Day 1
From north to south (P2)
Answer the following questions:
1. How long will it take people to travel from Beijing to Guangzhou by high-speed train?
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2. Where will the high-speed rail stretch to in the future?
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3. What’s the biggest worry people have about the high-speed train?
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4. When did high-speed rail service come to China?
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5. What can people do to make high-speed trains environmentally friendly?
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Day 2
Technology can help with... (P3)
Fill in the chart below:
 

Choose the best answer:
5.How does the teacher feel about the new rules of Tech Tuesday?
A. Excited.
B. Angry.
C. Unhappy.
D. Bored.

6. What can we tell from the story?
A. Students have Tech Tuesday every week.
B. Students can make phone calls in class.
C. Every student has to bring a device to school.
D. Students can borrow devices from school.

Day 3
China moves up in the world (P4-5)
Fill in the chart below:
 

Day 4
Bend in wind, but don’t... (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What happened to the bamboo trees after the wind?
A. They were broken in half.
B. They disappeared along with the wind.
C. They grew much taller than before.
D. They returned to their original positions.

2. When talking about a person, the word “resilience” means the ability to _____.
A. recover from a bad situation
B. follow what others say
C. break at a breaking point
D. snap in a bad situation

3. According to the writer, what should we do when we are in a bad situation?
A. Let everything get to us.
B. Be hopeful for a better tomorrow.
C. Do nothing but enjoy the ordeal.
D. Get as close as we can to our breaking point.

4. We may bend in the following situations EXCEPT when _____.
A. we don’t do well in our studies
B. we meet with some difficulties
C. we get on well with our study or work
D. we have something difficult to deal with

Day 5
Cloze
Do you know how the teddy bear was invented? It is an interesting story. In 1902, American president Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt was hunting (打猎) in the forest with his friends. Almost everyone had successfully shot (射中) an animal, but the president 1 not. Nobody wanted to make the president look 2 , so they tied a little black bear to a 3 . They wanted the president to shoot it.
The president was very surprised to see the bear tied to a tree. He felt it was 4 to shoot the bear, because it couldn’t run away. He 5 to shoot it, and the story of his decision went all over the country. Everybody was moved by the president. There was 6 a cartoon showing the president refusing to shoot a cute bear.
It was this cartoon and the story behind the president’s hunting trip that gave Morris an idea to make a new 7 . He made a small, soft bear and showed it in his shop window. Next to the bear he made a sign that read, “Teddy’s Bear”. The new toy was a big success and it 8 Morris with the money to create a toy company.
Teddy bears have been 9 since they were first made. A teddy bear would be the first choice when people think about children’s toys. Theodore Roosevelt’s famous 10 on a hunting trip in 1902 brought millions of soft, stuffed (填满填充物的) bears. They are being loved by people across the world.

1. A. did B. should
C. would D. had
2. A. bad B. happy
C. friendly D. fine
3. A. wall B. chair
C. rock D. tree
4. A. difficult B. unfair
C. dangerous D. exciting
5. A. wanted B. decided
C. refused D. went
6. A. only B. hardly
C. even D. still
7. A. company B. toy
C. shop D. present
8. A. gave B. filled
C. met D. provided
9. A. colorful B. expensive
C. popular D. boring
10. A. decision B. speech
C. sign D. skill
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Reading
P3: CBD P4-5: DCA P5: DBC P6: DAB Cloze1-5 BDCAB 6-10 DBBAC 11-15 AADCA