【推荐1】Bicycle Tour（旅行） and Race
A bike tour and race will be held on August 26 and 27 (Sat. & Sun. ) at 5:30 a.m. The riders will leave Tian’anmen Square and ride the first 35 kilometers as a training leg. Then the next 55 kilometers leg, from Yanjiao to Jixian, will be the first competitive（竞争性的）part of the tour. The riders will be taken from Jixian to Changli. The second racing leg of the tour will be from Changli to the seaside of Nandaihe, covering about 20 kilometers. On Saturday night the riders will stay at Nandaihe for supper. Sunday morning is free for playing at the seaside. At noon all the people and their bikes will be taken back to Beijing.
Cost: ￥200          Telephone: 010—60875678
1. The passage is to give information about _____.

A．visiting teams

B．famous players

C．things to do for the weekend

D．prices to pay for the riders

2. If you take part in the bike tour, you will ride for _____kilometers.

A．35

B．55

C．75

D．110

3. The underlined word “leg” in the passage probably means _____.

A．part of the tour	B．practice
C．part of the training	D．race

4. What places will you ride in the first part of the competition?

A．From Beijing to Yanjiao.

B．From Yanjiao to Jixian.

C．From Tian anmen Square to Changli.

D．From Tian’anmen Square to Nandaihe.

5. If you want to do something for weekend, what should you do?

A．Call 010—60875678 and take part in the Bicycle Tour and Race.

B．Go to Tian’anmen Square and ride 35 kilometers.

C．Pay ￥200 to watch the Bicycle Tour and Race.

D．Stay at Nandaihe for supper.

【推荐2】During the past two weeks we asked students of all ages about their favourite activities．Our survey showed that most students spent a lot of time watching TV, chatting on the Internet and playing computer games．It also showed that students had lots of different ways of having fun．
Here’s what the students said:
“I love watching old romantic movies．I sometimes invite my friends around and we watch movies together．We eat popcorn and relax．I also go skating every week．It is a great way to keep fit．”
Jenny (aged 14)
“I love playing my drums．I would love to be in a band．I enjoy skateboarding and playing basketball with my friends．Sometimes we go to watch football or basketball matches．
Ben (aged 13)
“At the moment I am spending a lot of my spare time designing and making my own clothes．I love art and my dream is to be a designer．I like lots of sports but my favourite is judo．”
Nisha (aged 15)
“I am helping my grandfather to find out about our family history．We are using the Internet and old records to find things out．It's really cool．I'm not very sporty but I love motorcycles．”
Tony (aged 15)
1. How old are Nisha and Tony?

A．12

B．13

C．14

D．15．

2. What is Nisha’s dream?

A．To be a teacher．	B．To be a doctor．
C．To be a designer．	D．To be a swimmer．

3. Who doesn’t like doing sports?

A．Jenny

B．Ben

C．Nisha

D．Tony

4. Which isn’t mentioned ( 提到) in the passage?

A．Watching TV．

B．Chatting on the Internet．

C．Playing volleyball．

D．Playing computer games．

5. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．How to read books．	B．How to spend free time．
C．How to make friends．	D．How to play drums．

【推荐3】John gets up early from Monday to Saturday, because he must go to school before 7:30 on weekdays(工作日)and go to the Drawing Club at 8:00 on Saturday mornings. He usually goes to the bookshop on Saturday afternoons, and after supper he watches TV until (直到) midnight.

He doesn’t get up early on Sundays. John’s parents work on Sundays. John always watches TV after he gets up. Then he usually goes to KFC to have a hamburger and some juice for lunch. After that, he goes back home and starts to play computer games until his parents come back. He does his homework after supper. He usually has lots of weekend homework, so he must spend three hours on it . He usually goes to bed at about 11：00 pm.on Sundays. He often complains(抱怨) he has too homework to do.

1. How many times does John need to get up early in a week?

A．Every day .

B．Five days a week .

C．Only at week

D．Every day except on Sundays.

2. When does John do his weekend homework?

A．On Sunday evenings	B．On Sunday mornings
C．On Saturday evenings	D．On Sunday afternoons.

3. Which of the following is NOT right?

A．John watches TV after supper on Saturdays.

B．John doesn’t do   exercise on Sundays

C．John watches much TV on Sunday afternoons.

D．John goes to bed late on Saturday and Sunday evenings.

【推荐1】A Versailles Bike Tour

Take a tour of Versailles with a difference—by bicycle! It’s the only way to see Versailles’ expansive gardens and you’ll get to see highlights of Versailles that most visitors miss. You’ll also enjoy a picnic by the Grand Canal and then take a tour of the Palace of Versailles.

Basic Information:

Lasts: 9 hours

Where to meet: Outside of the subway station(Line 10) in Paris

Where to part: Return to the same point as departure at about 6:00 pm

Means of transportation: Together with the guide, you will walk to the RER train station to travel to Versailles by train. Then pick up your bike at an office just 5 minutes from the Palace of Versailles.

