【推荐2】阅读短文，根据其内容，选择最佳选项。（每小题2分，满分10分）

Do you have any plans about the coming holiday? Here is some information which may offer you great ideas.

A Journey with Shock	If you’re a scientific movie fan, why not come and enjoy the hot movie—The Wandering Earth II Date: June 25—28 Time: 9:30, 14:30, 19:30 Place: Guang Ming Cinema Price: Adult: ¥50. Teens with school ID card: half price. For more information: Tel: 0971-8666666
Viewing the Louvre online	Visiting Louvre without booking a trip to France can be an amazing experience. 480,000 works of art are available to look through. Date: June 26—July 2. Free viewing on computers and smartphones. Scan the QR code to start your visit.
Food Festival is on the way	Come and taste hundreds of nice Qinghai local food for foodies all over the world. Time: 2:00—24:00, June 25—July 24 Place: Tang Dao 637, Xi’ning Cool light show from 9:00 to 10:00 every night. Don’t miss the chance! For more information, visit www. xnfoodfestival. com.

1. What’s the price of the movie ticket for school teenagers?

A．¥50

B．¥25

C．¥10

D．¥75

2. The purpose of viewing the Louvre online is probably to make people ________.

A．take a trip to France	B．buy the art works
C．go to the Louvre	D．look through the art works at home

3. The online art show will last for ________.

A．an hour

B．three days

C．a week

D．a month

4. You can get more information about food festival by ________.

A．visiting the website	B．asking the local people
C．calling the hotline	D．scanning the QR code

5. If you are available on the morning of June 25, you can ________.

A．enjoy the light show	B．go to the food festival
C．go to the cinema	D．view the Louvre

【推荐3】Welcome to Thriftbooks.com—the best place on the Internet for cheap used books. Whether you are looking for story books, science fiction or love stories, there are thousands of used books to choose from. The following are some of them. Why not choose some to read during your long cold winter vacation?

Name: The Help Writer: Kathryn Stockett Price: $3.95 Publisher(出版商): Berkley Trade Publishing Date: June, 2011	Name: When God Was a Rabbit Writer: Sarah Winman Price: $4.38 Publisher: headline Review Publishing Date: May, 2011
Name: The Very Hungry Caterpillar Writer: Eric Carle Price: $3.60 Publisher: Philomel Publishing Date: March, 1994	Name: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Writer: Bill Martin Jr.; Eric Carle Price: $4.20 Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. Publishing Date: September, 1996

1. Thiftbook.com is a website that ________.

A．sells used books	B．helps writers look for publishers
C．gives advice on reading	D．introduces new writers

2. The Help was published by ________.

A．Headline Review

B．Henry Holt and Co.

C．Philomel

D．Berkley Trade

3. The writer of The Very Hungry Caterpillar is ________.

A．Kathryn Stockett

B．Sarah Winman

C．Eric Carle

D．Bill Martin Jr.

4. ________ is the most expensive of the four books.

A．The Help	B．When God Was a Rabbit
C．The Very Hungry Caterpillar	D．Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

5. All of the following are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT ________.

A．the names of the books	B．the publishing dates of the books
C．the number of the books	D．the writers of the books

【推荐1】Dear Dr. Smith,
My mom always keeps asking me, “What’s going on?” If I want to go to a concert, she asks who I will go with. I think that’s my own thing. Sometimes it seems that she doesn’t trust me. It makes me very sad. How can I make her stop?
Kate
Dear Kate,
Many young people have the same problem as you. If you don’t talk much with your parents, they might feel they need to ask you questions to know about your life. It seems that your mom is getting into your thing, but I think she’s just trying to keep a close relationship with you. In fact, some experts often tell parents to stay close to their kids by asking them about what’s going on in their life.
Some parents do this better than others. But some parents ask questions because they don’t trust their kids. Your mom is just trying to stay close to you because she loves and cares about you. You can have a talk with her about it.
Of course, that doesn’t make the questions less boring. If you’re tired of so many questions, tell your mom about your day before she asks. If you offer more information, your mom won’t ask you too many questions!
If you do this, I’m sure you can get on well with your mom.
Dr. Smith
1. Kate’s problem is that _________.

A．she is sad about the person at the concert

B．she doesn’t like or care about her mother

C．her mother always asks her lots of questions

D．her mother doesn’t want her to make new friends

2. The underlined word “trust” means “_______” in Chinese.

A．关心

B．讨厌

C．信任

D．爱

3. Dr. Smith thinks Kate’s mother maybe _____.

A．doesn’t love Kate	B．doesn’t trust Kate
C．tries to stop Kate	D．tries to stay close to Kate

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Kate’s problem is a special one to young people.

B．Dr. Smith believes that all parents trust their kids.

