【推荐3】Everyone knows that fish is good for health.     1     But it seems that many people don’t cook fish at home. Americans eat only about fifteen pounds of fish per person per year, but we eat twice as much fish in restaurants as at home. Buying, storing     2     This passage is about how to buy and cook fish in an easy way.

    3     Fresh fish should smell sweet：you should feel that you’re standing at the ocean’s edge. Any fishy or strong smell means the fish isn’t fresh.     4     When you have bought a fish and arrive home, you’d better store the fish in the fridge if you don’t cook it immediately, but fresh fish should be stored in your fridge for only a day or two. Frozen fish isn’t as delicious as the fresh one.

    5     The easiest is to steam it. First, clean it and season it with your choice of spices（调料）.Put the whole fish on a plate and steam it in a steam pot for 8 to 10 minutes if it weighs about one pound.（A larger one will take more time.）, it’s ready to serve.

A．Do not buy it.

B．It just requires a little knowledge.

C．When buying fish, you should first smell it.

D．There are many common methods used to cook fish.

E．The fats in fish are thought to help prevent heart disease.

【推荐1】In the past nine years, Li Jin, who was born in Guangxi but raised in Sanya, has made great efforts to protect the waters of Sanya city in Hainan. He is now spreading the knowledge of environmental protection through new media platforms (媒体平台).

Around 2014, he began doing volunteer work to clear rubbish from the beaches and officially registered (注册) as a volunteer in May, 2017. Li Jin immediately took the lead in a cleanup activity on the Sanya River.

In April, 2021, he used his own money to set up a volunteer service center which has 1,170 registered members who take part in activities without asking for payment. So far, he has spent about 3,800 hours on volunteer activities in over 550 events. More than 2, 300 people have joined in with his encouragement. They’ve drawn the attention of both the adults (成年人) and the children to the importance of protecting the oceans and beaches. Since it was set up, his center has organized 51 beach-cleaning activities that have seen about 1, 800 people join in. In 2021, because of Li’s growing influence in environmental protection circles, the city government invited him to make a number of short videos, in which he uses simple words to explain how to protect the environment. Several of the videos have been watched millions of times.

“My volunteer work would be meaningless if I got paid. But the work itself is of great value. So I will continue doing the environmental protection work,” he said.

1. What is Li Jin trying hard to protect?

A．The beaches in Guangxi.

B．The waters of Sanya.

C．The wildlife on the Sanya River.

2. How many people join Li Jin’s volunteer service center?

A．550.

B．1, 170.

C．1, 800.

3. What can we know from paragraph 3?

A．Millions of people join in Li Jin’s activities.

B．Members in Li Jin’s service center get paid.

C．Some videos Li Jin made are a success.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．A volunteer service center.

B．The leader in a clean up activity.

C．A hero praised for volunteer work.

【推荐2】Why do we like drinking water from plastic bottles? Some people think it is healthy and clean. Others drink bottled water because it’s easy — you can carry it around with you. In hot countries, like Greece, we often buy bottles of cold water in the summer.

However, making lots of plastic is not a good idea for many reasons. First of all, we need a lot of oil for plastic products. We usually use oil as a source (资源) of energy. If we reduced the number of bottles we made, we wouldn’t need so much oil. Plastic bottles also pollute the environment. If we recycled all our plastic bottles, we wouldn’t need so much space for rubbish dumps. But in Greece, we don’t recycle much of the plastic we use. In 2006, Greeks recycled only about 10% of plastic waste. The rest became rubbish on land and in rivers and seas.

So next time you want to throw away a plastic bottle in the litter bin, stop and think. If you recycled you would help the environment. But what can you do when there isn’t a recycling bin near you? Well, there are lots of useful ways that you can use your bottles again. For example, an empty bottle makes a great piggy bank for your pocket money, and if you cut a bottle in half, you will have a plant pot. Go green! You can make a difference.

