Listening Cafe
听两遍,选择正确答案。
1. Mr Smith went to his hometown
_____.
A. by bus B. by train
C. by plane

2. When the train started, Mr Smith
lost _____.
A. his cap B. one shoe
C. his glasses

3. Mr Smith couldn’t pick up his shoe
because _____.
A. the little boy picked it up
B. he didn’t want to take it back
C. the train went faster and faster

4. _____ threw the other shoe on the
ground.
A. Mr Smith B. The little boy
C. Nobody

5. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. The boy wants the shoes.
B. Mr Smith’s shoes are old.
C. Mr Smith loses a pair of shoes.

Day2
Learning hospital service ... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. According to the first two paragraphs, we learn the following about the volunteer orientation EXCEPT _____.
A. it was held in a hospital
B. it lasted for four hours
C. it told people how to be a good volunteer
at hospital
D. it talked about the kinds of volunteer work
there are

2. As a volunteer at hospital, you should _____.
A. always wait to be asked
B. bend down to listen when being asked
C. show them that you know everything
D. leave them alone if you can’t help

3. The last paragraph mainly talks about _____.
A. what the whole meeting was about
B. why the meeting was successful
C. cultural differences between China and
the US
D. what the writer learned from the meeting

4. What does the writer think of such culture in the US?
A. She feels that it is great.
B. She doesn’t like it.
C. She feels that it is hard to understand.
D. She thinks only the US has this kind of
culture.

Day3
Marquez: literature’s great ... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. When was Gabriel Garcia Marquez born?
A. 1827. B. 1907.
C. 1917. D. 1927.

2. The following about Garcia Marquez is true EXCEPT _____.
A. he was born in Colombia
B. he lived in Mexico for over 30 years
C. he knew 30 languages
D. his book One Hundred Years of Solitude is
very popular

3. According to the article, we learn that magical realism in literature _____.
A. is both fantasy and reality
B. mainly tells stories about daily life
C. has nothing to do with reality
D. is full of talking animals

4. From the article, we learn that _____.
A. Garcia Marquez learned a lot from his
mother
B. Garcia Marquez’s works have deep
meanings
C. political leaders don’t like Garcia
Marquez’s works
D. Garcia Marquez’s works are mostly about
Mexicans

Day4
Selfless love of a mother (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. When the rescuers found the mom, she _____.
A. had already passed away
B. was trying hard to get out
C. begged them to save her baby first
D. was texting on her mobile phone

2. Why did the woman have a strange shape when the rescuers found her?
A. Because there wasn’t enough space for
her to stand up.
B. Because she wanted to do her best to
protect her little son.
C. Because it would give her the greatest
possibility to be alive.
D. Because she wanted to worship to give
her a chance to live.

3. The story is mainly about _____.
A. the rescuers’ effort to save a mother and
her baby
B. the loss that a terrible earthquake brought
about
C. the rescuers’ hard work after an
earthquake
D. the great love of a mother in an
earthquake

Day5
Cloze
It’s early evening and Paul Jones, 39, is sitting in the living room of his house near London. He is reading to 1 daughter, and his son is playing 2 his dog. Maybe you think Paul has come home from work 3 he is enjoying his time with his children.
No, you are 4 . Paul is a househusband. He looks after the children full-time, and he
5 the same things any housewife does. He wakes the children up, gives them their breakfast and takes them 6 school. Then he
7 the house, does the shopping, and picks the children up from school. He makes dinner for his wife Linda. Then he puts the children to bed. He does all of the housework 8 his wife goes to work.
Linda is the manager of an IT company in London. She works 9 hours, so she hardly ever sees her children during the week. But at the weekends the family 10 time together happily. “Many people don’t understand me, but I’m enjoying life. I’m doing what I want to do.”

1. A. his B. her
C. its D. my
2. A. at B. with
C. to D. of
3. A. so B. and
C. but D. as
4. A. right B. sure
C. wrong D. great
5. A. takes B. makes
C. cooks D. does
6. A. down B. to
C. away D. out
7. A. washes B. builds
C. pushes D. cleans
8. A. while B. because
C. though D. after
9. A. short B. much
C. few D. long
10. A. waste B. spend
C. cost D. save