【推荐1】When my first wartime Christmas came, I was in basic training in New Jersey and not sure if I could make it home for the holidays. Only on the afternoon of December 23 was the list of men who would have three-day passes (通行证) posted. I was one of the lucky soldiers.
It was Christmas Eve when I arrived, and a light snow had fallen. Mother opened the front door. I could see beyond her, into the corner of the living room where the tree had always stood. There were lights, all colors, and ornaments (装饰物) shining against the green of a pine.
“Where did it come from？” I asked.
“I asked the Gates boy to cut it,” my mother said. “I wouldn’t have had one just for myself, but when you called--- oh, such a rush! He just brought it in this afternoon…”
The pine reached to the proper height, almost to the ceiling, and the Tree Top Krystal Star was in its place. A few green branches reached about a little awkwardly (难看地) at the side, I thought, and there was a bit of bare trunk showing in the middle. But the tree filled the room with warm light and the whole house with pleasant smell of Christmas.
“It’s not like the ones you used to find,” my mother went on. “Yours were always in good shape. I suppose the Gates boy didn’t know where to look. But I couldn’t be picky.”
“Don’t worry, ” I told her. “It’s perfect.”
It wasn’t, of course, but at the moment I realized something for the first time: all Christmas trees are perfect.
1. When the writer got home, ________.

A．it was December 23

B．it was snowing heavily

C．he found a Christmas tree in the living room

D．the Gates boy was cutting a Christmas tree for his mother

2. From the passage, we can conclude推断 that ________.

A．the writer used to cut very beautiful Christmas trees

B．his mother didn’t like perfect trees

C．his mother didn’t want to have a tree

D．the writer wouldn’t have a tree cut by someone else

3. “All Christmas trees are perfect”, because they can remind you of ________.

A．the wartime

B．the green of a pine

C．the pleasant smell

D．the sweet home

4. The best title for this passage would be “________”.

A．How to Choose a Christmas Tree	B．How Soldiers Spent Christmas
C．The Perfect Christmas Tree	D．The Christmas Without a Tree

【推荐3】I’ve never been the kind of person to say, “it’s the thought that counts” when it comes to gifts. That was until a couple of weeks ago, when my kids gave me a present that blew me away.

For years now, I’ve been wanting to sell our home, the place where my husband and I raised our kids. But to me, this house is much more than just a building. In the front room, there’s a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines, marking the progress of my children’s growth. Every growth stage is marked in grey, with each child’s name and the date they were measured. Most people I know have been featured on a wall like this, or at least had a wall like it in their home.

Of all the objects and all the memories, it’s this one thing in a home that’s the hardest to leave behind. Friends I know have returned home after work only to discover their wall of heights has been freshly painted over. A new paint job wouldn’t normally be greeted by tears, but erasing that evidence of motherhood hurts more than it should. Our kids grow in so many ways, but the wall is physical evidence of their progress, right there for everyone to see.

Over the years, I’ve talked about how much I would hate leaving that wall behind when I moved, even though the last marks were made 10 years ago when my kids stopped growing. So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do something about it.

They hired Jacquie Manning, a professional photographer whose work is about capturing (捕捉) the beautiful things in life, from clear lakes and skies to diamonds and ballgowns. She came to our house while I was at work, and over several hours, took photos of the hundreds of drawings and lines, little grey fingerprints (手印), and old marks. Somehow, she managed to photograph all those years of memories perfectly. Afterwards, she put all the photos together into one image, transforming them into a beautiful history of my family.

Three weeks later, my children’s wonderful gift made its way to me—a life-size photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that represents entire lifetimes of love and growth.

