Terror hits Moscow (P2)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following statements about the two bomb attacks in Russia on March 29 is FALSE?
A. They were the first of their kind in Moscow.
B. They were made by a pair of desperate women.
C. They were connected to Chechnyan rebels.
D. They happened at two Moscow metro stations.
2. From the article, we can conclude that black widows _____.
A. planned three attacks in the Northern Caucasus regions
B. were taken advantage of by intent Islamist extremists
C. have made bomb attacks on metro stations all over the world
D. took revenge but they tried to avoid hurting children
3. By saying that those behind the attacks must be scraped "from the bottom of the sewers", Prime Minister Vladimir Putin wanted to show ______.
A. anger and determination
B. the difficulty of the task
C. how mysterious the attackers were
D. how search operations would be carried out
4. What have Russian leaders promised to do?
A. To destroy all the attackers immediately.
B. To deal with the war regions carefully and properly.
C. To negotiate with separatist rebels.
D. To save black widows from Islamist extremists.
1. A。细节理解题。由第七段"It has been six years since the black widows last struck Russian cities."可知A项描述不对。
2. B。 细节理解题。黑寡妇们由于"heartbroken and intent upon revenge"，被伊斯兰极端分子利用其复仇心理，招募训练作人体炸弹，选B。文中没有提到她们策划了三起爆炸，她们也并非在世界范围内作案，爆炸也殃及平民，儿童，因此，A，C，D都不对。
3. A。推理判断题。这句引语是用来体现本段第一句的（Russian leaders promised to fight those behind March 29 attacks.）所以从承诺的角度来说，这句话显示了对这些恐怖主义者的愤怒和对抗恐怖活动的决心，因此选A。
4. B。深层信息理解题。政府虽然下了决心，但恐怖分子不可能一下子全部被消灭，A不准确。由倒数第二段"But he also said the government should improve living conditions in the North Caucasus to draw people away from extremism."可知，战乱地区的问题不仅仅在战争本身，还有贫困等一系列问题，要缓解局势必须小心恰当地处理各种矛盾，因此答案为B。文中没有提到政府要与分裂叛乱分子谈判，也没有提到如何解救"黑寡妇们"。

How I laughed! (P3)
阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
A crowd had already gathered by the time my host father and I _____ at the baseball field. We discovered some g_____ were _____ up like old grandmas and others like female Hollywood stars. There was e_____ one man dressed up like an Amish lady - he got everyone's a_____.
The fancy dress baseball game started to _____(笑声). The players could only run _____ (笨拙地) because none of them were _____ to wearing women's clothes. Trying to catch a ball, a guy fell over in his dress. With an effort he struggled _____ his feet and said in a girl's voice: "Oh, help! help! I'm hurt!" It made everyone laugh until they were _____(喘不过气来).

1. arrived 2. guys/gamers 3. dressed 4. even 5. attention
6. laughter 7. awkwardly 8. used/accustomed 9. to 10. breathless

New relatives... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the article mainly about?
A. A report over a previously unknown ape species.
B. The discovery of a new human species.
C. A new theory of human evolution.
D. A study of children's finger bones.
2. Which of the following statements about the discovered bone is FALSE?
A. It was discovered in the Denisova cave in southern Siberia.
B. It dates back 40,000 years.
C. Its owner was neither a modern human nor a Neanderthal.
D. It belonged to a 5- or 6-year-old girl.
3. The scientists are studying the bone to find ____.
A. the biology of the new species
B. whether it is related to modern humans
C. how the species survived Siberian winters
D. the exact time the child lived
4. What kind of attitude does gene expert Edward Rubin have towards the finding?
A. Dissatisfied. B. Indifferent.
C. Excited. D. Uncertain.

1. B。根据全文来看，整篇文章是对一块四万年前小孩手指骨的研究，发现它属于一个新的人类物种。
2. D。根据文章第四段第三句话可以得知，科学家对这块骨头的主人的性别并不清楚。
3. A。根据文章倒数第二段第一句可以得知。
4. C。根据This is really cool.可判断。

The hand of friendship (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What problem does the writer's daughter have?
A. She is paralyzed.
B. She was born deaf.
C. She is mentally disabled.
D. She is poor at sports.
2. The underlined word "dreading" in the fifth paragraph probably means ____.
A. fearing B. welcoming
C. regretting D. hating
3. Which of the following statements about Kristi's experience in the kindergarten is true?
A. She was very lonely and had no friends to play with.
B. She was the best speller.
C. Her mother stopped her from going to the kindergarten.
D. Her schoolmates were friendly and helpful to her.
4. At the end of the story, the writer cried when ____.
A. she saw her daughter behaving like a normal human being
B. she saw others helping her daughter
C. she realized that she would never be able to cope
D. she realized she could not help her daughter

1-4 CADB
1. C。根据文章第一段第一句可以得知答案为C。
2. A。根据第五段上下文可以推知，Kristi患有先天性智障，在音乐和体育方面比其他的同学落后，因此作者和她的丈夫也害怕比赛那一天的到来。
3. D。根据文章第四段以及第十段可以得知答案为D。
4. B。根据最后两段上下文可以推知作者非常感激那些对她的女儿有善意的人。