【推荐1】Do you often feel cold in winter? When you feel cold, what do you do to warm yourself up? Do you put on more clothes? When it’s cold, how do you sense that?

I like to take a bath. I like the way the warm water feels on my skin. I do not like to get out of the bathtub (浴缸). When I get out of the bathtub, I get really cold. Sometimes I am so cold that my teeth begin shaking, and I start to shiver (颤抖). Why do we shiver when we are cold?

Shivering is a reflex (反射). We don’t have to think about a reflex in order to make it happen. When the air around us suddenly becomes cooler, the nerves (神经) in our skin sense that we are cold. These nerves then send messages to our brain. The brain sends messages back that race through our bodies. These messages tell all of our muscles (肌肉) to start warming up.

Our muscles then start tightening (绷紧) and relaxing. They do this very quickly over and over again. These quick actions are the shivers. These shivers help to warm us up. So the next time you start to shiver, thank your nerves. They’re working to warm you up before you even have the chance to shout, “Mom, I’m c-c-c-old!”

1. When ______, we often shiver.

A．we feel cold

B．we get out of the bathtub

C．we take a bath

D．our teeth begin shaking

2. Why do we shiver?

A．To help us warm up when we are cold.

B．To help us to become brave.

C．To help us think about something.

D．To help send messages to our brain.

3. The writer writes this passage to ______.

A．encourage you to take more baths

B．show the best way to stay warm

C．tell you how and why your body shivers

D．tell you how to stop shivering

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

A．Shiver Me!

B．Shivering: What a Strange Way to Warm Up!

C．How to Stop Shivering

D．Shivering is Not for the Weak

【推荐2】This Cutting Food Box has 31 pieces, including 8 pieces of wooden food, a cutting board and two wooden knives. It lets kids cook on their own and hear real cutting sounds. The toy is for children 3 years to 6 years. It helps a lot. Here are some activities.
◆ Ask the child to tell the name of each food and whether it is a fruit or
vegetable.
◆ Place the food in a row to ask the child to count the number of food.
◆ Ask the child to place the watermelon on the cutting board to cut
it into four pieces.
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1. How many pieces of wooden food, cutting boards and wooden knives does the Cutting Food Box have ?

A．Two.	B．Eight.
C．Eleven.	D．Thirty-one.

2. What can the Cutting Food Box help kids to do?.

A．To learn how to eat food.

B．To learn the names of some food.

C．To learn how to place food.

D．To learn to draw pictures of food.

3. Who might be most interested in this passage?

A．School students.	B．School teachers.
C．Young parents.	D．Young reporters

【推荐3】

In July, 2022, China introduced the “double reduction” policy (双减政策). It hopes to reduce students’ learning burden (负担) by reducing homework and after-school classes. One month has passed since the new term began. How do students feel about this new policy?

“Our homework is clearly less than before” said 13-year-old Shen Yuzhe from Beijing. “We are not encouraged to buy workbooks any more. The exercises are mainly from the textbook.”

According to Shen, teachers now teach at a much slower pace (节奏). Students have enough time to process new knowledge. “Our teachers are also giving us more chances to do experiments and learn from real life,” said Shen “For example, we went to research earthworms (蚯蚓) in a field during a biology class. This is a much better way to learn things than just hitting the books.

For 13-year-old Zhang Hangming from Tianjin, the best thing about “double reduction” is the increased time in after-school activities. “We can now spend more time taking part in clubs and activities, such as dancing, volleyball and drama. I have joined a group called ‘leadership development in business’ where I can learn all kinds of skills beyond academic (学业的)study,” said Zhang.

Both Shen and Zhang find there are fewer exams now. But they think it’s not necessarily a good thing. “Exams force me to study harder. Each exam shows my progress as well as my weak points,” Zhang said.

Shen also pointed out that when burden is lightened, self-discipline (自律) becomes the key. “Some students now spend more time having fun when homework is finished early. But if you use all the free time to relax, you might fall behind others,” he said.

1. What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?

A．The result of “double reduction” policy.

B．The future of “double reduction” policy.

C．The difficulty of “double reduction”policy.

D．The introduction of “double reduction” policy.

2. What is Shen Yuzhe’s idea about the new way of learning?

A．He fails to enjoy it.	B．He thinks highly of it.
C．He takes it old-fashioned.	D．He has some doubt (疑惑) about it.

3. What can we know about Zhang Hangming?

A．He does well in playing volleyball.	B．He wants to join the drama club.
C．He is younger than Shen Yuzhe.	D．He is interested in business.

4. According to Shen Yuzhe, who may fall behind?

A．Someone who is weak in self-discipline.

B．Someone who makes use of his free time.

C．Someone who finishes homework on time.

D．Someone who spends less time on having fun.

5. Where can we read the passage most probably?

A．In a history textbook.	B．In a storybook.
C．In a fashion book.	D．In a newspaper.

【推荐1】You might not think much about where your garbage goes. But now you might want to know. On July 1, Shanghai introduced a new garbage-sorting policy (垃圾分类政策). People there need to put different kinds of garbage into different bins, other cities in China will do the same soon.

Garbage sorting is a big problem because there is too much garbage these days. It is bad for our environment. In fact, we can make use of some garbage again. But first, we need to sort it.

For example, if you put an old battery(电池) into the “harmful waste” bin, people can use it to make new batteries, But if you don’t, the battery will end up somewhere else. Then, it will pollute the environment.

