Day 1

Life is a journey (P3)

阅读短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。

 

Day 2



Changing news (P4)

Choose the best answer:

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

A. There are no more printed newspapers in Britain.

B. People from other countries also read British newspapers online.

C. The most popular newspaper also has the most popular newspaper website.

D. People are unwilling to pay for newspapers because of the free news on the Internet.



2. What can we infer from the article?

A. Different readers have their own favorite newspapers.

B. People don’t trust news from the Internet any more.

C. Printed newspapers are sure to come to an end soon.

D. The podcasts and video help attract more readers to the news sites.



3. What is the article mainly about?

A. The most popular printed and online newspaper in the UK.

B. The challenges printed newspapers in the UK face.

C. New developments in online newspapers in the UK.

D. The condition of British newspapers in the Internet age.



4. What is the most popular news site in the UK according to the article?

A. The Sun. B. The Mail.

C. The Guardian. D. The Daily Telegraph.



Day 3



A rat with a nose ... (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. According to the scientists, it takes ______ to train rats to take on the job of finding landmines.

A. four weeks B. nine months

C. two hours D. three years



2. What does the underlined word “detection” mean?

A. to make a careful examination of something

B. to take out and destroy mines

C. training rats to a purpose

D. discovering or finding something



3. Rats are trained to find landmines for all the following reasons EXCEPT that ________.

A. they are lighter

B. they have a sharp sense of smell

C. they are familiar with humans

D. they are easier to train than dogs



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

A. Rats can only tell the difference between TNT and food.

B. Rats link the smell of landmines with food.

C. Scientists are saving human lives at the cost of rats’ death.

D. Scientists are quite satisfied with the result of the easy training.



Day 4


Don’t throw away ... (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. The book was special to the man because ______.

A. it was made of vellum

B. it included the secret of the touchstone

C. it was the only book that survived the great fire

D. it was a story about how to tell the touchstone from ordinary stones



2. According to the story, the touchstone ______.

A. is pure gold B. feels cold

C. is magic D. is a big pebble



3. He threw pebbles into the sea ______.

A. to test how far he could throw

B. to practice throwing pebbles

C. to avoid picking up the same pebble once again

D. to express his disappointment at failing to find the touchstone



4. What message does the story want to convey?

A. Careful habits can lead to success.

B. Habits can benefit you but also hold you back.

C. Never judge a person or a thing by appearances.

D. Opportunity only visits the ready and watchful mind.



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 clock had just struck eleven when I first heard a noise coming from the lift. I opened the door of our 1 , and listened. Someone was beating against the 2 of the lift and calling 3 at the same time.

“What’s wrong?” I shouted. “The door is 4 and I can’t get out,” a 5 voice came from several floors below.

My wife had now 6 me and she directly went 7 in search of the night porter (门卫). 8 calling to the girl that 9 was on its way, I went back to get some 10 to help her.

I tried hard at forcing open the lift door, 11 all the while to the girl inside, 12 my tools were of no use for this purpose. Very soon, my wife 13 . Unable to find the porter, she had called the 14 , who instantly sent an engineer. She 15 got in touch with the fire service.

In a short time the engineer came in, 16 by two policemen. Almost immediately the firemen 17 too. With his special equipment it took the engineer 18 several seconds to get the door 19 . Though she had her experience, the girl was in 20 spirits. “I’m hungry,” she said as she stepped out of the lift.



1. A. car B. office C. hotel D. flat

2. A. door B. wall C. floor D. step

3. A. in B. out C. up D. down

4. A. stuck (卡住的) B. destroyed C. closed D. loose (松散的)

5. A. man’s B. porter’s C. girl’s D. worker’s

6. A. watched B. attended C. joined D. worked

7. A. to B. up C. in D. off

8. A. Before B. After C. Until D. Since

9. A. help B. assistant C. key D. danger

10. A. machines B. wires C. hammers D. tools

11. A. attending B. talking C. whispering D. saying

12. A. and B. if C. but D. till

13. A. returned B. disappeared C. appeared D. reported

14. A. police B. manager C. boss D. owner

15. A. never B. always C. also D. thus

16. A. caught B. driven C. beaten D. followed

17. A. left B. arrived C. started D. fled

18. A. exactly B. only C. nearly D. almost

19. A. changed B. repaired C. locked D. open

20. A. good B. bad C. ill D. terrible



My notes



D1: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. ___

6. ___ 7. ___ 8. ___ 9. ___ 10. ___

D2: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___

D3: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___

D4: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___

D5: 1-5. ______ 6-10. ______

11-15. ______ 16-20. ______



上期参考答案

Reading

D1 1. They focus too much on famous schools.

or They often overlook Liberal Arts colleges.

2. 1). They are held as highly as ivy schools in the US; 2). it’s easy for students to get on graduate programs; 3). students can know the professors better; 4). the communities are better organized and friendly.

3. Try to find richer opportunities and do research.

4. They are as focused on research as they are on education.

D2 CDAA D3 DADC D4 BCAC

D5 1. be expected to 2. no accident

3. hold (think of) …as highly as…

4. wash away 5. hold up

1. He is tired of always being expected to top the class.

2. It is no accident that he passed the exam. How hard he works!

3. He holds family as highly as his career.

4. Nothing can ever wash away my guilt over the accident.

5. The nurse came in to see how I was holding up.



Listening

1-5. AACBC 6-10. ACAAA 11-12. CC