【推荐1】This summer, there are things that students can do to earn some pocket money or to help others. The government also offers many programs to help students summer jobs. Here are a few ideas.

Deliver Newspapers

Teenagers can deliver newspapers usually you ride a bike around a neighborhood and leave the newspaper at each house. Normally, you have to have your own bike and you have to get up early too, because people want their newspaper to read with their breakfast. If you are 15-18 and return to school this fall, you can find jobs of this kind.

Give Older People a Hand

Lots of older people are happy for teenagers to help them carry their shopping or do small things for them, like washing or keeping them company (陪伴), You earn money or not, and people in the neighborhood get your help.

Job Programs

If you are a student living in certain communities of the province, you are lucky. There are programs that provide four weeks of paid jobs along with training. After that, you can start and run your own summer business, and you have a chance of winning awards of up to $1 000. Go to the government website to learn more about these programs. People under 25 could build skills, find a job or start businesses all year round.

They are all great ideas. Just choose one of them to make some money. Then spend it or save it. But don’t forget it’s important always to tell an adult where you are going.

1. What is special about Deliver Newspapers?

A．It needs patience and strong body.

B．It requires one to get up early.

C．It offers help to neighbors.

D．It helps you make the most pocket money.

2. Which one provides training?

A．Deliver Newspapers.	B．Job Programs.
C．Give Older People a Hand.	D．None of them.

3. What can you learn from the passage?

A．It’s hard for teenagers to find jobs.

B．The elders don’t want help from teenagers.

C．Whatever you want to do, safety comes first.

D．Anyone under 25 can find a job and start a business from the job program.

【推荐2】All primary and secondary school students in China will, in principle, be forbidden from bringing mobile phones to school, the Ministry of Education announced in February, 2021.     1     It has sparked heated argument among parents.

When Dai Hanyang was in middle school, his head teacher brought a hammer to school to enforce a cellphone ban (禁令). “    2    ” Dai said. The 17-year-old, now a high school student in Changsha, Hunan province, said his school does not allow students to bring cellphones to campus and he never does. “I am not good at self-discipline and I could not help but check WeChat messages or moments, so not having my cellphone with me helps me focus on studying,” he said.

“Teachers will confiscate (没收) students’ mobile phones if they are caught playing with them during class and they are only returned after the semester ends,” he said. Parents will now need to hand in a written application (申请) if their child needs to bring a mobile phone to school, the ministry said in a notice issued in February.     3     No cellphones will be allowed in classrooms, the notice said. Schools should not assign or ask students to do homework via cellphones and they should set up public phones and teacher hotlines for communication between parents and students, it added.

Zhang Hengzhu, the principal of Nanjing No. 9 Middle School in Jiangsu’s provincial capital, said the misuse of mobile phones is harmful to us.     4    

Liu Changhai, a professor of education at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, Hubei province, said some parents have used cellphones as “free nannies” during summer and winter vacations and have not limited the time their children can spend using them.     5    

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A．It can bring a series of health problems, including memory loss, sleep disorder and deteriorating eyesight.

B．In such cases, the student should hand the cellphone to the school for custody (保管) during school time, it added.

C．Seeing him using it to break a classmate’s mobile phone really let us know that he meant business.

D．The new measure, aimed at protecting students’ eyesight, making sure they focus on study and preventing them from becoming crazy about the internet and online games.

E．They should set out rules about when and how long their children can use mobile phones and prevent them from overusing them.

【推荐3】In China， many people are leaving the countryside to find jobs in the cities， because the countryside is much poorer than the city， and often there isn’t much work there. Services such as hospital and transport are usually much better in the city than in the countryside. They hope that their lives will improve when they move to the city.
But in the big cities of Europe like London or Paris， people are moving out of the city. These rich families want to live a quieter life. They are tired of the noise and the dirt of the city， and they are tired of the crowded streets， crowded trains and buses. They don’t want to live in the cities any more. They want a house with a garden in the countryside， and breathe the fresh air there.
So they move out of the cities. Some don’t go very far， just a little way out of the city， to the towns near the cities; other people move to the real countryside with sheep， cows and green fields. There， they start new lives and try to make new friends.
Not all those who move from the city to the countryside are happy. After two or three years， many people who have done this feel that it was a big mistake. They don’t make so much money and there isn’t much work to do. People in the countryside are very different and aren’t always very friendly.
As a result， quite a lot of people who have moved to the countryside move back to the city. “_______________________________” they say.
1. Which is NOT the reason for people moving to the cities in China?

A．The countryside is much poorer than the city.

B．People in the countryside have nothing to eat.

C．People in the countryside don’t have much work to do there.

D．Services in cities are usually much better than those in the countryside.

2. Why do some rich families in Europe move to the countryside?

A．Because they will find good jobs.