1. What is NOT mentioned about bottled water in this passage?

A．It’s healthy.

B．It’s clean.

C．It’s easy.

D．It’s expensive.

2. Plastic products are made from _______.

A．energy

B．oil

C．rubbish

D．plants

3. _______ of plastic waste became rubbish in Greece in 2006.

A．10%

B．50%

C．80%

D．90%

4. Which is the best way to deal with used plastic bottles?

A．To recycle them.	B．To make a piggy bank.
C．To make a plant pot.	D．To drop them into the river.

5. The underlined part in this passage tells us “_______”

A．To make a different life, you’d better go outside.

B．To look different, you’d better wear green clothes.

C．To protect the environment, you can do something.

D．To go green, you should use plastic products.

【推荐3】English textbook drama: Global (全球的) warming

Characters: Mr. Li, teacher

Betty, student, 15 years old

Cindy, student, 14 years old

Danny, student, 15 years old

(The bell is ringing and the teacher comes into the classroom with a book.)
Mr. Li: Hello, everyone. Class begins. I will ask you a question: What is the most serious problem nowadays in your eyes?
Betty: I think it’s the environment pollution.
Mr. Li: It’s connected with our correct answer. But it isn’t correct.
Cindy: Is it global warming?
Mr. Li: Right! Global warming is quite a serious problem.
Betty: But it was very cold this winter. I think it’s global cooling!
Mr. Li: In fact, global warming doesn’t only mean that the weather is getting hot, but also means the weather is out of control. So it will sometimes be very cold.
Danny: What causes “global warming”?
Cindy: I know. Now people drive too many cars and the waste gases from the cars pollute the air. It causes global warming.
Mr. Li: You are right. It’s one of the reasons. Do you know what will happen with the global warming?
Betty: Yes. The ice in the South Pole is going to melt and many places will be flooded with water. Human will have no place to live.
Mr. Li: What should we do to stop “global warming”?
Betty: I think we can plant trees.
Cindy: We should also avoid driving cars.
Danny: I will go to school by bike every day.
Mr. Li: OK. We all know the importance of protecting the environment. I hope you all will succeed in protecting the environment. Now class is over. Bye students.
1. What does the teacher think of Betty’s answer at the beginning of the play?

A．Funny but right.	B．Great but wrong.
C．Useless and false.	D．Meaningful and right.

2. What does Cindy advise us to do?

A．Ride more bikes.

B．Plant more trees.

C．Avoid driving cars.

D．Avoid shopping.

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．There are five people in the play.

B．The earth is actually becoming colder in winter.

C．Global warming means the weather is out of control.

D．The discussion takes place after class.

【推荐1】 “I am a selfish child.

I hope the sunshine lies only upon me, so I can feel its warmth.

I am a selfish child.

I hope there is a corner of the world that can comfort me when I am sad.

I am a selfish child.

I hope my mum belongs only to me, so I can enjoy the sweetness of love.”

This poem was written by a middle school student in a lonely mountainous town in Yunnan Province during her first poetry class. The girl missed her mother, who died when she was 5.

Kang Yu, the teacher who taught the girl how to write the poem, graduated from Renmin University of China in Beijing in 2015. Soon after her graduation, Kang moved to a town in Yunnan, and worked as a teacher at a middle school.

Kang said, “Compared with students in the city, perhaps students in the countryside need a way to express their feelings and be heard more.” Supported by the headmaster and other teachers, the school held eight poetry classes for students every year.

As the classes grew in popularity, Kang became the school’s favorite teacher. After she finished her teaching at the school in June 2017, she returned to Beijing and planned to study abroad.

However, on Teachers’ Day in 2017, Kang received a big box full of poems and letters written by students at her old school. She felt she was needed and decided to abandon her plan of studying abroad. Instead she set up Enlighten our Future, a charity that teaches students in the countryside how to write poems.

