Day1
School kids are rushed... (P3)
Choose the best answer:

1. What’s the problem with middle school students’ lunch in the US?
A. They don’t have healthy food.
B. They don’t have enough time to eat.
C. Their menus have changed too much.
D. Most schools don’t provide lunch.

2. How much time do students have to eat at lunchtime (after waiting in line)?
A. 10 to 15 minutes.
B. At least 20 minutes.
C. About 25 minutes.
D. About 30 minutes.

3. Which is Phillips’ idea?
A. Don’t force students to eat everything on their plates.
B. Students’ attitude to lunch is very important.
C. Try to give students enough time to enjoy a lunch.
D. A high grade is much better than a perfect lunch.

Day2
Winter wonderland (P4-5)
Choose the best answer:

1. Which of the following countries never gets any snow?
A. Russia. B. Canada.
C. The US. D. Singapore.

2. Which of the following about China is TRUE according to the passage?
A. There is snow in every part of China.
B. There is more snow in the south than in the north.
C. There is more snow in Beijing than in Guangdong.
D. Sometimes Hainan also has heavy snow.

3. Which of the following is necessary for snow?
A. A temperature above 0 C.
B. Some water in the air.
C. Some clean air.
D. Some dust in the air.

4. Which is NOT one of the advantages of snow for farmers?
A. Snow can clean up the dust on the crops.
B. Snow can protect crops from freezing.
C. Melted snow can give enough water to crops.
D. Snow can kill bad insects in the earth.

Day3
Sending out love this... (P5)
Fill in the chart below:
 

Choose the best answer:
6. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. People will not send hand-written cards in the future.
B. There are more e-cards than hand-written cards now.
C. More people prefer hand-written cards to e-cards.
D. Nobody is using hand-written cards now because of the high price.

Day4
Proud to be my father’s son (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Why is it not easy for the writer to be an astronaut’s son?
A. Because the writer’s father is too busy to spend time with him.
B. Because everybody expects him to be special or perfect.
C. Because the writer has to be an astronaut when he grows up.
D. Because the writer is asked to be class president.

2. The writer’s competition was about _____.
A. how his father became famous as an astronaut
B. how his father helped him with his studies
C. how his father took care of him as a father
D. how his father taught him to fly

3. Put the following events in the correct order.
a. The writer won the second prize for the writing competition.
b. The writer went to school with his parents.
c. The writer’s father hugged him when his dog Spotty was killed by a car.
d. The writer wrote an article for the writing competition.
e. Both the writer and his father felt very proud.
A. c-d-b-a-e B. c-d-b-e-a
C. c-b-d-a-e D. c-b-d-e-a

4. What was the writer proudest of?
A. Being a great hero.
B. Winning the writing prize.
C. Winning a Nobel Prize.
D. Being his father’s son.

Day5
Cloze
One day before my final exam, my dad gave me a gift. It completely changed my life.
On that day I had a _1_ with my friends. I was upset and it was difficult to study. Then I noticed the gift. I _2_ it and saw a DVD inside. Its name was The Secret. However, I was in no mood (心情) to watch it. I sat down to study, but the _3_ in my life – the fight, the sleepless nights and my poor health... Everything came to my mind. I wanted an answer but I wondered _4_ there was any. Just then, I saw the DVD again. Maybe it would be helpful. I _5_ my DVD player. I had no words to describe the feelings I experienced while watching it. The moving (动人的) stories of human beings made me so moved that I wouldn’t _6_ any of them.
Thanks to my father’s gift The Secret, I discovered _7_. Everybody has difficulties in their lives. The important thing is that you should be _8_ enough to face them. Now I have started _9_ my studies and my friends. And I’m in good health, too. I often hear people say, “Wow! _10 _ perfect life you have!”

1. A. trip B. party C. talk D. fight
2. A. opened B. kept C. moved D. broke
3. A. chances B. problems
C. suggestions D. mistakes
4. A. why B. that C. if D. how
5. A. turned on B. looked for
C. put away D. paid for
6. A. report B. forget C. think D. remember
7. A. yourself B. itself C. himself D. myself
8. A. mad B. brave C. sad D. weak
9. A. being busy with B. worrying about
C. getting on well with D. being afraid of
10. A. What a B. What C. How a D. How