【推荐1】As the technology develops, the number of e-readers grows quickly. Is there a future for bookstores? Some readers from the Internet shared their opinions. Zhang Shuyi, a Chinese reader, thinks that reading a print book(实体书、纸质书) is much better than reading on an e-reader. There is no need for readers to worry about the battery(电池) life. Readers can also avoid the harm of staring at the screen. Most importantly, books can be kept for a long time if they are well taken care of. And there is no need to worry about memory failure(内存不足).

The reader Scott who comes from Italy says, “Things are the same for European readers. And only in real bookshops and public libraries can readers make unexpected discoveries. The government should do something for it.”

Becky is from France. She prefers print books. “I like the feeling of touching paper as I read, and you can’t do that with an e-book,” she says. “Spending a day in a library is one of the most peaceful times one can hope for.”

Johnny, who comes from Malaysia, is both a reader and a writer. Most of his books are sold online on Amazon, JD and eBay. The cost is lower and the books all over the world are available. However, he still loves the old bookstores. “Something about them makes my heart warm,” he says. He thinks that maybe writers can try this way: Sell their books online and read books at bookstores. This will keep bookstores alive, while the writers can have a global(全球的) market.

1. What’s Zhang Shuyi’s opinion?

A．Reading a print book is the same as reading on an e-reader.

B．Book readers have to care about the battery life.

C．Reading e-books can have a bad influence on people’s eyes.

D．E-books can be stored in a computer as much as we need.

2. What does Scott mean by saying that things are the same for European readers?

A．The number of the users of e-readers is growing quickly.

B．Reading a print book is much better than reading on an e-reader.

C．Different readers have different opinions on the topic.

D．E-books are much better than print books.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．Scott thinks the government should encourage readers not to read in libraries.

B．Becky prefers print books because discoveries are always made in libraries.

C．Different kinds of books all over the world can be found and read in bookshops or libraries.

D．Johnny thinks that it is very enjoyable to read books in the bookstores.

4. What does the writer really want to tell us in the passage?

A．The advantages of reading print books.	B．What the future of bookstores will be like.
C．How to read books in bookstores or libraries.	D．Where to choose books to read.

【推荐3】       Libraries give kids a quiet and safe place to read and learn. For over 100 years, libraries have played an important role in Americans’ education. But how are these book-filled buildings changing with the times? You may be surprised to find out.

Benjamin Franklin famously founded (创建) America’s first lending library in 1731. But the public library system got its biggest development in the American history in the late 1800’s. Businessman Andrew Carnegie donated millions of dollars to help build free public libraries across the country. Between 1886 and 1919, Carnegie’s donations helped build 1,679 new libraries.

Carnegie believed that libraries could offer the chances to Americans, young and old. He knew that the more libraries there were, the more people would have opportunities to read and use books, speeches and news.

If you can easily find a public library in your community(社区), you’ll get more chances. After all, the United States has 9,225 public libraries. Today, libraries keep growing. Seven tenths of the libraries have free Internet. It provides much more information and opportunities to ask for jobs online.

Libraries are also teaching kids about the fun of reading. The new program Read! Build! Play! adds reading into playtime. As kids listen to a book that is being read aloud, they use Legos (乐高积木) to build images(图像) from the story happily. Today’s libraries are always looking for creative programs to bring people into the library.

Benjamin Franklin once said, “The doors of wisdom(智慧) are never shut.” As long as the doors of public libraries are open, what he said is most certainly correct!

1. Benjamin Franklin founded the first lending library in _______.

A．1731

B．1800

C．1886

D．1919

2. How many public libraries have free Internet now?

A．2767.

B．6458.

C．9225.

D．1679.

3. The right order of the following statements is ______ .
①The public library system in America developed fast.
②The first lending library was founded.
③ Libraries provide information and chances to ask for job online.
④ Libraries try to bring people into the library by using creative programs.

A．②①③④

B．②③④①

C．③④①②

D．①②③④

4. The last paragraph mainly tells us_________.

A．libraries have played an important role in Americans’ education

B．public libraries in the US should never close the doors

C．the writer doesn’t agree with Benjamin Franklin

D．libraries help people to open the doors of wisdom

5. The best title for the passage is _______.

A．the libraries in the world

B．libraries and opportunities

C．libraries teach kids to read and learn

D．the development of the American libraries

【推荐1】With her eyes always feeling tired as she prepared for an exam, 16-year-old Li Xiang went to hospital with her parents in January. She was shocked when she found out that her eyesight dropped from 5.0 to 4.6. “A few of my friends have had the same experience lately,” Li Xiang said.

