【推荐1】When you have an idea, you draw it on paper, bring it to a store and see it turned into an object(物品) , what do you think? This is now possible with the help of 3D printers. Such ma-chines were once used just by universities(大学) and big companies, but now, stores with 3D printing services(服务)are appearing around the United States.
Bryan Jaycox and his wife opened The Build Shop LLC in Los Angeles two years ago. The Jaycoxs offer 3D printing classes and services for anyone who is interested.
"I think 3D printing is going to be huge. It's going to have a huge influence(影响) on society as a whole. " Says KiChong .Tran, one of the students in a recent class. He plans to open a 3D printing business in Cambodia(柬埔寨):
3D printing services are coming into American people's life. The UPS Store is a nationwide retailer(零售商)that provides copying and other services. The UPS Store recently put 3D printers in three of its independently-owned stores. Burke Jones owns one of the stores in San Diego.
"The need has been amazing. There has been a lot of interest from people. It's been much more than I would have thought of."
The UPS Store plans to add 3D printers in three more stores.
For $ 11, someone used a 3D printer to produce two small plastic(塑料) parts as part of a knuckle(指节)for a hand. He works for the company which is testing prosthesis(假肢). He says the same-day or next-day printing services will speed up testing of parts and get them to patients faster.
Staples, an American store, are selling 3D printers on its website for as low as about $ 1.300. As with any technology-experts expect the printing speed to increase and the price to go down.
Bryan Jaycox asks for $ 15 an hour to print an object. He also sets the price depending on the size of the object and up to $50 an hour for design and labor services.
Mr. Jaycox thinks that within five years,_____________________________. But KiChong Tran says even today's technology can make a difference in a developing country like Cambodia.
With 3D printing you can give them tools(工具) , so they are responsible(负责) more for　their own development and they learn skills(技能)beyond just like learning English and becoming a tour guide or something like that. You can actually create things that give value to　the world. "
He says it's not just Cambodia but anywhere where there is a 3D printer, it can turn a good idea into reality.
1. What can 3D printers do according to the passage?

A．Come up with an idea.

B．Draw on a piece of paper.

C．Help users reduce the cost.

D．Turn an idea into an object.

2. What does the underlined part mean in this passage?

A．Make users' life better.

B．Make friends with users.

C．Make 3D printers easy to use.

D．Use 3D printers to make money.

3. What can we infer from the passage?

A．3D printing is becoming popular in the world.

B．There is no 3D printing business in Cambodia.

C．The UPS Store is the biggest 3D printing company.

D．3D printing plays the most important role in daily life

4. What's the passage mainly about?

A．The future of 3D printing in the world.

B．The 3D printing business in Cambodia.

C．The development and growth of 3D printing business.

D．The 3D printing classes and services in different countries.

【推荐2】My grandfather never watched TV. He thought that people spent too much time watching it. Some of his friends often talked about sports shows, the movies and plays. My grandfather said to himself, “They never read any books or go out in the evening”. So he didn’t buy a TV.
Two years ago my grandfather was 60 years old. He stopped working in the hospital. My father bought him a TV. He began to watch all the news. He knows much more about the world now. And he reads more books, too.
Now, my grandfather will get very angry if you trouble (麻烦) him when he is watching TV.   I can’t know that one can change(改变) his idea when he is 60.
根据短文内容判断正(T)误(F)。
1. My grandfather didn’t watch TV because he thought it took people much time to watch TV .
2. My grandfather read books when he worked in the hospital.
3. My grandfather didn’t work in the hospital after he was 60.
4. My grandfather is 61now.
5. The writer knows why his grandfather changed his idea.

【推荐3】Some friends are talking about their last weekend.

Jenny: On Saturday morning, I helped mom clean the room and did some washing. I was tired. In the afternoon I visited my cousin. We played computer games and watched TV. It rained all day. It was boring.

John: I had a great time. My brother Nick came back from England, so we had a welcome party for him. We haven’t seen (相见) each other for a long time. We were happy. We sang and danced together and we ate a big cake in the end.

Li Ming: I had a busy weekend. We will have a math exam on Monday. So I had to study for the exam. Math is not easy for me, so I must study very hard.

Peter: I went shopping with mom on Saturday afternoon. There is a new supermarket near my home. It is very big. There were many people there that afternoon. My mother bought a new jacket for me.

1. What did Jenny and her cousin do on Saturday afternoon?

A．They played computer games and watched TV.	B．They went shopping together.
C．They played the piano.	D．They studied very hard.

2. Who had a party?

A．Jenny.

B．Peter.

C．Li Ming.

D．John.

3. How does Li Ming feel about math?

A．He feels it very easy.	B．He feels it very interesting.
C．He feels it hard.	D．He likes it very much.