B．Because they are tired of living in the city.

C．Because they can make more money there.

D．Because they like feeding sheep and cows in the green fields.

3. What’s right about the people who move to the countryside？

A．All of them feel happy.

B．None of them feel happy.

C．Only a few of them stay at the countryside at last.

D．Some people in the countryside always fight with them， so they hate the countryside.

4. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph show?

A．They are happy to move back to the city.

B．They miss their friends in the countryside.

C．They still want to move to the countryside.

D．They are tired of the noise and the crowded streets in the city.

【推荐1】It’s rare to see a team earn 11 straight wins (连胜) in a tournament (锦标赛). However, the Chinese women’s volleyball team has done it!

On Sept 29, China took the Women’s Volleyball World Cup trophy in Japan. The team didn’t lose any of its games during the tournament. It was also the team’s 10th world title (冠军).

“The trophy is the best git to celebrate the 70th birthday of New China,” People’s Daily said in an article.

The Chinese women’s volleyball team has long been the pride (骄傲) of Chinese athletics. In the 1980s, the team won five world titles in a row (连续), which raised people’s confidence (自信) at the time. Since then, its fighting spirit (精神) has inspired (激励) generations (一代代) of people, both within the team and across the country.

Working hard was key to the team’s success. The World Cup was played in several different cities and the team didn’t have much time to train. The girls had to squeeze in (挤出) training time when they could. On Sept 25, for example, they arrived in Osaka at 2:30 pm and started training only an hour later.

Never giving up, especially during difficult times, is also part of the team’s fighting spirit, according to head coach Lang Ping. Many of the team’s members kept on playing even after being injured (受伤的). Opposite hitter Gong Xiangyu went to Japan with an injured finger. Blocker Yan Ni had a serious shoulder injury.

With their latest win, the girls are ready to prepare for next year’s Tokyo Olympics.

1. The Chinese women’s volleyball team ________ in the recent World Cup tournament.

A．beat (击败) Japan in the final round	B．played a total of 10 games
C．lost a game on Sept 28	D．won its 10th world title

2. What helped the Chinese women’s volleyball team win the tournament, according to the report?
a. working hard       b. never giving up       c. getting enough sleep before the game       d. having a healthy diet

A．ab

B．be

C．cd

D．ac

3. After reading the story, what do we know about the Chinese women’ volleyball team?

A．They are China’s best sports team.

B．They couldn’t win without their head coach.

C．None of its team members has gotten injured.

D．They will compete(竞争) at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.

4. This passage may be a(n) ________.

A．advertisement

B．recommend letter

C．talk on science

D．report on sports

【推荐2】

China Sends Beidou Successfully China sent the latest satellite of Beidou into space on Tuesday. The satellite is the 59th in the Beidou family. It marks the completion the Beidou, one of networks around the world, along with the United Sates’ GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and the European Union’s Galileo.

Alan Turing: Ahead of His Time           Alan Turing was only 42 years old when he died, but in his short life he did some very important work in math. He famously worked as a code-breaker (密码破解者) during the Second World War, and some of his very early ideas about computer science are still important even today.

China and France Holds an Online Concert To deepen the friendship between the people of China and France, artists from both countries stepped onto the same stage and performed online on Monday. The online concert allowed people to enjoy both traditional Chinese folk songs and French classics.

The Peanut Man        George Washington Carver spent his whole working life trying to make things easier for the poor African American farmers of the southern USA. He was a great scientist who was not interested in being rich and famous. In fact, he found happiness and honor in giving a hand to others when they needed help. After his death, a national monument (纪念碑) was erected in a square—the first for any African American and a true honor for “the Peanut Man”.

1. According to the first piece of news, Galileo is a _________.

A．rocket

B．network

C．person

2. Where can we find the four passages above?

A．In a guide book

B．In a story book

C．In a newspaper

3. Which of the following question was NOT answered in the four passages?

A．How many Beidou satellites have been sent into space?

B．What disease did Alan Turing die from?

C．Why did China and France hold an online concert?

4. What may George Washington Carver in the passage be like?

A．Interesting

B．Helpful

C．Quiet

5. In which sentence should the word “erected” be put?

A．J.K Rowling’s Novel Harry Potter has been ________ into a TV series.

B．Su Dongpo _________ a tofu dish called Dongpo tofu.

C．He ________ a small house for his dog, using used bottles.

【推荐1】Corryvale Farm is in the west of England. Stephen and Jenny Black keep cows and chickens and sell milk and eggs. But most of their money comes from Jenny’s sheep.

