Here are the descriptions of some schools:

Alta Vista High School

Alta Vista High School is a district continuation high school that offers a program focused on building academic and functional skills, as well as basic work habits . As a continuation high school , Alta Vista offers students a second chance to school．

Call: 690-667-2924 ; fax: 670-467-4848

Mountain View Academy

Mountain View Academy is a Christian high school operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church ． It is for boys and girls in Grades 9-12． Mountain View Academy offers quality, personalized education in a contemporary Christian environment．

Call : 650-967-2324; fax : 650-967-6886

Mountain View High School

Mountain View High School’s academic program is designed to meet the needs of a diverse student body． It offers community college classes and advanced programs that allow students to take college-level classes while still in high school．

Call: 650-331-2814

Castilleja School

Castilleja School fosters（培養(yǎng)）intellectual , physical, creative and emotional growth through a college preparatory experience within a diverse and supportive community． The students are all girls in senior high school．

Call: 650-940-4600; fax: 650-961-6349

PoIo Alto Prep School

The school’s purpose is to offer a fresh start toward academic and social success． Summer school offers all subjects and it’s for boys and girls in Grades 8-12．

Call: 650-493-7071; fax: 650-493-7073．

E-mail: info@poloaltoprep．com

1．Tom, a boy in Grade 9, wants to study in a school which can offer students a good beginning in study and relationship．Which school should he choose?

A．Polo Alto Prep School                       B．Castilleja School

C．Alta Vista High school                       D．Mountain View High School

2． Elizabeth will graduate from a junior high school this year． Her achievements are very good.. She hopes that her senior high school will give her the opportunity to fully develop herself. Which number should she dial?

A．650-967-6886      B．650-967-2324       C．650-940-4600       D．650-493-7071

3．The advertisement is intended for ________．

A．teachers

B．university students

C．students who want to continue their education

D．students who want to attend universities

4．John , from a poor family , failed the College Entrance Examination in 2008． He decided to attend a continuation high school to study some skills in building , so he should fax his application to ________．

A．670-467-4848      B．650-961-6349       C．650-493-7073       D．650-940-4600

There is a saying in France that states, "The government could fall, the Louvre （盧浮宮）could be broken into or creatures from other planets could land on earth, but if any of these things happened during the Tour de France, no one would notice．" The Tour de France is the most famous cycling race in the world．It begins in July and runs for three weeks．Cyclists who race in the Tour de France ride in six legs or stages of the race, and they have between one to four days of rest between each leg of the race．The rider who completes all six legs of the race in the shortest overall time wins．

    The Tour de France began as a publicity stunt（驚人的表演） for the French sports newspaper, L’Auto．Hcnri Desgranges, who worked for L’Auto,  came up with the idea for "the greatest bike race in the world, "and on July 1,1903, the first Tour de France began．Sixty cyclists began that first leg of the race which started in front of the Alarm Clock Cafe just outside of Paris．This first leg took them 467 kilometers to Lyon．The first Tour de France received an astonishing 2,000 francs．Maurice Garin, the most popular cyclist in France at that time, won the first Tour de France．It took him 94 hours and 33 minutes to ride all 2,428 kilometers of the race．This time was three hours faster than the second -place rider．Over the weeks during which the race was run, the idea of the Tour de France slowly caught the imagination of the people of France．The race has been run every year since that time, except during the years of World War I and World War Ⅱ．

    The Tour de France has developed several special honors for which racers compete．Above all, the highest honor is the " yellow jersey"．Mr．Desgranges introduced the yellow jersey in 1919 to show the leading racer each rider's total time in order to find the racer with the lowest time．That racer wears the yellow jersey during the day's race．Other honors include the "green jersey " which is given to the rider who sprints the best by riding the fastest over short distances, and the "polka dot jersey" for the best rider in the mountains along the route．

1. Who wins the Tour de France?

A. The first cyclist to finish the race．

B. The cyclist with the most points．

C. The cyclist with the polka dot jersey．

D. The cyclist with the shortest overall time．

2.Henri Desgranges was           .

A. a photographer B. a famous cyclist

C. the man who first won the Tour de France

D. the man who first thought of the Tour de France

3.How many stages make up the Tour de France?

A. One．   B. Four．            C. Six．              D. Ten

4.The yellow jersey is worn by____.

A. the fastest daily cyclist        B. the fastest overall cyclist

C. the youngest cyclist             D. the champion from the previous year

 

 

