【推荐1】

If you were asked to recite lines of poetry that have the Chinese character “hua”—which means flower—how many could you recite?

He Liran, 13, had to tack on this challenge on a TV show aired by Shandong TV. He Liran, a student at the Harbin No 163 Middle School in Heilongjiang, competed with over 100 other students. The competitors took turns reciting lines of poetry that used the word “hua”, with He Liran replying to each one.

One competitor used the line “As if the vernal breeze had come back over night; adorning thousands of pear trees with blossoms white.” He Liran replied with “After one night of wind and showers; how many are the fallen flowers!”

At the end, He Liran won, reciting more than 60 out of the 127 lines that were recited in the competition.

Her lifelong love of reading helped her win. Her father started reading poems to her when she was just 4 years old. She has been a bookworm ever since.

Though busy with schoolwork, she spares time to study at least one poem each day. She thinks ancient poetry is still important, even in modern times.

“Once, I walked along a small path in a forest. The scenery was the same as what is described in the line ‘On the sandy path between pine-trees there is no mud’, which comes from one of Su Shi’s poems. At that moment, the line from his poem naturally came to my mind and I realized that poems can be part of our daily lives,” she said.

1. He Liran started to learn about poetry at the age of________.

A．4

B．6

C．8

D．l3

2. The underlined line in Paragraph 3 probably mans “________” in Chinese.

A．一树梨花压海棠	B．雨打梨花深闭门
C．千树万树梨花开	D．梨花满地不开门

3. According to the text, the competitor________will probably win the competition.

A．that likes ancient poetry best	B．that studies at least one poem each day
C．that has recited the most poems with “hua”	D．that can recite 127 lines of poems

4. Which of the following is TRUE about He Liran?

A．She competed with over 163 other students.	B．Poetry plays an important role in her life.
C．She won the competition in her school.	D．She thought of Li Bai’s poem when walking in a forest.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Interest is the best teacher.	B．One tree can’t make a forest.
C．Better late than never.	D．Actions speak louder than words.

【推荐2】Monty Robert’s father was a horse trainer. As a child, Monty often went from one farm to another with his father. Sometimes they didn’t have enough money to pay for food, but Monty still kept hoping to own a horse farm.
When he was in school, his teacher asked him to write a paper about his dream. He wrote a seven-page paper. He wanted to have a horse farm one day. He even drew a picture of a horse farm in the paper.
The next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later, he got his paper back. On the front page was a large red “F” with the words “See me after class”. So the boy did and asked his teacher:” Why did I get an F?” The teacher said: “This dream will not come true for a young boy like you. You need a lot of money to own a horse farm. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for a lot of things. There is no way you could ever do it.” Then the teacher added: “If you write this paper
again with a simpler dream, I will give you a good grade.”
After school he thought hard about it. At last, he decided to hand in the same paper, making no changes at all. He wrote: “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.”
Many years later, Monty had his own large horse farm. His dream came true.
So don’t let anyone take away your dreams. Follow your dreams, no matter what they are.
1. From Paragraph1, we learn that _______.

A．Monty’s family was poor

B．Monty’s father didn’t support him

C．Monty hoped to be a horse trainer

2. What did his teacher ask him to do when he was in school?

A．To write a seven-page paper.

B．To draw a picture about his dream.

C．To write a paper about his dream.

3. What was Monty’s attitude 态度 towards his paper?

A．Careless.

B．Serious.

C．Funny.

4. Monty’s teacher gave him a red “F” because he thought ______.

A．Monty’s handwriting was too bad

B．Monty copied from another student

C．Monty’s dream was too hard for him to achieve

5. What does the story want to tell us?

A．Follow a simple dream.

B．Never give up your dream.

C．Don’t take away others’ dreams.

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Why do you remember Hello Kitty, Snoopy and all the other playful animals? What makes you love them? Well, maybe because they' re like the people around you. Think about it! You may just find a friend or classmate who is like them. Is he or she:
As sweet as Hello kitty: She likes to eat cakes. She loves to make new friends. She asks friends to her tea parties. She is warm and sunny and will always help you.

