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Mid-IB at a glance

The summer vacation is the time to strengthen your learning and prepare for the year ahead. In July and August Oxford Study Courses will once again hold its Mid-IB Summer School for students half way through their IB Diploma(国际预科证书).

We’ll be back giving another generation of IB students a unique opportunity to sample a way of life enjoyed by students at famous universities.

Students who have completed the first year of their IB Diploma can join us and we can help them prepare for their important second year.

Students can choose how many subjects they study. Each subject is studied for one week. You can attend up to 5 weeks.

The Mid-IB Summer School is held at Cambridge University in the UK (between June 20th and August 1 st) and at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)in Boston, USA (between July 6th and July 25th).

Student comments

◆ “The classes have shown me new approaches to learning. I have also learned how to approach exam questions and now feel confident in doing so.”

◆ “It was cool creating tight and close relationships with other students from around the world, realizing we all had a connection to each other.”

◆ “I really enjoyed the level of independence, although I felt like people were watching out for us. I also felt like an Oxford student!”

◆ “I have enjoyed the learning style and the course work has been extremely beneficial academically.”

Enjoy the summer

Our Summer School gives you an action-packed social scene with visits to the fun places in the area, organized sports and social events, and advice on how to enjoy your free time in these amazing cities with your new friends. Welcome to contact us at ose@ose-ib.com or on +44(0)1865 521802!

1.The Mid-IB Summer School is intended for the students who ________.

A. have finished their first year of college

B. have completed the first year of their IB Diploma

C. don’t know how to spend their summer vacation

D. intend to apply for Oxford University

2.What can be inferred from the text?

A. Students will visit many fun places around the world.

B. Only students from England and America have access to the school.

C. A student can at most choose 5 subjects.

D. Students can obtain their IB Diploma when they finish their studies.

3.Which of the following about the Mid-IB Summer School is true?

A. It is held in three universities.

B. It provides only academic courses.

C. It begins in July.

D. Students attending will study for 5 weeks.

4.The text is most probably a(n)_________.

A. news story B. advertisement

C. travel guide D. speech

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I left home to support my sister in her efforts to present a music festival.She lives on the other side of the world, and I went to visit her,not wanting to leave and feeling like I was leaving home against my will.However,I wanted to show her my support because she is my only sister.

So I boarded the plane in mid-August,and hated the long flight.I arrived,tired and hungry.I had left my husband of 2 years,alone,in our old New Orleans house.

I was all set and ready to perform for my sister for the music festival on Sunday morning when I received a call from Chicago.The hurricane was predicted to hit our city,and many people had already evacuated,but my husband chose to stay behind.He could not get a call to me on the other side of the world,but he could call his cousin in Chicago.He gave his cousin a message for me,that he would be just fine,and not to worry.

As the day wore on,I finally took the stage in front of hundreds of Europeans,and I realized,thanks to CNN,that New Orleans was under water.

I performed,hoping that my husband would survive.And I performed perfectly.The audience stood and applauded.I left the stage and went straight to the TV.I saw the street sign near my home,of Humanity Street,but nothing below it,except water.

In the days that followed,I found out that my house,my car,my clothes,my furniture,everything that I'd left behind was gone...but not my husband.He survived by riding on the rear bumper(后保险杆)of a VW bus,holding on to the overhead luggage rack,in the pouring rain,down the highway from New Orleans,half-way to Baton Rouge.The rest of the journey was a long walk,but he survived.

By the first week of September,I flew back to the Baton Rouge airport,and hugged my husband.Since then,our relationship has grown deeper;we have completely rebuilt our house,bought a new car,bought new furniture and new clothes and joined an inspirational,spirit-filled community.

1.Why did the author leave home?

A. To look after her sister. B. To attend a music festival.

C. To watch a performance. D. To visit her husband's cousin.

2.How did the author feel when she left home?

A. Disappointed. B. Worried.

C. Tired. D. Unwilling.

3.What does the underlined word "evacuated" mean?

A. Gathered B. Struggled

C. Escaped D. Hid

4.What might be the title for the passage?

A. Lost it All,Gained Even More B. Once Gone,Never Returned

C. Caught in the Hurricane D. Trapped in a Dilemma

The night fell heavy in the heights of the mountains and the man could not see anything. All was black. The moon and the stars were ______ by the clouds. As he was climbing only a few feet away from the top of the mountain, he suddenly ______ and fell into the air, falling at great ______. He could only see black spots as he went down, and the ______ sensation(感觉)of being pulled by gravity grew more and more ______ .

