【推荐1】A mobile phone is used by almost everyone today. However, many people cannot get rid of (摆脱) mobile phones because phones have become part of daily life.

As the addiction (瘾) to the smartphone has become a serious problem, it causes many problems in life. Most phone users look down at their phones for a long time. When hunching (弓背) or bending their neck, they put serious pressure (压力) on the neck and backbone. And this will cause a sore back or a neck ache. According to studies, as high as 45% of the young people from age 16 to 24 these days suffer back pain because of the heavy usage of smartphones. Also, trying to focus on and look at the screen of the phone for a long time will discomfort eyes and may cause loss of vision (视力) . Besides, if someone brings the phone to sleep with, he or she will unconsciously (无意地) spend more time on the phone than sleep. It’s true that phones make life more convenient, but that doesn’t mean they can take control of life.

To get rid of phones, you can create a phone-free time. For example, turn off your phone or stop it from the Internet after 8:00 P. M. At that time, you can spend time on anything but phone so that you won’t check on your phone. Just like smoking, phone addiction is a habit. You must replace the habit with another if you want to change it. So find a few things to do whenever you are not using your phone, such as reading a book or exercising.

Of course, it’s not easy to get rid of a habit and the beginning is the most challenging. That’s why having a strong idea really makes a big difference. Remember, do not let your phone become your _________ and you become its servant (仆人) .

1. Which one can show the number of the young people aged 16-24 who have a sore back?
(stand for the number)

A．

B．

C．

D．

2. Which word can be the most suitable in the blank “_________”?

A．master

B．teacher

C．boss

D．waiter

3. Which is the right order according to the passage?
①The ways to get rid of phone addiction.
②The importance of a strong mind.
③The cause of cell phone addiction.
④The problems caused by cell phone addiction.

A．①-②-④-③

B．④-③-①-②

C．③-④-①-②

D．③-④-②-①

4. How does the writer explain the ways to get rid of phone addiction?

A．By telling a story.	B．By listing some numbers.
C．By comparing two facts.	D．By giving an example.

5. What’s the purpose of the passage?

A．The writer wants to tell students not to use cell phones.

B．The writer wants phone-users not to be addicted to phones.

C．The writer wants to tell us the importance of smart phones.

D．The writer wants to tell us the bad effects caused by game addiction.

【推荐2】In America, many teenagers have a part-time job. They work a few hours each week to make money.

Teens can have many different kinds of part-time jobs. Some teens work in groceries (食品杂货店) .Others may work in clothes stores. You may have friends who work in a fast food restaurant. They may make the food or keep the restaurant clean.

Most teens who have part-time jobs work only a few hours after school, maybe two or three times a week. They often have to work all day on Saturday. Having a part-time job has many advantages. The job teaches you new skills that you can use as an adult. The job also teaches you responsibility (责任) . The person who pays you for the job expects you to be there. The job also pays you money that you can use for many different things. Your family might need the money to help with the family budget (预算). If you’re lucky, you can use the money to buy books. You might want to save the money to buy a new bicycle or maybe even a car.

In some families, teens have part-time jobs to help make money to go to college. Going to college is very expensive. Many parents cannot pay for their children’s education without help from the children. In some families, at least half of what a teen makes at a part-time job goes into a college savings account (账户) . The teen can spend the rest of the money on what he or she needs or wants.

Many teenagers have part-time jobs and still have time for their friends and families. Many still join clubs at school and even have time to play sports. If you have a part-time job, you need to have a good plan to help you do everything you want and have to do. Do your homework and chores as soon as you can. Don’t let the work wait and pile up (堆积) . Make sure you get to your job on time. Do the things that are the most important to you. Spend time with the people you care about most.

阅读短文，判断正（A）误（B）。
1. Teenagers in America have to work all day to make money.
2. Some teenagers work in a fast food restaurant, and they may make the food or keep the restaurant clean there.
3. Having part-time jobs doesn’t have any advantages.
4. Many teenagers can not only have part-time jobs, but also have a good relationship with their friends and families.

