Day1
Keep safe online (P2)
Choose the best answer:

1. According to SplashData’s survey, which is the worst password?
A. qwerty B. password C. 123456 D. monkey

2. What kind of password is the most difficult for hackers to steal?
A. Six or eight numbers in order.
B. Letters on the keyboard in order.
C. Some names and numbers.
D. Words separated with symbols and numbers.

3. How can you surf the Internet safely?
a. Make a strong password.
b. Leave a phone number so that someone can find you offline.
c. Use real names as part of your online screen names.
d. Never meet people you met on the Internet in person.
A. a-b B. b-c C. a-d D. c-d

4. What does the story mainly tell us?
A. We should make safe passwords.
B. How we can surf the Internet safely.
C. Never use numbers as a password.
D. How hackers break into our accounts.



Day2
US boy spreads understanding (P3)
Choose the best answer:

1. From the article, we know that Tourette’s disease _____.
A. is contagious
B. is a tic disorder
C. is uncommon with kids
D. is made up of brain tics

2. The writer studied at home for a year because _____.
A. he didn’t want other people to know about his illness
B. the middle school work was too challenging for him
C. his parents thought TS had a bad influence on his studies
D. he couldn’t get along well with other classmates

3. This spring, Richards and his mom traveled to Washington, DC to _____.
A. help him get more confidence
B. have a meeting and training
C. meet his friends
D. give a speech

4. Which of the following about Kenny Richards is TRUE?
A. He knew he got TS when he was 10 years old.
B. He is a youth ambassador for the United Nations.
C. He wants to teach at a primary school in the future.
D. He doesn’t like to talk about his TS even now.


Day3
Do you believe in luck? (P5)
Choose the best answer:

1. The following will bring you good luck EXCEPT____.
A. carrying an acorn with you at all times
B. seeing a shooting star cross the sky
C. seeing a black cat cross your path
D. catching a falling leaf on the first day of autumn

2. Why do people try to blow out all the candles on their birthday cake in one blow?
A. Because they don’t have enough time.
B. Because they believe it means good luck.
C. Because they can’t wait to eat the birthday cake.
D. Because it will bring bad luck if they don’t.

3. What’s the writer’s attitude?
A. It’s true there is good luck and bad luck.
B. People can believe in good luck but not bad luck.
C. Superstitions play a role in people’s lives.
D. Good luck and bad luck are just superstitions.

4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. What we should do to get good luck.
B. What we should do to avoid bad luck.
C. What people believe about good/bad luck.
D. What people think of superstitions.


Day4
Learn to listen, speak... (P6)
Choose the best answer:

1. Why did the sage present the prince with a set of three small dolls?
A. Because he thought the prince liked dolls very much.
B. Because the king asked him for a gift.
C. Because he wanted to tell the prince who to trust.
D. Because he wanted to show the prince how to play with them.

2. The first doll stands for people who_____.
A. remember everything
B. always keep silent
C. never remember anything
D. always speak out

3. According to the passage, the prince should trust the kind of people _____.
A. who tell everybody else whatever you tell them
B. who know how to do the right thing at the right time
C. who don’t remember anything you tell them
D. who can keep silent about what you have done


Day5
Cloze
When I was very young, watermelon was expensive. One of my father’s friends, Bernie, was a rich businessman, who _1_ a large store.
Every summer, when the first watermelons arrived, Bernie _2_ call. Dad and I would go to Bernie’s place. We’d sit down and _3_ a big meal. Bernie would take his knife, cut our first watermelon, hand us both a big piece and sit down _4_ us. Then we’d bury (埋藏) our faces in watermelon, eating only the heart – the _5_ , juiciest, sweetest, most seed-free part – and _6_ away the rest.
To my father, Bernie was rich with more than money. I always thought it was _7_ he was such a successful businessman. Years later, I _8_ that it was not Bernie’s wealth (财富) itself but his way of _9_ it that my father liked. Bernie knew how to _10_ working, get together with friends and eat only the heart of the watermelon.
What I learned from Bernie is that being rich is a state of _11_ . Some of us, no matter how much money we have, will _12_ be free enough to eat only the heart of the watermelon. If you don’t take the time to enjoy life’s small _13_ , your work is probably hurting your life.
For many years, I forgot that lesson I’d learned as a kid. I was too _14_ making all the money I could. Well, I’ve re-learned it. I hope I have _15_ left to enjoy the success of others and to take pleasure in the day. That’s the heart of the watermelon. I have learned again to throw the rest away.
1. A. made B. worked C. owned D. owed
2. A. could B. should C. might D. would
3. A. asked for B. got ready for C. ate up D. ended up with
4. A. on top of B. behind C. far away from D. next to
5. A. greenest B. whitest C. reddest D. lightest
6. A. go B. give C. keep D. throw
7. A. while B. until C. because D. though
8. A. rememberedB. realized C. forgot D. heard
9. A. dealing with B. thinking about
C. working out D. talking about
10. A. start B. keep C. prevent D. stop
11. A. mind B. money C. memory D. appearance
12. A. ever B. never C. even D. also
13. A. businesses B. duties C. sadnesses D. pleasures
14. A. free B. early C. busy D. late
15. A. money B. time C. energy D. watermelon
(参考答案见下期)

上期参考答案
Reading
【P3】BDAC
【P4-5】 ACCB
【P5】1. bamboo
2. boxes
3. cloth and thread
4. shoulder bags
5. wheeled bags and backpacks
【P6】DCCA
Cloze: 1-5 CDABD 6-10 BBCDA

Word check
1-5 BABBA 6-8 CDC