【推荐1】Have you ever seen a solar panel (太阳能电池板) in your neighborhood? Solar panels take energy from the sun and turn it into electricity. Over the past ten years, the price of solar panels has gone down greatly. In many parts of the world, solar energy is now the cheapest form of electricity. More and more people have started using solar energy to power (给……供电) their homes.

However, solar panels also have their problems. They stop working at night and on rainy days. Is it possible to make them produce electricity all of the time?

Scientists at Suzhou University, China, have invented a new solar panel now. It can produce electricity not only from solar energy, but also from falling rain. When a raindrop falls on the solar panel and then rolls (滚动) down, it creates friction (摩擦力) on the surface of the panel, which can then be turned into electricity.

Sun Baoquan is one of the inventors. “Our new invention can produce electricity in any weather during the day,” he says. “It can even provide electricity at night if there is rain.”

The solar panel, however, does not make much electricity. So Baoquan is still working hard to improve it. The scientist also wants to make solar panels more flexible, which are as soft as clothing.

The field of solar energy is developing fast. Scientist around the world have been improving solar panels. Some have been working on ways to join solar panels and wind power together. Some have been trying to use sunlight to produce liquid and gas fuels (液体和气体燃料).

1. ________ is now the cheapest form of electricity in many parts of the world.

A．Oil energy

B．Water energy

C．Solar energy

D．Wind energy

2. One of the problems of common solar panels is ________.

A．the price of them is rising	B．they make too much electricity
C．they can’t work all of the time	D．they can hardly power people’s homes

3. We can learn from the passage that ________.

A．the new solar panel is more useful

B．the new solar panel is larger than a common one

C．the new solar panel produces more electricity on rainy days

D．the new solar panel can’t produce electricity day and night

4. What does the underlined word “flexible” mean in Paragraph 5?

A．柔软的

B．光滑的

C．复杂的

D．坚硬的

5. The best title of this passage is ________.

A．History of Solar Energy	B．Development of Rain Power
C．Research of Solar Energy	D．Industry of Solar Energy

【推荐2】根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。

No one knows who invented the button(扣子). It might have appeared as early as 2,000 BC. When it first started, it was just something beautiful sewn(缝上) onto your clothes. What is more important than the button is the buttonhole(扣眼). About 3,000 years later, someone finally invented the buttonhole, and buttons were suddenly useful.

Before buttons, clothes were bigger—they had no fixed shapes. Because of the buttonhole, the fashion moved closer to the body when we discovered uses for the button. It was the very way to make clothes fit well for the body. People feel safer like it’s never going to open.

The size of the button depends on its use. Shirt buttons are generally small, and they are close to each other, while coat buttons are larger and farther apart. For example, the standard buttons of men’s shirts are 10.16 mm and of suit jackets are 20.32 mm.

In modern clothing and fashion design, buttons are mostly made of plastic but also may be made of metal or wood. Buttons can also be used on wallets and bags. They can be shown as examples of works of art.

A button can be used for a long time. It’s one of the most lasting designs in history, because it really works to make people feel safer. Zippers easily break and are hard to fix. However, if a button breaks, you just need to sew another on. And you can sew more buttons if needed.

The pattern of a button hasn’t changed much since the Middle Ages. It’s not only one of the most useful inventions, but it plays an important role in the development of clothes. Up to now, we can still see its influence on the clothes design. If you’re wearing the clothes with buttons, take a look at the position of buttons on it. If you’re a man, the buttons would likely be on the right side, but for a woman, the buttons are usually found on the left.

1. Buttons were suddenly useful ________.

A．after about 3,000 BC

B．after buttonholes were invented

C．when buttons appeared in 2,000 BC

2. According to Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3, which of the following is true?

A．Shirt buttons are bigger than coat buttons.

B．Coat buttons are close to each other.

C．Suit jacket buttons are bigger than shirt buttons.

3. According to the text, which of the following is true?

A．The influence of buttons never disappears.

B．Buttons are not so easy to fix as zippers.

C．People see buttonholes as works of art.

4. In which part of a website would you most probably read the text?

A．Life

B．Travel

C．Environment

【推荐3】A man made a nice talking machine. It could weigh people’s weight .The man wanted to try the machine before he could make a lot of machines. He put the machine into the waiting room of a station. There were always lots of people in and out.

The first one who used the machine was an Indian woman. She stood on the machine, the machine thought for a few seconds to decide which language to speak.

“Good morning, Madam.” It said in Indian. “Your weight is 72 kilograms. That’s three kilograms more .If you eat more fruit and vegetables, you will be soon all right. Please have a nice day.”

