【推荐1】Do you know the movie I, Robot? It tells us a story about the future.

The year is 2035 and robots are just as common as mobile phones. People depend on(依靠) their robots to do lots of things, for example, babysitting, cooking, doing chores and taking their dogs for a walk. Robots have to obey humans’ words. They have to do as their owners tell them to do. Because their designers make them do so. A police officer called Spooner hates robots. He doesn’t think humans can get on well with(与……相处融洽) their robots at all! But the scientist Susan has different ideas. Susan works on robots’ mind and she thinks one day robots will become more powerful than humans and help humans make progress(取得进步).

When Spooner and Susan work together, they find that something is wrong with the world’s robots. A few robots have their own ideas and they’re trying to get out of humans’ control(控制)! Of course these robots’ dream doesn’t come true. Humans work hard to control their robots again and they make it at last.

1. The story will happen in _________.

A．2020

B．2030

C．2035

D．2040

2. Robots can do many things for humans except (除了) _________.

A．babysitting.

B．walking dogs

C．cooking

D．sleeping

3. The underlined word “obey” may mean __________.

A．follow

B．need

C．watch

D．forget

4. Susan thinks that one day __________.

A．robots can’t get on well with humans

B．robots will help humans make progress

C．robots will control the world

D．robots will have their own ideas

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?

A．The movie I, Robot talks about the future.

B．People use their robots to do everything.

C．A few robots want to get out of humans’ control.

D．At last, humans control the robots again.

【推荐3】If you like adventurous(冒险的) cartoons, then Koala Kid is the movie for you.

Koala Kid tells us a story of a white koala named Johnny. It lives in a community(社区) of the gray koalas. He is not confident(自信的) because of his color. But he thinks he has special talents. So the goes on a magic trip.

On his trip he meets Miranda, Hamish and Lokie. And they become friends. They fight with their wits(智慧) against Bog.

I think this movie tells us: whatever (无论什么) you look like, you can become a hero.

I give the movie five stars. It is a great movie for ages six and up. Because there are some scary parts in the movie, I wouldn’t recommend(推荐) it to kids under the age of six.

1. The passage is a review(评论) of a ________.

A．movie

B．book

C．magazine

D．joke

2. Why is Johnny not confident?

A．Because he is white.

B．Because he is gray.

C．Because he is shy.

D．Because he is small.

3. How many friends does Johnny make on his trip?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Three.

D．Four.

4. Which of the following is NOT true?

A．It’s an adventurous movie.	B．It’s mainly about a white mouse.
C．It has scary parts.	D．It’s a cartoon.

【推荐1】Men have always wanted to fly like birds. Birds can fly easily because they are light，but men's bodies are heavier.
Men first went up into the air in balloons. These were big bags，and they were filled with gas. Hydrogen (氢气) is a useful gas for balloons. It is lighter than air. Helium is also lighter than air，but it costs a lot of money. So balloons are usually filled with hydrogen.
Balloons have to fly with the wind as they have no engines (发动机) to drive them. Later，men made airships. They are balloons with engines. They are also filled with hydrogen.
Aircrafts (飞机) with wings now take people across the world. Powerful engines drive these machines across the sky. Some of the engines are like the engines of cars，but they are more powerful.
There is another kind of engine，we call it the jet (喷射) engine. An English engineer invented the jet engine. At the same time，Germans were also building a jet engine. In May 1941，the English engineer's new engine was fixed in an aircraft，and the aircraft             flew quite well.
Jet engines are very powerful. Usually two to four are enough for an airplane，but some big aircraft need six. Anyone in a moving jet plane can feel the power of the engines. Jet planes can travel faster than sound. As a flying jet plane leaves its             noise behind，we do not hear it until it has gone.
1. According to the passage，men can't fly like birds because        .

A．men don't have aircraft

B．men's bodies are too heavy

C．men don't like birds

D．men's bodies are too light

2. The underlined word“Helium”in the second paragraph is mostly like a kind of        .

A．bag

B．airplane

C．gas

D．balloon

3. We don't hear the flying jet plane's noise until it has gone because        .

A．jet planes are very powerful

B．jet planes have enough jet engines

C．anyone can feel the power of the engines

D．jet planes travel faster than sound

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

A．Men first flew up into the air in balloons.

B．The first jet plane was invented by an English engineer.

C．1ne let engine is very powerful.

D．Two let engines are enough for a big aircraft.

【推荐2】The word “cartoon” came from Italian. It first referred to the picture before an actual（真实的）drawing on the wall._______Since the 1840s, it has also come to mean any drawing that is humorous, satirical（讽刺性的）or showing an opinion. It usually appears in a newspaper or a magazine, with or without a short text.

    2    People of all ages, especially children enjoy all kinds of cartoons in newspapers and magazines, on television and at the movies. Cartoons not only show their life, but help form it.    3    They have supplied ideas to plays, movies and television series and so on. Names or words from cartoon series have also come into modern languages.