He ______ falling, and in the moments of great ______ ,it came to his mind all the good and bad ______ of his life. He was thinking now about how ______ death was getting ______ all of a sudden he felt the rope tied to his waist pull him very hard. His body was hanging in the air. ______ the rope was holding him and in that moment of ______ he could do nothing but ______ : “Help me! Help me! God” Suddenly a deep voice coming from the sky answered, “What do you want me to do?”“Save me, God.”

“Do you really think I can save you?”

“Of course! I ______ you can.”

“Then ______ the rope tied to your waist.”

There was a moment of silence and the man decide to ______ the rope with all his strength.

The next day people found the climber dead and ______ , hid body hanging from rope, his hands holding tight to it. Only one foot away from the ______ .

And we? How ______ we are to the rope tied to our waist? Sometimes we always tied to what we take as the only ______ .maybe we should have a try to let ourselves go.

1.A. covered B. filled C. broken D. polluted

2.A. stood B. slipped C. stopped D. risked

3.A. length B. speed C. depth D. width

4.A. length B. sensitive C. terrible D. confusing

5.A. energetic B. distant C. regular D. powerful

6.A. sank B. observed C. heard D. kept

7.A. excitement B. peace C. terror D. calmness

8.A. experience B. dreams C. disadvantages D. crossroads

9.A. close B. opposite C. fierce D. long

10.A. as B. because C. when D. after

11.A. But B. Only C. Nowhere D. Actually

12.A. patience B. appreciation C. excitement D. stillness

13.A. figure B. scream C. recognize D. present

14.A. wish B. suggest C. believe D. order

15.A. cut B. occupy C. brake D. handle

16.A. pull up B. back out C. take off D. hold onto

17.A. frozen B. calm C. exhausted D. reliable

18.A. top B. heaven C. ground D. attached

19.A. addicted B. attracted C. adopted D. destination

20.A. route B. dependence C. goal D. intelligence

George Aldrich, whose official title is chemical specialist, works at NASA’s White Sands Test Facility in New Mexico. He uses his nose to protect astronauts from unpleasant or harmful odors (气味). His near four-decade career has involved smelling objects from technical handbooks to astronauts’ personal things.

It’s crucial that all items taken aboard the International Space Station (ISS) are odorless. Since astronauts are allowed to bring personal items aboard, all their objects must be smell-checked before leaving Earth. In a video provided by Science Channel, Aldrich relates on specific occasion when an astronaut wanted to build a ship in a bottle in space. Everything in the ship-building process had to be sniffed — right down to the glue.

Aldrich and his team are responsible for making sure that objects are not only odorless but also harmless to astronauts. When the ISS heats up, a process called off-gassing occurs, which means chemicals flow out from certain substances (物质). Objects that would be safe on Earth could give off unpleasant odors or become dangerous when exposed to high temperatures in the ISS’s unique environment.

Of course, humans aren’t the only testers or the first to be exposed to potentially dangerous objects. Before Aldrich sticks his nose into a substance, it has been examined by machines. Even though machines can detect unsafe substances, computers cannot tell exactly how things smell to humans. While something could be technically fine, it could be smelly to an astronaut.

Aldrich’s nose is not alone there. He is the head of a hard-sniffing team of smell testers. Together they smell each object and rate it on a scale (等级) of 1 to 4. According to NASA, I cannot be detected, and 4 is considered not bearable. After the scientists conclude their tests, the scores are averaged. If an item is rated more than 2.4 on the scale, it fails the test and is not allowed on the flight.

1.Which can describe the smell check from Paragraph 2?

A. Quite dangerous. B. Extremely strict.

C. Rather boring. D. Very complex.

2.What is a threat to astronauts’ safety at the ISS?

A. Negative emotions. B. Odor-related disease.

C. The off-gassing process. D. Changes in temperature.

3.What should be done before Aldrich and his team start their work?

A. Using machines to test objects.

B. Having a meeting to make the scale.

C. Using computers to examine their noses.

D. Listing potentially dangerous substances.

4.What is the text mainly about?

A. An unusual smell tester. B. Astronauts’ life at the ISS.

C. Strong odors in a spaceship. D. The smell of personal items.

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