【推荐1】Daisy was in the bathroom. She was brushing her teeth and the tap (水龙头) was on. Water was running.

“Turn that tap off,” a voice said loudly. Daisy was shocked. She ________, but saw no one. “Turn that tap off. You are wasting water!” Someone shouted ________.

This time Daisy turned off the tap and asked, “Who—who are you?” “I am a drop of water. It’s not ________ for me to get here. Do you know where I’m from?” “From the tap?” said Daisy.

“No. A few days ago, I was flying comfortably in a cloud, enjoying the view from the sky. Then I ________ into a river and that river carried me to a lake. Then it was time for me to get cleaned up.” “Really?” Daisy doubted. “Yes. I was dirty after my ________. So in order to make me safe to drink, people gave me a complete ________. After that, I ________ in the pipes (管道) under the streets. I waited there until you called me, and here I am.”

Daisy said, “So this is the end of your ________?”

“No. When you’ve finished with me, I will be back in the sea again. That’s where I came from in the first place. Remember not to waste me or pollute me. I’m valuable, ________ gold. See you.”

“Wait a minute. What do you mean by gold?” But there was no ________. The water had gone.

1.

A．looked out

B．looked up

C．looked around

2.

A．impolitely

B．happily

C．kindly

3.

A．lucky

B．comfortable

C．easy

4.

A．dropped

B．stepped

C．broke

5.

A．road

B．way

C．journey

6.

A．training

B．checking

C．cleaning

7.

A．entered

B．flew

C．travelled

8.

A．history

B．life

C．journey

9.

A．as

B．like

C．from

10.

A．reply

B．noise

C．time

【推荐2】Maxime and Lise are young French couple. They are ready to travel across China from Beijing to Yunnan Province on a tandem bicycle (双人自行车). They have two main aims and one of them is that they want to encourage green travel _______ it.

Maxime, 26, works helping farmers raise their cows, while his wife Lise, 26, is a teacher. The two also like sharing their travel _______ on Facebook. “We choose a tandem bicycle because it makes it easier to communicate with each other about interesting people and things we come across during the journey. Besides, bicycling is healthier. And it’s a cheaper and more environment-friendly way of traveling than _______ cars, motors and so on,” the couple said.

As for the other purpose of their journey, the two said they wanted to get people’s good ideas on topics such as health, economy and politics. When they were asked _______ they chose to visit China, they said it was because they often talked about its long history and beauty and how much the country is competitive in the world.

“We know China is a country with a large population and will be the leader of the economy around the world in the future. We want to get a _______ understanding of the country and its people. We love the country,” they said. The couple will be on their journey to China soon. We hope they can make more people further _______ China by sharing what they see and hear on the way. Meanwhile, we hope they enjoy their travel in China.

1.

A．along

B．through

C．beside

D．over

2.

A．reports

B．ambitions

C．dreams

D．stories

3.

A．riding

B．taking

C．having

D．using

4.

A．how

B．what

C．why

D．which

5.

A．better

B．rather

C．well

D．unusual

6.

A．deal with

B．responsible for

C．hear of

D．know about

【推荐3】We are lucky to live in a rich country where we have many things. However, most of us usually waste some things.

Electricity is one thing we waste most. Lights, TVs, ________ and other things are often kept on when no one is using them. We should turn them off when we do not use them. It ________ less than a second to do it. Anyhow, not wasting electricity ________ money, because we do not have to pay for the electricity we do not use.

The second thing that we often waste is water. Fresh water is ________, so we shouldn’t waste it. It is only a simple matter of turning off a tap. I am sure ________ can do this easily if he wants to.

Another big waste is food. My mother used to cook so much food that we had to ________ some of it away. I told her we had wasted so much ________. She thought I was right and now cooks ________ what we can eat.

It is not ________ to be wasteful. I find there is a simple way of not wasting things. That is to use only what we ________. Do not touch what we do not need. In this way we can stop being wasteful.

1.

A．radios

B．apples

C．bikes

D．doors

2.

A．spends

B．costs

C．pays

D．takes

3.

A．uses

B．saves

C．keeps

D．gets

4.

A．practical

B．unusual

C．valuable

D．natural

5.

A．nobody

B．something

C．everybody

D．nothing

6.

A．remain

B．drop

C．finish

D．throw

7.

A．electricity

B．water

C．food

D．money

8.

A．mainly

B．only

C．mostly

D．specially

9.

