【推荐1】“My granddaughter usually sleeps at nearby 11:00 every night. She is only in Grade Six. It’s really worrying to see her go to bed so late,” said Liu Fang, a 70-year-old Beijinger on her way to pick up the young girl after school.

This is quite common in China. According to the 2020 Mentel Health Blue Book, 95.5% of primary school students sleep less than 10 hours, and 90.8% of middle school students sleep less than 9 hours in 2020.

The reasons why students are short of sleep are quite different. “I sleep less as I want to get higher grades, and higher grades often means heavier schoolwork.” said Yang Yue, a ninth-grader.

Students’ poor self-control is another reason for being short of sleep. Yang’s schoolmate Shu Haoyu says he often plays mobile games after doing a bit of homework. “Because of poor study habits, I usually go to bed late, sometimes at 12:00 p.m.” said Shu.

Scientists find that lack（缺乏）of sleep might increase the students’ risks of developing mental and physical health problems. It’s easy for teens to feel down or be short of patience if they don’t get enough sleep. Besides, it also gets in the way of their study. Students may find it difficult to memorize（记住）the text without enough sleep.

This worrying situation has driven the Ministry of Education（教育部）to make an action plan called “The Sleep Order”. It clarifies（明确）the sleep time of primary and middle school students of different ages, and requires homework, off-school training, and games to make way for students’ sleep.

“Primary school students are suggested to get at least 10 hours’ sleep at night, nine hours for junior high school students and eight hours for senior high school students.” said Lyu Yugang, an official with the ministry.

1. The writer starts the passage by ______.

A．giving an example	B．telling a story
C．raising two questions	D．comparing two facts

2. The underlined word “This” in Paragraph 2 refers to the fact that ______.

A．Liu Fang picks up her granddaughter	B．students go to bed late
C．students are lack of love from parents	D．students have heavy homework

3. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．The Sleep Order was made by a school in Beijing.

B．Most Chinese students poor self-control.

C．Lack of sleep harms students’ health and study.

D．High school students should get 10 hours’ sleep.

4. The structure of the passage may be ______.
(①=Para.1 ②=Para.2 ③=Para.3 ④=Para.4 ⑤=Para.5 ⑥=Para.6 ⑦=Para.7)

A．	B．
C．	D．

【推荐2】Parents can be very important teachers in our lives. However, they are not always the best teachers. Parents may be too close to their children emotionally.

Sometimes they can only see their children through the eyes of a protector. A teacher might see a trip to a big city as a valuable experience. However, it might seem too dangerous for a parent.

Another problem is that parents may expect their children’s interests to be similar to their own. If they love science, they may try to force their child to love science too. But what if their child’s true love is art, or writing, or car repair?

Parents usually want to pass on their values to their children. But should children always believe what their parents do? When children are young, they believe that their parents are always right. But when they get older, they will have different ways of thinking.

The most important thing to realize is that we all have many teachers in our lives. Our parents teach us, our teachers teach us, and our friends teach us. Books, newspapers and televisions also teach us. All of them are valuable.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. ________ might see a trip to a big city as a valuable experience, according to the passage.

A．A parent	B．Either a teacher or a parent
C．A teacher	D．Neither a teacher nor a parent

2. Parents may hope that their children have the same ________ as their own, according to the passage.

A．looks

B．interests

C．habits

D．jobs in the future

3. The underlined phrase “pass on” means “________”.

A．路过

B．继承

C．传递

D．领悟

4. When children get older, they ________.

A．don’t believe their parents any more	B．should always believe what their parents do
C．believe that their parents are always right	D．begin to have their own ways of thinking

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Never Grow Up!	B．Believe Your Parents Forever.
C．Are Parents Always the Best Teachers?	D．How Many Teachers Can We Have in Our Lives?

