【推荐1】

Major Snow, the 21st solar term (节气) of the year, falls on Dec 7 this year. It means the beginning of midwinter. During Major Snow, the temperature drops greatly and there may be more snow days.

The arrival of snow adds a delightful touch to the cold days. The snow in North China may go on a whole day, breaking tree branches and blocking the road while snow doesn’t happen a lot, but just a little, great fun in the South.

The natural scenery is “ice blockading for hundred smiles and snow flying through thousands miles”, “From hill to hill no bird in flight; From path to path no man in sight”. In the South, the snowflakes fly around and the world turns white.

There’s a Chinese saying: “A fall of snow gives promise of a fruitful year.” Most farmers welcome snow because snow can protect crops from cold fronts and keep the fields warm. Even if it melts (融化), it also can provide enough water for the crops in the spring.

Snow season is also good for skiing and skating. In northern China, there are many places for natural snow and ice. For example, Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces often already have big snow in November. People can also go to the frozen lakes to play ice sports. But people in the south will stay indoors to enjoy the winter activities. People in Chongqing like to have potted lamb soup or stewed lamb soup with their families and friends. People in Nanjing like to stew the lamb with yams or wolfberries to make it more delicious.

1. How does the writer describe the beauty of snow?

A．By giving examples.	B．By introducing activities.
C．By showing pictures.	D．By using sayings and poems.

2. What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 4?

A．A fall of snow can lead to a fruitful year.

B．A fall of snow can be dangerous to a fruitful year.

C．A fall of snow can help farmers harvest much fruit.

D．A fall of snow can prevent farmers from a good harvest.

3. What can we know about Major Snow from the passage?

A．During Major Snow, the temperature falls greatly.

B．Major Snow is the most beautiful term among all.

C．People in the north like to stay indoors to enjoy the winter activities.

D．All the farmers like snow because it can offer enough water to the crops.

4. The following paragraph can go best after _________.
During Major Snow, it is drier and colder, so people should drink more water. At the same time, don’t drink cold water after exercise.

A．Paragraph 2

B．Paragraph 3

C．Paragraph 4

D．Paragraph 5

【推荐2】Is it cold in your city? Does it snow there in winter? Did you hear about the North Pole? One of the coldest places on the Earth is the North Pole.     1    There is ice and snow everywhere and also strong winds all time.

Jordan Maguire always wanted to go to the North Pole.     2     The 15-year-old Scottish boy travelled to the North Pole with a team of six people. He was the youngest boy ever to visit the area. Before, the youngest person ever to reach the North Pole is Alicia Hempleman- Adams.     3    .

Jordan and his team started their trip to the North Pole in Northern Russia.     4     The group walked for 10 hours every day. The biggest problem was the weather. But there were other dangers, too. For example, hungry bears and large pieces of ice.     5     They travelled 111 miles (178 kilometers). As part of the trip, Jordan also made money($19,000)for the children’s charity WellChild.

A．The trip was not easy.

B．It's -20℃to-40℃ in winter.

C．In April, 2006, his dream came true.

D．She made the trip in 2005 at the age of 15.

E．On the eighth day, the team reached the North Pole.

【推荐3】配对阅读
仔细阅读并从右栏中选择与左栏相符的信息。
注意，本题答案涂卡时，请注意答题卡上：E = AB;   F = AC;   G = AD。

66.     1    It’s very cold today. It is snowing heavily outside. But Zhang Bo and his friends are very happy. They are making a snowman.     2    It is very hot in summer in Zhang Li’s hometown. She is swimming and she wants to stay in cool water all the time.     3    It is warm and windy today. The weather is nice. Linda and her friends want to find a good place to fly kites.     4    Look! It is raining hard outside. It is always boring at home.     5    Oh, my GOD! The wind is so strong today. Andy lives in this small city by the sea. The wind always blows hard in summer.

A．City：Chongqing Temperature：３９℃ Weather：Sunny B．City：Harbin Temperature：－１８℃ Weather：Snowy C．City：Kunming Temperature：２５℃ Weather：Sunny and a little windy D．City：Kunming Temperature：３９℃ Weather：Strong wind E. City: Suzhou Temperature:２２℃ Weather: Rainy F. City: Beijing Temperature:１２℃ Weather: Cloudy G. City: Sanya Temperature:２８℃ Weather: Sunny

【推荐2】With more and more rain falling, it’s time for snakes to be active. Living in the city, it never crosses your mind that we might meet them face to face.

