【推荐1】When cold winter days seem gray, nothing is better than a nice hot pot meal to warm and cheer you up.

Hot pot has a long history. It is the most popular type of food in China, according to a survey by the consumer review website Dianping.com. There are about 350, 000 hot pot restaurants around the country, the largest number of any type of restaurant.

While enjoying a hot pot meal, people sit around a table and eat from a steaming pot. They put meat, seafood, vegetables, tofu and bean noodles in the soup to boil. Meat, especially beef, is often cut as thin as paper, so it should not be cooked too long. Otherwise, it will lose its taste. There are many kinds of soup types to choose from: spicy, mushroom and tomato. Usually, a hot pot has two parts inside. One side is spicy, while the other side is not so spicy. So everyone can enjoy eating it how they like.

You don’t have to master great cooking skills to enjoy hot pot, either. When the food is ready, take it out and put it in different sauces to give it a special flavor (口味). Some also drink the soup from the pot. ________ While the pot cooks, people talk and drink. Unlike some meals, it creates an atmosphere (氛围) where everyone can just relax. No wonder, hot pot restaurants have become a favorite place to get together for friends and family in China.

With a long history to go, a different form to cook as well as a typical way to eat, hot pot is more than food but a part of our Chinese life.

1. What do people think of hot pot in China?

A．It’s just a kind of food.	B．It’s similar to other meals.
C．It creates a chance to relax.	D．It has taken the place of other meals.

2. Which of the following can be put in the ________ in Paragraph 5?

A．There are different forms to cook hot pot.	B．People prefer to enjoy hot pot at home.
C．A hot pot meal is more popular in winter.	D．Enjoying hot pot is about more than just eating.

3. How is the passage organized?

A．

B．

C．

D．

【推荐3】Do you like eating wontons(馄饨)? It is not only popular in China, but also around the world. You can find it in North America, Southeast Asia and Australia.

Wontons are like dumplings, only smaller. They are a kind of traditional food from northern China. It is said that during the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu, an ancient tribe in northern China, had conflicts(冲突) with local people on the border(边界). Hunshi and Tunshi were the two leaders(领导) of the Xiongnu. So people began to call their food “huntun” and wish for the end of the conflicts.

In different parts of China, a wonton has different names. In the north, it is called “huntun”. In Guangdong, it is called “yuntun”. People in Sichuan call it “chaoshou”, while in the southeastern province of Fujian, it is called “bianshi”.

People usually eat wontons with soup. Sometimes they also deep fry(油炸) them. You make a wonton with a square wrapper. You put some fillings in the wrapper. Then, you push the outside of the wrapper together with your fingers. The most popular fillings are pork and shrimp.

1. Wontons are actually a kind of traditional _______ food.

A．North American

B．Southeast Asian

C．Northern Chinese

2. Where does the name “huntun” come from?

A．A great king of northern China.

B．Two leaders’ names of the Xiongnu.

C．A war(战争) on the border.

3. Put the following steps of making wontons in the correct order: ________.
a. Boil or deep fry wontons.                                  b. Make a square wrapper.
c. Push the outside of the wrapper together.            d. Put some fillings in the wrapper.

A．a—b—d—c

B．b—d—c—a

C．b—d—a—c

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

A．When people usually eat wontons.

B．Food to eat with wontons.

C．How to make and eat wontons.

【推荐1】Do you like eating wontons（馄饨）? They are not only popular in China, but also around the world. You can find them in North America, Southeast Asia and Australia.

Wontons are like dumplings, only smaller. They are a kind of traditional food from northern China. It is said that during the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu, an ancient tribe in northern China, had conflicts（冲突）with local people on the border（边界）. Hunshi and Tunshi were the two leaders of the Xiongnu. So people began to call their food "huntun" and wish for the end of the conflicts.

In different parts of China, a wonton has different names. In the north, it is called "huntun". In Guangdong, it is called "yuntun". People in Sichuan call it "chaoshou", while in the southeastern province of Fujian, it is called "bianshi".

