1 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空自处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

I recommend a well-known Chinese book    1     (title) The Ordinary World to you. The book was written by a famous Chinese writer, Lu Yao. It centers on the life and destinies of three families of Sun, Tian and Jin in a village. It pictures the tough process of building up a better and     2     (wealthy) life during the very beginning of reform and openness in China.    3    (read) the book, you will be greatly affected by the courage and spirit of the main characters.

2 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空，在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Nowadays, a lot of young people seem to spend much of     1     (they) free time either watching television or playing computer games. Certainly, these things are entertaining, but they don’t contribute   much     2     developing their brains. Many believe   that reading   books, and     3     (especial) fiction, is a much more effective way of achieving this. Apart from being a pleasant way to relax, the most obvious benefit we get from reading a good story is a     4     (grow) vocabulary. We come across new words in reading and gradually become more confident with complex words.

3 . 你的英国朋友Jim在给你的邮件中提到他对中国四大名著中的《红楼梦》和《三国演义》很感兴趣，请你给他回信，向他推荐其中一部作品。信中内容包括：
1. 你的推荐理由；
2. 介绍书中你喜欢的一个人物。
注意：1. 词数不少于60。
2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：《红楼梦》：A Dream in Red Mansions
《三国演义》：Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Dear Jim,

Knowing that you are interested in Chinese Four Great Classical Novels,

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I am looking forward to your view of this book.

Yours,

Li Hua

4 . Airplane Stories and Histories

Norman Currey   www.xlibris.com

Hardback | Paperback | E-book     $29.99 | $19.99 | $3.99

Airplane Stories and Histories records 200 years of aviation highlights. A bibliography is provided for enthusiasts to explore the subjects at greater depth.

Tips ’n Tales from the Trails

Vicki Evenson www.xlibris.com

Hardback | Paperback | E-book   $29.99 | $19.99 | $3.99

Tips ’n Tales from the Trails offers information and advice for any horseperson considering interstate trail riding. It provides helpful insights when preparing and planning for expansion of the reader’s own adventures.

The Rhythm of My Life

Tuning into the Rocky Rhythm of Fire

Yvon Milien       www.iuniverse.com

Hardback | Paperback | E-book     $26.99 | $13.99 | $3.99

This autobiography shares the story of the author’s life and how he found the inner strength to overcome the challenges.

On The Healing Road Through The Eyes Of An Adoptee

The Poet Dena www.authorhouse.com

Paperback | E-book   $13.99 | $3.99

Therapeutic poetry is what the Poet Dena offers. As you go along The Healing Road, you will find at least a few words to help lighten your own struggles.

The Adventures of Mr. Fuzzy Ears Searching for a Furry Friend

Donna Carr Roberts www.iuniverse.com

Hardback | Paperback | E-book   $35.95 | $22.95 | $3.99

The story of a fuzzy little dog who searched for a friend in all the wrong places until…

The Girl from Copenhagen

Glenn Peterson www.xlibris.com

Hardback | Paperback       | E-book     $29.99 | $19.99 | $3.99

The Girl from Copenhagen is a autobiography about the life of author Glenn Peterson’s mother, from childhood to old age.

1. If Tom likes reading poems, he might buy ___________.

A．Airplane Stories and Histories	B．Tips ’n Tales from the Trails
C．On The Healing Road	D．The Rhythm of My Life

2. We can learn from the text that _____________.

A．The Rhythm of My Life is about a musician’s life.

B．Airplane Stories and Histories is a book intended for pilots

C．The Adventures of Mr. Fuzzy Ears is about a dog searching for his master

D．Tips ’n Tales from the Trails gives suggestions on horse riding in the wild

3. Which book is similar to The Girl from Copenhagen in style?

A．Airplane Stories and Histories	B．On The Healing Road
C．The Rhythm of My Life	D．The Adventures   of Mr. Fuzzy Ears

5 . Earthquake in Japan. Donald Trump is accused of planting story about actress’s height after she rejected him. Mexico arrests ex-police chief in case of 43 missing students. Do you really need to know all these things?

Three years ago, I began an experiment. I stopped reading all newspapers and magazines. Televisions and radios were rejected. I deleted title news apps from my iPhone. I didn’t touch a single free newspaper and deliberately looked the other way when someone tried to offer me any such reading material. The first weeks were hard. Very hard! I was constantly afraid of missing something. But after a while, I had a new understanding. The result after three years: clearer thoughts, more valuable ideas, better decisions, and much more time. And the best thing? I haven’t missed anything important.

A dozen reasons exist togive news a wide berth. Here are the top three: First, our brain reacts differently to different types of information. Shocking, people-based, fast-changing details all appeal to us. News producers capitalize on this. The result: Everything complex, abstract, and profound(深刻的) must be systematically singled out, even though such stories are much more relevant to our lives and to our understanding of the world. As a result, we walk around with a misrepresented mental map of the risks and threats we actually face.

Second, news is irrelevant. In the past year, you have probably consumed about ten thousand pieces of news. Be very honest: Name one of them, just one that helped you make a better decision－for your life, your career, or your business-compared with not having this piece of news. No one I have asked has been able to name more than two useful news stories—out of ten thousand. News organizations claim that their information gives you a competitive advantage. Too many fall for this. If news really helped people advance, journalists would be at the top of the income pyramid.

Third, news is a waste of time. An average human being spends half a day each week reading about current affairs. This is a huge loss of productivity. Take the 2008 terror attack in Mumbai. Let’s say a billion people viewed the minute-by-minute updates and listened to the chatter of a few “experts” and “commentators.” Thus our conservative calculation: One billion people multiplied by an hour’s distraction equals one billion hours of work stoppage. News wasted around two thousand lives—ten times more than the attack.

