【推荐1】

Chinese people often think of a rainy spring as a rather romantic time to travel as the scenery seems to be more picturesque when it rains. If you are making a plan for your spring trip, Shaoxing is the place to go.

Shaoxing lies in the south of the Yangtze River Delta (长江三角洲) in Zhejiang Province. You can take a flight from Shenzhen to Hangzhou and then a bus to Shaoxing. You can also take a direct train to Shaoxing from Shenzhen Railway Station.

Shaoxing is one of the most famous historical cities in China. It is known for its rich culture, and as a city of bridges, tea and scholars. A number of great scholars either were born here or spent an important part of their life in the city, including the great writer Lu Xun.

With a history of more than 1000 years, the area has many attractions, like the houses of famous historical people. In addition, the natural landscape alone is a good reason for a visit. During the rainy months of spring, visitors often take Wupeng Boats to enjoy its natural beauty.

Silk products in Shaoxing are of high quality and are very popular with tourists. Shaoxing is famous for its wine, too. If you go to Shaoxing, you will find it has something for everyone.

1. The underlined word “picturesque” in the first paragraph means ________.

A．beautiful

B．boring

C．crowded

D．awful

2. Why is Shaoxing known as a city of scholars?

A．Because Shaoxing has a history of more than 1000 years.

B．Because the great writer Lu Xun was born in Shaoxing.

C．Because a number of scholars were born in Shaoxing or once lived there.

D．Because there are many houses of historical people.

3. Shaoxing is famous for the following EXCEPT________.

A．tea

B．silk products

C．wine

D．airports

4. The passage suggests that ________.

A．Shaoxing is well worth visiting

B．it is cheaper to travel to Shaoxing in spring

C．Shaoxing is in the west of the Yangtze River Delta

D．you can take a Wupeng Boat to Shaoxing from Hangzhou

【推荐2】

Tom, Jean, Jack and Lucy are talking about the movie theaters in the city.

My name’s Tom. I go to the Movie Palace twice a month. It’s about two kilometers from my home. The service is good. But the price of a ticket is a little expensive. I never go to Moon Cinema. It’s about 10 kilometers from my home.

I’m Jean. I go to Moon Cinema more often. There are often new movies on show and the screens are big. Most importantly, the price is cheaper. It’s always half price for students, about 30 yuan. I go there once a week.

I’m Jack. I live about 5 kilometers from Moon Cinema and 8 kilometers from Movie Palace. I think the seats in Moon Cinema are hard and the music is too loud. So I prefer to go to Movie Palace. I go to Movie Palace once a month.

I’m Lucy. I prefer to go to Movie Palace. It’s in the center of the city and is very modern. I like shopping and there are some shopping centers around. I go there once a month.

1. Who goes to a cinema once a month?

A．Tom and Jean.

B．Jean and Jack.

C．Jack and Lucy.

2. How much is a full-price ticket in Moon Cinema?

A．50 yuan.

B．100 yuan.

C．60 yuan.

3. Why does Tom never go to Moon Cinema?

A．It’s far from his home.

B．The seats are hard.

C．The screens are big.

4. Jack’s home is ________ kilometers farther from Movie Palace than Tom’s.

A．3

B．5

C．6

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Tom thinks the service in Movie Palace is good.

B．Jean and Jack like Movie Palace better than Moon Cinema.

C．Lucy likes Movie Palace because she can go shopping.

【推荐3】New capital of BBQ Zibo in China becomes a hot place thanks to tasty skewers (烤串) and good service. Since March in 2023, the search volume of “Zibo barbecue” on the whole platform (平台) has increased by over 770 percent year-on-year.

Zibo, the small city in East China’s Shandong Province, is nearly 6000 square kilometers, with a population of smaller than 4.8 million. The city was hardly known by people before, but now it has gone viral (走红) on Chinese social media (媒体) platforms recently. On each street, queues of customers outside the restaurants are more than a hundred meters. All hotels are fully booked days before. Until late February, this small city was unknown to most people in China. Some college students attended a job fair in the city. They went to try the barbecue and took videos of themselves while they were enjoying the food and posted them on to the social media. As a result of going viral, millions of youths (年轻人) from across the country started to pour into Zibo to try its famous barbecue.

One special thing in Zibo is that diners (食客) can have their own little stove (炉子) on their table. Another important reason is that the barbecue is at a very good price, even after it went viral. Local government encourages more people to come to Zibo. They launch two dozens of “special barbecue trains” and add 21 bus lines so that tourists can “get on the bus to rest, get off to eat”. The city plans to hold a barbecue festival around the May Day holiday.

