【推荐1】What does a Korean father look like? Strict, cold and focused （集中）only on his job. Well, yes, this is the popular image (形象) of Korean fathers. However, this image does not tell the whole story. Across the country, more and more fathers are looking for the answer to the question: what does it mean to be a good father today? And they choose to attend Father School.
Set up in 1995, Father School began in Seoul. It was to help Korean men show love to their families. Most of the students are from 30 to 70 years old. They are asked to write letters to their kids as homework and to practice saying “I love you” to all family members.
Like many students in Father School, Edmond Rhim never wanted to come. “I’m not a bad father,” he said. “But it was just difficult for me to communicate with my two teenage kids.” He began to show up in class, and things got better. When he graduated from the school among 70 other men, he no longer felt awkward (尴尬的) when hugging his wife and kids.
1. Why do Korean fathers attend Father School?

A．They want to know how to teach their children.

B．They want to know what it means to be a good father today.

C．They want to make friends with other fathers.

D．They want to be strict fathers.

2. What does Father School do?

A．It helps mother to show love to her children.

B．It helps children to communicate with parents.

C．It helps father to show love to his parents.

D．It helps father to show love to the family.

3. Fathers learn to do all the following things at Father School except                  .

A．help kids finish their homework

B．hug their kids

C．say “ I love you” to family members

D．write letters to kids

4. What is true about Edmond Rhim according to the passage?

A．Edmond Rhim was a bad father.

B．Edmond Rhim seldom hugged his wife or kids before he went to Father School.

C．There were 70 men in Edmond Rhim’s class.

D．It was easy for Edmond Rhim to communicate with his kids before he attended Father School.

【推荐2】Television is good. You’d like to watch it all day and all night. But too much TV is a very bad thing. Scientists found that kids who watch too much TV may have more trouble learning to read. They can’t focus on (专注于) their work. Kids learn language skills best by reading, talking and playing with others. If they spend too much time watching TV, they’ll have less time for those things. Watching too much TV is bad for people’s health. People don’t move much while watching TV. What’s more, they may eat a lot of food while watching. This can make them fat. We call these people “couch potatoes”.

Fighting on TV is a big problem for kids. Young people are good at following. Scientists have found that those who watch a lot of fighting shows are more likely (可能) to fight.

1. Scientists say if kids watch too much TV, they will _______.

A．learn language skills more easily	B．be healthier
C．find it hard to learn to read	D．eat less food

2. Kids learn language skills best by _______.

A．reading

B．talking

C．playing with others

D．all of A, B and C

3. While watching TV, what DON’T people do?

A．Eat a lot of food.	B．Have less time for reading.
C．Hardly move	D．Focus on their work.

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Kids have much time to watch TV.

B．It’s good for kids to learn from fighting acts on TV.

C．Too much TV is good for people’s health.

D．It’s easy for kids who watch a lot of fighting shows to fight.

【推荐3】Now if you go out or surf the Internet, one word is very popular among young people. That is the word “fashion”. But lots of young people don’t know what it really means. They just think an iPhone 11 is fashionable, new hair style is fashionable, a new kind of clothes is fashionable and even smoking or drinking is fashionable. So they just try to do something to make themselves look fashionable.

These young people often do something wrong. Some children buy cigarettes (烟) and smoke them without letting their teachers or parents know. Some students learn to drink and it costs them a lot of money. Some children want their parents to buy them mobile phones, but they just use their phones to play games and chat with their friends. Some young students like to run after “fashionable” stars. They often do their best to see music stars and sometimes they have to go far away to see the stars face to face. They often have to look everywhere for the information (信息) of the “fashionable” stars.

But many other people don’t think so. They think fashion means everything modern and useful things to people around us. Children should try to be really fashionable.

1. What does this passage mainly tell us?

A．Smoking is wrong.	B．We shouldn’t drink.
C．What is real fashion.	D．We can’t play games.

2. What do some children want their parents to buy for them?

A．Mobile phones.	B．Cigarettes.
C．Clothes.	D．Computer games.

3. What does the writer think of the children’s actions (行为) in the second paragraph?

A．They’re wrong.	B．They’re fashionable.
C．They’re right.	D．They’re cool.

4. How do some young students do for their stars in the passage?

A．Buy their CDs.	B．Collect photos of them.
C．Go far away to see the stars face to face.	D．Sing their songs.

