【推荐1】Hawaii is famous for its beautiful beaches. Every year water sports, especially surfing and water skiing attract tourists to the island.

Hawaii has been a magical name to people who like to travel for many years. People on both sides of the Pacific Ocean(太平洋), in Japan and in America, dream of   seeing   these beautiful islands in the middle of the ocean. In the tropical lands, the sun drops like a ball of golden fire into the sea, and it drops so quickly that you can almost see it move. The sun leaves behind a glow that lights the sky in the quiet water.

People often have a quiet, enjoyable time walking along the water. This scenery here is not very different from the exciting beauty that greeted the first tourists to these islands centuries ago. They came in canoes not much bigger than small boats.

They found the beautiful white sand beaches and the waving palm trees, but there were no grand hotels like the one we see today. The first people came to Hawaii nearly two thousand years ago, but skyscraper hotels were only built in the last 25 years. Now planes make it possible to fly to Hawaii for a weekend from Tokyo or San Francesco.

No matter where people come from, they really want to see the earliest beauty of Hawaii. They want to see the lovely beaches and the mountains which are almost hidden by the tall hotels.

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1. What’s Hawaii famous for?

A．The beautiful beaches.	B．The tourists to the island.
C．The tourists to the island.	D．Surfing and water skiing.

2. What does the sun drop like in the tropical lands?

A．The sea.	B．A ball of golden fire.
C．A glow.	D．The quiet water.

3. The first people came to Hawaii ________.

A．in 1987	B．in 1012
C．about twenty-five years ago	D．about two thousand years ago

4. The beauty of the islands________ for centuries.

A．has changed	B．has greeted the first tourists
C．has remained nearly unchanged	D．has been the same

5. Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A．People really want to see the earliest beauty of Hawaii.

B．People often have a quiet, unhappy time walking along the water.

C．People only in Japan dream of seeing the beautiful islands.

D．People found the beautiful red sand beaches in Hawaii.

【推荐2】At the beginning of last century, there was a farm near Los Angeles in California. It was called Hollywood Ranch(大牧场). However, from the 1910s to the 1950s, Hollywood became the film centre of the world. Why did people go to Hollywood to make films? The reason was the sun. At first people made films in New York on the east coast of the USA. But then they heard about Los Angeles. There are 350 days of sun every year. As they made all the films by sunlight, the west land by the sea was much better place to work in. In addition(而且), near Hollywood you can also find the mountains, the sea and the forest. They did not have to travel far to make any kind of films.

The first films were just pictures without sound. Today we still watch this kind of plays by Charles Chaplin. In the late 1920s, films started to “talk”. You could hear the people speaking and listen to the music.

Today television become more and more popular, and some busy modern people no longer go to the cinema. However, film producers are still making films in Hollywood and many film lovers all over the world enjoy watching them

1. Hollywood is on the ______ coast of the USA.

A．east

B．west

C．north

D．south

2. Hollywood became very famous in the film industry______.

A．in the early 19thcentury

B．in the late 19thcentury

C．in the early 20thcentury

D．in the late 20thcentury

3. Why did people decide to make films in Hollywood?

A．Because they don’t need to travel far

B．Because there was a big ranch

C．Because of its nice weather and beautiful scenes.

D．Because there were lots of film producers.

4. What were the first films like ?

A．They were just pictures with music.

B．You could watch nobody but hear the voice.

C．You could hear the people speaking and listen to the music.

D．You could see the pictures but couldn’t hear them talk.

5. Which of the following is true?

A．People don’t go to Hollywood any more.

B．Many film producers still make films in Hollywood.

C．Many film lovers all over the world go to the cinema in Hollywood.

D．People don’t like the Hollywood films any more.

【推荐1】A father and his son went to a kite-flying festival. The son was full of joy when he saw the sky filled with colorful kites. He wanted to fly a kite, too. The father then bought a kite for him.

The son started to fly the kite. Soon, his kite was high up in the sky. After a while, he said, “Father, it seems that the string is stopping the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, the kite will be free and fly even higher. Can we cut it?” The father cut the string. The kite started to go higher. This made the little boy happy. But then, slowly, the kite started to come down. And finally it fell to the ground. The son was surprised to see this. He asked his father, “I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. Why did it fall down?”

The father explained. “The string was not stopping the kite from going higher, but was helping it stay in the sky. You helped the kite go up in the right direction using the string. But when you cut the string, it could no longer support the kite.”
Sometimes, we may feel like there are certain things that are holding us back and stopping us growing. But in fact, these might be the things that support us the most.
1. The boy felt ________ when he saw the colorful kites in the sky.

