【推荐1】

In China, some schools have a “spring outing” every year. Students go to parks or some other interesting places for fun. People in the US also have their own special customs（风俗）.

Have you heard of spring breaks（春假）? All students in the US will have a break from school for about one week in March. Many students will go on a holiday during this time. High school students usually travel with their parents. College（大学）students travel by themselves. When I was in college, some of my friends and I took a road trip across the country for the spring break. We visited all kinds of cool places and met lots of new friends along the way.

I like the spring cleaning, too. It’s another（另一个）custom in spring in the US. Each spring, many families will clean their houses. Families will find old things that they don’t want and sell（卖）them to their neighbors at low prices（价格）in their yard. It’s called a yard sale（出售）. You never know what you may find at a yard sale. I’ve found musical instruments（乐器）, books which can’t be found easily, and all kinds of other interesting things. Spring cleaning is a good way to get a fresh start for the new year.

1. Chinese students often ________ in spring.

A．have a spring break	B．have a spring outing
C．study hard at school	D．have a spring cleaning

2. All students in the US will have a ________ holiday in March.

A．seven-day

B．one-month

C．two-week

D．one-hour

3. High school students usually travel with ________.

A．their teachers

B．their friends

C．their parents

D．their neighbors

4. People in the US often ________ in the spring cleaning.

A．do some shopping in the shop	B．cook some food
C．sell things to the supermarket	D．find some old things that they don’t want

5. What does the writer think of the spring cleaning?

A．People can sell things easily.

B．It’s another custom in spring in China.

C．People always find something interesting at the store.

D．It’s a good way to get a fresh start for the new year.

【推荐2】Mr. Zhang was a sports fan. He worked in a hospital in the capital. He was busy all the time and had little time to have a rest. And one day he felt unwell and couldn’t go on working. He decided to spend a week’s holiday in a quiet village where he could go swimming or fishing. He got off at a small railway station and soon got to a quiet village. He took a room hotel and went to sleep as soon as he had a good meal.

At first Mr. Zhang enjoyed himself there. He could do everything he wanted and went wherever he liked. Nobody disturbed（打扰） him and knocked at the door at midnight. But on the fourth day he was in trouble. After lunch it was very hot. He went swimming in the river. Suddenly he saw a beautiful bird in a big tree. He wanted to catch it, so he walked to it, but it found him and flew away as soon as he came closer. He began to pick some flowers in the forest and before long he lost his way.

The sun had gone down and night had fallen before Mr. Zhang found a small restaurant in another village. He came in and told them to bring him some bread, two eggs and a glass of tea. After a while his food was brought. Soon he ate up all the bread and eggs. When he was going to have the tea, he found there was a fly（苍蝇） in the glass.

“What’s in my tea?” Mr. Zhang called out, “A fly!”

“It’s impossible, sir,” said the owner of the restaurant. “I had told them to pick all the flies out of your tea before they brought it to you!”

1. From the story we can guess Mr. Zhang may be a________.

A．sportsman	B．doctor
C．swimming coach	D．restaurant owner

2. Mr. Zhang decided to take this holiday because ________.

A．he didn’t like his work

B．he wanted to enjoy nature

C．he was kind of unhealthy

D．he liked swimming and fishing

3. Mr. Zhang hoped to spend a week’s holiday by________.

A．catching birds

B．swimming or fishing

C．picking flowers

D．having good meals every day

4. Which of the following is WRONG?

A．Mr. Zhang was quite interested in flowers.

B．Mr. Zhang had dinner in the small restaurant.

C．The first three days of the holiday were enjoyable.

D．The village where Mr. Zhang stayed was not noisy.

5. According to what the restaurant owner said, we can infer that ________.

A．there wasn’t a fly in the tea at all

B．the restaurant owner was an honest person

C．the tea was made very carefully in the restaurant

D．there were more flies in the tea before it was brought

【推荐3】Dear Parents,

Young People’s Day Camp (YPDC) has been providing wonderful summers for the children of Central New Jersey since 1972. Now we are preparing for a new summer and it will be our most exciting summer ever.