People usually eat wontons with soup. Sometimes they also deep-fry（油炸） them. You make a wonton with a wrapper ( 面皮 ). You put some fillings in the wrapper, and push the outside of the wrapper together with your fingers. The most popular fillings are pork and shrimp. They taste good.

1. What does the underlined word "fillings" mean?

A．可乐

B．果汁

C．馅

D．牛奶

2. What is the main idea of the last paragraph (段落)?

A．How to eat wontons.	B．How to make and eat wontons.
C．How to make wontons.	D．How to make the fillings

3. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．In different places of China, wontons don't have the same names.

B．Wontons are not only popular in China, but also around the world.

C．People in China never eat wontons with soup.

D．The most popular fillings are pork and shrimp.

【推荐2】In many English homes, people eat four meals（饭）a day. They have breakfast at any time from seven to nine in the morning. They eat porridge（粥）, eggs or bread and drink tea or coffee for breakfast. Lunch comes at one pm. Afternoon tea is from four to five in the afternoon and dinner is about half past seven. First they have soup, then they have fish and meat with vegetables. After that, they eat some other things, like apples, bananas and oranges. But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have their dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, afternoon tea and supper and all these meals are very simple(简单的).

1. Many English people have ________   meals a day.

A．two

B．three

C．four

D．five

2. People may have ________ for their breakfast.

A．tea and eggs	B．hamburgers and tea
C．coffee and salad	D．oranges and tea

3. People have lunch at ________.

A．anytime

B．nine

C．five

D．one

4. People don’t have ________ for their dinner.

A．bananas and apples	B．soup and meat
C．meat and fish	D．dumplings and bread

5. Which one is NOT true? ________

A．English people like afternoon tea very much.

B．They always eat some fruit after dinner.

C．All the people have dinner in the evening.

D．They have soup first when they have dinner.

【推荐3】Boys and girls, it’s important for you to have good eating habits. Because they can help you live a healthy life. Read the following tips（建议）and you can learn a lot.

♦ Always eat with your family.

Have at least one meal with your family members every day. A family dinner can make you feel warm.

♦ Never watch TV when you are eating.

Don’t watch TV when you are having a meal, because you don’t know what you are eating when you watch TV. And you have no time to talk with others.

♦______

All of the bacteria on your dirty hands will go into your mouth if you don’t wash hands before meals.And that is bad for your health.

♦ Taste the food even if you don’t like it.

Don’t always eat your favorite food. Eating different kinds of foods can help you get much nutrition（营养）.

♦ Eat more fruit and vegetables.

They are healthy foods. Don’t eat too much meat.

1. Which of the following does the writer NOT mention in the passage?

A．What to do before eating.	B．What to eat at meals.
C．When to eat.	D．What not to do when eating.

2. Which of the following can be put into the blank（空白处）?

A．Wash your hands before every meal.	B．Eat with your hands.
C．It is healthy to eat with your hands.	D．Never eat with hands.

3. What’s the passage about?

A．Good eating habits.	B．Different eating cultures.
C．What to eat for meals.	D．What to do before meals.

【推荐1】American and British people use different greetings. In the USA the commonest greeting is “Hi”. In Britain it is “Hello!” or “How are you?” “Hi!” is creeping（不知不觉地进入）into British, too. When they are introduced to someone, the Americans say, “Glad to know you. ” The British say, “How do you do?” or “Pleased to meet you. ” When Americans say “Good-bye”, they nearly always add, “Have a good day. ” or “Have a good trip. ” etc. to friends and strangers alike. Britons are already beginning to use “Have a good day. ”
The British usually use “got” in the sense of “have”. The Americans hardly ever do. AmE: Do you have a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I do. BrE: Have you got a car, room, etc. ? Yes, I have.
There are a number of differences between American and British English in the spelling of words, e. g. check（US）/cheque（UK）. Many American words ending in “or”, e. g. honor, labor are spelt in British English with an “our,” e. g. honour, labour. Many verbs in American English with “ize” or “izing” forms, e. g. organize, realizing are spelt in BrE with “ise” or “ising”, e. g. organise, realising. In American English, “practice” is used both for the verb and noun. In BrE, the verb is spelt “practise”, and the noun “practice. ” In AmE, one writes “traveler,” while in BrE, one writes “traveller”.
It was once_____ that British and American English would become separate (各自的)languages finally. But the opposite has happened. The links（联系）between the two countries are so strong that linguistically（语言上）,and probably culturally（文化上）too, they are closer together than ever before.
AmE—— American English     BrE——British English
1. The Americans hardly say “_____”

A．Good-bye. Have a good day!

