Day 1

Young star in fashion (P2)

Choose the best answer:

1. What’s Tavi’s hobby according to the passage?

A. Designing outfits. B. Writing blogs.

C. Taking photos. D. Surfing the Internet.

2. Tavi tells us about her ______ in paragraph 2.

A. dreams B. appearance C. personality D. clothe

3. What does Dasha Zhukova think of Tavi?

A. She looks down upon Tavi.

B. She speaks highly of Tavi.

C. She is worried about Tavi.

D. She shows little interest in Tavi.

4. You may NOT find _____ on Tavi’s blog.

A. fashion articles B. imaginative clothing

C. science fictions D. comments on fashion

5. It can be inferred that Tavi _____.

A. enjoys her school life very much

B. likes following other

C. enjoys doing things that she like

D. doesn’t care about her grade

Day 2

3D glasses: An amazing experience, or a headache? (P2)

True or false statements:

6. People need special glasses to see 3D movies.

7. We might one day watch 3D TV programs at home.

8. People with ear problems many get headaches if they watch 3D movies for too long.

9. With 3D glasses, our eyes see different images.

10. With 3D glasses, you can’t focus on the same object at once.

Day 3

More US schools teaching Chinese (P3)

完成下列任务：

Match the words with their meanings in the passage.

11. drop (v.) a. help to make sth go forward

12. recognize (v.) b. good chance

13. opportunity (n.) c. give up

14. fund (v.) d. provide with money

15. promote (v.) e. admit, be aware of

Translate the following sentences.

16. Thousands of middle and high schools in the United States have stopped teaching some foreign languages in the past ten years.

_____________________________________

17. The survey showed that the number of school

teaching Chinese rose by about four times from 1997 to 2009.

_____________________________________

18. The survey found that many schools no longer teach French, German or Russian.

_____________________________________

19. Second, this is also the result of efforts made by Hanban (汉办)…

_____________________________________

20. Many educators have started Chinese programs upon their return.

_____________________________________

Day 4

Mother’s strength (P6)

Choose the best answer:

21. The two tribes ______.

A. were enemies of each other

B. lived on the same mountain

C. were friendly to each other

D. had a lot in common

22. When a baby was stolen, the lowlanders ______.

A. attacked the mountain people right away

B. didn’t know how to reach mountain people

C. quickly climbed to the top of the mountain

D. sent the baby’s mother to the mountain

23. The men ______ after several days of trying.

A. felt excited B. lost heart

C. made it D. were angry

24. As the men were packing up, they saw _____ coming towards them.

A. the baby B. mountain people

C. the baby’s mother D. the baby’s father

25. When the mother said “It wasn’t your baby”, she meant _____.

A. only strong men can climb high mountain

B. one has to be clever enough to solve problem

C. true love can bring out one’s greatest effort

D. mothers are the greatest people in the world

Day 5

Different school year in US and China (P8)

Fill in information about the American school year.

American school year
Spring semester	From 26. ____________ to 27. ____________
Summer vacation	last 28. ____________
Fall semester	From 29. _____________ to 30. ____________
Three breaks	One is 31. ____________, another is one-week-long spring break, either in 32. ____________.
Aholiday when students don't go to school	such as 33. ____________

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