Day 1

UN ranks countries (P2)

Answer the questions:

1. What does the human development index show?

_____________________________________________

2. What does the UN consider about a country when they make the HDI list?

_____________________________________________

3. How does this year’s list compare to the one made in 1970?

_____________________________________________



Match the results with the correct country:

4. The best country to live in

5. People live the longest lives

6. People live the shortest lives

7. People are the richest

8. People are the poorest



Choose the best answer:

9. At the bottom of the list, most countries are from _____.

A. Asia B. Africa

C. Europe D. South America



10. Which of the following is TRUE about China according to the list?

A. China is on the top of the list and develops very fast.

B. China couldn’t catch up with all the western countries.

C. China is better than any other country in the world.

D. China made the second most progress in the past 40 years.



Day 2

Art club takes paint...(P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. Tariq Sheikh invited the club to paint the gas station’s wall because_____.

A. he loves art very much

B. the wall was very dirty

C. he wanted the wall to make people feel happy

D. he wanted to give the kids a chance to paint



2. The kids made their painting special by ______.

A. painting the name of the town they live in

B. painting some colorful trees and buildings

C. painting about a famous true story

D. painting two brothers who live on a farm



3. Which is TRUE according to the story?

A. There was only one girl in this club.

B. The wall of the gas station was 25 feet tall.

C. People can easily see the Biddle brothers in the painting.

D. The kids spent seven days painting on the wall.



4. What does Matt Recker think of the painting on the wall?

A. It’s boring.

B. It’s fun and interesting.

C. It’s colorful but not good enough.

D. He doesn’t care about it.



Day 3

A loving tree (P6)

Answer the following questions:

1. Did the boy play around the big tree when he grew up?

_____________________________________________

2. How did the boy get the money?

_____________________________________________

3. What did the boy use the branches for?

_____________________________________________

4. How did the boy feel the last time he returned to the tree?

_____________________________________________

5. What does the writer compare (比作) the tree to?

_____________________________________________





Day 4

Tips for non-tippers (P8)

Choose the best answer:

1. If a meal costs you $80, what’s the smallest tip you could give to the waiter?

A. $12 B. $20 C. $40 D. $92



2. What does the writer’s father do?

A. He is a waiter.

B. He is a hairdresser.

C. He is a taxi driver.

D. He is an office worker.



3. What does the writer’s father think of embarrassing the “bad tippers”?

A. It is mean.

B. It is his duty.

C. It is boring.

D. It is enjoyable.



4. Why does the writer’s father give back the one-dollar bill?

A. The fare doesn’t cost that much.

B. He thinks it’s too little.

C. He doesn’t want a tip.

D. He doesn’t want to embarrass anyone.



5. According to the story, we know that _____.

A. it is very common to give a tip in the US

B. tipping is becoming popular around the world

C. people in the US get embarrassed easily

D. in the US, foreigners usually tip more than local US people



Day 5

Cloze

Mr and Mrs Bell are very forgetful (健忘的). For example, Mr Bell sometimes goes to his office for work on Sunday morning, just 1 he thinks it is Monday. And Mrs Bell sometimes forgets to cook meals for the family.

One summer they 2 to fly to New York on vacation. They got to the 3 only ten minutes before the plane took off. So they didn’t have 4 time. But, suddenly, Mrs Bell said she must tell their daughter not to 5 to lock (锁) the front door when she went to school. As Alice was then at school, they 6 tell her about it by telephone. So they ran to the post office. Mrs Bell wrote a short 7 to Alice while Mr Bell bought a stamp and an envelope (信封). Soon she 8 the note. They put the stamp on the envelope quickly and put it in the 9 , but suddenly, Mrs Bell began to cry. The short note was 10 in her hand. She had put the plane tickets in the envelope.

1. A. as B. so C. when D. because

2. A. made B. planned C. helped D. began

3. A. station B. airport C. school D. post office

4. A. barely B. long C. much D. early

5. A. forget B. remember C. leave D. stop

6. A. shouldn’t B. can’t C. mustn’t D. couldn’t

7. A. problem B. story C. note D. paper

8. A. mailed B. finished C. made D. got

9. A. envelope B. hand C. bag D. mail box

10. A. never B. already C. still D. even



Word check



Choose the best answer:

1. – A single room, please?

– OK. Will you please _____ me your ID card?

A. tell B. serve C. show D. send



2. I want to _____ the two coats more than once before I decide to buy one.

A. compare B. bring C. think D. find



3. My English teacher asks me to study harder and make much _____ with my oral English.

A. fun B. progress

C. decisions D. money



4. She _____ her English by listening to English programs.

A. offers B. passes C. receives D. improves



5. – Did you give Mr Li the book?

– No, I will give it to him as soon as he _____.

A. is coming back B. will come back

C. comes back D. came back



6. – Was Mr Green badly hurt in the _____?

– I’m afraid so. He is still in the hospital now.

A. experience B. thing C. accident D. matter

7. The apples are beginning to _____ from the trees.

A. drop B. stop C. leave D. follow



8. The doctor looked over the crying girl, but he couldn’t _____ what was wrong with her.

A. search B. invent C. find out D. look for



9. My father ____ his fingers when he was cooking dinner.

A. burnt B. is burning C. burns D. was burning



10. – The medicine _____ so bad.

– It surely does. But it will do you good.

A. becomes B. works C. sounds D. tastes



上期参考答案

Reading

【P1】1-4 CBAD

【P3】1-4 BDBC

【P6】1-4 BCDC

【P8】1. Because people want to honor Sun Yat-sen.

2. No, it didn’t. 3. 51. 4. On Nov 12, 1866.

5. He devoted himself to revolutions in the early 20th century and brought China into a new era.

【Cloze】1-5 CBDAD 6-10 BDADC



Word check

1-5 BBDCA 6-10 ACCBD