【推荐2】We all know about this famous Kitty. She has no mouth，and she wasn't born out of a TV show or a video game. So how did this cute character become popular? How did she change the world?
Hello Kitty was created (创造) in Japan in 1974.Sanrio，a company in Japan，was working for a new character to put on their new purse. The first picture of Hello Kitty was introduced on November 1.She was so cute that it became popular soon in Japan and all over the world.
Hello Kitty is only a character，but she has a story of her own. Her full name is Kitty White，and she's even not a Japanese. She lives in the countryside outside London with her family—George White，Mary White and her twin sister Mimmy. Hello Kitty wears a red bow   (蝴蝶结) on her left ear while Mimmy wears a yellow bow on her right ear.
Kitty loves goldfish and baking cookies，but her favourite thing is to eat her mum's apple pie! She also loves stars and candies too.She is in the 3rd grade and she weighs as much as three apples but is five apples tall.She even had a blood (血.) type，which is A.
Hello Kitty's appearance hasn't changed much，though she turned 40 on November 1，2014.
1. Hello Kitty became popular because of        .

A．a Japanese story	B．a video game
C．her picture on a purse	D．a TV show

2. Hello Kitty lives        .

A．in the centre of London

B．in the countryside outside London

C．in a big city in Japan

D．in a small villag on Japaln

3. From the passage，we can see        .

A．she wears a yellow bow on her right ear

B．she has a twin sister

C．her favourite food is cookies

D．she is as tall as three apples

4. What is the best title (题目) for this passage?

A．The history of Hello Kitty

B．What made Hello Kitty popular

C．The family of Hello Kitty

D．Hello Kitty's birthday

【推荐3】We were flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. when I found young mother struggling with her baby. Everything was a mess, and the mother, who was near hysterics(溃), told me she had no more diapers(尿布)or other clothing onboard the plane.

Through her tears, she informed me that they had missed their flight the previous night in Los Angeles and she and her son had spent the night on the airport floor. With the saddest eyes I had ever seen, she told me she was on her way to New Hampshire to send her son to the family that was adopting him. She could no longer support him.

As a mother of three, I could see her despair and feel her pain. I immediately rang the flight attendant call button and asked for help from the other flight attendants. They brought towels to help clean up both mom and the baby. I gave the mom my sweater and a pair of pants since we were about the same size. Then I asked several passengers with babies if they could spare extra diapers, formula (奶粉) and clothes for the baby. After the young mother and her son had changed their clothes and the baby had gone to sleep, I sat with her, holding her hand, trying to provide some support for the rest of the flight.

Once we landed, I walked them to their next flight, which would take them their final destination. As she thanked me for all I had done she said softly, "You' re not the flight attendant, you're a sky angel.”

Though I no longer work on the plane, I still recall that young woman, and the gift that she gave me on that special day -that we truly are all spiritual beings traveling in human form.

1. What was the writer when the thing happened?

A．A passenger

B．A night attendant

C．A 3-year-old child's mother.

D．A volunteer

2. What can't we infer from this passage?

A．The mother boarded the wrong plane	B．The baby's clothes had been wet and dirty
C．The mother and her son finally got to New Hampshire	D．The mother was very thankful to the writer

3. According to the passage, the mother and her son were offered the following things except____.

A．clothes

B．diapers

C．towels

D．money

4. From the passage, we can know that the mother)

A．lazy

B．poor

C．mean

D．cruel

5. What's the best title of this passage.

A．A flight attendant.	B．A mother and her son
C．A sky angel.	D．A mother's love.

【推荐1】Have you ever run into a careless cell phone user on the street? Perhaps they were busy talking, texting or checking updates on WeChat without looking at what was going on around them. As the number of this new “species” of human has kept rising, they have been given a new name — phubbers（低头族）.

Recently, a cartoon created by students from China Central Academy of Fine Arts put this group of people under the spotlight. In the short film, phubbers with various social identities(身份) bury themselves in their phones. A doctor plays with his cell phone while letting his patient die, a pretty woman takes selfie（自拍） in front of a car accident site, and a father loses his child without knowing about it while using his mobile phone. A chain of similar events eventually leads to the destruction(毁灭) of the world.

Although the ending sounds overstated, the damage phubbing can bring is real.

