【推荐1】Basketball stars become hip-hop singers. It’s true. In NBA, hip-hop music is very popular. Many of the players, like Shaquille O’Neal of the Los Angeles Lakers, write rap (说唱) words when they travel on planes from one city to another. Some of them even have rap radio shows and others perform (表演) in music video.

When some of the younger stars play basketball, they even try to look like hip-hop singers. “Hip-hop is just part of their culture,” says one player. “All of us grew up listening to rap and playing basketball, and rappers grew up doing the same thing.”

Master P. is a famous rap star who wants to become a basketball player. Two NBA teams have invited him to join them. They enjoy listening to his music. An NBA player has become a rapper. He has made four successful rap albums (专辑).

NBA has a closer connection to hip-hop than any other sports league.

1. Many basketball players in NBA like ________.

A．hip-hop music

B．country music

C．American singers

D．dancing

2. Many NBA players ________ rap words when they travel on planes from one city to another.

A．learn

B．write

C．sing

D．dance

3. ________ is just part of the NBA players’ culture.

A．Music

B．Rapper

C．Hip-hop

D．Basketball

4. The NBA teams invited Master P. to join them just because ________.

A．they like listening to his music	B．his dancing was popular
C．they like his face and hair	D．his hip-hop was popular

5. Which of the following is NOT right?

A．Many NBA players have become hip-hop rappers.

B．A rapper wants to become an NBA basketball player.

C．Players in NBA don’t like hip-hop music at all.

D．NBA basketball teams have closer connection to hip-hop music.

【推荐2】阅读下面的短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项回答问题或完成句子。

You’re out enjoying the city when you find some people on the roadside standing in a circle. In the circle, there are some street dancers. The dancers are young, and as the music plays, the dancers take turns showing off their moves. They move their feet back and forth (来回地) before they drop to the ground. Then, they spin (旋转) around on their heads and backs. Sometimes, they even make their bodies stop in the air.

The young dancers are doing break dancing. It’s cool to do so. They move with lots of speed and power. You can see that they are talented and skillful.

Break dancing is an energetic (充满活力的) form of dance. It is also called breaking, and it includes different kinds of moves that make the dance exciting. What’s more, the music is often fast.

Break dancing got its start in New York City in the early 1970s. Young people fell in love with it, and thanks to TV, movies, and newspapers, the dance quickly spread. It became really popular in many different cultures. By 2010, there had been many break dancing com- petitions around the world.

The rise of breaking isn’t over yet. In 2024, it will appear at the Paris Olympics as a new sport. There, 16 men and 16 women break dancers will try their best to win the gold. This is great news for breaking and break dancers everywhere!

1. The writer started the passage by ________.

A．listing numbers

B．comparing facts

C．describing a scent

2. What do we know about break dancing?

A．It started in Europe.

B．It has three kinds of moves.

C．It has a history of about 50 years.

3. What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?

A．The development of break dancing.

B．The purpose of break dancing.

C．Why break dancing is popular.

4. How many break dancers will take part in the Paris 2024 Olympics?

A．8.

B．16.

C．32.

5. In which part of a website can we read the passage?

A．Science.

B．Sports.

C．Travel.

【推荐3】Mid-Autumn Festival, which fell on Sept 10 this year, is one of the most important traditional Chinese festivals. A cultural show “2022 Adventures on Mid-Autumn Festival” staged（上演）by Henan TV led viewers on a journey to the palace of the moon at 7:30 pm, Sept 9! Here are three fantastic programs in it.

	Missing You like Seeing You, a dance, was from the show. Performers brought the audience a love story between a craftsman and a girl during the Mid-Autumn Festival, while showing the beauty of Jun ware（钧瓷）at the same time. Jun ware, from Yuzhou, Henan, was becoming popular in the Song Dynasty.
	Fly up High with the Wind told the story of “Flight Pioneer” Wan Hoo, a scholar（学者）of the Ming Dynasty. He was lost in the “dream of flight”. Space flight is a shared dream of all humans. Follow the performance Adventures of the Mid-Autumn Festival 2022 to feel the romance of this unique festival.
	In this song Our Souls Together Heavenward Fly from the performance, children from different countries and races（种族）sang a song as one, expressed reunion and enjoyed the moon together.

1. People enjoyed the cultural show at ___________.

A．7:30 am, Sept 9	B．7:30 pm, Sept 10
C．7:30 pm, Sept 9	D．8:00 am, Sept 10

2. The dance Missing You like Seeing You showed us ________.

A．the dream of space flight	B．a love story and the beauty of Jun ware
C．friendship among different countries	D．the history of the Mid-Autumn Day

3. Which of the following is True according to the passage?

A．Wan Hoo was the famous flight pioneer of the Ming Dynasty.

B．A cultural show “2022 Adventures on Mid-Autumn Festival” was staged by Hunan TV.

C．The song Our Souls Together Heavenward Fly was sung only by Chinese children.

D．Jun ware, from Yuzhou, Henan, had become famous in the Song Dynasty.

