Day1
Female first in ... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following is TRUE about the Student Cluster Competition?
A. It is a two-day national computing event.
B. It used to reject all female players.
C. It was open only to college students until 2014.
D. The first female high school student ever to compete in the competition did so last November.
2. During the competition, Ribordy and her teammates ______.
A. competed on six computers
B. designed a new kind of LED strip
C. put together hardware to complete the task
D. built a device to make the computers’ power stable
3. Which of the following does Ribordy think may be the reason few women work in computer science?
A. People’s prejudice against females working in this area.
B. Females’ lack of confidence in the field of computer science.
C. Young girls having little access to computer science.
D. The shortage of experienced female computing teachers.
4. Which of the following words best describe Ribordy as she is shown in the article?
A. Devoted and modest.
B. Creative and humorous.
C. Brilliant and ambitious.
D. Patient and flexible.



Day2
Video game hero ... (P4-5)
Choose the best answer:
1. Which of the following statements is TRUE about “Super Mario”?
A. The series, containing more than 100 video games, has been popular worldwide for two decades.
B. The series, created by a US company, features the adventures of two animated Italian plumbers.
C. In the game, Mario and his brother Luigi risk their lives to rescue the princess and her kingdom.
D. In the game, Mario and Luigi both have the magic to transform the land into stones and mushrooms.
2. The underlined word “versatile” in Paragraph 4 probably means ______.
A. having different skills
B. having many jobs
C. full of wisdom
D. with rich imagination
3. What has made Mario remain as popular as ever in gaming according to his creator?
A. His funny appearance and behavior.
B. His amazing abilities.
C. His courage to fight against the evil king.
D. His ordinary background making him easy to relate to.


Day3
Phones making us lazy (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. The underlined word “access” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. acceptB. obtain
C. compareD. remember
2. What have Nathaniel Barr, Gordon Pennycook and their colleagues found through the new research?
A. Overall, there are more intuitive thinkers than analytical thinkers.
B. Smartphones make analytical thinkers lazier than intuitive thinkers.
C. Intuitive thinkers tend to rely more on their phones than their brainpower.
D. Decisions based on one’s gut feelings are always wrong and not trustworthy.
3. Which adjective best describes Gordon Pennycook’s attitude toward smartphones?
A. Critical.B. Cautious.
C. Optimistic.D. Disappointed.



Day4
Do women’s work (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. The author couldn’t work with her colleagues in the Gaza Strip because ______.
A. she hadn’t received the training offered by the photo agency there
B. the local traditions didn’t allow a woman to do a man’s job
C. her colleagues were going to take part in the battle
D. she was terrified of explosions in the air strike area
2. During the air raid on the police compound, what happened to the writer?
A. Her nose was broken.
B. She went blind.
C. She had her leg broken.
D. She felt dizzy for a long time.
3. The author used Mohammed Khader as an example to ______.
A. prove there was pain as well as laughter during the war
B. show how dangerous the surroundings were in Gaza
C. show that she could document common people’s lives at the war
D. let the reader know how the war influenced her life
4. From the story, it can be inferred that _____.
A. the author wouldn’t like to reveal the cruel side of war
B. the author eventually had to leave Gaza because of the community taboo
C. the author decided to document more unseen scenes from the war
D. the author was determined to run away from the explosions in the end



Day5
阅读下面的材料，并根据内容选择最佳选项。
As anybody with children knows, dining out with kids is an entirely different experience than dining out with friends. Going to a restaurant with kids needs to be a well-thought-out happening, with a minute-by-minute game plan. If the restaurant offers crayons (蜡笔), puzzles or toys of some sort, it takes a lot of the stress out of dining out with kids. Here, in no particular order, are our pick of top restaurant for kids.
The Olive Garden
The Olive Garden is a family favorite, especially because of the kids menu, crayons, and activity books. My daughter believes this famous Italian food chain has the “best pizza ever” on its kids menu, and my son really enjoys the variety of the create-your-own pasta, which gives choices of sauces and pasta type. The kids also get to indulge in (尽情享受) the famous Olive Garden breadsticks – a favorite for kids of all ages.

The Silver Diner
The Silver Diner, which has locations in New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia, gets a nod for featuring one of the most fun kids meal containers – a heavy-duty paper car – as well as old-fashioned, table-side jukebox selectors (点唱机选择器).
The menu wins too, both for its breadth (范围) of choices, and for the number of them that are healthy. Kids can even choose nitrate-free hot dogs or gluten-free spaghetti with turkey meatballs.

Legal Sea Foods
The kids menu for popular seafood chain Legal Sea Foods is extensive (详尽的) and features the most choices from the sea of any kids menu we’ve seen. The original Boston Harborside restaurant has a small children’s menu, but its other locations all have 12 kid’s choices, including a pricy (昂贵的) One Pound Lobster (or 1/2 pound), Wood-Grilled Fish of the Day, and Popcorn Shrimp selections.

Ground Round
This restaurant chain was a favorite of children growing up in the 1970s and early 1980s, as it served popcorn and peanuts before the meal instead of bread, and let kids throw the peanut shells on the floor. There were also cartoons and silent movies shown during dinner. Ground Round has changed with the times, but they still have delectable (美味的) offerings for kids, including Steak Bites and an Extreme Combo plate of both chicken strips and cheese sticks.

1. What makes the Silver Diner different from the other restaurants for kids in the text?
A. Its great pizza and variety of activity books.
B. Its fun kids meal containers and jukebox selectors.
C. The popcorn and peanuts served before the meal.
D. The way its menus change with the times.
2. Which of the following restaurants might interest those who like eating lobster?
A. The Olive Garden.
B. The Silver Diner.
C. Legal Sea Foods.
D. Ground Round.
3. Who is the article intended for?
A. School teachers.
B. Parents with kids.
C. Travelers to the US.
D. Restaurant managers.

（答案见下期）
上期参考答案
D1 1-4 CDAD
D2 1. It opens with a chase scene among the tall buildings of Chicago.
2. Because he considers her a threat to his plan to take the queen’s empire.
3. 美国电影网站Screen Rant评论道：“《木星上行》沿用了经典的‘灰姑娘’式童话，并把它放大成一场宏大的，科幻的太空冒险。”
4. Its special effects, costumes, imaginative ideas, and its expression of the inner struggles of Jupiter.
5. 略 D3 1-4 BCDA D4 1-4 BCCA
D5 1-5 DBACB 6. waving 7. what 8. yourself
9. differences 10. so/and 11. trying 12. of/when/for
13. personally 14. to be treated 15. no