Your health is the first to bear the effect and result of it. “Constantly bending your head to check your cell phone could damage your neck,” Guangming Daily quoted doctors as saying. “the neck is like a rope that breaks after long-term stretching.” Also, staring at cell phones for long periods of time will damage your eyesight gradually, according to the report.

But that’s not all. Being a phubber could also damage your social skills and drive you away from your friends and family. At parties with family or friends, many people tend to stick to their cell phones while others are chatting happily with each other and this creates a strange atmosphere, Qilu Evening News reported.

It can also cost you your life. There have been lots of reports on phubbers who fell to their death, suffered accidents, and were robbed of their cell phones in broad daylight.

1. For what purpose does the author give the example of a cartoon in Paragragh2?

A．To tell people the bad influence of phubbing.

B．To advertise the cartoon made by students.

C．To show the world will finally be destroyed by phubbers.

D．To warn doctors against using cell phones while treating patients.

2. Which of the following is NOT a risk a phubber may have?

A．His social skills could be affected.

B．His neck and eyesight will be gradually harmed.

C．He will cause the destruction of the world.

D．He might get separated from his friends and family.

3. What may the passage talk about next?

A．Advice on how to use a cell phone.

B．People addicted (沉迷) to phubbing.

C．Ways to reduce the risks of phubbing.

D．Results of phubbing.

【推荐2】What is the future of AI (人工智能)? Will it be a good thing? We asked four students what they think.

Liu Lei	I think AI will be more useful in our future lives. It’s now used in many fields, like phones and medicine. No one really knows what will happen if machines become smarter than humans. However, I’m sure AI will help us solve many problems.
Xu Lu	I’m worried that people create something that can be better than themselves. In the near future, AI will develop at a high speed. Humans may be replaced (取代) because AI robots will do a lot of work instead of people.
Zhao Mingming	I really think that AI will change the way we work, the way we live, and the way we think. Imagine if we could put a CPU into our brains! Soon we’ll be able to improve our math and memory. How exciting!
Molly	Think of what’s happening now. Some robots are used to kill animals. So I think AI will be very dangerous for humans, too. We need to be careful about what we ask machines to do.

1. Why does Xu Lu think that humans may be replaced?

A．Because humans are smarter than AI.

B．Because AI robots will do lots of human jobs.

C．Because humans will put a CPU into our brains.

D．Because we can’t improve our math and memory.

2. What does Molly think of the future of AI?

A．AI will be more useful for people.	B．AI will be less useful for people.
C．AI will be dangerous for people.	D．AI will be important for people.

3. ________ believe that AI will be a good thing.

A．Liu Lei and Xu Lu	B．Liu Lei and Zhao Mingming
C．Xu Lu and Molly	D．Zhao Mingming and Molly

【推荐3】There is an old Chinese saying, “If someone gives you a little drop of water, you should return a spring of water.” That means if someone helps you a bit, you should remember it and thank them gratefully (感激的) in return.

We should live in a world of gratitude. We should prove (证明) it with actions, not just words. We thank people who hurt us, because they teach us important things. We thank people who give us up, because we learn how to be independent. We thank people who selfish (自私的), because we learn the importance of being kind. Of course, we should thank people who help us. We should thank people who teach us. We should thank people who care about us.

We thank our parents. They work hard all the time in order to give their sons and daughters a better life. They cook meals for us, they do the chores for us, they always give us food and clothes, they teach us what is right and what is wrong.

We thank our teachers who give us dreams. They teach us a lot of things but they ask for nothing from us. We are well-educated of them.

There are a lot of people that we should be grateful to in our life. We should find a way to thank them.

1. According to the writer, what should do if someone helps you?

A．We should thank them gratefully in return.	B．We should do nothing.
C．We just go away at once.	D．We should give them money.

2. The word “them” in the fourth paragraph refers to (指代) ________.

A．parents

B．teachers

C．friends

D．students

3. According to the passage, which is NOT the reason that we should thank our parents?

A．they work hard for us all the time.	B．they give us everything they can.
C．They always make our dream come true.	D．They teach us what is right or not.

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．We don’t have to care about those who care about us.

B．We learn nothing from our teachers.

C．Our parents work hard to give us a better life.

D．Our parents don’t cook for us.