C．Dr. Smith advises Kate to offer more information to her mom.

D．Some experts advise parents should only ask their kids about their study.

5. In which column (栏目) can we find this passage in a magazine?

A．World Animals.	B．Problems and Advice.
C．Sports.	D．Health.

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Notice Summer holiday is coming. The activities from July 18th to 22nd in our community service center will make your holiday colorful.
Volunteers: To protect ourselves from COVID- 19, we’d better get vaccinated （接种疫苗）. But some people in our community are afraid of it. Please work for our community to tell them the importance of getting vaccinated and help them reduce worries. Time: 10:00 a.m. — 3:00 p.m. Place: the first floor	Invention Show: Inventions are making our life easier and colorful. People in our community will show you their greatest inventions. Here you can see a lot of new inventions from people of different ages. Guides will stay with you from the beginning to the end. Time: 9:00 a.m. — 4:00 p.m. Place: the second floor
Space Show: Chinese astronauts Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe are returning to the earth in December. Do you want to know about their life in space? Come to see the space show! You can also see a lot of model spacecrafts. Time: 8:00 a.m. — 3:30 p.m. Place: the third floor	Paintings & Calligraphy （书法）: Great changes have taken place in China in the past 100 years. To express love for our country, 100 students from different schools will use their pens and brushes to describe the great changes. Time: 9:00 a.m. — 5:30 p.m. Place: the fourth floor

1. What should you do if you are a volunteer in the community?

A．Invent some new things.	B．Order people to get vaccinated.
C．Help people to reduce worries.	D．Teach students to write.

2. The invention show will last ________ hours in the day.

A．7

B．7.5

C．8

D．8.5

3. People can NOT ________ at the space show.

A．watch the space show	B．talk with the astronauts
C．see model spacecrafts	D．learn about the life in space

4. If you are free at 16:30 in the week, what can you see?

A．Model spacecrafts.	B．Volunteer activities.
C．New inventions.	D．Painting and calligraphy works.

5. Where is the text most probably from?

A．A story book.

B．A community notice.

C．A travel guide.

D．A science website.

【推荐3】Come on! Get in Style!

Do you want to get some styling tips to look bright and pleasant? Come and join us in the new Styling Club to make yourself different!

What will you learn?

★ basic hair care and skin care tips

★ make up（化妆）and hair styling skills

★ proper mix-and-match skills

★ dressing, tips for special occasions（场合）

Stylist Ms Janice Smith will teach members the above skills. Not only will you become more confident with your look, you will also have the chance to help with the make-up and styling for school activities like fashion shows and New Year’s parties.

When and where do we meet?

Our club meets every Tuesday after school, from 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm, at Room TA01 in the Student Activity Centre.

How can you be a member?

Students who want to join the club should visit our website at www. kts. edu. cn. /stylingclub to sign up before September 15th. There are only 20 places. First come, first served!

What is the cost?

Each member needs to pay $50 for styling products.

How can you get more information?

For further information, you can email Karen Yung (karen. yung @kts eduau). She will be happy to answer all your questions.

1. The members will learn how to ________.

A．dress properly	B．create fashion websites
C．make beautiful clothes every week	D．organize school activities

2. The members of the Styling Club will meet ________.

A．one hour

B．two hours

C．three hours

D．four hours

3. Who will most probably join the Styling Club?

A．Kids who dream to be web designers

B．Teachers who expect to learn skincare.

C．Students who hope to look fashionable.

D．Parents who wish to improve,

4. If all places are used, the members need to pay ________ for styling products all together.

A．$50

B．$1000

C．$750

D．$100

5. If you want to know more information about this club, you can ________.

A．ask other members of this club

B．visit their website at www. kts. edu. cn. /stylingclub

C．send a message to Karen Yung

D．send an email to Karen Yung at karen. yung @kts. edu. au

【推荐1】A little girl was enjoying the beauty of the garden in her house. She was interested in a plant full of flowers. She went near the plant and enjoyed its beauty and the smell of its fine flowers. Suddenly she noticed that the plant was growing in a dirty environment. She came up with an idea to clean the plant.

She pulled the plant with all her strength and uprooted（连根拔起）it. She carried it to the tap and washed it in running tap water till all the dirt was washed away. She then placed the plant on a clean stone and went away. Later her father came to the garden and saw the uprooted plant. It had almost died in the sun. His little daughter ran to him to show her achievement. “I have cleaned it. Daddy,” she reported happily. “It was planted in dirty soil. Now it is clean.”

Her father showed her how her action had almost killed the plant. He told her that he had collected the dirty soil and used it to cover the plant’s roots as it was the best way to grow that plant. It could grow up healthily and produce fine flowers only if grown in dirty soil. She was sad that the plant had suffered a lot and withered（使枯萎）because of her cleaning.