B．Glad to know you!

C．Hi!

D．Have you got a car?

2. What does the 3^rd paragraph talk about?

A．There are lots of differences in spelling between AmE and BrE.

B．Why do the Americans and the British use different spellings.

C．There are few differences in spelling between AmE and BrE.

D．The different usages of words in AmE and BrE.

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The two languages will become separate languages.

B．American English will be used more and more.

C．The two languages will be closer and closer.

D．British English will be used more and more.

4. The underlined word “predicted” means ______ in Chinese.

A．解释

B．预言

C．考虑

D．证明

【推荐2】In the United States, 16, 18 and 21 are very important ages in a person’s life. A person can be allowed to do something at a certain age, showing that he or she is no longer a child, but rather an adult.

After turning 16 in the United States, a person can be employed (雇佣), get a driver’s license and leave home. Many high school students learn to drive and get part-time jobs soon after celebrating their 16th birthday. At 18, people in the United States can vote (投票选举) as a citizen (公民) and join the army, but they are not allowed to go into bars to buy beer or wine until they are 21.

In many Latin American countries, a young woman’s 15th birthday is important. At this age, she is no longer regarded as a girl, but a woman. To mark this special day, families with 15-year-old daughters hold a celebration called a quinceanera (成人礼). The family will have a big party and many guests are invited.

In Japan, boys and girls are thought to be adults when they turn 20. At this age, they are allowed to vote and drink beer or wine. The second Monday in January is a national holiday called the Coming-of-Age Day. On this day, 20-year-olds are invited to listen to speeches which will tell them the responsibilities (责任) and challenges of being an adult. After that, many of them celebrate late into the night to step into a new period.

1. What can’t an 18-year-old person do in America according to the text?

A．Buy beer or wine in bars.

B．Vote as a citizen.

C．Get a driver’s license.

D．Join the army.

2. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about concerning (关于) Latin American countries?

A．How girls enjoy their 15th birthday parties.	B．What 15-year-old girls can do.
C．Girls are supposed to be adults at 15.	D．What a quinceanera for a 16-year-old girl is like.

3. Which of the following is TRUE about Coming-of-Age Day in Japan?

A．It falls on the second Monday in February.	B．It is a day for those turning 20 years old.
C．It is celebrated in some local areas.	D．It is better to celebrate it in the morning.

4. Which is the best title for the text?

A．The Meaning of Adulthood.	B．Special Birthday Celebration.
C．The Quinceanera for Young Adults.	D．Different Ages to Be Adults.

【推荐3】When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of “Good luck!” from a friend can be helpful. But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do?

In the UK and the US, there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer.

Have you heard the saying “When you wish upon a star”? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn’t happen very often. The saying goes that if you see one, you have been very lucky, and so if you make a wish, it will come true.

Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit’s foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so they carry a special part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all. However, as the funny saying goes, “Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit!”

People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bringthema lucky month in the following year—they will need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole year of good luck!

1. ________ is mentioned in the oldest good luck tradition.

A．A shooting star	B．A falling leaf
C．A cheerful wish from friends	D．A rabbit’s foot

2. From Paragraph 3, we know that________.

A．shooting stars can often be seen

B．people can see a shooting star on a rainy night

C．you will be lucky when you see a shooting star

D．people believe that it’s unlucky to see a shooting star

3. British people try to catch 12 falling leaves because________.

A．the leaves fall in autumn

B．there are so many leaves to catch

C．they want to have a whole year of good luck

D．the leaves can bring them lucky month

4. In Paragraph 5, the underlined word ‘them’ refers to (指)________.

A．trees

B．people

C．leaves

D．years

【推荐2】You pick up your phone and look at it, and the screen unlocks right away. The phone knows who you are. It recognizes（识别）the shape of your face.