Garbage sorting and recycling around the world

Germany: There are big machines in supermarkets. You can put bottles in the machines and get money back.
Japan: A truck playing music comes to people’s doors to pick up their garbage. There are eight or more kinds of garbage. If you sort any of them wrong, you will get a notice on your door.
Indonesia: People can take buses for free if they give plastic bottles to bus stations. An hour long bus ride costs three large bottles.
Four kinds of garbage in Shanghai

Recyclable garbage includes paper, books, plastic items, and glass bottles. Harmful garbage includes lamps, batteries, and other things with harmful chemicals(化学品) .Wet garbage usually comes from the kitchen, such as food and vegetables. Dry garbage is anything you can not put into the other three bins, pens and towels, for example.

1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?

A．China is the first country in the world to make a garbage sorting policy.

B．Many other cities in China have garbage-sorting policies.

C．Shanghai is the first city in China to make a garbage-sorting policy.

2. The writer gives the “battery” example to tell us ________.

A．how to sort our garbage

B．how important sorting is

C．how difficult sorting is

3. Which bin should “newspaper” go to?

A．

B．

C．

4. Which is the best title for the passage?

A．Sort Garbage, save Earth

B．Less garbage, cleaner environment

C．Different countries, different policies

【推荐2】When your pen is broken, the battery (电池) in your toy runs out, or you have some leftover (吃剩的) food, what do you do with these things? You will probably throw them all into one bin. But actually, all kinds of rubbish need to be sorted (分类) separately.

Garbage (垃圾) sorting is a big problem worldwide. In recent years, some Chinese cities have been working hard on it.

Shanghai has worked with Alipay to create a “green account (账户)” service for people. Account holders get points by sorting their garbage. Through the Alipay app, they can exchange the points for milk, phone cards and other products. The city is asking all of people to sort their garbage into four groups: wet, recyclable, harmful and dry.

Wet waste is also known as kitchen waste. “They are the things that you don’t want but that pigs can eat.” Guangzhou Daily explained.

Newspaper, metal, glass and other things that can be reused are recyclable waste.

Harmful waste includes things like medicine and batteries.

Finally, any waste that’s not wet, recyclable or harmful will go in the “dry waste” bin.

Many other Chinese cities are also doing this method to sort their garbage. For example. Shenzhen has been sorting its garbage into the same four groups since 2012. Students there also receive garbage-sorting guidebooks that they must study. China is improving its garbage-sorting efforts. There is still a long way to go. But it’s never too late to learn how to sort your garbage properly and protect the environment.

If you don’t sort your garbage, all of it will go to a landfill (垃圾填埋场) and be buried together. These landfills can take up large areas of ground that could be used for planting trees and crops. The electronic waste you throw away, such as batteries, may pollute the soil and groundwater (地下水). Other pieces of garbage, like the metal part of a pen, can be used to make other things if they are properly recycled.

1. How should we deal with all kinds of garbage?

A．We can throw them all into one bin.	B．We can sort them separately.
C．We can throw them away freely.	D．We can reuse them all.

2. How is Shanghai encouraging people to sort their garbage?

A．Creating a “green account” service with the help of Alipay.

B．Allowing people to exchange rubbish with each other.

C．Providing its residents with guidebooks to help them.

D．Paying people to sort their rubbish correctly.

3. Which of the following things belong to harmful waste?

A．Leftover food.

B．Medicine.

C．Newspaper.

D．Pens.

4. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A．Where we can bury our waste.

B．Why we should sort our rubbish properly.

C．What some kinds of waste can pollute the environment.

D．How some kinds of waste can be reused and recycled.

5. What do we know about garbage sorting in China?

A．It started its garbage sorting system in 2012.

B．Students have to take garbage-sorting classes.

C．People often exchange garbage for things like milk.

D．As for garbage sorting, we Chinese still have much work to do.

【推荐3】In China, each year we produce about 150 million tons of city waste according to a report. Where does the waste go? People usually burn or bury (埋) it. We also receive waste from some developed countries. We get useful materials from it. What about the useless part? Still burned or buried. But is it a proper way?

Waste pollutes the environment, harms people’s health and causes animals to die. It also gets in the way of green and sustainable development. We can’t make money at the cost of the environment. We should leave clean water and green mountains to our next generations (一代，一辈).

China is getting really serious about waste now.

We are taking less waste from developed countries. From January 2018, China started to stop 24 kinds of waste coming into our country. And more laws and rules about dealing with waste have been made. Anyone who breaks the law will be punished.

China also tries to put waste into good use. One example is the waste electricity factories. They burn waste to make electricity in a green way. No harmful gases or water will get into the environment.

The Chinese government is encouraging people to do waste sorting (分类). Cities like Shanghai, Chongqing and Beijing have their own sorting systems. More will join them soon. More and more people are forming the habit of separating their waste.

1. The writer starts the passage by ________.

A．telling stories

B．comparing numbers

C．raising questions

D．giving suggestions

2. The underlined word “sustainable” in Paragraph 2 means “________” in Chinese.

A．可享受的

B．可持续的

C．可借鉴的

D．可复活的

3. From the passage, we know that ________.

A．waste does harm only to the environment

B．those who break the law may not be punished

C．China stops getting waste from developed countries

D．waste sorting starts to become popular in China

4. From the last three paragraphs, we can learn that ________.

A．China has stopped 24 kinds of waste coming into our country for three years

B．all the people are forming the habit of separating their waste in China

C．no harmful gases or water can get into the environment

D．China is paying more and more attention to the waste now

5. The structure of the passage may be ________.
(1=Paragraph l; 2=Paragraph 2; 3=Paragraph 3; 4—Paragraph 4; 5=Paragraph 5; 6=Paragraph 6)

A．

B．

C．

D．