Day 1

Connect to your career (P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. The author believes that American high school leavers ______.

A. don’t have enough internship opportunities

B. need more career advice from their schools

C. perform better in exams than German students

D. should be given more career choices

2. Which of the following statements might Robert Schwartz agree with?

A. If you go to university, you will definitely earn more money in later life.

B. Students should get contact with the working world as early as possible.

C. Students should learn particular skills in college.

D. US education reform should focus on the most vulnerable kids.

3. We can infer from the article that ______.

A. unemployment rates for US teenagers keep rising at the moment

B. students from high schools with career-based courses never have any problems finding a job

C. US companies are now working with schools to prepare young people for future employment

D. high school leavers with no practical skills are quite unlikely to find a job

4. What is the main point of the article?

A. The lack of career-based courses for high school students in the US.

B. How can high school leavers survive in the daunting US job market?

C. Arguments about recent US education reform.

D. Advice for American high school leavers.

Day 2

I wanna eat like... (P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. Which of the following best sums up the main idea of the article?

A. Tips for politicians who want to be popular with common people.

B. Many politicians try to present themselves as men of the people.

C. What makes American politicians different from British ones.

D. Politicians have to learn to be good actors.

2. President Barack Obama is mentioned in order to ______.

A. show that he has unique ways of getting close to the common people

B. give another example of a politician with the common touch

C. prove that he is even more skillful at connecting with people than Biden

D. prove that hotdogs are one of the favorite foods of ordinary American people

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

A. He doesn’t understand the lives of ordinary people.

B. He actually doesn’t like riding a mountain bike.

C. He succeeded in becoming more popular among young people.

D. His educational background means he cannot be called an “ordinary” person.

4. It can be concluded from the last paragraph that politicians ______.

A. have common interests with ordinary people

B. who lack the common touch will not be re-elected

C. count on ordinary people’s votes for re-election

D. sincerely hope to be close to ordinary people

Day 3

Smile – you’re on camera (P5)

阅读短文并根据article内容回答问题,注意答案不要超过题目要求的词数。

1. What does the underlined expression “single out” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? (No more than 3 words)

2. Name at least three features of the smart CCTV system developed by researchers at Kingston University. (No more than 30 words)

3. Translate the following sentence into Chinese:

If a window was smashed and shop looted in a town center street, the technology would trace back to see who smashed the window and then follow his steps to see when and where he entered the town center.

4. What are people concerned about regarding the smart CCTV system? (No more than 10 words)

5. Do you think it would be a good idea to place CCTV cameras in classrooms? Why? (No more than 25 words)

Day 4

Life after terror (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. Which phrase can be used to describe Dave Barry’s feelings just after 9/11?

A. heartbroken and hopeless B. frightened but hopeful

C. unable to care or focus D. sad but confident

2. From Paragraph 5, we can conclude that ______.

A. the author was so shaken that he stopped writing completely

B. there was no terrorism in America before 9/11

C. for some time Americans found it difficult to think about anything other than terror

D. no one ever feels safe anymore

3. With the example of ants, the author aims to show that ______.

A. he misses his happy childhood

B. people can rebuild and recover, just like ants

C. he is sorry that he killed the ants

D. rebuilding is more important than sadness

4. According to the last part of the article, the author’s main point is that ______.

A. terrorism has influenced the government too much

B. people should look on the bright side

C. terrorism will continue to exist

D. no changes are ever completely good

Day 5

阅读下列各小题，根据句子情境或者题目给出的提示，例如括号内的汉语提示以及（或者）括号内的英语单词完成句子。

1. But don’t you think you ______ (本应当努力尝试) in the first place?

2. German companies joined hands with schools to prepare students for future employment so students as young as 13 and 14 ______ (就要) do internships. (expect)

3. Biden, 68, paid with a 100-yuan note, ______ (坚持要求) the restaurant ______(keep) the change as a tip.

4. ______ (不管他们多么有权势), every four years they have to stand before the people and ask the people to choose them.

5. The Mid-Autumn Festival ______ (一直以来都是一个……的场合) when people remember friends and family who are far from home. (occasion)

6. Some schools not only say which colors their students should wear, ______ (也不允许) clothing with labels or logos. (allow)

7. The court ______ him innocent (认定其无罪) and he was set free. (find)

8. She moved quietly to avoid ______ (把鸟儿们吓跑). (scare)

（答案见下期）

上期参考答案

Reading

D1 1-4 BBCA D2 1-4 CBDB

D3 1. A playful attitude.

2. With a piece of Scotch tape and pencil lead.

3. His making a frog “fly” using a magnet. / The “flying frog”. 4. Great discoveries can be made without a lot of technology and resources.

D4 1-4 DCCC D5 1-5 CBDAB 6-10 DCBAC

11-15 ABDCA 16-20 CBACD