【推荐1】A very accidental chance, Professor Brian and I went to the railway station to see someone off. He was a friend of Professor Brian’s and a relative of my family’s.

That day happened to be the weekend. The school was not far away from the railway station. Brian and my relative were quite old and my relative took a lot of luggage (行李), so I decided to help them carry those heavy objects.

After seeing him off, Professor Brian and I walked out of the railway station when we saw a crazy man coming up to us and blocking the way. We were stopped. His clothes were ragged (衣衫褴褛的) and his hair was untidy. Thinking he might be a beggar (乞讨者), I pulled out a dollar and handed it to him. He looked at me, eyes widely open, with a little anger. Then he turned his eyes to Professor Brian and said carefully, “This old gentleman. I can see that you are a wise man. Could you tell me the story of Alexander the Great?”

Then, I tried to push him away, but Professor Brian stopped me and led him to a corner of the building. It took him about ten minutes from the birth to the death of Alexander the Great. The “beggar” listened to the professor with all his interests. Before leaving, he held Professor Brian’s hands, with tears running down his face, “Thank you, I asked a lot of people, but only you told me!” I saw the professor give his hand a few hard shakes too.

On the way back, I asked Professor Brian. “Is he a mad man?” The professor was silent for a moment, then said, “Perhaps he is, but first of all, he is a human being.”

根据材料内容选择最佳答案
1. Why did the writer and Professor Brian go to the railway station?

A．Because they planned to leave the city.

B．Because they wanted to go to the school nearby.

C．Because they were going to see the writer’s relative off.

D．Because they were asked to tell the story of Alexander the Great to students.

2. What did Professor Brian do with the ragged man?

A．He paid no attention to the mad man.

B．He helped the ragged man get on the train.

C．He told the ragged man a story with patience.

D．He gave the ragged man money to let him away.

3. How did the ragged man feel after listening to the story?

A．angry

B．moved

C．careless

D．proud

4. In what order does the writer organize the text?

A．Space order.	B．Specific (局部的) to general.
C．Time order.	D．Main to secondary (次要的).

5. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．How to tell a good story.	B．Showing respect to everyone.
C．Being careful with the beggars.	D．How to deal with the beggars.

【推荐2】I'd just got in a taxi at the railway station when suddenly I found one of my bags missing. Just then, I saw a young man about 30 feet away with it, opening it and drawing out the valuables. "Stop thief! Stop thief!" I shouted and opened the car door and rushed out to him, followed by the driver and half a dozen passengers. Very soon they caught the thief by the neck and put his hand into his trouser pocket, drawing out money, credit card, telephone book and so on and put them back into my bag,

Half an hour later, the car was running at full speed on the highway. I sat back and breathed a long sigh of relief(松口气). But as I pulled out those stolen things from the bag and started to check them, I became completely surprised. Before my eyes were 200 yuan instead of 100 yuan. And a medical test report of a 58-year-old woman appeared. I suddenly realized that the taxi driver must have mistaken the thief's things for mine and put his into my bag. My heart began to sink.

Two years has passed since then. But this event keeps coming back to me. Was the young man a habitual robber(惯偷) or a dutiful(有责任感的) son who had been driven to desperation(铤而走险) to find money to save his mother' s life? My heart hurts for him. How I wish I had gone back that summer afternoon to return the 200 yuan and say sorry to him! For the first time in my life, I realized that hate and love are very close.

判断正误,正确的写A，错误的写B。
1. The writer took a taxi to the railway station when finding his bag missing,
2. The driver with several other people helped the writer catch the thief.
3. The writer was completely surprised when he was searching a different bag in the car on the highway.
4. The writer was sure that the young man stole things to enjoy himself.
5. The writer realized hate is close to love.

【推荐3】My dog and I take walk down the street，

And we say "hello" to people we meet．

There's Mike the baker， outside of his shop．

As we get closer he tells us to stop．

He gives me a piece of freshly baked cake，

And out of his pocket a biscuit for Jake．

There's Mrs． McGinn， a teacher from school．

She has two children， a dog and a pool．

Say "hi" to Rory， who works on his truck．

It won't get started so we wish him luck．

Along comes Bridget who just learned to drive．

She gives Jake a pat and me a high﹣five．

We're back from our walk， the mail truck now parks．

I know that it's there since Jake always barks．

It's Bill the mailman who never comes late．

Arriving at noon， he opens the gate．

"Here's your mail now for house number three．"

"Does Jake save that bark for when he sees me？"

1. Which word probably describes Mike best　 　？

A．Helpful．

B．Young．

C．Cheerful．

D．Kind．

2. Which fact about the mailman is TRUE　 　？

A．He is usually running late．

B．He always gives Jake a biscuit．

C．He comes at about 12   every day．

D．He sometimes forgets the house number．

3. Which piece of information is NOT mentioned in the poem　 　？

A．The first name of the mailman．

B．The first name of Jake's owner．

C．Where Jake and his owner are walking．

D．The house number where Jake and his owner live．

【推荐1】Do you believe in love at the first sight? Many people answer "No, we don’t", but I say I do.why? I’ll tell you my story.

