【推荐2】

“You are just like your mother.” This phrase is often said by many. As we grow older, we may notice that we’re getting more like our mother. Yet surprisingly, a new research has found that most people are more similar to their father. A team of scientists from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine in the US found that we inherit (继承) equal (同等的) amounts of genes from mother and father. But we use more of the DNA we inherit from our father.

The study helps us to explain who we are. And more importantly, it helps us to find out whether we are likely to develop illnesses. For example, if we inherit the gene of an illness from our mother, it may not be as strong as if we inherited it from our father.

“We know that there are 95 genes influenced by our parents”, said Professor Villena. These are called imprinted genes (印记基因). But now, the study has found that there are thousands of other genes that have come from our parents.

For the study, the scientists choose three different species of mice with different genes. The mice then gave birth to nine babies each. When they all reached adulthood, the team measured (测量) every single gene of their DNA. They found an imbalance that swung toward their father. Villena also said that the recent study was the first to show that mammals (哺乳动物) are more similar to their fathers than mothers. “This is an exceptional new research finding that opens the door to an entirely new area of exploration in human genetics,” he said.

1. The new research has found that ________.

A．we will be more like our mother when we grow up

B．we use more of the DNA we inherit from our father

C．amounts of genes we inherit from parents are different

2. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A．The study can help us predict possible illnesses.

B．We are supposed to be stronger than our parents.

C．We don’t inherit the gene of illnesses from our mother.

3. Villena thinks that ________ are more like their fathers.

A．pandas

B．ducks

C．birds

4. Where would you most likely find this text?

A．In a storybook.

B．In a travel guide.

C．In a medical magazine.

【推荐3】Tom just moved to a new neighborhood with his parents. He goes to school from Monday to Friday. At weekends, he likes watching different kinds of movies. There are many cinemas in Tom’s neighborhood.

Cinema	Distance（距离）	Ticket Price	Waiting Time
Huanyi Cinema	1.5 kilometers	20 yuan/person 35 yuan for two	10 minutes
Baili Cinema	500 meters	30 yuan/person 50 yuan for two	15 minutes
Bona World	200 meters	50 yuan/person	half an hour
Movie Town	2 kilometers	15 yuan/person	20 minutes

Other information:

Of all the movie theaters, Baili Cinema has the most comfortable seats and the best sound.

If you want to enjoy the newest movies, Bona World is the best cinema.

Movie Town has the worst service, but it has the biggest screens.

1. Which movie theater is the closest to Tom’s home?

A．Huanyi Cinema.

B．Baili Cinema.

C．Bona World.

D．Movie Town.

2. Movie Town has _________.

A．the longest waiting time	B．the most comfortable seats
C．the worst service and the best sound	D．the cheapest tickets and the biggest screens

3. What can Tom get from the table（表格）?

A．Some information on different movie theaters in his neighborhood.

B．Different kinds of movies in different cinemas.

C．The most popular movie theater in his neighborhood.

D．The best places in his neighborhood.

【推荐1】Jia Meng used to keep a diary in Chinese．But one year ago，the l4-year-old girl from Heilongjiang began to write her diaries in English，because Jia found her mother was reading her diary secretly．She changed the language because her mother can’t read English．“It’s like killing two birds with one stone，”said Jia．“My privacy（隐私）becomes safe and my English improves a lot．”
Jia’s mother is not the only mom who reads her child’s diary．Recently, Renmin University of China had a national survey among over 2，300 parents．The results show that about 40％ of parents read their children’s secrets．That’s why, like Jia，many teenagers try to find ways to protect their privacy．
Wu Lei，15，of Shanxi，keeps a diary, too．But he doesn’t write it on paper．He writes online， which he thinks it perfectly safe because his parents “know nothing about the Internet．”
Lu Huan，13．of Guangdong，said her parents always secretly listened to the talk between her friends and her on the telephone in theft room．To solve this problem，Lu asked her parents to buy her a mobile phone．
“Parents want to know what is going on in their children’s lives，”said Shao Xiaozhen，a teenage expert in Beijin9．“But sometimes they go about it the wrong way．” Shao suggested to teenagers that instead of hiding their secrets，talking to parents is a better solution．”If your parents know that you are safe，they’11 let you keep your secrets．”
1. Jia Meng writes her diaries in English in order to improve her English．
2. Recently, Renmen University of China had a national survey, and the results show that about 40％ of parents read their children’s secrets．
3. Keeping a dairy online is the best way to protect their privacy according to the article．
4. Lu Huan asked her parents to buy her a mobile phone in order to protect her privacy．
5. Shao Xiaozhen thinks parents will let children keep their secrets，if they talk to parents and let parents know they are safe．

【推荐2】Fish and apple soup? Yes, and you won’t believe how delicious it is. This dish first came from a restaurant in Singapore, but it is now very popular as the soup du jour in Chinese restaurants.