【推荐1】Bad days happen to us all. Often a day that starts out bad just continues to get worse. Sometimes there’s a “domino effect(多米诺效应)” with bad events. For example, you sleep through the alarm, so you’re stressed. And you will sit in the bad traffic, which will also make you late for work, etc.
How can we turn a bad day to a good day? Here are some ideas that have worked for me:
Smile a lot
Smiling a lot will help you feel relaxed. Research has shown that smiling produces three useful chemicals which make us feel good.
Talk to a good friend
Keeping bad or unhappy things in your mind is not a good idea. Talking to someone who cares and listen really does help us feel better, too.
Concentrate on your good things
It’s hard to concentrate on how bad things are when you’re concentrating on how good things are! Think of 10 or more things you’re thankful for, and you’ll achieve a whole new outlook(人生观) on your day.
Get some exercise
If you can, go for a walk. Exercising will help you feel better. Exercising can get your day back to be normal again.
Make the day a challenge
If you make yourself think of the day as a challenge, you’ll start to do all the things you can to make your day better.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案，并将其标号填入题前括号内。
1. According to the passage, the “domino effect” is an effect that______.

A．turns a good day to a bad day

B．makes one person affect another

C．turns bad things into good things

D．gets one event to cause other similar events to happen

2. Study shows that smiling produces three useful chemicals which make us feel______.

A．terrible	B．relaxed
C．stressed	D．worried

3. According to the writer, if we consider a bad day as a challenge, we’ll ______.

A．try our best to do things better

B．give up doing things

C．lose all our confidence

D．have a terrible

4. If the writer wants to feel better, how does the writer do?

A．Quarrel with a good friend

B．Concentrate on your good things

C．Get some exercise

D．Make the day a challenge

5. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A．When we should smile a lot

B．How to deal with problems

C．How to turn a bad day around

D．What we should concentrate on

【推荐2】Tea is a favorite drink of people all over the world. It has a long history with more than 4000 years. Today about 2,000,000,000 people around the world drink tea. Tea becomes a very important drink in everyday life.

According to (根据) the ways of making tea, tea is classified into white tea, green tea, black tea and yellow tea. Some people like drinking tea at home, but some like drinking in other places, such as (例如) tea houses and offices.

Tea culture (文化) is very different in many countries. In the USA, many people drink black tea, but in the south (南方) of the USA, people like to drink sweet tea. Sweet tea is cold black tea with some sugar in it. People also drink a lot of tea in England. Every afternoon, at about three or four o’clock, it’s “tea time”. Families or friends can talk with each other while having afternoon tea. English people like to drink their tea with milk in it.

Tea is not just a hot drink. Some people think it is very delicious. Some drink it because it makes them feel not so tired. And some think it helps lose weight (减肥). In China, people are good at using tea to make some delicious food, such as tea eggs and Dragon Well Tea Shrimp (龙井虾仁) .

根据语篇内容，选择最佳选项。
1. How does the writer start the passage (文章)?

A．By telling stories.

B．By giving numbers.

C．By showing pictures.

2. What does the underlined (划线的) word “classified” mean in Chinese?

A．利用

B．分类

C．储存

3. What do English people do at “tea time”?

A．They dance or sing.

B．Drink cold black tea with some sugar in it.

C．Have a talk with their families or friends.

4. Why does the writer give two examples (例子) in the last (最后) paragraph (段落)?

A．To tell us tea makes people not so tired.

B．To tell us tea has a long history in China.

C．To tell us Chinese often make food with tea.

5. What’s the best title (最佳标题) for this passage?

A．The culture of tea.

B．Different kinds of tea.

C．Different food with tea.

【推荐3】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, presents 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 before too long. 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 yet a father. And they tell grandchildren to buy a Father’s Day present for their grandfathers.

The 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 presents as possible

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1】

The Art Show Date: March 24,2019 Time: 9:30 a.m.～1:30 p.m. on Sunday Place: Hall 5, the Art Center Ticket (票) price：Children≤12: ￥5 Adults (成人) and Children ＞12: ￥10

Rules of the Art Center Don’t go into the hall after 11:00. Don’t run or fight in the hall. Don’t take food into the hall. Don’t take photos in the hall. Please keep the hall quiet and clean.

1. For 13-year old Eric and Mike, how much do they need to pay (支付) for the show?

A．￥10.	B．￥15.
C．￥20.	D．￥25.

2. There are ________ rules people have to follow in the Art Center.

A．two	B．three
C．four	D．five

3. Which is RIGHT?

A．The show is on Saturday.

B．The show is only for children.

C．People can see the show in Hall.

D．People must go to the show before 11:00.

4. What can people do in the hall?

A．Keep quiet.	B．Eat food.
C．Take photos.	D．Run and fight.

【推荐2】

Twinkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are! Up above the world so high, Like a diamond in the sky. When the blazing sun is gone, When he nothing shines upon, Then you show your little light, Twinkle, twinkle, all the night. ... In the dark blue sky you keep, And often thro’ my curtains peep, For you never shut your eye, Till the sun is in the sky. ... By Jane Taylor

*The word “thro’ ” is sometimes used as a written abbreviation for “through”.
1. This text was created as a(n) ________.

A．novel

B．diary

C．ad

D．poem

2. The underlined word “blazing” probably means “________” in the text.

A．hot

B．local

C．tiny

D．private

3. What is the best title (标题) for this text?

A．The sun

B．The star

C．Four seasons

D．The earth