Day 1

Save the wild tigers (P2)

Choose the best answer:

1. What’s the meeting in St Petersburg mainly about?

A. How to help tigers find a better place to live.

B. How to protect tigers and increase their numbers.

C. How to stop people’s hunting of the wild animals.

D. How to control the number of tigers in the world.



2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the WWF?

A. Many tigers have died from hunting.

B. About 3,200 tigers have died in the past 100 years.

C. The number of tigers has been increasing in recent years.

D. There are about 100,000 wild tigers in the world now.



3. In Jean-Christoph Vie’s opinion, the best way to increase the number of tigers is _____.

A. to keep all of them in the zoo

B. to stop people from hunting and killing them

C. to do nothing and leave things as they are

D. to build more nature reserves for tigers



4. How many types of tigers were there in China 40 years ago?

A. 3 B. 4 C. 13 D. 50



Day 2


I get to sew and cook... (P3)

Answer the following questions:

1. Is the writer studying at a cooking school?

________________________________________

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2. What does the writer think of the project in Grade 8?

________________________________________

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3. Where do the students cook their food?

________________________________________

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4. What do students do after making the foods and tasting them?

________________________________________

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5. What else do students learn from the FCS class besides fun?

________________________________________

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Day 3


Growing good corn (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. From the story we learn that _____.

A. the farmer’s corn sold very well though it was not the best

B. the farmer made a lot of money by growing corn

C. the farmer couldn’t get along well with his neighbors

D. the farmer became famous because of the corn he grew



2. The reporter felt _____ what the farmer did.

A. angry with B. surprised at

C. worried about D. happy with



3. The farmer’s corn could grow well partly because _____.

A. his neighbors also grew good corn

B. his neighbors gave him the best seed corn

C. he was good at cross-pollination

D. he stopped his neighbors from growing good corn



4. The story wants to tell us that _____.

A. hard work leads to success

B. we should try to make ourselves happy

C. helping others is helping ourselves

D. we should try our best to improve our lives



Day 4

China’s beautiful bamboo (P8)

Choose the best answer:

1. What is bamboo like in wintertime?

A. It loses most of its leaves.

B. It grows green and fast.

C. It is not as straight as in summer.

D. It can’t stand the cold weather.



2. Which is NOT in “the three cold-resistant friends of winter”?

A. bamboo B. the pine tree

C. plum blossoms D. chrysanthemum



3. People use bamboo to do the following EXCEPT _____.

A. make furniture B. make flutes

C. feed pandas D. cool food



4. What is bamboo’s spirit according to Chinese people?

A. Being brave in the face of trouble.

B. Always being kind and friendly.

C. Trying to be different from others.

D. Trying your best to realize your dreams.


Day 5

Cloze

We spent a day in the countryside and picked a lot of flowers. We 1 them so much that we put them around the inside of the car everywhere we could! On the way home, my wife 2 a bookcase in a furniture shop. She had wanted that kind of bookcase for some time, so we bought it. It was tall, narrow (狭窄的) and very heavy, too. We put it on the 3 of the car.

As it was getting darker (更黑), I drove slowly. After some time, my wife said: “There are many cars 4 us. Why don’t they just pass us?” At that moment a police car did pass us. The two officers inside looked at us 5 when they went past. But then, with a kind smile they asked us to follow their car through the 6 traffic (交通). The police car 7 at the church. One of the officers came up to me and said: “Right, sir, here we are. Do you need any more help now?”

I didn’t quite 8 . “Thanks, officer. You are very kind. I live just down the road.”

He was 9 our things: first at the flowers, then at the bookcase. “Well, well,” he said and 10 . “It’s a bookcase! We thought it was, er, something else.”

My wife began to laugh, too. Then I knew 11 the police drove us all the way here. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a bookcase, 12 thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.

1. A. knew B. loved C. needed D. found

2. A. left B. had C. took D. saw

3. A. back B. front C. top D. foot

4. A. beside B. before C. between D. behind

5. A. seriously B. happily C. stupidly D. thankfully

6. A. full B. busy C. long D. easy

7. A. waited B. ran C. drove D. stopped

8. A. enjoy B. understand

C. worry D. thank

9. A. caring about B. taking away

C. checking up D. looking at

10. A. laughed B. cried C. spoke D. acted

11. A. how B. what C. why D. that

12. A. and B. but C. or D. so


Word check

Choose the best answer:

1. – Are you afraid of _____ at home, Linda?

– No. I’ve grown up.

A. alone B. being alone C. lonely D. being lonely



2. – I think English is more useful than Chinese.

– I don’t _____ you. They are both useful.

A. get on with B. catch up with

C. talk with D. agree with



3. They watched the plane until it _____ into the sky.

A. discovered B. disagreed

C. disappeared D. disliked



4. – Would you like to see the movie with me?

– Sorry, I have _____ seen it twice.

A. already B. yet C. either D. still



5. He prefers going hiking _____ at home.

A. to stay B. stay C. staying D. to staying



6. – My coat looks a little _____ yours.

– But the color of yours is the same as mine.

A. the same with B. the same as

C. different from D. different with

7. I’ve heard of the story. It _____ funny.

A. looks B. tastes C. feels D. sounds



8. – Where is Tom?

– He _____ in his study.

A. read B. is reading C. reads D. was reading



9. – Where were you born?

– England, but I _____ in Scotland.

A. grew up B. picked up C. gave up D. set up



10. She had no _____ but to accept his invitation.

A. chance B. way C. plan D. choice


上期参考答案

Reading

【P2】1-4 ACDE

【P3】1-4 DCDB

【P6】1-4 CDBA

【P8】1-4 CDAD

【Cloze】1-5 DDCBC 6-10 ABDBA

Word check

1-5 CCDAA 6-10 BCABD