【推荐1】Mr. Smith was in trouble those days. He drove a car for Mr. Black, a rich businessman. He worked hard and the shop keeper liked him. But he couldn’t work when he drank too much. And once he almost fell into the river when he drove along the bridge. Mr. Black became angry and was going to send him away. He had a big family and was afraid of it and promised he would stop drinking at once. The man told him to wait to be dealt with.
One Monday morning Mr. Smith came into the office with two badly burned ears.
“What happened to your ears?” asked Mr. Black.
“Well,” said the man. “ I went to watch a football match yesterday while my wife was ironing(烫) clothes .She had put the iron(熨斗) near the telephone before she went to cook supper .Our team lost the game and I felt sorry for it .As soon as I went into the sitting-room, the phone rang and I answered the iron!”
“And what happened to the other ear?”
“When I put the iron down on the table, the telephone rang again!”
1.           , so he almost drove the car into the river.

A．Mr. Smith was not careful

B．Mr. Smith couldn’t work in the evening

C．Mr. Smith forgot they were on the bridge

D．Mr. Smith drank too much

2. Mr. Smith was afraid to               .

A．stop drinking	B．answer the telephone
C．lose his work	D．stop driving

3. Mr. Smith went to watch the football match on           .

A．Monday	B．Tuesday
C．Saturday	D．Sunday

4. We can guess                  .

A．Mr. Smith drank much after the match

B．Mr. Smith was angry with his team

C．Mr. Smith didn’t drink those days

D．Mr. Smith watched the match at home.

5. The           badly burned Mr. Smith’s ears .

A．telephone	B．telephones
C．iron	D．irons

【推荐3】It’s the Chinese New Year today. Grace gets a red packet from her grandma. That’s her favorite part of the festival. She gets four dollars and goes shopping in Chinatown (唐人街).

There are lots of interesting things in the streets—lion dances and nice food. Then Grace sees an old man. The man sleeps in the street. He doesn’t wear shoes. “He doesn’t have a home. What a poor man!” she thinks.

At a toy (玩具) store, Grace wants to buy a toy Monkey King. But it’s six dollars. Grace wants to go back home and get more money. On the way, she sees the old man again. “Why not give (给) the four dollars to him? He can use the lucky money to buy some hot food and drinks,” she thinks.

She gives the money to the old man and goes back home. Her grandma knows her story and gives her a big hug (拥抱). What a nice girl!

1. What is Grace’s favorite part about the Chinese New Year?

A．Wearing new clothes.	B．Getting red packets.
C．Seeing his grandma.	D．Going shopping.

2. What does the underlined word “poor” mean in Chinese?

A．有趣的

B．无礼的

C．可爱的

D．可怜的

3. Grace doesn’t buy the toy Monkey King because ________.

A．she doesn’t like it	B．she has one at home
C．it doesn’t look beautiful	D．she has only four dollars

4. What does Grace do on her way back home?

A．She can’t find her money.	B．She gives her money to the old man.
C．She buys some food and drinks.	D．She says hello to the old man.

5. Why does Grace’s grandma give Grace a big hug?

A．Because she thinks Grace is a good girl.

B．Because she thinks Grace is cold.

C．Because she thinks Grace is poor.

D．Because it’s a tradition (传统) of the Chinese New Year.