【推荐3】

Dear Dr. Jackson, My parents are never pleased with me. They are always criticizing（批评）my clothes, my hair and the music I listen to. They hate my friends’ looks and they keep complaining when I go out with them. I’m not allowed to stay out as late as my friends do, so I can’t have any fun. My parents seem to only care about my marks. Though I love them, sometimes I feel we live in different worlds. If they love me, can’t they understand me? How can I make they understand me? Angel

Dear Angel, Your problem is common among both teenagers and parents. Don’t worry, because this is natural. You see, your parents have grown up at a different time and they have different experiences. So when they think something is strange, you often find the same thing common. For example, the music you like may sound like noise to them. Your parents love you, so they feel they must protect you from whatever they find strange. On the other hand, you don’t want to be different from other teenagers, so you feel that your parents restrict（限制）you. I think you should talk about this problem with your parents. Try to explain to them what you want and make them know they can believe you. Sooner or later, they will find you are a responsible（有责任心的）person and they will give you more freedom（自由）. Dr. Jackson

1. Angel writes to Dr. Jackson because ________.

A．her parents make her happy	B．her parents can’t understand her
C．her friends don’t like her parents	D．her parents don’t think she is good at studying

2. Angel has ________ than her friend.

A．more fun

B．less freedom

C．more freedom

D．less clothes

3. Angel is a ________.

A．teenager

B．parent

C．teacher

D．doctor

4. What advice does Dr. Jackson give to Angel?

A．Be different from her friends.

B．Don’t tell her parents what she wants to do.

C．Take no notice of her parents and do whatever she likes.

D．Discuss her problem with her parents.

5. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．According to Dr. Jackson, Angel’s problem isn’t usual.

B．Angel’s father likes the music that Angel likes.

C．Angel should show her parents that she is a responsible person.

D．Angel doesn’t love her parents at all.

【推荐2】On April Fool’s Day, it’s always fun to get someone a surprise with hoaxes. Here are two interesting hoaxes for you to enjoy.

Story 1: The Left-handed Whopper 1998: Burger King published (发布) a full page advertisement in a newspaper. They announced they had invented a new kind of hamburger, a Left-handed Whopper. The hamburgers were specially designed for the thirty-two million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new hamburgers included the same ingredients (成分) as the common hamburgers, but all the Left-handed Whoppers were rotated (旋转) 180 degrees to suit left-handed customers. Though the following day Burger King announced that the Left-handed Whopper was a hoax, thousands of customers had gone into restaurants to order the new hamburgers.

Story 2: Instant Color TV 1962: In 1962 there was only one TV channel in Sweden, and it played in black and white. The TV station’s technical expert, Kjell Stensson, appeared on the news to announce that thanks to a new skill, people could change their black and white TV sets into color reception (接收). All they had to do was hanging a nylon sock over their TV screens. Stensson was so convinced that thousands of people were taken in. But when they put the socks over the screens, the TV programs were still played in black and white.

1. The first hoax happened in 　　　.

A．

B．

C．

2. In 1998, there were 　　　 in America.

A．32 million disabled people

B．32 million left-handed people

C．180 million disabled people

3. There was only one 　　　 in Sweden in 1962.

A．TV channel

B．TV program

C．TV set

4. The underlined phrase “were taken in” means “　　　”.

A．believed the hoax

B．were brought

C．forgot the story

【推荐1】My neighbor Mr. Black is seventy years old. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life was better in the past than today. Now cities are full of cars. Some families even have two or more cars, so parking is becoming a big problem. The traffic in some cities is very bad. Some car drivers drive too fast, so there are more traffic accidents. Yesterday Mr. Black’s old friend died because a car hit him. He is very sad now.

Most families own computers now. Now more and more children use the Internet now. The number of children using the Internet is becoming bigger and bigger. Mr. Black’s grandson is a high school student. He often plays computer games on the Internet till midnight. He feels tired in the early hours of the morning and spends less time doing homework. His English teacher told Mr. Black that his grandson failed another test. Mr. Black got very angry with his grandson.

Families aren’t what they used to be. A lot of families have broken up. If the husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they will divorce. And mothers used to stay at home and take care of their children, but now parents are both busy working. No one has time to look after children at home. And people talk less to each other than before. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think. Mr. Black thinks that life was simple and happy, but now it has changed a lot.

1. What does the underlined word “complain” mean in Chinese?

A．满足

B．想象

C．赞美

D．抱怨

2. _________ died because of a car accident.

A．The English teacher	B．Mr. Black
C．Mr. Black’s friend	D．Mr. Black’s grandson

3. Mr. Black thinks life is _________.

A．more comfortable now	B．not as good as before
C．the same as before	D．better than before

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

A．Few people are using the Internet now.	B．The traffic is very bad in all the cities.
C．Some families even have two or more computers.	D．It is a problem to park cars in some cities.

【推荐2】根据短文内容，判断短文下面句子是否正确正（A）误（B）。

In our city, there is a big zoo. There are a lot of animals in it.