From childhood, I like people with blue eyes. I had a few dolls and I painted their eyes blue. I was really very happy with my blue-eyed dolls. Time rushes by quickly, and soon I was not a child any more. I had finished my studies as I was 20.

I liked to drive my father’s old car. Once I went to a nearby town .I was busy that day.I left my car near the office where I had to go. In a few minutes, I came back and a young policeman was waiting for me near my car. I was not happy to see him. He tried to explain that I had parked my car in the wrong place, but I couldn’t pay my attention to his words. I had to stare at his beautiful blue eyes. He repeated his words but I did not bear him well. He became serious and began to speak in a loud voice.I paid him the fine(罚款)and I said to him" Your eyes are so nice."

He smiled and said goodbye to me.

In the evening this blue-eyed policeman called me up. The following day we went to the cinema. After that, my story has a happy ending. We married and we now live happily together.

1. Does the writer believe in love at the first sight?

A．Yes

B．No

C．Yes or No

D．It’s difficult to say

2. When the writer was young, she liked .

A．dolls with black eyes	B．people with blue eyes
C．her few dolls	D．boys with grey eyes

3. A young policeman was waiting for her, because       

A．he wanted to tell her that he loved her too

B．he wanted to sit in her car

C．she had stopped her car in the wrong place

D．they had an appointment

4. she didn’t hear the policeman well because        .

A．she was not interested in his words	B．she was not happy to see him
C．she paid a lot of attention to his blue eyes	D．he became serious

5. we can see from the passage that love at the first sight     

A．can sometimes have a happy ending

B．can always have a happy ending

C．can have a happy ending if the man is a police man

D．can sometimes lead to a sad marriage

【推荐2】Now more and more people buy and sell things on the Internet. They buy and sell goods to make money. So hackers (黑客) around the world are interested in this.

Hackers are often young people who love computers greatly. They use computers to get on the Internet, looking for ways to go into computer systems run by banks, homes and all kinds of offices. If they go into a computer system, they will find other people’s credit cards and try to steal the numbers. With the numbers they can take the money out of the bank.

Hackers often break into your computer system, but it’s difficult to find them. So it is also difficult for you to find the hacker who is taking your money out of the bank. Hackers can get the money from a bank with the credit card number they have got from your computer.

Scientists always ask people who have computers to pay attention to hackers. They also tell people how to fight the hackers. The answer is to choose a clever password (密码) and change it often and not to show your credit card out to anybody. If you are not careful, it’s just like keeping the bank door wide open.

1. The underlined work “this” refers to _______.

A．helping others on the Internet

B．buying and selling things on the Internet

C．saving money on the Internet

D．giving money to others

2. Which is NOT true about hackers?

A．They are often young people.

B．They look for ways to go into computer systems.

C．They love computers greatly.

D．They steal money from others’ computers.

3. It’s _______ to find the hackers who break into your computer system.

A．easy

B．nice

C．hard

D．wrong

4. Which of the following is NOT about protecting the credit card?

A．Choosing a clever password.

B．Changing the password often.

C．Putting your money into the bank.

D．Don’t show your credit card out to anybody.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Be careful to use our credit cards.

B．We shouldn’t use computers often.

C．Show your credit card out to somebody.

D．We must catch the hackers.

【推荐3】Can We Learn More by Trusting than by Not Trusting?

Most of us have been burned by misplaced trust. These experiences lead us to believe that people are too trusting.

But in fact we don't trust enough. A survey about trust in the United States has found that interpersonal trust, a measure (测量) of whether people think others are in general trust worthy is at its lowest in nearly 50 years.

If people are more trustworthy, why don't we trust more?

When you trust someone, you end up working out whether your trust is justified (证明合理) or not. A child next door asks if he can visit your place. If you accept you will find out whether or not he's a good neighbor. A classmate advises you to adopt a new reading method. If you follow the advice you will find out whether the new method works better than the one you were used to.

However, when you don't trust someone. You never find out whether you should trust them. If you don't invite the child over, you won't know whether he would have made a good neighbor or not. If you don't follow your classmate's advice, you won't know if the new method is in fact superior.

This information means that we learn more by trusting than by not trusting. Moreover, when we trust, we learn not only about specific persons, we learn more generally about the type of situations in which we should or shouldn't trust. We get better at trusting.

