Day 1

Look ahead to... (P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. Who was the article written for?

A. US college students hoping to study in China.

B. Chinese college students hoping to study in the US.

C. Third year high school students hoping to study in the US.

D. Teenagers hoping to study in the US.

2. The underlined phrase "set in stone" in Paragraph 1 probably means ______.

A. made clear B. something unchangeable

C. become obvious D. at the right level

3. The author’s suggestion is to ______.

A. try as many different organizations as possible

B. start planning for college at the beginning of high school

C. make everything in an application consistent

D. put non-academic tasks before academic tasks

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

A. Students should choose after-school activities they have great interest in.

B. It’s already too late for third year students to apply for a US university.

C. It is essential for a student to be a president if he/she is to apply for a US university.

D. Students should focus on just one activity in high school.

Day 2

Night trains are such...(P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. The article is mainly about _____.

A. the author’s comfortable life in Beijing

B. the author’s weekend adventures with children

C. the author’s special way of making friends

D. the author’s experiences traveling on night trains

2. The author prefers a hard sleeper bunk because ____.

A. she can practice Chinese with people in other hard sleepers

B. her job is to take photos of people

C. she gets to meet all kinds of people that way

D. she likes children climbing up and down her ladder

3. The author mentions her friends back home twice to _______.

A. compare and say how meaningful her own life is

B. show how much she missed life with her friends

C. warn her friends of the danger of being in a smoky bar

D. show that she hopes they can improve their lives

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

A. Travel on weekends prepares the author for another week of work.

B. The author finds the children on a train very noisy and boring.

C. Sichuan spicy food is the favorite of the author.

D. The author is jealous of old, retired people.

Day 3

My mom’s lesson... (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1.The best title for this article might be ______.

A. The Most Important Body Part

B. The Importance of Friendship

C. The Importance of the Shoulder

D. A Life-Long Question

2. Why did the mother ask the question again after the grandfather died?

A. It was an important moment in life and the answer was a way of honoring the grandfather.

B. At that moment, other body parts were less important.

C. The answer needed to be given to all members of the family.

D. At that moment the answer seemed especially true.

3. The underlined word “contemplated” in Paragraph 3 probably means ______.

A. made up B. checked

C. found D. thought about

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

A. The author was becoming smarter by answering the question.

B. The mother wanted the author to be both loving and loved.

C. The mother was trying to train the author to think on his or her own.

D. The author didn’t think the mother’s answer was correct.

Day 4

New ideas on... (P5)

阅读短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格不超过两个单词。

 

Day 5

Multiple choice:

1. Cats are more ______ at night than at day.

A.sleepy B. silent C. noisy D. active

2. Her heart beat ______ when she saw the handsome boy.

A. strongly B. heavily C. rapidly D. slowly

3. I couldn’t get to sleep until two in the morning, so I had to ______ myself to get up.

A. force B. allow C. make D. stop

4. We have to work two more part-time jobs to ______ our debt (债务).

A. lose B. free C. break D. reduce

5. He hated sports. We were surprised by his _________ to attend the sports meeting.

A. introduction B. enjoyment

C. agreement D. refuse

6. -It’s said that scientists have ________ a way to deal with H1N1.

-Really? That’s great!

A. caught up with B. come up with

C. agreed with D. compared with

7. There was a strange smell when he came home, so he opened the windows to ________ the smell.

A. get rid of B. get away from

C. find out D. follow up

8. The wood _____ a sweet smell as it burned.

A. put off B. turned off C. gave off D. took off

9. _____ your help, everything in the room is in good order now.

A. Since B. Because C. Thanks for D. Thanks to

10. The teacher told me that the students I wanted had been ___ football on the sports ground.

A. played B. to be playing C. play D. playing

P6 Key:

1. She is enjoying great success in her new business.

2. There’s not much point in making rules

3. but words failed him

4. Researchers are racing to find a cure.

（答案见下期）

上期参考答案

D1 1.Very upset and afraid of what people would say.

2.That he was careless but could be top of the school.

3. That they are both great in different ways.

4. The other gave me tons of confidence and made learning enjoyable.

D2 CBDD D3 CDBA D4 ABDAB

D5 1-5.BABDB 6-10.DCAAC

11-15.CABDD 16-20.DCBAB