Most people are afraid of snakes. They may think snakes are dangerous and ugly. There are more than 2,000 kinds of snakes. Most of them live in mountains or forests, and in cities sometimes we can find them in grass or other dark places. Snakes can’t walk or run because they have no legs or feet, but these long and thin animals can move very fast on their stomachs. Snakes usually have green, yellow or black skins, which make it difficult for their enemies to find them. In winter they hibernate in holes. They look for a hole to stay inside, in the ground, or in a rock or a tree. They do not wake up again until spring comes. Snakes feed on mice, frogs, bird eggs and so on.

Snakes play an important part in nature. We can make useful medicine with them. Without their help, the rodents (啮齿动物) will be out of control. But many of them are in danger of disappearing. Houses and buildings take up the land where snakes live. Many snakes lose their lives in traffic, and people often kill snakes for their skins or meat.

1. Which month may it be active according to the text?

A．July.

B．November.

C．January.

D．March.

2. What does the underlined word “hibernate” mean?

A．to sleep during winter	B．to catch something for food
C．to look for a place to keep warm	D．to protect oneself from other animals

3. What can we learn from the text?

A．We never see snakes in cities.	B．Snakes only eat mice as food.
C．Snakes are useless to nature.	D．Many snakes are in danger.

4. What is the passage about?

A．Science.

B．Geography.

C．Biology.

D．Weather.

【推荐3】① Nature is amazing! Take a close look at the world of insects, and you’ll discover many unbelievable things. For example, butterflies have beautiful, colorful wings and strong, fantastic flying skills. On summer days, you always see them flying freely over the plants or in the fields.

② But do you know how butterflies become the flying insects? It’s one of the amazing wonders of nature. In the beginning, female butterflies lay some small and colorful eggs on the leaves of the plants.

③ It’s hard to believe that the eggs will become something completely different in a few days. They become walking insects. These insects are called caterpillars (毛虫). They now have legs, eyes and large bodies. A new life has begun. The caterpillars can eat, walk and see. But they are still not butterflies.

④ Soon, after growing big, the caterpillars make covers to themselves. They cover themselves in the nice protective blanket and go to sleep. We call them chrysalises (蛹).

⑤ After a period of time, the blankets break and the wet, weak butterflies appear. They each now have six legs, a mouth, eyes and two pairs of wings. Shortly, the wings fill with blood, and the beautiful, colorful butterflies spread their wings and fly away.

⑥ After a few weeks, those adult butterflies lay eggs, and the cycle begins all over again. This is just one example of the wonders of nature. Take a look around the natural world, and you will discover many other amazing things.

1. Which of the following is a caterpillar?

A．	B．
C．	D．

2. Which of the following can describe “the cycle”?
① a chrysalis ② a caterpillar ③ an egg ④ a butterfly

A．	B．
C．	D．

3. What’s the structure of this passage?
（①=Paragraph 1②=Paragraph 2,…）

A．①/②③④⑤/⑥	B．①②③/④⑤/⑥
C．①②/③④/⑤⑥	D．①②/③④⑤/⑥

4. Which of the following about a butterfly is TRUE?

A．It has no legs or eyes.	B．It is good at walking.
C．It likes living around the plants.	D．It likes cold season.

5. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．Nature is quite amazing.	B．The life of a butterfly is amazing.
C．A butterfly has a short life.	D．A butterfly is a beautiful insect.

【推荐2】Coronado was born in 1953. Scientists saw the birth of this island. It began at 6: 30 a.m. on 14th November. A fishing boat was near Iceland. The boat moved under the captain’s（船长）feet. He noticed a strange smell. He saw some black smoke. A volcano（火山）was breaking out. Red-hot rocks, fire and smoke were rushing up from the bottom（底部）of the sea. The island grew quickly. It was 10 meters high the next day and 60 meters high on 18th November. Scientists flew there to watch. It was exciting. Smoke and fire were still rushing up. Pieces of red-hot rock were flying into the air and falling into the sea. The sea was boiling and there was a strange light in the sky. Coronado grew and grew. Then it stopped in June 1957. It was 175 meters high and 2 kilometers long. And life was already coming to Coronado. Plants grew. Birds came. Some scientists built a house. They want to learn about this young island. A new island is like a new world.

