Day1

Comparison		British English	American English
1. ______		It may be the first difference that pops into people’s minds.
Spelling		2. ______	theater
Different usages of the same words	Sorry	Brits 3. ______ use the word to convey a heartfelt apology.	Americans take it as a sincere 4. ______, and they may reply with “Why, exactly, are you sorry?”
	How do you do?	It is a formal greeting and not an 5. ______ for commentary on a person’s quality of life.	It is taken literally and answered trutazhfully, sometimes with a list of 6. ______.
	7. ______	Some British people use it to express “thank you”.	American people take it as a 8. ______ because they often say it when they clink glasses at bars.
	You know what I mean?	It is simply a conversation filler. It doesn’t actually 9. ______ as a question.	Some Americans will reassure you that they indeed 10. ______ what you said just now.

Day2
Hang out on Spring ... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is this article mainly about?
A. The origin of Spring Break.
B. The customs of Spring Break.
C. How American students spend Spring Break.
D. Why Spring Break is party time in the US.

2. What does the underlined word “mundane” mean in Paragraph 3?
A. Economic (经济的).
B. Relaxed.
C. Ordinary.
D. Meaningful.

3. Which best describes the author’s tone in the article?
A. Amused. B. Serious.
C. Self-pitying. D. Ironic (讽刺的).

4. During Spring Break, the author used to ______.
A. go on adventurous journeys alone
B. enjoy himself at wild beach parties
C. watch TV with his friends
D. go to church with his friends

Day3
Getting ready for ... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What news was Peake waiting for back in 2009?
A. Whether he had passed the medical test.
B. Whether he had passed the computer-based test.
C. Whether he could meet with ESA’s director-general.
D. Whether he could take on space missions starting in 2015.

2. Which step ruled out most candidates?
A. The computer-based test.
B. The medical test.
C. The formal interviews.
D. The strict training.

3. How many types of training that astronauts needed before they could take on space missions were mentioned in the article?
A. Three.B. Four.
C. Five.D. Six.

4. What is the article mainly about?
A. The new space missions in 2015.
B. Britain’s first official astronaut.
C. The reasons why most people fail to become astronauts.
D. The tests and training one faces in order to become an astronaut.

5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the information in the article?
A. Peake was almost sure he would receive the invitation before he picked up the phone.
B. Compared to the others, health is a more important factor in astronauts’ performance.
C. It was no easy task for Peake to become truly qualified as an astronaut.
D. The food in the ISS tastes differently from that on Earth.

Day4
Search for spring (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. The author’s grandmother got tired quickly.
B. The author’s grandmother and the dogwood both died years ago.
C. The place the author lives in is colder than other places in the country.
D. The dogwood is a sign of spring and it lived on in the author’s memory for years.

2. When the author complained that it was still too cold during spring break, her grandmother ______.
A. suggested that she enjoy the beauty of winter
B. took her to climb the hill to get warmer
C. showed her that spring actually had come already
D. convinced her that spring would come soon

3. The main purpose of the article is to _____.
A. show the importance of promises
B. explain why dogwoods have a special meaning for the author
C. share her memories of her happy childhood with her grandmother
D. argue that life keeps on going, and thus we should be patient when things seem dark or sad

Day5
从所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1. He was so lazy that he ______ sleeping ______ paying attention in class.
A. preferred … to …
B. would rather … than …
C. would … rather than …
D. preferred … more than …

2. I still remember ______ to the Famen Temple and what I saw there.
A. to take B. to be taken
C. taking D. being taken

3. China ______ efforts to build a good image over the past few years to help Chinese people go abroad more easily.
A. had made B. will have made
C. has been making D. will make

4. He got up late and hurried to his office, _______the breakfast untouched.
A. left B. to leave
C. leaving D. to have left

5. Many NBA players talk about how they just ______ a basketball one day and instantly fell in love with the game.
A. put up B. made up
C. locked up D. picked up

6. It is during these short periods of wakefulness ______ the brain memorizes dreams.
A. when B. that
C. how D. why

7. He is always ______ of other people’s feelings.
A. confident B. careful
C. curious D. considerate

8. Scientists found that high dream recallers have ______ wakefulness time during sleep _____ low dream recallers do.
A. twice so much … as …
B. much twice as … as …
C. twice as much … as …
D. twice much as … as …

9. It seems that living green is ______ easy and affordable. A small step makes a big difference.
A. exactly B. surprisingly
C. unhappily D. hardly

10. Girls ______ more than 60 percent of the school’s chorus group.
A. account for B. join in
C. consist of D. put up
(答案见下期）

上期参考答案
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D3 BAC D4 BGCEA
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Different
usages of
the same
wordsSorryBrits 3. ______ use the word to convey a heartfelt apology.Americans take it as a sincere 4. ______, and they may reply with “Why, exactly, are you sorry?”
How
do
you
do?It is a formal greeting and not an 5. ______ for commentary on a person’s quality of life.It is taken literally and answered truthfully, sometimes with a list of 6. ______.
7.
______Some British people use it to express “thank you”.American people take it as a 8. ______ because they often say it when they clink glasses at bars.
You
know
what I
mean?It is simply a conversation filler. It doesn’t actually 9. ______ as a question.Some Americans will reassure you that they indeed 10. ______ what you said just now.