Day 1
Listening Cafe 听力测试
听两遍独白,填空。(每空一词)

1. The speaker can ________ everything for himself when he lives at the university.

2. Being around a lot of ________ people makes the speaker feel ________.

3. When the speaker got lost on campus and felt ________, a senior student noticed that he was looking for his ________.

4. The speaker feels ________ because he can talk with so many friendly people in his dorm.

5. There are no classes on ________ in the speaker’s university.

6. The speaker thinks he is a ________ ________ because he loves to go for parties.

Day 2
Shakespear for a new... (P3)
Choose the answer:
1. Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream was performed by _____.
A. eighth-graders from Kalispell Middle School
B. actors from the National Endowment for the Arts
C. some famous English poets
D. a group of teachers who taught literature

2. What does the underlined phrase “catch on” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. learn
B. prefer
C. understand
D. use

3. What does Hammargren think of Shakespeare’s stories?
A. Few people know about the stories.
B. The stories are too complicated.
C. They have great literary value.
D. Only old people love them.

4. The aim of the performance was to _____.
A. let young people know more about Shakespeare’s works
B. introduce Shakespeare’s most famous play
C. prove that Shakespeare’s stories were not boring at all
D. encourage young people to perform Shakespeare’s play

Day 3
Thanks for Turkey Day (P4-5)
Choose the answer:
1. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 2?
A. Thanksgiving Day is a festival only in the US.
B. Thanksgiving Day falls on Nov 27 every year.
C. Students have a one-day holiday for Thanksgiving.
D. Thanksgiving Day is a festival for kids.

2. What’s the similarity between Thanksgiving Day and China’s Spring Festival?
A. People eat meat and set off fireworks.
B. People get together to enjoy a big meal.
C. Kids get pocket money and have fun.
D. People express thanks to each other.

3. Why is Thanksgiving also called Turkey Day?
A. Because turkey is the most traditional food of that day.
B. Because the president pardons turkeys on that day.
C. Because people enjoy roasting turkey on that day.
D. Because there was no other food to eat in the past.

4. Which of the following are the food people eat on Thanksgiving Day?
1.turkeys 2. maple leaves 3.sweet potatoes 4.orange juice 5.pumpkin pies

A. 1.2.5.
B. 2.4.5.
C. 1.3.5.
D. 2.3.4.

Day 4
Don’t try on the dirty rags (P6)
Choose the answer:
1. How did Chajam behave when someone said dirty words to him?
A. He showed his anger to the man.
B. He said something bad of the man.
C. He felt hurt but pretended to be calm.
D. He kept smiling and didn’t care about it.

2. A well-dressed man was _____ when he saw what had happened to Chajam.
A. excited B. surprised
C. sacred D. moved

3. What did Chajam ask the well-dressed man to do in the dusty room?
A. To light on some candles.
B. To find some old clothes.
C. To try on a poor robe.
D. To clean some dirty rages.

4. What is the main message of the story?
A. Never speak ill of other people.
B. Never judge a person by his or her appearance.
C. It is important to keep a cool head in the face of difficulties.
D. Smiling is the best way to push back others’ bad behavior.

Day 5
Cloze
When I was about six years old, my brother David and I visited our aunt, Mary. We stayed in her house for a night. David was only 4 years old, and was still (1) of the dark, so Mary left the hall light on when we slept.
However, David (2) the gray moths (蛾) flying around the hall light. He asked Mary to make the moths go away. When she asked (3) , David simply said, “Because they are ugly and scary, I don’t like them.” Mary laughed and said, “Being ugly outside doesn’t (4) not being beautiful inside. In fact, moths are one of the most beautiful animals in the animal world.
“Once, the angels were (5) . They were sad because it was raining heavily. The (6) little moths hated to see others so sad. They decided to make a rainbow to cheer up the angels. They thought if the butterflies (7) , they could make a beautiful rainbow together.
“Then one of the moths went to ask the butterflies for help. But the butterflies didn’t want to (8) any of their colors, so the moths decided to make a rainbow themselves. They beat their wings very hard and the colors on them made a rainbow. They kept giving a little more and a little more (9) the rainbow went across the sky. They had given away all their colors except gray, which didn’t match the beautiful rainbow.
“Then the once-colorful moths became (10) . The angles saw the rainbow and smiled.” My brother went to sleep with that story and hasn’t feared months since then.

1. A. afraid B. sure
C. proud D. happy
2. A. likedB. hated
C. letD. killed
3. A. howB. what
C. whenD. why
4. A. meanB. make
C. knowD. hope
5. A. laughingB. playing
C. cryingD. talking
6. A. kindB. angry
C. ugly D. sad
7. A. refusedB. advised
C. helpedD. left
8. A. give upB. pick up
C. turn upD. look up
9. A. unlessB. until
C. after D. since
10. A. redB. yellow
C. greenD. gray
（参考答案见下期）
上期参考答案

【Listening Cafe】 CCBB
Here is the 9 o’clock radio news. There was a traffic accident on Highway 137 involving a car and a school bus at 5 pm. Fifteen students were injured and the driver of the car broke both arms. They were all taken to hospital immediately.
It is known that the students are from St Angela School, and the car’s driver works for a local company. It is believed that the bad weather played a big part in the accident. The police warned drivers that they must be careful on the highway because of the bad weather. Our reporter will keep an eye on this accident, and more information will be reported back in two hours.
【P3】 BCA
【P5】 ACDB
【P6】DCD
Cloze: 1-5 BADAC 6-10 BBCDA 11-12 CC