【推荐1】America is a mobile society. Friendships between Americans can be close and real, yet disappear soon. They don’t feel hurt. If the same two people meet again, even years later, they____ the friendship. This can be quite difficult for us Chinese to understand. Friendships between us develop more slowly but may become lifelong feelings, extending（延伸）deeply into both families.
There is another difficult point for us to understand .Although Americans treat friends warmly in their personal everyday lives, they don’t show their politeness to them if it requires a great deal of time. But in China, we are usually generous with our time. We, as hosts, will appear at an airport even in the middle of the night to meet a friend. We may take days off from our work to act as guides to our friends: It is opposite in America, Americans can not manage the time to do a great deal with a visitor outside their daily plans. They will probably expect the visitors to get themselves from the airport to the hotels. And they expect the visitors will phone them from there. Once the visitors arrive at their homes ,the welcome will be full, warm and real.
For Americans, it is often considered more friendly to invite a friend to their homes than to restaurants, except for business matters. Americans are ready to receive us foreigners at their homes, share their holidays, and their home life. So accept their hospitality（好客）at home and enjoy your visit in America!
1. Which of the following is the typical way of American hospitality?

A．Treating friends at home.

B．Taking days off to be with friends.

C．Meeting friends at the airport at midnight.

D．Sharing everything they have.

2. Which of the following statements is True according to the passage?

A．Americans are always generous with their time.

B．Americans don’t feel hurt if their friendships disappear soon.

C．Chinese friendships develop more slowly but will never disappear.

D．Chinese friendships are more sincere than American friendships.

3. This passage is most probably written for          .

A．American students	B．Chinese students
C．Chinese visitors to America	D．American visitors to China

【推荐2】As is known to all, "I am sorry” is the phrase we hear most in daily communication in Britain. What does it mean? Does it always mean you apologize(道歉) for what you have done wrong?

Let us review a scene happening in a British street one day. A young man walked down a road playing with his smart phone when a lady came over in his opposite direction. The man tried in vain to give his way to the lady in time. As a result, he bumped(碰撞) into the lady. As a rule in China,the man must say“ I am sorry.”first，because he was so busy playing with his smart phone that he got in the way of the lady. However, both the persons apologized to each other by saying"I am sorry. "Why is this the case? As a matter of fact, the phrase "I am sorry." takes on another meaning in Britain. Anyone should speak to the other this way if either of them creates inconvenience. They apologize is way just to avoid unnecessary fights between them.

Another cultural difference about "I am sorry.   "can also be found at British restaurants. Supposing an old woman says to a waiter in a pub(酒馆)，“ I am sorry，but can I order another drink? "This time you must realize it doesn’t mean she apologizes to the waiter for what she has done wrong, but means she really needs the waiter to do something for her.

1. In China, the person who does something______should apologize to the other by saying“I am sorry.”

A．common

B．special

C．right

D．wrong

2. The young man was______when he bumped into the lady.

A．answering a call	B．playing with his smartphone
C．dancing along the road	D．playing football with his friends by the roadside

3. We can know from Paragraph 2______apologized for the bumping.

A．the waiter	B．the lady
C．the young man	D．both the lady and the young man

4. The old woman in the pub wants to______the waiter by saying"I am sorry.”

A．apologize to

B．ask for help from

C．treat

D．play a joke on

5. What is the main idea of the passage?

A．We can find cultural difference in daily English communication.

B．We should learn to be a person with good manners

C．How to order a drink successfully in a British pub?

D．Don't play with smartphones on the road.

【推荐3】What are the cultural differences between China and the West? You might be able to find the answer in Cao Siyu’s comics (漫画). Cao, 32, was born in Beijing, but left home at 20 and has studied and lived in the US, the UK and France for 12 years. Having seen so many cultures, Cao wanted to use her drawing skills to show the differences. So she created the cartoon series Tiny Eves Comics. Here are some comics inside the book:

Water in restaurant             USA          France          China	Streets Streets             Streets             Streets        In Beijing         In Paris           In Venice
How to show disagreement      French               American       Chinese	Expression of Love           American                    Chinese

Many foreign readers say that Cao’s comics help them understand China, while Chinese living abroad have felt that they are seen and understood.

She said that this voice has been the biggest motivation for her to keep creating.

1. Cao Siyu shows people the cultural differences by ________.

A．living abroad	B．creating comics
C．writing for the magazine	D．talking about her stories

2. Cao’s comic ideas come from her studies and life in ________ foreign countries

A．3

B．12

C．20

D．32

3. We can infer from the passage that ________ is more popular in China.

A．cold water

B．ice water

C．hot water

D．sparkling water

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A．French like drinking ice water.	B．There is no difference in streets.
C．Chinese like showing disagreement.	D．Americans express their love directly.

