【推荐1】When I picked up my son from preschool on a summer afternoon, he looked dirty from head to toe. He told me how he and his classmates played in the nearby forest. It was a hot day, so they took off their shoes to put their toes in the river. He described excitedly to me the wonderful feeling of the cool river water.

This isn’t a common preschool in the United States. It’s a forest school. A large part of my son’s school day takes place across 1,000 square meters of forest.

Today’s kids are under great pressure. They are required to learn more. However, outdoor time for children is decreasing (减少). This caused many problems.

More and more parents have realized the importance of outdoor play. The number of forest schools in the US has jumped from 20 in 2008 to 250. Forest school kids spend their days watching ant hills, jumping in mud or even climbing tall trees. There are no direct instructions.

Are forest schools really better for today’s children than traditional preschools? The answer depends largely on whom you ask. Personally, I like forest schools. Because my son has been more active and brighter with improved problem-solving skills. He also has learned how to deal with small dangers and how to protect the environment. Most importantly, my son is excited to go to school every day. Do you spend most of your time studying indoors? Remember to hug nature sometimes.

1. How did the writer’s son feel when he described his experience in the forest school?

A．Bored.

B．Nervous.

C．Happy.

D．Confident.

2. The students in forest school can take some outdoor activities EXCEPT ________.

A．climbing tall trees

B．watching ant hills

C．jumping in mud

D．reading books all day

3. What is the writer’s opinion about forest schools according to the passage?

A．The writer doesn’t think forest schools are better than traditional preschools.

B．The writer thinks every kid should go to forest schools instead of traditional preschools.

C．The writer prefers forest schools because of his son’s changes.

D．The writer thinks traditional schools are much better than forest schools.

【推荐2】Hello, boys and girls! Now you are beginning your new school life. How to make a good start?

Set goals (定目标). Set some goals every week or month, and work for them. It will help you study well.

Find a homework area. Find a quiet and comfortable place for studying in your house. It will help you to do your homework quickly.

Get things ready (准备好的). Make sure everything is ready before going to school. So you will feel safe and enjoy your school day.

Make some friends. Talk with your classmates and make some new friends. The world outside the book is also important.

1. What is the passage about?

A．About our life and study.

B．About our homework.

C．About our society (社会).

2. How many suggestions (建议) are there in the passage?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Four.

3. What does the underlined word “comfortable” mean?

A．糟糕的

B．舒服的

C．美味的

4. The suggestions are for ________.

A．some goals

B．a good beginning

C．a good place

5. Which of the following is Not right?

A．It’s probably (可能) a suggestion from a teacher.

B．Only books are very important for students.

C．A good start is half done (良好的开端是成功的一半).

【推荐3】Can You Cook?

This boy can — and his mum’s very happy with him.

Tom is like any other teenager (青少年). He goes to school, does his homework, meets his friends and enjoys doing sports.

But between 5:30 and 6:30 from Monday to Friday, Tom does something different. He cooks dinner for all his family: mum, dad, younger brother Joe and older sister Emma.

Tom’s mum says, “I think it’s important for teenagers to learn how to cook. Maths and English are important, of course, but they need other skills to help them in today’s world. First I taught Tom how to cook easy meals like pizza or chips. Then he started using recipes (菜谱) in my cookery books. Yesterday he made vegetable soup. It was very good.”

“I love cooking and I think I’m really good at it. My friends don’t cook. I don’t know why. It isn’t difficult and it’s great fun.” Tom says.

In the past, Tom didn’t help out at home and his mum wasn’t very happy with him. Today, things are different and she is happy.

1. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Tom’s friends like cooking too now.

B．Tom’s vegetable soup was not good.

C．Tom’s mum was happier when he didn’t cook.

D．Tom’s mum thinks learning to cook is good for teenagers.

2. In the sentence “It isn’t difficult and it’s great fun!” in Paragraph 4, it means (指的是) ______.

A．going to school

B．doing homework

C．doing sports

D．cooking

3. The writer tells us to ______.

A．cook dinners for family	B．learn other skills
C．learn to make a recipe	D．enjoy doing sports

【推荐3】What is the future of AI (人工智能)? Will it be a good thing? We asked four students what they think.

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. —Tina	I am 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 lots of human jobs. —Bill
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 (中央处理器) into our brains! Soon we'll be able to improve our math and memory. How exciting! —Mary	Think of what's happening right now: Some robots are used to kill animals under human orders. So I think AI will be very dangerous for humans. We need to be careful about what we ask machines to do. —John

1. John thinks that AI will be________.

A．exciting

B．surprising

C．helpful

D．dangerous

2. Who thinks AI will help us solve many problems?

A．John.

B．Bill.

C．Tina.

D．Mary.

