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King's College Summer School
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 25.
More information is as follows:

Application (申请) date Students in New York should send their applications before July 18, 2014. Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16, 2014. Foreign students should send their applications before July 10, 2014.	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.	C. 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

This year's summer school of King's College will last________.

A．one week	B．two weeks
C．one month	D．two months

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．Only the teachers of King' s College give courses.

D．Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.

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

What information can you get from the text?

A．The program will give five courses.

B．You can write to Thompson only in English.

C．You can get in touch with the school by e-mail or by telephone.

D．As a Chinese student, you can send your application on July 14, 2014.

You can most probably read the text in ________.

A．a newspaper	B．a travel guide
C．a textbook	D．a telephone book

D
Graffiti is a common feature of most Western cities. The word graffiti was from the Greek word, graphein, which only meant writing. These days, however, the word means drawing or writing on the walls of buildings, or the public transportation, such as trains or buses.
Graffiti, as a form of expression, was born in New York during the 1960s and 1970s. At that time, a new modern culture about city life appeared. Graffiti was a written form of expression of that life. Later, it was mixed with a musical form called hip-hop that was another expression of the city life.
At first, graffiti artists used pens. But then, with the development of graffiti, they became experienced. They turned to using spray paint (喷漆罐). Spray paint allowed them to draw a greater area. And it also allowed them to work quickly.
At present, different people have different ideas about graffiti. Some people say it makes the cities dirty. It isn’t allowed by many local governments in America. The governments spend more than a million dollars a year cleaning graffiti. The money, they say, could be better spent on health or education. Other people think it is a form of art. In fact, the works of some famous graffiti artists can be found in museums, galleries, and art books.
Which is the present meaning of the underlined word “graffiti” now?

A．书法	B．沙画
C．涂鸦	D．油画

How many forms of expression of city life are mentioned in the second paragraph (段落)?

A．One.	B．Two.
C．Three.	D．Four.

Why did graffiti artists use spray paint?

A．Because they could work quickly.

B．Because they could spend less money.

C．Because they could paint a smaller area.

D．Because they could express themselves clearly.

What’s the article mainly about?

A．The meaning of graffiti.

B．Different expressions of graffiti.

C．Different attitudes (态度) towards graffiti.

D．The history and the development of graffiti.

C
It’s something familiar to all parents of young children: you’re in a busy shopping street and your child wants to pee (小便) and he just can’t hold it any longer. But two parents’ decision to let their child relieve (释放) himself has caused much attention in China.
By now, it seems, the whole Chinese Internet is familiar with what happened on a crowded Hong Kong shopping street. A mother holds a nappy (尿布) while her two-year-old pees. A passerby took pictures which then were put online. The woman explained that they had found a public toilet (厕所) but saw there was a long queue, so she had no other choice but to let their child to relieve himself on the street instead.
Why has this one child’s act caused so much upset? Allowing a child under 12 to “answer the call of nature in any public street” is against the law in Hong Kong and the parents will face a 2,000 Hong Kong Dollar ($250) fine (罚款). But the on-line chatter has put all the attention on the fact that this family were tourists from mainland China, rather than being locals. “For Hong Kongers, people might think from time to time that mainlanders are not so polite and often break the public rules,” says Martin Yip of BBC. Charmaine Chui, who was born in Hong Kong, told BBC she feels angry to have seen mainland tourists peeing in shopping centers and restaurants. “Hong Kong is a beautiful, modern city. What do these people think of it?” she says.
In mainland China, there has also been criticism of the parents’ behavior. But most of the people say they find the parents’ behavior understandable as they had tried to find a toilet for their child and the mother used a paper nappy rather than simply allowing the baby to pee on the ground.
The child peed ________ in HK.

A．on a crowded shopping street	B．in a public toilet
C．at home	D．in a restaurant

The underlined phrase “answer the call of nature” means _________.

A．回归自然	B．接自然打来的电话
C．上厕所	D．接电话

Charmaine Chui feels _________ to have seen mainland tourists peeing in shopping centers and restaurants.

A．understandable	B．sorry
C．angry	D．happy

Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A．A policeman took photos of the 2-year-old child and put them online.

B．It’s OK for children under 12 to pee wherever they like in Hong Kong.

C．All the Chinese feel very angry about the parents’ behavior.

D．In mainland China, most of the people find the parents’ behavior understandable.

B
People use their mouths for many things. They eat, talk, shout and sing. They smile and they kiss. In the English language, there are many meanings using the word “mouth”. But some of them are not so nice.
For example, if you say bad things about a person, the person might protest (抗议) and say “Do not bad mouth me.”
Sometimes, people say something to a friend or family member that they later regret(后悔) because it hurts that person’s feelings. Or they tell the person something they were not supposed to tell. The speaker might say, “I really put my foot in my mouth this time.” In other words, he might feel sad for saying the wrong thing.
Sometimes when one person is speaking, he says the same thing that his friend is going to say. When this happens, the friend might say, “You took the words right out of my mouth!”
Some people have lots of money because they were born into a very rich family. There is an expression for this, too. You might say such a person “was born with a silver spoon in his mouth”.
This rich person is the opposite of a person who lives “from hand to mouth”. This person is very poor and only has enough money for the most important things in life, like food.
“I really put my foot in my mouth this time” means _________.

A．I regretted I had done the thing	B．I really did this
C．I have never done this thing	D．I want to do this thing

When your friend took the words right out of your mouth, you can say “_________”.

A．You are clever	B．I am very lucky
C．We have the same idea	D．I am very angry

If a person lives from hand to mouth, he must be very _________.

A．rich

B．poor

C．happy

D．sad

The passage mainly tells us _________.

A．everyone in England has the same mouth

B．people use their mouths to eat, talk, shout and sing

C．rich persons’ mouths are quite different with the poor persons’

D．the word “mouth” has many different meanings in the English language

A
Stress (压力) is everywhere in our everyday life. Men, women, the young and the old sometimes have stress.
The most important reasons of stress are: death, diseases, exams, making money, changing jobs, ending friendships and so on.
How do you know whether you have stress? Could you give your answers to the following questions?

	Yes	No
Do you easily get angry?
Do you often sleep badly?
Do you get headaches a lot?
Do you take sleeping pills?
Do you find it difficult to relax?
Do you smoke and drink a lot to keep quiet?
Do you find it difficult to put your heart into something?

If you answer “Yes” to more than two of these questions, you are one of those people with stress. So what can you do about it?
Doing relaxing exercise, talking with friends and listening to light music are all usual ways relieving (减轻) stress. However, doctors now say that there are easier ways — people should laugh and smile more often. When you laugh and smile, your body relaxes. They also say that people, especially men, should cry more often, because crying is the natural way of relieving stress.
Which of the followings is NOT one of the most important reasons of stress according to the passage?

A．Taking exams.	B．Taking sleeping pills.
C．Making money.	D．Ending friendships.

What’s the easier way to relax your body?

A．Talking with friends.	B．Doing relaxing exercise.
C．Laughing, smiling and crying.	D．Listening to music.

The main idea of the passage is about _________.

A．a survey of people with stress

B．the reasons for having stress

C．who has stress easily

D．stress and how to relieve your stress