Day1
A story of success (P2)
Choose the best answer:

1. People can’t _____ on Facebook.
A. exchange messages
B. do online shopping
C. share information with friends
D. put up photos

2. Zuckerberg started Facebook because _____.
A. he wanted to collect some money
B. he felt bored when studying in Harvard
C. he didn’t know his classmates very well
D. he wanted to connect people through the Internet


3. Which is the correct order of the following events?
a. Zuckerberg enrolled in Harvard University.
b. Facebook is on its way to going public.
c. Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard.
d. Zuckerberg set up the Facebook website.
A. abcd B. acbd
C. adbc D. adcb

4. Which of the following is NOT a reason for Zuckerberg’s success?
A. He is not afraid of risks.
B. He likes trying new things.
C. He is richer than anyone else.
D. He has an open mind.

Day2
Can you hear me now? (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. What did the writer think of having good speech before?
A. It was very useful.
B. It was nothing important.
C. It was impossible.
D. It was good for interviewing.

2. What were the writer’s problems when he was speaking?
a. He spoke too quickly.
b. He seldom kept eye contact with people.
c. He never stopped once he started talking.
d. He didn’t give others time to ask questions.
A. ab B. ac C. bc D. bd

3. From the sentence “but my friends stopped asking me to say things again”, we know that _____.
A. the writer’s friends couldn’t understand him
B. the writer couldn’t make eye contact
C. the writer improved a lot
D. the writer didn’t slow down

4. Through the passage, the writer wants to tell us _____.
A. seeing an expert is necessary
B. speech is an important skill to have
C. good speech can help you make friends
D. good speech gets good reactions

Day3
New study shows rats can love (P5)
Choose the best answer:

1. A person with empathy is often _____.
A. kindhearted B. clever
C. active D. strong

2. Why didn’t the free rats eat the chocolate at first?
A. Because they were not hungry at that time.
B. Because chocolate was not their favorite food.
C. Because they wanted to save the trapped rats first.
D. Because they were afraid that the chocolate was poison.

3.Which of the following animals were NOT mentioned in the article?
A. Monkeys. B. Chimpanzees
C. Rats. D. Cats.

4. What does the passage mainly tell us?
A. Rats can feel other animals’ pain.
B. Chocolate is rats’ favorite food.
C. Rats are empathetic and can feel each other’s pain.
D. Female rats are more empathetic than male rats.

Day4
The secret of happiness (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1.The old man left $100 under the napkin because he ____.
A.had a habit of giving tips to waitresses
B.thought the meal was delicious
C.wanted to thank the waitress for her good attitude
D.learned the secret of happiness from the waitress

2.What do we know about the waitress and the old man?
A.The waitress knew who the old man was from the note.
B.The waitress knew the old man before she served him.
C.The old man wanted to have the waitress as his secretary.
D.It was the first time that the waitress had ever seen her boss.
3. We can tell from the story that the old man went to the restaurant to ____.
A. have a good meal
B. enjoy good service
C. see the restaurant for himself
D. show his love for common people

4. The underlined phrase “waited on” means _____.
A. looked at B. served
C. waited for D. found

5. According to the old man, what is the secret of happiness?
A. Smile. B. Patience.
C. Service. D. Kindness.

Day5
Cloze
Once there was a boy in Toronto. His name was Jimmy. He started painting when he was 3 years old, and when he was 5, he was already very _1_ at it. He painted many beautiful and interesting pictures, and a lot of people _2_ his pictures. They said: “This boy is going to be _3_ when he’s a little older, and then we’re going to _4_ these pictures for a lot of money.” Jimmy’s pictures were different from other people’s, _5_ he never painted on all of the paper. He painted on half of it, and _6_ half was always empty (空的).
“That’s very _7_ ,” everybody said. “No other painters have ever done that!” One day, _8_ asked him: “Please tell me this, Jimmy. Why do you paint on the bottom (底部的) half of your pictures,
_9_ not on the top half?”
“Because I’m _10_ ,” Jimmy said. “And my brushes (画笔) can’t reach very high.”

1. A. poor B. well C. sad D. good
2. A. brought B. bought C. took D. waited
3. A. common B. special C. famous D. different
4. A. sell B. give C. ask D. show
5. A. if B. though C. once D. because
6. A. other B. another C. the other D. the other’s
7. A. enough B. clever C. foolish D. impossible
8. A. somebody B. anybody C. everybody D. nobody
9. A. and B. or C. so D. but
10. A. high B. weak C. small D. fat
(答案见下期)