Welcome to the world of iPhone X! With the face recognition technology which is called Face ID, iPhone X is locked until you look at it and it recognizes you. Nothing has been more simple, natural and effortless.

Actually, your face isn’t the only part of your body you can use as a password（密码）. Many smartphones already accept fingerprint logins. Other systems check the shape of the ear, patterns in the eye, or the way a person walks. All of these are special enough to say who you are.

People like using body parts as the password because it’s easy and convenient. Besides, it’s also usually very safe. It’s hard to make another person's body parts, isn’t it? However, it is not impossible.

The face may be one of the easiest body parts to copy. Most teenagers put plenty of their own photos online. These could help some bad people easily hack into a system of their phone like Face ID.

There is one more thing that worries experts. It would be easy for someone else to hold your phone in front of your face to unlock it. For example, your brother may unlock your phone against your will and see something you don't want to show him.

Some people don’t worry about that. It’s just so cool to be able to unlock a phone with a quick look.

What do you think? Is facial recognition a good thing, or are you worried about its safety?

据短文内容，选择最佳选项，并在答题卡上将选定答案的字母标号涂黑。
1. What do we know from the first two paragraphs?

A．iPhone X is not that easy to unlock.

B．iPhone X is the most expensive iPhone.

C．Face recognition is really convenient.

D．We can unlock iPhone X by using the fingerprint.

2. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 3?

A．Different people walk in different ways.

B．Many body parts can be used as passwords.

C．Many phones can be unlocked by recognizing fingerprints.

D．The shape of your ear is special enough to say who you are.

3. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to “________”.

A．copying another person’s body parts

B．teenagers sharing their photos online

C．using our body parts as the password

D．the face recognition technology being safe

4. The underlined phrase “hack into” means “________” in Chinese.

A．保护

B．改善

C．退出

D．侵入

5. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Face recognition: safe or not

B．iPhone X—the latest iPhone

C．Good ways to keep your phones safe

D．Face recognition—a perfect technology

【推荐3】The summer sun is out, and we're beginning to feel the heat. Before you go outside to have fun, make sure you put on the right things!
Do you know what kind of clothes can make you look hot and keep you cool? Here are some ideas for clothes to help you look great.
Fun colors and cartoons are back from the 1980s this year; the dirty look is out. People will be looking for fresh bright colors this summer. Girls in pink look cute and sweet. And green makes everyone look more lively. Some of the best colours are cotton candy pink and lime green. These soft colours go well with jeans or just about anything else. As soon as you put on one of these colours, you'll feel like a star!
Some girls like something more interesting than all solid(单一的) colours. For them, there are lots of floral patterns (花卉图案) to choose from in shirts, dresses or skirts. A floral shirt looks nice with a light-coloured solid skirt or trousers.
Of course, jeans are in for boys. If you get too hot, try something lighter, like khaki cargo pants. They'll have enough pockets to keep everything you need for studying, playing and keeping cool! Army green is all the rage(盛行) this year.
1. This passage mainly tells us ____.

A．what colour to choose for summer clothes	B．how to make summer clothes
C．right colours for boys	D．how to hold a fashion show

2. The underlined word “in” probably means ____.

A．“在里面”

B．“流行的”

C．“参加”

D．“喜欢”

3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．Colours, like red and green, look good with jeans.

B．A floral shirt goes well with a light-coloured solid skirt.

C．Light colours make people feel hot.

D．Army green is out this year.

4. Khaki cargo pants are special because they ____.

A．go well with floral patterns in shirts

B．make people want to dance

C．have enough pockets

D．are cheap

5. Which of the following colours may not look good in summer according to the passage?

A．orange

B．pink

C．army green

D．black