiang?

A．2 hours.

B．3 hours.

C．4 hours.

4. When did they visit the capital city of Yunnan Province?

A．On the last day.

B．On the first day.

C．On the second day.

5. In which season was this great trip?

A．Spring.

B．Summer.

C．Autumn.

【推荐3】My best friend and I made our first trip to Ireland less than a year ago. I wasn’t very excited about it at the very beginning. But my uncle wanted me to visit Ireland and offered to pay for my trip. Then I did. All of the words “magical, charming and memorable” don’t even describe what Ireland is. Our favourites were Kilkenny, Cobh and Killarney. We did a self-driver tour.
We stayed in a castle in Dublin for two days, where my ancestors(祖先) came from. The town we thought we might be bored in was Kilkenny, but we loved every minute we were there. There were so many places to explore and the pictures we took were beautiful.
It was so exciting to see the little village of Cobh and know it was the last stop for the Titanic(a famous ship) at that time. We loved the visitor centre there and the little shops. We never got any bad food there. It was so mouth-watering at every stop! And when we stayed in Westmeath, we saw the Trim Castle through the windows and found some scenes from Brave Heart which was filmed there. We were so excited. Again, more beautiful pictures were taken in that tiny town.
We love the country, the people, the food and the magic. We would go back very soon. I was so thankful for my uncle who had given me the chance to be there.
I have no words to adequately describe our trip. Go, explore the small villages, eat and enjoy! I still look at my pictures and can’t believe I was actually there.
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．The writer showed great interest in visiting Ireland at first.

B．It was the first time for the writer to visit Ireland.

C．The writer went to Ireland with his uncle.

D．The car was driven by the writer’s uncle.

2. What can we know from the third paragraph?

A．The Titanic was filmed in Cobh.

B．The food in Cobh was delicious.

C．The writer knew nothing about Brave Heart.

D．The writer visited the Trim Castle alone.

3. What does the underlined word “adequately” in the last paragraph mean?

A．properly	B．strongly
C．warmly	D．surprisingly

4. Where does the article most probably come from?

A．A scientific fiction.	B．A tourist magazine.
C．A poem.	D．A poster.

【推荐1】In the 1900s in America, kids traveled to school in different ways. Many walked. Others rode on farm trucks or on bikes. Some rode on school buses called “kid hacks”. Kid hacks were horse-drawn vehicles. It had two long bench seats (长椅) with little space in the middle for people to pass. Kid hacks were open on the sides, so kids might get wet on rainy days!

By the mid-1920s, more cars were on the roads, but buses still looked different from place to place. That changed in 1939, when transportation officials (官员) from around the country met to come up with a set of standards for school buses. They wanted to make buses safer. Besides, if all school buses looked alike, it would be easier for factories to build them quickly.

The school bus’s color was one of the standards people discussed at the meeting. After trying 50 kinds of colors on the wall, they settled on the orange-yellow. And that’s still what you see on buses today. National School Bus Glossy Yellow, as the color is officially called, has advantages. The color was chosen because studies had shown yellow was the most eye-catching to people and because it could be seen clearly in the morning and evening.

And now the yellow bus is about to go green. The American School Bus Council says that over 25 million school children ride more than 480,000 school buses each day. Fewer than 1,200 of those buses were electric in 2020, but that number could rise to 10,000 by 2026.

So the next time you get on a school bus, you can feel good knowing that your ride is much safer and drier than it would have been 100 years ago!

1. What was the “kid hack” like?

A．

B．

C．

D．

2. People made standards for school buses in 1939 to ________.

A．keep it dry on rainy days	B．ask more people to take buses
C．build more beautiful buses	D．make it safer and easier to build

3. The underlined phrase “settled on” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A．chose

B．invited

C．understood

D．refused

4. What are the reasons why school buses were yellow?

①Yellow could be clearly seen in the evening.

②Yellow was like the color of the sun in the morning.