1. Why does Zibo become a hot place?

A．Because it is famous for many years.

B．Because it is a large city in Shandong Province.

C．Because it has tasty skewers and good service.

D．Because it’s full of youths.

2. The city went viral because _________.

A．the college students posted videos	B．it is 6000 square kilometers
C．it has 4.8 million people	D．it has many restaurants

3. One special thing about barbecue in Zibo is that _________.

A．it is good for young	B．it is tasty
C．diners can have their own little stove	D．it is cheap

4. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A．Diners.

B．Governments.

C．Tourists.

D．College students.

5. Where can you find the passage?

A．In a story book.	B．In a science article.
C．In a diary.	D．In a newspaper.

【推荐1】With the development of science and technology (技术), more and more changes have appeared in our lives. If you look closely, you’ll find that our world is getting smarter all the time. For example, a smart home can be controlled by a group of connected devices (设备). These devices work together to control things like security (安全), temperature and entertainment (娱乐).

The smart security system makes it easier for us to see each other and communicate (交流) through home cameras anywhere. Have you ever locked your keys inside your home? Not a problem! The smart security system can lock or unlock your door without a key.

When it’s cold outside, most people want their homes to be warm. A smart temperature controller will remember what time people arrive home and make sure the house is warm and comfortable when they walk in.

Smart speakers also make homes smarter. They listen for a special word or phrase and then follow the order that is given to them. A smart speaker might respond to “Please play my favorite music” or “Remind me to finish my homework later”.

Living in a smart home sounds cool, doesn’t it? As time goes on, we’re sure to find more ways to make our homes smarter!

1. What is making our world smarter and smarter?

A．Smart homes.

B．Smart devices.

C．Smart speakers.

D．Science and technology.

2. What can the smart security system do?

A．It can follow the owner’s order.

B．It can lock the door without a key.

C．It can keep your home warm enough.

D．It can remember when people arrive home.

3. What does the underlined phrase “respond to” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．回应

B．跟随

C．邀请

D．提问

4. What can we know from the passage?

A．A smart speaker cannot follow our orders.

B．Our homes will become smarter in the future.

C．We cannot see each other through home cameras.

D．A smart temperature controller can listen for a special word.

5. What is the structure(结构) of the text?(①＝Paragraph 1)________

A．①②/③④/⑤

B．①/②③/④⑤

C．①②③/④/⑤

D．①/②③④/⑤

【推荐3】There is an old saying, “Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” It means that we should go to bed early in the evening and get up early in the morning. It’s true that our body needs enough sleep to be healthy. Children should have ten-hour sleep every night. Those who don’t have enough sleep can’t do their work well. They will not be clever and they may not have a bright future.

The body needs exercise as well. Walking, running, jumping riding bike and playing games are all exercises. Exercise helps to keep the body strong and fit. It also helps the blood to move around inside the body. The blood takes food to all parts of the body. The head needs blood, too. So exercise helps people think better.

1. If children don’t sleep ten hours a night, they may __________.

A．come to school on time	B．become healthy
C．not get good grades in their study	D．become a great person when they grow up

2. The underlined word “rise” mean __________.

A．do exercise

B．get up

C．stand up

D．put up

3. Which exercise is not mentioned (提及) in the passage?

A．Walking.

B．Running.

C．Biking riding.

D．Swimming.

4. A person needs exercise because __________.

A．it makes him healthy	B．he has much work to do
C．he is strong	D．he is free

【推荐1】It’s about a Chinese family about a 10-year-old child.

Role: A son and a mom.

Time: A Sunday morning.

Mom: Get up now! Get out of the bed. It’s already 7:00 now.

Son: Mom. It’s Sunday. Let me stay for a while.

Mom: No, you have piano class, English class, drawing class…Get up now. (seriously)

Home after the classes.

Mom: Honey, welcome back! You have finished homework, haven’t you?

Son: In fact, eh, no…

Mom: So?

Son: All right.

After a while.

Son: Mom, I’ve done. I wanna play football for a while.

Mom: No, just wait. You must play piano for two hours.

Son: Eh, no, but I have played Nocturne 3 times.

Mom: No way. You wanna be a loser like your father?

Son: After this, could I …?(low voice)

Mom: No, your painting practice!

Son: Please?(low voice)

Mom: OK. Only ten minutes.

1. What do you think of the boy’s mother?

A．She is friendly.	B．She is warm-hearted.
C．She is patient.	D．She is strict.

2. What can the son do for only 10 minutes at last?

A．Play the piano.	B．Have English class.
C．Play football.	D．Draw a picture.

