Day 1

Further ideas for ... (P3)
Choose the best answer:
1. According to the article, the theme for the 1st Shanghai International Youth Science & Technology Creative Competition is ______.
A. building stronger and safer school facilities
B. creating robots that can communicate with humans
C. designing excellent future schools
D. improving students’ academic performances with the help of technology
2. The robot designed by Zheng Yining and her fellow students ______.
A. reminds students to hand in their homework on time
B. plays jokes on students when they feel bored
C. helps students review what they have learned in class
D. enables students to contact their teachers for help any time they want
3. Which of the following statements about the playground designed by students at Shanghai Minhang No 2 High School is TRUE?
A. Students get a full medical check before they enter the playground.
B. Students must follow advice on what sports they should do in the playground.
C. The hard surface and the turf surface of the playground are exchanged every day.
D. The columns around the playground increase its space by a large amount.
4. Which of the following are the advantages of the modularized portable honeycomb classroom?
a. The classroom structure is as efficient as a honeycomb.
b. The classroom parts could be produced in large numbers and put together quickly.
c. Each classroom has clear functions.
d. The classroom walls are all made of transparent wax.
e. The classroom could be moved to various places that are suitable for teaching.
A. abcd B. abce C. bcde D. acde


Day 2
Doraemon keeps on ... (P4-5)
阅读短文并根据文章内容回答问题，注意答案不要超过题目要求的词数。
1. What is the author’s main purpose in writing the article? (No more than 20 words)
___________________________________________
2. How does Doraemon make his way into Nobi’s life? (No more than 18 words)
___________________________________________
3. How does Doraemon help Nobi? (No more than 20 words)
___________________________________________
4. What is Doraemon’s personality according to the article? (No more than 18 words)
___________________________________________
5. Translate the following sentence into Chinese.
It is the fourth-grader’s desire to get things done the right way that drives the best Doraemon stories.
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Day 3
How to get back to ... (P5)
Choose the best answer:
1. Through their study, Oyserman and Lewis ______.
A. worked on a solution to test if someone is a procrastinator
B. found out that human beings usually have two different characters
C. discovered that procrastinators are more likely to have a lower sense of well-being
D. proved that it is helpful to think of our future self as more connected to our current self
2. The underlined phrase “this way” in Paragraph 5 refers to ______.
A. setting up tough deadlines
B. counting in smaller units of time
C. imagining how your future self will feel
D. following schedules strictly
3. Which of the following helps prevent people from procrastinating?
A. Considering their current selves’ needs and desires.
B. Comparing their present selves with their future selves.
C. Thinking about far-off events in days rather than years.
D. Marking important events on a calendar as a reminder.
4. What is the article mainly about?
A. The harmful effects of procrastination.
B. A new way to get things done in time.
C. Why people often overlook their future needs and desires.
D. How people could reduce stress and improve their well-being.

Day 4
Fighting a mouse (P6)
Choose the best answer:
1. When the author’s friend asked her whether she would like to help catch the mouse, she ______.
A. gladly took her up on the challenge and brought a cat to help
B. refused because she was afraid of bugs and mice
C. was unwilling to do it but her friend successfully talked her into it
D. was confident that she could do it although she might scream
2. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The cat tried to help the author catch the mouse.
B. The author’s friend caught the mouse easily and set it free in a field.
C. With two plastic boxes as her trap, the author managed to catch the mouse.
D. As things didn’t go as she had planned, the author decided to drive the mouse into her friend’s bedroom in order to catch it.
3. Which of the following words best describes the author’s tone in the article?
A. Admiring. B. Pleasant.
C. Ashamed. D. Disgusted.

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，选出最佳选项。
The most famous animal said to be capable of counting was a horse in Germany at the beginning of the 19th century called Clever Hans. The horse’s owner 1 that animals could think and reason as we can and that this 2 could come from training them. He trained Clever Hans to give the 3 to arithmetic (算术的) problems; the horse gave the correct answer by 4 the right number of times with its forefoot. The animal gave the correct answers not only to additions but to other arithmetic, too. It also gave the right answers when the questions were shown to it on a card.
This 5 was talked about so much that scientists studied the horse’s 6 . The committee, after a(n) 7 study, found that Clever Hans’ owner and trainer was 8 . He had not deliberately trained his horse to stop tapping by giving it a slight 9 . Members of the committee got the right answers from Hans 10 when the owner wasn’t there, 11 that this type of trickery (诡计) hadn’t happened.
It looked as if the horse really could think and 12 . But soon after this another scientist found that if the horse was asked questions to which none of the people there knew the answers, then the animal 13 gave a correct answer. The questions were asked by showing the horse a card that the questioner himself had not 14 .
This biologist soon discovered that the horse had actually 15 to very slight unconscious (下意识的) movements of head or body made by a questioner who knew the 16 number of taps. He counted the taps to himself, and when the horse got to the right number, the questioner’s tension (紧张感) was 17 by a small, unconscious movement of his head or body. The horse then 18 tapping. Questioners who didn’t know the answer didn’t do this. The horse had really 19 itself to answer these very small 20 during its training.

1. A. doubted B. believed C. expected D. remembered
2. A. ability B. chance C. knowledge D. method
3. A. answers B. information C. facts D. explanations
4. A. dropping B. jumping C. moving D. tapping
5. A. program B. case C. problem D. model
6. A. activities B. habits C. powers D. interests
7. A. extra B. careful C. general D. simple
8. A. patient B. independent
C. honest D. creative
9. A. attention B. praise
C. hint D. trust
10. A. even B. only C. still D. nearly
11. A. considering B. pretending C. proving D. knowing
12. A. argue B. count
C. work D. play
13. A. always B. ever
C. sometimes D. never 
14. A. answered B. designed
C. improved D. read
15. A. complained B. compared
C. returned D. responded
16. A. correct B. direct
C. strange D. various
17. A. checked B. offered C. ignored D. shown
18. A. began B. continued C. practiced D. stopped
19. A. forced B. permitted C. taught D. regretted
20. A. instructions B. movements C. questions D. suggestions

上期参考答案
D1 1-3 DDC D2 1-4 DCCB
D3 1. Its excellent culture, entertainment, and infrastructure.
2. Business environment, safety, health, and competitive prices.
3. Because of their world-class tourism service infrastructures, excellent health and hygiene conditions, and the freedom of travel between countries in the Schengen Area.
4. They should try to improve their visa policies, promote their cultural heritage, and work on environmental protection.
D4 1-3 CBA D5 1-6 ACABAC 7. herself 8. travelling
9. to freshen 10. when 11. description 12. was searching
13. actually 14. was called 15. But 16. without