5. What’s the best title of the text?

A．Comics Show Cultural Differences	B．Easier and Faster Travel
C．Busy and Lonely School Life Abroad	D．Different Ways of Thinking and Behaving

【推荐2】If you go to a fast food restaurant, you will probably see a lot of teenagers. Today, many teenagers are overweight, and the reason of this is because of their bad eating habits. Most teenagers love fast food with a lot of fat, oil, salt and sugar. People often call this kind of food “junk food”.

But bad eating habits go beyond fast food. We find many teenagers eat unhealthily. Some don’t have breakfast before they go to school. During the day, some don’t have a proper meal for lunch. In a recent survey(调查) at one school, scientists found that over two thirds of the students didn’t follow a healthy diet. They didn’t like vegetables, and many of them didn’t like to eat fruits. They preferred(更喜欢) to eat food with a lot of salt, sugar, or fat.

Parents today also worry about their children’s diet. Some doctors give the following advice:

Teenagers shouldn’t eat too much junk food.

Teenagers shouldn’t eat food with too much salt. Salt can cause high blood pressure(高血压)in the future.

Teenagers should eat food with less fat, oil, and sugar.

Teenagers need to eat some fruits and vegetables every day. Fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins(维生素)and have little fat.

Teenagers need to drink more milk. Milk will help their bones grow.

Teenagers need to eat breakfast every day. This is good for their body and mind.

1. “Junk food” contains(包括)a lot of _____.

A．milk and sugar	B．fruits and sugar
C．vegetables and salt	D．fat, oil, salt and sugar

2. In a recent survey at one school, scientists found many students liked __.

A．vegetables

B．fruits

C．healthy food

D．unhealthy food

3. In this passage doctors think that teenagers should eat more _____.

A．food with no vitamins	B．fat and sugar
C．vegetables and fruits	D．salt and oil

4. The best title for this passage is _____.

A．Bad Habits	B．Junk Food
C．Unhealthy Food	D．Advice on Healthy eating

【推荐3】Dolphins are not fish. They are mammals (哺乳动物). They live in groups and speak to each other in their own language. But they are quite different from almost all land animals. Their brain   is as big as men’s and they live a long life—at least 20 or 30 years.

Like some animals, dolphins use sounds to help them find their way around. They also use these sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food. They do not use their ears to receive sounds, but use the jaw — the lower part of the mouth.

It is strange that dolphins are friendly to men, and for thousands of years, there are many stories about dolphins and men. In the 19th century, in a dangerous part of the sea near New Zealand, there was a dolphin. The seamen liked him very much and gave him a very good name, Jack. From 1871 to 1903, Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way. In 1903 a passenger on a boat with the name of “The Penguin” shot and hurt Jack. Luckily the dolphin didn’t die, and after a long time he was well again. He guides the boats through the area for nine more years, but he refused to help the boat “The Penguin”.

Today, some people still kill dolphins, but many countries in the world now protect them. In these places, people are not allowed to kill them.

1. How do dolphins find their way? ________

A．They use their noses to smell the way.

B．They use their ears to hear the sounds.

C．They use their eyes to see the way.

D．They use sounds to find the way.

2. Who was Jack? ________

A．The writer.

B．A dolphin.

C．A seaman.

D．The passenger.

3. Why did Jack refuse to help the boat The Penguin? ________

A．The boat didn’t need his help.

B．A passenger on the boat hurt him.

C．Jack didn’t know how to guide the boat.

D．A passenger on the boat hurt his friends.

4. Which of the following best shows the structure (结构) of the text? （①＝Paragraph 1；
②＝Paragraph 2；③＝Paragraph 3；④＝Paragraph 4）________

A．

B．

C．

D．

【推荐1】Music is different from songs. Songs express feelings with lyrics, but music with tones (音调).Unlike songs, music tones in themselves have no specific meanings. Different people may get different things from the same musical performance. Though some music works are difficult to understand, people need music in their daily life because it brings fun to them. Different people like different music: some love classical music, and others take an interest in pop music. Most young people like pop music.

Pop music began in the USA and became popular around the world during the 1950s and 1960s.The best-known early kind of pop music was “rock and roll”. Pop music has taken the place of native music in many parts of the world. It has caused the number of people for “jazz” music to become much smaller than in the 1950s and earlier and it has now begun to become the most popular. Much pop music is without artistic value (价值), but the works of some pop singers such as the Beatles, Bob Dylan, the groups like Pink Floyd and Crosby are excellent. And there is still great interest in it today. Pop music concerts and festivals are held all over the world.
1. The biggest difference between music and songs is ________.

