【推荐1】Nature is amazing! Take a close look at the world of insects, and you’ll discover many unbelievable things. Consider butterflies (蝴蝶), for example. They have beautiful wings and magical flying skills. On summer days, you always see them flying freely over flower gardens and wild fields.

But did you know how butterflies become the flying insects? It is one of the wonders of nature. In the beginning, the mother lays a small and colourful egg on a leaf or stem of a plant. It is hard to believe that the egg will become something completely different in a few days. It becomes a walking insect. This insect is called a caterpillar. It now has legs, eyes and a large body. A new life begins. The caterpillar can eat, walk and see. But it is still not a butterfly.

Soon, after growing big, the caterpillar makes a cover for itself. It covers itself in the nice protective blanket (保护层) and goes to sleep. This is known as the “pupa (蛹)” stage. After some time, the blanket breaks and a wet butterfly appears. It now has six legs, a mouth, eyes and wings. Shortly, the beautiful butterfly spreads (张开) its wings and flies away. After a few weeks, this butterfly lays her eggs, and the cycle (循环) begins all over again.

This is just one example of the wonders of nature. Look around the natural world, and you will learn many truly amazing things.

1. What is NOT mentioned about butterflies in Paragraph 1？

A．They are a kind of insect.	B．They have beautiful wings.
C．They are good at flying.	D．They can smell well.

2. What does the underlined word “caterpillar” in Paragraph 3 mean in Chinese?

A．毛虫

B．雏鸟

C．飞蛾

D．蝴蝶

3. What is the right order of the development process (发育过程) of a butterfly?
①It becomes a pupa.       ②It becomes a walking insect.
③The mother lays an egg.       ④It spreads wings and flies away.

A．①→②→③→④	B．①→②→④→③
C．③→②→①→④	D．③→②→④→①

4. What does a butterfly look like after the blanket breaks?

A．It has legs, ears and a mouth.	B．It has legs, eyes and a large body.
C．It has six legs, a mouth, eyes and wings.	D．It has legs, a mouth and a large body.

5. What can be the best title for the text?

A．One Insect, Many Colours	B．One Insect, Four Lives
C．The Kinds of Butterflies	D．The Habits of Butterflies

【推荐2】What covers three-fourths of the Earth's surface? It's the water that makes up the Earth's four oceans. They are the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian and the Arctic. The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest. The Arctic is the smallest and shallowest.

Stand on a beach and watch the ocean. You will see that it is never still（平静的）. The ocean is in constant motion（频繁的运动）. Wind blows across the surface of the water. This makes waves. Ocean waves vary in height. Light wind causes little ripples（涟漪）. In a hurricane（飓风）, winds can whip up（吹起） huge, dangerous waves that can get to be more than 14 meters high!

Ocean currents（水流）are masses of water that move from shore to shore. Like waves, currents are caused by wind. Ocean currents can be warm or cold. In areas close to land, warm ocean currents make the air warmer; cold ocean currents make it colder.

At high tide（涨潮时期）, the ocean covers much of the beach, At low tide, you can walk on the sand that had earlier been covered by ocean water. Tides are caused by the pull of gravity（重力）as the moon circles the Earth.

The ocean provides people with many resources. Ocean water contains salt, a basic cooking material. Ocean fishing provides work and food for many people. The ocean is also a fun place to visit. Children who live near the ocean often like to swim in the waves, hunt for shells, and play in the sand. The ocean may look like a great pool of water, but it's much more than that.

1. Which of the following is the best summary of the first paragraph?

A．The Pacific Ocean is the largest ocean.

B．The Arctic Ocean is the smallest ocean.

C．Four oceans cover three-fourths of the Earth's surface.

2. What can happen when a hurricane blows across the water?

A．High waves form.

B．Small ripples form.

C．Air on land gets hot.

3. The underlined word "it" in the sentence "…, cold ocean currents make it colder. " refers to ________

A．the wind

B．the air

C．the ocean water

4. Which of the following statements is true, according to the passage?

A．The Arctic Ocean is bigger than the Atlantic Ocean.

B．Oceans provide many of the things that people need.

C．Everyone who lives near the ocean loves to swim.

5. Which of the following makes the best title for the passage?

A．Ocean Fishing.

B．What Makes Oceans Move.

C．Oceans on the Move.

【推荐3】We often think the Arctic (北极) only has snow and ice. But in fact, it has far more than that!