根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
1. Coronado is ________.

A．an island not far from Iceland	B．a new volcano
C．a fishing boat	D．a place in Iceland

2. Scientists flew there ________.

A．to watch the birth of the island	B．to save the fishing boat
C．to learn about the island	D．to build a house

3. When did scientist fly there to watch?

A．Before the volcano broke out.	B．As soon as the volcano broke out.
C．About four days after the volcano broke out.	D．After the volcano stopped rushing up.

4. Put the following sentences in correct order.
a. The captain found the boat was moving.
b. A new island appeared in the sea.
c. Fire, smoke and rocks were seen rushing up.
d. A fishing boat was near Iceland.
e. The island grew quickly.

A．d—a—c—b—e

B．a—b—c—d—e

C．a—b—e—c—d

D．b—e—d—a—c

5. The best title of this article is ________.

A．A new island

B．The birth of an island

C．A new world

D．Scientists discovered Coronado

【推荐3】Have you ever heard of National Park of Hainan Tropical (热带的) Rainforest? It is our own “Amazon”. If you travel there, what can you enjoy?

Animals

The park is home to Hainan gibbons (长臂猿). They look like monkeys, but have no tails. They eat fruits and leaves from over 130 kinds of plants. In the 1980s, there were fewer than 10 gibbons (长臂猿) in the park. In 2022, there were 36 because people protected their home and planted trees.

Plants

The park is a “live museum” of plants. It is also home to 133 kinds of national key protected plants. Cycas hainanensis (海南苏铁) is an example. It has feather-like (羽毛样的) big leaves. It grows slowly, but can live as long as 200 years. It probably won’t grow flowers or fruits in North China. But in Hainan, cycas hainanensis (海南苏铁) over 10 years old blossom (开花) and bear fruits (结果) almost every year.

Culture

Miao and Li people have lived in the park for generations (世代). Their houses look like upside-down boats. They are built above the ground to keep away animals. Li people make clothes from bark (树皮). Their history of tree bark clothing dates back to about 10,000 years ago. Some people still use bark clothing nowadays.

1. What do gibbons eat?

A．All kinds of fruits and leaves.

B．Fruits and leaves from many kinds of plants.

C．Grass.

2. What was the population of Hainan gibbons (长臂猿) in 2022?

A．Over 30.

B．Less than 10.

C．About 130.

3. How many kinds of national key protected plants are there in the park?

A．130.

B．30.

C．133.

4. What do Miao and Li people’s houses look like?

A．Upside-down boats.

B．Towers.

C．Trucks.

5. Li people use tree bark________.

A．to avoid animals

B．to make clothes

C．to produce boats

【推荐1】“Last night, there were 20 elephants on my farm,” John from Kenya said. “They ate all my crop (庄稼). What can I do?”

Elephants are cute animals, but they brought serious problems for the farmers near Mount Kenya National Park. The elephants often left the park, went into the farms near the park, and ate their crops. So farmers slept in their fields (田地). If elephants came, they drove them away. However, the next day, the farmers were too tired to do their work.

Then, someone thought of a better way. They built electric fences (电栅栏) to keep the elephants out. The farmers had more time for their work. However, these fences were expensive to build. So they had to give up building electronic fences.

“The elephant problem started when more people came to Mount Kenya and started new farms,” a scientist said. “The elephants had lived here for a very long time before people came. At some times of the year, elephants go from one place to another. They remember their old routes (路线), and they walk through anything that’s there—like a farm or even a house.”

Now the government has a plan. It wants the people around the park to start tourism. People around the world love elephants. When more and more elephant-lovers come to visit Mount Kenya National Park, those farmers can make money by serving them. The government hopes that this way, people and elephants will live together happily.

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. Why did farmers sleep in their fields? ______

A．To have fun.	B．To get good luck.
C．To save their crops.	D．To watch elephants.

