Cultural Center Adds Classes for Young Adults
The Allendale Cultural Center has expanded its arts program to include classes for young adults. Director Leah Martin announced Monday that beginning in September, three new classes will be offered to the Allendale community. The course titles will be Yoga for Teenagers; Hip Hop Dance: Learning the Latest Moves; and Creative Journaling for Teens: Discovering the Writer Within. The latter course will not be held at the Allendale Cultural Center but instead will meet at the Allendale Public Library.
Staff member Tricia Cousins will teach the yoga and hip hop classes. Ms. Cousins is an accomplished choreographer (舞蹈教師) as well as an experienced dance educator. She has an MA in dance education from Teachers College, Columbia University, where she wrote a thesis on the pedagogical (教學(xué)法的) effectiveness of dance education. The journaling class will be taught by Betsy Milford. Ms. Milford is the head librarian at the Allendale Public Library as well as a columnist for the professional journal Library Focus.
The courses are part of the Allendale Cultural Center’s Project Teen, which was initiated by Leah Martin, Director of the Cultural Center. According to Martin, this project is a direct result of her efforts to make the center a more essential part of the Allendale community. Over the last several years, the number of people who have visited the cultural center for classes or events has steadily declined. Project Teen is primarily funded by a generous grant from The McGee Arts Foundation, an organization devoted to bringing arts programs to young adults. Martin oversees the Project Teen board, which consists of five board members. Two board members are students at Allendale’s Brookdale High School; the other three are adults with backgrounds in education and the arts.
The creative journaling class will be cosponsored by Brookdale High School, and students who complete the class will be given the opportunity to publish one of their journal entries in Pulse, Brookdale’s student literary magazine. Students who complete the hip hop class will be eligible to participate in the Allendale Review, an annual concert sponsored by the cultural center that features local actors, musicians, and dancers. All classes are scheduled to begin immediately following school dismissal, and transportation will be available from Brookdale High School to the Allendale Cultural Center and the Allendale Public Library. For more information about Project Teen, contact the cultural center’s programming office at 988-0099 or drop by the office after June 1 to pick up a fall course catalog. The office is located on the third floor of the Allendale Town Hall.
【小題1】Which of the following statements is correct? 

A．Tricia Cousins will teach two of the new classes.
B．The new classes will begin on June 1.
C．People who want a complete fall catalogue should stop by the Allendale Public Library.
D．The cultural center’s annual concert is called Pulse.
【小題2】According to Leah Martin, what was the direct cause of Project Teen?
A．Tricia Cousins was available to teach courses in the fall.
B．Community organizations were ignoring local teenagers.
C．The McGee Arts Foundation wanted to be more involved in Allendale’s arts programming.
D．She wanted to make the cultural center a more important part of the Allendale community.
【小題3】Which of the following factors is implied as another reason for Project Teen?
A．The number of people visiting the cultural center has declined over the last several years.
B．The cultural center wanted a grant from The McGee Arts Foundation.
C．The young people of Allendale have complained about the cultural center’s offerings.
D．Leah Martin thinks classes for teenagers are more important than classes for adults.
【小題4】This article is organized in which of the following ways?
A．In time order, from the past to the future.
B．Most important information first, followed by background and details.
C．Background first, followed by the most important information and details.
D．As sensational news, with the most controversial topic first.


【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：The Allendale Cultural Center預(yù)計(jì)面向青少年增設(shè)三門新的課程,這三門課程包括青少年瑜伽，街舞以及創(chuàng)意性寫作課程等。通過開設(shè)這三門課程，項(xiàng)目的主辦人想使這個(gè)培訓(xùn)中心成為the Allendale community社區(qū)的一個(gè)重要部分，也想吸引更多的青少年。
【小題1】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。文章開頭提到新學(xué)期將開設(shè)三個(gè)新班級，然后再根據(jù)第二段Staff member Tricia Cousins will teach the yoga and hip hop classes.可知Tricia Cousins將教授其中的兩個(gè)班級，答案選A。
【小題2】D細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段According to Martin, this project is a direct result of her efforts to make the center a more essential part of the Allendale community.可知Project Teen的原因就是她想使文化中心成為社區(qū)的重要部分，所以D選項(xiàng)正確。
【小題3】A推理判斷題。第三段介紹了the Allendale Cultural Center’s Project Teen這個(gè)項(xiàng)目，提到了to make the center a more essential part of the Allendale community.是這個(gè)項(xiàng)目的一個(gè)目的，然后作者又說the number of people who have visited the cultural center for classes or events has steadily declined，由此可知開設(shè)新課程也是為了吸引更多的青少年，所以A選項(xiàng)正確。
【小題4】B推理判斷題。通讀全文可知，作者在謀篇布局上都是每段先提出主題句，然后再進(jìn)行詳細(xì)解釋，也就是首先提出重要信息，然后用細(xì)節(jié)支撐，所以答案選B。
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D．a(chǎn)re fond of spreading rumors． 
【小題3】What do we know from the last paragraph?
A．Famous people like spreading rumors． 
B．Rumors can make people feel bored． 
C．Some people seek excitement from rumors． 
D．There are many rumors in newspapers． 
【小題4】The passage is mainly about ________．
A．what rumors mean B．how hurtful a rumor is 
C．how people spread rumors D．why people spread rumors 

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