Day1
It’s all in the attitude (P1)
Choose the best answer:
1.From Liang Jiaxiang’s story, we can learn the following EXCEPT ______.
A. failure is the mother of success
B. hard work will pay off in the end
C. we should not easily give up on things
D. children vote for the wrong reasons

2.According to Cao Yuhan’s story, which of the following is TRUE?
A. She was too young to learn how to swim.
B. All her practice didn’t help her swimming.
C. She is a girl who likes to challenge herself.
D. She learned swimming to have a good figure.

3. In the last paragraph, the counselor Hou Ying tells students _____.
A. how to face real problems
B. how to get along with classmates
C. how to solve problems in their studies
D. how to turn difficult things into easier ones

Day2
Young green heroes (P4-5)
Choose the best answer:
1. In the first paragraph, the phrase “make a difference” means “______”.
A. do things in a different way
B. play an important part
C. take effect differently
D. make a big change

2. Finkbeiner’s organization planted a lot of trees to ______.
A. produce more CO2
B. make the water clean
C. keep the air fresh
D. provide fine wood

3. Which is NOT true about Team Marine and the Girl Scouts?
A. Team Marine was founded by the US government.
B. Team Marine succeeded in banning plastic bags.
C. The Girl Scouts gave people light bulbs to help them save energy.
D. The Girl Scouts did a lot to fight global warming.

4. From the story we learn that ______.
A. students founded these organizations mainly for money
B. the Earth is not clean enough for people to live in anymore
C. stopping global warming is the most serious task
D. kids can also do something to protect the environment

Day3
What’s in a bookstore? (P4-5)
Answer the following questions:
1. How old were the people in the bookstore that the writer visited?
__________________________________________

2. What kinds of books may Westerners like to read most?
__________________________________________

3. Is learning English popular in China, according to the writer?
__________________________________________

4. What does the writer think of these books at the Chinese store?
__________________________________________

5. What is the difference between Western readers and Chinese readers, according to the story? (With no more than 12 words.)
__________________________________________


Day4
Ninety-eight percent human (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. The author mentions all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. a baby chimpanzee named Oscar
B. a grown-up chimpanzee named Freddie
C. an American scientist named Jane Goodall
D. a movie called Chimpanzee

2. From the story, we learn that Jane Goodall ______.
A. hopes people will keep chimpanzees safe
B. thinks chimpanzees can understand humans
C. plans to make homes for chimpanzees
D. teaches chimpanzees how to protect themselves

3. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. There are only about two million living chimpanzees.
B. Many scientists think great apes were humans’ ancestors.
C. Chimpanzees use their language to talk with other animals.
D. Chimpanzees always live in groups of about 50 members.

4. The last three paragraphs talk about ______.
a. how chimpanzees walk
b. what food chimpanzees live on
c. what tools chimpanzees use
d. how chimpanzees live
A. abc B. bcd
C. acd D. abd

Day5
Cloze
Overhead bridges can be seen in many parts of Singapore, in the places where 1 is very heavy and crossing the road is not safe.
These bridges can let people cross roads 2 . Overhead bridges are used in very much the same way as crosswalks. They are more efficient (效率高的) than crosswalks, though less convenient because people have to 3 a lot of steps. This is especially 4 for the old.
When people use an overhead bridge, they do not 5 traffic. But when they cross a busy road using a crosswalk, traffic is held up. This is 6 the government has built many overhead bridges to help people and 7 traffic moving at the same time.
The government of Singapore has 8 a lot of money building these bridges. For their safety, people should be given the chance to use them 9 rushing across the road. Old people may find it a little 10 climbing up and down the steps, but it is still much safer than walking across the road 11 all the moving traffic.
Overhead bridges are very useful. To stop accidents from 12 , people, both old and young, should always use them.

1. A. pressure B. traffic
C. noise D. trouble
2. A. safely B. quickly
C. casually D. freely
3. A. set up B. make up
C. pick up D. climb up
4. A. easy B. inconvenient
C. impossible D. convenient
5. A. use B. create
C. stop D. make
6. A. what B. why
C. when D. where
7. A. enjoy B. prevent
C. keep D. protect
8. A. paid B. cost
C. spent D. taken
9. A. as if B. in front of
C. even though D. instead of
10. A. difficult B. different
C. worried D. exited
11. A. past B. along
C. about D. with
12. A. moving B. happening
C. leaving D. passing

（参考答案见本期）
上期参考答案
Reading
【P2】 DDBC 【P3】 CCD
【P4-5】 ABDC 【P6】 BACD
【Cloze】 1-5 ADDBD 6-10 BCCBB 1-15 ACBBB

本期参考答案
Reading
【P1】 DCA 【P4-5a】 BCAD
【P4-5b】
1. In their 20s and 30s.
2. Biographies, books about history, and books about politics and current events.
3. Yes, it is.
4. They offered no escape from daily life — only ways to improve it.
5. Chinese people read for practical purposes, while Westerners read for fun.
【P5】CABA
【Cloze】1-5 BADBC 6-10 BCCDA 11-12 DB