Day 1

A huge challenge (P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. The author went on a backpacking trip to ______.

A. test her endurance

B. work out in the open air

C. get away from city life

D. experience the wonders of nature

2. During the trip, the author ______.

A. found the experience very hard to handle

B. helped her friends to carry the equipment

C. felt the worst part was crossing the rivers

D. wished she had exercised harder before

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

A. The author was too tired to make the best of the trip.

B. The author was scared by the crying of hawks.

C. The author was inspired by the challenge of the trip.

D. Team members could only take one shower during the trip.

4. This article could most probably appear in ______.

A. a geography journal

B. a school newspaper

C. a handbook for a hiking club

D. a booklet on the Great Canyons

Day 2

New concept study ... (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 3

Dad finally let me go ... (P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. Each September, children in the author’s neighborhood could ______.

A. learn to drive big trucks

B. help build the carnival rides

C. look at many beautiful flowers

D. have fun riding roller coasters

2. Why couldn’t the author go to the fair for years?

A. His parents thought the carnival was a waste of money.

B. His parents couldn’t afford the tickets.

C. He didn’t think the carnival was exciting.

D. There were accidents and murders at the fair.

3. From the text, we can conclude that the author ______.

A. gathered enough money for the carnival

B. was sick during the carnival rides

C. loved the sword his dad bought him

D. was lucky not to be attacked

4. What is the main theme of the article?

A. A typical annual carnival in the US.

B. A Ferris wheel ride.

C. A child’s dream of going to the carnival.

D. The joy and sadness of the annual carnival.

Day 4

Never too old to learn (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. At first the author didn’t want to attend the graduation ceremony because ______.

A. he was ashamed to be graduating so old

B. he felt tired and preferred to relax in other ways

C. as it was for Kim, he considered it meaningless

D. he thought it was just a piece of paper

2. Realizing ______ made the author change his attitude to Kim’s graduation ceremony.

A. his wife’s deep love for her sister

B. Caleb’s excitement about Kim’s graduation

C. unconditional support from Kim’s friends and teachers

D. the difficulties Kim had gone through in her college years

3. Which of the following statements about Kim is TRUE according to the article?

A. Her grandmother was also a college graduate.

B. She sometimes thought of dropping out of school.

C. She gave up her job to finish her college studies.

D. She graduated from college but with a poor degree.

4. The underlined phrase “so many things” in Paragraph 4 refers to all of the following EXCEPT ______.

A. her father’s expectation of her graduating from college

B. her grandmother’s dream of going to college herself

C. her own determination to reach her goal

D. the author’s respect for her hard work

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。

One evening after dinner, Mr and Mrs Bond called a family meeting. “We’ve had to make a 1 decision,” Mr Bond announced. “You see, your mother has been offered a position as co-director of a TV station in Chicago. 2 , the station is not here. After 3 long and hard about it, we’ve 4 that the right decision is to move to Chicago.”

Marc looked 5 , while his sister Rachel breathlessly started asking when they’d be moving. “It’s surprising but exciting!” she said. Marc simply said, “I can’t leave my 6 . I’d rather stay here and live with Tommy Lyons!”

The Bonds hoped that by the time they moved to Chicago in August, Marc would grow more 7 the idea of leaving. However, he showed no 8 of accepting the decision, refusing to 9 his belongings.

10 the morning of their move, Marc was nowhere to be found. His parents called Tommy-Lyons’ house, but Mrs Lyons said she hadn’t seen Marc. Mrs Bond became increasingly 11 while her husband felt angry with their son for behaving so 12 .

What they didn’t know was that Marc had started to walk over to Tommy’s house with a faint (模糊的) idea of 13 in Lyons’ attic (阁楼) for a few days. But as he walked along, all the 14 landscape (景物) of his neighborhood 15 him of the things he and his family had done together; the green fence he and his mother had painted; the trees he and his sister used to 16 while playing hide-and-seek (藏猫猫); the park 17 he and his father often took walks together. How much would these 18 without his family, who made them special in the first place? Marc didn’t take the 19 to answer that question but instead, he hurried back to his house, 20 if there were any boxes the right size to hold his record collection.

上期参考答案

Reading

D1 1-4 CCA

D2 1. werewolves 2. stands for 3. scary 4. poems 5. misses 6. touch 7. ordinary 8. shooting

9. bitten 10. makes a deal

D3 1-4 AACD

D4 1-4 DBCA

D5 1-5 DDBBA 6-10 AAACC

Listening

1. B 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. C 6. B 7. C 8. A

1. unbelievable 2. wrong 3. spaces 4. ticket

5. students 6. turn 7. make out 8. sign

9. sold out 10. wondered