【推荐1】

Welcome to this short tour of London. In this square we are standing in the middle of London. Across from the National Gallery is a museum with lots of famous paintings. Go along the red street to Buckingham Palace. The queen is here. Turn left and go to the Houses of Parliament and Big Ben.

When you are tired, the best way to see London is by boat. You can get the boat near Big Ben. As you go along the River Thames, the London Eye is on your right. It takes you 135 meters above the river. You can see most of London on a clear day.

Get off the boat at Tower Bridge. Then you can see the Tower of London next to the bridge. The Tower of London is the city's oldest palace. It is nine hundred years old.

Take the boat back along the river. Get off the boat and go past the station and walk along the street. Opposite is the old fruit and vegetable market. They don't sell fruit md vegetables now. There are stores and restaurants and lots of street musicians. Turn left into King's Street, and go past the church. You're now back where you started, at the square. Now you finish your tour.

1. If you go to visit the National Gallery, what will you find?

A．Lots of lovely animals.	B．Lots of valuable plants.
C．Lots of famous paintings.	D．Lots of interesting books

2. Where can you get the boat?

A．Near Buckingham Palace.	B．Near Big Ben
C．Near Tower Bridge	D．Near King's Street

3. According to the map____________ is the London Eye.

A．2

B．3

C．4

D．5

4. You will not go past ____________ on your way back.

A．the station

B．the market

C．the park

D．the church

【推荐3】Modern cities seem to just get bigger and bigger. People have to drive or take long subway rides to work, exercise or have fun. The COVID-19 pandemic (疫情) has made many people think what our cities should be like.

Recently, a group of architects (建筑师) from South Korea have planned a “10-minute city” in Seoul. They will design (设计) a city which includes living areas, study rooms, offices and fun areas. With only a 10-minute walk, people can reach all these places.

The idea of such a city is not new. In 2016, French-Colombian researcher Carlos Moreno put forward the “15-minute city” idea. Moreno noticed that cities are still driven by petrol-powered (使用汽油的) transport. People spend too much time getting around. He said his 15-minute city would change our relationship with time and offer “quality of life within short distances.”

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen growing interest in the idea because many people were forced to spend most of their time at home, with less chance to go outside of their communities. But within their communities, they can’t always get what they need.

“If our way of life is no longer making sense, perhaps it’s time to consider replacement.” French professor Roxana Bobulescu told the website Business Because. Fifteen-minute cities maybe one replacement.

But not everyone agrees with the idea. Some people worry that such cities will further gather (聚集)wealth in the most convenient areas, resulting in high house prices. What do you think?

1. What does “10-minute city” mean?

A．People in the city can meet each other within a 10-minute walk.

B．People in Seoul can reach anywhere by subway in 10 minutes.

C．People can travel across a city within 10 minutes.

D．People can find what they need within a 10-minute walk.

2. According to the text, what might Carlos Moreno agree with?

A．People need to use more petrol-powered transport.

B．People living in cities should develop good relationships with others.

C．People should have a more convenient city life.

D．People should spend more time on traveling.

3. Which of the following can replace “making sense” in Paragraph 5?

A．peaceful

B．meaningful

C．careful

D．joyful

4. Why don’t some people support 10-minute cities?

A．Because they think houses there will be more expensive.

B．Because they enjoy traveling and walking around.

C．Because they don’t want to gather in a certain area.

D．Because they are afraid that their houses will be worth less money.

【推荐1】Life is full of surprises and you never know how things will turn out.

Sir John Gurdon is a good example of this. As a boy, he was told he was hopeless at science and finished bottom of his class. Now, aged 79, the very same Gurdon shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Japanese stem cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka.

Like so many scientists, Gurdon shows us where the power of curiosity（好奇心）and perseverance can lead.

When he was 15 in 1948, Gurdon ranked last out of the 250 boys at his high school in biology and every other science subject. Gurdon’s high school science teacher even said that his dream of becoming a scientist was “quite ridiculous”.

In spite of his teacher’s criticisms, Gurdon followed his curiosity and kept working hard. He went to the lab early and left later than anyone else. He experienced thousands of failures.

“My own belief is that we will, in the end, understand everything about how cells actually work,” Gurdon said.

In 1962, Gurdon took a cell from an adult frog and moved its genetic（基因的)information into an egg cell. The egg cell then grew into a clone of the adult frog. This technique later helped to create Dolly the sheep in 1996, the first cloned mammal in the world.

