Day 1

Happy, but not healthy (P2)
阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文的五个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。有一个选项为多余选项。

THE Happy Meal is very popular at McDonald’s.
1. __________ The meal not only has the fast food kids like, but also gives kids a toy for free.
2. __________ The rule may not allow McDonald’s to give away free toys with their Happy Meals in the future.
According to the rule, a meal with over 600 calories (卡路里) should not be called a “kid’s meal” and should not come with a free toy. A “kid’s meal” needs to include fruits and vegetables.
The city thinks fast food is not healthy for kids. 3. ______ This is the reason for the new rule.
4. __________ They usually include foods such as hamburgers and French fries: all very high in calories. So, when the rule starts in December 2011, McDonald’s restaurants in San Francisco will not be able to include toys with their Happy Meals anymore.

Day 2

Welcome to the class... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. The students can do the following with laptops EXCEPT _____.
A. take notes in class
B. do their homework at home
C. answer teachers’ questions in class
D. stay at home to have classes

2. The school holds this program mainly to _____.
A. give teachers more ways to teach
B. make students follow the school rules
C. help students learn in an advanced environment
D. help those poor students be attentive in class

3. Thanks to laptops, _____.
A. the school has to make many new rules
B. all of the students finish the school year
C. more and more students break the school rules
D. students are more attentive in class

4. What is the story mainly about?
A. A school begins to sell laptops to students.
B. A school rents laptops to all its students.
C. How to make students follow the school rules.
D. How to help students finish the school year.

Day 3

You are always valuable (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. The speaker crumpled the bill up because he wanted to _____.
A. know how many students really love the bill
B. make his students give up on the bill
C. make the bill look worse
D. show his students that the bill was worthless

2. After the speaker stepped on the bill, _____.
A. some students came to pick it up
B. every student understood its value
C. few students wanted to have it
D. nearly all the students still wanted it

3. If you fail from time to time, ______.
A. your value becomes less and less
B. you are still very important to your parents
C. your parents will no longer love you
D. your parents will feel you are worthless

4. What did the speaker want to tell his students with his speech?
A. The value of our lives lies in who we are.
B. Money is not the most important thing in life.
C. Don’t give up when you meet with trouble.
D. It doesn’t matter if you lose your value.

Day 4

Work hard for your card (P8)
Choose the best answer:
1. Poor students usually feel _____ on Report Card Day.
A. happy B. excited
C. worried D. calm

2. The writer uses the cartoon story to show that _____.
A. the cartoon is very popular among US students
B. you’d better not change a “D” into an “A”
C. parents can easily see changed grades on the card
D. students sometimes change their report cards

3. If a student gets a “D” on his report card, _____.
A. his parents will keep him at home after school for some time
B. his parents will no longer give him pocket money
C. his parents and teachers will think he is useless
D. his parents will take him out for a big dinner
4. Which of the following is TRUE of good students?
A. They don’t think the report cards are important.
B. They don’t know what their report cards will look like.
C. They always ask their teachers to give them better grades.
D. They really care about the grades on their report cards.

Day 5

Cloze
When Mr David retired, he bought a small house in a village (村庄) near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a 1 life in it.
But, to his great surprise, many tourists came to see his house in the summer holidays 2 it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night there were 3 outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms 4 the windows and many of them even went into Mr David’s garden. This was too much for Mr David. He
5 to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the
6 . The notice said: “If you want to satisfy your curiosity (好奇心), come in and look around. Price: twenty dollars.” Mr David was sure that the visitors would 7 coming, but he was 8 . More and more visitors came and Mr David had to spend every day 9 them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide (导游),” he said,
10 . In the end, he sold the house and moved away.
1. A. busy B. rich C. stressful D. quiet
2. A. so B. although C. but D. because
3. A. guides B. farmers C. tourists D. workers
4. A. with B. through C. on D. from
5. A. had B. forgot C. decided D. used
6. A. window B. village C. garden D. yard
7. A. forget B. stop C. dislike D. remember
8. A. sorry B. surprised C. right D. wrong
9. A. visiting B. showing C. helping D. playing
10. A. angrily B. happily C. actively D. quickly


Word check
Choose the best answer:
1. The manager _____ him one week of vacation in the summer.
A. answered B. attracted
C. allowed D. advised

2. Not only Jim but also David and Iris _____ good at playing basketball.
A. am B. is C. are D. was

3. – How long will the meeting _____?
– For two hours.
A. hold B. keep C. end D. last

4. My brother _____ in London last Monday.
A. arrived B. went C. reached D. grew

5. Tangyuan is a _____ food of the Lantern Festival in China.
A. traditional B. natural
C. historical D. central

6. – What do you want for your birthday?
– Not just a card or some socks. I really want something _____.
A. usual B. special C. common D. serious

7. In a few weeks, winter will _____ spring.
A. move into B. look into
C. turn into D. go into

8. We will _____ the news as fairly (公正) as
possible. Don’t worry.
A. report B. speak C. read D. say

9. It’s not fair to punish a whole class _____ the actions of one or two students.
A. by B. for C. with D. through

10. She was looking forward _____ the grandchildren again.
A. see B. to see C. seeing D. to seeing

上期参考答案
Reading

【P2】1. It shows the health and happiness of people in a country.
2. The economy, education and life expectancy.
3. It shows that the world is much better off than it was in 1970. 4-8 baedc 9-10 BD
【P3】1-4 CCDB
【P6】1. No, he didn’t.
2. He picked all the apples on the tree and sold them.
3. He built a boat with them / used the branches to build a boat and went sailing around the world.
4. He felt tired.
5. The writer compares the tree to parents.
【P8】1-5 ACDBA
【Cloze】1-5 DBBCA 6-10 DCBDC
Word check
1-5 CABDC 6-10 CACAD