【推荐1】Avi has been interested in coding (编码) and computing since he was little. When he was a primary school student, he coded a website with several pictures.     1    . Now, at 17, Avi has coded a highly visited website that follows cases of COVID-19, the disease which is now greatly influencing the world.

Living in Seattle, US, Avi coded the coronavirus tracking (冠状病毒追踪) website ncov2019.live when the cases were first reported in China.     2    , and has been known as a pandemic (流行病) by the World Health Organization.

Realizing how such a big world event has shaken everything from economy to sports, Avi knew that it was his duty to do something. “I noticed that finding new and correct reports about the disease could be difficult, so I made a website.” Avi said.     3    . The website also includes a Google map, travel advice and information on the disease and its prevention.

The site has gained more attention than he expected. By March 2020, over 40 million people had visited Avi’s website. One of the visitors is Cindy Wong, a PhD student at the University of Buffalo, US.     4    .

But Avi said he didn’t code for the attention, but for the love and the meaning behind it.

A．His website provides the latest reports on the number of confirmed (确诊的) cases, serious cases and deaths all over the world

B．In middle school, he coded video games

C．What helped her most was that the website made it easier for researchers like her to study the disease

D．The site has been widely put into use around the world

E．Since then, the disease has spread to about 200 countries

【推荐2】Are you worried if you go out without bringing some cash (现金)?     1     But today, there’s no need to worry. That’s because you can pay for nearly everything by e­payment (电子支付) in China.

    2     When you pay for something, you can either scan the codes of the seller, or let the seller scan the codes on your phone. Your money will then go to the seller through online banking (网上银行).

People in China use e­payment services (服务) from Alipay, WeChat Pay and Apple Pay.     3     Tencent made WeChat and it says that about 60 percent of people in China now use WeChat Pay.

    4     Twelve countries and regions (地区) such as Thailand, Japan and Canada now use WeChat Pay.     5     “In this way of paying, I don’t need to take my wallet out or wait for change,” Liu Xin, a tourist from Beijing, told Xinhua.

根据短文内容，从下列选项中选出能填入文中空白处的最佳选项，选项中有一项为多余选项。

A．Among them, WeChat Pay is the most popular.

B．The most common way of e­payment is by using QR codes (二维码).

C．It is very useful to the Chinese tourists in these places.

D．WeChat Pay rival Alipay has also made recent moves in Europe.

E．In the past, you might answer yes.

F．WeChat Pay has even gone to foreign countries.

【推荐3】When visitors to the Palace Museum feel a need to sit down for a cup of tea or find a bathroom without a long line, they soon will be able to turn to their smart phones for the information they need.

Thanks to an agreement signed on Friday by the museum and Huawei, this modern solution will use 5G technology to build a “smart network”. Under the agreement, 5G Wi-Fi signals will cover the Palace Museum, China’s royal palace from 1420 to 1911.

“It’s important to always stay close to the latest technology to better serve the public,” said Shan Jixiang, former director of the Palace Museum. Shan said there is still much room for improvement in dealing with a large number of cultural relies(纪念物), such as when the priceless painting “Along the River During the Qingming Festival” is exhibited(展览) again in the future. When it was last exhibited in 2015, visitors stood in long lines until 3 am to have a look. The museum ended up preparing fast food to serve the hungry visitors. “I don’t want that situation to happen again,” Shan said. “Our work can be done in a more scientific way.”

The new system will also make use of the closed-cameras that are set up all over the Palace Museum to protect the museum’s valuable relics. More than 1.86 million of them are stored at the museum, which recorded nearly 20 million visits from the public last year. “How can we make sure no single visitor who might have bad ideas endangers these treasures?” Shan said. “After using the Internet of things, we can notice any movement about the relics at once to prevent such danger.”

The 5G network also will be used to improve tele-meeting through webcams, in which scholars will discuss together to find the best answers to repair and store issues.

1. With the 5G network, the Palace Museum can ________.

A．exhibit many paintings again

B．make fast food for visitors

C．protect the relics at once

D．improve more face to face meetings

2. What does the underlined word “it” in the passage refer to? ________

A．The Palace Museum.

B．The priceless painting.

C．Visitors.

D．The River.

3. What is the purpose of the numbers in Paragraph 4 to show about the Palace Museum? ________

A．It is better than any other museums.

B．It has a rich collection of cultural relics.

C．It enjoys great popularity all over the world.

D．It faces a big challenge of protecting relics.

4. Which of the following is the best title for the text? ________

A．The Importance of 5G Technology.

B．The Progress in Exhibition.

C．A Protector of Cultural Relies.

D．A Connection Between Old and New.