The second one to use the machine was a Chinese girl .She stood on the machine and waited to hear her weight. “Good morning, Miss.” The machine said in Chinese. “Your weight is 45 kilograms. It’s all right for your age. Keep eating what you eat every day. Please have a nice day.”

The third one to use the machine was an American woman .She thought for a long time to stand on the machine. The machine spoke quickly in English, “Good morning. Will one of you get off?”

1. The machine in this passage could_________.

A．speak all kinds of languages	B．tell people what they should eat
C．weigh and talk to people	D．make people laugh

2. The man put his first machine _________.

A．in the station	B．in a train
C．in the doctor’s waiting room	D．in the women’s room

3. The machine told the Indian woman _________.

A．she was a little lighter	B．she was a little heavier
C．it couldn’t speak Indian	D．to eat what she wanted to eat

4. How was the American woman?

A．She was healthy.	B．She liked thinking.
C．She was too heavy.	D．The machine didn’t like her.

【推荐1】

What should we do if one of our classmates suddenly falls ill or gets hurt? Here are some steps you should follow. But always remember to look for medical care after first aid（急救）if the wound is serious. Broken bones: Take away clothing from the wound. Use an ice pack. Don’t move the hurt body part while waiting for the doctor to arrive. Animal bites（咬伤）: Wash the bitten area with soap and water. Pack the wound with a piece of clean cloth if it is bleeding. If the bleeding has stopped, cover the area with a bandage and take the person to the hospital. Make sure you remember what kind of animal it is so the doctor can find the right way to treat him or her at once. Fainting（昏厥）: Have him or her lie with the feet lifted a little. Don’t move the body if you think there might be wounds from the fall. Make sure he or she can breathe and let in fresh air. Clean the person’s face with a piece of cool cloth. Nosebleeds: Have the person sit up with his or her head tilted（倾斜）forward a little. Do not have the person tilt his or her head back because this may cause heavy breathing or coughing. Pinch（捏）the lower part of the nose for at least 10 minutes.

1. What should we do first when an animal bite happens?

A．Put an ice pack on the wound.

B．Wash the bitten area with soap and water.

C．Try to stop the bleeding with a clean cloth.

D．Take the hurt person to the hospital.

2. When dealing with the problems of ______, we shouldn’t move the hurt part.

A．broken bones and animal bites	B．animal bites and nosebleeds
C．broken bones and fainting	D．fainting and nosebleeds

3. Which of the following is not RIGHT when a boy’s nose bleeds?

A．Let his head not tilt back.	B．Let his head tilt forward a little.
C．Let him sit up.	D．Pinch his nose for less than 10 minutes.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A．First aid for some accidental wounds.	B．Steps of looking for medical care.
C．Advice on ways not to get hurt.	D．Ways to ask for help when getting hurt.

5. Which part of a magazine may the passage come from?

A．Lifestyle.

B．Health.

C．Sports.

D．Education.

【推荐2】The panda is one of the animals most in danger. There are about 1,000 pandas living in nature reserves today. Zoos and research centers look after about 160 pandas. Scientists are studying how they live and more baby pandas are born in the zoos.
Pandas live in the forests and mountains of Southwest China. They mainly live on bamboo, and each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The area of bamboo is becoming smaller for many different reasons, so pandas have less and less land to live on. Pandas don’t have many babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is becoming very serious.
Our government is working hard to save pandas. There are more than 30 nature reserves to protect pandas but these are not enough. The government has made a new plan to help pandas. The nature reserves will be bigger and the bamboo will grow better. Then the pandas will have enough food to eat and enough places to live in. Pandas born in the zoos may go back to live in the nature reserves.
Most people love pandas. The panda is one of the best-known animals in the world. It is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature. The WWF works to protect all animals in danger, so the panda has become the symbol of all animals in danger. There is still a long way to go to save the panda. Think of other animals in danger such as tigers ,whales, turtles and elephant—we need to save the panda, and we need to save them, too.
1. Paragraph 2 is mainly about________.

A．why pandas are in danger

B．why baby pandas often die

C．how to protect all animals

D．how to plant more bamboo

2. The government is trying ________to help the pandas.

A．to build more zoos

B．to send more scientists

C．to make bigger nature reserves

D．to ask the WWF to work in China.

3. ________is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature.

A．The tiger

B．The panda

C．The elephant

D．The whale

【推荐3】In China, there are many different kinds of food.     1     Dumplings are delicious Chinese food. Now let’s talk about them.

In China, most people like dumplings very much.     2     Some have meat and vegetables in them. Others have sugar(糖), eggs and so on.     3     I often make dumplings at home by myself.

    4     If they have no time to make them, they can buy them in a supermarket. Then they take them home and eat them with vinegar(醋).