In 2006, Gurdon’s work was developed by Yamanaka to show that a sample of a person’s skin can be used to create stem cells. Using this technique, doctors can repair a patient’s heart after a heart attack.

“Luck favors the prepared mind,” Gurdon told the Nobel Prize Organization. “Ninety percent of the time things don’t work, but when they do, you have to seize（抓住）the chance. ”

1. Who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Medicine?

A．Only Sir John Gurdon	B．Only Shinya Yamanaka.
C．Sir John Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka.	D．Gurdon’s science teacher.

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

A．谦虚

B．才智

C．仔细

D．毅力

3. According to the passage, which statement is TRUE?

A．As a boy, Gurdon was told he was hopeful at science.

B．Gurdon ranked first at his high school in biology.

C．The cloned frog was the first cloned mammal in the world.

D．Gurdon’s high school science teacher thought it was nearly impossible for Gurdon to be a scientist.

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

A．Ninety percent of the time things don’t work.	B．Luck favors the prepared mind.
C．Life is full of pleasure.	D．Clone technique.

【推荐2】One day, Mr. Smith took an apple to class. He stood in front of the classroom and said, “Please smell the smell (气味) in the air!”

One student put up his hand and answered, “I have smelled it. It is the smell of an apple.”

Mr. Smith walked to the students, passed by each of them and said, “Please smell again to see if the smell of the apple is still in the air.”

Half of the students put up their hands to show that they could smell it. Mr. Smith returned to the front of the classroom and asked again if the students could smell the apple. Everyone said yes but one student, Henry. Mr. Smith went to him and asked, “You really can’t smell the apple?”

Henry answered, “No, I can’t smell it. I don’t think it’s a real apple.”   

Mr. Smith smiled and said to the class. “He is right! This is not a real apple. It doesn’t have any smell.”

All of the other students were stunned. Some of them might have thought that the apple was not real, but they didn’t have the confidence (自信) to speak up. They just “followed the leader” and went along with the first student.

1. How many students said they smelled the apple when Mr. Smith asked for the second time?

A．Everyone

B．One

C．Half of them

D．Most of them

2. What can we know about Henry?

A．He didn’t speak his mind.

B．He was the best student in Mr. Smith’s class.

C．He didn’t smell the apple.

D．He wanted to be different from other students.

3. What does the underlined word “stunned” mean in Chinese?

A．无动于衷的	B．心灰意冷的
C．愤怒的	D．惊愕的

4. Mr. Smith used the apple to __________.

A．celebrate with his students	B．teach his students a lesson
C．give a lesson about smells	D．play a game with his students

5. What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．Believe in yourself.	B．What you see is what you get.
C．Two heads are better than one.	D．Saying and doing are two things.

【推荐3】My youngest son Daniel's love for surfing (冲浪) began at the age of 13. He went to practise after school each day.

One day in the afternoon, a doctor called my husband Mike. He said our son's eye was badly hurt by his surfing board. Mike ran to the hospital as quickly as possible.

I was flying home from a meeting while Daniel's eye was being stitched (缝针). Mike drove directly to the airport after they left the doctor's office. Daniel ran to me when he saw me. He cried, "Mum, I'm happy you're home." I told him how bad I felt about not being there when the doctor called.

"It's OK, Mum," he said. "I'll be fine. The doctor says I can go back in the water in eight days." I wanted to tell him not to go near the water again. But instead, I controlled myself, hoping he would forget about surfing.

For the next seven days, he kept persuading (说服) me to let him go back on the board. "Mum, you always teach us never to give up what we love," he said.

I finally agreed. Back then, Daniel was just a boy with a deep love for surfing. Now he is among the top 25 surfers in the world.

1. What do we know about Daniel?

A．He was interested in surfing at 3.	B．He felt bad when his eye got hurt.
C．He had an accident in the morning.	D．He practised surfing after school.

2. Where was the writer probably when Daniel was in the hospital?

A．At home.

B．In the hospital.

C．On the plane.

D．In her office.

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Daniel is a great surfer now.	B．The writer didn't care about Daniel.
C．Daniel learnt to surf from his father.	D．The doctor advised Daniel to stop surfing.

4. What does the story want to tell us?

A．We should listen to our parents.	B．We need to have our own ideas.
C．We shouldn't give up our dreams easily.	D．We must be careful when we are doing sports.

