Day 1
Blown away today (P3)
阅读短文并根据文章内容填空,注意每空一词。
 A visit to the Balloon Fiesta

Day 2
Why is journalism... (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the article mainly about?
A. Getting started in a career in journalism.
B. The author’s colorful experiences as a journalist.
C. How you can be a good journalist.
D. Why life is easier for male journalists.

2. According to the author, her frustration in her job often comes from ______.
A. unfair treatment
B. fruitless efforts
C. misunderstanding
D. dangers and risks

3. What deeply attracts the author as a journalist is that ______.
A. she gets to see her name printed
B. she earns a lot through writing fun stories
C. she can meet different people and hear their stories
D. she can help others and affect change in people’s life

4. From the article we can conclude that the author ______.
A. is not good at keeping secrets
B. does not mind the challenges in her career
C. is not appreciated by her editor
D. is interested in exciting and dangerous work

5. How many personal stories did the author use in the article?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

Day 3
Dice throws about... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. The author mentioned gamblers in movies at the beginning of the article to ______.
A. tell you of a new way to throw dices
B. introduce a new study on dice throwing
C. explain the secret of successful gamblers
D. prove movie scenes are different from real life

2. Which of the following is mentioned to affect the result of a dice throw?
a. Air conditions
b. The acceleration of gravity
c. Friction of the table surface
d. The speed of the throw
A. ab B. abc
C. bc D. bcd

3. The author explained the “chaos theory” by ______.
A. making an analogy (类比)
B. giving a definition (定义)
C. quoting famous scientists
D. making calculations

4. The underlined word “initial” in the last paragraph can be replaced by _____.
A. first B. last
C. lowest D. possible

Day 4
Listen to yourself (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. When the two frogs fell into the hole, ______.
A. the first frog was too weak to take any action
B. the other frogs treated the two frogs differently
C. the other frogs felt sorry for them but could do nothing
D. the second frog understood other frogs’ remarks wrongly

2. Which of the following best describes the second frog?
A. She was a wise frog.
B. Others’ opinions would have influenced her.
C. She was disabled but she tried to make it up with hard work.
D. She was a frog with strong will, no matter what others say.

3. What is the main message in the article?
A. Others’ criticisms don’t make any sense.
B. Sometimes we should put others’ opinions aside.
C. A positive mind is more important than others’ advice.
D. Sometimes disabled people can achieve more than healthy ones.

Day 5
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
1. As nobody here knows what is wrong with the machine, we must send for an engineer to ______ the problem.
A. present B. raise C. face D. fix
2. – Why do you choose to work in an international travel agency?
– Well, you know, English is my _____. So it is the best thing for me to do.
A. strength B. talent
C. ability D. skill
3. Believe it or not, Higgs refuses to use the term “Higgs boson” himself because he thinks he does not ______ the honor.
A. hold B. obtain C. accept D. deserve
4. George returned after the war, only ______ that his wife had left him.
A. to be told B. having been told C. being told D. told
5. It suddenly occurred to him ___ he had left his keys in the office.
A. whether B. where C. which D. that
6. – Can you lend me the book Gone with the Wind?
– Sorry. I returned it to the library just now. Maybe it is still ____.
A. available B. affordable C. acceptable D. valuable
7. But the truth is that genes only make up one to two percent of our DNA, ______ led scientists to believe that the rest of it is useless.
A. that B. which C. as D. what
8. No matter how bright a talker you are, there are times when it’s better ______ silent.
A. remain
B. be remaining
C. having remained
D. to remain
9. The chaos theory looks at how small changes at the start of an event ______ lead to a chain of things happening that have completely different results.
A. must B. might C. need D. should
10. ______ it is a good thing I did not get the post I had applied for, though I must admit that I was disappointed at the time.
A. On the way
B. In a way
C. In the way
D. In no way

（答案见下期）
上期参考答案
D1
1. To introduce the University of California (UC), Berkeley.
2. The chemical element Berkelium is named after the school.
3. Berkeley’s achievement in the scientific and technological world.
4. Its various student groups, music programs and sports teams. Or: Students’ enthusiasm and involvement in many areas.
5. 如果你还是没有看到伯克利的“耀眼光芒”的话，就请你欣赏一下它建在Strawberry Creek的美丽校园、附近森林里的绿树或者学校的19世纪风格建筑吧。
D2 1-3 ADC D3 1-4 BBDC D4 1-4 BBDB
D5 1-5 ABDBC 6-10 ADACB 1-15 CDABC 16-20 DADBC