Day 1
Texting for help (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. We can learn from the article that Crisis Text Line ______.
A. is only available in Miami, Boston and Seattle
B. is expected to replace 911 in the future
C. provides a platform for teenagers to improve their social skills
D. helps teenagers solve their personal crises
2. According to the article, some hotlines in the US are trying to counsel more through texting because ______.
A. the text hotline service needs fewer counselors than the phone call service does
B. people feel more secure when they use the text hotline service
C. the text hotline service responds more quickly than the phone call service does
D. people needn’t leave any personal information when they use the text hotline service
3. Which of the following statements might Lublin agree with?
A. Most American teens don’t feel like talking about their troubles with others.
B. American teens are more enthusiastic about social changes than their parents’ generation.
C. American teens should be cautious when using the text hotline service.
D. American teens prefer texting each other to socializing face to face.

Day 2
See another side... (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. The author’s opening paragraph is mainly meant to ______.
A. tell readers what makes a trip a good one
B. encourage readers to travel more
C. make readers interested in his trip
D. make readers wonder why geography matters
2. Which of the following is TRUE about Agent Orange according to the article?
A. The US military had no idea it would hurt people so much.
B. It was used by the US military to hurt ordinary Vietnamese.
C. The author felt sad and sorry for what it put local people through.
D. It was a special type of gun that was especially designed to kill plants.
3. What can we infer is the reason that the author didn’t laugh in the situation described in the second-to-last paragraph?
A. He didn’t understand the driver’s joke.
B. He thought the driver was wrong in thinking of America this way.
C. He felt angry because the driver was blaming his motherland.
D. He felt ashamed that his country’s bombs had hurt other countries’ people.
4. In what way did the author think his trip to the three countries was meaningful?
A. It brought him to a different part of the world.
B. It taught him how people live in those countries.
C. It made him think of what changes he should make in his life.
D. It helped him see how people in other countries view American wars.

Day 3
Wearing a bargain (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. The underlined sentence in the article meant that ______.
A. I never spend money on clothes
B. I don’t mind spending money on clothes
C. it is too much trouble to spend money on clothes
D. there’s not much point spending money on clothes
2. From the text we can infer that the author’s disguise _____.
A. had something to do with his income
B. turned out unsuited to his plan
C. immediately won the admiration of his daughters
D. proved that clothes can’t show a person’s true personality
3. The author mentions Elizabeth L. Cline’s book to _______.
A. show his disagreement with her idea
B. express his anger at the poor quality of clothes
C. show his dislike for how people treat their clothes
D. support her attitude toward spending money on clothes
4. Which of the following might be the best title for the story?
A. You get what you pay for
B. You are what you wear
C. High cost of cheap fashion
D. The variety of clothes

Day 4
Using your imagination (P5)
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。

 

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


上期参考答案
D1 1. Purpose 2. explore 3. failed 4. dedicated 5. Gandhi
6. project 7. turning 8. first 9. Inspiration 10. pay off
D2 1-4 CDBB D3 1-4 CDDA D4 1-4 ADDC
D5 1-5 BABCB 6-10 CAAAB