Day 1

Choose the right... (P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. This article tells us ______.

A. how to apply to a US university

B. how to fit in in a new country

C. how to pick a suitable US university

D. how to find out a university’s academic strengths

2. According to the writer, some students might not want to study in a big city because of ______.

A. poor traffic conditions

B. the full exposure to American culture

C. too many distractions

D. cheaper living expenses

3. The writer suggests that foreign students may need help from an international student office because ______.

A. they have never lived in another country before

B. they may well find it hard to fit in at first

C. they may not speak the English language

D. they may need information about other international students

4. One good way to assess the academic focus of a university is to ______.

A. find out the number of undergraduate students

B. get information about its relationships with big companies

C. find out which are its most popular majors

D. ask the school office how many international students it accepts

Day 2

Stories of a great... (P4)

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Day 3

Making everything... (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. The tomato is special in that ________.

A. it turns all tastes sweet

B. it can only be eaten before lunch

C. it changes a sour taste to a sweet one

D. it has a magical ingredient

2. The underlined word “extinction” in Paragraph 5 probably means ______.

A. a state of declining growth

B. a state of being active

C. a state of fast growth

D. a state of complete death

3. According to the article, the Japanese scientists ______.

A. found a gene that contains instructions for making miraculin

B. discovered the secrets of miracle fruit berries in 1968

C. have planted miracle tomatoes in large numbers

D. invented the miraculin gene and put it into the tomato

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

A. It was a latest discovery that miracle berries could change taste.

B. The tomato is a low-calorie fruit that tastes wonderfully sweet.

C. Scientists have already found many uses for mariculin.

D. The tomato-based miraculin might help people lose weight, so it might be used as a dieting food.

Day 4

From her mother... (P6)

1. At the beginning the little girl cries because ______.

A. her mother has just made her a pretty dress

B. she can’t find anyone to talk to

C. she thinks of her mother who has just died

D. she sees a woman like her mother pass by

2. Why does the girl start to sing?

A. Because she is proud of her voice.

B. Because she wants to stop the woman crying.

C. Because her mother had told her to sing when she was sad.

D. Because her mother had asked her to be nice to strangers.

3. The mother had put kisses on the girl’s dress because she had hoped ______.

A. her daughter would wear the dress proudly all the time

B. her love could help her daughter get through her troubles

C. her love could get her daughter things that she cried for

D. her daughter would think of her kisses while she was crying

4. What is suggested between the lines of the story is ______.

A. how much the mother had cared about the girl

B. how much the girl depends on her mother

C. that the woman is very helpful to the girl

D. that no one can take the place of a mother

Day 5

Multiple choice:

1. She often buys a lottery ticket, because she wants to become rich ______.

A. overnight B. strongly

C. successfully D. creatively

2. The ______ to the buildings caused by the earthquake took several years to repair.

A. changes B. problem

C. damage D. hit

3. _____ the task until it is finished. You promised you would.

A. Set out B. Carry out

C. Join in D. Stick to

4. She’s _____ to bring up a family alone. It would be great if she could find a good husband.

A. admiring B. fighting

C. competing D. struggling

5. - How come a simple meal like this costs so much?

- We’ve ____ the cost of the cup you broke just now.

A. added B. included

C. contained D. covered

6. We ____ several experiments to test the theory (理论).

A. carried on B. carried out

C. turned out D. turned down

7. His new movie ________ next month. I’m so excited.

A. is coming on B. is coming over

C. is coming out D. is coming in

8. I’m sure the red team will ______ the game.

A. win B. beat

C. defeat D. succeed

9. They hurried to the train station, ______ (that) the train had left 5 minutes before.

A. only to find B. finding

C. only to be found D. found

10. - The boys aren’t doing a good job, are they?

- ______.

A. I guess not so B. I don’t guess so

C. I don’t guess D. I guess not

上期参考答案

D1 CADB

D2 1. lost 2. result 3. excellent 4. found

5. hardly 6. drop 7. encouraged 8. gradually

9. even 10. to

D3 DAAC D4 BCCD

D5 1-5 ACDCB 6-10 CDACB

11-15 ADCBA 16-20 CDDCA