The things you need (for 4 people):

·a whole fish

·2 apples, cut into 8 pieces

·4-6 ginger slices (姜片)

·a bunch of spring onions, cut into pieces

·a red tomato, cut into 8 pieces

·oil, salt and pepper

The way to make it:

Remove (去除) the bones (骨头) from the fish.

Pour oil (油) into a pan, Fry (煎) the ginger slices and the spring onions. Add the fish bones.

Add enough water and boil (煮) it for about 15 to 20 minutes.

Add the apples, the fish and the tomato. When the apples get soft, add salt and pepper.

1. The name of the fish and apple soup in Chinese restaurants is ______.

A．du jour soup

B．tomato soup

C．onion soup

D．ginger soup

2. If you want to cook the soup for 8 people，you will need ______ apples.

A．1

B．2

C．3

D．4

3. When you cook the soup, the right order (顺序) to put the things into the pan is ______.
①fish bones   ②oil   ③ginger slices and spring onions   ④apples, fish and a tomato

A．④③②①

B．②③①④

C．②①③④

D．③①④②

【推荐3】“Humans can develop certain abilities we aren’t, born with by practicing animals’ movements,” the traditional Chinese Wushu lovers believed in the past—and still do today.

Chinese Five-Animal Exercises, also known as Wuqinxi, are the first complete set of qigong exercises following the movements of animals: monkeys, deer, birds, bears and tigers. They were created by one of the greatest doctors in Chinese history, Hua Tuo, more than 1,800 years ago.

The Five-Animal Exercises are well designed to help blood circulation, and let the energy go smoothly in the body so as to improve the health.

“The bear movements are good for the stomach. The tiger movements can reduce the pain in the back. The deer movements help reduce the fat around the waist. The bird movements can help keep our knees healthy and the monkey movements can be good for the heart.” said Hua Yi, the 59th inheritor of Wuqinxi.

For those new learners, the first few exercises might not go well. You may find it hard to focus. Wear comfortable clothes, keep peaceful in your mind, try to move slowly...Little by little, you’ll feel more and more harmonious with nature. You may even feel you become a tiger or a deer, walking in the forest freely.

These exercises need no tools and they are easy to learn. You can search online for the videos and practice them at anytime when you feel like relaxing your body and mind. Because it’s fun to practice and good for health, Five-Animal Exercises are becoming more and more popular in recent years, not only in China, but also in many other places of the world.

1. People practice Five-Animal Exercises in order to _________.

A．fight against enemies

B．protect wild animals

C．improve health

D．play as a group game

2. If your grandfather has a pain in the back, _________ may help him a lot.

A．the bear movements	B．the monkey movements
C．the bird movements	D．the tiger movements

3. The underlined word “harmonious” in Paragraph 5 probably means _________.

A．兴奋的

B．和谐的

C．敬畏的

D．肤浅的

【推荐1】Taking away a city’s rubbish is a big job． Every day trucks come into a city to collect it．Most rubbish is made up of things we can’t eat or use．If we kept these things, we would soon have a mountain of rubbish．
In some cities the rubbish is collected and taken outside of city to a dump．Often the city dump is placed where the ground is low or there is a big hole．The kitchen rubbish is broken into small pieces and sent into the sewage system．The sewage system takes away the used water from toilets, bathtubs and other places．
To keep mice and flies away, some earth is used to cover the newly dumped rubbish．Later, grass may be planted on the rubbish-filled land．Finally , a house or a school may be built there, and then you’d never know that this had once been an old rubbish dump．
In other cities the rubbish is burnt in special places．The fire burns everything but the metal．Sometimes the metal can be used again in factories where things are made of metal．The food parts of rubbish are put in special piles where they slowly change into something called humus, which looks like black earth．It is rich with kinds of things that feed plants and help make them grow．
1. The underline word “sewage” in the passage means_______