【推荐2】Top student Wang Hanbing had a problem. The 14-year-old boy used to get marks of over 90 points (out of 100 points) on his Chinese tests. But during last term’s final exams, his Chinese score was only 70 points. “I didn’t know what happened,” said Wang, who felt frustrated (沮丧的) with Chinese during the following months. Like Wang, many of us experience failure in our daily life. What would you do to deal with those problems? Would you just let them stay there and give up? Wang chose to face his problem. His parents and teacher also gave him a lot of help. After some hard work, he now gets marks between 90 and 95 points on his Chinese tests: “Don’t be afraid of difficulties,” he said. “You will beat them if you try your best. He also said that his deskmate told him some useful advice.

Zhang Nan from Shenzhen also has a story to tell. The 15-year-old girl was not good at doing sit-ups ( 仰卧起坐）which is necessary for the Senior High School Entrance Examination (中考). One has to do at least 28 sit-ups in a minute to pass the test. However, she could only do 20. Feeling worried, Zhang decided to do something. She practiced doing sit-ups for half an hour every day after school. After a month, she could do 30 sit-ups in a minute. “I finally know what made me slow through practice, and then I improve the skill little by little,” said Zhang.

1. What problem did Wang Hanbing have?

A．He didn’t get on well with his classmates.	B．He didn’t do well in his Chinese as before.
C．He didn’t get on well with his Chinese teacher.	D．He was bored with learning math.

2. All of the following people gave Wang Hanbing support EXCEPT his       _____.

A．parents

B．Chinese teacher

C．best friend

D．deskmate

3. What similarity (相似之处) do Wang Hanbing and Zhang Nan have?

A．Both of them got success with others’ help.

B．Neither of them got a good result in the end.

C．Both of them dealt with their problems alone.

D．Both of them were positive (积极的) about their difficulties.

4. What is the best title for the passage?

A．Face the difficulties actively.	B．Experience failure in life.
C．Try to be a better student.	D．Do more exercise daily.

【推荐3】Hobbies and collections are a great way to have fun, learn, and make friends. Hobbies can bring some interest and excitement to your life beyond TV and video games. Pick a hobby or collection that interests you and get started today. Here is a fun             hobby to think..
Stamp collecting can be a fun and pleasing hobby. There are thousands and thousands of colorful stamps from different countries and different points of history to collect. This makes stamp collecting both interesting and learning. You can learn about             different parts of the world through collecting stamps from other countries.
There are stamp collectors of all types. Some collectors are quite serious and collect stamps for money. However, most stamp collectors collect stamps just for the fun of collecting them. You can begin collecting with little or no money just by getting             stamps from your everyday mails.
The only Country to print stamps without its name on them is Great Britain. This is okay because they invented the stamp. That is to say, it is the first country to use stamps. Some countries print stamps mostly for collectors. Selling stamps to collectors is actually a main way these countries make money.
1. This passage mainly tells us that     .

A．there are stamp collectors of all types

B．stamp collecting can be a fun and pleasing hobby

C．selling stamps to collectors is actually a main way these countries make money

D．Some collectors are quite serious and collect stamps for money

2. What's the meaning of the underlined word "invented"?

A．印刷

B．发明

C．收集

D．使用

3. Which of the following is NT true according to the passage?

A．Hobbies and collections are a great way to have fun.

B．Some countries print stamps mostly for collectors.

C．You can collect stamps from your everyday mails.

D．Most of the countries didn't want to print their names on stamps.

4. If you have little money, you can collect stamps_________.

A．by your own letters	B．by the post office
C．by the collectors	D．by your friends

5. Why didn't England print its name on stamps?

A．Because he forgot to print it.

B．Because he wanted to tell us who invented them.

C．Because he made a mistake.

D．Because other countries did the same thing as well.

【推荐1】Jim, an out-of-work mime actor (哑剧演员), had to make money by giving some shows on the street. One day, a zoo keeper came to him. He said the most popular animal of the zoo, a gorilla (大猩猩), died suddenly. He gave Jim a job to dress-up as (装扮) the gorilla until they could get another one. Jim agreed.

The next morning, Jim put on the gorilla clothes and got into the cage (笼) before the visitors came. He thought that it was a great job. He jumped, played and made people laugh. After a while, he became more popular than before.

However, soon he found that visitors were not interested in his shows anymore, so he wanted to make some changes. He climbed to the top of a lion's cage and danced there. That made the lion furious, but the visitors got excited. Again, the visitors loved the cute and brave “gorilla”. Of course. the zoo keeper gave him a raise for doing a good job. More and more people came to watch his shows and he made too much money. Then one terrible day when he was dangling (悬荡) over the lion, he fell into the cage and the lion began to run after him in the cage. Jim was so scared that he shouted.

