Day 1
Goodbye Glee (P4-5)
Choose the best answer:
1. According to the article, an outsider is probably someone ______.
A. who is desperate for fame
B. who doesn’t really fit in with others
C. who is talented in some way
D. who is very successful

2. How were Glee and Slam Dunk similar to each other according to the article?
A. Both of them were developed around teenagers loving music.
B. Both of them showed the power of love and friendship.
C. The characters in both of them were popular at school.
D. The characters in both of them found strength through their passion.

3. What was the biggest secret to the success of Glee according to the article?
A. Its excellent performers.
B. Its fashionable costumes.
C. Its great music and dancing.
D. Its complicated and strange plot.

Day 2
Where to go in ... (P4)
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 article mainly about? (No more than 4 words)
__________________________________________

2. What was the agreement that China and Canada reached on March 8 about? (No more than 18 words)
__________________________________________
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3. Which attraction are visitors advised to go to if they want to see glaciers and ice fields? (No more than 3 words)
__________________________________________

4. What can visitors do in the Gulf of St Lawrence off Tadoussac? (No more than 10 words)
__________________________________________
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5. Translate the following sentence into Chinese.
No matter what time of the year it is, whether they’re looking at beautiful rainbows in the mist or an amazing ice bridge created by the cold of winter, Niagara Falls always amazes those who are there to see it.
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Day 3
New idea for an ... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the article mainly about?
A. The history of Stonehenge.
B. A new theory about Stonehenge.
C. Why Stonehenge has started endless debates over the centuries.
D. How Stonehenge is different from other ancient civilizations.

2. According to Spalding’s theory, Stonehenge ______.
A. was a prehistoric calendar
B. should be looked at from the earth
C. was a raised altar for worship
D. was simply a natural site

3. How does Spalding support his theory about Stonehenge?
A. By raising questions.
B. By providing related figures.
C. By quoting other experts’ research.
D. By giving examples from other civilizations.

4. We can infer from the article that Cunliffe is ______ Spalding’s theory.
A. supportive of
B. amazed at
C. worried about
D. doubtful about

Day 4
Do what you want (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. When Arnold Schwarzenegger decided to act, ______.
A. he was sure he could achieve something in acting
B. he received a lot of help from his family and friends
C. he found acting more fun than bodybuilding
D. he was ready to listen to others’ advice

2. We can conclude from his speech that Schwarzenegger is ______.
A. stubborn and arrogant (傲慢的)
B. patient and reliable (可靠的)
C. modest and old-fashioned
D. confident and strong-willed

3. In his speech, Schwarzenegger mainly suggests that people should ______.
A. break the rules and laws when necessary
B. trust themselves and never be afraid of failure
C. think twice before making decisions
D. not push themselves too hard

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。
Are parents rational (理性的) about their children? No. Parents aren’t rational because 1 isn’t rational. Young people can understand this about romantic love, but they find it hard to 2 this element (元素) in parental love.
My eldest daughter’s 3 the other day brought this up. “Let me ask you something, Dad,” she began in a tone of patiently controlled 4 that every experienced parent knows.
“I sailed around the Mediterranean in a yacht (游艇) when I was seventeen,” she said. “I hiked through the Pyrenees from Spain to Paris. I’ve done rock climbing and deep-sea diving and slept in rainforests in the jungle of Indonesia. Right?”
“Right,” I said, “So 5 ?”
“So this,” she went on. “When I go to the corner drugstore to pick up some shampoo, why do you always tell me to be 6 when I cross the street?”
There is no 7 answer a parent can give to this.
All I could mumble (嘟囔) in 8 was that when I was 50, my mother would 9 me not to drive too fast. If I were 80 and she were still alive, I would be getting the 10 warning. No matter the 11 , a child is a child.
There is something else, too, that children find it hard to 12 . When they are far away, there is nothing we can do about their 13 . They are in the hands of the gods. Parents try not to 14 about it.
But when the children are 15 , the old protective urge quickly comes back, and it doesn’t 16 how far they have been or what experiences they have got through.
Most 17 happen around the corner, not in the rainforest. The most instinctive (本能的) act of almost every creature is to 18 its young, and with humans this 19 stays for a lifetime.
In the parent’s mind, a child ages but does not 20 . Rational? No. But if we were rational, would we want children at all?

1. A. anxiety B. fear C. loveD. desire
2. A. acceptB. improve C. removeD. dislike
3. A. problem B. question C. warningD. explanation
4. A. angerB. pride C. worryD. surprise
5. A. whenB. how C. whatD. why
6. A. braveB. careful C. quickD. helpful
7. A. necessaryB. different C. satisfactoryD. ordinary
8. A. apologyB. turn C. regretD. reply
9. A. persuadeB. promise C. remindD. expect
10. A. differentB. same C. extraD. right
11. A. ageB. distance C. genderD. power
12. A. decideB. miss C. chooseD. understand
13. A. success B. happiness C. luckD. safety
14. A. argueB. think C. forgetD. complain
15. A. awareB. hesitant C. closeD. frightened
16. A. proveB. matter C. meanD. mind
17. A. accidentsB. failures C. changesD. mistakes
18. A. followB. protect C. spoilD. treat
19. A. impressionB. effect
C. opportunityD. response
20. A. stopB. compete C. leaveD. grow

上期参考答案
D1 DBA
D2 1. two-week 2. Easter 3. Christmas 4. Activities/Events
5. male 6. traditional 7. children 8. hunting/looking
9. hidden 10. relief
D3 DBCD4 CCC
D5 BCA