Our camp is in beautiful Roosevelt Park with a library and a museum. As a former (昔日的) baseball player, I feel the need to keep teenagers healthy. So we will offer a special training program. This program will cover different sports for each child through the summer camp.

Transportation (交通车辆)

We use 20-passenger buses. We will pick up (接) each child between 7:30 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. with door to door transportation. Children will be home between 3:45 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.

Rates (费用)

No.	Weeks	Rates
1	2	$ 925
2	4	$ 1,700
3	6	$ 2,280
4	8	$ 2,950

Every day my son came home happily. He talked about how much fun he had and what he did. Before the summer was even over, he said, “Mom, I want to go back next year.” I would like to say thank you and I will see you all next summer.

— Christina

Please feel free to call us with any questions. I will always make myself available for both you and your children throughout the year. Phone: 732-768-2279.

1. A child can catch the YPDC bus at ________.

A．9:00 a.m.

B．8:00 a.m.

C．7:00 a.m.

D．6:00 a.m.

2. If Peter’s mom chooses No. 2 for him and No. 3 for his brother, how much should she pay?

A．$4,560.

B．$3,980.

C．$3,400.

D．$3,205.

3. According to Christina, YPDC is ________.

A．dangerous

B．expensive

C．traditional

D．interesting

【推荐1】Tom 11, was trying to fall asleep when his 8-year-old brother. Mike, came into his room. He looked around, but seemed really out of it. Then Mike went back into the hallway and stood there looking straight up at the light. This was really strange. Tom didn’t know what to do. Just then. Tom’s father appeared and explained Mike was sleepwalking.

Not all sleep is the same every night. We experience some deep, quiet sleep and some active sleep, which is when dreams happen. You might think sleepwalking would happen during active sleep, but a person isn’t physically active during active sleep. It usually happens in the first few hours of sleep in the period called deep sleep.

The truth is that not all sleepwalkers walk. Some simply sit up or stand in bed or act like they’re awake when, in fact, they’re asleep! Most, however, do get up and walk around for a few seconds or for as long as half an hour.

Sleepwalkers’ eyes are open, but they don’t see the same way they do when they’re awake. They tend to go back to bed on their own and won’t remember it in the morning.

You also might have heard that sleepwalkers can get frightened if you wake them up. That’s true, so what do you do if you see someone sleepwalking? You should call for a grown-up who can lead the person back to bed. And once the sleepwalker is tucked(掖好被子) back in bed, it’s time for you to get some sleep, too!

根据短文内容选择最佳答案。
1. The underlined world “sleepwalking” in the passage means “________” in Chinese.

A．夜行

B．梦游

C．赶路

2. When does sleepwalking usually happen?

A．During active sleep

B．In the first few hours of deep sleep

C．When dreams begin

3. What should we do if we see people sleepwalking?

A．Wake them up

B．Walk around with them

C．Ask grown-ups to lead them to bed

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

A．Not all sleepwalkers walk

B．Sleepwalkers can see the same way they do when they’re awake.

C．Sleepwalkers won’t remember what happened during sleep in the morning.

5. Who is the text written for?

A．Teachers

B．Doctors

C．Children

【推荐2】Do you know how websites make money? Here is a basic version. Websites produce content and get people to click (点击) on it. They make money from the companies that put ads around that content. The more clicks the content gets, the more money the website makes. In this way, websites can survive (幸存) without charging their users.

However, this way of making money is now under threat. It's clear that people don't like reading ads. More and more Internet users are installing (安装) ad-blockers on their computers. In 2010, only 21 million people used ad-blockers. Now, the number has grown to more than 200 million. These pieces of software “block” ads from appearing on web pages. They help people focus on (关注) what they want to read.

