【推荐1】Although I was never a thin girl, I was always fit because I played basketball from the 5th grade right through college. But after graduation, I got married and gave up playing basketball. Then I started eating too much. In 10 years, my weight increased from 175 to 245 pounds. What was even worse, my son picked up a bad eating habit. As a four-year-old boy, he liked having French fries because he often saw me put those things into my mouth.

I read an article in my husband’s health magazine. It said that being too fat can shorten a person’s life by five to ten years. That was scary. I didn’t want to leave my son because of my poor eating habits. After that, every time I wanted to have French fries, I would think that I could be here a little bit longer if I just ate better.

One of my friends told me that an organization was offering a free course to help people lose weight, so I decided to join it. The teacher gave each type of food a certain number of calories (卡路里), and how many calories we needed to eat a day. After I came home from the first class, I calculated (计算) the calories of food in my meal. If I wanted, I could have pizza every night. But when I learned that one piece had a lot of calories, I decided not to eat as many pieces as I wanted.

Finally, I succeeded in losing 50 pounds. In February, 2012, I was on the cover of a health magazine. And my husband always told other people that I looked better than ever.

1. The writer played basketball from the 5th grade right through college, but she was _______.

A．thin

B．fat

C．weak

D．strong

2. How many pounds in weight did the writer increase in 10 years?

A．50 pounds.	B．70 pounds.
C．120 pounds.	D．175 pounds.

3. The underlined phrase “picked up” is similar to “________” in meaning.

A．formed

B．won

C．chose

D．collected

4. According to her husband’s health magazine, being too fat can ________.

A．help women give birth to babies

B．shorten a person’s life by years

C．help people live a little bit longer

D．be fit for playing some sports

5. The teacher of the free course told the students ______.

A．to do sports every day

B．to give up eating pizza

C．how many calories of food they needed a day

D．the types of food they could eat to lose weight

【推荐2】On a sunny afternoon, I was walking along a busy road when I noticed a young man standing near the crossing selling toys. Usually, I would hurry past such sellers. But I found this young man was blind, so I stood for some time without crossing the street. I wanted to see how he sold his things.

Soon, a young mother with a little girl came by and the child set her eyes on one of the teddy bears. The mother asked the price and it was only one dollar. She took 10 dollars out of her handbag and told the young man that she was giving him 10 dollars and wanted the change back. I was wondering how he was going to do it. He told the young mother to put the money in the bag hanging around his neck and take out her change.

I realized that this young man believed people not to cheat him. There was no way for him to know if someone would take out more than they should have. I was so touched. I bought a model car from him that I did not need. As I walked down the street, I gave the model car to a boy walking with his father.

I kept thinking that the world would be a better place if we could all learn to trust others more, like the young blind street seller.

根据短文内容判断正、误。（注意：考生将答题卡相应的位置涂黑。正确的涂“A”，错误的涂“B”）
1. The writer was walking along a busy road when he noticed a young man standing near the crossing selling toys on a sunny morning.
2. The young man thought that people were believable so he made people put money and take their change out of the bag by themselves.
3. The young mother with her little girl paid 10 yuan for the teddy bear.
4. The writer gave the model car to a girl walking with her father at last.
5. From the passage, we can know that the world will be a better place if we can all learn to trust others more.

【推荐3】Choose the best answer（根据文章内容，选择最恰当的答案）

What do you think of your school? Have you ever expressed your ideas to your teachers or the headmaster? The following are the posts in an online chat room. Students from different schools have written down their thoughts.

Friday 2020/06/19
Johnathon, 14, Grade Eight of Thomas Science and Technology Academy I’d like to make some suggestions about our school uniform. In the school, we students have to wear uniforms every day. But the dark red and gray sportswear looks dark and old. It can’t stand for young and active spirit. We can add some white or orange colors and make a new type of uniform. I hope our headmaster will think about my idea.	Frank, 15, Grade Nine of Mill Hill School I’d like to say thank you to my headmaster. About half a month ago, my left ankle was badly hurt when I was playing basketball. Our headmaster saw it and came to me. He also took some ice cubes for me and took care of me until my parents came. I just want to thank him for that.
Larry, 15, Grade Nine of Lakeside School I have two suggestions for my headmaster. First of all, I think we should have more courses like STEM, Drama or Robot programming. It is quite boring to study basic subjects all the time. And second, I hope we can have more teaching equipment for teachers and students. Some students now don’t have laptop computers to program their robots and some teachers also need 3D printers to build some special model bridges for Physics teaching.	Mandy, 15, Grade Nine of Brook Avenue High School Today I want to talk about the possibility of personal classes. Now many high schools are trying the “personal class” system.   Besides some regular classes, students can choose some more lessons they want to take. I think it is more effective. And it is also good for us. We don’t have to stay in one classroom all the time. We can meet more teachers and students.

1. Johnathon gives some suggestions about ________ .

A．teaching equipment	B．school uniforms
C．computer programs	D．personal classes

2. Frank was hurt badly when he played basketball in ________ .

A．early June	B．late May
C．late June	D．early July

3. Larry gives two suggestions because ________ .

A．students have too few classes every day and they love sports

B．students want to cancel the basic subjects and they need new courses

C．courses like STEM are interesting and students have no computers at all

D．studying basic subjects only is boring and the school needs more equipment

4. _______ didn’t write to the headmaster to make suggestions.

A．Johnathon

B．Larry

C．Mandy

D．Frank

5. According to Mandy, the underlined sentence “I think it is more effective” means “ ________ ”.

A．Regular classes will help teachers meet more students

B．Regular classes will help students learn better

C．Personal classes will help students learn better

D．Personal classes will help students stay in one classroom

6. According to the text, most students write to their headmasters about ________ .

A．how to share personal experiences	B．how to make schools better
C．how to arrange spare time activities	D．how to deal with other students