She has 50 sheep and each one has enough wool(羊毛) for six sweaters. Every six months, Stephen cuts this wool off the sheep, so they won’t get too warm. Five years ago, Jenny made some sweaters with the wool and tried to sell them at country markets(集市). But it was summer and it was very hot, so people didn’t want to buy sweaters. Then she made some socks. Today, everybody loves the socks because they are cheap, strong and easy to wash.

At first Jenny made the socks at home, but soon she had lots of customers(顾客). Now, because Jenny can’t finish all the order(订单) for socks, she sends the wool to a factory and there the workers help make all the socks on machines(机器). There are six colors, five sizes for all ages, and different socks for walkers, sportsmen and skiers. Jenny is busiest at Christmas because Corryvale socks are a favourite gift. On the walls of jenny’s offer, there are lots of letters from happy customers all over the world.

1. The Blacks get more money from their ________ than(与…相比) from their other animals.

A．cows

B．chickens

C．eggs

D．sheep

2. ________ isn’t the right time of year for Jenny to sell the sweaters.

A．Spring

B．Summer

C．Autumn

D．Winter

3. The wool Stephen cuts off all the sheep is enough for ________ sweaters.

A．6

B．50

C．300

D．5

4. All the socks are now made on machines ________.

A．in a factory	B．in Jenny’s office
C．on the farm	D．at home

5. Which of the following is True according to the text?

A．Jenny gets wool from her sheep once a year(一年一次).

B．You can’t buy Corryvale socks for children as Christmas gifts.

C．Jenny thinks socks are easy to make.

D．People from many different countries buy Corryvale socks.

【推荐2】The children in Miss Ling's class are not like most children.They don't watch TV.Miss Ling asked her class not to watch TV for one week.She told them that they could have more fun doing other things.The children said，“Let's find out if Miss Ling is right.” Instead of watching TV，they read，made things and played games with families.
The children had so much fun that they are not going to watch TV for a year.Would you like to stop watching TV?
1. The best title is ______.

A．A Good TV Show

B．Stop to Watch TV

C．Children Have Fun without TV

D．Miss Ling doesn't Buy any TV

2. Miss Ling asked her class not to ______.

A．sleep	B．eat
C．read books	D．watch TV

3. The story says that the children ______.

A．played games	B．went swimming
C．grew plants	D．watched TV

4. Miss Ling is a ______.

A．doctor	B．teacher
C．farmer	D．child

5. How long are the children not going to watch TV?

A．For twelve months.	B．For 365 days.
C．For half a year.	D．For three years.

【推荐3】You might have learned in your science classes that the sun is quite large and heavy. What if you heard that we’ve found a black hole that contains the mass (质量) of nearly 70 suns?

Chinese scientists used LAMOST, a powerful Chinese telescope (望远镜), as well as telescopes in Hawaii and the Canary Islands, to make this discovery.

According to Einstein’s theory, black holes come from dying stars. The star collapses (坍塌) into a small point with a lot of mass and strong gravity (引力). The strong gravity of the black hole allows it to pull other things in and “eat” them. Scientists search for black holes by looking at x-rays that are released when they “eat” nearby stars. However, when black holes are inactive, this method doesn’t work.

This time, the researchers looked at stars that orbit invisible (看不见的) objects. These objects, they believe, cannot be anything but black holes. After calculating (计算) the speed of one particular star in a star system named LB-1, the scientists figured out that it was orbiting (绕轨道运行) a stellar-mass black hole.

The black hole’s mass is about 70 times the mass of our sun. According to current theory, this black hole shouldn’t even be able to exist. It was previously believed that the mass of such a black hole cannot be bigger than that of 25 suns. Stellar (星球的) winds blow away the heavy elements that are left behind when a star dies. But somehow, this black hole kept most of its heavy elements.

Researchers said it is possible that the black hole formed out of two large stars that died and merged (结合) together.

The discovery is also inspiring some researchers to revisit their previous studies. “This discovery forces us to re-examine our models of how stellar-mass black holes form,” University of Florida physicist David Reitze was quoted as saying in a press release.

1. How did Chinese scientists find the stellar-mass black hole?

A．By looking at stars moving away from the black hole.

B．By studying x-rays that came from the black hole.

C．By calculating the gravity of a nearby black hole.

D．By looking at the speed of a star that orbits it.

2. What does the underlined word “inactive” mean in Chinese?

A．积极的

B．不活跃的

C．快速的

D．活泼的

3. What do we know about the black hole?

A．It is much heavier than the sun.	B．It is moving faster than the sun.
C．It hasn’t “eaten” any stars.	D．It will disappear soon.

4. What is the last paragraph about?

A．The importance of this discovery.

B．Previous studies on black holes.

C．The formation (形成､构成) of stellar-mass black holes.

D．The preparations that were done before making this discovery.

5. What do we know from the story?

A．Black holes are usually heavier than 25 suns.

B．We cannot believe current scientific theories.

