【推荐1】Good advice can help people make better decisions(决定). When someone asks you for advice, you should take it seriously and try your best to give good advice. Sometimes you should remember what your mother taught you: if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all, because bad advice may have terrible results. There are some ways for you to give advice.

☆Listen to the person asking you for advice. Every situation(情况) is special, so never think you know all about a problem. Listen to the person who wants advice, and learn as much as possible about the situation.

☆Put yourself in others' shoes. Think about what you will do if you are in the same situation. Don't just depend on(依赖) your experiences to give advice.

☆Think about the results of taking and not taking your advice. When possible, think twice about all the possible results. This is more important for really difficult problems.

☆Understand that the person may not take your advice. Someone asks for your advice, but he or she may not take it. When you give advice, the idea is to give someone the tools( 方法) to make their own decision, not make the decision for them. The person knows more about the situation than you do, so your advice may not be the best. Don't be surprised when a person doesn't take your advice. Live with it, and let the person live with his or her decision.

☆Don't be afraid to let the person know that you don't have anything to say if you are not able to give any advice. Take some time to think about it. You may share your thoughts later.

1. When a person asks you for advice, you should ________.

A．try to give good advice	B．say nothing at all
C．ask your mom for advice	D．tell the bad results

2. Why should we listen to the person asking for advice?

A．Because we should learn from other people.

B．Because the person has something nice to tell us.

C．Because we need to know about the special situation.

D．Because the person will feel much more comfortable.

3. What does “put yourself in others' shoes” most probably mean in Chinese?

A．削足适履

B．设身处地

C．助人为乐

D．以身作则

4. When the person doesn't take your advice, ________.

A．you will have to try harder	B．you shouldn't be surprised
C．you can make better decisions	D．you can shout at them angrily

5. What is this passage mainly about?

A．How to give advice.	B．How to take others’ advice.
C．How to ask for advice.	D．How to solve difficult problems.

【推荐2】We’ve all been in conversations where we’ve known that the other person wasn’t really paying attention. According to the University of Missouri, 45% of communication is listening, and yet most people remember only 25% to 50% of the information they hear. Whether you’re in a classroom, a business setting, or a relationship, failing to hear 75% what’s said to you is sure to lead to big problems. Active listening helps solve them.

What is Active Listening?

It means more than listening to the words that are said. Instead, you think about what you hear, and try to find the purpose, and emotion from the speaker. Active listening requires paying attention. If you’re watching TV or looking at your phone while someone is talking, you’re not actively listening.

The other side of active listening is making sure the other person knows that you’re doing so. Signs like eye contact and replying with insightful (有深刻见解的) comments are important.

Why Active Listening Matters?

Verbal (言语的) communication is very important in every part of life. Active listening can help you communicate better, reduce misunderstandings, and build more successful family or working relationships.

For example, family members often have bad listening habits. They don’t pay attention to what is said because they know what is coming next. They hear what they expect to hear, instead of what family members actually say. Active listening makes it possible to solve this problem.

Learning How to Listen

Active listening takes practice. Here are a few tips on improving your listening skills:

Pay attention! Put down your phone and make eye contact with the person talking to you. Make notes in mind about the speaker’s main point. Why are they telling you this? How does the speaker feel about what they’re saying? Don’t think about answering?

Show that you’re listening. The speaker can tell if you’re paying attention. Make eye contact, nod when you need to, and give small comments like “yes” and “huh”. But don’t repeat something they’ve just said. This might seem like a good way to show that you’re listening, but it can derail (使脱轨) the conversation.

Offer feedback (反馈) When the opportunity comes up, you’ll be able to offer proper feedback on what was said. This might take the form of reflecting on what was said, asking follow-up questions, of offering your own viewpoint.

1. According to the passage, which one can be active listening?

A．Asking some questions before listening.

B．Listening to someone while watching TV.

C．Thinking about what you hear while listening.

D．Guessing what the speaker will say before listening.

2. Active listening is important because ________.

A．it changes people’s listening habits completely

B．it helps people to communicate with others better

C．it makes communication important in every part of life

D．it ensures people don’t make mistakes in business settings

3. What can we know from the passage?

A．Nodding often in the conversation can help you listen actively.

B．Asking follow-up questions is not as good as offering points of view.

C．Repeating what’s said by the speaker means you are an active listener.

