【推荐1】Emily Urich 18 years old Canada

A lot of teens aren’t responsible (有责任感的), and that’s where I’m different. Not just about school but everyday things like being able to pay my own credit card (信用卡) bills on time.

The first time I got a cartoon book was on my third birthday. From then on, I fell in deep love with it. And can you guess how many cartoon books I’ve read? I don’t really know the exact number. But I have three full boxes of them under my bed. I also like drawing cartoons and wish to be an art teacher in a school.

Joe Miller 16 year’s old America

I’m proud of doing things my own way. So whether somebody wants me to do something or whatever it is, I feel like they’re all other people’s thoughts, not really mine. But like others, I love reading, too. When I first took skiing lessons, I found it exciting. For ski racing, there’s no question I’m better shape than most guys (小伙子). I think it’s fun. I mean, it is a challenge. It’s where I picked up the idea of needing a challenge always in my life. In order to improve my skiing skills, I have read many books and magazines about it. No doubt it’s my dream to win gold medals in the Olympic Games.

An Qi 15 years old China

I’m different because I prefer to drop out of the world to create my own world. I’d like to build a house on a mountain. And I choose to live without electricity, a telephone, or even indoor plumbing (室内卫生设备). I have many hobbies such as traveling, reading, writing and spending time with children. I love children because they are smart and creative. They always have many strange ideas. It makes me excited. I want to do something for Hope Project and become a country school teacher.

1. Who wants to be teachers?

A．Emily and Joe.

B．Joe and An Qi.

C．Emily and An Qi.

D．Jim and An Qi.

2. Which hobby do the three students all have?

A．Writing.

B．Skiing.

C．Travelling.

D．Reading.

3. According to Emily, we can infer (推断) that ________.

A．people around trust her	B．she does sports at weekends
C．she laughs at other people	D．she gets up late on Sundays

4. We know that Joe Miller ________.

A．doesn’t like to follow others	B．thinks skiing is too dangerous
C．does well in drawing cartoons	D．enjoys living somewhere quiet

5. Why does An Qi want to be a country school teacher?

A．Because she wants to travel.	B．Because her parents are teachers.
C．Because she loves children very much.	D．Because she comes from the countryside.

【推荐2】

Do you know that man? He is my uncle. His name is David Smith. He is forty-eight this year. He is a worker. He works in a car factory(工厂). His factory is not near his home. So he gets up early in the morning and takes a bus to work. At about seven thirty, he gets to his factory. He makes the parts(生产零件) of the car. He makes many parts every day. He works very hard. Everyone likes him and says he is a good worker. He has his lunch in the factory. He often plays basketball after work. In the evening, he usually learns Chinese at home. His Chinese is good, too. Sometimes he helps me with my Chinese. I like my uncle very much.

1. That man is _________.

A．a teacher

B．a bus driver

C．a worker

D．a player

2. He goes to work ________.

A．by bus

B．on foot

C．by taxi

D．by bike

3. Which of the following is NOT right?

A．Everyone likes my uncle.

B．My uncle can speak Chinese.

C．My uncle is very lazy in the factory.

D．My uncle works very hard in the factory.

【推荐3】This is a good friend of mine. Her name is May. She is a nice girl. She is eleven years old now. May always asks her mother, “Why is my name May?” Her mother says, “Because your birthday is in May.” The little girl is very happy and she likes her name. She thinks her name is very interesting.

May really likes the month May because she has her birthday party in that month. On her birthday, all her friends come to her home and say “Happy Birthday!” to her. They watch TV, play games and eat the birthday cake(蛋糕).

May has a little brother. He is only five years old. She likes him very much. He was born in(出生于) June. What about his name? Haha, his name is June. Oh, May has a sister and she was born in the second month of a year. Do you know what her name is?

1. What does May think of her name?

A．Fun.

B．Boring.

C．Easy.

D．Relaxing.