③Yellow could catch people’s eye most easily.

④Yellow gave people a sense of happiness.

A．①②

B．②④

C．①③

D．③④

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．The advantages of American school buses nowadays.

B．The introduction to different American cars.

C．The difference between kid hacks and school buses.

D．The history of American school buses.

【推荐2】Driverless cars are coming. Such cars will make getting from one place to another safer and less stressful. They also could reduce pollution. But how should driverless cars deal with emergencies (紧急情况)? People disagree on the answer. And that might put the brakes (刹车)on this technology, a new study concludes.

To understand the challenge, imagine a car that suddenly meets some walkers in the road. Even with braking, it’s too late to avoid a crash. So the car’s artificial intelligence (人工智能)must decide whether to swerve (急转弯). To save the walkers, should the car swerve off the road or swerve into busy traffic? What if such choices would likely kill the car’s passengers?

Researchers used online surveys to study people’s attitudes about such situations with driverless cars. People mostly agreed that driverless cars should be designed to protect the most people. But there is a problem. Those same surveyed people also want to protect passengers at all costs—even if the walkers would now end up dying.

“Driverless cars can completely change transportation”, says Iyad Rahwan. But, he adds, this new technology creates a moral problem that could slow its acceptance.

Makers of driverless cars are in a hard situation, Bonnefbn’s group warns. Most buyers would want their cars to be designed to protect themselves first. However, rules might one day instruct that cars must act for the greater good. That would mean saving the most people. But the scientists think rules like this could drive away buyers.

The expert Kurt Gray thinks that even if all driverless cars are designed to protect their passengers in emergencies, traffic accidents will decrease. Those cars might be dangerous to walkers on rare occasions. But they won’t speed, won’t drive drunk while driving, which would be a win for society.

1. The underlined word “challenge” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________.

A．people’s negative attitudes towards driverless cars

B．how driverless cars reduce traffic accidents

C．the technical problems that driverless cars have

D．how driverless cars deal with emergencies

2. According to the text, online surveys show that ________.

A．driverless cars artificial intelligence needs improvement

B．the busy traffic may be a problem for driverless cars

C．people have a moral problem about driverless cars

D．driverless cars should be designed to protect drivers

3. What can we learn from Paragraph 5?

A．Rules are in support of drivers.

B．Most people dislike driverless cars now.

C．Driverless car makers are in a hard situation.

D．The benefits of driverless cars are introduced.

4. What is Kurt Gray’s attitude toward driverless cars?

A．Favorable.

B．Doubtful.

C．Surprised.

D．Scared.

【推荐3】China, which has Four Great Inventions in ancient times, has again showed its ability to change the world with its “new four great inventions”. The four new ways of life are the most popular among young foreigners who study and work in China.

Electronic payment

“My wallet is no longer in use. I can buy and eat whatever I want with a tap of fingertip on my phone.” said Lin Jinlong, a student from Cambodia（柬埔察）in China. “Even pancake sellers are using Alipay mobile payment.”

Online shopping

“I can order food online at home. This is super convenient. If I am at home in Cambodia, I have to go outdoors.” China is innovating（创新）and no longer copying Western ideas. China has the largest mobile phone use in the world. This makes online shopping much easier.

Shared bicycles

Shared bikes bring cycling back to people’s lives and make public transport more popular. The bikes themselves aren’t new, but China has made the world surprised with the operating model（运营模式）of bike-sharing.

High-speed railways

Lin talked about his experience of traveling by Chinese high-speed train from Beijing to Tianjin. The journey takes only half an hour, while in Cambodia, which has only two railways, such a journey may take up to three hours.

根据短文内容，判断下列句子正（T）、 误（F）。
1. China has showed its ability to change the ways of life.

