Course Details
Crazy Creatures (3—5 year olds)
Class size: 6—10 students
Course summary: “Crazy Creatures” teaches children the English language through songs, arts and craft and games. Every lesson focuses on（集中于）a famous children’s story such as “The Very Hungry Caterpillar”. The lesson introduces key vocabulary for the story and the children play games, sing songs, and do arts and craft activities based on the story.
Price: RMB 3,500/week, RMB 6,500/2 weeks, RMB 9,000/3weeks, RMB 11,000/4weeks
Ancient Civilizations（文明）(8—12 year olds)
Class size: 6—16 students
Course summary: Children will learn about the culture, food, clothes and entertainment of people who lived in ancient civilizations, from Chinese, Greek, and Mayan / Aztec to Ancient Egypt. At the end of every week children will perform a short play wearing clothes they have made themselves. Throughout the course children will learn songs, read stories and write short stories and poems.
Price: RMB 4,500/week, RMB 8,000/2 weeks, RMB 11,500/3weeks, RMB 14,000/4weeks
Literature（文学）Study (12—14 year olds)
Class size: 6—10 students
Course summary: Children will practice the skills required for the GCSE English Literature exam through analyzing（分析）a novel. The novel is “Holes” by Louis Sachar, a best-seller across the world. This course will develop children’s writing skills and their ability to answer questions.
Price: RMB 4,500/week, RMB 8,000/2 weeks
Dates: June 28—July 2, July 5—July 9, July 12—July 16, July 19—July 23,
July 26—July 30, August 2—August 6
Time: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday to Friday
Teaching: Classes are taught by experienced native English speaking teachers with a Chinese teaching assistant.
Application Dateline（申请日期）: Friday 18 June 2010
Payment Dateline: Payment to be made to Harrow International School Beijing by first day of the course.
●Snacks and lunch are provided at no cost
●A school nurse will be on site throughout the course.
●Free school bus service available
64. 1. “Crazy Creatures” aims to improve children’s ______.
A. singing skills B. social skills
C. English skills D. computer skills
65. 2.Students who take “Ancient Civilizations” ______.
A. can learn about Chinese culture
B. will watch a short play every day
C. will be taught how to write songs
D. need to pay 3,500 yuan a week
66. 3.What do we learn about “Literature Study”?
A. It is suitable for students of all ages
B. It uses a novel as its textbook.
C. It will develop children’s art skills.
D. It will be taught by Louis Sachar.
67. 4. Which of the following is TRUE about the courses?
A. They will be offered from June to July.
B. Students will learn seven days a week.
C. School fees should be paid before 18 June.
D. Students can have free lunch at school.
President Bush’s dogs often play on the White House lawn（草坪）, but did you know that he also has cows and a cat? His cat is named India. India, also called “Willie”, has lived with the Bush family for more than ten years! On his farm in Crawford, Texas, he keeps a cow called Ofelia named after a person who worked with him when he worked in Texas.
Past Presidents brought many interesting animals to the White House. The wife of John Quincy Adams, the sixth President, had silkworms. Herbert Hoover, the 31st President, had an opossum（负鼠）. And Calvin Coolidge, the 30th President, had a raccoon（浣熊）named Rebecca.
Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President, was famous for his many pets. His six kids had snakes, dogs, cats, a badger, birds, guinea pigs, and more. Once, Roosevelt’s son Quentin borrowed some snakes from a pet store. Running to show his father, Quentin interrupted an important meeting and dropped the snakes all over his father’s desk!
During World War Ⅰ, Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President, kept some sheep on the White House lawn. He did this so the First Family would appear to be supporting the war effort. The sheep’s help was great. They ate the lawn and the sheep’s wool was auctioned （拍卖）to raise money for the American Red Cross.
Some of the more unusual U.S. Presidents’ pets have been gifts from other world leaders. James Buchanan received some elephants from Thailand. The Sultan of Oman gave Martin Van Buren a pair of tigers.
But even the more common pets have had an unusual time at the White House. Warren Harding, the 29th President, and his family had a birthday party for their dog Laddie Boy. They invited other dogs and served a dog biscuit cake.
What’s next? A White House zoo?
60. 1.What do we know about President Bush’s pets?
A. A horse is his favorite pet.
B. Willie was named after a person.
C. India has lived with him for a long time.
D. Ofelia was raised on the White House lawn.
61. 2.Who raised an interesting animal called Rebecca in the White House?
A. Herbert Hoover B. Woodrow Wilson
C. Calvin Coolidge D. James Buchanan
62. 3.According to the passage, what happened to President Theodore Roosevelt?