Many cartoonists（漫画家）draw with special pens.    4    Surely, computers are especially effective for the making of animated cartoons. This helps us to enjoy more lively cartoons.

A．They have set the style for clothing, food, manners and many other things.

B．In the mid-19th century, it came into English.

C．Some use computers.

D．Today cartoons are part of the daily life of most people.

1. From the passage, we know that ______.

A．few children like cartoons

B．the word “cartoon” came from English

C．all cartoonists use pencils to draw cartoons nowadays

D．people like cartoons because they show and help form the life

【推荐3】
1. What’s the purpose of this book?

A．To be used as a history textbook.

B．To tell about the Yongle Emperor.

C．To teach English to Chinese students.

D．To help foreigners learn about China.

2. Where can you find the page on the right?

A．Between Pages 1～2.	B．Between Pages 3～7.
C．Between Pages 8～14.	D．Between Pages 15～18.

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A．The Ming Dynasty had 3 emperors in all.

B．Yongle became emperor at the age of 22.

C．Nanjing was the capital of Ming Dynasty before Yongle.

D．Yongle built the Forbidden City for tourists to visit.

【推荐1】I’m Jack. Peter is my good friend. We are in the same class. Peter is a good student. His English is very good but mine isn’t. So he always helps me with it.

Peter and I have the same hobby. Peter likes sports. And I like sports, too. After school in the afternoon, we often play sports. We play soccer and volleyball. The soccer ball is Peter’s and the volleyball is mine. Peter gets the soccer ball from his father. His father is a great soccer player. We often watch his father play soccer on TV. Peter wants to be a soccer player like his father.

1. Peter is Jack’s ______.

A．brother

B．teacher

C．classmate

D．student

2. Jack and Peter often ______ after school.

A．watch TV

B．play sports

C．read books

D．play computer games

3. Peter gets the soccer ball from his ______.

A．father

B．friend

C．brother

D．uncle

4. From the passage, we can know ______.

A．Peter has a volleyball	B．Peter doesn’t like watching TV
C．Peter always helps Jack with his English	D．Peter wants to be a basketball player

5. What does Jack mainly want to tell us?

A．Sports are good for us.	B．Peter’s father is a great soccer player.
C．We should play sports every day.	D．Peter and he both like sports.

【推荐2】“Captain, we are almost there. What do you want us to do?”

Twenty years of plans. Twenty years of wondering. Twenty years and our spaceship was about to arrive. What will we find? Was the information we were given correct? As the captain of the spaceship, I would soon know.

Where are we? We are coming to the nearest star to the sun. It takes 4 light years to go to this star. We have taken almost twenty years. We have the largest spaceship that has ever been built.

We had a simple way of traveling. We learned from bears how to sleep for a long time without getting sick or dying. We should sleep for eleven months. We would work for one month. Then we would go back to sleep for eleven months. I found it unusual to have my calendar(日历) always read March. That was the month I was awake. I have lived in the month of March for the last twenty years.

Here we are. We are coming near to this new star. There is a planet that is supposed to be like earth here. Will it be? Will we be able to live here?

I have to get busy now. We will start to wake up all of the other people. They will also want to see this. We have people from every place on earth. Think of all that we will get to see here. This is something to really get excited about.

I have to go. Have a good day. Wish us good luck.

1. Who is telling the story?

A．One of the people on the spaceship	B．One of the officers on the spaceships
C．One of the scientists on the spaceship	D．The captain of the spaceship

2. How long had the spaceship been traveling?

A．10 years

B．20 years

C．15 years

D．25 years

3. How had the people learned to travel such a long distance?

A．Kangaroos

B．Pandas

C．Lions

D．Bears

4. How long would the crew work while they were on the space journey?

A．They would work for 6 months and sleep for 6 months

B．They would work for 3 months and sleep for 9 months

C．They would work for 1 months and sleep for 11 months

D．They would work for 11 months and sleep for 1 months

5. What did the captain find strange about his calendar?

A．His calendar always read March	B．His calendar had funny pictures on it
C．His calendar had cats on it	D．His calendar was a funny color

【推荐3】Once there is a boy in London. His name is Jimmy. He starts painting when he is three years old, and when he is five years old, he is already very good at it. He paints many beautiful and interesting pictures, and a lot of people buy his pictures. They say, “This boy is going to be famous when he’s a little older, and then we’re going to sell these pictures for a lot of money.”
Jimmy’s pictures are different from others’ because he never paints on the whole of the paper. He only paints on half of it, and the other half is always empty.
“That’s very clever,” people say. “No other painters have ever done that!”
One day someone asks Jimmy, “Please tell me, Jimmy, why do you only paint on the bottom (底) half of the paper, but not on the top half?”
“Because I’m small,” Jimmy says, “and my brushes can’t reach very high.”
1. How are Jimmy’s pictures?

