Day1
Dropping eggs to study science (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. In Kelly Coombe’s science class, the
activity with eggs was designed to ____.
A. teach the students how to cook
B. help students to understand the laws of
physics better
C. help teach students how to solve
problems
D. show who is the most lucky student

2. In Jiang’s group, they used _____ to
make their device land lightly.
A. a water balloon
B. drinking straws
C. cotton balls
D. socks

3. We can learn from the passage that
_____.
A. some eggs hit a stone and broke
B. half of the eggs were well-protected and
landed safely
C. only Jiang’s group’s egg survived
D. students felt sad about the result of the
experiment




Day2
Kilts: wearing the national dress of Scotland (P4)
Answer the following questions:
1. What is a kilt?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________

2. When did Scottish men start to wear
kilts?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________

3. What are the two advantages of wearing
a kilt?
(1) _________________________________
(2) _________________________________

4. In modern times, for what occasions do
Scottish men wear kilts?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________

5. How does the kilt show a person’s
family history?
_____________________________________
_____________________________________




Day3
Why salmon will never get lost (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. According paragraph 2, Chinook salmon
_____.
A. have their own magnetic field
B. learn directions from their mother
C. can find directions in the ocean
D. have the same navigation skills as
humans

2. What does the underlined word
“simulate” in paragraph 3 probably
mean?
A. 模拟B. 学习
C. 利用 D. 改变

3. The passage mainly talks about _____.
A. the wide use of the GPS
B. the evolution of the Chinook salmon
C. the research of ocean life
D. Chinook salmon and their built-in GPS

4. The passage is probably from _____.
A. a novel
B. a science report
C. an advertisement
D. a guide book



Day4
Every little helps a lot (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. According to the passage, the “tin man”
worked in a _____.
A. factory
B. recycling center
C. restaurant
D. supermarket

2. The “tin man” collected used tins every
day because _____.
A. it was his job
B. he needed to make some money
C. he wanted to recycle them
D. he wanted to help his neighbor

3. From the passage we can learn that the
“tin-man” was very _____.
A. humble
B. poor
C. warmhearted
D. mean

4. The writer wants to tell us that _____.
A. we should always be modest
B. we should do what we can to help others
C. we can’t judge a person only by
appearance
D. we need to share our joy with friends




Day5
Cloze
The natural world teaches us a great deal about recycling. In nature, recycling happens every day. For example, when leaves fall to the ground, they will turn into compost (肥料), helping __1__ grow healthily and strong. When an animal dies, it becomes food for __2__ animals. Nothing is wasted. But humans have created things like plastic bags __3__ can’t be broken down by nature. Our rubbish kills animals and __4__ water and soil. __5__ we continue making too much rubbish, the problem will only get __6__ . If nature can’t reuse the rubbish, we __7__ recycle it. We should clean up the rubbish we’ve made because nature can’t.
Recycling is important. In reusing material instead of throwing it away, we can also __8__ from it. __9__ the Earth is rich in natural materials like water and trees, these materials are not endless. We use up our natural materials much __10__ than the Earth is able to reproduce them. For example, each year we __11__ more than 6,000 square miles of forest. But it __12__ an average of 25 years for a new tree to grow.
Recycling can help us save the Earth, so let’s take action right now.

1. A. animalsB. plants
C. humansD. river
2. A. anotherB. other
C. othersD. the other
3. A. whoB. which
C. whatD. where
4. A. pollutesB. produces
C. recyclesD. cleans
5. A. WhenB. Whether
C. WhyD. If
6. A. bestB. better
C. worseD. worst
7. A. mayB. can
C. mustD. need
8. A. benefitB. educate
C. burnD. complete
9. A. BecauseB. If
C. AlthoughD. As
10. A. fastB. faster
C. fastestD. the fastest
11. A. break downB. grow up
C. cut downD. fix up
12. A. spendsB. costs
C. paysD. takes