【推荐1】Shenzhen is a city in South China．It is not very big, but it has attracted people of the whole country and the whole world as well．
Just about twenty years ago, it was only a small fishing village．There were not many people there． Most of them lived on fishing．Things have greatly changed since the 1980s．It became the first special economic zone(经济特区) in China．
Because of the opening policy(政策), economic changes between China and the outside world have increased greatly．People can come and go easily between Shenzhen and Hong Kong．Both foreigners and Chinese have built a lot of factories, companies and tourists' attractions there．People all over the country have come to find jobs．Many of them have settled down in this new booming(兴起的) city．
Shenzhen is developing so fast that it has become a well－known metropolis(大都市) in China．
1. Shenzhen lies         China．

A．in south of	B．to south of
C．in north of	D．on south of

2. About twenty years ago most of the people in Shenzhen ．

A．worked in the factories	B．did housework
C．caught fish for a living	D．lived a happy life

3. When did Shenzhen become a special economic zone﹖

A．十九世纪八十年代。	B．二十世纪八十年代。
C．十九世纪八十年代初。	D．十八世纪九十年代。

4. What have foreigners done in Shenzhen﹖

A．They have come to visit their friends．

B．They have built a lot of factories and companies．

C．They have got plenty of money from China．

D．They have come to buy things．

5. Many of them have settled down in this new booming city．“settled down” means ．

A．made down	B．sat down
C．began to work	D．stayed there

【推荐2】Do you know how to cook, clean or grow plants? If not, you will know soon. These will all be part of Chinese public education starting this fall.

A new standard (标准) for labor (劳动) education recently came out. Students in primary and middle school will have at least one class a week to try and experience different kinds of labor and learn different life skills and even job skills. The standard includes different tasks for each grade. For example, fifth and sixth-graders learn to cook two or three common dishes, like fried eggs or scrambled eggs with tomato (番茄炒蛋).

This move is to enrich Chinese students’ life and build their character through labor. Chinese school education didn’t pay enough attention (重视) to this in the past. According to a 2019 report, Chinese kids only do 12 minutes of practical activity each day, while US kids do 1.2 hours each day, China Daily reported.

In addition to household skills, students will have a chance to try new technologies like 3D printing and laser cutting (激光切割). They will also learn to make traditional handicrafts (手工艺品).

1. The new standard shows different grades________.

A．must do the same things

B．have different tasks

C．have at least one class a month

D．try and experience all kinds of labor

2. What does the 2019 report means?

A．American education is better than Chinese.

B．Chinese kids isn’t good at practical activity.

C．Chinese labor education is not good enough.

D．The report of China Daily is not true.

3. What is the best title of this passage?

A．Labor Education to Build Character

B．Chinese Education and American Education.

C．Chinese Public education Starting this Fall

D．We should Pay Enough Attention to Cooking

【推荐3】Labor education will be required in China. Starting with the upcoming fall semester, students in primary and middle schools will have at least one class every week to learn basic household skills like cooking and cleaning. Students should learn basic life skills and form good working habits through such education. These practical skills will help then for the rest of your life.

What do students learn in labor education?

	First-and second-graders in primary school ﹡Do basic cleaning. ﹡Wash vegetables and peel fruit. ﹡Learn to raise one or two kinds of plants or small animals.
	Third-and fourth-graders ﹡Wash underwear, socks and shoes. ﹡Clean classrooms. ﹡Learn how to make cold dishes and use simple home appliances. ﹡Try planting vegetables or keeping domestic animals.
	Fifth-and sixth-graders ﹡Cook two or three common dishes, like fried eggs or scrambled eggs with tomato. ﹡Learn to make a nutritional recipe. ﹡Plant and raise one or two kinds of common local vegetables or domestic animals.
	Middle school students ﹡Cook three or four dishes independently. ﹡Take part in local productive labor like potting plants. ﹡Learn to repair some home appliances. ﹡Learn how to make one or two kinds of traditional handicrafts. ﹡Get firsthand experience in farming, industrial production or the modern service industry.

1. Who will probably receive the labor education?

A．

B．

C．

D．

2. Which grade should learn to plant vegetables and raise animals?

A．first-and second grades.	B．third-and fourth grades and fifth-and sixths grades.
C．second-and third grades.	D．middle school students.

3. Li Ming, a student in Grade Nine, which traditional lessons can he take part in?
①china              ②play the piano
③Chinese paper cutting        ④repair home appliances

A．①③④

B．②③④

C．①③

D．①④

4. What can we infer from the text?

A．School should provide both guidance and chances for real work.

B．School should give parents homework.

C．Students in first- and second-graders need to learn how to cook dishes.

D．Middle school students can take part in local productive labor.

5. What is the passage mainly about?

A．What we can learn in villages.	B．How to plant vegetables.
C．Life in school.	D．Little life skills will be a big help.

