New York’s best classes for kids include sports classes, performing arts classes, art classes, language programs and baby classes. Make sure your kids are ready for new adventures with these super-cool offerings!
92nd Street Y Classes
At this institution your musician can learn how to play an instrument. After-school classes examine different musical pieces and encourage work in a group setting. At the end of the program, mini Mozarts can impress their family and friends at open-house performances. Plus, when they're not jamming, kids can take advantage of homework help in the Clubhouse, where they are divided up by grade level. Ages 5 - 15.
The Cliffs at LIC
After a day of fighting the academic obstacle course at school, your favorite achievers can reach new heights on a rock-climbing wall. The Cliffs， offerings allow developing bodies to build muscle strength. For example, introductory sessions teach climbers how to tie safety knots （结） as well as other basics, mastering them with hands-on games and activities. The Cliffs at LIC, Long Island City. Ages 6-18.
Staten Island Skating Pavilion
This large area maintains its year-round frosty temperatures for ice-skating fun. Courses are offered every day for a variety of interests and skill levels, and public and freestyle sessions are available for children who want to spend some afternoons there without instruction. Ages 4 and up.
West Side YMCA
If your child wants to learn how to swim, you'd be pressed to find more options than those offered at the Y. Kids are grouped by age and capability. The courses cover personal safety and stroke techniques. If your offspring prefer dry land, the Y also offers dance, basketball and football. Visit website for class descriptions and detailed price information. Ages 5-18.
1.Which event will you attend for occasional academic help?
A.The Cliffs at LIC. B.West Side YMCA.
C.92nd Street Y Classes. D.Staten Island Skating Pavilion.
2.What does Staten Island Skating Pavilion provide?
A.A mini open-house performance at the end of the program.
B.Cold temperatures all the year round for ice-skating.
C.Teaching of skating in divided groups according to their age.
D.Introductory lessons on how to overcome the learning obstacles.
I wrote my first poem at the age of seven and showed it to my mother. She read and cried, “Buddy, you really wrote a beautiful poem!”
Shyly but_______, I said yes. She poured out her praise. “It was _______ short of talent!”
“What time will Father be home?” I asked. I could hardly wait to_______my work to him. I spent quite some time_________for his arrival. I wrote the poem out in my finest handwriting, drew a fancy border around it and_______I placed it right on my father’s plate on the dining table. My father had begun his motion-picture career as a writer. I was sure he would be able to_______my poem.
At almost 7 o’clock my father burst in. He seemed upset. He circled the dining-room table, complaining about his employees.
Suddenly he paused and _______his plate. “What is this?” He was reaching for my poem.
“Ben, Buddy has written his first poem!” my mother began. “And it’s beautiful, absolutely amaz…”
“If you don’t mind, I’d like to decide for myself.” Father said.
I_______my head as he read that poem. It was only ten lines. But it seemed to take hours. Then I heard him dropping the poem back on the table. Now came the moment of_______.“I think it’s terrible,” he said. I couldn’t look up. My eyes were getting________.“Ben, these are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written,” my mother was saying. “He needs encouragement.”
“I don’t know why.” My father held his________. “Isn’t there enough awful poetry in the world already?”
I couldn’t________it another second. I ran from the dining room crying. Up in my room I________myself on the bed and cried the worst of the________out of me.
That may have been the end of the story, but not of its________for me. I realized how fortunate I had been. I had a mother who said, “I think it’s wonderful!” and a father who drove me to hear with “I think it’s________.”
Every one of us needs that mother force, from which all________flows; and yet the mother force alone is incomplete. It needs the balance of the force that ________, “Watch. Listen. Review. Improve.”
Those________voices of my childhood ring in my ears through the years, like two opposing winds blowing me. Between the two poles of ________and doubt, both in the name of love, I try to follow my true course.
1.A.typically B.proudly C.anxiously D.honestly
2.A.something B.obviously C.definitely D.nothing
3.A.demonstrate B.describe C.recite D.illustrate
4.A.waiting B.praying C.preparing D.planning
5.A.gradually B.confidently C.desperately D.casually
6.A.appreciate B.revise C.read D.polish
7.A.stared at B.glanced at C.glared at D.looked at
8.A.shook B.lowered C.raised D.turned
9.A.decision B.excitement C.meditation D.devotion
10.A.dark B.wide C.wet D.bright
11.A.tongue B.position C.interest D.ground
12.A.tolerate B.contain C.control D.approve
13.A.placed B.threw C.spread D.kept
14.A.confusion B.pressure C.disappointment D.tiredness
15.A.challenge B.development C.difficulty D.significance
16.A.elegant B.awful C.brilliant D.controversial
17.A.failure B.limit C.creation D.improvement
18.A.cautions B.misleads C.orders D.foresees
19.A.inspiring B.warning C.discouraging D.conflicting
20.A.confirmation B.restriction C.distrust D.disapproval
It’s ______ — without experience you can’t get a job and without a job you can’t get experience.
A.a catch-22 situation B.your Achilles’ heel C.Pandora’s box D.your Waterloo
The People’s Bank of China has issued a set of “reform and opening-up” gold coins, but the coins will not be in _______.
A.recognition B.transaction C.circulation D.transportation
—I haven't seen you for ages.
—Come over for a chat so we can ______ each other’s updates.
A.live up to B.end up with C.hold on to D.catch up on
—Haven’t you finished your novel yet?
—Yes. My supervisor and I ______ on it for the whole year.
A.have worked B.are working C.have been working D.worked
