【推荐1】There is a lake near a forest in Sweden. The water in the lake is very clear and everything is quiet and still. On the far side of the water is some farmland, and further away, across the field, is an old church built on a hill. It has just stopped raining. The lake is full and there is still some half-melted snow from last winter on the ground.

The reason the water is so clear, and everything is so quiet and still, is that most of the plants and animal life in and around the lake is dead. There are no birds because all the fish and insects, which the birds need for food, have disappeared. Many trees in the forest are losing their leaves and bark (树皮). They are sick and dying. Others were blown down by the high winds of last winter.

A farmer is working in a field planting something, something stronger enough to fight against pollution. They farmers live a hard life here, because the plant will be between 25% to 40% lower than a few years ago. The stone of the old church tower are turning to powder (灰，粉末)and unless the tower is repaired soon, it will fall down.

All the death anddestructionin this place is caused by the smoke coming out of factories and gases from cars and trucks. And yet this silent lake is hundreds of kilometers away from the nearest factory and highway.

1. What time of the year do you think it is?

A．Spring.

B．Summer.

C．Autumn.

D．Winter.

2. There are no animals or birds in or around the lake because ________.

A．the weather is terribly cold	B．the lake is quiet
C．the area is polluted	D．they have all been killed

3. The farmer have to plant a stronger kind of seed because ________.

A．the soil (土壤) becomes less and less	B．few plants can grow because of the pollution
C．the water in the lake can’t be used to water the field	D．the wind is too strong

4. The word “destruction” in the passage means “being ________.”

A．developed

B．harmed

C．protected

D．produced

5. What do you think is the best title of the passage?

A．A Beautiful Place of Interest.	B．A Polluted Place.
C．A Quiet Place In Sweden.	D．A Faraway Mountain Area.

【推荐3】Masks (口罩) that help save lives during COVID-19 bring a great danger to wild animals. Single-use (一次性的) masks have been thrown away across the streets, waterways and beaches. They are harmful to the environment and the animals.

In Malaysia, monkeys have been found biting the straps (带子) of used masks in the mountains, which may cause them to lose their breath or even die. There is a similar case. In Britain, a sea gull’s legs have been found tangled (缠住的) by the mask for almost one week.

It is thought that the biggest influence may be in the water. More than 1.5 billion masks made their way into the world’s oceans last year, resulting in around 6,200 tons of plastic pollution in the oceans, which may enter the food chains and influence the whole ecosystem.

Scientists suggest that the public should use and deal with single-use masks properly and cut the straps to reduce the risk (风险) of animals eating them. People are also encouraged to use washable masks.

根据短文内容。判断下列句子的正（T）误（F）
1. Masks save the lives of wild animals.
2. Masks can’t be found on the streets.
3. If monkeys bite the straps, they will probably die.
4. Masks in the ocean can cause plastic pollution.
5. We are advised not to use single-use masks.

【推荐1】An old man, too old to live on his own, went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and a four-year-old grandson. The old man’s hands trembled (颤抖), and he couldn’t see clearly. The family ate together at the dinner table every night. But the grandfather’s trembling hands and poor sight made eating rather difficult. Peas rolled off his spoon onto the floor. When he drank milk, he spilled it on the tablecloth. The son and daughter-in-law became angry with him. “We must do something about Grandfather,” said the son. So the husband and the wife set a small table in the corner. There, the grandfather ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table. Since the grandfather had broken a dish or two, his food was served in a wooden bowl. Sometimes he had tears in his eyes as he ate alone. The four-year-old grandson watched it all in silence.
One evening before supper, the father noticed his son playing with wood on the floor. He asked the child sweetly, “What are you making?” Just as sweetly, the boy said, “Oh, I am making a little bowl for you and Mum to eat your food from when I grow up.” The four-year-old boy smiled and went back to work. The words struck the parents and they were speechless. Then tears started to run down their cheeks. Though no word was spoken, both knew what must be done. That evening the husband took the grandfather’s hand and gently led him back to the family table.
The wise parents should realize that the children are their parents’ mirror.
1. Why did the old man live in his son’s house?

A．Because he was ill.

B．Because he felt lonely.

