Day 1

Alice’s wonderful world (P1)

Fill in the information below:

●About the writer:

Nationality: 1. __________

2. Lewis Carroll’s __________: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

Year of birth: 3. __________

He wrote the story for 4. __________.

●About the movie:

opened in 5. _______ on March 26;

6. _______ the story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland;

In the movie, Alice is 7. _______ years old. In order not to

8. _______ a rich man she doesn’t like, she 9.______ the White Rabbit and 10. _______. Through 11. _______, she falls into Wonderland, which is 12. _______ the evil Red Queen. And Alice is the only one who 13. _______!

Day 2

Big hopes for trains (P2)

True or false statements:

14. Going from Beijing to London by plane takes nearly one day.

15. China is now building an international high-speed railway network.

16. The Chinese railway plans to run in three lines.

17. The railway network will connect 16 countries.

18. It will take less than ten years to finish the network, according to experts.

19. The railway network will improve China’s trade with Asian countries only.

20. China began to buy high-speed rail technology six years ago.

21. China’s high-speed railway technology has improved greatly over the years.

Day 3

Canada: lots of space, but too cold! (P3) Choose the best answer:

22. Billy moved to Canada _____.

A. at the age of 13 B. ten years ago

C. with his friends D. to find a job

23. The underlined word “confined” means _____.

A. 隐秘的 B. 简陋的 C. 落后的 D. 受限的

24. We can infer (推断) from the passage that _____.

A. Canada has fewer people than China

B. Canada is more developed than China

C. winters in Canada are long and cold

D. most people drive to work in Canada

25. What does the author dislike about Canada?

A. Its openness. B. His school.

C. The winter. D. The traffic.

26. The author is nicknamed “Tractor” because _____.

A. he has a loud voice B. he works hard

C. he’s not very fast D. he’s a bit heavy

Day 4

Make a difference (P6)

Choose the best answer:

27. The wise man saw a young man _____ on the beach.

A. swimming in the sea B. walking on the beach

C. dancing on the seashore D. picking something up

28. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The young man thought it was possible to throw all

the starfish into the sea.

B. The wise man thought it was stupid to throw any of

the starfish into the sea.

C. The young man would still be happy even if he could

save only one starfish.

D. The two men had different opinions about throwing

starfish into the sea.

29. What does the underlined phrase “something very special” in the last paragraph mean?

A. The action of finding our own starfish.

B. The starfish which the young man threw.

C. The example that the young man set for us.

D. The ability to make a difference in the future.

30. What does the writer want to tell us in the story?

A. We can change another’s life without effort.

B. If everyone does a little, the future will be hopeful.

C. It is necessary for us to save the starfish on the beach.

D. Only one person’s strength is not enough to save the world.

Day 5

Cloze:

Robby was 11 years old when his single mother dropped him off for his first piano lesson. I prefer that students begin at an earlier age, but Robby said that it had always been his mother’s dream to hear him play the piano. So I took him as a 31 .

32 Robby tried very hard, he didn’t have the basic sense of music. However, he continued and at the end of each weekly lesson he would always say, “My mom’s going to 33 me play someday.” But, it seemed 34 .

I only knew his mother from far away as she 35 Robby off or waited in her old car to pick him up. She always waved and smiled but 36 stopped in. Then one day Robby stopped coming to our lessons. He 37 me and said his mother was sick.

Several weeks later I was preparing my students for the music show when Robby came and asked me if he could be in it. “Miss Hondorf...I’ve just got to 38 !” he said.

The night for the show came. The high school gym was full of parents, friends and relatives. The show started off well. Then Robby came up on stage (舞台). I was 39 when he announced that he had chosen Mozart’s Concerto No 21 in C Major. I was not prepared for what I heard next. His 40 were light on the keys. 41 even danced on the keys…He played so well that everyone was on their feet clapping excitedly. In tears I ran up on stage, “Oh, Robby! How’d you do it?”

“Well Miss Hondorf...I kept on practicing at home. Remember I told you my mom was sick? Well, in fact she had cancer and passed away this morning. And well...she was born 42 , so tonight was the first time she ever heard me play...”

31. A. boy B. brother C. student D. teacher

32. A. Since B. Unless C. Because D. Although

33. A. watch B. hear C. make D. find

34. A. hopeless B. careless C. useless D. homele

35. A. pushed B. dropped C. took D. put

36. A. always B. usually C. sometimes D. never

37. A. telephoned B. visited C. asked D. invited

38. A. go B. leave C. play D. dance

39. A. happy B. worried C. excited D. surprised

40. A. eyes B. fingers C. friends D. dancer

41. A. He B. She C. They D. We

42. A. deaf B. blind C. small D. sick

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上期答案

reading:

1. games 2. messages 3. for fear of 4. useful

5. allow 6. turn off 7. choose 8. enter 9. divide 10. agreement 11. practice / se, practical

12. decide/ come to a decision 13. pressure

14. view/ belief/judgment

15. Physics, Chemistry and Biology

16. Politics, History and Geography

17. Chinese, Math and English

18. necessary 19. their all–around development 20. studying nine subjects at the same time

21. turn to 22. close down 23. change into

24. go through 25. fall behind

26. He always turns to his third-grade teacher.

27. K-8s keep students in the same school from kindergarten through eighth grade in the same school until they enter high school. In K-8s, there are no traditional middle schools.

28. About 100 years. / Nearly a century.

29. He likes it very much. Because it’s convenient to stay in the same school and his third-grade teacher helped him a lot with his studies.

30. Paul Vallas thinks it’s good for teenagers to stay stable at school at a time when they go through a lot of changes. Laurie Shapiro thinks the school is a comfortable place for students, to experience any changes as they know about the school very well.

31. search for information online, chat with friends on QQ, download music

32. 1) The Internet helps us stay closer with family, friends and the world around us.

2) The Internet makes our lives more convenient, both for buying things and searching for information.

3) The Internet offers us a place to speak out.

33. 1)-b, 2)-1, 3)-c 34–38 BCABA

listening:

1. Charlie 2. 5630991245

3. three o’clock this afternoon

4. (at ) the school gate 5. put off

6–10 BAACC