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作者:21st
时间:2014-03-14

Day 1
Choose a test that... (P3)
阅读短文并根据文章内容回答问题,注意答案不要超过题目要求的词数。
1. What is the major difference between the SAT and the ACT? (No more than 16 words)

2. How do students benefit from the “superscoring” policy? (No more than 14 words)

3. What does the underlined phrase “gaining ground” in the article probably mean? (No more than 6 words)

4. Name at least three helpful sources given by the author for students who are preparing for SAT tests?
1)_____________________________________
2) _____________________________________
3) _____________________________________
5. What suggestion about (SAT) essay writing does the author offer in the last paragraph? (No more than 8 words)

Day 2
Green hills of Scotland (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. The author was ______ by the greeting of the lady at customs in Scotland.
A. amused B. embarrassed
C. made proud D. puzzled
2. During his stay in Scotland, the author ______.
A. found it hard to understand the Scottish accent
B. wasn’t interested in participating in classroom discussions
C. fell in love with Scottish whiskey and bridies
D. often stayed up late into the night and ran around the campus
3. Which of the following statements about Scotland is TRUE according to the article?
A. Most Scottish people prefer coffee to tea.
B. Scottish customs officers are friendlier than their American counterparts.
C. Coffee and haggis are traditionally combined in the Scottish breakfast.
D. The only way to enjoy Scottish scenery is by taking a train.
4. What is the article mainly about?
A. The traditional food and drinks in Scotland.
B. The author’s experience in Scotland as an exchange student.
C. A comparison between Scottish English and American English.
D. Suggestions about how to enjoy Scottish culture, food and scenery.

Day 3
Choose the best answer:
1. The purpose of the first paragraph is to ______.
A. introduce the famous American astronaut Neil Armstrong
B. show that sci-fi movies are often called unrealistic by astronauts
C. introduce why Gravity is the most realistic space movie ever
D. tell people not to believe everything they see in sci-fi movies
2. The underlined word “far-fetched” in the second paragraph probably means ______.
A. difficult to understand
B. unlikely to be true
C. easy to mislead people
D. full of unbelievable scenes and plots
3. Which of the following situations would agree with the laws of physics in space according to the article?
A. Astronauts collecting flying space debris.
B. Astronauts wearing only T-shirts under their spacesuits.
C. Astronauts staying afloat where they are after they part with a spaceship.
D. Astronauts performing a space walk from the Hubble Telescope to the International Space Station.
4. We can infer from the article that ______.
A. directors of sci-fi movies usually don’t care much about minor details
B. Scott Parazynski doesn’t think Gravity is a good movie
C. the shooting of space documentaries and sci-fi movies involve totally different skills
D. Alfonso Cuarón believes that sci-fi movies don’t need to be totally faithful to reality

Day 4
Fight little battles (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following order of events is correct according to the article?
a. The author’s husband broke the faucet handle off the wall.
b. The author started preparing lunch for her husband.
c. Mario and his brother Rico came over to help.
d. The author comforted her sister on the phone.
e. The author picked up the dry cleaning and shopped for groceries.
A. abcde B. baced
C. badce D. bacde
2. We can infer from the article that, at the end of the day, the author thinks that her life is ______.
A. disappointing B. boring
C. rewarding D. exciting
3. What is the main lesson that the article conveys?
A. Life is full of unexpected and unpleasant incidents.
B. It is not appropriate to judge people by their achievements.
C. Our happiness depends on the things we do for our loved ones, no matter how small those things are.
D. An accomplished writer always finds time to write.

Day 5
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。
We spent a day in the country, picking wild flowers. With the car full of flowers we were going home. On our way back my wife noticed a(n) 1 outside a furniture shop. It was tall and narrow. “ 2 it,” my wife said at once. “We’ll 3 it home on the roof rack. I’ve always wanted one like that.”
What could I do? Ten minutes later I was 20 pounds 4 and the cupboard was 5 on the roof rack. It was six feet long and eighteen inches square, quite heavy too.
In the gathering darkness I drove 6 . Other drivers seemed 7 polite that evening. The police even stopped traffic to let us 8 . Carrying furniture was a good 9 .
After a time my wife said, “There’s a long line of cars 10 . Why don’t they overtake us, I 11 ?” In fact a police car did overtake us. The two officers inside looked at us 12 as they passed. But then, with great 13 , they led us through the rush-hour traffic. The police car stopped at our village church. One of the 14 came to me.
“Right, sir,” he said. “Do you need any more 15 ?”
I was a bit 16 . “Thanks, officer,” I said. “You have been very kind. I live just down the road.”
He was 17 at our car, first at the flowers, then at the cupboard. “Well, well,” he said, 18 . “It’s a cupboard you’ve got there! We thought it was something 19 .”
My wife began to laugh. The truth 20 me like a stone between the eyes. I smiled at the officer. “Yes, it’s a cupboard, but thanks again.” I drove home as fast as I could.
1. A. advertisement B. box
C. cupboard D. tree
2. A. Buy B. Move
C. Check D. Sell
3. A. carry B. throw
C. drag D. send
4. A. fewer B. poorer
C. shorter D. wealthier
5. A. planted B. thrown
C. situated D. tied
6. A. happily B. madly
C. slowly D. calmly
7. A. disappointingly B. effectively
C. funnily D. unusually
8. A. in B. out
C. through D. over
9. A. advice B. idea
C. excuse D. schedule
10. A. ahead B. around
C. behind D. beneath
11. A. find B. doubt
C. guess D. wonder
12. A. awkwardly B. curiously
C. funnily D. seriously
13. A. excitement B. kindness
C. gratitude D. regret
14. A. drivers B. priests
C. officers D. villagers
15. A. help B. luck
C. tips D. recommendations
16. A. angry B. puzzled
C. worried D. satisfied
17. A. admiring B. examining
C. thinking D. staring
18. A. crying B. jumping
C. laughing D. waving
19. A. else B. obvious
C. strange D. regular
20. A. broke B. hit
C. hurt D. touched

上期参考答案:
D1 1. It is about a free African-American who spends 12 years wrongfully enslaved on farms in the southern US.
2. 但是 “艰难”一词远不足以阐释他所经历的一切。
3. History textbooks fail to capture the reality of slavery in the US.
4. He spent the rest of his life trying to help other black Americans suffering as slaves.
5. He pities those who suffer from slavery and supports their efforts to get freedom.
D2 1-3 BBB D3 1-4 BBCC D4 1-4 BDCA
D5 1-3 DCB

 


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