In fact, poor eyesight among Chinese primary and high school students increased by 11.7% in the first six months of 2020, according to the Ministry of Education.

To protect students’ eyesight, the Chinese government has worked out new requirements for school supplies and equipment that will take effect on March l, 2022. For example, according to the requirements, the size of text in students textbooks should be no smaller than nine-point.

Teachers should also avoid using projectors and other multimedia equipment that are too bright, Beijing Daily reported.

There are also requirements for desks and classroom lights. For example, these lights should give off as little blue light as possible.

Blue light is bad for our eyes, as it can kill the photoreceptor cells we need for vision, according to Harvard Medical School. Many of the electronic devices we use every day, including our phones and computer screens, give off blue light.

By 2050, half of the world’s population (nearly 5 billion)will be nearsighted, according to a study in the journal Ophthalmology. The main reason for this is that people’s lifestyles have changed. They spend less time outdoors and more time looking at screens.

The government has taken steps to protect students’ eyesight in China. In May, 2020, the National Health Commission wanted schools to make sure that students have at least two hours of outdoor activities a day.

1. Through Li Xiang’s experience, the writer tells us that ________.

A．she still has good eyesight	B．she should have gone to hospital earlier
C．most Chinese students wear glasses	D．many Chinese students have bad eyesight

2. What does the underlined word “requirements” here mean?

A．要求

B．地方

C．规则

D．价格

3. To protect students’ eyes, the Chinese government is asking ________.
a. schools to use textbooks with larger size of text
b. teachers to avoid using over-bright multimedia equipment
c. schools not to use blue light bulbs
d. schools to use lights that give off less blue light

A．a b c

B．a b d

C．a c d

D．bed

4. What’s the main reason for being nearsighted?

A．People spend much time reading too many books.

B．It takes people much time to play with the electronic devices.

C．Some jobs have to require people to use their eyes for too long.

D．Many people have to study or work too hard in the dark light.

5. Which of the following is RIGHT according to the passage?

A．Students should go outside to read books.	B．Students must go outside with friends.
C．Students should go out to relax every day.	D．Teachers shouldn’t want students to read more

【推荐2】Computers are good tools. The Internet is also good.     1     They can’t stop. Doctors say this is a new sickness. They call this sickness Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD).

    2     They spend hours chatting to their friends or playing online games. Many people with IAD spend more time on the Internet than with family or friends.     3    

Do you have IAD? Think about these questions: How many hours a day are you online? Is it a lot or a little? When you are not online, are you thinking about playing a computer game or checking your messages?     4     Do you get angry when you can’t play a game?

    5     Dr. Ivan Goldberg and Dr. Kimberly S. Young have some ideas. First, ask yourself ＂Why am I online a lot?＂ Then try to take a break. For example, use the computer or play games twice a week, not every day. In this way, you can have a good social life with other friends.

A．When you are online, do you forget the time?

B．If you have IAD, what can you do?

C．But some people spend too much time online.

D．We can learn much from the internet.

E．Some people with IAD even give up their jobs!

F．Spending too much time online is bad for our health.

G．People with IAD are online a lot.

【推荐1】

Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to talk does not learn by being corrected all the time: if corrected too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day the difference between the language he uses and the language those around him use. Bit by bit, he makes the necessary changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way, children learn to do all the other things: they learn to do without being taught to walk, run, climb, whistle, ride a bicycle, compare their own performances with those of more skilled people, and slowly make the needed changes. But in school we never give a child a chance to find out his mistakes and correct them for himself. We do it all for him. We act as if we thought that he would never notice a mistake unless it was pointed out to him, or correct it unless he was made to. Let him work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this word says, what the answer is to that problem, whether this is a good way of saying or doing this or not.

If it is a matter of right answer, as it may be in mathematics or science, give him the answer book. Let him correct his own papers. Why should we teachers waste time on such routine(常规) work? Our job should be to help the child when he tells us that he can’t find the way to get the right answer. Let the children learn what all educated persons must some day learn, how to measure their own understanding, and how to know what they know or do not know.

