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作者:21ST
时间:2012-12-03

Day 1
ourney into the past (P3)
阅读文章并根据文章内容填空,每空一词。
Introduction to St Andrews University
 

Introduction to St Andrews University


 

Founding Year
 

◆Founded in 1413, St Andrews was Scotland’s 1. ______ university, and the third oldest in the English-speaking world.
◆Events, which run from 2011 to 2013, are celebrating its 600th 2. ______.

Location

St Andrews was founded in a small, 3. ______ town on the coast of North East Scotland.

Famous sports

◆The university is only within a few minutes’ 4. ______ of the ancient golf playing ground – the Old Course.
◆Students can take a 5. ______ from their studies to enjoy a game of golf.

6._____ achievements

◆With one of the lowest 7. ______ rates in the UK, it is ranked the fifth best university in the UK, according to the most recent university league tables. It is also among the world’s top 20 Arts and Humanities universities on The Times Higher Education World Universities Rankings.
◆The Sunday Times described it as the leading 8. ______ to Oxford and Cambridge in the UK.

Anecdotes ◆The royal 9. ______ Prince William and Kate Middleton met on the grounds of St Andrews University.
◆Golf 10. ______ in the town where the University is located, around the 12th century.



Day 2
Poems on the... (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. The purpose of the project “Poems on the Underground” is to ______.
A. introduce the works of living British poets
B. provide a platform for Londoners to enjoy poetry
C. study the traditions of British poetry
D. encourage more people to write poems
2. We can learn from the article that the poems that appear on the tube in London ______.
A. are voted by the passengers on the tube
B. mainly talk about the topics of love and war
C. have replaced the books passengers carry to read
D. have drawn interest from a lot of passengers
3. According to Transport for London, the project is ______.
A. rewarding
B. puzzling
C. fruitless
D. entertaining

Day 3
Why birds fly in the... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. Modern birds are different from their ancestors in that ______.
A. they have layers of long feathers
B. they have special wrist bones so that they can change directions in midair
C. they have a layer of long feathers topped with a layer of short feathers
D. they have teeth in the mouth and long bony tails
2. According to the article, scientists conclude that early birds _____.
A. could already fly high
B. could only leap and glide
C. only used feathers to keep warm
D. could easily open their wings wide
3. What is crucial in finding out how feathers came to be the way they are?
A. Fossils of ancient birds.
B. Tapes of old times.
C. Comparing features of reptiles and birds.
D. Studying bones and structures of modern birds.
4. What is the main point of the article?
A. To explore how birds looked 150 millions years ago.
B. To look at the evolution of feathers that enabled birds to fly.
C. To list all the fossils of ancient birds recently discovered.
D. To explore how modern birds developed from ancient reptiles.

Day 4
Model behavior (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What’s the main reason why the author wanted to be a model?
A. She won a national contest.
B. She wanted to get reputation and wealth.
C. She was urged by some modeling agencies.
D. She had full potential to be a successful model.
2. What’s the author’s parents’ attitude toward her dream?
A. Encouraging. B. Doubtful.
C. Worried. D. Enthusiastic.
3. What was it that made the author end her attempts to become a model?
A. Her parents were strongly against it.
B. She realized that it was impossible for her.
C. Even a local modeling agency turned her down.
D. She realized that she didn’t actually love the idea of modeling.
4. What did the author learn from her experience of struggling to be a model?
A. Where there’s a will there’s a way.
B. Being a model is not that easy.
C. We should have our own judgment and should not just follow others.
D. We might set unpractical goals but the experiences can help us grow.


Day 5
阅读下面的新书介绍,并根据内容选择最佳的答案。
Drama
by Raina Telgemeier
– Graphic Novel
Callie decides to help to stage Moon Over Mississippi, a musical (音乐剧), at her school. Her boy-crazy nature gets a boost (推动) when two cute twin brothers named Justin and Jesse show an interest in the play and in her – though in different ways.

Tiger Lily
by Jodi Lynn Anderson
– Romance
Fifteen-year-old Tiger Lily meets the attractive teenage Peter Pan in the woods of Neverland and falls under his spell (魅力). Peter is unlike anyone she’s ever known. Despite (尽管) being an unthinkable match for her, soon Tiger Lily is risking (冒险) everything – including her family and her future – to be with him.

Insignia
by S. J. Kincaid
– Science Fiction
Fourteen-year-old gamer Tom Raines’ dream comes true when he’s offered the chance to join the military’s (军队) elite (精英) fighting group. Becoming someone important has a cost, though: a computer implant (植入) in his brain. With his superhuman skills, Tom will now have to work out who the real enemy (敌人) is.

Perfect Escape
by Jennifer Brown
– Fiction
Kendra has always felt overshadowed (相形见绌的) by her older brother, Grayson, which forces him to live a life of careful routines. Behind the wheel of her car, with Grayson asleep beside her, Kendra decides to drive away from it all. But she must stop running and come to terms with herself, her brother, and her past.

1. Which category does Drama belong to?
A. Science fiction. B. Graphic Novel.
C. Romance. D. Fiction.
2. Superhero fans will be interested in ______.
A. Drama B. Tiger Lily
C. Insignia D. Perfect Escape
3. Those who have a problem with brothers or sisters might want to read ______.
A. Drama
B. Tiger Lily
C. Insignia
D. Perfect Escape

6版练习参考答案:
1. 十三岁的时候,我希望自己出名、有钱,这些希望蒙蔽了我所有的判断力,所以我乞求父母让我去。
2. 为……增色。
(答案见下期)
D1 1. The author’s experiences with root beer.
2. To leave the drink unfinished.
3. She is just making a friendly joke.
4. 即使有一天我的味觉消失了,我觉得我也不会忘记根汁汽水的味道。
5. It is a symbol of her happy days in the US.
D2 1-4 CBBB D3 1-4 BCCB D4 1-3 DBC D5 1-5 CAABA 6-10 BBCCA


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