As clever as Snoopy: He went to school when he was nine. He learned to use a typewriter in two years! He thinks a lot. He is so clever that you like to be with him.

As sarcastic（讽刺的）as Garfield: He sits happily in the seat and says sharp words to you. Sometimes he is not nice. He doesn't really like you? He thinks you're a fool? No, in his heart, he loves you. He is a friend with hard words but a warm heart.

As naughty as Mashimaro: He doesn't look like a good boy. He has sleepy eyes and looks naughty. He always plays tricks on people. So you get angry with him and don't like him very much. His mind is active and full of ideas. He tries to be big and catch your eyes. But, he's still a child.
1. If you want to make a friend like Snoopy, he or she must be _________ at least.

A．clever

B．naughty

C．active

D．sweet

2. Tom' s friend is always warm - hearted with sharp words. He is just like_____.

A．Hello Kitty

B．Mashimaro

C．Snoopy

D．Garfield

3. The underlined words plays tricks probably mean________.

A．plays games

B．makes mistakes

C．makes fun of

D．makes friends

4. According to the passage, people love cartoon animals because_________.

A．they are the animals that often make people laugh

B．their personalities are like the people around them

C．the cartoon animals are sunny, warm and full of ideas

D．they always help people, think a lot and try to be big

【推荐1】One day, Tom’s teacher, Miss Mark, held a class meeting. “There will be a flag day next Saturday. Does anyone want to join this meaningful event (活动)?” asked Miss Mark. Tom was interested in raising money for homeless children but he was not brave enough to talk to the strangers, so he kept quiet in his seat.

“Tom. You haven’t sold flags before,” said Miss Mark suddenly. “Would you like to have a try?”Tom was hesitant(犹豫的)，but he finally nodded.

On the flag day, Tom and Angela sold flags in a busy street. “Ex-cuse me, Could y-o-u pl-ea-se buy ...?” said Angela softly to the first person she met. The man smiled and put five-dollar coin into Angela’s collection bag. Then she said thanks and put a flag under his shoulder. “I did it!” said Angela happily. “It’s your turn now.”

Feeling nervous. Tom began to shake. Soon, he saw a young lady walking towards him. The lady was smiling and holding a few coins in her hand. She asked, “Are you selling flags for Fund for the Homeless Children?” Tom’s face became red and said yes. Then the lady made the donation(捐赠) and Tom gave her a flag. “You made it!” laughed Angela.

In the next couple of hours, Angela and Tom sold flags quickly and bravely. At last, their collection bags were so heavy that they had to hold them with both arms. They felt very proud.

1. Why did Tom keep quiet in his seat?

A．He had other plans.

B．He didn’t like Miss Mark.

C．He was not interested in the activity.

D．He was not brave enough to talk to the strangers.

2. When Miss Mark asked Tom to have a try, he finally        .

A．laughed

B．nodded

C．refused

D．cried

3. Where did Tom and Angela sell flags?

A．In a busy street.	B．In their school.
C．In a tall building.	D．In a small garden.

4. How much did the first man pay Angela for the flag?

A．Five dollars.	B．Ten dollars.
C．Fifteen dollars.	D．Twenty dollars.

5. How did Tom and Angela feel after they sold the flags?

A．Bored.

B．Shy.

C．Confident.

D．Sad.

【推荐2】As the saying goes, “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish,and you feed him for a lifetime.”This is the way the charity organization Heifer International (国际小母牛慈善组织)wants to end world hunger.
It began in the 1930s when an American farmer, Dan West, went to Spain to help people in need. He tried to feed the people with milk. But it seemed that there would never be enough milk. It made him think that what they needed was“not a cup, but a cow”.
Dan West returned to America. He worked together with some friends to find ways to end hunger. He believed giving animals and providing training would stop world hunger. With his help, Heifer International was set up.
On Heifer International’s website, you will see a list of animals like cows, chickens, pigs and even fish and bees. You can offer help by buying some animals for one certain family. Those animals will have babies. With more and more animals, these families will be able to support themselves. Once these families get better lives, they will pass on the act of kindness to others. More importantly, you are buying the resources(资源) for programs run by Heifer International to help more families.
The programs also help small-sized farms. As a rule, each farmer must give his animal’s first female(雄性) baby to another in need. Heifer International also provides training on animals health and feeding. And these farmers all agree to teach others what they have learned as another rule.
However, there is still a long way to go. The milk may run out. But if families have their own cows, they can get plenty of milk to feed themselves. The organization wants the farmers to go on
working together, helping each other and learning from each other. Maybe hunger can really be stopped.
1. According to the passage, we know that Dan West      .

