【推荐1】Many people are afraid to cook Chinese food. They think it is difficult to make Chinese dishes. Ching-He Huang is a young cook and TV star. She changed（改变） their ideas. She taught people some simple ways to cook Chinese food. It is easy for people to learn the dishes.

Ching-He was born in Taiwan in 1978. She first learned about Chinese cooking from her grandparents when she was a child. At the age of eleven, she and her family moved to London. Because her parents were busy with their work,Ching-He always cooked meals for her family.

In 2005, Ching-He had her first TV cooking show. In 2008, she made another TV show Chinese Food Made Easy. For this TV show, she went around the UK and taught people to cook Chinese food. Over 3.000,000 people watched the TV show.

Today, her TV shows are also popular in other countries. Thanks to Ching-He, more and more people around the world love to cook Chinese food.

1. What do many people think of making Chinese food before knowing Ching-He?

A．Easy.

B．Difficult.

C．Interesting.

2. What does the underlined word “simple” mean in Chinese?

A．简单的

B．恰当的

C．有效的

3. Ching-He ________ when she was 11 years old.

A．became a TV star

B．cooked for the first time

C．moved to London

4. What can we learn about Chinese Food Made Easy?

A．The TV show was very popular.	B．It was Ching-He’s first TV cooking show.
C．On the show, Ching-He cooked Chinese food in different countries.

5. What’s the purpose（目的） of the passage?

A．To talk about Chinese food.

B．To teach people how to cook Chinese food.

C．To tell us something about Ching-He Huang.

【推荐2】

Dream culture is an important part of ancient Chinese culture, and there are many stories about dreams in China.

Zhuangzhou dreamt of butterfly

In ancient China, there was a man named Zhuangzhou. One day, he dreamt of himself becoming a butterfly. When he woke up, he asked a question: Was I dreaming of myself becoming a butterfly, or was a butterfly dreaming of itself becoming me?

Golden millet (谷子) dream

The story is about a poor, unhappy scholar who fell asleep while waiting for his lunch. He dreamed he became an officer and enjoyed a life of wealth and comfort. But when he woke up he found that the pot of millet was still cooking for him on the fire.

Jiang Yan dreamed about his writing brush

Jiang Yan was an officer from the Southern Dynasty. One night when he fell asleep, he dreamed of Guo Pu, a famous writer in the Jin Dynasty. Guo said that he once gave Jiang a colorful writing brush, and Jiang had to give it back. After returning the brush, Jiang’s creative power soon disappeared.

Ancient Chinese people thought that dreams could suggest good and bad things. The book Duke of Zhou Interprets Dreams was usually used to explain dreams.

Duke of Zhou was a famous politician (政治家) in the Western Zhou Dynasty and made the Western Zhou Dynasty peaceful and rich. Confucius praised him highly for his political achievements. As the most respectful person in his mind, Duke of Zhou often appeared in Confucius’s dreams.

1. How does the writer explain dream culture?

A．By doing an interview.

B．By comparing old people.

C．By giving example.

2. When did the scholar dream to be rich?

A．Preparing his lunch.

B．Having his lunch.

C．After his lunch.

3. Which of following became fact?

A．Zhuangzhou became a butterfly.

B．Jiang Yan returned brush to Guo Pu.

C．Confucius often dreamed Duke of Zhou.

4. What words can we use to describe Duke of Zhou?

A．Creative and respectable.

B．Talented and funny.

C．Popular and rich.

5. In which part of the newspaper can we most possibly read the passage?

A．News Around

B．China Industry

C．Hi China

【推荐3】China is a nation of etiquette (礼仪). Chinese people are among the most hospitable people in the world. If foreigners visit a Chinese family, they would be surprised at the warmth that they would receive as guests. When you visit a Chinese family, the host usually makes tea for you. Then he will serve you snacks (小吃) like biscuits or candy. Someone in the family will also chat with you, never letting you feel lonely. At the same time, other family members will prepare a meal for you. Chinese people treat (款待) their guests with a big meal. They always present more food than the guest can eat. On the table. the guests must be the first to eat. Perhaps one of the things that surprises a western guest most is that the Chinese host likes to pick food for visitors. which won’t happen at western tables. The Chinese family go out of their way to make you feel at home. As you are done eating. the host usually says. “It seems that you didn’t eat much. Please have more.” Although you tell them you are full, they still put more food in your bowl. Being warm and hospitable has long been an important part of Chinese culture and tradition. As Confucius (孔子) said thousands of years ago:

To meet friends from afar

How happy we are!

