Day 1

Megamind goes good (P1)

Choose the best answer:



1. Why did Megamind grow up as a bad person?

A. He was born on a faraway planet.

B. He wanted to be famous in the city.

C. His spaceship landed in a prison.

D. He wanted to beat Metro Man.



2. Why did Megamind create a new enemy?

A. He wanted to put the city in danger.

B. He felt bored without an enemy.

C. He wanted to become a superhero.

D. He lost control of the city.



3. What happened when Hal got super power?

A. He defeated Megamind as he wished.

B. He became another super-villain.

C. He was interested in being a hero.

D. He saved the city from danger.



4. We can tell from the story that a “Titan” means ____.

A. a huge monster

B. a city hero

C. a spaceship

D. an alien





Day 2

The great big billion word... (P3)

Choose the best answer:



1. What was the purpose of the new word-counting project?

A. To help students know about more words.

B. To help students build better reading habits.

C. To help students get better grades.

D. To help students have more fun in school.



2. How many words should students at Andersen Junior High School read this semester?

A. 3 billion B. 2 billion

C. 1.5 billion D. 1 billion



3. Andersen Junior High School ranks the top-reading students to ______.

A. encourage students to read more books

B. help students improve their reading skills

C. make the students famous

D. help students read books faster



4. How do students at Andersen Junior High School feel about the project?

A. They don’t like it.

B. They don’t care about it.

C. They think it’s boring.

D. They think it’s helpful.



Day 3

Keep your eye on the ball (P6)

Choose the best answer:



1. At first, by saying “keep your eye on the ball”, the writer’s father ______.

A. tells her to be careful while playing catch

B. teaches her the way to catch the ball

C. wants her to work harder

D. laughs at her when she misses the ball



2. When the writer asked advice from her father, he usually _____.

A. tried to help her solve the problem

B. didn’t care about her problem

C. joked with her and made her smile

D. told her to solve the problem alone



3. When in trouble, the writer tells herself “keep your eye on the ball” to ___.

A. encourage herself to face the difficulty bravely

B. remember her father’s words

C. get better scores while playing a game

D. help herself forget her troubles



4. According to the passage, we know that the writer’s father is ______.

A. serious B. optimistic

C. careful D. careless





Day 4

Study up on long days (P8)

Answer the following questions:



1. Are there always the classes that kids need to get into college in US public schools?

____________________________________________



2. What did the author have to do if she wanted to take the high-school-level Algebra class?

____________________________________________



3. What classes did the author take the next year?

____________________________________________



4. What happened when the author took two additional classes?

____________________________________________



5. Why do US kids take so many additional classes?



Day 5

Cloze

My First Day

I was still shy in the presence of a crowd. And my first day at the new 1 made me the laughing stock (笑料) of the classroom. I was sent to the blackboard to write my 2 . I knew my name, and knew how to write it, but standing at the blackboard with the eyes of so many pupils on my back made me 3 and I was unable to write a single letter.

“Write your name,” the teacher told me. I lifted the white chalk to the blackboard and, as I was about to write, my mind went blank; I could not 4 my name, even the first letter.

Somebody laughed and I became more 5 .

“Just forget us and write your name,” the teacher called and walked to my side, 6 at me to give me confidence.

“What’s your name?” she asked.

“Jeremy,” I whispered.

“Then write it.”

I turned to the blackboard and lifted my hand to write, 7 then my mind went blank again. I tried to collect my senses but I could remember nothing. I realized I was failing and I grew 8 and leaned (倚靠) my hot forehead against the cold blackboard. The room burst into a loud laugh and my body froze.

I sat down and blamed (责备) myself. 9 did I always appear so silly when I was called upon to perform in a crowd? I knew how to write as well as any pupil in the classroom, and there is no 10 I could read better than any of them, and I could talk 11 when I was sure of myself. Then why did strange faces make me freeze? I sat with my ears and neck 12 , hearing the pupils around me whisper, hating myself.

1. A. school B. house C. office D. home

2. A. answer B. name C. question D. hobby

3. A. freeze B. fight C. fall D. think

4. A. ask B. call C. remember D. forget

5. A. confident B. nervous C. careful D. disappointed

6. A. pointing B. looking C. shouting D. smiling

7. A. or B. so C. but D. and

8. A. angry B. strong C. quiet D. weak

9. A. Why B. How C. When D. What

10. A. need B. doubt C. way D. use

11. A. hurriedly B. slowly C. carefully D. freely

12. A. shaking B. losing C. burning D. hurting



Choose the best answer:

1. You can either accept the job or not. It’s your ____.

A. duty B. choice C. practice D. performance

2. Some students lose points ____ because they don't read the question properly.

A. hardly B. almost C. exactly D. simply

3. It’s against the rules to take photos in the museum. If you want to take some, you must ask ____.

A. question B. agreement

C. permission D. message

4. In the lab, our chemistry teacher showed us how to carry out many simple ____.

A. experiments B. experiences

C. skills D. knowledge

5. To lose some ____, he does a lot of exercises every day.

A. meat B. weight C. balance D. energy

6. The company’s newest ______ is selling very well and the company has earned a lot of money.

A. method B. discovery

C. product D. system

7. We got a lot of phone calls after the story ____ in the newspaper.

A. appeared B. reported C. published D. punished

8. – Which football team do you ______, Brazil or Germany?

– I am a fan of Brazil.

A. share B. hold C. provide D. support

9. The house ______ her family for three or four generations.

A. belongs to B. has belonged to

C. was belonged to D. has been belonged to

10. He was always ______ his neighbors about the noise.

A. fighting with B. fighting for

C. fighting about D. fighting over

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上期参考答案

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