【推荐1】Shameem was born in a small village in Pakistan. In her village, it was a tradition to keep girls inside their homes. They were not allowed to get an education.

Fortunately, Shameem's uncle, a university teacher, wanted to give her a chance to see the world. He offered Shameem a chance to attend school. So she became the only girl student in her class.

However, Shameem struggled to complete her schooling. To get permission for college, she went on three-day- hunger strike(抗议). After graduating from college, Shameem got a position in non-profit organization(非营利性组织) working to help women in rural(农村的) areas.

There, she saw a Pakistan that she didn't know. Until then, she thought she had a difficult life. But there, she saw what women in other parts of Pakistan were experiencing. Some women had 11 children, but nothing to feed them. They would walk three hours every day to get water.

Shameem found that the position was more than just a job for her. She discovered her power. By setting an example, her experience could encourage more people to understand the importance of education and send their daughters to school.

Now, Shameem teaches in a rural school in her hometown. "The first day I walked into the school," she said, "I saw all these little Shameems staring at me with dreams in their eyes, the same dream of freedom which I had in my childhood."

Today, there is not a single girl in her village who doesn't go to school.

1. Who played an important role in sending Shameem to school?

A．Her uncle.

B．Her parents.

C．A workmate.

D．A university student.

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

A．禁止

B．取消

C．准许

D．说明

3. Why did Shameem work for a non-profit organization?

A．To make much money	B．To finish her education.
C．To discover her power as an example.	D．To help poor women in the countryside.

4. What's the main idea of Paragraph 4?

A．Shameem walked three hours to get water.	B．Shameem used to know her homeland well.
C．Women and children were short of food.	D．Women's situation was more awful than expected.

5. What can we learn from the last two paragraphs?

A．The girls give up their dreams.

B．No girl is allowed to go to school.

C．The idea of the girls’ education in her village has changed.

D．All girls in the school are named Shameem.

【推荐2】One day a teacher entered the classroom and gave the students a surprise test. He gave out the paper and asked his students to turn the page and begin. To everyone's surprise, there were no questions, just a black dot in the center of the page.

The teacher saw the expression on everyone’s face and said, "I want you to write what you see there. The confused students got started on the hard task. At the end of the class, the teacher took all the answer papers and started reading each one of them. All of them described the black dot and tried to explain where it was on the paper.

After all had been read, the classroom was quiet. The teacher began to explain, "I am not going to grade you according to this. I just wanted to give you something to think about. No one wrote about the white part of the paper. Everyone focused on the black dot (点). The same happens in our lives. We have a white paper to enjoy, but we always focus on the dark spots. Our life is a gift filled with love and care. We always have reasons to celebrate—friends that help us or jobs that support our lives."

"However, we keep focusing only on the dark spots, the health problems, the lack of money or the bad relationship with a family member. The dark spots are really annoying, but they are very small. Take your eyes away from the black spots in your life. Enjoy each moment that life gives you. Be happy and live a positive life!"

1. The test was surprising because ________ on the test paper.

A．there were too many questions	B．there was nothing
C．here was just a black spot	D．there was only one question

2. What can we infer from the passage?

A．None of the students passed the surprise test.

B．None of the students understood the purpose of the test completely.

C．The teacher gave some students very high marks in the surprise test.

D．The teacher explained nothing to the students.

3. The underlined word "them" in Paragraph 2 refers to ________.

A．students	B．students' answer papers
C．students' hard tasks	D．the black dots

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Life is a Gift	B．Dark spots in Life
C．Focus on the positives	D．A Wise Professor

【推荐3】To stay healthy and fit, Chinese students do group exercises every day at school. Most of you probably do the same set of exercises. But some school exercises have grown popular online because of their local and innovative (创新的) designs. Let’s check one of them out!

Singing in Sichuan dialects (方言) with energetic movements and mask-changing is not just a Sichuan Opera performance. It’s the daily exercise for students of Mianyang Foreign Languages Experimental School in Sichuan Province.

“Sichuan Opera is a local opera, and it is now facing a challenge (挑战) in inheritance (传承). So, we worked with the Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center of Mianyang to create a simple and easy-to-learn Sichuan Opera exercise,” said Shen Junhua, who is organising the school’s exercise.

According to Shen, this new type of exercise has been practiced since 2017 and has been popular among students. When students enter the school, they will spend several weeks practicing it. At present, almost all of the students and teachers have mastered it.

“In fact, we had hardly heard of Sichuan Opera before teachers taught us how to do the Sichuan Opera exercise,” said Li Yangwen, 14, an eighth grade student who also joined the school’s Sichuan Opera club out of interest. “It’s very different from normal exercises. After practicing it, we found it very beautiful and became interested in it. Now, almost all of the students look forward to our daily exercise time and feel excited to do it.”