1. What does the underlined word “hospitable” mean in this passage?

A．好客的

B．勤劳的

C．朴实的

D．热情的

2. As a guest in a Chinese family, you are usually offered ________ by the host.

A．coffee and snacks

B．juice and snacks

C．tea and snacks

D．tea and coffee

3. Why does a western visitor feel surprised when the host picks food for him?

A．Because he thinks it’s not polite.

B．Because he thinks it’s not necessary.

C．Because it won’t happen in western countries.

D．Because he hates the host’s behavior

4. What the Chinese family do for the guests is to ________.

A．make them feel at home	B．show their wealth
C．make them feel uncomfortable	D．Make them feel surprised

5. What’s the meaning of the words by Confucius at the end of the passage?

A．学而时习之，不亦说乎？	B．有朋自远方来，不亦乐乎？
C．人不知而不愠，不亦君子乎？	D．学而不思则罔，思而不学则殆。

【推荐1】The flying car is a symbol of the future. It can be here soon! Companies are racing to make the flying car a real transportation choice. In cities, people get tired of being stuck in a traffic jam. They’ve dreamed about flying machines for many years.

People in Dubai(迪拜) are very lucky, because they can travel in the self-flying air taxi very soon. The egg-shaped air taxi, named the Ehang 184, is made in China. It can travel for up to 30 minutes with a person that weighs up to 100kg. It can reach a top speed of 160 kilometers per hour. What’s more, it only takes two hours to charge(充电) the Ehang 184 fully.

To call for a flying taxi, passengers need to enter their destination(目的地) into a mobile app. The flying taxi then sets the flight plan and takes the passenger to his destination.

Dubai isn’t the first city to show an interest in using the flying car. New York City has started testing the flying car Transition for public use. Transition is a two-seat airplane that runs on gas. It can take off and land at airports. It can also run on roads. Its wings fold up for ground use. They open up for flight. Sounds cool, right?

Thanks to modern technology, we’ll be able to use flying cars in the near future.

根据短文内容，判断句子正(T)误(F)
1. People in cities easily get caught in traffic jams.
2. Ehang 184 can travel for up to 100 minutes at a time.
3. Passengers need a mobile app to call for a flying taxi.
4. Transition made in Dubai can take only one person.
5. Modern technology makes flying cars possible in the near future.

【推荐2】What do you think of a “talking kitchen”? A French Digital (数字的) Kitchen has been developed at Newcastle University in the UK. It teaches students how to cook French food and speak French at the same time. For the first time, students can learn the language by the following cooking steps.

All grammar and ▲ have been carefully chosen to make sure the users can understand French well. After learning for some time, the users can test themselves by doing a short test on the computer.

The kitchen project was started by professor Paul Seedhouse. He became interested in the idea after he visited another kind of talking kitchen. He said, “The purpose of the French Digital Kitchen is to make learning a language more interesting and more educational.”

How does the kitchen work? There is a computer in the kitchen. With this computer, the users can first choose a French recipe (食谱) that they want to follow. Using information in the computer, the kitchen start to guide the users how to make a French dish. If you follow the instructions on the computer, it moves on to the next. If you go wrong, the program goes back and repeats the recipe or information. At any time, the users can ask the kitchen to repeat the recipe or any information.

The new kitchen can be used in schools, universities and even people’s homes. The researchers can also be developing the European Digital Kitchen, for the next three years.

1. After reading the passage, we know the digital kitchen ________.

A．is a “talking kitchen”	B．teaches students English
C．was developed in France	D．cooks all food for people

2. Which of the following can be properly put in ▲ .

A．food

B．vocabulary

C．recipe

D．instructions

3. Paragraph 3 mainly tells us about ________.

A．how the kitchen works	B．where the kitchen can be used
C．when the kitchen can be bought	D．why the kitchen project was started

4. If the users don’t follow the instructions on the computer, the kitchen ________.

A．chooses another recipe	B．goes to the next step
C．repeats the recipe or information	D．stops working at once

5. The passage is written to ________.

A．show you how computer works	B．introduce a French Digital Kitchen
C．teach you how to cook French food	D．tell you the importance of language learning