Day1

Businessman in ... (P3)

阅读文章并根据文章内容回答问题。

1. What’s the problem with a secondhand car in the author’s opinion? (No more than 5 words)

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2. How did the author react to his losses on the stock market? (No more than 6 words)

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3. List three benefits that the author has gained from dealing on the stock market. (No more than 10 words)

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4. What does the author plan to do with the money he earns? (No more than 10 words)

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5. Describe the author in one word.

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Day2

And they call it... (P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. What is the article mainly about?

A. New trends in catering for dogs in the UK.

B. New trends in dog keeping in the UK.

C. The responsibility of owning a dog in the UK.

D. Dogs in the UK becoming holiday companions.

2. The underlined phrase “cash in on” in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to “_____”.

A. make use of B. catch up with

C. predict D. help

MCT

3. Which of the following is NOT discussed by the article?

A. Owners send dogs for a spa.

B. Owners take dogs on holiday.

C. Owners buy dogs well-designed accessories.

D. Owners do exercise together with them.

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. A dog is the best Christmas gift for children.

B. It’s a fashionable trend to keep dogs in the UK.

C. There are new restaurants opened for dogs in the UK now.

D. The Britons nowadays put a lot into taking care of their dogs.

Day3

Put your fingers in... (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. Why is the sound of fingernails on a blackboard so annoying according to the scientists?

A. It has the highest frequency of all sounds that the human ear can hear.

B. It reminds people of the stress of schoolwork.

C. It is so sudden that it might scare people.

D. It has a similar frequency to the human voice.

2. How did people feel when the scientists cut out frequencies between 2,000 and 4,000 hertz?

A. They felt much more comfortable.

B. They didn’t feel any difference.

C. They felt a little less uncomfortable.

D. They could no longer bear the sound.

3. What did the scientists intend to prove with the second test in the last paragraph?

A. Psychological factors make the sound seem even more unpleasant.

B. There is a connection between the human voice and bad music.

C. The human ear is quite sensitive to bad music.

D. People will refuse to watch fingernails scratching a blackboard.

4. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The human body contains a loudspeaker to amplify the human voice.

B. The volunteers’ brain scans showed how they responded to the noises.

C. There are both physical and psychological reasons for the discomfort caused by the sound.

D. People tend to hate sounds that have the highest or lowest frequencies.

Day4

Dance with dad (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. When the author was a little girl, her father would usually ______ with her before dinner.

A. sing songs

B. have a dance

C. play games

D. get a barrel of water

2. The author refused to dance with her father one night because ______.

A. her father laughed at her B. she was sick

C. she was tired of dancing D. she was feeling sad

3. When the author asked her father to dance with her, he was ______.

A. nervous and worried

B. surprised and reluctant (不情愿的)

C. surprised and pleased

D. amused and nervous

4. We can learn from the story that ______.

A. the father held a party to celebrate his fiftieth birthday

B. the author didn’t get along well with her father

C. the author finally made up for her mistake

D. dancing is a good way of apologizing

Day5

根据所给的提示，完成下面的填字游戏。

Across

3. several different or many different things, people, etc.

4. added, extra

7. extremely silly or unreasonable

9. sth that you get because you have done sth good or helpful or have worked hard

Down

1. the situation in which people live or work

2. offering goods and services for sale

4. go regularly to a school, church etc

5. put sb or sth new in the place or position of (sb or sth)

6. speak in an angry or critical way to (sb who has done sth wrong)

8. rising or falling very sharply

选择其中的部分单词以正确的形式填空。

1. She looks ________ in that dress.

2. There was _______ climb up the road.

3. “You shouldn’t have done that,” she _____.

4. The nation’s fuel _____ will not last forever.

5. Their weakened ______ makes them more likely to get sick.

6. The restaurant has a large menu; in ________, there are several special dishes that are prepared each day.

（答案见下期）

上期参考答案

D1 BABB

D2

1. With the story of Norman Bethune.

2. Its research, innovation capacity, teaching facilities and the excellent politicians and scientists it produced.

3. He is famous as a cultural messenger between China and the West.

4. The undergraduate programs at U of T.

5. 的确，这所大学经历了时间的考验并且已经成长为一所世界级的大学。

D3 CBBA D4 ADCA

D5 1-5 ACBDD 6-10 DABCB