There is a saying in France that states, "The government could fall, the Louvre （盧浮宮）could be broken into or creatures from other planets could land on earth, but if any of these things happened during the Tour de France, no one would notice．" The Tour de France is the most famous cycling race in the world．It begins in July and runs for three weeks．Cyclists who race in the Tour de France ride in six legs or stages of the race, and they have between one to four days of rest between each leg of the race．The rider who completes all six legs of the race in the shortest overall time wins．
The Tour de France began as a publicity stunt（驚人的表演） for the French sports newspaper, L’Auto．Hcnri Desgranges, who worked for L’Auto,  came up with the idea for "the greatest bike race in the world, "and on July 1,1903, the first Tour de France began．Sixty cyclists began that first leg of the race which started in front of the Alarm Clock Cafe just outside of Paris．This first leg took them 467 kilometers to Lyon．The first Tour de France received an astonishing 2,000 francs．Maurice Garin, the most popular cyclist in France at that time, won the first Tour de France．It took him 94 hours and 33 minutes to ride all 2,428 kilometers of the race．This time was three hours faster than the second -place rider．Over the weeks during which the race was run, the idea of the Tour de France slowly caught the imagination of the people of France．The race has been run every year since that time, except during the years of World War I and World War Ⅱ．
The Tour de France has developed several special honors for which racers compete．Above all, the highest honor is the " yellow jersey"．Mr．Desgranges introduced the yellow jersey in 1919 to show the leading racer each rider's total time in order to find the racer with the lowest time．That racer wears the yellow jersey during the day's race．Other honors include the "green jersey " which is given to the rider who sprints the best by riding the fastest over short distances, and the "polka dot jersey" for the best rider in the mountains along the route．
【小題1】Who wins the Tour de France?

A．The first cyclist to finish the race．

B．The cyclist with the most points．

C．The cyclist with the polka dot jersey．

D．The cyclist with the shortest overall time．

【小題2】Henri Desgranges was          .

A．a(chǎn) photographer	B．a(chǎn) famous cyclist
C．the man who first won the Tour de France
D．the man who first thought of the Tour de France

【小題3】How many stages make up the Tour de France?

A．One．

B．Four．

C．Six．

D．Ten

【小題4】The yellow jersey is worn by____.

A．the fastest daily cyclist	B．the fastest overall cyclist
C．the youngest cyclist	D．the champion from the previous year

It was a beautiful day at the beach—blue sky, gentle wind, calm sea．I knew these things because a man sitting five feet from me was shouting them into his mobile phone, like a play-by-play announcer （實況解說員）.
“IT’S A BEAUTIFUL DAY,” he shouted．“THE SKY IS BLUE, AND THERE’S A GENTLE WIND, AND THE WATER IS CALM, AND…”
Behind me, a woman, her mobile phone pressed to her ear was walking back and forth.
“She DIDN’T,” she was saying．“No．She DIDN’T．She DID? Really? Are you SERIOUS? She did NOT．She DID? No she…”
And so on．This woman had two children, who were playing in the sea．I found myself watching them, because the woman surely was not．A huge squid could have caught and snatched the children, and this woman would not have noticed．Or, if she had noticed, she’d have said, “Listen．I have to go, because a huge squid just……No! She didn’t ! She DID? No! She……”
And next to me, the play-by-play man would have said: “…AND A HUGE SQUID JUST ATE TWO CHILDREN, AND I’M GETTING A LITTLE SUNBURNED, AND …”
It used to be that the major trouble at the beach was the fellow who brought a boom box （便攜式錄音機(jī)） and turned it up so loud that the bass notes caused seagulls to explode．But at least you knew where these fellows were; you never know which beachgoers have mobile phones．You’ll settle next to what appears to be a sleeping sunbather, or even （you hope） a corpse , and you’ll lie happily on your towel, and you’ll get all the way to the second sentence of your 467-page book before you fall asleep to the hypnotic surge of the surf （催人入夢的潮聲）, and …
BREEP! BREEP! The corpse sits up, feels urgently for its mobile phone, and shouts “Hello! I’m at the beach! Yes! It’s nice! Very peaceful! What? She did? No, she didn’t! She DID? No, she…”
Loud mobile-phoners never seem to get urgent calls．Just once, I’d like to hear one of them say, “Hello? Yes, this is Dr．Johnson．Oh, Dr．Smith．You’ve opened the abdominal cavity （腹腔）? Good! Now the appendix should be right under the … What? No, that’s the liver．Don’t take THAT out, ha ha! Oh, you did? My God! OK, now listen carefully…”
【小題1】From the passage we can know that the writer of the passage _____.

A．had a wonderful holiday at the beach

B．must have suffered a lot because of the terrible weather

C．is only interested in talks by doctors about operation

D．experienced an unhappy holiday at the beach

【小題2】According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．The writer often spends his holidays at the beach.

B．A huge squid ate two children while their mother was not watching.

C．Some people used to play boom box while spending their holidays at the beach.

D．Some people often make loud mobile phone calls without caring for others.

【小題3】The underlined word“ corpse”in this passage has the closest meaning to________.

A．a(chǎn) dead body	B．a(chǎn) loud mobile phone
C．a(chǎn) sound sleeper	D．a(chǎn) sleep lover

【小題4】In the past the fellow who brought a boom box_________.

A．turned it up to make the seagulls happy

B．turned it up to cause the seagulls to explode

C．might cause less trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones

D．might cause more trouble than the beachgoers with mobile phones

【小題5】We can infer from the passage that _______.

A．the writer is interested in mobile phone.

B．the writer hates people using mobile phone

C．the writer hates to be disturbed while enjoying holidays on the beach.

D．the writer seldom finishes reading a book before going to sleep.