Day 1
 

Day 2

Hi there, 2060! (P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. What is the article mainly about?

A. What today’s youth want to share with the young people of the future.

B. The possible changes in Valdosta over the next 50 years.

C. The most popular things for children in Valdosta in 2010.

D. Children in Valdosta collecting information for a time capsule.

2. Which of the following pieces of information has been chosen for the time capsule?

A. Baggy jeans.

B. Famous hotels.

C. The Jonas Brothers.

D. Best US inventions in 2010.

3. According to the article, what may be unchanged in 2060?

A. The dream of escaping hometown.

B. The passion for football.

C. The lifestyle of the city.

D. Education.

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?

A. Sin believes that much will change over the next 50 years.

B. People are more interested in knowing what life will be like in 50 years’ time than in the past.

C. Different grades have been set the tasks of finding different kinds of information.

D. Most students have promised to come back for the 2060 opening of the capsule.

Day 3


A nation’s inspiration (P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. Why is Chopin considered a symbol of Poland?

A. He is everywhere in the country.

B. He is a great musician from Poland.

C. His music stands for the national spirit.

D. His music is played all over the world.

2. “Cannons hidden among blossoms” means Chopin’s music ______.

A. fills one with strength

B. has a secret anti-Russian message

C. is more powerful than cannons

D. means different things to different people

3. What does the underlined word “anniversary” mean?

A. The performance of a religious or other kind of ceremony (仪式).

B. Something that is remembered about a person who has died.

C. The activity of doing special, enjoyable things for an important occasion.

D. A date on which something special or important happened.

4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

A. Chopin was a romantic person and dared to express himself.

B. Chopin’s music was banned by the Germans during World War I.

C. Chopin’s music encouraged people to fight for national independence.

D. Chopin did not enjoy his stay in Paris and so arranged for his heart to be sent back Poland after his death.

Day 4


Gain gold and lose... (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. The servant was very happy at first because _______.

A. he was glad to meet the king

B. he was content with what he had

C. he had a good job

D. he earned a lot of coins

2. The underlined word “exhausted” in Paragraph 8 might mean _______.

A. very tired B. very bored

C. delighted D. surprised

3. Which of the following statements about The 99 Club is TRUE?

A. It is a club for those who can earn 99 gold coins a year.

B. Its members are very happy to be rich.

C. Its members are unhappy because they are poor.

D. It is a club for those who are not satisfied with what they have.

4. What is the message of the story?

A. The key to happiness is to enjoy what you have.

B. If you want to be happy, don’t pick up gold coins.

C. The richer you are, the unhappier you will be.

D. To be a servant is happier than to be a king.

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 house next door had been empty for so long that we had quite forgotten what it was like to have neighbors. One day, however, a truck     1   near our front gate, and in a short time, tables, chairs, pictures and countless     2   things were piled (堆) up by the roadside. A small car arrived, out of which came a man, a woman and five children of     3   ages. The children laughed happily as the whole family went into the house. It was our first     4   on the Robinsons.

Though we became friends with our new neighbors, we were often made     5   by them. We lent them many things, but we never knew whether we would get     6   back. Our garden became an unsafe place; little boys     7   cowboys or fighters would jump up from behind bushes,     8   wooden guns at us and order us to     9   . Even     10   were the arrows (箭) that came over the garden fence.

    11   we didn’t go in fear of our lives. The Robinsons were friendly and helpful and when we left our house for the holidays, we knew we had nothing to     12   so long as our neighbors were around. We understood what it was to have company in the long, friendless winter evenings when Mrs. Robinson would     13   for a cup of tea and a chat; or when Mr. Robinson would lean over the fence and     14   endlessly with my father about gardening     15   . The empty house next door was filled with life and joy.

1.A. came up B. got up C. drove up D. went up

2.A. others B. other C. some D. another

3.A. some B. any C. his D. different

4.A. imagination B. information C. introduction D. impression

5.A. happy B. joyful C. angry D. ill

6.A. it B. them C. everything D. all things

7.A. put on B. wore C. dressed D. dressed as

8.A. throw B. point C. put D. hit

9.A. put our hands up B. put our hands out

C. put our hands down D. put our hands away

10.A. more interesting B. more pleasant C. more careless D. more dangerous

11.A. So B. Therefore C. But D. And

12.A. worry B. fight C. do D. make

13.A. look into B. go in C. drop in D. break into

14.A. shout B. say C. tell D. talk

15.A. prizes B. magazines

C. works D. topics