【推荐1】There is little rain in desert. Because deserts are so dry, they have no “quilt” to help stop the soil from going away. As a result, they may get very hot during the day with the sun shining, but don’t hold the heat overnight. Many deserts can quickly get cold once the sun goes down. Some deserts can reach temperatures of over 100 degrees F during the day and then drop below freezing (32 degrees F) during the night.
The largest hot and dry desert in the world is the Sahara Desert in Northern Africa. The Sahara is a sandy desert with great sand hills. It covers over 3 million square miles of Africa. Other large deserts include the Arabian Desert in the Middle East, the Gobi Desert in Northern China and Mongolia, and Kalahari Desert in Africa.
Animals that live in the desert are also used to needing little water. Many get all the water they need from the food they eat. Other animals keep water that they can use later. The camel stores up fat in its hump while other animals keep something they need in their tails.
Only certain types of plants can live in the terrible environment of the desert. You won’t see a lot of tall trees in the desert. Most plants have a way to keep water in their leaves, or trunks so they can live a long time without water.
Now deserts cover around 20% of the world’s land, but they are growing. This is called desertification and is caused by different reasons including human activities. The Sahara Desert is growing larger and larger each year. What should we do with it ?
1. How is the weather during the night in the desert?

A．Hot.

B．Cold.

C．Cool.

2. Where does the camel store up fat?

A．In its hump.

B．In its stomach.

C．In its tail

3. Why won't we see a lot of tall trees in the desert?

A．Because of few people there.

B．Because of the sun shining.

C．Because of the terrible environment

4. How much of the land do deserts cover in the world?

A．One fifth.

B．Less than 10%.

C．Two fifths

5. Is the Sahara Desert growing or not?

A．Nobody knows it.

B．It's growing.

C．It's not growing.

【推荐2】When thinking of the Arctic（北冰洋）, some people may imagine an icy land of white snow. And other people may imagine it as the last really clean place left on Earth. In fact, we have polluted the deepest oceans with plastic rubbish, and now, CNN says, “It’s the Arctic’s turn.”

German scientists have recently found microplastics in Arctic snow. Microplastics are pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters. Sadly, the scientists found 1,800 pieces of microplastics per liter（升）of snow. That may cause terrible air pollution.

How is plastic pollution reaching the Arctic? According to scientists, “It’s clear that most of the microplastics in the snow come from the air. They fall off plastic objects and are moved by the wind. They mix with ice in the air and fall to the ground as snow.”

Are they bad for us? We do know that our bodies cannot take in “large” pieces of microplastics. However, if the plastics are small enough, they can find ways into our bodies and stay there for a long time, which can be bad for our health. What’s more, earlier studies have shown that microplastics may contribute to lung cancer risk.

Microplastics have also been found in rivers and oceans around the world. Research has found that they flow over long distances and into our oceans, damaging ecosystems along the way. When we wash clothes with plastic fibers, they start in our wastewater. The wastewater then flows into rivers and out to sea. They are eaten by sea animals there. If people then eat these animals, it means that we’re eating the plastic as well.

1. What can we learn from what CNN says in paragraph 1?

A．Arctic is still a beautiful icy land with clean air.

B．Arctic is the last clean place left to the earth.

C．Arctic has already been polluted by plastic.

D．Arctic is always a pure land with white snow.

2. Which picture shows the right way of the travel of microplastics?
①microplastics               ②snow             ③human body               ④air
⑤sea animals                    ⑥seas               ⑦wastewater                  ⑧Arctic

A．	B．
C．	D．

3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word contribute?

A．Donate.

B．Cause.

C．Provide.

D．Separate.

4. Why do the author write this passage?

A．To tell readers not to eat sea animals.

B．To tell readers not to travel to Arctic.

C．To tell readers to use less plastic products.

D．To tell readers to wear masks when it snows.

5. Which is the best title for this article?

A．Microplastics in Arctic

B．Microplastics Are Hurting Ecosystems

C．Microplastics And Lung Cancer

D．Microplastics Fall with Snow

【推荐3】根据短文内容，从短文后所给的选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项，并将所选答案涂到答题卡的相应位置上。

We usually go to see a doctor when we are ill. Doctors may give us some medicine.     1    

But sometimes the medicine doesn’t work. This happened to one man, Thomas Smith. He was ill in hospital, but he wasn’t getting well. Then he found a new “doctor” inside himself. He saw funny films.     2     And something wonderful happened. Laughing took away his pain after half a year. He could have a good night’s rest. His own happy feeling helped him get well.     3     He said laughing was very useful and it was the best “medicine”.

