Application（申请）date Courses Students in New York, before July 21, English Language 2010 Spoken English: 22 hours Students of other cities, before July 16, Reading and Writing: l0 hours 2010 American History: 16 hours Foreign students, before July 10, 2010 American Culture: 16 hours Steps Cost A letter of self-introduction Daily lessons: $200 A letter of recommendation（推荐） Sports and activities: $100 Hotel service: $400 Please write to: Thompson, Sanders 1026 King’s Street New York, NY 10016, USA E-mail: KC-Summer-School @ yahoo. com 48. When should the foreign students send their applications?

A. Before July 21, 2010. B. Before July 16, 2010. C. Before July 10, 2010. D. Before July 25, 2010. 49. How much will the daily lessons cost?

A. $100. B. $200. C. $300. D. $400. 50. You can most probably read the text in________.

A. a newspaper B. a telephone book C. a story book D. a hotel introduction

B

Growing up in Philadelphia, Lieberman started cooking with his dad when he was seven. His family had two kitchens, and he quickly learned what was the best way to bake his cakes. Lieberman improved his kitchen skills greatly during a year before college, learning from a cook in Italy and studying local food in France. At Yale, he was known for throwing dinner parties, single-handedly cooking while making drinks for many friends. Just for fun, he and some friends decided to tape a show about his cooking. Lieberman was a real college student showing his classmates how to do things like making drinks. That helped the show become very popular among the students. They would stop Lieberman after classes to ask for his advice on cooking. Tapes of the show were passed around, and then his name went to the Food Network. Food Network producer Flay hopes the young cook will find a place on the network television. He says Lieberman’s charisma（号召力） is a key. “Food TV isn’t about food anymore,” says Flay. “It’s about your personality (个性) and finding a way to keep people’s eyeballs on your show.”

But Lieberman isn’t putting all his eggs in one basket. After taping the first season of the new show, Lieberman was back in his own small kitchen preparing sandwiches. An airline company was looking for someone to make tasteful, cheap and easy-to-make food to serve on its flights. Lieberman got the job.

51. Where did Lieberman improve his kitchen skills greatly before college?

A. In Italy and France. B. In Italy and America. C. On the Food Network. D. In an airline company. 52. The Food Network got to know Lieberman _______.

A. at one of his parties B. from his teachers C. through his taped show D. on a TV program 53. Why did the airline company give Lieberman the job? A. He could prepare meals in a small kitchen. B. He was famous for his shows on Food TV.

C. He was good at using eggs to make sandwiches. D. He could cook cheap, delicious and simple meals.

C

In modern society there is a lot of disagreement about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is good for social progress. Others say that competition is bad. It sets one person against another. And it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children who believe that their self-worth depended on how well they did at tennis and other skills. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death matters. In their single-minded dream of success, the development of many other human qualities（品质） is sadly forgotten.

However, while some seem to be lost in the desire（渴望） to succeed, others take a different attitude. In a culture which values only the winners, they are strongly against competition. Among the most vocal are youngsters who are under competitive pressures（压力） from their parents or society. They are always told to be the top ones, but they think it’s really hard. When I teach these young people, I often find them in a desire to fail. They seem to search for failure（失败） by not trying to win or achieve success. By not trying, they always have an excuse: “I may have lost, but it doesn’t matter because I really didn’t try. If I had tried and lost, that would mean a lot. ”

Clearly, this belief is the same as that of the true competitors who try to prove themselves. Both are based on the mistaken belief. They think one’s self-respect depends on how well one does compared with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. Only as this fear begins to dissolve (消除) can we discover a new meaning in competition.

54. Why do some people welcome competition according to the passage?

A. It pushes society forward. B. It improves one’s abilities. C. It develops human qualities. D. It builds up friendly relationship. 55. The underlined phrase “the most vocal” in Paragraph 3 means _____. A. those who try their best to win

B. those who value competition most highly C. those who depend on others most for success

D. those who are against competition most strongly 56. Which of the following may the writer agree to? A. Every effort should be paid back. B. Competition should be encouraged.

C. Winning should be a life-and-death matter.

D. Fear of failure should be taken away in competition. 57. What does this passage mainly talk about? A. Competition helps to set up self-respect. B. Competition is bad for social development.

C. Ideas about competition are different among people. D. Failures are necessary experiences in competition.

D

Imagine you’re at a party full of strangers. You’re nervous. Who are these people? How do you start a conversation? Luckily, you’ve got a thing that sends out energy at small chips（芯片） in everyone’s name tag（标签）.The chips send back name, job, hobbies－whatever. Making new friends becomes simple.

