【推荐1】To me, music is food and water. I can’t live without it. I know this is not true for everybody. Many people don’t listen to music and they can get along quite well. But music is everywhere in our life. For example, when you watch films or TV plays, do you find them interesting if there is no music? You would find them boring. And when you are waiting for the train or the plane, you would like to listen to music because it makes the time seem shorter.

It is true that music is everywhere in our life. Some people like to sit by the sea and listen to the sound of the sea. Some enjoy listening to the singing of birds. Those sounds are some kinds of music. So music has meaning for everyone in some way or other. Of course, it has special meaning for people like me. We spend our lives playing or writing music.

Someone said, “Through music a child goes into a world of beauty, learns to take care of others and makes his mind and body strong.” Music is an important part of our lives.

1. According to the passage, the writer can’t live without ________.

A．water

B．food

C．music

D．air

2. Music is very important to ________.

A．some people

B．everyone

C．nobody

D．the writer only

3. Listening the music when waiting for the train or the plane ________.

A．makes time seem shorter	B．makes you bored
C．makes time seem longer	D．helps you to save time

4. What does the underlined phrase “those sounds” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A．all kinds of sounds in the world

B．children’s love

C．the sound of the sea and the singing of the birds

D．beautiful songs from famous singers

5. From the passage we know ________.

A．all of us will become strong through music

B．music has some kind of meaning for everyone

C．the writer likes writing music every day

D．most people go to the sea to listen to the sound of it

【推荐2】根据短文内容，判断正误（正确“T”，错误“F”），并将所选答案涂到答题卡的相应位置上。

Have you ever seen the houses with gardens on the walls, or the houses that have something to do with weather? Maybe they are the houses of the future. Architects（建筑师）believe that they are all possibilities, and the houses will be as green as possible.

Food production

The food production will be one part of the future house. Gardens may appear on the outside walls of the house. You can plant tomatoes and carrots on the walls. So you just need to walk outside and collect your meals in the morning every day.

The tree house

Some architects from all over the world may build a “tree house”. The surface of the house, like a leaf, will collect sunlight in the daytime. The energy from sunlight can be used to heat water, produce electricity, and even create fresh air for the house. The “root（根）” of the house will be deep under the ground and it will use the soil（土壤）to control the temperature of the house.

The lizard（蜥蜴） house

A lizard house can change its color with the weather. When it’s in the bright sun, the color of the house will turn dark to protect it from strong heat. During dark days, it will turn white and take in as much light and heat as possible to produce energy.

1. The houses of the future will be as green as possible.
2. Tomatoes and carrots can be planted on the outside walls of the house in the future.
3. The energy can only be used to heat water and produce electricity.
4. The “root” of the house will use the soil to control the temperature of the house.
5. During dark days, the color of the lizard house will turn white to protect it from strong heat.

【推荐3】Space vegetables are grown from seeds (种子) that have been taken to space and brought back to the earth. The seeds are affected by the radiation (辐射) and low gravity in space. When they are brought back to the earth, these seeds produce vegetables that are bigger and healthier than normal vegetables. However, some people worry about eating space vegetables. They think that space vegetables might not be good for us and could make us get sick because of the radiation in space. However, people should not be frightened because space vegetables are very healthy.

Here are some facts that you should know about space vegetables.

Space vegetables are grown from seeds that are carefully chosen. When seeds are brought back from space, they are tested to make sure that they will be safe to eat.

Space vegetables are better for you than normal vegetables. For example, space tomatoes stay fresh for twenty days, which is one week longer than normal tomatoes.

After genetically modified (转基因) food appeared in the market, people worried that they were eating unknown things. For example, if nut genes (坚果基因) are put inside potatoes, people allergic (过敏的) to nuts might get sick from eating these potatoes because they do not know they are also eating nuts. Unlike genetically modified food, space vegetables have not been genetically changed. This means that no new genes are put into the vegetables. Therefore, there are no dangers of eating something unknown.

