Day 1
Young girl takes to the skies (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. What’s the minimum legal age for flying alone in Britain?
A. 15. B. 16. C. 17. D. 18.

2. Why did Speller decide to learn flying two years ago?
A. Because her friend knew how to fly an airplane.
B. Because her parents asked her to.
C. Because she felt bored during the long holiday.
D. Because she often took planes and was interested in them.

3. According to the article, which of the following is TRUE, ?
A. Speller has already flown a commercial airplane.
B. Speller first learned how to drive a car.
C. Speller never had any training before her first flight.
D. Speller is the youngest ever girl in Britain to fly alone.

4. What’s Speller’s next plan?
A. To fly commercial airplanes.
B. To have a long holiday.
C. To learn how to drive a car.
D. To spend more time with her parents.

Day 2
Giving thanks for everything... (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. The original Thanksgiving was closely related to _____.
A. religion B. inventions
C. the harvest D. friendship

2. Why did some Europeans starve to death when they arrived in America?
A. The long journey made them too weak to eat.
B. They wanted to go back to the Europe but weren’t allowed.
C. The food was different and strange, and they wouldn’t eat anything.
D. Local people were unfriendly to them.

3. Now Americans do the following to celebrate Thanksgiving EXCEPT _____.
A. eat turkey and pumpkin pies
B. enjoy a big dinner with families
C. express their thanks
D. wear costumes and ask for candy

Day3
Bacteria can threaten... (P4-5)
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Day 4
Brave enough to say sorry (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What did Johnny’s grandparents give him to play with?
A. A basketball. B. A football.
C. A duck. D. A slingshot.

2. How did he feel when he couldn’t hit the target?
A. Excited. B. Upset.
C. Bored. D. Nervous.

3. Why did Johnny keep helping Sally do the chores?
A. Because Sally was too small to do them.
B. Because Sally didn’t know how to do them.
C. Because he didn’t want Sally to tell on him.
D. Because he liked doing the chores very much.

4. According to what grandma said, when did she find out what he did?
A. After Johnny told her.
B. After Sally told her.
C. As soon as Johnny killed the duck.
D. When Johnny helped Sally to do the chores.

Day 5
Cloze
A little girl believed she was not as beautiful as other girls, and worried that nobody liked her. So she was seldom 1 . She always stayed at home alone and didn’t talk to 2 . However, one day, her mother gave her a beautiful hair clip. When she wore it, she looked 3 prettier than before. She decided to go to school in the beautiful hair clip.
On her way 4 school she found that everyone 5 saw her smiled at her. Most of her schoolmates said “hello” to her, but this never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip had 6 them all. She was so happy about this change. 7 all her classmates wanted to know what had happened to her, she didn’t tell them about her beautiful hair clip.
When she went back home after school, her mother asked her, “Did you know you 8 your hair clip at home? I found 9 by the door this morning.”
She was 10 to hear what her mother said. She understood that she hadn’t worn the hair clip to school at all.
It’s not important what we wear or how we look. The most important thing is how we think about 11 . If we want to do something well, the most important thing is to be 12 . If we believe we can, we can.
1. A. unhappy B. sad C. happy D. excited
2. A. somebody B. anybody
C. nobody D. everybody
3. A. much B. more C. very D. so
4. A. at B. to C. for D. with
5. A. what B. which C. who D. when
6. A. taken B. bought C. taught D. changed
7. A. Although B. Because C. So D. But
8. A. forgot B. left C. hid D. threw
9. A. it B. them C. her D. its
10. A. surprised B. angry C. excited D. happy
11. A. us B. me C. ourselves D. myself
12. A. confident B. honest C. smart D. healthy