Another man, Simon Beck, was also ill, and he had a serious pain in his back. The doctor couldn’t stop it, so the man began to “picture” his pain.     4     He imagined it to be a real dog. Then the man talked softly to the dog. He put his hand on the dog’s head and made friends with it. One year later, his pain went away!

    5     However, more and more people are getting well in this way. So call on the “doctor” inside your mind, and keep happy and well!

A．He read funny books.

B．He wrote his story in his book.

C．Reading is good for everyone.

D．These stories may surprise you.

E．In his head, he drew a picture of a dog.

F．The medicine often makes us feel better.

G．We need to do more exercise to keep us healthy.

【推荐1】Each of us has dreams and goals for our future. What makes us study and make progress each day is closely connected with our personal dream and goal.

But why do you have dreams and goals, you still end up with nothing? What separates successful people from the dreamers is their persistent（锲而不舍的）action. When you learn your lessons in school, you must work hard and not give up. You will often find some of your lessons very hard. Try and keep trying, and you’ll be sure to successfully deal with any difficulty you meet with. If we have a hard lesson today, let us try our best to learn it well and then we shall be prepared for a harder one tomorrow.

This is the famous formula（公式）for success:

Dream> Believe> Achieve

Most people have what they want（Dream）and think they can realize their dreams（Believe）. And then they do nothing. They just imagine their dreams can come true. When they get tired waiting and lose a lot, they get bored. They say angrily how terrible their life is.

I personally believe that if you really want to achieve your dreams and goals in life, you have to add one thing to your success formula:

Dream > Believe > Act>Achieve

For me, act is the most important thing for success and that’s to Take Persistent Action（Act）. If you say, “I can’t do it” and give up, you can never do anything valuable. However, “I’ll try” creates wonders. Let’s remember that there will be obstacles in our life. We must face them bravely and solve them. Success is not something that falls down from the sky. Most successful people made their dreams come true because of their persistent action.

Please remember: Action is the bridge that connects our dreams and goals to reality.

1. What should you do when you find your lessons very hard?

A．Ask people for help.	B．Try and keep trying.
C．Get ready to create wonders.	D．Prepare for a harder one.

2. What does the underlined word “obstacles” mean?

A．Dangers.

B．Imaginations.

C．Wonders.

D．Difficulties.

3. Why does the writer use the formula “Dream>Believe>Act> Achieve”?

A．To support his idea.	B．To ask readers to explain it.
C．To show what his goals are.	D．To compare it with a bridge.

4. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A．Doing Something Valuable	B．Studying Hard and Making Progress
C．Realizing Dreams with Persistent Action	D．Separating Successful People from Dreams

【推荐2】To be a good teacher, you need some of the gifts of a good actor; you must be able to hold the attention and interest of your audience; you must be a clear speaker, with a good, strong, pleasant voice which is fully under your control; and you must be able to act what you are teaching, in order to make its meaning clear.

Watch a good teacher, and you will see that he does not sit still before his class: he stands the whole time when he is teaching; he walks about, using his arms, hands and fingers to help him in his explanations, and his face to express feelings. Listen to him, and you will hear the loudness, the quality (音色) and the musical note of his voice always changing according to what he is talking about.

The fact that a good teacher has some of the gifts of a good actor doesn’t mean that he will indeed be able to act well on the stage, for there are very important differences between the teacher’s work and the actor’s. The actor has to speak words which he has learned by heart; he has to repeat exactly the same words each time he plays a certain part, even his movements and the ways in which he uses his voice are usually fixed beforehand (预先). What he has to do is to make all these carefully learned words and actions seem natural on the stage.

A good teacher works in quite a different way. His audience takes an active part in his play: they ask and answer questions, they obey orders, and if they don’t understand anything, they say so. The teacher therefore has to meet the needs of his audience, who are his students. He not only learns his part by heart, but also invents it as he goes along.

I have known many teachers who were fine actors in class but were unable to take part in a stage-play because they could not keep strictly to what another had written.

