Day 1
Thinking ahead to the future (P3)
Fill in the chart below:

Day 2
Four for the price of two? (P4-5)
任务型阅读
Answer the following questions:
1.Will the spring or autumn break make the total number of vacation days higher?
_____________________________________
2.Why is summer camp a favorite place for US kids?
_____________________________________
3.What do Japanese kids usually do in their spring break?
_____________________________________
将下列句子译成中文：
4.If we had spring and autumn breaks, I would have time to taste all four seasons instead of burying myself in my studies.
_____________________________________

Day 3
No tears in space (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1.The first paragraph mainly wants to tell us that _____.
A.living in space is lonely
B.it’s easy to feel sad in space
C.it’s hard to cry in space
D.nobody wants to live in space
2.If astronauts cry in a spacecraft, their tears will _____.
A.move downwards
B.move upwards
C.go out of the window
D.stick to their eyes

3.What can we learn from the passage?
A.In space our eyes are very wet.
B.Tears will float around if they are big enough in space.
C.People know everything about living in zero gravity.
D.Gravity makes people’s tears move upwards in space.

4.Astronauts feel _______ if tears are always in their eyes.
A.sad B.comfortable
C.happy D.uncomfortable

Day 4
Be brave when others won’t (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1.The word “convenient” in Paragraph 1 means _______ in Chinese.
A. 重要的 B. 方便的
C. 必要的 D. 有用的

2.Why did the king put a big rock in the middle of the road?
A.To see if anyone would move the rock away.
B.To see who was the most powerful.
C.To find out who was the poorest.
D.To see how people walked around it.

3.Who moved the rock away?
A.The king.
B.The king’s supporters.
C.The wealthy.
D. A poor farmer.

4.The story mainly tells us that _____.
A.everyone should learn to take responsibility
B.nobody likes to solve hard problems
C.taking responsibility always means getting a reward
D.the poor always take more responsibility than the rich

Day 5
短文填空
leaf, then, learn, thick, grow, have,
mean, easy
Many people love oranges. They are sweet and juicy. They’re in segments (瓣), so it is __1__ to eat them. Some oranges do not have any seeds. Some have a __2__ skin, while others have a thin skin.
The orange tree is beautiful. It has a lot of shiny green __3__. The small white flowers smell very sweet. An orange tree __4__ flowers and fruit at the same time.
The orange tree probably came from China. Many different kinds of wild oranges __5__ in China today. Chinese people started to raise orange trees about 4,400 years ago. Farmers in other parts of Asia and the middle East __6__ to raise oranges from China. __7__ they taught Europeans. Later, the Spanish planted orange trees in the New World (North and South America). They took them to Florida to grow. Oranges are a very important crop in Florida today.
In English, orange __8__ both a fruit and a color. We use the name of the fruit for the color.

Cloze
When you are a teenager, it seems that every time you say, “Mum and Dad, I want to...”, your parents answer, “No, you can’t.” or “You can’t do.”
Young people further complain that their parents do not __1__ them. When something goes wrong, most parents just don’t believe in their children. Without asking why, they think their kids are __2__. And not many parents allow their children to make a big __3__ for themselves.
Yes, it is true that your parents always __4__ you as a little child. You are not allowed to do __5__ you like. But remember that not long ago you were really a child. Your parents still remember the childish mistakes you used to __6__. They want to __7__ you though you don’t want them to do so.
So, if you want to get __8__ freedom, please try to understand your parents and don’t lie to them. Try a more friendly way.__9__ you want them to allow you to stay out late, don’t just say, “All the other kids in my class can stay out late.” Tell __10__ as much as you can about what you want to do and where you will be and why it is important for you to stay out late. Then they might say, “Yes, but be careful and give us a call if possible.”
1. A. love B. remember
C. understand D. hate
2. A. correct B. wrong
C. friendly D. useless
3. A. difference B. problem
C. mistake D. decision
4. A. forget B. treat
C. believe D. think
5. A. what B. how
C. why D. when
6. A. take B. make
C. do D. try
7. A. provide B. promise
C. protect D. produce
8. A. more B. most
C. less D. least
9. A. As B. If
C. Since D. Although
10. A. it B. us
C. me D. them
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上期参考答案
Reading
P3: CACD P4-5: 1. tea leaves 2. ice cream or cake 3. chocolate 4. tasty 5. movies 6. afternoon tea 7. Scones 8. Crisps and chips
P5: 1. No, it isn. 2. Because people put all their things in a large backpack instead of using a suitcase. 3. Countries in Southeast Asia and South America. 4. Over 400,000. 5. People consider backpacking to be a way of learning about the world and finding themselves. P6: BCDB
短文填空:
1. how 2. but 3. possible 4. without 5. them
6. long 7. read 8. traveling
任务型阅读：
1. travel the Americas from top to bottom
2. worked to save money for a long time
3. Gregg 4. you might be less relaxed, especially when faced with problems 5. fight or cheat a nice man