“Help-me! Help me!”

But voice from the lion came to his ears, "Stop shouting! Do you want both of us to lose the job?"

1. Jim worked as a street artist because ________.

A．He loved giving shows on the street

B．He wanted to meet the zoo keeper

C．He lost his old job

2. The zoo keeper wanted Jim to ________ .

A．work as a keeper of the zoo

B．feed the animals in the zoo

C．act as a gorilla

3. What did Jim think of his job in the zoo first?

A．Wonderful.

B．Dangerous.

C．Hard.

4. What is the meaning of the underlined word "furious" in paragraph 3?

A．开心的

B．愤怒的

C．害怕的

5. What can we infer from the passage?

A．The zoo keeper was not satisfied (满意) with Jim at all.

B．Another man dressed up as a lion in the zoo.

C．Jim jumped into the lion's cage to attract (吸引) more visitors.

【推荐2】Parents, teachers, and others who deal closely with teenagers know how difficult the adolescent（青少年的）years can be. This was thought to be due to the "foolishness of youth".

Now, scientists study the physical development of the brain in more details than ever before. Their discoveries have led a new theory of why teens act this way.

Recently, scientists have discovered that though our brains are almost at their full size by the age of six, they are not fully developed. Only during adolescence do our brains truly "grow up". During this time, they go through great changes, like a computer system being upgraded（升级）. This "upgrade" was once thought to be finished by age 12. Now scientists have found that our brains continue to change until age 25. Such changes make us better at balancing（平衡）impulses（冲动）with following rules. But a still-developing brain doesn't do this well. The result, scientists believe, is the unpredictable behavior（不可预测的行为）seen in teenagers.

The studies show that teens are more likely to take risks. Luckily, the news isn't all bad. As brain scientist B. J. Casey points out, the teen brain inspires such behavior in order to help teens prepare for adult life.

One way the brain does this is by changing the way teens measure risk and reward（回报）. Researchers have found that when teens think about rewards, their brains create pleasure. Researchers believe this makes the rewards seem more important than the risks, and makes teens feel the excitement of new experience.

Research has also found that it makes social connection seem especially rewarding. Teens have a strong need to meet new people, because a teen brain can change to deal with new situations. So it connects social rewards with more pleasure. In this way, the brain encourages teens to have a wide circle of friends, which is believed to make them more successful in life.

Unluckily, this need for greater rewards can sometimes lead teens to make bad decisions. However, it also means that teens are more likely, and less afraid, to try new things or to be independent. And the impulses of the teen brain are what help teens leave their parents' care and live their own life successfully.

1. According to Paragraph 2, what have the scientists discovered now?

A．A changing brain helps follow the rules.

B．Our brains finish upgrading by age of twelve.

C．Our brains are fully developed by the age of six.

D．A developing brain can cause unpredictable behaviors.

2. The writer probably agrees that        .

A．teenagers should learn from their bad decisions

B．many teenagers are able to change their behaviors

C．the way the teen brain works makes them less afraid

D．the impulses of a teenage brain should be controlled

3. What can we learn from the passage?

A．The teen brain makes risks less exciting.

B．The impulse of teen brain can benefit（有益于）teenagers.

C．Teenagers with more friends are more successful.

D．Teenagers make wrong decisions because of their brain.

【推荐3】Hi， I am Grace. I have some nice photos.
The first is the photo of my family. The boy is my brother， Bill and the girl is me. And these are my parents. Now we are in Bill’s room. We can see his model phone on the bed. His brown trousers are also on it， under his phone.
The second is photo of my friend. Her name is Helen. She’s 14. And we are the same age. Helen has hat. But the hat is on the floor. It looks like my black cat.
In the third photo is my cousin， David. He is in the library. He has some books on the desk. They are all about dogs. Do you know why?
1. In the first photo we can see _______people.

A．three

B．four

C．five

D．six

2. Bill’s trousers are_____________.

A．on the bed

B．on the desk

C．on the floor

D．on the phone

3. The second photo tells us that Helen’s hat is _______________

A．white

B．brown

C．yellow

D．black

4. From the third photo， we know maybe David likes_______.

A．dogs

B．models

C．hats

D．cats

5. Which of the following is RIGHT?

A．David’s books are everywhere.

B．Bill has a small dog.

C．Helen’s cat is in Bill’s room.

D．Grace is 14 now.