1. The author used her friends’ example in Paragraph 3 to ________.

A．persuade her family to leave the wall as it was

B．stress the meaning of keeping good memories

C．explain why her house badly needed a new paint job

D．share her memory of motherhood with readers

2. According to the article, it was Jacquie Manning who ________.

A．helped the author paint her new house	B．came up with the idea of the photo gift
C．shot pictures to record the author’s growth stage	D．made a copy of the growth marks on the wall

3. We can infer from the article that the author ________.

A．was strongly against selling their home	B．was not happy with the gift from her family
C．kept marks for family members every year	D．put great love and care in raising her children

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．A Gift Made with Love	B．Advice on Picking up Gifts for Parents
C．Paintings Count	D．Effective Ways to Communicate with Children

【推荐1】Since the COVID-19 outbreak, many people have been forced to stay at home for long periods of time to protect themselves from the virus. This has given people more free time to learn new skills and find different ways to entertain themselves.

Some of these activities include things like singing, learning to cook and ordering fresh food online. All of these things can be done in the palm of your hand with mobile apps.

Before, young people would go outside and meet friends at karaoke bars. Now, friends can meet and sing on the mobile karaoke app Changba, which translates to Singing Bar “The Changba app not only gives me the chance to sing whatever I like at home, but also lets me keep in touch with friends by sharing our songs,” said an app user.

Some people have also taken up cooking as a new hobby to pass the time. You don’t need to attend culinary (烹饪的) school, thanks to apps like Xiachufang and Ecook, which make it easier for those who want to learn how to cook. These apps provide a platform for users to look up different recipes (菜谱) and to share their own recipes with others. “Using this app, I have learned many new and healthy dishes which help me eat better,” an app user commented on the app’s website.

To help people avoid crowded places like grocery stores, apps that deliver goods right to your door have also become very popular. “It is noteworthy that the epidemic has attracted new groups of consumers (消费者), such as elderly people, who originally didn’t belong to our target user group,” Zhang Yi, an analyst (分析 师) from the market research company iiMedia Research, said.

Indeed, during this special time, these apps have opened up a whole new world of opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds.

1. What did the author tell us about Changba in Paragraph 3?

A．It is more user-friendly than karaoke bars.

B．It helps users to discover their singing talent.

C．It provides opportunities to communicate with friends.

D．It allows users to improve their singing skills fast.

2. What does the article tell us about food-delivery apps?

A．They have lost many young customers.

B．They have opened culinary classes for their users.

C．They have more elderly users than before.

D．They have caused many grocery stores to close.

3. Which of the following shows the structure of the article? (①②③④⑤⑥=Paragraphs 1-6)

A．

B．

C．

D．

4. The passage is probably taken from ________.

A．a sports magazine	B．a book review
C．a travel report	D．a life&health magazine

【推荐2】Looking at the unfinished homework on his desk always makes David Grey feel uncomfortable. David often leaves his homework behind and surfs the Internet or watches TV instead, waiting until the last minute. “But the longer I wait,” says David, aged 15, “the more I worry.”

Everyone procrastinates (拖延) because they want to feel good now. The way to do that is not to do the task at the moment. You can procrastinate on nearly anything, even enjoyable task such as planning a vacation. “Some people procrastinate cleaning. Some people procrastinate by cleaning,” says Professor Peter Stone. Research has shown that the top tasks young people procrastinate are studying and going to bed. “One big cause for procrastination is that people are afraid of failure, of not meeting others’ expectations(期待),” Stone adds.

Some people believe that procrastination will make them thrive. But researchers disagree. “I did a study several years ago, asking procrastinators to finish a task in a certain period of time,” says Stone. “They did badly. They did worse than non-procrastinators: they made more mistakes and they took longer. But they thought they did better.” No matter what the cause is, procrastination is usually not going to be good for you. For example, bedtime procrastination can lead to sleeplessness which in turn can cause many other health problems.

For those who need some drives to stop procrastinating, the best advice might be to take action first. If you’ve been procrastinating on getting into a habit of exercise, just put on your walking shoes. A little bit of progress (进展) will get you moving

Next, find something to help you remember to take action. If you want to go to bed at 10:30 pm, you might set timed dimmer switch (调光开关) at l0 pm. When the lights are dimmer, you’ll start going to bed. It works for most people.

Finally, reward (奖励) yourself every time you make progress. For example, after you’ve run 3 km, enjoy your favorite ice-cream. But be careful: it won’t work the other way around.