【推荐1】I saved the grain carefully and finally had enough to plant. I built a wall around my garden to keep the wild goats away.
Then when my crop bore its fruit, the birds discovered it. The birds were not afraid of my dog at all. I shot them but as soon as I walked away. they returned. At last, I killed some birds and hung them among the crop, hoping they would serve as the scarecrows, which turned out to be successful. By harvest time. I had nearly two bushels of rice and two and a half bushels of wheat.
With my new grain to store, I found a new problem. The fine grain ran through my baskets. It took me nearly two months to form and dry two ugly pots- one for rice and one for wheat.
Next I formed a clay oven and made some other tools from hard wood and cloth to bake bread. I made and baked bread in my oven. I spent the third year on the island in farming and baking.
Soon after that. I began to think of my days sailing in a tidy boat with Xury. I wished to have a boat and explore the island by sea.
I tried to turn over the ship's boat that I had seen washed up, but failed. I was still determined to have a boat. So I chose a strong tree and spent weeks cutting it down. Then it took me months to turn it from tree to boat.
When it was time to launch, I realized I had made my boat too far from the nearest stream. The boat was far too heavy for me to move. I tried bringing the water to the boat instead of the boat to the water. I soon saw it would take me twenty years of constant labor.
I celebrated my fourth year on the island with two boats, but I was no closer to a sea journey.
----Taken from The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
1. Paragraph 2 mainly tells us        .

A．how much rice and wheat I harvested

B．how many tools I made to bake bread

C．how I protected my crop from the birds

D．how I kept the wild goats away from my crop

2. What does "a new problem" in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．How to plant grain.

B．How to make pots.

C．How to store grain.

D．How to fix the baskets.

3. By the last sentence "I was no closer to a sea journey", the writer means       .

A．I was getting closer and closer to the sea

B．I was getting farther and farther from the sea

C．it was possible for me to have a sea journey in my boats

D．it was still impossible for me to explore the island by sea

4. What can we infer(推断) from the passage?

A．I managed to turn over the ships boat.

B．I spent months bringing the boat to the nearest stream.

C．I tried to solve the problems with my courage and wisdom.

D．I spent the third year on the island in farming and baking.

【推荐3】根据文章内容，判断句子的正（T）误（F）。

Once upon a time, there was a baby eagle. He lived in the nest(巢) on a cliff(悬崖), looking at a beautiful valley(山谷) with waterfalls, trees and lots of little animals. The nest was the whole world to him. It was warm and comfortable. And even better, he had all the food, love and attention(关注) that a great mother eagle could give. The baby eagle grew strong and he felt good all the time.

But one day, the mother came back home and said, “Eat this, and it’s your last meal.” The baby cried, but he ate and thought what had happened. Just then, surprisingly, the mother pushed him out of the nest. He fell, with head facing down, faster and faster. He cried, “I’m dying!”. He looked up at his mother, “How could you do this to me?” He looked down. The ground looked closer.

At that time, something strange happened. The air caught behind his wings(翅膀) and they carried up his body, with a feeling that he had never had. He looked down and saw the ground. He wasn’t falling to the ground any more, and his eyes pointed to the sun.

“Huh?” he said, “What is going on here?”

“You’re flying,” his mother said.

“This is fun!” laughed the baby eagle, as he shouted in the sky happily.

“Yes, it is!” said the mother. Be a baby in the warm nest or be a brave(勇敢的) eagle flying in the sky? You tell me, please.

1. From the passage, we know that the eagle is a kind of bird.
2. The nest was the whole world to the baby eagle only because it was warm and comfortable.
3. The baby eagle wasn’t scared(恐惧) at all when he was falling down.
4. The mother eagle pushed the baby out of the nest because she couldn’t find food to give him.
5. From the story, we should learn to be brave and grow up.

【推荐1】There are lots of objects that we see in the sky. During the day we see the sun. After the sunset in the evening, we see mostly the stars. Not all the lights in the sky that we see are really stars.

Of course, we see the moon. Some of the other lights in the sky are planets(行星). Planets go around the sun like earth does.

Sometimes we can see a shooting star. Shooting star looks like a star that is moving quickly across the sky. Some people believe that seeing a shooting star will bring them good luck. It's hard to find shooting star because they run fast.

The correct name for shooting star is meteor(流星). Space has lots of little objects. These can be rocks in space from old planets. These objects can be very small, they are called meteorites(陨石). When meteorite gets close to the earth, it gets pulled towards the earth by gravity(重力). Earth is surrounded by atmosphere(大气层). Atmosphere is made up of air and clouds. Meteorite burns in the earth's atmosphere. This makes the short bright moving light in the night sky. A meteorite then turns into meteor.

