Day 1

Pocket money down (P2)

Choose the best answer:

1. British kids have _____ pocket money compared with before.

A. more B. less C. half D. the same

2. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 means _____.

A. the drop of the amount of pocket money

B. the growth of the amount of pocket money

C. the survey by British researchers

D. the average amount of pocket money

3. According to the survey of British kids, _____.

A. kids got more pocket money in 2003 than in 2010

B. 42 percent don’t think they get enough money

C. one third believe they get the right amount of money

D. 37 percent think they get more money than their friends

4. About _____ of British kids save at least half of their pocket money.

A. 10 percent B. 35 percent

C. one third D. one fourth

5. Why is it good to save money at a young age?

A. Because it will give you a bright future.

B. Because it will be good for you later in life.

C. Because you can show off your savings to friends.

D. Because with the money you can buy everything you want.

Day 2

Summer camp... (P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. How long does each YLA program last?

A. For 4 years. B. For a year.

C. For a month. D. For a week.

2. What do students learn through the program?

A. How to be a good computer game player.

B. How to write stories of real-life leaders.

C. How to give a name and logo for a team.

D. How to communicate, plan and solve problems.

3. In the game of Minefield, students should _____.

A. see what is behind them clearly

B. try to get out of the “minefield”

C. touch as many mines as they can

D. start from a corner of the field

4. How many times has Julia Anzano gone to YLA camp?

A. Once. B. Twice.

C. Three times. D. Four times.

Day 3

Helping hands (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. The mother took her son to the piano concert because _____.

A. her friend sent them two tickets

B. the pianist invited them there

C. she wanted to develop his interest in piano

D. her son liked the pianist very much

2. When did the boy leave his mother?

A. At eight o’clock.

B. When his mother talked to her friend.

C. When the lights were off.

D. When the pianist was on stage.

3. When the mother found her son playing on stage, she felt _____.

A. happy B. encouraged

C. interested D. embarrassed

4. What did the pianist ask the boy to do?

A. To go back to his mother.

B. To keep playing the piano.

C. To play the bass part of the song.

D. To stop to watch him play.

5. What does the story tell us?

A. It is good to give a helping hand to others.

B. Great people always like to help others.

C. It is important to give a child a lesson on stage.

D. A mother should take good care of her child.

Day 4

The movie’s starting, ... (P8)

Choose the best answer:

1. What do many Chinese youth like to eat at the theater?

A. Nothing. B. Popcorn.

C. Chocolate. D. Marshmallows.

2. The low-fat popcorn is popular in US shops because _____.

A. it is not a snack B. it is healthy

C. it tastes good D. it is cheap

3. When did Americans start eating popcorn in movie theaters?

A. In the early 19th century.

B. In the late 19th century.

C. In the 1930s.

D. In the 1950s.

4. We can tell from the story that _____.

A. more and more Chinese are eating popcorn at home

B. popcorn is becoming the most popular food in China

C. instead of butter, Americans prefer to add chocolate to popcorn

D. Americans started to eat popcorn in theaters when movies got noisier

Day 5

Cloze

The wolf (狼) and the fox wanted to eat the rabbit (兔

子), but it wasn’t 1 to catch him. One day the wolf said to the fox, “You go home and 2 in bed. I’ll tell the rabbit that you are dead (死了). When he comes to look at you, you can jump up and 3 him.” “That’s a good idea,” said the fox. He went 4 right away. The wolf went to the rabbit’s house and knocked (敲) at the door. “ 5 is it?” asked the rabbit. “It’s the wolf. I’ve come to tell you that the fox is dead.” Then the wolf went away. The rabbit went to the fox’s house. He looked in 6 the window and saw the fox lying in bed and his eyes were closed. He thought, “Is the fox 7 dead or is he pretending (假装) to be dead? If he’s not dead, he’ll catch me when I go near him.” So he said, “The wolf says that the fox is dead. But this doesn’t

8 a dead fox. The mouth of a dead fox is always 9 .” When the fox heard this, he thought, “I’ll

10 him that I’m dead.” So he opened his mouth. The rabbit knew that the fox wasn’t dead, and he ran as quickly as he could.

1. A. difficult B. good C. funny D. easy

2. A. lie B. hear C. sit D. watch

3. A. call B. catch C. drive D. find

4. A. house B. bed C. home D. shopping

5. A. What B. Who C. Where D. Why

6. A. at B. with C. across D. through

7. A. just B. early C. really D. only

8. A. look after B. look up C. look at D. look like

9. A. open B. closed C. white D. black

10. A. believe B. show C. talk D. ask

上期参考答案

Reading

【P2】1. set up 2. talk about 3. Helping

4. Educating 5. environment 6. Developing

7. poor; in school; under control

8. African; Asian 9. food 10. school

11. toilets 12. developed countries, 2015

【P3】1-5 CBCBD

【P6】1-5 CBDAA

【P8】1-4 CDBB

【Cloze】1-5 DCDBB 6-10 DACBA

Word check

1-5 CBDCC 6-10 BCADB 11-12 BD