C．Because he missed his children.

D．Because he was so old and weak that he couldn’t live alone.

2. The old man felt ___ when he ate alone while the rest of the family enjoyed dinner at the dinner table.

A．angry

B．sad

C．sad and lonely

D．lonely

3. _____________ and it made the parents speechless.

A．Their son would treat them as they did to their father when they were old

B．They saw their father’s tears

C．They thought their father was sad

D．They worried about their future

4. Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A．We should respect the old.

B．We should leave the old in the corner.

C．Parents must set examples to their children.

D．We should love our parents.

【推荐3】How do you feel about nature? After spending hours indoors, do you feel better when you visit your local park? I believe the answer must be “YES”.

Most people think that nature is good for our bodies and brains. However, humans are spending more time inside and less time outside. For example, the number of visitors to Canada’s national parks is getting smaller every year. And in countries such as the USA, only 10% of teenagers spend time outside every day. Many doctors feel thatthisis a problem in the twenty —first century.

Therefore, some doctors are studying the connection between nature and health: one example is the work of Dr. Matilda in Sweden. The doctor gave people a math test. During the test, their heart rates (心率) were fast. After the test, one group of people sat in a 3D-virtual-reality (虚拟现实) room for fifteen minutes with pictures and sounds of nature. Their heart rates were slower than people’s in the other group. The virtual touch with nature helped them feel more relaxed. The natural world allows our brains to rest and slow down, and can leave us feeling happier and less stressed. Another example from Canada also shows nature is good for health. In Toronto, researchers studied 31,000 people living in the city. In general, they found that healthier people lived near parks.

Because of studies like these, some countries and cities want people to enjoy nature in their everyday life. In Dubai, people plan to build a new shopping mall with a large garden, so shoppers can relax outside with trees, plants and water. And South Korea has new forests near its cities and around 13 million people visit these forests every year. Getting close to nature has been thought to be necessary for brain development in children. In Switzerland, “forest schools” are popular. School children study their subjects in the forests and exercise a lot outside. So after building cities for so long, perhaps it’s now time to start rebuilding nature.

In a word, nature holds a special kind of energy: it is clean, wild and spirit —renewing, which makes us grow stronger. ________

1. What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A．People think nature is good for our bodies.	B．People spend more time inside than outside.
C．Only teenagers spend time outside every day.	D．The number of people to parks is changing every day.

2. What’s the connection between nature and health?

A．People s heart rates increase in a 3D-virtual-reality room.

B．The nature can relax people and influence them positively.

C．The natural world allows our brains to rest and slow down.

D．The virtual touch with nature helped them feel more relaxed.

3. To help people enjoy nature, countries do the following except ________.

A．rebuilding nature near cities

B．planning a green area for shoppers

C．inventing a brain development programme

D．having classes and doing sports in the forest

4. Which of the following sentences can be best put in the blank ________?

A．So why not live in the nature?

B．So why not let nature be part of our daily life?

C．So nature is more important than cities, isn’t it?

D．So nature is our best choice, do you agree my opinion?

【推荐1】Nancy is an eight-year-old girl. She has a beautiful yellow cat, Mimi. Mimi has six new kittens (小猫). Three kittens are black, and two are white. One kitten is black, but it has white feet and a white face. Nancy
asks, “Mom, can we keep (留下) all the kittens?” “We can’t keep six kittens,” she says, “When the kitten are three months old, we will give
them away.”
Nancy asks, “Can I keep one?” Her mom says yes. Nancy decides (决定) to keep the kitten with white feet. She calls   it Boots. When the other five kittens are three months old, Nancy’s mom takes pictures of them. On Monday, Nancy takes the pictures to school. She shows (展示) the pictures to her friends. All her friends love the kittens. They come to her house that afternoon. They take all the five kittens except (除了) Boots.
1. Boots is the name of a __________.

A．girl

B．doctor

C．cat

D．Nancy’s friend

2. How many white kittens does   Mimi have?

A．Six.

B．Two.

C．Five.

D．Three.

3. How old are the kittens when they leave their mother?

A．Six moths old.	B．Eight years old.
C．Eleven months old.	D．Three months old.

