Day 1

Cut that carbon! (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短文后相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。

Since the Copenhagen Climate Conference, when world ______ (1) (领导人) met to discuss global w______ (2), people have taken to saying, “Have you r______ (3) your carbon emissions today?” when they meet up with a buddy.

The idea is that we should all be leading low carbon lives; we should be trying to save ______ (4) (能源), and so reduce our carbon emissions. And we can do this just ______ (5) making small alterations in our e______ (6) lives.

I fully agree. We should be aware of the ______ (7) (挑战) we face; we urgently need to take measures to protect our e______ (8).

Everyone likes to think of the future as a beautiful place, but ______ (9) we take up the cause of the low carbon lifestyle it may not materialize. So, next time you meet up with a friend, remember to ask them: ______ (10) have you done today to reduce the size of your carbon footprint?

1. ___________ 2. ___________

3. ___________ 4. ___________

5. ___________ 6. ___________

7. ___________ 8. ___________

9. ___________ 10. __________

Day 2

Are we slowing down? (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. What is the main idea of the article?

A. Athletes are achieving ever greater things at the Olympic Games.

B. Athletes will be able to set more and more world records in the future.

C. Athletes have performed poorly over the last two years.

D. Human athletic performance has reached a limit.

2. According to the article, which of the following statements about the world records is TRUE?

A. 1988 saw the most ever world records in track and field.

B. Athletes have broken fewer world records since the 1980s.

C. New world records in winter sports are increasing steadily and quickly.

D. It is illegal to use drugs or nutrients to improve performance.

3. According to some sports scientists, future athletes will be able to improve their performances as a result of ______.

A. scientific and technological advance

B. their innate physiological potential

C. biomechanics experiments D. hard work

4. According to researchers, the use of gene therapies in sports is ______.

A. controversial B. against the law

C. practical D. sure to happen

Day 3

Changing how we... (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. The point of the article is to ______.

A. tell the story behind Adobe Photoshop

B. advertise a new image-editing software

C. tell the success story of Thomas Knoll

D. show that not everyone appreciates innovation

2. Many software companies didn’t buy John Knoll’s idea because ______.

A. Photoshop wasn’t good enough

B. John Knoll didn’t explain his idea clearly

C. they were afraid there was no market for it

D. they already had similar software

3. According to the article, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Adobe Photoshop was the first image-editing software.

B. It’s been 20 years since Photoshop was first developed.

C. Adobe Photoshop has changed people’s way of life.

D. The Knoll brothers developed what later became Adobe Photoshop together.

Day 4

Determination wins out (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. The author was turned down at radio stations in Chicago probably because ______.

A. he had no connections at the station

B. there were no job openings at the station

C. there were too many people competing to get in

D. he had no experience in radio broadcasting

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the article?

A. The author’s parents both showed their support for him during his job search.

B. The author lost all hope when he wasn’t hired by Montgomery Ward.

C. Peter MacArthur noticed the author’s talents after reading his resume (简历).

D. The author’s frustration got him the job at WOC Radio.

3. We can infer from the article that the author was ______ Peter MacArthur.

A. angry at B. grateful to

C. worried about D. afraid of

4. What message does the story want to convey?

A. Well begun is half done.

B. All roads lead to Rome.

C. A bad beginning makes a bad ending.

D. If you keep trying, you’ll eventually succeed.

Day 5

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Mr Smith, head of Howard’s department, never said a pleasant word to anyone. He never smiled. His face always ______ (1) a serious expression. Worse ______ (2), he never did his own work. ______ (3), he always asked his subordinates (下属) to do the job he ______ (4) himself. The clerks were ______ (5) frightened by Mr Smith that they were afraid to ______ (6) to Mr White, who was Mr Smith’s superior. Everybody worked very hard while Mr Smith, who had nothing to do, read newspapers all morning to ______ (7).

One day, Mr Smith could not find an important paper. He told Howard to ______ (8) the paper which ______ (9).

When Howard failed to get it, Mr Smith was extremely angry. The things he said were so humiliating (羞辱的) that the other people in the office thought that Howard was ______ (10) too much patience by just standing there ______ (11) nothing. Nobody noticed that Mr White was watching the whole scene. Suddenly Mr White asked Mr Smith into his office. When they were ______ (12), Mr White told Mr Smith that he ______ (13) him for a long time and that he thought it would be best if, he, Mr Smith, left the company. Struggling unsuccessfully to control himself, Mr Smith ______ (14) a loud and long sigh.

Later, Mr White decided that it would ______ (15) be a good idea to select someone ______ (16) temperament was as different as possible ______ (17) Mr Smith’s. Howard was such a person and he got the job. Telling Howard the good ______ (18), Mr White remarked that Howard had been working in that department for a few years and, ______ (19) had had ample (大量的) opportunity ______ (20) about its operation. (北京市09模考题)

1. A. put B. showed

C. wore D. made

2. A. again B. rather

C. also D. still

3. A. Even B. Instead

C. Obviously D. Only

4. A. must have done B. should have done

C. could do D. had done

5. A. very B. too

C. so D. much

6. A. visit B. form

C. tell D. talk

7. A. study B. save time

C. kill time D. talk

8. A. look into B. 1ook for

C. look up D. 1ook through

9. A. had disappeared B. had been disappeared

C. was disappearing D. was disappeared

10. A. appearing B. bringing

C. showing D. giving

11. A. said B. saying

C. to say D. and say

12. A. apart B. lonely

C. alone D. along

13. A. had been observed B. had been observing

C. had seen D. had been seeing

14. A. made up B. cried out

C. let out D. turned out

15. A. certainly B. never

C. possibly D. likely

16. A. which B. whose

C. who D. who’

17. A. 1ike B. in

C. from D. a

18. A. story B. new

C. work D. promise

19. A. however B. thu

C. therefore D. beside

20. A. to learn B. learning

C. to do D. doing

（答案见下期）

上期参考答案

D1: 1—4 DADB D2: 1—5 DEAGF

D3: 1—3 ACD D4: 1—4 CACA

D5: 1—5 CBDAB 6—10 CDADA

11—15 ADDBB 16—20 BACCD