Day 1
Fewer cars, more calls (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. The writer mentions Allison’s choice at the beginning of the text in order to ______.
A. show how Allison socializes with her friends
B. demonstrate how important Allison thinks phones are
C. prove that the latest iPhone is popular among teenagers
D. introduce a broad cultural shift among teenagers
2. What is the main reason that US teenagers are driving less according to the text?
A. The widespread use of the Internet.
B. Economic factors, such as the price of fuel.
C. The increasing difficulty in getting a driver’s license.
D. The absence of driver’s education classes at school.
3. The underlined word “anticlimactic” in Paragraph 7 probably means _____.
A. less natural B. less interesting
C. more impressive D. more crucial
4. What can we conclude from the text?
A. Only those over the age of 18 can gain a driver’s license in the US.
B. Teenagers are staying less connected with one another than in past eras.
C. During the past three decades, the number of US teen drivers has decreased 300%.
D. Academic pressure is one of the factors that has led to teenagers’ decreased interest in driving.


Day 2

Street style (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?
A. Graffiti has been popular with young people since it started in the 1970s in New York.
B. Aerosol paint graffiti was created by graffiti artists in the 1990s and 2000s.
C. In America, graffiti artists usually don’t paint pictures relevant to politics.
D. The idea of painting graffiti on city walls is accepted in all countries.
2. Where can you see a street art festival in August every year?
A. In São Paulo. B. In Taiwan.
C. In Bristol. D. In Cape Town.
3. By listing three street artists in the second-to-last paragraph, the author intends to _____.
A. compare their different painting styles
B. show how street artists can also be famous and successful
C. explain what about their graffiti made them famous
D. present what kinds of graffiti are the best received


Day 3

Daily life in the future (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text?
A. To stress the importance of developing technology.
B. To describe how advanced technologies will affect our future lives.
C. To introduce one new invention that will benefit our future lives.
D. To remind people not to depend too much on computers.
2. According to the text, in two decades, ______.
A. you’ll be able to rely on an electronic orchestra to wake you up instead of an alarm clock
B. a tiny microchip in your phone will treat you when you are sick
C. you will be able to adjust the conditions of your apartment via oral instructions or simple hand gestures
D. technology will be smart enough to help us with important things like preparing for a presentation
3. What does the underlined word “mitigate” in Paragraph 6 mean?
A. Cure. B. Worsen.
C. Make up for. D. Take advantage of.
4. Which aspects of our future lives did the author mention?
a. food and housing b. clothes
c. transport d. health e. education
A. ade B. acd C. abc D. ace
5. Which best describes the author’s attitude toward our future lives?
A. Worried. B. Objective.
C. Positive. D. Negative.


Day 4

Man of learning (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which best describes the author’s tone in the following statement: “In our town, there was no one else quite like my father”?
A. Grateful. B. Puzzled.
C. Admiring. D. Satisfied.
2. Which of the following is TRUE about the author’s father according to the article?
A. He liked to take his family traveling.
B. He tried to improve the way his children spoke.
C. When the author got tired of studying, he suggested that he play sports.
D. Every year he took his children out to observe the changes that spring brings to the natural world.
3. Which of the following best describes the author’s father?
A. Scholarly and arrogant.
B. Simple and optimistic.
C. Loving but strict.
D. Serious and unemotional.
4. Which areas was the author’s father interested in?
a. geology (地质学) b. physics
c. literature d. astronomy (天文学)
e. psychology
A. abc B. bcd C. acd D. ace
5. How does the author develop the article?
A. By providing examples.
B. By making comparisons.
C. By following the order of time.
D. By following the order of importance.



Day 5
阅读以下材料并根据所读内容选出正确选项。
Emergency Lockdown Procedures
University of WATERLOO
What is a lockdown?
A lockdown is used when there is a serious security risk (e.g., a violent or armed person) to people inside a building.
How will I know that a lockdown is occurring?
You will be told about a lockdown procedure through one or more of the following:
 uWaterloo website
 Text message to your cell phone
 Voicemail broadcast
 Personal phone call
Lockdown Steps
If a lockdown occurs, secure an area as follows:
1. Move immediately to the nearest room you feel is safe with as many people as possible;
2. Lock the door;
3. Turn off the lights or maintain low lighting;
4. Cover all windows with blinds, curtains, etc;
5. Lie flat on the floor or take cover out of sight;
6. Turn off cell phones except to report injured people;
7. Keep calm and quiet;
8. Stay in the room until police arrive. Remember it may be several hours before you can leave safely.
What if someone is injured?
Follow these steps when it’s safe to do so:
 Call 911 or 519-888-4911 or ext. 22222, from a hard-wired line if possible.
 Place a sign in an outside window to identify the location of the injured people.
What to report? When contacting authorities, report the following:
1. Your specific location, building name and office/room number;
2. The number of people at your specific location;
3. If there are injuries, the number and types of injuries;
4. If you have seen an armed or dangerous person or you have identified a threat:
 location and number of armed or dangerous people
 their clothing and description;
 their identity if known;
 any weapons or accessories (e.g., backpack);
 any unusual or threatening sounds (e.g., gunfire or explosion)
What if fire alarm sounds?
DO NOT respond normally as a fire alarm during a lockdown may be a trick by the armed or dangerous person.
Remain calm in your lockdown secure area, if safe to do so. In case of fire, follow Fire/Evacuation procedures.
More information: www.police.uwaterloo.ca

1. Which of the following incidents would most possibly start a lockdown procedure?
A. A fire in a chemistry lab.
B. A lost cat in the neighborhood.
C. A gunman shooting people in the building.
D. A quarrel among students on campus.
2. In the case of a lockdown, students in the building are advised to ______.
A. keep all the lights on and all the doors open
B. lock themselves in the safest room nearby
C. get out of the building as soon as possible
D. place a sign in an outside window to identify their location
3. We can conclude from the article that ______ during a lockdown.
A. it is wise to ignore fire alarms
B. it is very important to keep calm and quiet
C. students should try to find out the number and position of suspects
D. students can always pretend to be dead to protect themselves from suspects

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上期参考答案
D1 1. What gap years are and their benefits.
2. Travel or work. 3. By working at part-time jobs.
4. Her work experiences showed interviewers her good self-motivation and organisational skills, and her trip to Mount Kenya showed her strength and determination. 5. 略
D2 1-4 DABD D3 1-3 BBC D4 1-4 DCBC
D5 1-5 CBADC 6-10 BCDBC
11-15 ADBAC 16-20 DBACB