【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 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 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.

根据短文内容判断下列句子正(T)误(F)。
1. Jack was interested in sports and thought sports could make people play together.
2. Frank knew about Jack’s plan because he saw the colorful posters.
3. When learning about Jack’s plan, Frank didn’t support Jack.
4. Only a few people went to the beach to make sandcastles.
5. Jack’s plan worked well.

【推荐2】Once Uncle Li went to town to buy some medicine for his wife. In the town he heard the apples in a city were expensive. He told Uncle Wang about it as soon as he went back. They decided to carry some apples to the city. They borrowed some money from             their friends and bought nearly 1,000 kilograms of apples in the villages and carried them to the city on a tractor. Bad luck! A lot of apples has already been carried there when they arrived. A few days later they had to sell them at a low price             (价格).They felt unhappy and returned to their village. "I can't understand why we sustained (蒙受) losses in business while others always profit (盈利)" Uncle Li asked one day.
"The tractor was too small " Uncle Wang said without thinking. "We'll carry more apples on a truck next time!"
"I agree!" said Uncle Li. "How foolish (傻的) we were !"
1. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang live in the low and broken houses because __________.

A．they hope to save money

B．they're both poor

C．their farms are at the foot of the mountain

D．they're not far from their farms

2. The two farmers carried the apples to the city to _________.

A．make a journey	B．visit some places of interest
C．meet their friends	D．make a profit

3. The two farmers had to sell their apples at a low price because ________.

A．theirs weren't as good as the others'

B．theirs were much less than the others'

C．a lot of apples had been already carried to the city

D．they forgot to carry them on a truck

4. Uncle Li and Uncle Wang were unhappy because _________.

A．they had sustained losses in business

B．they had lost some money in the city

C．something was wrong with the tractor

D．other people profited in the city

5. Which of the following is true?

A．The two farmers found out why they were poor.

B．The two farmers will soon get rich.

C．Neither of the farmers is clever.

D．The two farmers decided to buy a truck.

【推荐3】Miss Smith is only twenty. She is of medium build, and she has brown, curly hair. She likes children and her teaching work. From Monday to Friday she stays at school and teaches the children. She has a lot of work to do every day, but she often plays games with her students after school. The children like her a lot. On Sundays she usually drives her car to her parents’ house and stays with her parents, but sometimes she goes to see her friends on Sunday. She drives back to school on Monday morning. She likes singing, dancing and swimming. She is a good teacher.

1. Miss Smith is ________ teacher.

A．a popular	B．an old
C．a Chinese	D．an English

2. What’s Miss Smith like?

A．She likes her students.	B．She likes her teacher.
C．She is not too tall.	D．She isn’t too heavy.

3. Miss Smith goes to see her friends ________.

A．every day	B．on Sunday
C．on Saturday	D．on Friday

4. Miss Smith usually goes out ________.

A．on a bus	B．by bike
C．by car	D．by air

5. Miss Smith likes ________.

A．sports	B．her students
C．her work	D．A, B and C

【推荐1】Tim is eight years old. He has a three-year-old sister Jane. Tim's favorite subject is math and he is good at it.

Miss Black, their aunt, teaches math in a middle school. She often comes to Tim's home with some fruit. Today Tim's parents have to be in their clothes shop, so they ask Miss Black to come to look after Tim and Jane. Then Miss Black comes to Tim's home with a bag of oranges. She takes out some oranges and puts them on the table.

"How many oranges can you see on the table, Tim?"asks Miss Black.

"Six." answers Tim.

"Then can you divide them between you and Jane?"

"Sure, that's easy." He gives one to Jane and has five for himself. Miss Black is surprised（惊讶地）. "Jane only gets one while（然而）you get five. Are you really good at math?"

"Yes, I am," says Tim. "But Jane isn't. "

1. Who is Miss Black?

A．The children's aunt	B．Jane's mother.
C．Tim's math teacher	D．A friend of Tim's mother.

2. Today Miss Black comes to Tim's home to ________.

A．look after the children	B．ask Tim for help
C．buy fruit for the children	D．help Tim with math

3. The underlined word "divide" may mean ________

A．辨别

B．平分

C．总结

D．解释

4. What can we know from the text?

A．Tim's math isn't really good	B．Jane doesn't like oranges.
C．Tim wants to have more oranges.	D．Miss Black teaches math well.

【推荐2】Lots of kids dislikes school, a new study found. Usually the kind of feeling doesn’t last long. School is a fact of life and getting a good education can help you build the great future life you want. So let’s talk about school and what to do when you don’t like it.

The first step is to find out why. You might not like school because you don’t have enough friends, or maybe you don’t get along well with your teachers. Sometimes it’s a big problem with your classes and schoolwork. You may be getting further and further behind, and it may seem like you’ll never catch up.

When you know why you don’t like school, you can start taking steps to make things better. It’s a good idea to talk to someone about your problems with school. Your mom, dad or teachers will be able to help you. Another good idea is to write down your feeling about school in a notebook. It’s a great way to let out emotion. Remember, you don’t have to share what you’ve written with others.

