Breaking the code (P1)
Choose the best answer:
1. What can we learn from the article about Benedict Cumberbatch’s performance in the movie The Imitation Game?
A. He showed great skill while playing a politician in the movie.
B. He further built up his reputation for playing the roles of problem solvers.
C. He vividly displayed the struggles of a monomaniac anti-socialist in the movie.
D. His successful performance has made him a leading candidate for the People’s Choice Award.
2. Which of the following adjectives best describe Turing’s character according to the article?
A. Smart and humorous.
B. Serious and socially awkward.
C. Crazy and strict.
D. Passionate and determined.
3. What makes the movie The Imitation Game so appealing, according to the article?
A. Its happy ending.
B. Its focus on decoding techniques.
C. The way it shows humanity facing hard times.
D. The way it stresses the importance of social norms.

Daring to be different (P3)
阅读短文并根据文章内容填表,注意每空只能填一个词。
1. ______ to college applicants: Dare to be different
Be different from the beginning
Starting early will save applicants a lot of 2. ______ from visiting schools, writing essays, and completing 3. ______.
Be different in preparing your college 4. ______
• Do some 5. ______ and think beyond the “usual suspects” before you find the most suitable choice.
• Your 6. ______ or special talents may be more important than your academic scores.
Be different in the activities you choose
• Follow your 7. ______ and find something that matters to you.
• Your activities should be 8. ______ and tell a story about who you are.
Be different in your college 9. ______
• Write what you want them to know about you.
• Brainstorm your essay topics to try to make them 10. ______.

Renoir’s work shows ... (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following statements about Renoir’s works is TRUE according to the article?
A. Renoir’s painting style changed greatly in his 50s.
B. Most of Renoir’s works are about working-class Parisians.
C. Renoir’s works are full of anxiety and disappointment about society.
D. Viewers can find in Renoir’s works the joys and pleasures of modern life.
2. What is the correct order of the following events according to the article?
a. Renoir started his career as an apprentice to a porcelain painter.
b. Renoir entered the studio of Charles Gleyer.
c. Renoir began copying paintings at the Louvre in Paris.
d. Renoir’s works were bought by the Louvre Museum.
e. Renoir developed the techniques of impressionism together with Claude Monet.
A. abced B. cabde
C. acbed D. abcde
3. We can infer from the last two paragraphs that ______.
A. Renoir honestly recorded all of his personal life in his paintings
B. Renoir had to give up his painting career after he lost his battle against rheumatism
C. Renoir’s artistic achievements weren’t recognized until after his death
D. Renoir never gave up his efforts to show the bright side of life through his paintings



True colors of dinosaurs (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. What is the main message of the first four paragraphs?
A. A description of what dinosaurs usually look like in artwork or on the big screen.
B. Why dinosaurs are so popular that we can see their images everywhere.
C. The images of dinosaurs that we see are created purely out of our imaginations.
D. Dinosaurs didn’t look exactly like what we see in artwork or on the big screen.
2. Jason Brougham used the elephant as an example to show that ______.
A. some dinosaurs actually looked a little like ancient elephants
B. drawing a dinosaur takes much longer than people think
C. it is hard to know certain features of dinosaurs just by studying their fossils and skeletons
D. a dinosaur sculptor’s main job is to find out about the dinosaurs’ missing features
3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A. Dinosaurs used to have red necks and thick feathers.
B. Most dinosaurs are much smaller than we previously thought.
C. The chicken has been proven to be the closest living relative to the dinosaur.
D. Fossils are still our main source of knowledge about dinosaurs.
4. The author mainly makes his point by ______.
A. making contrasts B. giving examples
C. quoting numbers D. describing movie scenes



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。
Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn’t think there would be any difficulty in getting it 1 , as there are a whole lot of antique shops near my home. 2 I left home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first 3 expecting a friendly reception. I was quite 4 . The man wouldn’t even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more 5 , was just the same, and the third and the fourth, so I decided that my  6 must be wrong.
I entered the fifth shop with a(n) 7 in my mind. I placed the chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, “Would you like to 8 a chair?”
He looked it over 9 and said, “Yes, not a bad chair. How much do you want for it, sir?”
“20 pounds,” I said.
“OK,” he said, “I’ll give you 20 pounds.”
“It’s got a slightly broken leg,” I said.
“Yes, I saw that, it’s 10 .”
Everything was going according to plan and I was getting 11 . “What will you do with it?” I asked.
“Oh, it will be easy to sell 12 the repair is done.”
“I’ll buy it,” I said.
“What do you mean? You’ve just 13 it to me,” he said.
“Yes, I know but I’ve 14 my mind. I am sorry. I’ll give you 27 pounds for it.”
“You must be 15 ,” he said. Then, 16 the penny dropped. “I know what you want. You want me to repair your chair.”
“You’re 17 ,” I said. “And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, ‘Would you mend this chair for me?’ 
“I wouldn’t have 18 to do it,” he said. “We don’t do repairs, not enough money in it and too much 19 . But I’ll mend this for you, shall we say for five pounds?”
He was a very nice man and was greatly 20 by the whole thing.
1. A. sold B. returned C. cleaned D. repaired
2. A. And B. Yet C. Still D. So
3. A. club B. shop C. restaurant D. station
4. A. confident B. polite C. careless D. wrong
5. A. eager B. different C. polite D. strange
6. A. approach B. appearance
C. decision D. manners
7. A. question B. plan C. belief D. excuse
8. A. check B. buy C. repair D. see
9. A. carefully B. hurriedly C. unhappily D. excitedly
10. A. nothing B. everything C. anything D. something
11. A. worried B. patient C. confused D. excited
12. A. since B. once C. unless D. while
13. A. lent B. sent C. sold D. returned
14. A. spoken B. changed C. settled D. lost
15. A. anxious B. disappointed C. sick D. crazy
16. A. constantly B. eventually C. suddenly D. naturally
17. A. lucky B. wrong C. right D. wise
18. A. expected B. agreed C. managed D. refused
19. A. loss B. damage C. trouble D. pressure
20. A. amused B. disturbed C. inspired D. warned

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上期参考答案
D1 1. They aim to keep students away from unhealthy lifestyles./ They aim to discourage students from living unhealthy lifestyles. 2. Watching a video of a teenage mother giving birth. 3. She knew she wasn’t born the way the child in the video was born, since she was caesarian. 4. The author was able to share the mother’s pain by imagining her situation. 5. She felt sick and collapsed in the restroom.
D2 1-4 CCBA D3 1-3 BBB D4 1-4 CDAB D5 1-3 DAB