【推荐2】Do you want to know about the weather in Canada? Let's see what the four seasons(季节) are like there.

Spring

Spring usually comes in April with lots of rain. The weather is still cold. Spring is a very short season and before you know it, summer arrives!

Summer

Summer can be very hot in Canada. It's also very wet. People usually wear T-shirts and shorts in summer，and they like to swim in summer.

Autumn

Autumn usually comes in September. It's a very beautiful season. The leaves on the trees become colorful: orange, red, yellow..... It's very cool and it's a good season to go on a trip.

Winter

Winter is from early December to late March. It can be very cold with lots of snow. It's often sunny in winter , but the sunny days are always cold!

1. Spring usually comes__________ in Canada.

A．in February	B．very early
C．after summer	D．with lots of rain

2. How is the weather in summer in Canada?

A．Warm and rainy.	B．Wet and cold.
C．Hot and wet.	D．Hot and dry.

3. Winter lasts(持续) for about ___________months in Canada.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Spring is a very short season in Canada.

B．Summer is a colorful season in Canada.

C．Autumn usually comes in early November in Canada,

D．The weather is often warm in Canada in winter.

5. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．The people in Canada.	B．The four seasons in Canada.
C．The interesting places in Canada.	D．The food in Canada.

【推荐3】请阅读下面短文，根据语篇内容，从下面所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺。选项中有一项为多余项。

Weather is one of the things we are unable to control.     1     But if we study the signs around us correctly, we can tell changes about the weather. This way of telling what the weather will be like on the following day or two is called weather forecasting (天气预报).

Sometimes distant (遥远的) objects such as hills seem to be very clear and near. This is a sign of much water vapour (水蒸气) in the air.     2    

    3     With the coming of wet weather, people will feel uncomfortable in their bones. Some birds fly high if fine weather is coming but they fly near the ground if rainy or stormy weather is on the way.

    4     Such rainbows always come in the evenings and the following days will become clear. If the stars twinkle (闪烁) clearly at night, then fine weather will continue. If a frog (青蛙) appears in the morning, just about sunrise, then the day will be warm. Instead, if a frog appears in the evening, we should be careful.     5    

A．No man can change it.

B．So rain will probably come.

C．Because the next day will be warm weather.

D．People’s pain in their bones means something.

E．The weather can be easily known from insects (昆虫).

F．A rainbow during rainy weather signs fine weather.

【推荐1】In our daily life, robots are often found to do work that is too dangerous, boring or difficult. And we often see kids play with toy robots.

But what exactly is a robot? There are some important characteristics(特征) that a robot must have. These characteristics might help you to decide whether a machine is a robot. It will also help you to decide what you will need to make the machine before it can be considered as a robot. A robot has these important characteristics:

Sensing First of all, your robot would have to be able to sense the environment around it. Give your robot senors (传感器): light sensors(eyes), touch sensors(hands), chemical sensors(nose), hearing sensors(ears) and taste sensors(tongue).

Movement A robot needs to be able to move around its environment. It can move on wheels, walk with legs or be driven by small engines. A robot can move either the whole body or just parts of it.

Energy A robot needs to be able to power itself. Some robots might power itself with sunlight. Some might use electricity to do that, while others might need batteries. The way your robot gets its energy will depend on what your robot needs to do.

Intelligence A robot needs some kinds of smart function. A programmer is the person who gives the robot its smart function. The robot will use a certain way to receive the program so that it knows what it is to do.

1. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________.

A．the toy

B．the characteristic

C．the machine

D．the engine

2. In how many ways can a robot power itself according to the passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

D．Five.

3. The Chinese meaning of “Intelligence” in the last paragraph is ________.

A．能源

B．勤奋

C．智能

D．外观

4. What’s the theme of the passage?

A．Culture.

B．Literature.

C．History.

D．Science.

【推荐3】In our daily life, robots are often found to do work that is too dangerous, boring, difficult, or dirty. And we often see kids play with toy robots.

But what exactly is a robot? There are some important characteristics （特征）that a robot must have. These characteristics might help you to decide what is and what is not a robot. It will also help you to decide what you will need to build into a machine before it can be considered as a robot. A robot has these important characteristics:

Sensing First of all, your robot would have to be able to sense the environment around it. Give your robot sensors（传感器）: light sensors（eyes）, touch sensors（hands）, chemical sensors（nose），hearing sensors（ears）and taste sensors（tongue）.

Movement A robot needs to be able to move around its environment. It can move on wheels, walk on legs or be driven by small engines（发动机）. A robot can move either the whole body or just parts of it.

Energy A robot needs to be able to power itself. Some robots might power itself with sunlight, some might with electricity, while others with the battery（电池）. The way your robot gets its energy will depend on what your robot needs to do.

Intelligence A robot needs some kind of “smarts”. A programmer is the person who gives the robot its “smarts”. The robot will have to have a certain way to receive the program so that it knows what it is to do.

1. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 2 is about         .

A．the characteristic

B．the machine

C．the engine

2. The chemical sensors may help a robot to             .

A．see

B．hear

C．smell

3. In how many ways can a robot power itself according to the passage?

A．Two.

B．Three.

C．Four.

4. The Chinese meaning of “Intelligence” in the last paragraph is “         ”.

A．能源

B．勤奋

C．智能

5. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To help people understand what a robot is.

B．To tell what a robot can do in our life.

C．To describe the movement of a robot.

【推荐1】Shashiyu was once a poor village in Hebei Province, but now it has changed into a rich and livable place.

In the 1940s, villagers in Shashiyu had little food and few clothes, but they had a strong wish for a better life. Zhang Guishun, encouraged his villagers to do their best to pull themselves out of poverty, “In the ancient Chinese story, why can’t we? Nobody was born to be poor?” Hearing his words, the villagers decided to make a difference.

