Now, there is a new-type school in New York, which has no everyday lessons, no class teachers and even no school buildings. It is called “City-as-School”. The name just means the city itself is the place where students learn their lessons. They are from the age of 15 to 18. The students choose areas of work which interest them. Then they help to do that work. One girl spends her week in a government office helping the public with problems like housing. Then she goes to help in a theatre for a day and she spends a week for first-year courses at college.
Well, students have to pass Maths and science exams before they enter the “school”. These subjects are not easy to provide in“City-as-School”. Teachers watch the progress of the students. The success rate (比率) is high. 80% of the students go to college after the “City-as-School”.
The students like the duty of their work. They have the sense of purpose. They know a lot about different kinds of work in the city. One of the students, Lizette Martinez, writes “ I want to say that I do not know where I would be right now if I had never become part of City-as-School. Leaving my regular high school and going to City-as-School was the best decision I have ever made. The way the school works to get you to go out there and learn different fields instead of sitting in a classroom is wonderful. For all those who are in between school and dropping out, go to CAS and it will change your life forever.”
City-as-School High School is the nation’s leading (引导) external (外部地) learning or experiential (来自经验的) learning model for high school students.What can we learn about“City-as-School”?
| A．It has no teachers. |
| B．It has no school buildings. |
| C．It has only girl students. |
| D．It is the only school in the city. |
What do students do in“City-as-School”most of the time?
| A．They do whatever they like. |
| B．They learn Maths and Science. |
| C．They help with work in a certain area. |
| D．They learn all the college courses. |
According to the passage,“City-as–School” can help _________.
| A．all the students go to college |
| B．students forget the duty of their work |
| C．students earn much money while studying |
| D．students learn a lot about different kinds of work |
What is the best title for the passage?
| A．A New City | B．A New School |
| C．A New-type School | D．A Girl in New York |
I love it at night. It’s peaceful. And when it cools down I sometimes do some ironing(熨烫衣物). I don’t really care for it. I work full-time and I am too busy for most housework. I remember the old woman who taught me to iron. I was about 15 and I had to get a job taking care of a woman to make a living. She had been an able-bodied, healthy woman until the accident that caused her to be paralyzed.
The woman sat in an electric wheelchair all day. She could only move her head and arms. She would tell me how to do things. She would teach me in great detail on the correct ways to do things. Her home was perfect and beautiful. She would follow me around in her electric wheelchair to make sure I did everything exactly right. I’m sure she had been a perfect homemaker. She would have me fold(折叠) everything, including socks. I would complain silently and wish terrible things on her. She taught me the right way to make the bed. I know sometimes she’d get frustrated(沮丧) and impatient with me. I knew she wanted to do it herself. But she never shouted or scolded. She only insisted I do it right. I didn’t like it much, but I did it.
Today I can iron pretty well. I know where to start on a shirt and the right way to do the trousers. Now when I think about it, I don’t think she is an old lady. I think she might have been about my age now. Anyway, when I iron, I think of her and silently thank her for all the things I learned.
The writer used to take care of the lady because ________.
| A．she wanted to learn to do housework |
| B．she was a friend of the lady’s |
| C．she had to earn some money |
| D．she couldn’t find a room to live in |
The underlined word ‘paralyzed’ in the first paragraph may mean ‘______’.
| A．destroyed | B．deaf |
| C．seriously ill | D．unable to walk |
The little girl was ______ when the lady taught her how to do housework.
| A．encouraged to learn | B．unwilling to learn |
| C．delighted to learn | D．recommended to learn |
Now the writer ______.
| A．is still afraid of the lady |
| B．hates the strict lady |
| C．admires the disabled lady |
| D．is very grateful to the lady |
Six months ago, Jack came to China to study. He has heard that Yangzhou is famous for its gardens. And he plans to visit some gardens in July, so he has collected information about them online as follows：
 The Slender West Lake, named National AAAAA Tourist Area in 2010, includes the Great Rainbow Bridge, the White Pagoda, Five-pavilion Bridge, the Twenty-four Bridge, the Small Golden Hill and so on. The best time to tour the Slender West Lake is in March. During the visit to the park, the boat travels on the water and visitors travel in the picture. Ticket： March — May￥150； Other months￥90 Time： 8：30 — 17：00 Bus： No. 4, 5, 6, 17, 61 buses Tel： 0514-87357803； 0514-87370091 Website： http：//www.shouxihu.com |
Ge Garden, one of the four top famous Chinese gardens, got its name from bamboo. The bamboo in the garden forms the green scenery. The centre of the garden is well-known for man-made hills. Four seasons can be experienced here at a time. Ticket： March. — May￥40； Other months￥30 Time： March. — May 7：15 — 18：00； Other months 7：15 — 17：30 Bus： No. 8, 30, 61 buses Tel： 0514-87935285 Website： http：//www.gy-garden.net |
 He garden,the most famous garden in the late Qing Dynasty, is known for its long double-way corridor(走廊), which is regarded as the earliest footbridge. Ticket： Mar. — May￥40； Other months￥30 Time： 7：30 — 17：15 Bus： No. 19, 61 buses Tel： 0514-87900345； 0514-87222353 Website： http：//www.he-garden.net |
How much will a ticket cost Jack if he visits the Slender West Lake?
| A．30 yuan. | B．40 yuan. |
| C．90 yuan. | D．150 yuan. |
Which of the following can Jack do?
| A．He can take a No.30 bus to Ge Garden. |
| B．He can visit the Slender West Lake at 8：00. |
| C．He can call 0514-87935285 for further information of He Garden. |
| D．He can go to www.he-garden.net to know more about the Slender West Lake. |
What’s He garden famous for?