Websites used to pay little attention to the rise of ad-blocking. After all, most people use the Internet on their smart phones. It was impossible to install ad-blockers on smart phones. Now, things have changed. Today, ad-blockers are among the best-selling software in Apple’s App Store. It’s not hard to understand why they are so popular. With ad-blockers, Internet users can have a “cleaner” Internet. The software can also save them money. Ads usually take lots of data (流量) to load.

Websites are already talking to their readers about this ad-blocking trend. On some websites, users are being greeted with the message: “Please turn off your ad-blocker!” They are told that it is the ads that help the website survive. Such a message may help people understand how websites make money. However, ad-blockers are still popular. It seems that people just don’t want to look at ads no matter whether they know the importance of ads to websites or not!

1. How do websites survive without charging their users?

A．By leading their users to click on ads

B．By attracting their users to the content with ads.

C．By helping people focus on what they want to read.

D．By encouraging their users to use the Internet on smart phones.

2. The underlined word “block” in Paragraph 2 means “         ” in Chinese.

A．阻止

B．恢复

C．保存

D．区分

3. What are the reasons for ad-blockers becoming popular?
①People can use ad-blockers for free.
②It's possible for people to install ad-blockers on smart phones.
③People can have a “cleaner” Internet with ad-blockers.
④Ad-blockers can help people save money.
⑤Ad-blockers can help people make more money

A．①③⑤

B．②③④

C．①②⑤

D．③④⑤

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A．Websites will put more ads around the content they produce.

B．Websites will start charging their users.

C．People will turn off their ad-blockers to help websites survive.

D．People will continue using ad-blockers.

【推荐3】Many scientists find that colours can change people’s feelings. It’s very interesting. Some colours can make people feel relaxed，and some colours can make people feel nervous. Now，this kind of knowledge is being used in many places. For example，school walls are always painted green because green makes students feel relaxed. It is also good for the students’ eyes. Some books are also green or light blue for the same reason. Restaurant owners not only have to know how to make food，but also have to know how to make money. Here are some things they’ve learned from scientific studies. The colour red makes people hungry. Many fast food restaurants have red furniture or walls. Soft colours like pink and light blue make people feel relaxed，so they spend more time eating. Loud music may be nice at first，but it soon makes people want to leave. Hard seats also make customers want to eat quickly and leave. Many restaurants，especially fast food restaurants，use this knowledge to make customers eat faster.
1. How does the colour green make the students feel？

A．Hungry.	B．Nervous.
C．Angry.	D．Relaxed.

2. How does the colour red make most people feel？

A．Hungry.	B．Comfortable.
C．Excited.	D．Worried.

3. Which colour isn’t mentioned in this passage？

A．Green.	B．White.
C．Light blue.	D．Red.

4. What do many fast food restaurants do？
①Play loud music.   ②Play soft music.
③Have hard seats.   ④Paint their walls red.

A．①②③	B．①③④
C．①②④	D．②③④

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

A．Colour and restaurant.

B．Use colour to make money.

C．Colour and science.

D．Use colour to change feelings.

【推荐1】Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St Albans — a small city near London. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After leaving school, Hawking went first to Oxford University where he studied physics, then he went to Cambridge University where he studied cosmology. As he himself admits(承认), he didnˈt work hard. He was a very lazy student, and did very little work. However, he still got good marks.

It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him. He started to bump (撞上)into things. When he visited his family at Christmas time, his mother was so worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking was sent to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neural disease, an incurable illness which would make him unable to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He would die before he was 23.

At first, Hawking became very sad. After a while, though, he began to see his life in a different way. As he later write, “Before my illness was diagnosed(诊断), I had been very bored with life. There had not seemed to be anything worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly realized that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do.” Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University, and had three children. He also went on to do some of the most important scientific research.

Today, Hawking still works at Cambridge University as a professor. He strongly believes that his story shows that nobody, however bad their situation(处境) is, should lose hope. “Life is not fair,” he once said. “You just have to do the best you can in your own situation.”

