Day 1

Shopping like a trip... (P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. The antique store doesn’t sell _____.

A. old CDs and DVDs

B. wooden clocks

C. cartoon statues

D. fancy hats



2. Why did the writer shout happily?

A. She saw a mini museum of American history.

B. She saw some records and a real phonograph.

C. The store made her feel like it was the 1950s.

D. The things in the store were really cheap.



3. We can learn from the story that _____.

A. the prices of the antiques are not all the same

B. the writer bought a record and a phonograph

C. the writer wanted to know more about American history

D. the writer prefers to buy new things


Day 2

Giving thanks for food...(P4-5)

Fill in the chart below:


 

Day 3

Dreams don’t grow old (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. Why did the old lady go to college?

A. To meet a rich husband.

B. To look around the school.

C. To give the students a speech.

D. To get a good education.



2. The writer thought Rose was a woman with the following EXCEPT _____.

A. wisdom B. experience

C. a dream D. carelessness



3. What’s the relationship between Rose and the writer?

A. mother and son

B. professor and student

C. friends and classmates

D. coworkers and friends



4. From Rose’s words, we learn that _____.

A. we should stop working when we are old

B. it’s very hard for old ladies to go to college

C. one should have dreams and never give up

D. any dream will cost you most of a lifetime to achieve



Day 4

The many sides of tofu (P8)

Answer the following questions:

1. Is tofu a common food at restaurants?

____________________________________________

2. Why can tofu be made into many different foods?

____________________________________________

3. When was tofu invented?

____________________________________________

4. How did the first person invent tofu?

____________________________________________

5. What do Western people sometimes call tofu?

____________________________________________



Day 5

Cloze

I would often watch the kids as they played basketball during breaks. She seemed so small as she 1 her way through so many boys on the playground. There were a lot of children there, and yet, to me, she alone 2 .

I remembered the first day I saw her playing basketball. She managed to shoot some jump shots. The boys always tried to 3 her, but no one could.

I began to 4 her, basketball in hand, playing alone. She would practice shooting over and over again. One day I asked her why she practiced so much. She said: “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is if I get a scholarship (奖学金). I like basketball. 5 I am good enough, I’ll get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. Daddy often says to me that if the dream is big enough, the little things don’t matter.”

One day, in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms. I walked up to her and quietly asked what was wrong. “Oh, nothing, I am just too 6 . The coach told me that at 167cm, I would probably never go to play for a top-ranked team – not to mention win a scholarship – so I should stop 7 about college.”

She was heartbroken and clearly very 8 . I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches just didn’t understand the 9 of a dream. He said that if she really wanted to play for a good college, and wanted a scholarship, 10 could stop her except one thing – her own attitude (态度). He told her again: “If the dream is big enough, the little things don’t matter.”

The next year, when her 11 went to the Northern California Championship game, she was seen by a college recruiter (招募者). She was 12 a scholarship. She got the college education she had dreamed of.

It’s true that if the dream is big enough, the little things don’t matter.

1. A. pulled B. drew C. pushed D. ran

2. A. ran out B. stayed away

C. stood out D. jumped away

3. A. help B. influence C. terrify D. stop

4. A. notice B. know C. study D. hear

5. A. Because B. As C. If D. While

6. A. weak B. short C. heavy D. tall

7. A. dreaming B. caring C. playing D. wondering

8. A. anxious B. excited

C. angry D. disappointed

9. A. aim B. fact C. right D. power

10. A. everything B. nothing C. something D. anything

11. A. team B. class C. coach D. college

12. A. afforded B. offered C. rent D. lent


Word check

Choose the best answer:

1. The twins are swimming. It looks like fun, let’s _____ them.

A. join B. join in C. take part in D. enter



2. Words can’t _____ the beauty of the scene.

A. speak B. display C. describe D. see



3. We should learn a country’s _____ as well as its language.

A. activities B. culture C. progress D. business

4. – Where will the 2012 Olympic Games take place?

– It is _____ that London will hold the games.

A. sure B. confident

C. positive D. certain



5. – Was anyone hurt in the accident?

– Yes, one person is hurt, _____ not badly.

A. and B. but

C. or D. so



6. The 2010 Expo _____ large numbers of tourists to Shanghai.

A. caused B. afforded

C. pointed D. attracted



7. Kids are allowed to wear the _____ costumes of their own countries at this party.

A. traditional B. fresh

C. friendly D. personal



8. Mike and his mother _____ Shanghai last night.

A. arrived at B. arrived in

C. got D. reached to



9. My computer doesn’t work. What _____ I do?

A. would B. must

C. should D. need



10. She speaks very loudly ______ all the students can hear her.

A. so that B. because

C. since D. when



上期参考答案

Reading

【P1】1-4 EBAC 【P2】1-4 BCDA

【P3】1-4 ABCA 【P8】1. Yes, it does. 2. It was originally about working hard and succeeding in whatever you do, whoever you are. 3. Because of the current financial crisis. 4. They prefer to work on farms. 5. It simply means being happy with what you have and knowing what’s truly important.

【Cloze】1-5 ABCAC 6-10 BDCBA 11-14 BCDD


Word check

1-5 DCBDC 6-10 DBAAC