【推荐2】Most friendships die a nature death: people move, change jobs, or start different stages of life. Other friendships, however, end unexpectedly. When a friendship is over and you don't understand why, it can be especially painful. Sometimes a friend ends your relationship without telling you why.

The loss of friendship might be worth reflecting on. Knowing when a friendship is over and why it ends may help you build stronger friendships in the future.

●See if you can find a problem.

When a friendship is over, examine your relationship. Perhaps you remember your friend complaining that you're always late. Maybe you seldom return your friend's phone calls. When a friend ends your relationship, try to find out the reasons why the friendship is over.

●Write a letter to your friend.

Express your feelings about the friendship. Do you miss seeing them? Do you have any regrets? Would you act differently if you were still friends? Make it an honest communication.

●Express your feeling of being hurt or anger.

Write or talk about how you feel in a letter. When a friendship is over, it's important to communicate exactly how hurt you feel and why. Write until you have nothing left to say. When a friend ends your relationship, you do have the right to express yourself.

●Communicate that you are open to pick up the friendship.

When a friendship is over and you want to reconnect some day, send Christmas, or birthday cards. Say hi and send greetings through mutual(共有的)friends. When a friendship is over, don't give up until you're ready.

●Decide to make your present friendships better.

An adviser once told me that simply talking about your relationship strengthens your relationship. Talk to your present friends. Are they happy with your friendship? If a friend ends your relationship, learn something from it.

1. The underlined phrase "reflecting on" in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.

A．thinking about

B．giving up

C．keeping on

D．getting angry

2. What can we know from "See if you can find a problem"?

A．You are always late when you and your friend plan to go out.

B．You often refuse to answer your friend's phone calls.

C．Your friend is fond of complaining all the time.

D．Perhaps your friendship is over because of your problem.

3. When a friendship is over, you may do all the following EXCEPT ____.

A．write a letter to your friend to tell your regrets

B．talk about how you feel about your friendship

C．ask your friends whose mistake on earth it is

D．send your greetings to your friend before giving up

4. The purpose of this passage is to_____________.

A．explain why you lose a friendship	B．suggest what to do when a friendship is over
C．tell you when a friendship is over	D．advise how to end a friendship

【推荐3】Do you get lots of reading courses as part of your study? You might wish that you could read faster. There are some people who say that you can learn to read at super-high speeds. But experts have dismissed this opinion.

“Speed reading is not actually possible,” said Elizabeth Schotter, a scientist at the University of South Florida, US. Schotter pointed out that people who say that they can teach others how to speed read are usually doing it to make money by selling courses and books.

In fact, speed reading has been advertised since 1959, when US educator Evelyn Wood introduced speed reading program. Several US presidents have even asked their staff to take speed reading courses. However, there is no real science behind speed reading.

Schotter explained that reading is complicated（复杂的）task. It involves four stages: seeing word, retrieving（检索） its meaning from your memory, relating it to other words in the same sentence, and then moving on to the next word. This process uses many parts of the brain at one time. It can’t be sped up.

Some people who say to be able to speed read are simply skimming. Skimming involves reading a passage quickly and only looking for certain words or sentences. Skimmers can figure out the main idea of a passage—especially if it’s a topic they’re familiar with— but they will not be able to recall all of the details.

So is there a way to become a faster reader? Research suggests that you should try to improve your vocabulary and simply read more.

1. What is the experts’opinion on the super-high speeds?

A．support

B．accept

C．deny

D．cancel

2. According to Schotter, speed reading courses ________.

A．are just a way to make money	B．were widely accepted in 1959
C．were invented by a US president	D．are supported by real science

3. What is the purpose of Paragraph 4?

A．To explain what factors affect reading speed.

B．To explain why speed reading is impossible

C．To describe the stages that reading involves.

D．To describe the parts of the brain that we use to read

4. What do we know from the story?

A．Speed reading is not impossible for learning.

B．Skimming trains readers to focus on details.

C．A larger vocabulary can help readers read faster.

D．There is little we can do to become faster readers.

5. Who may be the most possible fast reader?

A．John takes many detail courses.	B．Tom regards reading as his hobby.
C．Amy learned how to skimming the books well.	D．Linda asked Schotter for some advice.

