Day 1

Fashion police target ... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. What does the article mainly talk about?
A. Fashion trends among teachers in the US.
B. Dress codes for teachers in the US.
C. Why the way a teacher dresses matters.
D. How US teachers manage to dress professionally.
2. The underlined phrase “crack down on” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.
A. regulate B. announce
C. remind D. discuss
3. Which of the following is not allowed to be worn by teachers in some US schools?
a. yoga pants b. scarves c. colorful shirts d. eye makeup e. faded jeans f. cuff links
A. a, b, d, e B. a, c, d, f
C. b, c, d, e D. a, d, e, f
4. Which of the following might Amy Lindquist agree with?
A. Teachers had better dress professionally.
B. It’s all right for teachers to dress however they want.
C. How you dress reflects who you are, so teachers should dress with personal style.
D. Teachers who dress in a proper and fashionable way do better with students.


Day 2

Coaching soccer giants (P4)
1. What does Ferguson say is most important to his success in management?
a. giving trust b. being in control
c. stressing hard work
d. attention to the footballers’ lifestyles
A. ab B. bc C. bd D. cd
2. What does the sentence in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. Ferguson’s new book showed how he trained David Beckham.
B. Ferguson’s new book included his opinion of David Beckham.
C. Ferguson’s new book revealed why he asked David Beckham to leave the team.
D. Ferguson’s new book devoted many pages to describing the ups and downs of Ferguson’s relationship with David Beckham.
3. What does Ferguson think of Beckham according to the article?
A. He was hard to control because he was too self-centered.
B. He cared about fame and attracting attention too much.
C. He always devoted himself to football.
D. He reached a level that no other footballers could surpass.
4. According to the article, Ferguson was impressed by Cristiano Ronaldo’s ______.
A. optimism B. modesty
C. talent in football D. work ethic

Day 3


Helping another in need (P5)
1. According to the article, the researchers went to an Ape Sanctuary in Congo mainly to study _____.
A. how bonobos develop their social and emotional skills
B. whether bonobos know when and how to comfort others
C. in which situations bonobos become upset and anxious
D. how orphaned bonobos deal with their negative emotions
2. What did the researchers discover in their study?
A. Orphaned bonobos paid more attention to others who were in pain than bonobos with mothers did.
B. Young bonobos were more likely to reach out to help friends in need than adult bonobos were.
C. Female bonobos were more ready to reach out and comfort others than male bonobos were.
D. Young bonobos who could handle their own emotions were better at offering others a shoulder to lean on.
3. The underlined word “curb” in the sixth paragraph is closest in meaning to ______.
A. control B. consider
C. care about D. be aware of
4. What can we conclude from the article?
A. Humans are much better at regulating their negative emotions than any other species.
B. The way Bonobos react in stressful situations has little in common with that of humans.
C. Mother-child bonds play an important role in helping bonobos develop social and emotional abilities.
D. Children who are better at expressing their emotions are not necessarily able to control their emotions better.


Day 4

Watch chick flicks (P6)
1. In the first paragraph, the author shows his _____ girls’ films.
A. disappointment at B. dislike of
C. annoyance at        D. surprise at
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. The author was the most determined of the three not to talk about the film.
B. All three guys thought they should keep secret the fact that they had watched the film.
C. The three guys could not believe they had preferred The Notebook to Fight Club when they watched them the night before.
D. The author was worried that the fact that he and his friends had enjoyed a “girly” film cast doubts on their masculinity.
3. What, according to the author, was the worst thing that could happen to them?
A. Other students would make fun of them for not being manly.
B. Other students would find out that they had borrowed a movie.
C. The teacher would announce the matter in class.
D. The girls would sense the author’s strange behavior.
4. From the article, we can conclude that _____.
A. the writer realized that his fears were unfounded
B. the three boys finally acknowledged that they had watched the film   
C. only women can ever enjoy chick flicks
D. girls care a lot about how manly boys are


Day 5

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
I have always believed in myself, even as a child growing up in Louisville, Kentucky. In high school, I _ 1 _ said that one day I was going to be the heavyweight champion of the world. As part of my boxing _ 2_ , I would run down Fourth Street in downtown Louisville, stopping in to different shops to _ 3_ them I was training for the Olympics and I was going to _ 4_ a gold medal. I never thought of the _5_ of failing. I could see my _ 6 _ in front of me. When I said that I was the “Greatest of All Time,” I _7 _ myself. And I still do.
_8_ my entire boxing career, my will was always _ 9_ than my opponents’ skills. What I didn’t know was that my will would be _10_ even more when I retired.
In 1984, I found out that I had Parkinson’s disease. Since then, my symptoms have _11_ and it’s become harder and harder for me to speak. _12_ my confidence and will to _13_ to live life as I choose won’t be compromised.
Early in 1996, I was asked to light the _ 14 _ at the Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta. Of course my _15 _ answer was yes. I never even thought of any physical _16 _ this would present for me.
When the moment came for me to take the torch from Janet Evans, I realized I had the _17 _ of the world on me. I also realized that as I held the Olympic torch high above my head, my shaking (from Parkinson’s disease) had _ 18_ . Right at that moment, I heard deafening applause from the _19 _ . I was reminded of my 1960 Olympic experience in Rome, when I won the gold medal. Those 36 years between Rome and Atlanta flashed before me, and I realized that I had come full circle.
Nothing in life has _20 _ me. I am still the “Greatest”.

1. A. ever B. always C. never D. seldom
2. A. contest B. task C. training D. matches
3. A. tell B. greet C. persuade D. warn
4. A. make B. win C. sell D. buy
5. A. fact B. possibility C. effects D. causes
6. A. opponent B. family
C. victory D. difficulty
7. A. looked around B. doubted about
C. believed in D. agreed with
8. A. With B. Throughout
C. Beyond D. Around
9. A. harder B. worse C. weaker D. stronger
10. A. tested B. preserved
C. changed D. removed
11. A. disappeared B. increased C. improved D. adapted
12. A. So B. And C. But D. Then
13. A. keep B. stop C. begin D. continue
14. A. candle B. match C. torch D. way
15. A. wrong B. immediate
C. correct D. possible
16. A. diseases B. fitness C. challenges D. activities 
17. A. eyes B. ears C. words D. doubts
18. A. gone away B. turned over
C. taken up D. taken over
19. A. judges B. crowd C. television D. radio
20. A. confused B. refused C. defeated D. interrupted

（答案见下期）

6版酷文解码练习参考答案
1. Manly, girly
2. 三个口碑不错的高年级男生一起看了《恋恋笔记本》这部电影。如果这个消息传播开来，那他们的名声和男子气概就会被人议论。
3. 1) trick sb into doing sth 2) commit the crime
4. 1)我感到紧张。
2) We were prepared for the worst.
5. The gossip spread faster than wildfire.
6. murmur, shout, exclaim

上期参考答案
D1 1-3 BAC D2 1-4 CBCC D3 1-4 BCDC
D4 1-4 BBCC D5 1-5 CBDBD 6-12 ABCAD BC