A．set up a team in Spain	B．helped people with enough fish
C．was a Spanish farmer	D．helped set up Heifer International

2. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the charity organization Heifer International?

A．Heifer International makes a list of animals on its website.

B．Farmers in the program must teach others how to feed animals.

C．Farmers in the program must give all the animals' babies to others.

D．Heifer Intermational provides training on animals' health and feeding.

3. If we put the passage into four parts, which of the following is the best?
（①=Para.1 ②=Para.2 ③=Para.3 ④=Para.4 ⑤= Para.5 ⑥= Para.6）

A．①；②③；④⑤；⑥	B．①；②③；④；⑤⑥
C．①②；③；④⑤；⑥	D．①②③；④；⑤；⑥

4. The best title of this passage may be“     ”

A．Advice on Feeding Cows	B．A Cow Instead of a Cup
C．The Charity Organizations	D．An American Farmer

【推荐3】Nowadays, “toilet revolution” is a thing in China.     1     The money is spent building or upgrading (改进) toilets in 30,000 villages.

Experts have agreed that a “toilet revolution” is very important. Better toilets mean healthier lives and better living standards. Better toilets can also help encourage tourism and improve the economy.

“Toilet revolution” was started in 2015. Chinese president Xi Jinping then called for improvement to toilets across China. The government has invested more than 1.6 billion yuan in the project since then. Nearly 70,000 toilets have been built or upgraded. By the end of 2017, 45 percent of rural residents (居民) had been using standard toilets.     2    

In cities popular with tourists, more expensive toilets have been built.     3     Some toilets, meanwhile, have been expanded (扩大). Now, they have special cubicles (隔间) for the disabled and adults with young children.

China, in fact, is not alone in focusing on toilets. According to Bill Gates’ foundation, forty percent of the world’s population doesn’t have flush toilets. UNICEF says at least 1.2 million young children die of diarrhea (腹泻) each year.     4     Gates says toilets of the future will be able to save 800 lives every day.

A．In 2013, that number was only 36 percent.

B．China is investing seven billion yuan in the project.

C．Contact with human waste is the main cause.

D．However, it is not easy to start a “Toilet revolution”.

E．These toilets have ATMs, Wi­Fi and recharging (充电) stations for mobile phones.

【推荐1】If a polar bear tells you to talk to the hand, don't be surprised. The animals seem to communicate with each other through scent trails（气味痕迹）left by their paws. As they walk across the snowy Arctic, polar bears are usually alone. In the past, people noticed that polar bears sometimes smelled the footprints of other bears. Could there be chemical information hidden in their tracks?

Researchers gathered scent samples from the feet of 203 wild polar bears. All of the samples were taken in spring, when polar bears produce young. To get each bear’s scent, researchers rubbed a cotton cloth between its toes. Then they went to zoos and tested 28 zoo polar bears to see how they responded to the foot scents of strange bears. In case（以防）the toe clothes from the wild bears carried any disease, the researchers spread each scent sample onto a piece of cardboard and put it inside a little wooden box. The bears could smell and approach the boxes, but they couldn't touch the samples directly.

In general, bears were more interested in foot scents from the opposite sex（性别）. They were more likely to approach the scent boxes in spring than in fall.

Judging by the zoo bears' special interest in scents from the opposite sex, it seems that polar bears use foot smells to track down potential mates. By following a set of attractive footprints, a lonely polar bear can find itself a partner and make more polar bears. But this will only work as long as the sea ice that bears walk across is unbroken. The more it melts（融化）, the more bears' trails will be incomplete. As a result, they will have no one's feet to smell but their own.

