Day 1
US kids get character

Choose the best answer:

1. Many US students are learning Chinese because _____.

A. it is the most useful language

B. they hope to find a job in China

C. they want to travel all over China

D. China is becoming a powerful country

2. The number of schools teaching Chinese in the US now is about _____ that of ten years ago.

A. 5 times B. 10 times

C. 300 times D. 1,600 times

3. Which of the following is TRUE about Lomond Elementary School?

A. Students have Chinese class every day.

B. Only fifth graders can learn Chinese.

C. Teachers don’t teach Chinese culture in school.

D. Teachers think interest is important in learning Chinese.

4. We can tell from the story that _____.

A. there are more Spanish than Chinese in the US

B. China is much more developed than the US now

C. Chinese is becoming popular all around the world

D. Chinese is the most popular foreign language in the US

Day 2

Kids collect books for...

Choose the best answer:

1. What can we learn about Morales from Paragraph 1?

A. She felt bored when she was young.

B. She likes reading books a lot.

C. She is afraid of staying in the hospital.

D. She thought life in the hospital was boring.

2. What did Morales decide to do for hospital patients?

A. To read stories for them.

B. To collect some books for them.

C. To donate her used books to hospitals.

D. To visit them as often as she could.

3. Morales and her friends _____.

A. wanted more kids to love reading

B. wanted the kids to know more about their hometown

C. tried to make the kids at the hospital feel better

D. invited kids in the hospital to write down their wishes

4. From the story, we learn that Morales and her friends are _____.

A. kind and helpful

B. funny and smart

C. lonely and boring

D. honest and easygoing

Day 3

More than one way to...

Choose the best answer:

1. What was Elsa’s problem?

A. She couldn’t get along well with her mother.

B. The lunches in her school were terrible.

C. She didn’t like the twisting streets in the village.

D. She couldn’t get to the place she wanted to go.

2. Elsa’s father took her to the top of the tower to _____.

A. tell her how beautiful the village was

B. show her that there were many ways to the square

C. encourage her to tell the truth to her mother

D. encourage her to find another way to solve her problem

3. Why did Elsa’s mother agree to help Elsa?

A. Elsa’s father had a talk with her.

B. Elsa let her taste the lunch soup.

C. She believed Elsa after visiting her school.

D. She found the cook in the school was mad.

4. What does Elsa try to tell us with the story?

A. How kind and wise her father is.

B. How terrible the lunches of her school are.

C. When one way doesn’t work, try another.

D. Once in trouble, a good plan is necessary.

Day 4

Falling here and there

Answer the following questions:

1. Do Americans think it is important to help save a friend’s face?

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2. Why might the Chinese act like their friends’ fall never even happened?

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3. When a person makes a mistake, who is responsible for saving his or her “face” in the US?

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4. When someone falls down, will Americans go on walking or rush to help him / her up?

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5. Through the example, what difference does the writer show us between Americans and Chinese?

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Day 5

Cloze

A little boy wanted to meet God, so he started his trip with some cakes and orange juice. On his way, he saw an old woman 1 in the park. The boy sat down next to her. The old lady looked 2 , so he offered her a cake. She accepted (接受) it 3 and smiled at him. Her smile was so beautiful that the boy wanted to 4 it again, so he gave her a bottle of orange juice. Once again she smiled at him. The boy was very happy! They sat there all afternoon eating and smiling, but they never said a word. As it grew dark, the boy got up to leave. 5 he left, he gave her a kiss. She gave him her biggest 6 ever.

When the boy 7 home, his mother saw the look of joy on his face. She asked him: “ 8 made you so happy?”

He said: “I had lunch with 9 . She’s got the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen!”

The old woman also returned to her home happily. Her son asked: “Mother, why are you so happy?”

She answered: “I ate cakes in the park with God. You know, he’s much 10 than I expected.”

1. A. standing B. sitting C. lying D. crying

2. A. hungry B. angry C. thirsty D. tired

3. A. sadly B. successfully

C. seriously D. thankfully

4. A. give B. see C. have D. laugh

5. A. Before B. After C. Since D. Until

6. A. kiss B. cake C. love D. smile

7. A. got to B. got C. turned D. arrived in

8. A. Which B. Where C. What D. Why

9. A. myself B. a boy C. a girl D. God

10. A. younger B. beautiful C. older D. silent