Day 1

Not just one (P3)

阅读article并根据article内容回答问题。

1. What is the main point of the article? (No more than 10 words)

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2. What is the biggest difference between History and English classes in the author’s opinion? (No more than 8 words)

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3. What kind of answers did the author’s history teacher expect in class? (No more than 4 words)

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4. What does the author think of his English teacher? (No more than 16 words)

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5. What qualities do you think make a good teacher? (No more than 25 words)

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Day 2

Why can’t you just... (P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. With the first paragraph, the author intends to _______.

A. explain how important good manners are

B. catch the reader’s attention with the strong words in the letter

C. describe the cause and effect of Heidi’s visit to the Bournes’ house

D. remind people to be more polite

2. According to the article, a finishing school is ________.

A. a place to make people feel comfortable

B. a school teaching Internet social networking skills

C. where young women who behaved badly were once sent

D. where students should finish all courses before graduation

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?

A. Heidi’s behavior is quite common among young people in the UK.

B. Heidi’s father was ashamed of his daughter’s behaviors.

C. Everyone on Facebook thought Heidi was socially better than Mrs Bourne.

D. Mrs Bourne was attacked on the Internet for the cruel and direct words in her e-mail.

4. What would Shirley Schomaker probably agree with?

A. Only going to finishing school can teach you social etiquette.

B. Good manners help people communicate better.

C. Those who break behavioral rules should be punished.

D. Social etiquette is about getting up on time in the morning.

Day 3

Dogs just want their... (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. The underlined word “mean” can be replaced by _______.

A. poor B. unkind

C. smart D. unsafe

2. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the article as an example of bad behavior among dogs?

A. Biting clothes.

B. Barking at people.

C. Taking away others dogs’ food.

D. Being unfriendly to people.

3. Which of the following statements about the research is TRUE?

A. 140 dogs aged 18 days to 7 months were studied.

B. Dogs behaved better after receiving special training.

C. All the dogs in the experiment had not been taken away from their mothers after birth.

D. The research found no clear connections between breed and bad behavior.

4. Those who want to keep a pet are advised to _______.

A. leave it in the pet shop from time to time

B. get it several months after its birth

C. get rid of it before it becomes a troublemaker

D. help it feel safe

Day 4

Hit the slopes (P6)

Choose the best answer:

A. she couldn’t ski well

C. her classmates laughed at her

D. she had not made any friends yet

2. What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2?

3. Why did the author start the conversation with Marie?

4. According to the story, we can conclude that _______.

B. Matt was the worst at skiing in the group

C. talking about the same experience brought the students closer

D. learning to ski was the biggest reward for the author

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。

There once was a king who offered a prize to the artist who would paint the best picture of peace. Many artists 1 . The king looked at all the pictures. But there were only two he really 2 , and he had to 3 between them.

One picture was of a 4 lake. The lake was a perfect mirror for peaceful towering (高耸的) mountains all around it. Overhead (在空中) was a blue sky 5 white clouds. All who saw this picture thought that it was a(n) 6 picture of peace.

7 picture had mountains, too. But these were 8 and bare (光秃秃的). Above was an angry sky, from which rain fell and in which lightning played. Down the side of the mountain was a waterfall. This did not look peaceful 9 .

But when the king looked 10 , he saw behind the waterfall a tiny bush growing in a crack (裂缝) in the rock. In the bush a mother bird had built her nest. 11 , in the midst of the rush of angry water, 12 the mother bird on her nest – in perfect peace.

Which picture do you think 13 the prize? The king chose the second picture. Do you know why?

“Because,” explained the king, “peace does not 14 to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. Peace means to be in the midst of all those things and still be calm in your 15 . That is the real meaning of peace.”

1. A. tried B. agreed

C. argued D. shared

2. A. received B. rewarded

C. liked D. painted

3. A. work B. choose

C. review D. match

4. A. dirty B. mountainous

C. special D. calm

5. A. on B. against

C. with D. except

6. A. beautiful B. perfect

C. ordinary D. famous

7. A. Another B. Other

C. The others D. The other

8. A. green B. rocky

C. pretty D. peaceful

9. A. any more B. any longer

C. a little D. at all

10. A. personally B. partly

C. closely D. kindly

11. A. Here B. There

C. Now D. Also

12. A. sat B. seated

C. sang D. danced

13. A. beat B. won

C. lost D. held

14. A. turn B. prove

C. mean D. tend

15. A. opinion B. picture

C. experience D. heart

（答案见下期）

上期参考答案

D1 BADC

D2

1. Chocolate and the Smurfs.

2. He sends them to the New York City by magic and tries to stop them going back.

3. 1) Equality. 2) Tolerance. 3) Discussion about women’s role in society.

4. The fact that they are multi-cultural and it is easy to relate to them.

5.不管来自哪里的人，都可以把友谊，善良，乐于助人这些美好品质融入到自己的生活中。

D3 CACC D4 DBCD

D5 DAB