Summer Term in the School of Life will start on Friday 25 January 2015, in Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia and will become the first international school to open its doors.
To make everyday life rich, the writer Alain de Botton has worked hard at getting the best ideas and the School of Life is his brainchild（构想). Since it began in London in 2009, more than 50,000 people have taken part in its programs and its new way of life-long learning is now well-known all over the world.
Summer Term in the School of Life is a 10-week project offering a selection of the UK’s most popular programs, led by Australia’s thinkers. “We are very excited to start the School of Life in Australia. We can’t wait to start receiving our first guests（客人）,” says Alain de Botton.
Summer Term will include different classes, workshops and other special events held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday between 25January and 31 March. The conversation Café onsite will serve up a daily conversation menu, light food and of course, delicious coffee.
“There has been a growing need among Australians to deal with the problems in life like love, creativity, work, money, nature and death. The School of Life Australia will provide a space for us to explore (探测) these subjects,” says Sara Tiefebtun, Project Director of the School of Life Australia.
Program details for the School of Life Australia’s Summer Term will be announced in December 2013. For more information sign up to our mailing list at: www. theschoollife.com/
world/Australia. Updates will also be shared regularly on Twitter@ theschoollife and Facebook www.facebook.com/TheschoolofLifeAustralia. The School of Life will start to _______.
| A．make more friends in Australia. |
| B．serve up a daily conversation menu. |
| C．improve the quality of everyday life. |
| D．offer the UK’s most popular programs |
At the School of Life Australia, the following will be explored EXCEPT_________.
| A．work, nature and death |
| B．love, work and creativity |
| C．creativity, money and nature |
| D．money, nature and fashion |
People can get more details for Summer Term by _________.
| A．letters | B．the Internet |
| C．telephone | D．newspaper |
Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
| A．The School of Life in London. |
| B．The School of Life in Australia. |
| C．Summer Term in the School of Life. |
| D．Some National School to be started. |
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的在括号里填A， 错误的在括号里填B。
A man has a parrot (鹦鹉). It’s blue and green. It can speak like a man. Every morning, the man wants to talk with it. But the parrot never says any words to him. One morning, the man says something to the parrot, but the parrot doesn’t say anything. The man is angry (生气) with it. He doesn’t give it any food or water. The next morning, the man goes and sees the parrot. He says something to it. But the parrot still (仍然) doesn’t speak. At last , the man says , “ Fool (笨蛋)！You are a fool.” After that he hears the same words from the parrot. Then he loves it very much. It’s a clever parrot.The parrot is white and blue.
The parrot talks to the man every day.
The man doesn’t give the parrot food or water when it doesn’t speak.
The parrot is really a fool.
At last, the parrot says the same words as the man says.
根据表格内容，选择最佳答案。
| Name of Museum |
Science Museum |
| Place |
Hangzhou |
What’s on |
Animal Hall-----the ground floor Human and Health----the first floor Home on earth----the second floor |
| Rules |
1.No phones 2.No smoking |
| Opening hours |
9:00am---5:00pm (It is closed on Mondays) |
| Charge(费用) |
Free |
| Telephone |
73238596 |
The museum is in______________.
A. Hangzhou B. Beijing C. GuangxiWe can go to __________ on the first floor.
A. Animal Hall B. Human and Health C Home on earth. We mustn’t ___________ in the museum.
A. talk B. stopC. smokeThe museum is open ______________ hours a day.
A. 8 B. 10 C. 12Which of the following is TRUE?
A. We can visit the museum on Mondays.
B. We don’t need to pay for the visit to the museum.
C. We can take some photos in the museum.
根据短文内容判断正误，正确的在括号里填A， 错误的在括号里填B。
Sometimes people say that they see strange flying objects (物体) high up in the sky. People call these strange objects “Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)”.
Dennis Bardens wrote an article. In it, he told us that he once saw a UFO himself. He had dinner one night with a friend near Tripoli, Libya. After dinner Dennis with his friend walked across a yard (院子) to his room. He noticed that the “moon” looked strange that night. But it wasn’t the moon. He saw the object’s light was moving. It seemed to be an object like a big plate. In some ways it looked like smoke with light on it. But it wasn’t smoke because it didn’t change its shape (形状). When the object was nearer, he noticed that its bottom (底部的) part was brighter than the top. The bottom part was yellow and the top was red. Then the object suddenly turned away and left, moving very fast.
On a later day, Dennis talked to other people about it, and he found some people also saw it. They all described (描述) it in the same way. Dennis Bardens wrote an article about a UFO.
The object looked like smoke because it often changed its shape.
Dennis saw some people in the object looking at him.
The object’s bottom part was yellow and the top was red.
Dennis was the only man who saw the UFO that night.
根据要求答题：
CCTV held a charity (慈善) show in May to raise money for the earthquake-hit areas in Sichuan. Many famous stars took part in the show. (A) They didn’t ask for any pay, they all did it for free. There were a lot of performances like singing, dancing and cross-talks (相声). (B) The audience (观众) were so excited that they clapped (鼓掌) their hands all the time. Almost everyone was moved to cry by a lot of sad or moving stories. During the performances, they donated money to the disaster areas (灾区). The show was so successful.
Besides that, many other stars are doing things for disaster areas in many ways. Kungfu star Jackie Chan and the foundation (基金) named Hong Kong Emperor Group have together donated 10 million yuan. And he also sent his consolation (安慰) to the people in the disaster areas and encouraged them to hold on because “People all over the country are with you.” Xiao Ke, a songwriter, wrote and recorded a song “I Know You Will Come” to warm the hearts of the people in despair(绝望). CCTV’s top show “The Same Song” also held a charity show to help them.
Both the ticket money and the donated money will be sent to the disaster areas. As the Chinese saying goes (C) “One in trouble, all to help.” I believe that the whole world will become better if everyone gives charity to others.用without把（A）句的两个单句连成一个句子。
They did it ____________ any ____________.把（B）句改写成意思相同的简单句。
The audiences were ____________ ____________ to clap their hands all the time.将（C）句翻译成汉语。
__________________________________________________________________用斜体句中的 “both ... and” 仿造一个句子。(2分)
__________________________________________________________________
根据短文内容，判断正(T)误(F)。
Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long long ago, the world had only a few thousand people. These people moved from one place to another. They moved over the land, hunting animals for food.
No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their life changed. They did not have to look for food any longer. They could stay in one place and grow it.
People began to live near one another, so the first village was established (建立). Many people came to live in the villages, and these villages became even larger.
When machines appeared, life in the villages changed again. People built factories. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities began.
Today, it’s strange that some people are moving back to small villages. Can you tell me why?People moved from place to place to hunt animals.
The story says,“No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their life changed.” In this sentence, the word “they” means people.
When machines appeared, life in the cities changed again.
All people like to live only in big cities.
People built factories after the cities grew big.