Day 1
Cook up a storm (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. How is Kenny different from other students?
A. He opened a cooking club in his high school.
B. He is famous on the Food Network.
C. He owned a food company at 16.
D. He loves to multi-task.
2. What does the underlined word “thrives” probably mean?
A. works vigorously B. grows fast
C. learns quickly D. makes progress
3. Which of the following best describes Kenny’s cooking?
A. Traditional. B. Creative.
C. Simple. D. Strange.
4. We can conclude from the article that ______.
A. Kenny proved himself by catering his uncle’s wedding alone
B. Kenny likes to follow his mother’s recipe when cooking
C. Kenny was able to cook his first dish in primary school
D. Kenny’s success in cooking has a lot to with his family


Day 2
Really? No, really! (P4)
阅读短文并根据文章内容填空，每空一词。
 

Day 3
Hidden dangers of... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What can we conclude from the first three paragraphs?
A. William Fisk was the first scientist to discover that CO2 could be bad for us.
B. CO2 is considered the most poisonous pollutant in a room.
C. Scientists have only just realized CO2 is present in most rooms.
D. People used to believe CO2 didn’t harm the body.
2. What is the main point of Paragraph 4?
A. To explain the importance of the experiment.
B. To show how scientists redid the experiment.
C. To say why scientists decided to do the experiment.
D. To discuss the difficulties scientists had during the experiment.
3. What was the conclusion of Fisk and his team’s experiment?
A. Students felt uncomfortable when the level of CO2 increased.
B. Students could make smart decisions even with more CO2 was present.
C. High levels of CO2 affected the performance of students.
D. Different levels of CO2 didn’t make much difference.
4. According to the last paragraph, we’d better ______.
A. walk outside to get fresh air every hour
B. let fresh air into the room now and then
C. avoid going into rooms with too many people
D. keep more plants inside so CO2 does not build up

Day 4
Lessons of life (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. When the author talked about his kindergarten teacher, ______.
A. he could remember her classes well
B. he believed that she was very beautiful
C. he didn’t believe what his mother told him
D. he thought her classes were quite interesting
2. How did Mrs White deal with the kids’ writing?
A. She pointed out every mistake with red correction.
B. She didn’t bother with mistakes as there were too many.
C. She put a star or a “Good” on their writing.
D. She explained all the kids’ doubts about writing.
3. What does the underlined word “dampen” in Paragraph 3 mean in the context?
A. make something wet
B. make something interesting
C. make something less strong
D. make something more difficult
4. What does the author think of his kindergarten teacher?
A. She helped him to be confident in writing.
B. She should have changed her way of teaching.
C. She could be better as a high school teacher.
D. She had a way to deal with naughty kids.

Day 5
阅读短文，并从后面所给的选项中选出最佳选项。
What is your best subject at school? For some it might be English. Others __1__ math. For some students, when it __2__ to different subjects, imbalance (不平衡) becomes a(n) __3__. Should you try to balance all subjects, or __4__ your key strength (实力)?
“It is __5__ to prefer just one or two subjects. You can’t be the best at __6__. But at the same time, you can’t allow a large 7 between what you like and dislike, as this might __8__ your performance in the college entrance examination,” said Lin Yuhong, 17, from Shenzhen.
“I got __9__ scores in chemistry and physics last semester. I don’t like those subjects, but to enter a key university, I have to spend more time __10__ them.”
That’s why most teachers __11__ telling the “bucket (木桶) story” to their students. The story says that the shortest board __12__ the bucket’s volume (容量) of water.__13__, some students stick to their main __14__.
Pan Qianlin, 16, from Shanghai, won first prize in a national math competition in May.
“I love math. I __15__ my spare time doing math exercises. I have achieved several awards in math. I will keep on working in this area,” said Pan.
In UK and US schools, students face __16__ problems. However, they are often __17__ to choose either the liberal arts (文科) or the sciences. They can choose subjects at 16. If they have a __18__ subject, they simply don’t choose it.
The most successful students in one field are sometimes __19__ in the other. Albert Einstein is a famous example. The scientist was described as stupid by his teacher for being __20__ to read well.
1. A. dislike B. prefer C. learn D. explain
2. A. refers B. turns C. comes D. applies
3. A. problem B. difficulty
C. experience D. practice
4. A. pick up B. rely on C. make up for D. focus on
5. A. strange B. normal C. bad D. unnecessary
6. A. everything B. something C. nothing D. anything
7. A. step B. distance C. gap D. difference
8. A. reflect  B. improve C. check D. affect
9. A. low B. high C. average D. different
10. A. thinking of B. working on C. looking up D. preparing for
11. A. avoid B. practice C. insist D. keep
12. A. changes B. produces
C. decides D. makes
13. A. Therefore B. However C. Also D. Besides
14. A. interests B. subjects
C. plans D. programs
15. A. devote B. take C. pay D. spend
16. A. harder B. easier C. similar D. different
17. A. forced B. encouraged
C. stopped D. promised
18. A. weak B. special
C. boring D. unchallenging
19. A. excellent B. successful
C. common D. terrible
20. A. unready B. unwilling
C. unable D. impossible 
（答案见下期）

上期参考答案
D1 1. Because they found Mitchel could program very well.
2. 接下来，他开始给我们看一些更复杂的东西，比如他和朋友设计的一个游戏，还有他给一个学校项目做的网站。
3. What they do/What efforts they make for the two teams.
4. To show the good influence he and his friends have on each other.
D2 DBCA D3 CAAB
D4 DBAD D5 CDA