Day 1
Her lovely prom night (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. Brie Fainblit decided to make her prom dress out of soda can tabs because ______.
A. she wasn’t satisfied with the prom dresses at local stores
B. it cost almost nothing and made her unique at the prom
C. her prom partner encouraged her to do so
D. she wanted to show off her clothes-making skills and her creativity

2. We can learn from the article that Brie Fainblit ______.
A. kept the soda-can tabs dress a secret from her friends
B. has to take part-time jobs to make her soda can tabs dress
C. spent months collecting the material needed for her prom dress
D. is used to designing and making her own clothes

3. The underlined phrase “taken their toll” in Paragraph 8 probably means ______.
A. drawn attentionB. caused damage
C. proved successful D. fallen apart

Day 2
King of theater (P4-5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the article mainly about?
A. Shakespeare’s impact on English literature.
B. Some common features of Shakespeare’s plays.
C. Why Shakespeare has such enormous appeal.
D. How Shakespeare developed into a great playwright.

2. What can we infer from the article?
A. Shakespeare’s comedies are better recognized than his tragedies.
B. Theatres began to thrive in London at the end of the 16th century.
C. Shakespeare’s early plays were not well-received by audiences.
D. Most of Shakespeare’s tragedies are about people’s struggles in the old world.

3. With the examples of King Lear and Hamlet, the author intends to ______.
A. compare the similarities and differences of the two plays
B. analyze what makes Shakespeare’s tragedies so popular
C. reflect Shakespeare’s mixed feelings about the society he lived in
D. show how the times Shakespeare lived in were really depressing

4. Which of the following plays belongs to a different genre from the other answer choices?
A. MacbethB. Taming of the Shrew
C. As You Like It
D. A Midsummer Night’s Dream

Day 3
Deciding for ourselves (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the article mainly about?
A. The importance of self-control.
B. Factors that affect self-control.
C. How to improve our self-control.
D. Animal species that are good at controlling themselves.

2. Which of the following was a finding of the scientists’ study?
A. Squirrels chose to use the side entrance more often than dogs did.
B. Great apes and squirrels proved to have better self-control than dogs.
C. Species’ cognitive abilities are more influenced by their relative brain size than by their absolute brain size.
D. Animals with larger brains showed better self-control than those with smaller brains.

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. Self-control is more essential to animals than it is to humans.
B. Humans probably have exactly the same level of self-control as great apes.
C. Species with more complex diets have greater self-control.
D. A diverse diet plays a more important role than brain size does in cognitive evolution.

Day 4
Moving forward (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the main purpose of the article?
A. To inform us of the characteristics of a Stanford education.
B. To congratulate those who have been admitted into Stanford.
C. To inform us what kinds of applicants are more likely to be accepted by Stanford.
D. To tell parents that there is no need to feel down if their children weren’t admitted to Stanford.

2. Which of the following statements might the author agree with?
A. There are more students applying to study at Stanford than its peer schools in the US.
B. Those who fail to get admitted into Stanford don’t necessarily do worse than those who make it.
C. Those who fail to get admitted by Stanford probably wouldn’t meet the demands of a Stanford education.
D. Bass players, even some extraordinary ones, have little chance of being accepted by Stanford.

3. In the last two paragraphs, the author intends to convey the message that ______.
A. most colleges offer students the same resources as Stanford does
B. Stanford offers the best opportunities for young adults to learn and grow
C. parents should tell their children that this rejection will only make them stronger
D. it’s not which college that students enter but what they do there that counts

Day 5
阅读下面材料，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
All life’s circumstances (情况) can be seen in an egg. The soft yolk (蛋黄) inside is our 1 and the hard shell outside is the barrier. When the barrier breaks from outside, our desire is crushed (压制), but when it breaks from inside, we 2 something.
I was 22 years old. I did not 3 where the kitchen was in my house, since I had 4 gone into the kitchen before. All of a sudden, I had to move to America to pursue my master’s degree. I 5 I had to learn to cook a proper meal in order to 6 . My desire to cook began to 7 , and the yolk began to stir.
The first time I made 8 , it came out like white glue. Within a month of experimenting with different recipes, I 9 the art of making Chinese fried rice and north Indian curry. This breaking of the eggshell from 10 gave me yet another skill for life, 11 . Now that I look back, maybe my wife agreed to marry me for this 12 alone.
It is easy to break an egg from outside, but it is 13 to break it from inside. And sometimes, someone or something outside can 14 you to break the egg from inside.
As a father, I took it as my responsibility to 15 my son cycling and swimming. In this case, the yolk was the untapped (未被利用的) potential of my son and the barrier was his fear of losing 16 . It took months of patience and coaching to help him 17 his fear. It was an uphill task to keep him motivated (有动力的) through failures. 18 , I was glad and relieved when he learned both these essential skills.
The important lesson here is that the egg will be 19 no matter what. Success, when the egg breaks from inside, is more about what you overcome than what you achieve.
Life always throws you 20 . I urge you all to persist, believe in yourself and allow your yolk to break through to a new soul and a new you.

1. A. concernB. desire C. weakness D. resource
2. A. loseB. change C. gainD. expect
3. A. knowB. find
C. forgetD. question
4. A. oftenB. never
C. sometimes D. ever
5. A. remindedB. promised
C. imaginedD. realized
6. A. surviveB. compete
C. continueD. settle
7. A. turn aroundB. get across
C. take shape D. take part
8. A. teaB. rice
C. yogurt D. porridge
9. A. recognizedB. appreciated
C. introducedD. mastered
10. A. insideB. outside
C. sidewaysD. around
11. A. learningB. cooking
C. cycling D. adapting
12. A. courageB. attempt
C. skillD. hobby
13. A. funnyB. simple
C. boringD. difficult
14. A. preventB. help
C. agree D. warn
15. A. accompanyB. keep
C. teachD. require
16. A. balanceB. patience
C. courageD. freedom
17. A. understandB. discover
C. reflect D. overcome
18. A. Meanwhile B. Finally
C. Besides D. Therefore
19. A. brokenB. cooked
C. lostD. kept
20. A. ideasB. messages
C. surprisesD. challenges

（答案见2版）
上期参考答案
D1 1-4 BCBAD2 1-4 BACAD3 1-3 BCA
D4 1-4 BDCAD5 1-4 ABDC