Day1
Fighting for the future (P1)
阅读短文并根据所读内容填写表格中，每空一词。
Topic: the film X-Men: Days of Future Past
Basic information:
It is a 1. ________ of mind-bending time travel and breathtaking action.
The X-Men are humans with 2. ________.
In the X-Men film 3. ________, there is usually a violent 4. _____ between two mutant leaders, Magneto and Professor Xavier, over how to deal with humans.


The plot:
Magneto and the Professor 5. ______ together to defeat a common enemy – the Sentinels.
The X-Men are on the brink of 6. ________ in the year 2014.
They have to travel back to 1973, when the Sentinels were first created, and 7. ________ history.
The most heroic and lovable mutant – Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) – is 8. ________ to lead the mission and gather together the 1973 versions of the others.


Highlights:
What will particularly interest 9. ________ audiences is probably Fan Bingbing’s burning performance as Blink, who has the ability to teleport herself and others.
The action, 10. ________ with great precision, may be the most impressive part.




Day2
Find cancer gene (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the article mainly about?
A. A newly developed method to treat breast cancer.
B. Progress in cancer research made by a student.
C. How a student developed his interest in cancer treatment.
D. How ISEF assists youth with their science research.

2. What difficulties did Han have in his research?
A. He couldn’t find enough information about the gene.
B. He was not good at using computers and databases.
C. He didn’t have enough money to continue his research.
D. He couldn’t find someone to instruct him in the lab.

3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?
A. The software Han developed can stop the mutations from working.
B. Han aimed at winning the top prize at ISEF when developing the software.
C. Han followed his dream and made achievements despite all the difficulties.
D. Han made up his mind to research breast cancer because of his mother’s illness.


Day3
Studying flightless ... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. In what way do flightless birds differ from normal ones according to National Geographic?
A. They have longer legs and smaller wings.
B. They have flat breastbones and longer wings.
C. They have weaker chest muscles and shorter wings.
D. They have stronger chest muscles and smaller wings.

2. What have Alan Cooper and his team found recently?
a. Flightless birds all came from flying ancestors.
b. The tinamous is related to flightless birds even though it can fly.
c. Not all flightless birds evolved from the same ancestor.
d. In the course of evolution, flightless birds ended up on all seven continents before losing the ability to fly.
A. ab
B. ad
C. abd
D. bcd

3. According to Cooper, what may be the reason that flightless birds lost their ability to fly?
A. Their genes changed gradually.
B. Dinosaurs didn’t want to eat them.
C. With the extinction of dinosaurs, there was enough food on the ground.
D. With the extinction of dinosaurs, there were not as many enemies on the ground.





Day4
Dig deep inside (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Why did the first farmer sell his farm?
A. It wasn’t producing enough crops.
B. The other man begged him to sell it.
C. There were no diamonds on his farm.
D. He wanted to make money by looking for diamonds.

2. When the man who bought the farm picked up the gleaming stone, he ______.
A. didn’t know it was a big diamond
B. invited a man to check if it was a diamond
C. was overjoyed that he had found a diamond
D. continued to pick up more such stones to decorate his room

3. In the third-to-last paragraph, the author seems to feel ______ the first farmer.
A. afraid of
B. angry at
C. doubtful about
D. sorry for

4. What can we learn from the story?
A. We should set practical goals for ourselves.
B. We should be as unique as we can possibly be.
C. We need to dig deep inside ourselves to find our own potentials for success.
D. We should always try to learn more, because knowledge can make us rich.




Day5
从每题所给的A, B, C, D四个选项中选择最佳选项。
1. Su Kim always knew she wanted to go to college in the US. ______ in South Korea, she wanted a broader variety of educational fields to choose from.
A. Growing up B. Grown up
C. To grow up D. Have grown up

2. The World Cup is full of top athletes that are fun to watch ______ you are not particularly fond of the sport.
A. as long as B. even if
C. in case D. if only

3. The present situation is very complicated, so I think it will take me some time to ______ its reality.
A. make upB. figure out
C. look throughD. put off

4. – According to my grandma, it is a good idea to eat chicken soup when you have a cold.
– ______, scientists agree with her.
A. Sooner or later B. Once in a while
C. To be exact D. Believe it or not

5. Scientists have many theories about how the universe ______ into being.
A. came B. was coming
C. had come D. would come

6. We have ______ a party to welcome the guests.
A. ordered B. taken
C. set D. arranged

7. Be _______ – you can’t expect me to finish all this work in so little time.
A. reasonableB. confident
C. creative D. grateful

8. Only after Mary read her composition a second time _________ the spelling mistake.
A. did she noticeB. she noticed
C. does she noticeD. she has noticed

9. She’ll forget to call the doctor if you don’t ______ her.
A. shake B. remind
C. warn D. advise

10. Jack is late again. It is ______ of him to keep others waiting.
A. normalB. ordinary
C. commonD. typical
（答案见下期）

上期参考答案
D1 ABDD2 CBA
D3 DAAD4 GCFEA
D5 ABC