Day 1
Rooted in mind (P3)
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 of the article? (No more than 6 words)
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2. What did the host mother tell the author when she made a sound after the first sip? (No more than 5 words)
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3. Why does the author’s host mom keep suggesting root beer when making orders at restaurants? (No more than 8 words)
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4. Translate the following sentence:
Even if my sense of taste one day fades away, I don’t think I will ever forget root beer.
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5. What does root beer mean to the author? (No more than 12 words)
___________________________________________

Day 2
Modesty is fashionable (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. According to the article, Dave Adney believed that ______.
A. school girls shouldn’t wear tight-fitting leggings
B. school girls cause more trouble than boys when it comes to following dress codes
C. dressing properly helps students focus on their academic work
D. dialogue and conversation is the only way to makes students dress appropriately

2. What does the underlined sentence “It must have touched a nerve” in Paragraph 5 suggest?
A. Many people got angry or upset at receiving the message.
B. Many people had similar experiences and feelings.
C. Many people had already realized the problem long before.
D. Many people didn’t take the problem seriously.

3. Which of the following is a proper way of dressing according to the article?
A. Baseball hats with jerseys.
B. Yoga pants with long shirts.
C. Muscle shirts with long pants.
D. Tight leggings with T-shirts.

4. What is the main point of the article?
A. To look at whether American high schools should be allowed to restrict what students wear.
B. To explore new restrictions on dressing in Minnetonka high schools.
C. To study how fashion trends fit into high school life.
D. To look at what schools and parents do to prevent high school students from being distracted.

Day 3
Your heart vs your mind (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. Why does the author mention watching movies at the beginning of the article?
A. To show that we are easily moved by things that are not real.
B. To show that sometimes we only use emotional thinking.
C. To introduce the research based on this kind of experiences.
D. To prove emotional thinking is powerful.

2. Scientists at Case Western Reserve University, US proved ______ through their recent tests.
A. logical thinking works differently from emotional thinking
B. logical thinking is much more efficient than emotional thinking
C. logical thinking and emotional thinking take turns to function independently
D. logical thinking and emotional thinking could work together

3. The underlined word “suppressed” in Paragraph 4 means ______.
A. starting to react actively
B. being completely damaged
C. to prevent something from working effectively
D. obtaining an opposite function

4. We can conclude from the last two paragraphs that ______.
A. people have to frequently switch between different types of thinking
B. adopting the wrong thinking mode could have bad results
C. people could only either have excellent logical thinking or emotional thinking
D. people who think logically could easily be manipulated

Day 4
Fountain of wisdom (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Why does the author give Albert Einstein as an example?
A. To show that even Einstein was once made fun of by people.
B. To tell that Einstein would not play the violin well but for his teacher’s criticism.
C. To prove that Einstein is not only interested in science and music.
D. To tell us great scientist as Einstein is, he tried hard to learn more.

2. “Stoop... when drinking from the fountain of knowledge” in Paragraph 5 means ______.
A. listen and find out
B. be ready to learn from others
C. be ready to ask questions
D. be willing to teach others

3. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. It teaches us that everyone has the equal right to learn.
B. It explains that opportunities fall on those who are ready.
C. It tells us that we should be modest, and treat others as teachers.
D. Judge people by their knowledge, not by their jobs.

Day 5
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
1. The trip was a rare ______ to see how ordinary people lived in this country.
A. possibility B. occasion
C. opportunity D. turn
2. –I need to advertise for a roommate for next term.
–______? Mary is interested.
A. Why bother B. Why not
C. So what D. What for
3. We’re having a meeting in half an hour. The decision ______ at the meeting will influence the future of our company.
A. to be made B. being made
C. made D. having been made
4. After the flooding, people were suffering in that area, ______ urgently needed clean water, medicine and shelter to survive.
A. which B. who
C. where D. what
5. Scientific researches show that to ______ a language one had better often get exposed to it.
A. acquire B. adapt
C. acknowledge D. accept
6. To hitch-hike successfully, you must be able to ______ the driver at first glance that you don’t intend to rob or murder him.
A. remind B. convince
C. confirm D. comfort
7. When foreigners think of China, they always ______ it with the Great Wall.
A. advertise B. associate
C. attach D. combine
8. Wind power is an ancient source of energy ______we may return in the near future.
A. on which B. by which
C. to which D. from which
9. Shelly had prepared carefully for her biology examination so that she could be sure of passing it at her first______.
A. intention B. effort
C. attempt D. sight
10. Would you slow down a bit, please? I can’t ______ you.
A. keep up with B. put up with
C. make up with D. hold on to
（答案见下期）

上期参考答案
D1
1. He wasn’t surprised or guilty./ He took it quite lightly.
2. Because he keeps breaking his phones.
3. Fashionable, popular
4. 我猜想大多数人都不会像我那样频繁更换手机，不过我敢肯定，他们也不会要达到两年的合同续费期限才更换手机。
5. Young people have different attitudes toward high tech devices than older people.
D2 1-4 BDCD
D3 1-4 ABAB
D4 1-3 CBA
D5 1-5 BCDCB 6-10 ACDCB
11-15 ADABA 16-20 DBCAD