【推荐1】Frank and his brother Jack lived near the ocean. Frank was outgoing while Jack was shy. They liked doing different things. Frank was famous for organizing games of beach volleyball, football, and any other sport imaginable. Jack preferred to draw, paint, or build sandcastles（沙堡）.

Frank didn't understand why Jack would rather do artistic things than play ball. He believed sports often allowed many kids to play together. That was when Jack's idea hatched. He would show Frank what doing things together looked like!

After Jack finished creating a special sandcastle with stairs, towers and walls, he took pictures of it. Then he painted colorful posters featuring（突出）his sandcastle and the question, "Can you top this?" He hung his posters everywhere in town, announcing his plan for a day of sandcastle artistry-all ages welcome.

When Frank saw poster, he not so nicely told Jack that no one would come. Still, shortly after sunrise on Saturday, Jack was on the beach digging in the sand. By mid-morning, four kids were sculpting（雕塑）the sand alongside him. By noon the number had increased a lot.

After Frank came back from his ball game, he went to check how his brother's plan turned out. He couldn't believe what he saw. At least 30 people were building a city of sandcastles, and everyone was chatting and laughing and working together! It was the most beautiful thing he had seen on the beach.

"I guess you've proved me wrong," Frank said. "You should make this sandcastle day a yearly tradition!" Handing Frank a shovel（铲子）with smile, Jack got started together with his brother on their super creation in the sand.

1. What does the underlined word "hatched" in Paragraph 2 probably mean in Chinese?

A．产生

B．改变

C．消失

D．中断

2. What helped people know about Jack's plan?

A．Beautiful towers.	B．Colorful posters.
C．A town building.	D．A sandcastle day.

3. When learning about Jack's plan, Frank was ________.

A．doubtful

B．interested

C．satisfied

D．nervous

4. What can we know about Jack's idea?

A．It came from picture.	B．It needed 30 people's support.
C．It proved Frank right.	D．It did work well.

5. Which of the following best describes Jack?

A．Honest.

B．Creative.

C．Outgoing.

D．Caring.

【推荐2】Look at the picture. This is our school. There are five buildings in our school. There are thirty- two classrooms in the Teaching Building. Our gym is behind the Teaching Building. The teacher’s offices are in the Office Building. Our Library Building is next to the Office Building. There are many books and magazines (杂志) in the library. Is the Library Building next to the Science Lab Building? No, it’s in front of it. There are seven labs (实验室)in it. Behind the Science Lab is the dining hall. In the dining hall there are many tables and chairs. We have meals there. Welcome to our school.

1. Our school has got __________ buildings.

A．2

B．3

C．5

D．8

2. The Teaching Building is __________ the gym.

A．behind	B．in the front of
C．in front of	D．next to

3. The Library Building is __________ the Office Building.

A．next to

B．behind

C．on

D．in front of

4. The Library Building is in front of __________.

A．the Teaching Building	B．the gym
C．the Science Lab Building	D．the Office Building

5. The students have meals in __________.

A．the dining hall	B．the library
C．the science lab	D．the offices

【推荐3】There are many ways to help improve your health like eating healthy food, taking exercise and getting medical help. But the easiest and cheapest way to improve your health is just to sleep eight hours or more every night. The general sleeping rule is that the younger you are, the longer sleep you need. But regardless of(不管)age, some people need to sleep more while for some a few hours is enough.

The problem with sleep is that more and more people in the world are not sleeping enough.

According to the World Health Organization over half the people in the world may be sleep-deprived. Having less sleep not only makes people feel tired but also causes accidents. In the United States alone, sleepy drivers cause at least 100, 000 traffic accidents a year. Also sleep problems can cause medical problems such as high blood pressure.

Why are so many people sleep-deprived? Part of the reasons may be cultural. In the American culture, people put a higher value on work than on sleep. In fact, people who sleep a lot are usually seen as "lazy". Also, you can sometimes hear some people say proudly that they don't have much time to sleep. They only sleep four or five hours a night. It seems that the less you sleep, the more work you'll do.

How do we teach these people to learn the value of sleep? Perhaps they may listen to the advice of Dr. James Maas, an expert(专家)in sleep. He says, "Sleep is like a credit(信用卡)card. When you sleep less, you are only borrowing time. You always have to pay it back. The more hours you don't sleep, the more hours you should sleep to "pay back" the hours on your 'sleep credit card'."

For those who value work more than sleep, they should listen to what a famous person once said. "Don't think you will be doing less work because you sleep during the night. That is a foolish idea which is held by people who have no imagination. You will be able to do more."