4. What does the underlined phrase   (划线短语)   “give away” mean?

A．出售

B．赶走

C．赠送

D．关

【推荐2】American schools begin in September after a long summer holiday. There are two terms(学期) in a school year. The first term is from September to January, and the second is from February to June. Most American children begin(开始) to go to school when they are five years old. Most children are seventeen to eighteen years old when they finish high school(高中).

High school students take only five or six subjects each term. They usually go to the same classes every day, and they have homework for every class. After class they do a lot of interesting things.

After high school, many students to go colleges. They usually have to pay a lot of money. So many college students work after class to get money for their studies.

1. When do schools begin in America?

A．In September.

B．In August.

C．In May.

D．In February.

2. What does a boy usually do when he is six years old?

A．He has to stay at home.	B．He can go to high school.
C．He can go to school	D．He always plays at home.

3. What do American high school students do after class?

A．They only do the homework.	B．They go to work.
C．They play basketball.	D．They do many interesting things.

4. What the underlined word “colleges” mean?

A．小学

B．初中

C．高中

D．大学

5. Why do so many American college students work after class?

A．They get money for their studies.	B．They need to help their parents.
C．They need to learn some useful things.	D．They need to help others.

6. Which of the following is right?

A．In America, the second term is from February to June.

B．American students have three terms in a year.

C．A five-year-old child usually has six subjects at school.

D．American students don’t like to go to school.

【推荐3】Have you ever been to London? How much do you know about London? Now let me tell you.
London has a population of about 7, 000, 000. From about the year 1800 to 1945, London was the biggest city in the world. But now many cities are even bigger than before.
London is famous for many things. Tourists come from all over the world to visit its famous buildings and listen to the famous clock, Big Ben.
Like many big cities, London has problems such as traffic and pollution, and they stop the city from developing. Every day about 1, 000, 000 people come and go by underground, but there are still too many cars and buses in the streets. So the air isn’t clean. However, it is cleaner than it was 100 years ago.
For me, the best things in London are the parks. There are five parks in the city centre. But my children’s favourite place is Hamleys, the biggest toy shop in the world.
1. Maybe London became the biggest city in the world in______.

A．1750

B．1850

C．1950

D．1980

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

A．Ship.

B．Car.

C．Subway.

D．Taxi.

3. What are the best things in London for the writer?

A．Famous buildings.

B．Parks.

C．Cars and buses.

D．Toys.

4. ---What’s Hamleys in London according to the passage?   ---It’s a______.

A．toy shop

B．museum

C．park

D．clock

5. Which of the following sentences is NOT TRUE? ________.

A．London has a population of about 7, 000, 000

B．London is famous for buildings and Big Ben

C．The traffic in the city is easy because of the underground

D．The air in London is cleaner than 100 years ago

【推荐1】What’s the first thing that you notice when you walk into your favorite restaurant? Is it the smell of fresh pizza, or the sight of your favorite desserts? Food that looks and smells good will probably taste good, but what about sound? Is that important?

Scientists now believe that the taste of food can change when your ears hear different sounds, but it has to be the right kind of sound. When you turn on a microwave with popcorn in it, it soon starts to pop. Do you think “That sounds tasty!”? Not really, you probably think it’s nearly ready. But when smell it, you go to get the salt and the butter. Hearing the popcorn make you think about it, but smelling it tells you that it tastes good. So what are the sounds to change the tastes of the things?

In an experiment in a fish restaurant, customers listened to the sound of the seaside while they were eating. Did it make a difference? Yes, it did. Listening to the seaside seemed to improve the taste of the food. It was fresher and saltier. When the restaurant tried the same experiment with the sound of the farm animals, there was no difference in taste. The results are going to be useful for restaurants. Perhaps they will try to use fewer unhealthy things, like salt and sugar in food. With the right music or sounds, perhaps we won’t taste the difference.

Restaurants are also setting a connection between food and the sound that the packet(包装袋) makes. Pick up a packet of your favorite potato chips, what does it sound like? One restaurant recently changed the material that they used to make their potato chip packets because experiments show that the packet which makes a right sound will make customers think the potato chips are fresher. Another idea is that a list of music will begin to appear on food packets, so if you don’t like your green vegetables, the right music or sounds could help you learn to love them.