1. As a university student, Stephen Hawking __________.

A．worked very hard	B．studied math and physics
C．was the best student in his class	D．was lazy and did very little work

2. Hawking first noticed something was wrong with him when ______.

A．he was sent to hospital for tests	B．his mother made him see a doctor
C．he was twenty years old	D．he visited his family at Christmas time one year

3. In this passage the word “incurable” means ______.

A．无法治愈的

B．难以确诊的

C．常见的

D．可以治愈的

4. When Hawking was first diagnosed with motor neural disease, he __.

A．made up his mind to get married	B．began to see his life in a different way
C．thought that nothing in life was worth doing	D．became very unhappy

5. What would be the best title for this passage?

A．Motor Neural Disease	B．Life is Fair
C．Professor Stephen Hawking	D．A Lazy Boy

【推荐2】When shopping for clothes, my mother and I have always disagreed on what fits me well. To me, if it zips (拉上拉锁), it fits. My mom, however, usually says I need a bigger size.

When I was a teenager, I wanted to dress like my friends, but my body size made it impossible. When mom told me something didn’t suit me, or that I needed a bigger size, all I heard was that my body was wrong.

To avoid arguments, we stopped going shopping together. This continued until I got engaged (订婚) and needed to find a wedding dress (婚纱). I could have just bought it alone, of course, but my mom is my favorite person to hang out with. The idea of looking for a wedding dress without her seemed as scary as taking her with me.

And so the day came. As I tried on a simple white dress, I saw tears in my mom’s eyes. “You look beautiful,” she told me. Nothing could have shocked me more.

This one didn’t zip up at the back and I did actually need a bigger size, but my mother didn’t say that. She just told me how beautiful I looked. At that moment, all those arguments we’d had while shopping in the past were laid to rest. We didn’t buy a dress that day. We decided to see more, which I would never have predicted (预见).

A few weeks and many shopping trips later, we found the perfect dress. And during those few weeks, mom and I also found the perfect fit for our shopping relationship.

1. According to the first two paragraphs, we know that ________.

A．the writer’s mom could always find perfect clothes for her

B．the writer and her mom often argued about the size of her clothes

C．the writer’s mom thought she was too skinny

D．the writer tried to lose weight when she was a teenager

2. Why did the writer go shopping with her mom to buy the wedding dress?

A．Because she couldn’t find any friends to go with her.

B．Because her mom was very experienced in choosing a wedding dress.

C．Because a wedding dress is special and she liked hanging out with her mom.

D．Because they always had a great shopping relationship.

3. When the writer and her mom went shopping for the wedding dress, the writer felt shocked because ________.

A．her mom said she looked beautiful even though the dress didn’t fit her

B．none of the wedding dresses could zip up the writer’s back

C．her mom asked her to try on a bigger-sized dress

D．they found the perfect dress more quickly than she expected

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Shopping with parents.	B．Choosing wedding dresses.
C．Perfect mother-daughter relationship.	D．Finding the perfect fit.

【推荐3】

Canadian school buses are called “the safest school buses in the world”．All the school buses，which are in deep yellow，have the same style．School bus drivers have to receive strict training before getting driver’s licenses（驾驶证）． When a school bus runs through the city and carries children to a stop, the driver will turn on the red light and then show the sign “Stop”．At this time，all the vehicles(车辆)following the school bus must stop as if they met a red light．After all the children get on or off，the school bus will drive away．Then other vehicles can go on．

Many people will think of cartoons(卡通) as soon as they talk about Japanese school buses. For a long time，cartoon pictures on school buses have already been popular and become models of Japanese school buses．When children see pink Hello Kitty or blue Doraemon, no one will refuse to go to school any more． On Japanese school buses，there’s always a headman caring for kids． If something happens suddenly，the headman will tell parents about it as soon as possible．

1. The color of Canadian school buses is       .

A．red

B．yellow

C．pink

D．blue

2. From the passage, we know that      .

A．Canadian school buses must have a headman

B．Canadian school buses should follow other vehicles

C．Japanese school buses may look lovely and lively

D．Japanese school bus drivers can get licenses easily

3. The passage is written mainly to________.

A．tell something about the school buses in Canada and Japan

B．suggest schools choosing better school buses

C．welcome students to Canada and Japan

D．ask students to obey traffic rules

【推荐1】The brown bear is a large animal. His neck is very short. His head is big, and his tail is very short.

