【推荐2】We use apps to order takeout, learn English and shop online. But have you ever imagined that we could deal with rubbish by using an app?

Dou Zheng, 15, a ninth-grader at The High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University designed(设计) such an app. People can sell recyclable waste (可回收垃圾) like bottles to rubbish collectors. Just like ordering takeout, people can simply make an order on the app and enjoy door-to-door service. This March, Dou won the first   prize at the 36th Beijing Youth Science Creation Competition with the app.

The idea for her app came from a real-life experience. On her way home, she always saw roads that were blocked ( 堵 住 ) because of rubbish collectors. “ There are lots of water bottles and cardboard on the roads. It’s a total mess ,” she said.

After doing research on surrounding communities ( 社 区 ), she found that the answer to the problem was to change the way people and rubbish collectors trade.

Last summer holiday, she ordered a lot of takeout, which gave her the idea to design the app.   To believe that it would work, she did surveys on WeChat and in the streets. The results showed that eight out of 10 people supported the idea.

However, she didn’t know how to program apps. She read many books and watched videos to learn about programming on her own. “It’s hard. I have to know what a series of complicated codes (代码) mean and then write my own,” she said. Later, with the help of an app called AppMakr, she finished it!   “This app made designing my app easier,” she said.

Her app may go online next year. “I’m working on contacting companies to promote (推广) it,” she said.

1. What can Dou Zheng’s app do?

A．order takeout

B．learn English

C．shop online

D．deal with rubbish

2. Where did the idea for Dou Zheng’s app come from?

A．a research

B．her own experience.

C．other apps

D．a competition

3. Why did Dou Zheng want to design this app?

A．People can sell their rubbish online.

B．The roads won’t be blocked by the rubbish collectors.

C．Rubbish collectors can go to the seller’s home to buy some recyclable waste.

D．All above.

4. How did Dou Zheng design her app easier?

A．She just read many books.	B．She just watched videos.
C．With the help of an app called AppMakr.	D．With the help of her parents.

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

A．She learned a lot from this app.

B．Her app has already been online.

C．Without any help, Dou made this app all by herself.

D．Most of the people didn’t like her idea of this app.

【推荐3】What will the future be like? There may be many be new achievements in science and technology. Maybe our planet will become difficult to live on. Maybe human life will become very convenient. As for future life, everyone has his own ideas. Here are some of my ideas about the future.

I think three things can sum up my ideas. The first is clean energy. We will have more and more clean energy. The pollution will be reduced. The second is artificial intelligence (人工智能). Robots have already played an important part in our life. In the future, robots will take the place of many workers. But everything has two sides. If robots take the place of many workers, many people will be jobless. It’s not good. And the third is traffic. We will have fast transportation. The traffic will be quicker. I hope there will be more ways to deal with current traffic problems.

I have my own ideas about my future life. I think I will have a simpler life. I believe that I will live in a comfortable and quiet house with my family. What’s more, I will not need to worry about my parents’ health because everyone can live long.

1. The first thing is about ________.

A．clean energy

B．artificial intelligence

C．traffic

D．health

2. The underlined phrase “reduce” probably means “________” in Chinese.

A．增加

B．减少

C．显现

D．消除

3. If robots take the place of many workers, many people will __________.

A．lose their jobs	B．get new jobs
C．feel pleased	D．feel satisfied

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The writer thinks four things can sum up his ideas.

B．The writer thinks he will have a busier life.

C．The writer believes he will live in a large house.

D．The writer thinks everyone can live long.

5. The passage is probably from a magazine called _________.

A．Travel and Transport	B．Healthy Life
C．Future Life	D．Science World

【推荐1】Father’s Day has a very short history. It was started because there was a Mother’s Day, and just because some Americans thought that if we had a Mother’s Day, we should also have a Father’s Day. Father’s Day has become important in North America. And shopkeepers (店主) found it was a good way to get people to buy presents for their fathers from their shops.