1. The seeds brought back from space produce ______ vegetables according to the passage.

A．more delicious	B．healthier and bigger
C．more dangerous	D．cheaper and healthier

2. Genetically modified food is different from space vegetables because it ______.

A．is grown in space	B．has nothing unknown
C．has been genetically changed	D．has no new genes

3. According to the passage, normal tomatoes can stay fresh for about ______ days.

A．seven

B．thirteen

C．twenty

D．twenty-seven

4. The writer wants to tell us that ______.

A．space vegetables are grown in space

B．everybody worries about eating space vegetables

C．space vegetables are safe and good for people to eat

D．space vegetables may bring illness to us because of the radiation in space

【推荐1】American people like to say “Thank you” when others help them or say something kind to them, People of many other countries do so, too. It is a very good habit.

You should say “thank you” when someone passes you the salt on the table, when someone walking before you keeps the open for you. When someone says you have done your work well, or you have bought a nice thing, or your city is very beautiful.

“Thank you” is used not only between parents and children, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives.

“Excuse me” is another short sentence they often use. When you hear someone say so behind you, you know that somebody wants to walk past you.

It is impolite to interrupt others while they are talking. If you want to speak to one of them, say “Excuse me” first, and then begin talking. You should also do so when you want to cough or make any unpleasant noise before others.

Let’s all learn to say “Thank you” and “Excuse me”.

根据短文内容判断句子正(T)误(F).
1. American people like to say “Excuse me” when others help them or say something kind to them.
2. You should say “Thank you” when someone says you have done your work well.
3. “Thank you” is only used between friends.
4. When you hear someone say” Excuse me” behind you, you know that somebody wants to walk past you.
5. You should also say “Excuse me” when you want to cough or make any unpleasant noise before others.

【推荐2】阅读下面短文，从短文后所给的五个选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯、意思完整。

Important Things to Know When Dining Out

Cultural dining etiquette (礼节) might surprise you with some of its important rules. Don’t get caught making an embarrassing mistake at a restaurant no matter where you are in the world.     1    

Chopstick Rules

The way you use chopsticks is important to avoid making your friends angry. When you put them down between bites (咬), always put them down together to keep parallel (平行的) with the edge of the table.     2    

Hands or Utensils (餐具)

In India and the Middle East, it’s considered very rude to eat with your left hand. People in France expect you to eat with a utensil in each hand. Mexicans consider it unsuitable to eat with utensils.     3     In Chile, you may never touch any food with your fingers. People in Thailand generally use their forks only to push food onto their spoons.

    4    

It may seem like a simple request to ask for salt and pepper at a meal. In Portugal, this would be a serious mistake, because it shows the chef that you don’t like their skills. Similarly, in Italy, never ask for extra cheese to add to your food.

Some of these cultural dining etiquette rules may seem strange.     5     The more time you spend in any given country, the more comfortable you’ll begin to feel with its foreign cultural practices.

A．Making Requests

B．They prefer to use their hands instead.

C．But they are important in different countries.

D．Never stick them upright in your food or cross them as you use them.

E．Here are some tips on how to have a wonderful meal with friends or family.

【推荐3】    1    

It’s important to know about some Western table manners.     2    

Holding a knife and fork

1. Hold your fork in your left hand, tines(尖齿) downward.

2.     3    

3. Use your fork to lift food to your mouth.

At informal(非正式) meals, the fork can be held with tines upward.

    4    

When taking a break, put your knife and fork on your plate near the centre in the shape of an inverted V. The knife and the fork point toward each other.

When you finish eating, put knife and fork parallelly（平行地） on the right of the plate.

Clearing the plates

    5       But as most informal meals are served without help, the hostess clears the plates, often with the help of a guest or two. At a family meal, members clear their own plates.

A．Placing the knife and fork

B．How to be a good guest

C．Some Western table manners

D．At a formal meal, plates are cleared by a professional staff（专业人员）

E．Hold your knife in your right hand, an inch or two above the plate.

F．Let’s take a look at the following Western table manners.