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 15.

More information is as follows:

1. You can most probably read the text in      .

A. a newspaper    B. a travel guide

C. a textbook    D. a telephone book

2. 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

3. What information can you get from the passage?

A. This year's program will last two months.

B. You can write to Thompson only in English.

C. As a Chinese student,you can send your application on July 14,2017.

D. You can get in touch with the school by e-mail and by telephone.

One of the greatest stories of rags to riches success is that of Andrew Carnegie,who started life in Poverty but became the richest man in the world.

Carnegie was born in Scotland in 1837,the son of a weaver.In 1848,the.family moved to the United States and at 13 Carnegie began work in a cotton mill,earning $1.5 per week.About three years later,he found a better job as a telegraph messenger boy.At work,his superiors were impressed by his abilities and willingness to work hard.In 1853, he gained an office job at the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.This was his first big break.He continued to impress and rose rapidly through the company,gaining more and more responsibility.At the same time,Carnegie loved reading very much and made use of every opportunity to visit the library.He rend widely on all subjects,particularly literature.

Carnegie now began to save a little money and,with the help of his employer,began to make some successful investments（投资).He invested in the iron industry and eventually set up in business himself,owning several iron and steel plants.This was where he made his fortune.By the 1890s,the Carnegie Steel Company was the biggest and most successful business in the world.

Carnegie had always believed that the pursuit（追求）of wealth was never an end in itself.In his view,successful, wealthy people should give away their wealth for the benefit of everyone in society.True to his word,in 1901,at the age of 66,he retired from business and devoted the rest of his life to charity work.

Carnegie's lack of formal education and his poor family background clearly didn't influence his success.His rapid rise from poverty to wealth was due to his willingness to work hard,his intelligence and good business sense, and his talent for making things happen.He died in 1919 at the age of 83.

4. What can be learnt from the text?

A. Carnegie was highly thought of by his employers.

B. Carnegie made his investments independently.

C. Carnegie believed that money was everything.

D. Carnegie could have been more successful if he had been formally educated.

5. What does "gaining more and more responsibility" in the second paragraph most probably mean?

A. Becoming more and more intelligent.    B. Being put to higher positions.

C. Having a better sense of confidence.    D. Reading more and more books.

6. How did Carnegie finally make a big fortune?.

A. His employer helped him.    B. He was much paid when working.

C. He set up his own business.    D. He saved money year by year.

7. Which of the followings will be the suitable title for the text?

A. Andrew Carnegie: A Wealthy Man

B. Steel & Iron: The Most Profitable Business

C. From Rags to Riches: The Story of Andrew Carnegie

D. Intelligence and Good Business Sense: Two Factors in Becoming Rich

In Chinese we say,"Your handwriting says a lot about you."But in the eyes of South African photographer John Thackwray,someone's bedroom can do just the same thing.

Thackwray,30,first had the idea of taking pictures of people's bedrooms six years ago,because he was curious how young people born in the 1980s and 1990s lived their lives.And he started with his friends' in Paris.

Soon he decided to take this project a little further.Over the past six years,Thackwray has traveled to 55 countries and taken pictures of 1,200 bedrooms—from New York,one of the world's busiest and most developed cities,to Russia,Thailand,Iran and the poor neighborhoods in Nairobi,and cast African countries.

From the layout of the rooms and the little items in them,you can not only see how different people's lifestyles and personalities are,but also get an insight into how unequal the world is and how traditions are replaced by new technology.

Now Thackwray has put all his photos into a book named My Room Project.Each photo in the book comes with the name,age and job of its owner,and they are arranged in the order of his travels.But Thackwray got a lot more from the project than the chance to publish a book.He also saw a lot of things,met a lot of people and had many great experiences.

"I was impressed by the spirituality in India,the friendliness of the Russian people and the craziness of the Japanese lifestyle,"Thackwray told The Huffington Post.