“By mixing opera with daily exercise, the daily class activity allows students to understand Sichuan Opera’s culture”, Shen said. After years of continuous effort to spread the traditional culture, the younger generation (一代人) will finally understand it.

1. How does the writer develop his idea in Paragraph 1?

A．By explaining the result.	B．By comparing differences.
C．By raising a question.	D．By telling a story.

2. What do we know about Shen Junhua?

A．A new member of the Sichuan Opera club.

B．An creative organizer of the school’s exercise.

C．An active student in Mianyang Foreign Languages Experimental School.

D．A popular worker in the Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center.

3. What can be inferred (推断) about the Sichuan Opera exercise from Li Yangwen’s words?

A．It needs more practice to master it.

B．It is one of the common exercises.

C．It makes students love the daily exercise.

D．It has helped improve students’ grades.

4. What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph probably refer to (指代)?

A．The school.	B．Mask-changing.
C．The club.	D．The traditional culture.

5. Why does the school create this new kind of exercise?

A．To teach students new skills.	B．To make the school life colorful.
C．To set up a Sichuan Opera club.	D．To inherit the traditional culture.

【推荐1】

To many students, joining social media “circles” is now more important than making new friends in real life. And it is easy. If you have a mobile phone, you can download many apps such as Weibo, QQ and Wechat.

“I love to check my friends’ updates. I also enjoy news and jokes shared on social   media,” said Wang Wei, 14, from a middle school in Shenzhen. While enjoying these, Wang distances himself from real life.

“I love playing the plane-shooting game on WeChat, but have no interest in playing chess with my classmates,” said Wang.

Deng Yunyun, 14, from Xuhui Middle School in Shanghai, said that social media had affected his normal life. Last month, his school held a basketball match, and a student hurt his leg. Instead of giving him some help, students were busy updating their blogs about the accident. “I think they need to learn to balance their real and online lives, and what worries parents and teachers a lot is safety." said Deng.

Many students are happy to tell their interests and personal information to their social media friends.

"And this could bring them danger,” said Miss Wang, a teacher from Shenzhen. “ For example, WeChat’s shake-shake function allows users to connect to other nearby users. " Also the police warn about the risks of making friends in this way.

   “Be careful. Do not use the locating function at any moment, do not give your name, and do not post the photos of your community.” said Wang.

1. Many students think________   is more important than making friends in real life.

A．studying hard	B．joining social media "circles"
C．playing basketball with friends	D．having a meal with their family

2. Which of the following doesn’t keep the students away from the real life?

A．Reading news shared on social media.	B．Playing some kinds of games on WeChat.
C．Being busy updating their blogs.	D．Playing chess with classmates.

3. What is the meaning of the underlined word “distance” in the second paragraph?

A．接近

B．疏远

C．超过

D．破裂

4. Why did nobody give help when a student hurt his leg?

A．Because there were few students there at that moment.

B．Because his classmates didn’t consider him as their friend.

C．Because he didn’t belong to their social media “circles”.

D．Because his classmates were busy updating their blogs.

5. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Wechat’s shake-shake function adds risks of making friends online.

B．Warning students not to use Wechat’s locating function is important.

C．Social media keep students away from real life and may also bring them danger.

D．Joining social media‘circles’is more important than making friends in real life.

【推荐2】One morning, Emma discovered that her classroom had changed. She found that the desks were no longer in rows, but pushed together to make eight bigger desks. She was so excited about it for the first two days that she couldn't listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got used to this new classroom arrangement（安排）. "Now our class is quieter, "said Emma. "What's more, we can come up with our own ideas and learn more through discussion. It's a better way to study. "

David liked it, too. "Group members first discuss, "he said, "and then show to the whole class.   It encourages us greatly. "This was part of a reform （改革）at David's school. The school made this reform because they wanted to offer students easier ways to study and more chances to discuss. "Our school hopes to improve students' abilities to study by themselves and work in groups. "said Linda, an English teacher.

However, the reform has demanded（要求）more from teachers. Now they have only 15 minutes to give a lesson that would have been taught in 40 minutes before. It is difficult to teach in such a short time. The teachers have to find better ways to teach more effectively（有效地）.

"The reform demands more, but I'm sure it is helpful. "added Linda.

1. After the new classroom arrangement, Emma found________ .

A．their class was noisier all the time	B．they could learn more through discussion
C．they couldn't come up with their own ideas	D．it was a harder way to study

2. The school made the reform in order to offer students ________to study.

A．easier ways

B．better classrooms

C．more seats

D．larger space

3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．The desks are no longer in rows now.

