【推荐1】In China， many people are leaving the countryside to find jobs in the cities， because the countryside is much poorer than the city， and often there isn’t much work there. Services such as hospital and transport are usually much better in the city than in the countryside. They hope that their lives will improve when they move to the city.
But in the big cities of Europe like London or Paris， people are moving out of the city. These rich families want to live a quieter life. They are tired of the noise and the dirt of the city， and they are tired of the crowded streets， crowded trains and buses. They don’t want to live in the cities any more. They want a house with a garden in the countryside， and breathe the fresh air there.
So they move out of the cities. Some don’t go very far， just a little way out of the city， to the towns near the cities; other people move to the real countryside with sheep， cows and green fields. There， they start new lives and try to make new friends.
Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy. After two or three years， many people who have done this feel that it was a big mistake. They don’t make so much money and there isn’t much work to do. People in the countryside are very different and aren’t always very friendly.
As a result， quite a lot of people who have moved to the countryside move back to the city. “_______________________________” they say.
1. Which is NOT the reason for people moving to the cities in China?

A．The countryside is much poorer than the city.

B．People in the countryside have nothing to eat.

C．People in the countryside don’t have much work to do there.

D．Services in cities are usually much better than those in the countryside.

2. Why do some rich families in Europe move to the countryside?

A．Because they will find good jobs.

B．Because they are tired of living in the city.

C．Because they can make more money there.

D．Because they like feeding sheep and cows in the green fields.

3. What’s right about the people who move to the countryside？

A．All of them feel happy.

B．None of them feel happy.

C．Only a few of them stay at the countryside at last.

D．Some people in the countryside always fight with them， so they hate the countryside.

4. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph show?

A．They are happy to move back to the city.

B．They miss their friends in the countryside.

C．They still want to move to the countryside.

D．They are tired of the noise and the crowded streets in the city.

【推荐2】I am Greek, and my family go to Greece every summer. Uncle Spyro and Aunt Aspa lived about 45 minutes outside of Athens. Every summer when we travelled to Greece, we would spend a couple of days with them.

I remember all the fun things we would do there. We would shake almonds (杏仁) off of the branches of Uncle Spyro’s almond trees. Using his strong arms, he would break the shells off, and present us with the shiny white nut. With Aunt Aspa, we would pick lemons off her lemon trees and carry them inside the small house with the help of Uncle Spyro. Drinking the fresh lemonade and eating the delicious almonds, we would sit on the porch and talk. Uncle Spyro and Aunt Aspa didn’t speak English, and my Greek wasn’t and still isn’t perfect. But those peacefully quiet time on the porch were the time that I miss most.

Uncle Spyro developed cancer from smoke for most of his life and he became very sick. We didn’t go to Greece in 2009, but we planned on going again in 2010. But just in the late spring of 2010, we found out that Uncle Spyro was in the hospital shortly before we left for Greece. My mother, Alethea, and I wanted to see him. But he passed away before we could get there. We were deeply grieved to hear the news. Now, I wish that we had seen him for the last time. But my uncle didn’t wait for us to go.

We still visit Aunt Aspa and we still pick almonds and lemons. We still drink the fresh lemonade and eat the delicious almonds on the porch. But somehow the lemonade isn’t as fresh, and the almonds aren’t as delicious as before.

I think I’m still here to comfort Aunt Aspa and that I’m still here to finish my life. I’m not afraid of death any more like some people. And I know that when I do die, I’ll just be going up to Uncle Spyro, and we’ll eat almonds and drink lemonade, just like before.

1. The writer did some fun things except ________.

A．picking lemons off the lemon trees	B．breaking the shells off the almonds with hands
C．shaking almonds off the almond tree	D．drinking fresh lemonade and eating the delicious almonds

2. From the last sentence of paragraph three, we know that Uncle Spyro ________.

A．didn’t like to wait for the writer	B．went travelling before the writer arrived
C．went to hospital after the writer reached Greece	D．died before the writer went to see him

3. The writer thinks the lemonade isn’t as fresh and the almonds aren’t as delicious as before because ________.

A．the lemonade and the almonds aren’t fresh

B．Uncle Spyro can’t stay with him any longer

C．the lemonade and the almonds have been stored for a long time

D．Aunt Aspa doesn’t know how to make the lemonade

4. The underlined word “grieved” in paragraph three means “________”.

A．excited

B．angry

C．sad

D．proud

【推荐3】
After death, John went to see God. God looked at him, feeling very unhappy, “You’ve lived in this world for 60 years. Why haven’t you gotten any result at all?” God asked.
John argued, “My God, I couldn’t become a successful person just because you didn’t give me any chance. If you let that magic apple hit on my head, the man who found the law of gravity should be me.”
God said, “OK, we might as well try again.”
God rocked his hands and the time turned back to a few hundred years ago.
God shook the apple tree for the first time, when a red apple fell and happened to drop on John’s head. John picked up the apple, wiped it and ate it up as soon as possible.
God allowed another bigger apple drop on John’s head and John ate it up once again.
God shook the apple tree for the third time, when a much bigger apple fell on John’s head. John got mad, picked up the apple, threw it out heavily. Then he shouted angrily: “The apple annoyed my sweet dream! What a bad luck!”
The apple flew out and happened to fall on Newton’s head. Newton awoke and picked up the apple. After a long time of thinking, he discovered the law of gravity at last.
The time returned once again now.
God said to John, “John, do you understand it now?”
John asked, “My God, please give me another chance…I will …”
God shook his head and said, “No. The chance that the apple drops on the head of everyone is the same, but each person’s ability to catch the chance is different.”
1. When did John die?

A．At the age of 50.	B．At the age of 60.
C．At the age of 70.	D．At the age of 80.

2. How many times was John hit by apples?

A．Once.

B．Twice.

C．Three times.

D．Four times.

3. What did John do after he was hit by the apple for the second time?

A．He ate the apple at once.	B．He got angry and shouted.
C．He threw the apple out.	D．He thought something over.

4. Which is the best title of the passage?

A．God’s Words	B．Annoying Apples
C．John’s Life	D．Lost Chances