【推荐1】Computers can help us in many ways, but they cannot think or do things on their own.     1     They cannot come up with any new information, but they can save much time and work. For example, all the information and office files can be stored in a computer’s “memory”.

The first computers were huge and expensive. They filled up almost the whole floor of large offices.     2    . They invented chips(芯片) which made it possible to store more information in less space.

    3     They can just be placed on top of an ordinary writing table. They can even be carried from place to place easily. Computers are not only used in offices by companies, but are used at homes by families who can afford them.

    4     A robot can do the same work as a person for 24 hours without complaining or getting tired.     5     As computers become more and more common in businesses and factories, people fear that one day computers and computer-controlled robots will put human workers out of work.

A．Today, computers are not only cheaper, but also more compact.

B．Humans have to feed them with information and tell them what to do.

C．In Japan and some places in America, robots are used in factories to assemble(装配) cars.

D．Robots are only moving parts controlled by computers.

E．Later, scientists found ways to produce cheaper and smaller computers

【推荐2】One more video, OK, now just one more... I’ll stop after this one... Well, maybe just a short one...

It can be hard for many people to stop using TikTok, a video App. Many TikTok users spend much time watching the App’s short videos. Before they know it, hours have passed! TikTok wants to help users get control of their screen time. It’s adding new features to remind people to take breaks.

TikTok already has some features to help. One of those features lets users set a limit for their screen time each day. Now, this control is going one step further. TikTok users will be able to set how long they can watch at one time. Once they hit that time, they’ll get a reminder from TikTok—it’s time to take a break!

Cutting down on screen time can help in lots of ways. Experts say less screen time leads to less stress and better sleep. Keeping away from the screen also lets you enjoy real life. People can exercise and spend more time with friends and family.

To get control of your screen time, you need to know how much time you’re spending looking at the screen. Another new feature of TikTok’s helps with that. It’s a screen time page, which tells users how much time they spend on TikTok each day and each week.

“Having a good relationship with digital devices (数字设备) isn’t just about screen time,” said Jordan Furlong, a TikTok leader. “It also makes us feel in control of how we use technology.”

Are you ready to get control of your screen time?

根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
1. How does the writer start the passage?

A．By showing some thoughts.	B．By giving a report.
C．By comparing some facts.	D．By telling a story.

2. What can we learn from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?

A．There should be reminders about new short videos.

B．It’s important for people to control their screen time.

C．It can be hard to find something interesting on TikTok.

D．People may spend lots of time watching short videos without noticing it.

3. What can users do with TikTok’s new features?
①They can set how long they can watch at one time.
②They can set a limit for their screen time each week.
③They can know what are the most popular short videos on TikTok.
④They can know how long they use TikTok each day and each week.

A．①③

B．②③

C．①④

D．②④

4. What does Paragraph 4 mainly tell us?

A．The importance of enjoying real life.

B．Advice on being in control of technology.

C．Ways to make good use of digital devices.

D．The effects of cutting down on screen time.

5. What’s the best title for the passage?

A．TikTok: A popular App	B．TikTok: Time to take a break
C．Short videos make life colorful	D．Creative ideas are always needed

【推荐3】阅读下面的短文，从答问题完成句子。

The Dolphin 1 is a kind of intelligent water rescue (救援) robot. It is independently developed by Yunzhou Technology, a company from Guangdong Province.

The rescue robot became famous for its successful rescue of a boy who was washed away by waves in Weihai, Shandong Province on Aug 9, 2022. The Dolphin 1 has many advantages. For example, it has high floatage (漂浮性), and its direction can be controlled. The Dolphin 1 can overturn (翻转) to adjust its position even in dangerous water conditions by itself. It is not hard to be remote-controlled (遥控) with one hand and the person who uses it does not need to have professional training before using it. When one accident happens, only one to two people are required to operate (操作) the robot for rapid rescue.

Since it was put into use, the Dolphin 1 has saved several people’s lives in Zhuhai’s Wanshan Island and coastal areas of Weihai. It has been put into operation in rescue tasks in Jiangxi and Henan provinces.

At present, the intelligent water rescue robot has been widely used in China. And more than 40 countries, including the United States of America, Spain, Italy, and Australia, have introduced the Dolphin 1 for rapid water rescue operations.

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

A．智能的

B．时尚的

C．勤奋的

2. How many people are only required to operate the robot for rapid rescue if an accident happens?

A．One to four people.

B．One to three people.

C．One to two people.

3. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?

A．Advantages of the water rescue robot.

B．Research of the water rescue robot.