	Mona is an Australian Koala. She is seven years old. She is very cute. She likes sleeping during the day. But at night, she gets up and eats leaves (树叶). Mona doesn’t drink water for months. But she is healthy, because she can get water from the leaves.
	Here is a big house. A lion lives in it. His name is Gerry. He is from Africa. Meat is his favorite food. Gerry is very lazy. He sleeps and relaxes 20 hours every day. Today is Gerry’s eighth birthday. The workers in the zoo are having a birthday party for him.
	This is a big elephant. His name is Johnny. He is from India (印度). He is eleven years old. He has bad eyesight (视力). He’s friendly and clever. People can teach him to do something for them.
	Tuantuan is a cute panda. She is five years old. She’s from China. She is very beautiful, but she is shy, too. She likes eating bamboo and drinking water. She relaxes about 10 hours a day.

1. Mona doesn’t need any water.
2. Gerry is eight years old.
3. We can teach Johnny to do things for us.
4. Tuantuan is beautiful but shy.
5. Mona and Tuantuan are from Australia.

【推荐3】There is great excitement and argument over Artificial Intelligence (AI, 人工智能 ). The argument about whether robots will replace teachers in the classroom is very heated. Some people think this revolution (革命) is sure to happen in the next ten years. Others think that the value a good teacher brings, not only to the classroom setting, but in developing a child’s confidence and creativity outside lessons, cannot be easily replaced.

AI is not new for us and is already being used successfully in many fields, such as medicine, finance and so on. So what does this mean for our future? In my view, AI will help kids to think more freely and creatively. Can AI possibly cut down the teaching work in the future, too? Of course. Our teachers are always busy preparing materials for their lessons. Just imagine how happy they would be if they don’t have to copy hundreds of paper, but instead, have this task or others done by machines.

However, most importantly, I do not believe AI will be able to imitate (模仿) the human mental condition totally, especially empathy (同理心) and emotional intelligence. What makes learning memorable is shared experience, human interaction, and long-lasting positive relationships. For example, experienced teachers can adapt (调整) their interaction with a student if he has suffered a serious loss. But there is no evidence that robots can imitate this adaptability well.

I also believe we need to continue to celebrate our kids’ individuality (个性) and their ability not only to make decisions but also make the right decision. These are skills that they can get as they gain more life experience and are given the space to experiment.

To what degree can teachers use AI in their classes? You can have all the data you like with the help of AI, but great teachers will also need to depend on their own gut feeling (直觉).

1. Some people think a good teacher might be able to ________.

A．use AI as much as possible in the class teaching

B．help kids think more freely and creatively than AI

C．have high intelligence to deal with the heavy teaching work

D．develop a child’s confidence and creativity outside the lessons

2. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?

A．Why teachers can be replaced in classrooms.

B．There is argument over Artificial Intelligence.

C．How helpful AI can be to both students and teachers.

D．AI is already being used successfully in many fields.

3. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．Will AI Replace Teachers in the Classroom?

B．What can AI Bring Students in the Classroom?

C．Is AI a Good Way to Help with Children’s Learning?

D．How do Teachers Use AI in Their Classroom Teaching?

【推荐1】

A round face, white fur, fatty body — but more importantly, a full set of funny poses — pushed a cat to be a star on Chinese Internet. Lou Lou, an online famous cat with over 680,000 fans on Sina Weibo. Its facial expressions have been used to make a number of emojis(表情包) and widely used on the Internet. “You may not know the cat’s name, but you must have seen its emojis,” says Lou Banniang, the cat’s owner.

Sadly, Lou Lou died of a heart attack on Oct. 14, leading to a wave of sadness among quite a few online users. “I cannot accept the fact that Lou Lou has gone forever, and my favorite emojis cannot update any more,” Weibo user Xiao Pihai_223 said. “One of the necessities(必须) in my life is watching each and every move of Lou Lou. It looks like an angel to me, and it has now gone back to paradise(天堂),” added Pai Dadui, another user.

The cat first got public attention last year, because of a short video recording its naughty (淘气) yet interesting movements in the bathing process, and a clip that has been viewed millions of times. Besides emojis,   Lou Lou’s image（图像）has appeared on pillows, cups, clothes and cartoons. People may feel sorry about the death of such a cute cat, but also are surprised by the animal’s power and influence. Cat culture seems to have exploded over the past few years, from millions of funny cat videos being shared all over social media, to cats becoming Internet famous in their own right.

Throughout human history, cats have been our best friends, just like dogs. They make fantastic company as pets, make us laugh and welcome us when we get home by walking about at our feet. In China’s largest question and answer community Zhihu, cat–related(与猫有关的) topics number 18,000, while dog-related topics are up to 90,000.

1. The number of cat-related topics is __________that of dog-related topics in China’s largest
question and answer community Zhihu.