And here are some ways to give you the best first day of school. The night before school starts, you can do something quiet and peaceful to calm yourself down, like reading a book with your parents, taking a walk or taking a photo of your smiling face. By doing these, you will have a nice day at school.

1. According to the new study, we can find that _______.

A．lots of kids don’t like going to school

B．kids can get a good future if they like school

C．lots of kids go to school every day

2. How many reasons why you don’t like school are given by the writer?

A．Two

B．Three

C．Four

3. The underlined word“emotion”probably means “______”in Chinese.

A．情绪

B．冷静

C．高兴

4. The night before the first day of school, what can students do?

A．Try to do something exciting.

B．Listen to some music and relax.

C．Finish all of the homework.

5. This passage can probably be seen _______.

A．in a storybook

B．in a sports magazine

C．in a student’s guide book

【推荐3】Many people may think that animals in the zoo are happy, free and lucky, but most of them are sad. Do you know why? Animals like tigers, lions, and bears usually live in forests or mountains. They run, jump, play with their children and catch small animals for food. But now they have to stay in cages ,small rooms in the zoo. They don’t have to find food by themselves because the zoo keepers feed them. They do nothing but eat, walk and sleep every day. Their life in the zoo is quite different from that in the forest because they are not free. Maybe they miss their mothers and their friends, in fact, they feel lonely.
1. Most of the animals in the zoo feel ______ according to the passage.

A．happy

B．free

C．lucky

D．sad

2. Where do tigers, lions and bears usually live?_____________.

A．In the zoo	B．In the forest
C．In a room	D．In the field

3. What does the word “keeper” mean here? It means ____________.

A．仓库

B．监护人

C．坚持者

D．饲养员

4. Which is wrong according to the passage?

A．The animals in the zoo feel lonely in fact.

B．The animals catch food themselves in the zoo.

C．The animals can only eat, walk or sleep in the zoo.

D．The animals in the forest are happier than those in the zoo.

5. Which is the best title(题目)?

A．Animals In the Zoo	B．Animals And People
C．Lovely Animals	D．Happy Animals

【推荐1】Nathan Sawaya’s childhood was a lot of fun. He drew cartoons, wrote stories, and played with plastic toy bricks（积木）. His grandparents bought his first set of toy bricks when he was five years old and he’s been building with toy bricks ever since. He even took his building bricks to college with him! Instead of books and a computer, he had a model of Greenwich Village made of bricks on his desk.

Nathan started as a lawyer but gave up his highly-paid job to become an artist that uses toys in his art. He uses toy bricks to build everything from the Statue of Liberty to Superman! He has more than 1.5 million colored bricks in his working room in New York which he uses to make pieces of art. He started by building small models but then decided to do something big and created a self-portrait. It took him two days just to build the eyes.

Nathan’s work has appeared in museums around the world. Children love his art because it is made out of the same toys that they play with at home and adults love his work because it is fascinating. Since it began in 2007, Nathan’s exhibition “The Art of the Brick” has been very popular with museum visitors everywhere.

“I’m proud that I took a dream I had as a child, to become an artist, and I have actually made a job out of it,” says Nathan. “To do what you love in life is the most important thing.”

1. Why did Nathan give up his job as a lawyer?

A．Because he made little money out of a lawyer.

B．Because he wanted to make toys for the children.

C．Because he decided to become an artist of toy bricks.

D．Because he was going to work in the museum instead.

2. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Nathan’s work.

B．Nathan’s exhibition.

C．Nathan’s art.

D．Nathan’s self-portrait.

3. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．The Brick Artist	B．The Brick Exhibition
C．Toy Bricks for Adults	D．The Artist’s Childhood

【推荐2】These people are famous all over the world. Read and get to know them.

	Tu Youyou is from China. She is famous for winning the 2015 Nobel Prize. She has a happy family. There are four people in her family. Her husband is an engineer. Her younger daughter lives in Beijing, and her older daughter is working at the Cambridge University.
	Willard Smith comes from America. He is a famous actor and song-writer. He has big success(成功) in TV, film and music. People think he is the most successful actor in Hollywood. Smith and his family live happily in Los Angeles, California.
	Mark Zuckerberg is also from America. At the age of 23, Zuckerberg became very rich because of the success of the Facebook. He is good at using computers. He and his wife Priscilla Chan have a happy life.
	Usain Bolt is from Jamaica. He is almost thirty years old. He runs very fast. He is good at 100 metres, 200 metres and 4×100 metres relay(接力). He is the first man to have six Olympic gold medals. Many young people love him very much.

1. How many countries are these people from?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

2. Tu Youyou is famous for _______.

A．her happy family

B．her home country

C．her two lovely daughters

D．getting the 2015 Nobel Prize

3. Who is good at using computers?

A．Tu Youyou.	B．Mark Zuekerberg.
C．Willard Smith.	D．Usain Bolt.

