【推荐1】

Herman planted the hot peppers (胡椒) in his five-hectare field in his town. The 36-year-old man put up a sign reading “Africa Hema Village” in Chinese, English and his native language. His first harvest will start this

month. Herman studied in China from 2011 to 2018, receiving his master’s degree and a doctorate in environmental science. He returned to Rwanda in 2018 with his wife, Yang Hong, who is from China, and started his own business. Hema Xiansheng CEO Hou Yi visited Rwanda to find quality products to bring to the Chinese market. Hot peppers were one of his discoveries. The couple helped Hou’s team, from research to field trips, testing production processes (加工) and so on. They also helped Hema Xiansheng’s purchasing (采购) manager, Chen Huifang, when she led a team of eight to visit Rwanda to research the possibilities of making hot pepper products that suit Chinese preferences.

“We wore rubber gloves when we touched them. Our fingers still felt hot the next day,” Chen said. Their research and development team spent four days studying and cooking the peppers. Transporting fresh hot peppers to China proved difficult, so the fresh peppers can’t be imported (进口) into China. Then Chen’s team decided to perform basic processing in Rwanda before shipping. Processing requires a careful balance. Too much salt will make the peppers less delicious. Too little, and the peppers may go bad. Because plastics mustn’t be used in Rwanda, they had to find proper ways to carry the pepper sauce. The material they first used couldn’t stand the long flights. Now Chen is happy to see that the pepper sauce has sold well in Hema’s offline and online stores.

Herman pointed out that few local farmers grow hot peppers because the market is small. A small amount is sold to Europe. And local need is limited due to its spiciness. So, about half the harvest is wasted every year. A young man in Rwanda will only make 10 yuan ($1.4) a day by working in the cities, but if they grow hot peppers due to Hema’s orders, they can make 50 to 60 yuan a day. Herman expressed his willingness to introduce more people to make more money by farming, rather than working for lower incomes, when e-commerce (电子商务) can bring greater needs and sales.

“It’s a chance for Rwandan people to join the new field and change their lives,” Herman said, “Through building more Hema Villages, Rwanda has the chance to become a country of digital agriculture.”

1. “Africa Hema Village” in Paragraph 1 is a place _______.

A．called Hema in Africa	B．where Herman’s wife was born
C．providing hot peppers for Hema	D．for Africans to buy hot peppers

2. Why should the peppers be processed before shipping to China? Because _______.

A．a balance is needed when the processing is done

B．fresh hot peppers mustn’t be imported into China

C．in Rwanda, people are not allowed to use plastics

D．during shipping, fresh hot peppers are easy to go bad

3. If a young man in Rwanda grows hot peppers for Hema, he may get about ______.

A．10 dollars a week	B．1,600 yuan a month
C．500 dollars a year	D．16,000 yuan half a year

4. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Many types of products have been offered in Africa Hema Village.

B．Hot peppers from Africa have a large market all around the world.

C．Hema Xiansheng paid for Herman’s seven-year education in China.

D．Herman hopes to do something to improve people’s lives in Rwanda.

【推荐2】Jenny and Henry were born on the same day and they look the same. Their father has a taxi and he is busy all the time. He goes out early in the morning but comes back when his children go to bed. He gets a lot of money, but he has no time to concern（关心）them with their studies.

The two children study in the same class. Jenny works hard at her lessons, but her brother doesn’t like studying. He only likes playing. He is not good at writing compositions.(作文)

One day Mrs. Cook tells her class to write a composition “My mother”. After supper Jenny finishes writing in her exercise book and then goes to help her mother do some housework. But Henry goes to play football. When night comes, he comes back to watch TV. The he remembers the composition. But he doesn’t know how to write it. He thinks hard and at last he finds a way. He copies（抄写）Jenny’s composition.

Two days later, Mrs. Cook asks Henry, “Can you tell me why yours is the same as Jenny’s?“Yes, I can, Madam,” answers Henry. “We have the same mother.”

1. Jenny and Henry are ________.

A．sisters

B．brothers

C．friends

D．students

2. Jenny’s father can’t concern them with their studies because__________.

A．he doesn’t like them.

B．he is very busy.

C．he is a taxi driver.

D．he only wants more money

3. Henry isn’t good at writing composition because_________.

A．he doesn’t like studying

B．he likes to listening to music

C．he isn’t clever.