3. Bill thinks humans may be replaced because________.

A．we can't improve our memory	B．AI robots will do human jobs
C．we can put a CPU in our brains	D．AI can help to improve our math

【推荐1】Dick often goes traveling when the summer holiday begins. But he was out of luck this summer.
He went to an old temple(庙)on a high mountain by himself. On his way there it suddenly began to rain heavily and he hurried to go down the mountain. When he got to the foot of the mountain, he found the wooden bridge was under the water, so he had to spend the rainy night in a broken farmhouse. He was so hungry that he hardly fell asleep.
The next morning the rain stopped and he found the bridge was damaged. He saw the river was not too deep and tried to swim across it. In the middle of the river the water nearly washed him away. Luckily , two farmers saved him, but he lost his bag. They gave him some food and dry clothes. He thanked them and went to the nearest town to call up his parents.
At the end of the street, Dick found a small hotel and went in. He asked the price for a room.
“A room on the first floor is twenty dollars, on the second floor, fifteen dollars and on the third, ten dollars,” answered the owner.
The young man had only eight dollars in all his pockets. He said thanks and was leaving. The owner asked, “Don’t you like our hotel?”
“Yes, it’s good,” said Dick, “but it’s not tall enough!”
1. Dick spent the rainy night ______.

A．in the old temple	B．in a farmhouse
C．on the bridge	D．in a hotel

2. Why couldn’t Dick go to sleep that rainy night?

A．Because he was afraid of the dark.

B．Because he had nothing for supper.

C．Because he felt cold.

D．Because he couldn’t call his parents.

3. What did Dick do the next morning when he found the bridge was damaged?

A．He went back to the temple

B．He stayed in a farmhouse.

C．He decided to swim across the river.

D．He asked the farmers for some food.

4. What do you think of Dick’s summer holiday this year?

A．Happy

B．Terrible

C．Boring

D．Exciting

5. From Dick’s words in the last paragraph, we can infer(推测) that______.

A．Dick liked tall buildings

B．Dick went to borrow money from his good friends.

C．Dick went to look for a better hotel at last

D．Dick was not able to pay for a room in the hotel

【推荐2】It is the year 1026, the time of the Song Dynasty. You are trained to become a Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) doctor. You are about to take your final exam. What kind of thing will you face?

During the Song Dynasty, doctors needed to show they understood meridians (经络) — paths of energy running through the body.

If you were the one to take the exam, you would be asked to show how you would treat symptoms on a life-sized model covered in wax (蜡). Under the wax, the model would be made of bronze (铜), filled with water, and covered in holes running along the meridian paths.

You would need to place an acupuncture needle (针灸用的针) into the correct part of a meridian to pass the exam. If you got it right, the needle would go straight through he hole, and water would pour out of the model. If you picked the wrong spot, the needle would hit the bronze model and you failed.

The exams wanted to make sure all young doctors knew how to treat patients hitting the same correct acupuncture points.

The first “bronze man” acupuncture model was made in 1026 by one of the great doctors named Wang Weiyi. Wang also wrote a book that was used across the country to teach how to use the model. Now you can see a copy of one of these bronze men in China’s National Museum.

1. Why was there wax on the model?

A．Because the model was totally made of wax.

B．Because wax can protect the model well.

C．Because wax stopped test takers seeing the holes.

D．Because the meridians of the body were covered with wax.

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

A．地点

B．斑点

C．职位

D．疤痕

3. What would happen if a test taker put his needle into a wrong point?

A．The water would pour out of the model.

B．The needle wouldn’t go straight through the hole.

C．There would be one more hole in the bronze model.

D．The hole would be covered with wax.

4. From the last paragraph, we learn that________ .

A．Wang Weiyi invented the bronze man to test doctors

B．Wang Weiyi was also a teacher in the Song Dynasty

C．doctors now still take the bronze men now

D．we can’t see any of the bronze men now

5. What does the story mainly talk about?

A．Why TCM is still popular now.

B．The use of a bronze model in acupuncture.

C．How doctors in the Song Dynasty treated different symptoms.

D．The exam for the TCM doctors in the Song Dynasty.

【推荐3】阅读短文，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选择最佳答案回答问题或完成句子
Jimmy is at school now. He is in the classroom, but he can't find his schoolbag. Where is it? Is it lost? Oh, no! It is in his room. He doesn't take (带) it to the school. He calls his sister Sally and asks her to take his school things to the school. Here are his school things.
His schoolbag is on the chair. Under the chair is his pencil box. His notebook is on the desk. His dictionary is on the bed. His pencil isn't in the pencil box. It is on the sofa.
Oh, Sally, don't forget(忘记) to take his baseball. Jimmy always plays baseball after school. But where is his baseball? Oh, it's under the table.
1. Where is Jimmy's schoolbag?

A．In his room.

B．In the lost and found box.

C．In the classroom.

2. Sally is Jimmy's __________.

A．mother

B．sister

C．cousin

3. Jimmy' s pencil box is _________.

A．on the desk

B．in the schoolbag

C．under the chair

4. What is on the sofa ?

A．Sally’s pencil.

B．Jimmy’s notebook.

C．Jimmy’s pencil.

5. What does Jimmy do after school?

A．He calls his sister.

B．He calls his mother.

C．He plays baseball.

【推荐1】Thirty years ago, Lake Ponkapog in Hartwell, New Jersey, was full of life. Many birds and animals lived beside the water, which was full of fish. But the lake water is polluted now.