What You Will Enjoy:

☆A visit to Versailles’ village market to buy cheese, bread, wine and whatever else you wish for your delicious picnic lunch

☆A bike ride through the gardens behind Versailles palace. Bring your camera for pictures—perfect views in every direction.

☆Arriving at the far end of the Grand Canal, you’ll settle down at the picnic.

☆ Cycle back towards the palace for an unforgettable view into the lives of the King. You’ll visit the Hall of Mirrors, the King’s State Apartments and so on.

Ticket   Prices: adult: man 50 dollars; woman 40 dollars; above 60:30 dollars; kids 12-18:20 dollars; (children under 12 are not allowed)

☆For more tour guide information: Web: www. versaillestour.com.

1. Where will the visitors have a picnic?

A．The gardens of Versailles.

B．The Grand Canal.

C．The RER Station.

D．The Hall of Mirrors.

2. When do the visitors and tour guide meet at the subway station?

A．9:00 am	B．12:00 am
C．1:00 pm	D．2:00 pm

3. What can you do to get more tour guide information?

A．Give them a phone call.

B．Go to their office to ask.

C．Write a letter to them.

D．Visit their website.

4. What can we infer from the passage?

A．The visitors will set off and return at two different places.

B．The visitors can go directly to the Palace of Versailles by themselves.

C．The Palace of Versailles is not far from the office of bikes.

D．The guide will wait for and meet the visitors at the RER train station.

5. Where can you read the passage?

A．Novel.

B．Dairy.

C．Advertisement.

D．Report.

【推荐3】There is a board (布告牌) on Spring Street. There is lots of information (信息) on it.

Lost My dog Ted was lost near Rose Park, He is two. He is black and white. If you find him, please call Mrs Miller. Reward (奖赏) for finding the dog: ￥500 Phone number: 667-899 Thank you for your help!

Welcome to Super Fox Cinema Movies Time Little Big Panda 8:00 am-9:30 am Cinderella 12:30 pm-2:30 pm Slow Video 3:00 pm-5:00 pm My Mr Right 6:00 pm-8:00 pm Prices: Adults (成人): $30 Students: ￥120

Star Ping-pong Club is Great! Do you love to play ping-pong? Do you want to have fun at weekends (周末)? Come and join (加入) our Star Ping-pong Club (俱乐部), You’ll have a good time here. Only boys are welcome. Call Henry at 666-5893.

1. If you are free (空闲的) from 2:50 to 5:30 in the afternoon you can see the movie ________.

A．Little Big Panda	B．Cinderello
C．Slow Video	D．My Mr Right

2. ________ can join Star Ping-pong Club?

A．Mrs Brown, a mother	B．Emma, a middle school student
C．Tony’s sister	D．John, a primary school student

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．There is a big park on Spring Street.

B．You can see Cinderella in the morning.

C．You can get 50 yuan if you find Ted.

D．The club is open (开放的) on weekends.

【推荐1】Well today it happened ... A day we never want to happen but continually prepare for throughout the school year.

We had a tornado (龙卷风) touch down near the school. I wasn't even in the classroom when it happened. I had taken a student with me to the workroom to help get things for a project. When the sirens (警报器) went off, I immediately held my student's hand and ran as fast as I could back to the classroom.

Never did I imagine need to put our tornado drills (训练) to use. I never imagined actually needing to line my students up on the wall, have them crouch down with their knees and heads touching the ground, hands on the backs of their heads. Their hearts beating so fast ( and mine, if we are honest ) they couldn't catch their breath ,or the fear filled eyes looking up at me as they asked if their mommies, daddies, grandparents and friends were going to be OK.

Never did I imagine the terrible silence that would come over the whole school, with hundreds of students lined up against the walls of one building.

Never did I imagine the way would feel. Along with other teachers, we tried our best to comfort our students, make sure of their safety and promise them everything would be alright, when we truly didn’t know what the result would be. Today has taken a toll (造成损害) on me, as I am sure it has on the hundreds and thousands of teachers in the local areas. But at the same time, I am really proud and surprised at how my students handled themselves today. In such a scary and dangerous situation, my students handled themselves with the attitudes of children much older than them.

Never in my life have I seen my students follow directions so quickly. Even though some tears were shed, some hearts were beating fast, my students were brave. They had such an unshaking trust in my assistant and myself that they were able to be 100% calm the whole time. I am truly grateful.

Tomorrow will bring a new set of challenges and will be a day used to encourage and prepare the students for the next time this might happen .Right now, look back on the day, being thankful for everyone's safety, courage and bravery.

