Day1

Worldwide games (P3)

阅读短文并根据文章内容回答问题,注意答案不要超过题目要求的词数。

1. What is the significance of basketball to the author? (No more than 8 words)

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2. Why was the author sure that they would win against the African American kids? (No more than 12 words)

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3. What does the underlined word “trash-talked” in Paragraph 5 mean? (No more than 7 words)

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4. What are the two lessons the author learned from his failure? (No more than 22 words)

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5. Translate the following sentence into Chinese:

My Asian friends and I tended to be more hesitant at taking shots, while Mexicans were more aggressive.

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Day2

Cabbage, spice... (P4)

Choose the best answer:

1. From the first two paragraphs, we can conclude that ______.

A. kimchi is mostly eaten by poor families

B. kimichi is usually made in winter

C. kimichi is very common in ROK

D. every Korean woman knows how to make kimchi

2. According to the article, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Each person eats 40 pounds of kimchi per month.

B. Kimchi is a cultural treasure for Koreans.

C. Kimchi is rated as the healthiest food in the world.

D. Kimchi contains something that can kill the H5N1 virus.

3. What does the underlined phrase “keep… at bay” mean?

A. affect B. develop

C. control D. prevent

4. What does the article mainly talk about?

A. The origin of kimchi.

B. Ways of making kimchi.

C. Kimchi and what it means to Koreans.

D. The nutritional value of kimchi.

Day3

Supercharge your... (P5)

Choose the best answer:

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A. Harold Kung and his team have invented a new type of cell phone.

B. A newly developed lithium ion battery improves the efficiency of cell phones.

C. New cell phone batteries will hit the market soon.

D. The new lithium ion batteries can be charged as you move around.

2. What is the major problem of current rechargeable batteries?

A. The space between the graphene sheets is too big.

B. They cannot hold enough silicon.

C. They have limited energy capacity.

D. They are not very stable.

3. To solve the “traffic jam” problem while the battery charges, Harold Kung’s team ______.

A. fixed silicon between the graphene sheets

B. used a special chemical process to make more efficient graphene sheets

C. made the graphene sheets in special shapes

D. created tiny holes in the graphene sheets

4. We can infer from the article that ______.

A. batteries with more lithium ions are more powerful and charge faster

B. further experiments may focus on improving the shape of graphene sheets

C. current rechargeable batteries usually last for 150 charges

D. after one year or more being in use, the newly developed batteries are less powerful

Day4

The secret note (P6)

Choose the best answer:

1.The author’s children used to hide love notes in the following places EXCEPT ______.

A. in their grandparents’ bowls

B. under hairbrushes

C. near the phone

D. in the microwave

2.The underlined word “confined” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “______”.

A. treated B. assisted

C. served D. limited

3. According to the story, which of the following statements is TRUE ?

A. It took the author’s father some months to recover.

B. The author often called on her father.

C. The author’s father finally recovered.

D. The author gave her father vitamins.

4. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A. A caring daughter.

B. Long distance vitamins.

C. Practical notes.

D. A family tradition.

Day5

Below are instructions to some courses. Read them carefully and finish the quiz below.

STUDY CENTER COURSES

From Paragraph to essay Of particular relevance to students who wish to improve their organizational skills and who feel that their final product is never clear enough. Thursday 10:00–12:00 Kiran Singh

Source Material How do you gather information for a project or paper? A practical course which looks at sources of information and how to use cataloguing systems. Monday 10:00–11:00 Kiran Singh

Express Yourself An advanced course suitable for students who are about to step into organizations where they may have to voice their opinions often. Monday 12:00–2:00 Dave Parrin

Media Use Open to all students, this course focuses on the many ways we can benefit from the radio and television. Group projects form part of course. Tuesday 9:00–11:00 Steve Ansell

The Short Story A research into the world of popular writers. One story is selected for adaptation into a short play and group performance. Pre-arranged groups welcome. Thursday 11:00–1:30 Mrs Owen

Caught for Speeding Open to all students. Simple eye exercises to help you with speed reading. How to be selective on the page . Using headings, topic sentences and paragraphs for easy access. Wednesday 11:00–1:00 Mrs Owen

Tense about Tenses For those who worry about their use of words – a look at tenses and other aspects of the language through poetry and song. Good voice helps but not a must. Saturday 10:00–12:00 Steve Ansell

1. If a student takes the course The Short Story, he can’t take .

A. From Paragraph to Essay B. Tense about Tenses

C. Source Material D. Media Use

2. Which of the courses can develop the students’ team work?

A. From Paragraph to Essay B. The Short Story

C. Caught for Speeding

D. Express Yourself

3. From where can a student read this?

A. On the radio. B. On television.

C. In a local newspaper.

D. On a school notice board.

（答案见下期）

上期参考答案：

D1

1.To murture more talent for Janpan.

2.Make people disappoionted/diapppoint people.

3.Todai has the most graduates who hold prominent postitions in big companies and the political world in Japan.

4.Todai's world wide fame in the academic world.

5.这儿不仅文化气氛浓厚，弄湿还蕴含着日本人对精确和秩序不断追求的气氛。

D2 1-4 BDBC

D3 1-4 ACDD

D4 1-5 ABCCD

D5 1-5 ACBDC 6-10 ADBCA 11-15 BDDBD 16-20 ABADC