1. At night the sky is filled mostly with ________.

A．the moon

B．the planets

C．the stars

D．the sun

2. From the passage, we can know ________.

A．all the lights in the sky that we see are really stars

B．space has lots of little objects and they can be rocks from old planets.

C．when a meteorite is near the earth, it gets pushed from the earth by gravity.

D．shooting star looks like star that is moving slowly across the sky.

3. How does a meteorite turn into a meteor? Please put the following sentences in order.
①It is pulled towards the earth by gravity.
②The burning gives off bright light.
③A meteorite gets close to the earth.
④It burns in the earth's atmosphere.

A．③④②①

B．③④①②

C．③①④②

D．③②①④

4. Where can we probably read this passage?

A．In a diary.

B．In a science magazine.

C．In an advertisement.

D．In a novel.

【推荐2】

I have a sister. Her name is Rina. We are in New York with our parents. I love my family. Gina

I’m a boy in Beijing. I don’t have brothers or sisters. My parents say sharing（分享） is good. I like sharing things with my friends. Wang Lei

I’m an English girl, but I’m in Paris with my parents now. I have a brother. His name is Jack. I’m 13 and he is 15. We like sports. I like playing tennis, but he likes playing basketball with his classmates. Jenny

I have a family of five. We are in London. I have two sisters. We share（分享） the same room. My sister Amy is tidy. But my sister May and I are not tidy. Our things are always everywhere. Betty

1. Where are Gina and her family?

A．In Beijing.	B．In London.
C．In New York.	D．In Paris.

2. Wang Lei’s parents have _____ child(ren)(孩子)。

A．One

B．two

C．three

D．Four

3. Who does Jack like playing basketball with?

A．His sister	B．His brother
C．His cousins	D．His classmates

4. What do Betty and her sisters share?

A．The same bed.	B．The same room.
C．The same desk.	D．The same telephone

5. 下列哪项陈述是正确的？

A．May has a family of five.

B．Jenny likes playing volleyball.

C．Gina likes sharing things with her friends.

D．Amy’s things are everywhere in her room

【推荐3】As the taxi starts to drive away, my father stands at the living room window looking out, watching me move off into the darkness, at 4:30 a. m. His grey hair is messy from sleeping. Moments ago, he got up to carry my bag for me and went into the cold open air.

He thanked me for a daughter's cooking and for having traveled so far to spend the holiday with him. I told him that I worried about he would feel lonely again in the empty house.

"I have my plans," he said, in the moments before I walked out the door.

When I arrived 10 days ago, I felt it was quiet and lifeless in the house. Then my brothers and I came and filled the rooms. But, now, they're gone, I am the last to leave.

As the taxi began to move, I watched the lights go off, but my father didn't leave. Even though he couldn't see me in the dark, he stood by the window watching, beside the tree. It was a fresh tree. He buys one every year for the new year.

The life is hard for my father: my mother died years ago, and now his children are far from home, our selfish choices taking us from one end of the country to the other. I watched him as he stands still like the tree. Are there tears in his eyes, as there are in mine?

I can’t wave from the taxi, as I leave a parent to loneliness in the early morning darkness. I leave behind two trees: one with silver-grey hair, the other still freshly green. Both of them are tall and straight.

1. The father walked out the door without _______ in the morning.

A．tidying his hair	B．seeing his daughter
C．carrying the bag	D．saying a word

2. What can we know about the author’s father?

A．He prefers to live by himself.

B．He likes planting trees and gardening.

C．He doesn’t get on well with his children.

D．He enjoys the time with his children.

3. The writer worried about her father because________.

A．he was old and in poor health	B．he would live alone again
C．he had nothing in the house	D．he is too old to look after himself

4. The best title for this passage should be________.

A．The Father’s Hard Life in His Late Years	B．Saying Goodbye to the Father
C．A Dad Who Stands Tall Like a Tree	D．The Father’s Love for Tree