Day 1

Life of a world icon (P2)
Choose the best answer:

1. We can tell from Paragraph 4 that in
1948, _____.
A. South Africa was ruled by white people
B. black people couldn’t travel where they
wanted
C. black people could choose where to live
D. all South Africans had the right to vote

2. Why was Mandela arrested in 1962?
A. Because he was born into a royal family.
B. Because he wanted to travel abroad.
C. Because he agreed with the law in 1948.
D. Because he fought against racism.

3. When Mandela was set free in 1990, he
_____.
A. wanted his enemies dead
B. was chosen to be the president
C. forgave his enemies
D. called on black people to fight back

4. When did Mandela become the president
of South Africa?
A. In 1990. B. In 1993. C. In 1994. D. 1999.


Day 2

Thanksgiving turned the... (P3)
Choose the best answer:

1. The writer had never tried pumpkin pies
before this Thanksgiving because _____.
A. she didn’t like dessert
B. she was too poor to afford them
C. it wasn’t a tradition in her family
D. she didn’t know how to make them

2. What did the writer think of the
pumpkin pie after trying it?
A. It was too salty.
B. It had too much cream.
C. It was delicious.
D. It was not as good as she expected.

3. From the passage, we can learn that
_____.
A. the writer is not an American
B. noodle soup is a tradition of another
culture
C. the writer’s friend treated her to a pie on
Thanksgiving
D. Western people usually make apple
pies at home

4. Which of the following is TRUE of
Thanksgiving?
A. People usually call their friends to express
thanks before dinner.
B. People usually pay a visit to their friends
with gifts.
C. It is the most important holiday in the US.
D. This Thanksgiving gave the writer a
chance to enjoy time with her family.


Day 3

Our voice gives away our... (P5)
Choose the best answer:

1. What did the scientists find out about
people’s voices?
A. It changes more quickly as we get older.
B. It can tell the height of the speaker.
C. It sounds different when the speaker has
water in their mouth.
D. It can tell the speaker’s gender.

2. What does “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. The key.
B. This mystery.
C. The subglottal resonance.
D. A mental picture of someone.

3. According to the study, taller people
usually have a _____ voice.
A. deeper
B. louder
C. lower
D. higher

4. According to the passage, which of the
following is TRUE?
A. Our voice is made up of the subglottal
resonance.
B. The people tested in the experiments
were of different-sex pairs.
D. A person’s voice is greatly different even
when reading the same sentence.
D. Listeners’ ability to identify taller
speakers is much higher than a lucky
guess.


Day 4

Let go of your problems (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. The teacher held a glass of water, aiming
to _____.
A. do an experiment
B. teach students a lesson about life
C. test the students’ reaction
D. raise a physics question

2. After asking some questions, the
students felt _____.
A. annoyed
B. excited
C. funny
D. confused

3. The writer compared the water in the
glass to _____.
A. the friends we have in life
B. the problems we meet in life
C. the wealth we have
D. the love we share

4. The story wants to tell us that _____.
A. actions speak louder than words
B. no pains, no gains
C. one should take things as they come
D. one should learn to “put things down”

Day 5

Cloze
Do you write your own blog (博客)? Do you often _1_ other blogs on the Internet?
All over the world, not only famous people, but also many students use blogs as diaries and places to share their experience and _2 _ advice or help.
“I write my activities every day, _3_ funny things or worries in my life,” says Lali, a 16-year-old high school student at Cambridge High School in Washington. “I like putting pictures on my blog _4 _ it can make my blog more interesting and more people will like it. It’s a good way to _5_ my life to the world.” She has had her blog for eight months.
Students like writing blogs because _6_ can write anything they want to, and they don’t need to _ 7 _ any money.
Once you start to write your blog, you will _8_ that it will open up a new world for you. But what you write down may trouble you _9 _ . So, use the blog carefully _10_ you can keep yourself away from trouble. But overall, blogs can make your life colorful.

1. A. read B. write
C. forget D. miss
2. A. learn from B. deal with
C. ask for D. depend on
3. A. without B. between
C. including D. besides
4. A. whenever B. although
C. until D. because
5. A. show B. send
C. bring D. report
6. A. we B. you
C. it D. they
7. A. save B. spend
C. take D. waste
8. A. dream B. think
C. find D. hope
9. A. sometimes B. always
C. ever D. never
10. A. only when B. even though
C. so that D. ever since
（参考答案见下期）

上期参考答案
Reading
【P2】ABCB
【P3】BAD
【P4】CBAD
【P5】ADCB
Cloze: 1-5 CBDAB 6-10 DCADA 11-12 CD