A fresh start to life (P2)

Choose the best answer:

1. The first passage is mainly about earthquake ___.

A. report B. storie

C. result D. prevention

2. Which of these statements about Xiao Chao is TRUE?

A. He lives with his mom in their new home.

B. He is a Junior 2 student.

C. He does well at his new school.

D. He can only use his left arm.

3. Sometimes Xiao Chao ____ in his free time.

A. thinks of the bad time

B. plays basketball

C. talks about film

D. surfs the Internet

4. Deng Qingqing ____.

A. was buried in the ruins after the earthquake

B. studied at a key school in Chengdu before the quake

C. went back to Yinghua Middle School because he was homesick

D. dreams of becoming a teacher or a doctor.

If the dream is big enough (P5)

Choose the best answer:

5. The story is about a girl who ______.

A. wanted to get a scholarship to go to college

B. gave up her hobby because of her height

C. met a coach who encouraged her

D. got to study at NCAA

6. Which of the following is FALSE?

A. The girl never played basketball with boys.

B. The girl began to play basketball in high school.

C. The girl got a scholarship.

D. The girl was going to study in a college.

7. What does the story tell us?

A. Students should like sports.

B. Coaches are usually very harsh.

C. A college education is very important.

D. “Where there is a will, there is a way”.

8. We can infer from the story that _____.

A. The girl was proud of herself.

B. The girl was taught basketball by a strict coach.

C. The girl had very nice father.

D. The girl had some hobbies.

Showing Mom we love her (P8)

Fill in the chart below:

Mother's Day
Meaning	9. an _________ to express thanks and send best wishes to one's mom
History	10. started by __________
	11. celebrated in England on _________ Sunday of Lent in the 1600s
Modern Mother's Day	12. become an ________ festival in the US with the great efforts of JuliaWard Howe and Anna Jarvis
	13. celebrated on the ________ Sunday in __________
	14. Later, many countries began to celebrate this day as ____________.
Today	15. become an ___________ festival
	16. celebrated all over _____________ in different ways

本期答案

1-4 CCDB 5-8 ABDC 9.opportunity 10. the ancient Greeks 11. fourth 12. official 13. second, May 14. Mother’s Day 15 international 16. the world