The Spring Festival is a very important festival in China.     5     They usually put a coin (硬币) in a dumpling. If you eat the dumpling with the coin in it, you will be lucky in the year.

If you like dumplings, welcome to China! I’ll take you to eat delicious dumplings.

从所给的五个选项中选出能填入短文空白处的最佳选项，使短文通顺、连贯，意思完整。

A．There are many different kinds of dumplings.

B．When it comes, people make dumplings.

C．I like dumplings with vegetables and meat best.

D．Some of them are very popular(流行).

E．Usually people make dumplings at home.

【推荐1】Many people like to drink soda pop（苏打汽水）but they may not know that soda pop has an interesting story.

The story began with mineral water（矿泉水）.In many places，people thought washing with mineral water was good for their health.Some said drinking mineral water was also good for people.Some mineral water had bubbles（气泡）in it，so people learned to make bubbly water.They put CO₂ into water to make the water bubbly.They called the bubbly water“soda water”.

Later people put juice or some other things to make soda water taste good.Some people drank soda water for their health.Many people liked it for its good taste.Some people went to buy soda water every day.Many medicine stores or ice-cream shops sold soda water.Now people can buy soda pop water in every food store.Some people call it"pop"，some say"soda”and other people call it“soda pop”.

At first people made soda pop because they thought it was good for their health，but in fact it's bad for us.For example，drinking too much soda pop may make us fat.Well，maybe we shouldn't drink this kind of good-tasting water for our health.

1. People in many places drink mineral water because __________.

A．they thought it was good for their health

B．it tasted good.

C．they thought it was cleaner

D．it was cheap

2. People made water bubbly by putting __________ into it.

A．air	B．CO2
C．juice	D．ice-cream

3. People could buy soda pop at __________ in the past.

A．food stores	B．restaurants
C．ice-cream shops	D．supermarkets

4. Which of the following is TRUE about soda pop?

A．It's bad for people's health.

B．It's only sold in medicine stores now.

C．It doesn't have any bubbles now.

D．It tastes worse than mineral water.

5. The passage mainly tells us that __________.

A．soda pop is an old drink

B．soda pop has different name

C．soda pop has an interesting story

D．soda pop is popular with many people

【推荐2】

Have you heard of the video—sharing app Douyin? It's quite popular these days. There are some interesting videos on it. They are very short—— from 15 to 30 seconds（秒）. I like watching them. But there are some bad things about the app, too.

First, it can take up too much of our time. You can easily become addicted（上瘾的） to it. Once, I watched videos for nearly a whole afternoon. I forgot to do my homework. It was a waste（浪费） of time.

Secondly, there are a lot of meaningless videos.For example, some students do some boring things and then post their videos on the app. You can't really learn anything useful by watching these boring videos.

I just want to tell people that we can learn meaningful things from the Internet. Maybe we shouldn't spend（花费） so much time on Douyin.

1. A video on Douyin may be________ seconds.

A．5

B．20

C．40

2. From Paragraph（段落） 2, we know that________.

A．Douyin can take too much time

B．there are some interesting videos on Douyin

C．we can learn meaningful things from the Internet

3. The underlined word "meaningless" may mean "________"   in Chinese.

A．积极的

B．悲观的

C．无意义的

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE（正确的）?

A．Douyin was quite popular in 2016.

B．We should spend much time on Douyin.

C．We can easily become addicted to Douyin.

【推荐3】When I was growing up in America, I was ashamed of (感到难为情) my mother’s Chinese English. Because of her Chinese English, she was often treated unfairly. People in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.
My mother realized that she was poor at English. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on phone to pretend I was she. I was made to ask for information or even to shout at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker(股票经纪人). I said in an adolescent(青少年的) voice that was not very certain, “This is Mrs. Tan.” My mother was standing beside me saying, “Why he doesn’t send me check, already two weeks late.” And then, in perfect English I said: “I’m getting rather worried. You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn’t arrived.” My mother then talked more loudly. “What he want? I come to New York to tell him in front of his boss.” And so I turned to the stockbroker again, “I can’t accept any more excuse. If I don’t receive the check immediately, I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week.”
The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English.
When I was a teenager, my mother’s broken English embarrassed(令人尴尬) me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and wisdom. It was the language that helped me see things, express ideas, and _______the world.
1. Why was the writer’s mother poorly served?

A．She was unable to speak good English.

B．She was often treated unfairly.

C．She was not clearly heard.

D．She was not very polite.

2. From Paragraph 2, we know that the writer was ____________.

A．good at pretending

B．rude to the stockbroker

C．ready to help her mother

D．not willing to phone for her mother

3. After the writer made the phone call, the writer and her mum___________.

A．received the check at once

B．still failed to get the check

C．went to New York immediately

D．spoke to the stockbroker’s boss at once

4. What does the underlined phrase “make sense of” in last paragraph mean?

A．confuse	B．surprise.
C．understand	D．refuse.