5. What’s the meaning of the underlined sentence?

A．滴水之恩，涌泉相报。	B．落花有意，流水无情。
C．大地回春，春意盎然。	D．兵来将挡，水来土掩。

【推荐1】We know health is important in everyone's life.Here are some ways to make them easy to get.
★Eat a balanced diet．Eat a lot of fruit and vegetables，some grains(谷物) and a little meat.
★Exercise twice or three times a week.
★Get enough sleep.It is best to get eight hours' sleep a day.
★Keep yourself busy.This is good because it stops you from having bad habits.To keep yourself busy，you can walk around the house，spend time with your pet，do sports，or have a hobby.
★Go out and make friends.Spend time and have fun with them.Talk with them，but try not to talk about anything bad.You should stay with the people who are healthy.
1. How often should you exercise if you want to get health?

A．Every day.	B．Twice a day.
C．Three times a month.	D．Twice or three times a week.

2. How many hours do you need to sleep every day?

A．Seven.

B．Eight.

C．Nine.

D．Ten.

3. The underlined word “it” refers to(指的是) ________.

A．eating a balanced diet	B．exercising more
C．keeping yourself busy	D．making friends

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．We can eat a lot of meat to keep healthy.	B．We need to exercise.
C．It's good to make some friends.	D．We can spend our free time doing sports.

5. What's the best title for this passage?

A．Eating habit

B．Playing sports

C．Making friends

D．How to get health

【推荐2】"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." is a popular saying in the United States. is true that all of us need recreation (娱乐). We can't work all the time if we are going to keep good health and enjoy life.
Everyone has his own way of relaxing. Perhaps the most popular way is to take part sports. There are team sports, such as basketball and football. There are also individual sport such as swimming and running. Skating and mountain climbing are the most popular recreation for people who like to be outdoors.
Not everyone who enjoys sport events likes to take part in them. Many people like watching TV or listening to them on the radio. So many people like some forms of indoor, recreation, such as watching TV, singing and dancing.
It doesn't matter we like indoor recreation or take part in outdoor sports. It is important for everyone to relax from time to time, and enjoy some forms of recreation.
1. If we want to be healthy and enjoy life,          .

A．we must work all the time

B．we should work all the time

C．we can not work at all

D．we not only work hard but also need recreation

2. Football is a kind of                   .

A．team sport

B．team race

C．indoor sport

D．individual sport

3. "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy." Here "dull" means      .

A．good

B．happy

C．foolish

D．nice

4. "Not everyone who enjoys sport events likes to take part in them." means ____.

A．many people like sport events, but none of them likes to take part in them

B．they all tike sport events, but no one likes to take part in them

C．many people like sport events, but only some of them like to take part in them

D．only some like sport events, but everyone likes to take part in them

5. What is important for everyone to relax from time to time?

A．Outdoor sports.	B．Indoor recreation.
C．Both A and B.	D．Neither A nor B.

【推荐3】Fruit is good for people. Many people eat some fruit every day. Mr. and Mrs. Green like fruit very much and every Monday Mrs. Green goes to buy some fruit in the supermarket near her house. The man in the supermarket knows her well and helps a lot. She can buy all kinds of fruits there, such as apples, pears, oranges and bananas. In different time of the year, the price(价格) of each kind of fruit is not the same, sometimes high, sometimes low. Mrs. Green wants to buy cheap fruit. But Mr. Green likes bananas only. She buys bananas for him every week. She only buys cheap fruit for herself.
1. When does Mrs. Green go to buy any fruit?

A．Saturday.

B．Monday.

C．Thursday.

D．Wednesday.

2. Where does Mrs. Green buy fruit?

A．In the supermarket near her house.

B．In the town.

C．Near the supermarket.

D．In the school.

3. Mrs. Green buys                 for Mr. Green.

A．pears

B．apples

C．bananas

D．strawberries

4. Which of the following is NOT right?

A．Fruit is good for people.

B．Mrs. Green buys apples for herself.

C．Mrs. Green can buy all kinds of fruit.

D．Mr. Green likes bananas.

5. In different time of the year, the price of each kind of fruit is                 .

A．the same

B．not the same

C．high

D．low

【推荐1】

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1. Dr. Clean may be ________.

A．a newly-invented cleaner	B．a doctor from a lab
C．a new type of washing machine	D．a magic cloth for shopping

2. If you phone 572225117 at the weekend, what can you buy?

A．A fridge for only $320.	B．6 books that you like for $70.
C．An oil painting for $160.	D．A coffee table which is made of fine wood.

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the ads (广告)?

