Day 1

Constructing our future... (P3)
Match the people with proper events:
A. Anabelle Padilla
B. Ben Stone
C. Diana Macias
D. Keith Woods

1. _____ learned how to hit a nail.
2. _____ tried using a powerful jackhammer.
3. _____ organized the Careers in Construction Expo.
4. _____ wanted kids to consider construction as a career choice.
5. _____ said more workers in the construction industry were needed.


Day 2

Finding friends with small... (P4-5)
Choose the best answer:
1. Small talk helps a lot when it happens between _______.
A. good friends
B. strangers
C. men and women
D. boss and employees

2. When you make small talk, _______.
A. you should think hard before you start to talk
B. you should think about some details first
C. it is not wise to talk too much about yourself
D. you’d better not leave your QQ number

3. Which of the following can be small talk?
A. How many kids do you have?
B. It’s so hot today, isn’t it?
C. Where do you live?
D. How much do you earn?

4. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Small talk, a good way to make friends.
B. Being smart when starting a conversation.
C. Ways to make a good self-introduction.
D. How to make a good speech.

Day 3

Performing better under... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What does the underlined word “thrive” mean in Paragraph 1?
A. get annoyed
B. do well
C. give up
D. break down

2. According to Paragraph 2, dopamine _____.
A. is a chemical from the outside of our body
B. is controlled by the signals our brain sends
C. can affect our memory, attention and learning
C. makes our brain work best when there is too much

3. When we are taking an exam, _____.
A. no dopamine is produced
B. more dopamine is produced
C. our brain stops releasing dopamine
D. dopamine keeps even balance

4. The text is probably a ________.
A. science fiction story
B. book review
C. newspaper ad
D. science news report


Day 4

Circle of life and love (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. The man was sad because ______.
A. his cat was lost
B. his cat was dying
C. he didn’t like his new cat
D. his cat spoiled his chair

2. From the story, we can learn that
______.
A. the cat liked to play with string
B. the cat usually played in the garden
C. the cat shared the man’s bed at night
D. the cat was afraid of death

3. What the cat said made the man feel
______.
A. scared B. hurt
C. worried D. better

4. What does the story want to tell us?
A. Life is like a circle.
B. Never cry over spilt milk
C. If the old doesn’t go, the new doesn’t come.
D. He who knows he has enough is rich.

Day 5

Cloze
George lived with his sick mother in a poor village. One bright sunny _1_ in July, he went early to the forest two miles away. He was asked to _2_ some wood. After working hard for half a day, he looked around for a _3 _ place to rest and eat his lunch. Suddenly some fine red wild _ 4 _ caught his eye.
“How good these will be with my bread and butter!” George thought. He at once began to _5 _ all the strawberries he could find, then sat down by the river, ready to enjoy them.
Just then as he was lifting the _6_ strawberry to his mouth, he thought of his mother. “Shall I _7 _ them for her?” He imagined how much they would make _ 8 _ happy, yet still looking at them with longing (渴望的) eyes.
“I will eat half, and take the other half to her,” he said. Then he divided the strawberries into two. _9_ he found each half looked too small, so he put them together again.
“I will only taste one.” Then he took the biggest one, but soon put it back. Finally, he carefully _ 10_ them with leaves, deciding to keep them all _11_ his mother.
When the sun was beginning to go down, George went home. _12 _ happy he felt that he had all his strawberries for his sick mother! The _ 13_ he came to his home, the less he wished to taste them. As soon as he _14_ , he ran to his mother and happily offered his wild strawberries. Tears in eyes, she put her hand on his head and said _15 _ : “And you kept them for me, did you? God will bless you for all this, my child.”
Could the eating of the strawberries have given George half the happiness he felt at the moment?
1. A. morning B. noon
C. afternoon D. night
2. A. set up B. pick up
C. put up D. give up
3. A. hot B. dark
C. cool D. noisy
4. A. apples B. strawberries
C. pears D. peaches
5. A. buy B. grow
C. make D. collect
6. A. first B. last
C. other D. next
7. A. cut B. peel
C. sell D. save
8. A. him B. them
C. her D. it
9. A. But B. So
C. If D. Or
10. A. showed B. locked
C. covered D. washed
11. A. to B. from
C. for D. on
12. A. What B. How
C. Why D. Whether
13. A. nearer B. farther
C. longer D. later
14. A. got B. reached
C. went D. arrived
15. A. angrily B. lovingly
C. worriedly D. politely
（参考答案见下期）

上期参考答案
Reading
P2: DBD
P3: DBCC
P5: BBDA
P6: BAAB
短文填空：1. encourage 2. Keeping
3. going 4. regularly 5. photos
6版日积月累：1-5 ACBAC 6-10 CBCBA