5. Fashion means something ________ according to (根据) the 3rd paragraph.

A．new	B．loved by many people
C．expensive	D．modern and useful

【推荐1】This is my school. There are many trees and flowers. The teaching building is big and tall. There is a big playground in our school. It’s very nice to have it. After 4:30 in the afternoon, many students often come to the playground to play football and some students play table tennis in the table tennis room.
There are 1,200 students in 25 classes in our school. The students all like to study. The teachers in our school are very good. They help the students to study and sometimes play with them. All the students like them.
1. The teaching building is _____.

A．small	B．old
C．big and tall	D．big

2. It’s very nice for this school to have ____.

A．trees and flowers	B．a playground
C．students	D．teachers

3. There are at least (至少) _____ students in one class.

A．45

B．65

C．75

D．48

4. After class the students often go to _____.

A．their classroom	B．their homes
C．the playground	D．tennis room

5. What may(可能) teachers NOT DO?

A．Give the students lessons.

B．Play football and table tennis with the students.

C．Don’t like some students.

D．Help students study

【推荐2】       One day an American called Simon went to London to visit his friend, Rick. Rick told him that his flat was on the first floor. When he arrived, Simon went straight to the first floor of the building. But he was told that there was no one called Rick on that floor. Do you know why?

In fact, the British call the first floor of a building the ground floor. The floor above the ground floor is the first floor. But Americans would call it the second floor.

The story shows that there are some differences in culture between Britain and America, though the British and Americans both speak English.

The British usually hide their feelings. They seldom start a conversation with strangers. For example, on the train the British often spend their time reading newspapers or books. But Americans are quite different. They’re more active and easier to talk with.

The British and Americans may use different terms for many things. The British usually use football, eraser and mail while Americans like to use soccer, rubber and post.

1. Simon went to London to ________.

A．visit his friend	B．spend his holiday
C．study English	D．have a meeting

2. Which picture shows us where Rick’s flat was?

A．

B．

C．

D．

3. According to the passage, the British usually spend their time ________ on the train.

A．playing cards	B．talking loudly
C．doing some reading	D．singing and dancing

4. What does the underlined word “terms” in the passage mean in Chinese?

A．成果

B．学期

C．会议

D．用语

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

A．Differences in Culture	B．Simon’s Funny Story
C．Information Abroad	D．Hiding the Feelings

【推荐3】When you watch your favorite movies, you might not think about science. Of course, there’s a lot of science behind movies like The Mars or Harry Potter and also cartoons like Frozen or Mulan.

Cartoons use a lot of science and math to make things look as real as possible. For example, snow was used in many parts of the movie Frozen, but making the snow look real was a challenge. The snow needed to act differently in different situations, like if it was melting or blowing in the wind.

Mathematicians had to create a computer program to make the snow look more natural. The mathematician Joseph faced this challenge with Frozen.

He and his team used math equations(等式) to treat snow like many different pieces instead of one large thing, as movies did in the past. They worked for months to make a computer program do this.

Science is important for superhero movies, too. Superheroes should have special powers that can’t be explained. But movie makers still want to make their actions as real as possible. For example, Burks, a chemistry professor, told the Daily Mail that some of the science behind The Avengers could be real. Iron Man’s coat is also possible to be real because it can be made of a light but strong material. In the movie, Tony makes new things by making atoms collide(使原子对撞), much like scientists do in real life.

So next time you see a movie, don’t forget to think about the science behind it.

1. According to the article, there is much ________ behind movies.

A．Internet

B．project

C．science

D．light

2. The underlined word Mathematicians probably means ________.

A．scientist of music	B．scientist of math
C．scientist of computer	D．scientist of physics

3. ________ and his team made the snow in Frozen looked real with the knowledge of math.

A．Joseph

B．Burks

C．Iron Man

D．Tony

4. Which of the following is TRUE about the movies?

A．Science is also important for “superhero movies”.

B．Cartoons use a lot of medicines to make things look as real as possible.

C．All of the science behind The Avengers wasn’t real.

D．Superheroes have special powers that can easily be explained.

5. Which one can be the best title for the article?

A．Interesting movies and cartoons

B．Real things in movies

C．Movies or cartoons, which would be real?

D．Science in movies and cartoons