1. What does the underlined word “crouch”in the third paragraph mean?

A．put the body close to the ground with the legs under you

B．lie on the ground for relaxing yourself

C．walk on your feet

D．move by jumping on one foot

2. According to the passage, we have known that the teachers did many things EXCEPT that ______.

A．they had given the students tornado training before

B．they called the students' parents to make sure of their safety

C．they tried their best to comfort the students

D．they asked the students to line up on the wall

3. From ______, we can get to know why the writer highly praised his students.

A．Paragraph 1, 2 and 3	B．Paragraph 4 and 5
C．Paragraph 5 and 6	D．Paragraph 5, 6 and 7

4. This passage is written to ______.

A．teach the students how to be brave when facing the difficulties in their lives

B．stress (强调) the importance of tornado drills

C．say thanks to all the students and the teachers in his school

D．record the experience and his feelings on that day

【推荐2】Could the students from less developed areas in central and western China get the same educational chances as those in big cities in the east? Could the children in poor rural (农村) areas develop as well as those in rich cities? Maybe the answers were “No” in the past. But now, China is trying to change the situation.

In order to help rural students grow taller and stronger, China’s Nutrition (营养) Improvement Program started in 2011. According to the program, a lot more money was spent improving students’ meals. More than 36 million students from 134,000 primary and junior high schools in poor rural areas have benefited from the program. They are provided with healthy food like eggs and milk from Monday to Friday at school. And the result of a survey shows that the students in those areas are much taller and stronger than before.

It is true that there were differences between less developed areas and developed areas in education before. Recently, The Guideline for Popularizing High School Education (2017-2020) has come out. According to the guideline, above 90% students from all over the country will go to high schools by 2020. What’s more, the schools in central and western areas will get more support to improve their education.

Students from rural and poor areas also get more chances to receive higher education. A special college program makes it possible for more students from those areas to go to key (重点的) colleges and universities. The number will be increased by 10% in 2017.

With the guideline and the programs, we can expect a fairer and more balanced (均衡的) education in the future.

1. The number of 134,000 in Paragraph 2 is the number of _______ in poor rural areas.

A．the key schools	B．the poor students
C．the key colleges and universities	D．the primary and junior high schools

2. The underlined word “benefited” in Paragraph 2 means _______ in Chinese.

A．逃离

B．获益

C．受害

D．赚钱

3. If we put the passage into three parts, which of the following is the best?
(=Para.(自然段) 1     =Para. 2   =Para. 3     =Para. 4   =Para. 5)

A．;;

B．;;

C．;;

D．;;

4. After reading the passage, we can infer(推断) that ________.

A．Liu Xi, a student from Chongqing, can go to any high school if she wants to

B．Li Mei, a student from a western rural school, can get a bag of milk every day

C．Hu Jia, a 12-year-old rural student, will more easily receive high school education

D．Han Lei, a student from Beijing, will have few chances to go to key universities

【推荐3】June 11,2013 was another big day for Chinese space exploration. Shenzhou X, China’s fifth manned spacecraft, was sent into space. Three astronauts, Nie Haisheng, 49, Zhang Xiaoguang, 47, and Wang Yaping, 33, stayed in space for 15 days.
Tiangong-1 is China’s first space module(舱). It was sent into space in 2011. It will be developed into a large space station around 2020. A space station is a lab for scientific studies.Shenzhou X performed its first docking（对接）with Tangong-1 on June 13. It docked twice during the 15 days.
The US, Russia, Japan, Canada and Europe are working together on the International Space Station (ISS).China wanted to join the ISS but was refused by the US. China decided to build its own space station.
Shenzhou X flew around the Tianggong-1 lab for the first time. This was to make sure that spacecraft could dock from more than just one direction. The astronauts carried out repair work and did experiments on the Tiangong-1.
Teaching from space
Wang Yaping, China’s second woman astronaut, taught high school and primary school students about space science. Wang talked about how things move in a micro-gravity(微重量)environment. This helped the students better understand some physics ideas, like Newton’s Law. The lessons aimed to encourage more students to learn about the universe and science.
Life up in space
The three astronauts followed a work and rest schedule（作息时间）that is similar on the Earth. They had Chinese dishes, such as Kung Pao Chicken and fried rice. The food was kept in special bags. At the time of the Dragon Boat Festival, they had Zongzi.
1. Shenzhou X, China’s fifth manned spacecraft was sent into space _______.

A．on June 11, 2013	B．on June 13, 2013
C．on June 11, 2011	D．on June 13, 2011

2. Among the three astronauts Nie Haisheng is _______.

A．the youngest	B．the oldest
C．the tallest	D．the strongest

3. Tiangong-1 is _______ which was sent into space in 2011.

A．a space station	B．a manned spacecraft
C．a space module	D．a space lab

4. China decided to build its own space station because________.

A．China was very rich

B．the US refused China to join the ISS

C．Chinese scientists wanted to do experiment in space

D．the astronauts wanted to stay there

5. Wang Yaping taught the lesson to encourage students to________.

A．become the next Newton

B．experience micro-gravity

C．learn more about the universe and science

D．know more about the life of astronauts

6. From the last paragraph, we can learn that the three astronauts _______.

A．had a different time schedule in space

B．cooked Chinese food for dinner

C．celebrated Dragon Boat Festival by having Zongzi

D．slept in special sleeping bags