Day 1
Disaster in Sichuan (P2)
Choose the best answer:
1. We can tell from the first two paragraphs that _____.
A. an earthquake hit Yang’s hometown
B. Yang and her classmates were buried in the classroom
C. Yang hasn’t been to school after the quake
D. the earthquake made Yang a college student

2. What did soldiers and experts mainly do in the quake zone?
A. They tried to stop more earthquakes from happening.
B. They helped rescue people and rebuild their homes.
C. They donated a lot of money and materials.
D. They built classrooms for students.

3. Which of the following should you do when an earthquake happens?
A. Stay there and don’t move.
B. Stand straight on a table or desk.
C. Lie down on the ground and face the ceiling.
D. Drop down onto your hands and knees.


Day 2


Stories that come alive (P4-5)
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the main feature of American comics?
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2. When did American superhero comics become popular?
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3. Who is the author of Peanuts?
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4. What’s the most popular theme of Japanese manga?
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5. Are China’s comics as developed as Japan’s?
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Day3

Why should we study science (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. Why did John Keats criticize Newton around 200 years ago?
A. Because he didn’t believe what Newton said about rainbows.
B. Because he thought Newton’s explanation took away the beauty of rainbows.
C. Because he thought rainbows would disappear because of Newton’s explanation.
D. Because he was angry that Newton didn’t like rainbows.

2. What might John Keats think of science?
A. It’s interesting.
B. It’s helpful.
C. It’s bad for art.
D. It’s attractive.

3. Science helps us in the following ways EXCEPT ____.
A. it helps us get things done
B. it helps society develop
C. it helps us study literature
D. it helps us think in a certain way

4. Which of the following is the way science makes us think?
A. Believing things only through evidence.
B. Believing what we see with our eyes.
C. Believing what is said in books.
D. Believing things that are beautiful.



Day 4

Everyone has need of you (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What happened when the butterfly tried to free itself from the thornbush?
A. It saved itself.
B. It got cut deeper.
C. It got tired.
D. It was killed.

2. Why did the fairy grant the little girl a wish?
A. Because the girl begged her to do so.
B. Because it was the fairy’s job.
C. Because the girl helped her out.
D. Because the girl was too poor.

3. How did the fairy grant the little girl’s wish?
A. By giving her a lot of money.
B. By giving her a big house.
C. By helping her find her parents.
D. By telling her how to stay happy.

4. According to the passage, what is the secret of happiness?
A. Being needed by others.
B. Being rich.
C. Being helped by a fairy.
D. Being loved by others.


Day 5

Cloze
When you are learning English, you find it doesn’t work to put an English sentence, word for word, into your own language. Take the sentence “How do you do?” __1__ an example. If you__2__ each word in the dictionary, one at a time, what is your translation? It will be an incorrect sentence in your own __3__ .
Languages do not just have different sounds, __4__ they are different in many ways. It’s important to master (掌握) the rules for word __5__ in the study of English, too. If the speaker puts words in a __6__ order, the listener can’t understand the speaker’s sentence __7__ . Sometimes when the order of words in an English sentence is changed, the meaning of the sentence changes, but, sometimes __8__ the order is changed, the meaning of the sentence doesn’t change. Let’s see the difference __9__ the two pairs of sentences.
“She only likes apples.”
“Only she likes apples.”
“I have seen the film already.”
“I have already seen the film.”
When you are learning English, you __10__ do your best to get the spirit (精神实质) of the language and use it as the English speaker does.

1. A. for B. as C. to D. with
2. A. look at B. look for C. look up D. look through
3. A. sentence B. world C. language D. homework
4. A. and B. but C. or D. so
5. A. spelling B. pronunciation C. listening D. order
6. A. interesting B. wrong C. correct D. funny
7. A. easily B. hardly C. loudly D. quietly
8. A. unless B. until C. if D. as
9. A. among B. between C. at D. of all
10. A. can B. may C. must D. will

（参考答案见下期）
上期参考答案

Reading
P3: DCBA
P4-P5: 1. select talented people
2. Exams at schools
3. College Entrance Exam
4. Answer question sheets, write essays, take part in debates, do experiments or draw paintings
5. push you forward 6. look closely
P5: BCBD
P6: CBBB
Cloze: 1-5 BBACD 6-10 ADBCA 11-12 DB