King’s College Summer School is an annual(每年的) training programme 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 centres are also organized. This year’s summer school will be from July 25th to August 15th. More information is as follows.
Application date
·Students in New York should send their application before July 18th, 2010.
·Students of other cities should send their applications before July 16th, 2010.
·Foreign students should send their applications before July 10th, 2010.
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
·The letters should be written in English with all the necessary information.
Cost
·Daily lessons: $200 ·Sports and activities: $100
·Travel: $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, the USA
E-mail: KC-summer-School@yahoo.com
小題1:You can most probably read the above in a _____.
A．newspaperB．travel guideC．telephone bookD．textbook
小題2:If you live in your uncle’s home in New York, you just need to pay the school _____.
A．$200B．$300C．$500D．$900
小題3:It’s true that______.
A．trips to museum and culture centers are part of the program
B．only the top students can take part in the program
C．King’s College Summer School isn’t in New York
D．only the teachers of King’s College give courses
小題4:We can learn the following from the passage except _____.
A．the time of this year’s summer school
B．the courses of this year’s summer school
C．the address of King’s College Summer School
D．the telephone number of King’s College Summer School

小題1:A
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D

試題分析：本文是一篇關于暑期學校招生的廣告類文章。文章介紹了King’s College 暑期學校的招生對象，目的，申請日期，步驟，所修課程，費用，地址等信息。
小題1:綜合全文可知，這是一篇關于暑期學校招生的廣告類文章結合文章最后的聯(lián)系方式可以得知該文章應該是來自報紙。
小題2:從cost部分可以得知，如果住在親戚家，則不需要旅館的服務費用$400，因此總的費用為：$200+$100+$200=$500，故選 C
小題3:從第一段第三句Trips to museums and culture centres are also organized可知正確答案為A，同樣從第一段的信息可知BCD的信息與原文不符，故排除。
小題4:縱觀全文，對暑期學校的上課時間，所修課程，地址等信息均有描述，但沒有提及電話號碼，故選D
點評：本文是一篇關于暑期學校招生的廣告類文章。做這種題目也是有法可循的：先略讀題目，再瀏覽題干，然后帶著問題找答案。在閱讀時又要特殊留意文中以黑體、大寫、下劃線等方式加以提示的文字，因為這很有可能是文章的核心或至少是一部分內容的概括。
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