2. May doesn’t ________ on her birthday.

A．play games

B．have a birthday party

C．watch TV

D．have a school trip

3. May’s sister’s name can be ________.

A．January

B．February

C．March

D．June

4. Which of the following is TURE?

A．May is twelve years old now.	B．May doesn’t like the month May.
C．May’s little brother was born in June.	D．May doesn’t like her little brother.

5. The title(题目) of the passage(文章) can be “________”.

A．May’s Birthday Party

B．A Nice Girl—May

C．May’s Sister

D．May’s Little Brother

【推荐1】There are many elective (选修) lessons for the students in Zunyi No.12 Middle School. Here are the colorful classes in Grade 7 this term:

Types (类型)	Name of Class	Teacher	Day
Class A	The Secret (秘密) of Chinese Names	Bob	Monday
	Stories about Math	Cindy	Tuesday
	Travel in English	Kevin	Thursday
Class B	Arts in China	Alice	Monday
	Movies in the USA	Green	Tuesday
	Trip with History	Dale	Thursday
Class C	Martial Arts (武术)	Frank	Monday
	Soccer	Steve	Tuesday
	Basketball	Alan	Thursday

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. There are ________ classes on Thursday.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

2. Does Alice have classes on Friday?

A．Yes, she does.

B．No, she doesn’t.

C．No, she isn’t.

D．We don’t know.

3. If Lin Tao likes sports, he can go to ________.

A．Class A

B．Class B

C．Class C

D．We don’t know.

4. Who is the teacher of Travel in English?

A．Bob

B．Green

C．Steve

D．Kevin

5. The class “________” is NOT on Tuesday.

A．Trip with History

B．Soccer

C．Stories about Math

D．Movies in the USA

【推荐2】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

It’s Tuesday, November 16th. I’m really busy today because I have classes all day.     1     I think Chinese is interesting and I like it very much. Then (然后) at nine I have English. It’s interesting. At ten, I have history. It’s boring.     2     At eleven, I have music. That’s my favorite subject! I eat lunch at twelve and after that I have a rest (休息) !     3     I have geography. My geography teacher is Mr. Wang.     4     We all like him very much. I have a math lesson at three. It’s difficult. All my classes finish at four.     5     That’s all my day at school.

A．At eight I have a Chinese lesson.

B．Classes begin (开始) at two in the afternoon.

C．His class is really interesting.

D．So I don’t like it.

E．After class I play ping-pong with my friends for an hour.

【推荐3】Zhang Jie is a Chinese boy. Now he is in Beijing with his parents and his two sisters. Every morning he has breakfast at seven o’clock. Then he goes to school at half past seven. His first class is at 8:00. In the morning he has four classes and in the afternoon he has two classes. The classes finish at 4:40 p.m. After that he always plays football with his classmates for an hour. At school Zhang Jie’s favorite subject is music. His best friend is Lily. She is a Chinese girl. Why do they become friends? Because they like the same things. They like music and they like blue and white.

1. When does Zhang Jie have breakfast?

A．At 4:40.

B．At 7:00.

C．At 7:30.

D．At 8:00.

2. What does Zhang Jie always do with his classmates after school?

A．Plays baseball

B．Plays basketball

C．Plays football

D．Plays tennis

3. Zhang Jie’s favorite subject is _________.

A．English

B．history

C．Chinese

D．music

4. How many classes does Zhang Jie have a day?

A．Two

B．Four

C．Six

D．Seven

5. Which of the following is TRUE? (哪一个选项是正确的)

A．Lily isn’t from China.

B．Zhang Jie has seven classes every day.

C．Zhang Jie and Lily likes blue and white.

D．There are (有) four people in Zhang Jie’s family.

【推荐1】English is difficult to learn because it is so different from our mother tongue (母语). On the other hand, we haven’t got enough chances (机会) to hear English and speak English to foreigners (外国人).

