【推荐1】任务型阅读

Not only adults but also teenagers have problems in their life. Here is a survey showing the main problems of teenagers.

The first one is that they feel stressed because they have too much homework to do both at school and at home. They have lots of exams to take. And parents usually send them to different classes at weekends.

The second one is that more and more teenagers are getting short-sighted. They often read in bed or keep reading for a long time without having a rest. Some of them are crazy about playing computer games. Some spend too much time watching TV.

Another serious problem among teenagers is that many of them are becoming fat. They eat too much food, but they take little exercise.

I think teenagers should think of ways to deal with the problems. They should make a plan for study and hobbies and find time to relax as much as possible.

1. The survey shows ________ main problems of teenagers.
2. The teenagers feel stressed because ________.
3. ________ is caused by computer games.
4. ________ make teenagers become fat.
5. Teenagers should ________ to relax themselves.

【推荐3】

   Do kids in small villages do chores at home? How about the kids in big cities? Last month we made a survey about kids doing chores at home. We asked 4,000 kids in China. Half of them come from big cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The others are from small villages. We made a diagram(图表) according to our survey. Let's have a look at it.
   We can find out that kids from small villages do more chores than those from big cities.   Maybe it is because they live a harder life. We will give our advice to parents in big cities. We think parents in big cities should give their children some chores to do .We think it’s a good chance for teenagers to learn how to take care of themselves.
1. What is the survey about?
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2. How many kids from small villages did they ask?
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3. Is it true that the number of kids in big cities is more than that in small villages only in making the bed?
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4. Why does the writer think parents in big cities should give their children some chores to do?
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5. What kind of chores do you often do at home? One kind is OK.
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【推荐1】阅读下面短文，根据短文内容，完成下列各题。

Everyone wants to be successful, including students. We are always taught by adults that we have to study hard at school in order to be successful. However, this is not completely right.

In some parents’ eyes, school grades matter most for their kids. In fact, there are many other things to consider besides the school subjects, for example, how to be a happy person, what to do to keep healthy, and how to get along well with others. That is to say, school is not just enough if you want to have a great life.

Doing well in school is different from doing well in life. Studies show that people who failed at school may not end up failing in life. You may have already known that some famous people, like Thomas Edison and Steve Jobs, didn’t do very well at school or even failed to finish school. In fact, there are a lot more than just the big shots who are successful in life without finishing school. They take every chance to learn and finally make it to the top.

Life is such a long lesson that you can’t define a person’s success by just one section of it. If you have already finished school, keep learning because what you have learned at school will never be enough to live a satisfying life in the future. If you are still studying, whether you are good or bad at school, don’t take your school results too seriously as long as you have put your heart into it. Keep learning to make the most of your talents. That’s how you can live a happy and successful life.

1. Why do adults tell us to work hard at school?
Because they want us to ____________________.
2. What do some parents think are the most important for their kids?
They think ____________________ are the most important for their kids.
3. In Paragraph 3, how does the writer support his opinion?
He supports his opinion by giving some ____________________.
4. After finishing school, why do we have to keep learning?
Because what we have learned at school is not ____________ for a satisfying future life.
5. Which word means “界定” in the passage?
It is “___________________”.

【推荐2】先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容，在文章后表格的空格内填入一个最恰当的单词。每个空格只能填一个单词。

Most of us never thought about making an educational (益智的) toy by ourselves. If we need an educational toy, we will go to the nearest store to buy it. But things are not so easy in the third world countries. Some families even have no food to put on the table, so it is impossible for them to buy educational toys.

Then how to get these kids interested in science? The Indian engineer Arvind Gupta thought about this question for a long time. While still an engineering student at college, he helped to teach the children who were too poor to go to school. He found a good job at India’s Tata Motors after he finished school, and then he spent the next five years designing cars.

But he didn’t want to do that for the rest of his life. He took a year’s course and became a member of the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Project. Mr Gupta found the whole project so helpful, so he decided to leave his high-paying job and started designing educational toys to help the poor children.

When the Internet became a popular learning tool, Mr Gupta started a website (网站) called Toys from Waste, and now it includes more than 260 videos. About 50,000 children and teachers visit the website every day to learn from the videos. Some young children have even won very important science competitions.

Help poor children make educational toys
1     for making educational toys	➢ Most people never thought about making them. ➢ People often go to the nearest store to buy an educational toy in     2    . ➢ It is not possible for some poor families to buy these toys.
About Mr Gupta	➢ He gave poor children lessons when he was still a student at college. ➢ It     3     him five years to design cars at India’s Tata Motors after he finished school. ➢ He took a year’s course and     4     the Hoshangabad Science Teaching Project. ➢ He left his good job and started designing educational toys.
About the website	➢ Toys from Waste is a website with     5     260 videos. ➢ Many children and teachers visit the website to learn every day.