A．feelings

B．lyrics and tones

C．languages and countries

D．meanings

2. According to the passage, the number of people for jazz in the 1950s and earlier was ________ it is today.

A．much greater than

B．much smaller than

C．as great as

D．as small as

3. What does the underlined word “kind” mean?

A．Type.	B．Class.
C．Feature.	D．Entertainment.

4. Which of the following has now become the most popular according to the passage?

A．Native music.	B．Jazz.
C．Pop music.	D．Classical music.

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?

A．People can get different things from the same piece of music.

B．Pop music began to be popular in the midtwentieth century.

C．The best-known early form of pop music was “rock and roll”.

D．Much pop music is of great artistic value, so it interests young people greatly.。

【推荐2】判断正 (A) 误 (B)

Hello, I’m Paul. We have some clubs in our school — the music club, the chess club, the sports club and so on. Many boys think sports are interesting and relaxing. So they want to join the sports club. What sports can the boys play? Well, Bill can play baseball. He can also play tennis. Frank and Mike can play volleyball. Basketball is very popular (受欢迎的). David, Peter and Jim love basketball best.

We all know Lin Shuhao is a great basketball player. Some boys want to be a basketball player like him. Some girls also like playing basketball. Can you play basketball? If not, I can tell you how to play basketball. I’m in the basketball club. I can play it well. It’s not easy to be a good player. But if you work hard and often play it, you can do well, too.

1. Many boys in Paul’s school want to join the music club.
2. Bill can play baseball and tennis.
3. Peter and Jim can play volleyball.
4. Some girls like playing basketball, too.
5. Paul plays basketball well and he’s in the basketball club.

【推荐3】

Name	Time	Place	Experiences (经历）
Tony	12th-18th August	San Francisco	I went to the Golden Gate Park with my parents. We visited lots of places such as the Conservatory of Flowers, Japanese Tea Garden and San Francisco Botanical Garden.
Sally	13th-15th August	Beijing	I went to Beijing with my Chinese friends. They are very friendly. We went to the Great Wall, enjoyed Beijing duck and took photos of animals. We were very happy.
David	11th-15th August	England	My friends drove me to Buckingham Palace, Balmoral Castle and Windsor Castle. We took lots of photos there.
Rob	11th-16th August	Sydney	The Sydney Opera House is very famous. I went to Sydney with my parents to see pigs, bears and Billy Goats Gruff.

1. Who visited Balmoral Castle?

A．Tony.

B．Sally.

C．David.

D．Rob.

2. How long did Rob stay in Sydney?

A．Five days.

B．Six days.

C．Seven days.

D．Eight days.

3. Which is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Tony and Sally went to the same place in August.

B．Sally stayed in Beijing less than a week.

C．David took lots of photos in England.

D．Rob saw pigs, bears and Billy Goats Gruff.

【推荐1】On a cold winter afternoon, Susan was walking home from a supermarket. She was feeling a little tired because she was carrying her shopping bags. They were so heavy that she had to have a rest in the park. She walked towards the gate of the park. She noticed a poor man walking out of a restaurant in front of her. The man was holding a paper bag. He walked to a rubbish bin（垃圾箱）and started looking through it.

Susan suddenly felt sad. She knew this man would take all that he could get, so she went up to him and gave him some fruit. The man looked up in surprise and took the fruit.

A big smile appeared on his face and she felt very happy. They he said, “Wow! First someone gave me this sandwich, then the orange juice, and now some delicious fruit. This is my daughter’s lucky day. Thank you, girl.” Then he went away, singing a song.

Just then, Susan understood what the saying “Giving is getting.” really meant. Everyone in the world needs help and everyone can offer help.

Giving sometimes doesn’t cost much, but it means a lot to the people who you help.

1. Susan felt a little tired because she ______.

A．walked so fast	B．looked through a rubbish bin
C．felt cold	D．carried heavy shopping bags

2. The poor man felt _____when Susan gave him some fruit.

A．sad

B．surprised

C．interested

D．kind

3. From the passage we may know the poor man’s daughter couldn’t get ____that day.

A．orange juice

B．some fruit

C．a new coat

D．a sandwich

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The poor man had no money to buy food for his daughter.

B．It was the poor man’s daughter’s birthday.

C．The poor man asked Susan for some fruit.

D．The poor man’s daughter was ill.

5. The passage mainly tells us that ____.

A．giving means taking	B．giving is getting
C．we shouldn’t look through rubbish bins	D．we should give others fruit

【推荐2】Green is an important color in nature. It is the color of grass and the leaves on trees. It is the color of most growing plants, too.

