Day 1

Dedicated to China’s... (P3)
阅读短文并根据文章内容填表，注意答案不要超过两个词。

 

Day 2


Crime lady (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. We can learn from the article that Agatha Christie ______.
A. feared blood and violent scenes all her life
B. found her interests in writing detective stories while working as a nurse
C. had a great imagination
D. read about real murders before she wrote her own fiction
2. According to Alison Joseph, which of the following aspects makes Agatha Christie the best ever writer of detective books?
a. Her detailed descriptions of crime scenes.
b. Her life-long devotion to detective novels.
c. Her deep understanding of the characters in her books.
d. The clever organization of her stories.
e. Her great skills at creating vivid settings.
A. ace
B. acd
C. bde
D. cde
3. We can infer from the last two paragraphs that ______.
A. Hercule Poirot is a character based on a real, retired Belgian police officer
B. Canadian writer Anne Hart is a fan of Agatha Christie’s work
C. The Mysterious Affair at Styles is Agatha Christie’s favorite book
D. Hercule Poirot is a detective character famous for his ability to connect casual comments to the case at hand
4. What is the article mainly about?
A. Agatha Christie’s most famous books.
B. What makes Agatha Christie a great crime writer.
C. How Agatha Christie learned to write so well.
D. How Hercule Poirot became a popular detective character

Day 3
Want to copy a puppy? (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. According to the article, Sooam Biotech Research Foundation is offering a service that will ______.
A. help dog owners love their dogs more
B. help dogs give birth to more puppies
C. make copies of pet dogs
D. give pet dogs an “identical” twin
2. Which of the following statements about dog cloning is TRUE according to the article?
A. Dog cloning technology hadn’t been put into practice until recently.
B. Dog cloning is very expensive and usually takes several months to complete.
C. Dog cloning is very popular among US and UK pet owners.
D. Cloned dogs might develop different habits and characteristics even though they look very similar.
3. Which of the following shows the correct order of the dog cloning process?
a. an egg is taken from another dog
b. a skin cell is taken from the pet dog and saved in a laboratory
c. the egg is placed in the womb of a female dog
d. the DNA of the egg is replaced by the DNA from the skin cell
e. the egg grows into a puppy in two months
A. acbde
B. adbce
C. bacde
D. badce
4. We can learn from the article that Kirkwood ______ dog cloning.
A. disapproves of
B. supports
C. is afraid of
D. is curious about

Day 3

Best haircut ever (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following is TRUE about the author’s hair?
A. She hated it and struggled to make it straight and smooth.
B. Her mother and classmates thought it was naturally beautiful.
C. It had such impressive quality that she was once selected to be a hair model.
D. She loved changing her hair into all kinds of styles and they all brought out her beauty.
2. The author found that hair straightening ______.
A. damaged her scalp
B. was economic and effective
C. was expensive and useless
D. was helpful, but also a financial burden
3. After the author had her hair done in the “curly haired” salon, ______.
A. she realized that hair is just hair
B. people never noticed it
C. she regretted that she hadn’t found this easy way earlier
D. she thought about how most people hide their natural beauty
4. Which best describes the author’s tone in the article?
A. Cheerful. B. Frustrated.
C. Humorous. D. Self-pitying.


Day 5

从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
1. He stood there dumbfounded (目瞪口呆的) without daring to lift his head as a(n) ______ of his wrong action. 
A. summary       B. consequence
C. conclusion       D. effect
2. It is time someone made him ______ of the effects of his actions. 
A. aware          B. known C. familiar         D. conscious
3. We are looking into the problem. Please give us any information ______ to it.
A. similar      B. relevant       
C. unique             D. equal
4. You can’t predict everything. Often things don’t ______ as you expect.
A. run out      B. break out   C. work out   D. put out
5. Only by increasing the number of doctors by 50 percent ______ properly in this hospital.
A. can be the patients
B. can the patients be treated
C. the patients can be treated D. treated can be the patients
6. The president hopes that the people will be better off when he quits than when he ______.
A. has started    B. starts    C. started    D. will start
7. –How did you like Nick’s performance last night?
–To be honest, his singing didn’t ______ to me much.
A. appeal B . belong C refer D. occur
8. The good thing about children is that they ______ very easily to new environments.
A. adapt B. appeal C. attach D. apply
9. I called Hannah many times yesterday evening, but I couldn’t get through. Her brother ______ on the phone the whole time!
A. was talking  B. has been talking C. has talked  D. talked 
10. The young man made a ______ to his parents that he would try to earn his own living after graduation.    
A. letter             B. promise                
C. plan                         D. contribution

（答案见下期）

上期参考答案
D1 1. Celebration or great surprise.
2. The ancient school buildings.
3. Students are encouraged to think critically, read and write widely and actively take part in class discussions.
4. The author spent so much time studying in the library it was almost like her home.
5. Some attractive extracurricular activities at the school.
D2 1-5 CBBCA
D3 1-4 DCCB
D4 1-4 CABA
D5 1-5 BBAB