A．You have to visit Nowa Electronies if you want to get the job.

B．Products from Sunshine Company are safe for the environment.

C．If you get a job at Nowa Electronics, you will work 4 hours every day.

D．A college student of electronics can get a part-time job at Nowa Electronics.

【推荐2】My little brother, John sat in the living room, a pen in one hand and my father’s book in the other. I could see that he was scribbling in the book with the pen. When my father walked into the room, my brother was afraid. Now he and I both waited for our father’s punishment (惩罚).

My father picked up his book and looked at it carefully. My father was a teacher. For him, books were very valuable (宝贵的). He took the pen from my brother’s hand, and then wrote in the book himself: John’s work, 1969, age 2. I’m very thankful to you for scribbling in my book. You made the book valuable.

“Wow,” I thought. “Is this punishment?”

The years and the books came and went. We always knew our parents loved us. Sometimes we would open the book, look at the scribbles and read my father’s love. My father taught us about what is really important in life: people, not things.

Now I am a father, too. Unlike my father, I don’t wait for my daughters to take books from my bookshelf and scribble in them. I take one down and give it to my children to scribble. When I look at their artwork, I think about my father and the lessons he taught me.

1. The underlined word “scribbling” in Paragraph 1 means “________” in Chinese.

A．摘录笔记

B．胡写乱画

C．搜索信息

D．进行创作

2. What did the writer’s father do with his son?

A．He was angry with his son.	B．He punished his son.
C．He showed his love to his son.	D．He told his son not to do it again.

3. From the passage, we know that ________.

A．the writer was two years old in 1969

B．the writer’s father worked in a hospital

C．the writer never let his brother touch his book

D．the writer is now a father who has daughters

4. Which do you think is the best title for the passage?

A．A Lovely Boy	B．The Last Lesson
C．A Lesson in Love	D．A Letter from My Father

【推荐3】Is there anything that you do to cheer yourself up and “heal（治愈）” your mind when you’re feeling down? Many of us have our own ways to make ourselves feel better. This is referred to as “self-care”.

This idea originated（起源） in Japan. It refers to any activity that can soothe one’s nerves（平缓心绪）, clear one’s mind, and comfort a troubled heart, according to China News Service. It was first used to describe the music of Japanese songwriter Ryuichi Sakamoto（坂本龙一）in 1999.

Self-care is now booming（急速发展）in China as well. One of the most popular activities is “healing travel”. According to Caissa Touristic, a Beijing-based travel agency, more Chinese tourists are going on meditation（冥想）or yoga retreats in places like Japan, Bali and India.

By taking these trips, people can learn more about local culture and the way people in these countries live. Without a tour guide or detailed plan, they allow their bodies and minds to relax as they forget about daily stresses and noisy surroundings（周遭事物）back home.

Having a pet can also help to improve our mental health. Research has shown that pets and humans can heal each other, NPR reported. Strong human-to-animal bonds（情感联系）make both pets and their owners happier and healthier. Chinese dog and cat owners spent over 5,000 yuan per pet on average in 2018. China’s pet industry now has a value of over 170 billion yuan, Xinhua reported.

More people are seeking out self-care activities simply because they can finally afford to, particularly China’s growing middleclass（中产阶级）. With fewer financial（财务的）worries, they can slow down and take a closer look at their own inner（内心的）world, the Paper noted.

1. What do we know about “self-care” in the story?

A．It means living by yourself.	B．It started in Japan about 20 years ago.
C．It focuses on one’s physical health.	D．It refers to activities done by yourself.

2. People may feel “healed” while going on trips because _________.

A．they can do meditation or yoga during their trips	B．they get to know how other people live
C．they can relax and avoid daily stress	D．they don’t need to make plans

3. According to Xinhua, which of the following is TRUE?

A．“Healing travel” is a popular “self-care” activity.

B．Pets can’t help their owners stay healthy mentally.

C．Chinese people prefer to raise cats.

D．Chinese pet owners spend a lot of money on their pets.

4. What can we infer from the story?

A．Ryuichi Sakamoto’s music can make people feel better.

B．People who have pets are not necessarily happier or healthier.

C．The middle class experiences more stress and mental health problems.

D．Chinese people will spend more money on their pets.

5. What’s the best title of this passage?

A．How to Keep Pets	B．How to Live Longer
C．How to Help Ourselves	D．How to Make Plans