5. We can know from the passage that Chinese English ___________.

A．is clear and natural to native speakers

B．is well received by native speakers

C．is widely used in America

D．may bring inconvenience in America

6. The best title of the passage might be __________.

A．Great Mother

B．Natural English

C．Mother’s Chinese English

D．Perfect English

【推荐1】A very new, young officer was at a station. He was on his way to visit his mother in another town, and he wanted to telephone her to tell her the time of this train , so that she could meet him at the station in her car. He look in all his pockets (口袋), but found that he did not have the right money (合适的钱) for the telephone, so he went outside and looked around (四处转转) for someone to help him.

At last an old soldier (战士) came by (经过), and the young officer stopped him and said, “Have you got change (零钱) for ten pence (便士)?”

“Wait a moment, ” the old soldier answered. He began to put his hand in his pocket, “I'll see whether I can help you. ”

“Don't you know how to speak to an officer?” the young man said angrily. “Now let's start again. Have you got change for ten pence (便士)? ”

“No, sir,” the old soldier answered quickly.

1. The young officer and his mother lived ________.

A．in the same town	B．in different places
C．in the countryside	D．in the other cities

2. The young officer wanted to telephone his mother to tell her ________.

A．that he was going to meet her	B．where his train would leave for(离开)
C．what time his train would arrive at the station	D．that he was then at the shop.

3. He looked around(环顾四周) for help because he ________.

A．had no money to make the phone call(打电话)

B．did not know where to make the phone call

C．needed some change (零钱)for the phone call

D．wanted to get change from the old soldier

4. The young officer was angry because he thought the old soldier ________.

A．was polite to him	B．was not polite to him
C．didn't know how to speak to him	D．didn't like everyone

5. Which of the following is not true(不正确)?

A．Both the young officer and the old soldier were angry.

B．The young officer wanted his mother to meet him at the station.

C．He wanted the old soldier to speak to him in a polite way(用礼貌的方式).

D．He knew the soldier before.

【推荐2】A. Read and choose the best answers.

Eating habits are often different in many countries. It’s very helpful to know something about the British meals before travelling to Britain. In many English houses, people eat four meals a day. They are breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner.

Breakfast takes place at any time from 7:00 to 9:00 in the morning. They usually have eggs, bread with butter, cheese and so on. English people drink tea or coffee at breakfast. Lunch comes at one o’clock. It can be a hamburger or a three-course （三道菜的）meal. Afternoon tea is between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. Dinner begins at about half past seven. The first course is soup. The next is often meat or fish with vegetables. Then come fruits of different kinds; apples, pears, bananas and so on.

But not all English people eat like that. Some of them have dinner in the middle of the day. Their meals are breakfast, dinner, tea and supper. And all these meals are usually simple.

1. The English usually eat ________ a day.

A．two meals

B．three meals

C．four meals

D．five meals

2. English people usually drink ________ for breakfast.

A．orange juice

B．milk

C．tea

D．tea or coffee

3. In Britain, afternoon tea often takes place ________.

A．before lunch	B．between breakfast and lunch
C．after dinner	D．between lunch and dinner

4. The second course at dinner is often ________ at British meals.

A．soup

B．cheese

C．meat or fish with vegetables

D．bread with butter

5. Some English people have meals a day. They are                .

A．breakfast, lunch, dinner	B．breakfast, dinner, tea and supper
C．lunch, dinner, supper	D．tea, lunch, supper

【推荐3】It’s Sam’s mother’s birthday today. Sam wants to buy a nice gift for his mom. His father gives him $2 a week from the beginning(开始) of August. Now he has $18 and he can go shopping. At a clothes store, he finds a good hat. It is only $12. That’s cheap and he can afford it. He buys the hat and puts it in a red box. Then he takes it home. It’s 6:00 pm and his mom comes back(回来). Sam gives the box to his mother and says “Happy birthday, Mom!”. When she opens the box and sees the hat, she is very happy. Sam and his father are very happy, too.

1. What does Sam buy for his mother?

A．Some clothes

B．A box

C．A sweater

D．A hat

2. Sam’s mother’s birthday is in ________.

A．August

B．September

C．October

D．November

3. How much money does Sam have after he buys the hat?

A．$18

B．$16

C．$6

D．$4

4. The underlined(下划线) word “afford” means(意思是) ________.

A．拿到

B．使用

C．带来

D．买得起

5. We can know that ________.

A．Sam doesn’t like his father.

B．Sam’s mother likes her birthday gift.

C．Sam’s father has a lot of money.

D．Sam doesn’t know his mother’s birthday.