A．Beautiful.

B．Interesting.

C．Bad

D．Beautiful and interesting.

2. Which part of paper did Jimmy paint?

A．The whole of the paper

B．The top half.

C．The bottom half

D．The middle part.

3. Jimmy only paints half of the paper because ____________.

A．he was very clever.	B．he was very short.
C．he was very tall.	D．he was very big.

【推荐1】Wang Xingyue, 14, Shnaghai: I don’t think we should set off firecrackers during holidays. It is really noisy. Some people set them off at midnight. People nearby can’t sleep well. It also creates air pollution and lots of rubbish. So I think there is no need to set them off anymore during holidays.

Liu Ran, I4, Shangdong: Setting off firecrackers is a tradition during Chinese festivals. People set them off to celebrate or wish a happy new year. This is very important in our lives. It reminds us of the invention of gunpowder in ancient China. We can’t give it up.

Lin Yisong, 15, Zhejiang: I think we should control firecrackers. During holidays, the government could tell people to gather in one place. They can set off firecrackers and others can watch. It is safer to do this and people can still enjoy their holiday tradition.

Li Qiang, 14, Jiangsu: I think we can improve firecrackers. The firecrackers we use now are dangerous. That’s why we can’t set them off freely. But if we can make them safer and better for the air. We wouldn’t have to give them up.

Zhang Qi, 14, Hubei: Firecrackers are dangerous and bad for the air. I think we can use something else to replace them. For example, we can use LED firework instead. They are beautiful and safe. Even kids can play with them.

1. How many provinces (cities) are these teenagers from?

A．Three.

B．Two.

C．Five.

D．Four.

2. What are the teenagers discussing?

A．Whether we should set off firecrackers.	B．Ways to set off firecrackers.
C．What traditions we have for holidays.	D．How to improve firecrackers.

3. What problems does setting off firecrackers cause?
a. It is noisy.                                             b. It creates air pollution.
c. It wastes electricity.                                d. It creates rubbish

A．abc

B．abd

C．acd

D．bed

4. Who most strongly agreed that people should still set off firecrackers?

A．Wang Xingyue.

B．Liu Ran.

C．Li Qiang

D．Zhang Qi.

【推荐2】John is my father． He's an office worker． He gets up at half past six every day． Then he runs（跑步）in the park． At ten past seven he has breakfast．

Tom is my brother． He drives a bus every day． He needs to get up at five o'clock in the morning． He has to go to work at half past five． He usually takes two hamburgers with him to work． They're his favorite food．

Mary is my mother． She works in a hospital． She saves many people's lives． She gets up at the same time as my father． She cooks breakfast for us． She goes to work at a quarter to eight．

My name is Amy． I usually get up at seven every morning． I usually have an egg， some bread and a glass of milk for breakfast． Then my father drives me to school． I have a very happy family．

1. What does Amy's mother do？　 　

A．A teacher．

B．An office worker．

C．A doctor．

D．A driver．

2. What time does Mary get up？　 　

A．At five o'clock．

B．At six thirty．

C．At seven o'clock．

D．At seven ten．

3. What does Tom have for breakfast？　 　

A．Hamburgers．

B．Eggs．

C．Bread．

D．Milk．

4. Who gets up latest（最迟地）？　 　

A．John．

B．Tom．

C．Mary．

D．Amy．

5. Which of the following is TRUE？　 　

A．Amy's mother goes to the park every day．

B．Tom is a driver and works in a hospital．

C．Amy goes to school in her father's car．

D．Amy's father cooks for the family every morning．

【推荐3】Some kids come up with great ideas of making money at a young age. Here are two of them.

Name: Luke Age: 14 Business : Collecting and selling yabbies’ (小龙虾) How It Works: With a friend, Matthew, 13, Luke catches yabbies with three nets with some meat in them in different rivers. They go after school and during weekends. Their best catch was 159 yabbies in 35 minutes. Their worst catch was 12 in 3 hours. They sell a dozen (一打) yabbies for $1.10 and they make $15.00-$20.00 each time. Problem: It’s only a summer business. Good Thing: “We have lots of fun,” says Luke. ※   ※   ※   ※   ※     ※   ※   ※     ※ Name: Troy Age: 11 Business: Delivering (递送) the local newspapers How It Works: On Wednesday nights, the truck drops four big bundles (捆) of papers. Troy must deliver them before Thursday night. He makes sure the papers are put in letterboxes so they don’t get wet. Problem: “I had to fix a new light on my bike,” says Troy. “Often I don’t finish until after dark.” Good Thing: “My round is close to home,” explains Troy. “I like riding my bike around the neighborhood. And each week I get $6.25.”

判断正（A）误（B）
1. Luke is 13 years old .
2. Matthew and Luke are friends .
3. Luke’s business brings Luke much fun .
4. As for Troy’s business, he has to walk around the neighborhood.
5. Troy makes up to $20.00 a month.