2. Farmers stopped using electric fences because ______ .

A．they were not useful	B．they cost too much money
C．they were not good for elephants	D．they were dangerous for children

3. What does the underlined word “tourism” in the last paragraph mean in Chinese? ______

A．旅游业

B．种植业

C．制造业

D．畜牧业

4. Which paragraph talks about why elephants go to the farms? ______

A．Paragraph 2.

B．Paragraph 3.

C．Paragraph 4.

D．Paragraph 5.

5. What’s the best title for the passage? ______

A．A big park in Kenya	B．The elephant problem in Kenya
C．Elephants are in danger	D．The future of Kenyan farmers

【推荐2】During this special festival holiday, everyone will wish you a great health and a lot of happiness. It’s so happy to get together with families and friends. Food is everywhere, whether family events or dinner parties. Having big meals so many days will make you unhealthy. Nothing is more important than the health. How can you get both of them?

Plan your day in the morning and think about some healthy food you want to eat. If you are going out for lunch or dinner, watch the menu ahead of time so you can get an idea of what you may order.

Eat healthily most of the time. The holiday is about enjoying. But to your favorite foods, my suggestion is not eating them all at once. Plan for one treat a day and in this way you will have something to hope for.

Drink more water. Water can clean your body. You can also get water from fruits, vegetables and soup. Keep away from soda and juice. I suggest keeping a water bottle in your case.

Keep moving. This is really a busy time of year, but you still should try to do some kinds of exercise. You can choose to go for a swim or exercise outdoors.

Also wish you health and happiness!

1. From the passage, which festival is perhaps coming?

A．Halloween.

B．Spring Festival.

C．Mother’s Day.

D．Qingming Festival.

2. According to the passage, where should we get water from?

A．Biscuits.

B．Pies.

C．Soup.

D．Soda.

3. What should we do to keep healthy in the festival?
①Only drink juice ②Plan your day ③Eat healthily
④Stay indoors all the time ⑤Drink more water ⑥Keep moving
⑦Eat all your favorite food in one dinner

A．①③④⑦

B．②④⑤⑥

C．②③⑤⑥

D．④⑤⑥⑦

4. Where is the text most probably from?

A．The story book.

B．The health newspaper.

C．The weather report.

D．The sports poster.

【推荐3】You may hear about earthquake, but do you know what to do before, during and after an earthquake? Here is some advice for you.
Before an earthquake. It’s necessary to prepare yourself and your family. All family members should know how to turn off gas, water and electricity and know useful telephone numbers (doctors, hospital, police, 119 etc.). Never put heavy things over beds.
During an earthquake. It’s important for each of you to stay calm. If you are indoor, quickly move to a safe place in the room, such as under a strong desk or a strong table. The purpose is to protect yourself form falling objects. Stay away from windows, large mirrors, heavy furniture and so on. If you are cooking, turn off gas.
If you are outdoors, move to an open area like a playground. Move away from buildings, bridges and trees. If you are driving, stop the car as soon as possible, staying away from bridges and tall buildings. Stay in your car.
After an earthquake. Once the shaking has stopped, do not run out of the building at once. It’s better to wait and leave when it is safe. Check around you and help people who are in trouble. If your building is badly broken, you should leave it. If you smell or hear a gas, get everyone outside and open windows and doors. If you can do it safely, turn off the gas. Report it to the gas company.
1. Which of the following is mentioned in the second paragraph?

A．People should know how to turn on gas.

B．People should know how to save water.

C．People shouldn’t put heavy boxes over beds.

D．People shouldn’t forget the phone number of others.

2. When an earthquake happens, ____ can help you deal with it.

A．standing still

B．staying calm

C．looking outside

D．moving indoors

3. During an earthquake, if you are driving in an open area, you should____.

A．speed up you car

B．stop your car and stay in

C．slow down your car

D．stop your car and run out

4. When the earth stops shaking , you should____.

A．check around you first

B．run out of the building at once

C．break the windows and doors

D．write a report to your company

5. You can learn ____ after reading the passage.

A．what an earthquake is like

B．what to do to avoid an earthquake

C．how an earthquake happens

D．how to protect yourself in an earthquake