Sometimes, the word green means young, fresh and growing. Sometimes, it describes something that is not yet finished or plants that are not ripe（成熟）.

For example, a greenhorn is someone who has no experience, who is new to a situation. In the fifteenth century, a greenhorn was a young cow or ox whose horns had not yet developed（发育）. A century or so later, a greenhorn was a soldier who had not yet had any experience in war（战争）. By the eighteenth century, a greenhorn had the meaning it has today—a person who is new in a job.

About one hundred years ago, greenhorn was a popular expression（表述）in the American west. Old-timers used it to describe a man who had just arrived from one of the big cities in the east. The greenhorn didn't have the skills that he would need to live in the hard, rough country.

Someone who has the ability to grow plants well is said to have a green thumb. The expression comes from the early nineteen hundreds.

A person with a green thumb seems to have magic that makes plants grow quickly and well. You might say that the woman next door has a green thumb if her garden continues to grow long after your plants have died.

The Green Revolution（革命）is the name which was given some years ago to the development of new kinds of rice and other grains. The new plants produced much larger crops. The Green Revolution came from the hard work by agricultural（农业的）scientists who had green thumbs.

1. According to the passage, a greenhorn means _______ now.

A．a young cow or ox whose horns have not yet developed

B．a soldier who has not had any experience in war

C．a person who is new in a job

D．a man who doesn't have the skills to live in the country

2. Which of the following about the Green Revolution is NOT right?

A．Without the Green Revolution, we would have no rice to eat.

B．The expression “the Green Revolution” came out several years ago.

C．Because of the Green Revolution, we have more kinds of rice and other grains.

D．Agricultural scientists with green thumbs started the Green Revolution.

3. We can know from the passage that _______.

A．all growing plants is green

B．green is the most important color in nature

C．a person with a green thumb can make plants grow well

D．the expression “a green thumb” has a history of two hundred years

4. The main idea of the passage is _______.

A．a greenhorn	B．a green thumb
C．the Green Revolution	D．the word “green” and its story

【推荐3】

Chinese singer Zhou Shen, 27, has become more popular after appearing on the TV show Singer《歌手》. He impressed viewers not only with his unusual recording methods - he has performed in his bedroom twice due to the novel coronavirus outbreak - but also with his singing itself. 

Zhou performed different styles of singing on the show. He covered a song by popular virtual (虚拟的) singers Luo Tianyi and Yan He, as well as sang songs with Suzhou Pingtan and Russian elements (元素). 

Singer Gao Xiaosong said Zhou has "come out of the cocoon (茧) and become a butterfly". It has taken Zhou a long time to do so. 

Zhou loved singing when he was a little boy. However, his voice didn't change like other boys during puberty (青春期). It still sounded like a girl's voice-thin and high. His peers (同龄人) laughed at him and he refused to sing in public. "I sang in my bedroom secretly," he said. 

At 17, he sang online without showing his face. Some people were fascinated (着迷) by it. On one of his birthdays, he agreed to show his face. However, when they found out that he was male, some of them made fun of him. Zhou felt bad about this, but later he got the chance to sing the theme song to the movie Big Fish and Begonia 《大鱼海棠》, which turned out to be a big success. 

After that, Zhou appeared on several TV talent shows. In his own words, "it was to give my voice a chance." He even wore women's clothes on the show Masked Singer. "It wasn't hype (炒作)," he said. "I just want the audience to focus on my singing rather than my gender (性别)."

1. Why is Zhoushen becoming so popular after appearing on the TV show Singer?

A．because he sings well.

B．Because he has a beautiful voice.

C．Because he is a boy but has a girlish voice.

D．Because he like singing with different styles.

2. What does Singer Gao Xiaosong's word "come out of the cocoon (茧) and become a butterfly". mean？It means that _________.

A．Zhou's success mainly come from his help.

B．Zhou will fly higher like a butterfly.

C．Zhou's success comes from a long time's persistent (坚持不懈的) work.

D．Zhou's singing is beautiful like a beautiful butterfly.

3. When did Zhoushen become successful?

A．when he was 17 years old.

B．when he sang the song Big Fish and Begonia.

C．after he took part in the show Singer.

D．after he took part in the show Masked Singer.

4. According to the passage, judge which statement is not right.

A．Zhoushen's voice changed a lot during puberty.

B．At early ages, Zhoushen refused to sing in public.

C．Zhoushen can perform different styles of singing.

D．At early ages, Zhoushen liked singing, his online songs attracted some people.

5. From the passage, we know Zhoushen is _________.

a. shy                 b. talented and created            c. brave          d. persistent (坚持不懈)          e. kind

A．abc

B．bcd

C．abd

D．cde