Led by the Communist Party of China (中国共产党), the villagers carried water and soil to their village from faraway places to improve their land. From 1966 to 1971 ,they reclaimed(开垦) lots of land and greatly improved their life.

However, the village encountered a new problem two decades later as the environment became heavily polluted by chemical plants (化工厂) and mine refineries (冶炼厂), and villagers started grape cultivation, which soon became a main industry in Shashiyu.

In 2009, the city-level government invested over 1 million yuan (＄152.723) to change the village’s exhibition hall into a museum in memory of development efforts made by earlier generations. After 10 years, the village was called “National Forest Village”.

Zhang said that the village started a yearly tourism festival in 2015 to attract travelers to pick grapes. “The grapes could be sold at a better price once Shashiyu becomes famous through this festival. Our villagers can then live even better lives,” he said.

1. From 1966 to 1971, what did the villagers do to improve their living situation?

A．They planted grapes to earn money.

B．They carried water and soil to their village to improve their lands.

C．They moved to another place to live a better life.

D．They built a lot of factories.

2. When was Shashiyu called “National Forest Village”?

A．In 2009.

B．In 2004.

C．In 2015.

D．In 2019.

3. Where can you probably read the passage?

A．In a storybook.

B．In a newspaper.

C．In a sports magazine.

D．In a science book.

【推荐3】    1     We must take care of it. We should keep the land, air and water clean. Pollution (污染) is a “dirty” word.     2     Pollution comes in many forms. We can see it, smell it and drink it. Pollution harms our health and even our life.

People have been polluting the Earth, such as made a fire, washed his clothes in the rivers and threw his rubbish on the ground. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious, because there were not so many people.     3     But now the land was used up or the river was dirty in a place, man moved to another place. So now the whole world is slowly polluted.

When talking about pollution, we once only meant the air pollution. Air pollution is the most dangerous now,     4     We are glad that the public are paying more attention to the dangers of pollution.     5    

A．There still was lots of clean air, land and water.

B．And more and more people are working hard to get rid of (消除) it

C．The Earth is our home.

D．but there still is water pollution and noise pollution and so on.

E．Pollution means making things dirty.

【推荐1】Food wasting is often seen in China. It’s reported that food waste has produced 70% of the country’s increasing rubbish. Especially in restaurants, plenty of food is wasted every day. Huge food waste is usually seen in wedding banquets(婚宴) , birthday banquets and business meals. However, when many people waste food, there is still a large number of people who do not have enough food to eat.
Luckily, when dining out is part of everyday life, more and more people have realized packing up the leftovers(剩菜) when dinning might be the right thing to do.
Now here is some advice about how.
When packing leftovers, take staple foods(主食) such as steamed bread. However, leftovers of cold dishes should not be packed up, because the cold dishes can not be heated after being brought home and may go bad and cause illness. Also, leftovers should be kept in the right way after being brought home. Food should be kept at temperatures below 10 ℃ or higher than 70 ℃.But if the packed food is put under room temperatures, they should be eaten within four hours.
Packing leftovers in the right way is important, but it’s more important to know how to order the right number of dishes. Don’t be afraid of losing face by ordering less. After all, food doesn’t come easily.
1. Food waste is usually seen in ___________________.

A．wedding banquets	B．birthday banquets
C．business meals	D．All above

2. When we dine out, _________________ might be a good idea.

A．taking the food we order back home

B．taking cold dishes back home

C．ordering more than we can eat

D．packing up the leftovers

3. After being brought home, leftovers could be kept __________________.

A．at the temperature of 2℃

B．at the temperature of 20℃

C．at the temperature of 30℃

D．at the temperature of 50℃

4. What’s passage mainly about?

A．How to save food

B．How to pack up leftovers

C．Food problems in China

D．Food waste and its solution

【推荐3】

Shanghai University of Engineering Science has become the first university in China to be covered by a 5G network，the university announced on Tuesday．

Chinese mobile carriers（运营商）are expected to spend 1.2 trillion yuan（US＄176.5 billion）on 5G by 2025，50 percent more than their total 4G investment（投资），Nomura said yesterday．Carriers including China Mobile，China Telecom and China Unicom，are expected to build over 4.9 million 5G base stations by 2025．

5G is a "game﹣changing" opportunity for carriers as they can explore new business like smart manufacturing，super high definition video and smart driving，instead of just being a "pipeline" for voice and data services．

China will supply "temporary " 5G licenses in several aimed cities this year．Consumers（消费者）will be able to use the first batch of 5G smart﹣phones and tablet computers in the second half．It's the first time that China's top industry regulator clarified the 5G industry timeline，especially the first appearance of 5G phones．

But 5G services will become accessible to normal consumers later than expected．More work needs to be done to make the 5G industry fully developed，which won't happen until 2020，said UBS recently．New business projects and organizations，rather than normal consumers，will enjoy 5G services at first．The first batch of 5G services will be available to consumers in about 10 cities only．

1. How much did Chinese mobile carriers spend on 4G？

A．About 1.2 trillion yuan．

B．About US＄176.5 million．

C．About 0.8 trillion yuan．

D．About US＄0.8 billion．

2. What does the underlined word "accessible" probably mean in Chinese？

A．易获得的

B．困难的

C．让人理解的

D．费解的

3. Which part of a newspaper may the article come from？

A．Lifestyle．

B．Health．

C．Education．

D．Technology．

4. What's the main idea of the article？

A．Mobile carriers plan to spend much on 5G and it will come into our life soon．

B．China will supply "temporary"5G licenses in several aimed cities this year．

C．5G services will become accessible to normal consumers later than expected．

D．The first batch of 5G services will be available to consumers in about 10 cities only．