D．he is too young to do it.

4. Henry began to ________ after supper.

A．do some housework

B．play football

C．finish his composition

D．watch TV

5. Henry copies Jenny’s composition because _______.

A．he plays football after supper

B．he forgets to write it before he goes to bed

C．he doesn’t know how to write it.

D．they have the same mother.

【推荐1】Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.
When he was 12, his parents died. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed at him. No one showed kindness to him.
His only friend was a dog named Tiger. He gave his dog enough to eat and drink, but sometimes he was not polite to it. He didn’t know that an unkind word sometimes could cut one’s heart like a knife.
One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped to pick it up, she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” she said kindly, smiling.
A special feeling came to him. These were the first kind words he had ever heard. He watched her until she went far away, and then he whistled (吹口哨)to his dog and went directly to the river nearby.
“Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” he repeated (重复) the woman’s words. Then in a low voice he said to his dog! Tiger raised its ears as if it understood.
“Uhum! Even a dog likes it!” he said, “Well, Tiger, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.” Tiger waved its tail happily.
The boy thought and thought. Finally he looked at himself in the river. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had a new life.
After telling this, the businessman stopped for a while, and then he said, “Ladies and gentlemen, this is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed(种子) of kindness. All of us should learn about kindness. What a great power(力量) it has!”
1. The boy repeated the words “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!”, because _______.

A．he was thinking about the words

B．he didn’t understand the words

C．he wanted to talk to his dog

D．he liked talking to himself

2. What made the boy start his new life?

A．The people laughing at him.

B．The kind words spoken to him.

C．The hard life.

D．His lovely dog.

3. He was feeling ______ when he whistled to his dog.

A．funny	B．sad
C．lonely	D．excited

4. What’s the best title(题目) of this passage?

A．A Dog and A Boy

B．A Poor Boy’s Childhood

C．A Businessman and A Boy

D．The Power of Kindness

【推荐2】When I was a child I never said, "When I grow up, I want to be a CEO," but here I am. When I look back on my career, I realize the road to becoming a CEO isn't a straight, clear path. In fact, no two paths are the same. But whether you want to be a boss one day or not, there's a lot to learn from how leaders rise to the top of successful companies.   
As this series of stories shows, the paths to becoming a CEO may be different, but the people in that position(位置) share the qualities of commitment（义务）, work ethic（道德） and a strong desire for building something new. And every CEO take risks along the way—putting your life savings on the line to start a software company or leaving a big business to be one of the first employees at a startup.
I grew up in Minnesota, and learned how to be an entrepreneur（企业家）from my father, who has run a small business for almost 30 years. I went to Georgetown University and tried a lot of business activities in college with success. And I always had a dream job pattern(模式): to walk to work, work for myself and build something for consumers(顾客).   
I'm only 29, so it's been a quick ride to CEO. Out of college, I worked for AOL as a product manager, then moved to Revolution Health and ran the consumer product team. In mid-2007 I left Revolution Health and started LivingSocial with several other workmates, where I became a CEO.
Career advice: Don't _____ where you want to work, or even what industry you'd like to work at. Figure out what makes you do so. What gives you a really big rush? Answer why you like things, not what you like doing. . . and then apply it to your work life. Also, just because you're graduating, don't stop learning. Read more books than you did in college. If you do, and they're not, you're really well-positioned to succeed in whatever you do.
1. What can we know from the first paragraph?

A．The writer hasn't achieved his childhood ambition.

B．The writer thinks there is some easy way to become a CEO.

C．The writer had an ambition of becoming a CEO in his childhood.

D．The writer believes success stories of CEOs can be beneficial(有益的) to everybody.

2. According to the writer, successful CEOs should _____.

A．try not to take risks	B．stay in the same business
C．have a strong sense of creativity	D．save every possible penny

3. What can we know about the writer from the passage?

A．He started LivingSocial when he was still a student of Georgetown University.

B．He used to run the consumer product team for AOL.

C．His business activities at college ended up in more failure than success.

D．His father had far-reaching influence on him.

4. What does the underlined phrase “figure out” mean? ______.

A．断定

B．弄清

C．理解

D．领会

5. Which of the following proverbs may the writer agree with according to the last paragraph?

A．Well begun is half done.

