Day 1

Tale of a quiet... (P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. What is the subject of the article?

A. A serious car accident.

B. A Californian teen’s heroic deed.

C. How a careless mother missed her train.

D. Accidental deaths and injuries.

2. Which of the following statements about the accident is FALSE?

A. The silver-colored car went off the road and got stuck on light-rail tracks.

B. The woman and her daughters were unable to get out of the car by themselves.

C. The train driver didn’t brake, even as a man tried to wave down the train.

D. No one was hurt in the accident.

3. Todd McHugh can be best described as ______.

A. brave and modest B. calm and proud

C. kind and patient D. clever and diligent

4. We can infer that the police thought that ______.

A. it was risky for the woman to drive with two babie

B. McHugh came along at the right time

C. the train driver should have noticed the man waving

D. McHugh should not have tried to help

Day 2

Do apologies help... (P4)

阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

1. Why did Zagros Bigvand want to apologize? (within 20 words)

____________________________________________________

2. What was special about his apology? (within 5 words)

_____________________________________________

3. Why has online confession become common? (within 10 words)

______________________________________________________

4. What does Timothy Wolff think of online confession? (within 10 words)

______________________________________________________

5. Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese.

____________________________________________________________

Day 3

Disaster behavior... (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. What is the article about?

A. Two shipwrecks.

B. The reasons why people behave the way they do in a disaster.

C. The survival instinct.

D. Better safety procedures for disasters.

2. According to Benno Torgler, what plays a decisive role in how people behaved in the Lusitania and Titanic sinkings?

A. The time it took the ships to sink.

B. The survival instinct.

C. The “civilized” instinct.

D. Gender and wealth.

3. Psychologists found that all of the following factors play a part in disaster behavior EXCEPT ______.

A. social norms B. leadership

C. emotional attachments D. social statu

4. According to Daniel Kruger, the young and women of child-bearing age are more likely to be saved because ______.

A. they are physically weaker

B. they take up less space in a lifeboat

C. they are more important to the survival of the specie

D. they have stronger survival instinct

Day 4

Words from a wise man (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. What was the writer doing when he met the homeless person?

A. Shopping. B. Admiring his car.

C. Cleaning his car. D. Parking his car.

2. What does the underlined phrase “high and mighty” mean?

A. Tall. B. On top of the world.

C. Filled with false pride. D. Strong and powerful.

3. Which of the following can best describe the writer’s feelings about himself after the encounter?

A. He felt a new sense of pride.

B. Successful and important.

C. Great and wise.

D. Inspired and humble.

4. What does the article tell us?

A. We should help those less fortunate than ourselves.

B. All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need help from others and should offer help ourselves.

C. Helping a person indirectly is preferable to direct, obvious help.

D. Money is all important in life.

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 Whitson taught sixth-grade science. On the first day of class, he gave us a lecture about an animal called the Cattywampus, which died out during the Ice Age. He ______ (1) us a skull (头骨) as he talked. We all took______ (2) and later had a quiz.

When he ______ (3) my paper, I was ______ (4). There was a big red “X” through each of my answers. I had failed. There had to be some ______ (5)! I had written down exactly ______ (6) Mr Whitson said.

Then I realized that ______ (7) in the class had failed. What had happened? Very simple, Mr Whitson explained. He had ______ (8) that story about the Cattywampus. There had ______ (9) been any such animal. The information in our notes was, ______ (10) , incorrect. Did we ______ (11) credit (学分) for incorrect answers?

Needless to say, we were angry. What kind of test was this? And what kind of teacher?

We ______ (12) figured it out, Mr Whitson told us. ______ (13), at the very moment he was passing around the ______ (14) (in truth, a cat’s), hadn’t he been telling us that no trace (踪迹) of the animal ______ (15) ? He had given the animal a ridiculous name, and we still hadn’t ______ (16) that. The zeroes on our papers would be recorded in his grade book, he said. And they were.

Mr Whitson said he hoped we would ______ (17) something from this experience. Teachers and textbooks are not always ______ (18). In fact, no one is. He told us not to let our ______ (19) go to sleep, and to speak up if we ever thought he or the textbook was wrong.

Every class was a(n) ______ (20) with Mr Whitson. I can still remember some science periods almost from beginning to end.

1. A. drew B. described

C. showed D. brought

2. A. notice B. note

C. a look D. an interest

3. A. returned B. graded

C. marked D. passed

4. A. shocked B. amused

C. excited D. disappointed

5. A. regret B. trick

C. misunderstanding D. mistake

6. A. that B. which

C. how D. what

7. A. nobody else B. everybody

C. somebody else D. anybody

8. A. prepared for B. heard about

C. made out D. made up

9. A. once B. still

C. never D. ever

10. A. therefore B. anyway

C. however D. yet

11. A. give B. have

C. hope D. expect

12. A. need have B. must have

C. should have D. would have

13. A. After all B. Once again

C. Above all D. For example

14. A. notes B. paper

C. skull D. bone

15. A. left B. kept

C. remained D. followed

16. A. dismissed B. calculated

C. wondered D. doubted

17. A. learn B. know

C. feel D. invest

18. A. equal B. practical

C. right D. helpful

19. A. imagination B. feeling

C. senses D. mind

20. A. adventure B. game

C. chance D. trial

（答案见下期）

上期参考答案

D1: 1. leaders 2. warming 3. reduced

4. energy 5. by 6. everyday

7. challenges 8. environment 9. unless 10. What

D2: 1—4 DAAD D3: 1—3 ACD D4: 1—4 DABD

D5: 1—5 CDBBC 6—10 DCBAC

11—15 BCBCA 16—20 BCBCA