8. What does the underlined part in the first paragraph mean?

A. one's bedroom says much about his handwriting.

B. one's bedroom and handwriting are the same thing.

C. one's bedroom says much about his personality.

D. people do the same the thing in their bedrooms.

9. Which of the following information about John Thackwray is true?

A. The pictures Thackwray has taken are more from developed countries than developing countries.

B. The idea of taking bedroom pictures occurred to Thackwray when he was 24.

C. Thackwray began the project with taking the pictures of his own bedroom.

D. The photos in the book My Room Project are put in the order of time.

10. What does the word "insight" in the fourth paragraph mean?

A. achievement    B. understanding

C. chance    D. curiosity

11. Which of the followings will be the suitable title for the text?

A. Photos in bedrooms    B. Handwriting and photos

C. Impressive six years    D. Photos telling stories

Our environment isn't as green and beautiful as it should be.There are steel monsters blocking out the sun. blowing out dangerous smoke,and letting out poisonous chemicals into rivers,cars producing harmful waste gas, people throwing out waste in a wrong way and all other kinds of sources that ruin the planet.Facing current environmental problems,people need to do their best to save the earth.

You cart see many big garbage dustbins in the streets.They're not there for a show,but for you to drop your waste.We should realize that what we do does count.So next time you get that urge to throw gum or a chocolate package out of the car window,or "accidentally" drop as you walk down the street,ask yourself how much waste you've been contributing to the environment with that bad habit going on for years.

At home,the first thing we can do to protect the environment is avoid letting water run continuously and make sure that taps are not leaky（漏的）,which would help greatly in scrimping.Another is to use energy-saving lights,and turn them off before you leave the rooms.It is not only energy-saving,but also cuts down electricity costs.

Recycling is a method to make items reusable.Many things you want to throw out can be made into new products through the reproducing process.Use your imagination to come up with ways on things that you can use again.

Pass the message of simple ways to save the environment on to kids.Starting with kids is a good way of teaching the message early in their lives,in the hope that they can carry it forward as they grow older.

With environmental protection awareness in mind,we can do what we can,for the results are to have a big effect on the planet.As long as we do our part,the world is one small step closer to being saved.

12. In the first paragraph the author uses "steel monsters" to refer to      .

A. big factories    B. high mountains

C. huge buildings    D. characters in fairy stories

13. From the fifth paragraph,we can know that      .

A. wonderful life comes from environmental protection

B. protecting the environment should start from childhood

C. protecting the environment begins with small little things

D. protecting the environment benefits the country and the people

14. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. To protect the environment may help you save some money.

B. Your bad habits for the environment are a harmful contribution.

C. The more people do their part,the greener the environment will be.

D. Selling what you don't want any more is not a kind of recycling.

15. The passage is mainly about      .

A. the use of garbage dustbins    B. how to save the environment

C. our present environmental problems    D. how to save water and electricity

Weight loss is a hard topic.Lots of people aren't satisfied with their present weight,but most people aren't sure how to change it.You may want to look like the models or actors in magazines or on TV,but those goals might not be healthy or realistic for you.___16___

So what should you do about your weight control?

___17___The best way to find out if you are at a healthy weight or if you need to lose or gain weight is to talk to a doctor or dietitian.___18___If it turns out that you can benefit from weight loss then you can follow a few of the simple suggestions listed below to get started.

___19___People who lose weight quickly by crash（速成的）dieting or other extreme measures usually gain back all of the pounds they lost,because they haven't permanently（永久地）changed their habits.Therefore,the best weight management ways are those that you can maintain for a lifetime.

Small changes are a lot easier to keep than large ones.Try reducing the amount of what you eat.Try cutting down the fat in your daily meals.___20___.Once you have kept that down,start gradually introducing healthier foods and exercise into your life.

It's a good idea to maintain a healthy weight because health is most valuable to us all.

A.Weight management is about long-term success.

B.Besides,no magical method will make you look like someone else.

C.Try giving up junk food for a week.

D.Choose different kinds of food to eat so as to keep healthy.

E.Changing from whole to nonfat or low-fat milk is also a good idea.

F.Being healthy is really about being at a weight that is right for you.

G.They will compare your weight with healthy standards and help you set goals.