Day1
A kingdom of games (P2)
Choose the best answer

1. Which of the following is TRUE about the game Killers of the Three Kingdoms?
A. The story happened in real life.
B. It’s based on a classic novel.
C. It became popular in 2006.
D. It’s only for college students.

2. The correct order of the things Huang Kai did is _____.
a. he enrolled at Communication University of China
b. he designed his first game in Grade 6
c. he designed Killers of the Three Kingdoms
d. he started a company with his friend
A. abcd
B. bcad
C. bacd
D. badc

3. What can we learn from Huang’s story?
A. Learning is a never-ending process.
B. We should learn how to be secret traitors.
C. Playing games can be good for students.
D. Doing what you like may lead you to success.


Day2
No genius necessary (P3)
Choose the best answer

1. According to the passage, we know that _____.
A. Cavalin is a middle school student
B. Cavalin wants to read the book We Can Do
C. Cavalin will graduate from ELACC this year
D. Cavalin went to college at an early age

2. Cavalin owes (归功于) his success to the following EXCEPT that _____.
A. he can focus on one thing
B. he has tried his best to do things
C. he was born a genius
D. he worked hard at his dream

3. Cavalin says “If I can reach the stars, others can reach the Milky Way” to _____.
A. show he can do better than others
B. say working hard is the way to success
C. show a genius must be a really smart person
D. prove the Milky Way is farther than the stars

4. Which of the following is TRUE about the book We Can Do?
A. Cavalin spent four years writing the book.
B. Cavalin’s mother helped him finish the book.
C. The book has four editions.
D. The book has not come out yet.

Day3
Some baaad accents (P5)
Choose the best answer

1. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. People who speak the same language all have the
same accent.
B. People in the US and the UK have different accents
in spoken English.
C. People’s accents show how intelligent they are.
D. People from the same country always speak the
same language with the same accent.

2.What may determine goats’ voices, according to the new study?
a. genes b. food c. intelligence d. environment
A. ab B. ac
C. ad D. cd

3.What does the phrase “a couple of” mean in Paragraph 6?
A. a lot of
B. many
C. much
D. a few

4. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Animals’ accents can show their intelligence.
B. Goats can learn and develop language.
C. Every goat’s family has a different accent.
D. A goat changes its accents several times during its life.

Day4
Setting a good example (P6)
Choose the best answer

1. The father actually paid _____ for the tickets.
A. $3 B. $6 C. $9 D. $10

2. At first the man at the ticket counter thought the
father _____.
A. was very stupid
B. was quite rich
C. won the lottery
D. wasn’t telling the truth

3. When the father says, “The kids would know the difference” in Paragraph 5, “difference” refers to _____.
A. the difference between kids of 6 and 7
B. the difference between a father and a kid
C. the difference between tickets of $3 and $6
D. the difference between honesty and dishonesty

4. The writer mainly wants to tell us that _____.
A. fathers are worthy of respect
B. we should treat kids as adults
C. honesty is more important than money
D. people should pay for tickets even if they are rich

Day5
Cloze
Tom grows the nicest vegetables and fruits and the most beautiful flowers in the village. Plants _1_ in Tom’s garden all through the year and they are much _2_ than others’.
Tom cuts some flowers for his sitting room table, and eats some fruits and vegetables, but he _3_ most of them in the market. His vegetables, fruits and flowers are so _4_ and beautiful that they sell much more _5_ in the market than those of other villagers.
How does Tom grow these beautiful things? Actually, Tom is very _6_. All he does is sit under his orange tree with his radio, and _7_ the music all day.
Tom _8_ things in the spring, summer, autumn and winter. After that he sits with his radio. And _9_ grows. It is the music that does the work. Tom knows that _10_ makes the biggest vegetables and the most beautiful flowers. Plants love music as much as people.
1. A. shape B. fit C. happen D. grow
2. A. better B. worse C. less D. later
3. A. buys B. sells C. borrows D. lends
4. A. dear B. bad C. big D. small
5. A. politely B. quickly C. slowly D. carefully
6. A. angry B. busy C. tired D. lazy
7. A. listens to B. hears
C. watches D. speaks to
8. A. fills B. plants C. throws D. makes
9. A. something B. anything
C. everything D. nothing
10. A. work B. rain C. stories D. music

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上期参考答案
Reading
【P3】BCBB
【P4-5】ABAC
【P4】TTFTF
【P6】1. On an autumn afternoon. 2. A bamboo pole.
3. No, they should not have. 4. They stopped their cars and waited quietly. 5. We should try our best to help people who are in need. (Other similar answers are OK.)
【Cloze】1-5 BCBDC 6-10 AADDB
Word check 1-5 CBBDC 6-8 ADB