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Wenxuan Store	Do you need school things? We sell school things at very good prices. We have pencil boxes for only five dollars each (每个). The pens are three dollars each. We have erasers for two dollars and pencils for only one dollar. A big notebook is 10 dollars and a small one is 7 dollars.
Fashion Store	Welcome to Fashion Store! We have nice clothes for boys and girls. For girls, we have nice skirts in all colors for only $35. The sizes (尺码) of these skirts are S, M, L, XL and XXL. For boys, we have T-shirts in blue for only $30.
Mr. Green’s Store	Do you like playing ball games? We have some good things for you. Soccer balls are $15 each. Basketballs are only $25 each. And we have tennis balls for only $20 and ping-pong balls for $5. Each tennis racket is $20 and two ping-pong bats are only $30. If you love sports, come and have a look at our store.

1. Mary wants some pencils, so she can go to ________.

A．Wenxuan Store

B．Fashion Store

C．Mr. Green’s Store

D．I don’t know

2. Bob wants a T-shirt and he can buy a ________ one.

A．white

B．black

C．purple

D．blue

3. How much is a ping-pong bat?

A．$5.

B．$15.

C．$20.

D．$30.

4. People can buy ________ sizes of skirts in Fashion Store.

A．three

B．four

C．five

D．six

5. Tom has 30 dollars and he can buy _______.

A．five small notebooks	B．two T-shirts
C．two soccer balls	D．two tennis balls

【推荐3】It’s a special bakery as the place is silent except sounds caused by walking and paying money in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province.

At the gate of Silent Cake are signs that explain, “Most employees(雇员) in this bakery cannot hear or speak, so it may take a little longer for you to order and pay. Please be patient.”

Though without a word, people working at the bakery greet every customer with a big smile and a welcome gesture(手势).

Customers can write down their orders on notebooks, and can also use the sign language written on the boards communicate with the employees.

“We haven’t heard people complain since we opened in March,” said Zeng Nan, one of the bosses of the bakery”. Customers are friendly and always wait patiently, and some even help clean tables.

Silent Cake has become famous. Since its opening at the end of March 2018, the bakery has been a popular place in the neighbourhood. The 40 tables at the bakery are often full at noon with a long waiting line. On the busiest day, they served over 500 customers.

“I started the bakery because many disabled(残疾的) people had difficulty finding jobs. But the success is totally beyond my mind,” Zeng said.

“All the employees here are strong and brave. They smile through their difficulties and stand on their own feet. They are my heroes,” said Fan Xiaoyan, a customer with disabilities.

1. In the bakery, you can only hear the sound of ________.

A．eating food	B．ordering food
C．chatting and singing	D．walking and paying money

2. Most employees will ________ if you go into this bakery.

A．say hello to you	B．listen to you carefully
C．greet you with a smile	D．take your order quickly

3. The boss started the bakery to ________.

A．make himself rich	B．help disabled people
C．make himself famous	D．offer special cakes

4. According to the passage, which one is NOT true?

A．The customers often write down their orders on notebooks.

B．The customers sometimes use sign language to communicate with the employees.

C．The customers are not patient to wait for a long time.

D．The customers even help clean the desks.

5. What do you think of the employees after reading the passage?

A．Respectable.

B．Humorous.

C．Common.

D．Special.

【推荐1】Do you often laugh? It’s good for your mind and body. There is a festival for it, it’s World Laughter Day. It is on the first Sunday of May every year. People in every place can celebrate it. Go outside with family or friends to watch a comedy movie, sit together with your loved ones and share some jokes, watch funny short videos over the internet. They only need to laugh loudly and freely. “Laughter is the best medicine”. A doctor named Madan Kataria started the interesting day in India in 1998. He wanted to make people much happier. He believed that laughter could bring people happiness and help people relax. When the doctor started the first World Laughter Day on May 10, it was very popular. To make it more popular, the doctor advised people to celebrate the day in public places. Many cities all over the world celebrate it now. Some people even get prizes for the best laughter.

根据短文内容，判断正（T）误（F）。
1. There is a festival for laughter in the world.
2. People do nothing on this day.
3. Dr. Madan Kataria started this relaxing day in America.
4. The first World Laughter Day was on May 10, 1998.
5. All the people can get prizes on World Laughter Day.

【推荐2】Think back to when you were in a classroom, maybe a maths classroom and the teacher set a difficult problem. Which is your answer?

A: Oh no, this is too hard for me. I’m not even going to try and work it out.

B: Ah, this is quite hard but I like to push myself. Even if I don’t get the answer right, maybe I’ll learn something in the process.