| A．The green bamboo. | B．The long corridor. |
| C．The man-made hills. | D．The boat travelling. |
__________can take part in the English Summer Camp.
| A．Students under 13 | B．Students aged 16 |
| C．Students over 18 | D．All the students |
You can go to register on__________.
| A．August 1st | B．August 6th | C．August 9th | D．August 26th |
You can _______by joining in the English Summer Camp
| A．visit the whole country |
| B．become an experienced teacher |
| C．improve your Chinese |
| D．know about British customs |
Although people everywhere seem to enjoy drinking coffee, they don’t all have the same coffee culture. In Europe, for example, coffee shops are common places for people to meet friends and to talk while they drink coffee. On the other hand, places like this were not as common in North America in the past. Instead, people in North America liked to drink coffee in their homes with friends. The coffee culture in the USA changed when Starbucks (星巴克)coffee shops spread across the country.
The first Starbucks coffee shop opened in 1971 in downtown Seattle, Washington, in the USA. It was a small coffee shop that cooked its own coffee beans. The coffee shop’s business did well, and by 1981 there were three Starbucks stores in Seattle.
Things really began to change for the company in 1981.That year, Howard Schultz met the three men who ran Starbucks. Schultz worked in New York for a company that made kitchen equipment. He noticed that Starbucks ordered a large number of special coffee makers, which caused his great interest. Schultz went to Seattle to see what Starbucks did. In 1982, the original Starbucks owners hired Schultz as the company’s head of marketing（市场营销）.
In 1983, Schultz traveled to Italy. The special environment of the espresso(浓咖啡 ) bars there caught his eyes. Back in the USA, Schultz created an environment for Starbucks coffee shops that was comfortable and casual, and customers everywhere seemed to like it. Starbucks began opening more stores across the USA. Then the company opened coffee shops in other countries as well. Today, there are more than 16,000 Starbucks coffee shops all over the world.
However, that does not mean Starbucks has not had problems. In fact, many Starbucks stores have closed over the past few years. On the one hand, this is because there were too many coffee shops competing for business in one small area. On the other hand, stores in some countries closed because the coffee culture there did not match with the “feel the same everywhere” environment offered by Starbucks. The underlined word “ran” in Paragraph 3 probably means “ ”.
| A．closed | B．managed | C．left | D．sold |
According to the passage, which is the right order for the following sentences?
a. This man helped to make Starbucks a huge coffee company.
b. He went to Seattle to learn about the company and later worked for it.
c. Howard Schultz noticed Starbucks ordered lots of special coffee makers.
d. Starbucks began as a small coffee company in Seattle in the USA.
A. a-d-c-b B. a-d-b-c
C. d-c-b-a D. d-c-a-bWhy did so many Starbucks close in small areas?
| A．The coffee in these places was too expensive. |
| B．The style of the coffee stores seems the same. |
| C．People like to drink coffee at home with friends. |
| D．There were too many coffee shops in one place. |
Which of the following shows the right structure of the passage?(P=Paragraph)
Delia was a young pianist. Her husband, Joe, was a young artist.
Each of them was taking lessons: Joe with a famous art teacher, and Delia with a great pianist from Germany. Their teachers were the very best, so lessons were expensive, more than they could really afford, but…when you love your art, nothing is too much.
But soon the money began to run out, and they couldn’t afford the lessons any more.
Then one day Delia came back home and told Joe that she had met a man whose daughter, Sally, wanted to learn the piano, and he was going to pay her $ 50 an hour.
“Delia,” Joe said, “I’ll be much happier if you keep up your lessons,” Delia said it didn’t matter. “When I’ve had some money, I’ll continue.” But Joe also decided to stop his lessons, to draw pictures and sell them.
A few days later, Joe came home and proudly took $ 200 from his pocket. “I met a man from Vermont,” he said, “who bought one of my pictures. And he wants to buy more!”
_________________.They didn’t have to worry any more about money.
Then, one day, Joe came home and saw that Delia’s hand was wrapped in a bandage(绷带). He asked her what had happened. “Oh,” said Delia. “My student, Sally, asked me to make some coffee for her. I dropped the coffee and burned my hand. Sally went straight to the drugstore and got this bandage for me. ”
“Delia, what have you been doing the last two weeks?” Joe asked. She tried not to tell him, but the tears came. “Oh Joe, I couldn’t get any students, so I worked as a waitress in a restaurant. Today, I burned my hand with hot water. So I can’t work any more. But we’ll still have money from the man in Vermont, won’t we?”
Joe looked at her. “There’s no man in Vermont, ” he said. “I’ve been working in a drugstore, and today someone came in to buy bandages for a woman who’s burned her hand. So when I saw you, well, I guessed.”
They both laughed.
[A story by O. Henry—adapted(改编)]The writer of the story is ____.
| A．Joe | B．Delia | C．O. Henry | D．Sally |
Which of the following can be put in the “____” in Paragraph 7?
| A．A bigger plan came to their mind |
| B．Since then Joe became very famous |
| C．So the two of them were very happy |
| D．Delia stopped her lessons and stayed home |
Both of them laughed in the end because ____.
| A．they would go on with their lessons soon |
| B．they had both told lies to make the other happy |
| C．they didn’t have to worry about money any more |
| D．they thought they had done something meaningless |
The best title for the passage can be ____.
| A．Blind love | B．A pleasant gift |
| C．A service of love | D．An unforgettable lesson |