A．one-third

B．two-thirds

C．one-fourth

D．one-fifth

2. What does the underlined word “exploded” mean in the passage?

A．Disappeared.

B．Spread quickly.

C．Changed.

D．Died out.

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

A．The cat was famous because of its owner’s name.

B．Cats have been our best friends instead of dogs.

C．Many fans were very sad because of Lou Lou’s death.

D．Lou Lou was dead because of an accident.

4. Where can we probably read this passage?

A．In a musical magazine.	B．In a detective story.
C．In a science magazine.	D．In a daily newspaper.

【推荐2】Batman, Jubilee, the X-Men—all are superheroes. What makes a superhero? Let’s look at seven things that superheroes share.

1. Nearly all superheroes have super-human powers. For example, Superman can fly, and Wonder Woman can talk with animals.

2. A secret identity（身份）helps protect the superhero’s family and friends. In a few cases friends and family know the superhero’s identity—that Spider-Man is really Peter Parker or that Bruce Banner is actually the Hulk.

3. A colorful costurne helps the public make out the superhero, and at the same time it hides his or her identity.

4. All superheroes are honest and own a strong moral code（道德准则）. They respect the law but will break it if doing so will lead to the greater good. Superheroes expect no reward and seldom kill people.

5. There are always enemies who have similar powers for Superheroes to fight against.

6. As a child, Bruce Wayne saw a man kill his parents. He began training hard and later became Batman. The backstory tells how the superhero actually became the superhero we know. Superheroes are seldom born that way.

7. A weakness can make a superhero helpless. This is also what makes him or her interesting. To succeed they must overcome this weakness.

The superhero is perhaps not so different from us. It is the purpose of the story that speaks to us. They tell important truths about human nature. The superhero is a symbol of   our hopes and goals. These are what we see in ourselves. And the superhero’s enemies are our own fears, such as crime and war. The superhero often loses but never, ever gives up. This is a lesson we can all learn from. Like us, the superhero is not perfect, but that’s exactly what makes a true hero.

1. Which picture best describes “costurne” in Paragraph 4?

A．

B．

C．

D．

2. Superheroes have special costurnes________.

A．to frighten the enemy	B．to hide their identities
C．to show off	D．to make out their members

3. What do superheroes have in common?

A．Super powers over animals.	B．An identity unknown to their family.
C．A strong moral code.	D．Super powers from birth.

4. Why does the writer point out the similarities between superheroes and us?

A．To encourage us to try to be perfect.

B．To advise us to act like superheroes.

C．To show that having weaknesses is of human nature.

D．To prove that superheroes have the same enemies as us.

5. What lesson can we learn from the superheroes?

A．Never give up.	B．Never set a life goal.
C．Always hope for the best.	D．Always learn to tell stories.

【推荐3】Riley, a Weimaraner dog, has joined the Boston Museum of Fine Arts's staff. Steve Annear of the Boston Globe writes that he will be trained to look for insects that might harm its collection. The museum is considering starting a pilot program, but depending on its success, it hopes that other museums might also get advantages from the services of a dog on their team.

"If he can be trained to sit down in front of an object that he smells an insect in, that we can't smell or see, then we could take that object, check it, and find out what's going on." Katie Getchell, the museum's chief brand officer and deputy director said. "Insects are a continuing worry for museums," she added. "It's exciting to think about this as a new way to solve the problem."

Riley's owner is Nicki Luongo, the museum's head of protective services and he will train him up for the job over the next year. The dog is only 12 weeks old, so it is not an expert now in discovering insects. He was asked to go to the museum because insects can do harm to valuable museum objects, and some insects like beetles can cause damage (破坏) to wood, books and artworks. As Weimaraners don't have long tails, they are a good choice for a museum full of valuable objects, and they are smart, full of courage and can work for long hours without getting bored.

Katie has also said that the rest of the staff are very excited and can't wait to meet their new workmate. However, while Riley may have ________ to do, it will mostly be behind the scenes, and not seen by daily visitors.

If the program is successful, it may pave (铺平) the way for dogs being used to protect valuable objects in other museums around the world.

1. From the passage we know Riley will be trained to ________.

A．guard the museum	B．smell out the insects
C．choose artworks	D．read the books

2. The 3rd paragraph is mainly about ________ Riley was chosen to work for the museum.

A．how

B．when

C．why

D．where

3. Which of the following can be put in the blank in the 4th paragraph?

A．a strange job

B．an important job

C．a traditional job

D．a dangerous job

4. According to the last paragraph, ________in the future.

A．the pilot program can help dogs become famous

B．more dogs will be on show in different museums

C．dogs may be used to take objects to other museums

D．more and more dogs may work in the museum