Day1
Moving to new lands ... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. How did the author feel when she was leaving for Fairfax, Virginia?
A. Excited and hopeful.
B. Sad and reluctant.
C. Calm and peaceful.
D. Confused and disappointed.
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A. The driving rules in Fairfax are similar to those in Singapore.
B. The author still feels that the climate in Fairfax doesn’t agree with her.
C. The author was impressed by Fairfax’s vitality (活力) when she first arrived there.
D. It took the author some time to get used to the slow pace of life in Fairfax.
3. How does the author now feel about her life in Fairfax?
A. She is glad to have left her comfort zone.
B. She began to love the place the moment she landed.
C. She enjoyed living there and feels that it changed her for the better.
D. She suffered a culture shock and always missed her days in Singapore.

Day2
Why bigger pizza pies ... (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the author’s purpose in writing the article?
A. To give advice on how to choose the best pizzas.
B. To introduce the sizes and varieties of pizzas.
C. To explain why it is a better value to buy a larger pizza.
D. To explain how pizzerias make profits from their products.
2. According to the article, to get the same amount of pizza you get in a 14-inch pizza, how much more do you have to pay for 8-inch pizzas?
A. About $16.B. About $2.
C. About $ 11.D. About 18.
3. What can we conclude from the article?
A. A 24-inch pizza is twice as large as a 12-inch pizza.
B. A bigger pizza is cheaper per square inch than a smaller one.
C. Pizza prices increase proportionally to the area of the pie.
D. Consumers who eat two 8-inch pies eat more but spend less than they would on a 16-inch pie.

Day3
Selfies reveal your self (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the article mainly about?
A. The definition and fun of taking selfies.
B. A study of why people love to take selfies.
C. How taking selfies influences people’s daily lives.
D. How to interpret people’s facial expressions in their selfies.
2. The underlined word “perceive” in the third-to-last paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
A. recognizeB. beautify
C. view D. ignore
3. What did Kilner discover from his research?
A. People tend to spend more time looking at their own faces than at others’.
B. People are likely to believe that they look more attractive than they actually are.
C. People usually interpret other people’s facial expressions worse than their own.
D. People who like to take selfies tend to know more about their own facial expressions.
4. According to Kilner, people like taking selfies probably because they think ______.
A. it is a good chance for them to learn more about their actual faces
B. it enables them to interact better with their friends in social media
C. it allows them to choose how they look and match their expectations with their appearance
D. it is a way for them to learn to read and correctly respond to other people’s facial expressions


Day4
Treasure your work (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What surprised the author when she received her nephew’s phone call?
A. An eagle remained in her nephew’s backyard for a long time.
B. The sight of an eagle made her nephew so excited.
C. Her nephew regained his sight after he had been blind for several years.
D. Despite being blind, her nephew described the eagle as if he could really see it.
2. By mentioning her nephew leading her around when she visited his parents, the author intends to ______.
A. show that she got along well with her nephew and his family
B. tell us of her nephew’s good sense of direction
C. show how good a memory her nephew has
D. prove that her nephew had no trouble living by himself alone
3. According to the article, a job is very important to the author’s nephew mainly because ______.
A. a job makes him confident and stops him from complaining
B. a job enables him to feel normal
C. with a job he can afford to raise his guide dog
D. with a job he can help his parents support the family
4. What can we conclude from the last two paragraphs?
A. Everyone has to work, so make sure to play.
B. The harder you work, the more successful you will be.
C. Work enriches our lives, so we should appreciate it.
D. Work is just a way for us to kill time and make a living.

Day5
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。
The mental aspect of athletics is underrated. The common expression, “athletics are 90 percent 1 and 10 percent physical,” is often used by coaches, and stresses that mindsets make a huge 2 in competitions.
“The physical aspect of the sport can only take you 3 ,” said Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Shannon Miller during an interview with the Dana Foundation. “The mental aspect has to 4 , especially when you’re talking about the best of the best. In the Olympic games, everyone is talented. Everyone 5 hard. Everyone does the work. What 6 the gold medalists from the silver medalists is simply the mental game.”
Many athletes have used the technique of mental imagery, or 7 , to perform at their best. Research on the brain patterns of 8 found that the patterns activated (激活) when a weightlifter lifted heavy weights were activated 9 when they simply imagined lifting and some studies have suggested that mental 10 can be almost as effective as physical training. One study, published in the Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology in 1996, found that 11 weight lifting caused 12 changes in muscle activity.
“Mental imagery 13 many cognitive (认知的) processes in the brain: motor control, attention, perception, planning, and memory,” researcher Angie LeVan wrote in Psychology Today. “So the 14 is getting trained for actual performance during visualization. It’s been found that mental practices can enhance motivation, increase confidence, improve motor performance and 15 your brain for success.”
16 visualizing is more than just thinking about an upcoming event. 17 athletes use visualization, they truly feel the event taking place in their mind’s eye.
“During visualization, she incorporates (整合) all of her 18 into the experience,” sports psychologist Dr JoAnn Dahlkoetter wrote in a blog post on The Huffington Post 19 a speed skater she works with. “She feels her forefoot pushing off the track (跑道), she hears her skating splits, and she sees herself racing ahead of the competitors. She experiences all of the elements (要素) of her race 20 before executing (完成) her performance.”

1. A. lucky B. intelligent
C. mental D. strategic
2. A. difference B. importance
C. improvementD. challenge
3. A. so long B. so far C. so muchD. so high
4. A. turn on B. show off
C. take upD. set off
5. A. thinks B. movesC. runs D. trains
6. A. breaksB. pushes C. decides D. distinguishes
7. A. activation B. visualization
C. motivation D. perception
8. A. athletes B. gymnasts
C. weightlifters D. skaters
9. A. regularly B. normally
C. finallyD. similarly
10. A. connection B. practice
C. performancesD. directions
11. A. imagining B. considering
C. reviewing D. dreaming
12. A. fewB. usual
C. actual D. strange
13. A. impactsB. increases C. slowsD. follows
14. A. brainB. body C. attentionD. memory
15. A. help B. apply C. use D. prepare
16. A. Though B. But
C. ThusD. Otherwise
17. A. UnlessB. After
C. WhenD. Until
18. A. observationsB. spirit
C. determination D. senses
19. A. to B. for C. about D. with
20. A. in surprise B. in detail
C. on time D. for example

上期参考答案
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