Carol Dweck, the psychologist（心理学家）of Stanford University, gave problems to a group of ten-year-olds. The problems were too hard for them. One group said positively that they loved challenges and understood their abilities could be developed. Professor Dweck said they had a “growth mindset” and focused on what they could achieve in the future. But another group felt that their intelligence was being judged and they had failed. They had a “fixed mindset” and were unable to imagine improving. To boost（提升）their self-esteem（自尊）, these students even looked for someone who had done worse than them.

Professor Dweck believes that there is a problem in education at the moment. For years, children have been praised for their intelligence or talent, but it makes them afraid to face failure. They want to please by getting high grades, but they are not really interested in learning. The solution, according to Dweck, is to praise the process of children making an effort, using learning strategics and improving. This way they will become interested in getting better at something and will achieve more. She thinks that keeping working hard over time is the key to success.

Psychologists have been testing these theories. They taught students that if they left their comfort zone（区域）and learned something new and difficult, the neurons（神经元）in their brains would form stronger connections, making them more intelligent. In another study, some children who didn’t perform well made great progress after learning growth mindset skills for a year. They came top in tests, beating children from much more better schools. These children had previously（以前）felt that making an effort was a sign of stupidity, but they came to see it as the key to learning.

So, back to our question in the beginning. If you answered B, well done—you already have a growth mindset. If A, don’t worry, everyone can be excellent with a little effort and self-awareness.

1. Who did Carol Dweck give problems to?

A．Five-year-olds.

B．Ten-year-olds.

C．Fifteen-year-olds.

D．Twenty-year-olds.

2. Which of the following is a growth mindset person?

A．He focuses on what he has achieved at present.

B．He faces challenges positively to help himself grow.

C．He looks for someone who did worse than him.

D．He doesn’t want to experience what he doesn’t know.

3. What can we learn from Professor Dweck’s study?

A．Praising children for their intelligence has a positive influence on learning.

B．A person with a fixed mindset can easily improve himself in his comfort zone.

C．Intelligence or talent is the key to people’s success.

D．Guiding students to focus on learning process can help them achieve more.

4. What would the professor agree?

A．Testing students can often make them more intelligent.

B．Keeping working hard makes people afraid to face failure.

C．Practicing growth mindset skills helps students get improvement.

D．Staying in the comfort zone is a good way to make students confident.

5. What is the best title of this passage?

A．The true meaning of success

B．A scientific experiment about intelligence

C．Develop a growth mindset

D．Compare the differences between growth mindset and fixed mindset

【推荐3】A lot of people play sports, but very few people become sports professionals（专家）. If sports aren’t going to be your future, then why should you play them? Why should you train every day? Why should you train hard and feel sore（酸痛的）the next day? Wouldn’t it be better to forget sports and only pay attention to your lessons?

In fact, there are a lot of reasons to play sports. First of all, sports are a great way to exercise. Exercising keeps you healthy and strong. It also helps you stay in a good condition. When you exercise, your body makes endorphins（安多芬）. Endorphins give you more energy and make you feel happier.

Sports are important for everyone, but they are especially important for young people. They teach young people about winning and losing. Also, they teach young people how to talk with teammates and work as a team. Sports teach young people to respect（尊重）their coaches, teammates and players from the other team. Many reports say that sports help young people stay out of trouble. If a young person plays sports, he or she may have fewer problems. This is because sports teach people about rules. They also teach people that if they work hard, they might succeed.

Another good way of sports is that they make people leave their houses. These days, a lot of people spend too much time watching TV and playing video games .When you play sports, you go outside and exercise in the sun.You take in fresh air. All of these things are important.

Maybe you’re not going to become a sports professional, but that doesn’t matter. Sports will help you become a better and happier person. Sports will help you make friends and stay healthy. Here is another reason to play sports: Sports are fun.

1. According to the text, which of the following is true about sports?

A．When endorphins are made in our body, we will get angry easily.

B．If young people do more sports, they will have more problems.

C．When doing sports, we should respect everyone in the game.

D．More indoor exercise can bring people happiness and health.

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

A．Reports.

B．Sports.

C．Problems.

D．Rules.

3. What is the best title for the text?

A．Sports Are Just For Professionals.

B．Sports Teach People To Work Hard.

C．Sports Are Good For Everyone.

D．Sports Make People Go Outside.

4. Which of the following shows the structure （结构） of the passage? （P ＝ Paragraph）

A．

B．

C．

D．

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Monarch butterflies(帝王蝶) from the eastern part of North America make the most amazing journey in the insect world. Each year, this tiny creature(生物) travels up to 3,000 miles(4,800 kilometers) to its winter home in central Mexico(墨西哥). How can it fly so far? And what is the purpose of its long and dangerous trip? Scientists still don’t have an explanation.