A．排污

B．染色

C．洗涤

D．洗尘

2. According to the passage, the food parts of rubbish can be used again_______．

A．to feed animals	B．to feed plants
C．to build a house	D．to make machines

3. The main idea of the passage is ______

A．to let us know taking away rubbish is a big job．

B．to explain the need for rubbish collection

C．to introduce different ways to treat rubbish

D．to tell people to take useful things out of rubbish

【推荐2】A young American doctor was sleeping when suddenly his doorbell began to ring. It was already midnight, but what could the doctor do? He had to get up, put on his coat and go downstairs. When he opened the door, he saw a man standing with a hat in his hand. “How do you do?” said the man, “Can you come at once to a place out of town? It’s quite far but you have a car and I can show you the way.”

“Certainly,” said the doctor, “I’m quite ready. I can come at once.” After a few minutes the car was standing at the front door, the man got into the doctor’s car, and they drove off. They drove on for a long time. Then the man said, “Here we are. This is my home. Now I can pay you and you can go back to town.”

“I must see the patient. How can I go back without seeing the patient?”

“There is no patient,” explained the man. “Nobody is ill. I live here, you see, and one must get home from a town, mustn’t he? There are no taxis this time of the night, but a doctor often makes night calls, so excuse me. Here is money. Thank you, doctor. Good night.”

阅读短文，根据短文内容判断正误（正确填A，错误填B）。
1. The doctor was working when the doorbell started to ring.
2. The man asked the doctor to go to a place out of town.
3. It was so late that there were no taxis at that time, so they went there on foot.
4. The phrase “make night calls” in this sentence means “夜间出诊”.
5. The doctor was very thankful to get some money.

【推荐3】Everyone has got two personalities（性格）--- the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real . You don’t show your secret personality when you’re awake because you can control（控制）yourself . But when you’re asleep , your sleeping position（位置）shows the real you . During a normal night , of course , you often change your sleeping positions . The important position that best shows your secret personality is the one that you go to sleep in .
If you go to sleep on your back , you’re a very open person . You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by new ideas . You don’t like to make people unhappy , so you never express your real feelings . And you also like to share your secrets with your friends . But you aren’t very confident .
If you sleep on your stomach , you are a person who likes to keep secrets . You worry a lot and you always easily become sad . You never want to change your ideas , but you are pleased with you life the way it is . You usually live for today not for tomorrow .
If you sleep curled up（蜷缩）, you are probably a very nervous person . You often protect（保护）yourself and you’re always afraid of being hurt , so you are very defensive . You’re shy and you don’t usually like meeting people . You like to be on your own .
If you sleep on your side , you have usually got a well-balanced personality . You know your strengths（优势）and weaknesses . You’re usually careful . You have a confident personality . You sometimes feel worried , but you don’t often get unhappy . You always say what you think , even if it makes people angry .
1. You may find this passage in __________ .

A．a science magazine	B．A shopping guide book
C．a sports newspaper	D．a story book

2. Tina hardly tells her secrets to her friends . She probably goes to sleep __________ .

A．curled up

B．on her stomach

C．on her back

D．on her side

3. What does the work “ defensive ” mean in the passage ?

A．易怒的

B．热情的

C．外向的

D．有戒心的

4. What does the passage tell us ?

A．Sleeping on you side is the best way of sleeping .

B．Changing positions will cause sleeping problems .

C．Sleeping positions show people’s secret personalities ,

D．Enough sleep makes people look better .

【推荐1】读下面的短文，根据短文内容判断句子的正误。正确的涂 A，错误的涂B。

Deep down in the sea, Oliver, an octopus (章鱼) sat on the floor, bored and upset. He watched pretty fish swimming in and out of rocks, which were laughing and dancing in the sea. “Why am I so different?” he said to himself sadly.

“You are an octopus, Oliver. That’s special.” The sweet voice of Cherub, beautiful fish, always made Oliver feel better. Oliver looked up at the fish and smiled. Cherub suggested, “Let’s play hide-and-seek (捉迷藏).” They were having so much fun that they didn’t realize they had swum far from home. Suddenly, Cherub saw a large shark swimming above them. “It was Big White…the biggest, scariest animal in the sea,” she shouted to Oliver. Cherub was very scared. She looked at Big White hopelessly. And idea came to Oliver. He quickly gave out a very dark cloud of black water to the shark’s eyes. Then Oliver and Cherub ran back home safely.

