【推荐1】Scientists have always wanted to know more about the other worlds in space.
Years ago, they knew many facts about the moon. They knew how big it was and how far away it was from the earth. But they wanted to know more about it .They thought and thought. At last they found the only way to know more was to send men to the moon.
The moon is about three hundred and eighty-four thousand kilometers away from the earth. A plane can not fly to the moon because the air reaches only 240 kilometers. Then there is no air. But something can fly even when there is no air. That is a rocket.
How does a rocket fly? There is gas in the rocket. When the gas is made very hot inside the rocket, it will rush out of the end of the rocket, so it can make the rocket fly up into the sky.
Rockets can fly far out into space. Rockets with men in them have already reached the moon. Some rockets without men in them have flown to other planets much farther away than the moon. One day rockets may be able to go to any place.
根据短文内容，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选择最佳答案。
1. What does the underlined word “worlds” refer to?

A．moon

B．planets

C．fields

D．sky

2. The moon is about kilometers away from the earth.

A．384000

B．348000

C．3840

D．3480

3. A plane can’t fly to the moon because .

A．it’s too far away

B．it can’t fly without air

C．there is no water on the moon

D．it is too small

4. The hot gas in the rocket is used for .

A．cooking food for the astronauts

B．keeping the man in the rocket warm

C．making the rocket fly up

D．keeping the air in the rocket fresh

5. Rockets without men in them have reached .

A．another star

B．the sun

C．the moon

D．other planets of the sun

【推荐2】根据短文内容，判断正误（正确“T”，错误“F”）。

A team of scientists are carrying out a project at the University of Greenwich in London. They are trying to find ways to make food on Mars in the future. The project is called Feeding Mars. It tries to use water, fish and fish waste to grow fruit and vegetables on Mars.

It would take at least 21 months to reach Mars, learn about its surface and return to Earth. So it would be a big help if the spacemen could grow fresh food on Mars itself. However, farming on Mars will be very hard. There’s a lot of water that could be taken from ice just below the surface, but the land on Mars is short of the nutrients that living things need. The team says that they could solve the problem by growing plants and fish together. Fish waste can then be used to provide nutrients for plants.

“It is expected that you can grow lots of food, such as vegetables, tea and medicinal plants on Mars,” said Dr. Benz Kotzen, who leads the project. “You can even harvest fish for food then.”

1. The project tries to use water and fish to grow fruit on the moon.
2. The project would take at least 21 months to return to Mars.
3. The poor land condition makes it difficult to farm on Mars.
4. Scientists could grow plants and fish together to solve the nutrients’ problem.
5. Dr. Benz Kotzen was disappointed about this project.

【推荐1】

Navigation(导航)is an important ability for animals to find food and living places. Researchers in Israel have performed an experiment and found that goldfish are able to navigate on land after receiving around 10 driving lessons.

The experiment was led by a research team at the Ben-Gurion University. It was made to see whether goldfish could find their way in a very different environment.

Researchers developed a robotic car that could drive forward, backward, and from side to side. They called the car a FOV — Fish Operated Vehicle(鱼驱动车). A goldfish was placed inside a water box on the FOV. Using a set of wheels with a camera system, the FOV recorded the fish’s movements and swimming directions, and then moved in the same direction.

The scientists worked with six different goldfish. They placed the car in a small room with a pink target(目标)on one side. The fish would get food when the car touched the target. After a few days of training, the fish navigated to the target. At first, it took them about half an hour to drive to the target. But by the end of the experiment, they were able to complete the same task in less than a minute. Shachar Given, one of the researchers said, “As anyone who has tried to learn how to ride a bike or how to drive a car knows, it is challenging at first.”

Not only did the goldfish show that they could drive to the target, but also they weren’t fooled by false targets of other colors. They were also able to get free when the car hit a wall.

Although the fish may not have realized they were moving on land, these results show that a fish has the ability to navigate outside its natural environment of water. It can enrich scientific knowledge of animals’ navigation skills.

1. The researchers perform the goldfish experiment to see if goldfish could ________.

A．find food and living places	B．ride a bike or drive a car like humans
C．live in the land’s navigating system	D．navigate in a different environment

2. What do we know about the FOV?

A．It was placed inside a water box.	B．It could control the fish’s directions.
C．It could follow the fish’s movements.	D．It was driven by a camera system.

3. The fish would get food as long as the car ________.

A．avoided hitting a wall	B．touched the pink target
C．moved in the small room freely	D．touched the target of other colors

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

A．Scientists Teach Goldfish to Drive a Car on Land,	B．Scientists Offer Goldfish Food and Lessons.
C．Scientists Invent an Animal Navigation System.	D．Scientists Put a Robotic Car to Good Use.

【推荐3】In the 13th century, Marco Polo saw many wonderful things in China. One of the greatest things he discovered was money made of paper. People in the West did not have such kind of money until the 15th century. However, the Chinese began to use it in the 7th century.

Paper was invented by a Chinese man called Cai Lun almost 2,000 years ago. But it was not made in Europe until the year 1100. Four hundred years later, a German discovered that he could make the best paper from trees. After that, countries rich in forests, such as Canada, Sweden, America, Finland became the most important ones in paper making.

Paper can be used in many ways. The common uses include books, newspapers and magazines. But do you know that paper can be used for keeping warm? In Finland, the farmers wear paper boots to keep their feet warm in the snow. And even houses can be insulated from heat or cold with paper.

However, we have to understand that paper still comes from trees now. If we keep on wasting so much paper, there will not be any trees left on the earth some day in the near future. Every day people throw away about 2,800 tons of paper in our city. It takes 17 trees to make one ton of paper. This means that we are cutting down early 48,000 trees every day. The fact is that it takes more than 10 years for a tree to grow.

