Day 1

New queen of ... (P1)
阅读短文并根据文章内容回答问题，注意答案不要超过题目规定的词数。
1. What is the relationship between Earth and Jupiter in the movie Jupiter Ascending? (No more than 4 words)
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2. What does the movie open with? (No more than 14 words)
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3. According to the article, Forbes is positive about the movie’s ______. (No more than 6 words)
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4. Translate the following sentence into Chinese.
Jupiter was born under a night sky, with signs showing that there were great things in her future.
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5. What is your favorite sci-fi movie? Why do you like it most? (No more than 25 words)
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Day 2

Fighting hunger in ... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. Why did Millet choose the mung bean for his experiments?
A. It is an important plant in some Asian countries.
B. It contains more protein than other plants.
C. It is widely used in experiments on plants.
D. It survives easily in difficult environments.
2. How did the solution change the mung beans in Millet’s experiments?
A. It made the beans grow faster.
B. It prevented the beans from falling ill.
C. It increased the size of the beans.
D. It modified the genes of the beans slightly.
3. Which of the following words best describe Millet?
A. Curious and ambitious (有雄心的).
B. Hardworking and modest (谦虚的).
C. Skilled and efficient (有效率的).
D. Cautious and radical (激进的).
4. Which of the following about Millet is TRUE?
A. He has been working for the US Agency for International Development for three years.
B. He was awarded money for his efforts to fight food problems in developing countries.
C. He was inspired by sci-fi to start his experiments on mung beans.
D. He is planning to do research on a new plant in the coming year.



Day 3


School lunch may ... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What change will take place in American students’ school lunches?
A. Some Chinese dishes will be added to their menus.
B. They will be given more fruits and vegetables than meat.
C. No unhealthy foods will be included in their school lunches.
D. Students will be encouraged to eat more plant-based foods.
2. Which of the following organizations might be against the change?
A. The International Livestock Research Institute.
B. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization.
C. The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
D. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association.
3. People are encouraged to eat less meat mainly because ______.
A. meat isn’t very good for your health
B. producing meat uses up too many natural resources
C. poorer countries are unable to produce enough meat
D. most meat pollutes the environment



Day 4

My helping hands (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. The author’s uncle was annoyed with her because ______.
A. she made a joke about her cousins
B. she decided to live with her friend
C. she dropped out of college right before graduation
D. she hurt her aunt’s feelings by accident
2. How did the author feel when she was taking the Tube in London?
A. She felt helpless and sad.
B. She felt angry about her uncle’s coldness.
C. She was looking forward to going back home.
D. She expected some help from strangers.
3. What helped the author out when she was on the Tube in London?
A. The smiling faces of strangers.
B. Helping hands from strangers.
C. A few warm words from strangers.
D. Her willingness to share her sadness with strangers.
4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. The author spent a night in the street before she arrived in London.
B. The author was unfamiliar with London so she was a bit nervous.
C. The author is thankful for what the strangers did for her and would like to pay others back.
D. The author made up with her uncle’s family after she came to Washington, DC.


Day 5

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
On any given day, you’ll likely see 78-year-old Ernest Bradbury traveling around his community of Lubbock, Texas, off to visit the dying in his job as a volunteer. He has helped around 46 1 in the past 11 years, and began doing his job to help himself and others after his 2 died.
“The 3 to this job is to listen, listen, listen,” said Bradbury, who has been 4 locally for his work. “I have to 5 some people before they will talk. They’re usually 6 around with nothing to do. If I can get them to 7 , it makes them feel better. Then I feel better, too. I once visited a man with a stomach feeding tube (管子), and they said he’d 8 eat again. But after I got him talking, 9 he was eating Jell-O (吉露果冻). No one could 10 it.”
“Sometimes you read to patients, maybe the newspaper, 11 they can’t talk. You don’t know if they can hear you, but when you get to a 12 story, they’ll give you a smile, and it’s worth all the 13 you put in.”
He provides many important 14 to families. “Once I had planned to 15 an hour with a patient while his wife was out, but she had so much to do it was three hours later when she 16 .”
As someone who has lost his wife, Bradbury understands the 17 that many seniors face. “Sometimes the feelings of 18 just don’t go away. When I was first trained, I was told that it’s 19 to convince men it’s OK to cry. But men do cry … You know why you’re there, but it still 20 when the patient dies.”

1. A. neighbors B. patients
C. doctors D. nurses
2. A. father B. son C. wife D. daughter
3. A. access B. key C. reference D. solution
4. A. accepted B. understood C. recognized D. realized
5. A. promise     B. warn  
C. remind         D. persuade
6. A. lying B. walking C. running D. driving
7. A. laugh B. move
C. sleep D. talk
8. A. maybe B. ever C. never D. still
9. A. eventually B. actually C. naturally D. regularly
10. A. admit B. believe C. enjoy D. predict
11. A. unless B. though C. because D. until
12. A. funny    B. boring       
C. surprising        D. simple
13. A. interest B. knowledge C. money D. time
14. A. opportunities B. instructions C. services D. suggestions
15. A. waste B. save C. spend D. afford
16. A. arrived    B. returned    
C. left     D. moved
17. A. anxiety B. anger
C. loneliness D. tiredness
18. A. failure B. shame C. fear D. loss
19. A. fair B. easy C. strange D. hard
20. A. works B. hurts
C. challenges D. matters

上期参考答案

D1 1. rice 2. challenges 3. proper 4. accepted
5. Advantages 6. less 7. 15 8. healthy
9. Ireland 10. vegetables
D2 BCD D3 DBBA
D4 CAB D5 BCDD