4. Where is the new supermarket?

A．It is near Peter’s school.	B．It is in the town.
C．It is near a fast food restaurant.	D．It is near Peter’s home.

【推荐1】One winter morning, Tapiwa Chiwewe was driving to work in Johannesburg, South Africa. He noticed a haze (薄雾) hanging over the city and it didn’t take long for him to realize that it was the pollution we suffered.

At that moment, Chiwewe felt an urge to do something about it, but didn’t know what. He was a computer engineer and knew little about environmental science.

He first did research on air pollution and found that it is the world’s biggest environmental health risk. He decided to work on it in a cooperative (合作的) way. He talked to scientists, officials, and engineers who helped him develop a deeper understanding of the situation, as well as an idea to improve it.

Through years of work. Chiwewe and his coworkers from South Africa and China created an online air quality decision support system (系统). Based on historical and real-time data, the system can correctly predict (预测) air pollution and air quality, which can help people make better decisions about their daily movements, as well as help officials better manage their operations.

Chiwewe learned an important lesson—“a lesson we all need to take into heart if we are to work towards a better future. Even if you’re not an expert in a particular field, your outside expertise may hold the key to solving problems within that field,” he said.

What if Chiwewe hadn’t worried to research the problem and do something about it? What if he had just hoped that someone, somewhere, was taking care of the matter? As Chiwewe said: “Why not just go ahead and deal with the problem as well as you can, in your own way? You may be pleasantly surprised.”

1. Tapiwa Chiwewe worked in _________.

A．China

B．America

C．South Africa

D．Japan

2. Chiwewe found that _________ is the world’s biggest environmental health risk.

A．water pollution

B．land pollution

C．air pollution

D．light pollution

3. What does the underlined word “expertise” mean in the text?

A．传统观念

B．专业知识

C．业务能力

D．感性认识

4. What can we know from the passage?

A．Chiwewe is a person with a sense of social responsibility.

B．Chiwewe knew more about environmental science.

C．Chiwewe worked on the pollution by himself.

D．The system can reduce the pollution.

5. How is the text organized? （①: Paragraph 1   ②: Paragraph 2…）

A．

B．

C．

D．

【推荐2】Mark Twain was a great writer. He was also a famous speaker. He is a humorous (幽默的) man. Many people liked to listen to him talk because he liked to tell some interesting stories to make people laugh all the time.

One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because of his writing. Before he was going to leave, his friends said to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and they would bite him. The mosquitoes would fly around his ears with “weng weng weng”. The friends advised him that he’d better not go there. Mark Twain said, “It doesn’t matter. The mosquitoes are not relatives (亲戚) of mine. I don’t think they will come to visit me.”

After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in a small hotel near the station. He went into his room, but when he was just about to have a rest, quite a few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I’m very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town.” One of them said to him. However, Mark Twain made a joke, saying to the waiter.

“The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They didn’t come into the wrong room.” His words made all the people laugh. But that night Mark Twain slept well. Why? That was because all the waiters in the hotel were driving the mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

1. The underlined word “mosquitoes” in Paragraph Two means “________” in Chinese.

A．蛇

B．蝴蝶

C．蚊子

D．蜻蜓

2. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．Mark Twain was interested in running.

B．The mosquitoes are Mark Twain’s relatives.

C．That night Mark Twain had a good sleep in the hotel.

D．Mark Twain stayed in a tent near a railway station.

3. Why did Mark Twain sleep well that night?

A．Because there were not mosquitoes in the hotel.

B．Because mosquitoes didn’t come into his room.

C．Because mosquitoes were afraid of Mark Twain.

D．Because the waiters were driving the mosquitoes away for him.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．The Humorous Mark Twain	B．The Brave Mark Twain
C．The Friendly Mark Twain	D．The Kind-hearted Mark Twain

【推荐3】A new library opens in the town. It’s a very big library. Some robots work there as library assistants. The robots can help you find the right books you want and do other things you tell them to. But you must say “Please” when you ask for something and “Thank you” when you get something. Li Ming wants to borrow a book from the new library. He comes to the library with Zhang Hua. They see a robot standing there.

Li：Hey，give me the book “Little Tom”．Why，the robot doesn’t work. There must be something wrong with it.
Zhang：No，there isn’t. When you borrow a book，you must say “Please”．
Li：Will you please give me the book “Little Tom”，Mr. Robot?
Zhang：Look！The robot is bringing you the book. Take it，Li Ming.
Li：What’s wrong with the robot？It won’t let me have the book.
Zhang：You must say “Thank you”．
Li：Oh，thank you very much，Mr. Robot.
The robot smiles and gives the book to Li Ming.
阅读短文，判断正误T或F。
1. In the library all the assistants are robots.
2. The robot will be glad to help you if you say “Please” and “Thank you”．
3. Li Ming asks for help from the robot in the library.
4. Mr. Robot is a young man.
5. People say “Please” and “Thank you” only to robots.