B．Everything comes to him who waits.

C．Time and tide wait for no man.

D．One is never too old to learn.

【推荐3】I’m working on my Happiness Project, and you could have one, too! Everyone’s project will look different, but most of us can get help from it. Join in—no need to catch up, just jump in right now.

Everyone knows that one of the most useful ways to deal with negative (消极的) feelings is to lighten up. If you’re sad, try to find a reason to laugh. If you’re angry, joke around. Easier said than done, however.

On our flight to Kansas City for a holiday, my daughter lost her “functional appliance (功能性矫治器) ” . We got back home a week later, and my husband didn’t call to an appointment (预约) with the dentist. Days went by. I reminded him from time to time, but nothing happened. Whenever I thought about this, I became very angry.

Then I thought, “Make a joke of it.” So I went over, put my arms around my husband, and said nicely, “If you don’t call the dentist tomorrow, I’ll be angry.” I laughed while I said that. “I know, I know!” he said. “I’ll do it right now.” And today he made the appointment.

I’m not sure if making a joke of it was more effective (有效的) than getting angry, but I don’t think it was less effective. I was happier about it, and so was my husband.

I used the same strategy on myself last weekend. I had a lot of boring tasks to deal with. Just making a joke on myself made it easier to solve them.

Of course, my jokes weren’t funny at all. But just the try to take a humorous attitude (态度) made a huge difference.

It’s easy to say “make a joke of it”, but it’s hard to do when you’re feeling angry, scared, bored, or upset. Have you found a way to get yourself to make a joke?

1. What does the writer ask readers to do in the first paragraph?

A．To join in Happiness Project.	B．To start a project with her.
C．To catch up with her project.	D．To learn knowledge from her.

2. Why did the writer become very angry at first?

A．Because her daughter lost her “functional appliance” on the plane.

B．Because her husband turned a deaf ear to her asking to call the dentist.

C．Because her husband didn’t get on well with her any longer after returning.

D．Because her daughter herself forgot to make an appointment with the dentist.

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．The writer changed her husband by changing herself first.

B．The writer used the strategy “make a joke of it” on herself.

C．Taking a humorous attitude makes a big difference in life.

D．Telling jokes is the main part of the writer’s Happiness Project.

4. What is the writer’s advice for teenagers?

A．Look for a Happiness Project	B．Find a reason to laugh
C．Find a way to happiness	D．Make a joke of it

【推荐1】Li Chunlin,a farmer,used to live in a poor village in the north of Shaanxi.In the 1980s,he went to Shenzhen to make a living with his wife.
Years later,they became rich and returned to their hometown.To their surprise,the land around the village was covered with sand.That made them feel sad.After thinking carefully,Li and his wife made up their minds to fight against the sands.
They bought thousands of young trees and planted them around the village.However,only a few survived(存活),because the trees were not regularly watered.But how to get water was a big problem.They dug a well(井)but it became dry soon.Then they asked a drilling team to dig a deep well.Clear water appeared,but their money was used up.They couldn’t afford to buy young trees.They went to several banks for help but got nothing.Finally,they turned to a friend who was also from the village.The friend had a big business.Learning what they were doing,their friend was moved and decided to do something for their village too.So he offered the money they needed.
With the money,they bought trees and had them planted.They looked after the trees as if they were their own children.After some time,green leaves came out.When the villagers saw the changes,some started to join Li and his wife in the fight.Then more joined.Years went by.And now larger areas around the village are covered with green trees.
1. When Li and his wife returned from Shenzhen,they were sad because      .

A．the land around the village was covered with sand

B．they didn’t have enough money to buy trees

C．their village was not as beautiful as Shenzhen

D．they didn’t have enough water to drink

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Li and his wife dug a well with enough water themselves.

B．Li and his wife got much money from the banks.

C．The villagers didn’t join Li and his wife in the fight.

D．Their friend gave Li and his wife some money to buy trees.

3. This passage is mainly about how Li and his wife     .

A．tried different ways to find water

B．made money in Shenzhen

C．fought against the sands

D．bought and planted trees

【推荐2】America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear （消失）soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they pick up the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendship between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸） deeply into both families.

