Day 1

The year’s young man

True (T) or false (F) statements:

____ 1. Zuckerberg is the richest and most successful person in the world.

____ 2. According to Time magazine, Zuckerberg has changed people’s lives.

____ 3. Facebook is a popular website with more than 500 million users in the US.

____ 4. At first, Facebook helped students share information about how to take photos.

____ 5. After it became a hit, Zuckerberg opened Facebook up to more people.

____ 6. “Facebook me” is now a very popular saying among people of different ages.

____ 7. Zuckerberg’s dream is to connect people through the Internet.

Day 2

Gifted youth gather at...

Choose the best answer:

1. Stanford University holds the “Gifted Youth” program _____.

A. to show students how the particle accelerator works

B. to give students a chance to challenge themselves

C. to help students learn more about physics

D. to teach students more about the university

2. Why did Bloom take part in the camp?

A. His teachers encouraged him to have a try.

B. He wanted to make friends with students from different countries.

C. There were some like-minded kids in the camp studying together.

D. He was interested in learning something new about math and physics.

3. What does the fourth paragraph mainly tell us?

A. Bloom was excellent enough to be a member of the camp.

B. Bloom was good at writing and his teachers liked him a lot.

C. The camp invited lots of students from all over the world.

D. Test scores were the most important factor in getting the invitation.

4. Bloom did the following things in the camp at Stanford University EXCEPT _____.

A. have college-level math lessons

B. learn more about the human body

C. give a lesson about mental workouts

D. enjoy music with his new friends

5. What did Bloom think of his life at Stanford University?

A. It was amazing and free.

B. It was amazing but busy.

C. It was helpful and fun.

D. It was helpful but boring.

Day 3

Trouble knocks at your...

Choose the best answer:

1. The girl went to her father for advice because _____.

A. she wanted to learn how to cook

B. the same problem always appeared in her life

C. she thought her life was full of problems

D. she couldn’t solve all her problems at once

2. What did the father put into the second pan?

A. Carrots. B. Eggs. C. Coffee. D. Apples.

3. What is the correct order of what the father did?

a. He turned off the stove, put the carrots and eggs in a bowl and poured the coffee into a cup.

b. He poured water into three pans and boiled it.

c. He asked his daughter to touch the carrots, break the egg and taste the coffee.

d. He put carrots, eggs and coffee into the three pans.

A. c-b-d-a B. b-d-c-a C. c-b-a-d D. b-d-a-c

4. What did the father want to tell his daughter?

A. She should run away from trouble.

B. She should not think about her trouble.

C. She should face her trouble bravely.

D. She should ask others for help.

Day 4

Celebrate the season

Answer the following questions:

1. Is the winter solstice the shortest day of the year?

____________________________________________

2. Is rice the main food in northern China or in southern China?

____________________________________________

3. Why do people in southern China eat tangyuan?

____________________________________________

4. How do people in the north of China celebrate the winter solstice?

____________________________________________

5. What’s the passage mainly about?

____________________________________________


Day 5

Cloze

Mr Clarke is a teacher in a middle school. He likes reading and often 1 some books from the library. He listens to the radio every morning and reads newspapers after supper. So he knows a lot and 2 well. His students love him.

Mike, Mr Clarke’s little son, is only 9 years old. He 3 likes reading books. He often asks his father some questions. Mr Clarke thinks his son is too young to 4 him, so he just chooses the 5 ones to answer. Of course, the boy is not satisfied (满意的) with this.

One day, Mike read 6 about the electric light (电灯) and was lost in thought. When his father asked him to do some housework, he went on 7 it. He asked him a few questions, and his father answered them all. Then his father said 8 : “Fathers always know more than sons!”

The boy thought for a while and said: “I don’t think so!”

“Oh? Why?”

Mike didn’t answer and asked, instead: “ 9 invented (发明) the electric light?”

“Thomas Edison,” answered Mr Clarke.

“Why didn’t his 10 invent it, then?”

Looking at his son, Mr Clarke didn’t know what to answer!

1. A. sells B. borrows C. buys D. lends

2. A. asks B. answers C. reads D. teaches

3. A. also B. often C. either D. too

4. A. agree B. hear C. find D. understand

5. A. longest B. fewest C. easiest D. hardest

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

7. A. thinking about B. talking about

C. taking part in D. taking care of

8. A. sadly B. lowly C. wildly D. proudly

9. A. Why B. What C. Who D. How

10. A. teacher B. son C. father D. mother