Day 1

A game of honor (P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. Zach Nash returned a medal he won in a junior tournament because ______.

A. he was caught cheating by a player

B. he decided to follow the rules of golf

C. he used another player’s club by mistake

D. he made a mistake calculating his final score

2. Which of the following statements about golf is TRUE according to the article?

A. Golf players usually do whatever it takes to win.

B. Golf referees watch each shot and call penalties.

C. Early golf players didn’t care about the rules.

D. In golf honor comes before victory.

3. The underlined phrase “teeing off” in the last paragraph probably means ______ .

A. getting started

B. getting caught

C. leaving

D. winning

4. What is the main point of the article?

A. Zack’s medal.

B. The history of golf.

C. Honesty counts in golf.

D. Golf is a rich man’s game.


Day 2

Think about your ... (P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. Dining out in the US is becoming more and more expensive because ______.

A. food prices are growing rapidly in the US

B. restaurant rents are increasing

C. waiters expect much higher tips

D. waiters’ tips are increasing as meal costs rise

2. If you fail to give the minimum tip in a US restaurant, you will ______.

A. get charged by the waiter

B. make the waiter unhappy

C. receive better service next time

D. be laughed at by other customers

3. Which of the following is the author’s attitude toward waiters?

A. He believes that mistakes made in a restaurant are usually the fault of waiters.

B. He is sympathetic to waiters and thinks they should be treated properly.

C. He thinks that kitchen staff should be better paid than waiters.

D. He expects good service from waiters even when he doesn’t tip.

4. Which of the following could be the best title for the article?

A. Working in a restaurant.

B. How to give tips in the US.

C. Dining costs rise in the US.

D. Go easy on waiters when you dine out.


Day 3

Learn how to treat ... (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. What is the article mainly about?

A. How to treat burns.

B. An explosion.

C. Skin grafting.

D. First aid.

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

A. Selina and Yu Haoming suffered different degrees of minor burns.

B. Among burns, third-degree burns are the most painful.

C. Medical treatment is often unnecessary for first degree burns.

D. Skin grafting patients usually recover in 10 to 14 days.

3. The underlined word “grafting” in the sixth paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.

A. removing something from a part of the body

B. attaching something to a part of the body

C. making human-made skin

D. replacing something with something

4. From the article we can conclude that skin grafting ______.

A. means a patient needs only a short stay in hospital

B. is used to treat second-degree and third-degree burns

C. can lead to the recovery of the function and appearance of a burned area

D. is necessary when a person’s neck and chest are seriously burned



Day 4

Nothing in the ... (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. When the writer’s teammates joked about her, they ______.

A. felt great pity over the fact that she had just one leg

B. intended to comfort her and encourage her to be optimistic

C. never thought she would have breast cancer

D. wanted to make her feel bad about herself

2. After the surgery, the writer ______.

A. recovered from the cancer very quickly

B. couldn’t get over her pain and sadness

C. devoted herself to ski racing and became a world champion

D. drew strength from the feeling of breaking her own barriers in ski racing

3. The writer of the article seems to be ______.

A. open-minded and shameless

B. strong-willed and loving

C. outgoing and thoughtful

D. independent and motherly

4. The article conveys the idea that ______.

A. scars have their own beauty

B. nothing is impossible if you set your mind to it

C. we should not become frustrated when we are laughed at

D. self-confidence makes a woman, even a disabled one, beautiful



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。

The first day I saw her playing basketball, I was amazed. She ran circles 1 the other kids. She shot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys tried to 2 her, but no one could.

I began to notice her at other times, 3 in hand, playing alone. She practiced dribbling (运球) and 4 over and over.

One day I asked her 5 she practiced so much. “The only way I can go to college is to get a 　 6 .” She said. “I like basketball. I 7 that if I were good enough, I would get one. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t 8 .”

I 9 her through junior high and into high school. Every week, she 　 10　 her team to victory. One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head 　 11　 in her arms. I walked across the street and sat down beside her. “What’s wrong,” I asked. “Oh, 　12　,” she replied. “I am just too short.” The coach told her that she would probably never play for a top 　 13　 team much less be 14　 a scholarship.

I felt my throat 　 15　. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were 　 16　. They didn’t understand the 　 17　 of a dream.

The next year, she was seen by a college recruiter (招生人员) after a big game. She was 18　 offered a scholarship to an NCAA women’s basketball 　 19　. She was going to get the college education that she had 　 20　 of and worked toward for all those years.

It’s true: if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.



1. A. along　　 B. through　　

C. around　 D. over

2. A. prevent　 B. stop

C. compete　 D. grasp

3. A. handbag　 B. book

C. hand　 D. basketball

4. A. shooting　　 B. throwing

C. casting　　 D. moving

5. A. how　　 B. where　　

C. why　　 D. when

6. A. scholarship　 　 B. name

　C. prize　　 D. reward

7. A. discovered　 B. believed

　C. judged 　 D. proved

8. A. depend　 　 B. consider

　C. number　　 D. count

9. A. noticed　　 B. followed

　C. watched 　 D. helped

10. A. led　　 B. conducted

　 C. encouraged 　 D. took

11. A. dropped　 　 B. buried

　 C. covered　　 D. sunk

12. A. right　　 　 B. OK　

　 C. sure　　 D. nothing

13. A. valued　 B. graded

　 C. ranked 　 D. positioned

14. A. offered 　 B. suggested

　 C. attempted　 D. presented

15. A. cleared B. tighten

　 C. closed　　 　 D. cut

16. A. impolite　 　 B. inspiring

　 C. cruel　　 D. wrong

17. A. force　 B. result

　 C. power　　 D. cause

18. A. indeed　 B. certainly

　 C. perfectly　　 　 D. naturally

19. A. event 　 B. team

　 C. group　　 　 D. coach

20. A. imagined　 B. attempted

　 C. expected　 D. dreamed


上期参考答案

D1 1. Secretariat and a film about it.

2. 1) Lack of knowledge of horseracing;

2) taking care of her family and her father’s business at the same time;

3) the doubts and taunts of others.

3. But it was as a 3-year-old that he achieved greater heights than any other racehorse has to date.

4. 其实它更多的是讲述了一个充满勇气和决心去追求梦想并且战胜重重困难的故事。

D2 1-4 DDCD

D3 1-4 DCBD

D4 1-4 BCAD

D5 1-5 BBACC 6-10 BAABA

11-15 BBCAA 16-20 BCCAA

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