Day 1
Giving as way of life (P2)
Choose the best answer:

1. When Guo learned the hospital needed blood one winter, he _____.
A. took a nap before going to the hospital
B. asked his wife to go to the hospital
C. went to the hospital after having lunch
D. went to the hospital as soon as possible

2. What word describes Guo and his family’s life?
A. Dull. B. Rich.
C. Poor. D. Busy.

3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Guo has donated blood over 50 times in the past 20 years.
B. Guo donated more than 100,000 yuan to help poor students.
C. Guo often helps the workers, his friends and even strangers.
D. Guo saves his money in order to live a better life.

4. Which word can best describe Guo?
A. Hard-working. B. Kind-hearted.
C. Friendly. D. Brave.

5. What can we learn from Guo?
A. We should help people by giving them a lot of money.
B. We should do good deeds all our lives to become famous.
C. We should donate blood to the hospital as often as possible.
D. We should be ready to give a hand to people who need help.


Day 2
Math super kid gets perfect score
Choose the best answer:

1. Which number meets the other requirements (条件) but is not the largest answer to the math question?
A. 8422. B. 5231.
C. 8431. D. 8512.

2. What is the SAT?
A. The college entrance examination in China.
B. A test for eighth-grade students in the US.
C. A test for US high school graduates.
D. A test for foreign students in the US.

3. What do we know about Colin Xie?
A. He doesn’t like to study math this semester.
B. He doesn’t have any other hobbies besides math.
C. He can do the Rubik’s Cube in seconds.
D. He thinks Trigonometry has nothing to do with math.
4. What is Colin Xie’s dream?
A. To go to work at Harvard University.
B. To be a math professor.
C. To get a perfect score on the SAT.
D. To find out how the number system works.

Day 3
Sharpen your axe (P6)
Choose the best answer:

1. What did the boss think of John’s work the first day?
A. He was pleased with John’s work.
B. He didn’t think John worked hard enough.
C. He thought John cut down too many trees.
D. He thought John worked in the wrong area.

2. John cut down fewer and fewer trees day after day because _____.
A. he lost his strength
B. he didn’t sharpen his axe
C. he was busy doing something else
D. his boss didn’t need so many trees

3. How many times did John sharpen his axe?
A. Once. B. Twice.
C. Three times. D. Never.

4. What does the story tell us?
A. It’s a waste of time to sharpen your axe.
B. Hard work is the key to success.
C. It’s worth taking time to sharpen your skills.
D. It is bad for the environment to cut down trees.


Day 4
Old capital culture (P8)
Answer the following questions:

1. For how many dynasties was Beijing as the capital?
___________________________________________

2. What is a hutong?
___________________________________________

3. How old is the oldest hutong in Beijing?
___________________________________________

4. Are there any hutong in other cities in China?
___________________________________________

5. Why is the hutong important for Beijing?
___________________________________________


Day 5
Cloze

When Jimmy was a boy, he always liked watches and clocks very much. 1 he was eighteen years old, he went into the army (军队). After a year, he began to
2 himself to mend (修理) watches. Later, a lot of his friends brought him 3 that didn’t work. So he mended these watches for them.
Then his captain 4 this, and one day brought him a watch too, and said, “My watch has 5 . Can you mend it for me, please?”
Jimmy said, “Yes, sir, I can.” After a few days, he brought the watch 6 to the captain. “ 7 should I pay for it?” the captain asked.
“One dollar, sir,” Jimmy answered. Then he 8 a small box out of his pocket (口袋) and gave it to the captain, saying, “Here are three gears (齿轮) 9 your watch. I did not find a 10 for them when I put everything back.”

1. A. Until B. When C. If D. Although
2. A. tell　　 B. help C. teach D. try
3. A. clocks B. watches C. wheels D. boxes
4. A. believed in B. worried about
C. went for D. heard about
5. A. stopped B. lost C. left D. sold
6. A. away B. from C. with D. back
7. A. How much B. How long
C. How many D. How far
8. A. rent B. sent C. took D. found
9. A. with B. from C. in D. at
10. A. plan B. room C. problem D. place


Word check
Choose the best answer:
1. Mrs Liu is kind and always _____ her help to others.
A. shares B. receives
C. makes D. offers

2. The duty of the nurses is to look after the _____ in the hospital.
A. patients B. children
C. doctors D. teachers

3. The weather is so nice _____ all the children want to go out to play.
A. that B. which C. as D. after

4. I want to go to _____ right now because I am very tired.
A. asleep B. sleeping C. sleepy D. sleep

5. My parents live a(n)_____ life in order to save enough money for my higher education.
A. rich B. simple C. happy D. easy

6. In summer, people like to wear sunglasses to _____ their eyes from the sun.
A. protect B. make C. become D. catch

7. We should _____ our classroom clean and tidy.
A. let B. find C. bring D. keep

8. He was _____ to hear that none of his friends would come.
A. relaxing B. disappointing
C. relaxed D. disappointed

9. Don’t _____ the children, even though you are very angry.
A. talk with B. shout at
C. speak to D. laugh at

10. Alex and Michael are _____ busy to help us. Let’s do it by ourselves.
A. so B. too C. as D. much

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上期参考答案
Reading

【P2】1. traffic jams 2. three-and-a-half
3. holidays; ordinary days
4. 6.7 million, 4.5 million, is growing
5. subways; encourage
6. control; one day off
7. subways; a lot 8. traffic problems; cars
9. lanes; more than 10. A high tax, cars
【P3】1-4 BCAB
【P6】1. be able to 2. Keep away from
3. nothing you can do to, give up
4. make a big difference
5. take a deep breath
【P8】1-4 CDBD
【Cloze】1-5 CBDDB 6-10 ABCDC

Word check

1-5 ABCDB 6-10 DCCDD