Day 1

Beijing’s brightest

Choose the word below to fill in the blanks:

promote, notice, reduce, garbage, because, cool

Being young doesn’t mean you can’t be scientific. This summer, Liu Juncheng ________ that it was ________ along the vine-covered wall than other places. He did some field research and found that vines can help ________ the electricity use of air conditioners. However, not very many communities plant vines ________ nobody takes care of the plants. Sometimes some people even dump ________ under vines and rats tend to live where they grow. So here is Liu’s suggestion: we should ________ vines in communities and have people take care of them.

Day 2

My class tries to catch...

Choose the best answer:

1. How did kids feel when they heard Mr Keller’s laptop was lost?

A. Scared and unhappy.

B. Surprised and excited.

C. Excited and terrified.

D. Sad and shocked.

2. What was the evidence of the “crime”?

A. A piece of paper.

B. Some pictures.

C. A footprint.

D. A broken door.

3. What’s the correct order of the following events?

a. Kids blocked off the crime scene with tape and took pictures.

b. Mr Keller found that somebody stole his laptop.

c. They finally found Mr Keller was the “thief”.

d. Mr Keller found a footprint in the doorway.

e. Kids started to make a plaster cast of each of their shoe prints.

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

4. We can tell from the story that _____.

A. Mr Keller teaches Forensic Science class

B. kids were afraid of solving a real crime

C. there were many footprints in the doorway

D. kids couldn’t find who the “thief” was

Day 3

Small change for big hearts (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. The doctor apologized to the writer because _____.

A. the writer had to use a different register at the store

B. they didn’t have the medicine the writer wanted

C. he didn’t know what medicine the writer should take

D. his register was broken so the writer had to leave

2. What did the shop owner do when the writer gave him a fake dollar?

A. He refused to take it.

B. He called the police.

C. He asked the writer to go away.

D. He took it and handed back real coins.

3. How much more money did the little girl need?

A. About 1 dollar. B. About 2 dollars.

C. About 3 dollars. D. About 4 dollars.

4. The writer told the girl to keep the change because _____.

A. she didn’t need it

B. she wanted to pass on love

C. she was in a hurry

D. she didn’t like coins

Day 4

Bean soup for the soul

Choose the best answer:

1. What was the first thing the writer learned to make?

A. pizza B. soup C. salad D. chicken

2. What is the writer’s mother’s job?

A. teacher B. officer C. chef D. secretary

3. Which of the statements is TRUE?

A. Soup is as important as a meal in America.

B. Americans don’t like to make soup from leftovers.

C. Americans think it is difficult to make soup.

D. Americans like to add cheese to soup.

4. What do we learn from the story?

A. Soup has a special meaning for the writer.

B. The writer hopes to be a vegetarian again.

C. The writer writes this story to recall her college life.

D. The writer implies she wants to be a chef.

Day 5

Cloze

How can you think in English? I think the best way is to practice as a football player 1 every day. During 2 each day, the football player will pass the ball to his teammates over and over again. So he won’t have to 3 passing the ball in the game; he will just do it.

You can 4 yourself to think in English this way. The first step is to think of the words that you use daily, 5 , everyday words like “book” or “shoe” or “tree”. For example, whenever you see a “book”, you should think of it in English 6 in your mother language.

After you have learned to think of several words in English, move on to the next step - thinking in whole 7 . Listening and repeating is a very useful way to learn a language. Listen first and don’t think too much about 8 you fully understand what you’re hearing. Try to repeat what you hear. The more you listen, the 9 you learn. After you reach a higher level, 10 having conversations with yourself in English. This will help you to think in English.

1. A. thinks B. works C. does D. plays

2. A. practice B. game C. match D. day

3. A. think about B. wait for C. give up D. look for

4. A. help B. train C. practice D. permit

5. A. important B. correct C. simple D. possible

6. A. as well as B. instead of

C. in addition to D. thanks to

7. A. languages B. grammar

C. literature D. sentences

8. A. which B. whether C. how D. why

9. A. harder B. less C. later D. more

10. A. remember B. stop C. start D. finish