There is another difficult point for us to understand. Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness （礼貌）to them if it needs a lot of time. But in China, we are usually generous（大方的） with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends. It is opposite(相反) in America: Americans cannot manage the time to do a lot with a visitor outside their everyday plans. They will probably expect(期待) the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will call them from there. Once（一旦） the visitors arrive at their homes, the welcome will be full, warm and real.

For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business. Americans are ready to receive foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客） at home and enjoy your visit in America.

1. The underlined phrase “pick up ” in Paragraph 1 means __________.

A．停止

B．放弃

C．不关注

D．继续

2. Which of the following is the American hospitality?

A．Treating friends at home.	B．Taking days off to be with friends.
C．Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.	D．Sharing everything they have.

3. Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Americans are always generous with their time.

B．Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C．Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

D．Chinese friendships are more sincere(真诚的) than American friendships.

4. This passage is most probably written for__________.

A．American student	B．Chinese students
C．Chinese visitors to American	D．American visitors to China

【推荐3】International travelers, whether traveling for business or pleasure, will find themselves solo from time to time. Here are a few ways to meet new people and perhaps even get new travel chances.
Make yourself friendly
Be relaxed and polite. Remember to put yourself in social activities. Restaurants, shops and parks are all great places to meet people. If you want to make local friends in a country, stay near the place the locals often visit.
Show your photo album（影集）
Keep a small photo album in your bag when you travel. Photos of family, friends and pets will help your new friends learn more about you and give you things to talk about. They will share their own stories with you, and it will help you learn more about your new friends.
Share something special
Can you help your new friends improve their Chinese? Can you cook a traditional Chinese meal? By sharing your skills, you can have a close friendship with your new friends that they won’t soon forget.
Give some gifts
Many foreigners love Chinese goods but have to pay a lot when buying them in their homeland, so you’d better prepare some gifts such as silks, tea and works of art. They are always popular.
Exchange flats
If you and your new friends get along well, you can give them your information and plan to exchange flats for your next trip. Then you can visit their countries and stay in their houses while they stay in yours. In this way you will improve your friendship and live like a local abroad, but pay less for traveling.
1. The underlined word“solo”in the passage means “__________”.

A．free

B．alone

C．worried

D．close

2. In which way can’t a photo album help you?

A．Giving you a topic to talk about.

B．Clearing your worries about your pets.

C．Helping your new friends to learn more about you.

D．Encouraging (鼓励) your new friends to talk about themselves.

3. From the passage we can learn that __________.

A．exchanging flats is popular in China

B．goods in foreign countries are cheaper

C．sharing your special skills can help you develop friendship

D．international travelers always get into trouble

4. This passage is mainly about how to ___________.

A．travel more often both at home and abroad

B．improve friendship with foreigners

C．make friends when traveling in foreign countries

D．prepare for a business trip

【推荐1】Best Friends

Men and women share the exact same view of a best friend—a person who is always there for you. A best friend is someone you can depend on to share your happiness, suffer through your worries, or lessen your sorrow (悲伤). As one man put it, “To me, a best friend is somebody who you call if you’re on the road and get a flat tire (爆胎) at 3:00 a. m. and you’ve been told it’s four hours until a tow truck (拖车) can be sent. Your friend says, ‘Tell me exactly where you are, and I’ll come and get you.’”

Different things lead to the birth of a best friendship—the age and situations in which people meet, what first attracts them, why they remain close, and how they fill each other’s needs. Yet I find the most important points that explain the meaning of a best friend are remarkably (显著地) similar across most experiences. Safety is a word I heard over and over. A best friend makes you feel safe, protected and comfortable. You never have to explain yourself to best friends because they really, really know who you are. With best friends, you can be who you are. You can cry too hard or laugh too loud and never worry what they’ll think of you because best friends are nonjudgmental (客观的). They will give you advice if you want ideas and give you a kick in the pants if you need encouragement, but best friends will not judge you or make you feel ashamed of your behaviors. A best friend gives you what you expect from a parent and doesn’t always get: unconditional love.

Best friends are loyal (忠诚的) and trustworthy. A best friend is a person to whom you can tell your most shameful, truthful and harmful personal secrets with the full confidence they will never be repeated. Best friends can deliver brutally (冷酷无情地) honest answers in the most gentle way.

