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(瑜伽) 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 a skilled choreographer (舞蹈指導(dǎo)) as well as an experienced dance educator.She is a Master of Arts in dance education from Teachers College，Columbia University.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(專欄作家) for the professional journal Library Focus.
The courses are part of the Allendale Cultural Center’s Project Teen，which was organized 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 necessary 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 the McGee Arts Foundation，an organization devoted to bringing arts programs to young adults.The other members of Project Teen are two students at Allendale’s Brookdale High School and three 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 works in Pulse，Brookdale’s student literary magazine.Students who complete the hip hop class will be qualified 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 after school，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 988­0099 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】The underlined title of the course in Paragraph 1 implies that ________.

A．teenagers do not have enough hobbies
B．a(chǎn)ll young people should write in a journal daily
C．teenagers are in need of guidance and direction
D．writing in a journal can help teenagers become creative writers
【小題2】What is the cause of setting up Project Teen?
A．More and more people are coming to the center.
B．Tricia Cousins is available to teach courses in the fall.
C．Community organizations were ignoring local teenagers.
D．Leah Martin wants to make the center more important for the community.
【小題3】What does the text mainly tell us?
A．The needs of young adults in Allendale.
B．Leah Martin’s personal ideas about Project Teen.
C．The center adds three new classes for young adults.
D．The center is granted by the McGee Arts Foundation.
【小題4】Which of the following ways is the text organized?
A．In order of space，from the near to the far.
B．In order of time，from the past to the future.
C．The most important information first，followed by background and details.
D．The background first，followed by the most important information and details.


【小題1】D
【小題2】D
【小題3】C
【小題4】C

解析【小題1】D
解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)冒號(hào)后的注解“發(fā)掘作家潛質(zhì)”，說明這個(gè)課程能夠幫助青少年成為有創(chuàng)造力的作家。
【小題2】　D
解析　細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段的“According to Martin，this project is a direct result of her efforts to make the center a more necessary part of the Allendale community.”可知，Project Teen成立的原因是Leah Martin希望該文化中心成為社區(qū)的重要組成部分。
【小題3】C
解析　主旨大意題。文章第一段就告訴我們Allendale為青少年新增加了三門課程，下文分別從課程的指導(dǎo)教師、產(chǎn)生的背景、參與者的獎(jiǎng)勵(lì)和具體參加方法這幾個(gè)方面展開，因此答案為C項(xiàng)。
【小題4】C
解析　邏輯結(jié)構(gòu)題。文章第一段告訴我們文章最重要的信息：Allendale為青少年新增加了三門課程，下文介紹課程產(chǎn)生的背景和其他細(xì)節(jié)，因此答案為C項(xiàng)。

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