Day
MIT welcomes bright... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. MIT invited Doe to a program because ______.
A. he was good at all of his lessons
B. he was the youngest college student
C. he was a boy with good manners
D. he had a talent for invention

2. Which is TRUE according to the article?
A. The battery made by Doe was too expensive.
B. Doe made the battery with four kinds of materials.
C. Doe’s battery had less electricity than he had imagined.
D. Doe was not rich enough to buy batteries.

3. Doe set up a radio station ______.
A. to ask local people to buy his generators
B. to show off his talent for inventing things perfectly
C. to play news and music at that station for local people
D. to talk about his inventions with other great inventors

Day 2
Land of sun and barbeques (P4-5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What does the sentence “They’re words unique to Australia!” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. They’re words only belonging to Australia!
B. Australians are proud of these words.
C. They’re words only known to Australia.
D. Australia is most famous for these words.

2. Which is NOT true about Australia?
A. It is the smallest country.
B. It lies south of the equator.
C. It is also the name of a continent.
D. Its land area ranks sixth in the world.

3. In the 17th century, some ______ came to Australia.
A. British explorers B. Chinese people
C. Dutch people D. British prisoners

4. Chinese students choose Australia as a place to study in because of ______.
A. China’s liberal immigration policy
B. Australia’s liberal immigration policy
C. Australia’s largest trading business
D. Australia’s most international students

5. Australia is well-known for the following things EXCEPT _____.
A. The Sydney Opera House
B. kangaroos
C. koala bears
D. The Statue of Liberty

Day 3
What makes your hair go... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. According to Paragraph 2, if both of your parents give you the curly version of the gene, you will have _____ hair.
A. curly B. straight
C. both curly and straight
D. neither curly nor straight

2. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?
A. Genes determine the color and shape of your hair.
B. How human genes work on a single hair.
C. Most people are born with straight hair.
D. Why follicles for straight hair have no hooks.

3. What do the curls of hair mainly depend on?
A. The hooked end.
B. A cell called EGFR.
C. The nature of follicle.
D. The growth of hair.

Day 4
Don’t wait to say I love you (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. The author didn’t visit his mother often because _____.
A. he didn’t get along well with his mother
B. his work and family took up a lot of time
C. he lived far away from his mother
D. he didn’t have enough money

2. When the author’s mother got his call, she probably thought _____.
A. there was some good news
B. the author would give her a surprise
C. the author would invite her to dinner
D. something bad might have happened

3. When the author drove to pick up his mother, she might have felt _____.
A. excited and glad
B. shy and uncomfortable
C. moved and interested
D. worried and nervous

4. The story tells us that _____.
A. a mother’s love is great
B. children should take care of parents
C. it’s better to speak out your love
D. it’s never too late to learn

Day 5
Cloze
One Saturday afternoon, my daughter Lydia asked me, “Are all people the same even if they are different in color?”
I thought for a minute and then said, “I’ll explain to you if we can make a quick stop at the 1 . I have something 2 to show you.”
At the grocery store, we 3 some apples – red, green and yellow ones. Back home, I told Lydia, “It’s time to answer your question.” I put one apple of each 4 on the table. Then I looked at Lydia, who had a 5 look on her face.
“People are like apples. They come in all 6 colors, shapes and sizes. Some of the apples may not look like the others.” As I was talking, Lydia was 7 each one carefully.
Then, I took each of the apples and peeled (削皮) them, placing them back 8 the table, but in a different place.
“Okay, Lydia, tell me which is which.”
She said, “That’s difficult. They all look the same now.”
“Take a bite of 9 . See if that helps you 10 which one is which.” She thought for a while and a huge smile came across her face. “People are just like apples! They are all different, but once you 11 the outside, they’re pretty much the same on the inside.”
She totally 12 it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.
1. A. grocery store B. hospital
C. book store D. post office
2. A. expressive B. interesting
C. informative D. encouraging
3. A. bought B. counted C. saw D. collected
4. A. size B. shape C. color D. group
5. A. worried B. confident C. proud D. confused
6. A. proper B. special C. different D. similar
7. A. operating B. examining
C. appreciating D. respecting
8. A. in B. toward C. for D. on
9. A. each one B. each other
C. the other D. one another
10. A. believe B. decide C. think D. connect
11. A. put away B. get down
C. hand out D. take off
12. A. made B. took C. got D. did
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上期参考答案
Reading
【P2】 1. Eight hours. 2. Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
3. Safety problems. 4. In 2007.
5. Cut down on energy use.
【P3】 1. Write lab reports. 2. Add photos. 3. Look up crazy laws. 4. Vote in a mock election. 5. A 6. D
【P4-5】 1. Kneel 2. point with two fingers 3. fast
4. Flying Shark 5. carry many kinds of missiles
6. fight for a long time 【P6】 DABC
Cloze 1-5 DADBC 6-10 CBDCA