1. A good teacher can ________.

A．draw his students’ attention	B．change his voice when needed
C．act out what he is teaching	D．all the above

2. What’s the main difference between a teacher’s work and an actor’s?

A．A teacher has to deal with unexpected situations.

B．A teacher knows how to control his voice better than an actor.

C．A teacher must remember everything while an actor just repeats a little.

D．A teacher needs to use his face to express feelings but an actor doesn’t.

3. According to the passage, which of the following is WRONG?

A．A teacher cannot decide beforehand what exactly he is going to say in class.

B．Only the teacher has to learn by heart what he is going to say when working.

C．The teacher and the actor should speak loud and clearly when they work.

D．Both the teachers and the actors should hold the attention and interest of their audience.

4. This passage is trying to tell us ________.

A．how to become a great actor of gifts

B．what a teacher should do to be a better actor

C．what teachers and actors could learn from each other

D．the similarities (相似处) and differences between a teacher’s work and an actor’s work

5. What column (栏目) in a magazine might the passage come from?

A．Health Care

B．Sports News

C．Science & Culture

D．Pop Music

【推荐3】SUNNY SCHOOL
We are a bilingual(双语) school for children of 6-15. We want a cook, a library assistant, a sports coach（教练） and a language teacher.

Job	Age	Language	Skill	Other term （其它条件）
cook	25-40	Chinese	Cooking both Chinese food and western food	Healthy（健康）
Library assistant	20-35	Chinese English	Having the knowledge（知识）of different kinds of books	Careful（细心）
Sports Coach	20-40	Chinese English	Majoring in （主修）physical education	Healthy， strong
teacher	---	Chinese English	Majoring in English	-----

根据招聘启事，选择最佳答案。
1. ________ can’t go to Sunny School.

A．A four-year-old（四岁的）child	B．A ten-year-old child
C．An eleven-year-old child	D．A fifteen-year-old child

2. They don’t need （需要）________ in Sunny School.

A．a cook	B．a headmaster （校长）
C．a library assistant	D．a sports coach

3. _________ may not be able to(能) speak English.

A．The language teacher	B．The library assistant
C．The cook	D．The sports coach

4. The coach（教练）must major in (主修) _________.

A．Chinese

B．English

C．physical education

D．language

5. Which is right?

A．The teacher can only teach Chinese.

B．A twenty-five-year old cook can’t work in the school.

C．A teacher must be strong.

D．The library assistant must be careful.

【推荐1】When you want to go shopping, you usually think how much money you can spend on new clothes first. Think about the kind of clothes you really need. There are labels (标签) inside all new clothes. The labels can tell you how to look after your clothes.

Today many clothes must be dry cleaned (干洗). Dry cleaning is expensive. When you buy new clothes , you should see if they need to be dry cleaned. If you buy clothes that can be washed (能水洗的), you will save money. If you buy clothes that are well-made, you will save money, too. Well-made clothes can last longer. They look good even after they have been washed many times.

However, clothes that cost more money are not always better made. Maybe they aren’t always suitable. Sometime cheaper clothes look and suit better than more expensive clothes.

根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。
1. The labels inside the clothes tell you            .

A．how to take care of them	B．how to save money
C．whether they fit or not

2. The first thing for you to do before you buy clothes is            .

A．to look for well-made clothes	B．to see how much money you can pay
C．to know how to wash them

3. If you want to save money you can buy clothes that            .

A．don’t suit you	B．don’t last longer
C．can be washed

4. From the passage, we can learn that cheaper clothes             .

A．are always worse made	B．can sometimes suit you better
C．must be dry cleaned

5. Which is the best title of this article?

A．Buying less expensive clothes.	B．Taking enough money when shopping.
C．Being a clever clothes shopper.

【推荐2】Hi, dear boys and girls! Do you know how to be a healthy kid? Here are some rules you should follow.

First, eat different foods, especially fruit and vegetables. You may have a favourite food, but you'd better eat something different. If you eat different foods, you will probably get more nutrients your body needs.

Second, drink water and milk as often as possible. When you're really thirsty, cold water is the No. 1 choice. Milk is a great drink that can give you more calcium (钙) your body needs to have strong bones (骨头).