C．Black holes can form after stars die.

D．Stellar-mass black holes contain no heavy elements.

【推荐1】On Saturday morning, John got up early to go to a sports club. On his way, he saw three of his schoolmates at the mall, Rie, Asuka and Yuki. They were always together because they were very good friends.

“I'm shopping for new shoes,” Rie told John. “But I have big feet so nothing fits! We have been shopping everywhere but I can't find any big shoes!”

“And we walk very slowly,” Yuki said, “because of Asuka ...”

“I know,” John said, looking at Asuka. “I heard you hurt your knee in P.E. class yesterday. Does it hurt?”

“It's OK if I move very slowly,” Asuka told him. “We are going to eat ice-cream at Dairy Queen. Do you want to come?”

“Sorry, I can't. I am going to meet Edward at the sports club. See you later!” said John.

John was walking past a coffee shop when he saw Ms. Kanda. She was looking at a new sidewalk (人行道). As John came closer he could see that Ms. Kanda was angry. “Somebody jumped in the middle of the sidewalk when the cement (水泥) was still wet!” she said, pointing to two small footprints (脚印) in the new cement. “Now I can't go home because I have to fix the sidewalk!”

“Who did it?” asked John.

“A first-year student over there said that three girls were walking by here just now. But he doesn't know which girl jumped in the cement!”

Three girls? “Small” footprints? Somebody “jumped”? “I know who did!” said John.

1. Where did John meet his schoolmates?

A．In a park.	B．At the mall.
C．At a sports club.	D．In an ice-cream shop.

2. What happened to Asuka in yesterday's P.E. class?

A．She had a fight with her classmate.	B．She hurt one of her feet.
C．She broke her shoes.	D．She hurt her knee.

3. Ms. Kanda was angry because ______.

A．someone stole her car

B．she fell in the new cement

C．she had to fix the sidewalk

D．someone drove on the sidewalk

4. The footprints in the cement were ______.

A．big

B．small

C．different

D．similar

5. Who might John think jumped in the cement?

A．Rie.

B．Yuki.

C．Asuka.

D．Edward.

【推荐2】

Just don’t want to work

Summer holiday is over. How many of you have stayed up late to finish your homework over the last few days? What about the school day? Do you start working on your homework right away when you get home from school?

A lot of people often put off difficult or big tasks until they must be done. They’re called procrastinators(拖延症患者). Procrastination is a common problem for many people, in fact. Sometimes it just feels easier to wait until the last minute to do certain things. However, this is not a good thing, as you have to work harder and faster if you wait until there is little time left. This means procrastination makes you in hurry, so you can’t do things better. For example, you will have a test tomorrow morning, you chat with your friends online, thinking about you still have time to prepare. But at last, you have to go over your lessons in a short time because it is very late when you take out your book. Of course, it cut down the quality of work. You should have done your work better, don’t you?

I myself am a bit of a procrastinator. But every morning when I wake up, I list three important things I want to do or I have to do, then write them down on paper. I kept on trying this for a long time and it really helps me a lot. It can be hard to get started sometimes. But once I do, the work gets done quickly and with little stress(压力).

Everyone procrastinates from time to time. It’s a natural thing to do. You don’t have to blame(责备) yourself. After all, we still need time to relax and take a break from our busy lives. Just make sure you still get your homework done on time!

1. Procrastinators are people who _______.

A．don’t do their homework during holidays

B．often finish their tasks earlier than others

C．put off their work until the last minute

D．are not responsible for their own work

2. The third paragraph is mainly about _______.

A．what the writer does to stop procrastinating

B．why people should finish their work earlier

C．how people procrastinate their work with stress

D．when the writer starts to list the important things

3. The writer probably agrees that _______.

A．it is hard for people to finish work on time

B．procrastination is not a serious problem

C．people feel sad after putting off their work

D．people should relax before doing their work

【推荐3】Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.
Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110-year-old college. The students will be able to use e-mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast-food restaurant or under the trees-anywhere at all!
Because of the many changes in computer technology , laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable( 便携式的) computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources（资源）. State higher-education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials are also testing laptop programs at other universities, too.
At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff(职员) use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, “ Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we’re giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”
1. Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks(引号)?

A．They don’t really talk.

B．They use the computer language.

C．Laptops have speakers.

D．None of the above reasons is correct.

2. Which of the following is true about Westlake College?

A．All teachers use computers.

B．1500 students have laptops now.

C．It is an old college in America.

D．Students there can do everything.

3. A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can ________.

A．attend lectures on information technology

B．travel around the world

C．get information from around the world

D．have free laptops

4. What can we infer（推断） from the passage?

A．The program is successful.

B．The program is not workable.

C．The program is too expensive to carry out.

D．We don’t know the result yet.