Day 1

What is a real ... (P4)

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Glamorous (迷人的) parties, beautiful cars and designer clothes… the life of a Gossip Girl character isn’t exactly what you’d expect for a 16-year-old high school student.

But the TV series and the original (最初的) books – which have just come to China from the Jieli Publishing House – follow Serena van de Woodsen and her elite (精英) set of friends in New York’s wealthiest district. 1

Blair, Serena’s best friend, is queen of the social scene at high school and she dates Nate. Chuck, meanwhile, is the “bad boy” of the story, exploiting (利用) his dad’s enormous wealth to get exactly what he wants.

However, some people criticize Gossip Girl for being silly and frivolous (无关紧要的). 2

And, based on my experience at high school in the UK, teenagers have more to worry about than what they’ll be wearing and who they’ll be taking to the latest Saturday night get-together.

For a start, you have GCSE exams to worry about. Each high school pupil will study nine or ten subjects over two years and then, at age 16, everybody has to sit an exam for each one.

3 After GCSEs come A-levels. I took three subjects – History, Italian and French – and was examined in each one when I was 18 years old. These are the exams that will determine whether you get into college and I, for one, found them very stressful.

4 I went to an all-girls school, but boys were the subject of our conversations a lot of the time. We’d discuss who we liked and occasionally some girls would even fight over boys.

But for the most part, Gossip Girl offers an insight (见识) into a world that most of us will never experience. 5

A. The slog (苦干) doesn’t stop there.

B. As an escape from reality, nothing beats it.

C. You’ll meet Blair Waldorf, Chuck Bass and Nate Archibald.

D. After all that hard work the choice is yours.

E. After all, the action centers all around teenage relationships, clothes and partying.

F. The show was noted to have held the best audience retention of America’s Next Top Model.

G. That’s not to say there aren’t some similarities between my school experience and Serena and Blair’s.



Day 2


UK teen fashions (P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. We can identify the emos by their _______.

A. black T-shirts B. loose jeans

C. long fingernails D. long fringes

2. The youths who prefer to dress in black call themselves ______.

A. goths B. new-raves C. hoodies D. indies

3. Why are the boys called hoodies?

A. Because they are always playing with cell phones.

B. Because they wear sweatshirts with hoods.

C. Because they listen to annoying music.

D. The writer doesn’t mention the reason in the article.

4. From the article we can conclude that ________.

A. the author is against teenage fashion

B. teenagers can identify other groups easily

C. teenagers express themselves through their fashion sense

D. each group of teenagers is named after its preferred music


Day 3


Can tigers survive? (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. According to the World Wildlife Fund, ______.

A. only 3 percent of wild tigers remain

B. only 10 countries still have wild tigers

C. there are only 3 types of wild tiger left

D. there are fewer than 100 wild tigers in the world

2. Which of the following sub-species is still alive in the wild, according to the article?

A. Bengal tigers. B. The Bali tiger.

C. The Caspian tiger. D. The South China tiger.

3. According to Jean-Christoph Vie, ______.

A. the wild tiger population is decreasing sharply

B. to protect tigers, more room is needed

C. countries with a bigger tiger population should help those with a smaller population

D. if a country doesn’t protect the tiger, then it does not support biological diversity



Day 4


Stand tall like a ... (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. What happened to the front of the house?

A. It looked like a natural garden with artistic taste.

B. It told a story of the history of the neighborhood.

C. It wasn’t built with skills and didn’t look good enough.

D. It was surrounded by a professionally built rock wall.

2. What did the author and his wife do to the front of their house?

A. They cleaned up all the rocks to make a flower garden.

B. They grew some leftover plants and flowers in it.

C. They asked some neighbors to come and help.

D. They planted some sunflowers under the rocks.

3. Which is TRUE about the sunflower?

A. It grew from under a rock.

B. Denise took good care of it.

C. We finally discovered who planted it.

D. They recognized it from the beginning.

4. What message does the author want to get across to the readers by writing this article?

A. Let our life be our inspiration.

B. Life is not what it seems to be.

C. We should be the master of nature.

D. Never give up in face of challenges.


上期参考答案

D1 1. They compete hard against each other, despite their friendship. 2. Their close family relations. 3. Because they see it as a chance to improve themselves. Or because that's bragging rights in the off-season. Or because of their respect for each other. 4. He doesn’t support their friendship but he understands it. D2 1-4 CBDD D3 1-4 ABCB D4 1-4 ACCD

D5 1-5 ACBCA 6-10 ABACA 11-15 BABCD 16-20 CDACC