【推荐1】At the beginning of human history, people could only eat food they found. But then people learned to find more ways to get food. About 10, 000 years ago, people started to farm the land. After that, people developed farming skills. People eat different foods in different areas.

In China, rice is the main food for people in the south while the people in the north eat noodles. People who live in European countries near the sea eat lots of fish. But in Central Europe, people are away from the sea. So they don’t eat so much fish. They eat more meat instead. People eat food with different tools in different areas. In China, people always like using chopsticks (筷子) while in America, Australia and Europe, people always like using knives and forks (叉子). To our surprise, in India and the Middle East, people always pick up food with their own fingers.

Now people can eat different foods from different areas. As we can see, it is possible to move food easily from one part of the world to another. We can almost eat whatever we like at any place of the world. For example, people in Britain can eat bananas from Africa and rice from India.

根据短文内容，判断句子正 (T) 误 (F) 。
1. After humans started to farm the land, they develop farming skills.
2. In China, most people like eating rice.
3. In Central European countries, people don’t eat fish because they can’t cook it.
4. American people like eating with knives and forks.
5. Now we can almost eat what we like at any place of the world.

【推荐2】I like to get up late, so my ideal＊school starts at 9: 00 a. m. . It finishes at 3: 00 p. m. . So we can do lots of sports after school.
In my ideal   school, there is a big dining hall. We have an hour for lunch. We can listen to music in the hall. We can have maths every day because I think maths is very interesting. The classes are very small. There are 15 students in each class. We can have a big library with a lot of useful＊ books. We can also have a swimming pool.
After school, we only have half an hour of homework every day. Every month, we can go on a school trip to a museum＊or a theater.

1. How many hours for lessons are there in my ideal school?

A．Three hours.	B．Four hours.
C．Five hours.	D．Six hours.

2. Why do we have maths every day?

A．Because it is interesting.

B．Because it is very important.

C．Because it is very useful.

D．Because I will be a maths teacher.

3. How many students are there in my class in my ideal school?

A．Sixteen.	B．Fifteen.
C．Fourteen.	D．Thirteen.

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．My ideal school	B．My idea Mondy
C．My idea family	D．My idea house

【推荐3】When I arrived, it was early morning and it was raining. I looked to the east---the sky was becoming grey. I got out of the car, went through a gate and walked along a dark path. There was nothing to see, but I knew it was there.
After about a mile, a stranger appeared beside the path. “Am I going the right way?” I asked. He knew where I was going. “Yes, “he replied, “you’ll get there in five minutes.” Finally, I came to some rocks and stopped. I looked over them, but it was silent and there was no sign of it.
Suddenly, the rain stopped and the clouds cleared. The sun rose behind me and shone on the rocks. Far below me, the ground fell away and down to a river. I was looking across one of the wonders of the natural world ___the Grand Canyon.
I looked down to the Colorado River, a silver stream nearly one mile below me. If you put the two tallest buildings in the world on top of each other at the bottom of the canyon, they still would not reach the top. Then I looked across to the other side of the canyon. It was about fifteen miles away, maybe more. Finally, I looked to my left and to my right, and on both sides the canyon went far away for more than 200 miles. The Grand Canyon was not just big. It was huge!
I remained by the canyon for about half an hour, and I asked myself, “Is the Grand Canyon the greatest wonder of the natural world?” I certainly know the answer. What do you think?
1. How was the weather when the writer arrived?

A．Sunny

B．Windy

C．Cloudy

D．Rainy

2. Where may the passage come from?

A．A magazine

B．A grammar book

C．A storybook

D．A dictionary

3. Why was there nothing to see?

A．Because there was nothing.

B．Because it was in the morning.

C．Because it was raining

D．Because it was too dark

4. Where was the writer facing on the edge of the Grand Canyon?

A．South

B．West

C．East

D．North

5. What is the writer’s purpose in writing this passage?

A．To give facts about the natural world.

B．To say how he feels about the natural world.

C．To tell an interesting story about the Grand Canyon.

D．To attract people to visit the Grand Canyon.

【推荐1】The Chinese character fu is a necessity in Spring Festival celebrations. The tradition of pasting（粘贴） the character fu on walls and doors has been around for a long time. It’s recorded that people already practiced this tradition in the Song Dynasty.

There is a story about the origin（起源）of pasting the “reversed（颠倒）fu”. Zhu Yuanzhang, the first emperor of the Ming Dynasty, once used the character fu as a secret signal to kill a family for insulting（侮辱）his wife, Empress Ma. To avoid the disaster（灾难）, the kind-hearted Empress Ma ordered every family in the capital to paste the character fu in front of their doors before the sun rose the next day. Everyone followed her order, but one family pasted the character fu upside down, because they couldn’t read or write.

