Day 1


Child policy relaxed (P2)
Answer the following questions:
1. Does Zhang Feiran like being an only child?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________

2. What is the change to the family planning policy?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________

3. When did China begin the family planning policy?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________

4. Why did the government decide to make such kind of change? (list two reasons)
(1)___________________________________
(2)___________________________________

5. What are the advantages of having a brother or sister according to Zhang Feiran?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________
_____________________________________


Day 2

John F. Kennedy’s living... (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. According to Paragraph 2, in 1964 in the
US, _____.
A. John F. Kennedy wrote the Civil Rights
Act of 1964
B. black people were kept away from white
people
C. black people got along well with white
people
D. white people and black people enjoyed the
same rights

2. From the article, we learn the following
about John F. Kennedy EXCEPT ____.
A. he was president for just under three
years
B. his work led to the Civil Rights Act of 1964
C. why the man decided to kill the president
D. he was a well-known president in
American history

3. The article mainly talks about ____.
A. the history of US presidents
B. a well-known US president, John F.
Kennedy
C. John F. Kennedy’s family
D. fighting between black and white people
in the US

Day 3

Magic gene heals young quicker (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. Wounds heal quicker for young animals
than older ones, because the young
have _____.
A. a special ability
B. the active Lin28a gene
C. fur on their back
D. better genes

2. The scientists shaved the fur off mice’s
back in order to learn _____.
A. how the mice coped with the cold
B. what the Lin28a gene is
C. the use of mice’s fur
D. whether the fur grew quicker on younger
mice

3. Which of the following is NOT true
about Lin28a?
A. It is not active in old animals.
B. It can increase the body’s metabolism.
C. It is not found in humans.
D. Scientists hope to make a special drug
after studying it.

4. What is the main idea of the article?
A. How humans heal like Logan.
B. Why the young heal quicker.
C. How to do a study on mice.
D. How to avoid getting hurt.



Day 4

My curly hair of confidence (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following is TRUE about
the writer’s hair?
A. Her classmates thought it was naturally
beautiful.
B. She hated it and tried her best to make it
straight.
C. She loved changing her hair into different
kinds of styles.
D. She enjoyed seeing a curly-haired girl in
the mirror.

2. The writer gradually found that hair
straightening ______.
A. was expensive and useless
B. did not make her look good
C. was helpful but cost too much
D. made others make fun of her more

3. After the writer had her hair done in the
“curly haired” salon, ______.
A. she wanted others to notice it
B. she realized that hair is just hair
C. she began to accept her natural beauty
D. she felt sorry that she didn’t visit the
salon earlier

4. What can we learn from the story?
A. Everything good comes from being
confident.
B. People should be confident about their
looks.
C. Looking good can help us build confidence.
D. Accept ourselves and live our life with
confidence.

Day 5

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文意思正确、通顺，其中有两项多余。
good, what, come, housework, important,
parent, hold, nothing, how, necessary

Lots of parents now buy everything that their children want to have. If they carry on with this habit, their children won’t learn that money _1_ from hard work.
Some parents like to _2_ birthday parties for their children. If they keep on doing this, their children will think it’s _3_ to have a birthday party every year. Year after year, maybe they will forget their _4_ birthdays and only remember their own. It is against traditional habits.
Many parents don’t let their children do
_5 _ . They think children only have one thing to do. They should study hard and do _6_ in their lessons. If parents go on doing this, the children will only learn to open their mouths to be fed, and stretch out (伸出) their arms to be dressed every day. When the children grow up, they will be able to do _7_ , and they won’t even find a job. Parents should teach the children _8_ to do housework because it can help them learn good habits, such as working by themselves.
1. __________ 2. __________
3. __________ 4. __________
5. __________ 6. __________
7. __________ 8. __________

（参考答案见下期）

上期参考答案
Reading
【P2】 1. People make them by adding hydrogen to vegetable oil.
2. They can give food a longer shelf life and better taste.
3. They are very unhealthy.
4. 食品安全专家说，这主要是因为中国饮食比西方饮食所含的反式脂肪酸要少得多。
5. Cakes, cookies and some fast food.
6. No more than 2.2 grams a day.
【P3】 BCBD
【P5】 CDB
【P6】 ADD
短文填空: 1. at 2. so /and 3. give 4. them
5. easily 6. sell 7. for 8. parents 9. no 10. cool
日积月累：1-5 ADADB 6-10 CDBCB