C．Opinions on the water rescue robot.

4. Where has the water rescue robot been put into operation in rescue tasks?

A．In Hunan and Jiangxi.

B．In Jiangxi and Henan.

C．In Hunan and Henan.

5. Which part of a newspaper might the passage come from?

A．Travel.

B．Science.

C．Culture.

【推荐1】In China, with one or both parents going out to make money, many children are left in their hometowns in the countryside. These children are called “leftover children”. A report showed that in 2021, China had a total of 9 million leftover children in the countryside. Usually, the children’s grandparents or their parent’s friends or relatives look after them. Sometimes these children are brought up by one of their parents at home. Most of their guardians（监护人） are not quite educated. To them, making sure that the children are healthy and fed well is the most important task. If the children are safe and fit, they are considered to have done a good job. Guardians seldom care about children’s study, their psychological needs, or mental demands（需要）. Neither do they spend some time to teach kids how to develop good habits. In fact, these leftover children need more care.

The survey below is from some villages in Central China. Three hundred children were chosen to answer the questions. Among the six questions, communicating is the biggest problem. Only 46% of the children could communicate with their parents freely. And when they answered the question “Who to talk with”, 27% children chose “oneself” and 18% children chose “no one”.

根据短文及表格内容，选择最佳答案。
1. Of all the four things, the leftover children need ________ most.

A．love

B．money

C．control

D．freedom

2. ________ of the children think it good to live with their parents.

A．14%

B．28%

C．39%

D．58%

3. How many children think their happiest place is their home? ________

A．48.

B．102.

C．144.

D．156.

4. During the survey, the children were asked about many things EXCEPT ________.

A．pocket money	B．people they talk with
C．their needs	D．their parents’ working in cities

5. We can learn that ________ according to the passage and the survey.

A．most leftover children can get good education

B．over 40% of the children have difficulty talking to parents freely

C．all the leftover children dream of making money in big cities

D．most villagers prefer living a life in the countryside

【推荐2】Have you ever noticed that you’re treated differently in stores based on your sex，age，race(种族)and even the way you dress? I certainly have，so 1 wanted to see exactly what happens inside these stores that are meant to be run with“customer(顾客)service”．
A young man in ripped jeans and a hoodie went into a car shop and asked for a price on the top of the line vehicle．The salesman looked him up and down and said．“I don’t think you can afford a car like this．Have a look at the inferior cars over here.”
As you can imagine，the young man was angry and left the showroom．Two days later, the
young man walked back in，and he walked up to the salesman who had served him two days before and asked，“Hi，do you remember me? You said l should look at the inferior cars the other day．”The salesman nodded and said yes．
The young man then asked him to just quickly come outside and have a look at something．
They walked out and the young man pointed to the brand—new top of the line Ford and said．“I paid with cash(现金)，do you like my new car?”And then the salesman quickly left．
Maybe many businesses don’t understand a fact—if they don’t treat their customers equally,they will lose business．Not every one of the above people will ever go back to those companies and they won’t recommend them to anyone．You will not only lose repeat business but also lose up to 10 customers，for every person you treat badly will not recommend your companies and will tell people not to go to these places．
1. What fact does the writer mainly tell us about treatment in the passage?

A．Everyone is treated equally in their life．

B．Many people are treated unequally in their life．

C．People don’t need to be treated equally in their life．

D．People need society to provide an equal environment．

2. What does the underlined word“inferior”mean in Chinese?

A．高级的

B．崭新的

C．下等的

D．二手的

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The young man in brand．new jeans and a hoodie entered the showroom．

B．All the people treated badly will go back to complain about the service．

C．The salesman left quickly because he felt very embarrassed(尴尬的)．

D．If customers are treated equally, companies will lose repeat business．

4. Which of the English sayings can we get after reading the passage?

A．Love me love my dog．

B．A miss is as good as a mile．

C．A clean hand wants no washing．

D．Never judge from appearance．

【推荐3】下面文章有五处需要添加小标题，请从以下选项(A、B、C、D、E和F)中选出符合各段意思的小标题，选项中有一项是多余选项。

Your school days should be some of the best and happiest days of your life. You shouldn’t waste this wonderful chance to learn. Here is some advice for you to have a happy school life.

    1    

Don’t say things are difficult or boring. Be interested in school life and your school subjects. Join lots of activities. Go around the school with a big smile.

    2    

School is not a holiday camp. If you are not working, you are not learning, and you are wasting your time at school.

    3    

If you don’t eat a good breakfast, you’ll think about food in class. If you go to bed late and do not have enough sleep, you will be sleepy in class. Play sports to keep your body strong.