Third, listen to your body. How do you feel when you are full? When you are eating, notice how your body feels and when your stomach feels comfortably full. Eating too much won't make you feel comfortable but will make you fat.

Fourth, limit (限制) screen time. Screen time is the time you watch TV, DVDs and videos, or use computers. It is good to take more exercise, such as basketball, bike riding and swimming. You can't watch TV for more than two hours a day.

Fifth, be active. One thing you'd like to do as a kid is to find out which activity you like best. Find ways to be   active every day.

Follow these rules and you can be a healthy kid.

1. You should eat different foods especially ________.

A．meat	B．junk food
C．hamburgers	D．fruit and vegetables

2. Which kind of drinks can give you more calcium?

A．Milk.	B．Juice.
C．Cold water.	D．Cola.

3. According to the passage, you should follow ________ rules if you want to be healthy.

A．three

B．four

C．five

D．six

4. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?

A．We should try to live in an active way in our life.

B．You can eat your favourite food as much as possible.

C．When you're eating, you don't have to notice how your body feels.

D．Don't limit screen time.

5. Which is the best title of the passage?

A．How to be active

B．How to make yourself important

C．How to make your parents healthy

D．How to be a healthy kid

【推荐3】Most students do not enjoy doing housework. Some of them think that cleaning the bathroom or cooking dinner for their family is boring. However, if you try the following ways, you will find that housework is not as boring as you think.

◆ Learn to do small things: You should learn to do small things, for example, you can do the dishes, sweep the floor or make the bed. Part of growing up is to be able to make care of yourself. Doing some small things around the house shows that you are becoming responsible (有责任感的).

◆ Divide (划分) housework among the family: In fact, it’s too tiring for one person to do all the housework alone. It’s good to divide housework into different parts. All the family members will do the housework together. Dividing housework among all the family members will make everyone’s job much easier.

◆ Make it fun: Cooking is one part of housework. Cooking can be fun if you put your heart into it. If you learn how to cook your favorite food, you will also get a feeling of satisfaction (满意).

1. Most students think doing housework is __________.

A．interesting

B．boring

C．difficult

D．easy

2. Doing some small things around house helps you __________.

A．take care of yourself	B．be more friendly
C．become more popular	D．grow up healthily

3. Why shouldn’t one person do all the housework alone?

A．Because it is boring.	B．Because it is difficult.
C．Because it is tiring.	D．Because it is not exciting.

4. How many ways can we try to do the homework according to the passage?

A．Three

B．Four

C．Five

D．Six

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

A．It’s about how to do the housework more easily.

B．It’s about some boring chores we have to do.

C．It’s about how to divide housework into parts.

D．It’s about how to find the joy of cooking.

【推荐1】Hello, everyone. I’m Nancy and I like reading. On road trips, I always take some books to keep myself busy. These are four of my favorite books.

The Curious Incident Of the Dog in the Night Time

This children’s book is interesting, exciting, sad and happy all at the same time and makes you think seriously(严肃地). It tells the story of a 15-year-old boy with autism. It’s not easy for the boy to talk with others. The book opens a window into his world, his hopes and his dreams.

Matilda

It’s now a film and show at the theater, but we can’t forget this funny book. Matilda is about a cute little girl and the girl loves to read. She goes to school and meets the very scary(可怕的) Miss Trunchbull, but luckily makes friends with a kind teacher.

Charlotte’s Web

Charlotte’s web tells the story of friendship between a pig and a spider. It’s a simple story but it teaches us about love, life and death. If you haven’t read it, give it a try.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

I read the book, watched the film and listened to the tape. The exciting story happens(发生)in Narnia. As you read it, you’ll feel like you are really there. You’ll be very interested in the exciting adventures(冒险) of the four children.

1. What’s wrong with the 15-year-old boy in the first book?

A．He is always sad.

B．He has autism.

C．He is too serious.

2. What do Matilda and Nancy have in common(共同点)?

A．They both like reading books.

B．They are the same age.

C．They go to the same school.

3. Which book tells a story of friendship between animals?

A．The Curious Incident Of the Dog in the Night Time.

B．Charlotte’s Web.

C．The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

4. Which of the following is NOT true according to the last paragraph?

A．Nancy went to Narnia once.

B．We can know the story by listening to the tape.

C．The adventure story is exciting for Nancy.