How did this happen? First, we must think about how water gets into Lake Ponkapog. When it rains, water comes into the lake from all around. In the past, there were forests all around Lake Ponkapog, so the rainwater was clean.

Now there are many homes around the lake. People often use chemicals(化学物品) in their gardens. There are also many factories. Factories use chemicals in their machines or shops. Other chemicals fall onto the ground from cars or trucks. When it rains, the rainwater picks up all the chemicals from homes and factories and then carries them into the lake. They pollute the water and kill the animals.

Boats on the lake are also a problem. Lake Ponkapog is a popular place for motorboats. But oil and gas from boats often get into the lake. So more bad chemicals go into the water this way.

People in Hartwell are worried. They love their lake and want to save it. Will it be possible?

A clean lake must have clean rainwater. Clean rainwater is possible only if people are more careful about chemicals at home and at work. They must also be more careful about gas and oil and other chemicals on the ground. And they mustn’t use motorboats any more on the lake. All these may change people’s lives. Only then can Lake Ponkapog be a beautiful, clean lake again.

1. Which of the following can not pollute the water in Lake Ponkapog?

A．Rainwater from the forest.	B．Oil and gas from motorboats.
C．Chemicals in people’s gardens.	D．Chemicals from the factories.

2. What should people do to save Lake Ponkapog?

A．They should use less water.	B．They should grow fewer plants in the gardens.
C．They should be more careful about chemicals.	D．They should use more motorboats on the lake.

3. What does the passage talk about?

A．Motorboats on Lake Ponkapog.	B．Many big factories in Hartwell.
C．Rainwater from many places.	D．Why the water is dirty in Lake Ponkapog.

【推荐2】Sometimes we feel good, such as when we get good grades or when something good happens. Sometimes we feel bad, such as when we argue with our classmates or when the teachers criticize us. Both kinds of feelings are common. Of course, we all enjoy good feelings, but when we feel unhappy, sometimes we don't know what to do about it. Here is a plan that will help you when your feelings are bothering you.

1. ACCEPT your feelings. Say to yourself, “I am sad. ” “I am scared. ” “I am angry. ” “I am embarrassed. ” It's all right to have these feelings.

2. RELAX and have a rest before you act.   Take slow deep breaths (呼吸) and relax your body. Imagine that you are in a safe place.   You can listen to some music or sing a beautiful song!

3. THINK about ways to help yourself. Thinking helps you do something smart instead of hurting yourself or making things worse.

4. DO something to help yourself.   Maybe you can talk to someone, or do something you enjoy.   If it doesn't work, go back to Step 3.

根据短文内容选择正确选项，将序号填在前面括号内。
1. We feel unhappy when ________.

A．we get good grades

B．we have a fight with our classmates

C．someone is proud of us

2. If you want to relax yourself before you act, you can ________.

A．say to yourself, “I am sad.”

B．listen to some music or sing a beautiful song

C．think about ways to help yourself

3. The underlined part (画线部分) “If it doesn't work,” in the passage probably means ________.

A．如果它不工作

B．如果它不帮助

C．如果没用

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

A．We felt bad when we lost our expensive things.

B．We felt good when we won the prize in the competition.

C．We can say to ourselves that we are pleased when we feel bad.

5. The passage tells us ________.

A．what we can do when we feel unhappy

B．we can do nothing when we feel bad

C．we all enjoy good feelings, but bad feelings are unusual to us

【推荐3】Have you ever rubbed your hands together when they get cold? Why do we do that? We do that for friction. Friction happens when two things that aren’t very smooth rub together to make heat energy. The faster you rub two things together, the more friction ( and heat) you can make. Let’s discover friction!
WHAT YOU’LL NEED
·Soap ·Water·Your hands!
WHAT TO DO
Make sure your hands are dirty.
Rub your hands together until you feel the heat of your hands.
Now, use soap and water to get your hands very slippery(滑的).
Try to make friction happen while your hands are slippery.
Please write down what has happened.
LET’S TALK!
Friction is an energy that happens when two things rub together. When friction happens, it makes heat! When your hands are slippery, they won’t make very much friction and your hands won’t get so hot.
DID YOU KNOW?
Friction happens when you stop your fast running bike.
Ancient people made fire by rubbing two pieces of wood together. Friction happened though they didn’t know it.
____
Friction is everywhere. Have you ever noticed situations where friction is happening? If not, ask your parents to take you out in a car. If it is not hot, touch the tires(轮胎) of the car before and after a short drive to see how much warmer they get from friction.
1. This text is most probably________________________.

A．a science report	B．a car advertisement
C．a rubbing introduction	D．a chemistry programme

2. What does the word “friction” in this text mean in Chinese?

A．摩擦

B．冷却

C．膨胀

D．震动

3. ___________ is not an example of friction.

A．Bike riding

B．Car driving

C．Hands rubbing

D．Friction discovering

4. What’s the last column(栏目)?

A．THINK IT OVER!	B．WHAT HAPPENED?
C．EVERYDAY ACTION:	D．WORK WITH PARENTS