So the first important thing for us to do, I think, is to practice (练习) speaking English more both in and out of class. In class, I listen to the teacher carefully and try my best to answer the teacher’s questions. After class, I listen to the tapes of the texts again and again until I can understand every word of it. I often retell (复述) the text in my own words. I always work hard at English and never give it up (放弃).

Of course this is not enough. In the evening, I do my homework carefully. When I find something interesting, I will write it down in English. At first, I couldn’t write well, but with the help of my teacher, I have made great progress.

1. English is difficult to learn because ________.

A．there are too many English words

B．it is too hard to learn the texts by heart

C．English grammar is too difficult

D．it is very different from our mother tongue

2. What is the first important thing to learn English well?

A．Learning more grammar rules.

B．Learning more texts by heart.

C．Doing much speaking both in and out of class.

D．Taking a lot of English tests.

3. Which of the following doesn’t show the right way of learning English?

A．Listening to the teacher carefully in class.

B．Trying hard to answer the questions in English.

C．Listening to the tapes of English texts very often.

D．Giving it up if it is too hard to learn.

4. What’s the best way to improve (提高) your spoken English?

A．To have a good rest after class.

B．To do a lot of hearing and speaking.

C．To do more writing work every evening.

D．To write it down when you find something interesting.

5. When the writer talks about “I have made great progress”, he means that ________.

A．he is not very good at English

B．he does a lot of homework

C．others need to study English in his way

D．he is better at English now

【推荐2】Kid Heroes for the Planet

Earth Day is April 22. On this day, people around the world focus on environmental problems. But you don’t have to wait for Earth Day to take action. You can improve our planet every day of the year. Read their stories, and let them inspire you.

Isabel and Melati Wilsen were 10 and 12 when they learned about Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King J. These change—makers in spired the sisters to think about how they could make a difference in the world. They decided to focus on the plastic pollution affecting Bali, Indonesia, where they live. “Growing up out he island of Ball, we already had a strong connection to the environment,” Melati said. Melati and Isabel created Bye Bye Plastic Bags in 2013. The group’s primary goal was to have single—use plastic shopping bags banned (禁止) across Bali. It succeeded. Bali’s government introduced a law banning the bags beginning in 2019. Melati hopes more kids will be inspired to speak up. “You have a voice, so use it.” she says.

When he was 12, Marcus Deans saw a photograph of a child in Africa drinking dirty water. “I was shocked that this still happens in the world,: he said. Since then, he has been working on a filter (过滤装置) that clears contaminants, such as bacteria out of the water, so people can safely drink it. He called the filter NOGOS. Unlike expensive filters, a NOGOS filter costs just $2 to make. It’s made of sugar, sand, and seashells. Now 17, Marcus is in his final year of high school, in Ontario, Canada. He’s still working hard at perfecting NOGOS, and he plans to have it manufactured and sent to communities that need it. Getting to this point has not been easy. “There were moments when I wanted to give up and walk away from this project,” Marcus says. “But what kept me going is that I wanted to find a solution for people who need clean water.”

Bria Neff, a 12—year—old from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is on a mission (任务) to help endangered species. The mission began four years ago, when she was 8. That’s when Bria started painting portraits of animals. She set up an activity, Faces of the Endangered, as a way to sell her paintings. She gives away the money she raises to organizations that care for threatened animals and ecosystems. So far, Bria has painted more than 250 pictures and gave away $36,000. Bria has also designed two coloring books that feature animals. The books are sold at the Great Plains Zoo, in her hometown. Money from the sale of these books helps fund the protection of endangered species represented at the zoo. What’s Bria’s message for kids who want to make a difference? “No matter how old you are, you can change the world,” she says. “No idea is too small.”

1. Isabel and Melati Wijsen created NOGOS to stop plastic bags.
2. At the age of 12, Marcus Deans found a solution for people who need clean water.
3. Bria Neff believes you can change the world if you are old enough.
4. NOGOS is an inexpensive filter made of sugar, sand and seashells.
5. Only on the Earth Day, people around the world focus on the environment.