【推荐3】Have you heard about “Survival（生存）Holidays”? “Survival Holidays” is for children to go into the lonely place for exciting activities（活动）. Now about 1,100 companies（公司）invite children to get into the great outdoors, but their parents can not get in.

The reason why people like “Survival Holidays” is that they think it helps children be close to nature. Many children in big cities spend all time watching TV and playing computer games. “Survival Holidays” can change them a lot.

Is “Survival Holidays” a wonderful idea? Maybe it is. Children need more free time to play. They need to be left on their own without adults disturbing（打扰）them. Parents care too much about their children. They like to see the children being busy with activities that are controlled（支配）by adults, but children don’t know what to do when they are in danger. Even something like crossing a small river seems to be a hard challenge（挑战）. Children are not comfortable with danger. Even small danger like getting their feet wet or falling down seems very terrible to them.

Many people think the survival activities are good for children. Even years later, they will still remember what they have learned. Some have learned to stay calm in different times. Some have learned how to keep safe. Others have learned how to work in a team. All these skills will help them a lot in their lives.

Title: Survival Holidays
What “Survival Holidays” is	It is an exciting activity that children can get into the lonely place     1     their parents.
2     people like it.	Because it’s     3     for children to be close to nature and it     4     them a change.
What children in big cities usually     5     in their free time.	It     6     them all the time to watch TV and play computer games.
Why we think “Survival Holidays” is a good idea.	Parents should leave their children by     7    . Children need to learn how to face     8    .
What children can learn in the survival activities.	“Survival Holidays” is a meaningful experience for children that they will never     9    . They can learn many     10     from these these activities.

【推荐2】Do you have a pet? Owning a pet is becoming very common(常见的) in China these days. And pet owners are now willing to spend more money on their pets than before.

According to a report from Goumin.com and Pet Fair Asia, Chinese people living in cities spent a total of 202.4 billion yuan on their pets in 2019. Most pet owners are people born after 1990. Most of them have high incomes and are well educated. Pet owners in China are spending more on pet food, clothing and furniture, according to report from Euro monitor International.

Miss Hou, 28, lives in the city of Chengdu. She spent 6,000 yuan on her two cats last year. I bought tinned cat food from the United States, New Zealand, Japan and Thailand, Hou said to Xinhua. If I have time, I also cook for them, she said.

An aging society and fewer people having children are among the main reasons for keeping pets, said Liu Xiaoxia, CEO of Goumin.com. Keeping pets has met the emotional(感情的) needs of many people. Almost 60 percent of pet owners see their animal friends as their own children, Liu said.

Beating loneliness might be another reason. Many young people are leaving their hometowns to make a living in big cities. They are suffering(忍受) from great loneliness and pressure, as they have few friends and face a high cost of living. Keeping pets will help them feel relaxed, the 2019 Chinese Pet Industry White Paper said.

1. How much will Chinese people living in cities spend on their pets in total in 2019?
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2. What does Miss Hou feed her pets?
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3. What is the reason for keeping pets, according to Liu Xiaoxia?
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4. According to the last paragraph, how else can keeping pets help us?
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5. What do you think of keeping pets? (言之有理即可)
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【推荐3】阅读短文，并按要求完成题目。

Computers are very important to modern life. Many people think that in the future computers will be used a lot in everyday life. Maybe we won’t have to go shopping because we will be able to buy most things on the Internet. There will be fewer books because we will be able to get all texts from computers. The Internet will be used to play games and see films. Most telephone calls will be made by computers, too.

Some people are glad about these new ways of shopping and communicating (交流). Others do not think that computers will replace (代替) our old ways.

Let’s take books for example. Some people think that one day we won’t read books made of paper. Instead, we will buy and read books by using computers. We will read texts on small pocket computers. The computers will keep many different books in the mat the same time. We won’t need to turn lots of pages and paper will be saved. Computerized books (电子图书) will be used more and more.

Is Internet shopping such a pleasure as going to the shop? Many people say it is not. It is pleasant (令人愉快的) to go into shops and look at things you want to buy. It is also impossible (不可能的) for many people to read long novels (小说) on our computers. Because reading paper books will perhaps be more friendly. Maybe computers won't change these two habits.

1、2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下文章第一段的主题句；5题将画线句子译成汉语。

1. Many people think they will use computers to shop, read, ________ and see films, and even make phone calls according to the first paragraph.
2. Some people are glad about these new ways of ________.
3. Why do many people like reading paper books?

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4. ___________________________
5. ___________________________