【推荐1】You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl. And she became very rich after that.

When she was a child, she was poor. Once, Her friend invited her to her birthday party. She was pleased but sad because she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift for her.

“The party is coming soon, but now I have little money.” Tears ran down her face.

Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the gift when the door opened and her grandma came in.“ What happened? ” her grandma asked. Hearing the girl’s story, she said, “Don’t worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to …”What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party.

When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends were very happy. “How wonderfully you sing! We haven’t heard such a beautiful song before. Thank you for giving me the special gift.” said her friend. And they learnt to sing it together. Later the girl became well-known in America.

1. Who wrote the song Happy Birthday?

A．an American girl	B．an American girl’s grandma
C．an American boy	D．an American girl’s friend

2. The girl was sad because _________.

A．she didn’t want to go to the party.	B．she would be busy that day.
C．she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift.	D．nobody invited her to the party.

3. What gift did she give her friend? _________

A．A flower.

B．A toy.

C．An interesting book.

D．A song.

4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The girl was still poor after writing the song .

B．The girl sang the song with her grandpa in her dream.

C．The girl’s friends had heard the song before.

D．The girl became famous because of the song.

【推荐3】A primary school headmaster became the latest star on the Internet for dancing with his students.

Zhang Pengfei works in Xiguan Primary School in Linyi, Shanxi Province. Every morning, he leads 700 pupils to do the “ghost shuffle” routine on the playground. They dance for 30 minutes every day. They like dancing more than doing the old exercise routine, so they don’t do the old one now.

“I thought we needed a change because the students lost interest in doing the old exercise routine though it was useful for pupils,” Zhang told the reporter. After all, they started to do the old exercise routine in 1951.

Mr. Zhang saw a group of people doing the “ghost shuffle” routine by accident. Then he decided to learn it on his own. “I thought the dance would be great for kids,” he said, “The music is energetic and it really makes children relax.” In October 2018. he introduced the dance to all the pupils of his school. Soon even teachers and workers there joined in the activity.

“Now the pupils don’t keep playing games on their phones. Sometimes they watch different dancing videos and learn new moves!” the headmaster said.

1. When did the students in Xiguan Primary School start to do the “ghost shuffle” routine?

A．In 1951.

B．In 2018.

C．In 2019.

D．In 2020.

2. How did Zhang Pengfei feel about the music of the “ghost shuffle” routine?

A．Energetic and relaxing.	B．Slow and traditional.
C．Classical and interesting.	D．Quiet and relaxing.

3. From the passage, we know ________.

A．Mr. Zhang often dances after work

B．Mr. Zhang learnt the dance on TV

C．only the students do the dance at Mr. Zhong’s school

D．the old exercise routine has a history of many years

4. What is the most suitable title for this article?

A．The Ghost Shuffle Routine

B．A Headmaster and a Primary School

C．Zhang Pengfei, a Good School Headmaster

D．A Headmaster Star Dancing with His Students

【推荐1】Bath,97 miles west of London，is the largest city in Somerset，England. It became a World Heritage Site in 1987.

The city got its name from the Roman Baths，which was a place for public bathing in Roman Britain.The water there is naturally heated under the ground.Today visitors are no longer allowed to enter the water.However，the exhibitions there will tell you the history of the Roman Baths.You can see many ancient Roman objects，including the coins that were thrown into the water to show respect to the goddess.

Looking over the city，you will see many old buildings in the colour of honey.Among them，the Royal Crescent and the Circus are the most famous.The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 houses in the shape of crescent.The Circus is about 200 metres to the east of the Royal Crescent.It is a huge circle formed with large townhouses.It is divided into three parts of the same length by three entrances with a lawn in the centre.When visiting Bath，you can't miss these two sites.

The museums in the city are also popular.You can go and appreciate western paintings.If you are interested in the English writer Jane Austen，you can go to Jane Austen Centre to know more about her life with her father in Bath，if you come in October，you can even take part in the bath film Festival.

1. Which of the following is true?

A．Bath is the largest city in England.

B．Bath became a World Heritage Site in 1887.

C．Bath is in the north of London.

D．Bath got its name from the Roman Baths.

2. .The passage is mainly about the ________in Bath.

A．writers

B．paintings

C．festivals

D．buildings

3. According to the passage，what can visitors do in the Roman Baths？

A．Take a bath.	B．Play in the water.
C．Enjoy ancient coins.	D．Buy ancient Roman objects.

4. Which of the following is correct about the Royal Crescent and the Circus？

A．A

B．B

C．C

D．D

5. Bath is a city ________.

A．where Jane Austen once lived

B．that got its name from the heated water

C．where a film festival is held all year round

D．that has been a World Heritage Site for 22 years

【推荐1】I had to make a decision. While cleaning the house, I found my 13-year-old sister's diary.

