【推荐1】The Cinderella story is a famous one. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. Her father remarried（再婚）.     1    She had to wear old clothes and work hard while the sisters wore beautiful clothes and had fun.

You know the rest of the story.     2     Cinderella went to a party and a prince fell in love with her. Cinderella left the party in such a hurry that she left a glass slipper（水晶鞋）and the prince used that to find her.     3    

That’s one telling of the story, but the Cinderella fairy tale is found in many different countries.     4     In an Irish story, a young gentleman, Becan, marries a princess and lives happily ever since.

Why is the Cinderella story so popular and found in so many cultures?     5     First of all, it’s a romantic（浪漫的）story. Also, Cinderella is a kind girl with a hard life. And maybe the most important is that in the Cinderella story, a person faces many difficulties but overcomes them in the end.

A．There are several reasons.

B．And Cinderella is not always a young lady.

C．The story has an unpleasant ending.

D．Cinderella’s stepmother and two stepsisters treated her poorly.

E．Cinderella went to the party wearing her beautiful shoes.

F．Finally, Cinderella and the prince married and lived happily ever after.

G．A good fairy turned Cinderella’s old clothes into a beautiful dress.

【推荐2】A long time ago, there were no elephants in China. One day, the man named Cao Cao got an elephant as a gift from another country. People were very happy to see this big animal.

Everyone was excited about it and had a question: How much does it weigh? But there was a problem: How to weigh it? At that time, no scales (秤) in China were big enough to weigh such a large animal. Cao Cao had a six-year-old son named Cao Chong. He said, “Father, I know how to weigh it.” Firstly, nobody believed the boy. But after he told them his idea, they all thought it was a good one.

“Here’s what you do, follow me.” the boy said to the ministers (大臣). “Let the elephant stand in a big boat on the water. Draw a line on the side of the boat at the water level (水平面). Then let the elephant off the boat. Collect a lot of big stones. Put the stones on the boat until the boat falls to the same water level. Then take the stones out of the boat and weigh them one by one. In this way, we can know the weight of the stones. Finally, you can know how much the elephant weighs,”

“Wonderful! Wonderful!” shouted the people. Soon everyone in the country knew that CaoCao had a clever son.

1. Who got an elephant as a gift?

A．Cao Cao.

B．The ministers.

C．Cao Chong.

D．Everyone in the country.

2. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in paragraph 2?

A．The boy.	B．The elephant.
C．Cao Chong’s idea.	D．The ministers’ words.

3. Which is the correct order of weighing the elephant?
①Take the stones out of the boat and weigh the stones
②Make the elephant stand in a boat
③Put some stones on the boat until the boat falls to the line.
④Draw a line and make the elephant off the boat.

A．②④①③

B．②③①④

C．③④①②

D．②④③①

4. What do you think of Cao Chong?

A．Clever.

B．Strict.

C．Excited.

D．Popular.

【推荐3】A number of years ago, a man went to visit a circus(马 戏 团 )in New York. He was able to walk around looking at the lions, monkeys, bears and other circus animals. As he was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped. He found that these huge elephants were being held by only a small rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages. It was clear that the elephants could, at any time, break away from their ropes but for some reason, they did not.

He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just stood there and didn't try to get away. "Well,” the trainer said, "when they are very young and much smaller, we use the same size rope to tie them and, at that age, it's enough to hold them. As they grow up, they still believe they can not break away. They believe the rope can hold them, so they never try to break free.”

“How could it be?" said the man. These animals could at any time break free from ropes. But because they were always stuck right where they were, they believed they couldn't.

Just like the poor elephants, how many of us go through life believing that we can not do something, just because we failed at it once before?

Failing is part of learning.

1. Where were the animals kept?

A．In the circus.

B．In the zoo

C．In the fore

D．In the park.

2. What does the underlined phrase "break away" mean?

A．击败

B．打破

C．挣脱

D．折断

3. How were the elephants held?

A．By a strong rope.

B．In cages

C．With chains.

D．By a small rope.

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．The elephants were held in this way when they were young.

B．There were many kinds of animals in the circus.

C．The animals were trained to perform.

D．The elephants often escaped.

5. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Well begun is half done.	B．The early bird catches the worm.
C．We should never give up.	D．One tree can't make a forest.

【推荐1】One day, Bob took two of his friends into the mountains. They put up their tents and then rode off to a forest to see how the trees were growing.

In the afternoon when they were about ten kilometers from their camp, it started to snow. More and more snow fell. Soon Bob could hardly see his hands before his face. He could not find the road. Bob knew there were two roads. One road went to the camp, and the other went to his house. But all was white snow. Everything was the same. How could he take his friends back to the camp?

Bob had an idea. The horses! Let the horses take them back! But what would happen if the horses took the road to his house? That would be a trip of thirty-five kilometers in such cold weather!