D．Paying attention in the conversation means more than just listening to the words.

【推荐3】What do you want to be when you grow up? When we talk about it, we always think about something big. But how a Barbie doll(芭比玩偶)? Can it also mean something big?

As one of the world’s most famous dolls, Barbie has different skins, hair colors and styles with more than 200 jobs. And Barbie is going where almost no doll has gone before, one of Barbie’s creator(创造者), worked in partnership with the ESA(欧洲太空总署) and created two Barbie dolls that looked like Cristofoertti, the ESA’s only active woman astronaut.

One of them wears the white spacewalking suit and the other is in a blue fight suit. Cristoforetti Barbie is part of the Barbie Dream Project started in 2018. It expects to invite more girls to take jobs in science, engineering and mathematics.

“ We are glad to work with ESA. We hope to inspire girls to become the next astronaut, engineers and space scientists like Cristoforetti,” says Mattel. Cristoforetti, as an astronaut of ESA in 2009, spent 200 days in space, now the longest space trip for a European. She also got famous during her trip for becoming the first astronaut to make coffee in space. She hopes Cristoforetti Barbie will help young girls to think big and dream big.

1. The writer tells us Barbie dolls________.

A．are the most famous dolls

B．have the same skins

C．take many different kinds of jobs

2. As for the two Cristoforetti Barbie dolls, which of the following is TRUE?

A．The ESA created them.

B．They are similar to Cristoforetti.

C．They wear the same clothes.

3. The underlined word “ inspire” means________.

A．鼓舞

B．要求

C．限制

4. According to Paragraph Four, we can know that Cristoforetti________

A．worked as an astronaut in America

B．had a long trip in space

C．made tea in space

5. What is the purpose(目的) of this passage?

A．To tell us how beautiful Barbie dolls are

B．To help all of us to be astronaut

C．To inspire girls to have big dreams

【推荐1】Experts believe that there are more than 8 million restaurants in the world today. So it might surprise you to learn that restaurants, as we know them, have only existed for a few centuries. Before 1765, there were no restaurants. That is, there were no places that provided the restaurant experience. There was nowhere in which a waiter brought you food and drink that you picked from a menu. In fact, there were no menus anywhere.

There were eating places travellers could go to centuries before that. The countryside was full of inns that would serve food. And there were taverns where one could get drinks. The rich could also eat special meals prepared by private cooks. But none of them could be called a “restaurant”.

A man called Boulanger changed that. In 1765, he opened a place in Paris that sold soups. On his sign he used the word “restaurant” to describe what he was selling. At that time, soups were considered something that could help “restore”（恢复）your health —in French the word “restore” is “restaurer”—so he called the soups “restaurants”. Soon, people started buying Boulanger’s soups even when they were not ill. And over time, people began to use the word “restaurant” to refer to a place selling soup rather than the soup itself. More “restaurants” opened in France, and people began to buy soups more often.

Later, restaurants in Paris began to serve other food besides soup. In the 1790s, menus started to appear. By the mid-1800s, there were many types of restaurants throughout the world. The United States offered coffee shops. Tea houses became popular throughout China. Paris created beautiful restaurants for the rich. The British began to copy the French, and the restaurant idea spread throughout the British Empire.

Today cities are filled with all types of restaurants. Diners have millions of options from which to choose.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A．How restaurants developed.	B．What made a good restaurant.
C．Who created the first restaurant.	D．Why restaurants became popular.

2. According to the first paragraph, what made restaurants different from earlier eating places?

A．Restaurants only served food.	B．Restaurants were more expensive.
C．Restaurants were mainly in cities.	D．Restaurants had a list of meal choices.

3. When it was first used, what did the word “restaurant” refer to?

A．A person.

B．A place.

C．Illness.

D．Soup.

4. When did restaurants begin to grow internationally?

A．In the 1600s.

B．In the 1700s.

C．In the 1800s.

D．In the 1900s.

【推荐2】I usually travel with my family every summer. Many people like to travel by plane. But I don’t, because the airport is usually far from the city. We have to get there early and wait for hours for the plane to take off(起飞) and it is often late. People can’t open the window or choose(选择) what they want to eat. Planes are fast(快的), but it takes hours to get from the airport to the place you want to go after you arrive.