I picked the book up from the floor and opened it, looking for my name. I thought that I would find something bad. As I read, the blood ran from my face. It was worse than I thought. I sat down on the floor. There was nothing bad there at all. There was a short description of herself, her goals and her dreams, and of the person who had encouraged her most. I started to cry.

I was her hero. She admired me for my personality, my achievements and, strangely, my honesty. She wanted to be like me. She had been watching me for years. I stopped reading. I felt ashamed of myself. I had put so much energy into pushing her away that I had missed out on being her friend.

I wasted years hating someone—and now I had violated (违背) her trust. It was I who had lost something beautiful, and it was I who would never allow myself to do such a thing again.

Reading the words my sister wrote warmed my heart, and I wanted to know her again. I was finally able to put away the silly things that kept me from her. That afternoon, I decided to go to her—this time to experience, but not to judge, to welcome, but not to fight. After all, she was my sister.

1. How did the writer feel after reading her sister’s diary?

A．She felt angry with her sister.	B．She felt ashamed of herself.
C．She was afraid of her sister.	D．She was pleased with herself.

2. What was NOT in the diary?

A．A short description of the girl.	B．The girl’s goals and dreams.
C．A mention of her hero who encouraged her.	D．Something bad about the writer.

3. Which of the following might be perfect for the underlined word in the last paragraph?

A．关心

B．评判

C．包容

D．拥抱

4. Through the story, the writer wants to tell us that _________.

A．reading others’ diaries is bad behavior

B．reading others’ words can warm one’s heart

C．we should trust(相信) others and be friendly to them

D．we should forgive others when they make mistakes

【推荐2】Every morning, the newspaper chief editor(主编) holds a meeting with the reporters. They discuss the main events(事件) of the day. Reporters are then sent to cover the events.

As soon as the reporters know what to write about, they get down to work. They telephone people and fix a time for a face-to-face interview with them. Sometimes they do telephone interviews. Checking information is very important. They go to the newspaper’s own library to look up any information that they need. This is called “doing one’s homework”.

At the same time, the picture editor decides which photographs will be used for the next day’s paper. All the people who work on a newspaper must be able to work fast. Reporters have to stop working on one story and start working at once on the important new one. They must find out the new information as quickly as possible. Later in the day, everything is put together at the news desk. Reporters return, type their stories into the computer and hand them to the editor.

The chief editor decides which will be the most important story on the front page. Sometimes this will have to be changed if something more important happens late in the day. Other editors read the stories which the reporters have written and make any necessary changes.

Finally, there is no more time left for adding new stories, and the time for printing(印刷) the newspaper has come. This is done on fast-moving printing machines. The newspapers are then delivered(发送) by truck, plane or rail. Speed is important. People want to buy the latest newspaper; nobody wants to buy yesterday’s.

1. What is the work in a newspaper office like?

A．Interesting and confusing	B．Important and patient.
C．Particular and necessary.	D．Fast and busy.

2. According to the passage, the right order for a reporter’s work is ____________.
a. writing stories                 b. doing interviews               c. joining in a discussion
d. doing homework             e. handing stories to the editor

A．cbade

B．cdeab

C．cbdae

D．cadbe

3. The front page contents(内容) are decided by ___________.

A．the importance of the events	B．how well the stories are written
C．the knowledge of the chief editor	D．whether they are the latest

4. Word editors’ work is to ____________.

A．help the chief editor with the morning discussion

B．decide when and how the papers can be printed

C．read the stories and make necessary changes

D．get together information from reporters and photographers

5. The best title for this passage is “____________”.

A．How a newspaper is produced	B．How newspapers are delivered
C．What kind of papers readers like	D．Whose work is more important

【推荐3】Something very special happened to Tamara. She never knew she had a twin sister until she started university!

Tamara was born in Mexico. Her parents could not look after her so she went to live with a family in Manhattan, New York, USA.

When Tamara was twenty years old, she started university in Long Island. She enjoyed her university life. But one day she was walking home from class, and a student smiled at her. “Hello, Adriana!” said the student. “I’m not Adriana,” said Tamara.

This happened to Tamara again and again. Tamara didn’t know why people kept calling her Adriana. One day, when a woman called her Adriana, Tamara asked, “Why do you keep calling me Adriana?”

The woman said, “You look like my friend Adriana. You have the same face and the same hair. Is Adriana your sister?” Tamara said that she did not have any sisters. But she was interested in the girl named Adriana. At last she asked someone for Adriana’s e-mail address.

When Tamara wrote to Adriana, she found out that they both had the same birthday, they looked the same and both of them were from Mexico. When Tamara went to live with the family in Manhattan, Adriana moved to Long Island to live with a family there. It had to be true! Adriana and Tamara were twin sisters!