Pain and illness may cause troubles in our life. A great gardener mixes the right soil for each plant. In the same way everybody has the best environment required for best growth and performance. But it may appear to be unpleasant to us.

1. The little girl went near the plant because she wanted to ________.

A．pull the plant	B．know how to plant flowers
C．enjoy its beauty and the smell	D．show her achievement

2. Why was the plant withered?

A．Because the girl cleaned its root.

B．Because the plant was short of sunlight.

C．Because the flower wasn’t watered for a long time.

D．Because the plant didn’t have enough sunshine.

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

A．A Little Girl

B．The “Clean” Plant

C．Pain and Illness

D．A Great Gardener

【推荐2】

In many people’s eyes, plants are quiet and inactive. They can’t talk. They can’t walk. And they can’t think like us.

Or can they? A new TV show, The Green Planet, gives us a new look at plants. Shown on Jan. 10th on Bilibili, it uncovers the wonderful way that plants behave.

Plants compete against each other to live. Each plant has its own ways of protecting itself. In the rainforest, different kinds of plants race for sunlight. The forest floor is described as a “war field” in the show as only two percent of the sunlight gets through it. Some plants spread their big leaves to reach light. But they are caught up in a vine (藤本植物) that tries to get a ride. Finally, they are both over-taken (超过) by a fast-growing tree. As the tree has smooth hairs on its leaves, the vine can’t get a hold. Similarly, some trees try to protect themselves in other ways.

Plants also help each other and even communicate. In deserts, the roots of Euphrates poplar (胡杨) are connected. If a tree finds water, it will share it with others through the roots. Studies also show that plants use fungus (真菌) as a way to “talk” to each other. It’s kind of like how Wi-Fi works. If a tomato plant gets a leaf disease, it can tell nearby plants about it. How amazing the plants are!

The TV show not only lets us marvel (惊叹) at the magic plant world but pushes us to understand that plants are important. “Plants are the needs of all life including ourselves. We depend on them for every mouth of food that we eat and the air we breathe,” said David Attenborough, host of the-show. It’s time to look after wild plants just as carefully as our houseplants.

1. What is the show The Green Planet mainly about?

A．Why plants can’t talk and think.	B．Where wonderful plants are.
C．How people change the plants.	D．What great behaviors of plants are.

2. How does the writer prove the first sentence in Paragraph 3?

A．By listing numbers.	B．By giving examples.
C．By raising questions.	D．By making comparison.

3. Which of the followings is TRUE according to the text?

A．A vine can catch up in any other plant.

B．Plants use Wi-Fi to communicate with others.

C．98%of sunlight can get through to the forest floor.

D．Fungus is a good tool for some plants to “talk”to others.

4. According to David, we can infer (推断出) that ________.

A．People can eat and breathe with the help of plants

B．Wild plants produces all the food for lives on earth

C．The plants in the TV show surprises David a lot

D．Humans can do something to protect wild plants

5. What can be the best title for the text?

A．Amazing Plants

B．Plants Never Talk

C．Let’s Protect Plants

D．Plants Are Important

【推荐3】读下面的文章，然后判断文章后面的问题，正确的答案写A，错误的答案写B。

Every living thing needs to reproduce(繁殖). Reproducing means creating more members of your group. In order for plants to reproduce, they have to spread their seeds(种子) to other areas. Plants have developed all kinds of ways to do this.

The simplest way is gravity(重力). Many seeds are inside of fruit. When fruit gets too heavy, it falls from a tree to the ground. Sometimes animals will pick up the fruit and drop it in another area. That helps move the seed even farther away. Apples spread this way.

Other plants use wind to spread their seeds. Dandelions(蒲公英) are a good example of this. Dandelion seeds are so light that when wind blows, it carries dandelion seeds to new places. Maple(枫树) seeds also use wind. Their seeds are connected with long, thin leaves that look like wings. When the seed falls from the tree, its “wings” help it fly farther from the tree.

Some animals help plants spread their seeds. The animals eat the seeds. While the seed is in the animal’s body, it stays whole. When the seed leaves the animal, it’s in a new place.

Ants also help spread seeds. Some seeds have a special smell that appeals to ants. The ants bring the seeds back to their home, which of course is underground. They only eat part of the seed. They leave the rest of the seed underground. After that, the seed can start growing.

1. When fruit gets heavy enough, it will fall from a tree to the ground because of gravity.
2. All plants can spread seeds by themselves.
3. Wind helps apple and dandelion seeds to fly farther to new places.
4. Some animals and ants eat seeds, and it is helpful for seeds to spread.

【推荐1】Many kids help parents to do chores (家务活) in the house. They may do dishes, sweep the floor or take out the trash. In return, some kids get money or other rewards from their parents, such as 20 minutes to play computer games.