A．right

B．fine

C．important

D．bad

10.

A．buy

B．need

C．bring

D．get

【推荐1】The Little Prince, a classic novel was written by the French pilot and writer, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. It_______a story that happened in the Desert of Sahara, about a pilot and a little prince. The pilot had an accident with his plane. _______was wrong with his engine. And he made friends with the prince who fell from another planet.
The main _______in this book, a special little prince, lived on a small planet known as Asteroid B-612. It_______only three volcanoes(火山) and a rose with surprising beauty. The flower was rarely found and charming_______words, but she was also proud and self-centred. And it made the little prince leave his planet because he was_______to face her. During his journey, the little prince visited several planets, and had conversations with their citizens. From them, he found how meaningless the world of grown-ups was. Finally, he _______ the Earth, where he was shocked by a heart-breaking fact that his flower was not the only one in the world. At that moment a fox appeared, asking the little prince to “tame” (驯服) him, then he did so._______ the little prince left, the fox made him believe that the rose was special to him and the meaning of love and responsibility. At the end of the story, the little prince decided to go back home. The pilot walked_______with his friend to the place where he landed. He saw a yellow poisonous snake bite the little prince. The next morning, the pilot was unable to find the prince’s body. He finally________to repair his plane and leave the desert.1.

A．repeats

B．tells

C．explains

D．writes

2.

A．Something

B．Nothing

C．Everything

D．Anything

3.

A．director

B．character

C．suspect

D．actor

4.

A．was made of

B．was made from

C．was made up of

D．was made in

5.

A．before

B．beyond

C．after

D．behind

6.

A．ready

B．happy

C．unusual

D．unable

7.

A．arrived

B．got

C．went

D．reached

8.

A．After

B．Before

C．Since

D．Until

9.

A．sadly

B．happily

C．excitedly

D．quickly

10.

A．failed

B．afforded

C．managed

D．promised

【推荐2】Hello！ My name is Jack. Here’s a pencil case. It’s orange, It’s my pencil case, it’s on the desk. Look! This is a pen, it’s black. And this is an eraser, it’s blue and white. They’re both (都) in the pencil case. This is a ruler, it’s red, it’s on the pencil case. That is a ruler, too. It’s yellow. It’s in the drawer（抽屉）. Where’s my math book? Ah, it’s there, under the sofa.
1. This is         pencil case.

A．its

B．her

C．his

D．your

2. The yellow ruler is       .

A．in the backpack	B．in the drawer
C．on the pencil case	D．in the pencil case

3. in the pencil case.

A．A pen is	B．An eraser is
C．A ruler is	D．A pen and an eraser are

4. The       is orange.

A．pencil case	B．pencil
C．pen	D．ruler

5. Where is Jack’s English book?

A．Under the sofa.

B．On the desk.

C．In the drawer.

D．Sorry, I don’t know.

【推荐3】Have you ever visited the American city Seattle? ______ not, now you can stay at home and visit it by playing a computer game. A 14-year-old American student McKaulay Kolakowski designed the computer game.

The game is called Seattle Monorail. The _____ can drive a red or a blue train along the track(轨道), passing Seattle’s famous places and buildings.

McKaulay started ___ the game two years ago. He built the game software for beginners. His ______ came to him during a computer animation(动画) course he took when he was in Seattle. He ____ over 200 hours designing the game.

“The thing is if people get ______ in this, it doesn’t have to end where the train goes,” said his father, Giles Kolakowski. “McKaulay can make it go by anything.”

Right now, McKaulay is building a website, www.McKaulay.com. He plans to _____ all his work on the website, He is also trying to put his ______ on the Seattle Centre website. If he makes it, he will _____ the game to others, and he will use the money to pay for a trip to China.

“Anyone who has ______ Seattle’s train may think this is kind of fun,” McKaulay said. “I think people who drove it in the past would really find it fun.”

1.

A．Why

B．When

C．If

D．Where

2.

A．players

B．designers

C．students

D．engineers

3.

A．putting on

B．working on

C．getting on

D．turning on

4.

A．information

B．instruction

C．idea

D．situation

5.

A．took

B．spent

C．paid

D．cost

6.

A．bored

B．funny

C．interesting

D．interested

7.

A．provide

B．offer

C．share

D．give

8.

A．hobby

B．name

C．game

D．school

9.

A．sell

B．introduce

C．lend

D．choose

10.

A．worried about

B．thought about

C．heard about

D．talked about