Day1

I live in a Pratt’s... (P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. What is the article mainly about?

A. Strange or funny place names in Britain.

B. The history of British place names.

C. How the British named their towns and cities.

D. How British place names change over time.

2. The underlined phrase “a far cry from” in Paragraph 3 probably means ______.

A. closely related to

B. quite different from

C. in common with

D. in comparison with

3. With the example of Pratt’s Bottom, the author intends to show that in Britain ______.

A. many places were named after people

B. many place names don’t have any meanings

C. some place names come from everyday jokes

D. some place names sound silly and ridiculous

Day2

Halloween hell on... (P5)

阅读短文并回答问题，请注意问题后的词数要求。

1. What was the author dressed as the cartoon character the Pink Panther for? (No more than 4 words)

__________________________________________

2. What meant that the author and her friend had to wait for three hours for their bus that night? (No more than 3 words)

__________________________________________

3. How did the passers-by react to the author and her friend’s costumes? (No more than 8 words)

__________________________________________

4. What did the author and her friend do while waiting for the bus? (No more than 10 words)

__________________________________________

5. Translate the following sentence into Chinese.

You wake up on Sunday morning thinking that it is 8 am, then remember with relief that you actually have another hour in bed.

_________________________________________________________________
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Day3

Superfood or health... (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. According to the article, the benefits of antioxidants are ______ by the health and wellness industry.

A. denied B. neglected

C. overstated D. misunderstood

2. According to a recent study published in the Chicago Tribune, antioxidants _____.

A. could bring about fertility problems in females

B. could decrease the benefits of exercise

C. could help athletes improve their performance

D. could reduce the risks of cancer and heart disease

3. What can we conclude from the article?

A. The fewer free radicals there are in our bodies, the healthier we are.

B. Regular exercise can stop free radicals being formed in the body.

C. Excessive antioxidants can be produced by smoking, aging and sunburn.

D. Antioxidants could prevent some of the good effects of free radicals.

4. Who might need to take antioxidant supplements according to the article?

A. Those with thinning blood vessels, to open them out.

B. Those who don’t take regular exercise.

C. Those who engage in heavy exercise.

D. Those who eat a diet rich in fruit and vegetables.

Day4

The mystery mail (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. According to the first two paragraphs, it can be inferred that ______.

A. the author didn’t get many letters from home

B. the author adapted quickly to the new environment

C. the author’s family didn’t care about him/her

D. the author was very curious about his/her new environment

2. After reading several postcards, the author ______.

A. felt as miserable as before

B. grew bored with them gradually

C. tried to find out who the writer was

D. felt curious about what would happen next

3. What effect did these postcards have on the author?

A. The author completely forgot his/her home.

B. They made the author want to become a writer like this mystery one.

C. They helped the author gradually adapt to college life.

D. They were a good way for the author to kill time in college.

4. What is the article mainly about?

A. Helping others anonymously is a great virtue.

B. Adapting to a new environment is a long process.

C. The best way to help people is to make up stories.

D. A mystery writer got the author through a difficult transition.

Day5

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，选出最佳答案。

I remember my dad teaching me the power of language at a very young age.

One interesting thing happened when I was eight. As a kid, I was always climbing trees, poles, and _1_ upside down from the rafters (屋椽) of our house. _2_, it came as no surprise for my dad to _3_ me at the top of a 30-foot tree, swinging back and forth. I never considered that the tree might break or that I might get _4_; I just thought it was _5_ to be up so high.

My cousin, Tammy, was in the same tree. She was hanging onto the first big _6_ about ten feet below me. Tammy’s mother also _7_ us at the exact time as my dad did. Just then, a huge gust of wind came over the tree and I could feel it beginning to sway. I remember hearing my dad’s _8_ over the wind yelling, “Bart, _9_ on tightly.” So I did.

The next thing I knew, I heard Tammy _10_ at the top of her lungs. She was _11_ flat on the ground. She had fallen out of the tree.

I made it down the tree to _12_. My dad later told me why Tammy had fallen and I hadn’t. _13_, when Tammy’s mother had felt the wind, she had yelled out, “Tammy, don’t _14_!” So Tammy did just that.

My dad then _15_ to me that the mind has a very _16_ time dealing with negative images. In order to deal with the _17_ not to fall, Tammy’s brain had to first imagine falling, and then tell the brain not to do what it just imagined. However, my eight-year-old brain _18_ had an internal image of hanging on tightly.

This “self-talk” is especially useful when you are _19_ to break a habit or set a goal. You can’t imagine not doing something in your mind. The only way to accomplish it is to find a word for what you want to do.

I’m now a pretty good football player, and I’m sure it’s because all my internal dialogue is _20_ and encourages me to win. All this I owe to my dad.

1. A. walking B. hanging

C. fooling D. playing

2. A. However B. Also

C. Therefore D. Meanwhile

3. A. meet B. admire C. allow D. find

4. A. trapped B. hurt

C. teased D. scolded

5. A. fun B. curious C. scary D. boring

6. A. root B. trunk C. branch D. tree

7. A. warned B. watched C. protected D. noticed

8. A. sound B. voice C. wave D. anger

9. A. hold B. come C. go D. insist

10. A. whispering B. laughing

C. screaming D. singing

11. A. lying B. standing

C. waiting D. looking

12. A. rest B. safety C. anxiety D. calm

13. A. Apparently B. Unbearably

C. Vividly D. Unbelievably

14. A. move B. jump C. fall D. sway

15. A. apologized B. admitted

C. referred D. explained

16. A. difficult B. short C. quick D. special

17. A. danger B. command

C. requirement D. possibility

18. A. generally B. constantly

C. gradually D. instantly

19. A. failing B. attempting

C. managing D. hoping

20. A. common B. unique C. positive D. amusing

（答案见下期）

上期参考答案

D1

1. They are supposed to fight crime.

2. The laws on privacy and data protection need improvement/improving.

3. It is a privacy violation.

4. Passing laws to protect people’s privacy and personal information.

5. They should be operated within a proper legal frame. D2 1-4 CBAD D3 1-4 CCBA D4 1-4 ACBD D5 1-5 BCABB 6-10 DABAB 11-15 DCCBC