1. When did Tamara know that she had a sister?

A．Before she started school.	B．After she visited a woman.
C．After she went to university.	D．Before she moved to America.

2. How might Tamara feel when a student called her Adriana?

A．Sorry.

B．Scared.

C．Surprised.

D．Terrible.

3. What did Tamara decide to do after she talked with the woman?

A．Have a talk with Adriana’s parents.	B．Find something about her.
C．Give Adriana a telephone call.	D．Buy Adriana a birthday gift.

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

A．Tamara had two sisters all together.	B．Adriana wrote an e-mail to Tamara first.
C．Adriana’s family moved to Mexico when she went to university.	D．Tamara and Adriana were both in Long Island when they were 20.

5. The passage is mainly about ________.

A．what twin sisters should be like	B．the lucky twin sisters in different families
C．how two families change the twins	D．how two sisters knew each other

【推荐1】

History was made in 2008 when Barack Obama became the first African-American president. Do you believe there will be a Chinese-American president? Ten-year-old Alana Muller is working hard to make her dream come true.

However, there is a big problem ahead. It is that Alana Muller was not born in America. Born in Guangdong Province, China, Alana was adopted（收养） by an American couple when she was ten years old. When Alana's foster mother asked about her ambition, she said that she would like to be the U.S. president. But she was told that according to the law, the U.S. president had to be born in the United Stated.

Unlike other girls, Alana didn't think of giving up. She considered the law unfair and planned to make changes. She wrote to President Obama with a joint letter signed by her classmates. In the letter, she talked about her ambition and how she would like his support to change the law. Though she received a reply from the White House, she was not satisfied with it.

As a result, Alana started to attend Massachusetts state council（州议会）herself, hoping to change the law. In Alana's opinion, an old law written 200 years ago shouldn't stop the talents serving Americans now.

1. Alana can't become the U.S. president because            .

A．she is a Chinese-American	B．she wasn't born in America
C．she is too young	D．she didn't know the American law

2. In the third paragraph, the underlined word "it" refers to            .

A．Alana's ambition	B．American law
C．Alana's birth place	D．a reply from the White House

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

A．Alana's foster parents are both from America.

B．A Chinese-American person can't be the American president.

C．Alana wants to be an American president.

D．The White House replied Alana's letter.

4. Which is the correct order according to the passage?
a. Alana wrote to President Obama.
b. Alana was adopted by an American couple.
c. Alana attended Massachusetts state council and hoped to change the law.
d. Alana was born in Guangdong Province.
e. Alana's foster mother asked about her ambition.

A．d-e-b-a-c

B．d-b-e-a-c

C．b-d-e-a-c

D．d-b-e-c-a

5. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Alana is trying to change the American law to become a president.

B．Alana attends Massachusetts state council meeting every year.

C．Alana wrote to President Obama to know about the law.

D．Alana is a Chinese-American girl.

【推荐2】An organism’s environment is all the living and nonliving things that surround and influence the organism(生物体). You are living with many things that make your environment suitable for you to live in. Would that be true if you lived in a swamp(沼泽)?

Environments include biotic parts and abiotic parts. Biotic parts are the living things in an environment: plants, animal, and other organisms. Abiotic parts are the nonliving things. Abiotic parts of an environment include climate, water, earth, light, air and nutrients. The abiotic parts of an environment have an important role. Temperature and amount of water influence which plants and animals can live in a place. An ibis(朱鹮) gets used to living in a warm, wet swamp and cannot live in a hot, dry desert.

An ecosystem is all the organisms living in a place together with their environment. An ecosystem can be huge, such as a large forest or desert. Or it can be small, such as a small pool or a single bush. Each ecosystem has its own collection of living and nonliving things.

A swamp ecosystem is made up of both living and nonliving things. The climate, plenty of water, air, muddy soils are all abiotic parts that make swamps different from other environments. Birds, black bears, trees, bushes, and mosquitoes are all biotic parts of a swamp environment.

1. Biotic parts include many things in an environment except _________.

A．snakes

B．strawberry

C．wheat

D．sand

2. The example of an ibis is used to explain the importance of _________.

A．the organisms

B．the abiotic parts

C．the ecosystem

D．the swamp

3. The underlined word “abiotic” probably _____ in Chinese in this passage

A．环境的

B．无生命的

C．微生物的

D．自然的

4. Which of the fo1lowing is not true?

A．If all swamps disappear, ibis will be endangered.

B．In an ecosystem, abiotic parts are not connected to the living things.

C．An ecosystem can be very big or very small.

D．An ecosystem includes living things along with nonliving things.

5. The best title of this passage is _________.

A．What is an ecosystem?	B．An Organism’s Environment
C．A Swamp Ecosystem	D．The Biotic and Abiotic Parts of An Environment