Day1
A family and their zoo (P1)
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Choose the best answer:
6. In the movie, Benjamin Mee bought a house outside the city to______.
A. enjoy the fresh air in the countryside
B. give his family a new life
C. reopen a zoo with his family
D. help save some endangered animals

7. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. It was an easy job for Benjamin Mee to reopen the zoo in the movie.
B. In 2006, the BBC made a TV documentary about Mee’s story entitled Ben’s Zoo.
C. Benjamin Mee and his family had worked in a zoo before.
D. There will be more visitors to the Dartmoor Zoological Park this year.

I gained confidence in... (P3)
Choose the best answer:

1. Two years ago, the writer was always _____.
A. outgoing B. attractive
C. active D. shy

2. The writer decided to work hard for the speech competition because _____.
A. she wanted to improve her speaking skills
B. she didn’t want to make her classmates disappointed
C. she wanted to show that she was not a shy girl
D. her teacher gave her an order that she had to do so

3. What happened to the writer when she was giving the speech?
A. She couldn’t remember what to say.
B. She was too nervous to finish the speech.
C. She gave the speech shakily.
D. She acted totally normal.

Day3
Two days to look forward to (P5)
Choose the best answer:

1. Which is the correct order of the events?
a. People wait for the Chinese New Year.
b. People pickle meat and prepare Laba garlic.
c. People offer food to the Kitchen God.
d. People start to sweep up the house and decorate the house.
A. b-c-d-a B. b-c-a-d C. c-b-d-a D. c-b-a-d

2. Why do people offer the Kitchen God delicious dishes?
A. Because they want him to bring the food to the Jade Emperor.
B. Because they want to have good luck all year round.
C. Because they think he must be hungry and like their dishes.
D. Because they want to go to heaven and talk to the Jade Emperor.

3. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To introduce some traditional customs in China in layue.
B. To teach us how to make Laba porridge and Laba garlic.
C. To show how hard-working Chinese people are.
D. To talk about how Chinese people decorate their houses.

Day4
Seeing true love (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. How did the writer feel in the beginning when hearing the woman’s talking?
A. Happy. B. Bored.
C. Nervous. D. Moved.

2. The woman kept talking while she and her husband were enjoying the art show because _____.
A. she was too excited to keep silent
B. she preferred talking to listening
C. she had to explain everything to her blind husband
D. she liked to show off in front of others

3. What did the writer think of the woman at last?
A. The woman was brave and patient.
B. The woman was too noisy.
C. The woman was very clever.
D. The woman was very beautiful.

Day5
Cloze
John and his friend Peter were interested in deer-hunting (猎鹿). When they had a _1_ day during the deer-hunting season, they took their guns (枪) and went into the forest.
One day, they were sitting on the ground, eating their bread and drinking their coffee _2_ they saw a man walking through the snow towards them. He wore deer-hunting clothes, _3_ he had no gun with him. When he _4_ nearer, the two friends saw that he was walking after a deer’s track (足迹) in the snow. They were both very _5_ to see a man running after a deer without a gun. So when he reached them, they _6_ him and asked him whether anything was wrong and whether they could help him. The man sat down beside them, asked for a cup of coffee and told them his _7_.
_8_ them, he went out deer-hunting that morning with a friend. They saw a deer with very big horns (角), and _9_ it for some time. Then he fired at it, and it fell just where it stood. He and his friend ran over to look at it, and he said to his friend: “This deer’s horns will make a wonderful rack (架子) for my _10_ when I get it home.” He then put his gun in the deer’s horns and stepped _11_ a few meters to see how they would look on the wall of his room. He was _12_ the effect when the deer suddenly jumped up, shook itself and ran away, carrying his gun stuck in its horns.
1. A. busy B. short C. free D. cold
2. A. when B. while C. where D. that
3. A. or B. so C. and D. but
4. A. got B. ran C. reached D. arrived
5. A. excited B. pleased C. surprised D. worried
6. A. kept B. left C. invited D. stopped
7. A. life B. past C. story D. question
8. A. With B. Like C. Without D. As
9. A. looked after B. cared about
C. ran after D. concentrated on
10. A. books B. shoes C. clothes D. gun
11. A. over B. back C. on D. along
12. A. seeing B. enjoying C. thinking D. noticing

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上期参考答案
Passage 1: 1-5 CBACB  6-10 CBBAD   11-12 CD
Passage 2: 1-5 CBADB  6-10 DDBCC  11-12 BA
Passage 3: 1-5 BCCCA  6-10 BDCBC  11-15 ABCBD
Passage 4: 1-5 ABCCB  6-10 DABBD

本期参考答案
Reading
【P1】1. August   2. 2007  3. bear 4. Rosemoor Animal Park 5. England  6-7 BD
【P3】 DBC 【P5】 ABA  【P6】 BCA
【Cloze】 1-5 CADAC    6-10DCBCD   11-12 BB
Word check
1-5 ABCAA 6-8 DBA