Day1
No more ‘drunk crab’ (P2)
Choose the best answer:
1. What was Nathan’s problem?
A. He couldn’t read the Chinese words on the menus.
B. He had no interest in Chinese dishes.
C. He couldn’t understand the menus in Chinese restaurants.
D. He couldn’t open an American restaurant in China.

2. Which of the following is NOT a correct dish name according to the book?
A. red burned lion head
B. braised pork ball in brown sauce
C. braised pork balls in gravy
D. baozi and jiaozi

3. Which is NOT the aim of the book according to the passage?
A. To help foreign visitors understand Chinese culture.
B. To help foreign visitors decide which dishes to order.
C. To help foreigners know how Chinese food is prepared.
D. To help Chinese people open restaurants in foreign countries.

4. We can tell from the last paragraph that _____.
A. Han Yang likes cooking food
B. Han Yang likes to introduce Chinese culture to foreigners
C. Han Yang’s foreign friends didn’t like Chinese food before
D. Han Yang is learning how to cook

Day2
Bzzt, bzzt, beep, beep... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. The soccer game was special because _____.
A. it was held at Firestone High School
B. all of its players were robots
C. all of its players couldn’t play soccer
D. it was a game between girls and robots

2. Which group of people might NOT go to see the game?
A. High school students. B. University students.
C. Professional engineers. D. Football designers.

3. What do the students think of the program?
A. It is not so fun when the design fails.
B. It is a difficult but educational program.
C. It teaches them what technology is.
D. It teaches them how to make friends.

4. In Dan Spak’s speech, what does the word “it” refer to?
A. Project-based and problem-based education.
B. The basis of many scientific subjects.
C. How to solve problems and work with others.
D. The competition held earlier this month in Ohio.


Day3
Titanic’s real killer... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following about icebergs is TRUE?
A. Icebergs move only when the tide frees them.
B. An iceberg can stop for some time during its travel.
C. An iceberg will move as soon as it melts.
D. It takes an iceberg several months to leave its place.

2. Which of the following played a role in the sinking of the Titanic?
a. the moon b. the tides
c. too many passengers d. the high speed of the ship
e. going the wrong way f. the iceberg
A. abcf B. acde C. abdf D. acef

3. What is the article mainly about?
A. The main cause of the Titanic’s sinking.
B. The 100th anniversary of the Titanic.
C. The moon’s great influence on the Earth’s tides.
D. The moon’s role in the sinking of the Titanic.

Day4
The sweetest whisper... (P6)
Cloze
Throughout her childhood, Mary always knew she was different from the other kids, and she hated it. Because she was born 1 a cleft palate (唇腭裂), she grew up having to bear the jokes and stares (盯着看) of children who 2 her.
Mary hated that she was “different”. She thought that no one outside her family could ever love her... 3 she joined Mrs Leonard’s class.
Mrs Leonard had a 4 smile, a round face and brown hair. Everyone in her class liked her, but Mary 5 her.
In the 1950s, it was common for teachers to give their children a yearly hearing test. Unfortunately, 6 her cleft palate, Mary was also almost deaf (聋的) in one ear. Mary didn’t want to let the other children have another “ 7 ” to laugh at, so she would cheat (作弊) on the test every year.
In the “whisper test (耳语测验)”, a child would walk to the classroom door, turn sideways, close one ear with a finger, and then 8 something that the teacher had whispered. The year she was in Mrs Leonard’s class, as usual, Mary turned her bad ear toward her teacher and
9 to cover (盖住) her good ear.
She knew that teachers would often say things like, “The sky is blue,” or “What color are your shoes?” But not this year. This time, the seven words that Mrs Leonard whispered 10 Mary’s life forever. When the “whisper test” came, Mary heard the words: “I wish you were my little girl.”
1. A. at B. of C. with D. for
2. A. catch up with B. agree with
C. go on with D. laugh at
3. A. when B. after C. until D. since
4. A. cool B. warm C. large D. comfortable
5. A. loved B. liked C. hated D. disliked
6. A. against B. besides C. beside D. except
7. A. mistake B. opinion C. result D. difference
8. A. talk B. repeat C. correct D. move
9. A. failed B. forgot C. pretended D. remembered
10. A. changed B. decided C. helped D. improved

Day5
Cloze
It took Peter quite a while to find a place for his car, and in the end he had to 1 it on a small street, a few minutes away from the dentist’s. As he got out, he looked at his watch. He 2 meet the dentist at five and he 3 had half an hour. He walked into the square (广场) and sat down in a chair, to 4 the falling sun.
As he sat there, he 5 the children playing. He was
6 to see a red car like his own come out of the street where he had parked. The car moved 7 and soon disappeared (消失). Peter felt in his pockets for his 8 , but they were not there.
“My car!” he shouted in a loud 9 , which made several people look at him. He got up and ran out of the square, then down the small street. He couldn’t see his car at first, and then he found it was 10 a larger one, with the keys on the roof of his car.
By the time he got to the dentist’s, it was after five. “A very strange thing 11 to me,” he said to the dentist to
12 why he was late.
“Don’t worry about that,” said the dentist. “I just got here myself.”
1. A. put B. leave C. give D. drive
2. A. could B. might C. need D. would
3. A. also B. ever C. still D. even
4. A. like B. finish C. enjoy D. wait
5. A. watched B. looked C. saw D. noticed
6. A. frightened B. surprised
C. angry D. worried
7. A. slowly B. lovely C. sadly D. fast
8. A. watches B. cards C. keys D. money
9. A. sound B. voice C. speed D. laugh
10. A. behind B. in front of
C. between D. at the back of
11. A. worked B. passed
C. heard D. happened
12. A. ask B. answer C. explain D. complain
21ST

WordCheck
Choose the best answer:
1. _____ the invention of television, we can have more fun in our spare time.
A. Instead of B. Because C. Thanks for D. Thanks to

2. I will never forget that terrible accident ____ it happened so long ago.
A. as if B. even though C. only when D. after all
3. – Why don’t you buy the T-shirt, Linda?
– I have only $10. I can’t ____ it.
A. borrow B. afford C. sell D. leave

4. _____ a history of more than 1,400 years, Zhaozhou Bridge is the oldest stone arch bridge in the world.
A. With B. As C. For D. By

5. He _____ that he didn’t mind, but I knew that he did.
A. presented B. protected C. pretended D. prevented

6. I _____ in this small mountain village when I was a
child.
A. use to live B. used to living
C. used to live D. was used to live

7. Unlike Chinese, Americans ______ their meals with knives and forks.
A. used to eating B. are used to eating
C. used to eat D. are used to eat

8. – Can you imagine that we’ve _____ 30% of the long article today?
– I can’t believe it. You’re so smart and quick!
A. translated B. traveled C. taught D.thought

（参考答案见下期）
上期参考答案
Reading
【P2】BCD【P3】DCBA【P5】BCDB【P6】BADC
【Cloze】1-5 DABCB 6-10 DABCD
Word check 1-5 DBBAA 6-8 BCD