It was getting late. They rode on and on. At last the horses stopped. Where were they? None of them could tell. John looked around. What was that under the tree? It was one of their tents!

1. John and his two friends went to the forest to ________.

A．watch the trees in the forest

B．build their camp

C．find their way home

2. They could not find their way back because ________.

A．there was only one road to their camp	B．everything was white snow
C．they didn’t know the way to their tents

3. It is clear that they wanted the horse to take them to ________.

A．John’s house

B．the camp

C．the forest

4. The horses stopped because ________.

A．it was getting late

B．they knew that they got to the camp.

C．they were tired

5. The story happened ________.

A．on a cold winter day

B．on a dark snowy evening

C．in a cold camp far from villages

【推荐2】

First name	Last name	Nationality (国籍)	Telephone number	Favorite(最喜欢的)color
Eric	Green	American	547894	green
Betty	Black	England	457416	blue
Jingjing	Chen	China	2547812	red

1. Eric is____________ boy.

A．a Chinese

B．an American

C．an English

D．a Japanese

2. What's Chen Jinging's first name?

A．Chen

B．Jing.

C．Chen Jingjing.

D．Jingjing

3. What's Betty's favorite color?

A．Red.

B．Green.

C．Blue

D．Yellow

【推荐2】Young people and older people do not always agree. They sometimes have different ideas about living, working and playing. But in one special program in New York State, adults and teenagers live together in a friendly way.

Each summer 200 teenagers and 50 adults live together for eight weeks as members of a special work group. Everyone works several hours each day. They do so not just to keep busy but to find meaning and enjoyment in work. Some teenagers work in the woods or on the farms near the village. Some learn to make things like tables and chairs and build houses. The adults teach them these skills.

There are several free hours each day. Weekends are free, too. During the free hours some of the teenagers learn photo taking or painting. Others sit around and talk or sing.

In this program the teenagers and the adults make the rules together. If someone breaks a rule, the problem goes before the whole group. They talk about it and ask, “Why did it happen? What should we do about it?”

One of the teenagers has this to say about his experience, “You stop thinking only about yourself. You learn to think about the group”.

1. In one special program in New York State, young and older people _________.

A．don’t work well together

B．are friendly to one another

C．teach one another new ways of building houses

D．spend eight weeks together working as farmers

2. All the members work some time every day mainly to ________.

A．lead a busy life	B．learn new skills of farming
C．get used to the life on the farms	D．find value and pleasure in work

3. When the teenagers and the adults are living together, __________.

A．the teenagers don’t have to follow the rules

B．the teenagers have to follow the rules the adults make

C．the members have no free time on weekends

D．the members are not allowed to break the rules they make together

【推荐3】Ned wanted to escape from the Nautilus while we were in the Mediterranean. However, he had no chance. The submarine raced into the Atlantic in two days mostly staying deep under the water. I saw many shipwrecks along the way. Some were very old. Others were recent. As it surfaced, the submarine turned north.

Ned came to my room. “Tonight!” he said. “Tonight?” I wasn’t ready for this. “Tonight,” he repeated, “we are a few miles off the Spanish coast. It will be dark, and the wind is blowing in the right direction. You agreed, Dr Aronnax, to escape with me. Remember your promise!” I said nothing. “At nine, I will go to the staircase with Conseil. You will wait in the library for our signal. Everything is ready.”

“The sea is quite rough,” I said.

“Yes, but if we don’t go tonight, we will soon be too far from land!”

I knew he was right. I was also frightened. What would Captain Nemo do if he discovered our plan or if we failed? I had not seen him for several days. Now I didn’t want to see him. He might notice that I was nervous. I stayed in my room.

As I waited for Ned’s signal, the Nautilus’s engines stopped. I felt a bump as the submarine came to rest on the ocean floor.

The library door opened and Captain Nemo entered. He took me to the window. I found the crew of the Nautilus were gathering some gold from the sand and bringing it to the submarine. Now I knew how the Captain became so rich. “But of what use is all this gold to you?” I asked. “It’s of no use to me!” he replied, “but it can help people who are suffering.”

Ned came to my room the next morning. “We were unlucky. The Nautilus stopped just as we were about to escape.”

I told him what I had learned about Nemo and the gold. I hoped that Ned would change his mind, but he didn’t. The Nautilus was going away from the land. Escape was impossible now. Ned was disappointed, but I was not.

At eleven that night, I was surprised that Captain Nemo invited me to go for a night walk under the sea.

1. What reasons did Ned Land give for wanting to escape that night?
a. They were close to the Spanish coast.
b. There had been a lot of shipwrecks.
c. It would be dark.
d. The wind was blowing in the right direction.
e. The sea was quite peaceful.

A．abc

B．acd

C．abd

D．ace

2. Why did Dr. Aronnax remain in his room?

A．He wanted to have a rest.

B．He wanted to collect some gold.

C．He didn’t want to leave the submarine.

