Day 1

Dangerous oil spill (P2)

完成下列任务：

1. Put the following sentences in the correct order:

Many birds are covered in thick black oil.

The spill has grown to more than 10,000 square kilometers.

An oil rig caught fire and sank on April 20.

Workers are trying their best to stop an oil spill.

Four days later, oil started to spill into the water from the sea floor.

The correct order should be ____________.

Choose the best answer:

2. What would happen if the spill keeps growing?

A. It would do great harm to animals.

B. It would make the oil prices rise.

C. It would kill many rescue workers.

D. It would reach famous US cities.

3. According to the story, what’s the most important to stop the oil spill?

A. Burning off the oil.

B. Fixing the leaks.

C. Dropping chemicals into the water.

D. Spending money cleaning the spill.

Day 2

Never too late to make... (P6)

Choose the best answer:

4. The cactus wished that it ______.

A. could do something useful

B. could be beautiful and happy

C. could help the birds and lizard

D. could bring flowers to the desert

5. The cactus could see _____.

A. the moon look at the desert coldly

B. the birds fly and stand on its head

C. a lizard leave a little trail in the sand

D. the juicy fruit and passing traveler

6. The cactus felt very _____ after it heard the lizard’s words.

A. happy B. sad C. warm D. excited

7. What happened to the cactus at last?

A. It failed to do something for the desert.

B. The moon and the lizard didn’t like it.

C. The birds and the butterflies laughed at it.

D. A beautiful flower opened from its head.

8. What’s the best title for the passage?

A. A cactus and a lizard

B. A cactus flower

C. A cactus’ sadne

D. A cactus in the desert

Day 3

Bye, middle school! (P8)

完成下列任务：

9. Make a list of at least three things students usually do when they graduate from middle school.

10. Students may celebrate the middle school years by _____________ and _____________.

11. In the last moments at school, students may feel ______ but _____________ at the same time.

12. The passage is mainly about _____________________

上期答案

Reading: 1. air 2. energy 3. lightning 4. lightning 5. air 6. D 7-10 DBCA 11-15 ADACB

Listening: (11) 1-5 BCBAB 6-10 FTFTT (12) 1-5 ABBCA 6. manners 7. spend 8. games 9. polite 10. inviting

本期答案

Reading: 1. 2-3 A B 4-8 ACBDD 9. a. Listen to speeches by the principal. b. Watch a slide show with pictures of the students. c. Receive graduation certificates. 10. signing and writing in each other’s yearbooks, taking pictures of their last moments together 11. sad, excited 12. how US schools celebrate graduation from middle school

Listening: (13)1-5 CBCAC 6-10 BABCA

(14)1-5 BABCA 6. touching 7. hold hands 8. Canada 9. rude 10. culture (15)1-5 BCCAC 6. two/2 weeks 7. 500 8. school letter 9. 265-2735 10. Mrs Smith