When our trust is disappointing, the coats are visible (明显的), and our reaction (反应) changes from trouble all the way to hopelessness. The benefit that we've learnt from our mistake is easy to overlook. However, the costs of not trusting someone we could have trusted are invisible. We won't know about the friendship we could have built if we don't let that child go into our place. We won't realise how useful some advice would have been if we don't use our classmate's tip about the new reading method.

Giving people a chance isn't only the moral (道德的) thing to do. It's also the smart thing to do.

1. The writer mentions the survey about trust in the United States in Paragraph 2 to show that ________.

A．Americans are popular	B．the measure is unbelievable
C．interpersonal trust is important	D．people are short of enough trust

2. We can ________ to make us get better at trusting.

A．try to refuse other people's help

B．change our feelings of disappointment

C．find out the balance between trust and mistrust

D．make a smart decision and give people a chance

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The friendship between friends is trustworthy.

B．The costs of mistaken mistrust are largely hidden.

C．We can get more from not trusting than from trusting.

D．It is unlikely that people are less trustworthy than before.

4. What is the writer's main purpose in writing this passage?

A．To stress we should trust other people.

B．To question all the experiences of misplaced trust.

C．To introduce some of the trust that can bring us benefits.

D．To discuss which situation we should or shouldn't trust in.

【推荐1】To realize the value of one year:
Ask a student who has failed a final exam
To realize the value of one month:
Ask a mother who has given birth to a premature（早产的）baby.
To realize the value of one week:
Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.
To realize the value of one hour:
Ask the lovers who are waiting to meet.
To realize the value of one minute:
Ask a person who has missed the train, bus or plane.
To realize the value of one second:
Ask a person who has survived（幸存） an accident.
To realize the value of one millisecond:
Ask the person who has won a silver medal in the Olympics.
Time waits for no one.
Treasure every moment you have.
1. How many examples are given in the poem?

A．Six.

B．Seven.

C．Eight

D．Nine.

2. According to the poem, which is the best sentence after "To realize the value of one day:"?

A．Ask a teacher who has given an interesting class

B．Ask a cook who has prepared a delicious meal.

C．Ask a pilot who has had a wonderful flight.

D．Ask a farmer who has finished daily work.

3. The writer wants to tell us to_____________.

A．treasure the time	B．treasure the friendship
C．value different jobs	D．value different people

【推荐2】阅读下面材料，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
New Library Rules
1. Open time: 8:30am.-4:30pm. From Monday to Friday.   2. No talking.
3. No eating any food. 4. No listening to music. 5. No taking photos.
6. No taking books out if you don’t ask the people here.
7. Keep the library books for only one week.
8. Give the books back on time. 9. Renew (续借)books on time.
10. Pay for the lost(丢失) books.
1. How long can we read books on Monday in the library?

A．For four hours	B．For six hours
C．For eight hours.	D．For ten hours

2. What can’t we do in the library?

A．Borrow books.

B．Renew books.

C．Keep the library book for a week.

D．Take books out anytime

3. What do you have to do if we lose the library books?

A．buy them	B．pay for them
C．renew them	D．ask the people there.

4. When can you go to the library?

A．8:30am. on Saturday.	B．2:30pm. on Sunday.
C．10:30pm. on Friday.	D．3:30pm. on Tuesday.

5. What time do we have to leave the library?

A．At 2:00 pm.	B．Before 4:30pm
C．After 4:30pm	D．In the afternoon

【推荐3】If you have ever been swimming in the ocean, you may have noticed that sea water is easier to float in than pool water. Here's why.

You'll need：

Two bowls     Food coloring   Spoon       Salt        Two eggs

1: Fill bowls half way with water.

2:Add 10 tablespoons of salt to one bowl, mix until it dissolves (溶解), and then add several drops of color.

3:Carefully, put an egg into each bowl of water and watch what happens.

                                             

What happens?

The egg in the plain water sinks.               The egg in the salt water floats.

(If the salt water egg does not float well, mix more salt into the bowl )

The water and salt particles（粒子）in the salt water bowl are closer together it than plain water particles are. They push harder against the egg than the plain water particles do and the egg floats.

1. The purpose of: the experiment is to explain ________________.

A．why the egg floats in the salt water

B．why people float more easily in the sea

C．how we can make the egg float in water

D．how the water and salt particles act together

2. According to the text, if the egg in the salt water doesn’t float, which is the reason?

A．The water is too hot.	B．The egg is not fresh.
C．The bowl is too small.	D．The salt is not enough.

3. What is this passage probably taken from?

A．A science magazine

B．A tour guide.

C．A news report.

D．A geography book

【推荐1】

Germany(德国)is one of the most beautiful countries in the world It is in the middle of Europe. Poland is on its east. Austria and Switzerland are on its south.