1. According to the passage, the best way for children to learn things is by ________.

A．listening to skilled people’s advice

B．asking older people many questions

C．making mistakes and having them corrected

D．doing what other people do

2. Which of the following does the writer think teachers should NOT do?

A．Give children correct answers.

B．Allow children to make mistakes.

C．Point out children’s mistakes to them.

D．Let children mark their own work.

3. According to the writer, teachers in school should ________.

A．allow children to learn from each other

B．point out children’s mistakes whenever found

C．give children more book knowledge

D．correct children’s mistakes as soon as possible

4. The passage suggests that learning to speak and learning to ride a bicycle are ________.

A．different from learning other skills

B．the same as learning skills

C．more important than other skills

D．not really important skills

【推荐3】Mr. Guo is a teacher from Xi’an. He asked his students to hand in their homework through a QR code(二维码). “We spent an hour or two in class learning how to generate(使产生) the codes, and in the end everything gets easier,”said Guo.“When students finish the homework, they keep it on WeChat(微信). Then, each student makes his own QR code and gives it to me. So I can check their work everywhere using my computer or telephone. ”

The QR codes can be sent to Mr. Guo by email, QQ and WeChat. When Guo scans(扫描)his students’ QR codes, their homework appears on his phone. He finds that their homework becomes more creative, with many pictures, music and even videos.

Guo’s students like the new way and think it is interesting. “We are living in the information age. Many students like to work with computers, which makes learning more fun.”said Tingting, a student of Guo’s.

“The paper is not easy to keep, but the code is easy to keep and share,”Guo said.“It is worth trying to use new technology in education. Education itself is a kind of creation. I don’t want my students to fall behind the times.”

However, some parents are worried. They are afraid that their children will spend too much time on computers and less time communicating with teachers. But in fact, it’s unnecessary. Students still need to look up information in books and write it down when they do their homework. They only use the code when they hand in their work, which doesn’t take them too much time. Also for teachers, it allows them to check the students’ work at any time. And it’s also an easy way to share homework with other students.

1. Guo’s students think the new way is _____.

A．important

B．interesting

C．strange

D．boring

2. Some parents are worried, because they think their children will _____.

A．talk with their teacher face to face

B．find the QR codes too difficult to use

C．hate the new way of handing in homework

D．spend too much time on computers or phones

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

A．Some parents are worried about their children.

B．Teachers don’t need to check homework any more.

C．Using QR codes makes checking homework easier.

D．Students don’t need to hand in homework any more.

【推荐1】How quickly can you count from one to ten? Do you use ten different words to do it? Can you do it in English, or do you have to use your first languages? Do you count on your fingers? Many people think that numbers and math are the same all over the world. But scientists have discovered that it is not true.

People in different parts of the world use different ways to count on their fingers. In the United States, people think begin counting with their first fingers, which they extend or stick out. They then extend the rest of their fingers and finally the thumb(拇指) to count to five. Then they repeat this with the other hand to get to ten. In China, people count by using different finger positions. In this way, a Chinese person can easily count to ten on only one hand.

Besides ways of finger counting, scientists have found that cultures and languages are also different when it comes to numbers. Some languages have only a few words for numbers, and others have no words for numbers. A group of scientists studied aboriginal(土著的) people in Australia. These people don’t have hand movements to stand for numbers. They don’t even have word for numbers. However, they are still able to understand different ideas about numbers.

In a similar study, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology discovered that people of the Piraha tribe (部落) in northwestern Brazil don’t have words for numbers such as “one” or “three”. They are not able to say “five trees” or “ten trees” but can say “some trees”, “more trees” or “many trees”. Professor Edward Gibson said that most people believe that everyone knows how to count, “but here is a group that does not count. They could learn, but isn’t not useful in their culture, so they’ve never picked it up.”

Although all humans are able to understand quantities(数量), not all languages have numbers and not all people use counting. Number words in a certain language are a result of people needing numbers in their daily lives. Now we know that people have different ideas about numbers and math, too.

1. The writer begins with the four questions in order to ______.

A．make a survey	B．interest readers
C．tell a story	D．solve math problems

2. What do we learn from the difference in finger counting between the U.S. and China?

A．People from China count much faster than people from the U.S.

