Day 1

US kids in no rush to drive

阅读文章并根据文章内容回答问题，注意答案不要超过题后括号内所规定的字数。

1. What does a driver’s license mean to the US teenagers in the past? (No more than 8 words)

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2. What does Glen Victor think of the trend that fewer US teenagers are getting driver’s license each year? (No more than 10 words)

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3. Name at least three reasons behind the fact that fewer US teenagers are getting driver’s license?

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2) ________________________________________________

3) ________________________________________________

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4. Translate the following sentence into Chinese.

When the economy is in the tank, driving among teens will go down because people have less money to spend on gas and insurance.

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5. What is your opinion on teenager driving? Do you think it wise for US teenagers to give up driving? (No more than 25 words)

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Day 2

My stocking full of ...

Choose the best answer:

1. Which of the following is a tradition in the author’s family?

A. A homemade cranberry salad served with beef.

B. Reading a Christmas fairytale before opening gifts.

C. Gift hunting late on Christmas afternoon.

D. Searching for stockings filled with Christmas gifts.

2. What does the last sentence suggest?

A. Christmas seemed to be a long day for the author.

B. Christmas was just like any other day in the family.

C. More excitement was in store for the author.

D. If the author had gone back to sleep, he would have missed out on a lot of fun.

3. What is the main focus of the article?

A. How the author enjoyed Christmas with his classmates.

B. What Christmas gifts the author usually got.

C. Making Christmas special.

D. Christmas gift hunts.

Day 3

Think more and eat less

Choose the best answer:

1. In the experiment mentioned in Paragraph 3, which group ate the least M&Ms?

A. The group that imagined putting coins in a laundry machine 33 times.

B. The group that imagined putting in coins 30 times and eating M&Ms three times.

C. The group that imagined putting in coins three times and eating M&Ms 30 times.

D. The group that imagined nothing at all.

2. Which of the following statements would Carey Morewedge agree?

A. Imaginary eating is closely related to habituation.

B. Increased exposure to a stimulus usually increases a person’s response to it.

C. Volunteers must get used to annoyances in an experiment.

D. The finding of the experiment further proved traditional ideas about eating.

3. What does the last paragraph tell us?

A. Moving M&Ms leads people to eat less M&Ms than imagining eating them.

B. Imagining eating M&Ms leads people to eat more cheese.

C. Imagining eating cheese leads people to people eat less cheese.

D. Imagining eating a steak creates a flood of stimuli.

4. What is the main point of the article?

A. People should eat less M&Ms.

B. Thinking about a food repetitively could help satisfy hunger.

C. How to eat less and lose weight.

D. Thinking about a food leads to the desire to eat more of it.

Day 4

A special Christmas gift

Choose the best answer:

1. What was Christmas like in the town where the author’s family lived?

A. Each year there would be many big events.

B. It was a place where no one did anything differently at Christmas.

C. It is celebrated very much in the same way each year.

D. The people disliked a lot of excitement.

2. What does the underlined phrase “opt out” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. move out.

B. act alone.

C. take part in.

D. not to take part in.

3. Which of the statements about Tania is TRUE?

A. She didn’t made contact with Greg because she hated him.

B. She wasn’t as excited as her parents to see Greg.

C. She seemed to have planned a big surprise.

D. She did a great deal of shopping.

4. What is the focus of the article?

A. A family Christmas dinner.

B. An attempt to break with the rituals of Christmas.

C. A special Christmas gift.

D. An unexpected guest.

Day 5

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

It was a Sunday afternoon. 1 the past few weekends, the four of us didn’t sit at the kitchen table playing cards, our family’s usual Sunday afternoon pastime (娱乐). Dad had “things to do” and Mum was busy with the laundry.

There was something really 2 going on 3 I didn’t know what it was.

Later that evening, my parents 4 my sister Emily and me down in the living room saying that they had to talk to us. I sat down 5 on the far side of the couch.

My father began slowly, as if he was 6 something back. Lines grew deep in his forehead as he told us that he and my mother were getting a 7 .

My mother started to 8 in her eyes and she went to the bathroom and locked the door. She 9 tiptoed (踮脚走) because I didn’t realize she had gone 10 I heard her crying behind the door. My father went over to the window and gazed out far beyond the view of our backyard.

What caused me the most 11 was the fact that I always thought my parents were 12 , even though they fought all the time. I saw them as 13 in every way. I looked up to them more than anyone else, and now they had shattered (粉碎) their image. I think the pain came from not having anyone to 14 anymore.

Now I see my father about once a month, and it’s 15 . I can talk to him more openly and I have learned to 16 the time I get to spend with him. With my mother it’s changed in a different way. I’ve come to 17 her more. She works so hard to make sure that Emily and I are always happy.

It took a lot of time for me to 18 that what they did was for the best and to 19 them for it. I now understand that parents aren’t perfect. They also make 20 . I have learned that parents are people too.

1. A. Unlike B. Like

C. Within D. Throughout

2. A. interesting B. special

C. strange D. important

3. A. and B. but

C. then D. so

4. A. set B. sat

C. seated D. asked

5. A. nervously B. curiously

C. expectantly D. naturally

6. A. holding B. hiding

C. sending D. putting

7. A. break B. divorce

C. holiday D. separation

8. A. have tears B. show anger

C. express sadness D. look determined

9. A. might have B. could have

C. must have D. should have

10. A. until B. when

C. though D. so

11. A. puzzle B. pain

C. disappointment D. anger

12. A. in love B. in agreement

C. thankful D. satisfied

13. A. successful B. perfect

C. tough D. wise

14. A. turn to B. copy from

C. admire D. love

15. A. difficult B. easy

C. convenient D. different

16. A. take B. make

C. appreciate D. choose

17. A. help B. understand

C. trust D. respect

18. A. realize B. decide

C. prove D. judge

19. A. accept B. congratulate

C. forgive D. wish

20. A. changes B. faults

C. mistakes D. corrections

上期参考答案

Reading

D1

1. His long-distance travels by train or car to promote his new movies.

2. Ordinary characters.

3.

1) He does his best to satisfy people.

2) He is very careful not to offend anyone.

3) He is a modest actor who doesn't want to be seen as a star.

4. 这些电影很受欢迎，因为葛优塑造的在困境中挣扎纠结的小人物，都令人觉得很真实。

D2 1-4 CDAC D3 1-4 CBCA D4 1-4 DADB

D5 Chunks

1. 乍一看来 2. 撞上，遇见

3. 克制住不做某事

4. 除去，拿走

Sentences

1. At first glance, his new book is worth reading.

2. I bumped into an old friend of mine at the supermarket

3. Would you refrain from wearing your muddy shoes in the house?

4. I had to remove some furniture from the house to make room for my new piano.

Listening

1-3 CBA 4-6 AAC 7-8 CB

9. air 10. digging 11. event

12. environmental 13. improve 14. paid for

15. volunteers 16. directions 17. right

18. out