1. What's the purpose of the question in paragraph 1?

A．To interest the readers.	B．To lead in more information.
C．To introduce the topic.	D．To make believe what he said.

2. Why were the pieces of cardboard with scent samples placed in the boxes?

A．To help zoo bears to smell the scents directly.

B．To keep the scents from disappearing quickly.

C．To prevent possible diseases in samples from spreading.

D．To separate these wild bears' scents from those of 200 bears.

3. By following a set of attractive footprints, a polar bear can________.

A．find more food	B．find its way home
C．find itself a partner	D．make more friends

4. From the last paragraph, we can infer________.

A．the birth of more polar bears	B．the way of bears to attract their mates
C．the possibility of bears' losing their way	D．the need for keeping the Arctic from melting

【推荐2】Once upon a time there was an old man. He had a very clever monkey. He helped the old man in many ways.
One hot afternoon in summer, the old man was sleeping in his chair. A fly(苍蝇) came and sat at the end of the old man's nose. The monkey drove it away. Soon the fly came back and sat on the old man's nose again. The monkey drove it away again.
This continued for five or six times.
At last, the monkey became very angry. He jumped up, ran to the garden, and picked up a large stone. The next time when the fly sat on the old man's nose, the monkey hit it hard with the stone. He killed the fly, but unfortunately, he also broke the old man's nose.
1. The old man had a very ________ monkey.

A．strong

B．clever

C．small

D．lovely

2. When the old man was ________， a fly came and sat on his nose.

A．running	B．having breakfast
C．sleeping	D．drinking water

3. When the monkey saw the fly, he ________.

A．helped the old man work in the garden

B．drove it away

C．ran away quickly

D．did nothing

4. What made the monkey get angry?

A．The fly sat on the old man's nose.

B．The fly flew away quickly.

C．The fly didn't fly away at all.

D．The fly came back several times after the monkey drove it away.

5. The story tells us that ________．

A．we can't sleep in the garden

B．we can't keep a monkey as a pet

C．we should think carefully before we take action(行动)

D．we can't hit a fly with a stone

【推荐3】Plants are very important living things. Life could not go on if there were no plants. This is because plants can make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals and man cannot make food from air, water and sunlight. Animals get their food by eating plants and other animals. So animals and man need plants in order to live. This is why we find that there are so many plants around us.
If you look carefully at the plants around you, you will find that there are many types of plants. Some plants are large while others are small. Most plants are green but a few of them have different colors, such as red, yellow and so on.
There are two types of plants: flowering plants and non-flowering(不开花的) plants. Flowering plants have roots (根), stems (茎；干), leaves, flowers and fruits. Almost all the trees around us are flowering plants. You can probably know some plants from their flowers or their fruits. Flowering plants can make seeds (种子). The seeds are protected by the fruits. Some fruits have one seed, some have two, three or four, and some have many seeds. But a few fruits have no seeds at all. An example of a fruit without seeds is the banana fruit.

Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds. They grow from spores (孢子). Spores are very, very small. Some spores are so small and light that they can float in the air. We may say that spores are quite the same as seeds. When these spores fall on wet and shady(阴凉的) places, they usually grow into new plants.

1. What fact does the passage make you believe?

A．Without plants, man will die out.

B．Spores are seeds.

C．All fruits of flowering plants have seeds.

D．Of all living things, animals are most important.

2. The main idea of the second paragraph (段落) is that ___________.

A．plants are very different from each other

B．plants have different colors

C．there are many plants in the world

D．we should look carefully at the plants around us

3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Plants are different in size and shapes.

B．All fruits of flowering plants have seeds.

C．Not all plants are green.

D．Most non-flowering plants do not grow from seeds.

4. The paragraph following the passage will be about ___________.

A．how plants can make food from air

B．why some plants have no seeds

C．how spores grow into new plants

D．why non-flowering plants are more important than flowering plants

5. The best title of the passage can be ___________.

A．Plants are Important

B．Spores and Seeds of Plants

C．Flowers and Fruits of Plants

D．Flowering Plants and Non-flowering Plants