Day 1

Fewer teen drivers (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the author’s main purpose in writing the text?
A. To explain the driving culture in the US.
B. To tell us what changed Coker’s attitude toward driving.
C. To analyze why US teenagers are now driving less.
D. To explain how US teenagers socialize with their friends.
2. What discouraged Coker from learning to drive according to the text?
a. Wild drivers in the streets.
b. The increasing difficulty of getting a driver’s license.
c. Economic factors, such as the price of insurance.
d. Her dislike of being given tasks by her parents if she has a car.
e. Her concern that having to drive interferes with texting.
A. a, b, c B. a, c, d C. b, c, e D. b, d, e
3. According to the text, with the popularity of texting and social media, US teenagers ______.
A. find there is no need to learn to drive any more
B. are becoming less connected with each other than they used to be
C. become uninterested in driving because they think texting interferes with their driving
D. prefer to chat with their friends online or via texting rather than drive to meet them
4. By mentioning Sara Matthews in the second-to-last paragraph, the author intends to _______.
A. show that she is an independent and helpful girl
B. advise parents to allow their kids to learn to drive
C. show that there are benefits for teens who learn to drive
D. prove driving is an important skill that teens must learn


Day 2

Biology and its ... (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. The underlined phrase “fell under its spell” in the first paragraph probably means ______.
A. got along well with her
B. gradually got bored with it
C. became fascinated with it
D. was not afraid of its intensiveness
2. To make his play inviting Charles Darwin to dinner stand out, the author had to ______.
A. make use of some weird long words in the play
B. create cartoons based on what was taught in class
C. introduce the process of dissecting a fetal pig in detail
D. work hard on the conversations, menu, and background music
3. What happened during the author’s first dissection class?
A. He learned how to soak a fetal pig with formalin.
B. He preferred to dissect an earthworm rather than a fetal pig.
C. He fled back to his dorm because of his fear of dead bodies.
D. He finally conquered his inner fear and dissected a baby pig.
4. What are the last two paragraphs mainly about?
A. The author’s love of biology.
B. The author’s knowledge of biology.
C. How the author spent his spare time.
D. Why elephant tortoise interested the author.

Day 3

Sharing friends’ genes (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the author’s main purpose in writing the article?
A. To explain why friends share skills and interests.
B. To report on recent findings about making friends.
C. To analyze what influences the way people make friends.
D. To explain an interesting test called the “friendship score”.
2. According to the researchers of the study, people _______.
A. form their friendships by complete coincidence
B. are genetically similar to their friends, compared to strangers
C. make friends with those who share nearly 10 percent of their genes
D. may share more similar genes with their friends than with their fourth cousins
3. With the examples of ancient people developing the ability to speak and helping each other build a fire, the author intends to _______.
A. show how ancient people helped each other survive
B. explain that similar interests are what lead to friendship
C. show that it is evolution that brings friends together
D. tell us why it was easier for ancient people to find friends
4. According to the article, people with similar genes that affect their sense of smell ______.
A. like to hang out at cafes more often
B. are easily attracted to the smell of their friends
C. are more likely to be attracted to a similar environment
D. can identify people who can become friends in a crowd


Day 4

Stevie’s surprise (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. How did the author feel when he first hired Stevie?
A. He was afraid that Stevie would not work hard.
B. He was confident that his customers would love Stevie.
C. He wasn’t sure if Stevie would get on well with the truckers.
D. He was worried that Stevie would often have to ask for leave for physical checkups.
2. When Frannie learned that Stevie was out of surgery and going to be okay, she ______.
A. passed on the good news to all the truckers in the diner
B. felt excited but also worried if he could afford the bills
C. wanted to invite the other staff to visit him in the hospital
D. tried to persuade Belle Ringer to donate some money for Stevie
3. The first day Stevie came back to work, ______.
A. the author asked him to clean up all the mess at the truckstop
B. the staff prepared a great surprise for him
C. he was still weak and not in a good mood
D. many truckers came to welcome him back
4. The underlined word “stern” in Paragraph 9 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. strictB. angry
C. cheerfulD. surprised


Day 5

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。
Even people who don’t have much talent for acting or singing still dream of being discovered by a talent scout (星探). It seems just like 1 the lottery, but better 2 you get fame and money.
For me, the dream seemed likely to stay a dream. But everything 3 last week in Beijing.
I was eating dinner with some friends. As I was getting ready to pay, a young Chinese woman came running up to me. I was 4 that I must have done something horrible to offend her without 5 it.
“You are a white man,” she said 6 when she got to our table.
“Yes, I am a white man,” I replied.
“Can you speak 7 ?” she asked.
“Yes.”
“Oh good. Come with me now, please.”
I walked outside and saw that a movie was being shot in front of one of the street’s largest 8 .
The woman, a talent agent, had 9 a foreigner for this movie, but he had forgotten to 10 . She needed to find a white guy who spoke English, and I was the only one 11 . My part was to walk from one end of the street to the other, and then 12 the club. When I got to the club, I was supposed to 13 to my friend and say, “Forget about the girl, man. We are here to party!” It took me three tries to say the line  14 or walk without tripping, but 15 I got it right.
The talent scout ran to me afterward. “You are so 16 . I would like you to join my agency.” I know I am not going to be the next Jay Chou. 17 , it seems that my 18 “star” talents are being white and being able to speak English. 19 , next time you are watching a Chinese movie, look in the 20 . If you see a white guy stumbling (蹒跚) on his way into a nightclub, it might just be me on my way to stardom (星途)!

1. A. acceptingB. bargaining C. predictingD. winning
2. A. although B. ifC. since D. unless
3. A. beganB. changed
C. disappearedD. improved
4. A. amazedB. curiousC. guiltyD. worried
5. A. admittingB. imagining
C. pretendingD. realizing
6. A. breathlesslyB. cautiously
C. proudlyD. surprisingly
7. A. ChineseB. EnglishC. FrenchD. Cantonese
8. A. cinemasB. nightclubs
C. schoolsD. restaurants
9. A. introducedB. neededC. persuadedD. signed
10. A. come acrossB. fit inC. show upD. make out
11. A. away B. around C. beyond D. up
12. A. enter B. name C. recognize D. search
13. A. find B. offerC. turn D. stick
14. A. quicklyB. simply C. properlyD. reasonably
15. A. eventuallyB. hopefully C. obviously D.unfortunately
16. A. braveB. interesting
C. strangeD. talented
17. A. In return B. In brief
C. In turn D. In fact
18. A. best B. lastC. only D. other
19. A. InsteadB. Besides C. However D. Otherwise
20. A. background B. connection
C. expression D. meaning