B．The reform has demanded more from teachers.

C．It's easy for teachers to give a lesson in 15 minutes now.

D．Emma and her classmates like the new classroom arrangement.

【推荐3】Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends. They believe that their family members, especially their parents, don’t know them as well as their friends do. In a large family, it is quite often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they only go to their friends for getting ideas.
It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or a circle of friends. Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among them on the phone. This communication is very important in children’s growing up, because they can not discuss something difficult to their family members.
Parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them.Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends: The question of “choice” is an interesting one. Have you ever thought of the following questions?
Who choose your friends?
Do you choose your friend or your friends choose you?
Have you got a good friend your parents don’t like?
Your answers are welcome.
1. Who know them better than their parents for the teenagers?

A．Their parents.	B．Their friends.
C．Brothers and sisters.	D．Family members.

2. How do they communicate when the teenagers stay alone?

A．Go to their friends.

B．Talk with their parents:

C．Talk with their friends on the phone.

D．Have a discussion with their family by phone.

3. Which of the following sentences is true?

A．Parents should like everything their children enjoy.

B．In all families, children can choose everything they like.

C．Teenagers can only go to their friends for help.

D．Parents should try their best to understand their children better.

4. What is the meaning for “Your answers are welcome. ”?

A．You are welcome to have a discussion with us.

B．You have got an idea, so your answers are welcome.

C．Your answers are always right.

D．You can give us all the right answers.

5. . Which is the best title of this passage?

A．Only parents can decide.	B．Parents and children.
C．A strange question.	D．Teenagers need friends.

【推荐1】Some Advice on Travel
★ Forget fashion! Always wear your most comfortable clothes when going on long travel.
★ Traveling on trains and buses can be boring, so take a good book to read.
★ If you’re going somewhere cold, remember to put on your warm clothes!
★ If you are going somewhere sunny, remember to bring your sun-block and sunglasses.
★ Always take a camera with you to capture those special moments.
★ Be careful with your things whenever you go to a busy place, like a train station. There are many thieves there!
★ Most countries have lower prices for students, so if you are a student, take your student card with you.
★ Always leave room in your bag and buy presents on the way home.
★ Bus tours often stop at expensive shops along the way, save your money by buying presents at local shops.
★ If you travel abroad, remember to take your passport. Whatever you do, don’t lose it!
Word Bank：fashion 时尚 abroad 国外 boredom单调
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. What should you take if you go to Hainan Island for a trip in summer?

A．Sunglasses and sun-block.

B．Warm clothes and sports shoes.

C．Fashionable clothes and a big bag.

D．Some fruit and drinks.

2. Which is a good way to keep away from boredom while you’re on a train or a bus?

A．Taking a camera.	B．Listening to music.
C．Reading a good book.	D．Sleeping for some time.

3. Why should you be careful with your things whenever you go to a busy place?

A．Because the place is dirty.

B．Because there are often thieves there.

C．Because there are no police.

D．Because your bag is expensive.

4. How can you save money when you travel?

A．By buying presents at expensive shops.

B．By buying presents at big shops.

C．By buying presents at supermarkets.

D．By buying presents at local shops.

5. What’s the underlined word “capture” in this passage mean in Chinese?

A．感受

B．拍摄

C．抓住

D．控制

【推荐2】下面文章中有五处需要添加小标题。请从以下选项（A-F）中选出符合各段意思的小标题。选项中有一项是多余选项。

Some people are afraid of answering the telephone call. Here are some tips to help you when you answering the call.

    1    

Listening to someone speaking in a second language over the telephone can be very challenging because you cannot see the person you are trying to hear. You may not realize that your pronunciation isn’t clear. So pay special attention to your pronunciation and speak as slowly as possible.

    2    

Don’t pretend to understand everything you hear over the telephone. Don’t be afraid to remind the person to slow down more than once.

    3    

Ask another student to practice talking on the phone with you. Try to talk for at least fifteen minutes. The most important thing about practicing telephone English is that you are not able to see others’ mouths.

    4    

There are many ways to get free telephone English practice. After business hours, you can call and listen to recorded messages. Write down what you hear the first time, and then call back and check if your notes are right.

    5    

Many speakers make the mistake of being too direct on the telephone. Sometimes just one word such as could or may is necessary in order to sound polite. Take the time to learn how to answer the phone in a polite manner.

A．Use business recordings.

B．Speak slowly and clearly.

C．Learn telephone manners.

D．Practice often with a friend.

E．Try your best to listen to the other person.

F．Make sure you understand the other speaker.