    4    

Don’t say you will do things tomorrow. If you fail behind the class, it is very difficult to get back to the front. You can’t finish anything if you rest all the time.

    5    

Everyone fails some tests, loses some matches and has bad days. Friends are not always perfect, and they sometimes say and do unpleasant things. Don’t let small problems seem very big and important.

A．Keep healthy

B．Be active in school

C．Be always happy though things go badly

D．Expect to work

E．Talk about problems

F．Do today’s work today

【推荐2】Every school day, we use schoolbags to carry all of our things to school. They are a big part of our lives. But have you ever thought about the history of the schoolbag?

In the Han Dynasty（汉朝）, students in old-style private schools used bamboo boxes to carry books to school. People consider the bamboo boxes to be the earliest schoolbags. There were usually two or three layers（层）in the box. Kids put different things like books, brushes, ink stones（砚） and paper in the boxes.

Hundreds of years later, people developed a new kind of schoolbag called budai, or the “hip – pocket”. Budai was lighter than the bamboo box. With the founding（成立）of the People’s Republic of China, military rucksacks（军用帆布包）became popular. Many people carried them when they were in school. Ask your grandparents or parents about these bags. Maybe they can tell you about their experiences of carrying them when they were in school.

A new style of schoolbags has appeared in recent years. Many of them have colorful and fashionable designs（时尚的设计）on them, such as pictures of cartoons or pop stars. And they are more comfortable to use. Some students pull wheeled bags filled with heavy textbooks and others carry backpacks.

Schoolbags are still changing. Can you imagine what future schoolbags will be like?

1. Schoolbags in the Han Dynasty were made of ________.

A．bamboo

B．cloth

C．plastic

2. What does the underlined word “them” refer to?

A．the bamboo boxes

B．military rucksacks

C．backpacks

3. Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Military rucksacks were popular in the 1950s.

B．There are some pictures on the new style of schoolbags.

C．Budai was heavier than the bamboo box.

4. The purpose of the article is ________.

A．to tell us how to use schoolbags

B．to introduce the development of schoolbags

C．to introduce the importance of schoolbags

【推荐3】From economy（经济）to technology, from sports to culture, China has made progress in many areas in the past seventy years.

Over the past 70 years, China has achieved rapid economic growth. In 1978, China’s GDP was 11th in the world. In 2001, China became a member of the World Trade Organization. Since then, it has been doing more and more business with the rest of the world. Today China is the world’s largest exporter（出口国）and the second largest importer（进口国）. Since 2010, China’s economy has already been the second largest in the world.

In 2013, President Xi Jinping came up with the Belt and Road Initiative. In the past few years, more than 100 countries and international organizations have joined it. It has created more than 300,000 jobs in different countries.

With the development of economy, China has made a great progress in technology. On the one hand, China has built the world’s biggest high-speed rail network. The trains have attracted millions of travelers, as they are fast, comfortable and safe. One the other hand, planes made in China are becoming more and more popular. Besides, China is also working on the development of AI（人工智能）. It may become the center of AI innovation（创新）by 2030.

Today, China is also a sports superpower. Many Chinese players have become famous on the world stage, such as Yao Ming and Li Na. In 2008, Beijing held the Summer Olympic Games. It also held the 2022 Winter Olympics.

At the same time, people around the world are becoming interested in Chinese culture. They visit China and learn Chinese. Also, China has set up 536 Confucius Institutes（孔子学院）in more than 150 countries. Nowadays, more and more foreign students are learning Chinese language and culture there.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. The writer wrote the passage in a _________ tone（语气）.

A．scary

B．proud

C．peaceful

2. The writer gives ________ examples to show the development of China’s technology.

A．two

B．three

C．four

3. Why did the writer write the passage?

A．To praise China for its great progress.

B．To talk about Chinese culture.

C．To encourage Chinese to work hard.

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

A．

B．

C．

【推荐1】As a middle school student, you may have much stress at school. You may find it hard to deal with it. Here are some suggestions for you.

◆Create a plan

This is a good way for you to deal with stress. You can write down all your class projects, after school activities, and anything else you need to do at school. It is the easiest way to stop yourself from forgetting anything important. Then you will get less stress.

◆Get plenty of sleep

Most teenagers get less than eight hours’ sleeping time each night. This can have a bad influence on your performance at school and give you much stress. So turn off the computer and the phone, and go to bed early at night.

◆Have a healthy “escape” from school

You can try to forget your schoolwork for a while and get relaxed. You can go to the mall, visit the park, hang out with friends or do sports you love. These are all good ways to “escape”.

