Day1
A post-90s hero (P2)
Choose the best answer:
1.Which is the correct order of the things Zhang Wenchi did?
a.became a blood donor
b.got the nickname “the most beautiful post-90s student”
c.received a call from the China Marrow Donor Program
d. flew to Beijing to donate bone marrow
A. abcd B. acbd C. acdb D. adcb

2.What is Zhang Wenchi’s dream?
A.To become a doctor.
B.To fly planes.
C.To find a way to deal with leukemia.
D.To save more people’s lives.

3.What can we learn from Zhang’s words?
A.He doesn’t think taking an exam is important.
B.The patient would have died without Zhang’s help.
C.He is kind-hearted and likes to help others.
D.He has saved many people’s lives.

4.Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?
A.Zhang Wenchi joined the China Marrow Donor Program at 19.
B.No one younger than Zhang has donated bone marrow in China.
C.Zhang’s parents didn’t like his idea to donate bone marrow.
D.The transplant operation was done in Zhang’s hometown.

Day2
Saving nature in their... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. What happened to the grassland in recent years?
A.It got a new name, the Santa Rosa Plateau.
B.It became a national natural reserve.
C.Many of the native plants were destroyed.
D.A group of students damaged the plants.

2.Why did the students burn the bad and dead plants?
A.To study the soil.
B.To check on the project.
C.To make them grow better.
D.To grow new plants in the area.

3.According to the text, we know that _____.
A.once there were no native plants at all
B.chocolate lilies are a new plant in this area
C.many native plants are beginning to grow again
D.people have worked to save the plants for 11 years

4.What does Mary Stone think of her life on the plateau?
A.It’s good.
B.It’s dangerous.
C.It’s difficult.
D.It’s not what she wants.

Day3
Bilinguals twice as smart (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1.What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2?
A.How the brain of a bilingual person works.
B.Why a bilingual person becomes smarter.
C.How active the brain of a bilingual person is.
D.How the brain deals with conflicting language systems.

2.In the second test, the children had to put the blue circles in the bin marked with _____.
A.a blue square B.a blue circle
C.a red square D.a red circle

3.From the passage, we learn that bilinguals do better at ____ than people who speak only one language.
A.telling the differences between shapes
B.dealing with conflict between shapes and colors
C.keeping their mind focused on something
D.doing two different things at the same time

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A.Bilingual thinking is not so good for the brain’s abilities.
B.Bilingual people have higher IQs than people who speak one language.
C.Bilingual people have a smaller chance of getting dementia in old age.
D.Bilingual thinking influences a person only in his or her childhood.

Day4
Better late than never... (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What can we tell from the conversation between Mr Miller and the boy?
A.The boy was just coming over to buy vegetables.
B.The boy was good at buying things for free.
C.Mr Miller didn’t really need the boy’s marble.
D.Mr Miller would like a red marble more than the blue one.

2.From the passage we know that Mr Miller was ______.
A. kind-hearted B. honest
C. interesting D. childlike

3.Why did Mr Miller always ask for a different color or size from the boys?
A.He hoped to teach them how to do business.
B.He could sell more goods if they often came over.
C.He wanted to collect all of the best marbles.
D.He liked to give things to them without hurting their feelings.

4.What can we learn from the story?
A.We should pay off our debts on time.
B.We should try to trust strangers in our lives.
C.We shouldn’t fail to live up to others’ trust.
D.We shouldn’t let those who have helped us down.

Day5
Cloze
How do you feel if you don’t eat for a whole day? Hungry? Yes, so we know food is very important to us. Everyone needs to _1_ well if he or she wants to have a healthy and strong body. Then what about not learning for a whole day? Hungry? No, but we may feel empty (空的) in our brain. So our _2_ also need a kind of food. This kind of food is called knowledge (知识).
We begin to get knowledge even _3_ we are very young. Small children are usually _4_ in everything around them. They can always learn _5_ from watching and listening. When they get older, they begin to _6_ books. When they find something new, they love to ask questions and _7_ to find out the answers.
What is the best _8_ to get knowledge? If we learn by ourselves, we will get _9_ knowledge. If we are always getting _10_ from others and do not ask why, we will never learn well, because we will not really understand. When we study in the right way, we will learn more and understand better.
1. A. sleep B. read C. drink D. eat
2. A. life B. animals C. minds D. eyes
3. A. until B. when C. after D. so
4. A. interested B. surprised C. good D. quick
5. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
6. A. draw B. read C. sing D. write
7. A. try B. have C. work D. wait
8. A. place B. time C. way D. road
9. A. little B. few C. many D. the most
10. A. exercises B. answers C. questions D. problems

Word check
Choose the best answer:
1.–Look! She’s skiing so fast!
–Hard to _____ her legs were once broken.
A.know B.think C.imagine D.find

2.Nobody in their right _____ would play such a silly joke.
A.ideas B.thoughts C.brain D.mind
3.Computers are becoming more and more popular, but some _____ cost too much.
A. even B. still C. also D. else

4.–Excuse me, you can’t smoke here. Please read the sign.
-Oh, I am sorry. I didn’t _____ it.
A.watch B. notice C. read D. look

5.–What are these?
–Some old photos. They often _____ me of life in the old days.
A. give B. leave C. bring D. remind
6.–I think we’ll go plant trees next week.
–Terrific! Planting trees is a lot of fun. I’d like to ____ you.
A. visit B. join C. follow D. meet

7.You should give as many facts as possible to _____ your ideas.
A. support B. explain C. share D. belong

8.– The light in his room is still on. Do you know why he stays up so late?
– In order to _____ for the coming exam.
A. provide B. prepare C. practice D. protect

上期参考答案
Reading
【P2】CBDC
【P3】DBC
【P5】CACD
【P6】1-5 BDBCC 6-10 CADBC
【Cloze】1-5 ABACD 6-10 CBBBD 11-12 DC
Word check 1-5 BABDC 6-8 DCB