Day 1
Don’t be afraid of... (P3)
阅读短文并根据文章内容回答问题,注意答案不要超过题目要求的词数。
1. Why does the author find it hard to write opinion articles? (No more than 15 words)
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2. What is the author’s favorite section at her school’s newspaper? (No more than 3 words)
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3. How does raising questions about the topic help the author with her writing? (No more than 15 words)
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4. What can the underlined word “fluid” in Paragraph 3 possibly mean? (No more than 3 words)
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5. How has news writing influenced the author’s opinion of her life? (No more than 18 words)
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Day 2
Dress up in costumes (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. We can learn from the first paragraph that ______.
A. Mr Jones wanted to make fun of President Obama
B. students at the author’s school had no homework on Halloween
C. Americans are used to seeing others wearing strange costumes on Halloween
D. American students are allowed to make fun of their teachers on Halloween

2. Which of the following might the author agree with?
A. Designing Halloween costumes is a job only meant for creative people.
B. It is not worth putting too much time and money into designing Halloween costumes.
C. People get great satisfaction when their Halloween costumes are appreciated or copied by others.
D. People lose interest in Halloween costumes when they become adults.

3. In total, how many different Halloween costumes did the author mention in the article?
A. 2 B. 3
C. 4 D. 5

4. What is the main idea of the article?
A. The popular Halloween costumes in the US are all inspired by books.
B. All people should design and make Halloween costumes on their own.
C. The tradition of making Halloween costumes comes from the US.
D. Creative Americans like to design and wear Halloween costumes.

Day 3
Our lives and our songs (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. According to researchers at the University of Cambridge, ______.
A. children don’t like the songs that their parents like because they are too hard to understand
B. people from different cultural backgrounds have different tastes in music
C. people’s music preferences have deep connections with their social lives
D. children are influenced by their parents in terms of the types of music they listen to

2. The underlined word “mature” in Paragraph 4 probably means ______.
A. make new friends
B. grow into adulthood
C. move to an unfamiliar neighborhood
D. understand their parents more

3. Which of the following statements about musical periods is TRUE according to the article?
A. People in their teenage years prefer pop music to rock music.
B. Jazz and classical music help adults develop their identities.
C. Pop and blues are dull and boring in the eyes of most middle- aged people.
D. People’s music tastes tend to settle down as they age.

4. What is the main purpose of the article?
A. To present a new study about how people’s music tastes change.
B. To explain why parents and children don’t share music preferences.
C. To show how music helps shape people’s social lives.
D. To discuss research into the varied factors that determine people’s music tastes.

Day 4
Helpful ‘stranger’ (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Before the author got involved in the rescue of the woman, he ______.
A. was on his way to pick up his daughter
B. was going back home via an unfamiliar route
C. had been trying to find his way in the neighborhood
D. thought he lived in a safe and lovely neighborhood

2. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to ______.
A. the scream of the woman
B. the time when the author was thinking
C. the author’s fear of his own safety
D. the time it took to find the nearest phone

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A. The author caught the attacker because of his strength.
B. The author cried loudly to scare the attacker off.
C. The author left silently after he had made sure that the woman was all right.
D. The author was surprised by whom he had saved.

4. Which of the following words best describes the author?
A. Calm.
B. Curious.
C. Patient.
D. Honorable.

Day 5
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
1. –Do you need me to help you move your stuff later?
–I appreciate the ______, but I can manage it myself.
A. advice B. question
C. offer D. idea
2. The government has devoted a larger part of its national ______ to agriculture than most other countries have.
A. budget B. policy
C. expense D. economy
3. John is very ______ – if he promises to do something he’ll do it.
A independent B confident
C reliable D flexible
4. Mistakes don’t just happen; they occur for a reason. If you find out what the reason was, then making the mistake becomes______.
A. exciting B. reasonable
C. essential D. worthwhile
5. Many schools in the US did not ______ students wearing jeans to school, and some even forbade them.
A. approve of B. appeal to
C. allow for D. answer for
6. –I have a headache.
–I’m not surprised. You ______ in front of that computer for too long.
A. work B. are working
C. have been working D. had worked
7. I never expected ______ you could successfully persuade him to change his mind.
A. which B. what
C. that D. if
8. Among the crises that face humans today ______ a lack of natural resources.
A. is B. are
C. is there D. are there
9. People won’t work hard if they feel totally ______ about their daily lives.
A. thankful B. convenient
C. secure D. worried
10. Traditionally, college students hold a graduation ceremony to encourage themselves before they ______ on their life journey.
A. give up B. settle down
C. get through D. set off

上期参考答案
D1 1. He found online courses to be a greater challenge than his boring high school classes. 2. make up for
3. 大规模网络公开课这一领域正在冲击美国大学的学术界，在那里这些网络公开课被贴上了高等教育的“未来”或者“衰落”这样的标签。
4. Online courses could weaken the role of professors and the exchange of ideas usually found in classrooms.
5. He is a talented and ambitious student./ He is full of talent and ambition.
D2 1-5 CDBBB D3 1-4 BABC
D4 1-4 DBDC D5 1-4 DCBB