Day 1
Programs help teens ... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. The underlined word “detest” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to _______.
A. attend B. hate
C. get used to D. look forward to

2. The iGrad program was designed mainly to _______.
A. help young people regain their love of study
B. help train students for practical skills
C. offer students the chance to earn important credits
D. enable foster kids and homeless kids to receive educations

3. According to the article, most of those who sign up for the iGrad program _______.
A. work hard to earn the credits they’ve missed
B. enjoy the relaxed atmosphere in their classroom
C. are mostly forced by their parents to attend
D. are required to finish an entire course in one month

4. What can we conclude from the article?
A. The majority of people in the US support re-engagement programs.
B. Re-engagement programs like iGrad remain controversial in the US.
C. Washington’s iGrad is considered the most successful re-engagement program in the US.
D. Some experts in the US believe that re-engagement programs might help improve traditional classrooms.

Day 2
Making funny ... (P4-5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the main purpose of the article?
A. To introduce three kinds of nutritious vegetables.
B. To explain three phrases related to vegetables.
C. To show how vegetables are used to form phrases.
D. To promote a book about vegetable metaphors.

2. According to the article, someone described as “cool as a cucumber” is _______.
A. cold and unkind
B. quiet but easygoing
C. good at adapting to changes
D. good at controlling his or her emotions

3. If someone is sitting in a chair for a long time doing nothing and hardly moving, you can say he or she is _______.
A. vegging out
B. being a couch potato
C. being like two peas in a pod
D. being as cool as a cucumber

Day 3
Earth’s own sunscreen (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the article mainly about?
A. How the ozone layer protects the Earth.
B. What we can do to protect the ozone layer.
C. Factors that do harm to the ozone layer.
D. The importance of protecting the ozone layer.

2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A. The ozone layer contains nothing but relatively higher concentrations of the ozone gas.
B. The ozone layer can absorb most of the sun’s UV radiation and react with it to produce ozone gas.
C. Man-made chemicals such as CFCs can destroy the ozone in the ozone layer and cause an ozone hole.
D. New international treaties are now limiting the amount of ozone-damaging chemicals that can be released. 

3. What would happen if the ozone hole were getting larger according to the article?
A. More harmful UV radiation from the sun would be blocked.
B. It would raise people’s chances of having various health problems.
C. It would make the concentration of ozone increase in the Earth’s atmosphere.
D. Too much UV rays from the sun would affect the climate on the Earth.

4. What can we conclude from the last two paragraphs?
A. There is little we can do to prevent the ozone hole from being destroyed.
B. The Montreal Protocol will help the ozone layer return to normal in about 40 years.
C. The newly discovered man-made gases might cause the ozone layer to become even thinner.
D. Scientists have worked out how to protect the ozone layer against man-made gases.

Day 4
Happy memories (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the article mainly about?
A. How the author bonds with her grandchildren.
B. How to make the best of your time with your grandchildren.
C. Why the author loves to shop online for gifts for her grandchildren.
D. How the author’s life changed when she moved to Las Vegas.

2. The author goes back to California regularly mainly because _______.
A. she misses her old friends there
B. she doesn’t want her grandbabies to think of her as a stranger
C. she wants to return to help her children with housework
D. she prefers the life in California over that in Las Vegas

3. What can we conclude from the article?
A. The author feels unsure about how to interact with her grandchildren.
B. The author buys gifts for her grandbabies because it’s cheaper.
C. Although the author does a lot for her grandbabies, they aren’t very thankful.
D. The author would like to do whatever she can to create sweet memories for her grandkids.

4. Which best describes the writer’s tone in the last paragraph?
A. Critical. B. Humorous.
C. Disappointed. D. Confident.

Day 5
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. When Damon _______ a young lawyer from the American South in the movie The Rainmaker, he went to Tennessee and worked for free in a bar, listening to customers in order to pick up an authentic Southern accent.
A. was playing B. played
C. was to play D. will play

2. The film’s message, _______ Damon told The Guardian last month, is that “art is important and, sometimes, art is worth dying for.”
A. that B. as
C. what D. one

3. Henebry knows there’s a difference in mentalities between female and male wrestlers, but he never lets that stand _______ of giving me a challenge.
A. in a way B. on the way
C. in the way D. by the way

4. _______ the idea of joining something known to be harder than everything else stops some, it was exactly what I was looking for.
A. While B. Until
C. Since D. Unless

5. With a theater company to run and three boys to raise, it seems that Cate Blanchett _______ has any time to be a movie star.
A. merely B. finally
C. occasionally D. barely

6. Since the pace of life is much slower in Fairfax, I was able to invest my time in _______ new hobbies like skiing and softball.
A. bringing up B. picking up
C. turning up D. putting up

7. Everyone has imagination, but most of us, once we become adults, forget how to _______ it.
A. put up with B. catch up with C. make use of D. keep track of

8. We arrived earlier than we _______. 
A. have expected B. had expected
C. was expecting D. would expect

9. _______ helping others solve problems, you inspire others, enrich your own knowledge and gain lasting friendship.
A. By B. With
C. For D. On

10. Many students at his university _______ his name, but they could all identify him by his signature haircut.
A. should have known
B. would have known
C. must not have known
D. might not have known

上期参考答案
D1 1-3 BDC
D2 1. To introduce how Khot thinks travel benefits us. /To list some benefits of travel.
2. Mishana Khot是一位热衷旅游的美国人，对她来说，旅游不仅仅是护照上留下的印章，它同时在旅游者的心灵上也留下了烙印。
3. Because it forces people to see their lives from the outside.
4. They should learn to laugh at it and move on.
5. improves your social skills/forces you to interact with new people
D3 1-4 BBCB D4 1-3 BCB D5 1-3 DAC