1. What is the main reason for people’s procrastination?

A．They don’t want to do hard work.

B．They fear to lose and let others down.

C．They need to finish the top tasks first.

D．They plan to do the enjoyable tasks last.

2. The underlined word “thrive” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “________”.

A．work more successfully	B．think faster
C．fail more easily	D．worry too much

3. What can be the best title of this passage?

A．A Day of a Procrastinator.	B．Procrastination: Yes or No?
C．Say Goodbye to Procrastination.	D．Want to feel good now? Procrastinate.

4. What should David do if he wants to stop procrastinating on a writing task?

A．Put on some soft music to help think actively.

B．Switch off the light before he goes to bed at night.

C．Surf the Internet for fun before starting to write.

D．Enjoy his favorite ice-cream after writing for a while.

【推荐3】Buying Is Doing?

How important is shopping to you? How much time do you spend buying things? And how much time do you spend organizing these things in your home? In the future, how much time will you spend in movie theaters, at amusement parks, at shopping malls, or at convenience stores? When you add it all up, you will robably see you spend a lot of your life consuming (消费) things. Consuming products is not necessarily bad. However, if we spend too much time doing it, we should look at it carefully.

Imagine that you have a week off from school. You don't have to go to class. However, in this week, you cannot spend any money—no shopping, no movies, no eating out. How would you spend your time? What things would bring you happiness? Perhaps you would take a walk with your best friend. Perhaps you would help a child read. Or you might spend time with your family.

When we look back, it is likely that non-consuming experiences like these will be our most important memories. Why? Non-consuming activities are active, not passive. They don't come in a package. You make the experience yourself. For example, each person who reads to a child will have a different experience. The experience changes with the reader, the child, and the book. Similarly，when you have a conversation with a friend, you are actively creating an experience. The conversation that you have with your friend cannot be experienced or recreated by anyone else. However, if you watch a movie with a friend, you will each have a packaged experience. It requires no action and little interaction between the two of you.

The environment we live in encourages us to have packaged experiences. We feel that we must consume because we believe that buying is doing. However, we can start a personal revolution(变革) against consumerism. How? By consuming less. We can ask ourselves what experiences bring us the greatest satisfaction. Then we can organize our lives so that we have more of those kinds of experiences.

1. If consuming products takes too much time, we should_______.

A．spend less money	B．think about it carefully
C．organize our things

2. According to the passage, the writer believes that_________.

A．we can say no to consumerism by consuming less

B．buying things can bring us the greatest satisfaction

C．the environment seldom influences our shopping choices

3. The word “those kinds of experiences” in the last sentence means________.

A．consuming experiences

B．Non-consuming experiences

C．Experiences that bring us great satisfaction

4. What is the writer’s main purpose in writing this passage?

A．To introduce some ways of enjoying our spare time.

B．To encourage people to have more active experiences.

C．To explain reasons behind people's shopping behavior.

【推荐1】"I sometimes get up at three or four in the morning and I surf the net."

"I often check my e-mail forty times a day."

"I often spend more than three hours during one time on the net."

"I spend more time in chat rooms than with my 'real-life' friends."       

Do you know any people like these? They are part of a new addiction(瘾）called Internet addiction. Internet addicts spend at least thirty to forty hours online every week. The use of the Internet can be an addiction like drug（毒品）use. People lose control（控制）of the time they spend on the Internet. For example, one college student was missing for a few days. His friends are worried, and they call the police. The police find the student in the computer room: he was surfing the net for a few days.

Studies show that about 6-10% of Internet users become addicted. And people worry about the teens because the Internet is changing the playing field for some of them. They spend more time in cyberspace than in the real world of friends and family.

Is "surfing the net" a hobby or an addiction for you? You may have a problem if you have these symptoms:

*You do not go to important family activities or you do not do school work because you like to spend hours on the Internet.

*You can't wait for your next online time.

*You plan to spend a short time online, but then you spend several hours.

*You go out with your friends less and less.

1. What does the beginning of the passage tell us?

A．How to become an Internet addict.	B．How important the Internet is!
C．Where to find an Internet addict.	D．What Internet addicts usually do.