“Now, I go to several places every week. I sleep less than six hours a night and the job provides no vacations and little money, but the happiness and satisfaction I feel is rewarding enough.” Kang said.

1. What’s the poem about at the beginning of the passage?

A．A world which is full of love.	B．A mother who misses her child.
C．A child who is in need of mother’s love.	D．A child who can feel the sun’s warmth.

2. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “abandon”?

A．make up.

B．give up.

C．put off.

D．look up.

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

A．There was a school named Enlighten Our Future which Kang had ever worked.

B．The school held eight poetry classes for students every term.

C．Kang said she was doing a well-paid job and had some vacations.

D．Before Kang set up the charity, she taught in Yunnan for about two years.

【推荐2】Matthew Thomas is an English boy. He’s 15 and his brother Paul is 13, but they don’t go to school. They are in Africa. They study at home. Here is our interview with Matthew about home schooling.

Why do you study at home?

M: Well, people in the schools here don’t speak English. And we don’t speak very good Spanish (西班牙语).

__________

M: Math, English, History and so on. But I study them in my own way(自己的方法). I use books or the Internet. And our parents help us.

Do you like studying at home?

M: Yes, I do. I love it! It is fun. I can choose how to do things. I can study Math on Monday and English on Tuesday or History on Monday and Math on Tuesday.

Are you lonely?

M: No, I am not lonely. My brother and my parents are here. And Now I have some Spanish friends too.

When do you see them?

M: Well, I go to sports center on Saturday and Sunday and I see them there. I play sports games with some of my friends, too. That’s great fun.

1. When does Matthew study at home?

A．At the age of 15.	B．At the age of 13.
C．At the age of 12.	D．At the age of 11.

2. Which sentence (句子) can you put in “__________”?

A．Why do you study English?	B．When do you do sports?
C．What subjects do you have?	D．Who is your teacher?

3. Matthew thinks studying at home is __________.

A．difficult

B．free

C．interesting

D．boring

4. From the passage, we can know __________.

A．Matthew can get help from parents	B．Matthew has many classmates
C．Matthew must have Math on Monday	D．Matthew sees his friends every day

5. The passage is mainly (主要) about __________.

A．games

B．health

C．sports

D．study

【推荐3】Poverty (贫困) is a big problem (问题) in the world. But Chinese people have their own ways to do with it. Let’s learn more about the four people.

	Zhang Guimei started the Huaping Senior High School in Lijiang, Yunnan in 2008. It was the first senior school for poor girls in China. The school has sent more than 1800 students to college (大学).
	Chen Zaiming, an expert (专家), comes from Zhejiang University (大学).He helped the farmers in Jingdong, Yunnan to grow the small mushrooms (小香菌). Last year, 22 families made more than 5 million yuan.
	Mao Xianglin helped 100 people in Xiazhuang, Chongqi ng to build the road with their hands. They spent seven years to build an eight-kilometre (公里) road. Mao told them to grow oranges. In 2019,269people got rid of (摆脱) poverty.
	Xia Sen is not rich, but she saves money for donations (捐赠). She gave more than 2 million yuan to help students and schools. The “Xia Sen scholarship (奖学金)” helped 182 students’ college dream come true.

1. Zhang Guimei started the Huaping Senior High School for ________.

A．boys

B．girls

C．children

D．women

2. The people in Xiazhuang village spent ________ years building the road.

A．seven

B．eight

C．nine

D．ten

3. ________helped the farmers to grow the small fragrant mushrooms.

A．Zhang Guimei	B．Mao Xianglin
C．Xia Sen	D．Chen Zaiming

4. Xia Sen’s donations has helped ________ students go to college.

A．100

B．182

C．269

D．1800

5. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Chen Zaiming is an expert from Nanjing University.

B．The Huaping Senior High School has sent more than 180 students to college.

C．Mao Xianglin and the farmers build an eight-kilometre road with hands.

D．Xia Sen is rich, so she gives money to help students and schools.