B．People from China need two hands to count from one to ten.

C．People of different cultures may use different ways of finger counting.

D．People of different cultures use the same way of finger counting.

3. Which of following is true about aboriginal Australians?

A．They have only a few words for numbers.

B．They have hand movements to stand for numbers.

C．They can only count to five on their fingers.

D．They can understand different ideas about numbers.

4. The study of the Piraha tribe shows that ______.

A．people all over the world know how to count

B．People of the tribe have words for number

C．Some groups of people are not smart enough to count

D．Counting is not useful in the culture of the tribe

5. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．People from different cultures have different ideas about numbers and math.

B．Chinese people can count more easily on their fingers than Americans.

C．In some aboriginal culture, people don’t even know how to count.

D．Some languages don’t have number words because people don’t need numbers.

【推荐2】The battle against the COVID-19 is on. It's not just a battle for doctors, but also for each of us. Here are some of the things we can do, according to the Handbook of COV1D-19 Prevention and Treatment.

Wear medical masks

Don't go to crowded places. If you have to, remember to mask up. Medical surgical masks and N95 masks are helpful in stopping the virus, according to the Center for Disease Control. But not everyone has to wear N95 masks. A medical surgical mask is enough for daily protection or visiting general open areas. But remember to change them every four hours if you keep wearing them. And stay at least one meter away from other people, especially those who are coughing or sneezing.

Wash hands properly

Remember to wash your hands before eating, after going to the bathroom, coming home, touching rubbish and animals. Don't touch your eyes, nose or mouth before washing your hands. Your hands might have touched things that could be polluted by the virus. Washing your hands can stop the virus from getting from your hands to the rest of your body. When you wash your hands, use running water and soap, and wash for no less than 15 seconds.

Open windows to let fresh air in

Do it three times a day for 15 minutes to half an hour each time. You can only get infected if the virus builds up in large amounts. Proper ventilation can stop the virus from building up.

Keep healthy habits

Keep eating a healthy diet, exercising and getting enough sleep. This can improve your immune(免疫) system.

1. The writer thinks dealing with the COVID-19 is a thing for _________.

A．Everyone

B．experts

C．doctors

D．volunteers

2. What should we pay attention to when we wear masks?

A．Always wearing N95 masks

B．Keeping wearing a mask for a day.

C．Always wearing medical surgical masks

D．Still keeping one meter away from other people.

3. Which of the following is WRONG about washing hands?

A．Use running water and soap to wash your hands

B．Don't touch eyes before washing your hands

C．Wash your hands after coming back home

D．Wash your hands for at most 15 seconds

4. What's the best title for the passage?

A．How to beat the COVID-19

B．The importance of keeping healthy

C．How to avoid being infected with the virus

D．The introduction of a medical hand book

【推荐3】Are fables (寓言故事) and fairy tales (童话故事) different or the same? They are both stories for kids, but fables are stories for adults as well.

A fable is a story, passed_down from grandparents to parents and then to children.People can learn much from it.The characters are mostly animals and nature.They can talk and act like humans.The most famous fables were written by a man called Aesop.There are around 600 fables in Aesop's Fables.The Fox and the Grapes and The Tortoise and the Hare are two examples.

Fairy tales are usually stories for children, often about magic characters such as fairies (仙女) and giants (巨人). Sometimes the characters are animals.We are able to enjoy these fairy tales because about 200 years ago, Brothers Grimm traveled all around Germany and collected these stories before people forgot them.There are many fairy tales in Grimm's Fairy Tales, such as Cinderella and The Frog Prince.

1. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Famous fables and fairy tales.	B．The skill at reading fables.
C．The reason why adults can read fables.	D．Differences between fables and fairy tales.

2. The underlined phrase “passed down” means ________ in Chinese.

A．流传

B．分享

C．编辑

D．记录

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．People can learn nothing from fables.	B．There are about 60 fables in Aesop's Fables.
C．Children usually love fairy tales.	D．Aesop collected fairy tales before people forgot them.

4. Which of the following stories are fables?
①The Lion and the Mouse ②Snow White ③The Tortoise and the Hare
④The Fox and the Grapes ⑤Cinderella

A．①②③④⑤

B．①③④

C．①②④

D．②③④⑤