This hasn’t quite happened in real life. But the world is already experiencing a new age of using RFID technology.

An RFID tag with a small chip can be fixed in a product, under your pet’s skin（皮肤）, even under your own skin. Some RFID tags have no energy source because they do not need it. The energy comes from a scanning device（扫描装置）, which sends out energy and starts up the tag immediately.

Such a tag carries information to that object, and the information can be renewed. Already, RFID technology is used for recognizing（识别） each car or truck on the road and it might appear in your passport. Doctors may put a small chip under the skin to get a patient’s medical records. At a nightclub in Paris or in New York the same chip might get you to pay for the bill with the wave of an arm.

Take a step back: 10 or 12 years ago, you would have heard about the coming age of computing. One example always seemed to surface: Your refrigerator would know when you needed to buy more milk. The idea was that computer chips could be put everywhere and send information in a smart network that would make life simpler.

RFID tags are a small part of this situation. “The world is going to be a connected set of personal small devices.” predicts Dr. J. Reich. But some people are nervous about the possibilities of such technology. It goes too far tracking（跟踪）school kids through RFID tags, they say.

When Marconi invented radio, he thought it would be used for ship-to-shore communication, not for pop music. Who knows how RFID and other technologies will be used in the future. Here’s a wild guess: Not for buying milk.

58. We know from the passage that with the help of RFID tags, people______. A. won’t feel shy at parties any longer B. will have more time to make friends C. will have more energy for conversation

D. will have no trouble getting information about others

59. We can infer from the last paragraph that RFID technology_______. A. will not be used for such matters as buying milk B. will be widely used, including for buying milk C. will be limited to communication uses D. will probably be used for pop music

60. The writer writes this passage to _______. A. predict the uses of RFID technology

B. help people be certain of the uses of RFID technology C. explain the good points brought about by RFID technology D. warn people of the possible danger in using RFID technology 七.阅读还原句子（共8分，每小题2分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后方框中所给的五个句子中选出四个，分别填入文中相应的序号后，使短文语义连贯，结构完整。

When you are learning English, listening, speaking and writing are important, but reading

can also be very helpful. Here are some good reading tips.

61. __________ Read something that you can understand. If you need to stop every three words to use a dictionary, it is not interesting.

Try to increase the number of your new words. If there are four or five new words on a page, write them in your notebook. 62. __________ Instead, try to guess their meaning as you read: mark them with a pen. Then come back when you have finished reading to look them up in a dictionary and write them in your own vocabulary book. Then try to remember them.

Try to read regularly（定期地）. 63. __________ Fifteen minutes every day is better than two hours every Sunday. Fix a time to read and keep to it. You could read for fifteen minutes when you go to bed, or when you get up or at lunchtime.

Read what interests you. Choose a book or a magazine about a subject that you like, because you are going to spend time and money reading it. 64. __________ You can also read newspapers. There are many English newspapers in China. It is easy enough to understand and also there is something interesting in it. A. So, choose an interesting book. B. Try to read at the right level. C. For example, read for a short time once a day. D. But you don’t have to write them while you read. E. You should read as much as you can. 八、阅读与表达（共10分，每小题2分） 阅读短文，根据其内容回答问题。

Do you want to know more cultures about other countries? Here are some messages you may be interested in.

Taking off your shoes or not

It’s bad manners to take off your shoes at the door of a London dinner party. But in Asia if you don’t take off your shoes before entering a home, you are not polite enough. What you should do instead: If you see a row of shoes at the door, take off your shoes. If not, keep the shoes on. Talking over dinner

In some countries, like Japan, don’t start talking while everyone else is having dinner. You’ll meet with silence – not because your group is unfriendly, but because mealtime is for eating, not talking. Also don’t talk in places like churches in Europe. What you should do instead: Keep quiet! Knowing your right from your left

Some cultures in Africa and the Middle East still like to eat in traditional ways – using their hands. When people eat in this way, food is often offered for several people to share at the same time. That is why it’s important to wash your hands before eating. While eating, you have to follow the rule: Eat using your right hand, and use your left hand to do other things. Another thing to remember: Eat the food that’s closest to you. Don’t put your hand into the center of the table.

What You Should Do Instead: Follow the others and use your right hand. Even children who are left-handed in this culture are taught to eat with their right hands. If you really can’t, explain yourself to others before you eat.

65. Is it good manners to take off your shoes at the door of a London dinner party? 66. Why do Japanese people keep silent while eating?

67. What is important in Africa and the Middle East before eating?