【推荐1】Paris is a very beautiful city but I will not call it the most romantic（最浪漫的）city at all! It is difficult to find a hotel（旅馆）! That is quite funny（滑稽）．Some policemen help us and then we find a hotel! The hotel is on the sixth floor and it is tired to climb up the stairs（爬楼）! The room is very simple（普通的）but it has a big bathroom．We go out for a walk to visit the city. The Louvre Museum is our favourite one. There are some wonderful pieces of art there. The Eiffel Tower looks so cool from a far place, but when we get close to it, it doesn't look so good. We also don't feel well about the expensive food. Most of the time, we enjoy Paris, but the weather is not always good. It often rains. We feel a little difficult because not many people can speak English and we can't speak French. But I'm still（仍然）glad that this is the beginning of our travel.

1. Who help the writer find a hotel?

A．Some students.

B．Some policemen.

C．Some workers.

D．Some farmers.

2. There is a big _______ in the room of the hotel.

A．bedroom

B．sitting room

C．bathroom

D．kitchen

3. How does the Eiffel Tower look from a far place?

A．Cool.

B．Short.

C．Pretty.

D．Bad.

4. What can we know from the passage?

A．The writer doesn't go to the Louvre Museum.

B．The writer can speak English and French.

C．It never rains when the writer stays in Paris.

D．The writer thinks food is not cheap in Paris.

5. The passage mainly（主要）tells us_______.

A．Paris is not a good place to travel

B．the writer is looking for a good hotel

C．the writer starts travelling from Paris

D．it is important for people to speak French

【推荐2】George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a poor family. He had to start work when he was only eight．When George was fourteen, he became his father's helper．He spent a lot of time learning about engines（发动机）．And on holidays he often made one engine to pieces and studied each piece carefully．Soon he became a very good worker though he could not read or write．He began to learn English letters when he was seventeen years old．Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked a long way to have lessons from a young school teacher. On his eighteenth birthday，he wrote his own name for the first time in his life．George invented（发明） many things in his life．The train was the greatest one among them．Today when we take trains from one place to another，we'll think of this great man---George Stephenson．
1. In which year did George Stephenson start to help his father？________．

A．In 1781

B．In 1789

C．In 1795

D．In 1798

2. He learned about the engine ________．

A．through reading and writing

B．by making it to pieces and studying each piece carefully

C．at lessons from a young teacher

D．by asking a lot of questions

3. He spent a lot of time learning about engines and soon he became ________．

A．a great man

B．a good maker

C．a good worker

D．a good student

4. George Stephenson invented the ________.

A．the train

B．the telephone

C．the car

D．the computer

5. From the passage we know George Stephenson was one of the greatest ____ in the world．

A．workers

B．writers

C．learners

D．inventors

【推荐3】For Iris grace, the world used to be a lonely place. The autistic (自闭症的) five-year-old girl seldom spoke and she often got nervous while being with other children.
Iris has been taught art since she was three years old. She spends most of her time painting. She paints so well that her works sell for at least 1, 500 pounds each. However, nothing could stop her loneliness until a cat called Thula came to live with the family last February. After Thula arrived, Iris’s parents have noticed Iris adding images like a cat’s eyes or nose to her paintings. At first, they thought Iris drew them by accident, but now they believe Iris is expressing her love to Thula in her paintings.
While Iris is painting, Thula always sits at her side and watches her with great interest. And when the family go out in the car, Iris always takes Thula with her.
Thula is having an influence on Iris’s relationships with others, too, and her parents find it easier to encourage her to speak when Thula is around Iris’s mother said, “Thanks to Thula, Iris is a lot happier than ever before.”
1. When did Iris begin to learn art?

A．Last February.	B．At the age of 2.
C．At the age of 3.	D．At the age of 5.

2. Iris Grace paints so well that her works sell for ________ pounds each.

A．more than 1,500	B．only 1,500
C．about 1,500	D．less than 1,500

3. How does Iris express her love to Thula?

A．She often kisses Thula.

B．She often feeds food to Thula.

C．She often plays with Thula.

D．She adds Thula to her paintings.

4. Iris’s parents think Thula is very ________.

A．lazy

B．helpful

C．lucky

D．interesting

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Thula is able to speak.

B．Iris paints to make money.

C．Iris’s paintings are popular.

D．Thula doesn’t like staying with Iris.