4. What is Usain Bolt good at?

A．Running.	B．Using computers.
C．Writing songs.	D．Acting.

【推荐3】Beethoven (贝多芬) was born in a small city near the Rhine in Germany. His father always drank and his mother was a maid (女仆). They lived a poor life.
Beethoven was a talented (有天赋的) child in music. People at that time thought he was as clever as Mozart. His father wanted to make money from his talent, so he told him to practice and play all the time. If he didn’t do that, his father would be angry with him and beat him.
Beethoven was very short and ugly. He couldn’t hear well from the age of 22 and later he heard nothing, but all these unhappy things didn’t make him dislike music. He began to write sonatas (奏鸣曲) at 12, and later he became a great musician.
His life was so short that he didn’t leave many works. But people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.
根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案，并将其字母代号填入答题卷相应空格内。
1. Beethoven was from a        in a small city near the Rhine in Germany.

A．educational family	B．teacher’s family
C．rich family	D．poor family

2. Beethoven’s father told him to practice and play all the time because his father wanted to make .

A．him be a great musician

B．him not drink too much like him

C．himself rich

D．him beat Mozart in music

3. What did people think of Beethoven at that time ?

A．He wasn’t a rich boy.

B．He did as well as Mozart in music.

C．He didn’t love his parents.

D．He would be a great singer.

4. He was ugly and deaf ,       .

A．that often made him dislike music

B．but all these things didn’t make him dislike music

C．that made him stressed out

D．but he didn’t regard all these things as challenges

5. Which of the following is NOT true ?

A．His father would be angry with him and beat him unless he practiced and played all the time.

B．His father never stopped drinking wine.

C．He left so many works that people think he was one of the best musicians in the world.

D．After writing sonatas at 12, he became a great musician.

【推荐1】It was a Friday morning, 7:30 a. m. I felt too lazy to drive my car, so my son booked an uber (优步出租车). In five minutes, the uber reached the gate. I just saw the car number and entered inside. I was so busy that I didn’t pay any attention towards the driver. I was searching for an important paper from my bag, so I directly said, “Please, go quick! I’m in a hurry!”

The voice came, “Yes, Lady!”

I was really surprised when I heard a female (女性的) voice! I stopped my work for a second and looked at the driver. The driver was a young lady. Maybe, around thirty or thirty-two! For the first time, I saw a lady, driving an uber!

The car was running on the road towards the destination (目的地). It was quite far from my home. She was driving perfectly well. Hundreds of times, I had travelled in uber, but I never saw any lady, driving an uber! I didn’t know, why I became so interested to know why she had chosen this job. I started the conversation, “If you don’t mind, can I ask you some questions?”

“Yes, Lady! No problem.”

“I guess, you are well educated!”

“Yes, Lady! I have completed my education. I have done my MBA course (课程).”

“Oh, wow!!! Why did you then choose this job, instead of going for an academic (学术的) career?”

I could see her face from the mirror (镜子). She smiled and the way she expressed her views (看法)! I was really amazed!

Very politely, she said, “Driving was my love from my childhood, Lady! Of course, I do respect each and every job. I took driving as mine. At least, I met my wish! I love driving! I don’t mind for big or small jobs. I wanted a job where I can get satisfaction. I know, I can’t get enough money, yet as I told you ‘love driving!’ That’s it!”

1. The writer felt too lazy to drive a car, so ________.

A．she took the bus

B．she stayed at home

C．her son drove the car for her

D．her son booked an uber for her

2. Why was the writer surprised?

A．Because the uber driver was a young lady.

B．Because the uber driver was very polite.

C．Because the uber driver drove very well.

D．Because the uber driver liked her job.

3. What made the uber driver choose driving as her job?

A．She drove perfectly well.

B．She loved driving very much.

C．She could make a lot of money.

D．She had poor education background.

【推荐3】阅读下面短文,根据短文内容,从方框内所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,使短文意思通顺。选项中有一项为多余项。
my parents used to tell me how important school was for me, but I didn't think so. I paid little attention to It.    1    
One day, when I walked past a mobile phone store, I saw an advertisement on its door. It was hiring(雇佣） new workers! I went into the shop to ask for the job. The manager looked at me for af ew seconds from head to foot, then asked,“ Do you have a high school diploma(文凭)?”He continued,“    2    ”
I felt so ashamed(感到难为情的) and uncomfortable that I didn' t know what to say, so I just turned around and left. I could not fall asleep that night.     3    "I must go to school or I can't do anything without a good education, "I said to myself silently. I never went back to the store again until I finished my study and got a diploma.
Everything looked the same when I returned to the store. However, compared with last time    4     I showed my diploma to the manager. He looked at it and said,"Great, you are in.'
Now I am still working in the same store. With this experience, I always advise people to attend school.     5     Now I am not worried about my future because I'm still reading and learning books about my work in my free time

A.And I thought a lot about my future. B.Education helps you have a bright future C. But one thing let me finally realize what my parents meant. D. Learn knowledge all the time E I had more confidence. F Or do you have any work experience?