The length of the butterflies’ trip is only one part of the mystery. The other amazing thing is that the butterflies always return to the same place in central Mexico. How do the butterflies find their way back to the same place? This is an interesting question because only every fourth generation(代) makes the trip south. In other words, the butterfly that travels to Mexico this year is the great-great-grandchild of the butterfly that traveled there last year.

Each year, four generations of a Monarch butterfly family are born. Each generation of the family has a very different life. The first generation of Monarchs is born in the south in late April. It slowly moves north, reproduces, and then dies. On the trip north, two more generations are born, reproduce, and die. Each of these generations of butterflies lives for only two to five weeks. In the fall, the fourth generation of butterflies is born. Compared to its parents, this generation has a long life. It lives for about eight months. This generation of butterflies makes the amazing journey to the winter home of its great-great-grandparents. The butterflies spend the winter there, and in the spring they reproduce and then die. Their children will be the first generation of the next circle. How amazing it is!

1. From the passage we know that monarch butterflies ________.

A．spend their winter in North America

B．are small but can fly quite a long way

C．travel to central Mexico to reproduce

2. There are ________ mysteries about monarch butterflies’ journey.

A．two

B．three

C．four

3. The last paragraph is mainly about ________.

A．why Monarch butterflies fly from north to south

B．how Monarch butterflies make the amazing trip

C．when each generation of butterflies reproduce

4. According to the article, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．Two of the generations are born on the trip back to south.

B．Only the fourth generation can live through the whole winter.

C．The first generation of Monarchs is born in the south in spring.

5. We can read this passage on the ________ part of a magazine.

A．sports and health

B．science and technology

C．environment and nature

【推荐2】When I was nine years old, I wrote my first poem. My mother read the little poem and cried. “Buddy, it's a beautiful, beautiful poem!” My mother poured out her praise.

“What time will Father be home?” I asked. I could hardly wait to show him my poem. My father had begun his movie career as a writer. He would be able to appreciate (欣赏) my poem even more than my mother. I confidently put the poem right on my father's plate on the dining table.

My mother said he would be home around 7. But my father got home an hour later than expected. He sat down at the table and noticed his plate, “What is this?” I heard him say.

“Ben, Buddy has written his first poem. And it's beautiful, so amazing!” Mother said.

“If you don't mind, I'd like to decide that for myself,” Father said.

I kept my face lowered to my plate. It was only 10 lines long. But it seemed to take hours. “I think it's bad,” my father said. I couldn't look up. My eyes were getting wet.

“Ben, sometimes I don't understand you,” my mother was saying. “This is just a little boy. He needs encouragement.”

“I don't know why” my father held his ground. “Isn't there enough bad poetry(诗歌) in the world already? No law says Buddy has to become a poet.”

I ran from the dining room, threw myself on the bed and cried.

A few months later, I read that first poem. It was a bad poem. I worked up the courage to show him a short story. My father thought it was not good but hopeful. I was learning to rewrite.

As I worked my way into other books and plays and films, I realized how lucky I was to have a mother who said, “Buddy, it's wonderful!” and a father who shook his head “I think it's bad.” Both are love that forces me to improve. In fact, all of us in life need both loving force.

1. What did the mother think of the Buddy's poem?

A．She was so moved that she cried.

B．She thought the poem was well written.

C．She considered Buddy had no talent for poetry.

D．She believed Buddy needed advice from his father.

2. The underlined sentence “my father held his ground” may means ________.

A．My father began to explain his reasons	B．My father got so angry that he stood up
C．My father refused to change his thoughts	D．My father threw my poem on the ground

3. From the passage, we can infer that Father is ________.

A．loving and strict

B．careful and strict

C．careful and rude

D．careless and strict

【推荐3】Do you go to the movies during the holidays? What do you eat there? Popcorn (爆米花)? Yes, of course! More and more Chinese youth now like to eat popcorn when they watch movies at the theater.
However, it may be the Americans who love popcorn the most. Americans do fun things with their popcorn. They like to put butter on their popcorn. But that's not all; they also like other kinds of things like chocolate, and even cheese! Americans like to eat popcorn as a snack (小吃). These days, there are a lot of "low -fat" kinds of popcorn in US shops to keep people healthy.
Americans started eating popcorn in movie theaters in the 1930s. Before this, they couldn't because movies were silent (无声的) and popcorn made too much noise. When movies got noisier, people could eat noisier food.
Next time you eat popcorn, why not try to eat it American style.
1. Young people like to eat         at the cinema.

A．popcorn

B．chocolate

C．sweets

D．cheese

2. Americans couldn't eat popcorn in cinemas before 1930s because        .

A．popcorn at that time wasn't healthy

B．people were too poor to buy popcorn

C．other foods were more popular than popcorn

D．movies were silent and popcorn made noise

3. What is the best title for the passage?

A．The holiday's coming, pop some corn!