By the way, very few countries have a Father’s Day, though some have Children’s Day, or a special day for boys and another for girls. More and more countries are having Mother’s Day, so maybe Father’s Day will also become popular. Now, what do people in North America do on Father’s Day? The newspapers, radios, and TV tell children what they should do-buy a Father’s Day present for your father. They even tell a wife to buy a Father’s Day present-not for her father but for her husband, even if he is not a father yet. And they tell grandchildren to buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.

The most important thing to remember about Father’s Day is that American children can show their love to their fathers in a more open way.

1. Father’s Day was started just because ________.

A．there was a Mother’s Day

B．there was a Children’s Day

C．people liked their fathers very much

2. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Very few countries have a Father’s Day.

B．Americans never care about Father’s Day.

C．Father’s Day has become important in North America.

3. In America, people have a Father’s Day to ________.

A．go shopping with their fathers

B．help their fathers do something

C．show their love to their fathers

4. On Father’s Day, shopkeepers always want ________.

A．people to buy as many as presents

B．children to buy presents only for their fathers

C．women to buy presents only for their husbands

5. It can be learned from the article that ________.

A．the writer is against Father’s Day

B．many countries have a Father’s Day

C．shopkeepers can get more money on Father’s Day than usual

【推荐2】Can animals have their festivals? Yes, sure. And many countries have different festivals to show love to their animals.

The second Sunday of October is Canadian Dog’s Day. On that day, all the Canadian dogs can have a good time. It’s an important day because people think dogs are very kind to them and help them a lot. So on that day, all the dogs can go out to play and have a big dinner.

In a town of Belgium, the second Sunday of May is Cat’s Day. People there play some interesting games with their cats to have fun. They can get some lovely toys from people.

In Indonesia, May 7th is Monkey’s Day. People give much delicious food to monkeys. They also play music for monkeys. All the monkeys will have a good time on that day.

We live in the same world with animals, so we need to be friendly to them and love them.

1. When is Canadian Dog’s Day?

A．The first Saturday of May.

B．The second Sunday of May.

C．The second Sunday of October.

2. On Monkey’s Day, what do people do?

A．They take monkeys away.

B．They give food to monkeys.

C．They play sports with monkeys.

3. What can we know from the passage?

A．Canadian dogs are not important.

B．Animals can’t have their festivals.

C．People need to be nice to animals.

4. Which of the following is the structure (结构) of the passage?

A．

B．

C．

【推荐3】Technology is developing fast and it has become an important part of our life. Then what will the world be like in the future?

3-D food will be both delicious and nutritious(有营养的). We can use 3-D printers to print some basic materials. ① And we can go further. Scientists believe that we just need to turn on a printer in the kitchen and then we can enjoy our favourite food whenever we like.

② 5G network will allow many more people to get information. Big companies like China Mobile and China Unicom will start to offer 5G. It is said that promises download speeds 10 to 20 times faster than 4G. For example, we can download a film within just 1 second. But with a 4G network, it takes a few minutes. There will be much bandwidth(带宽) and we can get unlimited(无限的) information.

Underwater cities will provide more space. The earth is becoming more and more crowded. We may turn to underwater homes, which will be built as low as 15 of the sea can be used to provide power for the homes.

③ For us common people on the earth, the dream of travelling around space will come true. In the coming years, spacecraft will be as popular as buses, trains and planes. We can leave our home and enter space to take an adventure(冒险). And even we will get used to living there.

A robot will be a part of life. Robots can do many of the same things as we humans do like driving cars. But they will be used in other areas as well. They will be able to think. They can tell the difference between right and wrong. They can feel.

④ In a word, just as Jules Verne said, “Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.”

1. According to the passage, which of the following statements about the future world is TRUE?

A．3-D food will be easy to make but won’t taste good.

B．With 5G, users will get only a little information.

C．Underwater cities will provide more living space.

D．A robot will do everything for us as human beings.

2. Where can the sentence “Space tour will be a piece of cake.” be put?

A．①

B．②

C．③

D．④

3. What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A．People will live a hard life in the future.

B．Technology will make our future better.

C．People will have no real friend in the future.

D．Technology will make no difference to our future.