5. Nancy writes this passage to________.

A．tell how many books she has

B．ask students to read more books

C．share(分享) some interesting books

【推荐2】“Never set foot in this house again!” shouted father. “Bang! “The door closed behind me. With tears in my eyes, I rushed out of the flat and ran along the street.

The street lights were shining, causing rather sad feelings. I wandered(游荡) aimlessly.

A young father who held a child in his arms walked past me. I felt as if I saw my childhood from another space: happy and carefree.

But now... I don't know whether it is because I have grown up or because dad is getting old. We differ in our ways of thinking. He always puts his opinions on me. We are just like two people coming from two different worlds. It feels like there is an iron door between us that can never be opened.

I wandered in the streets, without any aim in my mind. As I walked on, there were fewer and fewer people in the streets. When I finally reached the apartment where I lived, I saw that the light was still on.

I thought to myself: “Is father waiting for me, or is he still angry with me?”

In fact, it was nothing. Perhaps, dad was throwing away some of his old stamps. Perhaps he thought they were useless. I never had the courage to tell him that I liked collecting stamps. All the lights were off except father’s

Dad was always like this. Maybe he didn’t know how to express himself. After shouting at me, he never said sorry to me. But after an argument he always came into my room secretly and made sure whether I was asleep.

This was how he always was. He has been a leader for so long that telling everyone else what to do has become his second nature(天性).

The light was still on. “Am I wrong?” I whispered, maybe… With the key in hand, I was as nervous as I had ever been. At last, I decided to open the door. As soon as I opened the door, tears ran down my cheeks. I suddenly realized that the iron door I had imagined between us did not exist at all. Love-it's second to none.

1. What made the writer think of his childhood?

A．The sight of the street lights.

B．The sight of the empty street.

C．The sight of a father with a child in his arms.

D．The sight of light in his own house.

2. The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 7 refers to_______.

A．the lights	B．the people in the street
C．the old stamps	D．the son’s opinions

3. Why does the father often shout at his son?

A．Perhaps the father is getting older and old.	B．Perhaps the son has already grown up.
C．Perhaps they never agree with each other.	D．Perhaps the father has got used to doing that.

4. In which order did the following events take place?
a. The writer opened the door and entered the house.
b. The writer ran out into the street sadly.
c. The writer reached the place where he lived and saw his house's still on
d. The writer thought of his father's kindness towards him.
e. The writer walked about in the street without any aim.

A．b-e-d-c-a

B．b-e-c-d-a

C．e-b-a-c-d

D．e-b-c-a-d

5. What can we learn about the father from the passage?

A．The father treats his son in an unfair way.

B．The father is actually kind to his son.

C．The father is neither kind nor rude to his son.

D．The father is not satisfied with his son.

【推荐3】Charlotte's Web is a popular American children's book about the friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a spider(蛛) named Charlotte. The writer, E.B. White, shows that a real friend will help you even though he or she has nothing to get from doing so.
In the book, Charlotte is always helping Wilbur. She spins(吐) words into her web to save Wilbur's life, even though spinning the words is tiring and difficult for her. Charlotte is a true friend. She helps Wilbur for only one reason - she cares about him.
Templeton, the rat, on the other hand, is not a real friend to Wilbur. Templeton only helps others when there is something in it for him. When he is asked to help save Wilbur's life, he says "no" at first. Later on, he agrees to help, but only because he wants to keep eating Wilbur's meals. At the end of the book, Wilbur learns the true meaning of friendship. He helps Charlotte to save her babies. He does this not for other reasons, but because he cares about his friend.
Reading this book lets me know how important it is to help others. Being a good friend means being there when you are needed.
1. What does Charlotte do to save Wilbur's life?

A．She spins words into her web.

B．She provides food for Wilbur.

C．She asks other friends to help.

D．She makes a house for Wilbur.

2. How does Charlotte feel when she is spinning the words?

A．Tired.	B．Excited.
C．Bored.	D．Frightened.

3. Why does Templeton agree to help Wilbur?

A．Because he cares about Wilbur.

B．Because he wants to live with Wilbur.

C．Because he wants to eat Wilbur's meals.

D．Because he wants to learn how to spin.

4. The passage mainly talks about the_______.

A．neighbourhood	B．friendship
C．war	D．work