Day 1
Search and you find (P2)
Choose the best answer:

1. According to Paragraph 1, the word “Google” has the same meaning as _____.
A. company B. Internet
C. search D. engine

2. When did Larry and Serge make Google a company?
A. 1995. B. 1996.
C. 1997. D. 1998.

3. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Google is the first search engine.
B. Google uses a different way to rank websites.
C. Google is the most successful search engine.
D. Not all people are pleased with Google Maps.

Day 2
The real United States (P3)
Choose the best answer::

1. When the writer went to America, she found that ______.
A. Americans eat few kinds of food
B. Americans have a cowboy accent
C. not every American owns a gun
D. there are more accidents than in China

2. What does the writer’s friend mean when she says “it’s not like we only eat 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 eat more than just McDonalds..

3. Which of the following is TRUE about guns in the US?
A. People can’t buy or use guns in the US.
B. 40 percent of accidents in the US are caused by guns.
C. Not every American has a gun.
D. There are no serious accidents caused by guns in the US.

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
Raising the bar on Mars (P5)
Choose the best answer:

1. Which of these is TRUE of Curiosity?
A. It is a robot used to explore Mars.
B. It has stayed on Mars for 8 months.
C. It will stay on Mars for 10 years.
D. It sent a picture of a mountain back to Earth.

2. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The robot. B. Mars.
C. The mountain Sharp. D. The project.

3. According to the article, we learn that ______.
A. there were once people on the mountain Sharp
B. Curiosity has found some ingredients of life on Mars
C. life must be supported by water and carbon
D. Robots cannot move on Mars

4. What did Curiosity not go to Mars to do?.
A. Research whether Mars has the ingredients for life
B. Find out the differences between Mars and Earth
C. Find out whether Mars is habitable
D. Find out how fast the robot can move

Day 4
Walk in your own shoes (P6)
Choose the best answer:

1. Why did the mother and daughter go to the secondhand shop?
A. They just went window shopping.
B. The daughter loved the place.
C. They just found the place to hide from the rain.
D. The mother wanted to buy cheap shoes for her daughter.

2. According to the story, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The mother didn’t buy the tap dancing shoes for her daughter.
B. The mother allowed her daughter to do anything she wanted.
C. The mother had once thought of giving her daughter up.
D. For the mother, the “click” noise sounded beautiful.

3. The story wants to tell us ______.
A. sometimes you shouldn’t care what others say
B. the love between mother and daughter is not strong
C. you should wear the wrong shoes for your feet
D. wearing your own shoes helps you walk faster

Day 5
Cloze
A great thing happened once. When I was driving home from visiting friends, suddenly my car couldn’t go. It was a Sunday and cold outside. The only person I could ___1___to for help was an old man with a tow truck (拖车).
The old man was about 75 or___2___. He was much deaf (聋的), so to talk with him, I had to___3___! But we talked and talked. He talked my ear off, and I talked___4___off. I told him that I had no money to repair (修理)___5___seriously wrong with the car, so if the news was___6___, I would have to leave it. He towed my car to a small town, about an hour’s drive. I took the bus home.
The next day, the car repair shop called me and said my car needed a new motor (发动机). I asked___7___I could just leave the car there for them because I could not___8___to pay. They said that the old man was very rich and he___9___ the shop. He said just to put in a new motor and tell me to get the car.
Now, every time I see someone in___10___, I try to do all I can for them. I will never forget this man’s goodness.

1. A. ask B. wait
C. look D. turn
2. A. old B. older
C. oldest D. youngest
3. A. say B. talk
C. shout D. speak
4. A. he B. him
C. his D. mine
5. A. anything B. something
C. everything D. nothing
6. A. good B. bad
C. exciting D. fresh
7. A. when B. what
C. that D. if
8. A. challenge B. afford
C. change D. give
9. A. worked B. sold
C. owned D. made
10. A. life B. car
C. dream D. trouble
Word Puzzle
填字游戏
Across:
3. a playing area surrounded by seats, for sports, concerts, and other events
7. rewarding, useful
8. join together
9. say or do sth again

Down:
1. pleased, satisfied with sb or sth
2. be real, live
4. matter, things, stuff
5. staying calm and not getting angry when you are waiting for sth or when you have problems
6. look for
注：所填词汇均来自各版Teens点金内容及6版key words。
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