Finally, best friends are the family you choose. They love you because they want to, not because they have to. And for many people, a best friend becomes the brother or sister they’d always wanted, but never had.

A man I knew asked his dying mother, “What has been the most important thing in your life?” He fully expected her to say her husband, her children or her family. Instead, without a moment’s hesitation (犹豫), she replied sweetly, “My friends.”

1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．Best friends share similar interests.

B．Best friends don’t argue with each other.

C．Best friends have to help because they are a family.

D．Best friends keep each other’s secrets no matter what happens.

2. What’s the meaning of the underlined words “give you a kick in the pants” in Paragraph 2?

A．Pushing you to achieve your goal.

B．Making you feel sorry about them.

C．Forcing you to make a right decision.

D．Expecting unconditional love from you.

3. What does the writer mainly tell us in the passage?

A．What kinds of friendship we have.

B．What characters a best friend has.

C．Why we should have a best friend.

D．How a best friend helps us out of trouble.

【推荐2】If you want to have true friends,     1    . Wonder what you can do? Here are some tips.

▲Laugh and cry together.

Laughing with a friend is the best, but something crying brings you closer. Don’t be afraid to be yourself when you stay with your friends.     2    . Then they will know you much better.

▲Be a nice gift giver.

Gift-giving isn’t just for birthdays or holidays — it can be a fun way of making your friends feel special! But you don’t need to buy expensive gifts.    3    , because put time and ideas into your gift.

▲    4    

If someone laughs at your friend, don’t just stand there quietly. Do something about it! You can try to find a smart way to solve the problem and make others look at your friend differently. Sometimes,     5     It may be not easy, but it’s what a good friend should do!

A．making things by yourself shows you care

B．it’s necessary for you to make him or her feel better

C．you should be a true friend yourself

D．show your true feelings to your friends

E．stand up for him or her

【推荐3】Most of the movies show our relationships and our society. What’s more important is that people love to watch highs and lows of the relationships in movies. Friendship has been the favorite subject of movie makers for a long time. Many movies are based on lovely relationships like friendship. Friendship can be between two persons or among more than two persons. Movies based on friendship make us remember that the relationship among friends is delicate (需要小心处理的). These movies also show how important it is to have a true friend in life and to own the relationship.

Friendship is described in different ways in movies. These movies show different faces of this lovely relationship including the pleasant and interesting faces. Let us discuss how friendship is described in movies.

Friends share common interests: in most of the movies, it is shown that two people become friends easily when they share some common interests. For example, two friends may be in love with the same sports, studying in the same school or living in the same neighborhood. You can see such friendship in movies such as Harry Potter or Lord of Rings. Harry Potter has two friends. All of them are interested in the use of magic.

Friends make sacrifices: in most of the movies, friends make sacrifices for each other. A good example is Sholay. In this movie, there were two friends Jay and Veeru who were there for each other till death. Jay sacrificed his life to save his friend.

Friends never run away from difficulties: in movies, it is always shown that true friends always stand up for their friends in times of difficulties.

Understanding: in movies, friends understand each other without even saying a word. A single smile can brighten up the faces of all the friends.

1. Which of the following may the author accept?

A．Most movies are about relationships between friends.

B．Most movies describe stories that happen in our life.

C．Movies about friendship are popular with young men.

D．Movies always show relationships in the same way.

2. It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that ________.

A．friendship needs skillful and careful treatment

B．people should try their best to make more friends

C．movies about friendship talk about just happiness

D．most movie makers prefer movies about friendship

3. What does the word “sacrifices” mean in paragraph 4?

A．友谊

B．叛变

C．磨练

D．牺牲

4. What happened to Veeru?

A．Veeru lost his good friend.	B．Veeru died for May.
C．Veeru was Jay’s brother.	D．Jay and Veeru hated each other.

5. According to the passage, how is friendship described in movies?
1) Friends have something in common.
2) Friends can give up something for each other.
3) Friends never break up (分裂) with each other.
4) Friends help each other when they are in trouble.
5) Friends understand each other.
6) Friends get along well with each other’s family.

A．2)4)5)6)

B．1)3)4)5)

C．1)2)4)5)

D．3)4)5)6)

6. What is the best title for this passage?

A．Movies about friendship	B．Friendship in movies
C．Ways of making movies	D．Ways of making friends