Day1
Dresses for princesses (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. From the article, we can conclude that Operation Prom Dress ______.
A. encourages people to donate prom dresses to their young relatives
B. collected 800 prom dresses for teenagers this year
C. is only meant for young teenage girls in San Jose
D. was started because of the vice mayor’s own experience
2. Which of the following statements might Madison Nguyen agree with, according to the article?
A. The best way for poor kids to go to Prom is to ask their sisters to donate a dress.
B. A girl’s life is meaningless without a Prom dress.
C. No one needs a fancy gown for Prom.
D. It would be a pity if a girl had to miss out on her Prom.
3. The underlined word “showstopper” in Paragraph 5 probably means ______.
A. someone who stops others from performing
B. someone who performs so impressively that the rest of the show seems to stop around them
C. someone who shows others that it is bad to show off
D. someone who surprises others with a weird performance
4. We can infer from the article that ______.
A. there should be more inexpensive forms of celebrating gradation other than the Prom
B. bad economic conditions are affecting American students’ lives
C. high school seniors are not taking their family economic situations into consideration when it comes to parties
D. whatever their economic situation, American parents won’t let their children down when it comes to Prom

Day2
Wild words of wisdom (P4)
阅读短文并根据文章内容回答问题,注意答案不要超过题目要求的词数。
1. What is the main idea behind Maurice Sendak’s books for children? (No more than 10 words)
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2. Translate the following sentence into Chinese:
His books are seen as a bridge between traditional tales and popular teenage fiction full of death and violence, like the modern story, The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
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3. What makes the book Where the Wild Things Are well-known according to the article? (No more than 12 words)
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4. What does the underlined word “sugarcoat” in the last paragraph probably mean? (No more than 12 words)
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5. What is your favorite book? Why do you like it? (No more than 25 words)
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Day3
End of the Earth?... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. The Maya calendar was mainly made to be used in Maya religious ceremonies.
B. The Mayans had been in Central America for over 5,000 years before the Spanish arrived.
C. Archaeologists have just discovered that the Maya calendar actually shows that December 21, 2012 marks the start of a new age cycle.
D. The team of archaeologists went to Guatemala because they wanted to prove the theory that the world would end in 2012 was wrong.
2. What does William Saturno mean in the last paragraph but one?
A. It’s unwise for us to predict the date the world will end.
B. The Mayans had a different way of thinking from modern people.
C. The Mayans believed people and the stars lived in harmony with one another.
D. It’s hard to say whether the Maya people were more developed than we are today.
3. What is the central theme of the article?
A. How the ancient Mayans predicted the future.
B. Why Maya culture attracts so many people.
C. A newly-discovered Maya calendar.
D. The mysteries surrounding the Maya calendar.

Day4
Coach yourself (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. We should look deeper into ourselves rather than focusing on others.
B. Life coaches are needed to help people understand their lives.
C. We can be our own life coach and change the course of our own life.
D. Both negative and positive things help when you are self-coaching.
2. The underlined word “this” in the ninth paragraph refers to ______.
A. everything you choose
B. what you value
C. the power of a decision
D. the profession of life coaching
3. Which of the following can be inferred from the article?
A. Others often see our problems more clearly than we do ourselves.
B. Once you make a bad decision, there is nothing left to do but regret it.
C. When you feel you have personal power, it’s easy to encourage yourself.
D. The effect a bad event continues to have on our life depends on the way we look at that event.
4. The word “reframe” in the last paragraph probably means _______.
A. refresh
B. reduce
C. reflect
D. reconstruct

Day5
阅读下面旅游手册的内容并选出最佳选项。
1. How much will a couple and their 3-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter need to pay for the combined ticket?
A. 78 pounds. B. 79 pounds.
C. 97 pounds. D. 98 pounds.
2. Which of the following is TRUE of the 4D Experience?
A. The audience can enjoy many sensations thanks to special effects.
B. Enjoying the 4D Experience after the London Eye is encouraged.
C. If you want to see the 4D Experience, you can join the London Eye entrance queue directly.
D. If you don’t enter the 4D Experience, you can get an even lower discount on your ticket.
3. The following is TRUE of the SEA LIFE London Aquarium EXCEPT ______.
A. It opens daily except for on one fixed day.
B. Its opening times are shorter at weekends.
C. Its opening times can change.
D. You should visit it and the London Eye within one month.
（答案见下期）
上期参考答案：
D1 1-3 DCB
D2 1. The Scream by Edvard Munch is still popular and influential after 100 years.
2. It’s the only one of Munch’s four versions of the painting still in private hands.
3. It has become a modern symbol of human anxiety
4. 他说：“这幅画为个人和集体所经历的失去、痛苦、悲哀、现代性、身体不受控制以及与现实存在斗争提供了一种类比。”
5. They are both the most famous and recognized images in art history.
D3 1-3 CCC D4 1-4 CBBD D5 1-5 CDAAB
6-10 CBDCA 11-15 BDACB 16-20 ACBDC