【推荐1】School Trip

Join us in a school trip to Boston on Sunday, May14th.

We’ll spend the morning in the city center. We’ll have lunch in the park. You don’t have to bring your lunch. In the afternoon, we’ll go fishing near Odinson Lake. And there will be a fishing class and a fishing race too.

Price: 20 dollars each

The bus leaves at 8:15. Please meet in front of the school library 15 minutes earlier. We’ll go back at 4:30 in the afternoon and arrive at the school at about 5:30 p. m.

We must follow these important rules.

①Don’t arrive late for the meeting time.

②Don’t give food to the birds on the lake.

③Don’t play with water or run near the lake.

④Don’t take the fish you get home with you.

Put them back into the lake after the class and the race.

If it is rainy that day, we can go free museum visiting instead. Don’t forget to take your umbrellas!

1. The students are going to ________.

A．live in a town	B．go camping
C．visit a city	D．walk in a forest

2. Students have to meet in front of the school library at ________.

A．8:00 a.m.

B．8:15 a.m.

C．8:00 p.m.

D．8:15 p.m.

3. The twenty dollars for the trip may not include (包含) ________.

A．the bus rides

B．the lunch

C．the fishing

D．the visit to the museum

4. Which of the following is right?

A．Students can feed the birds on the lake.

B．Students will have a running race near the lake.

C．If it rains, students will spend the day in a museum.

D．Students can buy the fish they get and take them home.

5. This passage is probably ________.

A．news

B．a notice

C．an advertisement

D． a story

【推荐2】Sunshine Village was once a poor village in Northern China, but now it has changed into a rich and livable place.

In the past, people in Sunshine Village had little food and few clothes, but they had a strong wish for a better life. “In the ancient Chinese story, Yu Gong could move mountains with his strong will and hard work, why can’t we? Nobody was born to be poor. “The villagers decided to make a difference. They carried water and soil to their village from faraway places to improve their land. They opened lots of land for growing crops and set up some factories. Their lives were greatly improved.

However, the village faced a new problem twenty years later. Pollution was a problem then. The leaders of the village decided to take action to improve the situation. Some polluting factories were shut down. Villagers started to grow grapes and melons. They soon became a main industry（产业）in Sunshine Village.

The village started a yearly tourism festival in 2016. Many travelers come to pick grapes and melons. “The grapes and melons could be sold at a better price, once Sunshine Village becomes famous through this festival. We can then live even better lives, “the villagers said with a smile.

1. Where can we probably read the passage?

A．In a story book.	B．In a sports magazine.
C．In a novel.	D．In a newspaper.

2. What are the people in Sunshine Village like according to the passage?

A．Generous.

B．Kind-hearted.

C．Humorous.

D．Hard-working.

3. What does the underlined word “They” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Polluting factories.

B．Grapes and melons.

C．Clothes factories.

D．High mountains.

4. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．Ways of becoming rich.	B．The story of Yu Gong.
C．Changes to Sunshine Village.	D．Sunshine Tourism Festival.

【推荐3】The Niagara Falls is between Canada and the United States in North America. It's on a river that connects two of the five Great Lakes. The Niagara Falls has two parts: the Horseshoe Falls on the Canadian side of the river, and the American Falls on the United States' side. They are about 50 meters high, 1,240 meters wide.
The Niagara Falls has three special falls. The tallest are the American and Bridal Veil falls on the American side. The falls are colourful lit up at night, and many people say they're even more beautiful in winter when the grounds are covered with snow and the waters turn to ice.
Most visitors go as close to the falls as possible and watch the waters thundering down.
The Niagara Falls is different from the waterfalls you find in mountains, where a thinstreamof water comes down a mountainside, half-flying.
Above in the air, you will understand the real difference between the American and Canadian Falls. The American Falls get only about 10% of the water, while the Canadian Falls get 90%.
1. The Horseshoe Falls is.

A．in the USA	B．in Canada
C．in China	D．between Canada and America

2. The Niagara Falls is about.

A．50 metres wide	B．1,240 metres high
C．1,240 metres long	D．50 metres high

3. It's said that Niagara Falls is even more beautiful in.

A．winter

B．summer

C．autumn

D．spring

4. The word “stream” in the passage meansin Chinese.

A．大海

B．溪流

C．湖泊

D．绿洲

5. Which of the following is WRONG?

A．The Niagara Falls is in North America

B．The Niagara Falls has two parts

C．The American Falls get most water

D．The Niagara Falls is very beautiful

【推荐1】What are coronaviruses? Coronaviruses were discovered in the 1960s. They are a group of viruses that cause diseases in mammals and birds. In humans, coronaviruses cause respiratory tract infections.

The new coronavirus. At the end of 2019, a new type of coronavirus started spreading in China. This type of coronavirus is often called 2019-nCoV, novel coronavirus, or COVID-19. It is believed that the virus was transmitted from animals to humans. Some of the first cases were diagnosed in people who had visited a market selling live seafood and animals. Unfortunately, when viruses are transmitted from animals to people it can take scientists a lot of time before they can develop a vaccine or medicines to cure it.

