Day1

Kids celebrate flight in... (P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. What did Syms think of kite flying?

A. It cost too much money.

B. It was bad for the lawn.

C. It was boring.

D. It was interesting.

2. From kite flying, Holland learned _____.

A. how to stand steady in a strong wind

B. how to keep focused on something

C. why the kite can stay in the same place

D. why the airplane can fly steadily

3. What activity did Jack Hodges take part in?

A. He joined in a task to put together the tetrahedral kite.

B. He joined in a project to study math better.

C. He joined in a test to see if he was good at math.

D. He was in a contest for the highest-flying kite.

Day2

Harvesting grains of life (P4-5)

Choose the best answer:

1. Where can people NOT grow rice according to the passage?

A. On dry land. B. In deserts.

C. In mountains. D. In lakes.

2. Why did Yuan Longping develop Super Rice?

A. Because Super Rice produces more.

B. Because Super Rice is more delicious.

C. Because Super Rice is more healthy for people.

D. Because Super Rice can be made into many foods.

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Rice is common in Chinese people’s daily meals.

B. Chinese people eat rice cakes at the Dragon Boat

Festival.

C. Super Rice produced 900kg per mu in 1996 in China.

D. Super Rice solved the problem of the world grain

shortage.

4. Which of the following is NOT a factor that makes rice grow better?

A. A good rainfall. B. Some fertilizer.

C. No insects. D.Temperatures above 35℃.

Day3

A small stamp with a... (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. Postal services make sending mail _____.

A. slow and expensive

B. fast but expensive

C. cheap but slow

D. fast and cheap

2. What does Paragraph 3 mainly tell us?

A. People in Egypt sent messages earlier than

Chinese people.

B. Chinese people sent messages earlier than people

in Egypt.

C. Chinese people were the first people in the world to

send messages.

D. There is a long history of people sending messages

far and wide.

3. Which of the following is NOT true about stamps?

A. The first postage stamps came out in England.

B. People who sent letters paid for them before

stamps appeared.

C. The stamps have a history of about 170 years.

D. The first stamps have a picture of the queen on

them.

4. What did people decide at the 1874 meeting?

A. To make October 9 World Post Day.

B. To write addresses the same way all over the world.

C. To start using stamps for sending mail.

D. To start charging for sending mail.

Day4

City life is not for me (P6)

Cloze

Once there were two mice. They were 1 . One mouse lived in the 2 and the other mouse lived in the city.

After many years, Country Mouse 3 City Mouse and said: “Come and see me at my house in the country.”

4 City Mouse went. “This food is not good, and your house is not good,” City Mouse said. “Why do you live in a hole (洞) in the field (地里)? You 5 come and live in the city. You would have nice food to eat and live in a house that is made of stone. You must come and see me at my house in the city.”

Country Mouse went to the house of City Mouse. It was a very 6 house. Nice food was ready for them to eat. But just 7 they began to eat, they 8 a loud noise. City Mouse cried: “Run! Run! The cat is coming!” They ran away quickly and 9 .

After some time they came out. “I hate living in the city,” Country Mouse said. “I like living in my hole in the field. I think instead of being rich but scared, it is 10 to be poor and happy.” He gave City Mouse a smile and went back to his hole.

1. A. neighbors B. students C. friends D. foreigners

2. A. town B. city C. country D. hole

3. A. saw B. invited C. asked D. helped

4. A. However B. But C. Or D. So

5. A. must B. may C. should D. need

6. A. small B. good C. tiny D. low

7. A. until B. since C. after D. as

8. A. noticed B. found C. felt D. smelled

9. A. killed B. caught C. hid D. appeared

10. A. harder B. easier C. nicer D. cleverer

Day5

Cloze

A woman once wrote a long story. She 1 it to a famous editor (编辑). After 2 weeks, the editor returned the story to her. The woman was 3 . She wrote back to the editor:

“Dear Sir,

Yesterday you sent back a story of mine. 4 do you know that the story is not good? You did not read it. 5 I sent you the story, I pasted (粘贴) together pages 18, 19 and 20. This was a 6 to see whether you would read the story. When the story came back yesterday, the pages were 7 pasted together. Is this the 8 you read all the stories that are sent to you?”

The editor 9 :

“Dear Madam,

At breakfast, I have an egg. I don’t have to eat the

10 egg in order to find out that it is bad.”

1. A. wrote B. sent C. read D. showed

2. A. little B. a little C. few D. a few

3. A. angry B. happy C. satisfied D. glad

4. A. How B. Why C. What D. Where

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

6. A. lesson B. test C. question D. thing

7. A. already B. still C. even D. yet

8. A. word B. check C. road D. way

9. A. laughed back B. got back

C. wrote back D. came back

10. A. part B. rest C. all D. whole

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上期参考答案

Reading

【P3】1. Water.

2. He was born in Walworth county.

3. He is a thin boy with a quick smile and curly hair.

4. Because he worked hard to care for a lake.

5. He helps put in and take out buoys, keeps a record of lake levels and tests water clarity.

【P4-5】CBB

【P5】CCDA

【P6】DCC

【Cloze】1-5 CADBC 6-10 DABDC

Wordcheck 1-5 CAABC 6-8 DBA