A. His pets were a great help to the American Red Cross.
B. He was once disturbed by his son when he was working
C. His wife once sent him an opossum in order to please him.
D. He received a pair of tigers as a gift from Oman’s leader.
63. 4. According to the passage, who held a party for his pet dog?
A. The 6th President B. The 31st President
C. The 26th President. D. The 29th President.
Levi Strauss was born in Bavaria (巴伐利亚) in Europe in 1829. He emigrated（移居）to the United States of America when he was seventeen years old. His brothers sold cloth, and he worked for them even though he could not speak English very well. At this time many people were moving to California because gold was discovered there. Strauss went to look for gold, too.
Strauss took a lot of cloth with him to San Francisco. He thought that he could make tents out of the cloth and sell them to people working in the gold fields. But when he got there, he saw that people had a greater need for clothes than tents. Clothes did not last very long in the gold fields. At first Strauss made pants out of canvas（帆布）. They were very strong ---- much stronger than other pants. Soon everyone was wearing them , so he decided only to make pants. He opened a small store and made a lot of money from selling pants.
After a while, Strauss found a material even stronger than canvas. It came from a town in France called Nimes. The French called the material serge de Nimes, which means “cloth from Nimes”. The Americans called it denim. Strauss also bought some cloth from Genoa, a town in Italy. To Americans this name sounds like “jeans”, so they called his pants jeans. The cloth that Strauss used was always blue, so people also called his pants blue jeans and blue denims. Other people called them Levi’s. Levi Strauss jeans are some of the best-selling jeans in the world today. They last a long time and are very comfortable.
56. 1.When Levi Strauss went to San Francisco for the first time, he wanted to ______.
A. find a strong material to make pants
B. work for his brothers
C. make money by selling tents
D. open a store to make pants
57. 2.In the beginning Strauss made pants from ______.
A. serge de Nimes B. silk
C. denim D. canvas
58. 3.The name “jeans” was first used by ______.
A. Bavarians B. Americans
C. Italians D. Frenchmen
59. 4.The story is about ______.
A. where cloth came from
B. the man who first made jeans
C. how to make lots of money
D. life on the gold fields
There was a sweet, wonder-filled little girl who was hurt over and over again. She 36 that she was so bad that others just couldn’t be 37 to her.
She asked many wise people to help her 38 why she was so bad that even her mother hurt her, and why she was unable to be 39 so that others wouldn’t hurt her. So she was on a 40 that she thought was to help her be “better”, but she carried a big 41 with her everywhere she went. 42 was all the hurt she had experienced. During the trip she willingly 43 what the wise people said about forgiving（宽恕）.
After 50 years, she decided to 44 the bag up and just see what happened. When she looked inside it was filled with bits of paper. Once they had 45 on then, detailing the hurt. But as time went on, the words 46 slowly. She had been carrying this bag that held nothing 47 the image（印象）of something that once was.
The little girl had now become an almost-old woman. She 48 the silliness of carrying that bag around. She started 49 and dancing and she felt free!
She was able to see that her 50 loved her child, but was 51 that her little girl felt unloved. By throwing away the bag of paper and forgiving those who 52 her, she looked in the mirror and said, “I am clever, interesting and kind.” But most 53 , she was able to say “I am lovable.” 54 it took many years, she was finally open to bringing 55 into her life.
She finally saw the sweet, wonder-filled little girl that she had always been.
1.A. decided B. considered C. promised D. hoped
2.A. bad B. sorry C. thankful D. nice
3.A. guess B. understand C. expect D. invent
4.A. better B. worse C. angrier D. harder
5.A. holiday B. date C. trip D. path
6.A. bowl B. basket C. bag D. purse
7.A. Beneath B. Above C. Outside D. Inside
8.A. agreed with B. fought against C. gave up D. suffered from
9. A. pick B. open C. put D. break
10.A. pictures B. memories C. words D. dreams
11.A. disappeared B. appeared C. showed D. changed
12.A. and B. with C. among D. but
13.A. refused B. forgot C. realized D. preferred
14.A. crying B. laughing C. shouting D. worrying
15.A. daughter B. mother C. teacher D. friend
16.A. sad B. happy C. excited D. hopeful
17.A. liked B. hurt C. educated D. ignored
18.A. surprisingly B. terribly C. nervously D. importantly
19.A. Although B. If C. Because D. So
20.A. trouble B. love C. money D. future
---Do you often watch this kind of program?
---No. This is the first time I ____ this kind. It’s funny.
A. watched B. watch C. have watched D. had watched
His parents were both ____ from the ruins by our soldiers, which moved him greatly.
A. rescued B. recovered C. resulted D. recognized