2. According to the article, the addicts' use of Internet is __________.

A．like using drugs	B．a way of making drugs
C．one of children's hobbies.	D．easy to control

3. Why do people worry about the teens?

A．Because the teens are wasting too much money.

B．Because they often work and study on the Internet for long.

C．Because the playing field of the teens is getting larger and larger.

D．Because the teens may forget the time easily while surfing the Internet.

4. The main purpose of writing the article is to tell teens not to __________.

A．use the drugs	B．control themselves
C．surf on the Internet	D．be an Internet addict

【推荐2】Most students have biology classes in the classrooms or the labs in China．But several days ago，I had a biology class outside in my American schoo1．
My biology teacher，Mr.Kwak，divided us into three groups and asked us to play a game about natural selection(选择)and how birds find food．
He gave the first group one spoon per person，the second group forks and my group"knives．I thought we were going hunting，so knives might work better．Surprisingly，he told us to pick up the beans on the grass with our tools．
When the game started all of us ran to the grass area．We squatted(蹲)down and looked for beans．It was hard to pick up something that small，especially from the grass .
When I almost fired a bean，it dropped back to the ground．When I finally picked up several beans．one of my friends ran into me．I couldn’t keep my balance and fell over．All my beans dropped to the ground!Just at that moment，Mr．Kwak called us back．I             had to leave the game and of course I got a bad result．I couldn’t help thinking that if I were a bird living on Galapagos Island，I would be dead soon．
The fun game made me realize that natural selection is redly competitive(竞争的)．Everyone is trying his or her best to—survive．

1. What did the writer’s group use to pick up the beans?

A．Spoons．

B．Forks．

C．Knives．

D．Hands．

2. How many beans did the writer get at last?

A．None．

B．One．

C．Several．

D．Many．

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The writer did a good job in the biology class．

B．The writer had a biology class outside their school．

C．The writer found that picking up the beans from the grass was hard．

D．The writer didn’t find enough food for the birds on Galapagos Island．

4. What’s the meaning of the underlined word“survive’’in the last paragraph?

A．Find food．	B．Remain alive．
C．Be lovely．	D．Keep balanced．

5. What was the aim of Mr. Kwak’s class?

A．To play an interesting game．

B．To pick up the beans．

C．To know different kinds of birds．

D．To learn natural selection．

【推荐3】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1】Fifteen years ago, I took a summer vacation in Lecce in southern Italy. After climbing up a hill or a panoramic (全景的) view of the blue sea, white buildings and green olive trees, I paused to catch my breath and then decided to take the best photo of this panorama.

Unfortunately, just as I took out my camera, a woman appeared from behind, and stood right in front of my view. Like me, this woman was here to stop, take a break and appreciate the view.

Patient as I was, after about 15 minutes, my camera scanning the sun and reviewing the shot I would finally take, I grew frustrated. Was it too much to ask her to move so I could take just one picture of the scenery? Sure, I could have asked her, but something prevented me from doing so. She seemed to be lost in her observation (观察) I didn't want to mess with that.

Another 15 minutes passed and I grew bored. The woman was still there. I decided to take the photo anyway. And now when I look at it, I think her appearing in the photo is what makes the image interesting. The beautiful scenery on its own, somehow comes to life and breathes because this woman is engaging with it.

This photo, with the special beauty that unfolded before me and that woman who "ruined" it, now hangs on a wall in my bedroom. What would she think if she knew that her figure is captured (捕捉) and frozen on some stranger's bedroom wall? A bedroom, after all, is a very private space, in which some woman I don’t even know has been immortalized (使…永存). In some ways, she lives in my house.

Perhaps we all live in each others’ space. Perhaps this is what photos are for: to remind us that we all appreciate beauty, that we all share a common desire for pleasure, for connection, for something that is greater than us.

That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.

1. What happened when the writer was about to take a photo?

A．Her camera stopped working.	B．A woman blocked her view.
C．Someone asked her to leave.	D．A friend appeared from behind.