“Are you OK?” asked Oliver. Cherub laughed happily, “That was the most interesting tip! You saved me just now. I’m lucky to have you as my fiend!” Oliver’s face turned red. “I guess being different can be pretty cool in some situations,“ Oliver said. “That’s what I tried to tell you,” Cherub smiled.

1. In the beginning, Oliver laughed happily when he saw pretty fish swimming around him.
2. Oliver and Cherub were having a good time when Cherub noticed Big White were just above them.
3. Cherub was very brave and calm when she faced the danger.
4. Oliver’s quick mind and action saved Oliver himself and Cherub.
5. From this passage, we know we have our own advantages in some situations, though we are different.

【推荐2】Detective fiction is popular in many countries. There are two kinds: stories in which private detectives solve a crime, usually a murder; and stories in which a police detective solve a crime. Both kinds of detective story are equally popular.

The first private detective---PI for private investigator in the USA---was probably Arson Lupin, a Frenchman. However, stories about this detective are not read nowadays. For most people the first, and perhaps the greatest, private detective, was the Englishman, Sherlock Holmes, a character created by the author Sir Author Conan Doyle. All the Sherlock Holmes stories have been translated into most languages. The best known is the Hound of the Baskervilles.

The first police detective was probably Sergeant Cuff who solves the crime in the Moonstone, one of the first detective novels in English. The author, Wilkie Collins, was a close friend of Charles Dickens, the best English novelists of all the time.

Crime fiction has been as popular in the USA as in the UK, and some of the most famous American writers have written detective fiction. The most highly regarded is probably Raymond Chandler whose PI, Phillip Marlowe, is the archetype (典型的) private detective. Also popular, although not so well-written, are the Perry Mason novels by Erle Stanley Gardner.

After Conan Doyle, the most widely read private detective novelist is the English novelist Agatha Christie. She created two unforgettable characters--- Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot. Agatha Christie’s have also been translated into most languages.

Detective fiction is as popular today as it has ever been, probably because many novels have been adapted for television which introduced them to many people who do not usually read new detective crime fiction.

1. Which of the following is a detective story writer?

A．Hercule Poirot

B．Perry Mason

C．Erle Stanley Gardener

D．Sergeant Cuff

2. What happened to many detective stories?

A．They have been long forgotten.	B．They have been translated into English.
C．Nowadays they are the least popular readings.	D．They have been popular because of TV programmes.

3. What have Arthur Conan Doyle, Raymond Chandler and Agatha Christie in common?

A．They all wrote stories about English detectives.	B．They all wrote stories about private detectives.
C．They all wrote stories about police detectives.	D．They all wrote stories about American detectives.

4. Which of the following does the writer imply (暗示)?

A．Wilkie Collins lived at the same time as Charles Dickens.

B．Arson Lupin is a popular character on television nowadays.

C．Private detective stories are better reviewed than police detective stories.

D．A successful writer of detective stories has to write private detective stories.

【推荐3】To write a great news story, you have to make sure it is correct, relevant and fresh.
For a start, all the information in a story must be correct. Not only the spelling and grammar, but also the facts.
Any mistakes that appear in a story can get a newspaper into big trouble. For example, if a newspaper said that Yang Liwei was the first man to go into space, it would be wrong. He wasn’t the first. The newspaper would probably lose lots of readers because of that mistake.
A news story is not only correct，but also relevant to its readers . People are mostly interested in news that happens near to them. That is why you care more about what happens at your school than at American schools. It is also why newspapers in Beijing don’t talk about much news in Shanghai or Hong Kong.
Finally, news must always be fresh. When you pick up your evening newspaper, you want to read about news that happens that day. You don’t want to read about news from last week!
So, now you know what makes a good news story. Have a good look at our newspaper and see if it is full of good news. You can try writing a news story for our newspaper like a real reporter.
1. What is the meaning of the underlined word “relevant”.

A．有趣的	B．相关的
C．最新的	D．正确的

2. According to the writer, newspapers in Wuxi should talk much about news in __________.

A．Wuxi	B．Hong Kong
C．Shanghai	D．Beijing

3. Which of the following is true?

A．A small mistake can’t get a newspaper into trouble.

B．A lot of people like reading about news from last week.

C．The passage doesn’t tell us who was the first man to go into space.

D．People are mostly interested in news that happens far away from them.