Day 1
Too hot to handle (P2)
Choose the best answer:
1. Why did Liu Hongcan’s daughter go to Guizhou this summer?
A. Because she missed her grandparents.
B. Because it was too hot in Chongqing.
C. Because it was hot in Guizhou.
D. Because her mother had no time to look after her.

2. The list shows the hottest cities in the order of _____.
a. Fuzhou b. Hangzhou c. Chongqing d. Nanjing
A. cdab
B. abcd
C. cabd
D. bacd

3.What is the “heat index” based on?
A. Temperature and wind speed.
B. Only Temperature.
C. Humidity and dryness.
D. Humidity and temperature.

4. Which of the following was NOT a sign (迹象)
that Chongqing was hot?
A. The temperature in most days of July was over 35 C.
B. Forty-eight people had heatstroke in the past five
months.
C. There were many people living in the city.
D. More and more people went to water park.

Day 2
A false first impression... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. When the writer went to America, she found that ______.
A. Americans eat very few kinds of food
B. Americans have a cowboy accent
C. not every American has a gun
D. all the food there is deep-fried

2. What does the writer’s friend mean by saying “it’s not like all we eat is McDonald’s”?
A. Americans don’t like McDonald’s at all.
B. McDonald’s is very popular in the US.
C. Other foods are not as good as McDonald’s.
D. Americans don’t just eat McDonalds.

3. Which of the following is TRUE about guns in the US?
A. People usually can’t buy or use guns in the US.
B. 40 percent of Americans don’t have a gun.
C. People can use their guns only when they are in
danger.
D. Americans always like to take a gun with them.

4. What does the writer want to tell us through this story?
A. If you are not in the country, you can’t truly know it.
B. Never believe what the books or newspapers say.
C. Nobody really knows what life is like in America.
D. When in Rome, do as the Romans do.

Day 3
Under the weather (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. When do typhoons often happen?
A. In spring.
B. In summer.
C. In autumn.
D. In winter.

2.How does a typhoon begin?
a. Evaporating water makes the air hotter and move
quickly, making wind.
b. When the wind moves faster than 30 meters a
second, a typhoon begins.
c.The seawater gets hot and it begins to evaporate.
d. The wind keeps rising in circles.

A. abcd
B. cadb
C. acdb
D. cabd

3.Where is the strongest wind in a typhoon?
A. In the eye of the typhoon.
B. In the center of the typhoon.
C. Just outside the eye of the typhoon.
D. The part close to the ground.

4.Which of the following is NOT right when a typhoon hits?
A. Take a car when you have to go out.
B. Stay away from the windows of your house.
C. Get more information about the typhoon.
D. Take all your things into the house.

Day 4
Everything is for the best (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What happened to the king when going hunting with his advisor?
A. He hurt his foot.
B. He lost his way.
C. He hunted nothing.
D. The advisor tried to kill him.

2. Why didn’t the cannibals eat the king in the end?
A. Because he was a kind and lovely king.
B. Because the advisor came to help the king out.
C. Because he was not perfect and the cannibals liked
perfect food.
D. Because the king won the fight against the
cannibals.

3. What’s the main idea of the story?
A. People don’t need to be perfect.
B. Every one of us needs an advisor.
C. Never lose heart when facing difficulties.
D. Believe things will become better.

Day 5
Cloze
Sam came to live and work in this small town weeks ago. On weekends, he always found nothing to do and felt bored.
Luckily, he made a few friends here. One day, two men___1 ___him to go fishing. Sam was very___2___. Then they went fishing near a___3___. After three hours, one of the two men said: “Oh! Sorry, I want to go to the toilet
(厕所).”
“There is only one toilet near the lake,___4___it is across from the lake,” said Sam.
“I know!” the man said with a smile (微笑). Then he just ran___5___the lake. Sam was very___6___.
A few minutes later, the man___7___. The other man did the same thing, too. “If they___8___do it, so can I!” Sam thought. So he did the same thing. But he fell into the___9___. After he got on the bank (河岸), he asked them how they were able to do it. “That’s easy! We know___10___the stepping stones are in the lake,” they answered.

1. A. visited B. left
C. showed D. invited
2. A. happy B. active
C. different D. healthy
3. A. road B. town
C. lake D. bank
4. A. then B. but
C. so D. or
5. A. in B. from
C. near D. over
6. A. angry B. surprised
C. easy D. excited
7. A. went back B. arrived at
C. came from D. came back
8. A. can B. may
C. need D. should
9. A. ship B. net
C. water D. toilet
10. A. that B. when
C. how D. where

Word Puzzle
1. They _____ down the door with a big heavy stone.
2. When I was ill, I had a high _____. I felt very hot.
3. He is a tamer (驯兽员). Every day he spent eight hours _____ his animals.
4. She _____ me a Christmas card through e-mail.
5. I _____ her letter a week ago, but I have no time to write back.
6. Don’t _____ away your old books. They may be useful to you one day.
注：所填词汇均来自本期Teens各版点金内容及6版key words。
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