How does the virus spread? The virus appears to spread mainly from person to person. The transmission occurs when someone comes into contact with an infected person. For example, a cough, a sneeze or a handshake could cause transmission. The spread may also be caused by coming into contact with something an infected person has touched and then touching your mouth, nose or eyes.

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1. When were coronaviruses discovered?

A．In the 1960s.

B．In the 1970s.

C．In the 1980s.

2. Where did the new coronaviruses start spreading at the end of 2019?

A．In China.

B．In America.

C．All over the world.

3. Is it easy for the doctors to cure COVID-19?

A．Yes, it is.

B．No, it isn’t.

C．Not mentioned.

4. How many ways are mentioned for the spread of the new coronaviruses?

A．1.

B．2.

C．3.

【推荐2】Computers help humans with a lot of things, from searching information to math. Now, they may be able to help us in more complex (复杂的) ways. Recent research has showed a new computer program that can recognize (识别) human emotions (情感), simply based on how they type.

Researchers from the Islamic University of Technology in Bangladesh asked a group of people to type two paragraphs from Lewis Carroll’s novel Alice in Wonderland. The participants (参与者) then chose an emotional state they felt while typing. Emotions tested were joy, fear, sadness and shame.

Then the researchers put the text into the computer to study. Surprisingly, the computer was right 70 percent of the time in telling the participants’ emotional states. The most correct emotions it guessed correctly were joy (87 percent) and anger (81 percent). The least correct emotion the computer guessed was sadness (60 percent).

However, the computer program is limited (局限) in what it can do. But scientists believe that it will help humans in the future.

“If we could build any program that is smart enough to communicate with humans that involved (含有) emotion, then using machines could be more effective (有效的) and friendly,” the researchers wrote in the study. For example, when looking for a movie online, perhaps a computer program could make suggestions for films that would match your mood.

And as the researchers said, this type of computer program could also help humans in a number of ways. First, with online teaching, emotionally intelligent computers could change its teaching style or content (内容) to help students learn better. Second, with online conversation, doctors could be able to tell the emotion of a patient.

1. What did the researchers ask the people to do?

A．To search information.	B．To work out math problems.
C．To make a computer program.	D．To type paragraphs from the novel.

2. How many kinds of emotions were tested according to the passage?

A．Three.

B．Four.

C．Two.

D．Six.

3. According to the passage, what was the least correct emotion the computer guessed?

A．Sadness.

B．Fear.

C．Anger.

D．Joy.

4. What can the computer program help students to do?

A．Change the teaching style.	B．Learn better.
C．Tell a patient’s feeling.	D．Keep healthy.

5. Where can we probably read this passage?

A．In a story book.	B．In a travel guide.
C．In a sports magazine.	D．In a science magazine.

【推荐3】If you have trouble sleeping, try the new bus service in Hong Kong, China. The five-hour ride is called the “Sleeping Bus Tour”, which is for people who have difficulty sleeping well.

“When we were creating new tours, I saw a post（帖子）from my friend saying that he was stressed out（压力过大）by his work and that he couldn’t sleep at night,” said Kenneth Kong, the development manager of the travel. “But when he was traveling on the bus, he was able to sleep well. His post inspired me to create this tour.” Tickets for the first “Sleeping Bus Tour” sold out right away. “I have trouble sleeping well, so I’m here to try and get some sleep.” said 25-year-old Anson Kong, one of the passengers on the first bus tour. He said that the tour was a good idea and that it was more interesting than he had expected.

Many people find it easy to fall asleep during a long bus trip. Why? According to smart sleeping tips.com, there are three possible reasons.

▲White noise

Cars, buses and trains have a perfect environment that produces white noise. The noise blocks out（阻挡）other sounds, making it easier for passengers to feel sleepy.

▲Rocking（摇晃的）movement

Babies are often rocked to sleep. Sitting on a bus gives people similar experiences.

▲An increase（增加）in CO₂

Buses and trains get crowded with people going to and from work, and CO₂ increases when there are lots of people. As less oxygen gets into the brain, people will feel sleepy quickly.

根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选定答案的字母标号涂黑。

1. How long does a “Sleeping Bus Tour” last?

A．For 60 minutes.

B．For 120 minutes.

C．For 5 hours.

2. When did Kenneth Kong get the idea for the tour?

A．After he had a good sleep on a bus tour.

B．After he saw a mom rock her baby in her arms.

C．After he read a friend’s post about sleeping.

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Anson Kong must have been the only one to experience the bus tour.

B．People couldn’t wait to try the bus tour and the tickets for it were sold out quickly.

C．The noise from buses can make people get sleepy more easily.

4. What does the underlined word “it” mean in English?

A．The bus.

B．The tour.

C．The work.

5. What’s the purpose of this passage?

A．To call on people to improve their sleeping quality.

B．To show us how sleeping problems affect people’s health.

C．To explain how the bus tour makes a difference to sleeping.