B．The movie's starting, pop some corn!

C．The holiday's coming, eat some snacks!

D．The movie's starting, eat some snacks!

【推荐1】A Chinese man brought his favorite dishes reganmian (热干面) and hot pot to Rovaniemi, Finland. He became the first Chinese to open a restaurant in the Arctic Circle (北极圈).

Hu Liang, from Central Chinas Hubei Province, moved to Finland after graduation at 21. For the last twelve years, he has seen more and more Chinese tourists visiting the country to enjoy the winter holidays.

“Chinese people are becoming richer and more international. What has not changed is their stomachs. So I made the decision to open the restaurant,” said Hu.

Hu’s restaurant serves reganmian, a traditional Wuhan noodle, as well as Chinese hot pot. He orders ingredients (原料) from China online and offers e-payment which is popular among Chinese people such as Alipay.

At a price of $18.45, a bowl of reganmian is not only great comfort for Chinese tourists who have traveled from thousands of miles away, but it also appeals to local Finns.

In Rovaniemi, with a population of around 60,000, Hu receives more than 300 guests in the peak season (最繁忙的季节) to offer people a “hot” experience in the cold, snowy land.

Married to a Finnish woman and father to one child, Hu has got used to the local lifestyle with lots of skiing (滑雪) and ice fishing trips.

He said he would bring his child to Wuhan, and try to switch (转换) between the two cities every half year.

1. Hu Liang moved to Finland ________.

A．with his family	B．to open a restaurant.
C．12 years ago	D．to get a better education

2. Hu Liang’s restaurant ________.

A．makes use of local ingredients	B．receives thousands of guests in the peak season
C．serves both Chinese and Finnish dishes	D．offers customers e-payment

3. What does the underline phrase “appeals to” mean in Chinese?

A．改变

B．吸引

C．帮助

D．影响

4. Which of the following is TRUE about Hu Liang?

A．he built a family in Finland.	B．He will move back to Wuhan.
C．He thinks it is too cold in Finland.	D．He offers his guests ice fishing trips.

【推荐2】Dear Anna,

I'm your eraser John. This afternoon Paul found me in the classroom and gave me to your English teacher Ms. White. Now Ms. White's three keys and I are in Ms. White's bag. The bag is yellow. It's on Ms. White's desk. Please call Ms. White and ask her for me. You can go to the library, too. Ms. White is in the library now. Don't lose me again.

1. Paul found a(n)              in the classroom.

A．pen

B．book

C．ruler

D．eraser

2. The meaning of the underlined word "gave" is             .

A．扔

B．卖

C．给

D．借

3. You can see              in Ms. White's bag.

A．three keys and a bag

B．three keys

C．an eraser

D．an eraser and three keys

4. Ms. White is in              now.

A．the school

B．the library

C．the classroom

D．her room

5. Which of the following（下）is TRUE?

A．The bag is on the bed.	B．Ms. White found three keys.
C．Ms. White is an English teacher.	D．The bag is white.

【推荐3】Global warming is a big problem that we have to stop. One of the best things we can do is to plant more trees.Trees can take in carbon dioxide in the air and stop global warming. According to a new report, China is doing a great job of “greening”the world.

A team of scientists at Boston University has been working with NASA to study Earth’s green vegetation (植被). They used a special NASA camera and found that global leaf area has increased by 5 percent since the early 2000s. And according to the study,China was responsible for 25 percent of that gain. That’s about one-quarter of the size of the entire Amazon rainforest.

The growth mainly came from China’s forest protection programs, NASA said. For example, since 1962, China has been planting trees in Saihanba in Hebei Province. It was once a desert. But now, China has turned the area into the country’s largest man-made forest.

The Chinese public has also joined in these efforts. Ant Forest, a feature(功能)in the Alipay app, gives users points for doing some eco-friendly(对生态环境友好的)things. Users can then use these points to water and grow their own virtual trees. When the virtual trees are big enough, Ant Forest will plant real trees somewhere in the world. More than 55 million trees have been planted in this way.

1. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of planting trees?

A．Ending world hunger.	B．Turning deserts into forests.
C．Taking in carbon dioxide.	D．Stopping global warming.

2. What did the scientists at Boston University find out?

A．Planting more trees has slowed global warming down.

B．India has planted about 25 percent of the Amazon rainforest.

C．China has greatly increased its amount of green vegetation.

D．China and India are responsible for global warming.

3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “virtual”?

A．网上的

B．虚拟的

C．真实的

D．假冒的

4. The last paragraph mainly tells about _______________.

A．how to grow real trees with Ant Forest

B．how to use Alipay online

C．why Ant Forest is popular in China

D．what the Chinese public has done to encourage more tree-planting