2. The underlined word "paused" in the passage may mean________.

A．continued

B．stopped

C．prepared

D．tried

3. According to the writer, the woman was probably ________.

A．enjoying herself	B．losing her patient
C．waiting for the sunset	D．thinking about her past

4. In the writers opinion, what makes the photo so alive?

A．The rich color of the scenery	B．The perfect position of the camera
C．The woman's appearing in the photo	D．The soft sunlight of that summer day

5. The passage can be seen as the writer's opinion of ________.

A．a particular life experience	B．the pleasure of traveling
C．the art of photography	D．a lost friendship

【推荐2】John gets up early from Monday to Saturday, because he must go to school before 7:30 on weekdays(工作日)and go to the Drawing Club at 8:00 on Saturday mornings. He usually goes to the bookshop on Saturday afternoons, and after supper he watches TV until (直到) midnight.

He doesn’t get up early on Sundays. John’s parents work on Sundays. John always watches TV after he gets up. Then he usually goes to KFC to have a hamburger and some juice for lunch. After that, he goes back home and starts to play computer games until his parents come back. He does his homework after supper. He usually has lots of weekend homework, so he must spend three hours on it . He usually goes to bed at about 11：00 pm.on Sundays. He often complains(抱怨) he has too homework to do.

1. How many times does John need to get up early in a week?

A．Every day .

B．Five days a week .

C．Only at week

D．Every day except on Sundays.

2. When does John do his weekend homework?

A．On Sunday evenings	B．On Sunday mornings
C．On Saturday evenings	D．On Sunday afternoons.

3. Which of the following is NOT right?

A．John watches TV after supper on Saturdays.

B．John doesn’t do   exercise on Sundays

C．John watches much TV on Sunday afternoons.

D．John goes to bed late on Saturday and Sunday evenings.

【推荐3】The Green Magic Tree House, in India, is the perfect hotel for anybody who likes adventure（冒险）. Guests must drive for miles through the jungle to find it in the middle of tea and coffee plantation (种植园).
There are two tree houses to choose from, one 30 meters and the other 35 meters above the ground. Both houses have two floors. The bedrooms are above the living area and there are bathrooms and showers. You can get up to rooms and move between floors by using ladders (梯子). You can go from one tree house to the other on a rope bridge. The houses sometimes move about in the wind but the views are fantastic.
Guests can enjoy moving through the jungle, climbing in the mountains, and watching wildlife. There are many unusual plants, birds, and insects in the area.
The Ice Hotel is in Jukkasjarvi, a village in Sweden 200 kilometers north of the Arctic（北极）Circle. Every winter, a team of architects（建筑师）, designers and snow builders build the hotel. This year there are 80 rooms.
Everything is made of ice. The walls, the floors, the ceilings（顶棚）, and even the furniture are made of ice. The beds are made of ice, too, but guests sleep on warm deer skins. Outside it can be -37℃, so inside it feels quite comfortable. The hotel has a bar, where guests can drink vodka（伏特加） from glasses made of ice. It's very popular — because there isn't much else to do.
To spend a night at Jules Underwater Lodge in Florida, guests need to scuba dive (潜水) seven meters under the sea. They enter a small house through a door at the bottom of the building. Inside, the kitchen is stored with food and there is a fridge and a microwave oven(微波炉). There is a hot shower and comfortable beds and lots of books, DVDs and video games. Most guests, however, spend their time at one of the large windows watching different fishes swimming by.
1. The writer tells us three ___________ hotels.

A．natural

B．unusual

C．green

D．movable

2. The Ice Hotel ___________.

A．disappears in August

B．is totally（全部） made of ice

C．organizes lots of activities

D．is enlarged every year

3. Which of the following statements is True?

A．The bar in the ice hotel is famous for beer.

B．Fishes are watched through the hotels' windows.

C．Guests can live underwater for several days.

D．The tree houses are of the same height.

4. The Green Magic Tree House is in _______.

A．USA

B．Sweden

C．India

D．Japan

5. Both of the Tree House have _______ floors inside.

A．two

B．one

C．three

D．four