Day 1

US has its own... (P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. The point of the first paragraph is that _______.

A. soccer is a good way to make friend

B. America has a unique sporting culture

C. soccer is a sport that influences the whole world

D. globalization has not changed American sporting culture

2. Judging from the article, which of the following is NOT a part of American sporting culture?

A. An emphasis on fairness in sport.

B. A dislike of ties in games and matches.

C. Large rewards expected for winners.

D. Loyalty to team and country.

3. Judging from the article, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. You can find out a lot about a society from how it deals with work.

B. In the US, teams never trade athletes.

C. Americans prefer baseball to soccer.

D. Americans don’t care about the Olympics.

4. What can we infer from the article?

A. Europeans often change the rules of their national sports rules to please TV audiences.

B. To a great degree, sporting culture affects the way people think about things.

C. Americans are proud of baseball because it makes them unique.

D. The author of the article thinks highly of American sporting culture.

Day 2

Education not iPods... (P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. Obama points out in his speech that students meet all of the following challenges EXCEPT ______.

A. fierce competition B. economic recession

C. powerful media pressure D. parents’ high expectation

2. What can be inferred from the second paragraph of Obama’s speech?

A. We should judge media reports in a critical way.

B. Students should try to adapt themselves to the new environment.

C. Students are advised to try to take in as much information as they can.

D. Obama considers iPods and iPads tools for entertainment and stress reduction.

3. What is the main point of the last paragraph?

A. Why iPods and iPads are not always good for education.

B. Why education is an important aspect of our lives.

C. How to be confident in a gloomy economic situation.

D. How to improve your ability to think critically.

Day 3

‘Time travel is...’ (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. This article is mainly about ______.

A. time travel B. flying at the speed of light

C. traveling to the future D. a spaceship that travels in time

2. Judging from the article, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Many writers have described time travel in their books.

B. Back to the Future trilogy is a program on the Discovery channel.

C. Stephen Hawking’s book Universe was published recently.

D. Stephen Hawking also writes science fictions in his spare time.

3. Hawking believes that when a spaceship reaches ________ the speed of light, a day aboard the ship would be like a year on Earth.

A. half B. 90%

C. almost 100% D. twice

4. Stephen Hawking thinks that ________.

A. any spaceship for time travel should be built small to travel fast

B. it is impossible for human beings to reach other star system

C. it’s very unlikely that we will ever be able to travel back in time

D. spaceships of the future will easily be able to travel at the speed of light.

Day 4

Sometimes we need... (P6)

1. How did the author persuade her daughter to agree to continue learning to ride?

A. By sharing her own experience of learning to ride.

B. By telling her daughter that she wouldn’t break her arm.

C. By teaching her daughter how to ride the bike safely.

D. By helping her daughter to see that she needs to confront her fears.

2. What can we infer from the article?

A. The author was once deeply hurt by her ex-husband.

B. The author’s daughter preferred to go to gymnastics with her mom.

C. The author was angry with her daughter for overhearing her conversation.

D. The author’s daughter is a brave girl who likes to take risks.

3. Judging from the article, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The author didn’t get along well with her mother.

B. The author came to understand her own fear with the help of her daughter.

C. The author’s daughter believed love isn’t like a broken arm.

D. The author’s daughter tried to persuade her mom to go to meet Steve.

4. What message does the story want to convey?

A. Divorces are harmful to young children.

B. Life is full of risks as well as choices.

C. Mother is the best teacher to the children.

D. Don’t let previous unpleasant experiences discourage you.

Day 5

A month after Hurricane Katrina, I returned home in New Orleans. There lay my house, 1 to waist-high ruins, smelly and dirty.

Before the trip, I’d had my car 2 . When the office employee of the garage was writing up the bill, she 3 my Louisiana license plate.

“You from New Orleans?” she asked.

I said I was.

“No 4 ,” she said, and firmly shook her head when I reached for my wallet.

The next day I went for a haircut, and the same thing 5 . As my wife was studying in Florida, we decided to 6 there and tried to find a rental house that we could 7 while also paying off a mortgage (抵押贷款) on our 8 house. We looked at many places, but none was 9 . We’d begun to accept that we’d have to live in extremely reduced circumstances 10 , when I got a very 11 e-mail from a James Kemmedy in California. He’d read some pieces I’d written about our 12 for Slate, the online magazine and wanted to give us (“no conditions attached”) a new house 13 the lake from New Orleans.

It sounded too good to be 14 , but I replied, thanking him for his exceptional 15 , that we had no plans to go back. Then a poet at the University of Florida 16 to let his house to me, while he went to England on his one-year paid leave. The rent was rather 17 . I mentioned the poet’s offer to James Kemdedy, and the next day he sent a check 18 our entire rent for eight months.

Throughout this painful experience, the 19 of strangers back my faith in humanity. It’s almost worth 20 your worldly possessions to be reminded that people are really nice.

1. A. destroyed B. reduced C. damaged D. made

2. A. fixed B. stolen C. broken D. improved

3. A. examined B. checked C. watched D. noticed

4. A. problem B. money C. charge D. parking

5. A. repeated B. happened C. came D. appeared

6. A. move B. go C. leave D. remove

7. A. supply B. furnish C. afford D. buy

8. A. spoiled B. repaired C. new D. ruined

9. A. satisfied B. satisfactory

C. approved D. agreed

10. A. for a while B. in a while

C. all the while D. after a while

11. A. polite B. direct C. strange D. disappointing

12. A. marriage B. life C. struggles D. family

13. A. across B. unde C. in D. over

14. A. correct B. true C. accurate D. exact

15. A. generosity B. possession

C. trust D. politene

16. A. attempted B. encouraged

C. offered D. advised

17. A. reasonable B. believable

C. expensive D. practical

18. A. hiding B. covering C. consisting D. sharing

19. A. quality B. state C. example D. kindne

20. A. abandoning B. throwing C. losing D. gaining

（答案见下期）

上期参考答案

D1: EACGB

D2: BCAB

D3: CAAB

D4: BADB

D5: 1-5 ACBDC 6-10 ADBDB

11-15 DDABD 16-20 AAABC

Listening:

1-5 700; returned; view; first; following

6-10 re-experience; same; preparing; bad; animal