高二上学期英语第一次月考试卷
一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
1. 阅读理解
King’s College Summer School is a training program everyyear 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 i n NewYork. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year’ssummer school will be from July 25 to August 15.
More information is as follows:
Applicationdate
Studentsin New York should send their applications before July 18, 2007.
Studentsof other cities should send their applications before July 16, 2007.
Foreignstudents should send their applications before July 10, 2007.
Courses
EnglishLanguage
SpokenEnglish: 22 hours
Readingand Writing: 10 hours
AmericanHistory: 16 hours
AmericanCulture: 16 hours
Steps
Aletter of self-introduction
Aletter of recommendation
﹡The letters should be written in English with all thenecessary information.
Cost
Dailylessons: $200
Sportsand activities: $100
Travels:$200
Hotelservice: $400
﹡You may choose to live with your friends or relatives inthe same city.
Pleasewrite to:
Thompson,Sanders
1026King’ s Street
NewYork, NY 10016, USA
E-mail:KC-Summer-School@ yahoo, com
（1）You can most probably read the text in ________.
A . a newspaper
B . a travel guide
C . a textbook
D . a telephone book
（2）Which of the following is true about King’ s College Summer School?
A . Only top students can take part in the program.
B . Only the teachers of King’s College give courses.
C . King’s College Summer School is run every other year.
D . Visits to museums and culture centers are part of the program.
（3）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
2. 阅读理解
My challenge for you is this: to read a book for 15minutes everysingle day for a month.
Let me explain a bit, by telling you where the challengecame from. I have many things in common with mydad, like music taste and sense of humor, but sadly reading isn’t one of them. I can happily spend a whole day wit h abook, but my dad can’t read a book for longer than about 5minute. He reads emails, websites and papers for work, but not book. He’s busy, so I think sitting down to read forjust 15minutes a day is a good way to relax and to introduce him to reading.
My dad is not the only person whoavoids book. I know lots of people would rather relax on their computers or infront of the TV. Everyone is different and has theirown interests, but I think there are lots of benefitsto reading, which screen﹣based activities don’t have.
Firstly, it’s better for your eye. Looking atscreens can be very stressful for your eye muscles, and clearly you should avoid lookingat screens for an hour before bed, to get a good night’s sleep.
One thing I personally love reading, is being transported to another world﹣I often forget the time or thingsaround me! Reading is a great way to switch off before you go to bed, because you think more about the worldof the book, rather than the real world, so you can truly relax. I know you can be transported to adifferent world in a film or a TV show, but I think books do it better.