I would predict that turning your back on news will benefit you as much as removing any of the other ninety-eight errors we have covered in the pages of this book. Read long background articles and books. Nothing beats books for understanding the world.

1. What does the underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Refuse to read news.	B．Select news carefully.
C．Question news.	D．Help spread news.

2. In the author’s opinion, news _________.

A．represents a competitive advantage	B．offers a mental map of the world
C．leads to a loss of productivity	D．brings journalists’ income up

3. What’s the main purpose of writing the passage?

A．To offer tips on choosing news.

B．To advocate(支持) giving up reading news.

C．To share experiences on avoiding news.

D．To criticize media's misleading choice of news.

6 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1个适当的单词，在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Reading as a teen leads to success. When teens read more than just their classroom assignments, research clearly shows that they generally do     1     (good) in school. First of all, the extra reading     2     (enlarge) their vocabularies. And teens     3       read more serious literary works gain skills in handling complex ideas. Besides, teens can educate     4     (they) in any area of life they are interested in if they are good at reading. Plus, reading also helps them expand their horizons as they learn more about people and the world.

7 . 阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写 1 个适当的单词， 在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。

Finding the opportunity to read can be a challenge, so it comes     1     (nature) that audiobooks (有声书) have become a preferred choice.     2     the help of audiobook, people can enjoy their favorite books while exercising or commuting to school. Audiobooks     3     (grow) in popularity up till now, for they are undoubtedly a useful way to escape the stresses of modern life and a good way to keep busy.

8 . From the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source of possible failure and public humiliation(侮辱). When children are little we make them read aloud before the teacher and other children, so that we can be sure they “know” all the words they are reading. This means that when they don’t know a word, they are going to make a mistake, right in front of everyone. After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.

One day soon after school had started, I said to them, “Now I’m going to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before. I would like you to read a lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure. I am not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not. If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, that’s enough for me. Also I’m not going to ask you what words mean.”

The children sat stunned and silent. Was this teacher talking seriously? One girl, who had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time, looked at me steadily for a long time after I had finished. Then, still looking at me, she said slowly and seriously, Mr Holt, do you really mean that “I said just as seriously?” I mean every word of it.

During the spring she really astonished me. One day, she was reading at her desk. From a glimpse of the illustrations(插图) I thought I knew what the book was. I said to myself, “It can’t be,” and went to take a closer look. Sure enough, she was reading Moby Dick. I said, “Don’t you find parts of it rather heavy going” She answered, “Oh, sure, but I just skip over those parts and go on to the next good part.”

This is exactly what reading, I think, should be: find something, dive into it, take the good parts, skip the bad parts, get what you can out of it, and then go on to something else.

1. According to the passage, children’s fear and dislike of books may result from ___________.

A．reading little and thinking little

B．reading often and adventurously

C．being made to read too much

D．being made to read aloud before others

2. The teacher told his students to read ___________.

A．for higher scores in exams	B．for knowledge
C．for enjoyment	D．for a larger vocabulary

3. Upon hearing the teacher’s talk, the children probably felt that ___________.

A．it sounded stupid

B．it was not surprising at all

C．it sounded too good to be true

D．it was no different from other teachers’ talk

4. Which statement about the girl is TRUE according to the passage?

A．She skipped over those easy parts while reading.

B．She had a hard time finishing the required reading tasks.

C．She learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books.

D．She turned out to be a top student after coming to this school.

9 . I like reading.     1     I was 9 years old, I caught a bad cold. I had to stay at home for several weeks. My mother bought me some novels. Soon I     2     (attract) by the stories. Since then I have made use of any time to read. Now, I often surf the Internet at home, where I’ve found many students like reading as I do. We exchange our reading experience and become online friends.     3     (read) brings me both happiness and friendship.

10 . 5 books I loved in 2018

By Bill Gates

A great read is the perfect gift and I think everyone could use a few more books in their lives. My book list covers various topics, including an autobiography on learning throughout a life, a deep search on autonomous weapons (武器), a thriller about the fall of a once-promising company and a guide about meditation (冥想)—there’s something for everyone.

The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness, by Andy Puddicombe. The book starts with Puddicombe’s personal journey from a university student to a Buddhist monk and then becomes an entertaining explainer on how to meditate. If you’re thinking about trying mindfulness, this is the perfect introduction.

Army of None, by Paul Scharre. It’s an extremely complicated topic, but Scharre offers clear explanations and presents both the advantages and disadvantages of machine-driven warfare. His fluency with the subject should come as no surprise: he’s an ex-soldier who helped draw up the U.S. government’s policy on autonomous weapons.

Bad Blood, by John Carreyrou.Carreyrou gives you the definitive insider’s look at the rise and fall of a company. I found myself unable to put it down once I started. This book has everything: magazine cover stories, ruined family relationships, and the failure of a company once valued at nearly $10 billion.

21 Lessons for the 21st Century, by Yuval Noah Harari. I’m a big fan of everything Harari has written, and his latest is no exception. If 2018 has left you stressed out by the state of the world, 21 Lessons offers a helpful framework for processing the news and thinking about the challenges we face.

Educated, by Tara Westover. Tara never went to school or visited a doctor until she left home at 17. I loved this life story of a young woman whose thirst for learning was so strong that she ended up getting a Ph.D. from Cambridge University.

1. According to Bill Gates, the book list is _____.

A．time-consuming	B．life-changing
C．wide-ranging	D．easy-reading

2. Paul Scharre is able to clearly explain machine-driven warfare issues because _____.

A．he used to serve in the army

B．he has outstanding writing skills

C．he is good at making autonomous weapons

D．he was a policy-maker in the U.S. government

3. Which book would most interest home-schooled children?

A．Educated

B．Bad Blood

C．21 Lessons for the 21st Century

D．The Headspace Guide to Meditation and Mindfulness