D．He didn’t want to see Captain Nemo.

3. Which of the following shows the correct order?
① The submarine passed many shipwrecks.
② Captain Nemo invited Dr. Aronnax for a walk.
③ The Nautilus moved away from land.
④ The crew brought gold to the submarine.
⑤ Ned asked Dr. Aronnax to escape.

A．①-②-③-④-⑤

B．②-①-③-④-⑤

C．①-④-⑤-③-②

D．①-⑤-④-③-②

4. What’s the best title of the passage?

A．A Plan to Escape	B．Gathering Some Gold
C．A Chance to Be Rich	D．Helping Unlucky People

【推荐1】There are many kinds of robots. The Robot Research Center gave some small robots to students. Look！Four of the students are talking about their robots.

It's cute and smart. It can help me get paper and books. Sometimes it can open the door for me. However，I don't like its noise. ─Peter

I like it though it looks kind of ugly. It has caught lots of mice in my house. It never eats anything，but needs two batteries（电池）. ─Lily

I always think of the Spiderman when I see it. It scares me sometimes but it can kill many insects and pests（害虫）and keep my house clean. ─Mary

It looks like a snake，and it's very useful. It helped me find my keys in the garden last month. A large snake-like robot can help look for people under buildings after an earthquake. ─Jack

1. What's Peter's robot like?

A．It's kind of ugly.

B．It's cute.

C．It's big.

D．It's small.

2. What can Lily's robot do?

A．It can get books for Lily.	B．It can open the door for Lily.
C．It can kill insects and pests.	D．It can catch mice.

3. Whose robot can help keep the house clean?

A．Peter's.

B．Lilys.

C．Mary’s                       .

D．Jack's.

4. What does Jack think of his robot?

A．It's useful.

B．It's noisy.

C．It's large.

D．It's smart.

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Peter doesn't like the noise of his robot.	B．Lily has to feed her robot cat food.
C．Marys robot sometimes scares her.	D．Jack's robot helped him find his keys.

【推荐2】A man has a cat. He likes her very much. At mealtime the cat sits at the table with him. The man eats with a knife and a fork, but the cat eats from her plate. Sometimes, when she finishes her dish, her master will give her a bit of his food. He shares his meal with her. One day the cat is not at the table at mealtime.
“Ah! Where is my cat?” asks the man.
His wife says, “Can’t you eat without her?”
So the meal begins without the cat. Before lunch is over, the cat rushes into the room and jumps onto the chair quickly. She has two mice in her mouth, and before anyone can stop her, she drops(扔下) one into her own plate, and the other into her master’s             plate.
“Dear me!” cries the woman, “A mouse is in your plate!”
“Hush(安静)!” says her husband. “This shows that she is a nice cat. She knows what friendship is. She wishes me to share her dinner as I often share mine with her, I am not so unhappy.”

1. Where does the cat sit with the man at mealtime?

A．on the table	B．in the chair
C．under the table	D．at the table

2. Which of the following is true?

A．The cat eats from her owner’s plate

B．The cat eats with a knife and a fork,

C．He shares his meal with her cat

D．He will not give her cat any food when she finishes her dish

3. The underlined words “a bit of” means_______ .

A．一点

B．许多

C．一块

D．一片

4. Before lunch is over, the cat rushes into the room with        in her mouth

A．nothing	B．some meat
C．two mice	D．some fish

5. The best title for the passage is

A．The man’s three meals	B．The cat’s lunch
C．Two mice	D．A man and his cat

【推荐3】In 1834, the clock tower in London was burned down. People planned to build a new clock which would be the biggest and the best in the world. So the clock had to be big and keep very good time. Several years later the tower was finished. The people put the big clock in the tower, and made it ring out for the first time on July 11, 1859.
In order to give the big clock a good name, people held a meeting. Someone wanted to call it the Queen of Bells, and someone thought Victoria was good. At last, a man named Benjamin Hall stood up. He was a big man. Before he started to speak, someone shouted, “Why not call it Big Ben?” Everybody laughed and agreed with him.
From then on, Big Ben became its name. And it also became a famous building of London. People all over the world write to Big Ben. They even send bottles of oil to help keep Big Ben running. Big Ben is not only a clock but also a dear friend of people.
1. Big Ben’s birthday is _________.

A．July 11, 1854	B．July 11, 1834
C．July11, 1859	D．July11, 1852

2. How did Big Ben get its name?

A．Benjamin Hall gave it the name.

B．Big Ben got its name because of a joke.

C．Big Ben got its name from the Queen of the UK.

D．Victoria gave it the name.

3. “Keep very good time” means ____________.

A．have a good time	B．show people the correct time
C．keep running	D．be made in time

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．People all over the world consider (认为) Big Ben as their friend.

B．People all over the world even send oil to Big Ben.

C．People think Big Ben will answer their letters.

D．People think Big Ben is the biggest and the best clock in the world.