1. According to the passage, what makes you think the popcorn tastes delicious?

A．Turning on the microwave.	B．Smelling the popcorn in the microwave.
C．Hearing the popcorn.	D．Taking the popcorn out of the microwave.

2. What was the result of the experiment in the restaurant?

A．The sounds of the seaside made the food taste better.	B．The customers didn’t like the food.
C．The music changed the food.	D．The customers preferred the sounds of the farm animals.

3. Why is the material of the food packet important?

A．Because customers want it to sound and look right.

B．Because customers enjoy looking at the different materials.

C．Because customers think the food is good if it makes the right sound.

D．Because customers don’t like noisy packets.

4. The passage mainly tells us                .

A．sounds make a difference to the taste of food

B．the smell of food makes a difference to the taste of food

C．right music could help people love green vegetable

D．there is a connection between the sight of food and the taste of food

【推荐2】Big data（数据）is a lot of sets of information that are put together so they can be used by a computer program. The computer program looks for different kinds of answers in the data. Big data can have different kinds of information from many places, such as information that comes from schools, social media sites, companies, and governments. One set of data can have people's names and addresses. Another set can have what they like, where they go to school, and how much time they spend on the computer.

Big data can be used in many ways. The government uses it to understand how many people travel on buses or trains. This information is then used to make bus or train systems（系统）better. Some schools use big data to understand which children may need extra help in class. The teacher can then give certain students more help or support so those students can succeed in school. Companies use big data, too. It helps them understand who buys their things. For example, one company uses weather data to see when people eat the most ice cream.

Big data can be used for good reasons. Some hospitals use big data to predict if a baby who is born too early will get sick. The hospital can then take extra steps to take care of that baby so he or she does not get sick. Big data can also be used for bad reasons. It can be used to predict which kinds of people are likely to break the law or hurt others, even if they have not done anything wrong.

1. One company uses weather information to________.

A．give the children who succeed in school more help

B．know how much time people spend on the computer

C．find out how many people travel on buses or trains

D．understand when people will need ice cream most

2. The underlined word“extra”in Paragraph 2 probably means________ in Chinese.

A．多余的

B．额外的

C．有必要的

D．有用的

3. The passage is mainly about________.

A．what the big data is and how it is used	B．why schools and hospitals use the big data
C．what the big data will be like in the future	D．when the government and companies use the big data

4. The overall tone（基调）of this reading is________.

A．sad and personal	B．personal and scientific
C．informative but silly	D．scientific and informative

【推荐3】Now many children are in Mrs Read’s house. They’re having a birthday party for Mrs Read. They are from different countries(国家) and they are of different ages. They all call Mrs Read “Mum” though(尽管) she isn't their own(自己) mother. Mrs Read looks after(照顾) them very well, and they all love her.

Sam is an eight-year-old American boy. He is a student in Mrs Read’s class. Diana is ten years old. She’s an English girl. She is in Mrs Read’s school, but she is in Grade Six. Jack is a Chinese boy. He and his sister Sarah are both in Mrs Read’s class. There is also a Japanese boy in Mrs Read’s class. His name is David. He is nine years old.

“Our parents are all very busy with their work. Mrs Read is very nice. She cooks for us and she helps us with our study. She is just like our mother. We all love her.” says Sam.

1. What are the children doing in Mrs Read’s house？

A．Having a party.

B．Playing games.

C．Having a class.

D．Having dinner.

2. What’s the main idea(主要) of Paragraph 2?

A．Something about Mrs Read’s class.	B．Something about Mrs Read’s “children”.
C．Something about Mrs Read’s everyday life.	D．Something about Mrs Read’s family.

3. What can we know from Sam’s words?

A．Mrs Read doesn’t have daughters or sons.	B．Sam doesn’t want to study in Mrs Read’s class.
C．Sam’s parents don’t have much time to look after him.	D．Sam doesn’t like Mrs Read or her husband.

4. What is the best title(最佳标题)?

A．A birthday party

B．A big family

C．A great day

D．A good friend