◆Don’t procrastinate

If you always wait until the last minute to start working, you’ll be easy to get much stress. So don’t procrastinate. When you get some work to do, just do it right away. Dealing with stress can be hard, but not impossible.

1. How many pieces of advice does the writer give us?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

2. By saying “escape from school”, the writer means that we can ________.

A．give up doing schoolwork	B．join fewer school activities
C．try to forget schoolwork for a while	D．run away from school for a while

3. The underlined word “procrastinate” means “________” in Chinese.

A．匆忙

B．拖延

C．急躁

D．放弃

4. What does the writer think of dealing with stress?

A．Difficult.

B．Meaningless.

C．Easy.

D．Impossible.

5. The main idea of the passage is ________.

A．suggestions on good sleeping	B．reasons of making a plan
C．importance of dealing with stress	D．ways of dealing with stress at school

【推荐2】Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history? You may think of Confucius (孔子). September 28 was his birthday. Although he lived over 2,000 years ago, people today still remember and respect him.

Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period. He had a hard childhood. His father died when he was only 3, so he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius never gave up studying. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports.

Later, he became a teacher and started the first public school in China. At that time only children from rich families could go to school, but Confucius believed everyone should go to school if they wanted to learn. He had about 3,000 students in his lifetime.

Today, people still follow Confucius’ lessons. He told us that we all have something worthy (值得) to be learned. “When I am with three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them.” He also taught us that thinking is very important in study. “All study but no thinking makes people puzzled (困惑的). All thinking but no study makes people lazy.”

Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important teachings are about kindness and good manners. “A person should be strict with himself, but be kind to others.” he said.

1. Confucius learned music, history, poetry and sports ________ as a child.

A．by teaching himself at home	B．with the help of his mother
C．by going to school	D．by visiting many famous teachers

2. Confucius started the first public school to ________.

A．help poor children go to school, too	B．find himself a job as a teacher
C．teach children at school but not at home	D．make himself the best teacher in China

3. The correct order of the following statements is ________.
①Confucius worked to help his mother as a child.
②Confucius educated about 3,000 students in his lifetime.
③Confucius’ father died.
④Confucius started the first public school in Chinese history.

A．②③④①

B．③①④②

C．③①②④

D．④③①②

4. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A．Confucius’ Teaching Methods	B．A Great Man with Hard Childhood
C．A Person Who Changed China	D．Confucius—A Great Teacher and Thinker

【推荐3】Money can’t buy happiness, right? Well, not true. According to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal(华尔街日报), over the past few years, new research has given us a much deeper understanding of the relationship between what we earn and how we feel. The research may show us the result: Yes, people who earn more money, generally speaking, are happier than those who earn little. But the research also shows that you have to spend your money properly if you expect it to bring you happiness. Here are some suggestions for you to spend your money in a better way:

Buy experiences, not material goods.

In a recent study, Ryan Howell, a professor from San Francisco State University in the US, found that when people didn’t have enough money to enjoy a trip, they preferred to buy some material goods. But travelling with your family or friends may bring you more happiness and the wonderful memory of the travel experience will stay in your mind for many years.

Buy lots of little things, rather than one big thing.

No matter how much money you spend on something and how special that product is, you will get used to having it over time and it will become just another object. People like having new things, but the happiness it brings to you will soon disappear. Buying small things can give us small pleasures often and you can get different surprises and happiness from different small things.

Be sure to buy time, too.

It’s also important to consider how the things you buy will affect how you spend your time. For example, buying that big house in the countryside may seem to be a good idea, but according to The Wall Street Journal, people who spend more time on the way to work are not so happy as those who live near the workplace.

Try giving it away.

Elizabeth Dunn, a professor of a University in Canada, found that in countries such as Canada, South Africa and Uganda, giving away money to the poor made people happier. This was even true when people were giving away even when they themselves were really poor.

1. What can we know from the passage?

A．Money sometimes can buy happiness.

B．Money can’t buy happiness at all.

C．Money is not everything.

D．People who earn more money are not happy.

2. Why did Ryan Howell think buying experience was better than buying material goods?

A．People preferred travelling to buying things.

B．The memory of the travel experience will stay for a long time.

C．Travelling is cheaper.

D．People are poor.

3. People may feel much happier if they________.

A．don’t give away money

B．buy a good house in the countryside

C．live near the workplace

D．buy what others have

4. What's the best title of this passage?

A．How to Spend Money?

B．Ways to Earn Money.

C．Money.

D．How Can Money Buy Happiness?