Day 1
Why we need taxes (P2)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following statements about taxes in China is TRUE according to the article?
A. Only adults who have an income need to pay taxes.
B. People pay sales tax when they buy things.
C. All taxes are collected by the central government.
D. Those who win the lottery need to pay 5% of their winnings as tax.

2. What is the main purpose of Paragraph 3?
A. To show that the US has a better tax system than China.
B. To compare the different tax systems in China and the US.
C. To show that people in other countries also need to pay taxes.
D. To explain what kinds of taxes people in the US have to pay.

3. Taxes cover all of the following expenditures EXCEPT ______.
A. the tuition fees of college students
B. the salaries of public school teachers
C. the building of new roads
D. basic public health care fees

Day 2
Parents move in (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is a new trend in the US according to the article?
A. Parents making college decisions for their children.
B. Parents following their children to college.
C. Children asking for more freedom in college.
D. Children delaying going to college to take a gap year.

2. What is Daera Thomas’ attitude toward her parents living nearby when she goes to college?
A. Supportive.
B. Understanding.
C. Indifferent (无所谓的).
D. Opposed (反对的).

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. Separation after graduation is a more serious problem today than it used to be.
B. There are more benefits for children if their parents can stay near their college.
C. There are different ways to handle the problem of separation after graduation.
D. Parents are advised to visit their children occasionally instead of moving in with them.

Day 3
Gift from grandma (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What shocked the author when she visited her grandmother?
A. Her discovery that her grandmother was dying.
B. The valuable gift that her grandmother gave her.
C. Her grandmother’s courage to fight against her disease.
D. Her grandmother’s honesty with her about life and death.

2. What does the underlined word “devastated” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Very sad. B. Very angry.
C. Very nervous. D. Very scared.

3. Why does the author always think of her grandmother?
A. Because she had many good memories with her grandmother.
B. Because she had the same disease as her grandmother had.
C. Because her grandmother always brought her a calming peace.
D. Because her grandmother was the one who loved her most.

Day 4
Internet of things ... (P5)
阅读短文并根据文章内容完成表格，每空一词。
Topic: Internet of 1. ______
Definition Most things or objects will be 2. ______ to the Internet in the future.
Examples When connected to the Internet, the chair can warm up a user who is feeling cold.
An Internet-connected camera with an infrared sensor can 3. ______ people’s faces and help people feel 4. ______ in their homes.
When people go back home, the 5. ______ changes to make them feel comfortable and their favorite music starts playing.
Possible 6. ______ Many early connected-home devices don’t have much built-in 7. ______, so they could be hacked.
It could be 8. ______ to get these new gadgets to work together, especially when they are made by different companies.
A recent development Many companies have 9. ______ the Open Interconnect Consortium to make it easier for their gadgets to work together.
Outlooks
(前景) Five years from now, every Samsung 10. ______ will be part of the Internet of things, said Samsung CEO and president BK Yoon.

Day 5
阅读下面的材料，并根据内容选择最佳选项。
The 87th Academy Award nominations (提名) were announced on Jan 15, and The Grand Budapest Hotel stood out as a favorite with nine nominations, including Best Picture. Check out some other Best Picture nominees (被提名者) to see if you missed any of last year’s top Hollywood films.

The Imitation Game
This historical thriller is about British computer scientist, Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch), the father of artificial intelligence (人工智能). At the start of World War II, Turing was asked to join a select team of mathematical geniuses to decode (解码) the system the Nazis used to send military (军事的) messages. Besides the actual breaking of the code, Cumberbatch’s portrayal of Turing’s personality, a mixture of decency (正派) and shyness, is also a highlight (最精彩的部分) of the movie.

Birdman
This dark comedy film is about how Riggan Thomson, a faded star once famous for his superhero roles, struggles to regain fame. American actor Michael Keaton, 63, who has a similar experience to Thomson’s, plays the leading role.

Selma
A stellar cast (主要演员) including talk show queen Oprah Winfrey may be one reason to see Selma. But that the film focuses on Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggle for civil rights also makes it worth viewing. Based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches, the film is a chronicle (编年史) of King’s (David Oyelowo) campaign for political rights for African-American people.

The Theory of Everything
We know English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking for his significant (重大的) scientific discoveries, especially his black hole theories. This biographical (传记的) film reveals (透露) the scientist’s (played by Eddie Redmayne) secret romantic relationship with Jane Hawking (Felicity Jones), whom he meets and falls in love with at Cambridge and who later becomes his first wife.

Boyhood
American Director Richard Linklater did an experiment in this film, using the same cast for 12 years to record a boy’s growth. In two and a half hours, we see Mason, a Texas boy from a divorced family, grow from 6-year-old boy to a freshman in college.

1. Those who like thrillers would probably be interested in ______.
A. Birdman
B. The Imitation Game
C. The Theory of Everything
D. Boyhood

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
A. Michael Keaton, who played Riggan Thomson in Birdman, became famous overnight after starring in the movie.
B. Alan Turing is portrayed as a talented but arrogant person in The Imitation Game.
C. Selma is the story of Martin Luther King Jr.’s fight for voting rights for African-Americans in the US.
D. The Theory of Everything is about how Stephen Hawking discovered his black hole theories.

3. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. To analyze why these films were nominated for the 87th Academy Awards.
B. To give a brief introduction to the 87th Academy Award nominees.
C. To introduce some of the best nominees in the Academy Awards’ history.
D. To prove that the Academy Award nominees cover a wide range of topics.

（答案见下期）

上期参考答案
D1 ABB D2 DBCA
D3 DCA D4 CFGAE
D5 1-5 DABCA
6. unluckily 7. inexperienced 8. Following 9. where/in which
10. for 11. How 12. was waiting 13. It 14. an 15. disappointment