The next day, when the emperor ordered his soldiers to check, they found the character fu everywhere, including the upside-down one. The emperor was very angry and immediately ordered his palace guards to kill the family who had pasted the character fu differently.

Realizing the situation was not good, Empress Ma said to the emperor, “That family knew that you were coming to visit them today, so they pasted the character fu upside down on purpose. Doesn’t it have the same meaning as “fu arrives”?”

After hearing this, the emperor immediately set the family free. From then on, people began to paste the character fu upside down with the purpose of hoping for luck and honoring Empress Ma.

判断正误（正确“T”，错误“F”）
1. People didn’t paste the “reversed fu ”on walls and doors until the Ming Dynasty.
2. The family pasted the character fu upside down in order to insult Empress Ma.
3. The emperor set all the families in the capital free at last.
4. From the passage, we can know that Empress Ma is kind-hearted and smart.
5. This passage is mainly about how to celebrate the Spring Festival.

【推荐2】

The Chinese kite is a symbol of the Chinese handicraft （手工艺品）. Flying a kite is a very popular activity in China. In spring, large numbers of people gather in the squares or parks and fly beautiful kites there.

A philosopher （哲学家） called Mozi was said to be the inventor of the Chinese kite. His invention had the bird's name of "Yuan", a kind of bird of the hawk （鹰） family with a long tail. He made the kite out of wood. Later, his student Lu Ban improved it and made the kite out of bamboo.

With the development of papermaking, paper was introduced into the kite-making. The kite got the name "Zhi Yuan", as "Zhi" in Chinese means paper. And during the Five Dynasties period, people tied the bamboo whistle （哨子） to the kite. When the kite was flying, the airflow （气流）could make the whistle sound like Guzheng playing. So the kite carried the name "Fengzheng".

From then on, making and playing the kite became very popular in Weifang, Shandong Province. Every year in spring, when the weather became warm, almost every family went out to fly the kite and have a picnic on sunny and windy days. It was an exciting folk activity and a good time to display various beautiful kites. At the same time, they also enjoyed the warm weather and fresh air. The tradition has been well kept until today and has become the world﹣ famous Weifang International Kite Festival, which is held from 20th to 25th in April every year.

Flying a kite in spring does people much good. For example, it is a good way to reduce the backache （背痛）. Besides, when people fly a kite, it can help them forget their stressful （压力重的） situations and reconnect （再连接） them to nature.

1. From the second paragraph, we can know that "Yuan" is________.

A．a bird's name

B．a kind of shape

C．a symbol of stress

D．an inventor's name

2. How long does Weifang International Kite Festival last every year?

A．5 days.

B．6 days.

C．7 days.

D．8 days.

3. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．A lot of ways of making kites.

B．Some advantages of flying kites.

C．The dynasties of making kites.

D．The good places of flying kites.

【推荐3】I have just invented a time machine. It can take people to the past or the future for five hours.
I got into my time machine and keyed(键入) the words, “1964,11 Niven Road, Singapore”, then pressed the button(按钮). In a moment, I was in front of a house, 11 Niven Road. I thought that it would be fun to see what my father was like when he was 10 years old.
I saw four children looking for a lost dog. They were my father, my uncle Kelvin, my aunt Peek and aunt Janet. I introduced myself as an old friend and agreed to help them look for their dog, Blackie.
We wanted to climb a hill and looked into the houses below. When we reached the top, we heard a dog barking. “Blackie !” my father shouted. We looked down and saw Blackie in the house.
We knocked on the door of the house and asked the man to return Blackie to us. The man asked us to prove(证明) the black dog was Blackie. My father called out Blackie’s name and the dog barked. The man had to give Blackie back to us.
We went back to 11 Niven Road and I said goodbye to them. My five hours were almost up. I ran to the machine and soon I was back in my time. What an adventure (冒险)!
1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the first paragraph?

A．The time machine can take people travel to five hours ago or five hours later.

B．The writer must come back within five hours if he travels to the past or the future.

C．The writer wanted to see what his father was like ten years ago.

D．The writer couldn’t see what his father was like ten years ago.

2. When was the writer’s father born?

A．In1954.	B．In 1964.
C．In 1974.	D．It was not mentioned (提及).

3. The children climbed to the top of the hill because___________.

A．they thought the dog was there

B．they thought they can see things far away there

C．they wanted to see whether the dog was in the house below

D．they wanted to play games there

4. The passage mainly tells us about ____________.

A．an adventure to the past

B．an adventure to the future

C．a lovely dog named Blackie

D．the childhood of the writer’s father