2. A student from America in China is using Alipay mobile payment instead of his wallet.

3. China has the largest mobile phone use in the world.

4. Shared bikes bring cycling back to people’s lives because they make public transport more difficult.

5. If you travel by high-speed train from Beijing to Tianjin, the journey takes you only half an hour.

【推荐1】Everyone in our school loves sports. Every morning after we get up, we run. We have P E. classes on Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. After school, we often have ball games. The most popular sport is basketball. The boys love playing it and many of the girls like it, too. And many students also like soccer very much and in every class there are a lot of soccer fans. Volleyball is often played when the weather is fine. We have school teams(队) in basketball, soccer and volleyball. We often have games with other schools. When there is a game, many of us often go to watch it. In P. E. classes, we often run and jump, and sometimes we play ping-pong. We have tests every term. And there is Sports Day in October every year.

Sports help us to keep healthy and happy.

1. What sport is the most popular in our school?

A．Football

B．Basketball

C．Jumping.

D．Running.

2. When don’t we have P E.classes?

A．On Monday and Wednesday.	B．On Wednesday and Thursday.
C．On Wednesday and Friday	D．On Tuesday and Friday.

3. What does the word“fans”mean(意思是) in Chinese in the passage?

A．风扇

B．爱好者

C．运动员

D．器材

【推荐2】

Everyone talks about the weather, but no one can do anything about it. It is true. People usually begin their talks with “Isn’t it a nice day?” “Do you think it will rain?” “What a fine day!” Many people think they can tell what the weather is going to be like. But they hardly agree with each other. One man says, “Do you see how cloudy it is in the east? It’s going to rain tomorrow.” Another man will say, “No, it’s going to be fine tomorrow.”

People often look for the weather they want. When a farmer needs water, he looks for something to tell him it’s going to rain. He won’t believe anything else. When friends have a journey, they are sure the weather is going to clear up very quickly.

Almost everyone listens to what the weatherman says, but it doesn’t always tell us what we want, and sometimes he makes a mistake. Still he probably comes closer to being right than anyone else.

1. No one talks about the weather.
2. People always agree with each other’s idea on weather.
3. People often look for the weather they want.
4. The weatherman never makes a mistake.
5. People cannot change the weather.

【推荐3】I can’t remember whether I was nine or ten years old. I remember that it was the last day of my 4-H camp. I was looking in the mirror and checking my face for bruises (淤伤). The day before, for some silly reason, I had a fight with another boy. My head was still sore. We hadn’t talked since the fight, but only stared coldly at each other.

Still, I was in a good mood in the morning because I knew my mom was bringing some of her homemade pizzas as a treat for my brother, me, and our friends. Soon, I saw her walking towards our room. She had been bringing these pizzas to us every 4-H camp for years. I saw her smile as my brother and his friends all picked up the big pieces. She saved the last two pieces for me. I thanked her with a smile and started to eat when I saw that boy standing off to the side by himself. At that moment, something moved my heart. I walked over to him and gave him one of the pieces. We talked, laughed and ate. And for some reason that I didn’t understand at the time, the pizza tasted better than ever before.

I can see now that what moved my heart: A little miracle (奇迹) was working inside me. It was moving me to forgive (原谅), to give, and to love. And I’m so happy that I followed that guidance.

May you really live then. May you forgive, give, and love. And may your pizzas always taste delicious.

1. What can we infer from the first paragraph?

A．The writer was younger than the other boy.

B．The writer wanted to say sorry to the other boy.

C．Both the writer’s and the other boy’s faces were hurt.

D．Both the writer and the other boy were angry with each other.

2. Why did the writer feel good that morning?

A．He was praised by the teacher.

B．His 4-H camp was coming to an end.

C．His mother would bring some delicious food.

D．His brother and friends came to the camp to visit him.

3. It seemed that ________ made the pizza taste better than ever before.

A．the writer’s winning over that boy	B．the writer’s mother
C．another boy’s sharing	D．the writer’s forgiveness and love

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．My Favorite Food	B．A Piece of Pizza
C．An Understanding Mother	D．A Fight with My Friend