Day 1
Spreading cheer (P3)
阅读短文并根据所读内容回答问题，注意答案不要超过题目规定的字数。
1. Why did Patterson call her school team together? (No more than 12 words)
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2. What in the speech moved Kari Workman to tears? (No more than 12 words)
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3. What did Ingram do when Patterson said she felt that she didn’t have enough energy? (No more than 8 words)
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4. Translate the following sentence into Chinese.
To become a cheerleader, she had to spend hours in physical therapy each week just to be able to lift her hands above her head.
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5. Would you like having a teacher who pushes you the way that Ingram pushed Patterson? Why or why not? (No more than 25 words)
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Day 2
US and UK people... (P4-5)
Choose the best answer:
1. We can learn from the first three paragraphs that ______.
A. Britons and Americans share a similar sense of humor
B. an American is likely to make a joke saying one thing but meaning something else
C. British people dislike cruel jokes
D. it’s a popular belief that Britons and Americans enjoy different kinds of jokes

2. The underlined phrase “putting himself down” is closest in meaning to ______.
A. making fun of himself
B. showing himself off
C. letting himself down
D. feeling sorry for himself

3. James Franco’s friends made fun of him by suggesting he ______.
A. is interested in writing
B. does not work hard
C. does not act well
D. is not talented

4. With the article, the author mainly intends to tell us that ______.
A. Britons like to make fun of people, while Americans don’t
B. there are some misunderstandings about Americans’ senses of humor
C. Americans are now copying Britons’ way of making jokes
D. Americans often don’t understand Britons’ jokes about their friends

5. The author proves his point mainly by ______.
A. making comparisons
B. raising questions
C. giving examples
D. quoting experts

Day 3
Have the time of... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the article mainly about?
A. How emotions affect time keeping abilities.
B. Tests that scientists carried out about time.
C. The best amount of time for an afternoon nap.
D. Mistakes that people make in their understandings of time.

2. How many examples of being tricked by time are mentioned in the article?
A. Two. B. Three.
C. Four. D. Five.

3. When people feel that an experience is longer than it really is, ______.
A. a chemical called adrenaline is playing a role
B. they are concentrating on what they are doing
C. they are responding faster to the changes around them
D. they could be facing danger or feeling bored

Day 4
Schooling matters (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following is TRUE about Michelle Obama and her family?
A. Her parents were poor but had good educational backgrounds.
B. She attended a public high school near her home.
C. Her father suffered a serious disease and became disabled.
D. She was aware of her parents’ sacrifices and expectations.

2. Which of the following words best describes Michelle’s father?
A. Artistic.
B. Humorous.
C. Strong-minded.
D. Generous (慷慨大方的).

3. What does Michelle mainly want to tell readers in this excerpt?
A. We should work hard and get good educations.
B. Our parents always have high expectations for us.
C. She is an ordinary person from an ordinary family.
D. She struggled a lot to become the US First Lady.

Day 5
从每题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1. Although the expert ______ parents to give teenagers “freedom to fly high in the sky”, she understood why parents are so protective.
A. called on B. called in
C. called at D. called off

2. I knew that if I wanted to fit into American society, I had to _______ my shyness.
A. get used to B. get ready for
C. get through D. get over

3. April Fools’ Day is a day ______ everyone agrees to act a bit silly.
A. that B. when
C. which D. how

4. You could add the items you like to your shopping basket online, pay for them with your phone and have them ______ to your home.
A. deliver B. to deliver
C. delivered D. delivering

5. You ______ build your first impression of someone on his or her looks alone.
A. shouldn’t B. may not
C. needn’t D. wouldn’t

6. If the United States created a superhero to ______ itself, he would probably be just like Captain America.
A. recommend (推荐) B. evaluate (评价)
C. prove D. represent

7. One in three teenagers ______ more than 100 text messages a day, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project.
A. send B. sends
C. has sent D. have sent

8. It’s possible for the part of the brain that controls motor skills (运动技巧) to wake up, _______ the part of the brain that controls memory and judgment may remain asleep.
A. while B. despite
C. so D. once

9. It suddenly occurred to him ______ he had left his keys in the office.
A. whether B. where
C. which D. that

10. ______ during World War II, the movie follows the adventure of a small group of American art historians and experts.
A. Setting B. Having set
C. Set D. To be set

答案见下期

my notes
D1: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. ___
D2: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. ___
D3: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___
D4: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___
D5: 1. ___ 2. ___ 3. ___ 4. ___ 5. ___
6. ___ 7. ___ 8. ___ 9. ___ 10. ___

上期参考答案
D1
1. Difficulties 2. Shyness 3. lunchtime 4. Asian 5. shocked 6. teacher 7. hobby 8. fun 9. communicate 10. confident
D2 CCD D3 CBBA
D4 CAD D5 CCB