Day1
Life in 140 characters (P2)
Choose the best answer:

1. Yu Ying’s micro blog became popular because she _____.
A. works in a famous hospital
B. releases a lot of fresh news
C. shares funny and useful information
D. has a lot of friends to talk with

2. Micro blogs are often _____ than traditional blogs.
A. more interesting B. shorter
C. more beautiful D. easier

3. From the fourth paragraph we can learn that _____.
A. micro blogs are still a new thing in China
B. micro blogs are a quick way to share information
C. there are some rumors on micro blogs
D. micro blogs are the best way to call for help

4. What does the last paragraph want to tell us?
A. We should not trust everything on microblogs.
B. We shouldn’t publish or forward any information on
micro blogs.
C. Some accounts to expose rumors have opened.
D. Micro blogs can sometimes cause panic.

Day2
Saving animals is what they love (P3)
Choose the best answer:

1. Students do all of the following to help animals EXCEPT _____.
A. collect things for animals to use and eat
B. raise money for animals
C. learn about how to take care of animals
D. take them to join the animal club

2. Who started the Cougars Helping Animals club?
A. Katie Piltz. B. Laurie Shelley.
C. Nicholas Carroll. D. The principal of the school.

3. How did they raise money for the Animal Rescue
Force?
A. By selling cards with lollipops to students.
B. By asking people on the street for money.
C. By buying and selling cougars.
D. By collecting money from the club members.

4. What do students think of service dogs now?
A. They are poor. B. They are dirty.
C. They are useful. D. They are lonely.

Day3
Naming for the future (P5)
Choose the best answer:

1. Which of the following is TRUE about a Chinese given name?
A. It usually shows the parents’ wishes for the child.
B. It’s common to have three-character given names.
C. Chinese given names are always the same as the
surname.
D. A baby often shares the same given name with her
father.

2. The given names in China can show the _____ of an era.
A. life B. culture C. health D. interest

3. What does the name “Jianguo” mean?
A. Celebrating the National Day of China.
B. Celebrating the building of New China.
C. Wishing the family makes a lot of money.
D. Wishing the person will be as beautiful as a flower.

4. The parents may name their child _____ if they hope he/she will be an astronaut.
A. Guihua B. Aoyun C. Shibo D. Yuhang

5. What is the passage mainly about?
A. How to name a newborn baby.
B. What makes a good Chinese name.
C. Chinese given names then and now.
D. The history of Chinese family names.

Day4
Memories of a mother (P6)
Choose the best answer:

1. The writer felt _____ when seeing a boy sitting on the stairs at the beginning of the story.
A. strange B. angry C. excited D. bored

2. The boy grew up with the smell of the herbs because _____.
A. he liked to play with herbs
B. he studied at a herbal medicine store
C. his family had a herbal medicine store
D. he often mixed herbs for his mother

3. The boy’s mother passed away when he was _____ years old.
A. 6 or 7 B. about 10
C. 13 or 14 D. about 16
4. We can tell from the story the boy _____.
A. used to take herbal medicine
B. missed his mother very much
C. wanted to be a doctor in the future
D. hoped to make friends with the writer

Day5
Cloze
My friend, David Smith, had pet birds. One day he called me and told me he would be away for a week. He asked me to 1 the birds for him.
Unfortunately, I did not remember to feed the birds 2 the night before David was going to return. I ran to his house quickly and soon found the key he gave me, but I 3 open the door! I kept 4 what David would say when he came back.
Then I found that one bedroom window was 5 . I put a big stone (石头) under the window, though it was very
6 . I made lots of 7 , but in the end, I climbed up.
I had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly found that 8 was shining a flashlight (手电筒) up at me. I looked down and 9 a policeman and an old lady, one of David’s neighbors. “ 10 are you doing up there?” asked the policeman. Feeling like a fool, I answered: “I was just going to feed Mr Smith’s birds.”
1. A. buy B. sell
C. make D. feed
2. A. until B. before
C. as D. since
3. A. shouldn’t B. wouldn’t
C. couldn’t D. mustn’t
4. A. asking for B. waiting for
C. thinking of D. dreaming of
5. A. broken B. open
C. lost D. clean
6. A. big B. small
C. light D. heavy
7. A. work B. problems
C. noise D. roads
8. A. anybody B. somebody
C. nobody D. everybody
9. A. looked B. watched
C. saw D. stood
10. A. Why B. How
C. When D. What
（参考答案见下期）
上期参考答案
Reading
【P2】DCAA
【P3】BDAC
【P5】DDCBD
【P6】1-5 ACBCD 6-10 DADBD 11-12 AC
【Cloze】1-5 BCADB 6-10 DABAC
Wordcheck 1-5 DCCBB 6-7 CA