But some people don’t think that kids should get rewards for doing chores. One of them is Susie Walton, a parenting educator (育儿教育家) and family coach. She believes if kids get rewards, they will think that work isn’t worth doing unless they get something in return. For example, kids won’t sweep the floor if they see it is dirty. But they will clean the floor if their parents reward them for it.

“Every house is a team effort,” Walton said. “A home is a living space for everyone in the family. It’s important for kids to see that they all have a responsibility to keep their homes clean.”

Other people hold different opinions. They believe that money or other rewards encourage kids to do more chores. It also teaches them real world lessons. They can learn about how they need to work to make money.

Now, there are also apps that encourage kids to do chores. The apps give kids points and digital (数字的) gifts that can be used either online or in life.

With the app Chore Monster, kids can get digital points after doing chores. Kids can exchange their points for real rewards, such as time to play video games or a trip to the mall.

“Our goal is to encourage kids so they can get rewards,” says Chris Bergman, founder of Chore Monster. “Kids need positive power to make them do chores.”

1. According to the passage, some children get rewards from their parents because ________.

A．they get high marks in the exam

B．they help their parents do some housework

C．they never play computer games

D．they have good habits in their daily life

2. According to Susie Walton, ________.

A．kids should be rewarded for doing chores

B．parents decide what kids can do for the family

C．kids should help their parents do some chores without paying

D．kids can get extra computer time for doing chores

3. The underlined word “responsibility” in the passage means “________”.

A．duty

B．chance

C．hobby

D．choice

4. Kids can use apps to ________.

A．help them do chores	B．get real rewards
C．change their moods	D．get digital points

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A．How to Do Chores

B．Should Kids Get Rewards for Doing Chores?

C．Kids Shouldn’t Do Chores

D．Kids Should Get Rewards from Their Parents

【推荐2】I grew up in the countryside. I learned to cook at the age of about 10. My first time to cook was making dough（面团）. I thought it would be easy—just mix water with flour. But it turned to be different. First I made the dough too soft.     1     But as I kept trying. I learned how to make it more successfully. Later, I cooked dishes and things like dumplings. I fell in love with cooking. It's a good way to relax. More importantly, thanks to my cooking skill（技巧）, I could live better during the COVID-19. Now working at home. I cook every meal instead of ordering delivery （外卖）.     2     Besides cooking. I did a lot of farm work in my childhood.     3     It was hard work, but I learned a lot.

    4     But they can’t bring you the joy of learning knowledge directly. They bring a new way to look at the world. You’ll think everything on your plate is important.

I’m happy to know that there is labor education（劳动教育）in primary and middle schools in China. Students in primary and middle schools have at least one class every week to learn simple household skills like cooking and cleaning.     5     And you will be thankful for these skills in the future.

A．Then I made it too hard.

B．I am too busy to cook meals.

C．I know how to plant vegetables.

D．It saves money and is good for my health.

E．These skills will help you for the rest of your life.

F．Someone might say we can learn these from books.

【推荐3】On Saturday morning, Mrs. Brown asks Gina to study (学习), but Gina says, “It’s boring and difficult to study.” Mrs. Brown asks Gina what she thinks is interesting and easy.

Gina says, “Mom, you only do housework (家务) at home. I want to live (生活) like you.”

“Oh, you think so?” Mrs. Brown says. “OK. You can live like me.” Then she asks Gina to make breakfast with bread, milk and eggs. It’s easy for Gina. After breakfast, Mrs. Brown asks Gina to tidy up the room. About 11:00, Gina thinks, “Oh, it’s not easy.” At about 12:00, Mrs. Brown asks Gina to make chicken, rice and salad for lunch. After lunch, Gina wants to watch TV. But Mrs. Brown asks her to wash (洗) shoes. At about 3:30 in the afternoon, Gina says to Mrs. Brown, “Mom, can you help me wash them?”

“Oh, I can’t. You say you want to live like me. But you know, no one helps me with housework,” says Mrs. Brown.

“OK, Mom. It’s boring to do housework. And it’s not easy. No, I want to study my subjects.”

1. Which is the right order about what Gina does at home?
①She makes lunch.       ②She tidies up the room.       ③She washes shoes.       ④She makes breakfast.

A．②④①③

B．④②①③

C．①②③④

D．②①③④

2. What does Gina do at about 3:30 p.m?

A．She watches TV.	B．She wants to study her subjects.
C．She has vegetable salad.	D．She asks Mrs. Brown for help.

3. Which is RIGHT according to the passage?

A．Gina doesn’t want to study at first.	B．Gina finds it easy to tidy up the room.
C．Gina and Mrs. Brown don’t have rice for lunch.	D．Gina likes helping Mrs. Brown with housework.