I like traveling by train. I think it’s safe(安全的) and comfortable. Railway stations are usually in cities. When I arrive late for a train, I can take another one. I can walk in the train and choose what I like to eat on the train. I can see many interesting things on the way, but it also takes a little more time and the train sometimes isn’t on time.

I also like traveling by car. I can drive and stop my car at any time I want to, and I don’t need to go to a train station or an airport (机场). I can take many things with me in a car, but sometimes there are too many cars on the road. But as the saying goes, “You can’t have everything in life.” What do you think of my ideas for travelling? What are your ideas for it?

1. The writer doesn’t like to travel by plane because ________.

A．it is too fast	B．the tickets are expensive
C．the food on the plane is bad	D．the airport is usually far from the city

2. The underlined phrase “Railway stations” means ________ in Chinese.

A．火车站

B．汽车站

C．飞机场

D．公共汽车站

3. The writer thinks ________ when taking a train.

A．it can save a lot of money

B．the food in the train is bad

C．it takes him too much time to get to the station

D．it is interesting to see things through the windows

4. The writer likes traveling by car because ________.

A．he needn’t spend much money

B．he can start his journey when he wants to

C．it doesn’t take him much time

D．there are always a few cars on the road

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to(根据) the article(文章)?

A．Traveling can make people tired.

B．The writer is often late for his plane.

C．The writer often takes a vacation in summer.

D．The writer thinks traveling by car is the best way.

【推荐2】阅读短文，作出选择。Read the passages and make your choice.

It may seem as if moms are the only ones worried about what their children are eating, but my own experience shows that’s not so. In most families, mealtime may be the only time that Dad is there. He may be worried too. However, being overly concerned about what your child eats isn’t a good idea.

“Children can drive their parents crazy with their attitudes toward eating,” says an expert named John Satter. Parents have to learn to trust their children: “ No matter how much or little they eat, research shows that most children will eat a rich diet if it’s on hand,” Satter adds.

If your child refuses to eat your chicken the first time around, you may have to offer it two, three or more times. Although this method isn’t perfect, it does work. The more familiar a child becomes with a particular food, the more likely he is to try it. Sometimes children go on eating only one kind of food for days or weeks. This is normal.

Satter advises parents to stay calm and never try to force a child to eat. “If you do, it will go the wrong way,” she said. “When parents are over controlling about eating, kids refuse.” A parent’s job is simply to provide healthy meals and snacks for their children. “Once the food is on the table, your job is over,” says Satter. “The rest is up to them.”

1. What does the writer think parents should do?

A．Feed their children as much as possible.	B．Offer their children healthy meals and snacks.
C．Make their children eat all the food they offer.	D．Teach their children to cook.

2. How can you make children try food they don’t like?

A．Encourage them to eat.	B．Teach them how to eat it.
C．Make them be familiar with it.	D．Try everything to get them to eat.

3. What does the word “concerned” mean in English?

A．Worried.

B．Confident.

C．Frustrated.

D．Patient.

4. The writer may          if his own child only likes to eat one kind of food for days.

A．be greatly worried

B．be very angry

C．not care

D．be unhappy

5. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．The Feelings You Bring to the Table	B．How to Make Mealtime Fun
C．How to Change Your Child’s Table Manners	D．What to Do about Children’s Eating Habits

【推荐3】When you’re trying to make friends, you’ll probably meet someone who just doesn’t like you, though you’ve never done anything to him / her. Well, what should you do? (51)     1    

Gossip (流言蜚语) can make meeting new people difficult, especially when people hear something bad about you. (52)     2     When you’re in a such situation, instead of working hard to try to win them over, just be yourself. Over time, they will see that the gossip about you is wrong.

You’d think that your friend’s friends would also become your friends. (53)     3     Sometimes people are happy with the friendships they have, and they aren’t interested in adding any more. That’s fine.

An even more difficult situation is when someone has actually met you and just doesn’t like you. (54)     4     Don’t be sad. These things could happen to everyone. There are just some people you’re not going to like.

If someone doesn’t want to be your friend, that’s okay. (55)     5     Instead, give your time and attention to the people that are interested in you.

A．It’s none of your business.

B．Here’s some advice.

C．But it doesn’t work that way.

D．Don’t get angry with them.

E．It can stop someone from getting to know you at all.

F．Remember that nobody can be liked by everybody.