Day 1
Fit in on basketball... (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 was the unexpected trouble that the author had as an exchange student in the US? (No more than 10 words)

2. What was the first thing the author attempted in order to make friends in the US? (No more than 11 words)

3. How did the author benefit from playing basketball? (No more than 10 words)

4. Translate the following sentence into Chinese:
In America, they say “money talks!” I believe that actually, basketball does!


5. What is your favorite sport? How does playing it improve your life? (No more than 20 words)

Day 2
Enjoy a cup of coffee... (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. Why are Vienna’s coffeehouses some of the capital’s best-loved institutions?
A. They make the best lattes in Europe.
B. They don’t serve any drinks other than coffee.
C. They are only popular with middle class people.
D. They provide a comfortable platform for people to enjoy public life.
2. Which of the following best describes the author’s attitude toward Viennese coffeehouse servers?
A. Irritated (愤怒的). B. Jealous.
C. Objective (客观的). D. Disappointed.
3. According to Maximilian Platzer, a coffee shop in Vienna is not complete without ______.
a. marble tables
b. chandeliers
c. mirrors
d. golden trays
e. a clock at the door
f. a windscreen
A. abcd B. abcf
C. abce D. abef
4. What does the article mainly talk about?
A. The top 8 coffee cities in the world.
B. Coffeehouse culture in Vienna.
C. How coffeehouses became a symbol of middle class life in Vienna.
D. What makes coffeehouse culture an example of intangible cultural heritage.

Day 3
It’s not really vibrating (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. According to the article, “phantom phone vibration” ______.
A. is common among people with mental problems
B. can measure people’s ability to collect information from the outside world
C. helps our brains make quick and accurate decisions
D. happens when our brains react sensitively to false signals
2. According to Michael Rothberg, ______ is mainly responsible for “phantom phone vibration”.
A. a noisy background
B. an overflow of sensory information
C. a functional failure of our sensory organs
D. lack of attention
3. The author explains why we become more sensitive to vibrations by ______.
A. raising questions
B. presenting numbers
C. quoting experts
D. making a comparison
4. From the text, we can determine that the author ______ “phantom phone vibration”.
A. is worried about
B. is troubled by
C. is excited about
D. is not bothered by

Day 4
Be more friendly (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. The author started waving excitedly at her old neighbor to ______.
A. respond to the old man’s friendly greetings
B. show her daughter how to greet strangers politely
C. make the old man forget the unhappiness in his life
D. bring about a positive feeling through a friendly gesture
2. What was the old man’s first reaction when he saw the author waving at him?
A. He was amused.
B. He was thankful.
C. He was surprised.
D. He was puzzled.
3. We can learn from the article that the author’s daughter probably ______.
A. didn’t recognize the meaning of waving to strangers
B. felt proud to tell her friends about how the waving story began
C. did her best to introduce her old neighbor to everyone she knew
D. helped her old neighbor quit smoking and drinking
4. What does the author mainly want to tell us with this article?
A. Good habits start with small gestures.
B. Kind actions benefit both givers and receivers.
C. We should never judge a person by appearance alone.
D. We should show gratitude to the people around us.

Day 5


1. According to the article, ______.
A. the temperature on Venus changes in different seasons
B. the length of a year on Venus is longer than anywhere in the solar system
C. the atmosphere of Venus is mostly made up of nitrogen and sulfuric acid
D. Venus’ environment is not suitable for human activity
2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the poster?
A. Meals on Venus costs about $200 each.
B. The space ship to Venus travels at the speed of light.
C. Travelers can choose to live either up in the air or on the ground.
D. Travelers can enjoy barbecue parties, beautiful sunrises and sunsets.
3. The poster is most probably ______.
A. an article in a science journal
B. a travel brochure
C. a hand-made homework project
D. a library collection of old letters

上期参考答案
D1 1. The SAT tests your ability to learn while the ACT tests what you’ve already learned. 2. Colleges that have a “superscoring” policy select students’ highest sub-scores from multiple tests.
3. Becoming more popular or successful.
4. 1) the College Board’s “Question of the Day” (http://sat.collegeboard.org/practice/sat-question-of-the-day)
2) free and inexpensive test prep options online
3) the testing guidelines for each of the colleges on the student’s list 5. Students should time themselves strictly while practicing.
D2 1-4 ACBB D3 1-4 BBCD D4 1-3 BCC
D5 1-5 CAABD 6-10 CDCBC
11-15 DDBCA 16-20 BDCAB