Day 1
Pushing yourself further... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. What did the writer enjoy most in the camp?
A. Cooking food in the bush.
B. Sleeping in the tents.
C. Playing with friends.
D. Taking part in exciting activities.

2. What happened when the writer missed a rope in High Ropes?
A. She fell down on the ground.
B. She was seriously hurt.
C. She pulled herself up.
D. She was hanging midair and waiting for help.

3. How many exciting activities are mentioned in the article?
A. One.
B. Two.
C. Three.
D. Four.

4. What did the writer learn from the camp?
A. Keep going when faced with failure or difficulty.
B. Don’t do anything dangerous.
C. Camp activities can make us strong.
D. Go to more camps in the future.



Day 2
Exams aren’t all that bad (P4-5)
Fill in the chart below:

 

Day 3
What makes us the way... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. _______ discovered DNA.
A. A Swiss scientist
B. A Swiss doctor
C. A young student
D. A Swiss worker
2. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. DNA is a part of the cell.
B. The double helix decides the structure of DNA.
C. The double helix is made up of chromosomes.
D. The chromosomes include four bases.

3. What is the main function of genes?
A. They will make your children have the same smile as you.
B. They will decide your children’s looks or characters.
C. They will make your children stay healthy.
D. They are good for scientific research.

4. What’s the main idea of this passage?
A. What decides DNA.
B. How DNA is arranged.
C. What genes are like.
D. How DNA works in our body.




Day 4
The drive of a lifetime (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What did the woman want to do that night?
A. She wanted to take a taxi.
B. She wanted to see her husband.
C. She wanted to go through the city.
D. She wanted to talk with the driver.

2. How was the old woman at that time?
A. She was fine.
B. She was dying.
C. She was strong.
D. She was healthy.

3. How long did the journey take?
A. About one hour.
B. About two hours.
C. About three hours.
D. About four hours.

4. How did the old woman feel in the end, according to the story?
A. She was very angry.
B. She was very thankful.
C. She was very upset.
D. She was not satisfied.




Day 5
Cloze
Sometimes, I doubt whether there is any love between my parents. Every day they are busy trying to__1__ money. They don’t act romantic the way couples do in books and on TV. They never say, “I love you.” It’s not their __2__ .
One day, my mother was sewing a quilt (缝被子). I sat down beside her.
“Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.
“What?” she asked, still working.
“Is there __3__ between you and Dad?” I asked her __4__ a very low voice.
She stopped her work and __5__ her head. Then she bowed (低下) her head and went on sewing.
I thought I had hurt her. At last I heard my mother say: “Susan, look at this thread (线). Sometimes it __6__ , but most of the time it disappears in the quilt. It makes the quilt __7__ . If life is a quilt, then love should be a__8__ . It can hardly be seen anywhere, __9__ it’s really there.”
I listened carefully but I didn’t understand her __10__ the next spring. My father suddenly got sick. My mother had to stay with him in the __11__ for a month.
After they got back, she helped my father walk slowly down the road every day. My father had never been so weak.
“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.
“Susan, don’t worry about me,” he said gently. “I just like __12__ with your mom.“
Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. Now, I know that love is the thread that holds a family together.

1. A. have B. make C. put D. spend
2. A. question B. style C. kind D. life
3. A. love B. money C. friendship D. relationship
4. A. on B. under C. in D. by
5. A. nodded B. shook C. lowered D. raised
6. A. appears B. comes C. turns D. happens
7. A. big B. wide C. thick D. strong
8. A. flower B. thread C. gift D. kiss
9. A. and B. for C. but D. so
10. A. until B. because C. when D. unless
11. A. school B. park C. bank D. hospital
12. A. talking B. walking C. watching D. looking
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上期参考答案

Reading
P3: BDB
P4-P5: 1. 2009 2. pigs 3. human to human 4. 2008
5. birds 6-8 FFF
P5: CDB
P6: BDAC
Cloze: 1-5 DACBC 6-10 ABCDA 11-12 DB