Germany is a great place to go all year round. Most people like to visit it from May to September(the holiday season) when there're lots of sunny days .They can go hiking(徒步旅行), go cycling and go swimming.

Some people like to visit it in other seasons( from March to May and from October to early November). People can also enjoy skiing(滑雪)between November and early March ,because the weather is very cold at that time. The ski areas in the Bavarian alps are the best places to go skiing.

Remember that it may rain in any month, so try to be careful..

1. __________is on Germany’s east.

A．Austria

B．Poland

C．Australia

2. What will people do most probably(最有可能) if they visit Germany in February?

A．They will go hiking.

B．They will go skiing.

C．They will go swimming.

3. Where can we find the passage?

A．In a history book.

B．In a storybook.

C．In a travel guide(指南)

【推荐2】Getting electricity has always been a problem for the 173 people living in Nuevo Saposoa, a small village in Peru,South America. However, things went from bad to worse in March 2015 after heavy rains damaged the only power cables(电力电缆) in the area. The villagers were forced to use oil lamps, which are not only expensive but also dangerous because of the harmful gases they produce.

Luckily, researchers at the University of Technology（UT）in Lima, Peru heard about their problem and found a wonderful solution. They made a lamp that can be powered by plants and soil, both of which can be easily found in the Amazonian rainforest where the village lies. The lamp takes energy from a plant growing in a wooden box and uses it to light up an LED light bulb.

While that may sound amazing and even impossible, the science behind the ides is quite simple. As plants create their food (using the sun’s energy, water and chemicals from the soil), they also produce waste which they return to the soil. Tiny animals in the soil eat this waste and they produce electrons—the building blocks of electrical energy. The UT team put special sticks inside the soil to capture the energy and keep it in the lamp’s batteries for later use. The researchers say a single charge can power a 50-watt Led light for two hours-enough time for local villagers to get their evening work done.

The university gave ten Plant Lamps to the villagers of Nuevo Saposoa in October 2015. So far, they have been a huge success! Elmer Ramirez, the UT professor who invented the lamp, believes the Plant Lamp could help improve the lives of many people, especially small rainforest communities, 42% of whom have no electricity.

1. What are the problems of oil lamps according to Paragraph 1?

A．They are difficult to use and create pollution.

B．They are expensive to buy and easily damaged.

C．They are difficult to repair and produce little light.

D．They are expensive to use and can be bad for health.

2. The electricity made by the Plant Lamp comes from________.

A．plant food

B．plant waste

C．the soil’s heat

D．the sun’s energy

3. What is true about the Plant Lamp?

A．It can be made by local people.

B．It is much easier to use than oil lamps.

C．It can produce all the electricity the village need.

D．The things it needs to make electricity are easy to find.

4. Who can benefit (受益) most from the Plant Lamp according to its inventor?

A．The rainforest communities.	B．Poor people in cíties.
C．Farmers in Lima.	D．The UT team.

5. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To report on a new invention.	B．To explain a new scientific theory.
C．To describe how electricity is made.	D．To discuss the problems of poor villages.

【推荐3】In nature, you may see many insects and animals of different colors. Have you ever wondered why? Locusts（蝗虫）are super delicious food for birds, but it’s not always an easy job for birds to catch them. It is neither because locusts are good jumpers or runners nor because they are smarter than their enemies. The reason is that the colors of locusts change with colors of crops（庄稼）. When crops are young, locusts look green. But when autumn comes, locusts change to yellow and brown color as crops do.

Brown bears, tigers and other animals move quietly through forests. They can’t be seen easily by their enemies. This is because they have colors similar to the trees. For the same reason, polar bears that live on a land of snow and ice are white. Butterflies and bees living among the flowers are colorful like flowers. Soil insects are mostly dark colored and they live under the soil（土壤）in a dark and wet environment. However, insects with colors different from plants can easily be found and eaten by others. So in order tosurvive, they have to hide themselves in the daytime and appear only at night.

Have you ever noticed some even strange acts? The ink fish in the sea can send out some very black ink（墨水）when it faces danger. As the ink spreads over, its enemies will find themselves suddenly in a dark world. At the same time the ink fish immediately swims away. That is how it keeps itself safe though it is not strong at all.

1. It is not easy for birds to catch locusts because ________.

A．locusts are good runners	B．locusts can jump very high
C．locusts are smarter than birds	D．locusts can change their colors

2. According to the passage, most soil insects ________.

A．do not have bright colors	B．change their colors with the soil
C．do not live in a dark and wet environment	D．eat colorful insects like butterfly and bees

3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “survive” in the passage?

A．find food

B．stay alive

C．lay eggs

D．live a life

4. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Some insects and animals have different skills.

B．Some insects and animals are more clever than we think.

C．Some insects and animals use colors to protect themselves.

D．Some insects and animals can get used to the environment easily.