Day 1
Ordering online (P2)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the article mainly about?
A. How to buy good products online.
B. How to find good online stores.
C. Advantages and disadvantages of shopping online.
D. Dangers of shopping online for students.

2. Which of the following is NOT a reason that people worry about students shopping online?
A. Advertisements may attract students to buy useless things.
B. Shopping online wastes their time.
C. Students haven’t met the online store owners.
D. Students may buy things like cigarettes or wine online.

3. According to the article, which of the following is NOT an advantage of shopping online?
A. It can save people time and money.
B. Online stores have better quality goods.
C. People can buy things from different places.
D. Online stores may have more kinds of goods.

Day 2
Girl gives up her hair for... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following words can best describe Barrett?
A. kind-hearted B. talented
C. clever D. well-known

2. Barrett cut her hair off because she _____.
A. didn’t like long hair
B. wanted to look different
C. wanted to make wigs for her friend’s mum
D. wanted to help people with cancer

3. According to the article, which of the following about Barrett is TRUE?
A. She sang in the school’s talent contest.
B. Her friend’s mother encouraged her to raise money for a charity.
C. Many students followed her in cutting off their hair.
D. Her teacher and classmates supported her.

Day 3
One way of dealing with... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. According to the article, animals do the following to spend the winter EXCEPT _____.
A. run to keep warm
B. move to the south
C. hibernate in safe places
D. begin diapause

2. When animals hibernate, _____.
A. they don’t breathe
B. their body temperature goes up
C. their hearts stop beating
D. they fall into a long, deep sleep

3. Which of the following may NOT be a hibernating place?
A. under water
B. under logs or fallen leaves
C. on rocks
D. in the mud

4. During diapause, insects _____.
A. die B. stop growing
C. lay eggs D. hatch eggs

Day 4
True beauty is on the inside (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. When John saw the woman with a red rose, he probably felt _____.
A. a little disappointed B. very happy
C. a little excited D. very upset

2. The girl did the test to see if John _____.
A. came to the meeting on time
B. was young and handsome
C. could recognize her at once
D. only made friends with beautiful girls

3. Which of the following words can best describe the girl?
A. doubtful B. clever
C. proud D. shy

4. The story tells us that _____.
A. friendship can bring people happiness
B. looks can give others the wrong idea
C. inner beauty is more important than looks
D. good looks and a great mind can go together

Day 5
Cloze
Our neighborhood used to be very quiet. However, these days, __1__ things are happening in our neighborhood and everyone is unhappy. Zhao Jun, the local school teacher is very __2__. When he was interviewed by the local newspaper, he said, “Every night we hear strange noises __3__ our window. My wife thinks that it could be a (an) __4__, but my friends and I think it must be children having __5__. My parents called the police, but they couldn’t __6__ anything strange. They thought it might be the __7__. I don’t think so!”
Zhao Jun’s next door neighbor Xiang Dan is unhappy, too. “At first, I thought it might be a cat, __8__ even when I can’t see a cat, I still hear the noises outside.” Everyone in our neighborhood is worried, and everyone has his or her own __9__. There must be something __10__ the homes in our neighborhood, but what could it be?

1. A. interesting B. exciting
C. strange D. boring
2. A. worried B. pleased
C. sad D. relaxed
3. A. of B. outside
C. from D. inside
4. A. actor B. accident
C. person D. animal
5. A. trouble B. fun
C. lessons D. sports
6. A. find B. think
C. make D. feel
7. A. water B. laughter
C. music D. wind
8. A. and B. because
C. but D. so
9. A. ways B. matters
C. habits D. ideas
10. A. cleaning B. visiting
C. breaking D. moving