Day 1

Breathing in danger (P2)

Choose the best answer:

1. People will _____ if they often breathe in secondhand smoke.

A. fall ill B. feel excited

C. get tired D. become healthy



2. Secondhand smoke is especially bad for children because _____.

A. they breathe in more smoke than adults

B. their bodies haven’t completely developed

C. they don’t know how to protect themselves

D. they know nothing about secondhand smoke



3. What can you do to keep yourself away from secondhand smoke?

A. If someone is smoking, breathe only with your nose.

B. Do more exercises and eat more healthy food.

C. Don’t get close to the people who are smoking.

D. Always stay indoors and keep away from old people.



4. What is the purpose of the text?

A. To encourage people to stop smoking.

B. To tell people what secondhand smoke is.

C. To ask people not to smoke inside the house.

D. To tell people about the danger of secondhand smoke.


Day 2

Boy breaks a record... (P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. Zak Crawford likes learning flight archery because _____.

A. flight archery is the oldest kind of archery

B. his hero, Robin Hood, was good at shooting

C. he wanted to help the poor with his shooting

D. he liked movies about flight archery



2. How long has Zak been a professional flight archery player?

A. For 8 years. B. For 7 years.

C. For 6 years. D. For 5 years.



3. What has been Zak’s best shooting distance so far?

A. 1,000 meters. B. 600 meters.

C. 500 meters. D. 350 meters.



4. What is the main reason for Zak’s success according to the last two paragraphs?

A. He is talented at flight archery.

B. He has practiced hard since he began it.

C. He learned a lot from his hero’s movies.

D. He has always dreamt of being successful.


Day 3


Mrs Hill hits the high... (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. What does the sentence “some of her high notes sounded like an axle without enough oil” mean?

A. Mrs Hill had a good voice.

B. Mrs Hill was good at singing.

C. Mrs Hill was interested in high notes.

D. Mrs Hill’s high notes needed improving.



2. When Mrs Hill practiced singing along the roads, she worried that _____.

A. her singing might trouble her family members

B. people on the roads would hear her singing

C. it was dangerous because many cars passed by

D. there were too many cars and too much noise



3. Why did the driver stop his car and get out of it?

A. He didn’t feel very well.

B. He heard a woman singing badly.

C. He heard a strange noise.

D. He thought the woman was one of his friends.



4. What can we know from the last paragraph?

A. There was something wrong with the man’s tires.

B. Mrs Hill was no longer too shy to sing in front of others.

C. Mrs Hill was still poor at singing high notes.

D. The driver was interested in singing, too.


Day 4


Workout or work in? (P8)

Answer the following questions:

1. Is it free to exercise at the gym in the US?

__________________________________________

__________________________________________



2. Where does the writer get exercise in China?

__________________________________________

__________________________________________



3. What does the writer think of running on a treadmill?

__________________________________________

__________________________________________



4. How would the writer spend the evening if she didn’t go to the gym?

__________________________________________

__________________________________________



5. In the writer’s opinion, why do Americans like to get exercise at the gym?

__________________________________________

__________________________________________


Day 5

Cloze

Harry was thinking about the coming evening when he was driving home. “My son is ten years old today! I bought a nice 1 for him. He will be very happy to wear it. I must drink some whisky (威士忌) for his birthday. Oh, what luck. There is a bottle of whisky in the car.” He looked at the nice green bottle of whisky on the seat and smiled.

Harry was busy 2 his son’s birthday and didn’t notice (注意到) that the traffic lights were turning 3 . He didn’t stop his car in time (及时) 4 his car hit the car in front of him. An old man got out of the other car, walked up to Harry and said 5 : “What are you doing? You nearly killed (杀) me!”

“I’m very sorry,” Harry answered. “Please calm down!” He 6 the bottle of whisky out of his car and said: “Drink some, and then you’ll feel better.” He gave it to the old man and the man drank some. But, 7 , the old man said: “You nearly killed me!”

Harry asked him to drink more, and the old man did. He drank more and more. At last, he drank 8 . Then the old man smiled and said to Harry: “Thank you. I feel much better now. But 9 aren’t you drinking?”

“Oh, well,” Harry answered, “I don’t want to drink any whisky now. I’m going to sit here and 10 the police.”

1. A. car B. bottle C. whisky D. gift

2. A. driving with B. talking about

C. thinking about D. asking for

3. A. black B. yellow C. green D. red

4. A. because B. and C. when D. though

5. A. angrily B. happily

C. weakly D. surprisingly

6. A. made B. found C. poured D. took

7. A. also B. again C. ever D. secondly

8. A. little B. many C. too much D. much too

9. A. why B. what C. how D. when

10. A. care for B. look for C. depend on D. wait for



上期参考答案

Reading

【P2】1-4 BABB

【P3】1. No, she isn’t.

2. It is more difficult than in Grades 6 and 7.

3. In a kitchen.

4. They wash and dry dishes and clean up the kitchen.

5. Duty and responsibilities.

【P6】1-4 DBAC

【P8】1-4 BDDA

【Cloze】1-5 BDCDA 6-10 BDBDA 11-12 CB


Word check

1-5 BDCAD 6-10 CDBAD