The Arctic is on top of Earth. The Arctic Ocean makes up two-thirds of the Arctic, while one-third is made up of land in eight countries, including Russia, Canada, and the US.

The Arctic lands have many various lives. Some plants and animals can grow in very cold temperatures. In fact, the Arctic is home to more than 21,000 kinds of lives. There are whales, Arctic foxes and many more: The polar bear (北极熊) is the most famous Arctic animal.

You might think that the Arctic is too cold for people to live in. But surprisingly, there are about 4 million people living there. That’s the same population as the city of Taiyuan in Shanxi, China. About 10 percent are local people. They have been there for thousands of years. They make a living by fishing, hunting and so on.

A group of scientists recently came back from a one-year-long study in the Arctic. They have bad news: the Arctic is dying. The amount of Arctic sea ice is falling by around 3 percent every year. There will be no more ice during the summer in the near future. What does this mean for us? Many animals such as polar bears, hunt for their food on the ice. If they can’t do this anymore, they will die of hunger Local people hunt animals for food. But since so many animals are dying, they need to change their way of life.

1. One-third of the Arctic is made up ________.

A．ocean

B．land

C．snow

D．ice

2. The underlined word “various” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A．endangered

B．different

C．same

D．valuable

3. There are about _________ local people in Arctic.

A．4,000

B．4,000,000

C．40,000

D．400,000

4. From the passage, we know that _________.

A．two-thirds of the Arctic is made up of land

B．all the animals in the Arctic will die of hunger

C．the polar bear is the most famous Arctic animal

D．the population of the city of Taiyuan is about 400,000

5. This passage is mainly about _________.

A．the people in the Arctic	B．the animals in the Arctic
C．the life in the Arctic	D．the weather in the Arctic

【推荐2】It seems that self-help books are on the top of the best-seller lists more often these days. More people are turning to self-help books for advice.

Many of the self-help books are written by famous people or psychologists (心理学家). They teach us how to solve problems in our life-for example, how to get along with our classmates, how to use our time well and how to find happiness in life.

But can these books really help us with our lives? People think differently about this.

Julie Hall, from London, is a self-help book lover. After reading more than 300 self-help books, she set up her own self-help website (网站). Her site helps children study well. They can learn English and science for free. And if they want to learn to program, they just need to pay a little money. “They can give you the way to do what you want to do and know more things,” she told The Independent.

However, experts at the University of Montreal in Canada might not agree with the idea. They studied two groups of people—one of the groups read many self-help books, while the other didn’t. They found that people in the first group were more stressed out.

There is no “quick fix” to improve our lives. However, it’s always good to know that help is at hand when we need it.

1. What do self-help books teach from Paragraph 2?       
a. How to live happily.
b. How to manage (管理) our time well.
c. How to get along with people around us.
d. How to make progress (进步) in our study.

A．abc

B．bcd

C．abd

2. What can children learn without paying on Julie’s website?
① English ② programming ③ science

A．①②

B．②③

C．①③

3. What can we know from Paragraph 5?

A．Self-help books can make people clever.

B．Self-help books can help solve people’s problems.

C．Reading too many self-help books can make people feel bad.

4. What does the underlined words “quick fix” mean?

A．A fair way.

B．An easy way.

C．A cheap way.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Are Self-help Books Helpful

B．How Self-help Books Help People

C．Why Self-help Books Become Best-sellers

【推荐3】Growing mushrooms is probably the easiest thing you can do even if you are new to mushroom growing. It is becoming more common because restaurants are starting to create more dishes that include mushrooms.

Mushroom growing is easy. To start, you need to have a space where you are going to grow these mushrooms. It does not have to be a huge space but just enough for you to grow as many mushrooms as you need. When you have found the space perfect for you, you can start researching what kind of mushrooms you want to grow. There are a lot of mushrooms to choose from and not all of them are suitable to eat.

When you decide what kind of mushrooms you want to grow, you can start getting ready to plant the mushrooms. Sometimes you may want to hire some workers to help if you have a large mushroom farm, or if you are trying to start a professional mushroom growing business. Trying to have a business by yourself can be stressful. If you don’t have enough time to spend taking care of everything yourself, some helpers may the best choice.

After you have started the mushroom growing, you should regularly check that your mushrooms grow properly and that they are not being attacked by any pesticides(农药) or any other animals or something that could be dangerous to them. That is the worst part of mushroom developing. Protect your mushroom farm well with a fence or a gate so that only you and your workers can get in and out.