The brown bear lives in the forest. He likes to make his home in a hollow（中空的）tree. He eats wild fruit that he finds in the forest. He also likes honey, and often breaks the hives of the wild bees, and the brown bear finds them by the smell of the honey. When he finds a hive, he climbs the tree and gnaws the tree for hours and hours. In this way, he makes a hole in the tree and gets the honey.

During the winter, the brown bear sleep for months. He lies in a hole where he makes a bed of leaves for himself. The snow comes and covers his hole. He closes his eyes and sleeps there all winter. When spring comes, the bear wakes up and begins to walk about the forest again.

1. What does the brown bear look like?

A．He is not a large animal.	B．His coat is thin.
C．He has a short neck.	D．His head is very small

2. Where does the brown bear live?

A．In the sea.

B．In a hollow tree.

C．In the river.

D．In the snow.

3. What kind of food does the brown bear like?

A．Salty.

B．Sweet.

C．Sour.

D．Bitter.

4. What does the underlined word mean?

A．咬

B．抓

C．爬

D．吮

5. What does the brown bear do all winter?

A．He lies on a bed of snow.	B．He eats honey in the tree.
C．He talks with his family.	D．He sleeps all the time.

【推荐2】
1. Which of the following books is the latest in print?

A．Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

B．Deceptively Delicious.

C．Rich Dad ,Poor Dad.

D．The Road.

2. Among the books, there is/are ____ written for adults.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

3. If you buy two copies of The Road and one copy of Deceptively Delicious, you should pay_______.

A．$23.83

B．$18.33

C．$12.83

D．$11

【推荐3】As a student, you must have met all kinds of teachers. Do you like or hate them? Is there complete understanding between you and them?

At first, I thought Miss Li was nervous and shy. But now, I find she’s kind and patient, and she explains English grammar so clearly that even I can understand it well! She always avoids making you feel stupid. I’ve always hated making mistakes or pronouncing a word incorrectly when I speak English, but Miss Li just smiles, so that I don’t feel that stupid!

Mrs. Chen is very strict and serious. In her class, we don’t dare to say a word unless she asks us to. There are a few students in our class who keep coming to class late, but they’re always on time for Mrs. Chen’s lessons! Some of our classmates don’t like her. But most of us really appreciate(欣赏) her because her teaching is so well organized and clear. Physics will never be my favorite lesson, but I think I’ll do well in the exam with Mrs. Chen teaching me.

Mr. Wu is very popular. He really enjoys teaching Chinese. You can’t imagine what a great teacher he is! He talks loudly and fast and waves his hands about a lot when he gets excited. He’s really understanding and funny. When he thinks we’re getting bored, he will tell us jokes and make us active again. We really respect him a lot.

1. What subject does Miss Li teach?

A．English.

B．physics.

C．Chinese.

2. Mrs. Chen is _.

A．kind and patient

B．strict and serious

C．understanding and funny

3. Of the three teachers, is probably the most outgoing.

A．Miss Li

B．Mrs. Chen

C．Mr. Wu

4. Students respect Mr. Wu because he .

A．avoids making them feel stupid

B．organizes his teaching well and clearly

C．makes his lessons lively and interesting

5. From the passage we can learn that .

A．all students like Mrs. Chen

B．the writer really likes his/her teachers

C．the students always get bored in Mr. Wu’s class