A．cheerful

B．strange

C．relaxed

D．anxious

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

A．气压

B．线

C．轮子

D．风筒

3. The son wanted to cut the string because________.

A．he preferred to use a longer one

B．he found the string was not strong

C．he thought the kite would fly higher

D．he wanted the kite to come down

4. What does the writer want to tell us?

A．Flying kites is an interesting sport.

B．The kite can fly higher without the string.

C．We can fly kites in our free time with our parents.

D．The strings that hold us back also support us.

【推荐2】There was a story many years ago of a school teacher-Mrs. Thompson. She told the children on the first way that she loved them all the same. But that was a lie. There in the front row was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. He didn't play well with the other children and he always needed a bath. She did not like him.

Then Mrs. Thompson got to know that Teddy was actually a very good boy before the death of his mother. Mrs. Thompson was ashamed (羞耻) of herself. She felt even worse then, like all her other students, Teddy brought her a Christmas present too. It was his mother's perfume (香水).

Teddy said, “Mrs. Thompson, today you smell just like my Mom used to.” After the children left she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she stopped teaching reading, writing and math. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid much attention to Teddy. The boy's mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he improved. By the end of the sixth grade, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class.

Six years went by before she got a note from Teddy. He wrote that he had finished high school, second in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in his whole life. He went to college. Mrs. Thompson got two more letters from him with the last one signed, Theodore F Stoddard, M. D.（医学博士）.

The story doesn't end there. On his wedding（婚礼）day, Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's cat, “Thank you, Mrs. Thompson, for believing in me. You made me feel important and showed me that I could make a difference.”

Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back, “Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you.”

1. What did Mrs. Thompson do on the first day of school?

A．She made Teddy feel ashamed.	B．She told the class something untrue about herself.
C．She changed Teddy's scat to the front row.	D．She asked the children to play with Teddy.

2. In what way did Mrs. Thompson change?

A．She taught more school subjects.	B．She became stricter with her students.
C．She no longer liked her job as a teacher.	D． She cared more about educating students.

3. Why did Teddy thank Mrs. Thompson at his wedding?

A．Because she had written to him.	B．Because she had encouraged him.
C．Because she had sent him Christmas presents.	D．Because she had taught him how to play well with other children.

【推荐3】

Hannay was nervous. His enemies were searching for him. All around him were grassy hills without trees. He had nowhere to hide. How could he escape?

Hannay walked along the country for a long time. Then he saw a road worker fixing the road alone, who was not feeling well.

The worker said to him, “My head hurts. I need a rest. My daughter got married yesterday, and I drank a lot of wine with my friends. That’s the problem!”

Hannay agreed that he should be home in bed.

“Yes, and I would be,” he replied, “but yesterday I received a message saying that the new surveyor was coming to look at my work. If he comes and finds me away, I’ll be in trouble.”

“You go off to bed,” Hannay said, “I’ll do your job until the new surveyor comes.”

The road worker was pleased with this idea. After he left, Hannay put on the worker’s hat and coat and began to fix the road. About an hour later he heard a voice.

“Are you the road worker?” it asked.

It was the new surveyor, a young man, sitting in a small car.

Hannay said yes. The surveyor told him about some work he wanted him to do before he came by again and drove off. Hannay continued with his work.

Then a village boy came by. “What has happened to the road worker?” he asked.

“He stayed at home today,” Hannay replied. “He’s sick.”

At about midday, a large car came down the hill and stopped near Hannay. Three man got out of the car. Hannay’s heart beat fast. He knew his enemies were coming...

1. Why was the road worker feeling ill?

A．He had a cold.	B．He hadn’t eaten all day.
C．He had been working all day.	D．He drank too much at his daughter’s wedding.

2. What can we infer from the story?

A．The village boy knew the road worker well.

B．The surveyor had a lot of working experience.

C．The grassy hills were a perfect hiding place for Hannay.

D．Hannay helped the road worker because he was warm-hearted.

3. What is the CORRECT order of the story?
①Hannay met a road worker who was not feeling well and offered to take over for him.
②Hannay was worried because his enemies were following him.
③A car stopped near Hannay and three men got out.
④Hannay acted as the road worker when the surveyor came by.
⑤The village boy wondered what had happened to the road worker.

A．②→①→④→⑤→③	B．②→①→④→③→⑤
C．①→④→②→⑤→③	D．①→④→②→③→⑤

4. Who did not come by while Hannay was working on the road ?

A．The surveyor.

B．Hannay’s enemies

C．A village boy.

D．The road worker’s daughter.