So we must start saving paper right now. We can use both sides of every piece of paper. We can make useful things out of used paper. We can use china cups instead of paper ones. When shopping, we can use fewer paper bags and reuse them if we have some.

In short, we should keep a balance between using paper and protecting trees, and do it now before it is too late!

1. Where can we probably read this passage?

A．In a fashion magazine.	B．In a folk story.
C．In an advertisement.	D．In a science magazine.

2. When did people in the West have paper money?

A．In the 13th century.	B．In the 15th century.
C．In the 7th century.	D．In the 5th century.

3. Why did America become an important country in paper making?

A．Because it had lots of forests.	B．Because it was a large country.
C．Because it had a large population.	D．Because it was a rich country.

4. What is paper used for in Finland?

A．Reducing waste.	B．Making newspapers.
C．Keeping warm.	D．Making books.

5. What’s the best title of this passage?

A．People should save paper	B．The use of paper
C．The history of making paper	D．The information of paper

【推荐1】How quickly can you count from one to ten? Do you use ten different words to do it? Can you do it in English, or do you have to use your first language? Do you count on your fingers? Many people think that numbers and math are the same all over the world. But scientists have discovered that it is not true.

People in different parts of the world use different ways to count on their fingers. In the United States, people begin counting with their first finger. They then extend the rest of their fingers and finally the thumb to count to five. Then they repeat this with the other hand to get to ten. In China, people count by using different finger positions. In this way, a Chinese person can easily count to ten on only one hand.

Besides ways of finger counting, scientists have found that cultures and languages are also different when it comes to numbers. Some languages have only a few words for numbers, and others have no words for numbers. For example, the aboriginal people in Australia don’t have hand movements to stand for numbers. They don’t even have words for numbers. However, they are still able to understand different ideas about numbers. Similarly, people of the Piraha tribe in northwestern Brazil don’t have words for numbers such as “one” or “three”. They are not able to say “five trees” or “ten trees” but can say “some trees”, “more trees” or “many trees”.

Professor Edward Gibson from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said that most people believe that everyone knows how to count, “But here is a group that does not count. They could learn, but it’s not useful in their culture, so they’ve never picked it up.”

1. Why does the writer list the four questions at the beginning of the passage?

A．To make a survey.	B．To interest the readers.
C．To give examples.	D．To interview the readers.

2. According to Paragraph 2, what is the difference between the US and China in finger counting?

A．People from China use finger positions to do counting.

B．People from the US usually begin counting with their thumb.

C．People from China count much faster than people from the US.

D．People from the US use only one hand to count from one to ten.

3. People of the Piraha tribe are from ________.

A．the US

B．Brazil

C．Australia

D．Asia

4. Which of the following is TRUE about aboriginal Australians?

A．There are ideas of numbers in their life.	B．There is no “some trees” in their language.
C．They have only a few words for numbers.	D．They have hand movements for numbers.

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．Chinese people are good at counting.	B．Counting quickly on fingers is not easy.
C．Counting is difficult to learn in some tribes.	D．People don’t need numbers in some cultures.

【推荐2】As you grow rapidly through your teenage years, you will experience a lot of changes. The changes may seem difficult and they may seem to happen quickly. Don’t feel sad! You will deal successfully with them! You are a young adult now!

With more responsibility, you will find more freedom to make your own choices. This is a time to be well informed about your choices so that you can make healthy balanced decisions that will help plan your future. You may already know your career way or you may have no idea at all what you want to do. Both situations are fine! Work hard and the right opportunity will wait for you.

Your adulthood means greater freedom and more choices. You will probably want to be independent. But try not to shut your family out of our life. You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself. Your family have been with you since you came into this world.

It is also perfectly natural in this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family. Choose your friends wisely. A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens. This period is a part of your life cycle. There are some people who will be with you throughout life’s journey and there will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways. Leaving school can be hard. The reality is that you may never see all of your classmates again.

You are a young adult. It is your life. No one can live it for you. The choices that you make from now on will be your choices. So making the right choices will be important for you. Life is for living. Enjoy your life wisely!

1. Who is the passage mainly talk about?

A．Children.

B．Teenagers.

C．Teachers.

D．Young parents.

2. As far as the writer is concerned, teenage years are ________.

A．too hard for the young people to get through

B．a time of complete freedom to make some choices

C．a key period for young students to leave their parents

D．an important time for the young to make the right choices

3. What does the underlined word “part” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．Attract each other.

B．Push each other.

C．Leave each other.

D．Impress each other.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Becoming a young adult.	B．The hard choices in life.
C．Saying goodbye to the past.	D．The key to childhood success.

【推荐3】All students need to have good habits（好习惯）. When you have good study habits, you learn things quickly. You also remember them easily.

Do you like to study in the living room? This is not a good place because it is usually too noisy. You need to study in a quiet place, like your bedroom. A quiet place will help you only think about one thing, and you will learn better.

Before you begin to study, do not forget to clean your desk. You’ll feel tired easily if there is not enough light. So a good desk light is important if so.

1. When you have good study habits, you will ________.

A．learn things quickly	B．remember things easily
C．think about one thing	D．both A and B

2. The living room is not a good place for study because it is not too ________.

A．quiet

B．clean

C．noisy

D．good

3. You’ll feel tired easily if the light is ________.

A．good

B．enough

C．bad

D．wonderful

4. You should remember to ________ before you study.

A．tidy the room

B．clean the desk

C．turn on the light

D．go to the bedroom

5. The best title（标题）for this passage（文章）is ________.

A．Study in the bedroom	B．How to study
C．Good study habits	D．Desk light is important