1. What does "sleep-deprived" mean in Paragraph 3?

A．Having a good sleep.	B．Excited about sleep.
C．Having less sleep.	D．Interested in sleep.

2. Why does Dr. James Maas say "sleep is like a credit card"?

A．Because we should pay money back.	B．Because we can borrow time.
C．Because we must pay back if we sleep less.	D．Because we can borrow money.

3. What do the words of the famous person mean in the last paragraph?

A．Sleeping during the night is foolish.	B．Sleeping during the night is helpful.
C．People have no courage.	D．People always do less work.

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．The Value of Sleep	B．The Value of Study
C．The Ways of Eating Less	D．The Ways of Making Money

【推荐2】Is your TV connected to the Internet? What about your chair or your fridge? It is possible that they are not. But in the future, most things in your home may be connected, as the so-called "Internet of things" is developing.
The Internet of things may be coming sooner than you think. It is reported that during his speech earlier this year, Samsung CEO(首席执行官)BK Yoon spent a lot of time talking about the Internet of things. He said that five years from now，every Samsung product will be part of the Internet of things, whether it's a washing machine or a vacuum cleaner(吸尘器).
So, how do household(家用)objects that are part of Internet of things work? Well, think of a usual chair. When connected to the Internet, the chair warms up when it knows that the user has just walked into the room and is feeling cold.
An Internet-connected camera, like a smart-home camera, could help people feel safer in their homes. It can recognize(识别)people's faces, and even can see when someone passes by in the dark. Then it can send you a message on your smartphone to let you know who's there. If the person is someone you don't know, it can tell you that, too.
But according to MIT Technology Review, whether companies are connecting dog food bowls or security(安全)systems to the Internet, there may be problems. For example,many early connected-home devices(装置)don't have much built-in security, which means they could be hacked(被黑客攻击)，In addition, it could be difficult to get these devices to work together because they are made by different companies. To fight this, many companies have joined the Open Interconnect Consortium, which had 45 members by late 2014.
So, picture this: you walk in through the front door of your home. The temperature changes to make you feel comfortable after a long day at school. Your favorite music starts playing for you. Do you think that this would be a good thing? It may happen sooner than you think.
1. The Samsung CEO's speech is mentioned to prove that_____.

A．the Internet of things will appear in our daily life sooner

B．Samsung has produced the Internet of things recently

C．Samsung products have been part of the Internet of things

D．he spent a lot of time talking about the Internet of things

2. We can infer(推断)from paragraphs 3 and 4 that

A．the chair can know whether the user feels cold or not

B．a usual chair can warm up when it knows the user comes in

C．an Internet-connected camera can be used to take photos in the house

D．an Internet-connected camera can be connected to the user's smartphone

3. According to the passage, it is mentioned that_____·
①the temperature inside is neither too high nor too low
②your fridge provides the drinks for you
③the chair warms up if you feel cold
④your favourite music starts playing
⑤your washing machine starts working

A．①②⑤

B．②③④

C．①③④

D．①④⑤

4. What's the problem about the Internet of things?

A．Companies which produce connected-home devices haven't joined together.

B．Connected-home devices may not work together and can easily get hacked.

C．Companies have difficulty connecting security system to the Internet.’

D．These new devices are produced by different companies.

【推荐3】Hello, everyone, I'm Xing Fei. I'm from China. My family name is Xing.I live in Beijing. My family is very large. In my family, my grandfather's father is the oldest（年龄最大的） one. He is now ninety-nine years old. My grandfather is eighty years old. And my grandma is eighty-two yeas old. They have four children, my uncle, my father, and my two aunts. I'm their grandson. My parents have two children, my sister and me. And I have four cousins. Now, I'm a student in No. 10 Middle school. And my sister is only five years old. My parents are both teachers. They love my family very much. So they work hard. We go to the park every morning. My mother says that it can help us keep healthy.
1. How many cousins does Xing Fei have?

A．five

B．four

C．ten

D．no

2. How old is his grandmother?

A．80

B．82

C．99

D．5

3. Xing Fei's parents are _____.

A．teachers

B．teacher

C．students

D．student

4. Is Xing Fei a boy or(还是) a girl?

A．Yes, she does

B．No, he doesn't

C．A boy

D．A girl

5. Xing Fei has_____uncle and _____aunts

A．one; two

B．two; one

C．three; one

D．one: three