Mushroom growing is not difficult and It is easy to get stared in the world of farming. You will soon possibly be able to provide some of the great cooks of the world with high quality mushrooms that will be enjoyed by thousands of people all over world.

1. According to the passage, why do many people begin to plant mushrooms?

A．Because they are in great need	B．Because they look very beautiful.
C．Because they are healthy food	D．Because they are easy to plant

2. Which of the following is the right order of planting mushrooms?
a. Choose suitable mushrooms.                    b. Protect your mushrooms well.
c. Find some workers to help you.               d. Start to grow the mushrooms.
e. Find a place to plant your mushrooms.

A．c—a—e—b--d	B．e—a—d—b--c
C．c—a—d—b--e	D．e—a—c—d--b

3. From the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Pesticides can be used in mushroom growing.

B．Anyone can produce high quality mushrooms.

C．After starting, you should always take care of the mushrooms.

D．Having a mushroom business is not so difficult.

4.           is the best title of the passage.

A．Healthy Mushrooms	B．The Value of Mushrooms
C．Growing Mushrooms	D．Suggestions on Protecting Mushrooms

【推荐1】I am a big black T-shirt. I am Yao Ming’s. He is tall and strong. His favorite color is black. His eyes are black, his hair is black and his shoes are black, too. Now, I am next to Jack. I can’t find Yao Ming and Yao Ming can’t find me, either（也）. Jack is Yao Ming’s good friend. Jack takes me away（把我带走）to find Yao Ming. I am very happy that I can find Yao Ming.

1. Yao Ming has a ________.

A．white shirt	B．white T-shirt
C．black shirt	D．black T-shirt

2. What does Yao Ming look like?

A．Not tall.	B．Not strong.
C．Tall but not strong.	D．Tall and strong.

3. ________ is Yao Ming’s favorite color.

A．Black

B．Blue

C．White

D．Red

4. _________ is Yao Ming’s good friend.

A．The T-shirt	B．Jack
C．Yao Ming’s T-shirt	D．Jack’s teacher

5. Where is Yao Ming’s T-shirt?

A．Next to Jack.

B．In Jacks schoolbag.

C．Next to Jack’s T-shirt.

D．Next to Jack’s schoolbag.

【推荐2】Believe in Yourself

These days, short videos, TV programs and young idols(偶像) are all over the place. They keep trying to tell us what the “greatest” fashion is.     1    

Often, teenagers use fashion to make friends and get likes (获赞). However, sometimes some teenagers pick out others that aren’t wearing the latest clothes and shoes and laugh at them.     2    

Dr. Jensen, a professor from Western Illinois University, says there are some signs that a child might have fashion anxiety(焦虑). They become picky(挑剔的) about what clothes they wear and what clothes they will buy.

Dr. Mary Bousted, an educator, said, “It can be just from a look that a child receives. Schools should be places where all children feel that they are the same, but it is almost impossible to be like that.     3    ”

What Not to Wear, a television show, sets a terrible example. Each week two “designers” go on the street and tell someone how bad he or she looks. Then they tell this person how to look “better”. People are angry about the show. A comment(评论) got many likes, “    4     But the designers think they are the only people who understand what being beautiful is. That’s the problem!”

    5     If you are able to wear something with confidence, you are already a very fashionable person.

A．I think everyone wants to be beautiful.

B．This is where fashion anxiety comes from.

C．At the same time, they put a lot of pressure on teenagers.

D．Why wait for someone to tell you what being beautiful is?

E．It is difficult for schools to protect their students from the influences of society.

【推荐3】阅读短文，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。每个选项仅用一次。

A little girl thought she was not as beautiful as other girls, and nobody liked her. So She was hardly happy.     1    

One day, her mom gave her a beautiful hair clip (发夹). When she wore it, she looked much more beautiful than before.     2    

On her way to school, she found that everyone who saw her smiled at her.     3     She thought that the beautiful hair clip brought them all to her. She was so happy about all of the wonderful things.

When she went back home after school, her mother asked her, “Did you know your hair clip at home? I found it by the door this morning “She was surprised to hear what her mother said.     4    

It’s not important what we wear or how we look.     5     If we want to do a thing successfully, first try to be confident. If we think we can make it, we can.

A．Most of her schoolmates said hello to her, but this never happened before

B．She didn’t wear the hair clip to school at all.

C．She always stayed at home by herself and didn’t talk to any one.

D．The most important thing is how we think about ourselves.

E．She decided to go to school in the beautiful hair clip.