King’s College Summer School is an annual(每年的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King’s College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year’s summer school will be from July 25 to August 15.
More information is as follows:
Application (申请) date
●Students in New York should send their applications before July 18, 2015.
●Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16, 2015.
●Foreign students should send their applications before July 10, 2015.
Courses
●English Language
Spoken English: 22 hours
Reading and Writing: 10 hours
●American History: 16 hours
●American Culture: 16 hours
Steps
●A letter of self-introduction
●A letter of recommendation(推荐)
The letters should be written in English with all the necessary information.
Cost
●Daily lessons: $200
●Sports and activities: $100
●Travels: $200
●Hotel service: $400
You may choose to live with your friends or relatives in the same city.
Please write to:
Thompson, Sanders
1026 King’s Street
New York, NY 10016, USA
E-mail: KC-Summer-School@ yahoo. com
1.How many kinds of courses are offered?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
2. If you are to live with your relatives in New York, you will have to pay the school _______.
A. $200 B. $400 C. $500 D. $900
3.Which of the following is true about King’s College Summer School?
A. Only top students can take part in the program.
B. King’s College Summer School is run every other year.
C. Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.
D. Only the teachers of King’s College give courses.
4.You can most probably read the text in ________.
A. a newspaper B. a travel guide
C. a textbook D. a telephone book
5.What information can you get from the text?
A. The program will last two months.
B. You can write to Thompson only in English.
C. As a Chinese student, you can send your application on July 14, 2015.
D. You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone.
Shopping habits in America have changed a lot over the past few decades. Early __1.__ the 1900s most American towns and cities had a Main Street. Main Street was always in __2.__ heart of a town. This street was built with many stores on both sides. Shoppers walked into the stores to look _3.__ what they needed. _4.__, a change began to take place in the 1950s. Too many cars had crowded into Main Street while too __5. parking places were available(可用的) to shoppers. __6._ the streets were crowded, shop owners began ___7.__ look with interest at the open space from the city limits. When the first shopping center was built in the United States, an open space became __8.___ they first had considered.
Every time I passed boys who were playing basketball, I stopped to silently watch them. I really envied(羡慕) them. But as a girl, I once thought I could ___ play basketball.
I like playing basketball though I'm not good at it. I've had a basketball since I was a child. At first, I could play freely because no one when I was just a kid. But as I grew up it seemed harder and harder for me to enjoy basketball.
At school, it was always the boys who played basketball during PE classes. The girls were___ allowed to play volleyball or badminton.
My parents did not ___ me play basketball at home. "Basketball is not fit for girls," they said. However, I still went to play basketball with my friends even though the boys ___ at me on the court as if I were an alien.
I was feeling ___ and had lost hope of playing basketball. Unexpectedly, something changed my first day of high school. I made some friends who also enjoyed playing basketball. They ___ me to get back to the court.
One of them told me with a smile, "Go your own ___ , let others talk." This girl would always play basketball with me. Even the boy who sat next to me in class talked about ___ with me almost every day.
I've heard the NBA star Tracy McGrady say, "Nothing is impossible." It is from an advertisement on TV. I have come to ___ that life is just like playing basketball. You should have an ___ . After that, just be confident and ___ going. Never give up and you'll make it sooner or later.
1.A. always B. often C. ever D. never
2.A. struggled B. interrupted C. enjoyed D. joined
3.A. only B. almost C. hardly D. not
4.A. allow B. agree C. let D. permit
5.A. looked B. glared C. glanced D. stared
6.A. up B. down C. excited D. satisfied
7.A. encouraged B. forbade C. ensured D. explored
8.A. effort B. way C. business D. direction
9.A. basketball B. sports C. interests D. dreams
10.A. realize B. decide C. grasp D. recognize
11.A. idea B. aim C. opinion D. effort
12.A. insist B. remain C. keep D. last
Do you know ______ tomorrow?
A. when does Tom come home
B. when Tom come home
C. when will Tom come home
D. when Tom will come home
Mary is being punished by the teacher. That is _______ she broke the school rules.
A. why B. because of
C. the reason why D. because
By improving reading skills, you can read faster and understand more of ______ you read.
A. that B. which C. what D. how
