Day 1
Prince of wisdom (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要求的词数。
1. What does the article mainly talk about? (No more than 15 words)
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2. Why did the Little Prince decide to tour planets? (No more than 18 words)
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3. How does the Little Prince help the pilot? (No more than 12 words)
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4. Translate the following sentence into Chinese:
Human beings like us, he recognizes in the disappointing people that the Prince met the kind of human failings that make the world such an unhappy place.
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5. Use three adjectives to describe the character of the Little Prince.
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Day 2
Cook tells graduates ... (P4-5)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following best summarizes the key message of Tim Cook’s speech at George Washington University?
A. The top concern for college graduates is finding a well-paid job and somewhere to live.
B. Those who hold onto their true values have the potential to change the world.
C. College graduates should be grateful for what life will offer to them.
D. College graduates should be ready to take on the challenges that lie ahead.
2. The underlined word “betrayal” probably means ______.
A. sticking to something
B. staying clear of something
C. taking pride in something
D. being dishonest about something
3. According to Tim Cook, the former US president Jimmy Carter is ______.
A. kind and sympathetic
B. clever and flexible
C. arrogant and powerful
D. old-fashioned and stubborn
4. In his speech, Tim Cook suggested that college graduates ______.
A. stay away from people with different values
B. use their values to guide them in their lives
C. think carefully before making a choice
D. learn from other people’s moral mistakes


Day 3
Music could be a cure (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. The research carried out by The Sync Project focused on ______.
A. improving the efficiency of office work with music
B. finding out if music could be used to treat diseases
C. identifying the type of music that could make people relax
D. testing our brains’ responses to music
2. Which of the following statements would Robert Zatorre agree with?
A. Music has a determining effect on our mental health.
B. Listening to music during high-intensity exercise is beneficial to both the mind and the body.
C. Music could play an important part in treating patients with certain conditions.
D. Music could be a replacement for medicine in the near future.
3. Which statement could be used as evidence to support using music to treat Parkinson’s patients?
A. Our brain’s movement areas make us dance when we hear songs with a fast beat.
B. Music with a slow beat could make Parkinson’s patients relax.
C. Background music with a steady beat could help Parkinson’s patients improve their walking.
D. Music treatment has few bad side effects on Parkinson’s patients but is as effective as medicine.


Day 4
Learning quickly (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Why did Jack drive his car so fast?
A. He was eager to get home.
B. He thought fast driving was thrilling.
C. He had some important work to do.
D. He was unaware that there was a speed limit.
2. When Bob recognized that it was Jack, he ______.
A. felt sorry about giving him a ticket
B. felt surprised and tried to be friendly
C. got angry and gave him a severe punishment
D. decided to give him a lesson instead of a ticket
3. What can we conclude from Bob’s letter to Jack?
A. He decided to work as a cop because his only child was killed in a traffic accident.
B. He had already forgiven the man who killed his daughter.
C. The man who killed his daughter was sentenced to five years and three months in prison.
D. He tried to convince Jack to obey traffic rules when driving by telling his own tragic story.
4. When Bob left, Jack probably felt ______.
A. grateful for his life
B. annoyed at him
C. ashamed of himself
D. relieved and happy


Day 5
阅读下面的材料，并根据内容选择最佳选项。



Disneyland calls itself the happiest place in the world, but to keep visitors happy in its five locations across the globe, each theme park is adjusted to cater to local cultures and tastes. Outside of the two original resort areas in the US, Disneyland in California and Walt Disney World in Florida, the Disneylands in Paris, Tokyo and Hong Kong offer subtly different layouts to make their millions of visitors each year feel at home.
Disneyland Paris
After excitedly entering Disneyland Paris, which opened in 1992, visitors are greeted with an arcade (拱廊) that features a small replica (复制品) of the Statue of Liberty – a gift from France to the US in 1886, making it a fitting introduction to Europe’s only instance of this American theme park. The arcade also offers essential cover from the cold and rain that typically hit Paris.
As you venture further into Disneyland Paris, you will see a lot of European visionaries, such as Leonardo da Vinci with the Orbitron attraction, a unique theater show featuring French director and actress Julie Delpy on screen with synchronized live actors, and the character Remy, a French chef rat from the Disney cartoon Ratatouille with an attached restaurant to match the cartoon’s fine-dining kitchen.
Tokyo Disneyland
Opened in 1983, Tokyo Disneyland is the third most visited of any theme park in the world after the two Disney parks in the US. Like Walt Disney World in Florida, Cinderella’s Castle is located at the center of the park, said to have been chosen because the princess’s qualities of duty and a strong work ethic would resonate more deeply in Japanese culture than Sleeping Beauty, whose castle is featured in the center of Disneyland California.
Hong Kong Disneyland
The Hong Kong Disneyland, opened in 2005, incorporates feng shui and traditional Chinese elements into its design to attract tourists from the Chinese mainland.
Feng shui balances the elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water to create positive energy, and these elements can be seen throughout the theme park. Rocks represent stability and prevent good luck from flowing away, so two gigantic boulders have been placed at the park’s entrance to stop energy from flowing out of the resort. Water stimulates fortune and wealth, and the theme park is full of lakes, ponds and streams – not to mention the large fountain featuring Disney characters placed at the main entrance of the park.

1. From the text, we can conclude that in Disneyland Paris ______.
A. the arcade is a symbol of friendship between France and the US
B. there is a theater that shows the popular Disney cartoon Ratatouille
C. a theater shows famous French characters in great movies in different times
D. the Statue of Liberty replica reflects Disneyland’s status as the latest moment in the historical relationship between France and the US
2. The text discusses how Hong Kong Disneyland ______.
A. is the oldest Disney theme park outside of America
B. has deep connections with traditional Chinese culture
C. has two boulders at the entrance to bring in good luck
D. provides many water-related entertainment activities
3. The main purpose of the text is to ______.
A. offer visitors some money-saving tips for visiting Disneyland theme parks
B. show how Disneyland parks outside of the US are adjusted to local people’s taste
C. show the development of Disneyland theme parks around the world throughout history
D. tell visitors how to enjoy themselves at Disneyland theme parks
（答案见下期）
上期参考答案
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