Day 1

College life from a ... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following statements is TRUE of Hernandez’s college life?
A. His university changed some of his courses to better meet his needs.
B. With great effort, he eventually managed to take notes by himself in class.
C. The biggest problem for him at college is getting his electric wheelchair charged.
D. Despite his disability, he has to work as hard as his classmates to earn his grades.

2. To help Hernandez keep up with others, his father ______.
A. taught him math at home
B. forced him to develop quick thinking skills
C. allowed him to use a calculator as soon as he began learning math
D. asked him to learn to shower and dress himself when he was little

3. Which of the following words best describe Hernandez?
A. Modest and diligent.
B. Optimistic and strong-minded.
C. Emotional and cautious.
D. Independent and humorous.


Day 2

Cartoon stays popular (P4)
Choose the best answer:
1. By saying “Now the miracle has happened”, the author intends to ______.
A. explain what The Simpsons is mainly about
B. analyze what has made The Simpsons so popular
C. show how successful The Simpsons has been
D. explain what happens to The Simpsons’ main character

2. Why is The Simpsons such a hit, according to the article?
a. It goes beyond ages, languages, and cultures.
b. Many Americans viewers feel that it’s easy to relate to.
c. It’s about miracles that happen to poor kids.
d. In the show there are many jokes making fun of popular culture, religion, politics, etc.
A. ab B. abd C. bcd D. abcd

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE of The Simpsons?
A. The show is intended for children, and has a lot of hilarious dialogue and jokes.
B. The show is now in its 26th season, which means the story has finally come to an end.
C. Words used by the characters in the show have helped to shape popular culture.
D. The cultural references in the show are supposed to help children better understand American culture.


Day 3

Blood helps Ebola fight (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. James Crowe’s trial helping to fight against Ebola seems ______, according to the article.
A. practical
B. creative
C. unlikely to succeed
D. to be in disagreement with Edward Jenner’s idea

2. What did Edward Jenner achieve?
A. He discovered how people caught smallpox.
B. He found special proteins in smallpox viruses.
C. He synthesized genes from smallpox-affected cows’ antibodies.
D. He proved that vaccination works in the fight against viruses.

3. Which of the following shows the correct order in which James Crowe is going to test the antibodies?
a. in primates
b. in humans
c. in Ebola virus samples
d. in mice and guinea pigs
A. a c d bB. d a c b
C. c d a bD. c a d b


Day 4

Speedy problems (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following is TRUE about the author’s class on speed reading?
A. She was good at speed reading before she took her class.
B. She was the only teen who took part in the class.
C. She practiced speed reading for hours at a time.
D. She went to the class because there happened to be a vacancy.

2. How long did it take the author to complete reading Animal Farm?
A. An hour.
B. Two hours.
C. 10 minutes.
D. Her lunch break.

3. With the examples of “Auto Theft Sale”, Monster cheese and the $10,000 Fine, the author intends to prove that ______.
A. she is really a careless person
B. there is always a delay in her understanding after speed reading
C. she hasn’t achieved a high level of speed reading
D. her imagination is so poor that she has made a lot of mistakes

4. What message is the author trying to convey through this story?
A. Speed reading has helped her become a writer.
B. Everybody can succeed through hard work and practice.
C. A delay is necessary for speed reading to succeed.
D. Every coin has two sides, and so does speed reading.


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。
“It hurts me more than you”, and “This is for your own good” – these are the 1. ______ my mother used to make years ago when I had to learn Latin, clean my room, stay home and do homework.
That was 2. ______ we entered the permissive (宽容的) period in 3. ______ in which we decided it was all right not to 4. ______ our children to achieve their best in school. The schools and the educators made it 5. ______ for us. They taught that it was all right to be 6. ______ who take a let-alone policy. We 7. ______ making our children do homework. We gave them calculators, turned on the television, 8. ______ the teaching to the teachers and went on vacation.
Now teachers, faced with children who have been 9. ______ at their own pace for the past 15 years, are 10. ______ we’ve made a terrible mistake. One such teacher is Sharon Klompus who says her students are “so passive” and 11. ______ what has happened. Nothing is 12. ______ of them, she believes. Television, Klompus believes, 13. ______ to children’s passivity. “We’re talking about a generation of kids who’ve 14. ______ been hurt or hungry. They have learned somebody will always do it for them, 15. ______ saying ‘go and look it up’, you tell them the 16. ______. It takes greater energy to say 17. ______ to a kid.”
Yes, it does. It takes energy and it takes work. It’s time for parents to end their 18. ______ and come back to work. It’s time to take the car away, to turn the TV off, to tell them it 19. ______ you more than them but it’s for their own good. It’s time to 20. ______ telling them no again.

1. A. habitsB. principals C. statementsD. tasks
2. A. afterB. before C. sinceD. until
3. A. careerB. education C. relationship D. exploration
4. A. pull B. attract C. pushD. advise
5. A. easyB. useful C. interestingD. suitable
6. A. expertsB. students C. parentsD. teachers
7. A. continuedB. preferred C. stoppedD. hated
8. A. returnedB. left C. introducedD. promoted
9. A. achievingB. gaining C. developingD. improving
10. A. imaginingB. expecting C. predictingD. realizing
11. A. agreesB. regrets C. imaginesD. wonders
12. A. arranged B. demanded C. insisted D. made
13. A. belongs B. contributes C. comparesD. sticks
14. A. still B. just C. never D. once
15. A. instead ofB. along with C. other thanD. apart from
16. A. answerB. process C. reasonD. trouble
17. A. greatB. no C. yesD. enough
18. A. discussionB. hope C. promiseD. vacation
19. A. benefits B. disappoints C. hurtsD. surprises
20. A. admitB. keep
C. avoidD. start

上期参考答案
D1 1-3 BCBD2 1-3 DBAD3 1-4 BCDD
D4 1-4 DCDBD5 1-3 DBC