DAY1

My peaceful jounrney... (P3)

Choose the best answer:

1. The writer decided to walk home after Spanish class because _____.

A. it was not too far away from his home

B. he had no other way to go home

C. he didn’t like taking school buses

D. he thought it was a good way to get exercise

2. A few months later, what did the writer think of the walk?

A. It was dangerous.

B. It was too cold.

C. He hated it.

D. He enjoyed it.

3. When it was a rainy or snowy day, ______.

A. some kind people offered to drive the writer

B. nobody noticed him and nobody helped him

C. the writer would choose to stay at school

D. the writer’s parents would come to pick him up

4. What is the main idea of the last paragraph?

A. Walking long distances is really difficult.

B. Technology can make everything possible.

C. What technology brings to us is not always good.

D. People would rather live close to nature.

DAY2

Spread knowledge, not... (P4-5)

Choose the best answer:

1. This year’s theme includes the following ideas EXCEPT _____.

A. nobody will get any diseases anymore

B. nobody will be infected by HIV anymore

C. nobody will be discriminated against because of AIDS

D. nobody will die because of AIDS

2. AIDS spreads through the following ways EXCEPT _____.

A. sharing needles

B. having blood transfusions

C. shaking hands

D. a mother with HIV gives it to her unborn baby

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. AIDS is the most dangerous disease in the world.

B. People with HIV develop AIDS at once.

C. HIV weakens people’s protection against diseases.

D. AIDS kills 25 million people around the world every day.

4. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. AIDS has killed many people.

B. What AIDS is and how it is spread.

C. December 1: World AIDS Day.

D. Ways to get AIDS.

DAY3

The story inside your... (P5)

Fill in the chart below:

About schoolbags

Time	Material	Shape
Han Dynasty	1.	2.
hundreds of years later	3.	hip-pocket
when the new China was founded	military rucksacks	4.
today	Many kinds of materials	5.

DAY4

Hard to please everyone (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1. Why did the man ask his son to get off the donkey?

A. Because he didn’t love his son.

B. Because his son was too tired to walk.

C. Because he wanted his son to walk.

D. Because a woman asked him to do so.

2. What is the correct order of the following events?

a. The father and the boy got off the donkey.

b. The donkey got scared and ran away.

c. The father got on the donkey.

d. The son got on the donkey.

e. The father took his boy up before him on the donkey.

A. bacde B. dceba C. dceab D. baced

3. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The young man thought the old man should be on the donkey.

B. The two women thought the father should ride on the donkey.

C. The travelers felt pity for the donkey.

D. The donkey could understand what people were saying.

4. What can we learn from this passage?

A. We can’t please everyone.

B. We shouldn’t ride a donkey.

C. We should follow others’ advice.

D. We should respect old people.

DAY5

Cloze

The sun was shining quite brightly as Mrs Grant left her house, so she decided not to 1 _____ an umbrella with her. She got on the bus to town and before long it began to rain. The rain had not stopped 2 _____ the bus arrived at the market half an hour later. Mrs Grant stood up and absent-mindedly (心不在焉的) picked up the umbrella that was 3 _____on the seat in front of her.

A cold voice said loudly, “That is mine, Madam!”

Suddenly remembering that she had come out without her umbrella, Mrs Grant felt 4 _____ for what she had done, trying at the same time to take no notice of the unpleasant 5 _____ the owner of the umbrella was giving her.

When she got off the bus, Mrs Grant made straight for a shop where she could buy an umbrella. She found a pretty one and bought it. Then she 6 _____ to buy another as a present for her daughter. Afterwards she did the rest of her 7 _____ and had lunch in a restaurant.

In the afternoon she got on the bus with the two umbrellas under her arm, and sat down. Then she 8 _____ that, by a curious coincidence (巧合), she was sitting next to the woman who had made her feel 9 _____ that morning.

That woman now looked at her, and then at the umbrellas. “You’ve had quite a good 10 _____ ,” she said.

1. A. keep B. bring C. take D. leave

2. A. before B. until C. though D. when

3. A. hanging B. appearing C. dropping D. losing

4. A. angry B. sorry C. lucky D. glad

5. A. reply B. call C. suggestion D. look

6. A. promised B. decided C. agreed D. remembered

7. A. hiking B. shopping C. trying D. searching

8. A. meant B. explained C. saw D. forgot

9. A. jealous B. bored C. satisfied D. uncomfortable

10. A. day B. meal C. journey D. present

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上期参考答案

Reading

【P3】1. comes from 2. is good at 3. From then on

4. turned it into 5. spends 6. more than 7. become yellow 8. gets into

【P4-5】FFTTTF【P5】BDAC 【P6】 BBAC

【Cloze】1-5 DBDCA 6-10 DCBDC

Word Check

1-5 BDCDC 6-10 BDAAD